Simply Cardmaking with Laurel Beard

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Crafting with Kids: My daughter’s Debut Video Tutorial

Hello and welcome to the 2nd Annual Cutest Video Hop Ever! My daughter and I are excited to be joining Emily Leiphart for this fun hop, crafting with our kids  and inspiring the next generation of crafters! We hope you have as much fun watching us craft with our kids, as much as we enjoyed creating these projects to share with you.  There are loads of giveaways too… Now onto my daughter’s first video tutorial………..

I mean, can you even…. She is absolutely adorable and has some awesome ink blending skills!!! And her imagination… Did you catch the end of the video where she shared her story that went along with the card?

Yay Lily! And a big thanks to Simon Hurley for providing the stamps, inks and stencils for Lily to use!!!!!!! For all the details of this amazingly cute video hop, check out Emily’s post!

Video Hop Order:

Emily Leiphart

Simon Hurley

Catherine Pooler

Laurel Beard – YOU ARE HERE

Ardyth Percy-Robb

Jill Dewey Hawkins

Laura Bassen

Marie-Pierre Capistran

Samantha Mann

Evelin Tee

Ujjwal Gupta

Ashlea Cornell

Jenny Colacicco

Natalie Elphinstone

SPONSORS + PRIZES

Thank you so much to all of the wonderful individuals and companies who have donated a total of 30 prizes for this fun event! The winners will be randomly chosen from all comments left on each of our videos. The more you comment, the better your chances of winning! Comments will close at 11:59 p.m. EST on April 17, 2019 and winners will be announced on Emily’s blog on April 24, 2019.

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Top Flight Stamps Birthday Blog Hop

It is Topflight Stamps 2nd birthday!  To celebrate, we’ve teamed up with up some of our favorite crafters to bring you a blog hop showcasing some of the fabulous products available from Topflight Stamps.   Please hop along with us all and show all of the crafters some love!

I created this card (coffee, are you surprised???) using some cute stamps from the Top Flight store! A very simple card but there is something about brightly colored images against a black background.

 

Blog Hop Order:

Giveaway:

Of course, it wouldn’t be a birthday celebration without prizes!  Topflight Stamps is giving one lucky winner a $50 Gift Certificate, and each stop on the hop has an additional $15 Gift Certificate up for grabs.  To be in with a chance to win, make sure to visit every stop on the hop and leave a comment by April 8th.

Winners will be announced on the Topflight Stamps blog on April 9th.  Good Luck!

DISCOUNT:  20% off all orders over $20 through the end of the month Sunday 31 March.   

Goodies used:

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*Video: Handmade Mother’s Day Cards in just minutes

Mother’s Day is coming up and I have three very quick Mother’s Day cards to share with you using some stamps and dies from the Catherine Pooler release that just became available two days ago!

And a few still shots of the cards:

 

I created three very different cards with the same stamp and die. 🙂 The favorite me has to be the middle! The gold texture and dimension? So pretty! Which is your favorite? I linked below to all the supplies I used in today’s projects. To see the entire release, which is filled with a BUNCH MORE, click here!

Giveaway:

Up for grabs is a $25 gift certificate to the Catherine Pooler store! Just leave a comment ON THE VIDEO (not this blog post) to enter. The winner will be announced on Catherine’s blog.


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*Video: Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers Release Blog Hop + Giveaway

Welcome to the Altenew Watercolor Brush Markers Release Blog Hop! You should have arrived from The Hedgehog Hollow!!! If you get lost along the way, head to this post to start from the beginning. Today I have three cards and a video showcasing these gorgeous markers! I use the same stamp set on both cards but the results are quite different. Let’s watch the video:

The Altenew Watercolor Brush markers are  filled with water-based color and coordinates with their ink.  The real brush tips allow you to create broad and fine strokes.  The markers result in vibrant colors, but adding a bit of water can also result in softer colors, as you can see from the two cards I made in the video.

A few close ups of the cards:

 

Next up on the hop is Virginia Lu!!

Prizes:

  • Altenew is giving away a $40 gift certificate to six lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or Altenew Scrapbook Blog by Thursday, March 28th for a chance to win.
  • Altenew will also draw a winner to receive a $20 gift certificate from the comments left on each designer’s blog on the blog hop list below. All winners will be announced on the Altenew blog on 3/31/2019.

 

 

Goodies used:


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Heffy Friends Blog Hop

This Superdudes set from Heffy Doodle caught my eye at Creativation this year!~ I love it and can see myself and my kids playing with  this set. I also adore the Zap Attack stencil. It works well with so many backgrounds! I created a textured background by using the stencil and expanding mousse.  If you want to learn more about the expanding mousse and the various ways you can use it, click on the video I created by clicking  HERE!

I did add a little detail to the dude.  See the Harry Potter scar? LOL! Thank you sharpie marker. And he is holding a cup of coffee! See where I am going with this?  He is a hero because he is providing coffee! BAHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAHA!!!!!!

Blog Hop Order:

Prizes:

The winner (chosen at random) who leaves a comment on each stop on the hop will receive a £50 voucher to the Heffy Doodle store. Winners will be announced on Monday, March 18, 2019 on the Heffy Doodle Blog.

 

Goodies used (affiliate links used at no cost to you):


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