Altenew Dynamic Die Cutting Blog Hop + Giveaway

Posted in Blog Hop, October 2018 by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone and welcome to Altenew’s Dynamic Die Cutting Release Blog Hop!! Today we are showcasing Altenew Dies. If you arrived here from the talented Joni Andaya blog, then you are on the right track. If you arrived here on your own, then you will want to start at the beginning, the Altenew Card Blog so that you don’t miss a thing!

Take a look at my heart scrapbook album:

Halftone Hearts Nesting Die

Shaped scrapbook albums are so much fun to make. Altenew Halftone Hearts Nesting Die Set is perfect for today’s project.

Here’s how I created this scrapbook album:

Use the second large die to die cut two hearts out of Our Family Collection patterned paper.

Use the same die to die cut 25 hearts out of white cardstock.

Punch three holes using We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile.

With the We R Memory Keepers Cinch, bind the book together.

Die cut two of the smaller hearts out of the same patterned paper. Stamp the sentiment on the smaller heart using the Heartfelt Sentiments stamp set.

With the third largest heart die, die cut all of the photos and adhere them to the different pages in the album.

Stamp a small sentiment a the bottom right edge of each photo.

Have fun adding photos and sentiments.

Let’s take another look:

Cool, right?

What is a blog hop without an amazing gift? Yayyy!!

Prizes

Altenew is giving away a $30 gift certificate to FIVE lucky winners! Please leave a comment on the Altenew Card Blog by Wednesday, October 31, 2018 at 11:59pm EDT for a chance to win. The winners will be announced on the Altenew Card Blog on Sunday, November 11th, 2018.
In addition I have a $20 gift certificate to giveaway from comments left on this post by Thursday, November 1st at 11:59pm EDT for a chance to win. The winner will be announced on Friday, November 2nd, 2018.

Promotion

Save 15% off on all dies including alphabet dies, cover dies, 3D dies, layered dies, and coordinating dies from 10/25/2018 until 10/27/2018 at 11:59 PM EDT or while supplies last. No code needed to enjoy this sale! Not valid on previous purchases.

Next Stop on this Blog Hop is the:

Olga Moss

You do not want to miss out on her amazing creations!!

Just in case you lose your place along the way, here is the complete list of participants so that you can find your way back:

Supplies used:

(Thank you so much for stopping by. Compensated affiliate links used at no cost to you. The Altenew products were given to me since I’m on the design team. The other products were personally purchased. This post was not paid or sponsored.)

Thank you so much for stopping by!

27Aug2018

Rubeena’s Crafting Anniversary 2-Day Blog Hop

Posted in August 2018, Blog Hop by Kreative Kymona

Welcome to Rubeena’s Crafting Anniversary 2-Day Blog Hop! This hop is epic with more than 60 guests and over $600 in sponsored prizes! Not only are we celebrating four years since Rubeena first discovered cardmaking but also crafting in general. This industry is made up of wonderful individuals who are creative, inspirational, kind, and incredibly supportive! Hop along so you can learn about why we create and how much joy it brings us!

If you arrived here from the talented Yana Smakula blog, then you are on the right track. If you arrived here on your own, hop on over to Rubeena Lanigro blog to start from the beginning. You don’t want to miss out on any of the fabulous creations.

Take a look at these homemade scented candles:

Ruby and I have been friends for the past 4 years. We meet on Instagram when she first started crafting and our friendship has been a hit since then. We’ve watched each other grow. She watched me venture into many different crafts and I’ve watched her grow in her watercoloring journey. She is fabulous at it. I need to brush up on my skills. LOL.

I decided to create candles for Ruby because I figured everyone else would create cards. I like to be a tad bit different. With the new We R Memory Keepers Wick, making these candles are a breeze.

I have a bunch of glass jars with the old logo from my full time job. Instead of dumping them, I decided to use them for candles.

Here’s how these candles were created:

Simple fill the well with wax to the fill line.

Secure the wick to the bottom of recycled jar with a couple of glue dots.

Once the wax completely melts, add a couple of coconut drops for a sweet sent.

Then open the nozzle and allow the wax to fill the jar.

Since these jars are bigger then the molds that come with Wick, simply melt more wax fill the jar.

Let the candle sit for 24 hours.

Decorate the jar and your done.

What do you think?

Candles are awesome gifts for friends, family, loved ones, teachers, and coworkers. This one is on its way to Ruby! LOL!! Would you try making your own candles?

GIVEAWAYS

In celebration of this anniversary, we have several amazing sponsors. Let’s thank them for their generosity! Winners will be randomly selected from comments left on all the blogs. The winners will be announced by Wednesday, September 5 on this page. Winners will have up to 2 weeks to contact Rubeena at ararerubycrafts@gmail.com to claim their prize before another winner is selected.

Studio Katia – $50 gift card

Hello Bluebird – $50 gift card

Altenew – $50 Gift card

Pinkfresh Studio – $30 gift card

Gina K. Designs – $50 gift card

Clearly Besotted – $35 gift card

Simon Says Stamp – $25 gift card

Spellbinders – Card Kit

Jennifer McGuire – $50 Simon Says Stamp gift card

winnie & walter – $40 gift card

Mama Elephant – $25 gift card

Hero Arts – $25 gift card

Nichol Spohr – Custom-sewn rainbow pencil case filled with brand new Spellbinders’ dies

Danielle Flynn – $25 Simon Says Stamp gift card

Picket Fence Studios – four $25 gift cards

Next Stop on this Blog Hop is the:

Darnell Knauss

You do not want to miss out on her amazing creations!!

Just in case you lose your place along the way, here is the complete list of participants so that you can find your way back:

Rubeena Ianigro

Altenew Blog

Pinkfresh Studio Blog

Flora & Fauna Blog

Power Poppy Blog

Winnie & Walter Blog

Clearly Besotted Blog

Mayra Duran-Hernandez

Keeway Tsao

Yana Smakula

Kymona Tracey ←you are here

Butterfly Reflections Ink Blog

Maria Peters (Instagram)

Supplies used:

(Thank you so much for stopping by. Compensated affiliate links used at no cost to you. These products were personally purchased. This post was not paid or sponsored.)

Thanks so much!

7Jul2018

Build-A-Flower: Peruvian Lily Winner

Posted in Blog Hop, Giveaway Winner, July 2018 by Kreative Kymona

Thanks to everyone who participated and left all of the wonderful comments on my blog. I wish everyone could win but I can only choose one winner.

Are you ready to see who won? Here you go:

Congratulations Itstrulyanoriginal!!! You are the lucky winner of the $20 gift certificate from Altenew! Please contact Altenew at winner@altenew.com with the subject line “Altenew May 2018 Stamp/Die Release Blog Hop Winner from Kreative Kymona Blog by June 8, 2018 to claim your prize.

Once again, thanks to all of you for stopping by and leaving some love on my blog.

24Jan2018

The Ton 3rd Anniversary Release Blog Hop

Posted in Blog Hop, January 2018, The Ton by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!!! The Ton 3rd Anniversary Release Blog Hop is underway and it’s amazing. I made it back from Creativation just in time to participate in the hop so I’m excited.

If you arrived here from The Ton blog then you are on the right track. If you arrived here on your own, you will want to start at the beginning, The Ton blog, as to not miss any of the amazing projects!

The Ton released 22 new stamps for their 3rd Anniversary which includes up to two free gifts with purchase (Daisy Duet and Peony Notes Bundle A+B+C). For more information on The Ton’s incentive gifts, head over to the The Ton’s blog. All new release products are available now!!

Lets jump in:

Card One:

The inspiration for this card came from an artist I met at Creativation on Monday. His use of colors and water was amazing on a large background stamp.

So, for my first card I used the City Buildings Cling Background stamp to create a subtle multicolor background topped with a sentiment from the Seriously Amazing stamp set.

For the sentiment to pop off of the card, black embossing powder was added on top and heat set. Add a couple of gumdrops to finish the card off.

Card two:

For my second card, I used the XOXO Mini stamp set to create a clean and simple Valentine’s Day card.

Use 4 different distress ink colors to create the pink ombre look. Once thats done, stamp both sentiments using the MISTI and black ink. Make sure the sentiment is dry, then stamp the sentiment again using Versamark ink. Add black embossing powder and heat set the sentiment.

Add a couple of gumdrops to finish the card off.

So what do you think? Are you loving The Ton’s new release? I would love to hear what you think.

Now what’s a blog hop without a giveaway!!

Giveaway Time:

For each day of The Ton’s blog hop festivities (1/19 to 1/26), Effie is giving away a stamp set of choice to a lucky commenter. To qualify, you must leave a comment on each blog stop for the respective giveaway day for which you are entering. The comment period for all giveaways closes on January 28, 5pm EST.

Just in case you get lost along the way, here is the lineup:

The Ton

Kymona Tracey ← you are here

Laura Jane

Dana Gong

Here is the entire schedule and blog hop order:

January 19
The Ton
Kay Miller
Vera Yates
Chris Dayton

January 20
The Ton
Brenda Noelke
Amy Kolling
Jenny Lee Yamasaki

January 21
The Ton
Janette Kausen
Lisa Harrolle
Justine Hovey

January 22
The Ton
Amy Tsuruta
Mayline Jung
Maria Peters

January 23
The Ton
Laurel Beard
Anna Kutsenko
Svetlana Pavola

January 24
The Ton
Kymona Tracey
Laura Jane
Dana Gong

January 25
The Ton
Tae Eun
Simon Hurley
Olga Matyushevskaya

January 26
The Ton
Taheerah Atchia
Eunji Jung
Isha Gupta
Sveta Fotinia

You will not be disappointed!! Have fun hopping along!!

Supplies used:

(Thank you so much for stopping by. Compensated affiliate links used at no cost to you. The Ton products were given to me since I’m guest designing. The other products were personally purchased. This post was not paid or sponsored.)

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

17Dec2017

UWF Sweet Sprinkle Blog Hop

Posted in Blog Hop, Concord & 9th, December 2017 by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone and welcome to the UWF Sweet Sprinkle Blog Hop!! Today we are showcasing a stamp set collaboration between Concord & 9th and Ellen Huton. If you’ve arrived here from the talented Sharon blog, then you are on the right track. If you arrived here on your own, then you will want to start at the beginning, the The CLASSroom so that you don’t miss a thing!

Take a look at my card:

I used the Sweet Sprinkle Stamp set and die to create this clean and simple die.

So what do you think? I would love to hear from you below.

What is a blog hop without an amazing gift? Yayyy!!

Prize:

To celebrate two randomly selected commenters will win a $30 gift certificate to the Ellen Hutson shop and two commenters will win a $30 gift certificate to the Concord & 9th shop. To enter just leave a comment on the Ellen Hutson Classroom blog an Concord & 9th blog by 12pm PST on Tuesday, December 26th.

Next Stop on this Blog Hop is the talented:

Sandy Allnock

You do not want to miss out on her amazing creations!!

Just in case you lose your place along the way, here is the complete list of participants so that you can find your way back:

Kymona Tracey ←you are here

Supplies used:

Thank you so much for stopping by!

20Feb2017

Happy Surprise Birthday Suzanne Blog Hop

Posted in Blog Hop, February 2017, So Suzy Stamps by Kreative Kymona

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Hello everyone!! I’m tickled pink to be here today!! Do you want to know why? Today is Suzanne’s Birthday!!! Who is Suzanne? What??? She is Suzy from So Suzy Stamps!!!

For the past three years, Suzy has been an amazing friend to me!! I truly appreciate her and all of the lessons she has taught me.

A couple of her crafting friends have gotten together to throw her a birthday blog hop!! Along with the super cute birthday cards you will see, we also have a giveaway for you!

If you are arriving from Justine’s blog you are on the right track. If you arrived by yourself, please head on over to Justine’s blog, which is the beginning of the hop, so that you don’t miss a thing!!

Now let look at the card I created:

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Check out the inside:

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I created a super clean and simple card for Suzy!! The cardstock is cut to 4.5 x 7.5, scored at 4.5. I stamped the Butterfly Music stamp using Clearsnap Colorbox Wicked Black Archival Ink. Then I stamped the Guess What sentiment (retired) using the same ink. On the inside of the card I stamped the sentiment bomdiggityshizzit and Happy Birthday (retired). To finish the card off, I added a small pop of color to the butterfly using Tombow Irojiten Vivid Color Pencils.

Super cute!! I hope Suzy loves this card that I created for her.

So what do you think? Will she like the card?

What is a blog hop without a giveaway!!

Here’s the giveaway info:

Prizes are:

1. $20 So Suzy Gift Certificate from justinehovey.com
2. Bunkie Bag from Simply Charming Everyday
3. Original MISIT from My Sweet Petunia

A lucky winner who leaves a comment on each of the blogs for a chance to win by February 21, 2017 by 11:59pm. The winners will be chosen at random and announced on February 22nd, 2017.

Now on to the wonderful and talented Josefine Fouarge to see what she created for Suzy!

Here’s the complete list of party participants:

Justine Hovey

Kymona Tracey ← you are here

Supplies used:

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

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25Oct2016

Happy Birthday Karen Blog Hop

Posted in Blog Hop, Happy Birthday, October 2016, your next stamp by Kreative Kymona

Hello everyone!! I’m here today to help celebrate Karen, the owner of Your Next Stamps Birthday!!

She is turning 40 which is an awesome ago!! It means she is old enough to know what people think doesn’t matter and young enough to still be cool with to her kids!! At least that is how I felt when I turned 40 back in April!!

If you’ve been hopping along, you would have arrived from Kendra’s blog and if you’d like to start from the beginning, you can click on over to the linky at the bottom of this post and start at Deborah‘s blog.

To help her celebrate, I create a simple shaker card for her. Take a look:

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Working with Karen has been super fun. Her stamps, dies, gumdrops and other products are totally amazing and cute. I’m so happy that I’ve had the opportunity to work with her and for her.

Happy Birthday Karen and I hope you have an amazing day and many, many more super birthday.

What’s a blog hop without some fun!

Karen is offering the biggest discount ever in the YNS store for one day only in celebration of her 40th Birthday.

Here are the details:

1. FREE Shipping will not apply during the 40% off sale. All orders that usually would be eligible for free shipping will have a flat rate of $10.00 applied to the order upon check out.

2. The discount code MUST be applied during checkout – no refunds will be applied to orders placed without the code

3. 24 hour sale valid October 25, 2016 only – the sale ends at midnight EST .

4. Discount is on in stock items only, no rain checks!

Now tell me that isn’t aweseome!! Stop on by the YNS blog and wish Karen a Happy Birthday!!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

~Kymona

13Sep2016

Altenew Challenge Blog Hop

Posted in Blog Challenge, Blog Hop, September 2016 by Kreative Kymona

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Hello everyone!! I’m here today playing along with Altenew and this amazing blog hop!! What is this about you ask? For this hop Altenew collaborated with 16 different fun challenge blogs to raise awareness of all of the different challenges in blog land!!

Check out all of the blogs participating:

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I’m hopping along with the CASology blog challenge!!

Check out my card:

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I went with Altenew Sketchy Cities America stamp set to create this card. Since I live in NY I wanted to make sure it stood out on the card.

So I stamped the stamp set using Versamark Ink and sprinkled it with Clearsnap Gold Embossing Powder. Then I heat set the embossing powder using a heat tool.

Oh, it looks so pretty in person.

Take a closer look:

city-skyline-closeup-altenew

I hope you visit all of the different blogs that are participating. You will have a great time and be totally inspired!!

Supplies used:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

~Kymona

7Aug2016

Concord & 9th Birthday Bash Blog Hop

Posted in August 2016, Blog Hop, Concord & 9th by Kreative Kymona

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I’m so excited to be here today!! Concord & 9th is celebrating their First Birthday on August 9th and I couldn’t be more excited to celebrate with them. Let me tell you why!!

I first ran into Concord & 9th on Instagram. I was browsing through different post and ran into this post:

Concord & 9th Watercolor 1

I was instantly intrigued. I wanted to know more about this company so I headed straight to their page.

Then I saw this post:

Concord & 9th Watercolor 2

I was sold!! I had to follow them. I love watercoloring and these cards were perfect. I noticed that they were new a company and only had a couple of post so I knew this would be fun to see what they had in store for me as a follower.

Then on September 9th, one month after they opened, I received an email from Angie and was blown away!! She complimented me on my work and asked if I would like to do a guest social media post with them. What??

ABSOLUTELY!! I was so excited for a couple of reasons:

Here it was a new company who liked my work, and
They asked me to represent their brand new company.

That was big to me!! They put their faith and trust in me to represent them. I am grateful!!

You can check out what I created here and here.

Angie and I spoke back and forth for quite sometime. I learn some much about Concord & 9th and Angie and Greg!! Super cool company and amazing people behind it!!

So now we are here a year later and they’ve grown in such an amazing way!! I feel honored to call them my friends!!

So here’s my way of saying thank you for a year of great releases:

Happy Birthdary Angie (C9)

Thank you Angie!!

Thank you Greg (C()

Thank you Greg!!

I decided to start with these cards for two reasons:

To say Thank You, and
To display my favorite stamp set of all time from Concord & 9th, the Sophisticated Script Uppercase and Sophisticated Script stamp set!!

This is my go to stamp set if I want to custom create a word sentiment that I don’t already have!! My daughter thought these cards were so cool to make. She wants to stamp out her name now. LOL!!

These cards were super easy to create using Happy Hues Cards/Envelope Pack that Concord and 9th sells.

The next card is a special one for me. Take a look:

Happy Birthday (C9)

Yayyyy, Happy Birthday Concord & 9th!!

When Angie reached out to me about guest posting the Eat Cake & Celebrate Bundle was one of the stamp sets and dies that she asked me to play with. So its only right to use this same stamp set especially since its Concord & 9th Birthday!!!

I’m not 100% sure but I believe that Angie and Greg has a love for watercolor so I created this card using distress inks for that reason.

I just couldn’t stop so I made one last card:

You've got this (C9)

I want to leave the Concord & 9th team with a little word of encouragement with some watercoloring!!

For this card I used the You’ve Got This Die and die cut a piece of watercolor paper.

I’m done now!! I hope you liked all of the cards that I created for this hop!! Please let me know below! I would really love to hear from you.

WAIT!!! Don’t go yet!! I have one more thing!!

What’s a Birthday Blog Hop without goodies!! Well Concord & 9th have really out done themselves this go round!

Check this out:

They are offering one of my readers a $20 gift card to the Concord & 9th store for leaving a comment below. That means you have 31 chances to win. All you have to do is leave a comment on each blog on the hop between 8/1/2016 – 8/31/2016! You can get the complete list here!
If you spend $60 in the store, you will get Lots of Blots for free!!
An exclusive Birthday Bling sequin mix for the first 100 orders placed at the time of the launch on August 9th at 9am MST!
They will have a flash sale when they hit 9,000 Instagram followers!! Follow them here.

For more details about all of the Goodies from this amazing Birthday Bash, click here.

Don’t forget their actual birthday is August 9th, which happens to also be their release date so stay tune for more new goodies!!

Supplies used:

Thank you so much for stopping by!!

~Kymona

26Jul2016

Celebrating Kindness Blog Hop with Julia Altermann!

Posted in Blog Hop, July 2016 by Kreative Kymona

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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:

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:

Julia's card

Here is my card:

Happy Birthday Julia

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:

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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:

Happy Birthday Embossed

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:

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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