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24 April 2025

Simon Says stamp : You are My Favorite release

Hi there!

I am super excited to share some cards I made with a beautiful stamp set from the new Simon Says stamp release called : "You are my Favorite". This release is available now over in the Simon says stamp store !

Mother's Day is the name of the set. The main feature is a lovely bold sentiment, with options to build your own phrases to convey the message of your choice. It is accompanied with a variety of solid butterfly stamps, ranging in size.

I had fun making three one layer cards, join me to take a look:

I used Pawsitively-saturated-inks in rainbow colors for the first card, all the pretty pinks for the second card , and pink, yellow and orange for the last card.
Black ink : Versafine black ink
Stampwheel from Altenew to stamp the butterfly wreath as well as the rest of all the stamping.
Rhinestones

Thanks for visiting me today!

Hannelie

26 March 2025

Alex Syberia Designs BetterPress Release Blog Hop & Giveaway

Hi there!

I am thrilled to show you some cards I made with Alex Syberia Design's first press plate release! To celebrate the occasion, I am joining the March Press Plate/ stencil release blog hop !

You can start the hop over 👉here !

The cards I am sharing today all feature the Abstract Background press plate. This stunning press plate has a coordinating coloring stencil set, which I used on 2 of the cards. Take a look !

It looks amazing used with, or without the coloring stencil !

Giveaway info:

Alex Syberia Designs is giving away a £40 ($50 for the USA) gift certificate to 1 winner and a £15 ($15 for the USA) gift card to 3 lucky winners

This giveaway is open internationally, with prizes awarded in GBP (£) for non-U.S. winners and in USD ($) for U.S. winners. All 4 winners will be drawn from the entrants that have played along with this Blog hop by midnight BST April 6th, 2025. Winners will be announced on the Alex Syberia Designs blog 'Giveaway Winners' page on April 7th, 2025.

Blog Hop Order:

Hannelie 👈 you are here !

Thanks for visiting me today 🎕

Hannelie

25 March 2025

Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Blog Hop & Giveaway

Hi there!

I am so happy to join this special event Altenew is hosting again this year!

The annual Celebrating Parents Card Drive is running from March 7, 2025 to April 22, 2025.

This year, Altenew is aiming to not only honor and celebrate the fantastic parents and parental figures in our lives, but also support seniors in need. Our Altenew friends will donate $1 with every order from the Sentiment Stamps collection from 3/7/2025 until 4/22/2025 to the Food Bank of Central New York to support seniors in need.

To celebrate this special drive, I invite you to join our blog hop today with amazing giveaway prizes !

I made a happy, colorful "Thank You" card to join the fun.

For my card I used :

Flutter & bloom project kit (floral image)
BAG alluring-orchids (sentiment)
Woven-ribbon-builder-stencil-set-3-in-1
Blush-pearl-dots
Sun-kissed-delights-fresh-dye-ink-bundle
Jade-dreams-fresh-dye-ink-bundle
Blushberry-bliss-fresh-dye-ink
Instant-dimension-foam-tape
Obsidian-pigment-ink

Giveaway info:

$200 in total prizes! To help support this card drive, Altenew is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 2 lucky winners and a $20 gift certificate to 5 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by March 31, 2025 for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 7 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew Winners Page on April 2, 2025.

Thanks for visiting me today!

Hannelie