August Paper Smooches DT Blog Hop!

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the Paper Smooches September stamp release with you! The three NEW clear stamp sets will be available to purchase at 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on September 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 September stamp sets! (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify) You have until midnight Mountain time on Friday, August 31st to leave a comment. Please check all five blogs on Saturday, September 1st to see if you are one of the five lucky winners.

• Emily Leiphart <--- You are here.
• Heidi Van Laar
• Kalyn Kepner
• 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 the lady and a sentiment from one of the upcoming releases, Jive Turkey. I fell in love with this lovely lady as soon as I laid eyes on her! No doubt, she'll be seeing a lot of ink.

History was a favourite subject of mine in school and I immediately thought of Laura Secord, a Canadian heroine in the War of 1812. Her name is now associated with the very famous chocolatier and ice cream company that was named after her. For my card, I wanted to re-create that act of heroism she is known for so I created a background scene with the birch trees from Autumn Groves. If I changed the sentiment, this would make a great Christmas card, too, don't you think? :)

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

Sources: SU Natural Ivory & Real Red cardstock; Gina K Designs pure luxury white cardstock; Paper Smooches Jive Turkey (available September 1st) & Autumn Groves; Memento Tuxedo Black & Rich Cocoa inks; Tim Holtz for Ranger Tumbled Glass, Broken China & Faded Denim distress inks; Copic markers; foam tape