April Paper Smooches DT Blog Hop!

This is my second post of the day. If you're looking for my Tiddly Inks Special Guest post, please scroll down.

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the Paper Smooches May stamp release with you! The three NEW clear stamp sets will be available to purchase on May 1st. You will find them HERE. Follow the Paper Smooches blog for more sneak peeks.

To add extra fun to our blog hop...we are offering up a prize! Just leave a comment on any of the five design team blogs listed below for your chance to win one of the three new May stamp sets! (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify) You have until midnight MT on Friday, April 27th to leave a comment. Please check all five blogs on Saturday, April 28th to see if you are one of the five lucky winners.

• Emily Leiphart <--- You are here.
• Heidi Van Laar
• Kryssi Ng
• Laurie Schmidlin
• Teri Anderson

To increase your chances of winning:

1. Leave a comment on this blog post

2. Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop

3. Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop

4. Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

(which means that you have up to four chances to win on each blog)

My card features three small flowers and a sentiment from Hubby and Wifey. This romantic set is perfect set for engagements, weddings, anniversaries and more!

To create the insert for the frame, I traced the inside and stamped the flowers using the pencil line as a guide. After stamping the sentiment, I trimmed the insert just outside the lines, erased the lines and adhered it to the back of the frame. I cut a piece of vintage seam binding, laid it flat across the back of the frame and looped it through the holes on the sides of the frame twice. On one side, I pulled the binding through the top and on the other, I pulled it through the bottom. Then I trimmed off the excess. Both the frame and the card base were embossed at the start of the project.

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Remember to check back here on Saturday to see if you are the lucky winner of Hubby and Wifey!

Sources: Gina K Designs pure luxury black & white cardstock; Paper Smooches Hubby and Wifey (available May 1st); Memento Tuxedo Black ink; Hero Arts Soft Yellow, Soft Pink & Soft Blossom shadow inks; Prima grey chipboard frame; Ribbon Carousel eggshell vintage seam binding; Papertrey Ink woodgrain & linen and canvas impression plates