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2K Followers Instagram Hop and Giveaway!!

25 Feb

Good afternoon!  I’m really excited to share a very special post with you this afternoon!  About a year ago I was just starting to post my cards on social media, specifically instagram.  I had around 180 followers and most of the ‘likes’ on my photos were from family and non-crafty friends (and students!).  At that time I thought I’d never really be able to connect with crafty people via instagram and couldn’t even imagine having 500 followers, let alone 2000!  So a few weeks ago as I was approaching 2000 followers I knew I wanted to do a little something special to thank all of you for your crafty friendship and support over the last year or so!  It is unbelievable to think of the people I’ve met through my blog, facebook, and instagram who I’m so lucky to call friends now!  I’m loving this journey into crafting but even more, I’m loving the connections I’ve made with so many wonderful people!  You guys are amazing and I’m so SO thankful that you take time out of your day to read my ramblings and look at my creations!

But enough with the mushy stuff!  I decided to ask several crafty friends to help me celebrate reaching 2000 followers with an instagram hop!  However I know that not all of my readers use instagram so I wanted to share my card here with you, too!  And what’s a hop without prizes?!  You can find those details at the end of this post! 😉

I thought it would be fun to pick an optional inspiration palette for the hop and I wanted to use the colors in a unexpected way.  So here’s the palette I chose:

And here’s what I came up with!

I adore this new Lovable Legends stamp set from Lawn Fawn and immediately thought of using that cream color in the palette for my Nessie…the rest just kinda evolved from there!

I started by blending Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, and Picked Raspberry distress inks onto a piece of white cardstock.  Then I sprayed it liberally with sparkle shimmer spray.  While it was drying I worked on the rest of my card.  I die-cut the waves, hills, grass, and flowers with Lawn Fawn dies and added wink of stella to the flowers.  Next I stamped Nessie with Memento tuxedo black ink and colored her with copic markers.  I also colored her with wink of stella for a little magical sparkle! 😉

Once the background was dry I used the Sophisticated Script stamp set from Concord and 9th to stamp the word ‘unforgettable’ with Versafine onyx black ink and heat-embossed it with clear powder.  I also added the word ‘you’re’ from the Lovable Legends set.  Finally I used a mix of regular ATG adhesive and foam mounting tape to assemble my card and add some interesting dimension!  And that’s my interpretation of Nessie at sunrise in a springtime Scottish loch! 😉

So here’s the fun part!  Most of the ladies are blogging their cards as well so if you don’t use instagram you can still see most of the cards on the hop by visiting the blogs listed below!  Since the focus was on an instagram hop you won’t find links to everyone’s blog on each post but you can come back here to get from blog to blog!

  • Jessica —-> YOU ARE HERE!
  • Emily
  • Laurel
  • Lisa
  • Audrey
  • Keeway
  • Michelle
  • Effie
  • Ruby
  • TaeEun

And of course, there are prizes!  You’ll have to get onto instagram for the big prizes but I wanted to do a separate giveaway here as well!  You’re welcome to enter in both places!  I’ve got a crafty package of stamps, dies, and sequin strands from Concord & 9th for one lucky commenter!  So to enter, comment on each blog and I’ll pick one random winner from all the blog comments!  So the more comments you leave, the more chances you have to win!  You have until 11:59PM EST on Wednesday, March 2nd to comment and I’ll announce a winner on March 3rd!

Finally, I really REALLY love that inspiration palette…and I hope you do too!  So I thought it might be fun to invite you all to play along and join in the fun!  You can use any or all of the colors in the inspiration palette for your creations and one random entry will win a $15 gift certificate to Butterfly Reflections Ink!  You can link up until 11:59PM EST on Wednesday, March 2nd!  If you share the project you create on your blog, I’d appreciate if you’d please link back to this post!  I can’t wait to see what you will create! (Please NO back-linking!)

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Thanks SO much for visiting today and I hope you’ll check out the rest of the cards created for my 2K Followers Instagram Hop!  Have a fabulous rest of your day!

Interested in the products I used?  To make them easy for you to find, I have listed them below. (Affiliate disclosure can be found here). Your purchases help keep my blog running and I thank you for the support!)

Lawn Fawn Clear Stamps, Lovable Legends
Concord & 9th Clear Stamps, Sophisticated Script
Lawn Cuts Dies, Meadow Borders
Lawn Cuts Dies, Ocean Wave Borders
Lawn Cuts Dies, Simple Stitched Hillside Borders
Copic Sketch Markers
ZIG Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Marker Pen 999 Clear
Spectrum Noir 3 PC Sparkle Glitter Brush Pen Clear Overlay
Tsukineko Full-Size Memento Fade Resistant Inkpad, Tuxedo Black
Powder Tool Adhesive Deactivator
VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black
Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder, Clear
Tsukineko 2-Pack Pssst Sheer Shimmer Spritz, Ultra Fine Mist, Frost and Sparkle
Mini Ink Blending Tool-1
Ranger DIS-27164 Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Spun Sugar
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Worn Lipstick
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad, Picked Raspberry
Classic Crest Super Smooth Solar White 80# Cover 8.5
Classic Crest Cover Solar White 8-1/2×11 110lb 250/pkg
Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Candy Hearts, 10 pk
Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Easter Grass, 10 pk
Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Citrus Slice, 25 pk
Bazzill Card Shoppe Cardstock, Blueberry Sour, 25 pk
3M Scotch 1/2-Inch by 36-Yard Double-Sided Foam Tape
Scotch Acid Free Advanced Tape Glider, Pink Applicator with 2 Rolls of 1/4-Inch Tape (085)
WAGNER HT 400 650-Degree Heat Gun
Fiskars Easy Action Micro-Tip Scissors
Sizzix 660340 Big Shot Plus Cutting/Embossing Machine, White/Gray
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  1. Vinita Jain says

    February 25, 2016 at 11:58 pm

    Congratulations Jess! A great milestone! Love the design with your sweet color palette and that Nessie is sooo cute! I just started using Instagram, Thanks for the fun hop!

    Reply
  2. ~amy~ says

    February 26, 2016 at 1:02 am

    super big congrats! Your card is adorable and thanks for letting me a part of your fun celebration!!!

    Reply
  3. Arianna Barbara says

    February 26, 2016 at 7:24 am

    Congratulationd Jessica!!! I love thiss blog hop idea!!!! Your card is so cute!

    Reply
  4. D.AnnC says

    February 26, 2016 at 8:51 am

    Your card is sweet as can be! Congrats on reaching this goal and thanks for sharing in such a fun way!!

    Reply
  5. Marty Harris says

    February 26, 2016 at 10:59 am

    Cute card–love the bright colors!

    Reply
  6. Oliev says

    February 26, 2016 at 3:00 pm

    Congrats! And thanks for the hop:-)

    Reply
  7. Shari says

    February 26, 2016 at 4:06 pm

    Congratulations! This card is amazing, and such perfect colors. Thank you for sharing. ???

    Reply
  8. Gail Plaskiewicz says

    February 26, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    So that is Nessie! It’s really cute! I like what you did with your card. I’m not on Facebook & I’m not a fan but my mom has an account on my computer as she doesn’t own a computer but wants to see what my niece in FL is doing. I also don’t do Instagram or Twitter. I love e-mail’s, face to face contact and blogs! I love your blog! Thanks for sharing and off to more hopping. My legs are going to be so tired from all this hopping! LOL

    Reply
  9. Denise Bryant says

    February 26, 2016 at 11:14 pm

    Congrats on your IG followers! I don’t do IG myself, but happy to hop along on the blogs and see all the creations!

    Reply
  10. Gail Plaskiewicz says

    February 26, 2016 at 11:25 pm

    Forgot to say how cool it must be to have 2k followers. Congrats!

    Reply
  11. Justine says

    February 27, 2016 at 3:11 am

    You go girl! We started about the same time with our craziness in cardmaking and love everything you do! Keep going strong!

    Reply
  12. Christy Q says

    February 27, 2016 at 8:18 am

    Beautiful card, Jessica! I love that gorgeous background! Congrats on your 2K followers!!

    Reply
  13. Michele F says

    February 27, 2016 at 9:10 am

    Hi Jessica!!! OH how did I miss this inspiration photo on IG? I’m going to try really hard to find a bit of crafty time for you today!!! Congratulations! It is a pleasure to follow your loveliness around IG!
    =]

    Reply
  14. Darcey says

    February 28, 2016 at 2:12 am

    Congratulations! Wonderful card, I too think the colour palette is amazing

    Reply
  15. Sabrina Radican says

    February 28, 2016 at 9:57 am

    Darling card and congratulations!!!

    Reply
  16. Sue D says

    February 28, 2016 at 4:51 pm

    Congratulations and love the colorful scene you created for Nessie.

    Reply
  17. LauraJane:) says

    February 28, 2016 at 4:51 pm

    Congratulations Jessica:)
    Such a sweet water creature on your card.

    Reply
  18. Rosali says

    February 29, 2016 at 4:32 am

    Congratulations again, Jess! Such a fun idea to do an IG hop! 🙂

    Reply
  19. Sandra F says

    March 2, 2016 at 10:09 am

    Love this color combo and what a sweet scene card!

    Reply
  20. Miriam Prantner says

    March 2, 2016 at 5:43 pm

    Congrats! Very well deserved, and love the fun scene you created on your card!

    Reply
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