Stella Card Swap #2 + another Liebster award!

Good morning! Here's the second of my Stella card swap cards from my CK stamping marathon. In this one I kept the stamping simplete, with just Cocoa ink on the big flower petals...then I added some Lagoon detail with my waterbrush. 


Have you done that? Just squeeze your pad to make a puddle of ink in the top of the pad. Then use a damp waterbrish to grab the ink and paint it on like a watercolor - simple, fast, fab!


I paper pieced the Tulip/Sunset center disc...and there may be a sprinkling of staples and bitty sparkles too, but that's it! 2 down, 2 more to come this week!


In other good news, sweet Gina Brandsetter nominated me for the Liebster award again! I'm honored that Gina likes my blog, especially as I think her blog is outstanding! Go check her out at http://gmbscrapper.blogspot.com/ and see what I mean!
                                                               
So what Is this Liebster Blog Award?  This award is for bloggers with less than 200 followers, to bring attention to their blog, and increase their following!  

Here are some of the blogs I subscribe to. I love to check up on them weekly (Sometimes daily!) to see what awesome creations they are sharing.  I'm sharing this award with them!  Please stop by to visit them, and become a Follower.

1. Handmade by G3 - Gayatri Murali - I can't believe Gayatri is not showing more than 200 followers. Her creations are simply beautiful!

2. Scrapi Traci - Traci Pasqualone, such a bright, cheerful blog!

3. Creatively Artsy Cards - Nancy Brown - the name says it all!

4. Reflections of my Art & Soul - Pamela O-Connor - love her scrapbook pages!

5. Simply Creating - Krista Ritskes, fun projects, inspiring writing about her trip to Guatemala!

Here are the Rules for the Liebster Blog Award:
1. Show your thanks to the blogger who gave you the award by linking back to them. (Thank you, Gina!) 
2. Reveal your five picks for the award and let them know. 
3. Post the award on your blog. 
4. Bask in the love from the supportive people out there in Blog Land! 5. Finally and the best rule of all..........have fun and spread the love!  

Liebster Blogs to share!

I love working on my blog, and I always wish I had more time to devote to it. I love reading your comments, and it makes my day when you like something I've made as much as I do! So you can imagine how tickled I was when Lisa from Lisa's Loft left me a little surprise in her comment - a Liebster Award! Her blog has some super cute projects on it, too! (Check out this gorgeous Garden Journal!)


Liebster is German for "beloved" or "favorite." The creator of this award wishes for it to be bestowed to five worthy people whose blogs have fewer than 200 followers--as a way to acknowledge creativity while promoting an increase in blog traffic. The rules of acceptance are as follows:
1. Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you.
2. Reveal your top 5 picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog.
3. Copy and paste the award on your blog.
4. Have faith that your followers will spread the love to other bloggers.
5. And most of all - have fun!

So after much searching through so many deserving blogs, here's my top five. Whoooo buddy... was it hard to choose! In no particular order....
 
1. heatherjanedesign.blogspot.com :  Heather Jane's projects make me run for the Pinning button. Be sure to peek at the  I Daddy frame - it'll be case-ed for my hubby soon. Good thing he doesn't read my blog!
 
2. paperheartist.com Tamytha takes amazing photos of her lovely artwork, so her tutorials are awesome.
 
3. creativelycreating.blogspot.com  Hello - Tiffany Cheney always puts up the awesome artwork. How can her blog not have 200 followers? And it's got adorable crafts other than CTMH/stamping on it too - how does she find the time? Go there and marvel with me!
 
4. mprantner.blogspot.com Miriam is a new consultant, but her blog is nicely done with lots of cute projects. Look for the fish card - it'll make you smile!
 
5. kponte.blogspot.com  Kristine has some seriously cool scrapbook sketch LOs on her blog, and the photography is awesome, with nice detailed closeups of the embellies. Blog candy indeed!
 
Thanks to Lisa for choosing me, and I hope you'll all go peek at these adorably deserving blogs!