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October 2011 Blog Hop: Holiday Hoopla

Welcome to the SUStars Holiday Hoopla Blog Hop!  The hop begins at 10AM EST on Saturday, October 22 and runs through the weekend.  We've got some fabulous projects to show off using products from Stampin' Up!'s Holiday Mini Catalog.  You might of came from Janice's site, Stamping with Janice, I happen to be stop number 3 on this blog hop of 13 stampers from  Su-Stars.

I am sorry, with this knee surgery I have just not been online or doing that many cards of late...it is easier to do MDS but I did not have any new stuff from the holiday catty for MDS.  So after the birthday party today for myself and the boys (nephews). And after I got little Robert to sleep, I finally went in and got a card done.  I like this one as it could be a simple card for a birthday, thanksgiving, fall season, or just a friendship card.

Supplies used plus basic supplies for this card:

Cardstock: Wild Wasabi, River Rock, Garden Green, Daffodil Delight

Stamp Set: Warmest Wishes

Stampin Ink: Stazon Black, Tangerine Tango

Silver Brads

Dimensionals

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Today for my birthday, I got this cool little book from my mom...it is old, copyright 1975, Birthday Thoughts from the Heart.  One of the sayings in the book...

Give yourself a present...

Can't resist it? Buy it!

Never did it? Try it!

After all...there's nothing much to lose...

It's your own life---so live it---

And yours to give---so give it---

The best things are the king of things we choose!

     So enjoy life today, as it can be too short at times, okay....have fun stamping today....

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Thanks for looking! NEW NEW mini Holiday catalog and the 2011-2012 big catalog....  If you need a Stampin' UP demonstrator, please consider me! I would love to be your demonstrator!

Please continue thru the hop, next stop is  www.beantowngrasshopper.blogspot.com There was a change this morning to the line up but I was doing other things and I just redid the link to go to the correct link......

If you happen to get lost along the way, I have posted the list here...

Barb

 

October 2011 Blog Hop: Holiday Hoopla line up for Saturday

October 2011 Blog Hop: Holiday Hoopla

Welcome to the SUStars Holiday Hoopla Blog Hop!  The hop begins at 10AM EST on Saturday, October 22 and runs through the weekend.  We've got some fabulous projects to show off using products from Stampin' Up!'s Holiday Mini Catalog.  Contact your favorite demonstrator to order the goodies you need to copy these great ideas.  I have to get on the ball as I have been getting ready for a birthday party that we had tonight for Robert (he will be 5 on the 31st), Scott (he will be 9 tomorrow) and myself and I am not telling my age....hehehe.  Right now Robert is playing with his new legos and will be spending the night.........

If you get lost along the way, here is a complete list of blogs for this month's hop:

1.  Pedstamper's Stamping Treehouse
2.  Stamping with Janice
3.  The Love of Stamping
4.  Add a Little Dazzle
5.  Thoughts of a Grasshopper
6.  CJ Stamps
7.  Raissa Stamps
8.  Stamp with Jane
9.  Denise Foor Studio PA
10. Paper Luxuries
11. Stampin' and Scrappin' News
12. Krafting with Karen
13.  Shari's Stamp Pad

October Pals Blog Hop~Thank you card

     Welcome to the October Pals Hop! This month, we're featuring Thank You cards and Thanksgiving inspired projects! Enjoy the hop and the amazing creations that the Pals have come up with.
     You've likely hopped over from Nicole Watt at Impressions By Nicole, I'm stop number 12 on the Pals Hop and I'm glad you hopped in! I'll help you "hop along" from blog to blog where you'll find great ideas for Thanks and Thanksgiving paper projects from the Stampin' Pretty Pals! Should you hop off course, simply click on any of the links in the Pals Hop Line-up below and you'll be back on track!
 
 

 

     I did my project with My Digital Studio, I wanted to make a special thank you card for all of you that has been holding me up with your prayers and thoughts as I go thru this knee surgery.  I found the DSP paper and went from there...not a fancy card but with the fall season and my thoughts. I just love using the MDS, just to play sometimes and now with my knee it was easier to use than fighting thru my stamping room mess to find just the right stuff.
 
     Hop along for more inspiring ideas from Jennifer Takacs at My Stampin Blog, stop number 13 on the October Pals Hop! Thanks for "hopping" by!

 

Line-Up: 

1. Nancy Gleason at My Stampin' Space
2. Sandie Conner at Pretty Provisions
3. Cindy Hall at Pretty Impact
4. Kylie Nicolosi at Kylie's Crafty Corner
5. Nina Dee at Deesigns By Nina Dee
6. Leah O'Brien at Leah's Stampin' Corner
7. Jason Casper at Jason's Stampin' Pad
8. Barbara Chatzkel at Take Out Paper Arts
9. Mike Funke at Stampin-Style
10. Mary Fish at Stampin' Pretty
11. Nicole Watt at Impressions By Nicole
12. Barb Furlong at The Love of Stamping
13. Jennifer Takacs at My Stampin Blog
14. Mikki Sarkisyan at Mikki's Creative Corner
15. Patti MacLeith at Papercrafts by Patti
16. Rae Harper at Wild West Paper Arts
17. Camila McManus at OBX Scrapbook

Thanks for hopping with us.......

PPA114 Thank You card

Todays card is a challenge card with Pals Paper Arts, PPA114, a challenge to use three colors only, Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade, and Pumpkin Pie.  I have been under the weather a bit so I just kept this simple over all and wanted to do a thank you card as on tuesday we will be doing the Pals Blog Hop and will be featuring Thank you cards and Thanksgiving so this helps lead us up to that.  I wanted a old look and feel for this card, background stamped with stamp set With all my Heart in two of the main colors on the Lucky Limeade with a faded look.  All edges ruffed up with the sanding block.  Thought the pearls added a finishing touch.  I had not used this stamp set for a while and thought it would be nice to get out again. Note, I did use the Rich Razzleberry as the card background but the camera just did not do well on taking the color well.

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Thanks for looking! Into October now, where does the time go?  Mini Holiday catalog and the 2011-2012 big catalog....  If you need a Stampin' UP demonstrator, please consider me! I would love to be your demonstrator!

Barb

Oct 1st Blog Hop Halloween~Fall Happenings

Thank you for hopping today with us, “Hopping Just for the Fun of it”.  Today’s theme is Halloween / Fall Happenings, Do hop thru our fun hop this Saturday featuring Fall and Halloween projects..... Plan on visiting us each month, the next hop will be the first Saturday of the Month, Nov 5.  You may of came today from Stop #15, Holly at InkPaperStamps.  I happen to be Stop #16 of 17 stops along the way this month.

 

To start out with, I am having knee surgery in the morning of Friday, Sept 30.  So I am typing up this post ahead of time.  I did two challenges on this one, the blog hop itself and a weekly challenge at Pals Paper Art. This week it was heat embossing.  October is a busy month for my family and I did something a bit different....I used my stamps and embossing to decorate one of Roberts birthday gifts.  It's more Legos...he is going to be 5 so he can't read let so I can post it here...He was born on Halloween so it works with the theme.  The other thing I realized with this project I just don't have lot of Halloween stamps...by next year I will just have to have more....

 

Don’t forget we love comments if possible.  To continue the hop, if you came in from one of the hoppers, the next stop is #00 the start of the hop at the main blog, Hopping Just for the Fun of it, Thanks for hopping with us.

 

00 Start            Hopping Just for the Fun of it

01                        Pretty Inky

02                        My Creative Impressions

03                        Stamping with Janice

04                        Krafting With Karen

05                        Scrappy Stamps and Ink

06                        My Little Patch of Dirt

07                        Stampin ' At Dawn

08                        inkedx2

09                        Paper Fairy

10                         Stamp With Jane

11                          Life Is...

12                         RaissaStamps

13                         Life with a Wiener Dog

14                         Bluegrass Stamper Studio

15                          InkPaperStamps

16 end                 The Love of Stamping

Don’t forget we love comments if possible.  To continue the hop, if you came in from one of the hoppers, the next stop is #00 the start of the hop at the main blog, Hopping Just for the Fun of it, Thanks for hopping with us.

Click to order Stampin Up supplies 24/7

Thanks for looking! NEW NEW mini Holiday catalog and the 2011-2012 big catalog....  If you need a Stampin' UP demonstrator, please consider me! I would love to be your demonstrator!

Barb