January My Monthly Hero - Release + Giveaway!

It's My Monthly Hero release day over at Hero Arts! And it's a really gorgeous one!

The little mason jar is my favorite, especially with the heart stamped onto it. I added a little glitter because everything's better with glitter.

The heart of roses is super gorgeous, too!

I love that if you color them green, they can also look like succulents!

 I also love the little bouquet stamps. Being able to build your own bouquet, all wrapped in a paper, is so much fun!

The red ink in the kit is a nice, true red. I made these mini cards, all with stamps from the main kit.

Here's a peek at the full kit.

I'm part of a fantastic blog hop today:

The Hero Arts Blog
Jennifer McGuire
Yana Smakula
Shari Carroll from Simon Says Stamp
Wanda Guess
Amy Tsuruta
Clare Prezzia
Julie Ebersole at Ellen Hutson’s CLASSroom
May Park
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Libby Hickson (you are here!)

Be sure to comment on all of the blogs in the hop by next Sunday night (1/15 11:59pt) - Hero Arts will be giving away a kit to one lucky comment, drawn from all comments across all the blogs.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Seasons Givings Blog Hop - WINNER!

Thanks to everyone who visited my blog during the Seasons Givings Blog Hop, and for leaving your wonderful, kind comments. It really started my New Year off in a most wonderful way!

I chose the winner of my prize pack using random.org, which selected comment #134 - congratulations to Martha Harris, who said: "Your work is lovely. I am enjoying experiencing new crafters (to me) on this blog hop. Thanks!" (Jan 2, 12:45pm)

Martha, please send me an email with your mailing address and I'll get your goodies out to you!

Take care,

Seasons Givings Blog Hop + Favorites of 2016!

Hello and welcome! And HAPPY NEW YEAR!! Today I am joining an amazing blog hop, where every single person is giving away goodies! How much fun is that? I've joined because I am so incredibly thankful anytime someone takes the time to stop by my little ol' blog. And I've been extremely lucky to be in the position to receive product from my favorite stamp company on a regular basis. I would love to send some of these fab products along to somebody else who will give enjoy them! Here's what I have for you today - a nice selection of Hero Arts goodness! Plus a little bicycle washi tape. Just because I love bikes! :D

Just leave me a comment below by next Friday, January 6 and I'll announce the winner here on my blog on Saturday, January 7.

I also wanted to reflect on some of my favorite cards from 2016. I don't blog nearly as much as I'd like. Usually I'm here when there's something new being released at Hero Arts. One of my goals for 2017 is to get inky more often, just for fun! We'll see if that happens. But here's a look at some of my favorites from the past year. As you can see, 2016 was the year I loved watercoloring...!

Now off you go - here's the list of stampers and companies! Have fun!!

Lawn Fawn
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L
Reverse Confetti
Taylored Expressions
Paper Smooches
Neat & Tangled
Technique Tuesday
Clear & Simple Stamps
Richard Garay
My Sweet Petunia
JustNick
Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Sunny Studio Stamps
Inchie Arts llc
Scrapbook Update
Buttons Galore
Latisha Yoast
Julia Stainton
Chari Moss
Cristina Nunez
Wanda Guess
Vera Yates
Amy Tsuruta
Mary-Ann Maldonado
Lori Craig
Lydia Fiedler
Jenn Shurkus
Lisa Henke
Dina Kowal
Libby Hickson
Emily Leiphart
Cindy Lawrence
Kelly Klapstein
Erica Houtghton
Elise Constable
Julee Tillman
Lee Murphy
Lisa Arana
Giovana Smith
Karen Baker
Lindsay Amrhein
Dana Joy
Marcie Sharp
Megan Hoeppner
Alicia Thelin
Asia King
Debbie Seyer
Yvonne Van De Grijp
Tenia Nelson
Michelle Woerner
Christina Griffiths
Lori McAree
>Barbara Anders
Jill Hawkins
Veronica Zalis
Leigh Penner
Margie Higuchi
Amy Coose
Melody Rupple
Karen Letchworth
Heidi Ramsey Blankenship
Jennie Harper
Jodi Collins
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Gracie Chavez
Stephanie Klauck
Savannah O’Gwynn
Terre Fry
Neva Cole
Maria Levine
Misti Oblander
Ceal Pritchett

Wishing you all the best in 2017!