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 
What a great variety of cards. Each one is my favorite until I see the next one!
Super cute cards!
Stunning cards, Kymona. I love your style and use of colours. Luv, Wilma
Love all your wonderful creations!! CAS is my favorite style also!!
I love the beautiful sentiments! Julia is wonderful and lucky to have such a great friend!
Beautiful cards. Isn’t it wonderful how doing something we love can lead to so many new friends.
You’re so right…Julia is a special person…she teaches so many details in her videos and blog posts…there’s something useful for me every time 🙂 Your cards are pretty perfect for celebrating Julia’s blog hop…thanks for sharing!
Oh, not one card but three cards. They are great and let’s celebrate.
All of your cards are fabulous. Thanks for sharing.
Your cards are very creative. Thanks for sharing.
lovely cards!! that hippo is just the cutest!
Great cards!! How wonderful that you have made so many friends doing what you love!! Thanks for sharing and congratulations to Julia on 10k subscribers!!
Really like all your cards!! Plan on CASEing some of these! Thanks for sharing!! Julie L
Beautiful creations and I feel in love with that Hippo card! thanks for being part of the hop – Happy Birthday to Julia and for having the Kindness Hop – thanks!
I love clean and simple cards and struggle with knowing when to stop.
Gorgeous cards!!! All beautiful!
Loved all your cards, especially like all the bright colors on the birthday card.
Beautiful cards! I love your story of building friendships through the love for crafting it’s so touching and true.
Thank you for all the adorable card ideas!!! Very cute! And she will love it!
All of your creations are wonderful, love your designs and colors! Congrats and Happy Birthday Julia!
Great cards. I especially like the mouse one. Julie introduced me to Purple Onion stamps and Gerda Steiner as well. Love them both.
Oh Kymona, these are all fantastic. I especially love your Christmas card (probably because of the shine! TeeHee) They are all truly awesome. Great work!
You made such beautiful cards for the Kindness Hop and Celebration!
What a beautiful and fun assortment of cards, Kymona. I’m sure Julia loves them all. It’s so obvious the inspiration that Julia has played in your art. I adore her style and her informative videos as well.
I love all your cards!!! Well done!
Great cards!
Great assortment of cards, you are ready for just about anything
Beautiful and inspirational!
I love all 3 of your awesome cards! The colors on the Happy Birthday card really make me happy!!
Thank you for the inspiration! I’m definitely trying that distress background, but am also intrigued by your quick and easy embossed kraft card. You’ve definitely given me something to think about.
Your cards are all very lovely! But I love the one with distress background. Gorgeous! Tfs
Beautiful CAS cards! I love purple onion designs!
Every card is beautiful !
Superb set of cards!
I love your cards. Thank you for sharing.
Great cards !! Hard to pick a favorite.
wicked fun cards kymona!!
Fun set of cards, love the simplicity and colors you used 🙂
WOW So many fun cards!!! Happy Birthday to Julia!!!!! Thank you for the inspiration!
Fabulous cards!! I love the hippo!!
Your cards are great and I am sure Julia will appreciate them.
WOW! What wonderful cards you have shared here! Each one has its own charm and beauty!
Great cards:)
Such gorgeous cards! I love each and every one.
Wonderful cards!!
Lovely cards. I like seeing the variety of techniques used.
I think your style is awesome too!
Beautiful and cute cards.
Such wonderful cards for the wonderful friend that she is!
All 3 cards you made a wonderfull…I like the one with the cute little penguin a lot ;o)