Top Ten Blog Hop for 2015 (or a few more!)

Wow, as I was looking back, I could have used the same paragraph to start this posting as I did last year. The month of December went by without me blogging. This year the end of November and beginning of December were crazy with some things.  I will share more later, but today let's get to my Top Ten for 2015.

Make sure to comment on all the blogs!  You have a chance to win a $80.00 gift certificate to the online store of your choosing!  Leave a comment by Jan 3rd 11:59 PM for your chance. There are 23 blogs to comment on, so the more you comment the more chances you have to win. The winner will be announced late Jan 4th or 5th.

I am also having a giveaway for my blog, so leave a comment and no telling what kind of scrappy surprise will end up in the winner's mailbox!

Fair warning, there is a good mix of projects, manufacturers and ideas!  These are in no particular order, I couldn't choose what order to put them in.  AND....I couldn't stop at 10!!!!

Number 1

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Number 2

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Number 3

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Number 4

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Number 5

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Number 6

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Number 7 

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Number 8 

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Number 9

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Number 10

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Number 11

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Number 12

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Number 13

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Here is the hop list!  Feel free to go thru at your leisure or in whatever order you want to!

Christine Meyer 

Mendi Yoshikawa 

Cathy Harper

Nicole Nowosad

Chantalle McDaniel 

Becki Adams

Wendy Antenucci 

Jen Matott 

YOU ARE HERE!-Katrina Hunt

Michele Kovack

Kelly Holbrook

Rhonda Van Ginkel 

Jennie McGarvey 

Suzanna Lee 

Monique Liedtke

Jennifer Haggerty

Marcia Dehn Nix 

Rebecca Keppel 

Kelly Jean Guzlas 

Melissa Elsner 

Shannon Morgan 

Juliana Michaels 

Audrey Yeager

CREATE & Memories-Scrapbook Generation and Pink Paislee

The new issue of CREATE magazine is up and running.  Sadly, this will be the last issue and I am going to miss creating projects for it. Be sure to read the Editor's letter from Debbie for details.

I have this project in the "Product Challenge" section.  I played with Gelatos (yay!) and some Texture Paste from Faber Castell, along with some stencils. I dug into Pink Paislee's Cedar Lane collection for the layout and I loved working with the colors in the collection.

Supplies: Pattern Paper, Canvas Tag, Transparency-Pink Paislee; Cardstock-American Crafts; Gelatos, Texture Paste-Faber Castell; Stencil-Wendi Vecchi; Flair-{a flair for buttons} Twine-May Arts; Adhesive-ThermOWeb; Resin Owl-Maya Road

So, for my challenge, I colored Texture Paste with Gelatos and then smoothed them over a stencil. I then hand cut out the stenciled image and used them as embellishments on my layout!

Believe it or not, I did this at a crop I went to!  I honestly thought I was crazy, but luckily there was room to spread out, get messy and let things dry!

I took my leftover paste/gelato mixture and just spread it on a strip of white cardstock to create a pattern paper piece I could use as an accent on my page. Great way to use up the left overs!

Here is a shot of the cover of the magazine.  So fun as always! Head over to download the issue on the Scrapbook Generation website. You can find the link to download HERE.

Thanks for stopping by today!  Have a great Wednesday!

Fall Picking (Take 2)-ThermOWeb and PhotoPlay Paper

Well, if you popped by the ole blog last week, I had a post up about some cards on the ThermOWeb blog for our swap with PhotoPlay Paper.  I also mentioned that I was sharing a layout here on my blog.  UHHH.....I forgot that I had scheduled the post and hadn't added in the pictures yet!  So, we are going to try again!

This layout was a lot of fun to create and just play around with placement of things. I even used the animal print foil for a couple of my leaves!

Supplies: Pattern Paper, Stickers-PhotoPlay Paper, Cardstock-American Crafts; Adhesives and DecoFoil-ThermOWeb; Twine-May Arts; Silhouette Cameo with cutting file

The leaves were created with cardstock adhered to one side of the Hot Melt adhesive by running it thru the laminator.  Then I placed that into the Silhouette to be cut (or you could cut manually) and then after cut, ran back thru the laminator with the foil transfer sheet!


I loved the little berry vine sticker and thought it would look fun coming out from under a cluster of leaves!

Thanks for stopping by today and so sorry about the mix up.  I was fighting some migraines off and on all week and I just forgot I didn't have the pictures loaded!  Come back tomorrow, the new issue of CREATE should be live and I might share a project from it!

Hello There Fred-The Cut Shoppe and American Crafts

How did it get to be so far into November??  I am not sure I am ready for the holidays at all, let alone everything that needs to be done for them!

Sharing this layout that was over on The Cut Shoppe's blog Friday using one of the new cut files in the shop. This was when we went to the pumpkin patch and they had some cut outs that really have NOTHING to do with Halloween, but hey, Fred, Scooby and company fight ghosts, etc so that works!

Supplies: Pattern Paper, Puffy Stickers, Wood Veneer Slice-American Crafts; Doily-Wilton; Corrugated Tag-Maya Road; Flair-{a flair for buttons}; Adhesive-ThermOWeb; Silhouette Cameo

Endearing Eyelets 12 x 12

I just kept this layout pretty simple with all the flair going on in the middle of all the eyelets.  I did manage to get those layers behind my photo though! And this is a GREAT way to use flair, buttons, brads, etc.  Flair from {a flair for buttons} is my personal favorite, but there are quite a few ways to use this idea!

I snuck in one of the new Maya Road corrugated tags.  I LOVE these things and I am constantly grabbing for them trying to figure out how to get them on a layout. Plus, it gave a little texture to the layout, since I didn't use as many layers.  And I had to get a doily in there!

That's it for this Monday! Not sure what will be coming up on the blog this week, so stay tuned! Happy Monday!

Fall Picking-ThermOWeb and PhotoPlay Paper

Whee!!!  It's Friday the 13th and I am super excited about it!  LOL  And I am up over on the ThermOWeb blog today sharing some projects with DecoFoil and PhotoPlay Paper. If you haven't heard of PhotoPlay Paper, you can find their website HERE.  They are brand new in the scrapbooking arena and have some cute stuff out!

I have some gratitude cards up over on the ThermOWeb blog and you can find those and all the details on them HERE.  But I thought I would just share a fun fall layout for you today here.

Fall Card-Maya Road and PhotoPlay Paper

I am going to start by thanking all our current and past military members.  Today is Veteran's Day here in the US and we would not have the freedoms we have or that are currently being protected without these brave men and women. I didn't do anything "patriotic" for today, but I did want to honor them in this post today.  Thank you so much for all you do for us!

Fall cards and Maya Road's kraft embellishments, are a match made in heaven.  Warning I am on a card kick, so you may be seeing quite a few cards on the blog here in the next little bit!

I was up on Maya Road's blog on Monday with this fall card I made from PhotoPlay Paper's Autumn Memories collection.  If you want details and links to find all the good stuff head over to the Maya blog HERE to find my post.

Supplies: Pattern Paper, Sticker-PhotoPlay Paper; Kraft Tag, Envelope, Trim, Twine-Maya Road; Cardstock-American Crafts; Adhesive-Therm O Web

This card was simple to put together, but I love how it turned out. By just adding a pop of color with that Maya Road Rick Rack Vintage trim, it pulled the entire card together quite nicely!

And those kraft corrugated tags, swoon! I grab for them constantly, even if they won't work on my project, I try to make them!  And the twine with the gold shimmer just goes with everything.

I hope you enjoyed this fall card brought to you by Maya Road and PhotoPlay Paper!  Have a wonderful Wednesday!

MERRY (Christmas) Banner-ThermOWeb and the Handmade Holidays Blog Hop

Therm O Web is participating in the Handmade Holidays Blog Hop this year and I was up on the Therm O Web blog Sunday with my project, but thought I would share it here today with you. You can find all the details on how I made the banner PLUS enter the giveaway for over $600 in prizes on the Therm O Web blog HERE.

Supplies: Pattern Paper, Die Cuts-KaiserCraft; Canvas Banner-Maya Road; Enamel Dots-Freckled Fawn; Adhesive, DecoFoil-Therm O Web; Doilies-Wilton; Ribbon-Unknown; Stars-Making Memories

Let's get a closer look! Some fun die cuts and DecoFoil letters are the accents on all the banner pieces.

And those stars, I dug from my stash!  We are talking Making Memories and I think I have had them since I first started scrapping in 2009!

And I love these canvas banners from Maya Road.  They just work with everything!

So there are a few days left to enter so go to it!!!  You can enter thru Rafflecopter HERE.  And here is picture of the loot you can win!

Now enter and have a fun and wonderful Tuesday!!