Gossamer Blue January Blog Hop

Hello and Welcome to January's Gossamer Blue blog hop. I'm here with two brand new cards that I created with goodies from the kits.

As you know, I adore Crate Paper's products. I was so excited to use the Kiss Kiss line goodies that came with this month's kits. Now that Valentine's Day is soon upon us, I decided that I needed to start creating some cards. I love how these two turned out.

I started off with cream colored cardstock and began layering. 

On this card, I used some chipboard and layered it onto a die cut. I love the gold 'love tag,' so I added that to the top. I placed that gold heart Thicker on top to finish it off.

This card began with one of the American Crafts tags. I added a chipboard flower, another tag and  die cut. The crinkled seam binding and twine came from my stash. I love using it on these romantic cards.


Thanks for stopping by today. Be sure to visit the rest of the team to see all of the great inspiration they have for you!

http://anabelleom.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Anabelle O'Malley

http://sweetpapertreats.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Brenda Weaver

http://danielleflanders.blogspot.it/" target="_blank">Danielle Flanders

http://www.dianepayne.typepad.com/" target="_blank">Diane Payne

http://justem.typepad.com" target="_blank">Emily Spahn

http://erintaylor718.blogspot.it/" target="_blank">Erin Taylor

http://www.eyoung-craft.blogspot.it/" target="_blank">Eunyoung Lee

http://thespottedleopard.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Heather Leopard

http://talkaboutpriceless.blogspot.it/" target="_blank">Jessica Lohof

http://www.jillkeller.blogspot.it/" target="_blank">Jill Keller

http://www.simplebydesignblog.com/" target="_blank">Joy Taylor

http://neverlandcrafts.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Katie Ehmann

http://laurarahel.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Laura Rahel Crosby

http://www.analog-paper.com/blog">Maria Lacuesta

http://melblackburn.blogspot.ca" target="_blank">Melanie Blackburn

http://michellewooderson.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Michelle Wooderson

http://s-phototime.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Michiko Kato

http://thurstonpost.blogspot.it/" target="_blank">Rebecca Luminarias

http://www.sabrinaalery.com/" target="_blank">Sabrina Alery

http://thepinkcouch.blogspot.it" target="_blank">Tara Anderson

http://www.vanessadocumented.com/" target="_blank">Vanessa Perry

Burlap Gift Bags

Brr...it's been cold out. I absolutely hate the winter and right now is my least favorite time of the year. I am definitely counting the days down until Memorial Day and SUMMER!

To keep my sanity, I'm going to try and dedicate more time to this blog. So, here's a new project. Actually, I made them a while ago, but hadn't gotten around to posting them here...

I got the cute bags from Michael's and created the tags using lots of goodies from Notes and Things and Maggie Holmes' Open Book line

I wanted to use the sweet leaves and flowers from the die cut sets. Each tag has a smaller tag, the leaves, a brad and gold bow.

 These are the perfect little treat bags. They will easily hold a gift card, a small bit of candy or maybe even a piece of jewelry.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for letting me share one of my favorite recent creations with you!

Elf Magic

It may be January, but I'm still knee deep in December pictures and memories! I have a fun layout to share with you today. In December, we have Buddy the Elf who comes and visits each day. He leaves Ryan a note and sometimes a little treat. Ryan just loves Buddy. Getting him out of bed is a lot easier when he's around. (Lord help me now that it's January...) Anyway, I knew I wanted to do a page about Buddy and the Get Happy line from Gossamer Blue was the perfect collection to use!

I used the Gossamer Blue sketch for December, so this page came together really easily! You can see the sketch HERE and play along with the challenge. (You have until January  and can win a $10 GC to Gossamer Blue.)

I loved adding little bits and pieces to this page to break up the bold lines. I used some of the epoxy stars, die cuts, wood stars and paint splatters.

The colors in this collection are so fun. Even though we are past Christmas, I can see myself using this line again and again.

Thanks for stopping by!

Season's Givings Blog Hop Winner

Just wanted to pop on and announce the winner of my blog Hop....

Congrats to CONNIE G, who posted on January 1 at 5:16 pm.

Please email me and send me your address so I can get your goodies out to you.
Thank you to everyone who stopped by and for all of your kind words!

Season's Givings Blog Hop 2015

Hello and Happy New Year! Thanks for stopping by. I am so excited to be a part of the Season's Givings Blog Hop again this year. The purpose of the blog hop is to thank readers for taking the time to stop by and visit. I truly appreciate all who visit my little corner of the blogosphere. Be sure to visit and comment on as many blogs as you can so you can be entered to win a prize!

Today, I'm sharing a few of my Christmas projects that I created this year. I love giving them out to friends and family members.

My first project is a tag set. I used lots of the Bo Bunny Christmas line on these.

Next is this card. There's more Bo Bunny, some Pebbles and some Studio Calico cork stars.

Finally, here is a gift card envelope that I made with, you guessed it, Bo Bunny! (I loved their line this year, can you tell?) I added some Glitz and some Webster's Pages, as well. To make the envelope, I found one that I had, undid it and used it as a pattern to trace. So easy!

I punched the back flap, added more stickers and I was done. 

I love how it turned out. Speaking of love, I decided to create a Valentine's kit as my giveaway today. Leave me a comment by midnight EST on January 5 and I will pick a winner. 

Here is everything you will get...

And here are some close up shots. The kit includes 6 by 6 Crate Papers.

Doilies and stickers from Pebbles..

Simple Stories Life's Pages cards, Pebbles and Maya Road chipboard, and Elle's Studio tags.

And also, Dear Lizzy trim, American Crafts gems and Gossamer Blue wood veneers,

Be sure to stop by the other blogs that are on the hop for loads of chances to win! Your next stop is the sweet and talented Megan Hoeppner. http://www.meganhoeppner.com/blog 

Here are the rest of the stops, as well.

Season's Givings Blog Hop Participants

1.	Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L	46.	Keri Lee Sereika	91.	Loretta Lock
2.	Lawn Fawn	47.	Jocelyn Olson	92.	Meihsia Liu
3.	Spellbinders Paper Arts	48.	Julee Tilman	93.	Sarah Martina Parker
4.	Reverse Confetti	49.	Michelle Woerner	94.	Angeline Choo
5.	Clearsnap	50.	Lori McAree	95.	Christine Emberson
6.	Ice Resin	51.	Theresa Momber	96.	Karen Hightower
7.	My Favorite Things	52.	Anita Autore	97.	Sabrina Alery
8.	Technique Tuesday	53.	Melody Rupple	98.	Debbie Seyer
9.	Paper Smooches	54.	Sean Fetterman	99.	Dana Joy
10.	Sweet & Sassy Stamps	55.	Bunny Vance	100.	Cat Tidwell
11.	Stamp Simply Ribbon Store	56.	Tricia Traxler	101.	Deborah Saaranen
12.	Avocado Arts	57.	Lisa Arana	102.	Ceal Pritchett
13.	A Jillian Vance Design	58.	Lorena Cantó	103.	Lisa Lara
14.	Latina Crafter	59.	Amy Tsuruta	104.	Colleen Schaan
15.	Die-Versions	60.	Jodi Collins	105.	Anabelle O'Malley
16.	Unity Stamp Company	61.	Tenia Nelson	106.	Megan Hoeppner
17.	Splitcoaststampers	62.	Kelly Klapstein	107.	Monika Davis
18.	Verve Stamps	63.	Jill Cornell	108.	Marisa Ritzen
19.	Latisha Yoast	64.	Emily Leiphart	109.	Wanda Guess
20.	AJ Otto	65.	Becky Williams	110.	Jenny Peterson
21.	Vera Yates	66.	Margie Higuchi	111.	Annette Allen
22.	Julia Stainton	67.	Lee Ann Barrett	112.	Gracie Chavez
23.	Judy Hayes	68.	Lisa Hoel	113.	Christina Griffiths
24.	Kim Watson	69.	Heather Campbell	114.	Niki G.
25.	Yana Smakula	70.	Lisa Henke	115.	Kristi Schurr
26.	Chari Moss	71.	Sheri Holt	116.	Jennifer Ingle
27.	Taheerah Atchia	72.	Michele Kovack	117.	Karolyn Loncon
28.	Shemaine Smith	73.	Ashley Harris	118.	Camille Robinson
29.	Emily Spahn	74.	Sharon Harnist	119.	Lindsey M-P
30.	Kimberly Crawford	75.	Lori Craig	120.	Kathy Clement
31.	Lee Murphy	76.	Nicole Nowosad	121.	Maria Levine
32.	Lovely Linda	77.	Laurel Beard	122.	Savitri Wilder
33.	Laura Williams	78.	Michele Boyer	123.	Savannah O'Gwynn
34.	Lori Tecler	79.	Christiana Reuling	124.	Teresa Horner
35.	Chaitali Narla	80.	Laurie Schmidlin	125.	Laurel Seabrook
36.	Darsie Bruno	81.	Jennifer Priest	126.	Libby Hickson
37.	Lydia Fiedler	82.	Stacey Schafer	127.	Yvonne Van de Grijp
38.	Giovana Smith	83.	Heidi Blankenship	128.	Alice Wertz
39.	Teri Anderson	84.	Heather Pulvirenti	129.	Leigh Penner
40.	Beth Pingry	85.	Anita Madden	130.	Lisa Lee
41.	Dina Kowal	86.	Gloria Stengel	131.	Tina McDonald
42.	Daniela Dobson	87.	Sarah Gough	132.	Nina Yang
43.	Lisa Adametz	88.	Rachel Kleinman	133.	Angel Johns
44.	Piali Biswas	89.	Natalie Dever
45.	Kelli Green	90.	Lorine Mason

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Remember, leave me a comment by midnight EST on January 5 for a chance to win this giveaway. Thanks for stopping by!

January Gossamer Blue Spreads

Happy New Year! Hope the holidays were wonderful for you. They certainly were for me. We spent a couple of weeks surrounded by friends and family. I am truly blessed.

Gossamer Blue's January Kits are now live. You can see them here. They are wonderful for both Valentine's Day, as well as for every day themes.

Here are the spreads I created with the kits. This first one uses just the Life's Pages Main kit. The colors are really fun!

I added some of the printables on this page. I love adding stitching to them. One of my new favorite tools is my old electric typewriter. It's been sitting in my mom's basement for a LONG time. Well, I got it out, bought a new ribbon and have started using it on my pages. I love the way it looks. 

This next spread uses a mix of several of the kits. I used some of the cards from LP Add on 3. I also used a lot of the Dear Lizzy goodies that came with the kits this year.

Be sure to head over to the Gossamer Blue Gallery and see what everyone created! Thanks for stopping by.