{"id":28320,"date":"2018-07-18T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T05:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=28320"},"modified":"2018-10-20T14:47:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-20T18:47:23","slug":"serendipity-july-blog-hop-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?p=28320","title":{"rendered":"Serendipity July Blog Hop #2!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-cu-01883.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28321\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-cu-01883.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-cu-01883.jpg 832w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-cu-01883-175x133.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-cu-01883-400x304.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-cu-01883-768x583.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-cu-01883-600x456.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><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 href=\"https:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/1266G.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/1266grilling_274x274.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"147\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Welcome to the July #2 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 noreferrer\">Serendipity Stamps<\/a><\/strong>!\u00a0<\/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 July 22 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on July 23\u00a0<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif;\">on her<span style=\"color: #eaafaf;\">\u00a0<a style=\"color: #eaafaf;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blog<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><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><\/strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">The Special this month is the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/1266G.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Grilling\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a><strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">stamp &#8211; 50% off!\u00a0<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-01882.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28324\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-01882.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"522\" height=\"513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-01882.jpg 812w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-01882-175x172.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-01882-400x393.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-01882-768x755.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-01882-600x590.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 522px) 100vw, 522px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">For my Grilling card, I kept it fairly simple. After stamping &amp; coloring the fun summer image, I die cut it. I had some designer paper that resembled graph paper &amp; I die cut a piece of it &amp; colored in random blocks. I thought it was a bit too much, so I made a narrow frame out of it &amp; used it instead of the full piece.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Here&#8217;s a look at the inside &amp; below it are the Copics I used.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-inside-01885.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28322 \" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-inside-01885-400x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"301\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-inside-01885-400x350.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-inside-01885-175x153.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-inside-01885.jpg 574w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-copics-01856.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-28323 \" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-copics-01856-400x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-copics-01856-400x206.jpg 400w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-copics-01856-175x90.jpg 175w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-copics-01856-600x309.jpg 600w, https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Grillin-copics-01856.jpg 664w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\">Please be sure to comment on all the blogs..it is much appreciated &amp; also increases your chances of winning!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #f4abab;\"><a style=\"color: #f4abab;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mary&#8217;s Blog<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #f4abab;\"><a style=\"color: #f4abab;\" href=\"http:\/\/pugnaciouspapercrafts.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Beth Chiu\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #f4abab;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><a style=\"color: #f4abab;\" href=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/?cat=514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julie Warner<\/a><\/span>\u00a0(you are here!)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #f4abab;\"><a style=\"color: #f4abab;\" href=\"http:\/\/miriamsdelirium.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><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=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #f4abab;\"><a style=\"color: #f4abab;\" href=\"http:\/\/marybethstimeforpaper.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20Stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marybeth Lopez<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; color: #f4abab;\"><a style=\"color: #f4abab;\" href=\"http:\/\/vickiezimmer.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Serendipity%20stamps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vickie Zimmer<\/a>\u00a0<\/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 wp-image-12715 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Julie2-sig.png\" alt=\"Julie2 sig\" width=\"134\" height=\"50\" \/><\/a><\/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\"><b style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Stamps: <span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">S<b><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">erendipity Stamps<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 <\/b><b><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" title=\" Grilling 1266G  \" href=\" https:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/1266G.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grilling <\/a><\/b><b>,\u00a0<\/b><b><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" title=\" G You Gotta Love It 911B  rilling 1266G  \" href=\" https:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/911B.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You Gotta Love It \u00a0<\/a><\/b><b>(inside:<a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" title=\" Happy Birthday simple 1060D \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/birthdays\/1060D.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Happy Birthday simple <\/a><\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><b><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" title=\" Sunshine 1338CL \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/1338CL.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<\/a><\/b><\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><b>)<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Paper:<\/b>\u00a0 Staples 110# white, X-Press It white, dp (Elegant Chic)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Ink:\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0Memento tuxedo black<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><b>Accessories: <\/b>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\">Serendipity<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" title=\" \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/083ND.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Seasons dies <\/a>,<\/span><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"color: #deadff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong>Spellbinders A2 matting basics A &amp; B \u00a0dies, \u00a0Copic markers, Misti, Lil&#8217; Inker stitched rectangle dies<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- 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=\" Grilling 1266G  \" href=\" https:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/1266grilling_274x274.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" https:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/1266grilling_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;\"><a title=\" Grilling 1266G  \" href=\" https:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/1266G.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"> Grilling 1266G <\/span><\/a>\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=\" You Gotta Love It 911B  \" href=\" https:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/911yougottaloveit_274x274.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" https:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/911yougottaloveit_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;\"><a title=\" G You Gotta Love It 911B  rilling 1266G  \" href=\" https:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/product\/911B.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"> You Gotta Love It 911B <\/span><\/a>\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 Birthday simple 1060D  \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/1060happybirthdaysimple_274x274.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/pics\/stamps\/1060happybirthdaysimple_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 Birthday simple 1060D \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/birthdays\/1060D.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Happy Birthday simple 1060D<\/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=\" Seasons dies 083ND \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/graphics\/00000001\/083seasonsdies_274x274.gif\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/mm5\/graphics\/00000001\/083seasonsdies_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=\" \" href=\" http:\/\/www.serendipitystamps.com\/new-stamps\/083ND.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Seasons dies 083ND <\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; float: left; text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"border: none; display: table-cell; height: 79px; vertical-align: middle; width: 82px;\"><a title=\"Staples 110# White Card Stock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.staples-3p.com\/s7\/is\/image\/Staples\/s0054292_sc7?$splssku$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" http:\/\/www.staples-3p.com\/s7\/is\/image\/Staples\/s0054292_sc7?$splssku$\" alt=\" width=\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1.1; overflow: hidden; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom; width: 82px;\"><a title=\"Staples 110# White Card Stock\" href=\"http:\/\/www.staples.com\/Staples-Card-Stock\/product_SS992807#\/id='dropdown_490887\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> <span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\"> Staples 110# White Card Stock <\/span><\/a>\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=\"X-Press It Blending Card\" href=\" https:\/\/i-h1.pinimg.com\/564x\/4b\/42\/e5\/4b42e5f63ba39c5c0ec80913d41fb963.jpg\n\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" https:\/\/i-h1.pinimg.com\/564x\/4b\/42\/e5\/4b42e5f63ba39c5c0ec80913d41fb963.jpg\n\" alt=\"\" width=\"75px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><a title=\" X-Press It Blending Card \" href=\" http:\/\/shrsl.com\/179uu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">X-Press It Blending Card <\/span><\/a>\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=\" Elegant Chic black &amp; white paper \" href=\"  https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/564x\/5b\/0f\/8e\/5b0f8e536d2bb706a3c111acf8b17d7c.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/564x\/5b\/0f\/8e\/5b0f8e536d2bb706a3c111acf8b17d7c.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;\"><a title=\" Elegant Chic black &amp; white paper \" href=\"https:\/\/i.pinimg.com\/564x\/5b\/0f\/8e\/5b0f8e536d2bb706a3c111acf8b17d7c.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\"> Elegant Chic black &amp; white paper<\/span><\/a>\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=\" Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131\" href=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81nBCBN7BDL._SL1500_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/91%2By-qhRRaL._SL1500_.jpg \" alt=\"\" width=\"75px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><a title=\" Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131  \" href=\" http:\/\/shrsl.com\/152f6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics A S5-131 <\/span><\/a>\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=\"Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132\" href=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81nBCBN7BDL._SL1500_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\" https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/81nBCBN7BDL._SL1500_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"75px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><a title=\"Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132\" href=\"http:\/\/shrsl.com\/152f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B S5-132<\/span><\/a>\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=\"Stitched Rectangles Die Set\" href=\" https:\/\/cdn3.bigcommerce.com\/s-e62bcsw\/products\/318\/images\/2351\/LID_StitchedMatsRectangles__09518.1398175682.410.410.jpg?c=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn3.bigcommerce.com\/s-e62bcsw\/products\/318\/images\/2351\/LID_StitchedMatsRectangles__09518.1398175682.410.410.jpg?c=2\" alt=\"\" width=\"57px\" height=\"75px\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; width: 82px; line-height: 1.1; text-align: center; vertical-align: bottom;\"><a style=\"color: #9fc5e8;\" title=\"Stitched Rectangles Die Set\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lilinkerdesigns.com\/stitched-mats-rectangles\/?page_context=category&amp;faceted_search=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #f4cccc;\">Lil\u2019 Inker Stitched Rectangles Die Set<\/span><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<div style=\"display: table-cell; 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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 July 22 to leave comments on the blogs for a chance to win. Mary will announce a winner on July 23\u00a0on her\u00a0Blog.\u00a0On the first &amp; third Wednesdays of every month, we&#8217;ll be celebrating with a Blog Hop! The Special this month is the Grilling\u00a0stamp &#8211; 50% off!\u00a0 For my Grilling card, I kept it fairly simple. After stamping &amp; coloring the fun summer image, I die cut it. I had some designer paper that resembled graph paper &amp; I die cut a piece of it &amp; colored in random blocks. I thought it was a bit too much, so I made a narrow frame out of it &amp; used it instead of the full piece. Here&#8217;s a look at the inside &amp; below it are the Copics I used.\u00a0 Please be sure to comment on all the blogs..it is much appreciated &amp; also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337,96,514,34],"tags":[125,468,251,539,438,501,479,517,114,400],"class_list":["post-28320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cas","category-masculinefathers-day","category-serendipity-stamps","category-nestabilities","tag-blog-hop","tag-copic","tag-food","tag-lil-inker","tag-memory-box","tag-mft","tag-my-favorite-things","tag-serendipity-stamps","tag-spellbinders","tag-summer"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28320","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=28320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28320\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritestuff.justwritedesigns.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}