Hi, everyone! Sorry for the irregular blog posting schedule these days...crafting is still happening, though, and soon I'll get caught up! Today is a fun blog hop with my Lili of the Valley teammates, to give you a peek at some of the wonderful new stamps that will be available in the shop on January 31. There are new rubber stamps, and clear stamps, 2 sets of cute mini images, and some fairy sentiments (one of which I've used on my card). As always, there's a prize up for grabs...one lucky commenter will be picked at random to receive a set of all the new stamps in this release. But we on the team don't know whose blog the lucky commenter will be chosen from, so to increase your chances of winning, be sure to leave a comment on all the participating blogs! The winning name will be pulled on Friday, so check back here then to see who the lucky one is. In the meantime, here's a full linked-up list of the participating blogs...hop them all and have some fun! Andrea Anne Becky Dawny Fleur Gretha Jen Kathy (you're here! :)) Lou Mary Mindy So here's my card for today. You might remember that my focus on the team are the sentiment stamps and papers, so for this card, I chose one of the larger sentiments from the new Little Fairies clear stamp sheet as the main focal point, and backed it with one of the pretty spring-colored papers from the Butterfly Kisses paper pad. In fact, it was the name of the paper pad that gave me the idea for the theme of this card, and inspired me to use the butterfly die border... I die cut the border on both the front and back of the card, and on the front only, diecut more pieces of the butterflies and flowers in pink as an accent...that way I could turn up the butterfly wings slightly on the front piece for a bit of fun dimension and use the diecut edge on the back as a "shadow cut" when the card is closed... There's a bit more double-die-cutting around the pretty sentiment with the frame die. The frame die is cut in both green and white, then alternated, with the white "negative space" portion used for the sentiment, and the white frame portion used beneath the green, offset just a bit to add a white shadow... The sentiment frame is bordered beneath with bows, flowers, and pearls... Supplies: LOTV Patterned Papers: Butterfly Kisses LOTV Sentiment Stamps: *new* Little Fairies Clear Stamp Dies: Memory Box Kensington Border and Tiffany Frame; Poppy Stamps Massa Leaf Background Lace: TheFunkieJunkie.com Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts Pearls: Recollections Miscellaneous: twine, white craft paint Here's a pic of some of the new stamps that are coming out in this new release... And don't forget about these, coming soon, if you're a needlecrafter!... Thank you for stopping by for a visit...and have fun hopping!