Gnome For The Holidays Blog Hop

WELCOME to the I Am Roses "Gnome for the Holidays" Blog Hop!

Season's Greetings from all of us at I AM ROSES! There will be no IAR Challenge this month but we have a festive blog hop for you. We'd like to THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts for all your support this year. There will be TWO Prizes up for grabs!
 

(2) $50 Voucher

 

Sit down and relax with a warm hot cocoa or the holiday drink of your choice.

 

Here’s how to play:

 

Hop along to each of the Designers’ blogs and be sure to comment on their individual IAR Blog Hop Post

• There are 2 HIDDEN BLOG CANDY PRIZES up for grabs spread throughout our  Designers’ blogs!

• Be sure to Subscribe/Follow the I Am Roses Challenge Blog

• Commenting along the way highly increases your chance of winning a Prize Voucher.

• Comments will be CLOSED on 11:59pm PST on December 21st (This blog hop has a duration of one week)

• We will be randomly selecting 2 winners from the comments made on our Designers' blogs and will announce the winners here on the I Am Roses Challenge Blog on January 1st!

Let's get this hop started!

 

(*November Challenge Winners will be posted tomorrow on the 16th)

And now it's time for some holiday inspiration... Here is the card I created for this month's Blog Hop!

Here are all the different I Am Roses Flowers I used...

And here are close-up views of my card...

I am Roses Products Used

Red Semi Opened Rose Buds

Red Mini Open Roses

Red May Roses

White Summer Cottage Flowers

Green Tiny Roses Leaves

Other Products Used

Santa Claus Paper- (Authentique)

Red Polka-Dot Paper

White Cardstock

Scalloped Background Die (Diamond Press)

Mega Runner (Xyron)

Don't forget to visit my crafty design team sisters!!

Alexandra Vologdina
Aleksandra Ziomek

Mitsyana Wright
Roselany Caroline

Rosemary Bridges
Tamara Potocnik

 
Enjoy the hop! Please come back here and comment that you finished!

 GOOD LUCK!!

Eileen Hull Chapter 4 Release Party Blog Hop

Hey, Crafty Friends!

It is Oficial...

Eileen Hull's Chapter 4 Dies are here!!! WOOHOO-  Two new ScoreBoards releases from Eileen Hull and Sizzix! 

Are you ready for a new 3D Bigz L Tea Cup die? Fill it with tea bags and other assorted goodies or use the Tea Cup cutout on the front of a card- so many possibilities. 

Also new is the XL Post Box, a fun little box that goes together in 10 seconds and has a slit in the top to tuck a gift card. You will have fun embellishing in your style to create holiday treats for everyone on your list!

Here are a couple projects I created just for this Release Party...

 3D Teacup & Spoon Die

Post Box Die

For more inspiration, don't forget to visit all my wonderfully talented Inspiration Team Sisters to see what they created...

Here is our amazing lineup:

Tonya Trantham

Elizabeth Robinson

Julia Aston

Pam Bray

Maggi Harding

Lisa Hoel

Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Karen Bearse

Susie Bentz

Jenny Marples

Mitsyana Wright (YOU ARE HERE)

Jennie Atkinson

Anita Houston

Madeline Arendt

Sarah Lizzie Dodd

Sue Eldred

Debbie Bankston

And if all this wasn't exciting enough...

Eileen will be having an extra special Facebook Live Video at 12 pm noon today!! Trust me, you will not want to miss it because guess what... Eileen will be doing a GIVEAWAY!!! Check out the details below...

GIVEAWAY:

Comment on the Facebook Live Release Party to be entered to win the new Teacup die. Comment on the Blog Hop under each designer to be entered to win the Post Box die. Random winners will be picked and announced on Tuesday's Facebook Live!

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!!

~Mitsyana

IAR Season's Greetings Blog Hop - Hello Deerie Card

WELCOME to the I Am Roses "Season's Greetings" Blog Hop!
Season's Greetings from all of us at I AM ROSES! There will be no IAR Challenge this month but we have a fabulous blog hop for you. We'd like to THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts for all your support this year! There will be THREE Prizes up for grabs!

(2x) $50 Voucher
and
GRAND PRIZE $100 Voucher

Are you ready to win some beautiful I Am Roses flowers?

Here’s how to play:

• Hop along to each of the Designers’ blogs and be sure to comment on their individual IAR Blog Hop Post
• There are 3 HIDDEN BLOG CANDY PRIZES up for grabs spread throughout our  Designers’ blogs!
• Be sure to Subscribe/Follow the I Am Roses Challenge Blog
• Commenting along the way highly increases your chance of winning a Prize Voucher.
• Comments will be CLOSED on 11:59pm PST on Saturday, December 21st (This blog hop has a duration of one week)
• We will be randomly selecting 3 winners from the comments made on our Designers' blogs and will announce the winners here on the I Am Roses Challenge Blog on January 1st!

Let's get this hop started!

Here's the card I created for today's blog hop. Sometimes I feel that Santa gets all the credit and the "little guys" are often overlooked. So, I decided to make his important helpers front & center of this holiday card!

I Am Roses Supplies Used

Medium May Rose- Olive Green

White Cherry Blossoms

Red Arabian Jasmine Roses

Other Supplies Used

Big Shot (Sizzix)

Maltese Lace Frame Set (Sharon Callis Craft Designs)

Honey Silk Frame Set (Sharon Callis Craft Designs)

Mega Runner (Xyron)

VersaFine Onyx Black Ink (Tsukineko/ Imagine Crafts)

Hello Deerie Stamp Set (Darcie's)

140 lb Mixed Media Paper

Watercolor Pencils (Derwent Academy)

Procolor Pencils (Derwent)

Kraft Cardstock (Recollections)

Green Cardstock (DCWV)

Foam Adhesive

Patterned Paper (Echo Park)

Sprinkletz- Very Cherry (Buttons Galore)

I started with a 5.5" square card base then I layered it with a 5 5/8" x 5 5/8" piece of green cardstock.

I used the outer frame die of the Maltese Lace Die set to cut my poinsettia paper and adhered all the layers together with my Xyron Mega Runner.

Then, I used the larger of the Maltese Frames to die-cut kraft cardstock.

I also die-cut mixed media paper using the inner ornate oval frame from Honey Silk Lace set.

At first, I stamped my reindeer image (from the Darcies Hello Deerie set) into the white oval frame die-cut but then I realized I also wanted to fit the little elf on there and there simply wasn't enough room. So, after I finished coloring him, I fussy cut him out with scissors.

Then I stamped my elf onto more mixed media paper.

I used an assortment of Derwent Academy watercolor and Derwent Procolor markers to color in both images and the little banner.

And hand cut all the images.

I die-cut another oval frame out of white cardstock and attached both the Kraft cardstock frame and the white oval frame onto my card base.

I glued 2 Olive Green May Roses to anchor my corners. These roses are bold in color and size.

Then I surrounded the large May Rose with White Cherry Blossoms & Red Arabian Jasmine Roses.

Then, I added adhesive foam behind my reindeer and elf and attached them to the center of my card.

I added tiny little peppermint accents around the corners opposite to my flowers for a bit of balance.

And here is my finished card...

I thought these two were absolutely adorable... look they're even holding hands! How cute is that?!

I hope you enjoyed my card for today's blog hop and that it inspires you to create some wonderful cards this holiday season!

Don't forget to check out all my wonderfully talented design team sisters over on their blogs...

Check out the full blog hop line-up here:

Alexandra Vologdina
Jo Thompson
Mitsyana Wright
Pam Schumacher
Roselany Caroline
Rosemary Bridges
Tamara Potocnik

Happy Hopping!!

~Mitsyana

Pink and Main & Clearsnap Blog Hop

Hi, Crafty Friends!! 

I'm so glad to be participating in the Pink and Main & Clearsnap Blog Hop!! It's always exciting when a couple of my favorite companies come together... talk about a HAPPY day!!

Welcome to our blog hop! We hope you enjoy the inspiration found on the team blogs from Pink and Main and Clearsnap.

I eagerly awaited Pink and Main's NEW May Releases. This release was packed full of heaps of FLORALS! And they are absolutely gorgeous!! 

So, naturally, I wanted to show off a little something-something from these floral beauties. Afterall, it is Spring. And you know what they say... April showers, bring May flowers!! And today it's all about FLOWERS!!

Before I get into how I made my card, I wanted to let you all know that there are awesome prizes you could win from this hop... Pink and main will be giving a $25 gift code to their website, and Clear Snap will be giving away a prize pack valued at $25. All you have to do to win a prize is hop along the blogs and follow and leave comments on their posts. We will choose 2 random winners from the comments posted. We will post the winners on June 1st.

Make sure you visit the entire Blog Hop lineup listed down below!

Supplies Used

(Pink and Main)

Floral Background

Happy For You

Happy Dies

Stitched Squares Dies

Thin Fish Tail Banner Dies

Pumpkin Spice 6x6 Paper Pad

Birthday Boy Glossy Dots

(Clearsnap)

ColorBox Premium Dye Ink- Rose

ColorBox Doodlebug Petal Point- Fun

Mixed Media Ink- Black

ColorBox Stylus and Tips

(Other Supplies)

MISTI Stamping Tool

Xyron Mega Runner

Xyron 3" Sticker Maker

Sizzix Big Shot

Strathmore Mixed Media Paper

Kuretake Clean Color Real Brush Markers

Vellum

Light Green Cardstock

I started this card by placing my Floral Background stamp onto my MISTI tool. Then inked the stamp with ColorBox Premium Dye Ink- Rose and stamped the image onto mixed media paper. 

I almost always use a stamping tool with large stamps, especially background images. It's easy to miss areas because the images are so huge. The large areas make it difficult to get even pressure to the entire image. But, with a stamping tool, I can easily reink and restamp in the spots that need more ink.

 Once dried, I colored my stamped image with my Clean Color Real Brush Markers. First applying my darker colors then blending out with a lighter color.

I used the Stitched Squares Dies to cut out the entire image. This will be the base of my very large and very bold card front.

Then, I used the Pink (Cupcake) color from the FUN ColorBox Doodlebug Petal Point to shade along the perimeter and some of the white spaces of my card front. Adding the pink tones down some of the brightness of the oranges and greens against the white.

I layered my gorgeous background onto an orange and white polka dot patterned paper from Pink and Main's Pumpkin Spice 6x6 Paper Pad using my Xyron Mega Runner.

I used the Happy Dies to cut the word "happy" out of white cardstock and its shadow out of vellum. 

Then, cut a banner from Kraft cardstock using Thin Fish Tail Banner Dies.

I ran the word and shadow through a Xyron 3" Sticker Maker and layered and attached the "happy" onto the banner.

Then stamped the phrase "YOU MAKE MY HEART" from the Happy For You stamp set with Clearsnap's Black Mixed Media Ink.

I adhered the banner to the card front then attached the card front to a 6"x6" card base.

As a final touch, I used the smallest orange dots from the Birthday Boy Glossy Dots to accent the centers of my orange blooms.

And here is my finished card...

I really hope you enjoyed my project for today!

Don't forget to visit my teamies for more Pink and Main & Clearsnap inspiration!

Here is the lineup for the hop… enjoy!

Pink and Main

Crystal

Kate

Tonya

Pam

Tami

Pamela

Mitsyana (YOU ARE HERE)

Jessica (GO HERE NEXT)

Thanks so much for stopping by!

And as always...

HAPPY CRAFTING!!

~Mitsyana

2018 Stamping for Autism Awareness Blog Hop

Hi, Crafty Friends!! 
Today is Autism Awareness Day and I am participating in the 2018 Stamping For Autism Awareness Blog Hop! We are raising awareness and encouraging acceptance for individuals with Autism around the world.

We know that Autistic individuals don't communicate in a way that society deems normal. And sometimes everyday situations, easy tasks we take for granted, can be a struggle. But just because they are different doesn't mean they aren't capable. Capable to feel, to understand, or to do. They just have a different way of expressing themselves and communicating.

We are here to support and better understand our family and friends with Autism. And a great way to show support is to send words of encouragement. Just a little encouragement and "you can do it" can go a long way. You never know, a random act of kindness can mean the world to someone, no matter how small the gesture.

So, today I created this adorable card, especially for the hop.

 It goes to show that anyone can achieve great things!

Pink and Main Supplies Used

Plane Sweet

Plane Sweet Dies

Stitched Rounded Rectangle Dies

Large Fish Tail Banner Dies

Stitched Circle Dies

Stitched Greetings Dies

Celebrate Paper Pad

Spring Fling Paper Pad

Other Supplies Used

Strathmore 140 lb Mixed Media Paper

Recollections 110 lb White Cardstock

Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers

Xyron Mega Runner

Clearsnap India Ink

Colorbox Petal Point Pigment Ink - Boardwalk

Colorbox Premium Dye Ink - Bahama

3d Dots

Hemp Twine

Button

I started by stamping my images from the Plane Sweet stamp set onto 140lb Mixed Media Paper with Black India Ink. 

Then colored them with Zig Clean Color Markers in:

No.43 - Olive Green, No. 46 - Mid Green, No. 72 - Beige, No. 64 - Oatmeal, No. 93 - Green Gray, No.91- Light Gray.

One of the many things I loved about this set is that there are little sentiments that fit right into this tiny banner... I used the one that says "take flight".

For my card base, I created a standard A2 (4.25" x 5.5"- folded) from white cardstock. I used the largest stitched rectangle to cut green striped chevron looking paper from the Spring Fling paper pad. Then I used the second largest banner from Large Fish Tail Banners to cut this blue polka dot paper from the Celebrate paper pad. Then I used the 5th largest circle (2.5") to cut plain white cardstock.

I layered the rectangle and banner onto my card front using my Xyron Mega Runner.

 Then shaded the edges of my circle die cute using Cape Cod (light blue) ink from the Boardwalk Petal Point Ink Pad.

I made little clouds from white cardstock and shaded the edges with Bahama dye ink.

Next, I stamped Sky's the limit onto more white cardstock and die cute it using a label from the Stitched Greetings Dies set. Then shaded around the edges using Olive (darker green) color, again from the Boardwalk ink pad.

I added 3D foam behind the little guy in the airplane and behind the banner.
Then arranged the circle and cloud onto the card. Then adhered the images to look like he was flying through the air.

I added more 3d dots to my sentiment and attached it to the bottom of the card.

Then, finally, tied hemp twine around the top of the card and topped with a button topped bow.

And here is my finished card...

I hope you enjoyed my project for today and it inspires you, not just creatively, but it inspired you to raise awareness for those with Autism. Encourage others. Educate yourselves and others on how they to can raise awareness.

Here are a couple of organizations that do just that...

https://the-art-of-autism.com/

http://www.autism-society.org/

And here are a few fabulous designers in today's line up...

**Just a little note**

 THIS IS NOT THE ENTIRE LIST

For more contributors, please click on InLinkz below. It will take you to the links of the 2018 Autism Awareness Blog Hop's Sponsors. From there, you can visit each of the sponsor's (and their team members) blogs.

Erica A-B

Sandy Allnock

Amanda Bodine

Kimberly Crawford

Joscelyne Cutchins (Instagram)

Dana Joy

Wanda Guess

Jill Hawkins

Jennifer Ingle (Instagram)

Emily Midgett

Kay Miller

Carly Tee Minner

Miriam Prantner

Elena Roussakis

Heather Ruwe

Amy Tsuruta

Marcie Sharp

Alice Wertz

Vera Yates

An InLinkz Link-up

Thank you so much for stopping in and joining us!!
Happy Hopping!!

~ Mitsyana
(Pink & Main DT)