Stampendous and Core'dinations Hop

If you're looking for the Dreamweaver / Imagine Crafts Hop, here's the link:  http://ink-positive.blogspot.com/2014/06/dreamweaver-and-imagine-crafts-hop.html

 

Hope you've enjoyed the terrific collaboration between Stampendous products and Core'dinations' gorgeous papers! We have been thrilled to bring it to you! Today is the final day!! Of course there are prizes! We'll give away three packs of goodness! The Prize Package includes the Lovely Garden Stamp Set; the Matching Lovely Garden Cutting Dies from Stampendous; a Sand It Kit from Core'dinations which includes a sanding block, replacement sandpaper, and a "must-have" Dust Buddy clean up cloth; Core'dinations will also be sending the lucky winners some of their fantastic 6" X 6" paper pads. PLUS an extra special bonus - our friends at Dreamweaver Stencil will be adding the gorgeous Stone Wall stencil that Jamie Martin used in her terrific card she'll be posting this week (you can see a peek of it on this blog hop banner!)  In the meantime, here's my project:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous Stamps® Blossom Beauty Stamp Set

Stampendous Stamps® Blossom Beauty Die Cut Set

Stampendous Stamps® Creative Palette

Stampendous Stamps® Royal Heart Quotes Perfectly Clear Stamps

Core'dinations® Vintage Collection™ Emberglow

Core'dinations® Sand It Kit

DecoArt® Paints

Bazzill® Cardstock

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White

VersaFine™ Onyx Black Stamp Pad

Imagine Crafts StāzOn™ - Orange Zest

Cuttlebug™ Folder - Dots

Sizzix® Tim Holtz® Embossing Folder - Stripes

Beacon Adhesive® Zip Dry™

Foam Mounting Squares

Here's what I did to create this card:

Using the Creative Palette and paints, I created my papers for the flowers

Stamp the flower three times for each flower

Using the dies, cut out the pieces to create two flowers

Create card base

Trim orange paper and green paper to desired sizes

Run both through machine to dry emboss and sand

Add dot paper to card base

Put together flower layers and adhere to card

Freehand cut three leaves and add to card

Stamp sentiment, trim and sponge ink around edges

Trim a mat for sentiment and adhere the two

Adhere sentiment to card

It was a really fun and easy card to create but it looks like it was way more complicated!  I love how the colors pop on this one!  So, on to bigger and better...

LET'S GET HOPPIN'! The official rules are HERE. You still need a U.S. mailing address to win, but we sure want to hear your comments anyway! You have until the end of Sunday, June 15th to finish your comments. If you missed any previous posts here they are for TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, and THURSDAY. We'll draw three random blog posts from all the posts this week. Then we'll choose one comment from each. Of course we'd be super grateful if you pin our projects to your Pinterest Boards, or if you Tweet, or Share on Facebook, follow us, like our pages. You know the drill! Here's who is posting today!

Core Blog

Debbie Standard

Kristine Reynolds

Krissy Fossmeyer

Tobi Crawford

Rhea Weigand

Trine Brandt Lassen

Tenia Nelson

Lea Kimmel

Jamie Martin

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I hope you've enjoyed the hop and have left lots of comments to better your chances of winning a prize!  I'll see you again soon!  Have a blessed day!

Hugs,
Lea



***Blog Hop Hint - if you click on a link that takes you to a page saying something like, "Sorry this page cannot be found," just click on the header at the top of the blog (usually a picture, or the blog's name), and it will take you to that blog's most recent post. That post *should* be our hop. If not, you can probably scroll down a short way to find the hop post. When in doubt type Stampendous in the search box to find the most recent post about our products.

Dreamweaver and Imagine Crafts Hop!

If you're looking for the Stampendous / Core'dinations Hop, here's the correct link:  http://ink-positive.blogspot.com/2014/06/stampendous-and-coredinations-hop.html

Welcome to our first ever collaboration week with Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko! We've shared all of our toys on both sides, so be prepared for Endless Possibilities! Three prize packages are available, each containing one set of each of these inks and stencils/dies. Just leave comments on each post of each day this week (June 9th - June 13th) for a chance to win! Winners will be announced on Tuesday, June 17th!

 These are the stencils and dies you could win!

These are the ink pads you could win!

Woohoo!  Have you had fun this week?  I know I have!  I'm so blessed to be a part of the Dreamweaver Stencils Dream Team!  I have two projects for you today and I sure hope you like them.

Here's my first creation for today:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Dreamweaver Stencils© Stencil LS28 Spider

Dreamweaver Stencils© Stencil LJ817 Spider Web

Dreamweaver Stencils© Embossing Paste - Matte Black

Dreamweaver Stencils© Metallic F/X - Pink Blaze

Imagine Crafts irRESISTible™ Colored Texture Spray - Lilac Posies

Imagine Crafts Delicata™ Ink Pad - Silvery Shimmer

Black Cardstock

Bazzill® Cardstock

Northwoods® Stamp

Silks Acrylic Glaze - Pink Azalea

Beacon Adhesive® Zip Dry™

Foam mounting squares

Here's what I did to create this card:

Tape stencil down to cardstock and using a stencil brush, stencil silver ink onto paper

Tape spider stencil down over web and paste emboss 

Add Metallic F/X powder to spider and heat

Spray texture spray over stenciled paper

Add coating of Silks glaze to spider

Once glaze dries, replace stencil over spider and add a layer of silver ink

Stamp sentiment with silver ink

Trim all papers and layer as shown

Here's my second project:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Dreamweaver Stencils© Stencil LJ801 Splats

Imagine Crafts Radiant Neon™ Electric Blue

Imagine Crafts Radiant Neon™ Electric Green

Imagine Crafts Radiant Neon™ Electric Orange

Imagine Crafts Radiant Neon™ Electric Pink

Imagine Crafts Radiant Neon™ Electric Coral

Imagine Crafts Radiant Neon™ Electric Yellow

Imagine Crafts Radiant Neon™ Electric Purple

Stampendous Stamps® Life is Art

Bazzill® Cardstock

Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White 

Hug Snug® Seam Binding - White

Beacon Adhesive® Zip Dry™

Here's what I did to create this card:

Tape stencil down on white cs

Using stencil brushes, stencil ink onto cardstock

Stamp sentiment

Create card base

Trim stenciled piece and sentiment to desired sizes

Dye seam binding on ink pads and trim as shown

Adhere all layers as shown

These are two simple to create and fun cards!  I sure hope you like them!  Just Imagine the possibilities of what everyone else has created!  Here's the complete hop list:

Dream It Up!

Kristine Reynolds

Alison Heikkila

Laura Drahozal

Savannah O'Gwynn

Lyn Bernatovich

Jamie Martin

Gill Wilson

Lynn Mercurio

John Creighton Petersen

Louise Healy

Lea Kimmel (me)

Pam Hornschu

Naghma Husain

Kristi Parker Van Doren

Don't forget to comment as you go so you can be eligible to win one of our great prizes!  Thanks for stopping by today and I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Lea

Imagine Crafts with Dreamweaver!

Welcome to our first ever collaboration week with Imagine Crafts/Tsukineko! We've shared all of our toys on both sides, so be prepared for Endless Possibilities! Three prize packages are available, each containing one set of each of these inks and stencils/dies. Just leave comments on each post of each day this week (June 9th - June 13th) for a chance to win! Winners will be announced on Tuesday, June 17th!

These are the prize package contents!  How cool is this for a prize?!  You know you want to win so don't forget to comment!

Here's my project for today:

Here's what I used to create this project:

Dreamweaver Stencil© LL3041 Nest

Dreamweaver Stencil© LJ806 Hexagons
Imagine Crafts® StāzOn™ Spiced Chai
Imagine Crafts® StāzOn™ Ganache
Imagine Crafts® StāzOn™ Cactus Green
Imagine Crafts® Radiant Neon™ Electric Blue
Imagine Crafts® Memento™ Toffee Crunch
Imagine Crafts® VersaFine™ Vintage Sepia
Imagine Crafts® VersaFine™ Spanish Moss
Imagine Crafts® VersaFine™ Olympia Green
May Arts Ribbon® - Burlap String
Copic® Markers BG01 & BG11Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White
Bazzill® Cardstock
Creative Imaginations© Song Bird Paper Pad by Debbie Mumm©
Beacon Adhesive® Zip Dry™
Glue Dots®
Foam Mounting Squares

Here's what I did to create this project:

Tape Nest stencil to white paper and brush stencil with various inks and stencil brushes
Add additional color around nest with inks and stencil brushes
Trim next to desired size and add sepia color around edges
Trim patterned paper to desired size
Color bird with Copic® markers to change color from yellow to blues and greens
Create card base from Bazzill® and stencil hexagons with sepia ink
Layer patterned paper and image as shown onto mats and adhere
Tie twine three times around card base and tie into a bow
Add a glue dot under bow to hold in place
Attach layers to card base with foam mounting squares

Here's the link list for the team members playing along today:

Dream It Up!

Pam Hornschu

Darsie Bruno

Isha Gupta 

Louise Healy

Sylvia Blum 

Gill Wilson

Kristine Reynolds 

Baerbel Born

Laura Drahozal 

Lea Kimmel 

Alison Heikkila

Kristi Parker Van Doren 

This is it for me today, I hope you like my card and will come back tomorrow for the final big blog hop.  I hope you left lots of comments as that increases your chances of winning one of the great prize packs.  Thanks for stopping by and have a blessed day.

Hugs,

Lea

Old, New, Borrowed, Blue

At Dreamweaver Stencils, we love to make our monthly challenges something for everyone, and not so strict that no one wants to play along. This month our challenge is, "Old, New, Borrowed, Blue", with the obvious thought being a wedding theme...but not necessarily. Add an old embellishment or picture. Use a new stencil design or technique. Borrow, or CASE (copy and say everything) another designers project, and obviously, blue...is blue. Where will YOUR creative process take you for this month? We'd love to see! And remember, linking your creations with the Inklinkz tool at the end of the team posts, provides you with the opportunity to win the stencil of your choice! Here's what I've created for this week...

Here's what I used to create this project:

Dreamweaver Stencils© Your Wedding Stencil LL 3034
Dreamweaver Stencils© Lace Rectangle Stencil LJ 839
Dreamweaver Stencils© Black Embossing Paste
Stampendous® Stamps Kaleidoscope Sparkle Embossing Paste
Tsukineko®/Imagine Crafts® Delicata Pigment Ink Pad in Silvery Shimmer
May Arts Ribbon®
Bazzill® Cardstock
Spellbinder® Die
Beacon Adhesive® Zip Dry™
Foam Mounting Squares

Here's what I did to create this project:

Paste embossed Your Wedding stencil with matte black embossing paste, set aside to dry
Next, brush/ink-stencil the Lace Rectangle stencil with silver pigment ink and then apply sparkle embossing powder and heat emboss
Once black paste is dry, cover the black paste with the same silver pigment ink and then apply the embossing powder and heat emboss (Originally I had planned to keep it black)
Trim the Lace Rectangle piece close to the edges and adhere ribbon
Create card base and adhere Lace Rectangle piece to card base
Die cut the sentiment and attach foam mounting squares and adhere to card

I know the challenge specifically mentions blue but I've always loved lavender and silver together so that set my color scheme.  The lavender is actually what made me choose to use the embossing powder I used, I love that it has a lavender sheen to it when turned certain ways in the light.  It's so pretty in real life!  A simple, yet elegant, wedding card!

Here's what our "A" team has been working on this week:

Dream It Up!

Leadonna Kimmel

Louise Healy

Laura Drahozal

Lynn Mercurio

Pam Hornschu

Jamie Martin

That's it for me this week, I'll see you next week!  Until then, have a wonderful day!

Hugs, 

Lea

An InLinkz Link-up

Be Ewe-nique!

Well, it's the end of the merry month of May! The Dream Team has challenged you this month to a "Flora and Fauna"theme! Considering most of the Dreamweaver designs incorporate both of these in the huge variety of stencils, you should have no problem playing along with our challenge this month! As usual, link your creations at the end of theDream It Up! blog post, or at the end of our posts where it says, "Add Your Link". 

Here's what I've been playing with this week...

We have a new stencil, Open Sheep, and I have had so much fun creating this canvas!!  I believe my kids think I've gone off the deep end since I giggled almost the entire time I was creating this one!

Here's what I used to create this canvas:

Dreamweaver Stencils© Open Sheep Stencil LL 3040

Dreamweaver Stencils© White Embossing Paste 

Imagine Crafts®/Tsukineko® Radiant Neon™ Inks in these "Electric" colors: Coral, Orange, Blue, Green, Purple, Yellow and Pink

Imagine Crafts® InkBlushers

Tim Holtz® Grunge Board Letters

Faber-Castell® White Pitt™ Pen

Faber-Castell® Black Pitt™ Pen

Canvas board

Beacon Adhesive® Zip Dry™

Here's what I did to create this canvas:

Ink canvas as shown using Blushers with green, yellow and blue inks

Paste emboss sheep as shown

Once the first layer of paste dries, use your finger to apply another layer to give sheep their "fluff"

Allow second layer of paste to dry and ink the one sheep with multiple colors

Using the white Pitt™ Pen, go over areas that are too translucent and their faces

Using the black Pitt™ Pen, add their "eyes"

Using the purple ink, shade the letters, once dry, glue to canvas

Since this is the 5th Thursday of the month, the whole team is playing along so you'll have lots of inspiration to get those creative juices flowing.  Here's the list:

Dream It Up!

Lyn Bernatovich

Lynn Mercurio

Jamie Martin 

Louise Healy

Alison Heikkila

Lea Kimmel (me)

Kristine Reynolds

Pam Hornschu

Kristi Parker Van Doren 

Gill Wilson

Laura Drahozal 

Be sure to play along with us!  We're lots of fun!  That's my post for today, thanks for stopping by.  I'll see you again soon.  Have a blessed day!

Hugs,

Lea

An InLinkz Link-up

Imagine Stampendous and Tsukineko Together

Welcome back! We're on Day 5 of our collaboration with the folks at Imagine Crafts! We're just super excited about these terrific inks and the Radiant Neon™ just have us feeling all summer time and happy! Combining them with Stampendous Images and terrific Fran•táge Color Fragments has made some super cheery, bright inspiration for you!! Plus you have a chance to WIN!


 

I have two projects for you today.  One project just fed the second one so I figured, why not do two!  My first project is a bracelet I thought would be fun to create for the summer.

Here's what I used to create this project:

Stampendous Stamps® Angel Wings Quotes PCS™
Stampendous Stamps® Regal Bird Quotes PCS™
Stampendous Stamps® Royal Heart Quotes PCS™
Imagine Crafts®/Tsukineko® Radiant Neon™ Inks in these "Electric" colors: Coral, Orange, Blue, Green, Purple, Yellow and Pink
Imagine Crafts® /Tsukineko® StāzOn® Midi in Jet Black
Imagine Crafts®  GlāzOn® in Matte Finish
Imagine Crafts® InkBlushers™
Tim Holtz® Fragment Charms
Misc chain and jump rings


Here's what I did to create this project:

Pick out your fragments and ink one side using the ink blushers, set aside to dry
Once the ink has dried, add a coat of glaze to protect your finish
Stamp the various words on the non-inked side of each charm, allow to dry and cover with glaze
Add jump rings to charms and attach to chain
Add clasp to chain

As I was inking my charms, I noticed I had ink left on the blushers and rather than waste that ink, I pulled out my small Dylusions journal and randomly added ink to a double-page spread.  I loved the soft look of the colors and there was actually enough of each color to cover both pages!  I added some stamps and a favorite quote and my pages were complete!

Here's what I used to create these pages:

Stampendous Stamps® Cling Hydrangea Garden
Imagine Crafts®/Tsukineko® Radiant Neon™ Inks in these "Electric" colors: Coral, Orange, Blue, Green, Purple, Yellow and Pink
Imagine Crafts® /Tsukineko® StāzOn® Midi Inks in Emerald City and Blue Hawaii
Imagine Crafts® InkBlushers
Dylusions® Small Journal
Black Medium Pen

Here's what I did to create these pages:

Smoosh blushers on journal pages until no more ink comes off
Stamp images as shown (I stamped off with every other small blossom)
Write quote with pen


Remember to comment on as many posts as you can. You can comment until the end of Sunday, May 25, 2014. We'll draw three random blog posts from all the posts this week, then choose a winner from each post. You must have a US Mailing address to win, although we sure hope all of you will comment! You can find the Official Rules for all our contests HERE. We'll announce winners here on Monday or Tuesday next week, so be sure to check back with us. (or subscribe to our blog by email at the top of this page!) If you missed the earlier posts this week, it's not too late to comment on those. You can find them here: MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY. Check out this inspiration today - remember to leave a comment!

Stampendous Blog

Imagine Crafts Blog

Kristine Reynolds

Darsie Bruno

Janelle Stollfus

Nancy Hawes

Jamie Martin

John Creighton Petersen

Krissy Fossmeyer

Tobi Crawford

Tenia Nelson

Wendy Price

Rhea Weigand

Lea Kimmel (me)

Suzanne Czosek

So that's it for me today.  I hope you've enjoyed my projects and have left comments to be eligible to win a prize!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again very soon!

Hugs,

Lea

  ***Blog Hop Hint - if you click on a link that takes you to a page saying something like, "Sorry this page cannot be found," just click on the header at the top of the blog (usually a picture, or the blog's name), and it will take you to that blog's most recent post. That post *should* be our hop. If not, you can probably scroll down a short way to find the hop post.  

 

Happy Colors for a Happy Card!

 We're back with Day 4 of our wonderful collaboration with the folks at Imagine Crafts! This terrific company has been so good as to supply us with some amazing inks. They generously support all of our events, so we are super excited for this opportunity to really showcase their products! Our focus this week is on the luscious Radiant Neon inks, but Imagine Crafts also supplies us with the must-have StazOn for stamping permanently on non-porous surfaces like glass and metal, the can't-live-without Memento inks for using with our Spectrum Noir and Copic markers, and the ooooh-wow-love-it VersaFine inks - our total favorites for use with Perfectly Clear Stamps. We are so super lucky! We got to feature the StazOn inks in our blog hop with ICE Resin earlier this month. Don't worry, we'll be featuring the other inks as the year goes on. Lots of chances for you to win. Speaking of winning!! We've got some Radiant Neon inks to give away with our wonderful Fran•táge Color Fragments! We'll give three prize packages (we choose the colors) randomly drawn from the comments on all the blog posts this week.

 

 These inks are just as brilliant and opaque on paper as they are in the package! You'll be so pleased with them. Look at this terrific sample from Design Team Member Kristine Reynolds:


Neon Sunflower by Kristine Reynolds

There's a fantastic step-by-step tutorial for it on her blog HERE.

Here's the card I created for today:

Here's what I used to create this card:

Stampendous® PenPattern Flower
Stampendous® Spanish Loving Messages PCS™
Imagine Crafts®/Tsukineko® Radiant Neon™ Inks in these "Electric" colors: Coral, Orange, Blue, Green, Purple, Yellow and Pink
Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White
Cosmo Cricket™ DeLovely™ 6x6 Paper Pad
Bazzill® Cardstock
May Arts Ribbon®
Zip Dry™ Adhesive

Here's what I did to create this card:

Stamp flower twice with each color on white cs
Create card base with a tent fold
Trim patterned paper as shown
Trim stamped paper as shown
Cut a piece of ribbon long enough to wrap around patterned paper and image
Adhere ribbon and layers as shown
Stamp sentiment on scrap of blue paper and attach with foam mounting squares

Here's who is hopping today:

Stampendous Blog

Imagine Crafts

Sharon Morrison

Janelle Stollfus

Naghma Husain

Wendy Price

Baerbel Born

Lea Kimmel (me)

Emily Lanham

Thanks for stopping by today.  I hope you're enjoying our blog collaboration and will come back tomorrow for the big hop!  See you then!

Hugs,

Lea

***Blog Hop Hint - if you click on a link that takes you to a page saying something like, "Sorry this page cannot be found," just click on the header at the top of the blog (usually a picture, or the blog's name), and it will take you to that blog's most recent post. That post *should* be our hop. If not, you can probably scroll down a short way to find the hop post.

ICE, ICE, BABY!

So, is the song running through your head?  You know the one!  It runs through mine every time I create a project using ICE Resin®.  It drives me nuts!


We're so glad you could join us this weekend for the Stampendous® Stamps, ICE Resin® and Imagine Crafts®/Tsukineko® Blog Hop! We've seen some amazing projects so far, and there is a lot more to come today! If you missed Thursday's post you can find it HERE, Friday's post is HERE, Saturday's post is HERE.   I've created a couple of projects for you.  Here's my first project I've created:

This project uses the medium scrolled heart from RUE ROMANTIQUE!  It's designed to use it as a pendant, however, I've added ribbon that was included with the bezel and added a pin back to it to wear it as a pin.  I love the vintage feel of it.

Here's what I used to create this project:

ICE Resin®
ICE Resin® RUE ROMANTIQUE❤️ Medium Scrolled Heart Bezel
Stampendous® Stamps Vintage Ladies Perfectly Clear Stamps™ Set (Rose)
Stampendous® Stamps Royal Heart Quotes Perfectly Clear Stamps™ Set (Love)
Stampendous® Stamps Fran•táge™Red Crushed Glass Glitter
Imagine Crafts® / Tsukineko® Memento™ Tuxedo Black
Imagine Crafts® / Tsukineko® StazOn™ Jet Black
Copic® Markers - R33, 35, 37, YG93, 95
Neenah® Classic Crest™ Natural White
Beacon Adhesive® Fast Finish™

I also created this this fun keychain (which could easily be transformed into a fun pendant)!  I recently did a canvas and used the larger version of the paintbrush stamp and dripping paint.  I decided to use the smaller version in this heart bezel and drip even more paint.  I love how the paint pooled into the bottom of the heart!  I scattered the fragments around to add more color and stuck to using primary colors.

Here's what I used to create this project:

ICE Resin®
ICE Resin® Mixed Metal Hobnail Heart Bezel, Antique Linen
Stampendous® Stamps Charmed Art Perfect Clear Stamps™ Set
Stampendous® Stamps Royal Heart Quotes Perfectly Clear Stamps™ Set
Stampendous® Stamps Fran•táge™ Color Fragments in Purple
Stampendous® Stamps Fran•táge™ Color Fragments in Canary
Stampendous® Stamps Fran•táge™ Color Fragments in Leaf Green
Stampendous® Stamps Fran•táge™ Color Fragments in Scarlet
Stampendous® Stamps Fran•táge™ Color Fragments in Marine Blue
Imagine Crafts® / Tsukineko® Memento™ Tuxedo Black
Imagine Crafts® / Tsukineko® StazOn™ Jet Black
DecoArt® Paint
Copic® Markers in E23, 25; R35; C0, 1
Neenah® Classic Crest™ Solar White
Beacon Adhesive® Fast Finish™

We know you are going to love making your own jewelry, and to make that easy we're offering a nice prize package this week!  Three lucky winners will receive a package with:

• 2 - Stampendous Perfectly Clear Stamp™ sets with designs sized for jewelry or small project making

• 2 - StazOn™ permanent ink pads by Tsukineko® courtesy of Imagine Crafts® - yummy Ganache and the must-have Jet Black

• 1 - 30ml package of ICE Resin Jeweler's Grade Self-Doming resin

• 1 - pkg Suzan Lenart Kazmer Art Mechanique Silhouettes in Heart Shape

• 1 - pkg Kristen Robinson Rue Romatique bezel(s) (styles vary). WOW!! You'll be crafting some awesome jewelry in no time!

How to Hop:

Each day we'll post the designers participating in the Blog Hop. Click on each one and check out their project. Leave a comment on their blog that lets them know you really looked at their project. We 'll draw three blogs at random from the four days, then randomly draw one commenter from each blog. You must have a U.S. mailing address to win, but we'd love for everyone to hop and comment! You can check out the Official Rules for all our contests if you have questions. We'll draw winners on Monday, May 5 and announce them Monday or Tuesday, so be sure to come back and check for your name!

So let's get hoppin! Here's who is posting today:

Stampendous

Lea Kimmel (me)

Kristine Reynolds

ICE Resin

Candy Rosenberg

Carol La Valley

Imagine Crafts

Naghma Husain

Baerbel Born

That's it for me today!  I hope you've enjoyed our hop and have commented along the way so you can win!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you again soon! 

Hugs,
Lea


***Blog Hop Hint - if you click on a link that takes you to a page saying something like, "Sorry this page cannot be found," just click on the header at the top of the blog (usually a picture, or the blog's name), and it will take you to that blog's most recent post. That post *should* be our hop. If not, you can probably scroll down a short way to find the hop post.