Hello and welcome to the Top Ten Blog Hop where a number of us are showcasing our favorite projects from the past year. It's going to be a pinning haven for sure! You should be arriving here from Christine Meyer's blog (which also happens to be the beginning of our hop).
I always have the hardest time picking just ten projects (and I'm not even including my favorite cards this time), but to keep it from getting completely out of control I thought I would pick 12 of my favorite layouts with one for each month of the year. ;)
January: Doodlebug Frosty Friends
February: Bella Blvd Tiny Tots
March: A focus on Doodlebug Washi Tape
April: Pebbles Inc. Homegrown
May: Doodlebug Back To School
June: Pebbles Inc. Cottage Living and Happy Day
July: Pebbles Inc. Americana
August: Bella Blvd Riley
September: Doodlebug October 31st
October: Doodlebug Daily Doodles
November: Echo Park The Story of Fall
December: Echo Park The Story of Christmas
Thanks so much for taking a trip down memory lane with me. I hope you will check out all the other lovely projects in this wonderful hop!
You have 23 chances to win an $80 gift card to an online store of your choosing by leaving a comment on each blog along the way. The contest is open until 11:59 pm CST on January 3rd to give you some extra time to leave your comments.
Many of us are also giving away extra individual prize on our blogs. I have a flat rate Priority Box stuffed full of product from American Crafts, Pebbles and a few other companies up for grabs that is valued at over $200. All I ask is that you use it yourself or pass it on to a friend who could use it (rather than selling it). Use the rafflecopter below for your chance to win this sweet box. :)
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Your next stop in the hop is blog is Cathy Harper's blog.
In case you get lost, here's a full list of everyone joining in on the hop:
Hello there! How's was your weekend? Did you get some items crossed off your holiday "to do" list? Today I'm popping in with a couple of simple Christmas cards using only red and white cardstock (and of course some of my favorite dies). I am always a sucker for simple red and white cards. There's just something about them...
Up first I have a card using Simon Says Stamp Cold Hands Warm Heart Village dies
with their Peace On Earth stamps and Falling Snow Stencil. For my hillsides I also used the hillside border dies by Lawn Fawn. This was my first attempt with Ranger Texture paste for the snowy background. It's a bit difficult to see, but I love the way it looks in person! I finished off my card by heat embossing my sentiment in red. :)
My second card uses Lawn Fawn's Stitched Snowflake dies with a tag die by Impression Obsession. I also embossed my background using a snowflake embossing folder by Darice. I finished off my card with some stickles glitter glue (rather than rhinestones) to keep it a bit flatter for mailing.
This last design would be pretty easy to recreate for mass producing. Are any of you designing your own Christmas cards this year? I would love to see what you're working on. You can share with me on my facebook page HERE. :)
Interested in the other products I used to create my projects today? To make supplies easier for you to find, I have listed them below (affiliate links included).
Supplies Used (available at Simon Says Stamp)
Hello there! Earlier this week I shared a layout Doodlebug blog using the Slam Dunk collection.
I have another little confession... I have zero physical coordination and I was always picked last in PE, but once upon a time I kept stats for my middle school and high school basketball teams. Did I like Basketball before I started? Well... Not exactly, but I did have a crush on a couple of the team members so it didn't take too much begging from my girlfriend to convince me to join her. I actually ended up enjoying the game in the end though. I pulled these pictures from my yearbook so I could properly document my brief brush with the sport. ;)
To spell out my title I paired a basketball word sticker from the collection with Doodlebug's Tangerine Chippers. I love how Doodlebug designed the Slam Dunk Doodlepop so that it perfectly layers over the same image with the This and That Sticker sheet. I think they look so good together!
At the opposite corner of my page, I balanced it out with another doodle pop layered with the date using more stickers from the This and That Sticker sheet and some Slam Dunk and star sprinkles.
I had a lot of fun with this and I'm pleased with how it all fell together. I hope I've inspired you to pull out some old photos and document your own Middle School and High School memories.
Interested in the other products I used to create my projects today? To make supplies easier for you to find, I have listed them below (affiliate links included).
Supplies Used (available at Scrapbook.com)
