Stamp It! Cards meets Stamping Royalty Blog Hop

I welcome you to the Stamp It! Cards meets Stamping Royalty blog hop! I'm a winner of the 2011 Stamping Royalty Contest! Being a winner this year has been out of this world! I have entered in the Stamping Royalty Contest for the past two years, this being my third year entering. My winning was so unexpected to me. I found out the news two days before my birthday, what a great gift! Ever since winning I feel like new doors have opened for me. It's amazing! I get to talk/keep in touch with the other gal's that won, as well as some others through twitter, blogs, etc. Everybody is truely great and very helpful! It's like one big family, their always there for you!

So, for this blog hop we (Stamping Royalty winners) had to create a card using one of the stamp sets from our prize packages. Being that 4th of July is right around the corner, the colors we decided to use were red, white, and blue. The stamp set I used was 'What's Cookin'?' by Taylored Expressions. I had fun making this card and it made me use colors I normally wouldn't use together. I was happy with my outcome, what do you think?!

I can say 'I truly love stamping' and there are many reasons why! I love how you can take one stamp and turn it into a completely different one. Whether you mask some/all of it, turn it sideways, or upside down, the possibilities are endless! I also love how you can enhance the detail of a stamp. You can enhance your stamp by adding embellishments (ribbon, buttons, pearls, etc.) or just even by coloring your stamped image. With stamping there's so much you can do, it really lets you create a 'one of a kind card'. In my opinion, I think stamping can show a piece of 'you'.

Speaking of you, why not show a little of 'you' to someone?! It's great to give back and the feeling you get when you can make someone smile is 'warm in the heart'. I always try to give back, I do believe 'the more you give, the more you get it return'. That 'WOW' look on someone's face when they see your card...LOVE it! One of the ways you can give is with Operation Write Home. You can help by donating your own cards to them! You can visit them at: http://operationwritehome.org/needs.html Once there you will be able to find all the details and help you need.

If you need some more inspiration, check out all the other winners blogs:

Amber Daigre
Lynn Darda
Angela Fehr
Mariana Grigsby
Cristina Kowalczyk
Stephanie Nagel
Laura Pryor
Mary Dawn Quirindongo
Kelly Silva
Laurie Willison
Sarah Jay
Karolyn Loncon
Julia Stainton

Also, if you leave a comment on my blog (from now until midnight sunday July 3) one lucky person will win a copy of Stamp It! Cards vol.8! For even more fun, you can leave a comment on PaperCraftsConnection blog http://www.papercraftsconnection.com/ for a chance to win a fabulous stamping prize package (shown below)!

 You can also purchase Stamp It! Cards vol.8 at: http://www.scrapandpapershop.com/product/stamp-it-cards-volume-8/paper-crafts

Thank you for visiting my blog and 'Happy Stamping' to you!