I apologize for my silence here on the blog the last few weeks! With the holidays and the last finishing touches being added to our new home, things have been insanely busy and I haven't had much time to spare! I hope you all had a WONDERFUL, magic filed Christmas!
Today we are excited to present the BIG monthly Blog Hop that Papertrey Ink hosts for all of it's talented customers to show off their skills!
The Blog Hop is now an ALL DAY EVENT! A Mister Linky list is posted below and you can add your link anytime up until 11pm EST. And don't worry if you aren't going to get a chance to make a project and play along, there is a contest for non-participants as well over in our forum in the designated thread. I hope that you all get a chance to participate in some way! I look forward to seeing all of your creativity!
All of our customers who enjoy sharing inspiration & artwork with their peers through their personal blogs.
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The actual Blog Hop will take place today, December 26th, beginning @ 10am EST.
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You will explore individual blogs through this thread on my blog.
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A day dedicated to seeking inspiration through projects utilizing Papertrey Ink products.
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It's that time again for our annual holiday leftovers challenge! Use scraps of wrapping paper, parts of
holiday cards, recycle gift tags or bits of ribbon on a paper crafting project. We all have plenty of it
laying around after all the holiday excitement and this is your chance to incorporate some of those pretty
little things into an amazing piece of art!
-Participating bloggers can add their link to the appropriate list here anytime between 10am EST and 11pm EST today (December 26th) within the Mister Linky list that is posted. The title of your post should be "Papertrey December Blog Hop Challenge".
-Customers & participants alike can peruse all of the links and absorb all of the amazing inspiration that will be shared!
-After you have made your way through the list, simply return to our forum and participate in all of the fun!
-You can chit chat with everyone in the Blog Hop forum! Take this time to praise your peers efforts, discuss anything new you might have learned and which projects really offered something unique!
-The three random blogger participant winners will be announced tomorrow morning on our forum and highlighted here on my blog!
-You can enter our Blog Hop Forum contest. There is a special thread posted in our forum specifically for this purpose asking a question. Please only post once, as the winner will be picked via the Random Number Generator. The forum contest will end at midnight EST and the winner announced in the morning within the thread.
-Create a project while you are here, using the new inspiration you have gathered from the Blog Hop. You can post your projects in the gallery, even if you do not have a blog! We are looking forward to all the fun today and we are so glad to see you here!!!
EDITED TO ADD WINNERS:
Lee Anne used this fun little gift tag from her aunt as the centerpiece of her project. I love how she was able to add just a few finishing details to complement the tag and create a whole new project! And the way she added the Banner Border to hold the sentiment to break up the "squareness" of the card was just the perfect touch!
Jean Martin was able to reuse some beautiful white ribbon she received on a gift from a dear friend to create this stunning birthday card. The soft color scheme of the overall project allows the ribbon to remain bold, even though it is a neutral white. And adored the details she added to the center of the butterflies!
Amy Liz Schultz recycled some green ribbon from a special gift that her husband gave her. The way she looped the thin ribbon at the top ad allowed the tails to hang loose below was such a wonderful way to let a small-scaled embellishment really take center stage and create some drama!
Congratulations to all three of the randomly selected winners! Be sure to contact customer service with your selected free stamp set as well as your shipping information! Thank you to everyone who played along! All of us at Papertrey Ink hope that you had a wonderful Christmas that was filled with family, friends and many blessings! Happy New Year to all!
Happy Holidays to all from snowy North Carolina. Happy Hopping, too!
This was a FUN challenge!
Happy Christmas everyone from a snowy England. Enjoy hopping!
Hugs
Carol x
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! I look forward to seeing your creations!
Yeah for MORE Christmas! I cant get enough!
Happy holidays to Everyone. So glad I was able to participate. Happy Hopping!!
wow! felici feste!
That sounds like a lot of work, Nichole! A new home AND Christmas! I hope you were able to enjoy some cozy moments with your family!
This is always such a fun theme for the hop…Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, everyone! Happy Boxing Day to our Canadian friends 🙂
I’m in! Happy days to everyone; enjoy the snow if you have it, lol!! Enjoy the sun if you don’t!! Happy Blog Hopping to all!
Thanks for the great challenge! Happy Holidays to everyone!
Fun challenge!!
ho fatto 2 card e le ho appena pubblicate:
http://ciacchina.blogspot.com/2010/12/riciclo-card.html
Such a fun challenge to do! Happy Holidays!!!
such a fitting challenge, after all of the paper and bows from Christmas morning!
Thanks for a fun post-Christmas challenge! Now I have a head start on next year’s cards too :-).
Sam.
Thanks Nichole! This is my third one in a row now that I have a PTI stash…great stamps!
What a fun challenge! I had a great time making my card! Happy New Year! *Ü*
Sorry my first link was wacky. For some reason it linked back to your blog instead of to mine. I hope it was ok to post again with the correct link to my blog. I am not sure how to remove my first link. Sorry about that.
No excuses necessary! We’ve all been busy with geting ready for Christmas! Hope you’ll be posting some photos of your new abode! So happy for you!
Thank you for the fun challenge – this is my first PTI blog hop!! 🙂 Sorry my card isn’t embellished more, I think I have a fever and probably need to call it a night, but I REALLY wanted to participate. I have been enjoying everyone’s creations and hope everyone had a very merry Christmas!
Love using throw away products! Fun times~~
Love the challenge today! This is my first blog hop… it’s been fun!!
Sorry, my first try at linking didn’t work…thanks for the fun this year!
This is my first challenge so I hope it worked. I hope to participate in some more soon
This is my first time here for the blog hop… I don’t exactly understand my way through here… Would u be able to help me out here… 🙁 I don’t know where do I head for the hop! I have posted my link above & then what & where???? Hmm! I feel like a duh!
Ash…
(http://hastkala-oceanichope.blogspot.com/)
I did not find an email link but wanted to say that I subscribe to your posts via email. They do not arrive until the following day of your posting; therefore I miss all the timely events. Please contact me so I can get this straightened out. The email itself is dated the following day. Thanks so much…I don’t want to miss a thing!!!
I enjoyed 2010 with you and look forward to lots of great creativity and loads of fun in 2011. May we all find good health, will, new friends, happiness, and peace in the New and coming years.
Ooooh wow!!! Thank you sooo much!!! Now all I have to do is choose from my long, long, long list of Papertrey Ink want list!!! Thank you again so much! 🙂 This was such a great blog hop!
Thanks so much, Nichole! Loved making that card. Now I have the hard job of picking a fabulous set from PTI!! 🙂
Lee Anne!
Nicole, Do you realize that Link #42 is a total smack blog and they are smacking about PTI on it. Pretty ridiculous.
congratulazioni alle vincitrici!
Well, shoot, I got some papertrey goodies for Christmas, but my subscription to the blog didn’t come thru to me until 4:16am this morning, so too late to play along…..hoping next time we have an extra day since for some reason my stuff always comes late…..darn….but some great projects out there ladies!!!