Basic Grey, Glue Dots and Lindy’s Stamp Gang blog hop!

Welcome to the Lindy’s Stamp Gang, Basic Grey and Glue Dots blog hop! I’m so glad you’re here. I can’t wait to show you what I’ve created!

Without further ado, my travel log!

In this video tutorial, I’ll show you how I’ve created the cover of my travel log using naked chipboard pieces, Lindy’s Stamp Gang sprays and embossing powders, with Micro Glue Dots.

My family and I live in an RV, and we travel around the Pacific Northwest visiting amazing places, like the Redwoods in California (which you can see on my FaceBook page, It’s the RV Life for Me). I quickly realized the adventures we were taking were all happening so fast that I was forgetting places we had visited, and the memories we had made. So I created these journaling cards…

I’ve put together a little bag of materials to use in my book, to keep it uniform.  I’d say I take it with me everywhere, but since my whole house goes with me anytime we go somewhere, it’s kind of a given. 🙂 Either way, it’s all in one place, easy to grab, and I love having a limited number of materials in front of me, I feel far less challenged!

I hope you’ve enjoyed my post for today, and find my travel log inspiring! As I fill my travel log, I’ll continue to post photos.

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Lindy’s Stamp Gang
Pineapple Passion
Summer Lovin’ Sun
Rizzo’s Rowdy Red
Ocean Breeze Blue
Hag’s Wart Orange
Rhododendron Red Rose
Kissin’ Kenickie Coral
Angel Wings Gold (Embossing Powder)
Ghouly Goblin Green (Embossing Powder)
Jack O Lantern Orange (Embossing Powder)
Scotch Broom Yellow (Embossing Powder)

Glue Dots
Micro Glue Dots
Continuous Glue Lines

Basic Grey
Carte Postal
Hello Stamp Set

Other products used
Dreamweaver Stencils: LJ914, LX7001, and LX7021.
Neo Color Crayons: 21, 280, 70.
Unity Stamp Co: Going Places, Life is a Journey, Favorite Photo, Along for the Ride
Tsukineko: VersaMark, Onyx  Black VersaFine, Jet Black StazOn and Jumbo Java VersaMagic.

I’m going to giveaway three of my favorite sets from Unity Stamp Co, Going Places, Along for the Ride and Life is a Journey. I also have a Herringbone stencil from Dreamweaver Stencils, and an assortment of Sprays and Embossing Powders from Lindy’s Stamp Gang. Total value $100+ Please “like” my FaceBook page, or be a subscriber to my blog and comment letting me know you’d like to enter the stamp giveaway. I’ll choose a winner from the comments on July 24th. (This giveaway is not affiliated with Lindy’s Stamp Gang, Glue Dots or Basic Grey.)

Blog hop order:
Glue Dots | Erin | Samantha | Smitha
Lindy’s Stamp Gang | Jessica | Kate | Sharon
Basic Grey | Ann-Marie | Jana | Kelly

Dreamweaver’s Pinspiration Challenge week 4

We’re into week four of our Pinterest Inspired challenge over at Dreamweaver Stencils. This week we’re incorporating Ranger’s Stickles Dry Glitter. Dreamweaver Stencils will be giving away two prize packages!

Just visit everyone participating in the blog hop, and leave them a comment. Two winners will be announced Thursday, July 4th! Each prize package includes a mix of five Ranger Stickles Dry Glitter, a mix of six Dreamweaver Stencils, a jar of Dreamweaver Translucent Paste, and a Palette Knife! If you want to join in the fun, play along with our Pinterest challenge and link your creations to the linky-tool on the Dream It Up! blog. You have until July 1st for a chance to win!

LG813 Fan Pattern
LJ834 Large Heart
Regular Embossing Paste
Stickles Dry Glitter Christmas Red

LJ816 Spider Web
LJ834 Large Heart
Matte Black Embossing Paste
Stickles Dry Glitter Black Diamond

I’ve done a quick video tutorial to show you how I’ve created the above cards. The products used in the video are linked below.

In the order products appear: 
Flying Monkey Midnight Spray
LX 7001 Damask
LJ834 Large Heart
Translucent Embossing Paste
Stickles Dry Glitter Platinum

To leave a comment on my blog simply click here.

Visit the Dreamweaver Stencils designers for more inspiration!

Dream It Up! | Cherylynn | Leadonna | Laura | Louise | Caroline | Stacey 

Pam | Heidi | Cyndi | Terrece | Lyn | The Ranger Blog

.Love Never Fails.

I’m an app junkie! I download all these awesome apps when I hear about them, and then totally forget I’ve downloaded it! Oops! Anyways, my kids have this app called Drawing and my girls were having fun drawing together on separate iPads and then surprising one another with what they’ve drawn.

There’s this app. It’s called Paper 53…

It’s a great app, super simple, not a whole lot of options, but it has a calligraphy pen, which I love. And, the app works. It’s smooth, and it delivers amazing results. Every time.

Today my good friend Nancie posted about Paper 53 and how she makes brushes using the app! I was like “What! No way!” Of course I had to try it! In her tutorial she shows you how to do it in Illustrator, but don’t worry, if you don’t have Illustrator, it’s super simple!

(click above to download)

• First, import your image into Photoshop.
• Second, use the magic eraser tool to remove the background.
• Third, go to “edit” and select “define brush preset.”
• Fourth, name your brush, and look for it in your brushes palette.
• Fifth, and optional, save your file as a .png and share it with your readers as a free download!

It is seriously that simple! I should apologize in advance. I’m going to be making brushes like a crazy person! But, they’ll all be available here, for free! If you create something with it, PLEASE give credit where credit is due- as I have, crediting Nancie for the amazing tutorial! And, share with me what you create! I’d love to see it!

Because no post is complete with out some fun photos! Here are a few of my dog, and our new hamsters, Belle and Ariel. (Notice I said my dog, but our hamsters?) Hmmm…

*no animals were harmed in the taking of these photographs*

Hope everyone has a safe and happy St. Patrick’s Day!

AquaMarker video tutorial

Today I have a technique that is new to me, but maybe not so much everyone else. AquaMarkers are a very new product to me. In fact, working with water anything is new to me! I knew I wanted something I could do that is quick and easy, but could achieve a beautiful finish. Coloring on a stamp block is new to me, and the end result is just beautiful! With the new AquaMarkers, the colors are endless! That’s what I love about AquaMarkers, you can mix yellow and blue to make green!

To add the beautiful shimmer, I used Lindy’s Stamp Gang’s Creme Brulee Cream.

Letraset has generously donated a set of the new AquaMarkers for me to giveaway to one of my blog readers. If you’re interested in winning a set of twenty BRAND NEW AquaMarkers, simply comment below, and head over to Letraset’s blog and comment there as well! Easy peasy!

So happy together!

Hi friends! A few weeks ago I came across this adorable sketch from Canadian Scrapbooker Magazine. I took that layout and created a digital version. I’ve made it available as a free PSD download on my FaceBook page. Making it super easy for you to create your own layout!

And this is what I did with it…

The journaling reads: june 2012 our first trip to the woodland park zoo in seattle wa! in this photo you’re sitting on a giant iguana with a long tongue that parker thought was a slide! we had so much fun!” The font is Promised Freedom, available free at DaFont. The title is: No rain today! I used the font Digs My Hart available free from Kevin and Amanda.

I used digital elements from Echo Park available at JessicaSprague.com in addition to some things I’ve learned in Jessica’s classes, like, how to create a star! (So simple!)

(Click on the image to be taken to the product.)

The cloud and rain are from Aja Abney and Christine Honsinger. Together they’ve formed a new brand called Ya Yeah! The kit with the cloud isn’t yet available, but, hopefully they’ll rerelease it.

The stitching is from Nancie’s Art Journaling class it’s called: Stitch 16.

Spellbloggin’ time!

I’m pretty excited! If you follow me on FaceBook, you already know I’ve been chosen as Spellbinders guest blogger, after they reached a FaceBook milestone of 12,000 “likes.” I’ve had the pleasure of working with Kelly on this project, and when she said they were going to be doing a “spring cleaning” theme… well, I couldn’t resist!

In the post, you’ll find pictures of my creative space. In addition to an in depth look at how I organize my Spellbinder dies. And, a few of my favorite cards! You’ll have to stop by the Spellbinder blog and check it out!

If you’re new to my site, welcome! I can be found on YouTube, FaceBook, and Twitter. With FaceBook being the most up to date. If you like what you see, I’d love it if you followed my blog! You can do so by clicking “sign me up!”

In my attempts at Spring Cleaning I’ve unearthed a (brand new) set of Lacey Circles, a set I loved so much I actually bought twice! Although I could exchange this set out for another, I decided to give them away instead. Besides, that’s more fun, right!

(Please note, this giveaway is NOT sponsored by Spellbinders. This is, as previously mentioned, a set I had purchased for myself, that I’m kindly giving away.)

All you need to do is leave me a comment telling me how you store your Spellbinder Dies. That’s it! The giveaway is open internationally and will close April 15th 2012. I’ll pick a winner and announce him or her on the 20th! Make sure you stop by the Spellbinder blog to see my guest post!

I was really hoping to create something new for the feature, but time slipped away and we are actually moving from Texas to Washington State… we leave Thursday (like, tomorrow)!

Anyways, I picked four cards to feature with my spring cleaning post. Although they aren’t new, they do offer something I hope will inspire you. In addition to a few video tutorials.

I created this card for my sister’s 21st birthday (which is also tomorrow- the 5th). The details of the card can be seen by clicking the card image itself. There is a video that shows you how I’ve added some finishing details that really complete the image.

I felt inspired by a sketch and created this card. The details of the card can be seen by clicking the card image itself.

I created this card for my brother’s 13th birthday. The details of the card can be seen by clicking the card image itself. With this card, you’ll find a video tutorial demonstrating how to make a shaped card.

And last, but not least…

I created this card for my gramma’s 80th birthday. The details of the card can be seen by clicking the card image itself. With this card, you’ll find two other cards, one that features layering, and another that features simplicity. All with a complete supply list.

Well, back to work! This house wont pack itself! Thanks for stopping by!

Next Day Flyers Giveaway!

I’m so excited! As most of you know, I design for Jessica Sprague. She introduced a class a few weeks back called “Digital Art Journaling.” With our recent move, I’ve had to pack away a majority of my supplies, leaving me with the absolute bare minimum. I was reluctant to pack it all up, but, I knew it would allow me to concentrate on the class!

So my friend Leslie over at Next Day Flyers, offered one of my subscribers a set of flyers! Next Day Flyers offers flyer printing, business cards, and all sorts of other cool stuff. My wonderful, 200+ amazing subscribers now have an opportunity to win YOUR very own set of 100 1/4 page flyers! All YOU have to do is leave me a comment (or add your name to the inlinkz) and show me what incredible and amazing kinds of stuff you’d love to have in print! Oh… and “like” or “follow” NDF via Twitter or FaceBook and tell them that I sent you of course!

These are not my work, but I found them on Pinterest and thought you would enjoy them!

These images are available for 8X10 download at eighteen25.

Jessica Sprague teamed up with Nancie Rowe Janitz and vice versa, to put on this bad ass class! I can’t tell you how much I’ve learned. So sad I’ve been digitally designing for so long, and I FINALLY feel like I’ve got the hang of it!

(Nancie has been kind enough to allow me to share these images with you, so you can download them to your computer, and use them. Please give credit where credit is due, I’d love to continue making things that I can share with my followers. Please consider following me on twitter, or sign up for an email subscription so you don’t miss a download or giveaway!)

So here’s what I made!

To download the above images, please click here —> JessicaGriffinVDAY

Recap:

• Leave a comment to win your very own (COMPLETELY CUSTOMIZABLE) set of 100 1/4 page flyers.
• Like and/or follow Next Day Flyers on FaceBook and/or Twitter. (And leave ’em some love to say thank you for their generous giveaway on my blog!)
• Follow ME on Twitter!

You have until January 25th to enter!
(ONE winner will be chosen at random and contacted by Next Day Flyers.)

It’s blog hoppin’ time!

*Please note, I have two blog hops happening today. PLEASE make sure you read what I’ve written so you don’t miss anything! I promise to keep it short and sweet!*

If you’re here for The Stamping Boutique’s blog hop, you should have arrived from the talented Christy! If you didn’t, please do visit her blog so you can hop along in order!

Now, if you’ll hop on over to the lovely Sandy! I’m certain you won’t be disappointed!

This hop starts today and ends Sunday, November 13th (11:59 pm CST) to allow you plenty of time to hop. Now with any hop there has to be some prizes along the way right? Well this hop is no exception!! You will want to make sure to visit each design team member’s blog and leave a comment as each one of us will be giving away one image from The Stamping Boutique!

If that isn’t enough to entice you to hop with us, well maybe this will- 1 random person (who comments on all DT blogs) will be selected to win the entire set of The Stamping Boutique’s newest line, the Smoochies. There are 11 images currently in the Smoochies line!

Winners will be announced on Monday! 🙂

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If you’re here for the Epilepsy blog hop, and you’ve come from Ashley, if not, please start at the beginning! You won’t want to miss the stories these lovely women have to share.

To continue with the Epilepsy hop, you’ll want to hop on over to Lora!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Friday friends! xo

I’m currently working on a website, where I can start teaching online classes! You can view the new website here: Color Me Copic, and sign up for newsletters if you wish to be informed as things happen. Or you can check out the Color Me Copic facebook page to stay updated there!

{ Operation Julie’s Smile }

If you’ve arrived from Linda Lucas, you’re on the right track!

If you’ve started on my blog, you should go back to the beginning. But first, check out all the wonderful stuff I have for you today! I’d LOVE it if you left a comment for me too! In fact, you can actually WIN stuff, from the $2,000+ stash of goodies, today by commenting on MY blog! Plus, I’ve worked really hard to prepare amazing projects for this hop! AND I’m giving away a Copic 1 & 2 class! (If you’re not local, the class will be done via Skype.) I’ve also kept these projects a secret until today! So you’re seeing them first!

Stamp: Tiffany Doodles Poppy w/Oval
Copics: E77, E07, E08, R37, R39, R59, YG91, YG95, YG99, YR16, YR18

Stamp: The Stamping Boutique Tooth Fairy Cynthia 
Copics: V20, V25, BG70, BG72, BG75, N0. N1, N3, E000, E00, E70, E74, E77
Additional: Spica glitter pens

Stamp: Totally Stampalicious Best Bud Brats
Copics:  E000, E00, E11, E93, Y21, Y23, Y32, YR02, YR04, RV63, RV66, G94, G99, B91, B37, B39, N0, N1, N3, YG63, YG67, BG000
Additional: Spica glitter pens

I’ll be doing a pictorial on this remodel October 11th. Please subscribe to my blog so you don’t miss it!

So the reason you’re here today… Julie Ranae.

Julie Ranae has had some pretty major dental surgeries in her lifetime due to medication she took as a child.  It was in her plans to have all of her teeth  replaced at some point over the next 5 years, a decision that was pretty easy to plan out.  But last month she chipped her two front teeth. The dentist told her there was no way to save them and his recommendation was to have them remove all of her teeth, and soon. But for that day, they needed to remove her front teeth so her gums could begin to heal.  Julie needs at least $4000 to get started and another $3000 to finish the process…a total of $7000.

That’s when the owner of Sweet Stamp Shop put together this benefit. It is the goal of all these generous friends and sponsors to help make this situation more do-able for Julie so that she can share a brand new smile with all of us soon!

If there is anything you can do to help with a financial donation, you will be eligible for prizes from our sponsor pool of over $2500. Any amount is greatly appreciated.

If you’d like to donate something to help Julie, just click on the “donate” button below.

If you’ve left me a comment, you can hop on over to Eva Dobilas now! 🙂

Just because I’m so happy the Tigers won
…and will be playing the Rangers
I’m going to give away two more Copic classes!
One to one of my email subscribers,
the other to a FaceBook “fan”.
I’ll announce the winners October 15th.
Remember, you don’t have to be local, to win!
(This giveaway is COMPLETELY separate from Operation Julie’s Smile)

Tiffany Doodles Blog Hop Day 1 (of 3)

Greetings to all of my wonderful and loyal Tiffany Doodles fans out there! I can’t believe the summer is just about over, seems like it only just started!  I for one am really looking forward to some falling leaves and cooler temperatures.

Today we are kicking off a 3 day Blog Hop!  You will find inspiration along every stop!  And of course, I have tons of prizes in store for you!  Be sure to participate everyday by commenting on each post & following every blog to be eligible for all prizes.

The hop continues tomorrow starting at Tiffany Doodles!  In order to qualify for all prizes you must:

1. participate everyday
2. comment on every participants post
3. follow every participants blog
4. Special Note: Make sure that your Blog and Email are listed in your Blogger profile for notification purposes.  If your email is not visible on your profile make sure it is easy to find on your blog.  Thanks!

While your hopping keep in mind the SALE we are having this weekend at the store!! All Bird and Flower Digital stamps are on sale for 25% off!  No coupon necessary, discount will be taken at the register.  Your welcome!  =)  PS. Even more sales listed below!

By participating daily in our Blog Hop you will be eligible for prizes!  Lots of prizes! Total Prizes valued at OVER $220!!  All winners will be chosen randomly.  Everyday we will chose 3 winners.  Chosen from the main TD blog.  Your participation on the other blogs will be verified prior to announcement.  If you have won you will be notified by email, so make sure you email is easy to find either in your comment, your blogger profile, or on your blog.  All winners will be announced on the blog after the hop is over.  Prizes will be awarded as follows:

Day 1	Day 2	Day 3
3 winners *	3 winners *	3 winners *
* $10 Shopping Spree * 50 Doodle Soup Reward Points * Fall Leaves (png) Elements Pack for each winner

Even if you don’t win on 1 of the 3 days – you still have a chance to win the Grand Prize!!  The Grand Prize will be chosen randomly from the main TD blog from all participants from everyday.

	Grand Prize
	1 winner *
* Level 5 Membership * $25 Shopping Spree * Fall Leaves (png) Elements Pack

On today’s Hop we are featuring cards made with a lovely sketch made by Jenyfur at Torn Paper!   And of course, all stamps throughout the blog hop are featured by Tiffany Doodles!

There are 2 ways to earn extra entries!!

1) You can earn extra entries for today’s prize if you make a card with this sketch!

If you would like too, link your card through inlinkz on the main blog post.

Enter as many times as you wish! One entry per card submitted.

2) If your not up for making a card, you can write your own post

about our Blog Hop & Tiffany Doodles Digi stamps!

If you post about us you can earn 5 extra entries!!

Also submit your post to the inlinkz below!




I’ve created a video, which I hope will help you to use Tiffany Doodles digi stamps MORE! I wanted to show you how I use clipping masks and patterns to ‘color’ my digi stamps. In this video I use Photoshop Elements 9 (for Mac) and several patterns from COLOURlovers.com which have been linked to, just below each couch pattern. I hope you’ll find my video useful!

Here is the card I created based on the sketch. I just loved the color combination, and the floral pattern as a couch. That pattern is actually digital scrapbooking paper from JessicaSprague.com- You’ll find the links below the card. 🙂 Jessica Sprague Digital papers by: Carina Gardner Coquette Flirt Paper Set
Font: Jump Start

Here are some of the other couches I made. They are super easy to whip up!

September Sales

Besides the Blog Hop sale we have going on,
we are also having 2 other sales in the store!

 Design Team Member Call

We currently need someone who can make TD digis into Cut files!
Video Tutor Details Here.    Position has been filled. Thanks.
Cut File Maker Details Here.

Banner Spots Available

Tiffany Doodles blog gets an average of 5,000 to 7,000 visitors per month!

Would you like to get in on that action?  Now accepting banner spots for the blog!

Click here for pricing info!

Here are your blog hop links for today, Day 1….

1. Tiffany Doodles (start)
2. Kim Schofield
3. Vanessa Menhorn
4. Anne Ray
5. Dani Beckman
6. Judy Jung
7. Jessica Griffin YOU’RE HERE!

We will see you again tomorrow starting at Tiffany Doodles!  I can’t wait to show you the beautiful cards we have in store for you!