Secret Santa Blog Hop Dec. 3rd

Welcome to the Secret Santa Blog Hop on Dec 3rd, 2011. Come hop along with the talented ladies who decided to join this hop and surprise their partner with a great project.  We’re super excited to be doing this hop together! We hope to give you some great ideas and inspiration through out this amazing blog hop.

To be eligible to win 1 of the five grand prizes, which is 10$ worth of files at Creative Kuts, you MUST:

1) Go through the entire blog hop and leave a comment on EVERYONE'S post.

2) Become a FOLLOWER of everyone's blog including Creative Kuts blog which can be found here @ http://www.creativekuts.blogspot.com/

3) Visit Creative Kuts Store (you will need to do this to meet the last requirement) @ http://creativekuts.com/ .

4) You MUST visit my blog and leave a comment on my blog for the day and also become a follower at "Scrapping With Lisa" and my facebook page:. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scrapping-with-Lisa/130882060268842. 

5.) At the end of the day you will end at Creative Kuts @ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Creative-Kuts/130937843644274?sk=wall. You will need to leave them a comment stating you have made it through the entire hop and you will also need to leave in your comment what is your favorite pattern set in their store.

Be sure to hop through the entire hop to be eligible for the grand prizes, as well as all the other blog candy throughout! We hope you all enjoy this hop and find a lot of great ideas, inspiration, and most of all have loads of fun!!

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way.

Lisa P- http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Carla T- http://racincrafts.blogspot.com/
Shannon - http://www.purplelionpaper.com/blog
Shawnee - http://www.blessedonthebrightside.com/
CallyAnn- http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com/
Tami McD - http://tamboscreations.blogspot.com/    ((((you are here)))
Linda T - http://www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com/
Barbara B- http://barbarab3.blogspot.com/
Jackie - http://papermoments.blogspot.com/
Sher- www.http://patternsbysher.blogspot.com/
Janet- http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Sam: http://scrappingwithpirkie.blogspot.com/
Carol H - http://huffandpuffscrap.blogspot.com/
Lisa T. - http://bitbythecricutbug.blogspot.com/
Mickie - http://www.littlescrapcorner.blogspot.com
Theresa D - http://scrappinginheels.blogspot.com/
Rachelle- http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/
Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/



My project today is...
A easel calendar. Each card is 4 x 6, purchased as a year set from Amuse Studio.  Then I decorated each month with stamps, brads, eyelets, buttons, and bling.

I used a Stampin' Up set for the numbers and embossed in gold. The glasses are an Impress stamp. I used glaze pens to color the glasses in. The snowflakes are PSX and Alota stamps. I embossed them with silver.

The bike stamp is a Savy. It comes with the heart balloons. I added a heart brad on the 14th. the heart stamps on the bottom are Hampton Art embossed with red and colored in with copics for the pinks. The Happy Valentines Day stamp is Hampton Art. The I love you stamp  is All Night Media and the heart stamp is Greenbrier International, all embossed with red.

The clover and Happy St. Patrick's Day stamps are Hampton Art. The bling is confetti that I have had for years. I just pulled out the pieces I wanted to add to this month.

The Happy Easter is a Hampton Art stamp. The egg tree is a Great Impression stamp. The rabbit stamp on the bottom is Hampton Art. I added an egg rivet on Easter Sunday.

We are supposed to give our moms flowers for mother's day right. So I covered the card with flowers and used a flower blind for Mother's Day. The Happy Mother's Day stamp is SU, the corner flower stamps are Flower Commotion The grater stamp with flowers is a Rubbernecker stamp. The flowers stamped all over the page is from one stamp by.

Father's Day being in June, I used a golf stamp made by Stampin' Up. Although not all fathers golf, I thought this was a good stamp to use.  The stamp is colored with various copics.  The sun is done with nameless stamp and colored with copics. The Happy Father's Day stamp is a Stampin' Up. The clouds are from Pink by Design.

The Happy 4th of July and Stars and Stripes Forever are both Rosie's Road Show stamps. I used a star bling for the 4th. The fireworks stamp is also a Rosie stamp. The patriotic guy is an American Art stamp.

The Sand Between my toes, kite, beach house, and pail are all Rosie Road Show stamps. I used real sand for the sand on the calendar. My BFF, Gina, brought it back from the Caribbean Islands. The sandals are buttons, with the shanks cut off. The sun is just a dauber, inked and embossed in yellow.

The Happy Fall is a  Memory Box stamp. The school house and ABC-123 stamps are from a cling set by Paper Company. They are colored with copics.  The leaves are from a strip, stamped with Ranger Inks, of various colors and then embossed.

The Happy Halloween stamp is a  Crafts mart stamp. The tree is a KI Memories. The pumpkins are Hero Arts.  The Halloween birds are DeNami stamps. The tree and the candy corn is a Fiskars stamp. I used a piece of candy corn for the day.

The Happy Thanksgiving is a Hampton Art stamp. The To Gobble or not to Gobble and the turkey are Rosie Road Show stamps. The big leaves are from a 4 sided stamp made by JudiKins. The little leaf stamp is a Linda Schmidt. I added a turkey rivet for the day.

The stockings were all hung by the chimney with care, the reindeer and Santa with sleigh, the chimney and the stockings are all Rosie Road Show. I stamped the stockings separate and glued them on and added the wire by drawing it on. I added a tree for the day. The pine needle stamp is a DeNami stamp. The snowflakes are a PSX stamp that is embossed in silver.

All 12 calendar cards sit on a picture easel.

The calendar sits on a plastic picture easel. It can easily sit on your desk.

I am offering blog candy. I will send the winner a Cuttlebug STAR embossing folder. Please leave me an email address so that I can contact you..

Please go to Linda T, she is your next stop on the hop line-up!!

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again real soon.



More Alice In Wonderland Cards

I will have to come back and describe the items I used for these cards, because I have to make this post quickly. Today is my daughter's 32nd birthday and we have dinner plans. Happy birthday to my darling daughter, Alyssa.

This card is an easel card. I love this style for this card. This is a "Tea Party" birthday card. I'm unsure of the brand of the stamp. I bought it as just a rubber stamp last year at the Heirloom Stamp Show and then put my own backing on it.  I started out with blue card stock and made the easel. If you don't know how to make an easel card, it is rather simple and you can find a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers.

This next card is my favorite so far, of my AIW cards that I have made. I think it's because of the sentiment and the image fitting with it and the wood paper. As soon as I bought this stamp I knew what I wanted to do make with it.

I used green card stock for the card. The lighter green textured paper, on the front background, is a piece out of a DCWV stack pad - "The Guy." I punched the corners with a Fisker's "Flowers" corner punch. The seed stamp is a Stamp Oasis acrylic stamp. I cut the middle out, along with the bottom of the stamp, which had a tree for each season. I used copics to color it. The inside wood paper is from My Mind's Eye - Stella Rose- Mabel "Joy" Woodgrain Paper. I cut the "knot" hole out separately and popped it up. The Alice In Wonderland with the rabbit is from TJ Designs Rubber Stamps "Down the Rabbit Hole. It was a square stamp, but I fussy cut out Alice and the rabbit image. I used copics for the color.  The words stamp is from Invokearts #6516-D2. I used Stampin' Up craft ink and embossed it with Stampendous clear embossing powder. The ladybug is a button with the shank cut off, out of my button bin.

 

Mother's Day Cards

I decided to post this card under a new post instead of adding it to the post with my other card, for my BFF. I made two of these cards, one for my mother and one for my MIL. My mom's is being given to her later this month with her present when I see her, but my MIL's is being mailed by my hubby with her gift.
I used some teal card stock out of my stash for the base. The  background paper was from K&Company designer mat pad. I love the colors in this pad, green, teal, and browns. The edges are punched with Fisker's border punches.  I sprayed the paper with Tsukineko's sheer spritz sparkle.  I used Spellbinder's "Beaded Circles," for the outside circle and "Standard Circles Large," for the inside circle. The flower stamp is. I used  to color it and added bling to the center.  The bottom butterfly was punched out of the same coordinating paper with an EK Stampin' Up butterfly stamp and the top one is a MS butterfly punch. I used glitter gloss pens to accent it and some bling. The flower is by Prima with bling in the center. The rickrack and ribbon are out of my stash, from many years of collecting these items for sewing. LOL The flower and sentiment stamps are from "Messages for Mom" set by Stampin' Up, as well as the mom stamp on the inside. I embossed the sentiment and used Copics on the flower.

I hope they both like their cards, even though they will receive them late.