MCS March Kit Reveal Hop!

Welcome to the My Creative Scrapbook March Kit Reveal Blog Hop!

My Creative Scrapbook is thrilled to celebrate the reveal of our beautiful March kits with an inspiration-filled blog hop complete with beautiful PRIZES!  The design team has prepared a spectacular assortment of projects for you, so be sure to visit each blog to soak up all of the inspiration.

Several prizes are up for grabs!

*** One lucky winner will receive a March Limited Edition kit! ***

*** One lucky winner will receive a March Main kit! ***

*** One lucky winner will receive the assortment of chipboard below, courtesy of our fabulous friends at Blue Fern Studios! ***

>>>>> Here is how you can win <<<<<

Simply visit each of the participating blogs and leave comments along the way. You’ll find the links to the participating blogs at the end of this post.  The prize winners will be randomly chosen from the comments!

Presenting the My Creative Scrapbook March kits:

Here is what I created with my CREATIVE kit which features the Life Documented Collection From Simple Stories as well as some fun chipboard gears from Blue Fern Studios.

My Creative Scrapbook is currently accepting new members!

Subscription information can be found here: http://www.mycreativescrapbook.com/kits.htm

Before you go, remember to leave a comment to be entered into the prize drawings!

We would love it if you would follow us on Facebook, too.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Creative-Scrapbook/130352440344752

The blog hop ends on Sunday, March 8, 2015 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.

Winners will be announced on the My Creative Scrapbook blog.

Your next stop on the hop is Michelle McDonald's blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by

~Becky

MCS BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP!!!

Welcome to the My Creative Scrapbook October Kit Reveal and Birthday Bash Blog Hop!

IT’S OUR BIRTHDAY!

My Creative Scrapbook is celebrating its 9th year in business!

and We have BIRTHDAY GIFTS, lots of them, to give to YOU!

*** The Grand Prize winner will receive a complete My Creative Scrapbook October Main Kit featuring Echo Park and Carta Bella! ***

This kit is filled with beautiful Echo Park and Carta Bella goodies (and more!) that are just perfect for your Fall/Autumn projects.

That's not all.

Yes! They have been super generous to provide not just one, not just two, but THREE beautiful gifts to give to YOU!

*** Three of you will win the gift below! ***

 Here is how you can win...

Complete our blog hop. It begins on the My Creative Scrapbook blog and takes you on an inspiration-filled journey through several MCS designers' blogs. You won't want to miss any of it!  You’ll find the links to the participating blogs at the end of this post.

Be sure to leave some comment love on each blog... the gift winners will be drawn from the comments!

and now...

Presenting the My Creative Scrapbook October kits:

October Album Kit

October Creative Kit

October Limited Edition Kit

October Main Kit

Are you a My Creative Scrapbook kit club member?

If not, now is a great time to join!

Subscription information can be found here: http://www.mycreativescrapbook.com/kits.htm

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Here is one of my projects created with the October CREATIVE kit: 

This kit features the super adorable Forest Friends collection from Doodlebug!

the fun twine in the kit adds great texture to your projects!

these large die cut leaves are awesome! They are double sided so they would work perfectly for your scrapbooking or home decor projects.

aren't these little critters to die for!!! The racoon was printed on the tag but I fussy cut the Fox, and Owls from on of the patterned papers.

The colours are so bright, fresh and fun in this kit!

There is a fun sheet of letter stickers in the kit too with 3 different fonts on it!

Before you go, remember to leave a comment to be entered into the prize drawings!

We would love it if you would follow us on Facebook, too.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Creative-Scrapbook/130352440344752

The blog hop ends on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.

Winners will be announced on the My Creative Scrapbook blog on Monday, October 13th.

The next stop on the blog hop is Heather Binnie's blog.

http://heatherlb.blogspot.com/

In case you get lost, or if you just stumbled across our hop, here is the complete blog hop lineup:

My Creative Scrapbook: http://mycreativescrapbook.blogspot.com/

Echo Park Paper Co.: http://www.echoparkpaperblog.com

Angel Rodrigue: http://scrappalace.blogspot.com/

Alicia Giess: http://inspiredandblessed.blogspot.com/

Kris Berc: http://stashofprettypaper.blogspot.com/

Izzy Anderson: http://www.izzyanderson.com/

Marilyn Rivera: http://marilynrivera.blogspot.com/

Yuko Tanaka: http://wihtcolors.blogspot.com/

Kristin Greenwood: http://kmgreenwood.blogspot.com/

Nicole Doiron: http://www.scrap-utopia.blogspot.com/

Joan Bronson: http://scrappyjoan.blogspot.com/

Lydell Quin: http://lydellquin.blogspot.com/

Sandi Clarkson: http://softsideofsandi.blogspot.com/

Jodi Wilton: http://luvalotland.blogspot.com/

Becky Litz: http://www.scrapcircus.blogspot.com/

Heather Binnie: http://heatherlb.blogspot.com/

Elizabeth Hellum: http://www.elizabethmhellum.com/

Marta Lapkowska: http://artistycrafty.blogspot.com/

Lynn Shaffer: http://linnie79.blogspot.com/

My Creative Scrapbook: http://mycreativescrapbook.blogspot.com/

Pretty Little Studio and Twinery Blog Hop Day 1!!

Hello Friends!!!

Welcome to Day 1 of the Blog Hop between Pretty Little Studio and the Twinery!

You should have found your way here from Amy Crockett's blog Scrappin Mommy, but if you just happened to come along this post today and you'd like to start hopping from the beginning then just head on over to The Twinery's blog where they are kicking things off!

I'm already a huge fan of The Twinery and use their twine all the time, so when I found out we were going to do a hop with them I was thrilled.

I am usually pretty simple with how I use my twine, tying bows etc. but for this hop I wanted to be a little more creative (on one card at least)

Here are the cards I made to share with you today.

 This card was fun to make but it sure took a long time for me to do all that stitching!

 I just used one of the awesome title diecuts from the Marigold collection. I used a paper piercer to poke all the holes in the diecut first and then used the colors of twine that matched the colors in the die to stitch through the middle of each letter.

 The colors of twine in the word are: Marigold, Buttercream, Seaweed, Caribbean, and Slate.

 I kept my second card a little more simple and let the beautiful Marigold Collection from Pretty Little Studio shine. I just love the colors! They are so warm and bright.

I layered a Silhouette cut with a gold foil sticker to create the sentiment and then tied a few layers of Buttercream twine around the card and finished it with a big bow to create some texture.

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Did you know that this hop comes with PRIZES!!! 

The Twinery is giving away this awesome Striped Twine Sampler that retails for $65!!!

And Pretty Little Studio is giving away this $50 Gift Certificate!

Make sure you stop by both blogs to check out the details on how you can WIN!!!!

Don't forget that this is a 3 DAY HOP! So check out The Twinery and Pretty Little Studio each day to hop along!

Your next stop on the hop is Stacey Schafer's blog Stampin with Stacey.

If you get lost during the hop at all here is today's entire hop list:

The Twinery - http://thetwinery.com/blog

Pretty Little Studio - http://prettylittlestudio.com/plsblog/

Aimee Maddern - http://aimeesarmoire.typepad.com/aimees-armoire/

Julie Ranae - http://juliesopenwindow.blogspot.com/

Tami Brundage - http://butterflykissphotography.com/blog/

Amy Crockett - http://www.scrappingmommy.com/

Becky Litz - http://www.scrapcircus.blogspot.com/

Stacey Schafer - http://stampinwithstacey.blogspot.com/

Sindi Jeffers - http://www.sindiscraps.blogspot.com

MCS August Kit Reveal Blog Hop!

Welcome to the My Creative Scrapbook August Kit Reveal Blog Hop!

My Creative Scrapbook is thrilled to celebrate the reveal of the beautiful August kits with an inspiration-filled blog hop complete with beautiful PRIZES!  The design team has prepared a spectacular assortment of projects for you, so be sure to visit each blog to soak up all of the inspiration.

Several prizes are up for grabs!

*** The Grand Prize Winner will receive a complete Limited Edition kit! ***

But that’s not all… there are more prizes to be won… Prima, Prima, and more Prima!
Don’t forget to leave comments as you hop along to each blog for chances to WIN!

Presenting the My Creative Scrapbook August kits:

There’s something for every style!

Are you a My Creative Scrapbook kit club member?

If not, now is a great time to join!

Subscription information can be found here: http://www.mycreativescrapbook.com/kits.htm

Did you know that My Creative Scrapbook also offers a variety of Add-ons?

Choose from flower kits, mixed media kits, off-the-page project kits, project life style kits, and more… there are even Lindy’s Stamp Gang spray sets available!

The add-ons can be found here: http://www.mycreativescrapbook.com/addons.htm

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Today I would like to share one of the layouts that I created with the August Creative kit: 

As you can see I used a splatter technique on the white paper on this layout, but I did it WITHOUT using mists or sprays.

Here's how I did it:

1. I used my non stick craft mat and rubbed my desired color of ink pad directly onto it.

2. I sprayed a mist of water onto the ink to get it wet.

3. I then loaded up a paintbrush with the inky water and flicked it onto my paper.

4. I repeated these same steps with a few more colours to get the look you see above.

Easy right?!?

 This is a great tip for saving some money and not having to purchase a bunch of sprays if you already have ink pads, which I think most papercrafters already do!

Now here are a few close ups of my layout...

 I layered items cut from the patterned papers included in the kit, die cuts and letter stickers to create my title block.

The rainbow strip across the top of my layout is a fun border sticker!

There are so many fun die cuts and sentiment stickers in this kit! It makes it so easy to pull a layout together.

I used some tags to create a place for my journaling.

Make sure you come on back to my blog the rest of the week to see what else I've done with my August Creative Kit!!!

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Before you go, remember to leave a comment to be entered into the prize drawings!

We would love it if you would follow us on Facebook, too.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/My-Creative-Scrapbook/130352440344752

The blog hop ends on Friday, August 8, 2014 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time.

Winners will be announced on the My Creative Scrapbook blog on Monday, August 11^th.

Your next stop on the blog hop is Elizabeth's blog.

But in case get lost along the way, here is the complete blog hop lineup:

My Creative Scrapbook: http://mycreativescrapbook.blogspot.com/
Alicia Giess: http://inspiredandblessed.blogspot.com/

Becky Litz: http://www.scrapcircus.blogspot.com/  

Elizabeth Hellum: http://www.elizabethmhellum.com/

Heather Binnie: http://heatherlb.blogspot.com/

Joan Bronson: http://scrappyjoan.blogspot.com/

Jodi Wilton: http://luvalotland.blogspot.com/

Kris Berc: http://stashofprettypaper.blogspot.com/

Kristin Greenwood: http://kmgreenwood.blogspot.com/

Kristine Davidson: http://kristinedavidson.blogspot.com/

Lydell Quin: http://lydellquin.blogspot.com/

Lynn Shaffer: http://linnie79.blogspot.com/

Maiko Kosugi: http://maimaipiano.blogspot.com/

Marilyn Rivera: http://marilynrivera.blogspot.com/

Marta Lapkowska: http://artistycrafty.blogspot.com/

Nicole Doiron: http://www.scrap-utopia.blogspot.com/

Sandi Clarkson: http://softsideofsandi.blogspot.com/

Wendy Antenucci: http://antenucci.blogspot.com/

Yuko Tanaka: http://wihtcolors.blogspot.com/

My Creative Scrapbook: http://mycreativescrapbook.blogspot.com/

Birthdy Blog Hop WINNER!

Thanks so much to everyone who joined us for Sara's Birthday Blog Hop, it was a great success!!!

 

I loved reading all of the kind comments left by the hoppers, and welcome to my new blog followers!

 

Without further ado, the winner of my blog candy is........

 

Congrats Melinda!!! Please send me an email to rebol at shaw dot ca to talk about getting your prize shipped off to you :)

 

~Becky

 

SOUS Blog Hop WINNER!!!!

The SOUS 100th Sketch Blog Hop was a great success!!!

 

Thank you so much to all of you who hopped along with us.

 

I enjoyed reading all of your kind comments.

 

So without further ado, the winner of my blog candy is.........

 

 

Congrats Christy!!! Please contact me at rebol at shaw dot ca so I can get your prize mailed off to you!!!

 

~Becky

 

Happy Birthday Sara!!!

If you are looking for the Stuck on U Sketches 100th Sketch Blog Hop click HERE

I was so excited to be asked by my friend and fellow Scrapy Land DT member Sara Zenger to be a part of her Birthday Blog Hop!

 

You should have come here from Shannon's blog but if you just stumbled across this post and would like to follow the entire hop just head over to Sara's blog and start there.

 

We have a sketch that was created just for this occasion by Sara's friend Diana Fisher. And all of us gals created a layout to share with you based on this sketch.

 

The best part of this hop is that Sara has 2 gifts up for grabs!

 

#1. A $30 Gift Certificate to Paper Issues – to one lucky winner who links up their layout based on Diana’s Birthday Sketch to the linky on Sara's blog by midnight on February 9th. (You must be a follower of Sara's blog to be eligible)

 

 #2. Creative Scrappers will be giving away 2 copies of the Creating with Sketches e-book to two birthday hoppers that leave a comment on each post throughout the hop.

 

Many of the ladies participating in this hop have also got some blog candy to give away so make sure you visit all of the blogs and leave them some love.

 

Anywho, here is the layout I made with this sketch...

 

 

I just LOVE the look of large photos on layouts so I was so excited to see that Diana incorporated that element! This photo of my son is one of my all time favorites! He has the sweetest little swirl of hair when his hair is short. His dad has the same swirl, but on the other side of his head. I think it makes him look like Superman (hence the theme of this layout)

 

 

The title and the white arrows were cut out using my new Silhouette Cameo that I got for Christmas. This is the first layout I've made using it.

 

 

I had some fun along the base of the photo and clustered a bunch of different embellies, I used buttons, rhinestones, brads, chipboard stars, die-cuts, badges, and the arrows of course!

 

 

I've had that little 'Superboy' Sticker for YEARS and I've held on to it waiting for just the right project and I finally found it! I guess sometimes my hording of product comes in handy! LOL

 

 

And to finish off, here is a close up of the title. I switched it to the opposite side from what the sketch shows, but it worked best with my photo to do it this way.

 

To show my appreciation for you hopping by today I have a little blog candy to give away! My prize is a set of stamps by Unity Stamp Co. and a selection of 6x6 papers. For your chance to win you must become a follower of my blog (if you aren't already) and leave me a comment.

 

I am the last stop on this hop, I hope you enjoyed it and were able to find some inspiration! I hope you were able to leave a comment on each of the blogs for your chance to win some fabulous prizes! Remember you have until midnight on February 9th to complete the hop.

 

Thanks for hopping by

Have a great day

~Becky

SOUS 100th SKETCH!!!

WELCOME TO STUCK ON U SKETCHES

100th SKETCH BLOG HOP

PRIZES AND BLOG CANDY TO BE WON!!!

 

We are extremely excited to have you all visiting on a historic day for Stuck on U Sketches!

Today's post marks our 100th sketch!

 

And to celebrate in a big way we have invited our entire Design Team to join in our sketch challenge!

 

Here is our sketch designed by Leah Schaeffer

 

 

You should have come here from Bonnie's blog. If you got lost along the way or missed any of the stops, just head back to the SOUS blog and check the full hop listings.

 

Now let me show you my take on the sketch...

I chose to adapt the sketch for a card. I was inspired by the diagonal stripes in the background. I used an embossing folder to get the stripe effect and add some texture. 

I created a tiny envelope as an embellishment and of course used the hearts as inspiration for embellishments! With the 'love' tag and polaroid and the I{heart}U brad, we get a sweet little love card for an Anniversary, Valentine, or just because. 

  

Of course we just couldn't let a big day like today go without a bit of a treat for you all so we have a few wonderful sponsors for our hop!

 

-Our very own Lisa Norris of Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons

-Regina Easter of The Cutting Cafe

-Stephanie of Whimsical Designs: has donated 2 stamp sets!!!

 

Our only expectation is to be a follower of Stuck on U Sketches and leave a little love along the way for each team member (this will take some time so our hop is a week long!) We have 3 sponsors and will pick 3 winners and we'll have those to post for you on Friday, February 8th.

 

I have done a little shopping in my own stash and have put together this fun little prize!!!

 

One lucky commenter on this post will win this awesome set of 12 6x6 patterned papers! I will post the winner on my blog on February 8th so make sure you check back!!! I'd also really love it if you were a follower of my blog :)

 

I hope you will join us and use the sketch to inspire your own project. You can link up your project at the SOUS blog here.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. Now it's time for you to hop on over and see what Annette has created with this sketch.