April Cross Canada Blog Hop - Seas The Day

Welcome to our April Blog Hop featuring artwork created using The Seas The Day collection. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop and I am the first spot when you are hopping from East Coast to West Coast. If you came from Kristine Ponte's Blog  then you are in the right place! 

I had lots of fun playing with the Seas The Day paper and Scrapbooking stamp and thin cut set.  I used the Spectrum Noir markers to color the images.  The lighthouse uses the Earthbrown, the Ice Grey, Dark Red, Dull Green and Cirtrus Yellow markers.

The sailboat uses the True Blue, Ice Blue and the Dark Red markers.  For this one I wanted to used a distressing technique, so I sanded the Sapphire cardstock for a more rustic look.  I tore the sapphire to represent waves and layered them onto the tag.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Rosalynd Kelly.

If you get lost along the way, you can come right back here, I've posted the full lineup.

Michelle YOU ARE HERE

Rosalynd 

Brandi

Jessica

Janet

Kim

Kristine

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring artwork using Aurora collection. So mark May 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Always craft with  <3

Cross Canada Blog Hop - Yesterday & Today

Welcome to our March Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Yesterday & Today collection. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop and I'm the first stop when you are hopping from East Coast to West Coast.  If you came from Kristine Ponte then you have arrived at the start of the hop.

I knew that the Dreams Take Flight stamp and thin cut set would be one that I would need to purchase, and I really liked the sample artwork from the catalog, but I thought it would look amazing on the grid pattern from the Yesterday & Today collection.  My vision didn't disappoint.  It turned out exactly perfect.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Colleen Dewis and she is here on the East Coast with me.

If you get lost along the way, you can come right back here, I've shared the completed blog hop list below.

Michelle YOU ARE HERE

Colleen

Brandi

Janet

Valerie

Kim

Kristine

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring artwork using the Seas the Day collection. So mark April 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Always craft with  <3

January Cross Canada Blog Hop - Spruced Up

Welcome to our January Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Spruced Up collection. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop and I'm the first stop on the blog hop. If you came from the fabulous artwork of Valerie then you are in the right place!

For my project I decided to create a 2 page layout.  I love Julep and Sangria together.  This collection is so pretty.  I think I might need to hoard a few packages.  The stickers are available in the collection, or you can choose to purchase the paper without the stickers(not sure why you would choose that option).  I also pulled a few wooden embellishments and added some liquid glass to secure them to my project.  The stickers that overlap the photo placements actually still have the backing on the portion that overlaps.  This was a pretty simple layout to create.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Rosalynd and she always amazes me with her creations.

If you get lost along the way, you can come right back here to find the next link!

Michelle You Are Here! 

Rosalynd 

Sheena

Brandi  

Valerie 

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring artwork using the Celebrate Today collection. So mark February 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Always craft with  <3

November Cross Canada Blog Hop - Holly Jolly

Welcome to our November Cross Canada Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Holly Jolly collection. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop and I'm the first stop when hopping from East Coast to West Coast. If you came from the amazing creations of Kristine then you are in the right place! Now let's get started.

For my project I wanted to use up some of the squares from cutting the Multi Square Window Thin Cut(Z4023), so I cut another in White Daisy and filled the inside squares with the Holly Jolly paper(X7250B).  So festive.  But I wasn't done there.  Next I pulled Green Apple, Smoothie and Candy Apple Ink and stamped these super cute presents from the Holly Jolly Cardmaking stamp set(C1800).  The sentiment is also from this stamp set, and is stamped in Black Ink.  I dove tailed the sentiment creating a banner, and added some doodling.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is featuring some amazing art from Rosalynd.
If you get lost along the way, you can come right back here, I'm sharing the complete blog list:

Michelle  YOU ARE HERE

Rosalynd

Sheena

Brandi

Linda

Janet

Brenda

Kim

Kristine

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring artwork using the Cedar & Pine collection. So mark Deccember10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Always craft with  <3

Cross Canada Blog Hop - Every Little Thing

Welcome to our September Cross Canada Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Every Little Thing(ELT) collection. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you are new to our blog hop we start on the East Coast and hop across Canada to the West Coast.  If you are starting with me then you are at the first stop. If you came from the amazingly talented Kristine Ponte then you are in the right place!

I decided to make a trio of cards using various aspects from the Every Little Thing collection.  I started with the PML cards and choose 2 that I thought would make stunning card fronts.  The 3rd card I decided that I wanted to create my own background paper. Let's take a close look.

For this card I started by trimming the 4x6 PML card down to 4"x5.25".  I decided to add some shimmer to the card so I added the Clear Shimmer Brush to the flowers.  Then I added some Bitty Sparkles to the card.  I wanted the flowers to pop, so I matted the PML card on Sapphire cardstock.  The sentiment is from the ELT cardmaking workshop.  The featured exclusive stamp set in this workshop now comes with a coordinating thin cut set.

The second card using the same steps as the first card, also utilizing Sapphire cardstock for the mat, but here I used regular Sparkles on the sentiment, and I coloured the flower using the Julep Shimmer Brush.

This final card uses the ELT cardmaking & thin cut set as well as the stamp set from the card workshop.  The pattern paper is my own created background using the stamps found in the Card workshop.  I then took my waterbrush and then smooshed ink onto my all purpose mat, picking up the ink and adding it to the stamped images.  Remember when doing this technique you should use the Intense Black Ink so that the image won't bleed.  The sentiment is stamped on White Daisy cardstock. I did a light wash using Julep Ink before stamping.  The image surrounding the sentiment is popped using 3D foam tape, and is stamped on the lighter side of Wisteria cardstock.

Well, I hope my cards inspired you, continue on to Colleen, as I'm sure her artwork is astounding.

If you get lost along the way, you can pop back here to find your way:

Michelle   You Are Here!

Colleen

Sheena  

Brae

Brandi

Jessica

Linda

Janet

Brenda

Kristine 

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring artwork using the Hawthorn collection. So mark October 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Always craft with  <3

August Cross Canada Blog Hop - Craft On

Welcome to our August Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Craft On collection. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop and I am the first stop when you are hopping from the East Coast to the West Coast. If you came from Kristine's Blog then you are in the right place!

For my project I choose to create a layout using Craft On.  I wanted to highlight the colour in in the photo and pulling the Raspberry was a perfect match.  I used the Stitched Flower Thin Cuts for embellishment, and used up some left over letters in my stash as well as the Alphabet Thin Cuts to create my title. The scallop is the reverse of the backgroung paper, and the black and white plaid is the zipstrip from the same page.  The Pink tone on tone with hearts is also from the Craft On collection.  I pulled that colour to create the flowers as well as Lemon Cardstock which is also used to mat the photo.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Sheena.

If you get lost along the way, you can come right back here, I've provided the full hop list:

Michelle  You Are Here!

Sheena

Brandi

Jessica

Terry Ann

Valerie

Kristine

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring artwork using Every Little Thing collection. So mark September 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Always craft with  <3

May Cross Canada Blog Hop - Sweet Girl

Welcome to our May Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Sweet Girl collection. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop and when hopping from East Coast to West Coast I am the first stop along the way. If you came from Kristine's blog then you are in the right place!

For my project I decided to pair Sweet Girl with May's Stamp of the month.  I needed a few birthday cards, and this stamp set is just perfect the right fit.  I used the Happy Birthday sentiment along with the flower from this set.I used the shimmer brushed to color in the flowers to give them a soft and shimmery look.  Also used is the White Ribbon.  The sentiment is stamped in Heather Ink.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Colleen.

If you get lost along the way, you can come back here, I've provided the full list:

Michelle YOU ARE HERE

Colleen

Sheena

Brandi

Jessica

Valerie

Kristine

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring artwork using True Love collection. So mark June 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Always craft with  <3

April Cross Canada Blog Hop - Feels Like Home

Welcome to our April Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Feels Like Home collection. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop. Since we hop from East Coast to West Coast, I'm also the first stop for this hop. If you came from Kristine's Blog then you are in the right place! 

I had a crazy week but was able to put together this 2 page layout that I will use to also teach at my scrapbooking for beginners class.  I used the Budding Peony stamp set and thin cut as well as the Feels like Home scrapbooking stamp set.  I used the flower print pattern from Feels Like Home, Sugarplum CS, Mink CS and Fern CS.  White Daisy cardstock are the bases for this layout.  Inks were Sugarplum, Fern and Charcoal.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Colleen.

If you get lost along the way, come back here to the full hop list:

Michelle YOU ARE HERE

Colleen

Sheena

Diana  

Brandi

Brandy

Jessica

Valerie

Kristine

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring artwork using the Sweet Girl collection from the New Seasonal Expressions 2 catalog. So mark May 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Always craft with  <3

February Cross Canada Blog Hop - I Heart Us

Welcome to our February Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the I Heart Us collection. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop moving across Canada from East Coast to West Coast.  The great thing is, if you are starting here you are officially on the East Coast and our first stop. If you came from the amazing artwork of Candra then you are in the right place!

I'm sharing with you the pages for the Deluxe I Heart Us Workshop.  This workshop is designed to teach you new techniques using stamping and your paper.  This was a fun workshop to create, a little more time consuming, but well worth the time.

Included in the workshop is the following items: 

1 – My Acrylix® Wordfetti Stamp Set (B1652)
1 – My Acrylix® I Heart Us—Cardmaking Stamp Set (C1760)
1 – I Heart Us Paper Packet (X7242B)
10 – cardstock sheets (1 Ballerina, 1 Bluebird, 1 Lagoon, 1 Mint, 6 White Daisy)
1 – Loose Sequins—Gold (Z4235)
1 – Shimmer Brush—Mint (Z4225)
2 – Memory Protectors™ Top Load
6 – Everyday Life™ Memory Protectors™ 6" × 8"
photoplaceholders
printed instructions

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Nicky and she is sure to impress
If you get lost along the way,

Michelle You Are Here

Nicky

Sheena

Diana

Brandi

Janet

Valerie

Kristine

Candra

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring artwork using So Much Happy collection. So mark March 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Always craft with  <3

January 2019 Cross Canada Blog Hop - Something Fierce

Welcome to our January Blog Hop featuring artwork created using the Something Fierce collection. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop and lucky for you, I am the first stop this month so you can start right here. If you came from Candra's Blog then you are in the right place!

For my project I decided to create the layout from page 35 using the Something Fierce paper and scrapbooking stamp set.  I used multiple patterns from this collection, and cut some pieces from the Cut-apart sheet.  I didn't create it exactly as featured in the catalog, but like how it came together.  We will be visiting Universal Studios in Florida next September, and will use photos from Jurassic World to finish this layout.  Figure I'll work ahead since I have the perfect paper to plan for those layouts.  LOL.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Colleen.
If you get lost along the way, you can come back here I've posted the complete lineup for you:

Michelle YOU ARE HERE

Colleen

Nicky

Sheena

Diana

Brandi

Janet

Kirstin

Kristine

Candra

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring artwork using the I Heart Us collection. So mark February 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Always craft with  <3

December Cross Canada Blog Hop - Oh What Fun!

Welcome to our December Blog Hop featuring artwork created using Oh What Fun! collection. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop plus I am the first stop when hopping from East Coast to West Coast. If you came from Kristine's blog then you are in the right place! 

I just fell in love with this paper collection and the Ugly Sweater stamp set, I just couldn't get enough and designed 4 variations for my Christmas Card Buffets. My children couldn't get over that they are called ugly sweater's, they kept telling me that they were too cute to be ugly.  I pulled the colours for stamping from the paper collection, using Mint, Lagoon, Raspberry, Clover and Pixie.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Diana

If you get lost along the way, you can come right back here, as I'm sharing the list of our hoppers:

Michelle YOU ARE HERE

Diana

Brandi

Kristine

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring artwork using Something Fierce collection. So mark January 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Always craft with  <3

October Cross Canada Blog Hop - Grateful Hearts/Hello Pumpkin

Welcome to our October Blog Hop featuring artwork created using either Grateful Hearts or Hello Pumpkin collection. To purchase any of the items seen in our blog hop today, contact your local consultant to place an order.

We hope that you will take the time to leave comments on our posts, as we love to get feedback from our viewers....whether it was something that you really liked or some new technique that was used that you would like to learn how to do....by leaving us comments, we get to hear what you like, and what you want to see. Thank you… now on to our hop!

If you have just hopped onto my blog, you can start here as this is a circular hop, as it so happens I'm the first stop when you are hopping across Canada, East Coast to West. If you came from Kristine's blog then you are in the right place!

For my project I decided to use Grateful Hearts paper and the coordinating Stamp set.  I have fallen in love with Shaker Cards, and decided that I would use the heart confetti thin cut to create extra pieces for inside the shaker.  I used Pomegranate and Sapphire cardstock for this, and pulled some out to add embellishment for on the card.  I used the Gold sequins for the inside of the shaker as well.The outer ring for the shaker is also Pomegranate and the sentiment is stamped in the same color.  I also utilized the zip strip from the pattern paper.  The butterfly is colored with Golden Yellow and Marigold Shinhan Alcohol Markers. To finish off the sentiment, I dove tailed to create a banner and added some doodles.

Your next stop on the Cross Canada Hop is Sheena.

If you get lost along the way, you can come back here, I have provided the full blog hop list:

Michelle YOU ARE HERE!

Sheena

Diana

Alyson

Terry Ann

Janet

Kristine

Thanks for hopping along with us - we hope we were able to inspire you to get creative using some of the designs, products and techniques seen along the way. We hope you will join us again next month when we will be featuring artwork using Tis' The Season collection. So markNovember 10th on your calendars and hop along with us.

Always craft with  <3