Paperwishes Blog Hop

Welcome to the Paper Wishes*BLOG HOP - we are so glad you are here to help us celebrate World Card Making Day! Some card making day trivia for you:
Today, card making is a worldwide hobby, especially popular in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland and the United States.
1 in 6 U.S. households participates in making cards
86% of scrapbookers also create handmade cards
92% of paper crafters create cards more than any other type of project

Be sure to check out all the blogs in this blog hop, as well as visit the Paper Wishes message board*as there are lots of things going on there today, all sponsored by Paper Wishes, with some great prize packages! You don’t want to miss a chance to win!

To win a prize package of Paper Wishes products: leave a comment on ALL THE BLOGS by noon, Eastern time on Sunday, October 7 and a random drawing will be done to choose the winner.

So on with the fun – it doesn’t matter where you start the blog hop, just see where you are on the list and make sure you visit them all and leave some sweetness behind!

Participants:

 Penny at Penny's Page
Nancy at Nancy's Creative Space
Michelle at Precious Thoughts-----you are here!
Patti Prince at Crafty Patti's Cards
Robin at Red Robin Lane
Jackie at Jackie's Cards & Stuff
Cheryl at Cher-ing Paper Memories
Sam at Never try to teach a pig to sing


This year's theme for the blog hop is gardening. I chose the 3D Flower Template to highlight on my card. I used the daisy & leaf on the template which I cut from Sara's Bohemain Papers.

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to leave a comment on all the blogs for a chance to win!

Some new cards

It's been a while since I put anything new up on my blog but real life has been getting in the way!! I've been working on other projects too but more about those later.
I have fun playing with the Chocolate dipped & Cherry on top card kits from Paperwishes and here are some of the results.

I'm back!!

I've been neglecting my blog recently so I've gotten my act together and here are some recent cards. I'm loving the steampunk and also the kraft card look at the moment. Using papers from my fave company Paperwishes here is a card I made, thanks for looking!

World Card Making Day

Welcome to the Paper Wishes (http://www.paperwishes.com/?ptpsalt) BLOG HOP -   we are so glad you are here to help us celebrate World Card Making Day!   Some card making day trivia for you:

• Today, card making is a worldwide hobby, especially popular in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom & Ireland, and the United States.
• 1 in 6 U.S. households participates in making cards
• 86% of scrapbookers also create handmade cards
• 92% of paper crafters create cards more than any other type of project

Be sure to check out all the blogs in this blog hop, as well as visit the Paper Wishes message board (http://forum.paperwishes.com/) as there are tons of things going on there today, all sponsored by Paper Wishes, with loads and loads of great prize packages!  You don’t want to miss a chance to win!

This blog hop gives you TWO ways to win!!!

First – leave a comment on ALL THE BLOGS and a random drawing will be done to choose the winner, who will get a prize package from Paper Wishes.

Second – play H.O.T.P. (Hot Off The Press) bingo with us. 

·         Visit each blogger on the blog hop to find their bingo square.  (Make a note of the blog name for each square too!)

·          Click on this link to find the official BINGO CARD (http://forum.paperwishes.com/showthread.php?p=32493#post32493). (If you aren’t a member of the Paper Wishes message board yet, you are not only missing loads of fun but you may need to register to access the bingo card!)

·         To win, you will need to make a bingo (4 squares in a row, horizontal, vertical or diagonal) by doing what it shows in each square.  There are some free squares; there are some where you just have to post something specific on the message board, and there are some that tell you to use something.  Where it tells you to USE something, that means to make a project (any kind of papercrafting project – a card, an ATC, a bookmark, a tag, etc.) with the item listed in that square.

·         When you have your BINGO ready, follow these directions: 

o   Go to the Paper Wishes Message Board and click on “post reply” on THIS THREAD (http://forum.paperwishes.com/showthread.php?t=2297).

o   In your reply tell us the four squares you are using for your bingo. 

o   Tell us the square number AND the name of the blog for any squares you are using that were mentioned on a blog.

o   Post the items for each square in your reply, including a picture of the project you made for any square with directions to USE something.

·         We will randomly select a winner from all the correct bingo entries!  Be sure that we have either your blog address or your email so that we know how to contact you if you are a winner!!! 

·         Your bingo must be posted to the Paper Wishes message board not later than midnight Sunday October 2nd U.S. eastern time to be eligible for the prize drawing!

The BINGO SQUARE FOR THIS BLOG IS:   H2

Here are all the participating blogs for this blog hop:

Nancy  (http://www.nancyscreativespace.blogspot.com)

Penny (http://www.pennydouph.blogspot.com/)

Michelle  (http://preciousthoughtscards.blogspot.com) You are here!

Robin (http://redrobinlane-rgcarr.blogspot.com/)

Patti (http://pattiscards.blogspot.com/)

Cheryl (http://cheringpapermemories.blogspot.com/)

Sam (http://unteachablepig.blogspot.com)

So on with the fun – it doesn’t matter where you start the blog hop, just see where you are on the list above and make sure you visit them all and leave some sweetness behind!

Here's my card, there is a food theme this year so I used some embellies I had with some gorgeous PW papers(my biggest weakness), ribbons & of course dazzles to finish it off!

Papercutz Challenge

I spotted this challenge on a blog Papercutz Challenge that I designed for when it first started and being my favourite colors of course I couldn't resist! The colors are Black, Pink and White so I remade a card that I had made for a contest on the PaperWishes Message Board last year. It's a card that I was very happy with & use very often with a few tweaks!! 

Bleaching Technique

Here's two recent cards that I made using the bleaching technique for challenges on the Paperwishes Message Board. I love using this technique & waiting to see image appear!

Easter Card

I've just realised that I haven't updated my blog in ages, I've made a few cards recently but this one I'm really happy with. I love this stamp as it has proved to be very versatile. I definitely think that stamping is my thing at the moment I love doing it and especially colouring in the images.