Yum, melons!

It's time for some Tuesday Inspiration over at By Lori Designs!  We have some more summer creations to show you and here is my make using is Watermelon Smile... 

I used Julie Billingsley Summer Lovin' papers and framed her using Lil' Inker Designs photo frame die and My Favorite Things sun die topped off with a button.  I can't decide whether this will be a "thinking of you", birthday or even a congratulations card yet!

This is also my last DT card for By Lori Designs - it's been fun being with the team again and thanks to Lori for her fab creations!  You can check out more Tuesday Inspiration over at the blog here and I'll be back later with my There She Goes Trendsetter post!

Chinese New Year hop!

The very sweet and talented Em of Art From The Heart has organised this fabulous Chinese New Year blog hop!  Chinese New Year starts officially on Sunday 10 February but we decided to celebrate a little earlier to give you time to play with the FREE digis being given away!  And not only are there freebies, if you join in the hop you can win the BIG prize!  But I'll get on to that later cos I love to tease!

This is a long post, so settle in!  I have made two cards (as I do have a large Chinese family!) and here is my first make using the sweet Deasy Designs digi...

Oh he is soooo cute!!!  Both images and sentiment come in this digi set and I simply matched them up with Julie Billingsley Forevermore digi papers.

My second card (made for my parents) uses the very gorgeous Sparkle Creations Chinese New Year Rin...

I haven't done a tri-fold card for aaaages but think it worked quite well with these papers.  These are Crate Paper Pink Plum papers and I used the new CC Designs Cutters Cherry Blossoms die.  The ric rac ribbon is velvet so it gives it a touch of luxury and the border is used with a very old pair of Fiskars decorative edge scissors.  I have a whole set of these scissors that I don't use any more now I have my punches and dies - I really should give them away or use them!

Here's who you'll be hopping with us for a chance to win one of five fabulous prizes listed below:

Designers

Emily Leiphart

Alice Wertz

Chunyuan Wu

Kryssi Ng

Mary Johnson

Miriam Prantner

Pamela Ho

Sparkle Smith

Artists/Sponsors

Angie Blom Designs

Dahlhouse Designs

Deasy Designs

Fresh Squeezed Stamps

Lisa Hetrick Design

Avocado Arts
Mama Elephant

~ Prizes Worth $230!!! ~

Celebrate with us by leaving a comment on all designer and artist/sponsor blogs! Pick up your free digis and cut files along the way and create something for a second chance to win.  If you create something for the Chinese New Year, please post your project using the InLinkz Tool on Emily Leiphart's post.  Here's what you could win:

Lucky 8 Prize Pack

$100+ Value

Sponsor Prizes

Avocado Arts - 4 stamp sets

Fresh Squeezed Stamps - 1 stamp set

Mama Elephant - $20 gift certificate

Sparkle Creations - Chinese New Year Rin rubber stamp

I told you it was packed! You have until Friday, February 15th at 11:59 p.m. EST to comment or enter your digital project for a chance to win one of the five fabulous prizes.  The winners will be chosen via Random.org and announced on Emily Leiphart's blog on Saturday, February 16th. Winners will have until Friday, February 22nd at 11:59 p.m. to claim their prize. Second chance winners, if any, will be redrawn and announced here on Saturday, February 23rd.

So you should have come here from the lovely Kryssi Ng and you now need to hop off to the equally lovely Miriam Prantner!


That's it for now - I'll be back later with my Make It Crafty Valentine's hop and Bellarific Friday posts!

Thank you card for a guy

I needed to make a card for a male friend so had to avoid the usual girly cuteness I love to make!  Here's what I came up...

This is the Just My Type stamp by Jessica Rose for Stamping Bella and it comes with five different sentiments to stamp on the paper - really fab, isn't it?  I used papers from the Julie Billingsley Forevermore collection and topped it off with a silver paperclip to keep with the masculine look.  I think he'll like it!  I am entering this card into the Simon Says Stamps challenge for anything goes.

Now for some excellent news!   Everything - yes, EVERYTHING! - is 15% off Stamping Bella from Friday 1 February - Sunday 3 February (Midnight MST).  This includes all regular priced AND sale priced items!  To get the discount, just use code ineedtopurge2013!

Okay, I am off now but back tomorrow with my Bellarific Friday post!