Friday, November 18, 2011

Hopping through the Holiday Day 1





Welcome to the "Hopping Through The Holidays" Blog Hop. Come hop along with the design team members of Creative Kuts and Scrapping Bug Designs November 19th and 20th. You will see some awesome projects using both Creative Kuts and Scrapping Bug Designs paper piecing patterns. We’re super excited to be doing this hop together! Our design team members will be showcasing their amazing creations they have created especially for this hop. This hop will feature projects for both Thanksgiving and Christmas. Our intentions of doing this hop is to show each and everyone of you all the wonderful projects you can create using Creative Kuts and Scrapping Bug Designs paper piecings. We hope to give you some great ideas and inspiration through out this amazing blog hop.

Creative Kuts and Scrapping Bug Designs are offering an AMAZING couple of grand prizes also. Creative Kuts will be awarding one lucky winner a $100.00 Cash for their grand prize. Scrapping Bug Designs will be offering one lucky winner a $100.00 in free files. How about that?? Isn’t that awesome!!

To be eligible to win these wonderful grand prizes you MUST:

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

2) Become a FOLLOWER of everyone's blog (both days).

3) Visit Creative Kuts Store (you will need to do this to meet the last requirement)

4) Visit Scrapping Bug Designs Store (you will need to do this to meet the last requirement)

5.) At the end of each day you will end at Creative Kuts and Scrapping Bug Designs blogs. 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 both days 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 line up in case you get lost along the way. For Day 1


Linn Cloninger Linn's Scrap Shack (You are Here)
Cynthia Franco-Guerrero ~Luv2scrao-Luv2scrao
Julie Warren ~ Julies Creative Pieces
Lisa Graves ~ BLJ Graves
Bonnie Guess~ Scrap-n-Away
Eva Laney ~ Eva's Scraps n Cards
Gina Long ~ C90 Designs
Lynne ~ Her Craftiness
Creative Kuts Blog

We have all been so excited about this Hop and now we can show you are Holiday projects.
Now for my first project.  I created a Center piece just perfect for that Thanksgiving dinner next week.
I used Creative Kuts file Flower Designs Collection 1.  The file includes 6 different flowers and leaves for all of them  in this collection. You can find  tutorials on Creative Kuts Blog and here on mine as well on how to create your own flowers. The Glass vase I purchased at Michaels and as you can  see I made various flowers in fall colors and sizes with leaves.  I used the hot glue gun to adhere to the glass.  I added a few fall berries for filler among the flowers and then added nuts and pine cones the base.






Here are a few close ups of some of the roses.










For my second project I made a Christmas wreath center piece. 
I used the Poinsettia Flower. It can also be hung on the wall in a small area as well,  very versatile. 
I used Gingham wire ribbon and tied it all around the wreath. In doing this it adds some extra color and will increase the size of your project. I added white berries to give a little more contrast. 

In this picture I have displayed with a normal tall,wide pillar candle.





In this next picture I have taken a vase and filled it with the gem pebbles you can get at any craft store ( I got mine from Wal-Mart lol) and used three tapered candles and made them different heights just by bury them at different depths in the gems.







This third picture I have hung it on the Wall for an additional enhancement to the Christmas decor. 










 I hope you enjoyed my projects. Make sure you leave a comment and become a follower. Remember the requirements to be eligible for the grand prize!!


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59 comments:

  1. Linn I absolutely love your flowers.....you do such a fantastic job. Your projects are amazing. TFS!!! Bonnie

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  2. Very pretty I love your projects. I love how you displayed them (0: BTW thanks for all your help again (0;

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  3. love your projects Linn, they are gorgeous

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  4. WOW Linn What beautiful projects!!! Would not let me leave a comment signed into google so this is Gina from c90designs

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  5. wow Linn, so so so so beautiful as always!! Good Job!!

    I am your follower, please follow me!!
    www.thecraftydream.blogspot.com

    xoxo
    Gaby

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  6. Wow, beautiful!
    Melissakc1@yahoo.com

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  7. As usual your flowers are beautiful as is your entire projects. You are a great asset to Creative Kuts. Thank you

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  8. Your pieces are beautiful and the flowers are awesome. Keep up the great work! Thanks for sharing.

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  9. Wow!!! Such beautiful flowers!!! Great job.. Sue

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  10. These are both just beautiful and your table will look divine!
    Janet Royer
    http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com

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  11. I am always in awe with your amazing flowers!!! These are both just gorgeous projects Linn!!! I am so happy to be on your team.
    Eva :0)
    http://evasscrapsncards.blogspot.com

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  12. Love your projects!! You do such great work on your flowers! I'm a new follower.
    sdelong1228@gmail.com

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  13. Linn, your flowers are amazing! Wonderful projects. :0)

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  14. Beautiful projects Linn! Enjoying the hop with CK!

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  16. Your projects are beautiful, great way to start the hop!!!!

    Nancie
    scooby71099@msn.com
    www.alittleofmebynancie.blogspot.com

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  17. Love both your projects, couldn't believe the flowers were paper. janiceaeschliman.blogspot.com

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  18. New follower and so glad I'm doing this hop! These flowers are simply gorgeous. It's hard to believe they are made from paper! Love your ideas =)

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  19. Gorgeous! Those flowers definitely don't look like paper! Thanks for sharing! chrisbrown1973@hotmail.com. I am a follwer!

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  20. I love those flowers..I'm going to have to do a project with them. You did an amazing job!!

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  21. as always beautiful, excellent projects Linn....you are one talented lady!!! xoxo

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  22. Oh wow, these are so beautiful!!
    sherryberry0917@gmail.com

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  23. Great projects linn, loved them all.

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  24. WOW! You're projects are breathtaking! I love them all!! Great job!! Thanks for sharing!!
    ~Angie
    scrappin4mykids@yahoo.com
    www.capzscrapzcreationz.blogspot.com

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  25. i absolutely love each and every one of your projects.....would you like my mailing address lol..... Happy Thanksgiving
    :) lindaplusthree at yahoo dot com

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  26. I love your projects. Thanks for sharing.

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  27. Very, very creative! Love both of them.
    CandiceJ

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  28. Your centerpieces are beautiful. They look so real. Wonderful job!

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  29. What beautiful projects. The flowers in the fall centerpiece are amazing. They look so hard to make, but, I truly do need to try this pattern. I am a new follower and love your work. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com

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  30. Absolutely gorgeous who would have thought you could do this with paper.
    I am your newest follower. I hope you will come visit me and become a follower also.
    I have 2 giveaways going right now
    DIANA L.
    http://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/

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  31. Great flowers. I am a little obsessed with paper flowers. New follower. Would love for you to stop by my blog sometime too.

    Jani
    papercompulsions.blogspot.com

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  32. I am stunned!! These are gorgeous pieces! I can't believe they are paper!

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  33. Your projects are amazing and beautiful. I thought the flowers were real,,,you did such a wonderful job!
    TFS
    Judy
    jashmore1944@att.net

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  34. These are beautiful projects. Thanks for sharing.
    melissaseme at yahoo dot com

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  35. that is positively beautiful its just great

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  36. I am a new follower ---your items are amazing --love the candleholder ----just beautiful :)

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  37. Linn you did an amazing job on your projects. I just love the flowers they turned out beautiful. They look so real. First glance you would never guess they were made of paper.
    Lisa
    http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
    honeybearz2007@gmail.com

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  38. I love both of your projects, thanks so much for sharing them. I love your Christmas Wreath, you can do so much with it.


    http://racincrafts.blogspot.com/ or
    racincrafts@aim.com

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  39. Ohhh those are absolutely amazing.. I wish I had half your talent....

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  40. Beautiful projects!! You are so talented!

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  41. wow love the projects you have show cased

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  42. Stopping in for day two! chrisbrown1973@hotmail.com

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  43. Great projects love the flowers. I am a new follower.
    Debbie
    http://craftywizard.blogspot.com
    debbie_craine at hot mail dot com

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  44. These are beautiful. Such detail. Very pretty.
    http://lorisartsyobsession.blogspot.com/

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  45. Stopping in for day 2 Just love your flowers!

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  46. Linn, the projects are amazing. I love the different ways you used the pointsettia wreath. I think on the wall is my favorite. These must have taken you days to make. ~SBD DT

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  47. I still am amazed with your flowers and arrangements ----just so beautiful!


    I have become a follower --but I did yesterday too and today it said "follow" again, this has been happening quite frequently --but I have became a follower and each line up of the blog

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  48. Love these flowers! They look so real!
    -Sheridon Graves

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  49. I wish I would be able to make these I am just not color coordinated these are just amazing

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  50. Oh My Stars!! These flower projects are amazing!! Wow, so beautiful and I know a lot of hours went into this.

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