Hero Hostess Summer Picnic Hop!

Welcome to Day 2 of the Hero Hostess Summer Picnic Hop!

If you've been following along, you should have arrived from Suzanne's blog.

Hero Arts will be awarding awesome prizes from randomly drawn comments. 

For a chance to win, simply comment on ANY of the stops along the hop on ANY day,

including each day's starting post at the Hero Club Blog. 

The more comments you leave, the better your chance of winning!

(Note: 7/30/13: Winners have been chosen.)

For my summertime card, I white embossed two bicycle images and ink distressed

with Peacock Feathers and Mowed Lawn and added a bit of water spritzing.

The sentiment was white embossed and ink distressed with Orange Marmalade.

For a pop of color, I added some punched flowers on the bike's basket.

Besides a project, we're sharing favorite summer recipes, and here's mine.

It's one that I've had for a while but only recently started making,

and it's a huge hit with my family. It's so refreshing and perfect for summer.

I hope you'll try it!

HAZELNUT ICED COFFEE

(Halved recipe courtesy of The Pioneer Woman, 
adapted from Imbibe magazine)

8 ozs. ground Hazelnut coffee
One gallon of cold water

• In a large container, pour in the coffee and add water. Mix well and cover. Let steep for 8 hours or more. 
• After 8 hours, pour the mixture through a fine sieve lined with a coffee filter, paper towels, or several layers of cheesecloth. Refrigerate until well chilled. 
• When ready to serve, fill a glass with ice cubes. Fill about 1/2 the glass with the coffee concentrate. Fill the rest of the glass with milk (soy, 2%,1%, whole, or half and half) and add a tablespoon of simple syrup or sugar. Stir well and taste, adjusting to desired sweetness.
• Insert (optional) straw and enjoy!

Coffee concentrate will yield 12 to 15 glasses of iced coffee and will keep for about two weeks, covered, in refrigerator. In our house, it lasts about four days.

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(Note: 7/28/13--The winner has already been chosen)
In addition to the Hero Arts giveaway, I'm having one here on my blog.
I'll be giving away Hero Arts Dotted Snowflake stamp and matching
Frame Cuts snowflake dies to a random commenter on this post.

Last year I shared some cards on my blog using this set. It's perfect for making
shaped cards and getting a head start on your holiday card making.

The deadline for comments for my giveaway is Friday, July 26 at midnight HST.

I will announce the winner on Saturday, July 27 and I will ship internationally, too!

I'm the last stop in today's lineup. Day 3 continues tomorrow on the Hero Arts blog.
See you then, and thanks so much for hopping with us!

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Avery Elle's Oh Happy Day

Today I'm sharing two cards using Avery Elle's Oh Happy Day.

The first card has cascading flowers and leaves stamped in assorted colors.

The sentiment comes with the set--love that gorgeous font!

My second card has a sprinkling of flowers paired with the sentiment
and frame from Framed Fonts.

Most of Avery Elle's stamp sets come with free cut files but I fussy cut
the frame and mounted it off center with dimensional tape.

I think that Jamie chose the perfect name for this set.
Seeing all the floral goodness makes it a happy day...

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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CASology--COOL

This week's cue word at CASology is COOL. What's your interpretation?

Beatnik cool, or temperature cool?

Here's my take on the word.

 I was totally inspired by Ardyth's amazingly cool card here.
 

I white embossed the sentiment from Technique Tuesday (I trimmed off the "SO")

and ink distressed a bit with Peacock Feathers. Some splatters and sequins

finished off the card.

The clear sequins are from Avery Elle's Winter Blend mix. They're pretty cool.

Thanks, always, for visiting!

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CAS(E) this Sketch 37

This week, Karolyn has this fun sketch for us.

 

 

Here's my take on it.

I decided to go with a skinny (3.5 by 5") top folding card.

I used the hearts from Avery Elle's Love You Lots Clear Photopolymer Stamps

and stamped them ombré-ish. Sorta. The sentiment is from the same set.

I rounded off the bottom corners and scored some lines on the top

to mimic the lines on the hearts.

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see how the rest of the design team

interpreted the sketch and play along with us.

Also, there's a DESIGN TEAM CALL, so go here for all the details
and requirements if you're interested in joining the design team!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Avery Elle's Texture Tiles

Today I'm sharing some tags using Avery Elle's Texture Tiles, a unique stamp set 

designed by my teamie, Nina Yang, who also designed the matching Elle-ments Tag dies.

I used the stripe tile and stamped the bottom portion of the tags

in Tsukineko's Graphite Black Ink and added some blooms and leaves

from Petals and Stems. I love the contrast between the black lines and the colorful blooms!
All of the sentiments are by Avery Elle, and I topped off the tags with black and white twine.

Make sure you stop by Nina's blog to see her card using Oh Yeah.
Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

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