Hope Your Birthday Is Simply Wonderful

Hello and welcome to week 2 of CR84FN, we have a beautiful color pallet for you to work with.  This soft color combination worked perfectly for a card that I needed for my friends birthday.  I have some news to share with you all.  After two years of CR84FN, Mona has decided to close down the challenge.  It takes a lot of time to run a challenge site and at this time she would like to devote her time to her own blog and craft.  I do not blame her one bit.  Her and her husband have spent many hours searching for colors and coming up with the graphics for the challenge blog, typing the posts and everything else that goes along with the responsibility.  That is time they could have spent together or Mona on her own creative journey.  I am honored to have been a part of this amazingly talented group of ladies from the beginning.  Thank you Mona for having me on the team.  I will miss you all!

WARNING: This is a photo heavy post.  :)

This is the inside of the card.  I did not want to make the front of the card too busy with a sentiment, so I decided to pretty up the inside.  I did go back and add the cute little tea cup die to the bottom left corner after I wrote my personal message.  

If you look close you can see I used some mulberry paper for the leaves.  I like the different texture that it adds to the flower.

 This is a photo of the card and a cute little tag I made for the gift bag.

I have loved this darling little stamp and matching die set from MFT from the moment I saw it!  :)

Here is a close up of the pretty flower that I made using mulberry paper.  It is a Rolled Rose and a couple layers from Flower Medley.

I am entering this into the Mojo Monday sketch challenge.

SUPPLIES USED:

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DESIGN TEAM:

Deborah Frings

Pauline Pollington

Sue Lelli 

Andrea Mathews

Shannon White 

Mona Pendelton

Joanne Basile

Lisa Henke 

Helen Berry

Mackie Robertson 

Vickie Zimmer

Lisa Snowdy (Guest Designer)

Thanks so much for stopping by,

Heather

If Friends Were Flowers...

Hello again!  It is Flourishes Free For All Friday.  It is where the Flourishes Sr. Design team get to choose which set they like most and hopefully inspire you to pull out your stamps and create.  I chose the set called Inside & Out You and paired it with Winter Blossoms.  This beautiful Crate Paper looks so pretty with the small floral stamped accent.  Don't ya think?

On my floral stamped image, I used the neutral tones for the leaves since the leaves in the paper have the same tone.  If I had used green it would have stuck out like a sore thumb!

                                  I am playing along with Deconstructed Sketch this week.

SUPPLIES USED:

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We have a special treat for you this Friday! Lots of eye candy from our Senior Design Team. Each designer got to pick one of their favorite sets to create with and we have a hop to show off all the goodies! Hopefully seeing some of their creativity will inspire some creations in your own craft spaces!  So, hope on over and see……

• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen (that's me)
• Julie Koerber
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Tammy Hershberger

Thanks so much for stopping by,
Heather

I LOVE YOU

Welcome to the NinaB Designs* first team blog hop of 2013! We hope you have had a relaxing holiday break and ready to join us for another year of inspirations and prizes!

*NinaB Designs is a product designer for a few paper crafting companies including Spellbinders, Want2Scrap and Penny Black, and The Craft's Meow.

For this month's hop, Nina challenged the team to create a project with the LOVE theme, which can be interpreted in many ways: Valentine, Anniversary and Friendship.

I decided to try my hand and some mixed media, probably not the smartest thing to do when you are limited on the supplies you are able to use.  Lesson learned!  I used 2 pieces out of  one of the Want 2 Scrap chipboard albums.  Some Gelatos, a little molding paste, and some bling and I have a transformed chipboard album.  I will definitely have another go at this mixed media thing real soon, but will not limit myself on what I can and can not use!

This is pretty long so it did not fit inside my light tent standing up.  This bottom photo was taken in natural light with a piece of cardstock behind it.  For the life of me I could not find my 30 inch light tent!

The NinaB Designs team is giving away these TWO PRIZE PACKAGES: Prize Package #1 includes
Spellbinders Venetian Accents and Motifs:

 

Prize #2 includes 2 retired sets from Layers of Colors stamps:

 

Supplies Used:

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Winners will be picked randomly from 2 of the designers' blogs:

Nina Brackett * Beate Johns * Beatriz Jennings * Clare Buswell * Heather Jensen * Jennie Harper * Julie Overby * Lea Lawson * Linda Lucas *Viola Mahr

Everybody is welcome to comment and be eligible to win. The winners will be announced on  January 22 on Nina's Blog, where you will also find all the relevant info regarding the giveaways. Finally, please consider liking the following Facebook pages that are represented on today's hop, so you don't miss the latest news and happenings:

NinaB Designs

Spellbinders Paper Arts

The Craft's Meow

Penny Black Inc.  Want2Scrap 

Thank you for joining us today!

Heather

You Are The Best

Well, it's the moment you have all been waiting for -- the Grand Finale of Flourishes' January Release! If you've been following our sneak peeks this week, they are no longer peeks! All three of our new sets are now live -- RIGHT HERE! As always, we have our special New Release Bundle as well -- which will give you 10% off all sets when you purchase them in a bundle. The set we are showcasing today is part of a collection of sentiment sets aimed at giving you oh-so-many options for the insides and outsides of your cards!

Inside and Out You by Becky Fleck the perfect little sentiment set for all the different ways to tell that someone special so many different things! The mix and match sentiments are all packed on this 4″ by 3″ set! If you like this set, you might like our others called Inside & Out Just Because , Inside & Out Thank You or Inside & Out Happy! Be sure to check them out as well.

Would you like to try to win this set? All you need to do is leave some love in the form of a comment on the blogs below! Why? You need to try to figure out who is the…

   

 One of the ladies on our link list below will be picking a name from the comments on her blog post today. We don’t know which one it is… so the more blogs you leave comments on, the more chances you have to win! Before we get to the link list of talented ladies – we do have some fun news to share! First up, we have a brand new Silhouette cut file designed to coordinate with our new Roses are Red stamp set! You can find it right HERE in the Flourishes store. The SVG file will come along as well very soon! So, stay tuned for that! And so, without further ado --- hop on over to see our fabulous design team and the gorgeous creations they fashioned using our brand new and ever-so-versatile set that’s perfect for.... YOU!

• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Heather Jensen
• Julie Koerber
• Silke Ledlow
• Stacy Morgan
• Tammy Hershberger

 

THE CLOCK IS TICKING TO WIN OUR JANUARY RELEASE!

If you want a chance to win all three of our brand new sets, you can still play in our Love Letters Challenge – there will be multiple winners here! BUT, you have to act fast -- the deadline to enter is 5PM EST today! OR, play along with the gals for this week’s Timeless Tuesday Challenge! Check out the links for the official rules! We sure hope you had a blast with us this week! We had fun showing off these new designs and can't wait to see what YOU do with them as well! Be sure to check back tomorrow to see if your name ends up in our Winner's Circle! We love giving goodies away and who knows, you just might be the lucky winner! See you here tomorrow!

Supplies Used:

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Thanks so much for stopping by.
Heather