12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop--Day 12

Welcome to Day 12 of the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!  You should have gotten here from Lori's blog.  If you just happened upon my post, head over to Lisa's blog to get started and see everyone's great projects!  This hop will take place November 24 through December 5, and 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 of 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, and we will also have a guest designer or two for you to visit each day.

Most of the projects I will be sharing with you for this hop are Christmas cards I made this year during a Christmas in July challenge.

For this card, I ran a piece of green card stock through my Cuttlebug using the D'vine Swirls embossing folder.  On my piece of red card stock, I used a border punch on all four sides, then adhered it to the back of my patterned paper so just the edges of the punch were sticking out.  On the patterned paper, I outlined the word "Joy" in gold Stickles, then topped it all off with a ribbon.

Here's the entire hop lineup for Day 12 in case you get lost:

1.  Lisa
GUEST DESIGNER Connie
2.  Scrappin Madge
3.  Beth McGee
4.  Amy E.
5.  Denise
7.  Cely
8.  Pam
9.  Alicia
10.  Anna
11.  An'Jenic
12.  Angela
13.  Heather
14.  Jessica
15.  Miranda
16.  La-Vie Borde-Perry
17.  Sandy
18.  Carla
19.  Lori
20.  Ashley W <= YOU ARE HERE!!!
21.  Robin L. <= GO HERE NEXT!

Now it's time for you to head off to Robin's blog!  I know you're going to love seeing her project today!

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you enjoyed all twelve days of the hop and got some great ideas!  Thanks so much to Lisa for hosting this AWESOME hop!  It's been a pleasure to have been a part of it.  Happy scrapping!

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop--Day 11

Welcome to Day 11 of the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!  You should have gotten here from Lori's blog.  If you just happened upon my post, head over to Lisa's blog to get started and see everyone's great projects!  This hop will take place November 24 through December 5, and 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 of 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, and we will also have a guest designer or two for you to visit each day.

Most of the projects I will be sharing with you for this hop are Christmas cards I made this year during a Christmas in July challenge.

I think this is another of my favorite cards from this year!  The Santa image in the center is from Graphic 45, and I simply added some Stickles around the edges for a little something extra.  I distressed the music paper with my ink pad before adhering it to my card base, then I added a bow for the finishing touch.

Here's the entire hop lineup for Day 11 in case you get lost:

1.  Lisa
GUEST DESIGNER Anita
2.  Scrappin Madge
3.  Beth McGee
4.  Amy E.
5.  Denise
7.  Cely
8.  Pam
9.  Alicia
10.  Anna
11.  An'Jenic
12.  Angela
13.  Heather
14.  Jessica
15.  Miranda
16.  La-Vie Borde-Perry
17.  Sandy
18.  Carla
19.  Lori
20.  Ashley W <= YOU ARE HERE!!!
21.  Robin L. <= GO HERE NEXT!

Now it's time for you to head off to Robin's blog!  I know you're going to love seeing her project today!

Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget--this is a twelve day hop, and there will be a different project each day.  Hope to see you back tomorrow!  Happy scrapping!

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop--Day 10

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Welcome to Day 10 of the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!  You should have gotten here from Lori's blog.  If you just happened upon my post, head over to Lisa's blog to get started and see everyone's great projects!  This hop will take place November 24 through December 5, and 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 of 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, and we will also have a guest designer or two for you to visit each day.

Most of the projects I will be sharing with you for this hop are Christmas cards I made this year during a Christmas in July challenge.

Another fairly simple card for you today!  The stocking garland stamp is part of my wooden stamp stash.  I had to stamp it twice for it to reach all the way across!  I colored the stockings with my colored pencils, then added Star Dust Stickles for a little sparkle, as well as a couple of rhinestones on the garland.  A sentiment at the bottom before layering it on dark green card stock then adding it to the base finishes it off!

Here's the entire hop lineup for Day 10 in case you get lost:

1.  Lisa
GUEST DESIGNER Jenny
2.  Scrappin Madge
3.  Beth McGee
4.  Amy E.
5.  Denise
7.  Cely
8.  Pam
9.  Alicia
10.  Anna
11.  An'Jenic
12.  Angela
13.  Heather
14.  Jessica
15.  Miranda
16.  La-Vie Borde-Perry
17.  Sandy
18.  Carla
19.  Lori
20.  Ashley W <= YOU ARE HERE!!!
21.  Robin L. <= GO HERE NEXT!

Now it's time for you to head off to Robin's blog!  I know you're going to love seeing her project today!

Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget--this is a twelve day hop, and there will be a different project each day.  Hope to see you back tomorrow!  Happy scrapping!

Stick It Down Design Team!!!

Happy Hump Day!!!  Today I am pleased to announce that I was chosen to be part of the Card Design Team at Stick It Down!

My friend Sandi at Slightly Off Center is leaving the card team (as her term is up), so I sort-of feel like I'm taking her place.  Sandi's cards are BEAUTIFUL, and I hope mine will be just as good.  The DT's term officially begins in January, but I'll be joining the last challenge of this year on December 30.  Be sure to stop back by then to see my first card! 

So happy to be part of the card team at Stick It Down!!!  Happy scrapping, everyone!!!

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop--Day 9

Welcome to Day 9 of the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!  You should have gotten here from Lori's blog.  If you just happened upon my post, head over to Lisa's blog to get started and see everyone's great projects!  This hop will take place November 24 through December 5, and 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 of 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, and we will also have a guest designer or two for you to visit each day.

Most of the projects I will be sharing with you for this hop are Christmas cards I made this year during a Christmas in July challenge.

I think this was one of the first times I'd ever used watercolors on a card, but I like the way it turned out.  The present is a wooden stamp that I stamped on a piece of card stock using my Versamark pad before heat embossing it in gold.  Once the paint dried and I'd adhered the present, I added my sentiment.

Here's the entire hop lineup for Day 9 in case you get lost:

1.  Lisa
GUEST DESIGNER Lyne
2.  Scrappin Madge
3.  Beth McGee
4.  Amy E.
5.  Denise
7.  Cely
8.  Pam
9.  Alicia
10.  Anna
11.  An'Jenic
12.  Angela
13.  Heather
14.  Jessica
15.  Miranda
16.  La-Vie Borde-Perry
17.  Sandy
18.  Carla
19.  Lori
20.  Ashley W <= YOU ARE HERE!!!
21.  Robin L. <= GO HERE NEXT!

Now it's time for you to head off to Robin's blog!  I know you're going to love seeing her project today!

Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget--this is a twelve day hop, and there will be a different project each day.  Hope to see you back tomorrow!  Happy scrapping!

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop--Day 8

Welcome to Day 8 of the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!  You should have gotten here from Lori's blog.  If you just happened upon my post, head over to Lisa's blog to get started and see everyone's great projects!  This hop will take place November 24 through December 5, and 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 of 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, and we will also have a guest designer or two for you to visit each day.

Most of the projects I will be sharing with you for this hop are Christmas cards I made this year during a Christmas in July challenge.

This card took me a little while to get it just the way I wanted it.  I used green card stock as the base of my card and traced the Christmas tree shape onto a piece of kraft card stock.  After cutting out the shape, I adhered the ruffled ribbon onto the back of the cut out.  I flipped it over, added a star to the top of the tree, stamped a sentiment at the bottom, then adhered it to my card base.  The hardest part was putting the ribbon on and getting the look just right.

Here's the entire hop lineup for Day 8 in case you get lost:

1.  Lisa
GUEST DESIGNER Theresa
GUEST DESIGNER Diana
2.  Scrappin Madge
3.  Beth McGee
4.  Amy E.
5.  Denise
7.  Cely
8.  Pam
9.  Alicia
10.  Anna
11.  An'Jenic
12.  Angela
13.  Heather
14.  Jessica
15.  Miranda
16.  La-Vie Borde-Perry
17.  Sandy
18.  Carla
19.  Lori
20.  Ashley W <= YOU ARE HERE!!!
21.  Robin L. <= GO HERE NEXT!

Now it's time for you to head off to Robin's blog!  I know you're going to love seeing her project today!

Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget--this is a twelve day hop, and there will be a different project each day.  Hope to see you back tomorrow!  Happy scrapping!

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop--Day 7

Welcome to Day 7 of the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!  You should have gotten here from Lori's blog.  If you just happened upon my post, head over to Lisa's blog to get started and see everyone's great projects!  This hop will take place November 24 through December 5, and 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 of 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, and we will also have a guest designer or two for you to visit each day.

Most of the projects I will be sharing with you for this hop are Christmas cards I made this year during a Christmas in July challenge.

I really like Snoopy, and I found this wooden stamp in my stash.  I'd almost forgotten about it!  I used kraft card stock for my base, stamped the image onto white card stock, then colored it with my Fibracolor markers.  I added Star Dust Stickles at the bottom of the dog house to simulate snow, before adding my sentiment.

Here's the entire hop lineup for Day 7 in case you get lost:

1.  Lisa
GUEST DESIGNER Mary
2.  Scrappin Madge
3.  Beth McGee
4.  Amy E.
5.  Denise
7.  Cely
8.  Pam
9.  Alicia
10.  Anna
11.  An'Jenic
12.  Angela
13.  Heather
14.  Jessica
15.  Miranda
16.  La-Vie Borde-Perry
17.  Sandy
18.  Carla
19.  Lori
20.  Ashley W <= YOU ARE HERE!!!
21.  Robin L. <= GO HERE NEXT!

Now it's time for you to head off to Robin's blog!  I know you're going to love seeing her project today!

Thanks for stopping by!  Don't forget--this is a twelve day hop, and there will be a different project each day.  Hope to see you back tomorrow!  Happy scrapping!