February 1, 2012

My Thoughts Exactly February Release Hop!

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today is a super exciting day. As you may know My Thoughts Exactly released some oh so cute Valentine's Day stamps. Well today is the official release day and blog hop! If you have arrived from Jen's blog than you are on the right track! If you have just stopped by to see what's going on, you really want to start from the beginning. There is so much talent on this team that you won't want to miss a single project.

Before I get to my projects just a few details about these amazing stamps. They are all manufactured here in the USA out of 100% clear photopolymer. The price you see in the stamp store includes shipping and tax within the USA! Now for all of your international readers no fear because My Thoughts Exactly does ship internationally for an additional fee! Usually there are only one or two sets for each release this month there are SEVEN! That's right seven: Lovey Puns Animals, Lovey Puns Food, Candy Hearts, Candy Heats Add On 1Candy Heats Add On 2Candy Heats Add On 3, and Love Label! There are also several money saving bundles that you can choose from including an I Want It All Bundle. For today only, the day of the release hop, if you purchase any of the new sets you'll get the Love Label set for free! Ok have I blabbed enough yet? :)

I made four cards for today's blog hop, I know that's unheard of for me, but don't get too excited they are all fairly simple ones. The first two are very girly, like me, and inspired by projects I've found on Pinterest :)

 I used the Lovey Puns AnimalsLovey Puns Food, and the Love Label for this first card. The 'I love you', love heart, and 'xoxo' stamps are all from the animals set. The plain heart inside the small heart cutout can be found in the food set. I used the love label to create the circle doily looking thing on the top.
The second card uses the Lovey Puns Food set for the sentiment. I used an October Afternoon stamp for the doily and the whole card is spritzed with glimmer mist. I think this might be the first single layer card I have ever published on my blog. I need to do more of these simple cards. They are so fun and fast to complete.

Ok so there you have two very girly cards, I thought we needed something for the gentlemen in our lives as well. When I first saw the design for the Lovey Puns Animals set there was on word that really stuck out to me...HOPPY and HOP! The funny thing is I was not thinking animals at all!
I total had beer in mind! My father is an award winning home brewer so I knew exactly what I would be using HOP and HOPPY for :) Of course I added a little Trendy Twine to the card and created a fun little beer paper with an old Stampin' Up! image I found. So you may have noticed on my FB page that I did a major cleaning of my craft room this weekend well let me tell you I found things I didn't even know I had! Perfect example this beer stamp, I also found multiples of some stamps sets >.< But all is right in my craft world now, I'm all organized and all my stamp sets are now alphabetized! Yes, I may be a little OCD.

For my last card I found this awesome sketch over at Card Positioning Systems and thought it would make a fun beer card.

I created a frame using Make-The and changed the circles out for a square and a heart. I colored the beer glasses in on this card and used stickles to accent the foam (it's kind of hard to see in the picture but it's there I promise).

Well that about does it for me today. Your next stop will be the ever talented and one of our newest design team pals Kendra! Now be sure to check out all the blogs on the hop and leave lots of love, the stamp fairy will be picking one lucky commenter from ALL the comments on all the blogs on the hop to win an I Want It All bundle!!!

Just in case you get lost here is the complete list of blogs:
Benedicte - Her blog is in French but there will be an option to translate once you get there
Jen - You were just here
Jessica - That's me
Kendra - You're next stop
Kim - Or Guest Designer this month, you'll get to see more of her work at the end of the month during the DT's break

Happy Crafting!

24 comments:

  1. Hiya Jessica and wow loooove your cards and wouldn`t have thought about the beer for hoppy so thanks for the inspiration!!!
    Hugs
    Tracy
    xxx

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  2. Great cards! I may have to scraplift your "Hoppy Valentine's Day" card - that is PERFECT for my hubby! :o)
    hattieshaven.blogspot.com

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  3. Great cards! Love the first one and how you used the puched out hearts!! So fun!! Love the beer bugs as well! Great idea behind it!

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  4. really enjoyed looking at cards u made,fav,is 1st one,luv the embossed hearts also the cut out heart,liked others as well,good idea with the beer..

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  5. Beautiful!! I love the hearts card and how you used the love label!! So pretty!! Great job!

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  6. Love how you used the tag to make it look like a doily and the heart cutouts! Great cards!

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  7. That first card is too cute with the punches out heart! Love that look

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  8. Cute cards. The first one is my favorite cute and simple

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  9. I love the beer valentines day card - making masculine cards for valentines day can be tough, this is a great idea!

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  10. Love how you used the animal pun to make the beer cards....so clever. Great set of cards!

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  11. Love the beer cards, LOL! And what a fun use of the love label on the 1st card! :-D

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  12. Wow these are so out of the box creative. The beer idea is brilliant and the label as a flower is awesome! Wow

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  13. a manly valentine. i didnt know they existed!

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  14. All your cards are wonderful, but using "hoppy" for the beer is brilliant!! Why can't I ever think like this? I just love how you used all the new stamps:-)
    jejaeb at cfl dot rr dot com
    scrappinana.blogspot.com

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  15. I so love how you used that CPS sketch! What cute stamps.

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  16. I'm a new follower.
    I LOVE these hops!

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  17. I adore your cards, and that second one is drop dead gorgeous! I love the misting.

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  18. Great cards! I love your little "heart windows"!

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  19. CLEVER girl! These are darling, and I'm diggin' how you took the pun to a different meaning:)

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  20. Eeek, love all the cards! They are too too gorgeous!

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  21. Very cute cards...the stamps are great. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  22. Hey Jessica What a great idea with the HOPPY card. I guess your Dad inspired you with some things in life:) LOL Like Dad always says HOPPY is good! Love your creativity.

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