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?
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Thank you so much for stopping by!!
Kymona
Kreative Kymona 
Wow what lovely cards and your words about Julia are just lovely. Congrats to her for her success and her birthday xxx
Kimona, 3 nice cards. I love ink blending and wonky stitching so guess which one was my favorite? Nice story too how the Internet can help people become friends across oceans and borders.
Fabulous cards! Love the textures and coloring on the first one…. absolutely darling!
Great variety. Cute critters
Wow what a fun set of cards! Beautiful!
Your cards are so wonderfully delightful! I love your CAS design style. Thanks so much for sharing!
Awesome cards. It is tough to decide which one i liked the most. I loved the simplicity of these cards.
All your cards are lovely! TFS!
Love all your cards, especially the darling Hippo and Penguin ones. thanks for sharing.
Beautiful colors and such cute little critters, thanks,
Kymona, your cards are so much fun! I love bright colors and cas!! Yours are perfect!!
thank you for sharing all these pretty cards with us! they made my day brighter and happier!
Your cards are lovely & what great friendships you have.
Hi, so nice to see your blog and join the hop! Love the pretty cards!
I love the colors you used on your cards. Thanks for the inspiration!
Wow! What lovely cards! I especially like the colors you used on the first one!
Thanks for sharing all the wonderful birthday cards
Wow, Kymona! Your cards rock, they are all so pretty and creative! And reading about how you found my blog and what inspired you – double-wow! I had no idea, but I’m so happy to hear that my projects led you to discover new stamping companies that you’ve come to love. And I’m not sorry at all for enabling you because – it’s the good kind of enabling, and you made me buy a Scan n Cut after all, so we are even. Aren’t we? 😉
Thanks again for hopping along, it’s a pleasure having you!
Some great cards, Julia has made some great cards, and you have cased them very well.
You have made some incredible cards Kymona. I’m in awe of your talent.
Beautiful cards! Thanks for sharing 😉
Oh my gosh, I love your cards. Absolutely incredible. Thank you!
your cards are amazing ………… thank you
Beautiful Cards!!
xAndrea
Love your cards! Thanks for inspiring ME!
Adorable cards. Love your designs!
Adorable cards, can’t decide which one I like more 🙂
The cards are so cute. I love those critters.
Your cards are so special and thanks for sharing the previous cards from Julia…awesome hop!
Such SWEET cards, Kymona!
Cute!!!!
Love the hippo Christmas♥♥♥
Loving all the cards!
How wonderful that you’re celebrating Julia’s birthday with her; she holds a very special place in my heart, as she does in yours. Your cards honouring her special day and milestone event: awesome! Pretty, sweet and all-around heart-warming!
~carol
Awesome cards! Julia is pretty awesome too!
What fabulous cards Kymona and they are all very pretty and lots for Julis to love. x
Love all your cards!
I love that you cased one of Julias Cards for this hop. And your card is as lovely as Julias. I think that´s a great way to honor her.
xo Kerstin
I love the cards you made and the inspiration from Julia too.
Love your CASed card. Looks like you were on a roll making cards. They are all so cute. I love the simplicity of the last birthday card. Thanks for sharing.
Super great cards 😀
Love your quirky sense of humor! Those cards are great, especially the one on kraft. Simple, yet so effective. Thanks for sharing your work with all of us! Hello from Louisiana.
Oh my, your cards are wonderful. Love the twists that you add to each cased card.
Love your cards. Thanks for sharing!
What a wonderful testament to your friend – great cards!
So cute!
Cute cards.
Fabulous cards! Love all of them! Thanks for the great ideas!
What beautiful colors on your first card and that mouse is so stinkin’ cute!!!
Congrats to Julia on all her milestones! (and to you for your journey with her!)
Got the hippo too. Thanks for sharing. Loved your card.