12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop--Day 6

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!  This hop will take place November 25 through December 6, adn the new postings each day will be posted by 8 am Eastern Standard Time.  This hop will be full of wonderful ideas and inspiration to get you well on your way of creating all those beautiful Christmas projects.  This is an awesome way to get a lot of your Christmas cards and scrapbook layouts finished, home decorations completed, and maybe even be inspired to create something using a new technique that you have never tried.  There will be a new project posted each and every day by all the wonderful amazing ladies in this hop.  Also each day we will have a guest designer or two for you to visit.  Lisa, our hostess, will be giving away some wonderful blog candy each day of the hop from the amazing sponsors that we have for this hop.  Lisa will be posting all the winners from this hop on December 10.  Everyone has a chance to win including the ladies participating in the hop and even the guest designers and the sponsors.  At the end of each post we will have a list of all the sponsors who are sponsoring this hop; all you need to do is click on their name to go to their sites and check out all the wonderful sites.  We want to thank each and every one of the sponsors for their generosity!  It has been greatly appreciated!

You should have come to my blog from Lisa.  I'm honored to be the Guest Designer again today, and I've got another project that I hope you'll enjoy.  Here's my project for today:

I saw this card several months ago on Pinterest when I was looking for some inspiration for a daily Christmas card challenge I was participating in.  I thought it was neat, so I tried to recreate it.  It didn't come out just EXACTLY like I wanted, but all-in-all, I'm pretty happy with the result!  The ribbons are all from my stash, as are the brads holding the ribbons on, and the "Ho Ho Ho" for the tree trunk is a sticker that I cut apart so it would fit the way I wanted it to.

Here's a complete list of the sponsors:

Honeybearz Designs - Yummy Crafting Candy

Teresa Russell - $10 Gift Card from her Facebook group Scrapping for Less

Pazzles - Two digital download gift cards for a Cutting Collection of choice

Kathy's Cozies - A custom Cozy for an Expression, Expression 2, Cricut Create, Cricut Mini, or Silhouette Cameo.  Whoever wins can pick their own fabric.

Paper Sweeties - $10 Gift Card

ScrappyDew - $20 Gift Card

My Creative Time - Stamp Set

Little Scraps of Heaven Designs - $20 Gift Voucher

Paper Creations by Mindy - $15 Gift Certificate

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons - $15 Gift Certificate

Xyron - 2 Teresa Collins Adhesive Kits

Joys Life - "Oh Christmas Puns" stamps

Timeless Twine - $15 Gift Certificate

Too Cute by Jessica - $25 Gift Card

Designs on Cloud 9 - $20 Gift Certificate

LoveBug Creations - $15 Gift Certificate

The Paper Parade - $40 Gift Certificate

The Paper Nest Dolls - $25 Gift Certificate

Jessica Douglass Wilson - $10 to her Close To My Heart store

Lettering Delights - a gift valued at $10

Scrapping Bug Designs - $50 gift certificate (excludes sale prices)

3 Girl Jam - $10 Gift Certificate

SVG Attic - $25 Gift Certificate

Pinque Peacock - $10 Gift Certificate

SVG Cuts - $20 Gift Certificate

Blue Moon Creations - 12 digital images

Sherri Baldy Stamps - $15 Gift Certificate for digi stamps

Your next stop on the hop is Pam.  Thanks for stopping by today!  Enjoy the rest of the hop!  Happy scrapping, everyone!

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop--Day 4

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!  This hop will take place November 25 through December 6, adn the new postings each day will be posted by 8 am Eastern Standard Time.  This hop will be full of wonderful ideas and inspiration to get you well on your way of creating all those beautiful Christmas projects.  This is an awesome way to get a lot of your Christmas cards and scrapbook layouts finished, home decorations completed, and maybe even be inspired to create something using a new technique that you have never tried.  There will be a new project posted each and every day by all the wonderful amazing ladies in this hop.  Also each day we will have a guest designer or two for you to visit.  Lisa, our hostess, will be giving away some wonderful blog candy each day of the hop from the amazing sponsors that we have for this hop.  Lisa will be posting all the winners from this hop on December 10.  Everyone has a chance to win including the ladies participating in the hop and even the guest designers and the sponsors.  At the end of each post we will have a list of all the sponsors who are sponsoring this hop; all you need to do is click on their name to go to their sites and check out all the wonderful sites.  We want to thank each and every one of the sponsors for their generosity!  It has been greatly appreciated!

You should have come to my blog from Lisa.  I'm honored to be the Guest Designer today, and I'll be the Guest Designer again on Saturday, when I'll be back with another project.  Here's my project for today:

This is an advent calendar that my friend, Suzanne, sent me as part of a prize package about a year ago.  I'd been hoarding it, I guess waiting for the right time to make it.  Well, the right time finally presented itself!  I went to the CKC Convention in Kansas City, Missouri, back in October and stayed with my friend, Barbara, from the Yahoo group Scrappin' 'n' Chattin'.  We had a GREAT time, and it was a lot of fun to scrap with a friend.  

The advent calendar is pretty neat, as it's made up of little boxes, so you can put things inside and open them each day.  The kit came with a topper for the "tree," but I don't really like it, so I'm still trying to decide what I want to use for the tree topper.  I can't WAIT to start decorating for Christmas and find a place to display this.  I think my boys are really going to enjoy it!

Here's a complete list of the sponsors:

Honeybearz Designs - Yummy Crafting Candy

Teresa Russell - $10 Gift Card from her Facebook group Scrapping for Less

Pazzles - Two digital download gift cards for a Cutting Collection of choice

Kathy's Cozies - A custom Cozy for an Expression, Expression 2, Cricut Create, Cricut Mini, or Silhouette Cameo.  Whoever wins can pick their own fabric.

Paper Sweeties - $10 Gift Card

ScrappyDew - $20 Gift Card

My Creative Time - Stamp Set

Little Scraps of Heaven Designs - $20 Gift Voucher

Paper Creations by Mindy - $15 Gift Certificate

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons - $15 Gift Certificate

Xyron - 2 Teresa Collins Adhesive Kits

Joys Life - "Oh Christmas Puns" stamps

Timeless Twine - $15 Gift Certificate

Too Cute by Jessica - $25 Gift Card

Designs on Cloud 9 - $20 Gift Certificate

LoveBug Creations - $15 Gift Certificate

The Paper Parade - $40 Gift Certificate

The Paper Nest Dolls - $25 Gift Certificate

Jessica Douglass Wilson - $10 to her Close To My Heart store

Lettering Delights - a gift valued at $10

Scrapping Bug Designs - $50 gift certificate (excludes sale prices)

3 Girl Jam - $10 Gift Certificate

SVG Attic - $25 Gift Certificate

Pinque Peacock - $10 Gift Certificate

SVG Cuts - $20 Gift Certificate

Blue Moon Creations - 12 digital images

Sherri Baldy Stamps - $15 Gift Certificate for digi stamps

Your next stop on the hop is Pam.  Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure to hop back by on Saturday when I'll be back with another project (and possibly a giveaway!).  Enjoy the rest of the hop!  Happy scrapping, everyone!

Happy Thanksgiving

This is one of my favorite times of the year!  The weather gets colder, leaves start to change colors and fall off the trees, and families plan large get-togethers.  It's a time to remember what we're thankful for and to enjoy good food, family, fellowship, and football (GO COWBOYS!) in the process!

I decided to enter this week's Whimsical Twist grateful challenge, so I followed this sketch from Sketch-n-Scrap:

I pulled out some brown ribbon (I promise the ribbon really is brown!) from my stash and my Bo Bunny FAVE fall papers--Forever Fall--and created this:

I wanted to finish things off, so I added a sentiment to the inside

and an image to the envelope.

This will be going in the mail on Monday to a former student of mine who is a resident of our local Sheriff's Girl's Ranch.  She's had quite a few things happen in her life, so I'm trying to give her some encouragement right now.

The stamps are from the Bountiful Blessings set from There She Goes Clear Stamps, and I used Ranger Archival Ink in coffee.  The leaf charms came from my friend Danni in an RAK (Thanks, Danni!), and they fit perfectly on my card!  I'll also be entering this in the "Thanksgiving" monthly card challenge at the Yahoo group Scrappin' 'n' Chattin'.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Be sure to come back on Thanksgiving Day (November 28) and again on Saturday, November 30, as I'm participating in a "12 Days of Christmas" blog hop, and I'll have a different Christmas project (and a giveaway!) to share with you each day.  Happy scrapping, everyone!

Scrapping4fun Challenges #7--Color Combo

So sorry I'm late posting my creation for the new challenge at Scrapping4fun!  The last couple of days have been pretty crazy in my world, and I think time just slipped up on me.  Challenge #7 is a color combo:

You must use at least three of the five colors in the inspiration photo.  I just LOVE these colors!  I think they're PERFECT for a Christmas card!

I followed the current sketch at Mojo Monday and will be entering my card over there, as well as in the "Anything Goes" monthly card challenge for the Yahoo group Scrappin' 'n' Chattin'.

The ribbon and rhinestones were both found in my stash, and the patterned papers are from Bo Bunny.  The line escapes me at the moment, as I'm not sitting at my scrap desk, but I'll update later with specifics.  I also used Stickles around the edges of the Santa picture.

We'll be having a blog hop at Scrapping4fun Challenges in January!  If you're interested, you can find more information on the blog, as well information about a Design Team Call.

You can find more information on the DT Call on our blog as well.  We also have two Guest Designers for this challenge, so be sure to stop by the blog to check out their creations.  If you're interested in being a Guest Designer, be sure to get your project linked up with the challenge!  We can't wait to see what you come up with for our color combo!  Good luck, and happy scrapping!

Through the Purple Haze--Pinks or Purples!

Happy Monday, everyone!  Sorry I've been MIA for a few weeks, but things got a little crazy around here both personally and professionally.  I'm back, though, and here's our newest challenge at Through the Purple Haze!

Our sponsor this week is Sassy Studio Designs, and they are providing four images for the winner of this week's challenge.  AWESOME!!!  Sassy Studio was gracious enough to allow the DT to choose an image to work with, so I chose Wonder Woman.

I followed the current sketch at Artful Delight 

and will be entering my card over there, as well as in the "Anything Goes" category for the monthly card challenge in the Yahoo group Scrappin' 'n' Chattin'.  I made this card in my hotel room over the weekend while at a family reunion for my husband's family.  I usually don't take projects with me when I travel, so it was quite interesting doing it without things in their normal spots!

Our challenge this week is to use pinks or purples in your creation, which I don't think I realized when I chose this image!  At any rate, I found a patterned paper with some pinks in it that I think ended up working perfectly.  I colored the image with colored pencils, then inked the edges of the cardstock with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Faded Jeans.  The red twine was in my stash, and I used pop dots to adhere Wonder Woman.  The sentiment (from Fiskars) was stamped using Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Barn Door.

I hope to see quite a few of you enter your creations this week!  Be sure to hop over to the Through the Purple Haze challenge blog to get linked up, but remember to please link to your specific post and not your entire blog.  TTPH is also having a DT Call, with a deadline of December 31 to get in your application.  Good luck, and happy scrapping!