Happy NSD! *Giveaway now closed*

Well, hello there! A few of my scrapbooking and cardmaking friends and I have put together a fun blog hop in honor of National Scrapbook Day! Are you getting crafty today? There will be a few giveaways and special things along the hop, so be sure to hop along, get to know all of these creative people, and see what they are up to!

First, we thought it would be fun to share a little bit about each of us. Please feel free to play along and post your favorites too! Currently...

1. Favorite YouTube clip: Jimmy Fallon's Ew! videos...my 9 year old daughter, Kati, and I laugh and laugh! We love Jimmy Fallon!
2. Listening to: Pandora on my iPad - Today's Hits Radio.
3. Watching: Game of Thrones.
4. Reading: I'm not much of a reader, just online news and blogs!
5. I can eat this everyday: definitely chocolate.
6. Favorite drink at 4pm: Diet Dr. Pepper.
7. On my wishlist: a Heidi Swapp Minc machine and some foils to experiment with.
8. Enjoying: time with my husband before he starts his new job.
9. Favorite quote right now: "Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement." I always like to have an optimistic outlook on things!
10. Smiling about: Spring and all its beauty.
11. My favorite project for the year is...

Probably my Craftsy.com workshop that came out in January! It's called Cards With Dimension: Lovely Layers, Textures and Embellishments.  (Today I'd love to offer you 50% off my class! Just click on the class title link above to get 1/2 off.) I teach tips on working with patterned papers, layering with vellum, choosing and placing embellishments, other ways to add texture and dimension, stitching - hand and machine, and more. You'll see over 70 cards throughout the class. If you'd like to read more about it, you can see my original blog post here. Here are some samples from the class.

Love me some layers!

Now, before I go, a few things...Wilna has graciously offered a freebie for us to share with you, which you can download here.  See image below. She also has a new class with Craftsy titled Fresh Techniques for Artful Layouts. Be sure to check it out, it's fantastic! She's so creative.

And one last thing...I'd like to give away a spot in my Cards With Dimension class!

If you are interested, please leave a note and tell me what you would most like to learn or improve on in your card making or scrapbooking. I'll choose a random winner by May 4th. Have a happy and creative day!

Laura Craigie

Jen Gallacher

Jill Sprott

Wilna Furstenberg

Paige Evans

Shimelle Laine

Nancy Damiano

Danielle Flanders (you are here!)

Aly Dosdall

Laura Bassen

Amy Heller

Stephanie Bryan

Winner of the Elle's giveaway...

By random number generator, the winner of the Elle's Studio giveaway is:

 snazzyjj said...

Congrats!! I love your mini album and it will be so much fun seeing what you will be doing in 2015!!! 

That sneek peek has me intrigued. January 3, 2015 at 5:37 PM

Congratulations snazzyjj! Please send your mailing address to: dflanders71@hotmail.com. Thanks to all for your sweet comments! I am excited to work with Elle and her gorgeous die cuts.

And here is another little sneak peek of the January kit. Kit and add-ons will be available this Saturday, January 10th at 8 am PST at www.shopellesstudio.com.

The winner of the flair giveaway is...

Andrea!

Andrea said...18

oh so cute! works perfect with your christmas themed card! Thanks for the chance, a new follower too!

OCTOBER 6, 2012 10:53 AM 

Please email me with your mailing address: dflanders71@hotmail.com! Thank you everyone for visiting, I had fun with the hop, and really wish I could give a set of this cute flair to you all!

fall inspiration and a giveaway *now closed*.

I have some fun news that I've been excited about for awhile now and can finally share - I am a cover girl! I was shocked when I received an email letting me know my version was going to be on the cover. The fall issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today just came out today, and you can view it online here. Such a great issue - full of inspiration!

As you can see, I used many of my Papertrey Ink products, including some gorgeous fall cardstock colors: Classic Kraft, Canyon Clay, Harvest Gold, Lemon Tart, Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate for the title and Pure Poppy. I cut some felt leaves from the Autumn Acorns dies by Papertrey Ink, and the title is cut with the Script Alphabet die. The saying at the top was stamped with Gratitude Journal. I wanted to create a sort of ombre effect, but fall-ish in style, and thought the stripes would mimic her cute outfit.

 
I have two extra hard copies to give away! I love making fall pages, so tell me... what are your favorite fall products right now for crafting?

Join Kelly Purkey in another installment of her popular Sketchbook class! Sketchbook 4 is a four week class filled with fresh sketches, easy instructions, beautiful examples, and lots of fun. This class is designed to be used at any time and over + over again when you need inspiration.

Sketchbook is different from any other sketch class out there because Kelly and the contributors offer design tips and detailed explanation of what makes a page work. It's more than sketches - they’ll deliver valuable pointers for creating great layouts.

By the end of the class, you'll have a complete sketchbook of 12 original sketches, 38 layouts, and an ADDITIONAL 38 sketches based on those creative pages. All the examples are brand new layouts, exclusive to this class... you won't see them anywhere else! You will be receiving an example layout from Kelly for each of the sketches, along with two example layouts from a Studio Calico Design Team member and some of your favorite SC Guest Designers.

I have a spot in the class to give away! Please leave a comment and tell me what are your favorite types of paper crafting classes you've taken, or what kind of classes you are most interested in?

Today is day three of the fun festivities at Papertrey Ink!

They are announcing their new stamp packaging today HERE. The boxes will be slimmer and will fit A2 sized cards, so you can reuse the boxes and turn them into cute little gift boxes of cards. They will not come with CD cases any longer, so no more wasting CD cases if you don't use them. Yay for going more green! Stop over to Nichole's blog to read more. Be sure to leave a comment at Nichole's blog (link is above) for your chance to win FREE stamps for a year!!

Ella fun...

Recently, Ella Publishing asked me to write up an article on tips for making assembly line Christmas cards. They have free E-zine articles, free blog posts with tips and tricks, and inexpensive E-books you can purchase related to scrapbooking, photography and much more.

Would you like a few tips on creating fast and fabulous holiday cards? Visit the Ella Ezine to see five card samples to help you on your way to creating them! Here are a couple of my samples for the E-zine:

On this first card, I simply stamped the Background Basics: Houndstooth background, added a strip of kraft cardstock, tied the twine on. Then I die cut a Damask Snowflake and stamped the JOY from the 2011 Holiday Tags.

Not too difficult, right? I love the look of the gray houndstooth with the red and white!

On this card, I stamped the floral stitches from the Stitches & Swirls set, then I wanted to add a sentiment over the top, so I needed something solid to stamp on. I cut a "Holiday Photo Finishers" strip from kraft cardstock. I stamped peace on it with True Black ink.

Last, I cut the Holly Jolly die from Pure Poppy felt.

(Full supply lists can be found at Ella.)

Who doesn't like a good giveaway? I hope to have these on a regular basis on my blog. After all, I want you to have a good time visiting me! I love to be able to give back to my readers.

Please visit the Ella site to read the article, then come back here and leave a comment for your chance to win some of this beautiful twine like I used on the JOY card, courtesy of Scrappantry on Etsy! Two winners will be chosen, one to receive a set of Vintage Twine (9 colors - 90 yards total) and another winner to receive some Divine Twine (10 colors - 100 yards total).

Which card can you see yourself making out of the five in the article?

Deck the Halls giveaway...

Would you like a sneak peek to Melissa Frances' new embellishments for the Deck the Halls line? Stop over to the Melissa Frances blog and see a video she made herself and comment for your chance to win! One of my favorite new things are the glass bells you can decorate. Yummy! Check out these gorgeous Deck the Halls ornaments too...

(beautiful Deck the Halls ornaments by Melissa Phillips)

Such beautiful things you can make with these products!

SC kit winner!

Thank you everyone for your nice comments! A random winner has been chosen for the SC kit! Congratulations to:

 

Savannah O'Gwynn said... 78

I just love visiting your blog--you inspire me! LOVE your creativity and talent:) THANKS for the chance to win:) sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com

October 30, 2011 4:27 PM  

Would you like to win a Studio Calico kit? *now closed*

Studio Calico is giving me one of their November main kits to give away! Just leave me a note on this post or the previous post where I shared my kit projects, and I will add you into the drawing. Everyone who already left me a note will be entered. Good luck!!

P.S. I will be chatting at SC tonight from 9-10pm EST. Hope to see you there!

Card Month + Ella Publishing

Pssst! Today and tomorrow I will be guest blogging over at Ella Publishing to help out with their "Card Month". I'd love if you stopped over! You'll have a chance to win a fun little stamp set and coordinating dies to use on your cards, donated by Papertrey Ink!

 

World Card Making Day and a winner...

I have a fun event to tell you about....did you know October 1st is World Card Making Day? YES, there is a day just for card makers! Woot! Pink Paislee will be celebrating and giving you lots of chances to win, so I hope you will join us there!

Visit the Pink Paislee LIVE PINK FORUM on Friday evening through Sunday evening to chat with us and participate in 7 fun challenges!

Next up on the agenda is to choose a winner from my Season's Greetings giveaway!

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

63

Timestamp: 2011-09-27 17:42:12 UTC

Crystal said... 63

Yes, please!! I love your creations - you always inspire me :) Thanks for sharing.

September 24, 2011 2:46

Congrats, Crystal!! Please send me your mailing address to dflanders71@hotmail.com.

a little Christmas cheer...

Good morning! Remember this post when I said I was going to be doing a few retail kits here and there starting in the fall? Well, that company happens to be Echo Park and I'm loving their stuff lately. Did you know they come out with a new line or two EVERY month? I had no idea! I don't know how they can crank out such cute lines so fast.

They have two new Christmas scrapbooking lines that just came out this month. One is called Season's Greetings. It's SUPER cute in person. Here are a few cards I've made with it so far. I used the 6x6" paper pad for these, along with some of the other embellishments - chipboard, brads, etc!

I wanted this one to look like a little present. I had a small piece of paper leftover on my table, so I wrapped it in twine and topped it off with some chipboard. VERY simple.

On this card, I layered a few of the 6x6" papers, then added a chipboard snowflake, sticker and chipboard star.

I tied the ribbon around the papers before adhering to the card front, then added the little "christmas cheer" chipboard piece over the ribbon.

On the "holiday traditions" card, I put my sewing machine to work and stitched some little dangles for the ornaments with a stitch that looks like little snowflakes. (My sewing machine is a Singer and this is stitch #30, in case you are wondering.)

On the "Believe" card below, I turned one of the journaling cards upside down and tied the twine around it through the hole at the bottom of the tag before adhering to the card. I cut a Damask Snowflake out of felt with a Papertrey Ink die, then added some chipboard over the top! It came together very quickly.

Don't you love these brads? Adorable.

I can't wait to play around with the stamp set too.

I just happen to have an extra set of these 12x12" Season's Greetings papers, the Decorative Brads and the Clear Stamps that match this line! Please let me know if you'd like to be entered to win this little giveaway and I'll choose a random winner soon. Thanks so much for stopping by today. Hugs,

Winner of the Echo Park kits giveaway...

Hi everyone! I'm so sorry for the delay in choosing the winner for the two Echo Park kits. My husband has taken a week off, and we've been doing some much needed purging things and fixing/finishing some projects around the house! Sending SINCERE thanks for everyone for your nice comments!! I appreciated each and every one of them. Truly. I wish I could send you all a free kit. :)

Here are your random numbers:

256

Timestamp: 2011-08-22 15:05:23 UTC

Congratulations goes to ROSE! Please email me with your mailing address, Rose, to dflanders71@hotmail.com.

Rose said...

Love your twine blooms! Gorgeous!

August 19, 2011 10:48 AM