Monday, January 16, 2012

Valentine Grunge Blog Hop and Challenge!

Greetings to all of my crafty friends!!!  I have something fun for you today!

We are kicking off a Valentine's Grunge Blog Hop and a challenge over at A. Jillian Vance Designs.  Have you heard of them yet?  They make some fabulous stamps and some of them coordinate exactly with the Epiphany Crafts tools. 

If you are arriving here from Elisa's blog, you are in the right spot!!! 

If you don't know what I am talking about...  start at Jillian's blog and check out all of the details.

Now for the fun!   The challenge is to create a Valentine card in a grungey style! 
This challenge is open from January 16 - 21.
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For this challenge, I used Jillian's "Sending My Love" set of stamps.  How completely adorable are these?!!!:


The Echo Park papers "Yours Truly" were the perfect choice for this fun project!  I've also used the Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio tools in Heart 25 tool and Oval 25.  The Heart 25 and Oval 25 Bubble Caps as well.


Adding a little ink and tears gave the right amount of grungey masculine appeal to the card.  One fun find...  the Epiphany Crafts Heart 25 tool is a perfect fit for the heart pattern paper.  The oval tool was a perfect fit for one of the sentiment blocks too!  I used the key stamp in the center for a fun vintage flavor. 
The XO heart was created with the heart stamp with Red StazOn ink and the XO from the Sending My Love stamp set.  That's my project for today, thank you so much for stopping by! 


The next and final stop on the hop for you is: 
A. Jillian Vance Design Blog


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And now for the best part...   who would like to win some BLOG CANDY? 

There will be two prizes given out, here is how you can win!

1st way to win:
  • Enter the challenge, create your own grunge style Valentine, leave a comment on this post, and become a follower and subscribe to http://ajillianvancedesign.blogspot.com/
  • You will have until Saturday January 21st @ midnight CST. to link your project
  • Prize:  You could WIN two stamp sets "A {little} love" , "Sending my love" and Pear Pins.



2nd way to win:

  • Make a comment on every blog in this hop and subscribe and become a follower to http://ajillianvancedesign.blogspot.com/.
  • You will have until Saturday, January 21st @ midnight CST to complete your comments!
  • VERY IMPORTANT, PLEASE LEAVE A WAY FOR US TO CONTACT YOU IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE WINNER'S!
  • Prize:  Stamp set "A {little} love"


ALL WINNERS WILL BE POSTED HERE ON SUNDAY JANUARY 22nd

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Ready to play?   Load your creation here:


12 comments:

Tanya said...

This turned out FAB!!

Tanya
phenis2031 at yahoo dot com
http://scrappylandusa.blogspot.com

Jan Garber said...

Love your card, Rhonda! I am going to try to set aside time to make a card for the challenge. If not, I can do the hop anyway!

Jan Garber said...

Just finished trying to do the hop, but so many of the DT's blog comments are being blocked! I had the same problem! They need to change their settings. Google did SOMETHING on Friday to screw with us! http://xxxtglxxx.blogspot.com/2012/01/blogger-issues-white-screen-no-comments.html
Please send this link out to all your DT members!!!
And... I DID visit all the sites...couldn't prove it tho! LOL!

Trisha said...

Wonderful card. I just saw these Echo Park papers today and love them. Your stamping is perfect. I am a new follower and a new subscriber. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com

Rubies Crafts said...

Lovely card, it's truly beautiful.

Ruby

Rhonda Van Ginkel said...

Thank you Jan! I have updated my comment feed on here so hopefully my blog allows all comments!!

Please email me at SnapWhiz@gmail.com if you have any issues. Thanks so much!!!

AmyJRockstar said...

This is such an awesome card! I can't believe I've just now bumped into your amazing blog for the first time. I've become a follower of course! You used the two Epiphany punches that I don't own and darn it, now I want them! Thought I could get by w/o them, but after this hop I just don't know... ;) LOL Thanks for the awesome inspiration!



XO ~ Amy Jo (new follower & former Jillian Vance DT member)
amyjrockstar at gmail dot com
http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com

abusybee - DoubleClick Connections said...

This is so fun! Great paper and details!
Carri~abusybee
www.doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com

Beth Hillier said...

Very nice! Love the black and white!

Beth Hillier
Mytimetoplay.blogspot.com

Nena said...

Terrific card, very CUTE!!!

Nena

hdznena at yahoo dot com

A Jillian Vance Design said...

This is really cute card! Love the crinkle ribbon and everything about it!
God Bless,
Jillian

CityGirl Planners said...

You really showcased the Yours Truly and Jillian's stamps. Gorgeous project! TFS