Oh Christmas Tree Blog Hop

Welcome to the Oh Christmas Tree Blog Hop, brought to you by the design teams of Made Especially For You and Red Carpet Studio!

Today the design teams of Made Especially For You and Red Carpet Studio have teamed up to share with you all sorts of Christmas tree projects to help you get ready for the Christmas season!

 If you're looking to start at the beginning of the hop, please visit Ashley's blog. If you've come from Tara's blog, you're in the right place!

For today's hop, I made this 2 page Christmas layout, with the tree being the main focus aside from the photos. I was trying to do some different styles and follow some sketches, but I'm not too sure how much I really like any. Any hoo... here it is. 

We have some wonderful sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment on every stop of the hop!

Paper Piecings by Nikki
$15 Gift Certificate

SK Digis

$6 worth of digital stamps

Participants have through Sunday evening to hop. The winners of the blog candy will be announced on Made Especially For You on Tuesday December 18th. Please make sure to leave your contact information when commenting to be eligible to win!

Your next stop is Beverly's blog. Here's the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com
Tonya - http://scrappingfunwithtonya.blogspot.com/
Cyndy - http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com
Tara - http://craftindesertdivas.blogspot.com/
Kristy - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com
Beverly - http://creationsofmykind.blogspot.com/
Robin - http://www.thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com
Candice - http://stampinpearls.blogspot.com/
Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com
Sandra - http://crea-sandra.blogspot.com/
Eileen - http://scrappingactuary.blogspot.com
Dawn- http://dawnsworldnz.blogspot.com 
Anneliese - http://queen-of-the-crop.blogspot.com/

Laura - http://scrappinaroundtheclock.blogspot.ca

Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com
Jessica - http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com

Happy Hopping!

MEFY Sketch Challenge

Hey, Hey, Hey... It's Monday!!

It's sketch time at Made Especially For You! I LOVE sketches, as you all know, and that is this week's challenge.

Here is the sketch



This week our challenge is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps

Winner will receive 7 images of their choice.

Here is my card for this week.

Ingredients

Paper - DCWV Patterned Paper &Coredinations Cardstock

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations

Digital Stamp - Bugaboo 

Tim Holtz Puff Embossing Powder

Jaded Blossom stamps 

Misc: Pearls & bling

Be sure to  head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

Happy Scrappin', 

Kristy 

MEFY Christmas Challenge!

Hey, Hey, Hey... It's Monday! That means it's time for another Made Especially For You challenge!!

This weeks' challenge is to create a card using a Christmas Die Cut. This should give you all a boost on those Christmas cards that need to be sent out very soon!!

This week our challenge is being sponsored by Whimsical Designs

Here is my card for this week.

Ingredients

Paper - Studio G 

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations

Stamp - Jaded Blossin 

Trendy Twine

Be sure to  head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

Happy Scrappin', 

Kristy 

MEFY Shaped Card Challenge

Happy Monday to you all!!

This week's challenge over on the Made Especially For You blog is to create a shaped card; it can be any shape other than a square. This was such a super fun challenge this week! I hope it will be for all of you as well.

First, out sponsor this week is  Meljens Designs



Winner will receive 4 images of their choice.

Now, let's take a peek at my shaped card.

Ingredients

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations "Snow Much Fun"

Paper - Kraft Cardstock

Peachy Keen - Everyday Faces 

Pink by Design - Simply Everything 

So, be sure to head on over to the Made Especially For You Blog and link up your card using this week's color combo.

Happy Scrappin'

Kristy 

Made Especially For You Sketch Challenge

Happy Monday! Today's challenge over at Made Especially For You is a sketch challenge. Yep, one of my favorite challenges!!

This week's challenge is being sponsored by - Bugaboo Stamps


One winner will win 7 images of their choice.

So, be sure to head on over to the Made Especially For You Blog and link up your card using this week's theme/challenge.

Now, let's take a peek at this week's sketch.

Here is my card for this week.

I apolgozie to all who have stopped by to see my card. My Dad was in the hospital last week, and I completely forgot to upload my card to the scheduled post. Whoops!! 

Don't forget to head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

As Always - Gettin' Scrappy with It, 

Kristy

Turkey Toe Blog Hop

Welcome to the Turkey Toe Blog Hop, brought to you by the design teams of Made Especially For You and Red Carpet Studio!

Today the design teams of Made Especially For You and Red Carpet Studio have teamed up to share with you all sorts of turkey-themed projects to help you get ready for Thanksgiving!

 If you've come from Candice's blog - http://stampinpearls.blogspot.com/, you're in the right place. 

Today I made this super cute turkey card to share with all of you. 

Turkey SVG - Scraptastical Kreations 

Paper: Recollections Kraft Cardstock 

Misc: Button & Ribbon

We also have some wonderful sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment on every stop of the hop!

Paper Piecings by Nikki
$15 Gift Certificate

My Thoughts Exactly

$15 Gift Certificate

Floppy Latte Designs

$10 Gift Certificate

Prize Package from Scrappin' Fab Pam

Participants have through Sunday evening to hop. The winners of the blog candy will be announced on Made Especially For You on Tuesday November 13th. Please make sure to leave your contact information when commenting to be eligible to win!

Your next stop is Dawn's blog http://dawnsworldnz.blogspot.com/. 

Here's the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com
Robin - http://www.thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com
Chas - http://scrapinlizards.blogspot.com/
Eileen - http://scrappingactuary.blogspot.com
Tara - http://craftindesertdivas.blogspot.com/
Stephanie J - http://sthom97093.blogspot.com/
Candice - http://stampinpearls.blogspot.com/

Kristy - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com
Dawn - http://dawnsworldnz.blogspot.com/

Laura - http://scrappinaroundtheclock.blogspot.ca
Cyndy - http://arcyscraps.blogspot.com

Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com
Jessica - http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com

Happy Hopping!

MEFY Thanksgiving Card Challenge

Happy Monday!!

Did you all remember to set your clocks back?? I know I sure enjoyed that extra hour of sleep! Well, it's time for another Made Especially For You challenge. This week's challenge is to create a Thanksgiving card using Kraft Carstock. Easy peasy!

This week our challenge is being sponsored by The Stamping Boutique



Winner will receive 3 images of their choice.

Here is my card for this week.

Card Recipe: 

Recollections Kraft Cardstock 

The Stamping Boutique Digi Stamp

Making Memories Alpha Stickers

Misc buttons & Ribbon

Don't forget to head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your  card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

Happy Scrappin'  

Kristy

It's a Color Challenge at MEFY!

Happy Monday to you all!! We know what Monday's bring here, and that's a Made Especially For You Challenge! Who doesn't love a challenge to get that mojo flowin'?

This week's challenge is being sponsored by - My Heart Pieces 


One winner will win 3 images of their choice.

So, let's get on to the challenge. The challenge this week is a COLOR challenge! I have to say, I struggled with this pallet for a bit. It's a BEAUTIFUL selection, but for some reason it got me. However, good ol' Pinterest helped me out with some inspiration!

Here is the color pallet

Here is my card for this week.

Card Recipe: 

Paper: Recollections Kraft cardstock

SVG - Scraptastical Kreations - Fancy Florals

Don't forget to head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

As Always - Gettin' Scrappy with It, 

Kristy

MEFY Challenge

Happy Monday to you all!! We know what Monday's bring here, and that's a Made Especially For You Challenge! YAY!! This weeks challenge is to use the technique of misting.

This week's challenge is being sponsored by Paper Piecings by Nikki

So, be sure to head on over to the Made Especially For You Blog and link up your card using this week's theme/challenge.

So, for this week's challenge I went out to get some mist, which yes, I did not have any of. Well, I wound up making my own, as the card turn a different turn than I anticipated. I misted the background paper with purple, and double matted it so it would pop. It was a bit different for me and out of my box, but I'm happy with the way it came out. So... here it is.

Card Recipe: 

Paper: Recollections cardstock, Mambi Patterned Paper

Stamp: Unity Stamp Co

Ribbon: Misc.

Mist - homemade 

Don't forget to head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

As Always - Gettin' Scrappy with It, 

Kristy

Made Especially For You Challenge!

It's Monday AGAIN... Don't you just LOVE Monday's? Yeah, me neither. The only thing I LOVE about Monday's is the Made Especially For You Challenges!!!

This week is super fun challenge, which is to use 3 leaves on your card. That's it... just 3 leaves!

This week our challenge is being sponsored by V's Sweet Ideas

$10 Gift Certificate

So, be sure to head on over to the Made Especially For You Blog and link up your card using this week's theme/challenge. 

Here is my card for this week.

I have to mention that this was a Pinterest inspired card. I absolutely LOVE Pinterest to get the mojo flowing. There are SO many wonderful and amazing ideas on there!! 

Card Recipe: 

Paper Studio Patterned Paper

Recollections Cardstock

Scraptastical Kreations SVG cutting files

Misc Button

Trendy Twine

Pink by Design sentiment stamps

Don't forget to head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your  card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

As Always - Gettin' Scrappy with It, 

Kristy

Sketch Challenge at Made Especially For You

Happy Monday to you all!!

It's sketch time at Made Especially For You! I LOVE sketches, as you all know, and that is this week's challenge.

Here is the sketch


This week our challenge is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps

Winner will receive 7 images of their choice.

So, be sure to head on over to the Made Especially For You Blog and link up your card using this week's theme/challenge. 

Here is my card for this week.

Card Recipe: 

DCWV Patterned Paper

Coredinations Cardstock

Bugaboo Digi Stamp

Thickers

Trendy Twine

White Gel Pen

Silhouette Cameo

Don't forget to head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

As Always - Gettin' Scrappy with It,

Kristy 

Yay for Monday's! MEFY Challenge!!

Happy Monday to you all!!

It's challenge time!!! This week at Made Especially for You we have a super fun challenge for you. We challenge you to create a gate fold card. How fun, right?? I LOVED this one. I've wanted, for some time now, create a gate fold card, but haven't found the time to do so until now.

First, this week's challenge is being sponsored by Paper Piecings by Nikki

So, be sure to head on over to the Made Especially For You Blog and link up your gate fold card. 

Here is my card for this week.

Card Recipe: 

Scraptastical Kreations Sophisticated Scallops SVG

Recollections Patterned Paper 

Coredinations Cardstock 

My Pink Stamper sentiment stamps 

Unity Stamp Co stamps 

Misc Ribbon

Don't forget to head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

As Always - Gettin' Scrappy with It, 

Kristy

Fall Ball Blog Hop

Welcome to the Fall Ball Blog Hop, brought to you by the design teams of Made Especially For You and I Heart {ippity}!

Today we're happy to share with you all sorts of fall-themed projects to get you in the mood for a season full of crisp leaves, bountiful pumpkin patches, warm apple cider, and all those other things we love that make fall such a wonderful time of year.

If you've come from Heather's blog, you're in the right place. If you just came across the hop and would like to start at the beginning, please visit Made Especially For You.

For my project, I created a super cute and fun fall themed layout. I was SO ready to scrap some of my own photos, so I decided I would take this opportunity to do just that. It felt amazing too, by the way. I can't believe just HOW many old photo's I have yet to scrap. It brought me to tears to think that this little boy in these photos is soon to be 13!! He was only 6 in these photos. Time sure does fly!!

For this layout I used the following:

Scraptastical Kreations Paper Piecing SVG Patterns

Garden Splendor and Happy Fall

Recollections Brown cardstock 

Hobby Lobby Paper Studio fall themed papers. 

Trendy Twine 

Buttons 

White Gel Pen

We also have some wonderful sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment on every stop of the hop!

Paper Piecings by Nikki
$15 Gift Certificate

Scraptastical Kreations

$20 Gift Certificate

The winners of the blog candy will be announced on Made Especially For You on Tuesday September 18th. Please make sure to leave your contact information when commenting to be eligible to win!

Your next stop is Gerry's blog. Here's the complete lineup in case you get lost along the way:

Ashley - http://.especiallymade.blogspot.com

Heather - http://www.iheartippity.com

Kristy - http://www.scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com

Gerry - http://www.gerryscrafts.blogspot.nl

Cyndy - http://www.arcyscraps.blogspot.com

Amy - http://www.abstractsmixedwithextracts.com

Eileen - http://www.scrappingactuary.blogspot.com

Karen - http://simplyfrenzied-karen.blogspot.com

Jeannie - http://polkacabana.wordpress.com/

Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com

Robin - http://www.thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com

Heather - http://www.papercrafteranonymous.com

Jessica - http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com

Laura - http://scrappinaroundtheclock.blogspot.ca

Happy Hopping!

Sketch Challenge

Happy Monday to you all!!

It's sketch time at Made Especially For You! I LOVE sketches, as you all know, and that is this week's challenge.

Here is the sketch


This week our challenge is being sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps

Winner will receive 7 images of their choice.

So, be sure to head on over to the Made Especially For You Blog and link up your card using this week's color combo. 

Here is my card for this week.

Card Recipe: 

DCWV patterned paper

Coredinations Cardstock

Bugaboo Digi Stamp

Don't forget to head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your  card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

As Always - Gettin' Scrappy with It, 

Kristy 

Disney Challenge at Made Especially For You

Happy Monday to you all!!

It's time for another Made Especially For You challenge!! This week's challenge is to create an anything goes Disney card. I know a lot of you will LOVE this one, especially all you Disney lovers out there!!

This week our challenge is being sponsored by Verve Stamps

Winner will receive 1 stamp set of  their choice.

So, be sure to head on over to the Made Especially For You Blog and link up your card using this week's color combo. 

Here is my card for this week.

Card Recipe: 

Paper Studio patterned paper

Coredinations Cardstock

Verve Stamps

Mickey head SVG 

Misc Ribbon

Don't forget to head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your  card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

As Always - Gettin' Scrappy with It, 

Kristy 

MEFY Monday Challenge

Happy Monday to you all!!

It's time for another Made Especially For You challenge!! This week's challenge is to create a card using 3 pearls. I was loving this challenge, cause I'm hooked on using pearls right now.

This week our challenge is being sponsored by

So, be sure to head on over to the Made Especially For You Blog and link up your card using this week's color combo. 

Here is my card for this week.

Card Recipe: 

Paper Studio patterned paper

Coredinations Cardstock

Bugaboo Digi Stamp

Don't forget to head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your  card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

As Always - Gettin' Scrappy with It, 

Kristy 

Back to School MEFY Challenge!

Happy Monday to you all!! It's Monday again, and it's time for another Made Especially for You Challenge!! This week we challenge you to create a  Back to School card using vellum. How fun, right?!?!

You could win 3 images of your choice from The Stamping Boutique. So, be sure to head on over to the Made Especially For You Blog and link up your card using this week's color combo. 

Here is my card this week.

Card Recipe: 

Scraptastical Kreations Border Set 2

Paper Studio patterned paper

Coredinations Cardstock

Vellum

Don't forget to head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your  card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

As Always - Gettin' Scrappy with It, 

Kristy 

MEFY Color Challenge

Happy Monday to you all!! As you know, Monday brings the Made Especially For You challenge. This weeks challenge is a color challenge, and I LOVE the color palette that Ashley chose for us to work with. One of my favorite color combos!

Here is the color combo we were given to work with. I love it!

This week our challenge is being sponsored by The Cutting Cafe

You could win 3 sets of images of your choice. So, be sure to head on over to the Made Especially For You Blog and link up your card using this week's color combo. 

Now, on to my card I have to share with all of you.

Card Recipe: 

Scraptastical Kreations Flourish Frenzy

Scraptastical Kreations Label it, Tag it, Frame it

Scraptastical Kreations Border Set 2

DCWV patterned paper

Coredinations Cardstock

Misc. Pearls

Pink by Design Sentiment Stamp 

Don't forget to head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your  card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

As Always - Gettin' Scrappy with It, 

Kristy 

Easel Card Challenge Made Especially for You

I am not sure where this month is going, but sure is flying by!! It will soon be time for the kids go back to school, and (GASP) it'll be Christmas before we know it. Time sure does fly! So, let's get on to this week's challenge for Made Especially for You. This week the challenge is to create an easel card. I have only made one other easel card before and it was pretty fun, so I really liked this challenge so I could try my hand at it again. This week you'll be eligible to win a $15 GC from Paper Piecings by Nikki. Be sure to stop by and check them out! Be sure that you head on over and link up your cards at the Made Especially for You blog to be entered. 

So, here is my easel card

Card Recipe: 

Scraptastical Kreations Elegant Florals set 

Scraptastical Kreations Berry Sweet Kids

White Cardstock 

Recollections Pattern Paper pack 

Misc. Buttons 

Twinery Twine 

Pink by Design Sentiment Stamp 

Don't forget to head on over to the Made Especially For You  blog and enter your  card into the challenge!! I can't wait to see everyone's entries and I thank you all for taking a peek at my card today. I hope I've inspired you in some way! 

As Always - Gettin' Scrappy with It, 

Kristy