Blog Hop Winner

I have a winner for the Flaunt It Friday Hello Kitty Blog Hop!

Jennifer said...

Glenda,
I absolutely love your altered gift bag and cute tags!!! :) Those tags would make great Valentines for the kids to give their classmates! Such great ideas!Thank you so much for sharing and for the chance to win (I am in love with those cute buttons-all my favorite colors!).
Jennifer
partridgelu at yahoo dot com

Congratulations Jennifer! You are the winner of my blog candy and "those cute buttons"!! I have sent you an email.

Thanks to everyone who visited my blog and the sweet comments. Thank you to my new followers.  I appreciate each of you!

Snow Angel

A big THANK YOU for all the visits and sweet comments left on my Hello Kitty Blog Hop post! To all my new followers, THANK YOU! So glad to have you as a crafting friend! Wasn't the Hop just great! I enjoyed visiting all the team members' blogs! Such a great group of designers and so much talent--I feel so honored being on the team! Just a reminder you still have a little more time to participate in the Flaunt It Fridays Hello Kitty Blog Hop. It will end Sunday evening.

I am so happy to see some of my favorite challenge blogs are back after a much deserved holiday break! The design teams offer great inspiration this week!

Following Sketch 29 - Let It Snow at Jitterbuggin', Sherri asked us to include a Cricut cut, use blue somewhere on the card and include something snow related. My card is 5 X 6 1/2 inches. I used Cricut Cartridge Winter Frolic for all cuts on my card. The girl on page 38 was cut 2 1/2 inches; Snow Angel Phrase on page 39 was cut 2 inches, and inside Phrase Let It Snow on page 29 was cut 3 inches. I love using the Cuttlebug whenever I can and on this card, the folders used were Snowflakes, Polka Dots and Swiss Dots. I think embossing adds so much texture and dimension to the card. Used a Martha Stewart blue ink, Darice rhinestones (an after Christmas purchase) and pop dots.

                                                     Inside of Card

                                                                
Challenges:

Jitterbuggin' - Sketch, Color Blue, Something Snow Related, Cricut Cut

Fantabulous Cricut - Snowy Delights -Snow or Snowflakes

Cooking With Cricut -Snow Fun

My Sheri Crafts - What Reminds You of Winter

Hope you enjoy my little snow angel!! Thanks for your comments!

Flaunt It Friday Hello Kitty Blog Hop

Hello! Welcome to the Flaunt It Friday's Hello Kitty Blog Hop! If you are here from Jenny Johnson, then you are in the right spot. If you just arrived here and would like to start from the beginning please go directly to Flaunt It Fridays. For this week's challenge we were asked to flaunt the Hello Kitty with Airplane on Page 65 from the Hello Kitty Greetings Cart.

I am so excited to be participating in Flaunt It Friday Hello Kitty Greetings Blog Hop with Janis, Sandra, and the talented design team. We were asked to flaunt the airplane cut from Cricut Hello Kitty but I do not have that cartridge. Wanting to play along, I am using the airplane cut on page 66 from Everyday Paper Dolls. My project is an altered gift bag that I decorated with a Valentine's theme. The white strips are cut using the Martha Stewart Lace Heart edge punch and glued to my patterned paper background. I cut the airplane at 2 3/4 inches using a patterned paper. Ballons are cut 2, 2 1/2, and 3 inches from Create a Critter page 49. The phrase Special Delivery is also cut from Create a Critter page 67 at 1 1/2 inch. Wanting to add a bit of interest to the balloons, I chose Love Struck 2010 for the heart words. A bit of lace and gemstones from my stash and my altered bag is ready for gift giving!

For my second project, I made a tag for the gift bag. The tag is the Smitten Kitten cut on page 45 from Sweethearts cartridge and is cut 3 3/4 inches. The reverse of the tag is the Heart tag on page 32 from the same cartridge. I cut a strip of white paper using the Martha Stewart Heart Lace punch and glued it between the two tags.

 Now how about a little blog candy!!

This pretty pack of Colorbok paper has 30 (8 1/2X11 in) papers, 134 stickers, and 74 punch-outs. Also included is a package of Favorite Findings buttons. All you must do to qualify to win my Blog Candy is to leave a comment of this post. You do not have to be a follower, but of course, I would love it if you were!

Please leave a way to contact you. USA mailing address only.

Our hop will run all weekend long and I will chose the winner for my blog candy on Monday Jan. 10th.

You must leave a comment on everyone's blog to have a chance to win the Grand Prize Giveaway which is the Love Always stamp set sponsored by Pink By Design. The grand prize will be on Sandra's blog! You will have all weekend to complete the hop and we will draw the winner sometime on Monday or Tuesday.

Thank You so much for taking the time to hop with us for the Flaunt It Friday's Hello Kitty Blog hop. We can't wait to see how you "Flaunt" your Hello Kitty this week at Flaunt It Fridays .

Your NEXT STOP is Viviana.

BLOG HOP ORDER:

1. SANDRA http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

2. JANIS http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/

3. DORCAS http://4craftyangels.blogspot.com/

4. MELISSA http://apaperjourney.blogspot.com/

5. CHRISTINA http://cardcreationsbyc.blogspot.com/

6. JESS http://myscrapdiary-jess.blogspot.com/

7. DENISE http://lalasworldblog.blogspot.com/

8. CORRI http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/

9. ROSE http://roseohio-myblog.blogspot.com/

10. ERIKA http://cricutlove1.blogspot.com/

11. AMANDA http://www.myscrappinobsession.com/

12. JEN http://huffinatorshangout.blogspot.com/

13. CELESTE http://ccscards.blogspot.com/

14. CARLEY http://www.the-real-icarley.blogspot.com/
15. STACEY http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com/
16. ABBY http://www.scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/
17.CHERYL http://www.pinkandpaper.blogspot.com/
18. LAUREL http://www.blog.littlepeaceofmyheart.com/
19. ELSA http://cricutlvr.blogspot.com/
20. SAUNDRA http://www.luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com/
21. PAM http://simply-pam.blogspot.com/
22. SHARON http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com/
23. SHEANDRA http://www.lawyersscraptoo.blogspot.com/
24. AMY http://perfectlyunperfectcards.blogspot.com/
25. Jenny Johnson http://crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com/
26. GLENDA http://glendascards.blogspot.com/  ME
27. VIVIANA http://vivienpapel.blogspot.com/    NEXT STOP
28. PAULA http://craftwithbee.blogspot.com/
29. STEPHANIE http://www.alwayscrafting.com/
30. MICHELLE http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/
31. JD http://jdscricuteering.blogspot.com/
32. JENNY K. http://kozfam5.blogspot.com/

Flaunt It Fridays Blog Hop

I am so excited about participating in the upcoming Flaunt It Fridays Hello Kitty blog hop which will be Friday, January 7! This will be my first time to be part of a blog hop! It is so much fun working with Sandra, Janis, and the Flaunt It Fridays Design Team Members. Be sure to visit Friday and check out everyone's blog!!

Winter Frolic Skater

Good morning everyone! The day has arrived!! I am so happy to share my card made for my first challenge as a Paper Playtime Queen!

Our challenge this week is to use Faces on our project. I am using the Snow Cuties 1 1/8 from our sponsor this week Peachy Keen Stamps.  I love these stamps! Making a winter card, I chose the girl skater on page 40 of Cricut Winter Frolic. The cut is 4 1/4 inches, a size that I thought was ok for the size of the face stamp after I slightly offset the placement of the cap. Using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder, I embossed her pink jacket and cap.

The card is 6 1/2 X 5 white cardstock. Each of the pink side strips is cut 2 X 5 inches and embossed with the Snowflakes folder. The white mat is cut 5 X 5 inches and layered with the printed word paper which is cut 4 3/4 X 5. I added a couple of snowflakes also from Winter Frolic page 28 which are cut 1 1/4 and 1 3/4 inches.

Doesn't the little skater look happy! Maybe she is smiling at those pink snowflakes!!

Inside the card, I added more cuts from page 40 of Winter Frolic. Winter Wonderland is the phrase feature cut at 2 inches. The little girl skaters is the border feature cut at 1 1/4 inches. Martha Stewart Aspen Snowflake punch is used on the corners. 

Winter Folic is a great cartridge. Beacuse it was so close to Christmas when I bought it, I have made only a few cards with it. I am enjoying it and all the different features!



Hope you enjoy my card! I had so much fun making this one!

Now it is your turn to hop over to Paper Playtime and  check out the beautiful projects from all the talented Queens and leave some love! We would love to see your paper projects! You have until midnight EST Sunday Jan. 9 to play along and for the chance to win a great prize from our sponsor!

Thank you for visiting today! I appreciate your comments!