Hot Cocoa Blog Hop

Hot cocoa on a cold winter's night will warm us through and through and fill us with delight. That is what we hope this hop will do for you so grab a cup of cocoa and start hopping along.

Jearise from http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com is our hostess and she has a special give away on her blog so make sure you start there to see what she has and how to qualify for the drawing.

Let's get warmed up here...

     I made a snowman out of baby food jars that were left over from my son. I never throw out things like that since I know they will become useful one day, much to the chagrin of my husband. It's not my idea I had seen projects like this done before. I'm sure if you do a google images search you will find quite a few. So, in the top (smallest) jar I placed the hot cocoa mix, in the next one down will be mini marshmallows (as soon as I get some), and in the bottom one Sixlets (cause that's what I had around).
     To get the right color for the jars I used Mod Podge to adhere the inner piece of a napkin (just one layer) to the jars. I also used some American Crafts Spark tinsel glitter that I won from Craft Warehouse mixed in with the glue to give it some sparkle! Then, I used 5mm black pearls for the eyes and mouth and a 7mm red rhinestone for the nose (guess it's an apple instead of a carrot)! The pearls are all from my Facebook Store. The scarf is a piece of ribbon from my stash, the belt some twine I bought from the truly angelic Jill Angel, and a button that used to be my grandmothers. The hat I made using MTC. I just made a donut shape and a long rectangle....

Thank you for hopping and please continue on to...Ashley's Blog!

In case you have gotten lost, here's a map!

1. Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
2. L. Miriam - http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com
3. Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com
4. Lucy - http://love2createitall.com
5. CallyAnn - http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
6. Robin - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/
7. Melissa - http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com/
8. Lluvia aka misses crafty- http://sweetbirdmemories.blogspot.com
9. Cicily - http://pinkdalmationscrapper.blogspot.com/
10. Amanda - http://cricktncrafts.blogspot.com
11. Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
12. Sandra- http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/
13. Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
14. Katie ~ http://ktsangels.blogspot.com/
15. Anita ~ http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com

Calendar Girls December 2012

Welcome to our December Calendar Girls' Blog Hop. Papercrafts Presents 365 Cards magazine which is our inspiration for these monthly hops which thus became the Calendar Girls. The magazine has Creative Ideas for every day of the year: occasions, holidays, and celebrations including 42 unique holidays!!! These unique holidays are our inspiration. The December unique holidays are:

The hop starts with Lucy, http://love2createitall.com . You won't want to miss a single calendar event not to mention the weddings, graduations, birthdays -- ok, you get the idea!!!!

The line-up for December includes:

Lucy - http://love2createitall.com
Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Anita~    http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com 
Edwina - http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/
Miriam - http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com/
Janet - http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
Kimberly - http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/


December Holidays
National Tie Month: Lucy
Spiritual Literacy Month:
1 Earmuff Day: Jearise
5 Bathtub Party Day:
6 St. Nicholas Day: Lynne
7 National Letter Writing Day:  Anita
8 Hanukkah: Lynne
12 Gingerbread House Day: Edwina
14 Monkey Day: Miriam
16 National Chocolate Covered Anything Day: Janet
18 Bake Cookies Day: Lucy
21 Winter Begins: Miriam
21 Humbug Day: Janet
21 Crossword Puzzle Day: Lynne
25 Christmas: Kimberly
26 Boxing Day (Canada):
28 Pledge of Allegiance Day: Kimberly
29 Tick Tock Day: Jearise
 30 Bacon Day: Jearise
31 New Year's Eve: Jearise

Here is my monkey project. I had the half done project of making something with my 1" by 10" cello bag full of peanut butter M&M's. (Bags available at Miriam's Crafting Supplies). I cut the sock monkey out of Stampin' Up paper from the B is for Boy's cart at 3". Then, I added a 10mm pearl to the top of the monkey's hat to try to make her look more Santa like, but I don't think it worked too well. So, I added a hand cut base to make the circle I had cut (at 4") look like a snow globe and added 5mm white rhinestones too simulate snowflakes. My idea for this project is the candy tube can be inside a stocking, and the top can peek out. It's a stocking peeker! If anyone else has come up with this idea before me I'm sorry I didn't give you credit, but I thought of it independently.





For my Winter Begins project I made a diamond fold card. I think that I originally found the directions for this project on Splitcoaststampers, but I'm not 100% sure. I used some paper that I got on a Facebook selling group, so I don't know what company it came from. The tree stamp is from Stampin' Up (a set that has a tree for each season). The owl stamp, and the Happy Owl-idays, is from K. Andrews. The letters are from a Martha Stewart alphabet set. Not sure about the snowflake. The first day of winter is a special day for me since it is the birthday of my oldest child. I think of the solstice as the beginning of the holiday season.

Stop by and check out these holidays as I am sure you are going to want to remember these holidays and include them in your card making projects!!!!!Thanks for stopping by and mark your calendar again next month to see what Holidays to Celebrate on January 12, 2013, for the next Calendar Girls Blog Hop!

Birthday Blessings to Sally Blog Hop

If you are looking for the Turkey Trot hop please scroll down to the next post!

Welcome to Birthday Blessings to Sally blog Hop. Today is Kimberly Pate's mother birthday and it was thought to honor and cherish her mother by having a blog hop. All cards will be mailed to Sally in care of Kimberly.

Birthday's are a blessing especially if it is someone special. God grants blessings by giving us special people to honor. Kimberly Pate is a wonderful loving caring person which I am sure is due to the
wonderful parenting skills of her mother Sally. So, let's see how our wonderful group wishes Sally a happy birthday.

There is a wonderful line-up of birthday wishers:

1. Kimberly ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com
2. Lynne ~ http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
3. Lisa ~ http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
4. Miriam ~ http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com/
5. Tami ~ http://www.tamboscreations.blogspot.com
6. Anita ~   http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com
7. Rachelle~ http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/

We have a special sponsor today to help us celebrate. She asks that you remark on everyone's site along with wishing Sally a very special birthday blessing! Then, head on over to visit her Facebook store at: https://www.facebook.com/MiriamsCraftingSupplies

Just like her page, leave a comment that you came from this hop and you will be entered to win ten sets of half pearls and/or rhinestones of your choice!

If you have arrived from Lisa's blog then you are on the right birthday trail. If you just happened to stop and visit me, I am truly blessed and happy that you have but would love for you to follow the complete hop by starting with of course with Kimberly at http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com

For my birthday project for Sally I have made her a purse. I tried to make a card, but my son ate the pearls that I had put on it, oh what pretty poop there will be in my future! So, I decided to make her a gift instead. I use the Cricut cart Tags, Bags, Boxes and More purse 2 from pg. 118 of the booklet. I cut it at 7" (tried 8" but it was too big to cut). I then glued super tiny, but super strong magnets onto the inside flap and the front of the purse as a closure. (Magnets will be available for purchase soon at Miriam's Crafting Supplies.) I covered the magnets with circles of paper cut with SCAL from the same paper as the purse itself. Then, I added a 10mm and 2 7mm rhinestones from Miriam's Crafting Supplies to jazz up the front a bit! There is a bit of lace as an accent on the back and as a handle.

 Your next stop along the way on our birthday blessings is Tami's blog.

Turkey Trot Hop 11/17

• Welcome to our Turkey Trot Blog Hop! With Thanksgiving quickly approaching, we wanted to squeeze in a hop dedicated to those fabulous, and delish, birds and all we all Thankful for!  Today we have a talented group of crafters showcasing their Turkey Day projects! Some might be of Turkeys, some might be of Thanksgiving Day traditions, some may just be about family.  But they all will be fabulous!
  Melissa, from KaDoodle Bug Designs has been kind enough to offer a $15 GC (reg prices, not sale) to www.kadoodlebugdesigns.com.
  
                                        
  To qualify, you must leave a comment on ALL blogs in the hop AND vist the KBD fan page and leave a comment saying you are hopping by!
  You can get to the fan page here: https://www.facebook.com/kadoodlebugdesigns?fref=ts
   Here is the entire line up in case you get lost:
  
  

  • Colleen ~  http://www.cbcscrapbooking.blogspot.com
  • Jennifer ~ http://wunderscreations.blogspot.com
  • Tahi ~ http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com
  • Miriam ~ http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com
  • CallyAnn-http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
  • Rachelle~http://creationsbyRachelle.blogspot.com
  • Jenny~ http://cccjalessi.blogspot.com/
  • Amber http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com/
  • Shawnee~http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com
  • Cely~http://hawaiipaperparty.blogspot.com
  • Amanda~http://cricktncrafts.blogspot.com

  For my project I decided to work on my seasonal clock. I had previously made jack-o-lanterns to cover the numbers on one of my clocks. I figured it was time to switch it up, so turkeys it is! I used the Create a Critter cart from Cricut. The turkey is on pg. 70 of the Create a Critter booklet, I cut it at 2 1/2". I used two colors of brown from Stampin' Up to make the turkey first two layers and then 4 different patterned papers to make the feathers, and such. I only used the hat on the 12 o'clock bird. (Anyone need 11 hats?) I'm thinking snowflakes next!
  
  

  
  

  

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Calendar Girls for November, 2012

Welcome to our November Calendar Girls' Blog Hop. Papercrafts Presents 365 Cards magazine which is our inspiration for these monthly hops which thus became the Calendar Girls. The magazine has Creative Ideas for every day of the year: occasions, holidays, and celebrations including 42 unique holidays!!! These unique holidays are our inspiration. The November unique holidays are:

The hop starts with Kimberly, http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com. You won't want to miss a single calendar event not to mention the weddings, graduations, birthdays -- ok, you get the idea!!!!

Lynne will be digging in her goodies for some blog candy for one lucky winner who comments on her stop along the way along with commenting what they are thankful for!!!!!

The line-up for November includes:
Kimberly - http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com
Anita - http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com
Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Lucy - http://love2createitall.com
Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
Janet - http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
Miriam - http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com
Edwina - http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/

Stop by and check out these holidays as I am sure you are going to want to remember these holidays and include them in your card making projects!!!!!

November Holidays:
National Peanut Butter Lovers Month: Kimberly
National Diabetes Month:  Anita
National Aviation Month: Lynne
Military Family Appreciation Month: Kimberly
1 National Men Make Dinner Day:
2 Cookie Monster Day: Jearise
10: Marine Corps Birthday:  Anita
10 Sesame Street Birthday: Jearise
11 Veteran's Day: Janet
13 World Kindness Day: Miriam
14 National American Teddy Bear Day: Jearise
16 Button Day: Lynne
18 Mickey Mouse Day: Lucy
19 World Toilet Day: Miriam
21 World Hello Day: Jearise
22 Thanksgiving: Edwina
23 National Native American Heritage Day: Janet

When I think of kindness, I think of hugs. I searched everywhere, but I couldn't find an svg card of arms hugging which wad my initial idea. Since I am not artistically inclined I couldn't make one, but perhaps one of my bloggie friends may be able to come up with something (wink, wink). So, I searched around and ended up finding a very cute file to color instead. I tried to figure out where exactly it came from, but google images just seemed to have the image. The sentiment, "Kindness: You never miss an opportunity to make others feel good," is from Create with TLC.

My other day was World Toilet Day, definitely something to be thankful for. I felt this could easily be made into a friendship card. I created the toilet shaped card by resizing an oval and welding them with a small rectangle in the middle in SCAL. Then, I covered the top and made an open oval for the inside to complete the effect. I made my own sentiment, "I would hold your hair." It's pretty basic, but I felt any embellishments would just be gross... I thought about some swirly blue in the bowl, or some yarn as hair, but I couldn't bring myself to do those.

Thanks for stopping by and mark your calendar again next month to see what Holidays to Celebrate on December 1, 2012 for the next Calendar Girls Blog Hop!

Circles Blog Hop

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  Circles are everywhere, everyday in our life. The earth is a circle itself. Okay, a sphere but close enough. Circles are in our drawings, paintings and all art and this blog hop celebrates the beauty of 360 degrees. Please join our crafters as they show the art of circles.
  
  Our hostess is Jearise of Lorby's World (http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com) and make sure you start at her blog because she has a special give away going on and all the details are on her blog.
  
  Please leave comments along the way to show your support for these wonderful crafters and all the hard work they have done putting this hop of circles together.
  
  I am offering candy of my own today! I have just started selling some fun embellishments and a few other supplies through a page on Facebook, Miriam's Crafting Supplies! Head on over, like my page and leave a comment saying you are coming over from the hop and you will be entered to win 6 sets of your choice of color and size of circular (!) pearls.
  
  A fad went through the stamping world perhaps two or so months ago to make what are referred to as a triple stamp card. I used this idea to inspire my card for the hop today. I cut a circle card, made by welding two 6 1/4" circles with SCAL. I then cut out two more circles from the background color in 4 1/4" and 2 1/4". Then, I took a patterned wallpaper sample and cut out three concentric circles at 6", 4" and 2".  In order to add more circles, I used pearls (available in my FB store Miriam's Crafting Supplies) in the larger 7 and 10mm sizes. In the middle of the is one 9mm sunflower pearl. The sentiment is from TPC Studios Hot Air Balloon Collage set and is curved to fit a banner, so it worked very well for this project. I added some silk flowers and cut some leaves out using an svg (they were the roundest leaves I could find). I found the svg file SVGCuts.com.
  
  

  

   
  Thank you for hopping today and please continue on to Lissa's blog.
  
  Here is the full line up

   

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

   L. Miriam - http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com/ 

  Lissa Marie -www.somanycrafts.com 

  Amanda - http://cricktncrafts.blogspot.com/

  Robin - http://scrapandchat.blogspot.com/ 

  Melissa - http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com/
  Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
  CallyAnn- http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com/