Lindsey's Legacy Hop for Clear Cell Ovarian Cancer Research | Blog Hop

Today, we are hopping in memory of our dear friend and fellow cardmaker, Lindsey Martin-Penny, who sadly passed away last year from a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer.

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and Lindsey’s husband Burke thought it would be a great time to sell off her many craft supplies, with all of the proceeds going towards Lindsey’s Legacy Fund for Clear Cell Ovarian Cancer Research in cooperation with The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.

The purpose of this hop will be to honour Lindsey, celebrate her life and all that she loved, as well as help spread the word to raise funds for clear cell ovarian cancer research. You can help in one of several ways!

1. Purchase a Flat Rate Mailer stuffed with loads of fabulous craft supplies. These can only be mailed within Canada and there will be no tax receipts provided with the purchase of these boxes. A box of craft supplies would make a great gift for yourself, a crafty friend or a child/classroom! For details about the boxes and how you can go about purchasing one, please email lindseyslegacyfund@rogers.com with the message "Craft Box" or visit Lindsey’s original blog, Bashful Blogging. Every craft box purchase in September will be entered into a draw and one lucky winner will win a $100 gift certificate to Scrap ‘n Stamp.
2. During the month of September, shop at Scrap ‘n Stamp using the code LINDSEY10 at checkout. You will get 10% off your purchase (sale items excluded) and Scrap ‘n Stamp will donate 10% of their proceeds to Lindsey’s Legacy Fund.
3. Any donations over $15 made directly to Lindsey’s Legacy Fund will receive a digital tax receipt.
4. Repost this hop on your social media and encourage others to share!

If you are here, you are at the start of Lindsey’s Legacy Hop! This hop is split into two portions: (a) a blog hop and (b) an Instagram hop. If you get lost along the way, please return to the full hop list below.

Part 1: Blog Hop

Emily Leiphart (you are here)

Tracey McNeely

Glenda Wyatt

Carol Mayne

Color Hues Color Challenge

Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers

Julie Peddicord

Joyce Mehrberg

Kim Heggins

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Part 2: Instagram Hop

Jessica McAfee

Lori Elder

Angela Hathikhanavala

Natalie Sahl

Karen Boyce

Thanh Vo

Emily Leiphart

How to hop:

💙 Like and leave a comment at each stop

💙 Learn a little bit about Lindsey’s connection to that person

💙 Share this post and help us save lives

I've struggled for more than a year to put into words what Lindsey meant to me and perhaps someday I will say it all in a vlog but, for now, I can tell you that Lindsey and I shared a deep love of books and reading. We would talk endlessly about the next book on our TBR list and discovering new genres. While we both loved physical books the most, we each had hundreds of virtual books on our e-readers.

The colour combo for this card features Lindsey's favourite colours, purple and red. I used several Waffle Flower products, including Layered Books, Shelves and Shelves Additions. I love all the details in these cute dies! The white heat embossed sentiment is my favourite from the Story Sentiments stamp set and it's my way of saying thank you to Lindsey for her friendship.

Other products featured here on this Lindsey-inspired card include Catherine Pooler's Great Start patterned paper, and Spellbinders' gold foil cardstock and oyster pearl dots. All of the coloured cardstock is from Taylored Expressions and you can find a complete list of colours in the supply links below. This was the first card I made in five months and while it was difficult to get started, I loved being able to create freely and combine so many different brands.

The next stop on the hop is Tracey McNeely. Please be sure to leave a comment at each of the stops where you can learn more about Lindsey’s life, loves and her legacy.

Thanks so much for hopping with us!

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Lindsey's Legacy Hop for Clear Cell Ovarian Cancer Research | Instagram Hop

Today, we are hopping in memory of our dear friend and fellow cardmaker, Lindsey Martin-Penny, who sadly passed away last year from a rare and aggressive form of ovarian cancer.

September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and Lindsey’s husband Burke thought it would be a great time to sell off her many craft supplies, with all of the proceeds going towards Lindsey’s Legacy Fund for Clear Cell Ovarian Cancer Research in cooperation with The Princess Margaret Cancer Centre.

The purpose of this hop will be to honour Lindsey, celebrate her life and all that she loved, as well as help spread the word to raise funds for clear cell ovarian cancer research. You can help in one of several ways!

1. Purchase a Flat Rate Mailer stuffed with loads of fabulous craft supplies. These can only be mailed within Canada and there will be no tax receipts provided with the purchase of these boxes. A box of craft supplies would make a great gift for yourself, a crafty friend or a child/classroom! For details about the boxes and how you can go about purchasing one, please email lindseyslegacyfund@rogers.com with the message "Craft Box" or visit Lindsey’s original blog, Bashful Blogging. Every craft box purchase in September will be entered into a draw and one lucky winner will win a $100 gift certificate to Scrap ‘n Stamp.
2. During the month of September, shop at Scrap ‘n Stamp using the code LINDSEY10 at checkout. You will get 10% off your purchase (sale items excluded) and Scrap ‘n Stamp will donate 10% of their proceeds to Lindsey’s Legacy Fund.
3. Any donations over $15 made directly to Lindsey’s Legacy Fund will receive a digital tax receipt.
4. Repost this hop on your social media and encourage others to share!

If you are here, you are at the end of Lindsey’s Legacy Hop! This hop is split into two portions: (a) a blog hop and (b) an Instagram hop. If you get lost along the way, please return to the full hop list below.

Part 1: Blog Hop

Emily Leiphart

Tracey McNeely

Glenda Wyatt

Carol Mayne

Color Hues Color Challenge

Sisterhood of the Snarky Stampers

Julie Peddicord

Joyce Mehrberg

Kim Heggins

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Part 2: Instagram Hop

Jessica McAfee

Lori Elder

Angela Hathikhanavala

Natalie Sahl

Karen Boyce

Thanh Vo

Emily Leiphart (you are here)

How to hop:

💙 Like and leave a comment at each stop

💙 Learn a little bit about Lindsey’s connection to that person

💙 Share this post and help us save lives

Lindsey and I talked a lot about being middle-aged women and all the trials that came along with it. We shared so many unpleasant symptoms and we joked that literally everything could be blamed on perimenopause. What I truly miss is being able to talk to Lindsey now that I'm in full menopause and, as you can see, this card was inspired by that. 

One of the things I loved most about Lindsey was her sharp wit, loaded with snark. I, myself, am a very sarcastic person so we were always laughing and rolling our eyes! I'm certain she would've loved this card. I mean, come on! I seriously cannot believe all these stamps are retired though. Maybe Taylored Expressions needs to re-release them?

The panda, chick, wine, bottle and sentiment are from a set called Hot Flash Grumplings. The other four food items are from a set called Binge Worthy. Taylored Expressions has a whole line of grumplings and they're all very funny and real-to-life. In fact, these exact panda and chick images are featured in these snarky calendar cards. My images were heat embossed and watercolored with TE Liquid Watercolor. The patterned paper is from an old Spellbinders Card Kit of the Month.

Since this is the final stop on the hop, you'll start again on my blog post HERE. Please be sure to leave a comment at each of the stops where you can learn more about Lindsey’s life, loves and her legacy.

Thanks so much for hopping with us!

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Scrap 'n Stamp | For the Boys Inspiration Hop + Giveaway!

I'm thrilled to be hopping along with Scrap 'n Stamp Canada to celebrate the men in our lives! You should've come from Thanh's Instagram feed but if you just happened upon the hop, head over to the Scrap 'n Stamp blog to begin. There's loads of inspiration across all social media platforms and you can comment for your chance to win a $50 gift certificate to the shop. There's also a weekend sale and you can save 20% on select items. 

For my interactive card, I combined the fabulous Platform Pop-Up Die from Lawn Fawn with the Love You More Than Dies from Concord & 9th for card that can be used on Father's Day or any other day to tell dad that he's special.

I started by cutting the Platform Pop-Up from white woodgrain cardstock. I also cut the Platform Pop-Up Add-On and the hill pieces from Honey Bee's Back To Basics 6x6 paper pad. 

Next, I die cut the food pieces from Love You More Than using Spellbinders assorted cardstock pack and gold dust cardstock. After assembling the pieces, I attached them to the plaid hills.

To create the sentiment panel, I cut the scalloped frame from Love You More Than Dies and the letters from Concord & 9th's All the Letters. Before glueing the die cut letters on the panel, I stamped the curved sentiment from the coordinating Love You More Than stamp set.

To create the foremost sentiment, I white heat embossed a sentiment from Concord & 9th's Lots to Say stamp set and die cut it using one of the stitched frames from the Platform Pop-Up die set. Here's a short stop-motion clip of the card coming out of its envelope.

Your next stop is Jessica McAfee.  Thanks so much for hopping along with us and be sure to check out the sale!

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Scrap 'n Stamp | Create Crafty Memories Inspiration Hop + Giveaway!

I'm thrilled to be hopping along with Scrap 'n Stamp Canada to celebrate crafty memories in lieu of National Scrapbooking Day! You should've come from Lindsey's blog but if you just happened upon the hop, head over to the Scrap 'n Stamp blog to begin. There's loads of inspiration across all social media platforms and you can comment for your chance to win a $50 gift certificate to the shop. There's also a weekend sale and you can save 30-50% on select items.

I've made a few layouts in my time as a papercrafter but I don't (really) scrapbook in general so I decided to make a snarky crafty card for a friend. The layout I used goes back to my days of using a lot more patterned paper to make scrapbook-style cards with lots of paper layers. 

The base layer was cut from Hero Arts Pebble cardstock and heat foiled it using Speckled Prism Hot Foil and the Spellbinders Diagonal Stripes Hot Foil Plate. This is an amazing must-have product! I added a piece of Coral cardstock for a pop of colour and I love it with the coloured images from several Taylored Expressions sets, including Crafty Stamp & Die Combo, Do Something Creative, Max & Millie and Simple Strips - Snarky.

I used Copic markers to colour all the images but the list is too long so you can check out the list HERE if you're interested in seeing all the colours I used. After colouring the background and stamping the main sentiment, I die cut the cat, mouse, cup, cat-made cards and additional sentiment strip so I could add dimension with glue dots and foam tape. 

I trimmed down the coloured panel and tucked a piece of patterned paper from Honey Bee Stamps Back To Basics 6x6 Paper Pad, then used a tape runner to attach all the layers to the card base. I hope you enjoyed my scrappy-style card and I'd love to see your version should you be inspired by it!

Be sure to check out the National Scrapbooking Day Sale HERE for great deals and head to Kia's blog to continue the hop. 

Thanks so much for hopping along!

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Spellbinders | March 2022 Clubs Inspiration Blog Hop + Giveaway!

I'm thrilled to be part of the Spellbinders March 2022 Clubs Inspiration Blog Hop! You should've arrived from Jen Krey's blog and I have the full list of participants below. There are also details on the generous giveaway so be sure to read 'til the end.

My card for this hop features the March 2022 Small Die of the Month - Floating Bunny! It's the cutest kit ever and features a bunny in the same style as the bunny from Open House Spring. It would be so cute to combine these two bunnies in the same scene and I think I'll do just that for my next project.

I die cut all of the pieces for the bunny and the clouds from white, pale rose and black cardstock. The large cloud with the sentiment from Sentiments for Everyday was cut from smooth white cardstock but the other clouds were cut from white linen cardstock for texture.

I heat foiled the sentiment using Gold Glimmer Hot Foil. The swing and ropes were die cut from mirror gold cardstock. I used liquid glue to assemble all the pieces of the bunny and swing. Then I placed foam tape behind the bunny and sentiment cloud, setting those aside while I prepared the background.

I cut a 3.25" x 6.25" mini slim card base from white cardstock. Then I trimmed a panel of sea glass cardstock to 3" x 6" and dry embossed it using the Optical Arches Embossing Folder. I just love the effect of those arches - like little rainbows - especially on a clean and simple design! Please note that my card shows the backside of this folder.

I hope you enjoyed today's card featuring the Small Die of the Month - Floating Bunny with the Sentiments for Everyday Hot Foil Set and the Optical Arches Embossing Folder! You have until March 24, 2022 to sign-up for the adorable Floating Bunny kit.

HOP ALONG

Spellbinders Blog
Tina Smith
Bibi Cameron
Annie Williams
Jill Hilliard
Jean Manis
Becca Feeken
Yasmin Diaz
Linda Parker
Virginia Lu
Sandra Nagel
Ilina Crouse
Laurie Willison
Jennifer Snyder
Marie Heiderscheit
Jennifer Kotas
Deborah Jenkins
Hussena Calcuttawala
Linh Van
Joy Baldwin
Erin Thompson
Rosemary Dennis
Karen Yagel
Jenny Colacicco
Jeanne Jachna
Jessica Vasher
Melody Rupple
Alanna Moses
Lisa Tilson
Jen Kray
Emily Leiphart
Kathy Clement
Rebecca Keppel

GIVEAWAY

To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on our blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, March 13th, 11:59pm MST. The winner will be announced in this blog hop post the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes.

  

Please note, store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions. Store credit can be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras and regular releases.

Your next stop is Kathy Clement and, if you wish, please head to the Spellbinders Blog to begin the hop.

SALE

Don't forget to check out the Die Cutting Stock-Up Sale for amazing deals! You can save up to 40% on previously-released club kits which are now available for purchase individually. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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VIDEO | Scrap 'n Stamp 14th Birthday Bash Inspiration Hop + Giveaway!

I'm thrilled to be hopping along with Scrap 'n Stamp Canada to celebrate their 14th Birthday! There's loads of inspiration across all social media platforms and you can comment for your chance to win a $50 gift certificate to the shop. There's also a weekend sale and you can save 14% on select birthday items.

My two cards feature several stamps and dies from Concord & 9th, ink from Catherine Pooler, and various types of cardstock from Lawn Fawn and more. Scrap 'n Stamp offers so many varieties and brands of cardstock; it's my main source given the weight and cost of shipping cardstock. You can find all of those supplies linked below.

My first card features the Love You More Than Dies, which I layered with Lawn Fawn's Rainbow cardstock pack. If you're unsure whether you'll like certain colours, this is a great starter pack since all of the colours coordinate well with each other. I'm very picky about quality and this saturated, sturdy 100lb cardstock is everything I want in cardstock!

I paired my die cuts with sentiments from the Hip Hip Hooray Stamp Set. I ombre-stamped the large letters with Oh Boy!, Fiesta Blue and Minted inks (top), and Rouge and Peppermint Scrub inks (bottom). I used coordinating blender brushes to blur the transition lines between colours before stamping. The three little stars were stamped in Tiara ink. Using the Hip Hip Hooray Dies, I cut three stars from silver glitter cardstock to add some bling to the card.

My second card featuring the Downtown Stacks Dies was so much fun to make and I want to make a craft night out of this set with my family. Once the pieces were die cut and laid out, they were super easy to assemble. The dies for the coordinating Downtown Stacks Stamp Set make it easy to cut out the banners and shop names!

This card also features Lawn Fawn's Rainbow cardstock pack and gives you a better indication of the fun and pretty colours. I love how the Downtown Stacks Dies include so many architectural varieties. You can build so many different cityscapes. There are additional details like balconies, awnings, cars, buses and patio furniture which I didn't include here.

Since Scrap 'n Stamp is celebrating its 14th Birthday, I had to use the birthday banners on this card and I added the tiniest silver bows using DMC Diamant silver thread. Neither silver clouds, white clouds nor vellum clouds alone worked for me so I layered vellum over white cardstock to make them look like and fluffy.

Since my stop on this hop is on YouTube, comments left here on this blog post will not count. Please head to YouTube and leave a comment there. Here's the full hop list:

SnS Blog

Lindsey

Kia

Meghan

Karen

Emily

Susan

Allison

Deepa

Tara

Tracey

Meghan

Thanh

Jessica

SnS IG

Click on the banner above to shop the sale, and be sure to hop along and leave a comment at each stop for your chance to win a $50 gift certificate to the Scrap 'n Stamp shop! Comments close at 11:59pm EST on March 24, 2022 and the winner will be announced on the Scrap 'n Stamp blog.

Thanks so much for watching!

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Spellbinders | November 2021 Clubs Inspiration Blog Hop + Giveaway!

I'm thrilled to be part of the Spellbinders November 2021 Clubs Inspiration Blog Hop! You should've arrived from Marie Heiderscheit's blog and I have the full list of participants below. There are also details on the generous giveaway so be sure to read 'til the end.

For this hop, I've combined the Small Die of the Month - Stitched Curved Borders & Ornaments with the Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month - Curved Christmas Glimmer Borders and you can see my previous club kit inspiration cards HERE and HERE. The design of this card is basically the reverse of this design HERE. I actually made them at the same time but instead of gold, I used silver on this version.

I also used silver embroidery floss on these ornaments as they were intended. I layered the ornaments using glitter and mirror silver cardstock, with sea glass blue and white cardstock. The addition of the silver pearls pull all of the silver layers together.

I love the impact of the matte silver hot foil on the lipstick red cardstock! With all of the details on the ornaments and the bright red panel, this card doesn't need much more.

I hope you enjoyed today's card featuring the Small Die of the Month with the Glimmer Hot Foil Kit of the Month! You have until November 24, 2021 to sign-up for these particular kits.

HOP ALONG

Spellbinders Blog

Tina Smith

Bibi Cameron

Yasmin Diaz

Jill Hilliard

Jennifer Kotas

Virginia Lu

Sandra Nagel

Kathy Clement

Jean Manis

Marie Heiderscheit

Emily Leiphart

Jessica Vasher

Hussena Calcuttawala

Melody Rupple

Jennifer Snyder

Natasha Vacca

Alanna Moses

Martha Lucia Gomez

Tiffany Pryce Russom

GIVEAWAY

To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on our blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, November 21st, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in this blog hop post the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes. 

Please note, store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions. Store credit can be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras and regular releases.

Your next stop is Jessica Vasher and, if you wish, please head to the Spellbinders Blog to begin the hop.

SALE

Don't forget to check out the Pre-Holiday Clearance Blowout Sale for amazing deals! Some of my favourites are less than half their original price!

Thanks so much for hopping along with us!

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