Heart Card FREEBIE And Blog Hop Winners

Happy Monday crafty friends,

Hope you are all doing well. I apologize for the delay in getting this information out. The hop coordinator and her family were sick and then I had a few issues and was unable to announce the winners earlier, So here it is. First here are the winners from the blog hop prizes. Up first.... drawn by random number generator....

Craftin Desert Diva's is giving one lucky winner an awesome stamp set!! 

Our winner is

#22 JENNIFER EARLEY

AND

Alicia with Golden Goddess Designs 

is giving one lucky winner the 

Adventure Templates from Kiwi Lane Designs

Our winner is

#34 JANET'S PLANET

Ladies be sure to contact Connie directly within the next 2 weeks to claim your prizes.

Now for my Blog Hop Candy

Rene, be sure to contact me so I can get your information to get this stamp set to you! You have two weeks to claim your prize

Now for those that didn’t win….I am so sorry, wish I could give everyone a little something…..OH WAIT!!!! I CAN!!! How about at least a free little cutting file! Scroll down to the bottom to get your freebie! Here is the card I created from this little file set

The card size is 4.25 x 5.5 a standard A2. I used some Kraft Cardstock  for the base. I then used some white cardstock for the other layers and my stamps and inks to create the backgrounds.

Here’s a closer look at the stamped hearts. I used some foam tape between the hearts and scalloped heart to give them a little extra dimension. The middle layer heart was cut out of white cardstock and then I inked the edges with my Hollyhock ink pad to give the layers a little contrast. One heart was stamped with With Cashmere ink pad and the other was stamped with my Cocoa Ink Pad.   I also used some black shimmer trim as well as some gold shimmer trim for the top embellishments.

Here’s a closer look at the stamped sentiment. It came from the  The Best Things Stamp Set and I used my Cocoa Ink Pad. The little gems are from the Brown and Tan Gem assortment set.

Here’s a shot of my background mat. I used one of the stamps from the geometric backgrounds stamp set and my Pixie Ink Pad.  I cut it an eighth of an inch smaller than the base size.

Next I cut another piece of white cardstock at 4.125 x 3.5 and used my Saddle Ink Pad and the Amour Stamp Set to stamp the background.

I wanted to soften the contrast of the darker ink with the white cardstock so I used a piece of my round sponge and dabbed some Champagne ink pad on to the piece.


I finished off the look by adding some of the black and white twill ribbon.  Came together very easily

Products Used

	Double Heart Card CF	Forever In My Heart	Amour Stamp Set
Geometric Backgrounds Stamp Set	The best things Stamp set
Cashmere Ink Pad

FREE Through 1-25-15

Formats Available: AI, DXF, EPS, KNK, MTC, SCAL, STUDIO, SVG and WPC

Last but not least, Don’t forget about the great specials CTMH is having this month. You can check them out HERE

PLUS….Place ANY SIZE order through my link and get this extra set of SVGDieCut files FREE! SVG cuts to match this month’s stamp of the month ALONG with four different card bases!

Well that about covers it for today, be sure to come back by a tomorrow as I share another fun and hopefully inspiring project! Until then,

RELEASE 2015 JRL Creative Challenge #1

Happy Friday crafty friends,

Hope your week went well and are getting ready for a fun weekend of crafting! Today’s post is for the JRLCreative Challenge. Our challenge was to create a project reflecting our goals or resolutions for 2015. I didn’t make any “resolutions” and have some goals, but I wanted to do a layout with my word for the year. I thought a lot about it and the word that came to me was Release. I am asking the Lord to release so many things in my life…personally as well as professionally. And I want to accomplish all that I believe I am capable of accomplishing…BUT it will only happen with…RELEASE…..Release of past mistakes. Release of a new direction…Release to be free to move unencumbered in the direction the Lord has for me….RELEASE. So here is what I came up with.

The birdcage was cut in plain white cardstock from the Artfully Sent cartridge. and then embossed with Gold embossing powder.

I didn’t have the right color paper for the mat, so I used my peony purple marker to color in some plain white cardstock for the outer mat to the scripture that defines my “release”

I used my various shin han touch twin markers to color in the pretty butterflies from the Your Own kind of wonderful stamp set. I used my black ink pad to stamp the butterflies and then cut the large ones out by hand. I stamped the little tiny black butterflies right onto the layout after I placed the large ones where I wanted. I then finished off the look by adding some scattered sequins.

I used the bodacious banners stamp set along with my sky ink pad to stamp the banners. I then turned to my Glamour Uppercase Alphabet stamp set  and my black ink pad to stamp the letters onto the banners. The banners were cut with my Art Philosophy cartridge 

For the pretty swirls, I used my The Best Things stamp set and my black ink pad to create the pretty borders.

Here is one last look at my completed layout. I think it is a pretty visual reminder that I will hang in my craft room for 2015!

Products Used For This Project

Cricut Expression	Cricut Art Philosophy	Cricut Artfully Sent	Year Noted Paper Pack
Your Own Kind of Wonderful	Bodacious Banners	Glamour Uppercase Alphabet Set	The Best Things Stamp Set
Cerulean Blue Marker	Golden Yellow Marker	Peony Purple Marker	Cherry Pink Marker
Leaf Green Marker	Gold Sequins	Gold Embossing Powder
Foam Tape	Black Ink Pad	Sky Ink Pad	White Cardstock

Well, I think that about covers it for today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Be sure to come back tomorrow as I announce the winner of last week’s blog hop candy and share another fun and hopefully inspiring project. 

Don’t forget to head over to my Close To My Heart Link and do a little shopping! They have some great specials all this month! For details on all the specials, including my FREE SVG special bonus, head over to this post: HERE Until tomorrow,