#spreadjoynotgerms Official Blog Hop

Welcome to the Spread Joy Not Germs Blog Hop!

First off thank you to Catherine Pooler and Alexandra Stapleton from The Hedgehog Hollow for putting on this hop! There are 31 sponsors and approximately 150 bloggers participating today to bring you joy!

The theme of this blog hop is to show off our happy cards and to make people smile! It is also intended to inspire people to send their hand made cards to friends and loved ones during this time!

Won't it be nice to spread a whole lot of JOY 😃to those that are doing their part, staying home and NOT spreading germs 🦠!

There are 31 amazing sponsors for this hop and they are giving away some terrific prizes!

Today I have 2 happy cards to share with you using products from 3 of the companies that are sponsoring prizes in today's hop! Here are the links to their shops and the prize amounts:

i-crafter ($20 Gift Certificate)

Paper Sweeties ($50 Gift Certificate)

and

Pear Blossom Press ($25 Gift Certificate)

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The first card I have for you today is a light up card using the

EZ Lights from Pear Blossom Press and the Rose Heart die from i-crafter.  I placed the EZ lights behind the center of the rose so it would light up when you pressed the button.  I really enjoyed making this an interactive card and what a smile it would bring to someone's face to see their card light up! The Rose Heart die  from i-crafter  is such an intricate beautiful die and is perfect for so many types of cards! The sentiment just says it all, "you brighten my day"! Don't we all need a little brightening no matter what is going on in our lives! 

 Here is what the card looks like when it is lit up:

And here is the card in action:

For my second card today I am featuring products from the Paper Sweeties April Sweet Kit and I used the sweet bicycle embossing folder with the Hello Sweet Cuts die cut. This card just makes me smile! What could be more fresh and happy than some pretty puffy clouds and a fresh bouquet of flowers in a sweet bicycle basket! I think this card would cheer anyone up who needs it right now!

You should have arrived here from Kathya Kalinine's blog and

Your next stop on the hop is Jessie Banks' blog.

If you get lost along the way you can always visit the Catherine Pooler blog or Hedgehog Hollow blog for a full hop list and details!

PRIZE INFO

 The prizes will be randomly drawn from all the blogs and all the comments. You can leave as many comments on as many blogs as you can! Some of the companies are also offering discounts and freebies! That info can be found on the individual companies blogs!

The deadline to enter is April 24th for prizes.  Winners will be announced on Monday, April 27th on Catherine and Alexandra's blogs. You can find a full list of all the sponsors and prizes being offered on Catherine Pooler's blog or The Hedgehog Hollow blog.

Now keep on hopping, there is still A LOT of inspiration and smiles waiting for you!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!

Have a wonderful day, I already am!

😋 Lisa 😋

Light Up Halloween

Good morning and welcome to my blog, if this isn't your first visit than welcome back!

Today I am up on The Rabbit Hole Designs blog and I have a fun Halloween card to share with you!

You've got to love a holiday that says......"It's ok to combine orange and purple with each other!"

You wouldn't think that these colors would look good together but I just love them

blended next to each other! Maybe it's that they are so opposite, they do say opposites attract!

Anyway, I just love the color combination and I love the way this card turned out!

The best part about this card is the light up pumpkin!

I used the EZ Lights by Pear Blossom Press.

These lights are super easy to use and make easy work of making light up cards!

They consist of one battery pack attached to 3 mini lights.

I placed the 3 lights under the pumpkins eyes and nose.

Here is a quick recipe for my card:

1) I used the largest Wavy Wonky Rectangle die from Kat Scrappiness to cut a

panel out of Bristol Smooth card stock. (I love this paper for blending Distress Oxide Inks)

2) Blend Distress Oxide inks: Carved Pumpkin into Spiced Marmalade on the bottom and

Wilted Violet into Shaded Lilac at the top. Next I spritzed the panel with water using the 

Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer and dry to give your background a distressed look.

3) Stamp Happy Halloween from the "Boo To You" stamp set in black

ink at the top of the panel and add the little spider around the words.

4) Add grassy border at the bottom of the panel to ground your card. I used patterned paper

from the Queen and Co Dots Paper Pad and I cut it out using the Lawn Fawn

Grassy Border Die. I also sponged the top of the grass with dark green ink to give it a little depth.

5) Stamp the pumpkin image from "Hey Gord-geous" in Gina K Amalgam Ink

and color in with various Copic Markers. I added Gina K Glitz Glitter Gel to

hat, eyes and mouth for a little sparkle. Die cut pumpkin with matching die.

6) Lastly tape the EZ Light battery pack to a piece of black cardstock measuring

5 1/2" x  4 1/4" and place foam tape all over panel avoiding battery pack.

I placed my battery pack on the bottom left of the card

and threaded the 3 lights up through the bottom right of the main panel. I adhered the

3 small lights to the back of the pumpkin behind the eyes and mouth. I placed my pumpkin on foam tape to leave room for the lights and then I adhered the main panel down to the black panel.

Press purple button on battery pack and prepare to be amazed!

** I added a small half circle over the battery pack and hand wrote

"push here" however there are stamp sets available that already have these sayings.

Here is one by Lawn Fawn:

Push Here Stamp and Die Set

This card was so much fun to make and the EZ lights make quick work of light up cards!

In no time you can have a fun interactive card that will amaze your recipient!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today!

Don't forget that you can purchase The Rabbit Hole Designs products at

Simon Says Stamp!

For more inspiration, updates, and news make sure to check out these links.

The Rabbit Hole Designs

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The Rabbit Hole Designs Pinterest

The Rabbit Hole Designs YouTube

Have a great day, I already am!
🎃Lisa 🎃

Disclaimer: My blog uses affiliate links 

whenever possible at no additional cost to you. 

I only promote products I actually use and love 

and think other crafters might enjoy as well!

Pear Blossom Press and Karen Burniston Collab Hop

Welcome to my blog and welcome to the Pear Blossom Press/Karen Burniston 

Collab Hop! My friend Amanda Stevens from Pear Blossom Press contacted me to

invite me along in this fun blog/video hop using her EZ lights and some pop up

dies from Karen Burniston! 

Here are two pictures of the card I made showing the front and inside of the card:

I was so excited to join in on the fun and I even filmed a 

video to show you the process of my interactive card!

You can watch the video on YouTube or here:

For you cat lovers that mischievous furball on my desk in the video is my cat Ginger and while she is very cute, she was NO help at all in the making of this video...... 

Oh well, no use putting her on the floor, she's only going to jump back up!😂🤣😅

Thank you to Amanda from Pear Blossom Press and Karen Burniston for supplying the lights and dies to make this card and video possible. 

Below you will find a list of designers who are also sharing their amazing

light up/interactive cards today using Amanda's EZ lights and Karen Burniston's dies!

Karen Burniston

Pear Blossom Press

Karen Aicken

Niccole Kulig

Frances Byrne

Jessica Shier

Lois Bak

Lynnea Hollendonner

Fran Sabad

Jenn Paar Gross

Sandy Diller

Jess Francisco

Kelly Booth

Lisa Golzbein (you are here)

Summer Hills-Painter

Thank you so much for hopping along with us on the Karen Burniston and 

Pear Blossom Press Collaboration Hop! 

Be sure to comment along the way to win one of two great prizes:

- Snowman Twist Circle Die Set with a 5-pack of EZ Lights, or

-Cake Pop-Up Die Set with a 5-pack of EZ Lights!

Now don't worry if you aren't drawn as one of the winners, 

we've got a special gift for everyone!

Just enter the code POPANDLIGHT for 15% off your purchase at

karenburniston.com or pearblossompress.com.

One code works for both shops!

(Coupon code valid until November 2, 2019.)

Here are some links to the products used to make this card:

Karen Burniston Pop Up Cake Die

Karen Burniston Gift Card Label Die

Karen Burniston Happy Birthday Die

Pear Blossom Press EZ Lights

Queen and Co Glitter Foam

Ink to Paper Aqua Mist Cardstock

As always thanks so much for joining me on my cardmaking journey!

Have a great day, I already am!

💡Lisa🎂

Disclaimer: My blog uses affiliate links whenever possible 

at no additional cost to you. I only use promote products 

I actually use and love and think other crafters might enjoy as well!

Prizes & Official Contest Rules

Two prizes will be awarded to two separate winners, chosen at random, from comments left on participating blogs and videos. No purchase necessary. Comments must be posted by 11:59 pm PDT on October 26, 2019. Only one comment per blog or video will be counted, but you can comment on multiple blogs and videos in the hop for additional entries. (This is to prevent spam.) Contest open internationally to participants over 18 years of age. Void where prohibited by law. Any personal information collected will only be used for the purposes of contacting winners, your information will never be shared or sold. Comments left on YouTube videos must not violate community guidelines. This contest is not sponsored by YouTube. Winners will be announced on November 28, 2019 here and prizes must be claimed within thirty days of announcement, or new winners will be drawn. 

Coffee Date with Amanda!

Welcome back to my blog crafty friends!

Today I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog with a fun new feature 

called "Coffee Date". The design team has been pairing up with a crafty friend 

and collaborating together to make similar cards for one post.

Today I'd like to introduce my coffee date to you!

Her name is Amanda Stevens from Pear Blossom Press and I met Amanda

on The Rabbit Hole Designs DT.  Amanda is a fellow coffee lover and her husband actually 

roasts his own coffee beans which means she is a Coffee Lover Extraordinaire!

Amanda is also a super creative cardmaker who in my opinion

is a master card engineer! Amanda makes the most interactive and fun cards and 

there is usually one or more moving parts on her cards!

In addition to her interactive cards Amanda and her husband have 

invented an easy system for making light up cards! 

Her system is called E-Z Light and you can read more about it

over on her blog Pear Blossom Press!

As you can see Amanda is a busy creative woman and I am honored

that she agreed to join me here today!

Amanda and I talked and we decided that we would both use the stamp set 

"Caffeinated Rabbit" from The Rabbit Hole Designs.

We also decided to use the same color combination of kraft and salmon 

with some oranges and yellows (like sunrise colors).

When I made my card I was focusing solely on the sunrise colors and I forgot 

completely about the kraft and salmon. 

My forgetful brain strikes again...

I just love the card Amanda made.

She used the most beautiful colors and her card is amazing and elegant!

You can hop over to her blog 

Pear Blossom Press

for more details and to see how she made her card and the supplies she used.

For my card I decided to make a sunrise burst background with a stencil and 

add some balloons for a real PAR-TEA!

I recently purchased the brand new Taylored Expressions blender brushes and I was dying

to ink them up! I used a stencil from My Favorite Things and some Taylored Expressions ink.

I just love how this background came out! I also used the Postage Edge Rectangle die from

Kat Scrappiness to do my sun burst ink blending. Here is a picture with all of the supplies used.

The sentiment is from The Rabbit Hole Designs stamp set Perfectly Blended.

Thank you so much for joining Amanda and I on our coffee date today!

I really enjoyed this collaboration with Amanda and I hope you did too!

Have a great day, I already am!

☕️Lisa 🐰

Pear Blossom Power Pack Hop

Welcome to my blog if this is your first time stopping by and if you've

been here before than welcome back!

Today I have a really exciting project to share with you!

My friend Amanda from Pear Blossom Press has asked me to join in on her

Pear Blossom Press Power Pack Blog Hop

The Power Pack is an incredible device that allows you to make easy 

light up cards! Trust me when I tell you how easy it is!

I was intimidated at first but I'm so glad I gave it a try because it turned out

to be SOOOOOO much fun! I even made a video to show you my entire

process for making my card. I had never made a light up card until now but I 

know I will be making more thanks to Amanda's awesome Power Packs!

Here are 2 pictures of the card I created for the Blog Hop,
the second shows the card lit up in the dark.
I'll give a quick description with links to products used but 

for the full instructions please see the video below.

Card Recipe:

Step 1 - I used the Kat Scrappiness Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies to cut a piece of Bristol Smooth Card Stock.

Step 2 - Next I taped the Brutus Monroe Tangled Waves Stencil to my card stock and used the Picket Fence Life Changing Brushes to blend Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean 

Distress Inks over the stencil.

Step 3 - I stamped the Angler Fish and Starfish from The Rabbit Hole Designs  SoFishticated Stamp Set in Gina K Amalgam Ink and colored with Copic markers.

Step 4 - I used my Scan n Cut to cut out the images and painted Inkon 3 Liquid Pixie Dust to them. This will give your images beautiful sparkle and shine. I used the Stitched Flag Dies  to stamp my sentiment on to and colored with Twisted Citron Distress Ink.

Step 5 - Place your stenciled panel over your card base and mark where you want your Power Pack 

battery and LED light to go. Build your circuit with the copper tape included in the Power Pack by connecting positive to positive and negative to negative. Use a double layer of foam tape to build up your card around your circuit.  Make sure not to cover the copper tape with the foam tape.

 

Step 6 - Press the button and watch your LED lightbulb light up!

Step 7 - Repeat step 6 over and over and over because it's just SO MUCH FUN!!!!

You can see the video on YouTube or you can watch it here:

Make sure you hop along today to see all the inspiration using the Power Packs.

You can enter to win your own set of Power Packs by commenting on the blogs and 

videos as you go.

Prizes 

Three Power Pack Kits will be awarded to winners, chosen at random, from comments left on participating blogs and videos. Comments must be posted by 11:59 pm PDT on August 3, 2019. Void where prohibited by law. For complete contest rules, click here.  Winners will be announced on August 5, 2019 here.

Here is a list of all participating designers:

Pear Blossom Press

Jess Francisco

Lisa Golzbein  (you are here)

Jenn Gross

Daniel West 

Jessica McAfee

Complete Product List with links

(affiliate links used when available at no additional cost to you)

Pear Blossom Press Power Packs

Brutus Monroe Tangled Waves Stencil

Gina K Amalgam Ink
Inkon 3 Liquid Pixie Dust
Peacock Feathers Distress Ink
Picket Fence Life Changing Brushes
Salty Ocean Distress Ink

The Rabbit Hole Designs SoFishticated Stamp Set

Stitched Flag Dies 

Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies

Twisted Citron Distress Ink


Thanks for stopping by today!
Have a great day, I already am!
💡Lisa 💡