CardMaker & The Stamps of Life Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the CardMaker and The Stamps of Life Blog Hop!
The Designers from CardMaker and The Stamps of Life are teaming up to showcase some wonderful products from The Stamps of Life.

Be sure to comment on each Blog along the Hop - one lucky commenter will be randomly chosen to receive 3 stamp sets of their choice ($12.95 value or less)! The winner will be chosen on July 31 and announced on the The Stamps of Life Blog on August 1st.

Okay, so let's get started!
For today's Hop, I made this fun little summertime gift set....

I used these great stamp sets from The Stamps of Life to create my project:

* summer4fun (sandcastle and fish)
* island2visit (sentiments)
* flipflops2stamp and patterns4sandals (flip flops)

I also used several die sets:

* Big Borders (scalloped edge on card and gift bag header)
* Sandal Dies (flip flops and waves)
* Hot Air Balloon Club Die Set (sunshine)

I added a bit of clear glitter to the sandcastle using a Wink of Stella Glitter Brush.

The flowers on my flip flops were made with the Triplets Flower Dies.

I also put together a fun Shaker Card for the Hop....

I used the following TSOL products for this fun card:
* Big Border Dies (zig-zag edge)
* tv2stamp stamp set and dies
* Sizzix Framelits Balloons & Cupcakes (stars)

(inside of shaker card)

And, there you go!
I hope you enjoyed my fun, projects for today's hop. Now it's time for you to hop along to my friend Anna's Blog! I am also including the Blog Hop Line up in case you get lost along the way:

Hop List: CardMaker Magazine Tiffany Johnson Emily Niehaus Theresa Momber Joana Studer Frances Byrne Jeanne Jachna Vanessa Buzard Kristine Reynolds Penny Ward Tanya Adams--- YOU ARE HERE Anna Wight Noelle McAdams Jeanne Streiff Mae Nazareth Kim Pargeter Judy Rozema Piali Biswas The Stamps of Life blog
Enjoy the Hop and I'll be seeing you soon....