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 
Awesome cards!
Your cards are so cute that little mouse is adorable and that card you posted with the hippo Christmas is so cute too thank you for sharing.
Great cards Kymona!! I love the multi color background. So cheerful
oh i just love a good distress card!
Love the cards. The sentiments are wonderful.
What a great set of cards! You’ve been busy! Love the sweet hippo. The background looks great… oh, those distress colors look wonderful on the second and third card!
Each card is very creative, inspirational and lots of fun!
great Cards.
Such a variety of cute cards.
Wow!! Lots and lots of Fantastic cards!!
Wow-what a fabulous assortment of beautiful cards! I love your CAS approach…my favourite!!! I can see from Julia’s card on how you would have fell in love with it and connected with her. I love her card too! Your cards are just as amazing! Nicely done!!! 🙂
Such fun cards!!
Woah! Loads of stunning cards! They’re all so beautiful!!
Wow, 3 cards…I love them all and I’m sure Julia will too!
Love your cards. Thanks for the inspiration
So many beautiful cards….. Julia will surely be delighted. She’s is very lucky to have such a great friend !
Beautiful cards! You’ve been busy creating some amazing work here!
I tend not to do blog hops too much, as I find I struggle to get round everyone. This is one of the best ones I’ve ever been on – such amazing cards from amazing people. I love your ink blended card – such bright and vibrant colours. So glad you were on this hop too! Xx
All of your cards are fantastic! I especially love the first one with the stunning background you created, so beautiful!
You have a great clean and simple style, and one that just bursts with celebration for Julia today!
What an amazing story. I think it’s wonderful that even though you are so far apart geographically, crafting has brought you together. Thank you for sharing that with us.
Great cards! Love your ideas.
The colorful birthday card was my favorite.
Great cards, lovely to see how various you made them.
Thx for the inspiration
WOW, Kymona, I love the style of your cards. Your color blending is spot on and what darling little critters on the other cards. 🙂
Some wonderful cards. I’ve never tried embossing on Kraft so will have to try that! Thanks for sharing!
Great cards. These blog hops are a fabulous way to see other card crafters and what they have to offer for inspiration, techniques, and products! Thanks!
great job of caseing, and the little animal cards are adorable!
Beautiful cards! x
Really enjoyed reading how you met Julia..wonderful cards she will be very happy!
Wonderful cards! You are so talented!
Sweet images, beautiful colors! Wonderful creations!
Sooo awesome-especially the Birthday card for Julia. TY for sharing
A set of lovely cards! I love your approach to the hop – your story about how Julia has inspired you and your dedicated cards for her – very kind. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Wonderful cards you have made.
Really cute cards! love the last one!
Ha! Are you sure there’s no more…all fabulous but my favourite is the last little krafty penguin…so sweet! Thanks also for sharing your connection with Julia, it is sometimes nice to see the connection dots drawn/penciled/water coloured/embossed in! Di xx
Wonderful cards! I enjoyed reading your story about your friendship with Julia.
Love love love the variety
Love your cards.
so many fab cards
Being partial to purple, I must say the birthday card is definitely yummy!
Great card ideas…thank you for sharing!
Your cards are all wonderful!!!
Love your cards! Great color combinations!
Love all your cards!
Love all of your cards they are all just wonderful especially the sentiment card. TFS
What pretty cards! Your clean and simple style is lovely. I especially love the little owl on the oatmeal coloured cardstock.
WOW! your cards are amazing!
Great bunch of cards
you have made. Love
the colors on the
Happy Birthday one.
Carla from Utah