Paper and Such Release

Good morning! Ready for another release from Paper and Such?!  I sure hope so as I am so excited to share with you the stamps that are being released today!  I LOVE them!!

You should have came here from Pattie's blog, if not please start at the Paper and Such Blog, you don't want to miss anything.

 There are 3 stamp sets being released today!!

 Here are the sets:

          

Daffodil                             You Lift Me

Simple Sentiment

When I got these sets, I was so excited!  The little girl with the balloon is soooo adorable!  And the daffodil's...do I need to say anything?  I love them! Love flowers!! 

For my card today, I used the set "You Lift Me":

 This actually was the first stamp set I took out of my package from Julie and was just amazed at how fun and adorable she is!  So I decided to use her for the release blog hop!

I used some of my Creative Inspirations Paint in Tutu Pink to add shimmer to her balloon.  For this card I also used, probably my favorite 6x6 stack that I got from Paper and Such My Mind's Eye Gertie!!  It's pretty sad that I just ordered this stack and well needless to say I probably could order it again already!!

Your next stop on the Release Hop is Meredith from Paper Canteen! Enjoy the hop and all the wonderful inspiration! 

Here's the entire Blog Hop list:

Julie Smith

Janice Melton

Kim O'Connell
Amber Hillman
Pattie Goldman
Kendra Sand <------------ You Are Here
Meredith Winston
Stephanie Mino
Naomi Gong
Mindy Young
Paper and Such Design Blog

Julie from Paper & Such is offering a chance at winning each of the stamp sets being released today, don't miss out!!  So join in the hop and be sure to leave comments along the way for your chance!

Have a nice day!

Kendra

Sweet Ladybug

Wow, have I had fun creating Valentine's day cards this year!!

I am totally in love with My Thoughts Exactly's new stamp set Lovey Puns Animal set!! As if I haven't created enough cards with this set, I just HAD to sneek one more in!! ;)

An adorable ladybug!

 Made on my Cricut just using circles and hearts from George and Basic Shapes!!

Plus adding a little Creative Inspirations Paint in Coal to the hearts for shimmer!!


Have a nice day!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Addicted to Rubber Stamps: Must Use Stamp + Love/Valentines
Catered Crop: Hearts
Paper Playtime: Cricut Creations Using Hearts or Love Theme
Party Time Tuesdays: Valentines
Shopping Out Stash: Hearts, Valentines and/or Lace
Craft Your Passion: Anythng Goes and NO Designer Paper

Sweet Stamps Pick 6

Today's post for Sweet Stamps is a little different!  We aren't having a challenge this week, as the new DT members are being introduced on the site and the Senior DT members were asked to "Pick 6"!

So check the blog out to meet our newest members!!  We have some lovely new ladies joining our team!!

The senior DT members were asked to pick 6 of our favorite products in the SweetStamps.com store! What fun!  Although, it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be as there are so many great things in the SS store to choose from! 

But I narrowed my choices down and this is my "PICK 6":

1. Flower Stamps – I LOVE the flower stamps from SS! They are what first caught my attention when I first happened upon the SweetStamps.com store a little over a year ago! There are so many great flower stamps to choose from! I have many of them!!  The Entwined Roses was the first one I ever got!

2. Butterfly Stamps – I LOVE the butterfly stamps as well! (This past year I found myself really liking anything to do with butterflies!!) I really like the Dot Butterfly it is so fun to paper piece with and pop-up different parts of it!

3. Paper Paper Paper – I LOVE all the 6 x 6 paper packs in the SS store!! My favorite pack is Authentique Uncommon!  I've been using that one a lot lately.

4. Pearls and Rhinestones- I LOVE all the pearls and rhinestones SS offers!!  No project is complete without a little bling!!  Usually every order I place I have to order some!!

5. Creative Inspirations Paint - I LOVE using my CI Paints to add shimmer to my projects!! Don’t really have a favorite color, as I love them all!  They are a MUST have!!

6. Dies – I LOVE all the dies as well, but I’d have to say my favorite one is the Mini Exotic Butterflies by Cheery Lynn Designs!!

Even though we don't have a challenge this week, make sure to comment on this week's post for your chance at winning $10 of stamps!!  Stacey will be picking two winners!  So make sure to stop by the SS Blog.
Have a nice day!

Kendra



CI Paints Inspired By: Love

This week's challenge at Creative Inspirations Paint is:

Inspired By: Love

Check the heart out:

It actually was a happy accident!  I love how it turned out!

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Got out my Xyron to create a sticker!  I haven't used this in a long time!

First, put a piece of white cardstock through my Xyron, placed it on my Circut cutting mat and cut a heart out.

I peeled the backing off just the heart section. 

I ment to use Resplendence Regel Red Glitter, but am in love with the Deliquesce Super Sparkle Pink Embossing Powder.  So I grabbed that without thinking and dumped in on the sticky portion of the heart and then thought, oh NO! I wanted to used glitter!  But I decided to try it out to see what happened.

I liked the results so I thought I would stick with it!  Look at the glitter in the embossing powder as well!!  I just love this stuff!!  It has some shades of pink and red as well! 

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But this technique is fun to do with glitter as well!! And as I found out with embossing powder as well, it gives such a fun texture!

Have a great day!  And as always thanks so much for stopping by!


Kendra

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Challenges:
One Stop Craft Challenge: For The One I Love
Stamp, Scrap or Doodle: Punches or Die Cuts
Come and Get It Challenges: Love
Crafty Ann's: Love Is In The Air
Fairy Tale: Love, Love, Love
Alota Rubber Stamps: Love - NO Red
I Brake For Challenges: Love
Paper Playtime: Cricut Creations Using Hearts or Love Theme
The Pink Elephant: Pink

Love Daffodils

I have a sneak peek or teaser if you'd like to call it that to share with you today!!  Getting ready for another release from Paper and Such!  And let me tell you....the stamps are once again AMAZING!!

When I got mine I think I was doing a little fun dance as I was so excited to get them inked up!

I LOVE flowers, so the set Daffodil set immediately was calling my name! 

Here is a card I created:

I just love daffodils, not only is my favorite color yellow, but they are a nice sign that SPRING is finally here!

Remember, there is always wonderful inspiration being shared on the Paper and Such Blog and the 9th of each month is a Release Blog Hop!

Have a wonderful day!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Addicted to Stamps: Summer in Winter
Hotshot Craft Blog: Flowers
Ditzy Craftymess: Anything Goes

Udder-ly Amazing

Good morning, as I mentioned yesterday, I have another fun card to share with you today using a fun new stamp set from My Thoughts Exactly!

You're Udder-ly Amazing

I just love this new set from MTE called "Lovey Puns Animal", the sentiments are so fun to put together!  And grouped with these adorable animals I created using Create a Critter they're perfect!!  I'll be using this set a lot!

I was so proud of myself, using Design Studio I took off the back spot on the cow and put a heart instead!!

Have a nice day!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Stamps R Us: Valentine's/Love
Simon Says Stamp: Animal Antics
Digi Doodle Shop's Best: Love Is In the Air
Do You Stack Up Challenge Blog: Anything Goes
Forever Friends: Must Include an Animal + Valentine
Moving Along with the Times: Have a Heart
Sarah Hurley: Love Is All Around
Pals Paper Arts: Any Reds
My Creative Time: Must Use Cricut + Valentine Card
I Brake For Challenges: Love

MTE Release Blog Hop

I am so excited to share with you the projects I have created with February's release stamps from My Thoughts Exactly!

I am in LOVE!  This month's release consists of SEVEN wonderful Valentine's Day stamp sets! You can see them all here.  Any purchase made today, will receive the Love Label set FREE!!  Shipping within the US is always free, but MTE does also ship worldwide!

You should have come from Jessica's blog, if not please start at the My Thoughts Exactly Blog, as you don't want to miss out on all the wonderful inspiration!!

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First off I created this fun card using Candy Hearts set!  My first time creating a fold like this along with a shaker card!

The additional heart I added with the Happy Valentine's sentiment is from Love Label set.

The inside:

The Be my Valentine is from the set Lovey Puns Animal set and I used the empty candy heart from the Candy Hearts set along with a few sentiments from that set as well and some from the Candy Hearts Add On 2 to create the border of conversation hearts!

How cool is this Candy Heart set!  There are so many uses for it!  It'll be great for creating sleeves for actual conversation heart boxes or even to create your own candy boxes!!

Close-up of the shaker candy box!

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I'm am so in love with the Lovey Puns Animal set!

The kids and I created a bunch of animals using my Create a Critter card to make some fun Valentine's!

First, they helped create two traditional Valentine's:

Back:

My little girl picked to make a lady bug!

Back:

We also have created a few cards using this set, but I will share one with you today and you'll need to check back to see the others. There will be one posted tomorrow!

(Don't want to overwhelm you with too many projects in one day!)

Wool Ewe be mine?

I just love this adorable little sheep!! And the perfect sentiment to go along with it!

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Your next stop on our blog hop is Lenae from Sugar Gem Crafts!

Make sure to leave some sweet comments along the way for your chance at winning an I Want It All Bundle from MTE!!

Have a wonderful day!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Pixie Dust Studio: Let's Go To The Zoo
Dream Valley Challenges: Animals
Paper Sundaes: Valentine's
Party Time Tuesdays: Anything Goes
Stamp n' Doodle: Romance, Love, Valentine's
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge: Love is in the Air
Simon Says Stamp: Animal Antics
Truly Scrumptious: Love and Hearts

Shaped Cards with Sweet Stamps

Sweet Stamps Challenge:

Shaped Cards
No Squares or Rectangles

Make sure to join us on the Sweet Stamps blog, we'd love to see what you create. You have a chance at winning $20 to purchase some "sweet" things of your own!! There's plenty of wonderful things to choose from!

Here's the card I created:

I decided to go with a heart shape since Valentine's Day is right around the corner!!

Isn't it fun?  I cut the main shape from Make The Cut!  I used the parchament craft technique to make the three hearts that are grouped together!  I think it adds such a nice touch!

SweetStamps.com Supplies Used:

Happy Valentine's Day

Country Heart Small

White Embossing Powder 

Vellum

Foam Dots

Silver Rhinestones

Authentique Paper Pad Uncommon

Duchess Rose Shades Dye Ink

Have a wonderful day! Make sure to check out all the other work from the DT!

Kendra

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Challenges:
Paper Crafting Journey: Floral
Allsorts: One or More Hearts
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle: Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes: Valentine's

Paper and Such Giveaway!!

Paper and Such is having a HUGE Giveaway!!

The winner of the prize package will receive:
2 Paper and Such stamp sets of your choice
2 paper pads of your choice
1 bundle of every color twine we have in the store
a HUGE assortment of ribbon
(approximate value of $60)

What a great prize!!

There are so many great things in the Paper and Such store!!


There are a ton of ways to enter, check it out here!!

This contest will run until February 14th, with the winner being announced on February 15th!

 
Have a nice day!
 

Kendra

CI Paints Inspired By: Someone Special

This week's challenge at Creative Inspirations Paint is:

Inspired By: Someone Special

Join in for your chance to win some CI Paints of your own!

Have a great day!


Kendra

Footprint Painting

We did some footprint painting the other day and they had so much fun!  At first I think they thought I was insane!  But after I showed them what to do they loved it!

Have a nice day!

Kendra

Love Sweets

Good morning!

I have a My Thoughts Exactly project to share with you today.

For this project I used stamp sets Sweet Thoughts and Many Thanks:

The love and kisses sentiments are from the Sweet Thoughts set and the heart is from the Many Thanks set.  I thought they were perfect for a valentine's treat package!!

And the package holds candy kisses!!

I used the stamps to create my own v-day paper!! 

I really like how it turned out!

The paper:

Before                                           After

 And lastly, I used some of my Creative Inspirations Paint to add shimmer to the paper!!

You can always check on the MTE Blog for some wonderful inspiration from all the DT members!!


Have a wonderful day!

Kendra

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Challenges:

Decorate to Celebrate: Valentine's Party!
AUD Sentiments: The Word Love
Craft Us Crazy: Valentine/Love
Delightful Challenges: Anything But a Card
Digi Doodle Shop's Best: Anything Goes
DRS Designs: Hearts