So You Say It's My Birthday Giveaway!

I turn the big 3-5 today (July 9th)...there I said it! In honor of that I am giving away a set of Lil Gal Rubber Mounted Stamps from the Kim Hughes Collection of Cornish Heritage Farms. I ended up with two sets and so why not share my extra one! I've included a card I made awhile ago with the butterfly stamp. I love that I can just attach the stamps right to a stamping block. Very easy to use!

I will leave this giveaway open through August 1st. I won't draw until August 2nd as I'm going on a 48 hour crop retreat that weekend with my sisters and a couple of friends at the Craft Cottage. I'm so excited for that!

Here's the deets: Leave a comment about anything - it could be your favorite product, a new collection coming out your excited about, a favorite tip...anything goes! Feel free to share this giveaway with others. If you post about my giveaway somewhere else, leave me an extra comment for an addt'l draw. Be sure to leave a a way for me to contact you if you don't have a profile. Sorry open only to US and Canada folks.

SEI Cards - Poppy Collection

Supplies: SEI papers, stickers, die cuts, Mark Richards pearls, American Crafts rubon sentiment, Bazzill flower and Paper Studio brad set. The white paper is super shimmery IRL.

More SEI papers and diecuts, Mark Richards pearls and American Crafts vinyl Thickers. Sorry for the washed out pic...not sure why this card didn't want to smile!

Even more SEI paper and stickers, some more American Crafts Thickers, and again with the Mark Richards pearls. I only bought one color of the pearls and I need to get more. I'm hooked! I inked everything with Clearsnap Chestnut Roan - my all time fave ink! The smaller blue butterfly is from a Martha Stewart punch. I also did some stamping. One of my goals for 2009 is to greatly improve my stamping and start using my endless supply of stamps! The big butterfly and the brown one are from Cornish Heritage Farms. On the big butterfly I stamped on the card and then cut another one out and bent the wings for added dimension. I also cut out the little brown one. They are designed by Kim Hughes and called Little Gal. There are all kinds of stamps in this set and I am hoping to make some more things with them soon. She has a million stamps out there to pick from so be sure to check out their site. If you are ever looking for great inspiration be sure to check out Kim's blog too!

CHA is fast approaching and that means giveaways galore as new product lines come out. There are also some bloggers with giveaways too. Here are a few I have come across:

Scrap Within Reach
Queen and Co

Jillibean Soup

Creative Journey

Bo Bunny

Dream Street

Maya Road

Pink Paislee

Creative Cafe

Scarlet Lime

Upsy Daisy

Moxie Fab

CPS - need to make a card

2 Sketches 4 You - need to make a card

I will come back and update...I know I'm missing some!

Use Your Stash July Challenge - Use Your Stamps!

Using Clearsnap Chestnut Roan (my all-time fave ink) I stamped the turtle onto Scenic Route Asheland Avenue from the Ashville line, added some bling from The Paper Studio and then cut him out. I adhered him to a quote card I cut from Fancy Pants Sweet Spring line - I love those cards! I stamped the Bazzill card base and the Prima flower with a flower from KI Memories Blooms stamp set. I adhered the flower with a pop dot and added bling to center as well. Turtle stamp is from the Kim Hughes Collection of Cornish Heritage Farms. Size is 4x6.

I stamped Hot Off the Press Flight of Fancy butterfly stamps onto embossed swirl Doodlebug paper to add some texture. I then bent the wings slightly and added pop dots for more dimension. The other stamp I used was the sentiment and that is from the Kim Hughes Collection of Cornish Heritage Farms. Paper is Rusty Pickle Pop Star and bling is from The Paper Studio. Size is 5x7

I made these for the July Challenge over at Use Your Stash. The turtle and the sentiment stamp I got in a RAK (along with some other cool goodies) from Kim Hughes. Be sure to check out her blog. Her stamps are so adorable and I see that she is coming out with a cool paper line as well. I wish I had one teaspoon of her talent!

I've already got some other ideas for that turtle floating around in my head including a card that says - You're a Hero in a Half Shell!