Blog Candy and sneak peek!

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New Release of the Hearts and Hugs Collection Series #2 by
Victoria Case for SCACD Stamp Company on Friday 21st!

Today there's a new yummy blog candy up at the Follow Your Heart blog.
You can win a hand colored and signed image of a new stamp "Autumn" by artist Victoria Case and a set of all 8 NEW stamps!!!

You can view the beautiful Autumn image on the store blog, Victoria did an awesome job, both in designing and coloring her!

To take part, there's a simple question for you to answer in your comment over at the Follow Your Heart blog. (Comments made here on my blog will NOT count!)

Tomorrow you will get to see all the new stamps on the DT blogs, so be sure to come visit us all!

TIOT # 32 ~ Back to School

All pictures can be enlarged by clicking on them

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A fun challenge this week at SCACD; make a teacher or a student gift. I came up with this pencil holder, an altered can, bean sprout can to be specific, it has a good size for this purpose. I'm always thinking of my self as a card maker, but it's fun to do something else, to go outside my comfort zone. On this project I even got to use eyelets, that's a rare thing to do these days!

The stamp I used is the sweet and cool lady owls on a branch from the QT Hooty Owl stamp set by Pink Cat Studio from SCACD. Colored with my Prismacolor pencils. I put Kaisercraft Rhinestones on the flowers on their hats, punched some leaves to make their branch a nicer place to be....

I'll give this holder to one of my nieces, she starts her second year in college these days. She's into environmental stuff, so recycling is something she likes. The brown paper I used is from the Green Stack, a paper pad by DCWV - recycled papers, and the bean sprout can has now started a new life as a pencil holder - a nice gift for her!

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I painted on the inside of the can.

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I made faux seams, very easy and quick to do
with a ruler and a tracing wheel at hand!
(Click on the picture to get a better look)

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On the company blog Follow Your Heart you can see all the wonderful projects by the rest of the DT ladies!

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I'm sponsoring the stampARTic challenge this week

The challenge over at stampARTic this week is to make a gift box. Join the challenge and you can be a lucky winner of 2 rubber stamp sheets of your choice from Aud Design.
The challenge ends August 22nd.

Check it out here:

Happy Birthday Susana!

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Our sweet, beautiful, generous, fun, kind, awesome and caring 'boss' Susana at SCACD has her birthday today!

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Made this card and sent it half way round the world to her.
Hope you like it, hon.

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The image is the cutest lil' Emma from Elisabeth Bell for SCACD, the sentiment is by Purple Onion Designs.

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Need some Tear Drops?

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I do, and I know where to get them! Susana at SCACD has got these awesome Robin's Nest Tear Drops in her shop, brand new and sooo hot stuff! They are similar to the dew drops with flat backs, only they are in the shape of a tear or a raindrop - in many different colors.

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Remember to stop by Della's shop I Brake For Stamps (IBFS), the 15% off all purchases at her store expires the 16th. The coupon code is BLOGHOP and it's for IBFS store ONLY!

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Oh, and you should definitely stop by my super talented DT sister Suzanne's blog today! You'll get a wonderful sneak peek at what's to come next week at SCACD!

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Kind of published...??? No, just kidding!

I had fun playing on this site: MagMyPic.
I used some of my cards to make 'fake' magazine covers.
Go get the 'published feeling' you too! Have some fun!

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Blog Hop ~ I Brake For Stamps

This blog hop is a shout-out & Thank You to Della of I Brake For Stamps (IBFS) who is a huge behind the scenes helper for Susana's Custom Art & Card Design - she makes all the stamps!
All the DT's blogs feature a different project featuring a stamp from Della's store, so make sure and hop all the way through the end.

For one lucky HOPPER there will be a prize, but you have to leave a comment on every blog in order for a chance to win - also at the store blog - there will be a question for you to answer! The lucky winner will be picked randomly from comments left on one of the DT's blogs - but it's a MYSTERY which blog it will be!
The prize up for grabs is a brand new Ranger Heat Gun - it heats quickly & does NOT blow your embossing powder around - it's FANTASTIC - and 4 IBFS stamps!

There's even more:
Della at I Brake For Stamps is generously offering 15% off all purchases at her store, expires the 16th. The coupon code is BLOGHOP and it's for IBFS store ONLY! ***(NOT at SCACD!)***
Only 4 days to use it so whatcha waiting for!!!

Now go get hoppin'!! The first blog on this blog hop is Suzanne's.

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When I was asked to go to Della's fabulous store to choose a stamp to use on my card for this blog hop, I really got excited! And - WOW - it was not an easy task to pick just one, there are so many wonderful stamps to look at! Finally I ended up with this little darling, #RBG130 Girl Praying. This image is also to be found at a stamp sheet along with a little praying boy and sentiments, click HERE to see it.

I decided to do a different type of card today than what I usually do. I have looked at this kind of card folding in my friend Marianne's blog, she's a big inspiration source! {hugs} I colored the image with Prismacolor pencils and the sentiment is computer generated.

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Other things I've used are: Nestabilities dies, Bosskut die,Kaisercraft pearls, buttons, ribbon and flowers from my stash, Scrapper's Floss, a Fiskars edge punch, EK Success leaf punch, and I made some simple beaded pins.

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Thanks for looking at my card!
***Here's your next stop at this blog hop: Maria***

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Here's the complete blog hop list:

• Suzanne
• Danni
• Jennifer
• Teri
• Susan
• Lorelie
• Me
  
• Maria
• Jami
• Anki
• Store blog; Follow Your Heart

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Do you like to HOP?

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Blog hop that is,
then you can look forward to a fun new blog hop
at the SCACD's DT blogs tomorrow, August 13th!

There will be a prize involved, and a special offer too!

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Welcome back tomorrow, join the fun!

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TIOT # 31 ~ Sweet Susan

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Last week I was a terrible blogger, only one card posted...
We went on a small vacation trip, so I was away from all my darling stamps, papers and stash. Came home on Sunday evening, and yesterday I made this card for today's TIOT challenge over at SCACD.
It's a color challenge this time; black, pink and yellow. At first I thought this would be quite a challenge, but I think it turned out all right.

I used the sweet Susan from Elisabeth Bell for SCACD, she's got black hair and a pink and yellow outfit this time, colored with Prismacolor pencils. I love these Prima Dandies, used QuicKutz swirls and words, added Kaisercraft pearls to finish it.


On the company blog Follow Your Heart you can see all the wonderful cards by the rest of the DT ladies!

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Brand NEW Spellbinders at SCACD!

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Susana has already got the new Nestabilities up in her shop! They are GREAT!
I need to order some today!

You can see them all here: NEW Nestabilities dies

New Flower Soft at SCACD!

. . . . . . . . . .. . Autumn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Polar White

Susana is quick as lightning and has already got these brand new Flower Soft colors in her shop!
They will look great on autumn cards,

and winter and Christmas cards.


You'll find all the Flower Softs HERE.

TIOT # 30 ~ Lovely Spunkette

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A new Try It Out Tuesday it is for the design team at SCACD, today we have a wonderful sketch to follow, made by our great team leader Suzanne.

I chose to use the beautiful Spunkette by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD on my card, this time I masked her wings off, to fit the sketch better. Colored her with my Prismacolor pencils, and cut her out with Nestabilities dies. I stamped, colored and cut the flower and put it on pop dots.

I now think I know why I don't do so much layering of different patterned papers on my cards, I spend way to much time trying to find the perfect color and pattern matches, and sometimes I just can't find it!
But here I was lucky enough to have a pile of BasicGrey paper pads to look trough, so I did pretty well, I think. (The background pp is from the June Bug pad.)
For corner decoration I used a Cuttlebug die. I used Scrapper's Floss on the buttons.

On the company blog Follow Your Heart you can see all the wonderful cards by the rest of the DT ladies!

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Susana is sponsoring a fun "Scavenger Hunt" blog candy starting at the "Fans of Karen Lockhart" PCP group & ending at the store blog where you can win 3 hand-colored Lockhart stamps (the 3 patio pot stamps) & a pack of BasicGrey paper!
You have until Saturday, August 8th at midnight (EST) to leave your answers & winner will be announced on Sunday morning! Good Luck!

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