Let the Fun Begin! PW Blog Hop

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Come Join Paper Wishes for World Card Making Day and you can WIN! Starting October 1 at 8 AM EST and ending October 3 at 8 AM EST you will have a chance to win some great prizes worth more than $50 -

Here are the rules:

There will be three total winners, so you have three ways to win:

1. Hop to each blog listed below
• Leave a comment at each one
• Become a Follower at each blog
• Write down the Paper Wishes product featured on the blogs
• Send a Private message to Swaps Albums on the Paperwishes Forum: http://forum.paperwishes.com/member.php?u=2271 (If you have questions, email angela@sewmanycards.com for help) telling us all of the products being featured.

2. Hop to each blog listed below
• Leave a comment at each blog
• Become a Follower at each blog
• One random winner will be chosen from the comments


3. Hop to each blog listed below
• Leave a comment at each one
• Become a Follower at each blog
• Make a project using mostly Paper Wishes products
• Send a Private message to Swaps Albums on the Paper Wishes Forum: http://forum.paperwishes.com/member.php?u=2271 (If you have questions, email angela@sewmanycards.com for help) with a link to your project of a picture.

NOW TO THE FUN STUFF!

~~Hello: I am Jennifer and welcome to my blog. You might know me on the PW message board as Jen0925. I hope you are enjoying the hop as much as we are. :)~~

My featured product for you to note for the PW blog prize requirement is:

Classic Ribbons

Price: $5.95

For this special occasion, as a thank you for joining the first PW blog hop, I have decided to put up a little prize for a lucky random winner that comments on my blog. What is it you ask??. Alright I will tell you:

The Kirigami Art Template

I will also be throwing in some goodies like papers and embellishments to the prize package, but that I will keep a surprise. I promise you will not be disappointed! I am a stickler for colors and coordinating embellishments. :D All you have to do for a chance to win, is comment to this post and mention on your post "Enter me for prize giveaway" Thats it! I will announce the winner on the Paper Wishes Message Board after the hop is over.

NOW FOR MY CARD PROJECT (DRUM ROLL!)

~ My project below is a sweet Birthday card that uses this PW template:

The Sweet Treats Pocket Template

Here is the information for my project that you can get at Paper Wishes:

1) White Card Blanks ( I trimmed mine to 5 1/2 x 5 1/2)
2) 8 x 8 Retro Paper Pack
3) Sweet Treats Pocket Template
4) Hey Cupcake Dazzles Black
5) Gold Border Dazzles
6) Stickles Silver Glitter Glue
7) Small Pink Pearls


Thank you for popping by! If you get lost on the hop, the list is as follows. Now go ahead and hop on over to Nancy's blog: Nancy's Creative Space. :)


Never Try to Teach a Pig to Sing: http://unteachablepig.blogspot.com/

Cher-ing Paper Memories: http://cheringpapermemories.blogspot.com/

Montserrat Native: http://montserratnative.blogspot.com/

Becca's Heart for Creativity http://www.beccasheartland.blogspot.com/

Crafty Imaginings by Jen: [http://craftyimaginingsbyjen.blogspot.com/ (YOU ARE HERE)

Nancy's Creative Space: http://www.nancyscreativespace.blogspot.com/

Precious Thoughts, : http://www.preciousthoughtscards.blogspot.com/

Penny's Page: http://www.pennydouph.blogspot.com/

Crafty Patti' s Card Crafts: http://pattiscards.blogspot.com/

Sew Many Challenges: http://sewmanychallenges.com/

Red Robin Lane: http://redrobinlane-rgcarr.blogspot.com/

Happy Crafting Everyone and Enjoy your Weekend!

Blog Hop - October 2

Just wanted to spread the word that a blog hop will be going on over at the Paper Wishes Message Board on October 2 in celebration of International Card Making Day. If you are a fan of the fabulous paper products by Hot of the Press, then join in the fun. There will be many opportunities to win prizes containing wonderful Hot off the Press products. We are all very excited and hope we have enough participants to make this a stellar blog hop.

Please join us at www.paperwishes.com...click on Message Board then Cardmaking Chat Forum to view all of the different posts that explain the different activities we will be doing.

See you then!

Jennifer :D

A Fun Birthday Card

Happy Saturday:

Here is my newest creation of the week. It was for a co-worker of mine whose birthday was yesterday. The image is from Squigglefly. It is called "The Party Thing". I colored it with my colored pencils and added stickles. Papers, ribbon, rhinestones and Dazzle sentiment are from Hot off the Press. I also added a thread of Kreinik Metallic Braid on the side and the little flowers came from Taylor Made Expressions.

I'm entering this card into two challenges:

Squigglefly Challenge #66 - "Use a favorite Squigglefly Image"
C.R.A.F.T Challenge #68 - "Use Colored Pencils Only"

Enjoy the rest of your weekends everyone and Thank you for your comments. They are all appreciated. :D

~Jennifer~

A Sew Beary Cute Card!

Woohoo It's the weekend! Time to play which is what I have been doing. I have to tell everyone, I am loving the digital stamps by Delightful Inspiration. What a treat it is to get the following week's stamp, when you play their challenge each week. Perfect for any digi stamp addict. The featured stamp this week is "Sew Beary Kind". I think he is perfect for a Hello, Missing You or Thinking of You themed card. My card is a 5 1/2 X 5 1/2. I used papers from the Citrus Card Makers pack from Hot off the Press and the matching embellishments and Dazzles greeting is from Hot off the Press. The flowers and pearls are from Michael's.

I'm sending this card to my swap partner at the Paper Wishes Message Board. This month our challenge was to use metal. I added the little metal key. The thread it is hanging on is Kreinik Metallic Braid which any cross-stitcher can tell you is not a lot of fun to use sometimes, but the colors are pretty and glitzy.

I'm submitting this card to his weeks challenge at Fab N Funky Challenge - "What Eva" and also to Delightful Inspirations challenge this week which was to use "Sew Beary Kind" bear.

My last post I indicated I submitted my project to Fab N Funky's design team call, but I faux pauxed and forgot to add the "DT" on my entry so I'm going to make sure I enter my project right this time! LOL. I'm a blonde what can I say.

Enjoy your weekends everyone! :D

A Pretty ATC to Share

Happy Thursday Friends:

I decided to work on a different kind of project tonight. It felt nice. I don't know about you, but I need to change up the projects I work on because I tend to get bored doing the same things. Plus my printer ran out of toner on me tonight so not much choice but to work on a project that didn't need a digi. I'll address that printer problem this weekend. Must have digis! :D

So over at the Paper Wishes Message Board, our Paper Craft Swap Challenge for this month was to make an ATC using shades of our favorite color. I chose pink! Kind of a hard pick since I also love blue and purple too, but I really wanted to use these gorgeous rose dazzles I had from Paper Wishes. Plus the sentiment coordinated perfectly. The pink shading around the sentiment is chalk ink. The color is "Pixie Dust" by VersaMagic. I used a q-tip to apply it around the edge of the sentiment as well as on some of the rose dazzles. I used papers from the "Jewel" Cardmakers Pack from Hot of the Press, Rose Dazzles by Hot off the Press, and pearl embellishments from Michaels. I really hope my swap partner likes it. I'm very proud of how this came out.

I'm submitting this project to one challenge this week:

Fab N Funky Challenge: Challenge #39 - "What-Eva"

I'm also linking this project up to Fab N Funky's Design Team Call so the lovely ladies can pop over and view my blog. Hopefully if I get around to getting more toner for my printer this weekend, I can upload a new card for their challenge this week. I'm feeling a fun Halloween card is in order. :)

Enjoy your Friday everyone. As always, your comments are very much appreciated. Bye for now!

A Thanksgiving Card

Happy Sunday Everyone:

I hope my U.S. friends are enjoying their long holiday weekend. I know I am! So here I made a card using the new image "Oak Wreath" from Delightful Inspiration. This image made me think of Autumn, although it could be used for Christmas also. Making a Thanksgiving card was a personal challenge since it is a holiday I tend to overlook for making cards i.e. I have never done one. LOL I colored my image with colored pencils and attempted to add some glitter in the end to give it some extra something, but I think I overdid it. Anyways, I still like it. :) The papers are from Hot Off the Press. The stickers that look like embossing are called Dazzles and they are from Paper Wishes. The other embellishments are from my stash.

I am entering this challenge into three challenges this week:

1) Delightful Inspiration: Make a card using "Oak Wreath"
2) Cute Card Thursday - Use Material (I used ribbon made from material)
3) Fab n Funky Challenges - Use Material ( I used ribbon made from material)

Enjoy your weekends and thanks for looking. Bye for now. :)