Secret Santa Blog Hop December 3, 2011

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 You are here

CallyAnn- http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com Your Next Stop!

Tami McD - http://tamboscreations.blogspot.com

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://littlescrapcorner.blogspot.com

Theresa D:http://scrappinginheels.blogspot.com

Rachelle- http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com

Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

My project today is...

A joyful banner for Christmas. After all at Christmas time we all need joy, right? To make the banner I used a lot of cartridges.
But had fun doing it.

• The Banner pennant is from Celebrations cut at 6 inches
• Scallop is from the exclusive Cricut Craft Room cartridge Cricut Craftroom Basics.
• The Snowman is cut at 5 inches from Winter frolic
• The Font is from A Child's Year

I cut the banner from Bright Blue Cardstock, Snowman is cut from White cardstock, The Letters are in Let It Snow K and Company Paper Pack and inked with brown chalk ink. The ribbon is from Michaels and reads Happy Holidays. My snowmen faces are from Peachy Keen Stamps (my first set) YAY! Thanks Brenda. :)

For Blog candy you will be eligible for is ongoing this month and will be chosen at the end of December. 

Please go to CallyAnn's blog to see what wonderful gift she has made!!!  

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

Shawnee

Day 2 Happily Ever After Blog Hop

Welcome back to the Happily Ever After Blog Hop. This blog hop runs from May 1st through May 4th. If you are coming from Emily you’re on the right track. If you just joined us, you can go back to the beginning  HERE  and hop along with us. Go ahead I'll wait right here ...
We’ve had so much fun creating this hop, and we have a wonderful line up with some oh-so-talented creators. You will see some lovely projects having to do with a wedding or anniversary theme and have a chance to win some blog candy along the way, including some grand prizes which are being sponsored by Lisa from Honeybearz Designs and she is the first blog on the hop. In order to be eligible for the grand prizes you must leave a comment on every blog in the hop and become followers to all the wonderful sponsors websites also.
Be sure to come back everyday between May 1st and May 4th because all blogs in this hop will post a new project each day. Lisa from Honeybearz Designs will be picking the grand prize winners from all the comments left throughout the 4 days.

Here is a list of the complete lineup for this hop
Lisa : http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
Emily: http://www.createserendipity.net/
Shawnee: http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/ - YOU ARE HERE
Lisa: http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/ - YOUR NEXT STOP
Theresa: http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/
Inga: http://mommahobbit.blogspot.com/
Joy Joyslife: http://www.joyslife.com/
Deborah: http://www.scrappingmamma.net/ 
Corrine: http://celebratingordinarymoments.blogspot.com/
Tristan: http://tristans-time-4-craftin.blogspot.com/
Tricia: http://lshdesigns.blogspot.com/
April: http://www.curlsngrins.blogspot.com/
Kimi & Pamela: http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
Scraps To Treasures: http://www.scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/ 
Janet: http://www.createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com/
Lisa: http://bitbythecricutbug.blogspot.com/

Today's project is a cute gift bag for any bride to give to her bridesmaids. It was made on my Gypsy with Tags, Bags, Boxes and More.
This really cute and simple Gift bag is cut at 5 inches in beautiful Sage Green Cardstock. You will want to use a very heavy weight cardstock to make this bag.
The scallop is from Celebrations with using the hide feature to hide the circle at the top and is cut at 2.5 inches.
Next I cut a simple Circle from George and Basic Shapes at 2 inches. I used my Gypsy to make sure that the circle would fit perfectly inside the scallop.
Then I stamped a beautiful bouquet of flowers from the wonderful Fiskars Wedding stamp set and colored it with my wonderful markers.
Next, I had to add some glitz. So I added Stickles to the center of each rose.
To assemble the gift bag, I ran it through my Cuttlebug Swirls folder.
The bag itself was very easy to assemble. Simple score on all your score marks with your Martha Stewart Score Board or Scor Pal.

It's really easy to assemble and quick. One of these will take you about 10 minutes to make.
Now the cute pink bow is from Lisa who is our blog hop host. She sent all of us a fantastic gift bag for being a part of the hop. I loved how it added color and made this bag pop.
To fill the gift bag you can go to Bath and Body works and get simple travel size products (hand lotion, hand sanitizer, etc.)
Okay now onto my Blog candy!! I love stamps so you will receive one of my favorite stamps from VERVE! The stamp is I can do all Things Through Christ Who Strengthens Me. Verve has some of the highest quality stamps and fun designs.
To enter please leave a comment about your favorite wedding or anniversary memory or project that you made. Also follow my Facebook Page.

Now you are ready to hop on over to Lisa who has a beautiful project for you!!

Blessings,

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