Friends of True's Inky Blog Hop. Win My Entire Swirly Spring Collection!

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Welcome to the... 

Hi Everyone!

I am so excited today!

I have made tons of wonderful crafty friends since I started making cards and illustrating stamps, so when I wanted to share my latest "Swirly Spring" Inky Antics release, they are the ones I turned to. :)

I sent stamp sets and coordinating papers to a couple dozen friends, and many of them decided to join me in a hop sharing projects created with them! They are all truly AMAZING artists and I can't wait to see what they have created! 
I hope you will hop along with us and check them all out. 

You could win an awesome prize donated by Inky Antics!

One lucky commentor will win all six sets of my Swirly Spring collection!

The winner will be picked (from comments made between now and midnight on Sunday the 10th) on a random blog. Make sure and comment on all of the projects along the hop to increase your chances of winning. Only one comment per blog please. 
The winner will be announced on Monday the 11th here on my blog, so remember to check back and see if you were the lucky one. :)

I chose to use my #1115MC - "Swirly Birds" clear set to create my card.

I also used my #IA-PAC003 "Everything's Coming Up Roses" designer cardstock. 
The image was colored with Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol, then topped with Ranger Stickles.

The die cut shapes are from Spellbinders and the larger flower and leaves were also made with their Bitty Blooms die set. The small roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The pretty ribbon is from Really Reasonable Ribbon, the cardstocks from Discount Card Stock and the pearls from Want2Scrap. (see card recipe below, for links)

Here are a few other projects that I have recently created with my Swirly Spring collection.

Click on the images to be taken to the original posts for details.

   

 Your next stop on the hop is my sweet friend

Allie Gower's blog.

Bookmark my page, just in case you get lost along the way, because here is a complete list of links for you to use. :)

Trudy Sjolander (you are here)

Allie Gower

Sean Fetterman

Lydia Fiedler

Leah Lucescu

Linda Lucas

Bev Gerard

Dina Kowal

Colleen Schaan

Carisa Zglobicki

Lisa Lara

Bonnie Garby

Suzanne Dean

Joe Rotella

Judy Rozema

Lori Craig

Trudy Sjolander (Come back and let me know what you thought about my friends wonderful projects. :)

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Thanks so much for stopping by and hopping with us!

Card Recipe:
Inky Antics - #115MC - "Swirly Birds" clear stamp set and #IA-PAC003- "Everything's Coming Up Roses" designer paper by: Trudy Sjolander Designs
Ribbon from Really Reasonable Ribbon
Spellbinders - #S4-112 Classic Ovals Sm and #S4-113 Scalloped Classic Ovals, #S2-128 Classic Squares Sm. and #S4-129 Scalloped Classic Squares Nestabilities, and S5-086 Bitty Blossoms Dies
Want2Scrap - 72 count White Self-adhesive Pearls
Discount Card Stock - Brilliant White, Bazzill Swiss Dots - Irish Eyes, and  Vista Metallic Blue
Prismacolor pencils and Gamsol
Ranger Stickles -Waterfall
Tskiniko- Staz-On Jet Black
Wild Orchid Crafts - small paper roses
Scotch - ATG tape runner
Beacon - Fabri-tac glue
sewing machine, thread, paper trimmer, scoring board

Time For Another Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog Hop!

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Hi everyone and welcome to another...

If you are here from the Really Reasonable Ribbons Ramblings blog, you are in the right place. If you just happened on to my blog, head on there and start from the beginning. Bonnie will be showing the prize that is up for grabs, so you don't want to miss it!

This month, the design team got to play with the beautiful February "Easter Egg Mix" Ribbon Club set. 

Here's a picture. Isn't it fun?

If you aren't a Ribbon Club member, there is no better time to join. There are lots of pretty ribbon combinations coming, and some of them include ribbon that is only available through the 

Monthly Ribbon Club.

I decided that since this the Easter assortment that I would pair it up with my newly released "Swirly Easter" stamp set that I illustrated for Inky Antics. 

Once again, I couldn't decide which ribbon I wanted to use so I made a couple of variations of the same card.

(click on the photo for a closer look)

Here is a peek at my entire Swirly Easter set.

Card Recipe

#11158MC Swirly Easter clear set from Inky Antics

Easter Egg Ribbon of the Month set from Really Reasonable Ribbon

Teresa Collins #FAB110 Fabrications 6x6 Designer Paper Pad

Discount Card Stock Brilliant White, Poptone Berrylicious, and Drk. Raspberry Prismatic

Spellbinders #SB-001 Frames One Shapabilities Die D-Lites

Art Glitter Mystery and Burgundy Ultra-fine glitters 

ClearSnap Pink Pastel , Dark Peony, and Prussian Blue inks

Staz-On Jet Black ink

Want2Scrap 72 Count White Pearls

Scotch ATG and Foam Tape adhesives

Judy Kins Diamond Glaze

#C-1 Copic marker

Prismacolor pencils

Your next stop on the hop is sweet Judy's Joyful blog.

Make sure to leave comments along your way to increase your chances of winning the awesome prize from Really Reasonable Ribbon! :)

Thanks for dropping by!

An Easy to Create Valentine, They Will Want to Display Year Round!

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Hi everyone!

It's my day to post over on the Want2Scrap blog and I've created a simple to make Valentine that can be displayed year round! 

No more Valentines shoved in a drawer or tossed like yesterday's news!

Here is a peek, but I would love it if you headed over to the Want2Scrap blog and checked out the full photo as well as some additional shots!

BTW...I used my own designer cardstocks that just released through Inky Antics! 

Oh how I L♥VE what I do! :)

CardMaker and Flower Soft Blog Hop

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Hi everyone!

Welcome to our CardMaker Magazine and Flower Soft blog hop!

The girls from both teams have joined forces to bring you some fun cards featuring Flower Soft and animals.

 

If you are here from sweet Stephanie's blog, you are in the right place. If you just happened onto my blog, you will want to go back to the CardMaker blog to start from the beginning.

 

For my card, I decided to use one of the stamp sets that I illustrated for Inky Antics called Punny Christmas Cows.

 

 

I stamped the cow several times and layered different parts to give it lots of depth. I used  Flower Soft's - Polar White for the snow and their ultra-fine white and black on the cow.

 

 

Thanks so much for hopping by!

Your next stop on the hop is Vicki's delicious blog. :)

 

 

Card Recipe:

Brilliant White and Black Licorice from Discount Card Stock; #11125MC Punny Christmas Cows clear stamp set from Inky Antics; Moss Green and Red Shimmer Satin ribbons from Really Reasonable Ribbon; White, Black, and Red pearls from Want2Scrap; Square Nestabilities from Spellbinders Paper Arts; Prismacolor Pencils; Gamsol; Staz-On Jet Black ink; Martha Stewart Holly punch: Provo Craft Snowflake embossing folder; Judikins- Diamond Glaze; adhesives by Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L.



All Things Altered Winter Blog Hop (with prizes!)

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Hi everyone!

 

Welcome to the All Things Altered Winter Blog Hop!

I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, surrounded by friends and family! After all of that hard work cooking and cleaning, you deserve to take a little break and hop along with us!

 

If you are here from Candice's wonderful blog, you are in the right place. If you just happened on to my blog, head on back to Pam's blog, Scrapbook Flair. That's where it all starts. You don't want to miss a single project or opportunity to win some fun prizes!

 

My project is very simple, but don't we all need simple this time of year? If you are like me, you are in the hyper-holiday mode and it just seems so hard to get my "to do" list whittled down.

 

I decided to alter a little 5 1/2" by 4 1/4" spiral notebook.

 

 

I used My Mind's Eye - Signature Christmas Holiday Glitter Book to cover the front and create the die cuts. The dies are Spellbinder's #S5-121 Frosty Forms set. I blinged it up with White and LeCreme Half Pearls from Want2Scrap, and assorted ribbons and lace from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

 

I thought I would give a gift to one of my wonderful followers since it has been awhile and I love sending happy mail.

 

How about the notebook that I created for this hop and some bling from my favorite bling shop....Want2Scrap?  :)

 

 

Just follow my blog (if you don't already) and leave a comment below. My followers area is at the top of my blog, just under my photo.

 

I will draw the lucky winner on Sunday November 25th.

 

Your last stop on the hop is at sweet Pinky's blog. Bet she has something really cool to share with you!

 

Thanks so much for hopping by! :)



CardMaker Holiday Yummies Blog Hop

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Hi everyone and welcome to CardMaker magazine's "Holiday Yummies" blog hop!

The girls have all created fun little treat packaging with coordinating cards/tags to share with you today. We though it might give you some gift ideas for those special people in your lives who love to receive home-made goodies or treats.

 

I decided do a gift bag filled with peanut brittle. My little secret is, it's microwave brittle and only takes about 10 minutes from start to finish! You could whip of several gifts in no time flat.

 

To make it gift worthy, I simply used a flat bottom cellophane bag from ClearBags.com, added some My Mind's Eye Signature Christmas Holiday Glitter designer papers for a topper, then created this fun tag with Spellbinder's 2012 Heirloom Ornaments. I embellished the ornament with Ranger Ink's Gold embossing powder and Want2Scrap's White Pearls and Turquoise Rhinestones. The ornament was attached with some pretty Turquoise Organza from Really Reasonable Ribbon. The sentiment was stamped with a "vintage" Stampin' Up set and Ranger's Aquamarine Archival ink.

 
Now, the only question is....who's name shall I put inside? :)

 

I thought I would share my recipe just incase I might have got your mouth watering for peanut brittle. :)

Microwave Peanut Brittle
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups raw peanuts
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup light corn syrup
1 tablespoon butter
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

Mix sugar, salt, and syrup in a microwave safe bowl and cook on high for 5 minutes. Working quickly, stir in peanuts, vanilla, and butter. Microwave an additional 1 1/2 minutes. Remove from microwave and stir in baking soda. Quickly pour onto a baking sheet that has been coated with butter or non-stick spray. Cool, break into pieces and enjoy!
 

Make sure and visit the rest of the girls to see what yummy gifts they have to share. :)

 

Anya

Carolyn

Colleen

Glenda

Jeanie

Kimberly

Brooke

Thanks for hopping by!


Cookies Shaped Like Spellbinder Dies!!!! " :)

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Hi everyone!

A few weeks ago, I discovered an awesome place to buy cookie cutters and supplies called Karen's Cookies.

I saw some cutters that they designed themselves and knew I HAD to have them because they remind me of  Spellbinder Labels One dies.

Just after I received my order, they started a cookie decorating contest for cookies created with the frame cookie cutters that I had just bought. The prize is a $100.00 gift certificate!

I told hubby that I wanted to enter but didn't really have time. He talked me into it. I'm thinkin' not so much because of the contest, but because he gets to eat the cookies after I take the pictures! :)

Here are my cookies....

I discovered Royal Frosting a few months ago and love what you can do with it! :)

I bought both styles of the frame cutters in both sizes.

I had fun doing the "wet on wet" leaves! :)

Here is my order from Karen's Cookies. You can see the dies plus some other fun stuff I will be playing with soon! :)

See what I mean about it looking like the Labels One Spellbinder die?

I'm feeling a "decorated cookie treat bag" post coming on!  Maybe with some Labels One Want2Scrap bling!  ;)

I would love it if you left a comment. Not sure if it would help me win the contest, but what would it hurt...right?  :)

CardMaker Magazine Blog Metallic Inspirations Blog Hop

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Hi Everyone!

Welcome to another fun blog hop with the CardMaker magazine blog design team! We will all be sharing shinny, sparkly, metallic inspired cards with you today. 

If you are here from sweet Kimberly's blog, you are in the right place. If you just happened onto my blog, you will want to head back to the CardMaker blog where it all starts.

Brooke asked  us to create a card using anything that is metallic, sparkly and shinny. Now...to be completely honest, I created these cards awhile back for a magazine submission, but they didn't make the cut. 

I thought I would save this first card for a special occasion, and boy does it work for this one! They just don't get any more shinny than this! LOL! :)

I used UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel) and metallic accents to create the look of a bar-b-que grill. What dad doesn't like a shinny new red BBQ? :)

The next card has been published on one of my past design team blogs, but never on mine. I thought as a bonus card today, I would post it here as well. It too is very shinny and sparkly with metallic accents.

Here's a closer look.

Before you go, if you love the CardMaker blog team girl's work, you won't want to miss out on the beautiful new 2013 CardMaker calendar. 

I am so blessed to have my cards included in this wonderful calendar along side of cards by Kimberly Crawford, Carolyn King, Colleen Schaan, Anya Schrier, and Michelle Woerner.
It's super high quality, glossy finished, comes with stunning photography, and has full instructions plus supply lists for every card included.
Why not order one for yourself and several for friends and family? They would make awesome Christmas gifts! :)

Thanks so much for dropping by today. 

Your next stop on the hop is back to the CardMaker blog, where I am sure Brooke will have something beautiful to share with you!  :)

Here are the links to the rest of the girls on the hop, just in case you hoped in somewhere in the middle  :) ...

Kimberly Crawford 

Carolyn King 

Colleen Schaan 

Anya Schrier 

Trudy Sjolander (you are here)
Glenda
Jeannie
Brooke Smith (CardMaker blog)

Hugs,

"Dad" Card Supply List:

Stampers Anonymous - #CMS5079 Mini Cirque Alpha stamps by: Tim Holtz 

Discount Cardstock - Posh Red Linen, Silver Foil, Posh True Black linen, and Brilliant White cardstock 

Ranger Industries - Perfect Medium, ultra thick embossing powder, silver embossing powder, black ink, and Heat It tool 

Spellbinders - M Bossabilities #EL-D03 Patchwork embossing folder and die cutting machine 

Crop-A-Dile Corner Comper 

Beacon - Fabri-tac glue 

Helmar - Zap Dots 

Silver gel pen

Wedding Card Supply List:

Fiskars- Just Married Quotes stamps 

Discount Card Stock - Pearlized Porcelain Scored Cards and Envelopes, Silver Posh, and Bazzill White Wedding Pack 

Ranger's -Perfect Medium 

Want2Scrap's - White Pearl Scalloped Hearts Nestabling and Self Adhesive White Pearls, Spellbinder's - Heart and Scalloped Heart Nestabilities, Wizard, Prima's -Symphony Blend Andanta White flower, Martha Stewart's - Butterfly Stamp and Punch, EK Success - Petite Flower Punch, Ranger Ink's - Studio White Acrylic Paint, Silver Super Fine Embossing Powder and Heat It Tool, Really Reasonable Ribbon's - White Sparkle Velvet Ribbon, Helmar's Craft Glue and Zap Dots 

Really Reasonable Ribbon's October Blog Hop! :)

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Hi everyone, and welcome to our October...

If you are here from the Really Reasonable Ribbons Ramblings blog, you are in the right place. If you just happened upon my blog, you will want to go back there and start from the beginning. :)

The girls have all prepared projects to share using the October Ribbon Club assortment. It is full of fun Christmas/Winter prints as well as some solids and lace.

Not a ribbon club member yet? CLICK HERE to get details on how you can get a pretty surprise assortment of ribbons in your mail box every month. :)

Once again, I had trouble deciding which to use so I made three cards. If you are like me, you have so many Christmas cards to make, that you just have to make them quick and easy. One way to add a little extra something is to use a printed ribbon. I didn't even put a bow on theses since they will be mailed and I was afraid it might be too bulky for standard postage. (Normally it doesn't bother me a bit to pay a little extra postage, but as many Christmas cards as we send out, extra postage would really add up quick.

I just used Brilliant White, Really Red, and Forest Green cardstock form Discount Card Stock, (no designer paper) to let the ribbon shine. The colors coordinate perfectly! The cardstock was embossed with Spellbinder's - Holly Ribbon embossing folder.

Isn't it amazing what a little 5" strip of ribbon can do to pretty up a card?

The pearls are from Want2Scrap.

What stamp did I use you ask? :)

Mine!  :) 

I illustrated six sets of "Punny Christmas Critters" for Inky Antics.

This one is #11125MC "Punny Christmas Cows".

(Just copy and past "Punny Christmas Critters" into the search box at the top of the Inky Antics page and click "GO" to see all of the sets.)

Make sure and leave comments along the way to increase your chances of winning this wonderful prize from Really Reasonable Ribbon!

 Your next step on the hop is sweet Linda's blog. Bet she has something AWESOME to share with you!

Happy hopping!

Check Out CardMaker Magazine's 2013 Calendar!

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Hi everyone!

I am super excited (and honored) to tell you about a beautiful calendar that any card artist would love to have.

It's CardMaker magazine's 2013 calendar!

 Why am I so excited you ask? Well...it's a beautiful calendar and.... I have the November and December slots!

The November card was done with one of my own digi stamps too!

It is available through Clear Dollar Stamps in either pre-colored or line art only versions.

They even added full instruction pages, complete with a materials/manufacturer list, and an artist's bio page! How awesome is that? :)

Do you have friends or family that love handmade greeting cards?

 This just might be the perfect Christmas gift. Don't forget to get one for yourself while you are at it! ;)  ;)

They will be available in some major book stores very soon, but you can get yours now at Annie's.

Thanks for dropping by today and sharing in my excitement! :)