P. Kelly Smith
Welcome to Freebie Friday! I’ve been a busy little editor this week. Since our September/October issue goes on sale next week, I’m getting all the online content ready to post on our web site. While I always look forward to our annual Halloween/Fall issue, I’m a little sad to say goodbye to summer…especially since it’s not officially over yet. Yes, I’m an eternal optimist when it comes to summertime.
So I thought before we get all excited about falling leaves, caramel apples and trick or treating, I would spotlight one of my favorite cards from our departing July/August issue. It’s Lisa Dorsey’s Hello Sunshine Card. As one of our 22 online bonus projects, you can find supplies and instructions to recreate this project on our web site HERE.
Hello Sunshine Card by Lisa Dorsey
It’s based on this fun sketch by Go-to Gal Betsy Veldman:
To see what other designers did with Betsy’s sketch, make sure you check out the Go-to Sketches column in our July/August issue. And if you missed the other online bonus projects from this issue, you’ll find all 22 right HERE.
Ready for today’s giveaway? Since I know you’re dying to recreate Lisa’s card, you’re going to need the right tools, right? Leave a comment telling me your favorite thing about summertime. I’ll pick two winners to receive some Fiskars tools, including their Circle Border Punch (Sun) and Classic 8-inch scissors. All comments must be received by midnight (MDT) on Sunday, August 15.
Two lucky winners will take home this prize package from Fiskars!
Happy Friday!
Kelly
P.S. If you’re a fan of sketches, we’re launching our Go-to Sketch Challenge #6 on Monday. Stay tuned for more details!
P.P.S. It’s time to announce the three winners from Kim Kesti’s Crafting Blunders post!
1. Deb Crabb (Aug. 11, 11:42 a.m.)
2. Sue D. (Aug. 11, 8:24 a.m.)
3. Cheryl R. (Aug. 11, 2:50 p.m.)
Congrats, winners! You’ve each won a fun collection of American Crafts brads! I’ll be contacting you shortly to get your mailing addresses. Thanks to all who shared their own crafting blunders!
Hi! thanks for the chance to win! I think my favorite part of summer is enjoying the afternoon rains. There’s something so special about rain to me. I’m not sure how to explain it but, to be able to sit on the lanai and listen to the soft, gentle falling rain is heaven.
Sunshine and fresh fruit!
Very cool giveaway thanks for a chance to win. My favorite thing about summer is fun at the pool with the Grandkids.
The smell of laundry off the clothes line filled with the scent of fresh summer air. Oh and sleeping in with my daughters and making our daily agenda as we please!
Spending lots of time with my Grandsons.. movie matinees, lunching out.. etc.
It would have to be the sand between my toes!!
I love the fresh produce from the garden.
Well lets see, my favorite thing about summer is the fresh summer fruits, plums, peaches, necterines, watermelon, strawberries and all the wonderful fresh veggies from our garden! Nothing taste better then right out of the garden! Boy it sure was alot of work this year tho because of the extreme heat to make sure it didn’t dry out! Thanks and good luck to everyone.
My favorite time of summer is having all the luscious fruits and vegetables available – AND Ice-cream on a hot summer night! Thanks for the chance to win!
Carmen L
cal8007 at aol dot com
My absolutely favorite reason to look forward to summer is because I LOVE all the friends and family we have come to join us at our lake house. AND cotton candy is available at all the fairs! I LOVE cotton candy!!!
Ice cream & cappucino blast from Baskin Robbins! And summer vacation, of course!!
My favorite part about summertime is watching all the birds come back to Minnesota after a long hike from the south!
Thanks for the chance!
Deb D.
Fiskateer #7092
I love how it’s summertime in the US & winter in New Zealand lol…seriously i love nothing more then swimming in the pools with my 3 kidlets splashing around & smelling of chlorine
nothing beats a good ice cream cone & watermelon. good luck everyone & how cute are those Fiskars tools woooot 
My favorite thing about summertime is the sunshine and hot weather! I love to be able to sit outside and enjoy the sun, maybe read a book and just relax.
Thanks for the opportunity to win!
Fresh vegetables and fruit. And more time to play wth paper.
Margaritas! Not that I can’t drink them in other seasons but there’s nothing like a nice margarita on a summer night!
my favorite thing about summer, is quiet mornings, no racing to get the kids off to school … even though I still have to work, it is less stress in the morning!
thanks for the fun!
Sandra
VACATIONS!! Definitely vacations.
Jeepers, I think that I like not having to drive my son to school. But I still have to get up early to exercise before it gets hot, so I guess I don’t really get to sleep in. But it’s nice not to have to rush…..
Thanks for the chance to win such fabulous prizes, I love the long days of summer and being able to sleep in on my days off because my daughter does not have school.
My favorite thing about summertime? Making cards in my air-conditioned craft room.
I love swimming in the pool with my grandchildren and all of the family BBQ’s.
Swimming!!
I love Summertime because we have Daylight Saving here in Australia and I love it…….love staying out in the garden until dark in the Summertime…..or crafting in the cool of night.
I love Summertime because we have Daylight Saving here in Australia and I love it…….love staying out in the garden until dark in the Summertime…..or crafting in the cool of night.
Fiskateer # 1110
xoxoLyn
My favorite thing about summer is fresh veggies out of the garden.
I love the casual feel that summertime has, it’s about lazy days, relaxing, or at least that is what we want to do!
Bobeena Fiskateer #7280
My favorite thing about summertime is the bright golden sun shining down on my skin. I love the warmth (without the humidity!!!) and how good it makes me feel! esp. after long gray winter PA days that seem to go on and on!!!! thanks for the chance to win!!
My favorite thing about summer is no schedule/bedtimes for the kids. I love doing what we want and need to do and relaxing!
great card!! thanks for the chance to win some cool tools!
Fave thing about summer? So many choices: trips to the beach or lake, playing outside, sitting by the town pool with friends and talking, good tomatoes, gardening, iced coffee, no school, no lessons, older daughter home from college, open windows with curtains fluttering in the breeze.
I could go on and on…but my favorite, by far, is the relaxed pace of summer. Everything is just a tiny bit calmer.
My favorite things about summer are tomatoes off the vine (not a hothouse) and getting in the swimming pool.
summertime is all year long in Malaysia..good time to indulge in ice-cream to cool the heat down.
thanks for the chance to win! My favorite part of summer is being able to live life without a routine….get up when you feel like it, eat when you feel like it, stay up late…….etc. School will be starting bck here next week and I am gonna miss my non structured life
i have always looked forward to my birthday…5 more days til my birthday, i sing! 54, not 29 again!
I love the warmth of the sunshine that produces fresh fruits and veggies. I love the longer days to play and be creative. I love the good weather to travel and camp and see more beautiful country. I love the opportunity to produce bright and colorful flowers in my garden. Summer is wonderful.
Summer is just easier here in northern BC – love the relaxed feeling we get in the warmth, the energy and the berry picking!
My favorite part of summer is blowing bubble with my granddaughter! I Adore the card and the sketch and want to win!
My favorite part of summer is going to the beach. These days I like to take my dog to the dog beach. It’s fun to watch all of the adorable dogs!
Some of my favorite things about summer is the relaxed, warm days while the kids are out of school.
I love lazy days in the summer- we don’t get too many of them anymore, so I do savor them even more!!!
Thanks so much for the chance at some great products!!!!
Thanks so much for the chance to win these awesome tools! My favorite thing about summer is family and friends. I get to spend some time with my grandson. Friends and family came from far off places this year. We even got all five of our children together for the first time in 28 years!!! Lots of grandchildred under foot. Who could ask for more.
Hugs & Blessings Bernie
My favorite thing about summertime are the birds! I have many many feeders on the back deck and the hubster and I love to sit on the swing and watch them fritter about and chat amongst themselves. It’s a delight…it’s also made us realize we are getting OLD!! LOL Who would have thought we’d turn into bird watchers! Bless you for the giveaway.
the best thing about summer is swimming in the pool and going to the beach
Heirloom tomatoes!! I live in San Francisco so I also look forward to the rare days that I can wear short sleeves! Our summer is coming so I’m actually looking forward to warmer days here in the next couple of months!
My favorite thing about Summer is also the Sunshine…when you have those times that the sun hits you on the side of your face and you feel its warmth really strong, it’s always reminded me that God is smiling on me.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Summer CHA and the smell of sunscreen.
Summer CHA means seeing scrapping friends and seeing new products that make me want to lick them.
Sunscreen means good times and less after burn.
My favorite thing about summer is not having to take my youngest to school and spending time together.
Favorite thing about summer are the extra hours of daylight available after work…energizes me to work on my own projects when I get home…
Love the card and sketch! My favourite things about summer are flip-flops (who doesn’t associate the snip-snip sound they make with a hot summer day?) and sleeping with the windows open, waiting for the chance of a cool night breeze!