Top Ten of 2014 Blog Hop

As another year comes to a close, its time to count down my top ten blog posts of 2014!  I'm excited to be a part of this blog hop again!  It was fun to look at the projects I did this past year.  My goal for 2015 is to do more creating!! LOL

If you are following along with the blog roll, here it is!  Be sure to give love to all of the participants and you will be entered to win a $75 GC to Paper Issues! (Because we all have paper issues, right?) PI has an awesome selection of the latest and greatest, as well as the necessities! 

Juliana Michaels  

Michele Kovack

Chantalle McDaniel

Christine Meyer

Mendi Yoshikawa

Kelly Holbrook

Laurel Seabrook

Katrina Hunt

Wendy Morris-Saponaro
Becki Adams
Suzanna Lee

Melissa Elsner

Monika Wright

Wendy Antenucci

Jen Matott

Marcia Dehn-Nix

Ashley N Newell

Kathy Skou

Linda Auclair

Kelly Jean

Monique Liedtke

Rhonda Van Ginkel

Jennifer Haggerty  *you are here!*

Cathy Harper

 

So, counting down in chronological order of my favorite posts! 

10.  "Together":  Teresa Collins Designs Nine & Co

 

 

9. "Forever Friends"  Clear Scraps Build It Your Way Binder

 

 

 

8.  "Joy": Teresa Collins Designs Tinsel & Co

 

 

7.  "Always"  Paper Camellia June Kit

 

 

6.  "1"  : Teresa Collins Designs Urban Market

 

 

5. "Rock The Block": Chic Tags

 

4.  "Hello Handsome" :  Paper Secrets April 1st sketch

 

 

 

3.  "Cherish" :   Clear Scraps with Feather Mixers

 

 

 

 

2.   "Like Father, Like Son"  :  Sketch N Scrap #52 Sketch

 

 

1.  "Remember Always"   : Teresa Collins Designs Daily Stories

 

 

Again, thank you for playing along today!  I wish you much happiness and blessings in the new year!

 

 

Relax: Paper Camellia December Kit Layout

 

 Hello...Merry Christmas week (if you celebrate Christmas).  I can't believe its here already.  I am 99 percent done with shopping and have mostly everything wrapped. My favorite part of Christmas is watching my kids open their presents, followed by spending time with my family. 
Unfortunately, I've been battling some sort of stomach bug and have been pretty useless.  I worked today and am scheduled tomorrow but haven't done much else. I haven't been able to run in over a week.  And scrapbooking, well that's gone by the wayside too. I have high hopes of feeling better Wednesday and spending some time in my craft room.  I so need it. My anxiety is high this week and I know playing with some pretty paper will help. 

Today, I'm sharing a layout I created with this month's Paper Camellia Main and Add on kits.  I can tell you Ria (the owner) does an outstanding job of putting together the right mixture of papers and embellishments. And I'm not just saying that because I am on the design team! I was getting ready to start my subscription when she asked me to be on the team.  I just love creating with the kits! 

 

 

 

 

 

Love these Amy Tangerine Thickers that are included in the Main Kit!  They go with pretty much anything!  I also added some of the new Pink Paislee washi shapes..they come in this cute little booklet!

 

I layered some of the ephemera from the Amy Tangerine Stitched line and Pink Paislee Bella Rouge.  I also added a cute chevron arrow from Heidi Swapp.  

 

Thanks for reading..check out the Paper Camellia shop for this and more kits!  Don't forget to be on the lookout for January sneak peeks! I can tell you that next month's kit is GORGEOUS!!

 



Paper Camellia + The Cut Shoppe Blog Hop

 

Hello and happy Friday!  I'm excited to be a part of the Paper Camellia and The Cut Shoppe Blog Hop!  Thank you to Ashley for some fun cut files to play with!  Don't forget to stop by

The Cut Shoppe for a variety of selections! 

 

In case you are following the blog list, here it is!  You have a chance to win a Paper Camellia December kit and two people will win the entire set of cut files from The Cut Shoppe (created just for the swap)!  The giveaway will go until December 23rd and be announced on the Paper Camellia blog December 24th!

 

Paper Camellia: http://papercamellia.com/blogs/papercamelliabl...og

Danielle de Konink: http://picsandcheesecake.blogspot.nl/

Missy Whidden: http://littlenuggetcreations.blogspot.com/

Laurie Danielle: http://www.lauriedanielle.com

Stephanie Strader: http://theshineonblog.wordpress.com/

Jennifer Haggerty: http://livethemoment-jen.blogspot.com *you are here*

Mary-Ann Maldonado: http://lumpbumpandclump.blogspot.com/

Amy Coose: http://www.amycoose.blogspot.com

The Cut Shoppe: http://thecutshoppe.blogspot.com/

 

 

And here is my layout!  I used two of the Bitty Border Cut files for the top and bottom of my photos. 

 

 

 

For my title, I used the "Love" heart from the "Because I'm Happy" cut file. I thought this was so cute to use with the papers from Amy Tangerine's Stitched collection.

Here is a close up of the heart border..I took the negative heart shapes and stitched them to the center of each opening.  



 

 

Showing some of the cute die cut hearts and wooden veneers found in the Paper Camellia December Main and Add-On kits!  

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!! Next up is Mary Ann's blog!  Have a great day!

 

 



Paper Camellia December Sketch

Whoa...December is flying by!  Not sure where time is going but Christmas is less than two weeks away!  Today, I'm sharing a layout I created with this month's Paper Camellia kit (plus add-on) and sketch by Kristine Davidson!

 

  

And here is my layout! I used many of the papers from Pink Paislee's Bella Rouge along with Amy Tangerine's new Stitched collection. Love the pinks, greys, and yellows togethether! 

 

 Included in the main kit is an entire pack of Heidi Swapp Wood Veneer shapes and words! Here, I used one of the stars along with some acetate shapes and tags from Pink Paislee.

 

 

More fun die cuts from the kits including a sentiment from the Stitched Ephemera pack and an acetate butterfly from Bella Rouge.  

 

I cut my stars on my Silhouette using the Echo Park Stars cut file (#38376).  

 

 

Included in the main kit are these Amy Tangerine Thickers that go with pretty much any project! 

 

I love this sentiment from the Bella Rouge collection!  I added a wood veneer arrow from Heidi Swapp and my date stamp from American Crafts. 

 

 

Thanks for coming by today......you have until December 28th to link up your own layout to the Paper Camellia gallery for a chance to win a GC to the shop!  Have a great Sunday!

 



Chic Tags Giveaway winner!!

 

 

 

 

Trisha!! You are my winner! Please email me your address at jhaggerty72@frontier.com! 

Thanks to everyone who played along!!