Thanks so matcha!

Hey there!

There is an awesome giveaway going on to celebrate the fact that I hit 5K followers on instagram! Check it out!

Thanks so matcha for all of your encouragement and kind words!



I couldn't help but create a card to say it with style! I used the super cute So Matcha stamp set and matching dies to create this card.

I colored them in non-traditional, bubblegum colors instead of in traditionally-colored kimonos.

I used a patterned paper by Lawn Fawn as a ground for them to stand on, and stamped the greeting onto a banner flag by Avery Elle. The wonky stitches rectangle die is part of the same die collection as the banner flag.



Before you go, I wanted to say a huge THANK YOU to all of my teams. Ellen Hutson, Lawn Fawn, Neat and Tangled, Pinkfresh Studio, and Avery Elle all very generously donated gift cards for me to offer as prizes for my instagram giveaway.

I hope you'll check it out!

♥.

Pinkfresh Studio spring release blog hop

Hi there!

I'm joining the rest of the Pinkfresh team to celebrate the new spring release. I'm showing off Constellation, a starry set with some gorgeous sentiments:

I did some ink layering to bring dimension to that starry circle:

I popped the circle stamp into the MISTI tool, to be sure that as I inked it up numerous times, it would not shift around. I inked it up once with a medium blue ink color, and then for the second and third inkings, I tapped darker and darker blues around the edges.



I then added little dark blue dots around the edges for added texture, and also used white Nuvo drops to add extra stars in the sky.

The constellation die set includes that amazing connecting stars die. I cut it out of gold cardstock and used the tiniest foam adhesive to pop it over the night sky.



I love this encouraging sentiment!

Now, for the fun stuff:

There is a new release promotion! A free Party Animal stamp set with a $50 purchase, using the code FREEPARTYWITH50. It's valid as of now, until April 29th at 11:59pm. Fine print: for the code to be valid, your cart must total at least $50, then you would add the Party Animal stamp set. It will add 15$ to your total, which will disappear when you use the code upon checkout.

There are also prizes to be won! The grand prize is the entire new release! A winner will be picked from comments on the Pinkfresh Studio blog post. Also up for grabs: a $25 gift certificate - from among comments left on this post! Each one of the designers is giving away a $25 gift card to the Pinkfresh store - woo hoo! You have until Friday (April 27th) at 5:00pm CST to leave comments on all of the participating blogs.

The winners will be announced on Saturday morning!

Here is a full blog hop list:

Pinkfresh Studio Blog

Erum Tasneem

Zsoka Marko

Rebecca Luminarias

Julia Stainton

May Sukyong Park

Elena Roussakis

Amy Tsuruta

Isha Gupta

Lea Lawson

Evelin Tee

Speech bubbles (Lawn Fawn inspiration week)

Hay there!

I have a farm-themed birthday card to share with you today, for the last day of this month's Lawn Fawn inspiration week:

We're showing off the Speech Bubbles dies today, and I've used it with images from Hay There.

Instead of laying the speech bubbles over the gingham sky, I opted to die cut into the gingham layer and reveal a punch of black underneath. I white-heat-embossed the greetings on the black layer and framed out my scene into 2 sections.



I don't know what happened to my sad little chick in the corner. Somewhere between making the card and photographing it, the adhesive loosened and he keeled over a bit. ha. I never noticed until I was editing the photos.

I hope you like my card, and check out the LF blog this morning for even more speech bubble inspiration - click!

♥.

Color challenge (for Ellen Hutson)

Hi there!

I have a pretty card to share today, made with goodies from the Ellen Hutson store.  I created a card using this color palette as my inspiration: