Simon Says Stamp Among The Stars Release

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Hi peeps. This is my 2nd post for today. I just want to share this sweet & fun card I made for Simon Says Stamp Among The Star release.

I got to play with this yummy ice cream dies. At first, I was  going to create an ice cream brooch, but then I thought a card with felt ice cream is even more fun. So... tadaaaa....

Sweetness, right? And, hint... the sentiment that I used is part of new set from SugarPea Designs that coming out next week (btw, did you know that Simon Says Stamp now carry SugarPea Designs products?). Just a hint to show you what's coming! All I can say there's lots of sweetness & cuteness. Stay tune!

Well peeps, that's all from me today. Have a sweet day!

The Ton Summer Release Blog Hop

Hi everyone. And welcome to The Ton Summer 2016 Release Blog Hop! We have shared lots of fun projects these past few days and now that all the new releases are available in the shop, time to celebrate.

We have guest designers joining us and of course, there's giveaway (details below). You should have arrived here from The Ton Blog.

For my 1 st card, I used the Haute Books & the Haute Stacks. How fun are these sets? It's like you get to make pretty card and arranging a pretty shelf.

For added elegance, I added a strip of matter gold adhesive foil paper on the bottom of the card panel. I think the card is pretty chic & match the sentiment, don't you think?

Next, I played with the beautiful Always Cherry Blossoms set. Swoon.... love this set.

I heat embossed the cherry blossoms and then went to town with the watercolor marker. Am loving the way the pink and orange blend, making the blooms more interesting.

Now, how about some blog hop giveaway detail? Four $25 gift certificates will be given away to random commenters on all the hop participant blogs. You have till Saturday, June 18 at 11:59pm to leave comments. Winners will be announced thereafter on The Ton Blog.

Now, get your coffee ready and hop along. From here, please hop on over to our guest designer blog, the talented Amy Tsuruta. Thank you so much for stopping by here and I hope you enjoy your visit here. Happy Thursday and may your day be a good one. Cheers!

The Ton

Vera Yates <-- you are here

Amy Tsuruta

Emily Midgett

Lisa Harrolle

Eunji Jung

Laura Sterckx

Mayline Jung

Laurel Beard

Jessica Frost Ballas

Ruby Naz

Stephanie Klauck

Keeway Tsao

Kymona Tracey

Michelle Short

The Ton Summer Release Day 3

Hi'ya and welcome to day 3 of The Ton Summer Release. Today, we are introducing Darling Flamingos, Sundae Bar, Ice Cream Party BG, and Stand Tall sets. I have sweet tooth, so when I see the Sundae Bar set, I scream, we all scream for ice cream! Hah.

Here's my card using this super fun set.

I stamped various ice cream to create the background and color them with Copic. I love colors. Colors really do make me happy. To make it glisten like real ice cream, once I done coloring them, I covered all of them with Spectrum Noir shimmer marker.

Click on the pic below to enlarge the pic and you could see the pretty shimmer , especially on the green popcicle.

I stamped the sentiment using The Ton Iris Blooms ink pad. Isn't the intense color just looks so pretty?

And, remember with each new release The Ton offers daily release giveaways. We're giving away three $15 gift codes for comments left on The Ton blog and one $10 gift code for each DT member for comments left on our blogs during Days 1-3 of release week.

**Comment period for Daily Release and DT Daily Release giveaways will close on Friday, June 17, at 11:59pm.**

  

  

The Ton Summer Release Day 2

Welcome to day 2 of The Ton Summer release. Today we're introducing Vogue Skies, Sparklers Alpha, Minor Stripes BG, Floral World Map, Haute Books, & Haute Stacks. These are such fun sets!!

For my card, I played with the Ferris wheel from Vogue Skies. I stamped it in various ink colors to create this fun, colorful background while still maintaining a clean design.

For the sentiment, I used Happy from Basic Labels and stamped the word birthday using Sparklers Alpha. Finished with a strip of Glossy Fine Gold Adhesive Glitter paper. This one is my FAVORITE! In person it sparkles so prettily! The happy colors on this card, makes me happy. :)

Don't forget that with each new release The Ton offers daily release giveaways. We're giving away three $15 gift codes for comments left on The Ton blog and one $10 gift code for each DT member for comments left on our blogs during Days 1-3 of release week.

**Comment period for Daily Release and DT Daily Release giveaways will close on Friday, June 17, at 11:59pm.**

That's all from me today. Thank you for stopping by here!

   

     

  

Pineapples Hello

Hi peeps. This is my 1st post for today. Just want to share this card I made for SugarPea Designs Tuesday inspiration.

I love the beautiful design of this pineapple and it makes creating this card a breeze. Check out SugarPea Designs blog for more inspirations from the DT. Be back in an hour for new release stuff from The Ton. See you then.

The Ton Summer Release Day 1

Hi peeps! How's thing going here at blog land? Welcome to day 1 of The Ton summer release week. We have loads of fabulous sets coming out. For today, we're introducing Wild Cherry Blossoms, Always Cherry Blossoms, Cherry Blossom Garden BG, Graceful Rose, and Lucky Tulip.

My 1st card is using the beautiful Lucky Tulip set. I just love, love, love this elegant set.

I stamped and heat embossed the flower and then color it with ZIG watercolor marker. I mixed the teal with the blue to add depth and shadow to it. For added elegance, I add a strip of The Ton silver adhesive glitter paper.

The next card is showcasing the beautiful Cherry Blossom Garden background stamp.

I stamped some part of the background stamp with blue ink pad and some with the green ink pad. Then add depth and shadow using Copic. Stamped the background again and cut out a couple of the flowers. I placed one over a strip of The Ton Matte Gold foil paper. 

If you haven't tried The Ton adhesive foil paper yet, I encourage you to try it. It's easy to use and it adds pretty glitter or shimmer without having to worry of having glitter dust.

As always, with each new release The Ton offers daily release giveaways. We're giving away three $15 gift codes for comments left on The Ton blog and one $10 gift code for each DT member for comments left on our blogs during Days 1-3 of release week.

**Comment period for Daily Release and DT Daily Release giveaways will close on Friday, June 17, at 11:59pm.**

  

  

Elliot & Sprout

Hi peeps! How's thing going. It's been quiet at my end. I know. My blog is functioning at minimum level at the moment while life happens. It's so rare for me to have my mom here with me, so I am making sure I spend lots of time with her.

We do things that I normally do by myself. Like going shopping, watch animation movie (you can bet my mom and I are looking forward to see Finding Dory), watch Law & Order, CSI together. You know, little stuff, that is just nice to be able to share it with my mom. I miss doing things with her and whenever she's here it's like making up for what I am missing.

So,  yeah, other stuff get to be put aside for a bit. Time with my mom is precious & I am so grateful that I am blessed with great relationship with my mom. She is my rock. :)

Well, before this month disappear, I just want to pop into share another Purple Onion Designs card. 

For this card, I used Elliot, Garden Bushes, and Sprout from Garden Bugs set. Elliot, the cute mouse is so darn adorable in my opinion. I also love Sprout the snail. I am not sure why, but I always love cute snail stamps. 

And, just a reminder that today is the last day to take advantage of the special offer for the entire Stacey Yacula's Garden Blooms collection, which contains 34 new images within a total of 25 stamps/sets. The entire collection can be purchased for $90.00 .

That's all from me today. May you have a blessed Memorial Day and thank you to all of those who protect and service our country and our freedom. 

Graduation Weekend

Hi peeps! Happy Monday. Phew... This weekend sure flew by fast. On Friday, between work and all, we sneak out to see my niece receiving her honor awards. She graduated magna cum laude and received a few scholarships. This girl is proof that there's good teenager. She's talented (she used to sing for the Houston opera & in her school choir), smart, polite & most important, she's kind. Yep, we are so proud of her. Her parents really did a wonderful job in raising her.

Then on Saturday, my mom and I went to an event called Puppies for Breakfast which is a fundraising event for local rescues in Houston. We only took Eli with us, because it would be impossible for us to take all 3 dogs without going crazy. Afterward, hubby took Eli home while my mom & I went to the outlet for some retail therapy. Hah! That was a good day!

Sunday, we attended our niece graduation ceremony & party. I have to say it kind of did make me feel old. Our niece, Maddy really hold a special place in my heart, because she's the one who got all excited when hubby and I first dating & when we got engaged. Back then, she was all shy & definitely shorter than me. Can't say that anymore. She's no longer shy and way taller than me now. Here's a pic from her graduation party. And, I am sure glad that my mom is here to celebrate along with us.

Anyhoo... on to card. Last week, Purple Onion Designs released Stacey Yacula's Garden Blooms collection, which contains 34 new images within a total of 25 stamps/sets. And, until May 30th the entire collection can be purchased for $90.00 .

Here's my card featuring Oliver from the Garden Blooms collection.

I combined him with some stamps from previous releases. He's adorable, right with the snazzy hat on him?! 

Well peeps, that's all from me on this fine day. May your weeks starts off wonderfully. Cheers.

Stacey Yacula's Garden Blooms Collection

Hi peeps! I am excited to share the latest collection from Purple Onion Designs featuring Stacey Yacula's designs that are available in the store starting today. This cute collection is called Garden Blooms and the stamps are perfect for the warmer weather months. The adorable critters in this collection can really be used year round too. They are very versatile and the whole series can be used with past collections to create so many wonderful projects. Garden Blooms contains 34 new images within a total of 25 stamps/sets.

There is an introductory special set price for a limited time. The entire collection can be purchased for $90.00 until May 30th.

For my 1st card, I am using Elliot, Chip & Wild Flowers from Garden Bloom collection along with the new Celebrate sentiment.

Hah... as always, I love stacking my critters. Literally, if you go back and see my cards from when I first started blogging, you'll see me stacking the critters quite often. I just think they looks cute this way. ;)

Next... Petal the turtle! I loooveee turtle. In fact, I love it so much that I got myself a small tattoo of turtle when I was in Hawaii a few years back. My one and only tattoo. Well, I was thinking of getting a pug one someday, but so far hubby is convincing me the real pug is cuter.

Back to card, here's my triple turtle.

How cute is the smile on this turtle?? Come to think of it, I actually have a small stuff animal turtle that has a smile like this. Like I said, I love me some turtle.

Anyhooo...., I hope you enjoy my projects showcasing the Garden Blooms collection. All the stamps are available at Purple Onion Design Store starting today. Thank you for stopping by here. 

Oh yes... today, I am also up on The Ton blog. Check it out, will you. Cheers,

SugarPea Designs Sweet 2 Repeat Blog Hop

Hi peeps! Long time no see... Hah, yes, my blog doesn't see much action lately as I have my dear mom visiting all the way from Indonesia. Family comes first and spending quality time together with my mom an is important for me. So, blogging and card making will just have to take a back seat while I am enjoying having my mom here.

Anyhoo,  it’s time for SugarPea Designs Sweet2Repeat Blog Hop! We hope that by now many of you have our April Product Release in your hot little hands. And, we want to inspire you with even MORE creative possibilities featuring our newest and hottest products!

Stamp: Quackers, Whatever The Weather, Special Delivery
 Sugarcuts: Quackers, Whatever The Weather,
Chatterbox Journal Card

For my card, as I am sure many of you could guessed, I use the cute ducky. I mean, who could resist cheerful ducky, right? I am hoping anyone who get this card will totally grin ear to ear when they get this card. I finished with some sequins from Sea Spray Sparkly Shaker.                                  

Now, how would you like to WIN a $20 gift certificate to spend on some SugarPea Designs goodies? It's easy peasy, simply visit with each of our design team members listed below and leave a comment for your chance to win! Thanks so much for joining us and good luck!

Amy Rohl

Anita Madden

Brianna Loeffelbein

Chaitali Narla

Dana Joy

Isha Gupta

Jenny Peterson

Lori Tecler

Stacey Schafer

Amy Kolling

Tracy Valure

Vera Yates <--- you are here

Wendy McDonald-McGaffey