This week’s extra projects are designed by Cindy Royal and Godelieve Tijskens. Click the thumbnails for larger photos and more information. There’s also an important announcement (below) about this month’s Blog Hop and Release Party on September 16, 2009.

Card and Gift Bag by Cindy Royal
	Cindy created a birthday card and matching gift bag for this week’s Cuttlebug Challenge. She printed an image from the Mini Bears & Birds set multiple times, trimmed the pieces, and stacked them for dimension. The gold hardware filigrees add a touch of class to the corners.
	Cindy colored the images with Prismacolor pencils, blending with odorless mineral spirits to achieve the subtle shading. Core’dinations papers were run through the Cuttlebug with embossing folders and then sanded to show the contrasting inner core. See Cindy’s blog for additional photos of this cute pair. » Cindy’s blog
Photo Card by Godelieve Tijskens
	For this lovely card, Godelieve layered digital stamps over one of her floral photographs. She is always coming up with original ideas. This time, she chose images from the Seasonal Borders and Pierced Tags sets. Close-up photos are on her blog. » Godelieve’s blog

Photos ©2009 by their respective owners. Used by permission.

September Blog Hop & Release Party

Please plan to join us next Wednesday, September 16, 2009, starting on my blog at 9:00 AM Eastern USA time, for the Blog Hop to celebrate this month’s new releases. You know what that means — Blog Candy. There will be several chances to win free Angels Landing image sets.

This month we’re also trying something new. You’re invited to a Release Party at our new SNR Group. The Release Party thread will be running all day on September 16th, with the main activity from 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM Eastern USA time. There will be giveaways in that thread, too.
I hope you’ll plan to join us there for the celebration.