{crafty} Christmas Wishes Blog Hop

Hello there! I'm blog hopping with Pinkfresh Studio today, showcasing the FABULOUS Christmas Wishes collection! You should have come here from Aimee's blog. If not, head on over to the Pinkfresh Studio blog to start from the beginning!

I've been wanting to do December Daily for years now but never quite had my act together to get it done. Or even start it. Well this year I have vowed to conquer it!! Christmas wishes is the perfect collection to use as a base for my album.

I can't even begin to pick a favorite item from the collection, but the puffy stickers and alphas are a good place to start. I mean, seriously!? Cuteness!

Speaking of cute...the deer. the squirrel. All the wintry animals. They are whimsy perfected.

I LOVE label stickers. I use the heck out of them. The label die cuts and gold foil stickers say pretty much everything you would ever want to say in a December Daily album!

Have I gushed enough?? Seriously. I love this collection that much. I have many more pages to go in my album but I think I'm off to a good start!

Cassandra is your next stop in the hop! Be sure to comment along the way. One winner will be chosen from all the comments to win a prize package from Pinkfresh Studio worth $150!! Awesome, right?

And I want to give a HUGE shout out and special thanks to Kinnari at Pinkfresh Studio! She is amazing to work with, and sadly this is my last month on her fabulous Design Team. It's been so much fun!

Pinkfresh Studio

Agnieszka

Aimee

Amanda ---- YOU ARE HERE

UP NEXT ----Cassandra

Christin

Jennifer

Jessy

Margareta

Taheerah

{crafty} Pinkfresh Studio May Blog Hop

Hello there! Welcome to the Pinkfresh Studio May kit reveal blog hop!  If you came from Agnieszka's blog, you are in the right place! If not, head over to the Pinkfresh blog to start from the beginning.

I had some fun with this kit! I really loved the stamp set this month. Then again I do every month! I started with repeatedly stamping that fun doodle frame to create a grid like pattern for my background. Of course, I can't leave it that simple! I used a couple stencils with paint and modeling paste, stamped, misted, embossed. Pretty much a little of everything. 

I used the glassine envelope that the veneers in the kit came in to create a little confetti pocket layer behind my photo. I filled it with the yellow heart sprinkles as well as the blue square sequin from the March kit.

Epoxy stickers are pretty much my favorite thing ever. I love both the badges and the two tone diamonds in the kit. I had to restrain myself from using more of them on this layout!

Be sure to like Pinkfresh Studio on Facebook and Instagram for more inspiration. Don't forget to stop back at the Pinkfresh Studio blog and leave a comment for a chance to win the May embellishment kit! The winner will be chosen Wednesday the 22nd.

>>>Up next in the hop is Cassandra!<<<

Thanks for looking!

{crafty} Pinkfresh Studio Blog Hop

Welcome to the Pink Fresh Studio February Kit Release Blog Hop! I am so excited to be sharing the February kit with you!  You should have arrived from Agnieszka's blog. If not, you can go back to the PinkFresh Studio Blog to start from the beginning.

I am just having so much fun with these kits! I really wanted to use a little bit of everything on this layout. I loved those watercolor cards and knew instantly that I wanted to use them as a grid type background. All the embellishments worked so well together and really pulled this layout together! 

Have you subscribed to the kits? I have two layouts done so far and have a ton of product left to use! There is so much to work with! What's your favorite embellishment in the February kit? 

Thank you so much for hopping with us today! Next on the hop will be Cassandra! But before you go, Pinkfresh Studio will be giving away one January kit and one February kit!

To be entered to win one of these fabulous kits

1. Comment on the Pinkfresh Blog {February kit release post} 

2. Like Pinkfresh Studio on Facebook 

3. Follow Pinkfresh Studio on Instagram

Winners will be announced on the Pink Fresh Studio Blog Monday February 23rd

“Pinkfresh sneaks start the 5th of every month,

Kit is released on the 15th of every month” get your Pinkfresh Studio Subscription today!

{crafty} Pretty Little Pinkfresh

Hello there! 

Pinkfresh Studio is so excited to join with Pretty Little Studio today to inspire you with some cute creations. You should have come directly from the Pretty Little Studio blog. If not, be sure to head back over there!

It has been so fun to pair these two companies together! While Pinkfresh is normally known for bright and unique items, Pretty Little Studio is known for their fun vintage inspired products!They have definitely combined to create some awesome projects!

For my first layout I new I wanted to use several of the Chrysanthemum Mini Tags from PLS. I layered them on my page before adding a layer of gesso and gelatos. As soon as I decided to orient them at the top of the page I knew I wanted to to add lots of string and falling feathers. I just love how the soft colors and vintage number die cut pairs so nicely with bold color and graphic embellishments from Pinkfresh. 

 Supplies used: Wood Drop Stickers Chevron Brights, Enamel Label Frames Yellow/Blue/Grey, Studio Puffs Gold Scallop Border. Nature Book die cut numbers, Bird Feather stickers, Chrysanthemum Mini Tags, Watercolor Summer Word stickers

My second layout is more linear and structured. I find I tend to go that direction when I want several photos on a layout. Since I have several busy photos I resisted the urge to layer the embellishments and really just tried to let them shine on their own. 

Supplies used: Wood Drop Stickers Chevron Brights, Foil Printed Alphas Mint/Gold, Vacation Chips Wood Veneer, Anya Alpha stamp, Limited Edition kit Studio Puffs. Watercolor Summer Word stickers, Birds Nest Bunting Flags, Peony Paper Ribbons, Wild Berries Paper Ribbons, Clematis tabs, Gold Circle Vellum

Thanks so much for looking today! Your next stop is Agnieszka Piskorz, head on over to her blog to see how she paired these two companies together!  Visit each blog in the hop and comment on each to enter a giveaway including the Pinkfresh Studio blog. One winner will be chosen for each day and winners will receive 30.00 worth of stuff from Pinkfresh Studio and 30.00 GC from Pretty Little Studio. This is going to be 2 days of blog hoping fun. Winners will be announced on 9/15. Good luck!

Pretty little Studio
Amanda De Jong
Agnieszka Piskorz
April Joy Hill
Carole House
Ashley Fowler
Keri Babbitt
Ashley Horton
Lisa Spiegel
Clare Prezzia
Lisa Wilkinson
Pinkfresh Studio

On top of the awesome giveaway I mentioned Pinkfresh Studio and Pretty Little studio are also offering special discounts during the hop! It's a great time to do some shopping!

{crafty} Blog Hop with Neat & Tangled

Hello there! I am so excited to be blog hopping today with Pinkfresh Studio and Neat & Tangled! I just love the stamps Neat & Tangled has to offer and they compliment Pinkfresh embellishments perfectly! You should have come directly from the Pinkfresh Studio blog, if not be sure to head back there to start from the beginning!

 I have two very different, other than my obvious affinity for yellows/oranges, layouts to share today.

For my first layout I really wanted to breakout my gelatos that haven't seen much use lately. I started by stamping the So Very Blessed image on to my cardstock with versamark and embossed it with clear embossing powder. I didn't quite like how it turned out so I re-stamped and embossed with white. The image ended up a little thicker, but I love the added dimension it adds, though you can't see it so well in the photos. Next I spread gesso all over my paper and stamped into it using the Diamonds stamp. Once that was dry I scribbled on a few gelato colors, sprayed it with water and moved some color around. Again had to wait for that to dry and then I lightly stamped using Diamonds again with more gesso. With my background complete I added my pictures and embellishments from the Pinkfresh limited edition kit that I just can't seem to get enough of!!

Supplies Used: Pinkfresh Studio: Puffy Borders, Label Frames and Transparent cards from Limited Edition Kit, Light Gold Glitter Washi, Color Blocked Triangles, Neat & Tangled: Diamonds and So Very Blessed

For my second layout I created a grid type pattern at the bottom with more items from the Pinkfresh kit as well as stamping with Neat & Tangled's Ink Splash and Sunburst stamps. For the upper portion of my layout I used the So Very Blessed as my focal point.

Supplies Used: Pinkfresh Studio: Puffy Borders, Label Frames, Canvas Tag, Transparent Inline Alphas and Transparent cards from Limited Edition Kit, Color Blocked Navajo Arrows, Color Blocked Hearts, Everyday Sayings Printed Veneer. Neat & Tangled: So Very Blessed, Sunburst and Ink Splash

Next up in the hop is Jocelyn Olson. Head on over to her blog for more inspiration! Make sure to visit each blog and comment on each to enter a giveaway including the Pinkfresh Studio blog. One winner will be chosen for each day who will receive $20.00 worth of products from both companies. This is going to be 2 days of blog hopping fun. Winners will be announced on 27th july. Good luck!"

Pinkfresh Blog http://pinkfreshstudio.blogspot.com
Amanda De Jong http://somethingsorta.blogspot.com/
Jocelyn Olson http://redballooncards.blogspot.com
April Joy Hill http://damitaprilurcool.blogspot.com/
Amy Tsuruta http://tsurutadesigns.blogspot.com
Ashley Fowler http://isweatglitter.wordpress.com/
Kristen Foreman http://kristenforemandesigns.blogspot.com
Ashley Horton http://www.ashleyhortondesigns.com/
Joni Andaya http://jonininaandaya.blogspot.com
Clare Prezzia http://bearydocardsinc.blogspot.com/
Taheerah Atchia http://littlemisst-papercraft.blogspot.com/
Neat and Tangled http://www.neatandtangled.blogspot.com/

{crafty} Finnley Blog Hop

Happy Thursday! I hope everyone in the US is having a wonderful Thanksgiving today! I am blog hopping today with not just the digital design team but the traditional team as well! It is a long hop, but I can guarantee you the inspiration will be worth it! 

I am not going to profess my undying love for the Finnley collection like I do every. single. time. I use it. Nope, won't do it! But I will show you my latest digital layout using said awesomeness.

Supplies:
Glitz Design "Finnley" Full Digital Kit
Other: The Lilypad twine and staple, One Little Bird label, Valorie Wibbens

Be sure to check out the rest of the Glitz DT and see what they have done with this collection and leave comments along the way! Two lucky winners will be chosen from all the comments. One will receive the full Finnley collection and the other will win the full digital kit!

YOU ARE HERE ------ Amanda DeJong
Amanda Resende ------ NEXT UP
Barbara Sokee 
Donna Espiritu
Emma Poon
Fauve Van Maanen
Jaime Warren
Jocelyn Olson
Karine Cazenave
Kym Tsukamoto
Laura O'Donnell
Lea Lawson
Lisa Andrews
Magda Mizera
Maria Lacuesta
Marie Ramirez
Mary Martinez
Miki Krueger
Mou Saha
Nina Ostermann
Noel Culbertson
Smitha Katti
Stephanie Bryan
Tiffany Wheeler
Glitz Design blog 

{crafty} Wild & Free Blog Hop

It has been one heck of a week filled with back to school night, the first field trip of the school year, custom shop orders and countless errands. Thank goodness it's Friday! Blog hopping with the rest of the Glitz Design digital team showcasing the Wild & Free collection is a great way to end the week! 

This is such a fun and whimsical collection! I used the Giant Roller Doodle X's digital stamp to create a background then clipped the Dream Catcher B-side paper to it to create the gradient color. I added a little more background stamping and misting, minimal paper layers and a small embellishment cluster to keep it light and airy.

Glitz Design will be giving away a Wild & Free digital collection pack to one lucky winner who comments in the hop! Each blog you comment on gains you an entry so be sure to hop along through the rest of the team!  

Amanda De Jong - http://somethingsorta.blogspot.com/
Amanda Resende - http://amandaresendescraps.blogspot.com.br/
Barbara Sokee - http://sokeeb.wordpress.com/
Donna Espiritu - http://www.scrappydonna.blogspot.com/
Emma Poon - http://amazinglyscrapped.wordpress.com/
Fauve Van Maanen - http://www.fauvevanmaanen.blogspot.com/
Jocelyn Olson - http://redballooncards.blogspot.com/
Kym Tsukamoto - http://busybostyn.blogspot.com/
Laura O'Donnell - http://itsallrosie.blogspot.com/
Maria Lacuesta - http://analogpaper.blogspot.com/
Mary Martinez - http://www.marnels.blogspot.com/
Miki Krueger - http://thecountryteacher.wordpress.com/
Smitha Katti - www.smilingcolors.com
Tiffany Wheeler - http://iffycreates.blogspot.com/
Glitz Design Blog - http://glitzitnow.com/blog/

{crafty} SMBiG Blog Hop with Paislee Press!

 This month the Social [Media] Butterflies are featuring digital designs from Liz Tamanaha of Paislee Press! If you haven't checked out her shop you should go take a look! She has so many gorgeous digital collections and templates to choose from.

You should have arrived here from Kristin's blog, if not head on over to Liz's blog to start the hop from the beginning!

I had trouble choosing what collection to use but ultimately I decided to go with the For the Record collection and mixed in a little of the Happy as a Lark elements. For my layout I created a digital base with a few of the papers, embellishments and digital stamps then printed it out to use as the background for my layout. I printed some of the other digital papers and elements to cut out and use on my page to add dimension and then finished it off with some Mister Huey and enamel dots!

This layout is out for publication, I will the pictures back as soon as the issue comes out!

Hop Order:
Shay
Ellie
Jen
Malika
Kristin T
YOU ARE HERE --- Amanda
Katie --- NEXT UP
Trisha
Kristin D
Suz
Jenny
Corinne
Ruth
Social Media Butterflies

Thank you so much for looking today! Be sure to keep hopping along and comment along the way to be entered to win a $25 gift certificate for Paislee Press! One winner will be announced on the Social Media Butterflies home page on Monday June 3rd!

{crafty} Chic Tags WINNERS!

Thank you to everyone that hopped along with us on Monday! We all hope you enjoyed the freebies and giveaways and walked away inspired! 

Speaking of giveaways, the winners are now posted over at the Social Media Butterflies home page! If you happened to miss the hop, head on over there to check it out from the beginning!

If you haven't had the chance to pick up the Road Trip collection from Chic Tags that we featured in our hop now would be a great time! Starting tomorrow Chic Tags is having a sale, so watch out for details!

{crafty} Chic Tags Blogapalooza!

Welcome back for this month's blog hop! This month Social Media Butterflies is joining together with Chic Tags for a Blogapalooza with over 20 projects to inspire you!

You should have come here from Adrienne's page, if not head on over to the Chic Tags blog to start from the beginning!

This road trip collection was so fun to work with! I decided to use it paired with Studio Calico's "Hook" kit for a layout of a recent overnight trip we took. And yes, I completely left the date off that tag! I realized it of course as I was taking the pictures, I still need to go back and add that in.

I couldn't sop with just one layout though! I have a terrible habit of starting minis and never putting any actual content in them. I am working on changing that! While I don't do PL I did recently get two Handbooks from Studio Calico, one that I plan on using as a travel album for our family vacation coming up this summer. I decided to get a headstart on the travel album and these tags were the perfect solution! The pocket system is a whole new world for me, it may take a little getting used to.

Thank you so much for looking! Next up on the hop with even more inspiration is Amy! 

Be sure to keep hopping, along the way, there are plenty of prizes and freebies-- Die cuts, printables and chances to win some of your favorite Road Trip paper goods, and one GRAND prize winner of the Road Trip, Everyday Life II & Birthday Wishes collection!!!! Good luck, and happy hopping! If you would like to purchase some of these adorable products, head on over to the Chic Tags website!

{crafty} Blog Hop with Glitz Design

This month the Social [Media] Butterflies are featuring Glitz Design, and are so excited and happy to be included in the Uncharted Waters inspiration week. If you haven't checked out their blog, make sure you look at it now-- http://glitzitnow.com/blog/

I love the Uncharted Waters collection and as I started playing with it my mind was wandering to my wedding photos which have sat completely un-scrapped for nearly 7 years! I love the mix of blues with pink and yellow in this collection and really wanted to play that up with my background. I sprayed a few colors of Mister Huey on my craft mat, sprayed it with water and then blotted it with my cardstock. I also added a few splatters for more interest. To add to the "artsy" feel of the page I added modeling paste, random stamping, and dared myself to scribble without fear!

Thank you for looking! Next up is the fabulous Kristin!

Be sure to keep hopping along for more beautiful creations with Uncharted Waters and leave comments along the way for a chance to win a Glitz Design prize pack!

Glitz Design
Shay
Corinne
Trisha
Amanda
Kristin T.
Suz
Jenny
Malika
Ellie
Jen
Kristin D.
Social Media Butterflies

{crafty} SMBiGBlog Hop with Elle's Studio

Welcome back! We are glad to have you back for the February edition of our Social [Media] Butterflies blog hop.

You should have come here from Jen's blog, if not head back to the Social Media Butterflies home base to start from the beginning.

This month we are sharing with you our LOVE for Elle's Studio, using her You & Me collection and showing how it inspired us. If you've never bought any products from Elle's Studio before, make sure you check out the shop! Her tags, stamps & new papers are total must haves! Elle is also joining us for the hop this month, and we could not be more excited to have her join us! 

My layout for the hop is a little bit different. Rather than using the collection items I took inspiration from them to create my page. I found a lot of inspiration in the You & Me tidbits

My background was inspired by the "love" tag. I created it in Silhouette studio and used my sketch pens to draw out the words, with one standing out in pink. I also carried through the stitching, hearts and chalkboard images you see throughout the collection.

Next up is Corinne! And be sure to check out the rest of the ladies in the hop, and see how they used the You & Me collection!

Kristin T

Trisha

Jen

Amanda <--you are here

NEXT UP -->Corinne

Ellie

Shay

Kristin D  

Jenny

Suz

Malika

Elle

But before you go we have an awesome prize pack from Elle's Studio You & Me collection to giveaway for hopping along with us today! You get an entry for every blog you comment on along the way! Winner will be announced Monday March 4th.