Seasons Givings Blog Hop
Hello and Happy New Year! Today we are honored to join a huge annual blog hop, a concept started by Latisha Yoast to say "THANK YOU!" to our wonderful blog readers and share some extra goodies. Be sure to scroll down to the end of this post for the giveaway info, as well as the list of companies and bloggers participating. Every single blog along this hop is sharing a giveaway! You won't want to miss it!
But first, Ilina is here to share a little New Year's cheer with you! Take it away, Ilina!
Hi everyone, Happy New 2019!!! This is Ilina and in the spirit of the new year I am sharing an elegant (black and gold) New Year's day card featuring the Party Confetti Fancy Die along with the Wishes Stamp & Cut set.
To make the card I started with die cutting the Party Confetti Fancy Die from shimmery black card stock and set it aside. Next I die cut the Wishes sentiment from the Stamp & Cut set. I did this twice from gold card stock and adhered the die cuts together.
Next on piece of vellum I stamped "Sending New Year's" with Versamark and embossed with Gold embossing powder. Using the Circle Infinity Dies I die cut a circle. Adhered the "Wishes" die cut to the vellum circle and let it dry.
In the meantime I adhered the black die cut to a gold top folding note card. Adhered the vellum circle, trimmed the side a little and added few Champagne sequins to finish the card off.
For our giveaway, we're offering all of the products Ilina used on today's card! That's a prize package valued at $86 retail! To enter, let us know your goal for the coming year. You have until Friday, January 4 at 11:59pm PST to enter, and we'll announce the winner the following week.
And now for the hop list - it's a long one, but full of fabulous giveaways! Have fun hopping along!
Lawn FawnScrapbook and Cards Today Magazine
Hero Arts (you are here!)
My Favorite Things
Reverse Confetti
My Sweet Petunia
Picket Fence Stamps
Ink Blot Shop
Indigo Jade Art
Sunny Studio Stamps
Paper House Productions
Kraftin Kimmie Stamps
The Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
Newton's Nook Designs
Latisha Yoast
Lydia Fiedler
Lori Craig
Dina Kowal
Nichol Spohr
Chari Moss
Jenn Shurkus
Vera Yates
Ashley Newell
Beth Pingry
Giovana Smith
Dana Joy
Heather Hoffman
Margie Higuchi
Mindy Eggen
Julie Tilman
Cindy Lawrence
Jessica Frost-Ballas
Kelly Latevola
Emily Midgett
Ilina Crouse
Emily Leiphart
Kristi Goulet
Debi Adams
Tracey McNeeley
Wanda Guess
Ashley Harris
Tracey McLennon
Janine Tinklenberg
Amy Rysavy
Caly Person
Marcie Sharp
Mary-Ann Maldonado
Amy Tsuruta
Tricia Barber
Shemaine Smith
Christine Meyer
Lisa Henke
Shellye McDaniel
Kathy Schweinfurth
Yvonne Van Der Grijp
Lynette Kaufmann
Laura Williams
Dana Tatar
Cheiron Brandon
Patti Gilliam
Gracie Chavez
Carisa Zglobicki
Debbie Seyer
Mariana Grigsby
Michelle Woerner
Deborah Saaranen
Lisa Stein
Ceal Pritchett
We wish you much happiness (and inkiness!) in the coming year!
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Rebecca Ednie
My goal is to practice my watercolouring more.
Amanda Stevens
Great card Ilina!
Terrie D.
This is such a fun card! I love the Party Confetti Fancy Die. :)
Milka Gubo
Gorgeous card!!! Love it so much!! :o) Thank you for the opportunity to win the amazing prize. :o)
My goals for 2019: read at least 2 books in a month, use all unused stamps in my stash, make at least 2 cards per month for donation, experiment with ingredients and make my own healthy sweet each month. :o)
Natalie Chilson
My goal is actually mail cards in 2019!,
Andre M.
Such a classy card to ring in the new year. Thanks for the chance to win. My major goal is to improve my skills in the areas of coloring and mixed media.
D KURINSKY
Happy New Year. My goal is to make more time for me so I have time to get back into the craft of stamping that I so love.
Elena
My goal this year is to be more creative and truly enjoy my Hero Arts products.
Cary Lombardo
My 2019 goal is to get my scrapbooks caught up. I’m only about six years behind!
Sharon Taylor
Thank you for another wonderful year of inspiration and amazing products. My goal for this year is to have more faith in my abilities and attempt projects that test me. Again thanks to your great company.
Annette Reed
Great card! My main goal is to get my new craft room organized. I’m lousy at organizing but am going to try my hand at making my first craft room functional.
Lindsay S
My goal for 2019 is to get my craft room renovated from a “junk” room to an actual “craft room” so I can move the craft table out of the living room!
Marilyn H Stauffer
My goal is to make 20 cards a week this year. So far, in this first week, I have made 8 birthday cards, 5 Christmas cards for next year, and 4 other cards, leaving 3 to make tomorrow, when I have the whole day free. I have also made 8 backgrounds to be used later. I know that I have to pace myself so I don’t burn out, so I intersperse my crafting with other activities.
I make cards for all the people in the continuing care retirement community where I live, friends and family members, children of friends, and others—altogether around 500 people. I hope to give each person at least a birthday card and a Christmas card this year. I am a Deacon in my church and I consider it my ministry. I started it because so many people in our nursing unit never received any mail at all.
Kristen McMillan
Everyone that has joined the hop giving are so kind and thoughtful. Thank you!
My crafty goal for 2019 is just to make more cards. There are some days that I am not in the mood. After all the crafty stuff I have I should spend more time crafting.
My major goal is to get accepted into a Dental Hygiene Program.
Florie Vega
My goal for 2019 is get better with my health issues so I can better my craft abilities so I can post the different techniques and introduce them to my Puerto Rican community in Spanish and everyone else that wants to join me for my advantage is that I can translate in English any doubts since I am completely bilingual for being raised in New York City, then lived in my home land for 35 years and since I have been really badly sick I have been between Texas and PR for the past 3 years.
God Bless you all and happy crafting. Thank you all for your tutorials that help us all.
Denise Terry
My goal for this year is to shop my stash more often. I’ve got so many products that I’ve never used that I really love
robyn smith
My goal is to set aside time to sit down and craft!!
Mandi Holmes
My goal is to scrapbook more and take more photos.
Vikki H
Black and gold are perfect for NY celebrations!
Neva
My goal is to do more crafting for myself, to complete more cards and pages just for fun!
Hilde Larsen aka Tindaloo
Happy New Year! My first and ‘meh’ goal (as always one goal I don’t succeed with much! lol) is to eat healthier and loose quite a few pounds.. The major goals is ofcourse to be more crafty, more frugal and more social in the new year! :) Thanks for the chance to win & for the fun bloghop! ♥
Carrie Rhoades
What a great New Years card, i LOVE all the gold. My crafting goals this year are to make a youtube video every week.
FD91354
What a beautiful,shiny card! Cheers to 2019.
Kimberly McField
What a happy and festive card! I love the black and gold color scheme, too. My goal this year is to complete more projects, as I have quite a few that I began and never finished.
Patti J.
Beautiful card! Thanks so much for such a wonderful hop, and for a chance to win such a great prize! Happy New Year!
Monica W
What a fun card!! My goal is to learn more techniques and get more active on sharing what I create.
Carla Vincent
My goal in the coming year is to make time to do more of what I love – creating!
Jo Anne Malicoat
Love that card – it is so festive! As a new card maker, my goal for 2019 is to learn as much about this craft as I can and improve my coloring skills. I’m loving it!
Deepti Aggarwal
Beautiful card..My goal for 2019 is to use my flower stamps more..😊. Thanks for the chance.Hugsxx Deepti
Aileen Ryan
I plan to use all the stamps I bought last year and havent inked up yet and to start early on my Christmas cards.
Kathy Mc
My 2019 crafty goal is to start Christmas cards in January and be done by October. Would also like to build a stash of birthday and anniversary cards before I need them. Thanks for the chance to win this prize package as I LOVE Ilina’s New Year’s card!
Ericka Strange
Love this fun card and such a great background! My goal is to use all the stamps I’ve accumulated and still haven’t used as well as my stash of pattern paper! Thanks for the chance to win!
janet sisk
My goal is to get my stamps and dies organized and entered into Evernote on my computer. I forget half of what I have so this way I will be able to use my stash. Thanks for a chance to win! Love your card, too. So festive!
Jenny Lloyd
Happy New Year. I hope that 2019 brings you all everything that you wish for. Thank you for the repost you did of my Christmas card. It was the highlight of my year. Each like that it got meant so much to me. This year my resolution is to work harder at learning the craft of card making. I want to watch videos, take classes and practice, practice, practice. Nothing fills me with as much joy as crafting and interacting with this incredible crafting community.
Smokie BR
I plan to finish all works started last year and make at least four different categories of cards a week ie Christmas, Thank You, Sympathy, and Get Well. Birthday cards will be a bonus carder the week.
Denise Ward
My goal is to allow more joy into my life and that includes joy in making cards. I need to create a crafting situation that is as stress-free as I can. I think the cards will be better and my life will be more peaceful.
Sheila Bacon
Getting my craft room organized and keeping it organized so that I don’t waste time in trying to locate specific materials and tool is my goal for 2019.
Love the designed cards – black and gold are so eye-catching.
Heather Mills
What a gorgeous card!! The black and gold are so elegant together. My crafty goal is to actually have my Christmas cards sent out BEFORE Christmas this year!
Karrie Lasater
My goal is to be greatful in all things! Thank you for another year of creative ideas and products!!
Diane Rizak
My goals for 2019… The biggest thing is I want to find MORE TIME for crafting and creating art. I also want to improve on my copic coloring skills as well as my colored pencil skills. I would love to take some classes on these things. I also vow to get my craft room organized! That will definitely help me have more time for creating because I will spend much less time searching for things! 😊 And I must say…your card is stunning! I just love all the gold and the vellum really makes your sentiment pop!
Sheryl Lemieux
One of my goals is to spend more time using my stash than organizing it. Happy New Year!
Kelsey Thomas
My goal is to send/give out more cards! :)
chark
beautiful! want to use things I haven’t used yet!
Angela
Wonderful card. My goal is to use more of the stamps I have in my stash.
cyndi morris
That’s a gorgeous card — love the black and gold. My goal for the coming year is to spend more time doing “paper therapy.” It makes me happy and I forget my problems. I’d also like to spend more time with my family — my grandchildren are growing up too fast!
Marisela Delgado
I want to craft more and use all that I already have.
Jo
My goal will be to get projects done in a more timely fashion!
GLenda M Sultan
I want to be much more cheerful…every day.
Lisa G Moline
Happy New Year! Love the card today! Goal for this year is to organize my craft room!
ASHLEY BAKER
I’m looking foward to 2019! My goal for this year is to make more time for me so I can spend more time making cards!
Stacey Kowbel
My goal for the coming year is to not procrastinate on projects and end up not enjoying working on them because I have to rush to finish them. I think I had the same goal last year, but it didn’t work out :)
Judi Jenkins
My by word for 2019 is “creativity” and I wishe to create my own art through brush lettering, painting with acrylics and making home wall art…pencil sketching has been my go to medium but I want to expand to multi mediums.
Boryana Yankova
My goals are to spend more time with my family but also to find more time for crafting.
Troy Seegmiller
Beautiful card! My goal is to use the stamps that have never seen ink!
Debbie A Smith
My goal for this year is to purge items that I no longer need or want from my stash than sell them at a crafty yard sale at my local scrapbook store so I am purchase items that I will use.
Donna
My goal is to be more creative and use up the supplies I have. I started on New Years Day by making some cards with previously stamped images.
Kim Klinkovsky
My goal is to get my craft products more or better organized, so I can use more of them!
Peggy Gunn
Happy New Year, Hero Arts!!! A couple of goals for this year include cleaning/organizing my craft room (it’s a MESS) and to visit the Hero Arts Factory Store! You’re not that far from me! LOVE your products!!!
Lorna Day
Beautiful card! My goals are to create more in 2019 and to not be afraid of a blank canvas/page.
Georgette Aronow
Happy New Year Hero Arts! I love all your products. Looking forward to what you come up with in 2019!
Vivian Foo
My goals are to master new techniques and to think out of the box.
Bonnie K.
My goal is to stop collecting and start crafting this year! It’s time to make stuff!
Myra Hutchins
After breaking my hip two days after Thanksgiving, I realized how important it is to have your cards done early as you don’t know what’s around the corner. In other words, don’t procrastinate in doing anything. You never know when your world can be upside down. I didn’t even get a card made for my husband and best friend, which broke my heart. As far as things to help my crafting, I just can’t seem to get that bar magnet ordered. Sure would like to try one, for sure.
Jenn
My goal is to actually spend for the things I need, without going nuts of course. I have stamps, but need more ink and paper. I have some copics, but not some that blend well with each other. I plan to pick a project and purchase everything I need for it, I feel like it will help me become more excited about creating.
Jan Metcalf
Happy New Year! Thank you for sponsoring Seasons Giving hop Hero Arts! My goal is to round up some extra supplies from the craft room and pass them onto my crafty friends!
Jennifer Dove
My goal for 2019 is to live less stressful and create and share more.
Julia L
Wow! What a wonderful card! I especially love the “Wishes” die cut. So pretty. My goals this year include trying to be healthier as I’ve had a really hard 2018 when it comes to health. I also want to get going on a bunch of baby quilts I want to make and have a cleaner and more welcoming craft room so that when I get the bug to create, the room is waiting there for me and I don’t have to clean it up every time I want to craft.
Darla S
One of my goals for this year is to get in better shape and also craft more.
RENEE WOLVEN JOY
My crafting goal for 2019 is the reorganization of my Crafting Room!
Susan Carlson
Goal: reorganize craft room!
Karen Gerek
.Happy New Year, Hero Arts! My goal for 2019 is to donate cards to Cards for Hospitalized Kids and Bring Smiles to Forgotten Seniors. I’ve got ALL of my supplies, now I just need to feel well enough to create them. (I have a debilitating nerve disease which sometimes gets the better of me.)
Joy
Thank you for this giveaway. My goal this year is to make more cards than I did last year and to be a part of your Design team. :-)
Flo
Your card is beautiful. I love it. My crafty goal this year is to create more and not just be a collector, use up my stash. Thanks.
Janice KC
Clean my craft room and start crafting
Beth Williams
Love the confetti die. Shaker cards have become an addiction. Good confetti dies are hard to find.
Helen F
I hope this year to take things more slowly and enjoy more crafty time, including card making and enter more challenges!
shartl
My goal for 2019 is to try not too let the little things get to me, and to enjoy my children more. Oh yes, and to lose my baby weight!!
Ciara Taylor
Thank you for joining in on this blog hop, I love your products !! My goal for 2019 is to make something crafty every day of the year, so I can improve on my style and spend some me time :)
Darlette Cisneros
I will try to use more of the stuff in my stash and try new things
Marilyn in E~Twon
My 2019 crafting goal is to color more with my Copic markers and hopefully improve along the way, which means spending more time in my craft room!
Happy New Year!
Barbara Lawson
My goals for this year are to create more cards and to get more done on my daughter’s scrapbooks. I started when she was a baby and now she is in college.
Valerija
My goal for 2019 is to make more Christmas and masculine cards.
Angela
One of my goals for 2019 is to let myself be creative and not try and make everything perfect. I need to embrace the imperfections because they can be beautiful too. I feel like I’ve grown more creative over the past year, but I want to do more. I am enjoying stamping and making cards for family, now I want to expand that even further. I really like the kits you have because they make me think about how to use things differently. And it’s always so much fun to see what others create.
Michele George
What beautiful card. Happy New Year!
L. McEwen
Such an elegant card! My goal is to make more time for crafting.
Sammibug aka Sammi aka Samantha Houp
Beautiful New year’s card! Love the gold against the black! The sequins are a nice touch! Happy 2019! Thank you for participating in this most joyous hop!
Traci C
Lovely card. My goal is to live my best life and craft more!
KELLY HUNSAKER
Thanks for all the wonderful inspiration!
María
Disfrutar el tiempo en familia y ser más dedicada a disfrutar de crear tarjetas
Rosi Hernandez
My goal is to create a card using a different technique at least once a week.
Judy Hall
My goal is to buy less and use more of what I have more creatively. And to actually send more cards that I make.
Teri Ives
LOVE this beautiful card
Cynthia D
I would like to make a craft planner/calendar for 2019, so I will have projects completed well before the event. For me, paper-crafting enjoyment comes along with organization and that is the goal.
Lisa
To continue to fight, fight, fight the horrible things our president is doing including art in the process!
Jacqueline
Beautiful card! My goal is to organize crafting space and spend more time sharing my crafting passion.
Andrea
my mean goal for this year is to do more thing that makes me happy. my crafting goal for 2019 is to make at least one card a week.
Susan Albright
My goal is to get my craft room organized. I feel like the creativity flows better in an cluttered space.
Karen P
I guess I would have to say I did not set any goals for 2019. I’m taking card of my mom and I know what I need to do already, so no goal setting for me.
Melanie A
Beautiful card! My goal this year is to focus more. Focus more directly on my business, my health, and managing my time. I was able to craft some in December and I missed it. Part of all of that focus will be giving myself permission to craft instead of the other million things on my to do list!
katie brooks
what a fun card and fun hop!
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