Altenew July release blog hop and Giveaway!

 

Today, I'm taking part in a blog hop to celebrate the July release from Altenew. This release includes some really gorgeous Christmas products, and I was so happy to see multiple poinsettia products! You can find the release HERE!

I created this card using the Lush Botanicals - Poinsettia products, which include layering dies and a coordinating embossing folder to create some amazing texture. I thought it would be fun to add some glittery leaves behind the red poinsettia. I also used the new Holiday Essentials sentiment dies, and the Paper Echoes stencil. 

And I made a video! 

 

 

 

• $300 in total prizes! To celebrate this release, Altenew is giving away a $100 gift certificate to 1 lucky winner and a $50 gift certificate to 4 winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Blog and/or each designer’s blog post on the blog hop list below by July 16th for a chance to win. Altenew will draw 5 random winners from the comments left on each stop of this blog hop and announce the winners on the Altenew's Blog Hop Post on July 18th, 2026.

• The winner of the $100 gift certificate will be chosen from comments left on the Altenew blog. 

   

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You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

  

 

 

Altenew 12th Anniversary - Instagram Hop

 Today, I'm taking part in a hop on Instagram to celebrate Altenew's 12th anniversary! Please visit my IG account to join in on the fun - there are heaps of prizes to be won!

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Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive Hop

Today, I'm taking part in a hop for the Altenew Celebrating Parents Card Drive! 

There's $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, 2026 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 Blog Hop post on April 2, 2026.

See below for the list of blogs in the hop! 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

Altenew will donate $1 with every order from the Floral Stamps collection from 3/6/2026 until 4/17/2026 to the Food Bank of Central New York to support seniors in need. 

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Hero Studio - May Release Blog Hop

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Today, I'm taking part in a Blog hop celebrating the May Hero Studio release! The Flower Shoppe release is full of floral goodness!

Hero Arts will give away a $50 gift card, drawn from the comments left across the hop. Enter by Tuesday, May 6 at 11:59pm PDT, and the winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog the following week. Leave a comment on all stops for more chances to win!

 

 

Hero Arts
Hero Arts Creative Team:
Anna Mahtani
Channin Pelletier
Charlene Madrid
Jeannie Lieu
Jennifer Kotas
Karen Brown
Lisa Tilson
Michelle Lupton <<< You are here! <<<
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Natasha Polite
Natasha Vacca
Rachel Kleinman
Rosie Lopez
Seeka
Special Guests:
Rebecca Keppel
Nichol Spohr

 

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Chibitronics Instagram hop

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 I'm taking part in an Instagram hop today - please visit my IG account, because there are prizes to be won!

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Hero Arts Holiday 2023 catalogue release blog hop

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Today, we're hopping to celebrate the release of the holiday catalogue from Hero Arts! You should have come here from Lounon's blog post!

We'll be giving away two $50 gift cards, drawn from the comments left along the hop. Comment on all the blogs for more chances to win! You have until Thursday, August 31 at 11:59pm to enter. The winners will be announced on the Hero Arts blog. The list of stops on the hop is below.
I made two cards today - one Christmas card, one art deco inspired!

 For this card, I stenciled the Art Deco Dancing Light Stencil with Embossing and Watermark ink, then embossed it with gold embossing powder. I then sprayed my panel with the new Black + Shimmer Tone-on-Tone Metallic Spray.

The next stop on the hop is the one and only Cathy Zielske - I can't wait to see what she has created!

 Here is the complete list of stops on the hop today:  

Hero Arts

Hero Arts Creative Team:  

Channin Pelletier
Dana Joy
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Lydia Fiedler
Michelle Short
Mindy Eggen
Seeka

Hero Arts Global Team:  

Anna Mahtani
Arjita Singh
Erica A-B
Karen Boyce
Lounon
Michelle Lupton

Special Guests: 

Cathy Zielske
Daniel West
Jaycee Gaspar
Jenn Shurkus
Jennifer Kotas
Jennifer McGuire
Joan Bardee
Kelly Taylor
Laurie Willison
Meg Brooks
Nichol Spohr
Ralph Tyndall
Rebecca Keppel
Wanda Guess

Also, I have exciting news - there's a new Hero Arts Stamp-along coming up, and guess who is one of the teachers??? 

Thanks for visiting :)

Hero Arts Global Team blog hop

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Today, the Hero Arts Global Team is hopping to celebrate the launch of the summer catalogue! (more details about a prize to be won below!) 

I have two cards to share, one made with a layering stencil, one with a stand-alone stencil, and both using the Luggage Lowercase Alphabet fancy dies.

For the first card, I first stenciled each layer with Unicorn White pigment ink before adding reactive ink over the top. I added some white Hero Pearls to the dots and the flower centres.

There's a $50 gift card to be won, comment by Sunday, June 4. Winner will be pulled from the comments left across all of the blogs. Winner will be announced on the Hero Arts blog.

Here's the list of all the stops on the hop: 

Anna Mahtani: https://craftyannastudio.blog/

Arjita Singh: http://www.arjita.in/

Erica A-B: https://cacacraftblog.wordpress.com/

Karen Boyce: https://www.cardsstampsandink.com/

Lisa Tilson https://www.mycardtrip.co.uk/

Lounon: https://craftmecraftmoi.wordpress.com/

Michelle Lupton: https://handmade-by-michelle.blogspot.com/

Thanks for visiting :)

Hero Arts Global Team blog hop

The Hero Arts Global Team is hopping today to celebrate the launch of the new Hero Arts Spring Catalogue!

 

We'll be giving away a $50 gift card. drawn from the comments left along the hop. Comment on all the blogs for more chances to win! You have until Sunday, February 26 at 11:59pm to enter. The winners will be announced on the Hero Arts blog. Scroll down for the list of blogs on the hop!

For this card, I started with a panel of yupo, and I added a rainbow of Alcohol Pearls. I then placed the Leaf and Floral Stencil over the top, and used a foam ink blending tool to remove some of the rainbow with Alcohol Lift Ink. I used the centre part of the Secret Garden Fancy Die for my focal image (and kept it white to contrast with the bright rainbow) and finished with a sentiment from Wonderful Day.

For this card, I used the border part of the Secret Garden Fancy Die over a soft  background ink-blended with teals and pinks. I added a sentiment and some butterflies and a hummingbird from the Wisteria Heroscape set.

 Here's the list of stops on the hop:

Hero Arts
Hero Arts Creative Team:  

Anna Mahtani
Arjita Singh
Erica A-B
Jen Kray
Karen Boyce
Lisa Tilson
Lounon
Michelle Lupton  (you are here!)

 

 I just have to add that I will be teaching at the next Hero Arts Stamp-along! I'm so excited!

Thanks for visiting!

Hero Arts global team hop

Today, the Hero Arts Global team is hopping to welcome our new design team members, Lounon, Arjita and Karen! There's a voucher to be won, too - scroll down for all the details!

I made a "hello there" card to welcome them to the team! 

 

I used the January My Monthly Hero kit to make my 2nd card, and a couple of the monthly add-on products on my 3rd card.

Here's the hop list - you should have come from Lisa Tilson's blog, and next on the hop is Lounon!  

 

Hero Arts
Anna Mahtani
Arjita Singh
Erica A-B
Karen Boyce
Jen Kray
Lisa Tilson
Michelle Lupton (you are here!)
Lounon

 

We will giveaway a $50 gift card to the Hero Arts website, drawn from among all the comments left across the blog hop. Please comment by Sunday, February 5 at 11:59pm PT.

Thanks for visiting :)