Eureka Stamps Blog Hop, Great Gifts To Give!

 Welcome to our Eureka Stamps
 and
QKR Stampede
Handmade Gifts blog hop!!!!
We are so excited to share with you
Our handmade gifts perfect for any holiday!
You should of arrived here from Eureka Stamps Blog. 

Don't forget to leave comments along the way as there will be a prize from every blog along the hop. Each blog be choosing a winner from the comments left on their hop posts!

These winners will each win a 2 digital image of their choice.

The Grand Prize winner of the hop will be chosen from the very last stop, which is  

Eureka Stamps Blog

This winner will receive 5 digital stamps of their choice from the
Eureka Stamps.

The hop will run for 1 week and end on Thursday November 7th 6PM EST,Tthe lucky winners will be announced on Eureka Stamps blog on Saturday Nov 9th

Your next stop is Karen!

Today I will be showing you a very cute apple goodie basket.

I was inspired by my 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Dykstra and her fun little

reward box for learning our multiplication tables.

This is my version for J's 2nd grade class...

Cut file from Silhouette Cameo America Store:

Below you will find all the details for the products I used.

Star Pencil Toppers:

 

 using digital stamps

Great Work Digi5504

http://www.eurekastamps.com/proddetail.php?prod=digi5504

Super Kid Digi8601

http://www.eurekastamps.com/proddetail.php?prod=digi8601

The Silhouette cutfile is from the Silhouette America Store

 

 Addition Flash Cards:

 

 using digital stamp

Stars and Ribbon Frame digi11903

http://www.eurekastamps.com/proddetail.php?prod=digi11903

Silhouette America cut file:

Bookmarks:

Digital stamp used:

Star Border digi38801

http://www.eurekastamps.com/proddetail.php?prod=digi38801

Cut files from Silhouette America store:

Eureka Stamps Hop Line Up:
Eureka Stamp blog http://eurekastamps.blogspot.com/
Sara http://sarastudio.blogspot.com/  (YOU ARE HERE)
Karen http://www.karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.com/
Marji http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com/
Vicky http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/
Kristie http://www.kristiekreates.blogspot.com/
Cheryl http://capturingamomentintime.com
Zella www.zturley.blogspot.com
Amanda http://oldenough2beakid.blogspot.com/
Jackie http://papermoments.blogspot.com/
Eureka Stamps blog http://eurekastamps.blogspot.com/

Visit all the above links and see what the amazing DT has for you.  

Plus it will give you more chances to win;) 

 That completes the contents of my gift.

Please keep reading to see in depth how some of the creations were made.

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 For those that are new to the world of digital stamps I have a quick refresher for you.

How to use digi stamps with PSE10.

Open your donwnload stamp file.  

This file comes as a jpg from Eureka Stamps that means it has a white background you will need to remove this background for my technique.

Click on the background eraser tool as shown below.

Click onto the white background you will see it be removed and the transparent layer appear.

I wanted to do something special with this image so I added a preloaded effect.

Color Target was my choice.

In your effects panel pick the Color Target Effect under the complex label and apply it to your digital stamp.

Now save your colored digital stamp as a png file to preserve the transparent background.

 Below is my saved digital stamp in png form...

Below you can see that I have opened my save PNG digital stamp in my

Silhouette Cameo designer software.

Now I am ready to print and cut my bookmarks...

 

Here are two completed hybrid bookmarks.

The 3d star from Lori Whitlock is one of my fave cuts on the Silhouette;)

 

 

Links for digital stamps used from Eureka Stamps:

Star Border digi38801

Great Work Digi5504

Super Kid Digi8601

Stars and Ribbon Frame digi11903

From Eureka Stamps sister store

QKR Stampede...

Teaching is digi12103

You can find these images and many more when you shop

the Eureka Stamp Store.   They offer rubber and digital images giving

you the best of both creative worlds.

Please stop by Eureka Stamps Store and have a look around.

Sign up for our newsletter while you are visiting

 so you don't miss

one single moment of the good stuff.

Visit the Eureka Stamps

 Challenge Blog

 

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Thanks for stopping by today;)

QKR Stampede Great Gifts to Give Blog Hop

Welcome to our QKR Stampede and Eureka Stamps Handmade Gifts blog hop!!!!

Today showcases images from the

QKR Stampede store.

Check in on Saturday for our sister stores hop

Eureka Stamps.

We are so excited to share with you
Our handmade gifts perfect for any holiday!

So let us get this party started!

You should of arrived from Jackie's blog if not then you will want to start at the beginning on the QKR Stampede blog, as you will not want to miss a chance at all the prizes we are giving away!

 Here are my kickn' Christmas Gifts:

 I get a kick out of you 3D boot gift box:

 Digital stamp used

Kick out of You digi15107

This will make a very cute gift box for some items and a gift card for the boot barn.

I love this cut from the Silhouette Store.  I think I want my next pair of boots to be these two colors.  

LOVE IT;)

 Cowboy Christmas boot shaped Christmas card:

 Is this shape card adorable or what?

And the digital stamps used make are so fun.

I know a few people who are going to love receiving this Christmas card.

Digital stamps used:

Cowboy Christmas digi14103

Cowboy digi14106

The cut file used from Silhouette America store...

 Cowboy Christmas Ornament:

 This little Christmas ornament will bring some cowboy fun to

any Christmas tree.

You could even use it as a gift tag.

Digital stamps used:

Cowboy Christmas digi18109 

Cowboy Christmas Tree digi22303 

Print and cut file from the Silhouette America store:

Don't forget to leave comments along the way as there will be a prize from every blog along the hop. Each DT member will be choosing a winner from the comments left on their hop posts!

These winners will each win a 2 digital image of their choice.

The Grand Prize winner of the hop will be chosen from the very last stop, 

which is QKR Stampede Blog.

This winner will receive 5 digital stamps of their choice from the
QKR Stampede Store.

The hop will run for 1 week and end on Thursday November 7th 6PM EST.   The lucky winners will be announced on the QKR Stampede blog Saturday Nov 9th.

Your next stop is back to the QKR Stampede Blog! 

Below is a complete list of the hop in case you get lost along the way:

QKR Stampede blog http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/
Mian http://mianspysselhorna.blogspot.se
Ardilla http://tarjetasdeardilla.blogspot.com/
Emily http://emsmanythoughts.blogspot.com
Karal http://karalscreativespace.blogspot.com
Bettina http://www.bettandshobbykrok.blogspot.com/
Alex. http://mrsstampfantasy.blogspot.de/
Deonna http://ilovetomakecards.blogspot.com
Amanda http://oldenough2beakid.blogspot.com/
Trudy http://stickyfingersblog.blogspot.com
Deanne http://littlebitopaper.blogspot.com
Jackie http://papermoments.blogspot.com/

Sara http://sarastudio.blogspot.com  (You are HERE)
QKR Stampede blog http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/

Digital Stamps used:

Cowboy Christmas digi14103

Cowboy digi14106

Kick out of You digi15107

Cowboy Christmas digi18109

Cowboy Christmas Tree digi22303

Thanks for stopping by today;)

Eureka Stamps Blog Hop

You have arrived at my post for the

Eureka Stamps

"FIRST EVER" Blog Hop.

Or shall I say Blog Wobble?

After all, how many of us can hop after eating a Turkey Dinner;)

Below is my DT entree...

On the inside of my creation I printed off a smaller version of the front image

and attached it to a folded strip of paper weighted with a penny.

This causes the image to pop up and wobble when the

recipient opens the card;)

The sentiment placed on the inside image says,

 'til you wobble 

I created that in PS.

The digital stamp ingredients being used today by the Eureka Stamps DT:

While you are visiting please leave a comment on this post

as there will be 2 random blogs chosen from our lineup as secret stops.

The 2 chosen secret blogs will then each pick a winner to receive the

featured images from the hop.

The Grand Prizewinner of our hop, 

will be chosen from the comments left on the Eureka blog.

Your comment there 

could fetch you 5  

digital stamps of your choice from Eureka Stamps.  

May you wobble on in this hop with Thanksgiving for further creative feasting!
Sarah V is your next stop, her
entree is sure to fill you with inspiration.
Here is the complete list in case you decide
to take a Tryptophan enhanced nap along the way...

Eureka Stamps Blog

Tina

Cheryl

Kristie

Gemma

Sarosa

Katie

Sara P (you are here)

Sarah V

Tory

Joann

Jackie

Eureka Stamps Blog

The Eureka Stamp Store offers rubber and digital images giving

you the best of both creative worlds.

Please stop by Eureka Stamps Store and have a look around.

Sign up for our newsletter while you are visiting so you don't miss

out on one single moment of the good stuff.

Like Eureka Stamps on 

Facebook

Senior Portraits

My Daughter was so worried after we had to cancel her first photo shoot that she was not going to get the type of pics she wanted.

The wind blasted through here that first day gusting well over 60MPH removing most of the fall leaves from the quivering branches.  Along with that

there was rain and lots of cold.

Well, yesterday we tried it again with much success!   

The day could not have been more beautiful.

The photos you see in my layout are out takes 

and fun shots I took on my iPhone behind the photographer.

I LOVE what I captured and it makes such a wonderful page don't you think?

The kit used is

Design House Digital

Daydream Believer 

the layout is included in the kit

You can get this beautiful kit by following the blog hop at DHD.

Make sure you check there tomorrow for

National Digi Scrapbook Day and see all the other goods they have;)

Sara

DHD National Digital Scrapbooking Day 2012

DHD is getting ready for Digi Scrapbook day;)

Follow the DHD blog hop to download this fab

colab freebie.

Daydream Believer

(I will be singing the song for the rest of the day.)

I will be back on Friday to show you what I have created with this kit.

Sara

Life is Good At the Lake a QKR Stampede Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the QKR-Stampede Blog Hop!

If you just "happened upon my hop", you'll want to go back to the beginning and start over from there. That way, you will be sure to see all of the wonderful projects that our Design Team members have created for you using QKR Stampede digi stamps.

Today's Blog Hop is to introduce all of the new members of the
QKR Stampede Design Team!

If you hopped over from Ruza Rebel blog

you are in the right spot.

My creation for you today is a Project Life page 

using two digital sentiments from

QKR Stampede.

" Life is Good, At the Lake"

My Sunshine digi9302

I dropped the sentiment digi stamp onto a journal card from Jessica Sprague.

Life is Good digi16307

Below I took the digi image changed the color added a bevel and drop shadow.

I also placed my own text At the Lake it is in brush script MT.

Go hopping on your way over to

Sarah Vait  next and see what she has created.

Be sure that you end up at the QKR-Stampede blog and tell us what you thought of the hop!!
Don't forget to check out the QKR-Stampede store to see the amazing variety of digi stamps!
Thank you for visiting and hope you enjoyed the QKR-Stampede blog hop! 

Happy Hopping, God Bless!

PTI Blog Hop Old and New

From Nichole...

This month, in honor of the new year, we are challenging you to pick your 

favorite project from 2011 and share it with all of us!  To take it a step 

further, you are also challenged to create a second card that is inspired by 

the favorite project you select.  Your new version of an old favorite could 

carry over the color scheme, the layout or the stamp sets.  We look forward 

to seeing your best creations from 2011 as well as one of your first projects 

for 2012!

Here is my favorite project from 2011.  I loved it the most 'cause it was a fun way 

to share a vintage creative find with the friends I love.

Buttons, ribbon and vintage cream cardstock are all from PTI.

Here is a new project for 2012...

I used the Wishing You set, stuck with the blues, 

ovals and rick rack from the

2011 creation.

Everything PTI except the rick rack and Nestabilities 

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless.

Christian Paper Crafts "Back to school" Blog Hop

Christian Paper Crafts "Back to School" Blog Hop

Oh YES, I was so inspired by Angela's project

I had to give it a go

Below you see the front of my memory game 

Using "Faith is the substance" verse from PTI Everyday Blessings set

The finished project hangs on the fridge

After stamping the sentiment on "retired SU DP" I ran it through the xyron using the magnetic cartridge

The back of the magnet pops the colors for the game I loved that

Punched the shapes from the scraptacular basket and adhered them with quick dry glue from Scotch

So here is a pic of the tools I used

  Yup, that is the old school Xyron

  When a SB store went out of business I purchased cartridges for 75% off 

 CRAFTY SCORE of the century

Xyron

Magnetic Cartridge

1 3/4" circle punch

Stamp and Memento ink

I used retired DP from SU and colors out of the scrap box

I went basic with this one and used 1 1/4" circle and square punches for the colors

Scotch quick dry glue

This was so simple and quick I see more in the future.

It would be awesome for you Sunday School teachers

make a new one each week with the memory verse that way they have a visible reminder to work and use the verse daily.  (Hence the magnetic cartridge)  By hanging it up in the kitchen it should garner lots of attention.

So hop on over to Christian paper crafts and join in on the "back to school" fun;)

Happy Stampin'.  God Bless!

Christian Paper Crafts Retro and Vintage Style Hop

Edit to place the redo Sunday 23 11:00 AM.  I took the vintage paper doily and moved it to the top with the sentiment.  Like this look much better;)

see other participants and join the Hop with this link

Oh have I been waiting for this to arrive.  I have been holding onto Cosmo Crickets Circa 1934 for a special vintage project.  I combined the dp with the video tutorial in the sidebar and WOW I love the results.

I used the leftover scraps from the wreath on the card front.  So love vintage typewriters, I am on the lookout for a delicious RED one.   For now Little J plays on this  pretending she is working for the news.  

Products used...
Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934
Vintage Rick Rack
Vintage Paper Doily
Styrofoam wreath
Glue Gun
PTI True Black Satin Ribbon, vintage cream cardstock

Enjoy the Christian Paper Crafts blog hop.  God Bless.http://cpccreativeblog.com/?p=7780

Cupcake Pedestal Floral Frenzy

Floral Frenzy meets Beautiful Blooms.

**For cupcake pedestal directions please see previous post**

Exception being I used the P for PaperTrey for the cupcake stand.

I am going to go back and doll it up more I thought hanging flowers in the P cut out would be cute or beads?  

From Nichole...Flowers

May is the month when many flowers finally go into full bloom after a long winter's sleep.  For the blog 

hop this month we want to see your favorite take on flowers.  You can stamp backgrounds, create 

custom floral embellishments, showcase unique flower center additions (buttons, rhinestones, beads, 

etc...), flowers die-cut from different materials (like fabric, felt, vellum, etc...) or anything else you can 

dream up!  We are looking forward to seeing all of your amazing creations!

If you visit here often you know I can do flowers.  They are my most favorite crafty project to work on.  For today's challenge I broke out PTI's Beautiful Blooms DP and Floral Frenzy Stamp set.

All products used are PTI except Cricut Cindy Loo Cartridge and Plantin Schoolbook cartridge.  This is how I created the cupcake wrapper and pedestal.

Happy Stamp Day.  God Bless.

PTI Blog Hop Embroidery Floss

From Nichole on PTI website link to full rules found HERE...

Embroidery Floss

For the March Blog Hop we are challenging you to use embroidery floss in a fun and inventive way on

your project. This could include stitching, wrapping it around and tying it like ribbon, braiding, accenting

tags, embroidered patterns or anything else you can dream up! We look forward to seeing your

creations!

I won't be posting a Forgotten Friday Challenge this week.  

Feel free to play along with the block party challenge, link can be found

in the sidebar.

Here is my Creation...

All products PTI except for Floss and Ribbon.

 Embedded Floss Tutorial by Sara Paschal.

Products needed

Embroidery Floss

scrap pieces of acetate

spray adhesive

rolling pin

Die cut and cutter

Here is a quick video of the process...very simple indeed!

Directions...

Clip off 8" long pieces of floss.
Pull the threads apart.
Cut two pieces of acetate.
Lightly spray one piece with spray adhesive.
Pile on the threads and arrange how ever you like.
Spray the top of the piled threads with spray adhesive.
Place  the other piece of acetate
Take rolling pin and roll over sandwich making sure to get a good bond.
Die cut your acetate floss sandwich on a die cutter.
Ready to use on your project.

Happy Stamp Day!  May God bless our country and the world.

Christian Paper Crafts Blog Hop

Today is the day!

Here is my Blog Hop Project.  This was fun to make and there are a lot of tiny details hidden in this beauty.  Everything from Copics, embossing, number of cuts in different colors and stitching all aid  in the dimension I was looking for. 

Then I found this DP in My Minds Eye Stella and Ruby Mabel Collection I had to use it.

  I was thinking about ripping it apart and using the dp for the tree. 

Obviously I let that idea pass for this card. 

However, I do plan on making another using it.

                                                                                                                   

Cut at 4"

One summer sunrise, cut out the bird

One Chartruse this is your piece to place your layers.

One in Kraft cut out the branches.

One in spring rain cut off the scallop edge.

One in spring rain on shadow for a base.

Spring Rain  base run through SU dots embossing plate, distress with Marina Mist Ink and highlight scallops with white gel pen.

Adhere green doily to blue blackout base with foam dots.

Use copics to shade the branch and place with Tombo Mono Multi Liquid Adhesive.

Adhere shaded bird with dimensional foam dots. 

Use a piece of scrap to create wing and black marker for the eye.

Distress the scallop spring rain with Marina Mist ink and draw on the stitch lines.

Place the scallop rings using dimensional foam dots.

Place the recollections flowers using glue dots.

Stamp your tag ad dp and sticker.

Place layers on card base, tie ribbon. 

Place sentiment tag using a glue dot.

Place the doily cut using glue dots.

Product list...

Cricut Expression

Cricut Cindy Loo Cartridge

ODBD He is Risen stamp set

Memento Tuxedo black dye ink

white gel pen

Copic markers

PTI ribbon and cardstock

SU marina mist ink and dots impression plate

My Minds Eye Stella and Ruby Mabel Collection DP

Recollections sticker cross and flowers

Tombo Multi Liquid Adhesive

foam dimensional dots

Happy Stamp Day!  May God Bless our Country and the World.