Sunshine Mail Foundation Blog Hop Day 4

Welcome to the fourth day of the Sunshine Mail Foundation Blog Hop! We're hopping all week (July 8 -12), with great prizes to be won every day.

Our sponsor today is Digi Darla, and the prize is 5 digi images.

To be eligible to win the prizes all you have to do is:

1. Become a follower of our blog
2. Add our Badge to you blog and link back.
3. Make sure you visit and leave comments on the DT members post:
   

   • Adina
   • Lyn
   • CG
   • Denise
   • Michele C.

   
   

My project for today features Sunbonnet Seamstress 2 by Digi Darla:

I used free digital papers from Cardmaking & Papercraft Magazine.

Remember to leave a comment for your chance to win. Your next stop is Denise. Thank you for hopping with Sunshine Mail!

Mountains & Wookiees

I could not resist the Pin it, Spin It, Win It! challenge at Opus Gluei. Basically, you link up a new project inspired by something you saw/pinned on Pinterest. I was looking for some paper background ideas, and found this great image, pinned from Say Yes to Hoboken:

Source: sayyestohoboken.com via CG on Pinterest

Like the person I repinned this from, I was especially drawn to those lace-covered mountains. I have some paper doilies in my stash, so I hand-cut some triangles from scrap paper and folded bits of doily on top. The lace border is adhered on top with double-sided tape, which I then covered with glitter. The sentiment is from a Verve Stamps set, heat-embossed in hot pink and cut out with an IO die.

Cupcake Inspirations #218

I'm entering this card into the following fab challenges:
Card and Scrap: Use lace or ribbon
Creative Card Crew #40: The Great Outdoors
Cupcake Inspirations #218: Photo Inspiration (Pink, Yellow, Green)
Opus Gluei Challenge #160: Pin it, Spin It

Update: I was the random winner of the goodie prize pack for Opus Gluei Challenge #160, and also made the Top 5 for Cupcake Inspirations #218.

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But I couldn't stop thinking about those sweet little Eggs... I felt like they really wanted to inspire me! And so they did...

I have a special place in my heart for decorated eggs...You might remember the hanging teacups I made. I still had some of the plastic eggs from that project, so I made... a Wookiee treat egg:

The egg is actually orange, so I painted it with brown acrylic paint. Then I used a ZIG glue pen to apply Flower Soft to it, and glued a painted button on the bottom. The eyes are plastic bubble gems, and I used Glossy Accents to adhere them so that they would really stick. Then I used some ZipDry glue to add a ribbon "bandolier."

In the spirit of the pin that inspired both of these projects, that's my Galaxy Paper Tots matchbox playset in the background. Many thanks to everyone who inspired these projects, especially the folks at Opus Gluei.


Thank you for visiting,

Blog Candy Winners!

Many thanks to everyone who wished me a happy Blogoversary! I have a brand-new year of crafting to get to, so I'll quickly announce the winners of my 4th Blogoversary Blog Candy giveaway (chosen via Random.org):

Candy #1 - Embellishment Delight

WINNER:

5. Nikki C

Candy #2 - Christmas in July

WINNER:

6. terriavidreader

Candy #3 - Crafter's Delight

WINNER:

3. UTs Hobby Time

Candy #4 - Scrapper's Delight

WINNER:
1. Tracey D 

Candy #5 - Fabulous Letters

WINNER:

5. Christi Hicks

Congratulations! Winners have been contacted by email.

Thank you for visiting & Happy crafting,

Sunshine Mail Foundation Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to the second day of the Sunshine Mail Foundation Blog Hop! We're hopping all week (July 8 -12), with great prizes to be won every day.

Our sponsor today is Eureka Stamps, and the prize is 5 digi images.

To be eligible to win the prizes all you have to do is:

1. Become a follower of our blog
2. Add our Badge to you blog and link back.
3. Make sure you visit and leave comments on the DT members post:
   

   • CG
   • Lyn
   • Denise
   • Adina

I used Baby Animals by Eureka Stamps:

Did you know that the Sunshine Mail Foundation is July's featured organization for Split Coast Stamper's July Cards for a Cause Drive/Challenge? Hope you'll join in!
Remember to leave a comment for your chance to win. Your next stop is Lyn. Thank you for hopping with Sunshine Mail!

Sunshine Mail Foundation Blog Hop Day 1

Welcome to the first day of the Sunshine Mail Foundation Blog Hop! We're hopping all week (July 8 -12), with great prizes to be won every day.

We're kicking off the hop with two sponsors: Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet (3 images up to $10) and Digi Stamps 4 Joy (5 Images).

To be eligible to win the prizes all you have to do is:

1. Become a follower of our blog
2. Add our Badge to you blog and link back.
3. Make sure you visit and leave comments on each DT member's post:
   

   
   

   • Lyn
   • CG (you are here)
   • Adina
   • Denise
   • Janice
   • Jessica
   • Michele J.
   • Asmah Zainal Abidi

For this card, I used Ellie's flowers by Digi Stamps 4 Joy:

Remember to leave a comment for your chance to win. Your next stop is Adina. Thank you for hopping with Sunshine Mail!