Seasons Givings Blog Hop 2015

Welcome to the Seasons Givings Blog Hop!

I'm participating in this blog hop today because of you, my blog readers.
I truly appreciate each one of you.... that you take the time to come & visit my blog
& comment on my projects... it means so much to me!

And so, this blog hop is being held for you, as a way for me to say "thank you".

For those of you who are new to my blog, I welcome you to check it out.
I've recently celebrated my blog's 10 year anniversary &
posted my favourite cards (click!) & layouts (click!) that I made in 2015,
which you can see by scrolling down or clicking the links.

Each stop on the hop is hosting a giveaway. 

So make sure you comment on each one to be eligible to win each prize.

Here is the prize pack that I'm giving away...

It consists of four stamp sets (from Studio Calico, Simon Says Stamp (2) & Sweet Stamp Shoppe), dies to coordinate with one of the SSS stamp sets,  some Studio Calico labels, some Pretty Pink Posh
 sequins, a Heidi Swapp acrylic word and some Reverse Confetti Quick Cut Panels.

To be eligible to win this prize pack, you need to leave a comment here
on my blog by Sunday, January 3rd, 2016, at 9pm CST.
I will announce the winner on Monday, the 4th.

And here's the card I wanted to share with you....
a thank you to all of my wonderful readers!

I stamped the border along the side by repeatedly stamping the hat pattern from 

MFT Stamp's Winter Warmth stamp set.

I then stamped the holly leaves and the poinsettias onto their coordinating diecuts

(also from Winter Warmth).

I stamped the accents in Delicata Golden Glitz for a little sparkle

and the sentiment (from Simon Says Stamp's Big Scripty Sentiments) 

in Versafine onyx black.

Before you go, feel free to follow my blog & click on the link to do so on the sidebar.

Next on the hop is Christina Griffiths.

Here's the complete list of all of the blog hop participants:

Lawn Fawn

Lawnfawn.blogspot.com

Scrapbook Cards & Today Magazine

http://www.scrapbookandcardstodaymag.typepad.com

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

http://www.scrapbook-adhesives.com/blog

Reverse Confetti

https://reverseconfetti.com/blog/

Technique Tuesday

http://techniquetuesday.typepad.com

CAS-ual Friday Stamps

http://cas-ualfridaysstamps.blogspot.com

Verve Stamps

http://www.vervestamps.blogspot.com

Donna Salazar

http://donnasalazardesigns.blogspot.com

Richard Garay

http://www.richardgaray.com/blog/

AdTech

https://makesomethingreat.wordpress.com

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

http://notimetostamp.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com

Inchie Arts

http://www.inchiearts.typepad.com

Avocado Arts

http://www.avocadoarts.blogspot.com

OHscrap (Bossy Joscie)

http://www.cutchens.com

Rubermoon Stamps

http://www.rubbermoonarts.blogspot.com

Latina Crafter

http://latinacrafter.blogspot.com

A Jillian Vance Design

http://blog.ajillianvancedesign.com

JustNick

http://justnick.myshopify.com/blogs/justnick

Your Everyday Stamps

http://youreverydaystamps.blogspot.com

Latisha Yoast

http://www.crafteebee.blogspot.com

AJ Otto

http://thewillowgarden.blogspot.com

Kimberly Crawford

http://kimberly-crawford.blogspot.com

Julia Stainton

http://juliastainton.com/blog/

Laurie Willison

http://www.soapboxcreations.blogspot.com

Teri Anderson

https://terisplace.wordpress.com

Jennifer Gallacher

http://jengallacher.blogspot.com

Vera Yates

http://www.lingshappyplace.blogspot.com

Wanda Guess

http://www.ablogcalledwanda.com

Nichol Magouirk

http://www.nicholmagouirk.typepad.com

Kelly Klapstein

http://www.kellycreates.ca

Anabelle O’Malley

http://www.anabelleom.blogspot.com

Kim Watson

http://kj-starre.blogspot.com

Chari Moss

http://www.mossymade.com

Laura Bassen

https://laurafadora.wordpress.com

Lydia Fiedler

http://understandblue.blogspot.com

Lisa Adametz

http://www.papergrace.com

Alice Wertz

http://aliceslittlewonderland.blogspot.com

Daniela Dobson

http://danieladobson.blogspot.com

Jenn Shurkus

Shurkus.com

Lori Craig

http://loricraig.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com

Amy Tsuruta

http://tsurutadesigns.blogspot.com

Lisa Henke

http://www.mylittlecreativeescape.blogspot.com

Margie Higuchi

http://margieh.blogspot.com

Lee Murphy

http://luvleestamper.blogspot.com

Lori Tecler

http://inkingaloud.blogspot.com

Dina Kowal

http://mamadinis.blogspot.com

Loretta Lock

http://lovetocreate.blogspot.ca

Darsie Bruno

http://craftingwithdarsie.blogspot.com

Marcie Sharp

http://www.cardmakinchaos.blogspot.com

Veronica Zalis

http://lk2thestarz.blogspot.com/?m=1

Barbara Anders

http://barspaperpursuits.blogspot.com

Maria Levine

http://riacreations.blogspot.com

Dana Joy

http://www.gotjoycreations.blogspot.com

Melody Rupple

http://apapermelody.blogspot.com

Keri Sereika

http://www.pinklemonade.typepad.com

Asia King

http://underacreativespell.blogspot.com

Jennifer Ingle

http://justjingle.blogspot.com

Yvonne Van de Grijp

http://phoebeez.blogspot.nl

Beth Pingry

http://bethpingry.com

Erica Houghton

http://ericahoughton.blogspot.com

Mary-Ann Maldonado

http://lumpbumpandclump.blogspot.com

Piali Biswas

http://touchofcreation.blogspot.com

Ashley Newell

http://www.hearthugsdesigns.com

Nicole Maki

http://madebynicole.blogspot.com

Julee Tilman

http://www.poeticartistry.blogspot.com

Leigh Penner (this is me!)

http://www.leighpenner.blogspot.com

Christina Griffiths

http://flowersribbonsandpearls.blogspot.co.uk

Lindsay Amrhein

http://lindsayamrhein.blogspot.com

Laura Williams

http://www.lauralooloo.blogspot.com

Debbie Seyer

http://www.debbieseyer.com/my_weblog/

Christine Emberson

http://creativity-continues.blogspot.co.uk

Kerry Urbatch

http://www.thestampingbugsjourney.blogspot.com

Linda Lucas

http://lovelylindascraftcentral.blogspot.com.au

Tosha Leyendekker

http://www.stamptalkwithtosh.blogspot.com

Giovana Smith

http://giovana-believe.blogspot.com

Bunny Vance

http://www.bunnyrunswithscissors.com

Stacey Schafer

http://stampinwithstacey.blogspot.com

Lee Ann Barrett

http://greytpapercrafts.blogspot.com

Ruby Naz

http://www.arareruby.com

Julie Dinn

http://www.kreativejewels2.com

Jill Hawkins

https://fastestturtle.wordpress.com

Christiana Reulling

http://christygetscrafty.blogspot.com

Jodi Collins

http://stampingalatte.blogspot.com

Gracie Chavez

http://gracielliedesign.blogspot.com

Michelle Woerner

http://stopandstamptheroses.blogspot.com

Tania Willis

http://www.throughtrialsiambeingpurified.blogspot.com

Karisse Schilling

http://karissejoy.com

Lori McAree

http://smilingwhilestamping.blogspot.com

Ashley Harris

http://www.ashleyharris.typepad.com

Emily Leiphart

http://www.leiphartonart.blogspot.ca

Heidi Blankenship

http://embellished-dreams.blogspot.com

Coralynn Murray

http://sunrisestamper1.blogspot.ca

Tenia Nelson

http://jazzypaper.blogspot.com

Pretty Philosophie

http://www.prettyphilosophie.org

Jillian Vance

http://www.princessandthepaper.com

Misti Oblander

http://misti-acardaday.blogspot.com

Happy New Year!

Thanks for looking!

10th Anniversary Blog Celebration -- Giveaways

Welcome to the 10 year anniversary of my blog!

It was on this day, in 2005, that I first started blogging. :)

 

I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who left a comment

here on my blog over the past few days!

They were all so sweet!

The support that I've found in the online crafting community is overwhelming --

I feel very encouraged and blessed!

I started off by flicking a mixture of white acrylic paint and water onto a kraft background.

I wet some watercolour paint and coloured on it with some Zig Clean Colour Waterbrush markers.

Once this was dry, I diecut them using Leafy Confetti Cuts.

I arranged these in a laurel/wreath pattern on my card.

I diecut another piece of watercolour paper using the banner from Tag Me Confetti Cuts

and then stamped the sentiment from Forever Fall.

  

And now, onto the giveaways...

I have four prizes to give-away:

1. a $25 gift certificate to Reverse Confetti (generously donated by Jen Del Muro)

2. a $25 gift certificate to Pretty Pink Posh (generously donated by Paulina Nakamura)
3. a $20 gift certificate to Butterfly Reflections Ink (generously donated by Vanessa Middleton)
4. a $25 gift certificate from me to Papertrey Ink

There were 174 comments left on my blog during the three days of the celebration

(have I mentioned already how overwhelmed I feel?)

Sage was in bed, but I went in and asked her to choose four numbers between 1 & 174.

Here are the numbers she chose.... 15, 49, 86, 150.

So, the winner of the $25 gift certificate to Reverse Confetti 

(generously donated by Jen Del Muro) is...

The winner of the $25 gift certificate to Pretty Pink Posh
(generously donated by Paulina Nakamura) is...



The winner of the $20 gift certificate to Butterfly Reflections Ink 
(generously donated by Vanessa Middleton) is...



And the winner of the $25 gift certificate from me to Papertrey Ink is...

 Congratulations to the winners!
Please send me an email to pennercl@mymts.net to claim your prize.

So, that's it!

Thanks again to everyone who left me comments and just made me feel so special!

And, just to let you know that tomorrow, I'll be participating in the 

Season's Givings Blog Hop with some more prizes to give away
and I'd love to have you come back & visit!

Thanks for looking!

10th Anniversary Blog Celebration -- Day 3

Welcome to the 10 year anniversary of my blog!


 

(Note: the anniversary celebration started on Sunday, so scroll down or click here & here
to leave a comment to be entered to win one of my fabulous giveaways!)

As I mentioned yesterday & on Sunday, I started my blog almost ten years ago, on Dec. 30, 2005.

What began as a place to share photos and thoughts has become such a big

part of my life, seeing as I post almost daily.

Here's one of the first photos I posted on my blog:

It's of Sage on New Year's Eve 2005.
Every year, our church goes skating on New Year's Eve.
How can this have been 10 years ago? Crazy!

So, to celebrate TO THE FULL's 10 year anniversary,

I've been doing a series of posts over the past three days.

Now, while I was mainly a scrapbooker when I started my blog,

I can't deny that the frequency of my posts greatly increased when

I started stamping and making cards.

So, today, I'm sharing my 10 favourite stamp sets and some cards where I've used them:

#1. Reverse Confetti's Lots to Say:



This one of my first Reverse Confetti stamp and it is such a perfect sentiment set!
I use it all of the time!


Originally posted for CAS(E) This Sketch #104


 #2. Altenew's Painted Flowers:

This set is so sweet and fun to play with!
I often use the stamps and layer the flowers, but I've also enjoyed watercolouring them!


Originally posted for CAS(E) This Sketch #121


On my next card, I've combined two sets...
#3. Mama Elephant's Three Amigos

This sweet set is so fun!
I've surprised myself at how often I reach for this set.

#4. Papertrey Ink's City Scene

Although I originally bought this set because of the Eiffel Tower,
but that is one stamp in the set that I haven't used that much.
I really like making skylines and cities with this set.



Originally posted for CAS(E) This Sketch #124 


On my next card, I've combined two sets...
#5. Papertrey Ink's Twig Wreath

This set is so pretty and makes such lovely cards, with or without the wreath.


#6. Papertrey Ink's Choose Joy

This sweet sentiment set makes me happy every time I use it!

I used #5 & #6 to make this card:


Originally posted for Papertrey Ink's Stamp-a-Faire


#7. Papertrey Ink's Songbirds

 My favourite stamp from this set is the leaves.
They are so fun to use -- either with the coordinating dies or without.
For this card, I coloured the stamp with Zig Clear Brush Markers and spritzed
it with water before stamping it onto my card.

Originally posted for the October Pinterest Inspired Challenge 


#7. Papertrey Ink's Guiding Lights

A wonderful set for making masculine cards or faith-based cards.
And the layering is so fun!


Originally posted on November 11

#9. Wplus9's Fresh Cut Florals

This sweet set is so fun to play with -- I love making little bouquets with it!


Originally posted for the Pretty Pink Posh March Blog Hop
 

#10. Reverse Confetti's God is Good



This set is wonderful for making faith-based cards!
Walk By Faith is also wonderful!


Originally posted on June 6th

And, it wouldn't be a celebration without some giveaways, right?

I have four prizes to give-away:

1. a $25 gift certificate to Reverse Confetti (generously donated by Jen Del Muro)

2. a $25 gift certificate to Pretty Pink Posh (generously donated by Paulina Nakamura)
3. a $20 gift certificate to Butterfly Reflections Ink (generously donated by Vanessa Middleton)
4. a $25 gift certificate from me to Papertrey Ink

 

All you need to do to enter to win is to leave a comment here in this post by 9pm CST tonight.
I will draw four names and announce the winners tomorrow (December 30th),
the 10th anniversary of my blog.

*Note: If you would like to become a follower while you are here, I welcome you to do so,

 but it isn`t necessary to be eligible to win.

Be sure to check back tomorrow to see if you're a winner!

Thanks for looking!