Welcome to the Clearsnap National Scrapbooking Day Blog Hop!

Hey everyone!  Thanks for hopping along with us today for National Scrapbooking Day!!  Join the Clearsnap Team all weekend long as we hop and scrap and hop some more!!!  Our designers are bringing you a bundle of fun, inky techniques, and loads of inspiration!  Just hop through and leave a comment on each blog.  Each designer is giving away their own prize pack so be sure to visit every blog on the hop!  Entries close on Monday May 6, 2013 at 12:00 a.m.   

Clearsnap Blog http://clearsnap.blogspot.com/ 
Megan Aaron http://thoughtsoftraveling.blogspot.com/
Suzanne Austin http://whatsinalousyananut.blogspot.com/     
Sabrina Alery http://sabrinaalery.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Priest http://hydrangeahippo.com/ 
Tami Sanders http://tamisanders.com/

I'm sharing a layout today that features ColorBox Stephanie Barnard Premium Dye Ink Sprays!   I began by creating the tag separately using "Guava" and "Bubblegum" Dye Ink and water to achieve the watercolor effect on the background of the tag.  Once the ink was dry, I adhered the die-cut flowers and covered with fluid medium; the ink does "move" a little when the medium is applied.  Once the medium is dry, I randomly daub gesso over the entire tag to soften the colors a bit.  I liked the look of the tag and decided to build a layout around it!

I applied gesso to the Bazzill cardstock base and had fun layering up from there!  I used these hearts on a previous project and decided to incorporate the negatives onto this page...since I've been in such a pink mood!   Each heart was dipped into a mixture of either Dye Ink Spray in "Bubblegum or Guava"  Did I mention these were my FAVORITE Stephanie Barnard Sprays?  Maybe once? :D

All stamping- ColorBox Archival Dye Ink; because I have paint on this layout, it was necessary to  do the stamping with a permanent ink...and Clearsnap's Archival Dye Ink ..is a workhorse in this category!  


If you've enjoyed this quick and easy layout, then you'll be happy to know that I am giving away the 2 ColorBox Stephanie Barnard Dye Ink Sprays (Guava and Bubblegum) used here on this layout!!!! All you have to do is leave a comment below...easy peasy right!!!!  Remember you have until Monday May 6, 2013 at 12:00 a.m to do so!!! 

Head on over the very talented Sabrina Alery's blog HERE!


Clearsnap Supplies: 
ColorBox Stephanie Barnard Premium Dye Ink Sprays: "Guava and Bubblegum" 
ColorBox Archival Dye Ink "Wicked Black" 

Other Supplies:
Canson watercolor paper 140lb cold press
Bazzill Kraft paper 
gesso
electronic die cuts

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World Card Making Day

Today is WORLD CARD MAKING DAY! 
WELCOME CARDMAKERS! 

Thank you for coming to visit us here at the Clearsnap Blog! Our team is hopping and creating with you all day today--check out their blogs here:

Suzanne Austin http://whatsinalousyananut.blogspot.com/
Denise Hahn http://inmyblueroom.blogspot.com/
Sabrina Alery http://sabrinaalery.blogspot.com/
Jennifer Priest http://hydrangeahippo.blogspot.com
Megan Aaron http://thoughtsoftraveling.blogspot.com/

Enjoy your day hopping for blog to blog and viewing all the fabulous cards that cardmakers across the US and beyond have created to share with you!

We've got a giveaway on this momentous day in the crafting world!!
Leave a comment below for your chance to win a sampling of the Clearsnap Smooch Spritz! That is over a $50 value!!! We will announce the winner on Thursday October 11, 2011  here on our blog. For extra entries in the giveaway, follow us onFacebook and Twitter. Then post here to let us know that you're following. Good luck!
And please don't forget to bookmark the Clearsnap Blog and come back and see us again soon! Our talented designers, guest designers and hostesses post new projects daily!


Hey everyone! Yep, that's what today is....World Card Making Day!  I'm not big on making cards..in fact they don't come to me easily.  SO, I thought what better way to practice than to actually make one for the "holiday!"  

This card took hours to make-not because it was hard, but because it was simple.  My brain doesn't seem to work this way anymore.....I LOVE and appreciate simplistic scrapping and crafts, but when it's my turn to do so, I clam.  Anywho...the printed paper is from Authentique.  The card base is simply a piece of watercolor  paper that has been dry embossed with a Sizzix folder. 

The metal embellie sticker is from Mometa.

The stamp is from Teresa Collins Fabrications line stamped with Colorbox's Stephanie Barnard Premium Dye Ink in "Banana."  See, seriously simple and easy...it realistically probably took 30 mins to make in real time! You know where you don't have to get up constantly to get your 2 yr old out of the paint, glittter, glue (everything but the crayons you've given her!). Hope you've enjoyed this quickie!  NOW hop on over to the very talented Denise Hahn's blog to check out her awesomeness!  Remember there's a prize giveaway!