Forgotten Treasures Blog Hop

Welcome to the Forgotten Treasures blog hop where we are showcasing projects made with a least one item we have had for 6 months, or longer. If you came from Suzanne's blog you are on the right path, if you started with my blog pop over to Christine's blog to see start at the beginning, you don't miss all the fabulous projects!


We have several sponsors offering gift certificates for this hop. To be eligible for the gift certificates you must comment on each blog and comment on each sponsor's facebook pages. Random winners for each gift card will be selected on July 22 and the winners will be posted on Christine's blog

$20 gift certificate 

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3 lucky winners will receive a $5 gift certificate 

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$10 gift certificate 

Facebook fan page

$15 gift certificate 

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For my project, I created a card that can be used for many different occasions.

My forgotten treasure that I used on my card are the paper flowers.

I have had those paper flowers since before Christmas last year.

I received them in a Secret Santa Christmas swap that I was in.

I started making my card by pasting my background paper onto the card.

I then took a complimenting patterned piece and pasted it on the bottom.

The pink with birds and pine cones is washi tape.

I then had a stamp that is a cardstock cut out that I pasted on.

I then applied my forgotten treasures - my flowers!

I added halfback pearls to my flowers to accent them.

Thank you for stopping by, the next stop is Jamie! 

Here is the complete blog line up in case you get lost along the way.   

Christine ~ http://hotberrydesigns.blogspot.com/

Cathie ~ http://cathiescafe-scraphappy.blogspot.com/

Suzanne - http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com

Katie - http://ktscreativeinsights.blogspot.com

Jamie ~ http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/

Alicia ~ www.goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com 

Robin L. ~ http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

Mary - http://irongatestamps.blogspot.com/

ClaireR ~ http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/

Kathy ~ http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com

Carla ~ http://racincrafts.blogspot.com/

Connie - http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com

Kathy Jo~  http://carterscraftingcorner.blogspot.com/

Mags Graphics http://magsgraphics.blogspot.com/

Patriotic Blog Hop

Welcome to the July 13th Patriotic Blog Hop hosted by www.thecricutchirp.com. If you’re just joining the hop, make sure to start back at the beginning at http://www.thecricutchirp.com. We hope that you enjoy hopping along with us as much as we enjoyed putting our projects together for you.

Here’s the line up…

Julie – www.thecricutchirp.com

Katie - http://www.ktscreativeinsights.blogspot.com/ (you are here)

Sandy - http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com/

Ashley - http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com/

Suzanne - http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com/

Jennyfer- http://www.scrapalajen.blogspot.com/

Camille - http://shortonideasaz.blogspot.com/

For my patriotic project, I decided to make a new background for my menu board.

If you're new to my blog, I make a new background for my menu board every month.

A menu/message board is easy to make on your own!

All you have to do is get a frame in the size you wish, and start designing backgrounds to fit it!

The glass works as a dry erase board!

Here is the patriotic themed background that I made for July:

I started with the blue star scrapbook paper. I then stacked a 4th of July sentiment paper on top, and then a cream colored paper on top of that. (I always try and use some type of solid paper somewhere in my board so that the writing will show up when writing on the board). I then used photo corners on either side of the cream colored sheet. I used a flag sticker on the cream colored sheet as well. I had chipboard stickers in the sentiments "patriotic" and "freedom" that I used to decorate. I used letter stickers to make "USA". I shaded the edges with a black pen (on the USA) to make it stand out against the background.

Thanks for looking! I hope you enjoyed my project.

Make sure to hop all through the blog hop, as there are many great projects and prizes!

Next stop - Sandy - http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com/

Easter Blog Hop

Happy Easter everyone!
Thank you for joining us this weekend on our Easter hop!
We hope you enjoy our projects and there is a chance to win some yummy blog candy along the way!

 Blog Candy

Close To My Heart Vanessa Toro Independent Consultant is giving away $10.00 worth on CTMH products.

Follow me on 

Paper Krafts Unlimited Designs on Facebook and leave a comment

Follow My Blog and you will be entered for the giveaway.

Scraptastical Kreations

 Scraptastical Kreations is giving a Gift Card for $10.00 worth of files

Be sure to follow Scraptastical Kreations on Facebook and mention 

You came from the "Easter blog Hop"

Dont Forget to "Like" Scraptastical Kreations Facebook Fan Page

Here is the complete line up in case you get lost along the way

Vanessa http://wwwpaperkraftsunlimiteddesings.blogspot.com/

Dorothy http://scraphappyinohio.blogspot.com/

Suzanne http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com

Janet R. http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/

Nancy http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/

Cathie http://cathiescafe-scraphappy.blogspot.com/

Katie http://ktscreativeinsights.blogspot.com/

Robin http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/

My project is an Easter card that I made for my boyfriend
I like to make him a card for every holiday!

I kept this card fairly simple, focusing on the fun orange heart background.

I used my Cricut and the Give a Hoot cartridge to cut the bunny out.

I adhered chicken stickers that oddly resemble peeps! :)

They are kind of in a line, marching on for Easter, to go along with the title sticker, "Easter Parade".

Valentine's Day Blog Hop

Welcome to the Valentine's Day Blog Hop!

We are glad that you could join us!

We are celebrating Valentine's day with projects that were made without the traditional colors of pink or red.

If you happened upon my page and would like to join in from the beginning, please visit Suzanne at http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com

If you have come from Anita's blog them you are in the right place.

The grand prize today is being sponsored by Zannie Berry Scrapbooking. (www.zannieberry.blogspot.com)

In order to win, make sure to comment at each stop along the way!

It is not required that you become a follower of each blog, but we would love if you did!

The project I am sharing with you is a gift I made for my boyfriend, Robert.

He loves penguins.

Last year I crocheted him one.

This year I decided to make him a unique one out of sequins!

This cute little guy started out as just a plain styrofoam ball.

I then took sequins pins, added white seed beads and white sequins.

I pinned them in an oval onto the ball to make the stomach area.

I covered the rest of the styrofoam ball with sequins pins with black seed beads and black sequins.

I then cut the feet and beak out of orange felt.

The wings I cut out of black felt.

I adhered them to the penguin with plain sequins pins.

I attached google eyes with glue dots.

I hope you enjoyed my project!

Your next stop in the hop is Claire at http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/

Blop Hop Line Up

Suzanne - http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com

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

Melissa - http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com

Nancy - http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/

Charity -http://thebookinroom.blogspot.com/

Anita - http://scrappyhappymommy.blogspot.ca

Katie - http://www.KTsCreativeInsights.blogspot.com You're Here

ClaireR - http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/ Next Stop!

Vanessa - http://wwwpaperkraftsunlimiteddesings.blogspot.com/

Cathie -http://cathiescafe-scraphappy.blogspot.com/

A Gift for my Sweetheart Blog Hop

Welcome to “A gift for my Sweetheart” blog hop.

Sit back and relax while you browse through 17 unique handmade gift ideas to give a loved one on Valentine’s Day. Each stop along the way has a gift they poured their heart into but that doesn’t mean the project contains the traditional Valentine heart theme.

The hop started at Christine’s blog http://hotberrydesigns.blogspot.com/ if you didn’t come from Http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com

 be sure to start at the beginning so you don’t miss out on the inspiring ideas.

For this hop we have 2 sponsors, in order to be entered in the drawing for the 2 prizes you must comment and follow each blog.

Hot Berry Designs

$10 gift certificate

Scraptastical Kreations

$15 gift certificate

You have Saturday and Sunday to hop and leave a comment at all the blogs for your chance to win. The winners will be randomly chosen Monday Jan 4^th  and will be announced on Christine’s blog http://hotberrydesigns.blogspot.com/

Robert and I like to keep a weekly menu.

We are trying to eat healthier and this helps us stay on track.

It also helps us with planning grocery shopping trips and staying within budget.

So, for my project, I created something for the both of us for Valentine's Day.

I created a Valentine's theme background for our menu.

The menu is made from a 12x12 frame.

Glass works great with dry erase markers, so this works great as a menu that you can change the background on!

I started with a fun, vintage Valentine's paper for the background.

I then placed a red square of cardstock in the center to have a solid section.

This solid section really helps when writing on the menu, making it a lot easier to read.

I had love themed alphabet stickers that I used to created the titling "Menu".

I stamped kissing deer onto a tag.

I colored the little hearts on the back with a red marker.

I tied the tag with white and gold twine.

Vintage looking cardstock adorns the lower left corner.

Cardstock sticker punch out reads "LOVE".

Gold sequins ribbons runs to the right and above of the sentiment.

Vintage little Valentines girls are decorating the sentiment "LOVE".

Thank you for stopping by the next stop is Claire at http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/

Christine- http://hotberrydesigns.blogspot.com/

Elecia - http://creationsby-kahaulani.blogspot.com/

Suzanne - http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com/

Melissa- Http://papershenaniganz.blogspot.com

Katie - http://ktscreativeinsights.blogspot.com/

ClaireR http://threewaterscreations.blogspot.com/

Shawnee - http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com

Beth ~http://motherandaughterdesigns.blogspot.com

Ashley - http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com

Jamie - http://www.jamielindstromdesigns.com

Lissa Marie  www.somanycrafts.com

Mary - http://irongatestamps.blogspot.com/

Angela- www.3crazymonkeys.com  

Sarah - http://itswhatkeepsmesane.blogspot.com/

Miranda-  http://www.nanasscrapspot.com/

Lucy - http://love2createitall.com

Reason for the Season Blog Hop

Welcome to the "Reason For the Season" blog hop. We're happy to have you all here with us today to celebrate the reason for the season. Each blogger will have their own interpretation of their reason for the season, and I hope that you find loads of creative inspiration along the way. 

We have an amazing line up of crafty ladies, as well as a generous amount of  awesome sponsors to help make this blog hop an amazing one!!

**To be eligible to win any of the giveaways in the hop today, you will need to comment on each blog in the hop and become a follower of all blogs in the hop as well. It is not a requirement, but I do kindly ask you to show our sponsors lots of love on their blogs and/or Facebook fan pages thanking them for their generosity in sponsoring this hop. I will have a link below to each sponsor's store, as well as their blog and Facebook fan page if applicable.**

I want to thank ALL of our sponsors so very much for their generosity. I appreciate each and every sponsor we have today and thank them a million times over!

Here are our AMAZING sponsors!!  It's a long list! 

Peachy Keen 

PK has sponsored a face stamp package ($25 value) 

PK Store - Click HERE

PK Blog - Click HERE

PK Fan Page - Click HERE

Timeless Twine

Timeless Twine has spnosored a 100 yd party pack

Timeless Twine Store: Click HERE

Timeless Twine Blog: Click HERE

Timeless Twine Fan Page: Click HERE

Unity Stamp Co. 

Unity has sponsored 10 Itty Bitty stamps
I'm doing 2 winners (5 stamps each)

Unity Store: Click HERE

Unity Blog: Click HERE

Unity Fan Page: Click HERE

Pazzles

Pazzles has sponsored a tool kit (1 winner)

Pazzles Website: Click HERE

Pazzles Fan Page: Click HERE

Xyron

Xyron has sponsored 2 mega runners - 2 winners

Xyron Store: Click HERE

Xyron Fanpage: Click HERE

Make the Cut 

Make the Cut has sponsored one a copy of their program (1 winner)

MTC Website: Click HERE 

MTC Fan Page: Click HERE 

Pink by Design 

Pink by Design has sponsored a stamp set to 1 winner 

PBD Store - Click HERE

PBD Blog - Click HERE

PBD Fan Page - Click HERE

3 Girl Jam 

3 Girl Jam has sponsored a $15 GC to their store. 

3GJ Store - Click HERE

3GJ Blog - Click HERE

3GJ Fan Page - Click HERE

The Beary Scrap

The Beary Scrap has sponsored a prize package. 

TBS Store: Click HERE

TBS Fan Page: Click HERE

TBS Blog: Click HERE

Jen Shorey

Jen sponsored this stamp set (1 winner)

Jen's Blog: Click HERE

Little Scraps of Heaven Designs 

LSHD sponsored a $20 GC to her store (1 winner)

LSHD Website: Click HERE

LSHD Fan Page: Click HERE

Bugaboo Digital Stamps

Bugaboo has sponsored 10 images to one winner

Bugaboo Store: Click HERE

Gel-a-tins

Gel-a-tins prize to be determined by Gel-a-tins

Store: Click HERE

Fan Page: Click HERE

The Scrapbooking Queen

TSQ Blog - Click HERE

My Creative Time

MCT has sponsored a super cute stamp set (1 winner)

MCT Store: Click HERE

MCT Fan Page: Click HERE

MCT Blog: Click HERE

Scrapadoodles Scrapbooking 

Scrapadoodles sponsored this super cute stack (1 winner)

Scrapadoodles Fan Page: Click HERE

Kristi W. Designs 

Kristi W Designs has spnosored a $25 GC to her store (1 winner)
KWD Store: Click HERE
KWD Fan Page: Click HERE

Your Next Stamp

YNS sponsored a stamp set (1 winner)

YNS Store: Click HERE

YNS Blog: Click HERE

YNS Fan Page: Click HERE

Charms 24/7

24/7 Charms donated this awesome set above (1 winner) 

24/7 FB Group - Click HERE

Lucy  - Close to my Heart Consultant

Lucy has sponsored some fun Glitter Gels (1 winner)

Lucy's CTMH website: Click HERE 

Lucy's Blog: Click HERE 

Lucy's Fan Page: Click HERE

Scraptastical Kreations 

SK $20 GC to the store (1 Winner) 

SK Website: Click HERE
SK Fan Page: Click HERE

NOW... let's get on to the hop!!!

Here is the complete line up

Kristy -

Nancy

CallyAnn

Jamie M

Lucy 

Gill

Tonya

Jeannine

Jen

Cathie

Katie You are HERE

Vicki

Suzanne

Lynne

Ashley

If you're coming from Cathie's blog, then you're on the right track. If you just happened to stop by my blog today, be sure to head on back to Kristy's blog and hop from the beginning.

My project is one that was inspired from several different ideas I have seen on Pinterest.
I created a mini album book to give to my boyfriend for Christmas.

The Alphabet of our Love

I started out with a chipboard album that I got out of the dollar bins at Michael's.

I took two of the boards out and the ring.

I covered the boards in paper and decorated the cover.

I then traced the board onto the 26 pages I wanted to use for my book.

I cut them out varying between regular scissors and different patterned scissors.

The pages varied in colors from white, to red, to brown, to patterned.

I have a large selection of mix matched alphabet stickers left over from different projects.

I used a wide variety of them to highlight the alphabet letter for each page.

I then used a word that began with that particular letter of the alphabet to base each page around.

I decorated with many different embellishments.. ribbons, tags, stickers, drawings, just to name a few.

A - Always
B - Best friend
C - Care, Cherish
D - Dream
E - Everything
F - Faithful
G - Grateful
H - Happy
I - I love you
J - Joy
K - Knight in shining armor
L - Life
M - My grease Monkey
N - Nobody knows me like you do
O - Optimistic
P - Perfect
Q - Quality time
R - Remember
S - Sweet
T - True love
U - Understanding
V - Very important
W - When we cuddle...
X - XoXo
Y - Years of memories
Z - curling up and catching Zzz's

Now it's time for you to head on over to Vickie at mawmawsthoughts.blogspot.com. 

Thank you so much for hopping along with us today, and we all hope that you were filled with loads of Christmas joy, as well as loads of inspiration!