Katy's Kindness Card Drive WINNERS!!!

Hello!  Here is the list of Winners for the Card Drive. If you scroll to the next post you can watch the names being pulled in a video that Amiee did.

All winners should have received and e-mail from pagemasterdesigns@gmail.com by now. If you haven't and you see your name on this list...Please let me know asap!  Thank you.

Thank you so much to everyone who submitted cards. We received a total of 3515 cards!!!  Holy Moly you guys are all winners in my eyes!!  Thank you so much!!!

Lawn Fawn $30 Gift Certificate

Patricia Craighead

Paper Smooches Stamp Set

Linda Grant 

Wplus9 $25 Gift Certificate

Vicki Mazzotta

Simon Says $25 Gift Certificate 

Jamie Kellerstrass

Jennifer McGuire $50 Stamp/Dies

Donna McEwen

Hero Arts $50 Gift Certificate

Lynette Wong 

The Ton Stamps $30 Gift Certificate (2)

Linda Rubarski

Patricia Craighead

On Line Card Class ( 3)

Renee Wayland

Chapel Card Makers

c/o Michelle Quirk

Lilian Lin

My Favorite Thing Card Kit

Patricia Craighead

Katy's Kindness Card Drive Update

Hello Everyone!  I would like to say a HUGE THANK YOU to all of you who have submitted cards. The amount of cards was astonishing!!!  We received over 3,000 cards!!!  You guys are AMAZING!!!

We have drawn the winners, there is a video below of the names being pulled (I am praying this works). If you see your name or your friends name pulled please have them e-mail me with WINNER in the title at pagemasterdesigns@gmail.com.  Amiee will be e-mailing me the names soon. She is dealing with some pretty difficult stuff in her life right now.  She promised that as soon as she has a minute she will e-mail me the names and e-mail addresses of the winners so that I can contact them.

Again, I cannot thank you enough for your love, support and kind e-mails that I have received over time. You all are angels. <3

A Blog Name Hero 5th Birthday Hop

Hello and Welcome!  You should have arrived here from the very talented blog of

 Kristina Beagle

Today I am honored to be part of A Blog Named Hero's 5th Anniversary Hop. I was lucky enough to be on the very first Design Team that ABNH had. It was one of the best teams I have ever had the privilege to be a part of. I was honored when they asked me to help them celebrate their 5th Birthday.

There are some great prizes up for grabs from the following AMAZINGLY GENEROUS companies. Keep reading to find out how to enter.

I recently got my order of Distress Oxide inks and I haven't been able to stop playing with them since.  So I pulled out some Hero Arts background cling stamps and started playing.

 I used the Leaf and Floral Background Stamp. which is one of my all time favorites. I don't believe they make it anymore but I did find three available for purchase at Amazon. Click HERE to get yours.  If you do a Google search you can find a few other places that have it in stock too.

I added some shimmer to it by using my Wink of Stella pen. You could also mist it with some Perfect Pearls if you have that on hand.  The sentiment is from the Hero Arts "You're So Kind" set and you can get it HERE at Simon Says Stamp.

**GIVEAWAY INFO:

A Blog Named Hero is so thankful for our wonderful sponsors and collaborating companies!  Several companies decided to help us celebrate our fifth anniversary with giveaways and they were so generous that we decided to spread the love over both hop days with different prizes to be won each day!  Giveaway prizes total more than $500!  To win, leave a comment on each hop stop.  We will select winners randomly from different blogs so the more blogs you visit each day, the greater your chances of winning!  And be sure to visit A Blog Named Hero on Sunday for the list of Sunday hoppers and prizes!  

Tday's prizes include the following: 

• $50 gift card to Hero Arts
• $40 gift card to Pretty Pink Posh
• $35 gift card to Lil' Inker Designs
• $25 gift card to Newton's Nook
• $25 gift card to Paper Smooches
• $25 gift card to Winnie and Walter
• $25 gift card to The Ton  
• $20 gift card to Right at Home
• One Online Card Class of your choice
•  $20 gift card to Right At Home Stamps

Comments must be left before 11:59 PM EDT on Tuesday, March 28th and winners will be announced on March 30th.

Good luck and happy hopping!

Now it is time for you to head over to the absolutely incredible blog of Pretty Pink Posh. If at anytime you encounter a broken link you can find the full hop list over at A Blog Named Hero.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Kindness Card Drive/Blog Hop

Hello and Happy Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day!  I know you are shaking your heads and thinking WHAT??? It's Valentines Day. Well you are right it is Valentines Day but it is also CHD Awareness Day.  I have become all too well aware of CHD. I have 2 beautiful nephews who were born with heart defects. They have been through a lot. My sister has been through a lot, (they are doing great now).  It's sad and hard and horrible what these children and their families have to live through. Many don't make it.  Which is why we are having a Card Drive and Blog Hop today.  My friend Amiee's little Girl Katy was one who lost her battle with CHD.  

The Katy M. Murphy Foundation is a nonprofit organization founded by Katy's mom Amiee.  Katy had a congenital heart defect and lost her life at the tender age of 6. Amiee started the Foundation to honor her daughter's memory. 

Today we are kicking off the card drive with a blog hop. We are hoping that all of you will help us by sending in cards to help complete Katy's Kindness Kits.  The kits are for children and their families who are living with a congenital heart defect (CHD) and are inpatients on the cardiac care unit at Boston Children's Hospital. The foundation will be delivering kits to the hospital to help make the children and their families stay at the hospital easier, or kinder if you will.

All the details for the card drive can be found HERE (there is a permanent tab under my blog header that will bring you right to the rules/information page), as well as a list of sponsors who have offered up some phenomenal prizes to be raffled off to those who submit cards. Please read the rules carefully. The card drive will run from February 14th thru April 15th.

Today I am sharing some cards that were really simple to create and that were easy to mass produce. I love to mass produce cards. That way I have a bunch in my stash to send to friends and now I have a bunch with all kinds of different sentiments to send in for the card drive. Let me tell ya though....It's hard to come up with a card when you are following all the talent before me in this hop!  lol

I used some Distress inks (picked raspberry and peacock feathers), THIS stencil from Penny Black, and this 6x6 paper pad by Lawn Fawn.  The flower is an older Hero Arts Stamp, which is still a favorite to this day.  The sentiments are from this Simon Says Stamp set and this one too.

Thank you so much for stopping by. If you got here first you can just click below to Heather's blog and it will start you from the beginning of the hop.  Your next and final stop is to Amiee's blog.

We can't wait to see all the creations that you send in.  Make sure to head to THIS page to read the rules, and to print out your form to send in with your cards so that you will be eligible for prizes!!!  Our sponsors have been so generous!!!

Thank you for stopping by. I really do appreciate it.


Here is the hop list in order:

Heather Ruwe

Jenn Shurkus 

Vera Yates  

Jessica Frost-Ballas  

Kelly Latevola  

Lydia Fiedler 

Kathy Racoosin  

Michelle Liimatainen 

Amiee Murphy

I Love you (mom)

HELLO! I am back today and for the first time ever I am playing along over at the Lawnscaping Blog!  Why I have never done this challenge blog before is beyond me. I never used to enter many challenges but I am really into them right now so you will be seeing a lot more of them.

Today's card was for my Mom for Mother's Day. I adore these bunnies from the Hello Baby set.  I have made a few cards with this set. I love it.

I started by coloring the grass with my Copics (Image listed below with the colors)

I kept it really simply as I didn't want to detract from the rabbits. I colored over the bottom of the bunnies to make it look more like the were sitting in the grass rather than on the grass. It about killed me though. I was so afraid I was going to end up ruining it. It took me a day or so before I actually came to grips with it and decided I liked it. Whew! Would have been such a bummer if I hadn't.

I made a little bow banner with the Paper Smooches Little Bow die using the Lawn Fawn 6x6 plaid paper. I love these papers! I need to have many of those 6x6 pads in my life. I use them all the time!

Close up of the grass. I should add that I am waaaaaay late on the Copic Bandwagon. I have just recently really started using them and learning how to use them after owning them for like 6 years. I am taking some self paced courses on them. I have always been a Prismacolor colored pencil girl, which the bunnies were colored with, but these books I am following to learn Copics are really changing my thinking on this. I am doomed. Actually my wallet is doomed. My husband better hide the credit card now because I have a list a country mile long of Copic Colors that I NEED! ha!

Some very simple  sentiment stamping (Paper Smooches Word Salad) and some Lucy's Little Things bring this card all together.

Thanks for Stopping by.

Michelle

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn HELLO BABY Clear Stamps LF673	Lawn Fawn HELLO BABY Lawn Cuts Dies	Paper Smooches WORD SALAD Clear Stamps Kim Hughes	Lawn Fawn PERFECTLY PLAID Petite 6x6 Paper Pack LF1114	Paper Smooches BABY BOW Wise Dies FBD194
Hero Arts Dye Ink Pad INDIA INK Black af248	Little Things From Lucy's Cards LILY WHITE Sequin Shaker Mix LB12	Prismacolor 150 PREMIER COLORED PENCILS 1799879	Copic Marker REFILL G43 PISTACHIO Light Green Original Sketch & Ciao	Copic Sketch Marker G43 PISTACHIO Light Green
Copic Sketch Marker Y13 LEMON YELLOW	Copic Sketch Marker G46 MISTLETOE Green	Copic Sketch Marker G82 SPRING DIM GREEN Light Pastel	Copic Marker REFILL G82 SPRING DIM GREEN Original Sketch & Ciao	Copic Sketch MARKER G09 VERONESE GREEN
Copic Sketch Marker YG03 YELLOW GREEN

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Online Card Classes, Vellum Embossing

Hello,  hello, hello!!!  Wow! It feels weird to be back...good weird.  I have taken a year off to regroup, do some extensive designing and open a brick and mortar store. So much has gone on since I left the blogging world.  But I am back....and with that here is a card that I just made for the new Online Card Classes Class  Clear& Sheer

I traced the Hero Arts Classic Tea Flower (H5577) onto some vellum and then using a stylus to emboss it. It was a technique that Dawn Woleslagle of Wplus9 taught on Day 2 of Class. It is also *watercolored* with Copics. Truly an incredible technique. This class was AWESOME!!

If you have never taken a class at Online Card Classes I encourage you to. They are worth every penny. You can take them at any time. Even though the last day of class is tomorrow you can still take the class at your own pace. You just won't be eligible for prizes or to have teacher feedback via the message boards.  I am still trying to catch up on a few other classes that I never got to take when they were live.

Well that is it for me today. Please visit often, follow in a reader, sign up via e-mail. I have so much to share. I am not going to be posting just cards anymore. I have been up to so much since I left a year ago. I have all kinds of home decor projects to share, lots of videos to come and lots of tutorials. I hope you will stick around!

Love,

Michelle

Supplies used:

Hero Arts CLASSIC TEA FLOWER Rubber Stamp H5577	Bazzill 40 LB VELLUM 8.5 x 11 White 25 Sheets	Bazzill ALPACA Card Shoppe Heavy Weight 8.5 x 11 Cardstock 305055	*DCWV Cardstock 6 x 6 BASIC BRIGHTS & PASTELS Paper Stack Printed Matstack MS-019-00044
American Crafts Zing! METALLIC SILVER Embossing Powder	ClearSnap - Distinctive Inkpads & Accessories - Scentz® Embossing Powders	My Favorite Things HAPPY HELLOS Die-Namics MFT	Leafy Branch
*03559 Fiskars SURECUT CARD MAKING Paper Trimmer Cut Line 9 Inches	Tombow MONO ADHESIVE DOTS DISPENSER Permanent	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD Watermark VM-001	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS CUBE Watermark Stamp Ink Pad VM500
Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets

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Watercolor and Salt Technique

Hello and Happy Saturday!  Today I am over on the a2z Scrapbooking Blog sharing how I did a fun watercolor technique using Sprays, Daubers, Water and salt.

Here is a sneak of the card:

To see the full card and directions on how I achieved this effect please visit the a2z Scrapbooking Blog. I also have a discount code over there for my readers to get 15% off of your order of $25.

Make sure to come back on Monday to see how I turned a beautiful flower set into a wintery scene. I've really been trying to stretch my stamps lately and this one I really pushed.

See you then.

Michelle

Ho Ho Ho Gift card holder

I'm here with a quick share today. I made this super quick gift card the other day with very few products.

The stamp set is from Hampton Arts. I bought it years ago and forgot I even had it until we moved last year and found it. I love this little Santa.  I made the card a tad smaller than normal. I used a 1 inch crease at the bottom of the card to fold up inside so I could put a gift card inside. I colored Santa with some Prisma colored pencils and used this die from Simon Say Stamp.

Super fast, super cute.

Tomorrow I will be here with a watercolor card for a2z Scrapbooking and on Monday I am going to show you how I used this set to create a winter card. Don't believe you can use flowers for a wintery card? Come back Monday and I'll show you how easy it really was! :)

I'm also entering this card in this weeks Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge which is all about Christmas and Holiday's

See you then.

Pawsome Christmas

Hey! Today I am here sharing a card that was inspired by Jennifer McGuire. Usually when I get in a rut (like I have been) I turn to others for inspiration. I go to Pinterest, blogs, old magazines etc. Inspiration is everywhere. Some times it works, other times not so much. This time....it kicked my mojo into HIGH GEAR!!! I have been on a card making binge.

Here is the Video that Jen did that started my mojo, and here is my card:

In her video, Jen used the Halloween set by Simon Says Stamp. I didn't have that set but I did have the Pawsome set. I used a Memento Dew Drop to ink up the stamp and left the neck portion of the stamp (the part with the collar) blank. I used a black marker to draw in the neck after.

I used Copic Liner and a ruler to add the lines and the lights to the dog....we are calling him Boomer after my menace of a Golden Retriever. ;)

I stamped the card both horizontally and vertically. I like them both, so I went with it. I used a Hero Arts tree and left it empty to emphasize the puppy with the lights. I have a feeling Boomer is going to do this to our tree this year.  I colored the dog, lights and tree in with Copics.

I die cut the title out of some Red Velvet Paper that I bought at Michael's and then I added some Wink of Stella to all of it!

So simple.  I urge you to try to stretch those stamps, take inspiration from someone and run with it. It really helps kick that mojo in.  Just be sure to credit whomever inspired you! ;)

Have a wonderful day.

Michelle

Supplies Used:

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