A Crafty Comeback - One Year Later + GIVEAWAY

Happy Tuesday, friends! While I do have a project to share with you, and a pretty amazing GIVEAWAY for you...I wanted to reflect a little bit. This time last year my Crafty Comeback Party had just started off, and I was getting back to this little part of my world that I once loved so fiercely. Almost 30 different companies welcomed me back with opened arms, many that didn't really even know me before Ellie & Layton...and helped make my comeback party a success. I still couldn't be more grateful.

So much has happened in the past year of my life. You've given me a safe place to honor and remember Ellie & Layton, bringing them along on this new creative adventure with me. I landed a full-time job in the paper crafting industry at Pinkfresh Studio, which is literally my dream job, and one that never in a million years did I think would ever be an option. If you haven't done the October Release blog hop that just went live yesterday, you definitely should. We are super excited about this release, and all the projects on the hop are super inspiring. {Plus - there are a TON of giveaways. It's worth your time!}

You came alongside me, and my dream of providing the NICU where Layton spent all of his days with (50) $50 Starbucks giftcards for parents with little ones a lot like Layton. A goal that started out at $2500, with your generosity & support became almost $12,000... and I was also able to provide them with $5000 in gas cards, and $5000 in hotel stays on top of the Starbucks gift cards. I can never repay the gift of helping me keep the memory of my kids alive...I am just so thankful.

As I mentioned, I do have a pretty fantastic giveaway for you...but how about we get to my card first? I will give you all the giveaway info at the end of my post. Did you know that every month we have a Monthly Challenge at Pinkfresh Studio? I created this card with our October prompt:

 I went back to my scrapbooking roots to create this card, and fussy cut the gorgeous leafy wreath from one of the the Indigo Hills 2 6x6 papers. I kept it scrappy and created a sentiment from embellishments & puffy stickers, rather than stamping & diecutting. Check it out!

To start I fussy cut the leafy wreath from patterened paper. Then I flicked some liquid watercolor splatters in Sapphire & Lavender to the wreath, and adhered it to a 5.25x5.25 square block of heavyweight white cardstock. Then I mounted that with foam adhesive to a 5.5x5.5 square card in light purple cardstock.

Next I flicked some black splatters to the corners using Licorice liquid watercolor, and then added gold splatters in the same areas. I avoided the middle as much as possible - I did get a couple of rogue splatters, which was okay. I just didn't want to get a ton in the middle!

Once the splatters were dry, I added the sentiment to the middle of the card using the Gold Puffy Stickers from Pinkfresh Studio's Simple & Sweet collection. Then I added the Indigo Hills 2 chipboard sticker below it that says, "being with you is my favorite."

To finish, I accented around two opposite corners of sentiment with puffy hearts & iridescent jewels. 

I just love how the gold puffy stickers & gold paint splatters give this card a beautiful amount of shine! I love making sweet love cards like this, and think it would be perfect for an anniversary, or just everyday.

That is the fun card I had to share today using my scrapooking supplies, rather than my stamping ones! :) Okay friends...how about we get to my giveaway?

GIVEAWAY

I have a set of Pinkfresh Studio liquid watercolors in the glass bottles to giveaway!

All you have to do is leave me a comment on this blog post! You can also get additional entries for the following:

• Follow me on Instagram
• Subscribe to my YouTube channel

Just leave a separate comment for each one, even if you already do! All I ask is that you do them because you actually want - not just to win a giveaway. I will post the winner on my GIVEAWAY WINNERS page on Sunday, October 14th by 2pm CST. Please be sure to look there & follow the instructions at the top for claiming your prize.

I also will be giving away a set of the liquid watercolors in the new plastic bottles on my Instagram feed shortly...just look for the card above & follow the prompts...as that is where the giveaway will be hosted!

Thank you so much for reading my blog, commenting, and being part of my love for cardmaking! I hope that you have a wonderful rest of your Tuesday!

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