Hello friends! I'm thrilled to be celebrating the newest release from The Stamp Market! We've got lost of inspiration for you today and I can't wait for you to see all the possibilities. If you haven't seen the sneaks from The Stamp Market's instagram posts you're in for a surprise treat with new stamps, dies, AND colors added to their color crush series. Let's get started!

If this isn't your first time visiting my blog, you may already be very aware that I love floral stamps. Actually, even if this is your first time visiting my blog, you could probably gather that. What I love even more is making those images come to life with no-line coloring and watercoloring techniques. The Stamp Market has added a no-line ink just to encourage my obsession and it is amazing. This ink hosts the same incredible foam pad as the rest of the color crush line with a very light neutral gray color that blends seamlessly with whatever medium and shades you're using in your project.

I used the No Line ink with the new Bounty of Blooms stamp set. It's the perfect pairing for a natural and organic look that makes these florals pop. I paired the watercolored blooms with the new Lots of Thanks word dies and coordinating stamp dies to create a really simple sentiment with black card stock centered on the front. 

The holidays are upon us and theres a great stamp and die set in this release that makes it so simple to turn our homemade cards into gifts for family and friends. The Notecards For You stamp and die set includes simple shapes and worded stamps like the one you see above. The coordinating dies cut small slots on either side of the shapes to make it easy to slip a ribbon or card stock through to neatly bundle your handmade cards together.

For my gifted notecard set I used the brand new must have, Long Labels nested dies. The dies create a simple but interesting shape  that fit so well onto a card front to draw attention to an image or sentiment like you see here. The background used here is the Just Vines background stamp in the new colors Rusty and Navy. (The other two colors seen here are Bubble Gum and Leafy.) 

The main sentiment on the notecards are from the Just A Note stamp set that also has a coordinating word die available! 

I hope that you've enjoyed seeing my inspiration from this months release for The Stamp Market! You can find all of these products now on TheStampMarket.com or at the links below. Be sure to continue on with the hop for more inspiration and peeks!

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Hello crafty friends! I'm so excited to be joining this blog hop with Altenew and friends to celebrate a brand new product! The new Metallic Watercolor Pan Set is joining the family and I can't wait to share some inspiration with you today. Be sure to comment at each stop along the hop for your chance to win some fabulous prizes!

To let the metallic properties of the watercolor shine, I decided to use them on black card stock. This meant that I needed to use much less water but it also allowed the shine and glimmer of the watercolor to pop off the card front. 

I started by stamping the leaves and a flower image from the Flower Garden stamp set and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I decided on heat embossing because I wanted to be sure that the details stood out on the images even after adding a couple layers of the metallic watercolor. I used a gold shade for my leaves which gives such a pretty gilded feel, and a beautiful red shade for my rose image. I fussy cut the images out and arranged them in an open wreath on my card front. 

To personalize this card, I used the letter "J" from the Tall Alpha Die Set to stand for the recipients name, and placed it inside the partial wreath. For embellishments I broke out my gold Nuvo crystal drops which I think contrasts so well against the black card stock. 

I love how smooth this metallic watercolor is. There are so many beautiful colors that shimmer and shine and will help make your projects stand out from the ordinary! I hope that you've enjoyed seeing how I used the new watercolor set today. Your next stop is the incredibly talented Svitlana Shayevich.

You can find the full hop list below the product links. Thank you again for stopping by! I'll see you very soon!

Hello Altenew fans! Thank you so much for joining us today on the October 2019 Decal Release blog hop. As always we've got lots of inspiration, sneaks, and prizes for you today so let's get right into it, shall we?

First, I'm showing the "You Can" decal set. I love this encouraging decal set and decided to frame it and place it on this picture shelf in my craft room. These frames are 11" x 14" which worked really well with the phrases sizes, but I did need to rotate the frame for the "Yes I Can" phrase. I used poster board trimmed down to place the decals onto as a base and that's all it took to create this great focal point for my room. It's a great reminder to believe in myself when I'm feeling lost for creative ideas or mojo. This would also be great for a child's room or a classroom, I think!

Before we get into this next beautiful and functional decal, let's talk about prizes! 

To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to 6 lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by 10/30/2019 for a chance to win.We’ll also draw a winner to receive a $15 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blogs on 11/2/2019.

For my second project I've got the Floral Dry Erase Board Decal Set. I thought this set would be great for my craft room as well to jot down personal things I want to remember. I keep a card making only calendar by my desk so I thought having this for personal reminders would be wonderful. It's washes cleanly without leaving behind marks (when using EXPO dry erase markers) and looks gorgeous on the wall. Of course this would look great in an office, kitchen, or bedroom as well. Practicality and beauty is a combination you don't always find!

Thank you so much for stopping by again! You can find the full product list below and the entire hop list just below that. Your next stop is the super talented Kymona.  I'll see you again very soon!

Hello, again! I'm thrilled to be joining Hero Arts today for another of their collaboration stamp sets to celebrate our industry. Today's collaboration is Altenew and in true Altenew fashion, we have a large, bold floral image with accompanying sentiments in a beautiful font. Continue reading to learn about how I created with the set today, and the giveaways available for commenters on the hop!

For my card, I decided to use the no-line watercolor technique to create an artistic look with this large floral image. After stamping the flower, I masked it and went on to stamp the leaf image on each side on the flower and the top of the card. This made a nice space to stamp my sentiment "we are better together". I shocked myself upon realizing this ended up being a one layer card, but the size of the images really dominate an A2 sized card in the most wonderful way.

Now; let's get to the really good stuff! There will be three (3) winners chosen from the comments along the entire blog hop. One commenter will win the stamp set, one will win $25 to Altenew, and one will win $25 to Hero Arts. Be sure to comment on each stop by October 27th. Winners will be announced the week after on the Hero Arts blog.

Thank you so much for stopping by and hopping along with us! There's tons of inspiration on the hop so be sure to continue on by checking the links below. I'll see you again soon!

Hello there everyone! Thanks for stopping by today. This post coordinates with my video over on the Altenew YouTube channel, so if you haven't seen it yet take a look here:

I'd love to link the Altenew products I used today in the video and explain to you why I chose them for this card and technique.

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The Grateful Heart Stamp set is a favorite of mine. I love the it includes the outline stamp as well as the layering stamps so that you can choose which look you'd like for the flower. For today's coloring technique, I used just the outline stamp because there is very little detail in the petals, and I wanted to show how you could add those details yourself as your second layer of coloring.

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The Artist Markers Set A has some of my favorite color combinations in it. The red palette included is great for flowers and the green pairs perfectly for the leaves and greenery. I also adore the blue set included, but didn't use those on my card today. These markers are easy to use and simple to learn with, if you're not used to alcohol markers. They come in coordinating sets making blending easy and quick.

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The Framed stamp set has been a favorite of mine for a long time. The shapes and sizes work perfectly with A2 sized cards and the design of the shapes included is just genius. I decided to use the mid size rectangle for this card as a way to highlight the flower and give some dimension and interest by intertwining the flower with the frame. 

For colored pencils, I use the Prismacolor 72 set. However, I have heard a time or two that the best colored pencil is a sharp one so whatever brand you use will work just fine! I slowly build up the color and dimension for my second layer of coloring with these pencils. For more information on how I do that be sure to check out the video above! 

Well, hello there everyone! Thank you so much for joining me today for the introduction of this years stamp set fundraiser for Layton's Legacy. 

I'd love to offer some information about the fundraiser from Lea's blog. Lea has put this all together in honor and memory of her son Layton, who spent 5 months and 7 days in the NICU before his passing. Most of this information will be directly from Lea's post which you can find at this link: http://www.lealawsoncreates.com/2019/10/2nd-annual-laytons-legacy-fundraiser.html

**October is Pregancy & Infant Loss Awareness month, and October 15th is what many in the loss world call Wave of Light. It is a public way to share the memory of your lost pregnancies and/or babies. This is Lea's version of Wave of Light 2019.**