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Friday, February 26, 2010

SEW MANY CARDS MARCH NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP

Welcome to the Sew Many Cards New Release Blog Hop!! We’re so glad you could join us this week for a chance to see Angela’s new releases and a chance at winning some great prizes!! We’d like to say hello and welcome to all our new followers! If you have arrived here from Dawnn’s blog you are in the correct spot. If not, please start the blog hop here at Sew Many Challenges.

Our sponsors this month is Softpencil Digital Stamps and Simon Says Stamp!

Prize package -- $25 voucher to the Softpencil Digital Stamps to be awarded to the winner of the challenge blog. This Blog Hops challenge is to create a project using a Sew Many Cards image and at least 3 different techniques. Such as distressing, folding, inking...etc.

SOFTPENCIL BLURB--

"Hello everyone! my name is
Elizabeth Pujalka and I´m the illustrator and designer behind Softpencil -
Digital Stamps, home of Michu and his lovely friends, where you can find cute
illustrations for your crafting needs.

My illustrations are a homage to the Nature and their creatures, where a sweet child, a simple flower or a fragile animal become protagonists.
I invite you to know my whimsical world plenty of gorgeous characters and to
enjoy creating with them!"

There will also be a $10 Gift Certificate to Simon Says Stamp awarded to the winner who comments on each design team members blog. We know we have a large team, but it’ll be well worth the hop to see all of our teams great projects and our sponsors awesome prizes!

Please stop by each of the Sew Many Cards design team members blogs and leave a friendly comment, and be sure to leave us an email or link to your blog when you finish the hop at our challenge blog!!

Here is my card introducing Jovi Painting Halen:

Digital Image: Jovi Painting Halen from Sew Many Cards (Colored image with Prisma color pencils and OMS, cut image out and popped up with 3D foam dots).

Card Stock: Pink/purple (TAC) and Easter print (The Easter Surprise Collection – Happy Easter Stripe)

Die-Cuts: Nestabilities Ovals/Scallop Ovals.

Templates: Egg template.

Inks: Sakura Stardust Gelly Pen (Jovi’s patches and heart nose and Halen’s patches and egg).

Embellishments: Cotton Ball White Fun Flock (Halen’s and Jovi’s tails), lilac half pearls, pink half flower petal pearls, lime ric-rac, bright pink satin ribbon and multi-colored plaid ribbon (all 3 of these ribbons are from the Monthly Ribbon Club for February) from Really Reasonable Ribbon.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you are enjoying the blog hop so far and are enjoying all the wonderful images Sew Many Card has to offer.

Your next stop in the hop will be Mary D’s blog. If you lose your way the list for the order is here at Sew Many Challenges.

Thursday, January 7, 2010

Sew Many Cards Blog Hop

Welcome to Sew Many Cards New Releases Blog Hop. So glad you'll be hoppin' along with us. You will be seeing more than 20 new images that will be released into the store and also visiting 25 very talented Design Team member's blogs with their fabulous creations. To begin the blog hop you will need to start at Sew Many Cards. Now if you have arrived from Kym B's blog you are in the right spot.

DOODLE BEANS is the sponsor for the GRAND PRIZE PACKAGE, which is a $10.00 gift certificate for their store and a $15.00 gift certificate from Amazon.com. Thank you so much Doodle Beans for your awesome prize. To win the Grand Prize package you will need to go to all of the Design Team member's blogs and leave a comment for each of them on their blogs.

Here is my card that I created using Cammi and Boy. Isn't he just adorable carrying a basket with Cammi and some pretty flowers. So, how would you like to win this image? All you need to do is leave me a comment. That's it! Once the blog hop is over I will choose a winner. You also will have a chance to win other images from the Design Team by leaving a comment on their blogs too.

Digital image: Cammi and Boy (Colored image with Prisma color pencils and OMS, cut image out and popped up with 3D foam squares).

Card Stock: Light/medium blues, black and kraft (TAC) and 3 prints (Basic Grey-Granola).

Die-Cuts: Nestabilities Labels 4.

Punches: MS Branch Punch.

Inks: Sakura Stardust (on branches, bow tie/patches on boy, flowers, Cammi's nose and patches on basket/Cammi's head) and Sakura Marine Star (buttons on vest).

Embellishments: Blue Prima flower (Nursery Tales), 4 orange half pearls, 4 blue medium fall brads, brown stitched grosgrain ribbon and Inkssentials Glossy Accents (used on shoes for shine).

Thanks Sew Much for Hoppin' by. I hope you are enjoying the blog hop so far. You are now ready to hop to Maria's Blog for some more fabulous creations.