Hello everyone!! Welcome to the Celebrate Kindness Blog Hop!! If you arrived here from the talented Keren’s blog you are on the right track. If you arrived here on your own, you will want to start from the beginning at our guest of honor’s blog, the wonderful Julia.
I’m here today with a super special blog hop for Julia Altermann from Just One More Card to celebrate two things:
- Reaching 10K YouTube Subscribers, and
- to say Happy Birthday to her!!!!!!
Aren’t those two fantastic reasons to celebrate!! I think so and I feel so honored to be apart of this celebration.
Are you wondering how Julia and I met? Let me give you the story!!
I can’t remember where I saw this card by Julia two years ago but when I saw it, I was in love. I had to find out more.
I visited her blog and I feel in love with her style. She had a video to show me how to create this card and I had to try it.
She introduced me to Gerda Steiner Design, because of her I purchase so many of Gerda’s stamps. Which started a friendship with Gerda and I. Thanks Julia for that!
That’s not all, Julia has introduced me to so many other great people and crafty stuff!
Let me think:
- Prismacolor Pencils
- Purple Onion Design
- Stabilo Pens
- Kit and Clowder Online Coloring Classes
- Bloobel Digi
- Polychromous Color Pencil
- Uni-Ball Signo Broad Point Gel Pen
The most important of them is her Friendship!! Although Julia is Germany and I am in the US, we have great conversations, when time permits and I am grateful for that.
So now you know some of our background let the fun begin. I decided to case one of her cards for this hop. It only makes sense she inspires me so much!
Here is Julia’s card that I cased:
Here is my card:
Happy Birthday Julia!!
I wish you many, many, many more!!
I created another card just because Julia is that wonderful!! Clean and simple is my style so that is what I wanted to create for Julia!
Take a look:
Just for you Julia!! You are wonderful and I’m so glad to have met you.
Congrats on your successful YouTube channel and Happy Birthday!!
Wait I have one more card for you:
This card was so easy to create!! All I did was emboss on kraft cardstock. I think Julia will love this one.
Ok, ok, no more sappy stuff, LOL!! Onto the blog hop prizes!! Those are always fun. What is a blog hop without giveaways!! Take a look at the list of prizes:
A $15 gift card to Altenew
A $100 gift card to CAS-ual Fridays
A $25 gift card to Concord & 9th
A $20 gift card to Gerda Steiner Designs
A $30 gift card to Kit & Clowder
A $25 gift card to My Favorite Things
A $25 gift card to Purple Onion Designs
A $30 gift card to Pretty Pink Posh
A custom prize package from Seven Hills Crafts
A $40 gift card to Simon Says Stamp
Three custom prize packages from Stabilo
Amazing right!! Anyone can be a winner!! Everyone who leaves a comment by July 31st, 2016 by midnight will be entered into the drawing and the winners will be announced August 1 on Julia’s blog Just One More Card. There will be a total of 13 prizes up for grabs.
So what are you waiting for!!! The super talented Laura Bassen is up next!!
Go and check out everyone’s cards and leave them a super nice note!! Just in case you’ve lost your way, I’ve added all of the participants blog below.
Just One More Card
Birka Reinitz
Debra James
Francine Vuillème
Jenn Shurkus
Jessa Feig
Keren Baker
Kymona Tracey ← you’re here
Laura Bassen
Laura Sterckx
Michelle Short
Marika Rahtu
Nichol Magouirk
Nina-Mari Trapani
Sonja Kerkhoffs
Simon Says Stamp
Stephanie Klauck
Tara Cardwell
Yoonson Hur
I hope you enjoyed what’ve seen here today. I would love to hear from you!! Please let me know what you think?
Supplies used:
Thank you so much for stopping by!!
Kymona
Kreative Kymona 
Kimona…these are really beautiful and adorable cards. Thank you for sharing your story with Julia. And thank you for sharing your wonderful personality thru your cards. 🙂
Fantastic post about Julia, your cards are fabulous. 🙂
lovely cards
Great cards! Love them all!
Great cards. Aren’t crafters amazing? We all have so much heart to share.
These all look lively, well done!
I’m so glad Julia introduced me to your blog with this extra-special blog hop. Brilliant cards. Subscribed!
Wow, great job on all three of your cards. Thanks for sharing!
such cute cards…. I am sure Julie will be happy with them and you are lucky to have someone like Julia as your friend. Happy Birthday Julia! TFS
What darling cards!!!
I love the hippo card!
What great cards! loved the embossed on kraft card
A wonderful tribute to your friend Julia.
Pretty cards! Love your story about Julia! Thanks for sharing!
TFS so many great cards, all so beautiful and inspiring!!
All your cards are fun and fabulous from the hippo on down! 🙂
Like the variety. Wonderful coloring, fun whimsy image, framing & style. Have a Bee-utiful day!
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
I love your card. Friendship is really important in life. Thanks for sharing your loveliness, and for joining in Julia’s celebration.
I love your cards. Very petty like how you did them all.
Great cards, but the one with the distress ink background has my heart. Stunning!
Your cards are awesome! I loved the background about Julia and I agree she’s quite an inspiration for me too. This Celebrating Kindness, Party Hop is a great way to celebrate her 10K milestone, her Birthday and the kindness of this community.
All of your cards are wonderful. That little mouse is just the sweetest.
Beautiful cards, today! Thanks for sharing!
Aww…you make me a little jealous that I don’t know Julia personally!! The cards are really sweet, and I’m thinking so are you. Wonderful to see the friendship within this community.
Thank you for sharing the lovely cards.
Love the simple, colorful designs!
Beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing.
Oh wow…so nice cards…..! I love your hippo! Hughes Daniela
Beautiful. Now I’m on the CASE!
LOVE the Hippo card. so cute
All of your cards are great! I love the story & I sort of did the same thing with finding her & watching many of her videos…lol.
I think I am going to take the Kit & Clowder copic for beginner class since I just got some copic markers this month.
Thank you for sharing!
Each card speaks so much …lovely set…
Your cards are wonderful! I LOVE the Christmas Hippo! Thank you for sharing.
Love those bright colors! Looks like I will be purchasing a new Mama Elephant stamp!
Love your cards, and especially today the one with distress ink background. Would like to know how you make your cards. Tutorials? Congratulations on all you do.
All of these are great and well designed and created. So happy that you share your talents with us and you went over and beyond on this blog hop. Such great inspiration!
oh i just love any card made with distress colors!!
Love your cards. I can see why you liked Julia’s hippo card. For me, it reminds me of the song, “I wanna Hippopotamus for Christmas”.
Yes, I very much enjoyed what you’ve done here today. Julia is a special, funny talented lady and she’s enabled me more times than I care to remember. But, that being said, she’s someone to be admired. Apparently, she chooses her crefty pals well, too. That is evident by the wonderful cards shown in this post. You are very talented, as well.
Love the bright water colors with the white sentiments. So pretty!
Great cards to celebrate Julia’s blog and birthday!
All the cards are so cute & I agree with you, Julia has some great recommendations!!!
What a great mix of cards! Love your wonderful card with the adorable mouse!
I am so not ready for Christmas. your Santa scared me. But your cards are adorable.
Wow Kymona!! You really did a wonderful job on all these card!! Love that pretty background on the first bday card!! 🙂
Great variety of cards. Love the clean lines and simplicity of your cards.
So many wonderful cards! Thank you for sharing.
Wow a whole lot of wonderful! Love Julia and all the ever so talented ladies who have joined in her wonderful celebration !
Such beautiful cards. Gorgeous coloring and designs. Thank you for sharing them with us:)
What a wonderful set of cards!