Friday, October 28, 2011

Five Minute Friday: Let The Good Times Roll

Just a quick CAS card for today.  I used Market Street Stamps Hippie Chic set, stamped in Memento ink.  The rest of the elements are from Echo Park’s Happy Days Collection Kit and then added some Zva bling and popped up the main focal image with my favorite Sticky Thumb dimensional dots.  That’s it! 

Have a great weekend!  Don’t forget, you can still get all of the Swimming for Katie images. 

We’re supposed to be getting SNOW this weekend.  Crazy!!  We never get snow this early.  Stay warm, stay safe!

Friday, October 21, 2011

Five Minute Friday: Fight Like A Girl

Hello!  Happy Friday!  I have a quick card today, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month using the new Paper Smooches set, Hope and some more Angel Pink Tsukineko Fireworks.  I stamped in Memento inks and then added some white satin ribbon, some pink shimmer ribbon and my new scallop Edgeabilities.  I love these things.  Super fast.

Congratulations to Miriam Prantner who said...

Adorable. I too have a princess at home who would love this glittery wand!

(on Lori’s blog).  You’re the winner of the Fireworks giveaway from this week’s DT Challenge.  Please contact me with your mailing address so I can get them out to you. 

Swimming for Katie is still ongoing.  We made the first deposit for over $5800 this week, so thank you.  Katie has been having some radiation treatments to stem the bleeding on the tumor and is home resting but with all three boys’ birthdays coming up in Nov/Dec, they really need our help.  Please donate or purchase if you haven’t already.  All the information is here.  There’s even this beautiful shawl up for a random donor who donates $50 or more by 10/26.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a great weekend!

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

DT Challenge: Tsukineko Fireworks

Today’s DT Challenge is being sponsored by Tsukineko.  They graciously provided my DT with samples of their new Fireworks for us to play with so all of our samples today will be highlighting them! 

For my card I used the Angel Pink Fireworks and dyed this white satin ribbon.  It’s normally 1” wide but I folded it over to make it thinner.  If you look closely you can see how even and shimmery it is.  Then I used my dimensional dots to hold the little ribbon on.  I used the new Paper Smooches Hope set (just released this month for Breast Cancer Awareness Month) and created the background myself.  All inks are Memento.  Then I went over the “hope” with some diamond Stickles.

Please remember to keep Katie Renz in your thoughts.  If you missed the Swimming for Katie please check it out.  The donation button is still live and there are still items for sale and 100% of the profits go to Katie’s fund. 

Also,  I’ll be giving away some Fireworks to a random commenter ON TODAY’S DT POSTS so the more you hop and comment, the more chances you have to win!

Here’s the links for you:

Carolyn
Deb
Gretchen
Kendra
Loretta
Lori
Lynn
Tracy

Thanks for stopping in today!  I’ll draw the winner of the Fireworks on Friday so you have until Thursday 9PM EST to leave those comments!

Monday, October 17, 2011

Jak Heath Blog Hop for Katie

Happy Monday!  Katie had potentially a slight improvement over the weekend.  They did some radiation treatment to try to stem the bleeding and it *might* be working.  You can read Katie'/Kevin’s post here.

Today, Jak Heath’s team is doing a blog hop to continue Swimming for Katie.  Jak generously donated this digipaper and stamp and all proceeds go to Katie’s fund.

I also added two new digis that were donated from Jenny Suchin Designs and Lori Boyd

Please hop along with Jak’s team and continue to support Katie.

Mina http://pinkpuds.blogspot.com/
Alice http://aliceslittlewonderland.blogspot.com/
Cathy http://inkitupstampitout.blogspot.com/
Debbie http://debbiepsplace.blogspot.com/
Heidy http://heidysscrappies.blogspot.com/
Jane http://janeyscards.blogspot.com/
Jeni http://jeniflipflop.blogspot.com/
Joyce http://gramstreasures.blogspot.com/
Julie http://catchmecrafting.blogspot.com/
Karen http://www.kjssummerwinekorner.blogspot.com/
Lori http://byloridesigns.blogspot.com/
Tammy http://tammy-tammyspot.blogspot.com/
Toni http://cuppa-craft.blogspot.com/

I’ll be back tomorrow with our own monthly DT Challenge, with a product focus on the new Tsukineko Fireworks

See you tomorrow!  Thanks for stopping by.  Please continue to keep Katie and her family in your thoughts.  Donations are still being accepted!

Friday, October 14, 2011

No crafty post today

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No Five Minute Friday today.  My heart is heavy for Katie Renz.  (This picture is Katie at CHA…a much happier time.  I love her smile.)

The Swimming for Katie hop and fundraiser this week was a huge success (more details on that next week) but Katie’s situation has a taken a turn for the worst.  The tumor is bleeding and is pretty much uncontrollable.  They are giving her transfusions but unless the bleeding subsides on its own, that’s a very short term solution.

The latest post from her husband is here if you want to read it.

I was privileged enough to speak with Katie yesterday and she expressed her tremendous thanks for everything this community has done for her and her family.  Her mother also told me that seeing how other people view and care about her daughter has been a light in the very dark tunnel they have been traveling.  So, know this, we are making a difference to this family. 

The stamps are all still for sale and the donation link is active so please continue to help if you can.  This family will need us more than ever in the days to come.

Cards can be sent to:

The Renz Family
PO Box 5913
Bellingham, WA 98227-5913

Thank you my friends.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Swimming for Katie – Day Three – HUGE GIVEAWAY!!

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Today is the last day of the Swimming for Katie blog hop and we have another amazing batch of designers lined up for you.

I do not have a project for you today but instead am offering a HUGE donation incentive. 

Are you ready for a little time off, a chance to get away and just focus on creating?  Then have we got a treat for you.  Well, actually a Re-treat!

To help raise money for Katie, Creating for Causes has generously donated a FREE ticket (value: $249.95) to one of their upcoming 3-day Scrap & Stamp Retreats.

The winner of the free ticket will enjoy 3 days of non-stop fun and creativity with fellow scrappers, stampers and paper crafters, and can choose between the Charlotte, NC Scrap & Stamp Ritzy Retreat at The Ritz-Carlton on October 21-23 or the Orlando, FL Scrap & Stamp Retreat at the Marriott World Center on November 4-6. Both retreats promise to spoil you and provide 48-straight hours of creating, camaraderie and fun!

To learn more about the events, please visit: http://www.creatingforcauses.org/our-events/scrapbook-events/.

Not only will you be raising money for Katie by making a donation, you get a chance to win a wonderful weekend getaway for yourself! And, because all of Creating for Causes' events are charity events that raise money for local charities, you'll be giving back twice!

Wow, a weekend retreat for you and two chances to help others. Does it get any better than that?

Here's how it works:

Simply make a $33 donation (or more) for Katie and indicate that you want to be entered in the Creating for Causes Retreat ticket drawing. Everyone who makes a qualifying donation will be entered into the drawing and one lucky person will be attending this 3-day retreat for FREE! That lucky person could just be you!  (If you have already donated and wish to be included, just email kate(at) iheartpapers (dot) com)

DEADLINE TO ENTER FOR THIS GIVEAWAY IS FRIDAY 9PM EST, although other donations will be accepted for weeks to come.

Of course, there are also the stamp items for sale here. 100% of the profits go to Katie’s fund, to help her and her family. The donation link and sale pages will be left up beyond the blog hop, to help raise as much money as possible.

If you're not familiar with her, Katie’s cancer story started just before Christmas last year. This young, beautiful, healthy, vibrant mother of 3 with her infectious smile was suddenly diagnosed with an inoperable cancer, virtually overnight. A few tummy aches and then stage 4 gastric cancer. Her first post about it is here. The idea of “Swimming for Katie” came from her recent post here.

I hope you will join me in supporting Katie through a purchase or donation (donation link on the left sidebar of my blog). If you would like to send Katie a card, her mailing address is:

Katie Renz
PO Box 5913
Bellingham, WA 98227-5913

The following is a list of everyone who has projects posted today. I hope you will be inspired by them and moved to purchase or donate.

Amy Heller
Jackie Pedro
Julie Masse
Kecia Waters
Sandie Dunne
Susan Liles
Latisha Yoast
Laurie Schmidlin
Lisa Arana
Lisa Henke
Lisa Silver
Lydia Fiedler
Lyn Bernatovich
Lynette
Maria Gurnsey
Meg Craig
Melissa Bickford
Michelle Woerner
Mona Pendleton
Niki Estes
Robyn Weatherspoon
Sarah Jay
Sarah Martina Parker
Savannah O'Gwynn
Stephanie Washburn
Susanna Boyd
Tobi Crawford
Julie Lacey
Kim Kesti
Shemaine Smith
Danielle Lounds
Debbie Carriere
DoBea A.
Fran Gumprecht
Geny Cassady
Gina K.
Holly McMillen
Jak Heath
Javablustamper/Jacquie
Kimberly Crawford
Jeanne Streiff
Trudy Sjolander

This exclusive stamp designed by Becky Oehlers is available as a clear stamp, as well as a digis or a dig and SVG cut file. 100% of the profits go to Katie's fund to help her and her young family. Her husband Kevin and her three young children need our help and support. In addition to the Keep Swimming Octopus, Marianne Walker and True =D Doodle Designs both also donated digis that are for sale. Direct donations are also being accepted. Information central is HERE. This is a permanent page that will stay active at i {heart} papers with current information and the full 3 day blog hop listing, as well as the donation button.

Here are all the items available for sale.

Thank you for helping a crafter in need.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Swimming for Katie – Day Two

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Today is Day Two of the Swimming for Katie blog hop and we have another amazing batch of designers lined up for you.

This octopus (as a real stamp and digi), along with several other items are for sale here. 100% of the profits go to Katie’s fund, to help her and her family.

If you're not familiar with her, Katie’s cancer story started just before Christmas last year. This young, beautiful, healthy, vibrant mother of 3 with her infectious smile was suddenly diagnosed with an inoperable cancer, virtually overnight. A few tummy aches and then stage 4 gastric cancer. Her first post about it is here. The idea of “Swimming for Katie” came from her recent post here.

I hope you will join me in supporting Katie through a purchase or donation (donation link on the left sidebar of my blog). If you would like to send Katie a card, her mailing address is:

Katie Renz
PO Box 5913
Bellingham, WA 98227-5913

The following is a list of everyone who has projects posted today. I hope you will be inspired by them and moved to purchase or donate.

Ashley Harris



Clare Buswell


Jessica Diedrich


Lisa Somerville


Charlene Merrick


Eva Dobilas


Judy Rozema


Sharon Doolittle


Tifany DeGough


Windy Robinson


Ashley Cannon Newell


Connie McCotter


Heidi Van Laar


Karen Maldonado


Lori Craig


Melissa Phillips


Tosha Leyendekker


Amy Kolling


Angela Thomas


Angelica Suarez


Angie Blom


Becky Oehlers


Betty Wright


Bev Gerard


Brenda Weaver


Carolyn King


Chari Moss


Charlene Driggs


Claire Brennan


Corinna McGregor


Craft Critique


Karen Hunsaker (Rubbernecker Stamps Designer)


Keely Yowler


Kelly Schirmer


Keri Lee Sereika


Kim Hughes


Kimber McGray


Kittie Caracciolo


Kristin Eberline


Wendy Price

For my card today I paper pieced the octopus (stamped in Memento ink) using some Life of the Party paper. I also used a tiny scrap of Togetherness for the crown and flag. The flag is popped up on dimensional dots and everything is layered on a die-cut using Spellbinders Labels 5.

I’ll be back again tomorrow with the list from the last day. If you’re behind, or just want to see everyone who is posting for Katie, you can visit this static page. It also has the donation button.

Thanks for stopping in today!

Monday, October 10, 2011

Swimming for Katie – Day One

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Hello friends. I hope you had a great weekend! I am here today with a very bittersweet post. I am proud and honored to have coordinated Swimming for Katie, a fundraiser and blog hop for my dear friend but obviously the circumstances that this is under makes me cry.

From October 10-12 some of the best stampers are joining together to support and encourage our friend and fellow stamper, Katie Renz, who is currently battling inoperable gastric cancer. If you're not familiar with her, Katie’s cancer story started just before Christmas last year. This young, beautiful, healthy, vibrant mother of 3 with her infectious smile was suddenly diagnosed with an inoperable cancer, virtually overnight. A few tummy aches and then stage 4 gastric cancer. Her first post about it is here. The idea of “Swimming for Katie” came from her recent post here.

This exclusive stamp used in my sample, designed by Becky Oehlers is available as a clear stamp, as well as a digis or a dig and SVG cut file. 100% of the profits go to Katie's fund to help her and her young family. Her husband Kevin and her three young children need our help and support. In addition to the Keep Swimming Octopus, Marianne Walker and True =D Doodle Designs both also donated digis that are for sale. Direct donations are also being accepted (on the left sidebar). Information central is HERE. This is a permanent page that will stay active at i {heart} papers with current information and the full 3 day blog hop listing, as well as the donation button.

For my card I used the Swimming for Katie stamp, colored with Copics and Stickles. I popped up the flag with my favorite Sticky Thumb dimensional dots, layered on Circle Nesties over a piece of Budding Bulb paper. Finally I added strips of white satin ribbon and Two Tone Purple ribbon.

Here are all the items available for sale.


Keep Swimming Octopus
Peachy Clear stamp

$5.50 with free shipping



Keep Swimming Octopus DIGIstamp
$3.00 with instant download


Keep Swimming Octopus DIGIstamp with SVG cut file
$3.50 with instant download


Keep Swimming Mermaid DIGIstamp
$3.50 with instant download


Keep Swimming Ribbon Fish DIGIstamp and DIGIpapers
$5.00 with instant download

I hope you will join me in supporting Katie through a purchase or donation. The donation button is on the left side of my blog.

The following is a list of everyone who has projects posted today. I hope you will be inspired by them and moved to purchase or donate. If you would like to send Katie a card her mailing address is:

Katie Renz
PO Box 5913
Bellingham, WA 98227-5913

Here is this list for today:

AJ Otto
Beate
Carolyn Mustopa
Dawn Burnworth
Deb Felts
Gretchen Belknap
Heather Jensen
Jen del Muro
Julie Ranae
Kate - i {heart} papers
Kendra Wietstock
Lisa Johnson
Loretta Lock
Lori Tecler
Lynn Mercurio
Marianne Walker
Michele Gross
Stacy aka Twinshappy
Tracy Schultz
Debbie Olson
Cindy Lawrence
Cindy Haffner
Julie Koerber
Christine Okken
Tammy Hershberger
Danielle Kennedy
Barbara Anders
Makiko Jones
Ashley N Newell
Shannan Teubner
Taylor Usry
Jen Tapler
Jenn Balcer
Jenny Chesnick
Jess Larsen
Jessica Knutsen
Jimmi Mayo
Joan Bardee
Joan Ervin
Julia Aston
Julie Day
Julie Ebersole

Thank you for purchasing and/or donating. From the bottom of my heart, thank you.

I’ll be back tomorrow with the Day Two hop list.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Birthday Bash Winners

Unity kit – Marni Vivian

Refer a Friend – Megan Hebel

WCMD card challenges – Ashley Newell, Eva Strong, Lisa Foust and Erin Schreiner

Echo Park Paper Playground kits – Jody Stanisch, Alicia Cross and Suzanne Cox

Market Street Stamps Slow Movin’ – Amanda Coleman

IHP Color Logo Challenge – Jennifer Van Pelt

Paper Smooches Sunny Side Up – Jen Gerwig-Dively

Authentique Splendid pad – Sharon Gullikson

Facebook profile pic changers - Amy Crockett Lowe and Tifany DeGough

$50 gift certificate - Michelle Mccollough

Congrats to all the winners.  Please email me with BIRTHDAY BASH WINNER in the subject of your email telling me the category you won. 

Prizes must be claimed no later than October 12, midnight EST.  Thanks to everyone who played along!  I hope you enjoyed the coupon and the fun!

Friday, October 7, 2011

Five Minute Friday: Operation Julie’s Smile

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Phew…what a birthday celebration week we’ve had! Thank you so much for making it so fun! Just a quick reminder that the storewide 20% off coupon expires tonight at midnight EST. Use code 3bday for 20% off everything in the store in celebration of our 3 year birthday. Plus all orders placed will be entered into the drawing for a $50 gift certificate. Winners from this week’s festivities will be announced here Sunday or Monday.

But, for today, we’re turning our attention to Operation Julie’s Smile: A benefit for Julie Ranae Murray. If you came here from Stephanie’s blog, then you are in the right spot. If not, you may want to start from the beginning at the Sweet Stamp Shop Blog and take your time. You have ALL WEEKEND to hop with us and win prizes!

Today’s blog hop is large and there could be a break somewhere in the chain, so please bear with us. A complete list of blogs on the hop is posted on the Sweet Stamp Shop Blog. You have a complete weekend to get around to all the blogs to be eligible for prizes by leaving comments. There are over $2500 in prizes donated by the very generous companies, including a $20 gift certificate to i {heart} papers. :) A complete list of sponsors is listed on the Sweet Stamp Shop Blog.

Prizes will be drawn for the following:
1. from Blog Comments left
2. from PayPal Donation list
3. for Blog Hop Hosts

A little history about Julie and her situation:

The creative blogging community is coming together this weekend to help one of our friends, Julie Ranae. You may know her as the Design Team Coordinator for many wonderful companies from bakers twine, die cuts, rubber stamps and more. What many people don’t know about Julie Ranae is that she has had some pretty major dental surgeries in her lifetime due to medication she had to take as a child. It was in her plans to think about having all of her teeth replaced at some point in the next 5 years, a decision that was pretty easy to plan out. But then it happened…she chipped her front teeth on a weekend a month ago. The dentist told her there was no way to save them & that it was his recommendation that she give in and have them all her teeth removed soon, but for that day, they needed to get her front teeth done so her gums could begin to heal. He said he would 'work out payments with her to have ALL this work done...but when she called to make her appt for the first step of impressions, they told her the amount of money that was needed and that the 'payments' applied only to the two teeth that were extracted that day. Her husband Paul was with her & that too, was his understanding as well. So this is how she has found herself in this situation…Needing at least $4000 to get started and another $3000 to finish the process…a total of $7000.

Nicole Rixon, owner of Sweet Stamp Shop put together this benefit after finding out about this situation and before Julie Ranae knew it, it took flight!

Because she is an event organizer by trade, Julie has taken on the job of organizing all of the blogs in this hop as her way of ‘working overtime’ for what she needs, the same as if she were able to work overtime at an outside job to pay for the work to be done.

It is the goal of all of these generous friends & sponsors to help make this situation more do-able for our friend so that she can share a brand new smile with all of us soon. If there is anything you can do to help with a financial donation, there is a donation button ready for you to click on the left (MAKE SURE YOU CLICK ON JULIE’S, as I have Swimming for Katie donation button also…more on that later). Any amount is appreciated and ALL DONATIONS will be eligible for prizes from our sponsor pool of over $2500.”

For my card today, I used the smiling pear from Fruity Family Felties and then curved my sentiment from Thank You For Being My Friend, stamped in Memento ink. Then I laid a scrap of Sheer Pull Ribbon (without pulling it, obviously) as an added accent. A quick, CAS Five Minute Friday card! I hope it makes YOU smile!

The next stop is Andrea’s blog. Make sure you leave a comment here before you go so that you can have a chance at the amazing prizes up for grabs and if you can, please make a donation so we can help bring back a new smile for our friend.

swim-for-katie Thanks for stopping by today. I’ll be back on Monday with another charitable cause, Swimming for Katie – an event I’ve coordinated for my dear friend, Katie Renz, who is battling inoperable gastric cancer. Please, please stop back on Monday for this special event!

Have a great weekend!

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Birthday Bash Logo Color Challenge

To continue the birthday party today the IHP DT is hosting a color challenge using the colors from the IHP logo.

For my card I used the new Ric Rac Edgeabilities with some Country Drive paper.  I made the ruffle using some self adhesive lace fabric tape and made the flower using a Gluber and some pleated ribbon.  The finishing touch is the little hand cut tag, stamped with Memento ink and a greeting from Cake Shoppe

ihp3bdaycc We’d love it if you would join us and I’ll be selecting a random winner from all the players!  Add your entry to your blog or online gallery and link it here on the Mr. Linky or post it to our Facebook wall!

To see what the rest of the DT did, hop along:

Thanks for stopping in!  I hope you’ll play along!  You have until Saturday midnight EST to enter! 

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Paper Crafts + IHP on Facebook

pcfbad Today we’re continuing our 3rd Birthday Bash with Paper Crafts Magazine over on Facebook and we’re giving away THREE $20 gift certificates, which will be drawn from all of our Facebook followers.  So, if you don’t already like us (WHY NOT!?!!), TODAY is the day to do it!

20% off coupon is still good through Friday.  Use code 3bday for 20% off EVERYTHING in the store.

ihp3bdaycc Tomorrow the IHP DT will be back with a special IHP logo color challenge and I’d love it if you would play along!  I’ll pick a random winner from everyone who plays along.  Stop in tomorrow to add your link to Mr. Linky. 

Have a good day!  See you over on Facebook!

Monday, October 3, 2011

Birthday Bash continues and an important announcement

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Hello!  Thank you for a wonderful kickoff to our birthday celebration.  Today and we’ll be celebrating over on Facebook with giveaways and contests for people who get their friends to like us.  Tuesday there’s a BIG Facebook event so be sure to stop in.  The code 3bday is valid for 20% off through Friday.

In the meantime, I’d like to draw your attention to this little graphic.  I am honored and humbled to be hosting/sponsoring a giant blog hop and fundraiser for my friend, Katie Renz

Over 125 TOP DESIGNERS hopping to support our friend and stamper, Katie Renz, who is currently battling gastric cancer. Exclusive stamp & digis will be available for sale with 100% of the profits going to Katie and her family. Direct donations are also being accepted on the top left side of my blog.

Katie’s cancer story started just before Christmas last year. This young, beautiful, healthy, vibrant mother of 3 with her infectious smile was suddenly diagnosed with an inoperable cancer, virtually overnight. A few tummy aches and then stage 4 gastric cancer. Her first post about it is here.

The idea of “Swimming for Katie” came from her recent post.

Her post reminded me of Finding Nemo: “Don’t give up! Just keep swimming! Keep swimming…just keep swimming…” because that was the only way to survive and escape from the fisherman’s net. When Becky Oehlers (she designed the adorable image) and I chatted about this, it seemed like a good route to go and to just encourage Katie to “Keep swimming” for her own survival, just like the fish. The little octopus reminds me of a cheerleader pom-pom too, which is also encouraging.

Marianne (the Copic Queen) has also donated a digi that will be for sale.

A master hop list will be posted on October 10. The hop will be spread over 3 days but the stamp and donation link will be available beyond that.

More details will be posted on this page and I will of course be sharing information as it gets closer.

Feel free to snag the graphic and post it yourself to help spread the word!  Thank you!

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Happy Bee-Day for Dee

Here’s a happy little card!  Hap Bee Day stamped on Circle Nesties in Memento, colored with Copics and Stickles and then some yellow silk ribbon over Lauderdale paper.

I think that’s it for me today.  I’ve got a TON of orders to pack so everything can ship out on Monday.  I’ll still be popping into Facebook for the rest of the night to see who is uploading and creating over there, so I hope you’ll join me!

Remember, use code 3bday for 20% off this whole week as IHP celebrates 3 amazing years!

Have a good night!

WCMD 2011 #2

Wow!  You guys LOVE my 20% off coupon!  I’m so happy!  IN between order packing I’m making cards for World Card Making Day.

I used some more Echo Park The Apothecary Emporium paper new Halloween Divine Twine for this card.  It’s actually pretty simple.   And *I* distressed.  Aren’t you impressed?  It’s so not my thing but this card needed it.  I even sponged the edges with some Memento ink.  :)

Don’t forget I’m doing Facebook giveaways today.  Just upload the cards you’re making today with supplies you’ve gotten from IHP to be entered!  And don’t forget, all week long the Birthday Bash is on.  20% off everything with code 3bday

Thanks for popping today!

WCMD – card #1

I’m crafting (and packing orders!) today for World Card Making Day!  I hope you are too!

For my first card I used Erin Lee’s sketch with some Echo Park The Apothecary Emporium paper and ChickenGirl Design Happy Halloween set.   I curved the greeting on my block to fit on the Circle Nesties (stamped in Memento) and used Labels 8 for my background.  Then I used my new Scallop Edgeabilities, some Hero Arts bling, new Halloween Divine Twine and my Copics

erinsketch Don’t forget I’m doing Facebook giveaways today.  Just upload the cards you’re making today with supplies you’ve gotten from IHP to be entered!  If you’d like to play with Erin’s sketch, here it is!

And don’t forget, all week long the Birthday Bash is on.  20% off everything with code 3bday

Happy World Card Making Day 2011

HELLO!  We are celebrating THREE amazing years, serving the best customers, all over the world!  We're celebrating all week long with a color challenge, Facebook giveaways and of course, a coupon - kicking it off with World Card Making Day!

Here’s the week’s festivities, although I might mix it up a little just to keep you on your toes!  *grin* 

Today, October 1 - World Card Making Day!  Make a card and upload it to our Facebook wall and show off some products you've gotten from us.  All entries will be eligible for a Facebook exclusive giveaway!  Use code 3bday for 20% off everything in the store.   No exceptions or exclusions!  And as always, free shipping with your $50US/$150CAN order.

October 2 & 3 - Facebook giveaways.  Send your crafty friends to like us and have them tell us you sent them!

October 4 - secret Facebook happening (won't be announced until that day) with THREE gift certificates being given away.

ihp3bdaycc October 5 - IHP Logo Color Challenge.  We would love if you would join us in making a project of your own (upload to your blog and link to the Mr. Linky on the IHP blog (that day’s post), upload to our Facebook page or an online gallery with the keyword IHPBB2011).   Deadline to enter is Saturday 12pm EST.

October 6 - more Facebook giveaways!  Send your crafty friends to like us and have them tell us you sent them!

October 7  - Facebook giveaways and Operation Julie's Smile blog hop.  Hop along for your chance to win a $20 IHP gift certificate or one of the other amazing prizes donated for Julie's fundraiser.

ALL orders placed during the Bash (Oct 1-7) will be entered for your chance to win the grand prize $50 gift certificate drawing on Saturday .

Refer a friend who orders at least $25 and have them mention you in their order comments and you each receive an extra entry!

Daily Facebook winners will be announced on that day.  The winner of the $50 gift certificate will be announced on Saturday October 8 (evening).

Enjoy your day today and I hope to see you over on Facebook later!