Day 1: 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop

Welcome to the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop.

This hop will take place November 25th through December 6th and the new postings each day will be posted by 8 am eastern standard time.

This hop will be full of wonderful ideas and inspiration to get you well on your way of creating all of those beautiful Christmas project. This is an awesome way to get a lot of your Christmas cards, and scrapbook layouts finished, home decorations completed and maybe even be inspired to create something using a new technique that you have never tried.

There will be a new project posted each and every day by all the wonderful amazing ladies in this hop. Also each day we will have a guest designer or two for you to visit.

Lisa our hostess will be giving away some wonderful blog candy each day of the hop from the amazing sponsors that we have for this hop. Lisa will be posting all the winners from this hop on December 10th. Every one has a chance to win including the ladies participating in the hop and even the guest designers and the sponsors.

At the end of each post we will have a list of all the sponsors who are sponsoring this hop all you need to do is click on their name to go to their sites and check out all the wonderful sites. We want to thank each and everyone of the sponsors for their generosity. It has been greatly appreciated.

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Thank you so much for stopping by Day 1 of the 12 Days of Christmas blog hop today!    I am so excited to be part of this years line up.  There are some amazingly talented people in the line up so please be sure to check them out.  I know I can't wait to start blog hopping myself!  :)

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If you arrived from Daphne's blog you are in the right place.  If you just started the hop you may want to start at the beginning by clicking here.  

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For the First Day of the Blog Hop-I chose to use the Print & Cut feature on my Cameo.  This file is a whole card that I printed first on my printer then cut out on my cameo.  

The file only included the blue area inward.  It didn't include the red outer lining.  When I print & cut this file, I didn't feel that the the card was sturdy enough.  So, I took the file and created an outer lining about a 1/4 of an inch around the card and cut it out of red card stock.  Then using my trimmer I cut along the fold and placed it on top of the red card base.

After I was happy with how the base and the print & cut turned out -I looked at the card a little more and decided that it needed some dimension.  I went through my "red" button jar and found just the right size buttons that can be placed on top of the Holly Berries.  With some cream colored floss I was able to and lace it through them and adhere with a glue dot to the printed card.  

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Today I am offering Blog Candy to one lucky winner for Today only.  You must leave a Comment on this post in order to be eligible to win the blog candy listed below.   

All Winners will be announced on:  Sunday, December 8, 2013.

Blog Candy Graciously donated by:  EK Success Brands

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Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today and your next stop on the hop is:  JESSICA

Here is a complete list of the sponsors:

Honeybearz Designs - Yummy Crafting Candy

http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

Teresa Russell - $10.00 Gift Card from

her facebook group Scrapping For Less

https://www.facebook.com/groups/372187582880346/

Pazzles - Two digital download gift cards for a Cutting Collection of choice.

http://pazzles.com/

Kathy's Cozies - A custom Cozy for an Expression, Expression 2, Cricut Create, 

Cricut Mini, or Silhouette Cameo. Whoever wins can pick their own fabric. https://www.etsy.com/shop/KathysCozies

Paper Sweeties - $10.00 Gift Card

http://www.papersweeties.com/

ScrappyDew - $20.00 Gift Card

http://www.scrappydew.com/store/

My Creative Time - Stamp Set

http://www.creativetimeforme.com/

Little Scraps of Heaven Designs - $20.00 Gift Voucher

http://www.littlescrapsofheavendesigns.com/

Paper Creations by Mindy - $15.00 Gift Certidicate

http://www.papercreationsbymindy.com/

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons - $15.00 Gift Certificate

http://www.prettypapergraphics.com/

Xyron - 2 Teresa Collins Adhesive Kits

http://www.xyron.com/enUS/Home/default.html

Joys Life - "Oh Christmas Puns" stamps

http://joyslife.com/

Timeless Twine -$15.00 Gift Certificate

http://www.bellacreationz.bigcartel.com/

Too Cute by Jessica - $25.00 Giftcard

http://www.toocutebyjessica.com/

Designs on Cloud 9 - $20.00 Gift Certificate

http://designsoncloud9.com/

LoveBug Creations - $15.00 Gift Certificate

http://www.lovebugcreations.net/

The Paper Parade - $40.00 Gift Certificate

http://www.thepaperparade.com/

The Paper Nest Dolls - $25.00 Gift Certificate

http://stamps.the-papernest.com/

Jessica Douglass Wilson -$10.00 to her Close To My Heart store 

Lettering Delights -a gift valued at $10.00

http://www.letteringdelights.com/

Scrapping Bug Designs - $50.00 gift certificate the gift 

certificate excludes sale prices.

http://www.scrappingbugdesigns.com/

3 Girl Jam - $10.00 Gift Certificate

http://www.3girljam.com/

SVG Attic - $25.00 Gift Certificate

http://www.svgattic.com/

Pinque Peacock $10.00 Gift Certificate

http://pinquepeacock.blogspot.com/

SVG Cuts - $20.00 Gift Certificate

http://www.svgcuts.com/

Blue Moon Creations - 12 digital images

http://www.bluemooncreation.net/

Sherri Baldy Stamps - $15.00 Gift Certificate for digi stamps

http://sherribaldy.blogspot.com/