A Day of Thanks Blog Hop

Welcome to 

A Day of Thanks

Blog Hop

As we approach the busy Holiday seasons, let us take a few minutes this weekend to stop and reflect on the things in our life that we are thankful for. We bring you this hop as a way to encourage you and inspire you to reach out and say thank you to those who surround you. This simple gesture can go along way!

You should have arrived from Ashley's blog but if you need to start at the beginning, head on over to Connie Can Crop.

This is a one day blog hop, but you have until Sunday to finish hopping and leaving your love for all of these talented crafters.

We have an awesome sponsor for this month!

One lucky winner will win a gift certificate

Be sure to check out the shop online HERE

What do you need to do to win? Easy... become  a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best about their projects.

You will have until 10 pm Sunday to finish the hop and leave your comments.

Winners will be announced on Wednesday 11/22/17 at Connie Can Crop.

Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment along the way!

For my project I turned on my trusty Cricut.  I haven't often used the writing feature but since this turned out so nicely, I think I will be using it more in the future.  If you are not in the "know" any American Craft pen will fit in the Cricut Explore perfectly for the writing feature.










 

Ingredients:

Amy Tangerine orange pen

Cricut cards from Close to My Heart's Art Philosophy, Anna's Garden Cards and Embellishments, and Simple Everyday Cards

Queen and Co pearls

Quick Quotes Slate and Sunset Powderpuff chalking inks

Petaloo flower

misc card stock

Please hop on over to Miranda's blog next.

Here's our line up in case you get lost along the way

Connie- http://conniecancrop.blogspot.com
Kim- http://katydidcards.com    

 Holli- http://sunflowerholli.blogspot.com
Angela- mermaidsnmonograms.blogspot.com
Rebecca-  http://rebeccaanndesigns.com/
 Sue- http://suek86401.blogspot.com/
Veronica- http://vickyscrappingpassion.blogspot.com
Ashley-  http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com/
Alicia- http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com/

Miranda- http://www.nanasscrapspot.com
Shannon H- http://shannonhdesigns.blogspot.com/
Amanda- https://salnclts76.blogspot.com/

Don't forget to join our current challenge

Connie Can Crop Challenge #64

Color Challenge 

due 11:59 P.M. Thursday, November 30th, 2017

Pacific Time

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://cutitupchallenges.blogspot.com/2017/11/challenge-134-thank-you-cards.html  until 11/15x

http://4craftychicks.blogspot.com/2017/11/4-crafty-chicks-376-give-thanks.html until 11/15x

http://cardz4galz.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/challenge-60-thank-youthanksgiving.html  until 11/21x

http://fussyandfancychallenge.blogspot.com/2017/11/challenge-200-thanks.html until 11/24x

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Alicia

Karen Burniston Happy Home Pop Up card

Hello and welcome to my Happy Home!  Alicia here, I had such a blast creating this little scene.  I love working with all of the Karen Burniston dies, they compliment each other so well.  Here I have used the latest House & Fence Pop Up with the tree and leaves from Tree Pop Up.  I also used the Happy from Word Set 3 Holiday. I used Frantic Stamper Stitched Waves as the clouds across the top.

I followed my own advice and created the mechanisms of this card in basic white card stock first.  I find it so helpful to learn the folds and make any mistakes on plain card stock before I use my good stuff.  I did begin with white card stock.  I inked one side with blue ink to create the sky background.  I layered my clouds across the top.  I used green card stock for my floating platform to make a nice green yard.  I cut and embossed the house highlighting the embossing with some chalking inks to make the stone and siding pop.

Here's a closer view of the house.  So many little details really make for an exquisite card.  I am sending this out to my sister who recently moved.  I tried to use the colors of the home she purchased.  I was just winging the sold sign.  I used some of the left over flocked leaves from my last project to sprinkle in the tree and a few on the ground.  I used a little more of the flocking on the wreath on the door.  I also used a chipboard die cut behind the tree since the wood grain paper I used was paper, not card stock, my tree needed some extra sturdiness.  Finally I inked just a little yellow in the windows to simulate glowing lights.



Dies R Us Products 

Karen Burniston House & Fence Pop Up

Karen Burniston Word Set 3 Holiday

Karen Burniston Tree Pop Up

Frantic Stamper Stitched Waves

other products used:
Distress ink Broken China
Quick Quotes Powderpuff chalking inks: Mocha Moma, Desert Sun, and Coal Miner
We R Happy Campers paper
Creative Memories sticker letters
flocking
various card stock and papers

Don't forget to come join in the fun at the DiesR Us Challenge Blog. There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store. For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

click below for:

STORE 

CHALLENGE BLOG

FACEBOOK

INSPIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:

http://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2017/11/feeling-fallish-challenge.html until 11/12x

https://tictactoechallenge.com/tttc023-featured-designer-amy-ottmers/ until 11/13x
(sentiment/free/tree) or (diecut/free/leaf)



https://tuesdaytaggers.blogspot.ca/2017/11/home-sweet-home-at-tiots.html  until 11/20x

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/58-trees.html until 11/21x

http://classicdesignteamchallenge.blogspot.com.au/2017/11/1st-november-2017-classic-design-team.html until 11/25x

http://www.thehousethatstampsbuilt.com/tic-tac-toe-challenges/tic-tac-toe-challenge-n817/ until 12/5
(leaves, stitching and sponging-distress ink background)



Alicia 

Super Hero Birthday Card

Hello there!  A second post in one day!  I had a chance to use my Cricut this week and play along with Bittenbythebug2 challenge.

Here's a close up of the pop up, it worked so well!  Sometimes I forget I have the scoring tool which is essential to these intricate cards.  I also had to re cut the super hero cape.  I used a decent size card stock but it didn't cut nicely so I substituted a small scrap of photo paper for a nice shiny and clean cut cape.

Ingredients:
Bazzill card stock in Handsome
misc card stock

Close to My Heart Artfully Sent cart

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

http://heather-bittenbythebug2.blogspot.com/2017/11/super-hero-challenge.html until  11/12x

http://thepapershelter.blogspot.com/2017/11/challenge-317-card-for-child.html until 11/14x


thank so much for stopping by!

Alicia

Quick Quotes Mini Reserve in Atlanta

Good morning Quick Quotes readers, Alicia here today with a recap of my experience at the Quick Quotes Mini Reserve in the Atlanta area.  I usually attend the event in Toledo which is closest to my home.  However, this year I went to the Atlanta event.  I am from Georgia and this location allowed me to have a weekend getaway with my sister.  It was even more fun that usual with her and now she is hooked! She plans on going to the one day event at the same location in the spring.

Check out all the Quick Quotes kits from the weekend's classes.  Quick Quotes Page kits are awesome but I always look forward to the altered kits.  I have taken a picture of each one of these unique and beautiful kits and one of the full size album and layout kits.  I was thrilled to use the die cut from the album insert project to create a template (Patsy's suggestion) for a paper cover for the three hole side of pocket pages!  I plan on using this again and again.

As mentioned above I was lucky enough to take my classes from Patsy Gaut, the creative mind behind Quick Quotes.  I had taken classes from her years ago before I joined the design team.  She is amazingly funny and informative.

My sister has been a crafter for quite a while but as we all know family prevent moms from pursuing their own interest, sometimes for years.  That being said my sister had not been to an event in a very long time but she got right back into the groove. Check out our different versions of the page kit.  She has all girls so she decided to ink up her chipboard lighter.  I love how versatile Quick Quotes Page kits can be once assembled.

Here are some photos of my sister and another alternative version of a page kit.  Also photos of us, our table mates and the volunteers.  These classes can't run with out these ladies, if ever you want assist with an event, Quick Quotes makes it worthwhile.

Here's one final picture of all my goodies with which I came home.  So many kits, lots of product from the crop and prizes, prizes, prizes!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  Don't forget to plan a Quick Quotes Event or Workshop in 2018!  It is worth every penny and if you can bring along a friend, it is a guaranteed great time.

Alicia

Mai Tai Tropical layout

Hello dear readers, today I am showing off another layout for  The Awesome Ladies Project.  This one is about food inspiring your layout.  I just took this photo last month...looks so tropical doesn't it, it's amazing what 3 weeks will do to the weather.  It seems like it is nothing but cold and rainy now.  So the perfect day to revisit this lovely drink and dinner outside on a warm October evening.

 

I pulled out some really old papers from The Storytellers Club.  I found some glittery "orange" bling (aren't they cute?) and regular orange bling.

The die cuts and journal card are from The Storytellers Club collection.  I was a member for a couple of years, so I have quite a stash.  I had this collection organized in my food section, so it a breeze to find.  I am using some seriously old letters, too.

Ingredients:

The Storytellers Club papers and die cuts

Kiwi Lane templates

orange brads and gems

very old die cut letters

fiber/mesh

card stock

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

http://archiscraps.blogspot.ca/2017/11/november-challenge.html until 11/30x

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper.html until 11/30x

If you want to explore more about the The Awesome Ladies Project there are some free workshops available to get started, or if you want to explore more about food check out the November workshop.

Thanks for stopping by!

Alicia

Lasting Memories November Guest Designer

Hello, today I am guest designing at Lasting Memories Layout Challenge blog .  I am still working on my wedding album.  I was very pleased with how this layout turned out.  The vellum was a delicate addition for a bridal layout and white sequins were a perfect touch.

Recipe:

twine/thread

sequins

labels

die cuts

solid card stock

vellum

Here you can see the twine I used in the button holes and the sequins.  I like to fill my sequins with a drop of stickles or the like.  

Here's my Spellbinders label framing the title.

I die cut the vellum to let the solid card stock peek through.  

Ingredients:

Bazzill card stock

white and shimmer card stock

embossing folder

vellum

fiber and sequins with pearl accents

Tim Holtz/Sizzix die cut

Cricut Art Nouveau font

Spellbinders label die

Jolee's wedding gown

buttons

lace and twine

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.ca/2017/11/really-reasonable-ribbon-challenge-175.html until 11/15x

For more recipes don't forget to play along at Lasting Memories Layout Challenge blog this month!

Alicia

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Dessert, Awesome Ladies Project November Guest Designer

This month I am guest designer for the scrapbooking site, The Awesome Ladies Project.  Kristin at ALP host a monthly themed class.  November is Food, I will be documenting different food ideas through several projects.  The first prompt has to deal with the food we eat.  I created a standard 12x12 layout but added several out of the box techniques.

First I mixed Distress stains with modeling paste and stenciled the mixture to create some texture on my chevron paper.  I stenciled behind where I intended my photo strip would be placed. 

 I also stenciled a small section at the bottom of the page.  I used some mushroom postal stamps I purchased on ebay for embellishments.

I adhered my 2x2 photos on 3 sides leaving the top open as a pocket for the tags.  I created a tag for each photo telling a story about the food in the picture.  I tried to cover a lot of the foods I eat at home regularly.  

Ingredients:

American Craft chevron paper

Creative Memories stickers

Distress stains Frayed Burlap and Ground Espresso

light modeling paste

Huey's mask Bubbles

Prima and Recollections buttons

Mushroom stamps

Our Daily Bread Designs stitched oval die

ribbon (green), twine and tags

Distress ink Antique Linen

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.ca/2017/11/really-reasonable-ribbon-challenge-175.html until 11/15x

https://mixitupchallenge.blogspot.ca/2017/11/miucb-7-anything-goes-stenciling.html until 11/30x

If you want to explore more about the The Awesome Ladies Project there are some free workshops available to get started, or if you want to explore more about food check out the November workshop.

Thanks for stopping by!

Alicia

Autumn layout

Hello, Alicia here today with a scrapbook layout.  I recently purchased some flocking at a crafty sale and knew immediately I wanted to use it on the tree and leaves from the Karen Burniston Tree Pop Up die set.  I also wanted to use it in a different way than the pop up card.  I decided on a layout with a pop up tree. 

I used the Tutti Designs Nesting Banner dies set

to create a bold title.  I added texture by turning up the corners with a pencil.  I also inked all the edges for a distressed look.

I cut dozens of leaves then covered them with my own autumn flocking mix using gold, orange and red.  I added them to the tree, the banner, and the "ground" beneath the tree.

I created a double layered strip with paper matching the tree trunk.  I trimmed it to the shape of the tree.  I scored and designed a fold gluing the back of the strip to the back of the page.  I layered pop dots to support the upper portion of the tree.

Dies R Us Products:

Tutti Designs Nesting Banner dies

Karen Burniston Tree Pop Up dies

other ingredients:
flocking
The Storytellers Club paper
Kiwi Lane Mini Madison Ave template
misc papers
felt letters

Come join in all of the fun at the Dies R Us Challenge Blog.  There's a new challenge theme offered on the 1st and 15th of each month and one lucky randomly drawn winner will receive a gift voucher prize to the Dies R Us Store.  For your convenience, all the important Dies R Us links are provided below.

click below for:

STORE 
 CHALLENGE BLOG
  FACEBOOK
  INSIRATION BLOG

FRIENDS OF DIES R US PINTEREST PAGE

I would like to enter this in the following challenge:

http://challengeupyourlife.blogspot.com/2017/10/challenge-78-die-cuts until 11/7x

http://daranddiane.blogspot.com/2017/11/feeling-fallish-challenge.html  until 11/12x

http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/2017/11/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper.html until 11/30x

Thanks so much!

Alicia