Serendipity Stamps Blog Hop and Challenge!!

Good Morning- so glad you stopped by today. The Serendipity Stamps DT are showing off some new goodies in the store and combining it with this month's Serendipity Stamps Challenge-- This month it's all about embossing!! AND this time around the DT were asked to add an additional challenge... Get Well/Thinking of You!

You should have arrived here from Miriam's blog but, if you got lost along the way I have a full list below.  

SSCB#54 Emboss - dry, heat, deboss - so many design options. The choice is yours... just make sure your project includes some type of embossing and at least one Serendipity Stamps image!

I have three cards for you today.... couldn't help myself :)

My first card uses the SWEET kitties in the Little Critters die set along with a sentiment from the Meow Mix Cling set. The background was stamped with the Beaded Strings background stamp using versamark and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  Next I water colored with Gansai Tambi watercolors (Kuretake) in rainbow colors. Die cut a PPP Stitched Duo 1 frame and some kitties in rainbow colors. Popped the frame up adding the kitties in the windows. The sentiment was the finishing touch- also stamped and heat embossed. My thinking of you card for all my cat/kittie lover friends :)

Here's a little close up so you can see the embossing AND the detail on those sweet kitties :)

Then... I thought all those sweet critters would be perfect for a baby card...

The background was water colored- and stamped with the Beaded Strings stamp and heat embossed with white. Die cut all the sweet critters...did a little water coloring... added a die cut stitched circle from Cherry Lynn (Mary stocks Cherry Lynn in the store)- placed the water colored critters in a cluster- some popped up. Added the "Sweet" sentiment die cut several times using gold paper for a little dimension. 

Another close up of the embossing and those critters....

Last card....

Love this Open Book image... added a few water colored die hearts from the Critters die set.

And the inside.... this sentiment is perfect!! Not the best pic but... perfect sentiment!! I am a book lover myself... read every night before sleeping. 

Play along with the monthly challenge (emboss) you still have time as it's a monthly challenge AND you can win a GC to the Serendipity store!! We're at the halfway point so there's still time to join!!

The special for the hop is  is free shipping on all US orders $20 and up  – good Wed through Sunday 4/20 – 4/24.  

Want to go shopping? The 50% off stamp of the month is the...Adirondack Chair.

Another prize...Leave a comment on the DT blogs to be entered into a drawing for a $20 gift certificate to Serendipity Stamps.You have until April 24.  Mary will announce the winner on her blog on Monday April 25.

Your next stop on the hop is my sweet friend Jeanne Jachna (the full list is below). Jeanne is the Queen of bright colors... they're beautiful too!!

Here's the hop list... 

Mary's Blog

Marybeth Lopez
Miriam Napier
Vickie Zimmer
Jeanne Jachna 
Jenny Gropp
Julie Warner
Karen Amidon

There are lots of new goodies :) in the store, you can find them here. 

Thanks for stopping by!! Love when you do and appreciate all the kind words!!