Monday, April 24, 2017

Spring Fling Blog Hop

2017 Spring Fling Mega Sponsor Blog Hop Begins Today!



Hello everyone and happy Monday! Today is the big day! We are super excited to be part of this fun event. We have partnered with 15 other stamp and paper-crafting companies for a special Spring blog hop.  These sixteen sponsors will be giving away 16 prizes to 16 lucky winners!  Our prize giveaway is a $25 store credit for our online store.

The blog hop begins today, April 24, (9 AM PST) and ends Friday, May 5, (9 PM PST).  Winners will be announced on Friday May12, (9 AM PST).

Here's how you enter:
1) Follow this blog and each participant in the hop
2) Leave a comment at each blog stop

BONUS ENTRY: Share this post or any of the social media posts with #2017SFMS for an added entry to win the Lawn Fawn $30 online gift certificate.


1) DeNami Design
2) Avery Elle Stamps
3) Our Daily Bread Designs
4) Art Impressions
5) Doodlebugs (you are here)
6) Impress
7) Ellen Hutson, LLC
8) Pink and Main
9) Concord & 9th
10) Taylored Expressions
11) Technique Tuesday
12) Winnie and Walter
13) Impression Obsession
14) Reverse Confetti
15) Mama Elephant

Before you hop on over to the next stop, we wanted share a fun Spring card we created.  Links to all the products used are listed at the end of the post.



Here's a close up of the HUGS die cuts.  I cut them several times from brown cardstock that I adhered to some Stick-it paper.  Then stacked them together and sprayed them with Shimmer Spritz.


Thanks for stopping by!  Next on the hop is Impress!

SUPPLIES USED:
Watercolor Wonders from Altenew
Simply Said Hugs from Avery Elle
HUGS die from MFT Stamps
Stitched Rectangle Frames from MFT Stamps
Blueprints #20 from MFT Stamps
Shimmer Spritz from Tsukineko

Just a quick reminder...we offer free shipping for all orders over $20 (U.S. only - we do not currently ship outside the U.S.)

259 comments:

  1. Love the hints of black used in the border

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  2. Who doesn't love altenew! Beautiful work and such creativeness! Thanks for being a part of such a fun hop!

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  3. Love the way you used the layering stamps; going to have to try this!

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  4. Beautiful card. Hugs die is must have.

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  5. very nice card I like your design thank you for sharing

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  6. Love the "hugs"-pretty flowers too

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  7. Lovely card. Love the design of it:)

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  8. Beautiful card. Simply beautiful

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  9. Gorgeous card! Love the colors on the bloom!

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  10. wonderful card, the edge(frame) is great and love love the alt new stamp

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  11. Love the frame and the HUGS letters sprayed with shimmer spritz.
    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  12. Gorgeous card! Love the big hugs and flowers! Thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win!

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  13. I am a big fan of hugs. So all hung stamps and diecuts I see I just want :)

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  14. Gorgeous card. I still need to use my hugs die!

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  15. wow what a simple card to make. beautiful

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  16. Beautiful card and a lovely design, simple and elegant!

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  17. Love this elegant and clean card.

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  18. Beautiful card! I need Hugs die!

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  19. Cute card! Love the flower!! Its beautiful!!

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  20. A blog hop of great craft sites. What a great idea!

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  21. LOVE this card! I love HUG sentiments!

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  22. I love the simplicty and the neatness of the whole card. Beautifu.

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  23. Great card. Love the hug stamp.

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  24. I am so in love with this card, simple but beautiful!

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  25. Beautiful card. Love the frame treatment. That little scallop peeking out really sets it off.

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  26. I love the shadow box style of the card.

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  27. I love this, especially the black scallop! Perfect finishing touch.

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  28. Love your card

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  29. Hugs to you too, love the card. Thanks,

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  30. This is the first hop I done and want to thank you for the idea. Love the card you creatived

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  31. Love the size of the "HUGS" die. Can think of many uses.

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  32. Love your blog. Didn't know about this online store until the blog hop! Success!

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  33. Absolutely love your card! We took several vacations to the Olympic Penninsula & hope to get up there again! I've been to your town, but before 2005--next time you're on my list of places to stop! I'm signing up for your newsletter--love that you have free shipping with only a $20 purchase! Thanks for being a hop sponsor!

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  34. such a pretty card! love the hugs die cut.
    cheers
    preeti

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  35. Love your card and your giveawy. Thanks for your kidness

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  36. Love the clean elegance of your card. So well done! Thanks for sharing your
    creativity.

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  37. I love this clean and simple card!

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  38. This card is so elegant. Love it!

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  39. Beautiful card--and the frame is a winner!

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  40. Beautiful. The flower is so pretty and I love the layers.

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  41. Like the frame and the stacked die cuts

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  42. Lovely card! I like that it's cute and simple.

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  43. Liked the card and use of dies.

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  44. Oh goodness, I never thought I needed that Watercolor Wonder... 'til now! Gorgeous card!!!
    =]

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  45. Love the die cut and overall card!

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  46. I like how you used so many different companies to make your card, it is beautiful. Love the MFT HUGS die.

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  47. Great card. Love how you framed the image and sentiment

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  48. Great card. Love all the inspirations on this hop.

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  49. Great card! I guess this is my last stop on the hop since I can't subscribe to your blog.

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  50. Beautiful card! Love the popped up sentiment.

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  51. Love this awesome design. Great sets you've used.

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  52. Gorgeous card. I love the design, and the shimmer on the word die.

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  53. Doodlebugs, Thanks for organizing/participating in the spring hop sharing inspirational projects. Appreciated

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  54. you got me at free shipping - you have a new fan. Loved the card as well!

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  55. Fun card using multiple companies! Thanks.

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  56. Beautiful card. I love the design.,

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  57. What a fantastic card! i always consider a card as being like a "hug" sent in the mail and this card gives life to that idea!! So pretty, too!

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  58. LOVE that hugs die! It is on my want it list.

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  59. awesome card like how you framed it with the black scallops.

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  60. I am obsessed with the Altenew stamps. They are quickly becoming one of my favorite companies. Love this hug die, I have used it so often.

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  61. Love the HUGS and the gorgeous colors on the flower!

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  62. this card is great! like that big of black highlight!

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  63. I agree, the black scallop behind the frame is a standout!

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  64. What a lovely card. Youe stamp and dies sets are great!

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  65. Love the Hugs!

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  66. Nicely done! Just beautiful! Loving this fun blog hop! TFS!

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  67. Love the layers and dimension. Can't wait to check out your shop.

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  68. Perfect frame and the sentiments are very useful.

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  69. I just love the black-and-white look with the little pop of color on the flowers. So pretty happy hopping!

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  70. I love that HUGS die cut. Thanks for sharing.

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  71. What a great card the altenew stamps are one of my new favorite stamps to play with!!! Thank you for sharing your card and giving me the chance to win a great prize!!!

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  72. Love this set. Still trying to figure this set out!

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  73. I LOVE this stamp set! Your card is really beautiful!

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  74. Love the large HUGS die cut! How wonderful. Your flowers are also beautiful.

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  75. What a great die! Very cute card.

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  76. Awesome card! I love how you combined stamps and dies from different companies.

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  77. Fun to see projects with a mix of companies. Just started following you on Bloglovin'

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  78. love big bold sentiments like that!

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  79. Pretty framed card. Thanks for sharing.

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  80. Love this flower stamp and the colors you used! So cute!

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  81. Love the shimmer spritz you used! TFS!

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  82. Love the dimension of the stacked HUGS, love the sparkle finish.

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  83. Really cute card! Love the design.
    natgodfrey4@gmail.com

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  84. This is so pretty!! I love how you stacked the die cuts on this!! So cool!

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  85. Very sweet. I like the framing and the sparkly Hugs.

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  86. Love your beautiful card! Thanks for the great giveaway.

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  87. beautiful card... love the inspiration thanks being part of the hop..

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  88. What an impressive card! One can never give or receive too many hugs!

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  89. Love how the die cut really pops. Sweet card!

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  90. Love the card! and the products :)

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  91. I am flower lover! This card is simply gorgeous!

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  92. Love all the layers! Thrilled to find a new-to-me store too! New subscriber, btw :-)

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  93. I love the simple elegance of this little card, really great!

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  94. Follow on Feedly! Love learning about new about new businesses?

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  95. Love the flower and subtle layers

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  96. Love love loving the products and beautiful work!

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  97. Wonderful way to send paper hugs to someone special.

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  98. This is a sweet card! I'd like to receive a card like that! Thank you.

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  99. I like the frame on the card.

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  100. Thank you for sharing. I love the HUGS die, so versatile!

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  101. Love the multi dimensional flower layers - really beautiful...and the sentiment is in beautiful contrast to the flower. Nice design.

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  102. I always love seeing your stamp in use. The images are so pretty and elegant.

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  103. What a beautiful CAS card! I struggle with this style so I love seeing such pretty examples of them

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  104. OMG...Love this! Everyone needs Hugs!

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  105. Awesome card. A great way to spring into Spring...terrific blog hop with awesome sponsors.

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  106. ✨Beautiful! ✩ ♡🌟 Love the elegance of the floral card 😊 Totally made me smile. ✩

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  107. Loved the frame and the message.

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  108. Shimmer Mist really makes that "hugs" a stellar stand out!

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  109. Beautiful card! I love this pretty color combination too!
    Take Care!
    Michele

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  110. This card sends a smile, simple but so well done.

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  111. Pretty card! Love the black and white with a touch of color. Thanks for sharing and being part of blog hop.

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  112. Love the flower, using different colors for the petals is something I would not have thought of.

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  113. This card is adorable! Love the HUGS die!

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  114. Lovely card !Very elegant card design:)

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  115. What an awesome card! I love the products you used! They work well together! TFS!

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  116. Cute card..like the flowers

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  117. Am digging the border and the huge HUGS die cut. It matches well with the card and frame size you selected.

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  118. How clever to stack the letters to get dimenson

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  119. I love everything about this card from the scalloped border, the stitched frame, the big HUGS die cut and the flowers. Beautiful job!

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  120. Such a pretty and fun card. Love the big Hug sentiment!

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  121. Always looking for new ideas for stamps I have!

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  122. Beautiful card, love the frame with all the little details.

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  123. Lovely card! I like the combination of the different companies products to make such a sweet card!

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  124. Love the framing.
    thanks for sharing.

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  125. Beautiful card. I love all the layered stamps.

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  126. I have this stamp set and the rectangle stitched dies - I cannot wait to "borrow" this idea - it's beautiful. Altenew stamps are one of my favorites - and I love the sentiment!

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  127. The big letters really stand out!

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  128. Great card. I love the stitching

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  129. Love the stacked letters. What a good idea!

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  130. Fabulous card!! Love the frame with that flower!!

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  131. Love that card! Simple but elegant. Beautiful card.

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  132. Love that stamp set, love watercolors, pretty card!

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  133. Great use of large letters on a card!

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  134. Beautiful card. Thanks for sharing.

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  135. Such a great card, that could be used for any occasion!

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  136. I love the look of stacking diecuts so they look thicker.

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  137. So beautiful with the Altenew stamps!!!

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  138. Beautiful card. The black scalloped border is a really nice touch.

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  139. Gorgeous card! Love the layering, stamps and word die!

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  140. Oh my goodness what a gorgeous card, just amazing! Very well done!!!

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  141. LOVE hugs! When all other words fail you, HUGS works. Great card!

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  142. Love the large HUGS in a simple font and big enough to stand out. The black around the edges is a great idea too!

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  143. Cute card. Love the layout- Simple and fun.

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  144. Beautiful card. Love the design ♥

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  145. Love the card, but I hope you don't choose me as a winner since you don't ship outside of the US.

    - Sharlini Nambiar

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  146. The soft flower looks great next to the sparkly black sentiment. I love the black scallop behind the white frame

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  147. Love the HUGS die and shimmer spritz! Great card!!

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  148. I like the big dies like this. So pretty

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  149. I love everything about this card. The hugs die is at top of my wish list.

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  150. YAY! LOVE your FABulous card and happy to see you as part of the hop!

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  151. The black shimmery letters really pop on this card. Great design.

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  152. Love it! The stacked HUGS really stands out.

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  153. Lovely! Love the addition of the black scallops to tie it all together!
    Thanks for sponsoring this fun hop!

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  154. Lovely! Love the addition of the black scallops to tie it all together!
    Thanks for sponsoring this fun hop!

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  155. The dimensions of that gorgeous sentiment is the perfect POP for this gorgeously chic design!

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  156. It's gorgeous!! Love the layered frame!!

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  157. Love the card. It looks like you could easily turn it into a shaker card. Very nice.

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