Shaping Up Blog Hop & Giveaway

Hello!!

Welcome to the Shaping Up Blog Hop & Giveaway, if you arrived here from Erin's blog you are in the right place! If you happened upon my blog today (yay!!) and don't know, this is a fun and inspiring Shaping Up Blog Hop and Giveaway!!  You can find the full Blog Hop List here, everyone is linked up, so you can start anywhere!!

Not too long ago i made it to Paper Crafts Gallery Idol Top 20. Laurie Willison set up a Facebook group were have all been chatting, getting to know each other and having a blast. As a thank you to Paper Crafts and all the wonderful crafters who participated this year, we thought it would be fun to do a little Blog Hop and Giveaway!! We all like prizes, right?!?! Well if you do, keep reading!!

This months Paper Crafts Gallery Challenge is all about Summer Shaped cards, and we figured this would be a fun theme! So each gal has a shaped card for your viewing pleasure AND a giveaway!!! Visit each blog for your change to win!! Details for my giveaway is below!

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Instead of doing just one shaped card, i did 4 MINI shaped cards!!  I think these make the perfect little love notes!

I used the biggest butterfly die (that i have anyway!) from Papertrey Ink. I pulled out a piece of cardstock and laid the butterfly at one edge. I marked the cardstock just a little bigger then the die, this is my fold line. I moved the butterfly to the other side of the line and made another mark, this is where i cut my cardstock.

After folding the cardstock, i placed the die over the fold so just a tiny bit of the top wings are past the fold. I ran it through the Big Shot several times (twice is not enough).

Once the cards were cut i used the remaining cardstock and embossed it with an impression plate. Then i die cut 4 butterflies. I used the matching stamp and and stamped each butterfly with a different color.

Next i stamped the Love You stamp, inked it up and stamped it 4 times. I cut each by hand and made a tiny tag out of them. I adhered each die cut butterfly to a butterfly card. A little bit of the top wings will overhang, you only notice if you look at the back.

I created a loop from twine and placed the loop between the two wings on the inside of the mini card, wear the antenna would be. I threaded one tail with the tiny tag, then pulled both tails up through the loop. I added a pop up dot behind the tiny tag to keep it in place.

These were super easy! I went with soft colors, but you can do them in any colors!

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Now on for the prize and details!!! :)  For my giveaway all you have to leave a comment! You have until Sunday July 29 at midnight. Monday July 30 i'll post the winner!

The prize includes:
Tim Holtz Cling Stamps: Seamless Experience
Papertrey Ink: Dye Ink Pad: Spring Moss
Papertrey Ink: Dye Ink Refill: Classic Kraft
7 Memento Dual Markers: Colors Include: New Sprout, Dandelion, Bahama Blue, Rose Bud, Summer Sky, Pear Tart, Angel Pink7
3 Spools of American Craft ribbon

And if you have already made a card for Paper Crafts July Gallery Challenge or want to make one you can link up your own Shape card. The linky is connected through out the blog hop, so you only have to upload your card once, it will show up on the blogs that are including the linky!




Next stop on the hop is Laurie. Thanks so much for stopping by!! :)

Dana

Supplies:
Cardstock: Papertrey Ink: Rustic Cream
Dies: Papertrey Ink: Beautiful Butterflies
Stamps: Papertrey Ink: Beautiful Butterflies, Love and Marriage.
Ink: Sweet Blush, Lavender Moon, Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold, Classic Kraft
Twine: May Arts