Crafty Friends: Picket Fence Studios

Hi everyone!
Welcome back to our monthly Crafty Friends Blog hop!
Who are the crafty friends? We are group of talented, crafty, stampers who all share a similar crafty beginning and want to show our amazing projects to all of you!
Each month we will be focusing on a specific brand or company that we all love and this months surprise, surprise is is Picket Fence Studios!!
We have exciting things to share from other brands in the coming months, so be sure to stay tuned.

And, to celebrate with us Picket Fence Studios is offering 20% discount to our readers! See code below!!!!

You are lucky, I am the first stop in the hop and if you started from the middle then you might have arrived from Tanya Boser and I am the last stop of the blog hop. But if you didn't start from the beginning , then head over  to Maria's Blog to start from the beginnig

For my card I used the new Beauty and Song set. I stamped the sentiment in Hybrid black ink on Bristol white card stock and watercolored it. Once done I cut the panel down to 4" x 5 1/4" and spritzed with shimmer spray. I stamped the sentiment using embossing ink on black card stock and embossed in white. Cut to size. I adhered the entire panel onto top folding black note card.

Impression Obsession: Have a Heart

Hi everyone,

Welcome to the new Impression Obsession challenge. This time around it's called Have a heart!. You can see the list of today’s participants on the Impression Obsession blog.
For my  card I used the new My Person sentiment stamp along with the Heart Splash stamp.
I stamped in in pink. Then added the sentiment in black for contrast. I added some enamel dots for more interest and adhered the panel onto black top folding note card.

Impression Obsession: In Love with Spring Release Celebration Day 4

It's Day 4 of the Impression Obsession In Love with Spring Release Celebration ! Each day (January 6th - January 11th ) you can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am. Every single blog will have a $25 gift certificate to give away for the event - so the more you comment through our Release Celebration the more chances to win! All comments for all of the event days will be open until Sunday January 12th at noon CT. All winner will be announced on Tuesday January 14th.

All of the new stamps are available now! You can find them all HERE (link to the new release category)

For my card today I used Whimsical Butterfly 1 and 2 stamps along with the Hello stamp.

I made ink blended backgrounds and let them completely dry. Once try I stamped the images and sentiment with Versamark. Then embossed in white. 

Once done I adhered them to top folding white note cards. To add some interest I added scoring details under and below the panels each line at 1/8" distance from each other. 

Impression Obsession: In Love With Spring release celebration day 2

It's Day 2 of the Impression Obsession In Love with Spring Release Celebration ! Each day (January 6th - January 11th ) you can find a list of participants on the Impression Obsession Blog at 6am. Every single blog will have a $25 gift certificate to give away for the event - so the more you comment through our Release Celebration the more chances to win! All comments for all of the event days will be open until Sunday January 12th at noon CT. All winner will be announced on Tuesday January 14th.
All of the new stamps are available now! You can find them all HERE (link to the new release category)

Today I am sharing a card using a large Camellia stamp! I LOVE big flowers and they are so fun for coloring.

I stamped it on watercolor paper using my MISTI with Versamark ink and then embossed in white.

Once trimmed down to 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" (to cover a card base) I used liquid watercolors to color it.

Set it aside to dry.

In meantime stamp the sentiment on vellum and emboss in white. Cut to a strip to size and wrap around the watercolored panel, adhering the ends on the back. This way you don't need to use adhesive on the front.

January My Monthly Hero Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Hi stampers!

Welcome to the January MMH release blog hop. This is another kit you don't want to miss!!!

This release is all about Love is in the air, and is full of products for celebrating Valentine's Day, and beyond! While love is the inspiration for this month's products,most of them be useful throughout the year, including the main kit. I shared a peek of the kit yesterday over on the Hero Blog showing you everyday use of the kit!

And here is my project for today, I combined the kit with the January Fancy Die, which you can use for planners, scrapbooks etc. I just used it for a birthday card. I used the Aqua metallic ink from the kit to create the background and color the die cut (I used 3 stacked die cuts for the sentiment to give it an extra raised look) 

So now, lets see the entire kit and what's included in it!!!! 

Kit Contents:
4" x 6" Clear Stamp Set
14 Coordinating Fancy Dies

8 5.5" x 8.5" Sheets of Cardstock (Gold Breeze, Kraft, Fireweed, Rose)
Pink Sparkle Embossing Powder 0.5 oz.
Aqua Glimmer Metallic Ink
2 Yards Pink Satin Ribbon

Kit Value: $76
Kit Cost: $34.99

Giveaway:

Hero Arts is giving away one $50 gift card a prize to one blog reader - selected from the comments across all of the blogs in the hop. The giveaway closes Sunday, January 12th at 11:59pm, and the winner will be announced the following week on the Hero Arts blog.

Kit availability and shipping:

The main kit is available for a limited time only - once it's gone, it's gone. Kits begin shipping from Hero Arts on Monday, January 13th.

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Hero Arts

Amy Kolling

Amy Tsuruta

Caly Person

Channin Pelletier

Daniel West

Debi Adams

Emily Midgett

Ilina Crouse YOU ARE HERE

Janette Kausen

Jessica Frost-Ballas

Julee Tilman

Laurie Willison

Lydia Fiedler

Michelle Short

Nichol Spohr