SPS Blog Hop - Love You A Latte! *Giveaway Alert*

Welcome to the Shop Pumpkin Spice Blog Hop! You should have gotten here from Dorcas' blog! She's a newbie to the team and we "old gals" are SOOO excited about the new gals! So please make sure you have stopped by everyone's blogs to say "hello"! :) 

I could not be MORE THRILLED to represent Shop Pumpkin Spice for another year!!! I love her prices, her product, her constant attempt to keep the shipping rates to a minimum and now....... her KITS!!! Yes, you read right, Shop Pumpkin Spice is now creating monthly kits! The first one is only  $15.95!!! Check it out below or click on the link HERE to take you directly to the buying page! woot woot! :) Am I getting one? Yes, yes I am. 

We designers can't buy them until it goes live tonight with the hop so you better not buy them all so that they are sold out when I wake up tomorrow California time! I'll be pointing fingers! ;) 

Here is the project I made for the hop. It was supposed to be "your style" and while I was tempted to do a shaped card, this is still very me. :) 

Recipe:

• Cricut Cartridge: Love You A Latte™
• D-stress tool by Imaginisce™ (plus inking tip)
• Patterned Paper:
• Bo Bunny Double Dot in Coffee™(dark brown dot)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Blush "Better" Blossom Paper™(light pink background paper)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Blush "Princess" Pintuck Paper™(white and cream polka dot)
• My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Blush "Princess" Special Paper™ (kraft background for "love you a latte" and pink houndstooth (so both sides of the paper were used))
• Solid Paper: Bazzill Kraft Cardstock™
• Button: My Mind's Eye: Lost and Found Two: Blush "Better" Buttons™
• Ink: Momento in Rich Cocoa™ (It will be in stock at SPS soon!!!)
• White Gel Pen
• ATG gun and tape
• Crinkled Ribbon from Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Sage
• Glue Arts Mini Adhesive Squares in Perma-Tac ™(for the button to stick)
• Colored Foam Tape from Imaginisce in White™

*Designer's Tip: It is REALLY hard to get a sponge or something else in the cracks and crevices of the letters. I used my inking tip for the d-stress tool by Imaginisce (the inking tip unfortunately ONLY comes in the carrying cases for the d-stress and SPS does not carry the cases, but they DO carry the d-stress tool. You can find the cases at your big chain scrapbook stores.) It attaches to the end of the d-stress. You turn the d-stress on so that it spins and just dip it in the ink and ink wherever you want with a spinning head! IN person the inking is a LOT more even, but because of the photo it picks up some of the darker spots and highlights them. Oh well! :) *

January Kit “Fun Love”
1 – MME “Fun Day” 6 x 6 paper pad
1 – MME “Love Me” 6 x 6 paper pad
1 – Rangers Stickles
4 – Paper Accents “Smooth White” 8 ½ x 11 sheets of Cardstock
4 – Bazzill “Kraft” 8 ½ x 11 sheets of Cardstock
3 – yards Twinery “Stone” Twine
1 – yard Red Twill
1 – yard Tan Twill
1 – 18” length of Pearl Flower Lace/Ribbon
3 – 4” paper doilies
1 – Set of button mixture
1 – MME Alpha sticker set (Lime Twist)
5 – MME Journal/Frame/Die Cut Cards (Lime Twist/So Sophie)
3 – Jenni Bowlin Valentine mini Bingo Cards
3 - Petaloo color Me Crazy™ Floral Crocheted Flowers
4 – Echo Park 6 x 6 sheets (Style Essentials/Winter Park)

Now head on over to the fabulous Alyssa's blog to get some more inspiration! I love being sandwiched between two very talented new ladies! :)

I didn't realize that Shop Pumpkin Spice was GIVING AWAY one of these kits if you participate in the fun challenge of making a "your style" project and linking it up to the SPS blog! Go do it for sure! :) 

Snowman Soup

WOO HOO! Welcome to the Imaginisce/Clear Snap blog hop! The hop is just between the two manufacturers so please head over to both of their blogs as well for some great PRIZE opportunities!

My husband thought this card was snowman cruelty! haha. Oh well! I loved it! :) 

We just drove from San Francisco to Salt Lake City in a day! We were SO exhausted last night I basically collapsed into bed. Today we will pick up his brother from the airport and head north to Idaho. We don't really have much internet or phone reception there so I will probably not be able to get back to any of you in comments, but I will try! If I can't, I'll see you after New Years! We are moving into a house in Carmel and I will have a craft room!!! WOO HOO!!! 

Recipe:

• Cartridge: Love You A Latte™
• Imaginisce: Hippity Hop "Dance in the Rain"™
• Core'dinations solid cardstock
• Imaginisce: I-rock and Glam Rocks in Pearl™
• Clear Snap Smooch Spritz "Ice Rink"™
• Clear Snap Smooch Spritz "Holly Berries"™
• Clear Snap Glitter in Honey Glow™
• Clear Snap Design Adhesives in Snowflakes™
• Clear Snap Color Box Ink™
• Crinkled ribbon: Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Bright Turquoise and Pewter (please let her know I sent you if you go buy some! Thanks!)
• Button from my stash
• Foam dimensional tape: Imaginisce Colored Foam Tape in White and Red™
• Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Winter Treats and Sayings™
• White embossing powder: a la Mode™
• Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares™

This was all the product that Clear Snap sent to me! Thank you! I was able to use all but the Glue Gloss and the green Sparkle Fibers on this project. However, I did work in the Glue Gloss in an upcoming project! :) Check back on Wednesday for that! :) THANK YOU Clear Snap! 

This is another view so that you can see how the card really sparkles! 

Don't forget to hop on over to Clear Snap and Imaginisce (links at the top) to check out what all the girls have made! 

I based this on a sketch by Artful Delight:

Thanks using Love you a Latte

So my new friend Lezlye drove two hours yesterday to come hang out with me all day! I got to try out her E2 which was so much fun and play with her new cartridges - two of which were used on this card: Love you a Latte and Elegant Edges. 

They are probably my top two on my current wish list! So I was jazzed to play with them! Thanks Lezlye!

This is just another thank you card that I made for my birthday presents I received from friends and family. 

Recipe:

Cartridges: Love you a Latte™ (tea cup), Elegant Edges™ (border), and Graphically Speaking™ (steam)

Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Family and Friends™

Patterned Paper: 

My Mind's Eye: Fine and Dandy: Tickled Pink "Cherry Paper" (pink polka dot)

My Mind's Eye: Fine and Dandy: Tickled Pink "Engaging Paper" (pink and white stripes)

Bo Bunny Double Dot "Chiffon Dot"

Bo Bunny Double Dot "Coffee Dot"

Bo Bunny Double Dot "Flamingo Dot"

Cardstock: Paper Trey Ink Vintage Cream 

Brad: My Mind's Eye: Fine and Dandy: Tickled Pink Decorative Brads™

Crinkled Ribbon: Kris Swain's Etsy Store in Chocolate™

Glossy Accents (top and bottom)

Martha Stewart Coarse glitter (borrowed from Lezlye)

i-rock by Imaginisce™

Hot Rocks Compact in Pink, Black, and Clear™