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Thursday, September 17, 2020

3rd Annual Cutest Video Hop Ever + $1000 in Giveaways!

***GIVEAWAY CLOSED***

All winners have been announced HERE.

Hello and welcome to the 3rd Annual Cutest Video Hop Ever! I'm excited to be crafting with my son for this event and inspiring the next generation of crafters. So many of your favourite companies have generously donated 30 prizes for this video hop and the full list of prizes can be found at the bottom of this post. All of the artists' YouTube links are below. Please remember that comments here on the blog, while greatly appreciated, are not eligible for the giveaways below. You must leave your comments on YouTube. The more you comment, the higher your chances of winning!

Emily Leiphart

Marie-Pierre Capistran

We had the pleasure of playing with products from Ranger Ink, Lawn Fawn and Catherine Pooler Designs! Damian's first card features the Distress Watercolour Crayon Kit from Ranger Ink. He used the Distress Crayons to create a grid background, added water and stamped the butterfly with Archival ink included in the kit. Then he added a frame using white foil cardstock and embellished the piece with polymer clay Bitty Paws.

We collaborated together on this second card featuring Lawn Fawn's Let's Go Nuts stamp set and Into the Woods 6x6 paper pack. Damian coloured the images with Copic markers and I stencilled the background using the Layered Lakeside Mountain stencils from Trinity Stamps. The card base uses Catherine Pooler's Essentials Slimline Dies.

Our third collaboration features Catherine Pooler's Nice List stamp set, and new ink colours Cranberry Fizz and Deck the Halls from the Jolly Holiday Collection which was just released yesterday. The images were heat embossed and Damian watercolored the images using the inks. I added fuzzy fun flock to the hat and popped up both images on mini action wobbles.

SPONSORS + PRIZES

We're incredibly grateful to Tim Holtz and Ranger Ink, Lawn Fawn and Catherine Pooler Designs for sending product to several of our designers.

Thank you so much to all of the wonderful individuals and companies who have donated 30 prizes worth over $1000 for this fun event! The winners will be chosen randomly from all comments left on each of our videos. The more you comment, the better your chances of winning! Comments will close at 11:59 p.m. EST on October 1, 2020 and winners will be announced on my blog on October 5, 2020.

Tim Holtz, 3 $75 Prize Bundles (U.S. only)

Jennifer McGuire Ink, 3 Share Handmade Kindness Goodie Bags

Gina K Designs, $100 gift certificate

Catherine Pooler Designs, $50 gift certificate

Concord & 9th, $50 gift certificate

Lawn Fawn, $50 gift certificate

My Favorite Things, $50 gift certificate

Scrapbook.com, $50 gift certificate | Rainbow Wishes Die, Thank You Sentiments Die Set, Mint Tape

Simon Says Stamp, $50 gift certificate

Spellbinders, $50 gift certificate

Studio Katia, $50 gift certificate

Trinity Stamps, $50 gift certificate

Waffle Flower, $50 gift certificate

Ellen Hutson, $35 gift certificate

Penguin Palace, C45 gift certificate

Pretty Pink Posh, 2 $30 gift certificates

Clearly Besotted, £25 gift certificate

Heffy Doodle, £25 gift certificate

Avery Elle, $25 gift certificate

Hero Arts, $25 gift certificate

Honey Bee Stamps, $25 gift certificate

Kalyn Kepner, $25 gift certificate

Sunny Studio Stamps, $25 gift certificate

The Gray Muse, $25 gift certificate

Thanks so much for hopping with us!

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Tuesday, April 30, 2019

{Simon Hurley create} Happy Birthday to the Bestest Person Ever!

Hello, friends! This adorable set, Bestest Friends, from the Simon Hurley create line didn't get enough love here during the Cutest Video Hop Ever so I decided to make this fun birthday card using four of the images from that set. I also threw in wood flooring using Splinter and that little rug they're sitting on is the trampoline from Trampoline Friends!

The big bears are my favourite part of Bestest Friends but the little secondary sentiments are pretty awesome, too. I love that the phrases are unique, unexpected and funny. I used two of the same bear but there's another bear with one of his arms outstretched and he could be hugging this particular bear or giving any number of items to one of the other characters in the set.

Once again, I used all 12 ink pads from the Simon Hurley create line to watercolour the images, stamp the floor and blend the background. To create the floor, I used masking paper to mask off the wall and half the floor so I could angle the Splinter background stamp and create a simple chevron pattern.

I was so excited that I thought about making a rug with the trampoline because it shows even more versatility, especially since my son used it as a portal/vacuum. I originally stamped it with Clear Skies but it was too dark so I second-generation stamped it and sponged around the edges with the same colour.

My husband thought this card was quite funny because it literally represents our son's alternate universe where stuffies rule the world and we're their toys. LOL

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Wednesday, April 10, 2019

2nd Annual Cutest Video Hop Ever + Giveaways!

Hello and welcome to the 2nd Annual Cutest Video Hop Ever! I'm excited to be crafting with my son for this event and inspiring the next generation of crafters. So many of your favourite companies have generously donated over 30 prizes for this video hop and the full list of prizes can be found at the bottom of this post. All of the artists' YouTube links are below. Please remember that comments here on the blog, while greatly appreciated, are not eligible for the giveaways below. You must leave your comments on YouTube. The more you comment, the higher your chances of winning.

Emily Leiphart

Marie-Pierre Capistran

We had the pleasure of playing with the Simon Hurley create line from Ranger Ink and had a blast with these beautiful inks and adorable stamps! My card features the Space Training stamp set and all 12 of the Simon Hurley create inks.

I stamped and watercolored the boy, dog, cat and bear with archival ink and watercolored them with Simon Hurley create inks. After fussy cutting the images, I set them aside and heat embossed the sentiment and moon.

After watercoloring and masking the moon, I sponged the background with Simon Hurley create inks and a blending tool. To finish, I attached the elements to panel with glue dots and foam tape.

Damian used images from Trampoline Friends and a sentiment from Bestest Friends for his card. That's no surprise, since one of us was expected to use the squirrel, right? ;) If you're a sci-fi fan, you'll really love Damian's hilarious scene! It's quite clever and not something I would've thought of myself.

After Damian saw how hard it was for me to fussy cut my images from watercolour cardstock, he asked if there was a way to make his card completely flat so I helped him mask the three squirrels and bird. Then he stamped the tree and trampoline, which he transformed into a portal, sucking the squirrels right out of the tree. LOL!

I was really impressed with Damian's watercoloring on the trampoline with Simon Hurley create inks. The portal looks so three-dimensional and realistic! The contrast between the frantic bird and the smiling squirrels makes me laugh every time I look at this card.

SPONSORS + PRIZES

We're incredibly grateful to Ranger Ink and Simon Hurley for sending Simon Hurley create products to several of our designers, and also to Catherine Pooler Designs for sending her inks to several of our designers.

Thank you so much to all of the wonderful individuals and companies who have donated over 30 prizes for this fun event! The winners will be chosen randomly from all comments left on each of our videos. The more you comment, the better your chances of winning! Comments will close at 11:59 p.m. EST on April 17, 2019 and winners will be announced on my blog on April 24, 2019.

Ranger Ink, 2 Simon Hurley create goodie bags

Jennifer McGuire Ink, 3 Share Handmade Kindness goodie bags