Joan's Gardens' 25th Challenge and Blog Hop

Welcome to my studio and thanks for dropping by. I am so excited to be part of announcing this  EXCITING NEWS from Joan's Gardens and this blog hop  featuring Heartfelt Creations.  Joan is offering  a chance  to win an AMAZING GRAND PRIZE PACKAGE of Heartfelt Creations this week for her 25th Challenge at Joan's Gardens. This prize package includes 14 stamp sets and 3 Heartfelt Creations matching Dies with a value of over $286.
Wow, who would not want to win that!  In addition to this fabulous grand prize, Joan has additional prize packages from Joan's Garden's to give you an additional 3  chances to win.

For the challenge:
You will have until next Thursday morning (December 9) 6:00 AM EST to link your card/project to Joan's blog. There are only two requirements for her challenge this week:
1.Create a card/project using ONLY Heartfelt Creations stamps (any HFC stamps and matching dies are acceptable) Do not use any other brand stamps. You may use any card stock, design paper and embellishments you want.
2.You must be subscribed to Joan's Gardens blog (go to her blog to subscribe) so you receive all updates about challenges and sales.
The winner for the grand prize package from Heartfelt Creations will be chosen from a Random drawing and will be announced Friday morning (December 10). This person will also be entered in the End of the Year drawing for a $100 gift certificate from Joan's Gardens. You may enter this challenge more than once, but each card/project must be made with only Heartfelt Creations stamps.
Additional guidelines to enter are detailed on Joan's Gardens. See here.

I am so thrilled and excited to be participating in this blog hop featuring Heartfelt Creations with 9 other guest designers plus Selma and Joan. While visiting each of our blogs, you have a chance to win prizes from Joan's Gardens. In order to be eligible for one of these three prize packages, you need to leave a comment on each blog in this Hop. Out of the twelve blogs, there are three "mystery" blogs, each with a prize package from Joan's Gardens. For a chance to win, be sure to leave a comment on all twelve blogs.  The three prize packages include: 1) a group of Anna Griffin products, 2) a package of mostly Cuttlebug products, and 3) a package of mostly Webster Pages products. These winners will also be announced on Friday, Dec 10.

Believe us . . . you are not going to want to miss out in participating in this challenge for a chance to win such an amazing prize package.

I am honored to be listed with this group of wonderful and creative paper crafters.
You will love the creations that you see as you hop your way through the blogs listed below:
Olga -  http://craftieodamae.blogspot.com/
Geri -   http://geriscards.blogspot.com/
Glenda -  http://glendabrooks.blogspot.com/
Darlene -   http://darscraftycreations.blogspot.com/
Patti G. - http://pattie-g.blogspot.com/
Theresa - http://theresastudio.blogspot.com/  You are here.
Patti N. -  http://stampersize.blogspot.com/
Carla  -  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1854028?&cat=500&ppuser=143903
Linda - http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/
Pam  - http://paperandribbonsandstampsohmy.blogspot.com/
Selma - http://selmasstampingcorner.blogspot.com/
Joan  -  http://www.atjoansgardens.com/

Now for my project made with Heartfelt Creations Products from Joan's Gardens:
  Nothing looks so lovely as a fresh cut bouquet of flowers, even if they are not real. I stamped the Daisy Patch Bouquet and individual Daisy Patch Flowers on white glossy cardstock with Versamark and heat embossed with clear embossing powder. I colored the bouquet by first masking the flowers and sponging the leaves with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink. Then I masked the leaves and sponged Memento Rhubarb Stalk ink on the flowers. Rubbed off the excess ink from the embossed surfaces and added some yellow to the centers with Copic Y02. I also colored the individual flowers in the same manner. I cut out the bouquet without the stems. I used the exclusive Heartfelt Creations Daisy Patch Dies to cut out 8 individual flowers which I shaped and glued to the bouquet creating a great dimensional effect.  For the jar, I stamped the Ball Jar Stamp directly on a 5" x3.75" mat of  Basic Grey Pink Pattern  with Memento Black Tuxedo ink, stamped a second jar on white cardstock and a third one on acetate using Stazon Black ink for this one. I stamped stems from the bouquet stamp with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink on the white jar and then colored the water with Copics B000 and C00.   I glued the acetate jar to the white jar and attached a ribbon to the neck of the jar. This was then attached to the jar on the mat of pink. I then attached my bouquet of pink Daisies with dimensionals above the jar. I finished the card by attaching my image to a mat of Basic Grey  Pattern that complements the colors in the flowers and then to the card base of black.  These stamps and die cuts make it so very easy to create lovely flowers that will be everlasting.

Products used:

HCPC 3318 Daisy Patch Flowers

HCPC 3325 Daisy Patch Bouquet

HCPC Jean Pocket/Ball Jar

HCD 703 Daisy Patch Diecuts

 

Thanks for being a part of our blog hop. Don't forget to create your own project with Heartfelt Creations Products and enter the challenge at Joan's Gardens for a chance to win some fantastic prizes. Now it's time to head over to my very dear blogger friend, Patti, to see her truly amazing creations and give her some love. And please do not forget to leave a comment here and at each visit along the way for a chance to win one of Joan's great prizes. Have fun!

Glad you made it through this long post.  Thanks for visiting and I hope you like what you saw......please come back, y'all hear!