Hot Cocoa Blog Hop!!!

Hot cocoa on a cold winter's night will warm us through and through and fill us with delight. That is what we hope this hop will do for you so grab a cup of cocoa and start hopping along.

Jearise from http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com is our hostess and she has a special give away on her blog so make sure you start there to see what she has and how to qualify for the drawing.

Let's get warmed up here...
So I made a project today that I will be giving as a Christmas Gift my coworker that I work with in my office. She is a big coffee drinker and loves Hot Cocoa so I figured that a personalized mug with some Hot Cocoa and Mini Marshmallows in it would be PERFECT :)

Thank you for hopping and please continue on to...Lynne :)

FINAL LINE UP...

Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
L. Miriam - http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com
Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com
Lucy - http://love2createitall.com
CallyAnn - http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
Robin - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/
Melissa - http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com/
Lluvia aka misses crafty- http://sweetbirdmemories.blogspot.com
Cicily - http://pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com/
Amanda - http://cricktncrafts.blogspot.com
Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Sandra- http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/
Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Katie ~ http://ktsangels.blogspot.com/
Anita ~ http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com

Do The Jingle Bell Rock Hop

Welcome to our Jingle Bell Rock Hop!!!! What better way to kick off the month of December than with some of our favorite Christmas and holiday songs!!!!
For this hop, all the talented Ladies have chosen a fave song of theirs and modeled their project after it in some way.
For our prize this time, one lucky hopper will be chosen to win a premade paper pieced set of their choice from Colleen at CBC Scrapbooking.
To be entered, please leave a comment on every blog in the hop and then go and LIKE her fan page here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/CBC-Scrapbooking/133078110098299
and post a comment saying you are from the hop! I'll post a winner on my blog and fan page on Monday www.cbcscrapbooking.blogspot.com

I have been hearing TONS of Christmas music everywhere and I love the song Let it Snow! So with that being said I have not done a paper craft this time I have done a decoration in preparation for my Christmas Decorating :)  And Yes this project I was also inspired by Pinterest (I cant stay away from it!) So when I think of snow... I Know I think of snowmen!!! :)

Here is what I came up with

 These are wine glasses from the Dollar Tree. Painted with White Glass paint then the red and green paints are just plain acrylic paints mixed with a little glass paint to give it a little depth. Then I hand painted the faces ( I know they aren't the greatest but these are my first two and it was a little difficult being that the surfaces arent flat) Then they just hold a small pillar candle and there we have it!  Cheap and fun and cute!


Now that you have seen my project make sure jingle on over to Tahi to see what awesome project she has made for you!

Here's the line up so you don't get lost:

Colleen ~ www.cbcscrapbooking.blogspot.com
Jennifer ~ http://wunderscreations.blogspot.com
CallyAnn- http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
Jearise ~ http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
Tina ~ http://tinasscrapcorner.blogspot.com <---You Should have hopped from here :)
Amanda ~ http://cricktncrafts.blogspot.com <--- You Are Here
Tahi ~ http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com <--- Your Next Stop

What is your drink? Coffee, Tea, or Hot Chocolate Blog Hop

Is everyone still stuffed from Thanksgiving? I hope you had a wonderful time with family and friends and we thank you for taking the time out of your "Holiday Weekend" to come hop with us!!!! So, who's thirsty??? What is your drink of choice? (non-alcoholic) Coffee? Tea? Hot Cocoa? Pop? Take a quick hop thru and see what these talented crafters would choose!! Want some candy to go with that drink? Of course you do!!!

 For today's hop, the lovely Miriam from Miriam's Crafting Supplies, has offered to one lucky hopper 10 sets of half pearls and/or rhinestones of your choice!!!!! To be entered to win, you MUST leave a comment on every blog in the hop and then head on over to visit her Facebook store at: https://www.facebook.com/MiriamsCraftingSupplies Hit that LIKE button and post a comment you are from the hop! That's it! I will post a winner on my blog, www.cbcscrapbooking.blogspot.com on Monday!!! Thanks again for hopping with us and Cheers to you!!!

So for my project today I chose to do a card with some Hot Chocolate. It doubles as a Christmas card so I can add 1 more to my done list lol!!

Here's the whole line up so you don't get lost:
 Colleen ~ http://www.cbcscrapbooking.blogspot.com
 Jennifer ~ http://wunderscreations.blogspot.com
 Beth~http://motherandaughterdesigns.blogspot.com
 Shawnee~http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com
 Rachelle~http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com
 Tahi ~ http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com
 Amanda ~ http://cricktncrafts.blogspot.com  <-- You Are Here

Happy 1st Birthday Simply Create Too!!!

Hey all! Happy Black Friday! I just got back from Shopping and boy am I tired. But I am so excited because I only have 2 things left to get and I am done christmas shopping!!! WAHOO! Anyways I also got to stop in at AC Moore and I was one of the first 100 people so I got a $5 gift voucher to use towards my purchase so I was able to stock up on some much needed fun stuff! YAY!

Anyways Over at Simply Create Too  there is a Birthday party going on!! If you haven't ever joined us you should really stop by! We are just a group of people who just enjoy crafting and having challenges! But the site is turning 1!!!! YAY! Happy Birthday! There are lots of goodies over on the site this week and if you enter you may even win a Fabulous prize!!! So stop over and join in the fun! This weeks challenge is Give Thanks so for my project I want to show you a simple Thank You card that I am using for it:

My absolute favorite part of this card is the foil embossing on the bg paper! Love those colors! 

Dont forget to stop over and join us at Simply Create Too!!

<3 Until Next time! And if you are shopping BE Safe! and Remember.. There is nothing out there worth getting hurt over! 

Turkey Trot Blog Hop

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  Welcome to our Turkey Trot Blog Hop! With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, we wanted to squeeze in a hop dedicated to those fabulous, and delish, birds and all we all Thankful for!  Today we have a talented group of crafters showcasing their Turkey Day projects! Some might be of Turkeys, some might be of Thanksgiving Day traditions, some may just be about family.  But they all will be fabulous!

  Melissa, from KaDoodle Bug Designs has been kind enough to offer a $15 GC (reg prices, not sale) to www.kadoodlebugdesigns.com.

  
  

                                        

  To qualify, you must leave a comment on ALL blogs in the hop AND vist the KBD fan page and leave a comment saying you are hopping by!

  You can get to the fan page here: https://www.facebook.com/kadoodlebugdesigns?fref=ts

   Here is the entire line up in case you get lost:

  
  

  
  

  For My project today I wanted to make a Layout for my nephew's scrapbook since this year will be his first year he can actually eat all the good foods :)

  

  I couldn't resist using my Teddy Bear parade cart for this one! <3

  
  

  
  
• Colleen ~  http://www.cbcscrapbooking.blogspot.com
• Jennifer ~ http://wunderscreations.blogspot.com
• Tahi ~ http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com
• Miriam ~ http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com
• CallyAnn-http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
• Rachelle~http://creationsbyRachelle.blogspot.com
• Jenny~ http://cccjalessi.blogspot.com/
• Amber http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com/
• Shawnee~http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com
• Cely~http://hawaiipaperparty.blogspot.com
• Amanda~http://cricktncrafts.blogspot.com

Circles Blog Hop!!!

Circles are everywhere, everyday in our life. The earth is a circle itself. Okay, a sphere but close enough. Circles are in our drawings, paintings and all art and this blog hop celebrates the beauty of 360 degrees. Please join our crafters as they show the art of circles.

 

 Our hostess is Jearise of Lorby's World (http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com) and make sure you start at her blog because she has a special give away going on and all the details are on her blog.

 

Please leave comments along the way to show your support for these wonderful crafters and all the hard work they have done putting this hop of circles together.

 

 

Thank you for hopping today and please continue on to...Cicily

 

 

 

Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com

L. Miriam - http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com

Lucy - http://www.love2createitall.com

Lissa Marie -www.somanycraft.com

Amanda - http://cricktncrafts.blogspot.com

Cicily - http://pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com/

Robin - http://scrapndchat.blogspot.com/

Melissa - http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com/

Jamie - http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/

Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

CallyAnn- http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com

Sandra http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

Coasting in to vote!

Happy voting day to you!!! Hope its not to cold or hot wherever you are :) The weather here is very brisk and chilly but i'm just happy its not raining right now.
Today is my day to post over at Getting Cricky and I wanted to share a very inexpensive yet cool gift idea that I was inspired by the wonderful land of pinterest!


So Here goes :)

So the recipe for this is :

a white ceramic tile from Home Depot that cost me .16 each
Tim Holtz alcohol ink in green and I used a slate color as the opposite
Then I used StazOn Ink for the stamps and I used K Andrew Design stamp set for the butterflies and the sentiment.
The Tree came from Michaels.

I then put a piece of very thin self sticking cork board as a backing to protect furniture and I got that at hobby lobby and used a 40% off coupon for that which made a whole role of it (small roll) for 2.40 which will make a lot so I am guestimating that it is only going to cost about .05 each coaster or maybe even less than that..

Then I sealed them with a clear coat sealer so that it would protect the inks and  there we go a coaster ready to use for under 1$ yay!!

I will be making these for everyone in my family and even my neighbors because I bought a whole case of tile when i was at Home Depot! LOL!!


<3 Enjoy!!!

Orange, Black, Yellow

Happy Friday All!! Over at Simply Create Too we have a challenge going on .. all you need to do is use Black Orange and Yellow :) Stop over and show us what you have created! We love seeing what everyone creates each and every week!

So Onto my project...

I know the colors are more of a Halloween color scheme but I wanted to try add a twist on it :)

So for this card I wanted to make it simple. 

I used a premade card stock in yellow

Then I piece of fall leaf patterned paper that I rec'd in a paper swap 

Then I used a corner chomper and cut the corners of the white card stock

Stamped it with the tree and added the sentiment that is from K Andrew Designs

I also added some Tim Holtz distressing ink to it and some liquid pearl.

Stop on over at Simply Create Too and link up with us! 

Spooky Treat!!

Happy Tuesday All!! So for my DT Post over at Getting Cricky we are going with a Halloween theme.

This will be my last post on the Getting Cricky site since Kristal has decided to close her doors to her stamp line and allow herself more time with her teaching and her two young boys. I wish her all the best that life has to offer and I thank her for the great opportunity that I have had to grow with paper crafting and I met some very AWESOME ladies throughout my terms with her! 

I will also be entering my project into the following challenges: 

Cute Card Thursday- Use Glitter (my haunted out windows, and on my bears costume) 

Hooked on Craft Challenges - Halloween

Pause Dream Enjoy - Night Project 

So for this project I used the Teddy Bear Parade Cart and cut him out at 3"
I glittered up his leaves, stem and treat bag. I also Glittered up the shutters on the haunted house windows :)
The paper is from : DCWV The Midnight Spell Matstack
Then i distressed the edges of the white cardstock to give it a little extra spooky touch and
I stamped it with K Andrew Designs Fall-O-Ween set


If you havent gotten any of Kristal's stamps yet..Now is the time to do so.. her store is marked at 60% off and once the sets are gone.. they are gone.. so stop over today and check them out :)


<3 Until Next time!

Pumpkins!!!

Happy Saturday All!!! This is my first full day off in 2 weeks and I'm so excited because I get to craft!! But before I get started making a mess of my crafty room I wanted to share with you my Design Team project for Simply Create Too:

So I saw this pumpkin wreath on Pinterest and I loved it so much I had to make one... or ..well I have made 6 of them now for family and friends. They are so super simple to make and they look amazing!!! Its all made with Deco Mesh that I got from Hobby Lobby in Orange, Brown and Green. Then A piece of plastic canvas and an embroidery hoop.



Stop over at Simply create too and enter your pumpkin project!!!!

Booo!!

Happy Saturday everyone!! I wanted to stop in and post a card that I made for my little niece this week for Halloween. She is only 2 but she LOVES everything so I'm sure she will like this cute little spooky card I made for her!


I am linking this up to the following challenges:

All Sorts Challenge Week 176 To Cute to Spook
Card Makin Mammas - Halloween or Spooky
Pause Dream Enjoy - Use the word Boo (in my background) 

So onto my cute little project for today :)

So for this card i used a premade card stock base and then added a really cool piece over it that has all kinds of halloween words on it I found it in my scrap pile and I think it was the perfect find :)
So the bear is from the AMAZING cartridge Teddy Bear Parade  :) I love this cart so much it has so many cute ideas! On the bg Paper I also stampped words from K Andrew Designs Fall-O-Ween set on it that say: "Spooky, Trick or Treat, BOO, Fun, &Eeek)
Then I inked the edges with Tim Holtz ink in green, and then added a black bow to the top and she was all done :)


<3 Until Next time OHHH Check out my other posts I have a giveaway going on !!!