Showing posts with label Festive Friday Blog Hop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Festive Friday Blog Hop. Show all posts

Thursday, November 24, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop

Well, well, well... We are here for the final Festive Friday Blog Hop of this year. It has been truly a pleasure hopping along with everyone. I've gotten some wonderful ideas to use to make some more Christmas cards. I loved the idea of making them all year long and I will continue to do this next year.

I want to say a big THANK YOU to Terri for coming up with this wonderful idea. Your plan worked and I have a nice stash of Christmas cards and I don't have to worry about rushing to create something. I can truly relax and enjoy the season.

If you want to start at the beginning of the hop, please go on over to Terri's site.You should have arrived here from Debra's blog. If you missed it please go back and make sure you visit her site.

My card today measures 4 x 6 inches. I want to be able to put a nice size photo on the inside of the card. I used papers from DCWV and stickers by Jolie.




Thanks for stopping by and now on to the next person in the hop, Maria.

Friday, November 11, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop - 21

Well, I can't believe how fast the time has passed. We've been hopping the whole year hoping to inspire you to create some Christmas Cards. Well, Christmas is almost here and I have most of my cards that I plan to send out made.

Thanks to Terri for coming up with this wonderful idea. Your plan worked and I have a nice stash of Christmas cards and I don't have to worry about rushing to create something. I can truly relax and enjoy the season.

If you want to start at the beginning of the hop, please go on over to Terri's site.You should have arrived here from Debra's blog. If you missed it please go back and make sure you visit her site.

For my card today, I created a simple gatefold card. I used papers from an old set and unfortunately, I have no idea of the company they are from.






Thanks for stopping by and now on to the next person in the hop, Maria.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop - 20

Welcome back for another Festive Friday Blog Hop. I can't believe this year has gone by so fast and we've been hopping for 10 months now. We have only have 2 more hops left for the year. So, if you want to join us, hurry and do so. Our goal is to acquire a stash of Christmas cards before the holiday season begins

To start at the beginning of the hop, please hop on over to Terri's site.You should have arrived here from Debra's blog. If you missed it please go back and make sure you visit her site.

For my card today, I used papers from Recollections and DCWV. This was super easy and quick to do. It is simply layering cardstock on one another.




Thanks for stopping by and now on to the next person in the hop, Maria.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop - 19

Welcome back for another Festive Friday Blog Hop. I can't believe we've been hopping for 10 months now. We have about 3 more hops left for the year. So, if you want to join us, hurry and do so. We are on a quest to acquire a stash of Christmas cards before the holiday season begins. If you have joined, please send me a link, I would love to see your creations.

To start at the beginning of the hop, please hop on over to Terri's site.You should have arrived here from Debra's site blog. If you missed it please go back and make sure you visit her site.


My project consists of a set of mini Christmas Cards. They measure 3 x 3 in size. I used a stamp set by Hero Arts and I also used some Stickles, Embossing Powder and a Swirls Cuttlebug folder for the designs.









Thanks for stopping by and now on to the next person in the hop, Maria.

Friday, September 23, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop - 18

Welcome back for another installment of the Festive Friday Blog Hop. If you haven't heard, it's been our quest to inspire you to create some Christmas cards before the holiday is upon us. Time is going by so fast.  If you have joined, please send me a link, I would love to see your creations.

To start at the beginning of the hop, please hop on over to Terri's site.You should have arrived here from Debra's site blog. If you missed it please go back and make sure you visit her site.

Today I am featuring a card that I made at Scrapfest at the Mall of America. I took a class with Petaloo and one of the cards we made was this darling Christmas Tree card. Super easy to put together. I especially loved the glitter embellishments. The glitter doesn't rub and get all over the place.




Thanks for stopping by and now on to the next person in the hop, Maria.

Friday, September 9, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop - 17

Welcome back for another installment of the Festive Friday Blog Hop. If you haven't heard, it's been our quest to inspire you to create some Christmas cards before the holiday is upon us. Time is going by so fast.  If you have joined, please send me a link, I would love to see your creations.

To start at the beginning of the hop, please hop on over to Terri's site.You should have arrived here from Debra's site blog. If you missed it please go back and make sure you visit her site.

For my project, I created a 5 x 7 card using Recollections papers. I used the Gypsy by Provocraft to size the diecut. This is from one of the newer cartridges, Word Collage by Cricut.



Now for some blog candy, I will be giving away a set of stamps by Anna Griffin. To be eligible to win the stamps, please leave me a comment below. I would love it if you would become a follower, but it is not necessary. I will be using Random.org to pick a winner and I will announce the winner of the Anna Griffin stamp set on Monday, September 12, 2011.




Please stop by tomorrow for the start of a 2 day Autumn is Here Blog Hop.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you had fun.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Festive Friday


Come join us for a Festive Friday good time.I can't believe how fast the year is going by.  Christmas will be here before you know it. I hope you will consider joining us as we hop every 2nd and 4th Friday of the month. Our goal is to make Christmas cards and avoid the rush of trying to make them later on.

As blog candy, I will be giving away a set of Anna Griffin stamps

Friday, July 22, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop - 14

Welcome back to our Festive Friday Blog Hop. I'm glad you are joining us on our quest to inspire you to create some wonderful Christmas cards. We are over half way through our year long hop.  The Christmas season will be here before you know it. Time is going by so fast. 

To start at the beginning of the hop, please hop on over to Terri's site.You should have arrived from Angela's blog. If you missed it please go back and make sure you visit her site.

My project was created using the tag feature on the Winter Woodland Cricut Cartridge. I welded two tags together to create the card base. The top layer was cut from an old pack of pattern paper from K & Co. I added to Prima Poinsettia flowers. The card was cut at 4 inches.




Here is the list of participants in case you get lost.
1) Terri http://www.terrisproul.blogspot.com/
2) Chris  www.stinkydogdesigns.blogspot.com
3) Cheryl http://www.cherlin-ink.blogspot.com/
4) Laura  www.lauraleesdream.blogspot.com
5) Amanda http://ajsarts.blogspot.com/
6) Brenda  http://createbyburffrau.blogspot.com/
7) Angela http://www.midnightcrafting.blogspot.com/
8) Yolonda  http://www.craftyscentiments.blogspot.com/
9) Becky www.beckyconley.blogspot.com
10) Leslie  http://leslierahye.blogspot.com/
11) Laura  http://scrappindaphne.blogspot.com/
12) The Robin’s nest: http://chatteringrobins.blogspot.com/
13) Carol  http://www.carolberns.blogspot.com/
14) Michelle http://faeriedustdreams-michelle.blogspot.com/
15) Diane http://stampininthevilliage.blogspot.com



Thanks so much for stopping by.  Now on to the next stop in the hop at Becky's site.

Friday, July 8, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop - 13

Welcome back to our Festive Friday Blog Hop. We are over half way through our year long hop.  It's been our quest to inspire you to create some Christmas cards before the holiday is upon us. Time is going by so fast.  If you have joined, please send me a link, I would love to see your creations.

To start at the beginning of the hop, please hop on over to Terri's site.You should have arrived from Angela's blog. If you missed it please go back and make sure you visit her site.

This card measures 6 x 6. I just love these super simple fast projects. I added a band to the green pattern paper and then layered stickers that coordinated. Quick and to the point.




 Here is the list of participants in case you get lost.
1) Terri http://www.terrisproul.blogspot.com/
2) Chris  www.stinkydogdesigns.blogspot.com
3) Cheryl http://www.cherlin-ink.blogspot.com/
4) Amanda http://ajsarts.blogspot.com/
5) Debbie http://artycrafty.wordpress.com/
6) Brenda  http://createbyburffrau.blogspot.com/
7) Angela http://www.midnightcrafting.blogspot.com/
8) Yolonda  http://www.craftyscentiments.blogspot.com/
9) Becky www.beckyconley.blogspot.com
10) Leslie  http://leslierahye.blogspot.com/
11) Laura  http://scrappindaphne.blogspot.com/
12) The Robin’s nest: http://chatteringrobins.blogspot.com/
13) Carol  http://www.carolberns.blogspot.com/
14) Michelle http://faeriedustdreams-michelle.blogspot.com/
15) Diane http://stampininthevilliage.blogspot.com



Thanks so much for stopping by.  Now on to the next stop in the hop at Becky's site.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop - 12

Welcome back for another installment of our Festive Friday Blog Hop. Time is going by so fast. Christmas will be here before you know it. Have you joined us and started creating your card collection? If so, I would love to see your creations.

You should have arrived from Angela's blog. If you missed it please go back and see her super cute project. You can start at the beginning of the hop at Terri's blog.

This week for my project I made a 5' by 7' card using a card kit by Anna Griffin. I just love this kit. It came with envelopes, card bases, card mats, sentiments for the outside of the cards and also sentiments for the inside of the cards. It also has beautiful layers.  I love that you can mix and match the different layers to create your own cards.





Here is the list of participants in case you get lost.
1) Terri http://www.terrisproul.blogspot.com/

Friday, June 10, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop - 11

Welcome back for another installment of our Festive Friday blog Hop. I hope we have been able to inspire you to create your Christmas Cards early. I know we all have busy schedules, but before you know it, Christmas will be here.

You should have arrived from Angela's blog. If you missed it please go back and see what she has created. You can start at the beginning of the hop at Terri's blog.

Here is a really quick card that I created from a card kit I received years ago. The cards are premade, you just add your own embellishments. This is a standard A2 sized card.




Here is the list of participants in case you get lost.
1) Terri http://www.terrisproul.blogspot.com/


Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope we were able to inspire you in some way. Now on to the next stop in the hop at Becky's site. 

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop - 10

Welcome back for another installment of our Festive Friday blog Hop. Time is going by so fast. Christmas will be here before you know it. Have you joined us and started creating your card collection? If so, I would love to see your creations.

You should have arrived from Angela's blog. If you missed it please go back and see her super cute project. You can start at the beginning of the hop at Terri's blog.

For my project, I made an A2 (4.25 x 5.5) sized card. I used the Cricut Cartridges - When It's Cold Outside to make the Gingerbread Snowflake (3.3 inches) and Martha Stewart Seasonal Cake Cartridge for the greeting (1.3 inches).  The papers used are from Recollections.  I also used a Cuttlebug folder to emboss the background called Snow Dots and inked it with black ink.

 

Here is the list of participants in case you get lost.
1) Terri http://www.terrisproul.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope we were able to inspire you in some way. Now on to the next stop in the hop at Becky's site.

Friday, May 13, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop

Welcome back for another installment of our Festive Friday blog Hop. I can't believe that this is the 9th week of hopping. Time is going by so fast. Christmas will be here before you know it. I hope you will consider joining us in our quest to acquire a stash of Christmas cards and avoid the rush of trying to make them later on.

You should have arrived from Angela's blog. If you missed it please go back and see her super cute project. You can start at the beginning of the hop at Terri's blog.

For my project, I re-made this set of cards. I was looking back over some of the cards I have previously made and I had one left, so I decided to make another set. These measure 4.25 by 5.5. The papers used are from Recollections.  I used a Cuttlebug folder to emboss the background in snowflakes. The snowflake cut is from A Child's Year cartridge. Super easy to make.

This card was inspired by Mary of Cardz TV.

Here is the list of participants in case you get lost.
1) Terri http://www.terrisproul.blogspot.com/

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope we were able to inspire you in some way. Now on to the next stop in the hop at Becky's site.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop - Week 8

Welcome back for another installment of our Festive Friday blog Hop. I can't believe that this is the 8th week of hopping. Time is going by so fast. Christmas will be here before you know it. I hope you will consider joining us in our quest to acquire a stash of Christmas cards and avoid the rush of trying to make them later on.

You should have arrived from Angela's blog. If you missed it please go back and see her super cute project. You can start at the beginning of the hop at Terri's blog.

My project today is a 5 by 7 inch card. Super simple to make. All of the cuts were designed on the Cricut Imagine. Everything started out as simple white cardstock. I used the Snow Angels Cricut Imagine Cartridge for this project.Can you believe it? I didn't use any Stickles this time. But wait until next time...





Here is the complete list of participants for this weeks hop:
1) Terri
2) Chris
3) Cheryl
4) Laura 
5) Amanda
6) Debbie
7) Brenda
8) Angela 
9) Yolonda
10) Becky
11) Fabrizio
12) Leslie  
13) Debbie


Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope we were able to inspire you in some way. Now on to the next stop in the hop at Becky's site.

Friday, April 8, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop

Welcome back for another installment of our Festive Friday blog Hop. I can't believe that this is the 7th week of hopping. Time is going by so fast. Christmas will be here before you know it. I hope you will consider joining us in our quest to acquire a stash of Christmas cards and avoid the rush of trying to make them later on.

I made 2 shaped cards for my project today. I decided to use the Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut cartridge. If you have this cartridge, they are super easy and quick to make. I used the card feature to cut the shape of the card. Next, I used the base and layers feature to create the front of the card. Easy Peasy!!!


The first card I created is Hello Kitty Santa. She is super cute dressed in her red and green. I added Diamond Stickles to her ball and brim of her hat and also to the small balls on her shoes. I added Patina Stickles to her top.


The second card I designed is a cute little Christmas Tree with sparkly presents (love those Stickles in Yellow & Patina). I decorated the tree with Liquid Pearls in Gold, Emerald Green, & Ruby Red.



Recipe:
Hello Kitty Greetings Cricut Cartridge
Recollections paper
Stickles - Yellow, Diamond, Patina
Liquid Pearls - Gold, Emerald Green, Ruby Red

Here is the complete list of participants for this weeks hop:
1) Terri
2) Chris
3) Cheryl
4) Laura 
5) Amanda
6) Debbie
7) Brenda
8) Angela 
9) Yolonda
10) Becky
11) Fabrizio
12) Debbie


Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope we were able to inspire you in some way. Now on to the next stop in the hop at Becky's site.

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop

Welcome to another edition of the Festive Friday Blog Hop. This is our sixth week of hopping. I hope you are joining in and creating some Christmas cards. If you are, please send me a link or a picture of what you created. I would love to see them.

You should have arrived from Becky's blog. If you missed it please go back and see her super project. You can start at the beginning of the hop at Terri's blog.

Here is a list of participants if you get lost along the way.

1) Terri Sproul
2) Chris Hurley
3) Cheryl Lindsey
4) Laura Davidson
5) Amanda Marks
6) Debbie Buckland
7) Brenda Lee Burfeind
8) Angela Bodas 
9) Becky Conley
10) Yolonda Anthony


My project today is a 5.5 by 5.5 inch square card. Super simple to make. I cut a sheet of regular cardstock to 11 by 5.5 inches and folded it in half to make a square card base. I cut another piece of carstock at 5 by 5 inches to act as a mat. The image was printed and cut from the Snow Angels Cricut Imagine cartridge. I cut it at 4.75 by 4.75 inches. I adhered it to the mat using pop dots. I added a little bit of stickles to give it a little glittery effect.




Recipe
Bazzill White Cardstock
Stampin Up Cardstock
Snow Angels Cricut Imagine Cartridge
Diamond Stickles
Dimensional Foam Tape

This is the last stop. I hope we were able to inspire you. Please think about joining us on our next hop and have some fun. If you did not start at the beginning you can go to Terri's blog and see all the great cards from the beginning. Thanks again for stopping by.

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop

Welcome to another edition of the Festive Friday Blog Hop. Wow!!! This is our week number five of hopping. I hope you are joining in and creating some Christmas cards. If you are, please send me a link or a picture of what you created. I would love to see them.

You should have arrived from Angela's blog. If you missed it please go back and see her super cute layered card. You can start at the beginning of the hop at Terri's blog.

Here is a list of participants if you get lost along the way.

1) Terri Sproul
2) Chris Hurley
3) Cheryl Lindsey 
4) Amanda Marks
5) Debbie Buckland
6) Brenda Lee Burfeind
7) Angela Bodas
7) Yolonda Anthony
8) Debbie Feist

This is a fast and easy card. It is an A2 sized card. Measuring at 4.25 by 5.5.



Recipe:
Lacy Labels Lite Cricut Cartridge
Trim the Tree Seasonal Cricut Cartridge
Recollections Paper -- Green, Cream
Cuttlebug
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Victoria
IRock & Gems
Dimensional Foam Tape

Thanks for stopping by. Now on the the next stop at Debbie's site...

Friday, February 25, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop

Welcome to another edition of the Festive Friday Blog Hop. I can't believe this is our fourth week of hopping. I hope we have given you a little inspiration and ideas for your Christmas cards. How many of you are joining in and creating some Christmas cards? If you are, please send me a link or a picture of what you created. I would love to see them.

If you are visiting my site, please stay and have a look around. If you would like to see some of the great creations the other ladies have made, you can start at the beginning of the hop at Terri's blog.

Here is a list of participants if you get lost along the way.

1) Terri Sproul
2) Chris Hurley
3) Cheryl Lindsey 
4) Amanda Marks
5) Debbie Buckland
6) Brenda Lee Burfeind
7) Yolonda Anthony
8) Debbie Feist

For today's project, I decided to keep it super simple. The card is sized at 5.5 by 8. It is layers of squares and rectangles cut in different sizes that I designed from George and Basic Shapes. The phrase is cut at 1 inch from the Winter Frolic cartridge. All of the colored background and patterned paper are from the Mr. Frosty Imagine cartridge.

The project was designed on my Gypsy, but it is not necessary to have one to recreate this project.




Recipe:
George & Basic Shapes Cricut Cartridge
Winter Frolic Cricut Cartridge
Mr. Frosty Cricut Imagine Cartridge
Bazzill White Cardstock
Dimensional Foam Tape

Thanks for stopping by. Now on the the next stop at Debbie's site...

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop

Hi Everyone. Thanks for joining us on our third installment of Festive Friday. This is a year long hop that will happen on the second and fourth Friday of every month (except December). This hop is all about Christmas cards.We would love for you to join us as this is the perfect way for you to get some of you Christmas cards made before the rush of the holiday season.

If you  are visiting my site, please stay and have a look around. If you would like to see some of the great creations the other ladies have made, start at the beginning of the hop at Terri's blog.

Here is a list of participants if you get lost along the way.

1) Terri Sproul
2) Chris Hurley
3) Cheryl Lindsey 
4) Amanda Marks
5) Debbie Buckland
6) Brenda Lee Burfeind
7) Yolonda Anthony
8) Debbie Feist

Now on to my project. Once again I used the Snow Angels Imagine Cartridge for this card. It is a square card that measures 5.25 X 5.25. I used the Gypsy to design this card, but it is not necessary to do so. The background mat is cut at 5 inches. The house was cut at 3 inches.

Recipe:
Snow Angels Cricut Imagine Cartridge
Bazzill White card-stock
Recollections card-stock - Pastel Blue
Dimensional Glue Dots
Stickles - Star Dust





and now on to Debbie's site...

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Festive Friday Blog Hop

Hi Everyone. Thanks for joining us on our second installment of Festive Friday. This is a year long hop that will happen on the second and fourth Friday of every month (except December). This hop is all about Christmas cards.We would love for you to join us as this is the perfect way for you to get some of you Christmas cards made before the rush of the holiday season.

If you  are visiting my site, please stay and have a look around. If you would like to see some of the great creations the other ladies have made, start at the beginning of the hop at Terri's blog.

Here is a list of participants if you get lost along the way.

1) Terri Sproul
2) Chris Hurley
3) Amanda Marks
4) Debbie Buckland
5) Brenda Lee Burfeind
6) Yolonda Anthony
7) Katie 
8) Debbie Feist

Now on to my project. I want to show you how I used the Gypsy to design my card.

I was lucky to be one of the beta testers for the Imagine App on the Gypsy. Since this is only a beta test, I don't know what the finished product will actually look like.

The opening screen on the Gypsy now shows an Imagine Icon.

The Imagine application is opening up.

You will have several choices once you reach this screen.
Today I am using the print & cut feature.

Here you will choose which cartridge you want to use.

This is the normal view of the images.

I chose to use the keypad view.

I picked the poinsettia flower pot.

I printed and cut the flower pot as a whole image and
I also separated the layers. I used two of the flower cuts so
could give the image more dimension. They were cut at 4 inches.

I also cut a piece of the pattern paper using real dial size at 5 inches.

After checking that all of the settings are correct,
you are ready to print and cut your image.
I placed the paper in the Imagine and pressed "GO"


This card is a standard A2 size card (4.25 x 5.5). I placed the solid die cut on the mat. I then used the die cuts that were cut into layers and mounted them on top of the solid die cut to give it dimension. I also used extra cuts of the flower for even more dimension. As you can see, I went a little crazy with the stickles. It sure made it one sparkly card.






Recipe:
Bazzil White Cardstock
Imagine Cartridge - Snow Angels
Foam Tape
Stickles - Star Dust, Yellow, Warm Lipstick, Fruit Punch, Burgundy, Aqua
Distress Ink - Peeled Paint, Spiced Marmalade, Broken China

Now on to Katie's blog.