Blog Hop: The Twinery and The {Stamps} Of Life

Are you ready for a fun blog hop? Then you have come to the right place. :) The Twinery and The {Stamps} Of Life are joining forces for today's blog hop. Before we get started "hopping", I want to tell you a little about The Twinery. Their baker's twine is 100% cotton, eco-friendly and made in the USA. It comes in 11 delicious colors and is great for all your crafty projects. For creative ideas, make sure to visit their blog.


The {Stamps} Of Life features high quality clear stamps and digital stamps. Also proud to say their stamps are made in the USA. :) Their gallery features over 2500 samples using Stamps Of Life stamps. There are also lots of fun how-to videos to watch plus you'll want to join their club.

As you make your way through the hop make sure you comment on each and every post. There will be 4 prize winners chosen randomly among the blogs. Two winners will win 2 stamp sets of winners choice valued at $12.95. (total retail value: $26.90 per prize) from The {Stamps} of Life. There will also be Two Colorful Bunch Sampler Packs ($20 value!) from The Twinery!!! The prize winners will be announced on The {Stamps}of Life and The Twinery Blogs on Tuesday May 3rd. Below is the blog hop list:

The Twinery Blog
The {Stamps} Of Life Blog
Jeanne Streiff
Julie Ranae
Deb Felts
Monique Hansen
Vickie Garrett
Monika Wright
Emily Niehaus
Emily Leiphart
Beverly Sizmore (you are here)
Tifany DeGough
Joana Studer
Katrina Hunt
Laura Williams
Jen Carter
Kim Howard
Jenny Suchin
Sheri Twing

Thanks for stopping by and good luck! :)

Sharing some cards I did for The {Stamps} Of Life and their April extra sets. The three sets are: dictionary4me, princess4life and cars2drive. All three sets are lovely on their own but work wonderfully with Stephanie's other sets too. Hope you enjoy my little preview. Keeping this short and sweet as I am "down" with a very nasty stomach virus. (You might even want to spray this post with Lysol!!!) Wink. :) I'm determined to outlast the thing but right now it is winning. :)

Happy Tulips Card

Have a quick post for you before I turn in for the night. Hoping I can type this before I fall asleep. Today was a busy day and I am super tired. :) Tonight's card features stamps by Market Street Stamps, a frame by Sizzix and patterned paper by Prima Marketing. I based the card on a sketch over at the Papertake Weekly Challenge #54. Whew, I "think" I made it before nodding off. :) Have to get up early and plant lots of flowers. I made a trip to Lowe's this afternoon and came home loaded with flowers, flowers, flowers. :) Thanks for dropping by and visit again soon. I might even have some pictures of the flowers I'm going to plant tomorrow. :)

No April's Fool Cards

It's no April Fool joke that today is new stamp release from The {Stamps} Of Life. This month's set is a cute one called houses4us. I'm going to share two cards I whipped up with it. ;) Go over to the {Stamps} Of Life gallery too to see what the other design team gals did. There is some awesome work this month.

If you noticed I took a "little" break from my blog and wondered why, I'll confess I had a case of "spring fever." :) I've been busy getting things ready for lots of flowers outside. I've been planting seeds (inside) for many different flowers. This is the first time I've done this and it has been so much fun! You should see how excited I get when they first "peek" out of the soil. I had saved those foam egg cartons all winter. Use a paper piecer to poke some hole and fill them with seed
starter dirt. Mist the dirt, sprinkle your seeds, lightly cover and mist again....and then wait. Most of my seeds have sprouted in four days! :) I'll try to remember and take pictures later of the flowers!!!! I also try and post more cards on my blog this month! :)