The Alley Way Stamps January Release Blog Hop!

Hi everyone! It's time for the TAWS blog hop to show off all the new stamp sets being released on January 1! We have been giving you great sneak peeks of the new stamps and today you can hop around to all of the designers AND possibly win all three new sets!

Plus it also happens to be The Alley Way Stamps 3rd Birthday! The big birthday celebration will start on January 5th and TAWS will be giving away LOTS of prizes during the month log celebration! Plus there will be a 25% discount all month long at the TAWS store (TAWSbirthday3 at checkout)

In honor of this momentous occasion we are having a birthday party blog hop! All of the designers have created birthday projects with the new stamp sets! I worked with the new set Bitty Borders and created super sweet treat boxes with these gorgeous graphic stamps. Each little treat box features one of six mini border stamp images. So fun to work with and they make the most festive party treats!

Here are pictures of these boxes in all of their adorable-ness! Check out the awesome stamps in the new Bitty Borders set!

Here are ways you can win all three new sets! You can pick and choose which ones you want to do.. but the more you comment, the more chances you have to win.. 

1-Comment on The Alley Way Stamps Blog

2-Comment on the DT girls blogs

3-Post about it on facebook or your blog

4-Like us on Facebook

5-Follow us on YouTube

6-Follow us on Pinterest

leave a separate comment on The Alley Way Stamps blog for each that you do

You have until Tonight at 9:00PM TAWS time to leave them.. 

   

This fun mini set, Once Upon A Time, is FREE when you spend $40.00 or more during the month of January!! Nothing to do but shop.. and this  will be added to your cart...

So hop away! Below are all the designers links. Make sure to visit all and leave comments!

  

 

Thanks for checking out my blog! Bee Happy!!

This is entered into the SSS Wednesday Challenge "Bling It On!"  and the CASology "Party" challenge

Fun Gift For A Fungi!

Hi everyone! It's day three of the The Alley Way Stamps January release sneak peeks! It also happens to be my son's birthday so I took this opportunity to create a cute gift bag and matching tag! I am showcasing a couple of small images from the soon to be released 'Enchanted' stamp set! They may be small but they pack a lot of punch! There are lots of other adorable images and sentiments with this stamp set!

The bag started out as a plain white  paper sack. I stamped the mushroom image a few times and then colored them with Copic markers. I added in a little background accent stamp also from the 'Enchanted' set and then folded the bag over and added a bit of bright paper, some denim and some colorful burlap.

I repeated the stamping and coloring on the kraft tag and popped one mushroom out a little. I attached it to the bag using the button from the jeans I cut the denim from! The sentiment is too funny! My son is a fun guy and since he reads my blog he will see this little gift before he gets to open it. It's just the right size for the keys to that Bugatti he's been wanting!

 

Head on over to the TAWS Blog to see how you can win this sweet little stamp set ! Be sure and come back tomorrow for the TAWS January Release Blog Hop and see all of the new stamps!

 

I am entering this gift bag into the Paper Issues 'Shiny and New ' challenge too!

Thanks for checking out my blog! Bee Happy!

It's Twins!

Hi everyone! Just a quick post today to show the card I created to go along with the adorable baby girl mini albums (1 and 2) I created for my friend that had twin girls in September! 

For the front of the card I used some sweet girly papers and added an embellished heart and a strip of paper lace that has been misted for sparkle. The highlight of the front is the delightful little baby buggy carrying two sweet babies!

On the inside, a cute sentiment I found on the internet and printed onto card stock. I added a few gems and then tied the whole card closed with silky pink ribbon!

Thanks for checking out my blog! Bee Happy!!

Supplies Used:

InLinkz.com

Christmas Tags!

Hi everyone! I'm so excited to tell you that this is my last Christmas post of the year! Yay! I have used all of my Christmas themed paper and most of my embellishments so I am DONE!

I was asked to create some tags for drinkable gifts (if you get my drift) and these are two that I created. Both of these are hang tags cut with an MFT die and then decorated with 'Tis the Season' paper by Echo Park. Very festive indeed!

This first tag features a chipboard accent from the 'Tis the Season' collection layered over the gorgeous paper and a chipboard border. I added glitter to the ornaments on the tree (see above) and a sweet mini wreath is the finishing touch!

I knew from the second that I got this PTI Christmas Tree die that I wanted to create a shaker with it and it looks great on this tag! I used more of the beautiful 'Tis the Season' papers and filled this shaker tree with Lawn Fawn sequins. I added a charming holiday sentiment and a bright golden star. Now my friend will have tasty AND beautiful gifts to give!

Merry Christmas to all! May you have a safe and happy holiday!

Thanks for checking out my blog! Bee Happy!!

Supplies Used:

InLinkz.com

Manly Cards!

Hi everyone! I rarely create masculine cards. It's just so much easier to use sparkle and bling and make cards for women. However, my dad just recently celebrated his 75th birthday and I knew I just had to create a card for him!

I started with this card.  I adore this 'Somethin' is Fishy' stamp by Unity and have been wanting to use it for awhile. So, I made the whole card and although I think it's a fantastic card, it was just missing that BIG birthday feel. I especially like the twine knot in the metal belt buckle!

So...I created another one that has a lot of the same styling but is definitely more birthday -ish.  I used the 6x6 'Hipster' paper collection from Basic Grey for both cards- cool  colors and manly graphics. Each card features a Maya Rd. manila tag and I spotlighted the number 75 on this one. I added a banner and colored wooden stars along with some metal accents and twine.

A quick picture of the inside of the birthday card with more stars, gifts and metal. Of course I wrote my dad a special message for this momentous occasion and I surely hope there are lots more birthdays to come!

Thanks for checking out my blog! Bee Happy!!

Supplies Used:

InLinkz.com