My Creative Time's November Stamp Release Blog Hop!

Are you ready?  Today you finally get to see all of the stamp sets and dies in Emma's November stamp release!  There is such a fun mix this month:  girly, sports, Valentines, and treats!  Something for everybody!  If you haven't been to Emma's site yet, head over there now to see her video introducing each of the fabulous new sets.  AND, be sure to read to the bottom of the post to see the AMAZING giveway for this hop!!!

I am so excited to share this "classy" card I made today using Keepin' It Classy and Classy & Fabulous.  These sets are just AWESOME!!!  The artwork that Emma's brother, Mark Villar, designed is just too cute, and Emma's sentiments pair with it beautifully!

Driving home from school yesterday, I had an idea of how to get some patterns onto these stamps, and I was so happy to see that it worked!  I began by stamping just the girl and the dog with black ink onto kraft cardstock.  I then masked everything I had stamped except for the pants, using some post-it notes.

Next, I took the burlap pattern from My Creative Time's Build a Banner Kit and inked it up with Versamark ink.

To get the burlap pattern onto the pants, I pressed the pants part of the stamp onto the inked up burlap stamp.  I didn't need to worry about it getting on the shoes or arms, since I had protected those areas on my kraft paper with the post-it notes.  I then stamped the girl right on top of the black image I had already created on the kraft paper.  I removed the post-its, and I was left with the burlap pattern in Versmark ink on the pants.  After quickly stamping the purse and leash with Versamark ink, I added white embossing powder and heat embossed the whole thing.

Some little rhinestones were used for the belt and collar.  I just love the "Keepin' it Classy" sentiment!  The fonts are just perfect!  My kraft cardstock is a 3 1/2" square.  It is layered on a 3 5/8" piece of aqua cardstock, which is layered on a 4" square that I printed using my Imagine Black & White cartridge.  The aqua card base is 4 1/4" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4".

Here are the full stamp sets!  They are selling now at My Creative Time!

Recipe:

Papertrey Ink Aqua Mist, Kraft, & Stamper's Select White Cardstock

My Creative Time's "Keepin' It Classy" and "Classy & Fabulous" Stamp Sets

Papertrey Ink True Black Ink

Versamark Ink

White Filigree Embossing Powder

Imaginisce Gems

***HUGE GIVEWAY ALERT***

For our giveaway tonight, we are giving ONE LUCKY winner an E2!  If you have always wanted an E2, here is your BIG chance to win one!  OR, if you have one already, just think how SUPER HAPPY you could make somebody by giving it to them as a gift if you were to win!  Christmas is right around the corner!  All you have to do is leave a comment here, along with on the rest of the design team's blogs, AND leave a way for me to contact you!  Each designer will be picking a winner, and then Emma is going to pick the lucky winner out of those 19 names!  So remember, you have 19 chances to win!  All you have to do is leave a comment on ALL blogs in this hop!  The deadline is Sunday night at midnight!  EASY PEASY!!!  GOOD LUCK!:)

Your next stop on the hop is the ever so talented Leanne!

Here is the rest of the hop line-up:

Emma

Cassandra

Cathryn

Cindy

Glora

Jeanne

Katie <-- YOU ARE HERE

Leanne

Linsey

Liz

Nancy

Nikki

Rosy

Ruthie

Shar

Tracy

Trell

Veronica

Kelley