The Paper Variety BDay Blog Hop!!

Welcome to The Paper Variety's one year anniversary celebration! This week it's all about our "favorite things"! TPV is hosting 5 daily challenges of our favorite things and awarding 5 great prizes to 5 lucky random winners. We hope you'll play along with us each day!!

We begin today with a fun blog hop and our 1st challenge which is sponsored by My Favorite Things stamps . If you've reached me from Suzanne's blog, you're in the right place! If not, you'll want to go back to The Paper Variety so you can begin in the right spot. Be sure to visit all 12 designers on this hop to be inspired by all their lovely creations using MFT stamps and also many of them/us have blog candy for you, too! .

Our first of 5 challenges is to create a paper project including stamps - clear stamps, rubber stamps, image stamps, sentiment stamps. My Favorite Things stamps is awarding a random challenge winner with a $25 gift voucher to their store!

You'll have until Tuesday noon to enter your project here for a chance at the voucher prize.

My Favorite Things also generously provided the entire TPV DT with stamps to use on our projects. Thank you, MFT!

Before you go on to the next hop stop, I have some blog candy to giveaway! If you are interested in it please comment and add the word "STAMP" in your comment :) You don't need to enter a project at TPV to win my blog candy. My giveaway is just for fun. Although I do hope you decide to join the challenge, you could win a $25 My Favorite Things stamps gift certificate!

Dont forget, there will be other challenges and prizes daily until Sunday at TPV inspiring you to use your favorite things! There's also a giveaway on the TPV facebook page so don't miss that! Join in the fun! :)


Now hop on over to Cassandra's blog to see her wonderful project created with MFT stamps!

NSD Scrapbook Challenges Blog Hop

Thank you for stopping in today.  If you are here for the Scrapbook Challenges blog hop you are in the right place.  If you haven't started yet, please go to Bynn's blog to begin. Today we are celebrating the wonderful, talented Pamela who began Scrapbook Challenges. She is moving on from the group and we will truly miss her.  She's been a wonderful inspiration to me and am so thankful for her giving me the chance to be on the design team.

During the hop you will see many of her sketches, old and new.  Each of the desing team (past and present) will be taking a different sketch to work on.  All the layouts are 8X8. 

We have a ton of prizes so make sure you check below to see how you can win them.

Here's the sketch I chose and my layout:

Sketch 164

Blessed is the man who trust in the Lord, and in whose hope the LORD is.

~ I Thes. 5:18

These cute clouds are from the Fiskers punches. 

I added some marker to the edges then glued on some glass beads.

1. One member who leaves a comment on all the blogs & in the hop will get Chipboard Borders, 12x12 Collection Kit and a 6x6 Paper Pad from To The Moon by Fancy Pants.

2. One member who post a NEW a layout based on one of Pam’s sketches and posts it in the HOP ON section will receive a package of Tim Holtz goodies.

3. One new member over the weekend will get the We R Memory Keepers’ Sew Easy Piercer, 4 Piercers, a mixed assortment of Divine Twine and 15 colors of DMC Embroidery Floss.

I have a little RAK of my own for one person who comments.  You will recieve these goodies:

Now you are off to ANNIE

Friends, Love and Faith Blog Hop

Today I'm very excited to be a part of this awesome Blog Hop with some wonderful crafty ladies!

Welcome to Paper Tree House Studio's 

 Friends, Love, and Faith Blog Hop.

Today, we're out in force on the internet -- showing our faith and giving the glory to God. United, we stand as Christian paper crafters and blogowners to make a presence on the internet for all to see. If you are hopping with us, you should have hopped over from Iris Babao Uy (I <3 her work! <3<3).

If you happened to just come across this post and you want to join in on the fun, make sure you jump over to the beginning (My Paper Tree House) so that you do not miss out.

We're celebrating the theme of faith and we're happy to share our projects with you based on the verse:

*"*...those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar

on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and

not be faint." (Isaiah 40:31)

First, we would like to take a moment to thank our generous co-sponsors:

Zutter,  Paper Trunk,  Create 365, Memorable Seasons, Scrapbook News and Review, as well as Papperie. Together with Paper Tree House, these companies have donated some wonderful prizes for today's blog hop.

Prizes? Oh, yeah! There will be three lucky grand prize winners for today's event.

To enter, simply hop through the blogs and take note of all of the participating DT members of Paper Tree House Studio, and make sure to jot down the "blessed words" they will have in their post, and leave a comment on their posts. Once you gather all of the words, you will have another special Scripture to inspire you to create while leaving His legacy. Then send us an email at mypapertreehousedt@gmail.com listing each of the staff members who participated in today's hop and the completed Scripture. It's that easy. All entries must be received by Monday, February 28, 2011 at 12 noon, EST and seven winners will be randomly chosen to win.

What are the prizes?

One Cricut Gypsy from Paper Tree House Studio
One Bind-it-All from Zutter
One baggy of goodies from Create 365
One baggy of goodies from Papperie
One baggy of goodies from Paper Trunk
One year subscription to Scrapbook News and Review
One $15 gift card to Memorable Seasons so that you can purchase your favorite goodies!!

In addition, many of our participating bloggers will have amazing blog candy and RAKS available for one of their blessed visitors by simply leaving a comment and becoming a follower on their blog. That's a lot of chances to win, so let's get to the Hop!

Here's a card I made for a Friend.  A little encouragement of Faith!

Here's a little Spring RAK for one of my commenters :)

*"*...those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint." (Isaiah 40:31)

The next stop on this blog hop is Carol Dunn Hale

Valentine Blog Hop

Love is in the air and the Challenge Master Divas are celebrating by having a blog hop!

The hop is going to run from Friday January 28th until Sunday January 30th. We have lots of prizes, fun and inspiration for you this weekend. If you have arrived from Jamilie's Blog you are on the right track. If you just got here then you need to head over to our Stash/Tag Diva Tammy's blog to get started.

All of the Divas are creating love inspired projects for you to enjoy. We also each have a word for a secret phrase. You need to stop by each blog and collect the words (they are all jumbled so you will need to visit each one) and once you have unscrambled them, send the phrase to tealeaf@shaw.ca to be entered to win one of the two grand prizes. We each have a small blog prize as well so you want to make sure that you stop by all the blogs and leave us some love, so that you have multiple chances to win!

Another way to win, is to create your own love inspired project and remember it can be anything you love (a person, a place, a thing, a hobby..whatever love means to you) and upload it to the Challenge Master’s Gallery in the forum. You will have until Sunday February 13th to enter your projects and then after careful deliberation a winner will be announced on our challenge blog! The grand prize winner will receive a great prize pack donated by our Stash & Tag Diva Tammy! You don’t want to miss out on this so start creating! You can enter as many times as you wish as long as you create new projects each time.

Here's my project for you......a cute little mini book:

Materials: My Mind's Eye "Love Me Do" line, Prima Flowers, Misc. Lace

One lucky commenter will win this RAK from me.  It's a Basic Grey 2011 Calendar Kit! 

 In order to win you must leave a comment and tell me one thing you LOVE. Don't forget to put that in, only those comments will be entered! The winner will be announced on Monday, Jan. 31st. The winner must contact me with their addy.

My word for your secret phrase is:

LOVE

Now, on to your next stop......the very creative KAREN

Seasons of Change Blog Hop Today!!!

Welcome to Scrapbook Challenges Seasons of Change Blog Hop! If you have just stopped in, please join us and start at Pamela's Blog. It officially starts at 9am (MT) today and will go through Sunday at Midnight (MT)--which is the deadline for qualifying for prizes.

In case you didn't know, Scrapbook Challenges is a fun group filled with great people. They have weekly sketches and challenges. There are monthly sponsors for the group with fabulous prizes to win.

If you have never been to my blog before my name is Jackie. I'm glad you are here. I am happy to announce that I am one of the returning members of the design team! I'm very glad to be able to come back and be part of this great  team for another term. You will truly enjoy hopping along to see all of the design team. We have some wonderful talent, new and old.

Today, every blog you hop to will have a layout that they made that is based on this sketch created by Pamela:

Here's my take, I used My Mind's Eye "Be Loved"

There are some wonderful Prizes being offered, here they are:

1. For one person who leaves a comment on all the blogs in the hop, they will get the new Spring Market collection from Webster's Pages, including chipboard buttons and twine.

2.  For one person who does a layout based on the sketch, they will get the Be Mine collection from Echo Park Paper Company.

3. For inviting people to join the group, one person will get a collection of adhesive from Helmar.

4. For one new member over the weekend, they will get some new stamps from Unity and Webster's Pages. These a NEW release stamps that will match with the Webster's Pages.

I have a little RAK to give out to someone, just leave me a comment on this. It's some cute embellies from Creative Charms. You will need to check back here on Monday to see if you won.

Now, it's time to HOP ON TO:

AMY

Interested in doing the Hippity Hop Blog Hop?

Here is some information for you to come Hop along in the Hippity Hop Blog Hop!
We have 5 Challenge Blogs Participating in what we are calling a Recipe Challenge.


Sassy Lil' Sketches,
ScrapFIT Workout Blog,
Crop Suey,
Scrap Tiffany and
The Cuttlebug Spot.

Each Blog is adding an ingredient that you need to add to your card or layout in order to participate in the challenge.

So the Hop starts here: at Sassy Lil' Sketches

The ingredient they have added is this Fabulous Sketch!

The other ingredients are:

ScrapFIT--We want you to use 3 of the same thing on your LO.

(3 buttons, 3 ribbons, 3 brads)

Crop Suey---We want you to use ink, paint or mist or all 3.

ScrapTiffany---We want to see some LACE.

Cuttlebug Spot---We want to see some texture or embossing.

Here's my creation from the Recipe:

Hope you get to hop along.   Make sure you start at:

Sassy Lil' Sketches

Holiday Blog Hop Today!

Hello Everone!  Welcome to Scrap Tiffany's Holiday Blog Hop.  We're so glad you could come join us for some Holiday inspiration!

 If you happened here on your own and would like to participate in the Blog Hop,

please start at Scrap Tiffany.

For today's hop I decided to make a Christmas Wreath.  I found many examples of this online and thought I would give it a try.  It was very simple to make.

Here's some directions for you.  First I started off with a 1 1/2" scallop punch.  You can adjust this based on the size of the wreath.  This was a small foam base only about 7". I also bought a thesaurus at the $1 store.  You may use a whole book depending on the size of the wreath.

After I punched out some I inked them with distressing ink (Tim Holtz- Red Barn and Shabby Shutters).  Only do a portion of these at a time.  You will need a ton of them but the inking is tedious and I know with me I get bored doing the same thing over and over so I took breaks and switched what I was doing.  You can also mist them if you like but I was going for more color and the ink seemed to work best for that.

Use a pencil to scrunch around the bottom and then hot glue each piece to the wreath base. 

I hope you all enjoy the wreath.  I'd love to know if you make one yourself!

I will be giving away a little Christmas RAK to one of you all. 

 All you have to do is leave a comment on this post!

Now, it's time for you to head over to the fabulous Jennifer