Birthday Blog Hop

Thanks for joining me. Today I have the honor of being part of the birthday celebration for Reenee. She is one of the owners of Clear and Simple Stamps and I had the opportunity to get to know her during my Design Team tenure with Clear and Simple. I'm am so thankful for my time with them. They are such a great group of ladies. 

If you've come to my blog from Dana's blog you are in the right place. If you are visiting with me first then you will want to start this special birthday blog hop from the beginning at Clear and Simple Stamps. In addition to all the fun birthday wishes for Reenee and wonderful creations posted along the hop, there will be prizes and a 15% coupon.

BLOG HOP PRIZE:

CSS has selected some of Reenee's favorite products and is offering them in a surprise package of goodies. Each package with be valued at $50. You will have two chances to win. You must leave a birthday wish for Reenee on the Clear and Simple Stamps Facebook page and/or the Clear and Simple Stamps blog in order to qualify for the prize. They will pick {2} winners - one winner from FB and one winner from the CSS Blog. 

COUPON CODE:

And for fun - they are offering a 15% off coupon good for the day at CSS. You will just need to enter birthday15 in order to receive the discount. This coupon will not be valid with other offers and is good for one day only.

Ok, now how about my card for Reenee. I used Clear and Simple Stamps Across the Miles set for my images and the Icons Extra set for my sentiment. The papers are from My Mind's Eye Alphabet Soup collection.

Here is a side view to show some of the detail and dimension better. The balloon on the left is mounted with one layer of foam dimensionals and the balloon on the right has two layers. The lower cloud on the top is also mounted with a layer of foam dimensionals. 

Thanks so much for joining me today and helping celebrate Reenee's birthday. You're next stop on the hop is the wonderfully talented Tracy.

Just in case you get lost along the way, here is a complete list of the Birthday Blog hop participants.

Clear and Simple Stamps

Kim Howard

Cristina Kowalczyk

Heather Pulvirenti

Jen Tapler

Susan Raihala

Sarah Martina

Dana Grothaus

Beth Matson (You are here)

Tracy Schultz

Viola Mahr

Ryann Salamon

Simone Pursiful

Sue Berker

Eva Dobilas

Ayana Posadas

Maria Levine

Stephany Zerbe

Ashley Newell

Regina Mangum

Lori Tecler

Clear and Simple Stamps {FB}

Blog Hope for a Cure: Winners

Thank you for participating in the Blog Hop for the Cure. The winners are as follows:

• Limited Edition Series of mini stamp sets are terriavidreader and Shirley
  
• Grand Prize is Harriett Hensley
  

Blog Hope for a Cure

Welcome to CSS's blog hop!!!

If this is your first stop on the Clear and Simple Stamps Blog Hop, please go to the CSS blog and start your hop from the beginning. You don't want to miss anything and you certainly will if you don't hop on over there. If you have hopped to my page from Sue's blog than you are in the right spot.

Clear and Simple Stamps created some fun limited edition sets for this cause and here are my projects using these great little sets.

Love this quote from Winston Churchill.

I made a set of pins with the 2x2 Awareness set.

This is an 8 1/2 x 8 1/2 inch layout. I thought if would be a nice simple layout great for adding photos from the next "Walk for the cure" event.

BLOG CANDY:

PRIZE PART 1

In order to win you will need to create an ATC, Tag or Card Candy project using our Crop for the Cure Digi Papers. Then leave me a link to your creation in the comment section of this post. You can use other stamp sets to go along with the papers, but the main focus should be on how creatively you can showcase the Digi Papers. The papers are 4x4 in size and include 4 different patterns.

Here's another link to the Crop for the Cure Digi Papers:

http://www.clearandsimplestamps.com/digipaper/spring_cfc09.pdf

PRIZE PART 2

You can upload your creations to Splitcoast or Paper Craft Planet by 9PM Sunday, June 7th using tag: CSSFTC09. We will then select our favorite design to win the new Awareness Darling stamp set and a surprise pack of embellishments.

The difference between the two you might ask....the 2x2's are a limited edition and will only be available to those who participated in the Crop for the Cure. The Awareness Darling, however, will be available for purchase on the CSS website and is a prize valued at $15.00.

Now you need to hop on over to Nicole's wonderful blog to see some more CSS Eye Candy!! And don't forget to enter the Blog Candy!!