Friday, January 6, 2012

Dual Blog Hops

I am in two blog hops this weekend. To help make it faster to find the one you need click that link below (in alpha order).



Paper Piecings by Nikki Blog Hop


  1. http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/2012/01/paper-piecing-by-nikki-design-ringing.html 

ScrappieEMT Blog Hop

  1. http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/2012/01/scrappy-emt-design-team-introduction.html   

Enjoy! 
Thank you
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Paper Piecing by Nikki Design ~ Ringing In The New Year Blog Hop


Hello, and welcome to the Paper Piecings by Nikki Ringing in the New Year Blog Hop.



Please make sure you start with Nikki’s page found here - http://paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com. Nikki has some great blog candy available, however, you have to follow the rules and make sure you follow all of the blogs, especially Nikki’s. You will also want to sign up to receive email updates as well, so that you can keep up to date on all of the really great patterns she is creating. Finally, don’t forget to “like” her fan page on Facebook. Enjoy the hop and be sure to leave some great comments for the bloggers. We all like to know what others think, as this inspires us to continue to improve.





Here is the blog line up.



Nikki - http://paperpiecingsbynikki.blogspot.com/
Mandy http://lovestoscrap11.blogspot.com/
Patti http://www.pattilynncreations.blogspot.com/
Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
Jamie - http://scrapqueen141.blogspot.com/
Angela U- http://www.creativecraftin.blogspot.com/   
Liz - http://tryin2craft.blogspot.com/
Mindy- http://mindyscreations11.blogspot.com/
Kimberly (KPKre8tions) http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/ 
Amy Jo - http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com/  




For my posting this week, I decided to continue on with a layout I made last week for the New Year. This layout was blinged out, so this one is a little subtle comparatively. Both layouts are below.


This is the first layout I did to celebrate the New Year.  I completed this Layout using the Happy New Year pattern set.  You can read more about this layout here.

 

I just love working with Nikki’s patters. There are so many wonderful designs, and so many ways to work with the patterns.

This is my new Layout!



I played off the “Ringing In The New Year” from the blog hop and added it to my layout. I do believe that I needed to make my letters a little larger however to make them easier to read against the musical note paper.


I just love the baby new year bear, and thought he looked adorable sitting atop each of the photos frames.




Make sure you follow each blog and make comments.  Additionally, make sure you meet the requirements to qualify for the Blog Candy offered by Nikki. 

Thanks for stopping in, 
Kimberly  

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Scrappy EMT Design Team Introduction

Welcome to the Scrappy EMT blog hop to introduce the brand new design team. I am honored to be a part of this Design Team and look forward to learning from my Teammates and displaying some of the new techniques I learn from them as well as showcasing my own talents for them.

Below is my project. Please make sure you stop at each blog and offer some “Blog Love” I look forward to your comments and as always, I would be honored to have you join my own blog and follow me and help me grow as a paper crafter. If you desire to start at the beginning, you can go to Marleen’s Blog by clicking on her name.

This is my first blog posting for the ScrappyEMT Design Team. Today I want to showcase my new “favorite” Cricut Cartridge, Flower Shoppe. I am really enjoying all the beautiful flowers that can be made with this cartridge. I could spend days on end just making these flowers.

For this hop, I wanted to take a few steps out of my comfort zone and make something I have never made before. Therefore, I took an idea for another group I belong to and used it for my first design team project.

The challenge was to use a motivational word and a color to make something. I drew purple and achieve. As a professor, I can sure understand the need to achieve and help my students achieve. So that single word brought a lot of ideas to mind.


I used my Sure Cuts A Lot application to make and cut the large capital letter A in both chip board and a floral piece of purple paper. I only have a couple of font cartridges and I was not pleased with any of them for this project.

After I secured the paper to the chipboard, I used a string of tiny pearls to outline the border of my letter. (an idea I scrap lifted off a posting I saw on Facebook). What I thought was going to be a very easy process turned out to be an aggravating process. I did not want to use the hot glue gun on the pearls because I did not want the bead of glue to show around the pearls. As such, I used a super tacky glue. Unfortunately, the glue was not so fast drying. When I tried to string the pearls, the string would slide on me, so, I ended up digging out the wooden clothespins to help hold my pears in place.

Once the pearls had totally dried, I then began to add my flowers. Again, I wanted something different, so I skipped the leaves and used feathers instead. I was not sure how it would look, but after I did the first one, I really liked it. I added three different flowers on the letter, each on a little bit different in design and color.








Because the letter A is for Achieve, I also added a small pocket to the lower portion of the A where I can add a small pull out card where I will write goals that I am working on at the time. Such as when my next design team project is due, or what I need to accomplish in the next week or so. I made the pocket large enough that I will be able to add multiple cards. To help coordinate with the colors, I used two colors of embroidery floss to create a tassel for the cards.

I finished off the letter by adding a hanging cord at the top, using the same colors of thread used for the achievement cards, I twisted, looped, and hot glued it to the back of the letter.

I like what I have created here, and I am thinking about creating other motivational letters to add to this one. They will all hang in my craft room.

Thank you for stopping by my blog today, remember to continue on with the blog hop and go to Audrey’s blog next by clicking here. The complete lineup can be found below.







Thanks for sharing in the fun!
Kimberly











































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Monday, January 2, 2012

Chace for some AWESOME blog candy!

Good Morning Blogger friends, here is a great opportunity you do not want to miss out on. Caroline has an awesome blog candy prize package that you do not want to miss out on. Hop on over to her blog and follow her blog and add your comment for the great opportunity to win. Here is here blog http://stampingsandinklings.blogspot.com/2011/09/blog-candy.html 



Good Luck!!!

*Please note, comments on my blog do not count toward this prize, you must go to Carolines blog and post comments.*


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