{"id":25574,"date":"2017-04-05T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T05:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=25574"},"modified":"2018-01-28T11:21:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T16:21:55","slug":"serendipity-april-blog-hop-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=25574","title":{"rendered":"Serendipity April Blog Hop #1!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-cu-IMG0706.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25575\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-cu-IMG0706.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-cu-IMG0706.jpg 998w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-cu-IMG0706-175x140.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-cu-IMG0706-400x319.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-cu-IMG0706-768x613.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-cu-IMG0706-600x479.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><br \/>\n <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SS-Button_sq-logo_sz2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13443\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/SS-Button_sq-logo_sz2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"175\" height=\"154\" \/><\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/444G.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/444dogwoodbranch_274x274.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"149\" height=\"149\" \/>\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.splitcoaststampers.com\/forums\/favorites-forum-f447\/favorites-week-ending-january-27-2018-a-t622571.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-9523 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/Weekly-Favorite.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n <span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Welcome to the April#1 Blog Hop<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0for<\/span><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Serendipity Stamps<\/a><\/strong>!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">If you arrived here from\u00a0<span style=\"color: #f4abab;\"><a style=\"color: #f4abab;\" href=\"http:\/\/miriamsdelirium.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Miriam&#8217;s<\/span><\/a><\/span>\u00a0blog, you&#8217;re in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">T<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">he Prize &#8211; One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure\u00a0\u00a0to visit all the blogs because you don&#8217;t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have\u00a0through Sunday April 9\u00a0to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on April 10<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">\u00a0on her<span style=\"color: #eaafaf;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #eaafaf;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blog<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span>Each month a different image is\u00a0<strong>50% off.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">\u00a0This month- it\u2019s\u00a0the<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/444G.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b style=\"color: #eaafaf;\"><span style=\"color: #eaafaf;\">Dogwood \u00a0Branch<\/span><\/b><\/a>!<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">On the first &amp; third Wednesdays of every month., we&#8217;ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop!<\/span><br \/>\n <a style=\"color: #9fc5e8; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\" href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-IMG0705.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25576\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-IMG0705.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-IMG0705.jpg 756w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-IMG0705-126x175.jpg 126w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-IMG0705-287x400.jpg 287w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-IMG0705-431x600.jpg 431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><br \/>\n <\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">To make my Happy, happy birthday card, I die cut the white panel w\/ the fabulous new<span style=\"color: #cfe2f3;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"> <span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/082ND.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Happy Background die<\/strong><\/a><\/span><strong>.<\/strong> <\/span><\/span>Wow! Does it ever make a\u00a0birthday\u00a0card attention grabbing &amp; easy. I love that you can leave the big Happys in or push them out, like I did here to let some of the color of the bg paper show through. I stamped the<span style=\"color: #9fc5e8; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><strong> <a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/828D.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birthday<\/a><\/strong> <\/span>onto a stitched flag w\/ a\u00a0navy ink &amp; added a stacked die cut paper button for trim.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Here&#8217;s a look at the inside. Since the paper I used behind the white Happy panel on the front is double sided, I die cut out a rectangle from the card front so that the other side of the dp shows thru on the inside. I used that cut out of the card to stamp my inside greeting on.<\/span><br \/>\n <a style=\"color: #9fc5e8; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\" href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-inside-00457.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25577\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-inside-00457.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-inside-00457.jpg 386w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-inside-00457-101x175.jpg 101w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-inside-00457-231x400.jpg 231w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Happy-Happy-inside-00457-347x600.jpg 347w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><br \/>\n <\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Please be sure to comment on all the DT Blogs..it will be so appreciated &amp; also increase your chances of winning!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mary&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/justmeclm.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carol Mayne<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/paperliliesandink.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Karen Amidon<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/miriamsdelirium.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Miriam Na<\/span>pier<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?cat=514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Julie Warner<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(you are here!)<br \/>\n <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/vickiezimmer.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vickie Zimmer<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/marybethstimeforpaper.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marybeth Lopez<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Thanks so much for stopping by!<\/span><br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Julie2-sig.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12715\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Julie2-sig.png\" alt=\"Julie2 sig\" width=\"134\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Supplies:<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"90%\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"6\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody id=\"collapseobj_photoinfo\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Stamps:\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Serendipity Stamps<\/a>\u00a0\u2013<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">\u00a0\u00a0<span style=\"color: #cfe2f3;\"><a style=\"color: #cfe2f3;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/828D.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Birthday<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0(inside &#8211;\u00a0<a style=\"color: #cfe2f3;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/1391ECl.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make a Wish<\/a>,\u00a0<a style=\"color: #cfe2f3;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/1162C.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Candle<\/a>)<\/span><\/span><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/drsdesigns.com\/backgrounds\/1186-splatter-background.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><br \/>\n <\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Paper:<\/b>\u00a0 Staples #110 white,\u00a0dp (Pebbles &#8211; Family Ties)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Ink:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0\u00a0Versafine majestic blue<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Accessories:<\/b><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">S<\/span><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">erendipity<a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/081ND.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><span style=\"color: #cfe2f3;\"><a style=\"color: #cfe2f3;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/082ND.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Happy Bg die<\/a><\/span>,\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0Spellbinders A2 matting basics A dies, Lil&#8217; Inker stitched rectangle dies, MFT stitched flags, blueprint 18 dies\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n <!-- BEGIN thumbnail code by justwritedesigns.com--><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\u00a0\n<\/div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 82px; height: 79px; border: none;\"><a title=\"Birthday 828D \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/828birthday_274x274.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/828birthday_274x274.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"70px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" title=\" Birthday 828D \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/828D.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Birthday 828D <\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 82px; height: 79px; border: none;\"><a title=\" Happy Bg die 082ND \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/graphics\/00000001\/082happybackgrounddie_274x274.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/graphics\/00000001\/082happybackgrounddie_274x274.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"70px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" title=\" Happy Bg die 082ND \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/082ND.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Happy Bg die 082ND <\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 82px; height: 79px; border: none;\"><a title=\" Make a Wish set 1391ECL \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/1391amakeawishonelineboth_274x274.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/1391amakeawishonelineboth_274x274.gif \" alt=\"\" width=\"53px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" title=\" Make a Wish set 1391ECL \" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/1391ECl.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Make a Wish set 1391ECL <\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 82px; height: 79px; border: none;\"><a title=\" Candle 1162C \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/1162Ccandle_274x274.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/1162Ccandle_274x274.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"70px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" title=\" Candle 1162C \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/1162C.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Candle 1162C <\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 82px; height: 79px; border: none;\"><a title=\"VersaFine Small Inkpads\" href=\" https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/s-l1000-e1460648476232.jpg \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/s-l1000-e1460648476232.jpg \" alt=\"\" width=\"70px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><span style=\"color: #e6b8af;\"><a style=\"color: #e6b8af;\" title=\"VersaFine Small Inkpads\" href=\" http:\/\/www.stampeaz.com\/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&amp;search_in_description=1&amp;keyword=VersaFine+Small \" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> VersaFine Small Inkpads <\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 82px; height: 79px; border: none;\"><span style=\"color: #e6b8af;\"><a style=\"color: #e6b8af;\" title=\"Staples 110# White Card Stock\" href=\" http:\/\/www.staples-3p.com\/s7\/is\/image\/Staples\/s0054292_sc7?$splssku$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/www.staples-3p.com\/s7\/is\/image\/Staples\/s0054292_sc7?$splssku$\" alt=\" width=\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><span style=\"color: #e6b8af;\"><a style=\"color: #e6b8af;\" title=\"Staples 110# White Card Stock\" href=\" http:\/\/www.staples.com\/Staples-Card-Stock\/product_SS992807#\/id='dropdown_490887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Staples 110# White Card Stock <\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; text-align: center; float: left;\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; vertical-align: middle; width: 82px; height: 79px; border: none;\"><span style=\"color: #e6b8af;\"><a style=\"color: #e6b8af;\" title=\" Pebbles-Family Ties \" href=\" https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SBC_ac-751360.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SBC_ac-751360.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"70px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; 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If you arrived here from\u00a0Miriam&#8217;s\u00a0blog, you&#8217;re in the right place..if not, you may want to head over there first. The Prize &#8211; One $20 gift code will go to one random commenter from the blogs. So be sure\u00a0\u00a0to visit all the blogs because you don&#8217;t know which one the winner will be drawn from. You have\u00a0through Sunday April 9\u00a0to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on April 10\u00a0on her\u00a0Blog.\u00a0\u00a0Each month a different image is\u00a050% off.\u00a0This month- it\u2019s\u00a0the\u00a0Dogwood \u00a0Branch!\u00a0On the first &amp; third Wednesdays of every month., we&#8217;ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop! To make my Happy, happy birthday card, I die cut the white panel w\/ the fabulous new Happy Background die. Wow! Does it ever make a\u00a0birthday\u00a0card attention grabbing &amp; easy. I love that you can leave the big Happys in or push them out, like I did here to let some of the color of the bg paper show through. I stamped the Birthday onto a stitched flag w\/ a\u00a0navy ink &amp; added a stacked die cut paper button [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,337,514,34,14,446],"tags":[583,614,539,501,479,517,114,115,448],"class_list":["post-25574","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birthday","category-cas","category-serendipity-stamps","category-nestabilities","category-scs-challenges","category-scs-weekly-favorite","tag-birthday","tag-cas","tag-lil-inker","tag-mft","tag-my-favorite-things","tag-serendipity-stamps","tag-spellbinders","tag-scs","tag-splitcoast-weekly-favorite"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25574","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25574"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25574\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25574"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25574"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25574"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}