Blog Hop for i-crafter - a Brand New Company!!!!

Hello crafty friends...

Today is the day I can finally share the news I've been sitting on for MONTHS.  Lynda Kanase is back, and her new company is called i-crafter ... a company by crafters for crafters. I am on the Inspiration (Design) Team with these other lovely ladies and today we are having a Blog Hop to share the January release. i-crafter was officially launched at CHA in Phoenix today - SO exciting!!! (If you are at the trade show, you can find i-crafter at booth 2357).

At the end of my post I have a list of the Inspiration Team Blogs so you can hop along with us and see all the creative goodness, as well as some information on i-crafter 
AND how you can win a prize!!

NOTE:  I am on the road and don't have access to internet or my laptop. 
If there are any glitches in the blog hop, please leave me a comment 
and I will get everything fixed in a day or two.

Let's start with the Heart Hands Wiper Insert - I used that to create my card. How cute is it, when the card is fully opened the hands join together to form a heart with their fingers. In addition to the YouTube video below,  showing the card in action, I have LOTS of photos for you. And yes - the dies are BLUE. Love that.

Remember you can always check out my YouTube Channel HERE and see the videos larger than they appear on Blogger.

These hands coming together to form a heart are just SO cool! I die cut the heart from black, then again from scraps of white, pink and red ... then inlay the coloured pieces into the black outline for some additional pops of colour.

For a signing block, I used the Zip Gift Tag and layered it with the For You that is included in the Zip Gift Tag set. It was cut into the white fishtail banner, and the words pop with the pink layer I added behind it.

Below is a side view so you can see the pop up a little better.

I made a second project for the Blog Hop, with the Zip Gift Tag ... you pull back the zipper and that reveals a gift card hidden inside. Note, the zipper is meant to go at the top of the tag, but as usual I used the die differently than intended.

There are several different shapes (and words) that you can cut into the tag and I chose the heart image for this one. The blue areas were done with a marker and I backed the opening with white card stock. You could also leave it with the gift card showing through the openings as sort of a teaser.

Here are both projects together ...

I have been having a lot of fun with this Wiper Insert, and you will be seeing me use it a lot. Without the hands, it becomes a generic wiper mechanism that you can add inside a card and animate all kinds of things. I have a notebook page full of ideas to use with it!

Here is some information about i-crafter: A fresh new company, truly inspired by crafters, for crafters:

"This is a company backed by years of experience in the crafting industry. Built from the ground up with a lot of blood, sweat and tears {of joy} by people who truly like working with each other.

We will be launching new product at the beginning of each month and together with that, we will feature an inspiring blog hop by our talented Inspiration Team. New ideas and new crafty goodies to start your month off as well as an entire 30ish days of inspiration by the Team."

Let’s make something together is the tagline. Love that!

For those US peeps only,  there is a chance to win a prize
"Please visit all of their blogs and leave a comment, plus leave a comment on the i-crafter post as well. Then on January 30, Lynda will select a winner who has posted a comment on every blog and send them a prize of some brand new i-crafter dies and stamps. If there are multiple winners, she will do a random selection to choose a winner. -Contest is open to U.S. residents only with the winner being announced at i-crafter on February 1, 2020."

Here are the Blog Hop links - hop along and be inspired!

i-crafter

Amanda 

Jenn 

Jessica S

Karen - that's me!!

Jessica F

Lisa

Ardyth 

Lynnea 

Brianne 

i-crafter

Supplies:

222045 Heart Hands Wiper Insert - Lynda Kanase, iCrafter

222010 Zip Gift Tag - Lynda Kanase, iCrafter

Black, white and pink card stocks

Striped patterned paper - Doodlebug Designs (double sided)

Red sparkle card stock - stash

Fun foam

Sequins

Glossy Accents

Nuvo Drops

Card size: Standard A2 (5.5 x 4.25")

Supplies for Tag:
222010 Zip Gift Tags - Lynda Kanase, iCrafter
Red, black and white card stocks
White shimmer card stock
Red glitter card stock - Stampin' Up
Striped patterned paper - Doodlebug Designs (double sided)
Seam binding
Bakers Twine
Nuvo Drops
Sakura glaze pen
Copic markers

Thanks for stopping by today