PW BLOG HOP & Birthday Card with Home-Made Stamp

Welcome to the PaperWishes BLOG HOP -   we are so glad you are here to help us celebrate World Card Making Day!

Some card making day trivia for you:

• Today, card making is a worldwide hobby, especially popular in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
• 1 in 6 U.S. households participates in making cards
• 86% of scrapbookers also create handmade cards
• 92% of paper crafters create cards more than any other type of project

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And here is a project I made using Paper Wishes Supplies:

 
This card was made from leftovers/extra art from the Clearly Collage card-making kit (from the card "Find your Birthday Bliss" to be exact). I added the dotted green paper and the rose paper (rose paper was from Little Prints and Patterns Pack - not sure about the dotted paper). I used sparkle gel pens to highlight the flowers & vine (and draw a vine across the dotted stripe) and to write the name.

The inside of this card makes use of a stamp I made with the Stampmaker I got from Paper Wishes. The recipient loves cats so I made this cat stamp from a ding-bat font I had. I stamped it twice - once on the background and once on white paper. I colored the second with gel pens & chalks, cut around it and popped it on top of the first with pop-dots. Here's what it looks like:

Though the picture is a little fuzzy, in real life the image is nice and crisp.  Love that stampmaker!  I'm going to use it to make some name stamps next so I don't have to hand-letter the name like I did for the front of this card.

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Be sure to check out all the blogs in this blog hop, as well as visit the PaperWishes message board as there are tons of things going on there today, all sponsored by Paper Wishes, with loads and loads of great prize packages!  You don’t want to miss a chance to win! This blog hop gives you TWO ways to win!!!

FIRST – leave a comment on ALL THE BLOGS and a random drawing will be done to choose the winner, who will get a prize package from Paper Wishes.

SECOND – play H.O.T.P. (Hot Off The Press) bingo with us. 

• Visit each blogger on the blog hop to find their bingo square.  (Make a note of the blog name for each square too!)    
• Click on this link to find the official BINGO CARD. (If you aren’t a member of the Paper Wishes message board yet, you are not only missing loads of fun but you may need to register to access the bingo card!)   
• To win, you will need to make a bingo (4 squares in a row, horizontal, vertical or diagonal) by doing what it shows in each square.  There are some free squares; there are some where you just have to post something specific on the message board, and there are some that tell you to use something.  Where it tells you to USE something, that means to make a project (any kind of papercrafting project – a card, an ATC, a bookmark, a tag, etc.) with the item listed in that square.   
• When you have your BINGO ready, follow these directions: 

o        Go to the Paper Wishes Message Board and click on “post reply” on THIS THREAD.

o        In your reply tell us the four squares you are using for your bingo. 

o        Tell us the square number AND the name of the blog for any squares you are using that were mentioned on a blog.

o        Post the items for each square in your reply, including a picture of the project you made for any square with directions to USE something.

•  We will randomly select a winner from all the correct bingo entries!  Be sure that we have either your blog address or your email so that we know how to contact you if you are a winner!!!  
• Your bingo must be posted to the Paper Wishes message board no later than midnight U.S. eastern time on Sunday, October 2 to be eligible for the prize drawing!

The BINGO SQUARE FOR THIS BLOG IS: O7

Here are all the participating blogs for this blog hop:

Nancy - http://www.nancyscreativespace.blogspot.com

Penny - http://www.pennydouph.blogspot.com/

Michelle - http://preciousthoughtscards.blogspot.com

Robin - http://redrobinlane-rgcarr.blogspot.com/

Patti - http://pattiscards.blogspot.com/

Cheryl - http://cheringpapermemories.blogspot.com/ - You are HERE!!!

Sam - http://unteachablepig.blogspot.com

So on with the fun – it doesn’t matter where you start the blog hop, just see where you are on the list above and make sure you visit them all and leave some sweetness behind!