Secret Sister Blog Hop

Click  HERE to take a peak at my SVG Attic Design Team Monday project.

Merry Christmas and thank you for stopping by our hop today as we reveal the wonderful projects we have made for our "Secret Sisters". With blog hopping and crafting, we have all become sisters. What was done -- those of us were interested we given a "Secret Sister"  to craft something special. Not only do we have a Secret Sister but we also gave some "hints" as to Our Favorite Things. How special is that. Now, ssshhhhhh, please don't tell our Secret Sisters as it hasn't been revealed yet as to who has who while you hop along with us!!!!

I'm the beginning of the hop so you've started at the right place and please continue on to my dear friend Lynne's blog but please check out what my gift is before you do that. : )

In case, you get lost along the way and need a GPS here's the complete lineup!

1. Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com
2. Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
3. Susan - http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
4. Tami - http://tamboscreations.blogspot.com/
5. CallyAnn http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
6. Janet Smith - http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
7. Inga Klaus http://mommahobbit.blogspot.com/
8. Sherry Brown-  www.patternsbysher.blogspot.com/
9. Rhonda Helm http://craftingwithblue.blogspot.com

This is what I made my Secret Sister...
I wanted to do something with beads since I like beading as much as paper crafts so I made this poinsettia ornament.

Here is a little something to go along with my ornament. I was Joann's awhile back and fell in love with these stamps. They're just the right size for an A2 card.

I have a card too but forgot to get a picture of that. Oops. I hope my Secret Sister enjoys her special gifts.
Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, Good Tidings to You and Yours from Jearise in Lorby's World.

Don't forget about the blog candy as you hop on over to Lynne's.

Secret Santa Blog Hop

Welcome to the Secret Santa Blog Hop on Dec 3rd, 2011. Come hop along with the talented ladies who decided to join this hop and surprise their partner with a great project.  We’re super excited to be doing this hop together! We hope to give you some great ideas and inspiration through out this amazing blog hop.

To be eligible to win 1 of the five grand prizes, which is 10$ worth of files at Creative Kuts, you MUST:

1) Go through the entire blog hop and leave a comment on EVERYONE'S post.

2) Become a FOLLOWER of everyone's blog including Creative Kuts blog which can be found here @ http://www.creativekuts.blogspot.com/

3) Visit Creative Kuts Store (you will need to do this to meet the last requirement) @ http://creativekuts.com/ .

4) You MUST visit my blog and leave a comment on my blog for the day and also become a follower at "Scrapping With Lisa" and my facebook page:. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scrapping-with-Lisa/130882060268842. 

5.) At the end of the day you will end at Creative Kuts @ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Creative-Kuts/130937843644274?sk=wall. You will need to leave them a comment stating you have made it through the entire hop and you will also need to leave in your comment what is your favorite pattern set in their store.

Be sure to hop through the entire hop to be eligible for the grand prizes, as well as all the other blog candy throughout! We hope you all enjoy this hop and find a lot of great ideas, inspiration, and most of all have loads of fun!!

Here is the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way.

Lisa P- http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
Carla T- http://racincrafts.blogspot.com/
Shannon - http://www.purplelionpaper.com/blog
Shawnee - http://www.blessedonthebrightside.com
CallyAnn- http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
Tami McD - http://tamboscreations.blogspot.com
Linda T - http://www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com
Barbara B- http://barbarab3.blogspot.com/
Jackie - http://papermoments.blogspot.com
Sher- www.http://patternsbysher.blogspot.com
Janet- http://createatdreamscrapbooks.blogspot.com
Sam: http://scrappingwithpirkie.blogspot.com/
Carol H - http://huffandpuffscrap.blogspot.com/
Lisa T. - http://bitbythecricutbug.blogspot.com
Mickie - www.littlescrapcorner.blogspot.com
Theresa D:http://scrappinginheels.blogspot.com
Rachelle- http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com
Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

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Welcome and Merry Christmas.
I can't tell you who I'm secret Santa for but I can give you a peak at the gift I am whisking away to them...
I made this ornament for her tree.

But I had to go ahead and buy her something to scrap with too. I just fell in love with these stamps and may go back to Joann's to buy myself some.

I figured since I made the ornament that I needed to make a box and tag. The box with it's embellishment came from SCGCuts.com and the tag came from a holiday tags and stamp set by Inkadinkado.

I drew the design on the ornament and colored the top of the ornament with metallic markers.

 The green paper for the star is ColorBok pearlescent paper and the yellow star background is yellow glitter paper and I painted glitter Mod Podge on the blue overlay for the star. The whole bag is very sparkly but you can't really tell in any of the pictures. Sorry.

Thank you for stopping by and seeing my creations for a very special lady. I am wishing you all a very merry Christmas full of secret Santas and special gifts. Jearise in Lorby's World.

I'm at the end of the blog hop so you can take a break and go refill your hot coco and head on over to Creative Kuts. : )

"All About Winter" Blog Hop

Welcome to the "All About Winter" Blog Hop!!

We're so happy you could join us for this super-fun hop showcasing cards, layouts and projects that feature everything fun about snow, ice, and cold!!  You'll find an array of ideas throughout the hop -- We hope you'll enjoy each and every project along the way!!

If you've hopped over from INSERT NAME/LINK of person BEFORE YOU, then you are in the right place!!  If you've just popped in to visit my blog or are reading this via email and you'd like to join our All-About-Winter  FUN, then please CLICK HERE (http://www.memoriesintyme.blogspot.com/) to start at the beginning with Lynda's blog!!  Keep alert for blog candy along the way as some hop stops will be offering some goodies...

For the hop today, I've created a snowflake card with the sediment "Dashing through the Snow." Even though, I live in sunny Tucson, Arizona now, I grew up in the cold and blowing winter snows of Michigan so I know what it's like to bundle up in layers of clothes to the point you can't walk and you hope you don't have to go the bathroom for hours.

I love our winters in Tucson but I miss snow and playing in it. I always looked forward and was hopeful for the first snow to come on Thanksgiving and was thrilled to have fresh snow come Christmas day but by the time the middle of January rolled around - cabin fever had set in.

Paper - K&Company Yuletide cardstock
Stamps - Oriental Trading sentiment and Scrappy Cat snowflakes
Red Glitter Embossing Powder - Stampendous!
A2 card I came up with using my eClips machine
Cutout Snowflake - from eSCAL shapeds library

Thank you again for checking out my project...  Now hop on over to Nancy's blog.

Girlie Girl Blog Hop

Click here for CHRISTMAS JOY LAYOUT AND BIG NEWS 

Welcome to the Girlie-Girl Blog Hop, where all things girlie girl will be seen. Each person has their own interpretation of what girlie girl means so this hop should be fun.

Lorby's World is our hostess for this hop so please begin the hop at her blog: (which is right here and right now) and continue through from there.

I will be giving away a $10 gift card to winner's choice of Michael's or Joann's. Rules to be in the drawing: 1. Comment on all the blogs. (These ladies have put a lot of time and effort into their projects so show them the love.) 2. Become a follower on Lorby's World blog.

Here is a complete line up:

Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/
Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/
Sam - http://scrappingwithpirkie.blogspot.com/
Theresa - http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com
Linda - http://www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com/
Gina - http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/
Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Kristen - http://huneebcreations.blogspot.com/
Barbara - http://barbarab3.blogspot.com/
Gill - http://creationsbygillm.blogspot.com/
Lynda - http://memoriesintyme.blogspot.com

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I decided to do one of my explosion boxes. I just love the paper. It's so, well, girlie girl. 

The paper is K&Company Watercolor bouquet.

The explosion box file comes from SVGCuts.

Each saying I embossed in gold ink and comes from a stamp set by Fisker.

I curled the pedals on all the little flowers. That was time consuming but so worth it. I also added gold embossing to each journal tag.

Thank you so much for stopping by and now please continue on to see what girlie girl treat Ashley has in store for you.

Christmas Joy Layout using SVGAttic files

Click for  GIRLIE GIRL BLOG HOP 

Please I am just so excited this morning! Why, you ask? I am one of the newest members of the design team for SVGAttic. I love their files and they work great on both my Cricut Expression and my Sizzix eClips. The newest version of SCAL (eSCAL) which is for the eClips, arrived on my doorstop on Monday.

The December challenge at SVG attic is asking that us crafters get creative with the colors: red/green/pink/blue and white. Head over to SVG attic see all the rules and to get in on the fun!

Here is my design team project...

The lovely ornaments and snowflakes come from the ALL THE TRIMMINGS at SVG attic. There is even an adorable penguin and a drum-a-rum-rum in the set plus more.

Bazzill cardstock in purple for the background
K&Company Wintertide paper for the ornaments, words, and second layer of the snowflakes
DCWV premium glitter stack was used for the top layer of the snowflakes which were cut at 4 inches, 3.5 inches, and 3 inches
Words "Christmas Joy" were TTF Frenchscript which I welded together in Inkscape and cut at 2 inches.

Stickles glitter was used for the middle of each snowflake and the design in each corner of each page
ColorBox ink in gold was used for the ornament top and around the outside edges of each ornament.

Thank you for stopping by today and if you have any questions or comments, please leave them. I love to hear from my followers and friends.

Jearise in Lorby's World

Hello Kitty Invite

Yesterday I was in a wonderful blog hop entitled Hello Kitty's Christmas Party hosted by Lynne from My Craftines.
My daughter is celebrating her birthday this month and the theme is Hello Kitty. In yesterday's blog hop, I showed off cupcake Hello Kitty toppers I made and a Hello Kitty button pin for the birthday girl. Here is the link if you would like to check them out: Hello Kitty's Christmas Party. I am now working on the invites for the party and would like to share what I have created for those.

Here is my invite. I used the cute little kitty head that I used on the cupcake toppers and in the button pin.

I used cream card stock and printed out the words "It's a Hello Kitty Birthday Party!" I then used my Cuddlebug to add the snowflake embossing. I found that I could emboss two pieces of card stock at the same time. This saved time since I had to emboss 20 of these.

 I bought a value pack of note cards from The Paper Studio and used them instead of making cards. I then cut my background paper at 5.25 x 3.75. I used ColorBox red chalk ink to put around the outside of the inside card stock. I waited to do the ink chalking until after I finished the embossing. I could have done it before but you get a different look when you do it afterwards. I added the little bow just because I thought the card needed something extra.

Thanks for stopping by today and checking out my kitty. A special thank you to Lynne for letting me invade her blog space.

Hugs from Jearise in Lorby's World.

Hello Kitty's Christmas Party

Welcome to the Hello Kitty Hop! It's the day after Thanksgiving and Hello Kitty is out shopping to give all her good friends presents whether it be cat nip <hehe> or something super special. Hop along with us while Hello Kitty is getting herself ready for the holiday season whether it be decorating the tree, wrapping presents, or just looking dog gone kitty cute! If you came from Kari's blog then you are in the right place but if you happened upon my blog then you need to start at the beginning at Lynne's blog,  Here's the list of links so you don't get lost along the way -- just follow the tinsel as we decorate the town with Hello Kitty!

Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Ashley - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com
Susan - http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
Shannon - http://www.purplelionpaper.com/blog
Kari - http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/
Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/
CallyAnn-http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
Tami - http://tamboscreations.blogspot.com


For our blog candy we are offering four - 5-incb Hello Kitty cuts for you to complete as your own which include a snowman, Christmas tree, Hello Kitty elf, and Hello Kitty all dressed in her new winter coat with antlers for those who stop and leave a comment each hop along the way!!!

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I am so excited because I am planning a Hello Kitty birthday party for my daughter that will be turning 7 on December 3rd. Awhile ago, I showed a Hello Kitty rosette for a party decoration and now for this hop I have finished 30 birthday cupcake toppers and a birthday pin button for the birthday star.

I used one of the cut outs that I made using my Cricut Expression and SCAL. I used Christmas paper in the background of the button.

I also used this cut out for the cupcake toppers.













Now that's a lot of little Hello Kitty heads. : )












I used purple course glitter glue for the bow and fine pink glitter for the  nose.








I hope you've had a fun time looking at my Hello Kitty party favors and please leave comments and ask questions. I love to hear from those that check out my blog or are my followers.

Your next stop is Cally Ann's blog.

Jearise in Lorby's World