Seasons Giving Blog Hop - Year Three

Hello everyone and Happy New Year!

Welcome to the Seasons Giving Blog Hop 
( year 3 )

I want to say a HUGE Thank You to all of my loyal blog readers!!  Thank you so much for your support, friendship, and wonderful comments throughout the year!!

This Blog Hop is for YOU!

Every single blog listed is hosting a Giveaway!  All you have to do is leave a comment--it's that easy.  :)

The entire link list for the blogs is listed below.

I am hosting three giveaways.  

Prize 1

Prize 2

Prize 3

Each prize contains:  

1 6 x 6 paper pad (Simple Stories or Kaisercraft)

1 stamp set or background stamp (JustRite Papercraft, HeartFelt Creations, or Penny Black)

 1 Spellbinders die set

 1 Lg Bling (Prima or Zva)

 18 acrylic embellishments (cameo, bows, flowers)

 10 mini floral appliques

 1 yd printed script ribbon

Wild Orchid Craft Flowers

 45 pieces metal embellishments-pieces will vary (ButterBeeScraps)

 2 yds Prima lace

 10 yds seam binding (5 colors-2 yds ea)

This will be open until January 5th at midnight (CST).  I will use Random.org to pick the three winners and announce them on January 6th.  Please make sure I will have a way to contact you--a link back to a blog, email, Google+, Facebook--just some way to contact you if you win.  The winner will have 48 hrs to reply or another winner will be chosen.

If this is your first time visiting my blog I wanted to share a few favorite projects from this past year with you. 

These are some of my favorite cards.

Some of my favorite jewelry pieces.

Some favorite canvases.

You can click on all of the picture to enlarge them and see the details.  :)

Although it is not required for the giveaway I would love it if you would like to subscribe to my blog (there are a few options in the sidebar), or follow me on 
Google+,
Facebook,
Pinterest,
YouTube,
or check out my online store
Embellished Dreams on Zibbet.

Have fun on the Blog Hop!!  Remember each blog is hosting a giveaway so be sure to visit them all!!

Happy New Years!!!


Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Lawn Fawn

Spellbinders Paper Arts

Reverse Confetti

Clearsnap

Ice Resin

My Favorite Things

Technique Tuesday

Paper Smooches

Sweet & Sassy Stamps

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Avocado Arts

A Jillian Vance Design

Latina Crafter

Die-Versions

Unity Stamp Company

Splitcoaststampers

Verve Stamps

Latisha Yoast

AJ Otto

Vera Yates

Julia Stainton

Judy Hayes

Kim Watson

Yana Smakula

Chari Moss

Taheerah Atchia

Shemaine Smith

Emily Spahn

Kimberly Crawford

Lee Murphy

Lovely Linda

Laura Williams

Lori Tecler

Chaitali Narla

Darsie Bruno

Lydia Fiedler

Giovana Smith

Teri Anderson

Beth Pingry

Dina Kowal

Daniela Dobson

Lisa Adametz

Piali Biswas

Kelli Green

Keri Lee Sereika

Jocelyn Olson

Julee Tilman

Michelle Woerner

Lori McAree

Theresa Momber

Anita Autore

Melody Rupple

Sean Fetterman

Bunny Vance

Tricia Traxler

Lisa Arana

Lorena Cantó

Amy Tsuruta

Jodi Collins

Tenia Nelson

Kelly Klapstein

Jill Cornell

Emily Leiphart

Becky Williams

Margie Higuchi

Lee Ann Barrett

Lisa Hoel

Heather Campbell

Lisa Henke

Sheri Holt

Michele Kovack

Ashley Harris

Sharon Harnist

Lori Craig

Nicole Nowosad

Laurel Beard

Michele Boyer

Christiana Reuling

Laurie Schmidlin

Jennifer Priest

Stacey Schafer

Heidi Blankenship--you are here :)

Heather Pulvirenti

Anita Madden

Gloria Stengel

Sarah Gough

Rachel Kleinman

Natalie Dever

Lorine Mason

Loretta Lock

Meihsia Liu

Sarah Martina Parker

Angeline Choo

Christine Emberson

Karen Hightower

Sabrina Alery

Debbie Seyer

Dana Joy

Cat Tidwell

Deborah Saaranen

Ceal Pritchett

Lisa Lara

Colleen Schaan

Anabelle O'Malley

Megan Hoeppner

Monika Davis

Marisa Ritzen

Wanda Guess

Jenny Peterson

Annette Allen

Gracie Chavez

Christina Griffiths

Niki G.

Kristi Schurr

Jennifer Ingle

Karolyn Loncon

Camille Robinson

Lindsey M-P

Kathy Clement

Maria Levine

Savitri Wilder

Savannah O'Gwynn

Teresa Horner

Laurel Seabrook

Libby Hickson

Yvonne Van de Grijp

Leigh Penner

Lisa Lee

Tina McDonald

Nina Yang

Angel Johns

Happy New Year!! ButterBeeScraps Rhinestone Wrapped Bracelet

Happy New Year!!  By the time this post goes live it will be New Year's Eve Day.  I hope that if you are out celebrating you have a good time and be safe.  We will just be having a quiet night at home.  I have been sick for the past few days so I'm not up for much celebrating LOL.

Today, for my last post of the year I have a ButterBeeScraps project to share with you.  

I designed this rhinestone wrapped bracelet that was inspired by Pinterest.  I have a few variations of this bracelet pinned to my Jewelry & Bead Inspiration board on Pinterest.  I tweaked them just a little to get a bracelet that I liked and was comfortable to wear.  I have a larger wrist so I added to the length on the  Rhinestone Chain, Leather Cord, and Waxed Cotton Cording.  I also tied knots in the ends, added Ranger Multi Medium Matte in a couple of spots to secure, and I added some charms to the center.  The Ranger Multi Medium Matte works great because it dries clear and has a matte finish so you can't even see it and it's waterproof which is an added bonus.

The Rhinestone Chain is prefect to create this sparkling wrapped bracelet.

Here is a close up of the charms.  I counted the rhinestones to figure out where the center of the bracelet was and added a Silver Jump Ring and then I added a Silver Miniature Butterfly Charm and a couple of Rhinestone Charms.

I used one of the Silver Stardust Beads (Item #BD249-S) on the end of the bracelet.  These beads are perfect because they are round, very smooth, and very, very sparkly.

Well that's it for this year.  I hope you have a wonderful night celebrating!  Thank you so much for all of you support, friendship and wonderful comments throughout the year!!  Very soon in the New Year I will be doing a blog post with some updates.  :)

Here's to wishing you all the best in 2015!!!

Hugs & Smile,

Heidi

Supplies
ButterBeeScraps:  Rhinestone Chain, Silver Miniature Butterfly Charms, Silver Jump Rings, Silver Stardust Beads (Item #BD249-S), Rhinestone Charms
Other Supplies:  Ranger Multi Medium Matte, Leather Cord, Waxed Cotton Cording

ButterBeeScraps - Chandelier Style Earrings

Hello everyone!  Today, I have a ButterBeeScraps project to share with you.  I create a couple pairs of chandelier style earrings that were inspired by Pinterest.

I love this style of earrings, they have a real vintage look to them.  

For the main part of the earrings I used Bronze Tibetan Style Connectors (Item #J956-B) then I added Bronze Chain (Item #CH779-B) and connected the two with Bronze Jump Rings.

Using the Bronze Ball End Head Pins I created the bead dangles for the center or the earrings.  I used clear crystal beads, Clear Rhinestone Rondelle Spacer Beads - 6mm (Item #BD006-B/CL) and Bronze Filigree Bead Caps (Item #CAP052-B).  To finish the earrings I added SS16 Clear Flat Back Glass Rhinestones to the center of the connectors and I used the Bronze Ball End Head Pins to create the french hooks.

Here is the second pair of earrings.

These are basically the same as the first pair of earrings except for the SS16 Olivine Flat Back Glass Rhinestones added to the center of the Bronze Tibetan Style Connectors (Item #J956-B) and the green crystal beads.

Love this color of green!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Don't forget to follow ButterBeeScraps on Facebook and Pinterest! :)

Hope you have a wonderful day!

Hugs & Smiles,

Heidi

Supplies
ButterBeeScraps:  Bronze Tibetan Style Connectors (Item #J956-B), Clear Rhinestone Rondelle Spacer Beads - 6mm (Item #BD006-B/CL), Bronze Filigree Bead Caps (Item #CAP052-B), SS16 Clear Flat Back Glass Rhinestones, SS16 Olivine Flat Back Glass Rhinestones, Bronze Chain (Item #CH779-B), Bronze Ball End Head Pins, Bronze Jump Rings

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store - Happy Holidays Card

Hello everyone!  Today, is my day to post for The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store and I have a quick and easy Happy Holidays card to share with you.  Just a little bit of die cutting and some glitter and rhinestones for some sparkle.

The base of the card is red and then I added a white mat.  Next I used S4-460 Flurries die template along with Kraft cardstock to create the snowflake background.   Then I applied some Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue to just a few of the snowflakes and sprinkled on Stampendous Crystal Glitter Multi Ultra Fine.  I also added a few small Kaisercraft Red Rhinestones to the centers on some of the snowflakes.

To create the sentiment I used S2-118 Holiday Sentiments die templates with red cardstock and adhered the die cuts to the bottom of the card.

To finish off the card I added some  May Arts 1.5" Sheer Wrinkled Edge Red ribbon.  Like I said very quick and easy to create and the card came together in under 10 minutes.  Gotta love that!

I hope you are all enjoying the holidays and I hope everyone have a very Merry Christmas!!

Please be sure to check out The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store for all of the fantastic paper crafting products and the Blog for inspiration from the Design Team.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Hugs & Smiles,

Heidi

Supplies
Paper:  Cardstock-Red, White, Kraft
Dies:  Spellbinders S2-118 Holiday Sentiments, S4-460 Flurries - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Ribbon:  May Arts 1.5" Sheer Wrinkled Edge Red - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Accessories:  Stampendous Crystal Glitter Multi Ultra Fine, Kaisercraft Red Rhinestones, Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue - The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

Merry Christmas!!

Just a quick blog post to wish you all a very

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

I hope you are all enjoying the Christmas holiday with family and friends.

Warm wishes for a very blessed Christmas!!

Love & Hugs,

Heidi 

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store - Let It Snow Card

Hello everyone!  Today, is my day to post for The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store and I have a beautiful and elegant card that could be used as a Christmas card or just a winter wishes card.

This card came together pretty quick and easy.  The base is white cardstock with a Bazzill Gold Mirror Cardstock for a mat.  Then I used another piece of white cardstock to stamp the snowflakes from the JustRite® Papercraft CL-02053 Snowflakes Cling Stamps with VersaMark Ink and then I used Ranger Detailed Gold Embossing Powder and heat embossed the snowflakes.  I added some  Venise Lace 1.75" - Gabriella White and create a bow with Fig Beige Seam Binding.

I used more Bazzill Gold Mirror Cardstock and white cardstock along with Spellbinders Paper Arts S4-465 Labels Forty to create the two label shapes.  I stamped the sentiment and heat embossed using the same ink and embossing powder as mentioned above.  I used 3D Foam Squares to layer the label die cut shapes.  To finish off the card I added a few Crystal Iridescent Sequins- 10 mm and Melissa Frances White Pearls.

I hope you are enjoying the last few days before Christmas and things aren't getting too rushed and crazy in your life.  Remember to step back and really enjoy the moment and the true spirit of Christmas.

Please be sure to check out The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store for all of the fantastic paper crafting products and the Blog for inspiration from the Design Team.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Hugs & Smiles,

Heidi

Stamps:  JustRite® Papercraft CL-02053 Snowflakes Cling Stamps-The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Paper:  Bazzill Gold Mirror Cardstock-The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store; Cardstock White
Ink:  VersaMark Ink-The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Dies:  Spellbinders Paper Arts S4-465 Labels Forty-The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Ribbon/Lace:  Fig Beige Seam Binding, Venise Lace 1.75" - Gabriella White-The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Accessories:  Ranger Detailed Gold Embossing Powder, Glossy Accents; Crystal Iridescent Sequins- 10 mm, Melissa Frances White Pearls, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L™ 3D Foam Squares, E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips-Refillable Dispenser 49'-The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store - Have a Merry Christmas Watercolor and Texture Paste Card

Hello everyone!  Today, is my day to post for The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store and I have another Christmas card to share with you.  Last week I did a Christmas card with detailed watercolor, you can click HERE if you missed it.  This week I did another watercolor but this is a very quick and easy watercolor wash.

Here is the card that I designed.  To start I used a piece of Ranger Watercolor Paper and stamped a sentiment from the  JustRite Papercraft CR-02133 Extra Grand Holiday Sentiments Clear Stamps.  I used VersaMark Ink and Stampendous Super Fine Embossing Powder - Detail White and a heat tool to heat set the sentiment.  Then to do the watercolor wash I used a larger flat brush to wet the entire sheet of paper.  I used an acrylic block and added ink from the Tim Holtz Distress Inks pads on to the acrylic block.  If you don't have a larger acrylic block you can use a craft mat or a sheet of wax paper or freezer wrap paper will work too.  Take the paint brush and add water to the inks to create the watercolor.  Go back and forth over the paper with long wide strokes adding in the color until you get the look you like.  You don't have to cover the entire piece of paper, actually leaving a little white space with this technique looks the best.  

Once the watercolor was dry then I used a Prima Elementals Stencil 6.5 x 10.25 - Bubbles and some Studio 490 Embossing Paste - Crackled Texture to create the crackles circles.  This kind of reminds me of snow crystals with the crackles.  Once the texture paste was dry then I went over each circle with the Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen to add a little bit of sparkle.  It's hard to pick up the shimmer with the camera but I think you can see it on a few of the circles in this picture.  

To embellish the card I used some May Arts 3/8" Metallic Velvet across the top of the card and then I cut two of the May Arts Satin Jumbo Silver Snowflakes and layered them using  3D Foam Squares.  To finish off the card I used a few KaiserCraft Silver Rhinestones.

Please be sure to check out The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store for all of the fantastic paper crafting products and the Blog for inspiration from the Design Team.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! 

Hugs & Smiles,

Heidi

Supplies
Stamps:  JustRite Papercraft CR-02133 Extra Grand Holiday Sentiments Clear Stamps
Paper:  Ranger Watercolor Paper; Cardstock Lavender, Light Blue
Ink:  VersaMark Ink; Tim Holtz Distress Inks-Salty Ocean, Broken China, Chipped Sapphire; Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen
Ribbon:  May Arts 3/8" Metallic Velvet, May Arts Satin Jumbo Silver Snowflakes
Accessories:  Stampendous Super Fine Embossing Powder - Detail White, Studio 490 Embossing Paste - Crackled Texture, Prima Elementals Stencil 6.5 x 10.25 - Bubbles, KaiserCraft Silver Rhinestones, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares, E-Z Runner Permanent Strips-Refillable Dispenseer 49', Heat Tool

The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store - Beautiful Christmas Ornaments with Watercolor Card

Hello everyone!  Today, is my day to post for The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store and I have a beautiful and elegant watercolor Christmas card to share with you.

Here is the card I designed.  I use two stamps from the Penny Black Most Wonderful stamp set.  I used VersaMark Ink with Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder to heat emboss the image.  I inked just the top half of the Christmas stamp with the snowflake so I could used the word Christmas.

I used Distress Markers and a Faber-Castell Mix & Match Water Brush to watercolor the ornaments and the background.  All of the marker colors are listed below.  Then for a little sparkle I used the Zig Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen in all of the white spaces on the ornaments.

I used A2 Matting Basics A and A2 Matting Basics B die templates from  Spellbinders Paper Arts to cut/emboss the mats.  Then I layered the pieces and added them to a green card base.  The beautiful gold cardstock is Bazzill Gold Mirror Cardstock and it is perfect to use with all of your holiday cards.

To finish off the card I added a few Sequins Crystal Iridescent 5mm.

Please be sure to check out The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store for all of the fantastic paper crafting products and the Blog for inspiration from the Design Team.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

Hugs & Smiles,

Heidi

Supplies
Stamps:  Penny Black Most Wonderful
Paper:  Ranger Watercolor Paper, Bazzill Gold Mirror Cardstock, Green
Ink/Markers:  VersaMark Ink; Distress Markers-Festive Berries,Aged Mahogany, Broken China, Faded Jeans, Mowed Lawn, Pine Needles, Scattered Straw, Worn Lipstick, Vintage Photo, Zig Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Pen
Dies:  Spellbinders Paper Arts A2 Matting Basics A, A2 Matting Basics B
Accessories:  Ranger Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing Powder, Sequins Crystal Iridescent 5mm, Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares, E-Z Runner Permanent Strips-Refillable Dispenser 49', Faber-Castell Mix & Match Water Brush

ButterBeeScraps Holly Leaf and Berries Necklace and Earring Set

Hello everyone!  Today, I have a ButterBeeScraps project to share with you.  I designed a necklace and earring set that is perfect for the holidays.

Here is the necklace and earrings.  I just love how this turned out!  I have to tell you I was at a show this weekend and in between customers I made this necklace and earring set.  Before I even had a chance to take any pictures of it, it was sold LOL!  So I made another set.  I love to deep red from the crystal beads with the bronze.

Here is a picture of the Bronze Tibetan Style Leaf Pendants (Item #J027-B) with the beads moved to the back so you can see the detail.  I soon as I saw this leaf pendant it reminded me of the holly leaf and I knew exactly what I wanted to design with it.

To create the beaded dangles I used red crystals beads,  Bronze Ball End Head Pins, and Bronze Filigree Bead Caps (Item #CAP052-B).  These are my favorite bead caps!  Then I used the smallest of the Bronze Jump Rings and added links to each of the bead dangles.  Then I put all of the bead dangles on a larger jump ring and added them to the Bronze Tibetan Style Leaf Pendants (Item #J027-B).  Then I added the pendant to a piece of 24 in Bronze Chain (Item #CH779-B) and added a clasp.

I think this looks just like a holly leaf with some berries.

Here is a close up of the earrings.

This will be such a festive set for the holidays!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Hugs & Smiles,

Heidi

Supplies
ButterBeeScraps:  Bronze Tibetan Style Leaf Pendants (Item #J027-B), Bronze Filigree Bead Caps (Item #CAP052-B), Bronze Chain (Item #CH779-B), Bronze Ball End Head Pins, Bronze Jump Rings
Red Crystal Beads, Clasp