<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Frugal Crafter Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/author/thefrugalcrafter/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Blog Hop Winners!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Happy Tuesday, after a week of rain and gloom the sun is shining and I have prizes to give away! Woohoo! First of all I want to thank everyone who participated in the blog hop and virtual crop last week, it was so fun getting to know you all:) I have picked wild card winners who left comment on my blog during the hop and they are:</p>
<p>Sandy Christy</p>
<p>April Stevens and</p>
<p>Lisa Kamphuis</p>
<p>Congrats Ladies, you can pick ant stamp set from the Lindsay&#8217;s stamp stuff Shop as your prize!</p>
<p>But wait, there are more prizes that are to be won! Did you leave a comment on any of the design teams blogs? Well better go and check to see if you won, here is a handy list of links to their blogs:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.desertdesignsstudios.com/blog/">Shannon Neparko</a></p>
<p><a href="http://scrappinmargie.blogspot.com/">Margie Visnick</a></p>
<p><a href="http://zippycrafts.blogspot.com/">Lisa Jurecek</a></p>
<p><a href="http://scrapstampandbemerry.blogspot.com/">Erin Bailey</a></p>
<p><a href="http://myfenceposts2.blogspot.com/">Tracey Allen</a></p>
<p><a href="http://stampitscrapitshareit.blogspot.com/">Melissa Craig</a></p>
<p><a href="http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/">Leanne Garner</a></p>
<p><a href="http://scrapcationgetaway.blogspot.com/">Tamara Bennett</a></p>
<p><a href="http://cindi-hookedoncrafts.blogspot.com/">Cindi Hooks</a></p>
<p><a href="http://artfulxpressions.net/?p=2379">Micki Harper </a></p>
<p><a href="http://reflectionsbyrebekah.blogspot.com/">Rebekah Doak</a></p>
<p><a href="http://shestamps.blogspot.com/">Cheryl Gorka </a></p>
<p><a href="http://karin-withaniforpaper.blogspot.com/">Karin Martin</a></p>
<p><a href="http://blissfulplace.blogspot.com/">Jennifer Bliss</a></p>
<p><a href="http://altered-for-him.blogspot.com/">Cassandra Cushman</a></p>
<p><a href="http://rhondagale.blogspot.com/">Rhonda Walker</a></p>
<p>Now, as you know it is &#8220;Green Week&#8221; or &#8220;Earth week&#8221; and we all want to do our part to save the planet (not to mention our pocketbook) so here is a set of projects that use only 2 8.5&#8243;x11&#8243; sheets of kraft cardstock and 2 sheets of pattern paper (one sheet was used to make (two 4.25&#8243;x5.5 envelopes!) I used digital stamps from <a href="http://www.mygrafico.com/lindsay-39-s-stamp-stuff/aff_100.html">Lindsay&#8217;s stamp stuff</a> that I printed out ages ago and were in my &#8220;someday&#8221; folder, I colored them with markers and put these together in a flash:</p>
<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_3318" style="width: 478px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.mygrafico.com/digital-stamps/fancy-flowers-digital-stamps/prod_1859.html"><img loading="lazy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3318" data-attachment-id="3318" data-permalink="https://thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2010/04/20/blog-hop-winners/mason_spring/" data-orig-file="https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/mason_spring.jpg" data-orig-size="600,755" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A540&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1271328301&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;9.817&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="mason_spring" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/mason_spring.jpg?w=238" data-large-file="https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/mason_spring.jpg?w=600" class="size-full wp-image-3318" title="mason_spring" src="https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/mason_spring.jpg?w=468&#038;h=588" alt="" width="468" height="588" srcset="https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/mason_spring.jpg?w=468&amp;h=588 468w, https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/mason_spring.jpg?w=119&amp;h=150 119w, https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/mason_spring.jpg?w=238&amp;h=300 238w, https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/mason_spring.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-3318" class="wp-caption-text">Look at those cheeks, can you stand it! The stamps are from Fancy Flowers set and the paper is from DCWV. I swipe of pastel yellow paint along the edge gives it an instant shabby feel!</p></div>
<p>The paper is a patchwork style so it has lots of patterns, I cut the blocks of pattern apart and stitched them down, it was fun to make! I colored the <a href="http://www.mygrafico.com/digital-stamps/fancy-flowers-digital-stamps/prod_1859.html">daffodil stamps</a> with markers and added them with foam tape. I crocheted the little flower with some cotton thread using a free pattern off the internet and viola, cute, fun and easy!</p>
<div data-shortcode="caption" id="attachment_3319" style="width: 478px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="http://www.mygrafico.com/lindsay-39-s-stamp-stuff/aff_100.html"><img loading="lazy" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-3319" data-attachment-id="3319" data-permalink="https://thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/2010/04/20/blog-hop-winners/crop_stitched-cards/" data-orig-file="https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/crop_stitched-cards.jpg" data-orig-size="600,440" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot A540&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1271332428&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;5.8&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="crop_stitched-cards" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/crop_stitched-cards.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/crop_stitched-cards.jpg?w=600" class="size-full wp-image-3319" title="crop_stitched-cards" src="https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/crop_stitched-cards.jpg?w=468&#038;h=343" alt="" width="468" height="343" srcset="https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/crop_stitched-cards.jpg?w=468&amp;h=343 468w, https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/crop_stitched-cards.jpg?w=150&amp;h=110 150w, https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/crop_stitched-cards.jpg?w=300&amp;h=220 300w, https://thefrugalcrafter.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/crop_stitched-cards.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px" /></a><p id="caption-attachment-3319" class="wp-caption-text">I made the cards the same way as the scrapbook page. I cut both envelopes from one sheet of 12x12 paper using my envelope bonanza templates that are available along with the featured stamps from Lindsay&#39;s stamp Stuff. I colored the stamps with Prisma markers.</p></div>
<p>I used stamps from <a href="http://www.mygrafico.com/digital-stamps/doodle-flowers-digital-stamp-set/prod_1391.html">Doodle Flowers</a> and <a href="http://www.mygrafico.com/digital-stamps/sweet-stuff-digital-stamp-set/prod_1577.html">Sweet Stuff</a> on these cards. I cut both envelopes from one sheet of pattern paper using the &#8220;<a href="http://www.mygrafico.com/svg-cutting-templates-for-cricut-a-/envelope-bonanza-/prod_2144.html">bb envelope&#8221;</a> (that stands for &#8220;Baby-Bug&#8221; because you can cut the envelope full size on the original 6&#8243;x12&#8243; cricut using <a href="http://www.craftedge.com/index.php?rfid=4291406&amp;ref=c05943995fc9e9df4a0b0672d997478d">SCAL software</a>) that is in the <a href="http://www.mygrafico.com/svg-cutting-templates-for-cricut-a-/envelope-bonanza-/prod_2144.html">envelope bonanza kit</a>. If you do not have a cricut all of the templates are printable too! This file will give you an envelope just big enough for a standard size card that is not embellished very much but since I had some lumpy doo-dads in my cards  made liners from my scrap paper and added then to the envies to make a bit of decoration and give me a bit more room to accommodate the lumps. I punched the flaps with a border punch, pretty, no?</p>
<p>Well I&#8217;m off to enjoy this beautiful day with my kids who are on vacation this week, If you won a prize and have not got it yet via email you will receive it tomorrow. For my wild card winners, let me know what set you want and I&#8217;ll send it out tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!</p>
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