SoftPencil Studios Blog Hop~ Week 1

Welcome to the SoftPencil Studios Blog Hop!

This is week 1 of 3 fun filled weeks of projects, inspirations, prizes and fun!

We´ll be celebrating the first year of Softpencils characters, the Tinytwinies™, the first year of Softpencil Studios relaunching and Elizabeth's 10th  anniversary as a professional artist. We'll also be celebrating Elizabeth's own shop where all her products will be available: digi-stamps, clear stamps, stickers, rub-ons, kits for card making, scrapbooking and paper crafting (they include her new line of papers) and more products all coming soon! 

Now onto the Hop....

you should be coming from 

Danni's Blog

If you just happened to pop in and want to start from the beginning head back over to

SoftPencil Studios

you will not want to miss any of these awesome projects!!!

For my project today I choose the adorable

Growing Flowers in Pots

"Molly is growing a flower while Sunny is waiting for her into a pot. What a mischievous bunny!"

Isn't this image just the cutest??

Supplies Used:

Card Stock~ Black and white

Pattern Paper~Pink Paislee Vintage Vogue

Image~SoftPencil Studios~ Growing Flowers in Pots

Coloring Medium~Copics

Ribbon~3 Girl Jam Baby Girl

Sentiment~My Creative Time

Prizes!!

There will be several prizes up for grabs!

All the details and instructions of how to win can be found over at

SoftPencil Studios.

But most important will be to leave some love for all the participants!!

That is all I have for you today

Time to hop on to 

Jennifer's Blog

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT day!!

Here is the complete line-up incase you get lost

SoftPencil Studios~http://softpencilblog.blogspot.com~~START

 Ashley  http://www.hearthugsdesigns.blogspot.com

Alidalis Acevedo  http://www.stampergirl.com/

 Ann Vento  http://blog.raindropecho.com/

Tenia Nelson  http://jazzypaper.blogspot.com

Yanitza  http://frommyartlab.blogspot.com

Lauren Brewer  http://laurenscreative.blogspot.com

Angela Kelley  http://www.angelakelley.blogspot.com

Danni Bindel  http://dannisdreamscrafts.blogspot.com

Jessica Esch  http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com~~ You Are Here

 Jennifer Zeeb  http://www.stamplified.blogspot.com~ Next

CG  http://cg-says.blogspot.com

 Kimberly Clark  http://leokc34.blogspot.com

 Piali Biswas  http://touchofcreation.blogspot.com

 Lawren Fowlkes  http://ahobby-holic.blogspot.com

Marsha Sanderlin  http://stampingdownsouth.blogspot.com

 JennBorjesson  http://stampinangeljenn.blogspot.com

SoftPencil Studios~http://softpencilblog.blogspot.com~~ END

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Entering this into:

Celebrate the Occasion~ Just Because + Pink

The Scrapbooking Queen~ Digi Challenge

E.A.D Designs Blog Hop~ For You Baby

Good Morning Bloggers!

It is Monday and time for our 

E.A.D Designs

DT Blog Hop!!

 

Now you should be coming from Jenn's, 

if not and you just happened to stop in to say hello you want to start at the beginning hop on over to

E.A.D Designs!

Make sure to comment all around, including E.A.D Designs  for a chance to win some goodies...plus get tons of awesome inspiration!!

For my project today I made a set of baby cards using the adorable

E.A.D Designs 

Baby Safari Stickerz

I think they turned out adorable....what do you think?

I used my love~ the Cameo for the scalloped circle and top circle

E.A.D. Designs Stickerz~ Baby Safari

My cuttlebug and the Swiss Dots embossing folder

Card stock from PTI in Dark Chocolate, White

Kraft Card stock

and brads from my stash

I wanted to make the rest of the adorable animal but ran out of matching brads so

off to the store I will go to be able to complete this set!

Now you are off to the very talented Judith

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT day!

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Entering these into:

Charisma Cardz Challenge~ Chipboard or Stickers
Kaboodle Doodles Challenge~ Celebrate New Life

Happy Easter~ CI Paints Challenge Day....Inspired by Eggs

Good Morning and Happy Easter Everyone!!

I hope you all have a great day enjoying it with friends and family

hunting for eggs, eating chocolate bunnies and squeezing in some crafty time because today 

there is a new challenge over at 

Creative Inspirations Paint!

This weeks challenge is 

Inspired by: Bunnies, Chicks and Eggs!

Here is my project for this weeks Challenge

All this month 

Creative Inspirations Paint 

is being sponsored by SweetStamps.com

so besides the chance to win 5 jars of paint from CI Paint, one lucky challenge entry will win a $20 gift certificate to shop! So the more challenges you enter, the more chances you have to win!!

For my card I used SweetStamps.com Chick set for the adorable chick and sentiment.

I colored the chick using copics and then added some shimmer using CI Paints in Sunshine

The egg shape is cut using My Creative Time layered egg die and the sentiment was stamped on a tiny tag die also from My Creative Time.

I added some 3 Girl Jam crinkle ribbon in Sunflower..a perfect match to my paint :)

and 

Twinery Twine in Buttercream.

I hope I have inspired you to hop on over to 

Creative Inspirations Paint 

and enter this weeks challenge!

Hope to see you all over there!

Have a GREAT day!

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Entering this into the following Challenges:

Go Fish Challenge~ Some Fun or Funny

Catch the Bug Challenge~ Stella Says Sketch Challenge

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge~Photo Inspirations

Catch The Bug Challenge~ April Anything Goes

3 Girl Jam Blog Hop~ Mark Your Calendars!!

Mark Your Calendars for a fun Hop with 

the 3 Girl JAM DT

Coming to a Blog Near You 

on

April 11th

"Nice to Meet You"

Blog Hop will be 

showcasing the 

awesome products available only at 3 Girl JAM 

and the 

new

Design Team

Blog Hop will start

 at 3 Girl JAM Owner~

Julie K's Blog 

A Little Bit of Bling

JOIN US FOR SOME FUN

 

Prizes   ~    Inspiration   ~  Friends

Happy Easter Treat Box w/ Creative Inspirations Paint

Morning Everyone!!!

I wanted to share an Easter Treat container with you using some of my 

FAVORITE crafty supplies!

Since getting my CAMEO.....

I have loved cutting out all the 3D projects the store has to offer.

This one is a simple Gable box (gable_box_C0149 7/06/2009)  cut using Kraft Card Stock.

I added a layer of Designer Paper in Black and White Plaid from Recollections.

The eggs are from My Creative Time  Hello Spring Stamp set using the Layering Egg Dies

I heat embossed the eggs using Creative Inspirations Paint Deliquesce Black and Deliquesce Super Sparkle Pink.

This picture does not so a good job of showing the extra sparkle that is in the Pink....I LOVE it!!!

The scalloped and stitched circle are also from My Creative Time and the sentiment is a mix between the Hello Spring set for the center bunny and the Happy Hunting set for the circle.

I added some 3 Girl Jam crinkle ribbon in Cherry Lipstick

and some homemade skittles that I painted with

Creative Inspirations Paint Fuchsia.

Now there is still time left to enter  this weeks Creative Inspirations Paint Weekly Challenge

which is:

Inspired by Easter

You do not need to use the Creative Inspirations Paints in your project, 

however, if you do, tell us which colors you used, and your name will go in the drawing twice! Each month, one person will win 5 jars of paint in the colors of their choice. The winner will be randomly drawn from all the people who have played that month, so make sure to join in on our challenges each week!

Just make sure you can tie it back to the theme! Challenge closes at 6:00pm Eastern on Saturday.

   

I hope to see you all over there!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT Friday!!

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Entering this into the following Challenges:

Paper Sundaes~ Happy Easter

Tip Top Tuesday~ Easter and/or Animal

Lia Stampz Challenge~ Easter

The Kraft Journal~Celebrate Spring or Easter

Totally Stampalicious~ Anything But a Card

My Craft Spot~ Easter

Simply Create Too~Eggs or Bunnies

The Spotted Chick~ Thats Krafty Thursday

Scrappy Moms Stamps~ Easter
Creative Cutter Room~ Easter or Bunny
TotallyPaperCrafts~ Bingo (Pink, Glitter Pearls)
Inspire Me Friday~ Anything Goes
Jailhart~ Sunday's are Lovely #8
More Than Favors~ Wacky Wednesday Easter/Spring
Simon Says Stamp Challenge~ Favorite Tool (Cameo)

A Jar Just for You~ The Cutting Cafe and A Winner!!

Good morning everyone!

This week the DT over at

The Cutting Cafe 

are showcasing these adorable new files...

Jar Shaped Cards

&

Fun with Jars...Printable Stamp Set

they are jam packed with tons of adorable images, sentiments and toppers to add to all these different jars!!

Here is what I came up with

My whole idea for this card was to go a little rustic :)

I cut the jar out using my cameo~ I <3 this machine 

 I re sized the cut file to A2 size...the card size I prefer to design with which in turn made the jar more squat which I also LOVE!!

I used the print and cut feature to color in my jar with this awesome printed paper from the Silhouette Store

The sentiment is also from the same file

Jar Shaped Cards

which I printed and used my fiskars oval punch to cut out.

I tied some Trendy Twine around the top and added a simple black button.

Some white gel pen doodles and some Gathered Twig Distress Ink and I have my card.

I thought this would be a great one to give with a gift of cookies in a jar maybe?!?!?

Now make sure you check out the rest of the DT's projects and comment here (because I love to read them) and over at 

The Cutting Cafe 

for your chance to win some files.

Speaking of winning some files I have a winner to announce from the 

Embossing Hop!!

The lucky winner of any 3 files from 

The Cutting Cafe

is......

Kate!

 Kate said...

Oh Jessica!! This is so striking! I love the look of the black silhouette against the pretty spring papers! Fabulous pillow box!

I just went to FB and left a comment there as well - after having a peek at the wonderful projects there!

Congrats Kate!

Please email me at

eschfamily@yahoo.com so I can get your info over to

Regina!

In the meantime check out 

The Cutting Cafe's store and pick out any 3 files!!

And on a final note...

The Cutting Cafe 

is having a DT call!!

all the info can be found here!

Deadline to submit is April 17th

Thanks for stopping by!

Have a GREAT day!

E.A.D Designs Blog Hop~ With Heartfelt Sympathy

Good Morning Bloggers!

It is Monday and time for our 

E.A.D Designs

DT Blog Hop!!

Before I share my project I want to send a HUGE welcome to this month's

Guest Designer~ Stephanie!!

Make sure when you stop by her adorable blog you send lots of love to welcome her!!!

 

Now you should be coming from Jenn's, 

if not and you just happened to stop in to say hello you want to start at the beginning hop on over to

E.A.D Designs!

Make sure to comment all around, including E.A.D Designs  for a chance to win some goodies...plus get tons of awesome inspiration!!

For my project today I unfortunately had to make a sympathy card.

Not only do they break my heart to make....it always seems so very hard to design.

Being on the PTO at my kiddo's school I have the chance to show my work by making birthday cards, posters and all congrats, get well and in this case sympathy  cards. I love being able to design and share my projects and greatly honored when the principal asked if I could send out a card to a former teacher at the school who's husband passed away suddenly.

This is what I came up with...

I used E.A.D Designs~Sympathy Sentiments rub-ons

Card Stock from PTI in True Black, Ripe Avacado and Select White

Frame from the Silhouette Store cut with my Cameo

Distress Ink in Peeled Paint

Divine Swirl Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Ribbon from my stash

and

Brads from my stash.

Now you are off to the very talented Judith

Thanks for stopping by and have a GREAT day!

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Entering this card into the following challenges:

Carson's Creation~ Embossing

Catered Crop~ Follow the Recipe, used Brads

One Stitch at a Time~ Something New 

(E.A.D Designs Rub-ons....1st time using them!!)

The Pink Elephant~ CAS

ABC DT Challenge~ Anything Goes