Top Ten Blog Hop 2017

Hello friends! I hope you are enjoying the Top Ten Blog Hop 2017 so far. You should have arrived here from the incredibly talented Keren Tamir's blog, but if you got lost along the way, here is a list of the ladies participating in the blog hop. You don't want to miss any because there is so much inspiration and it's all in one place!

Christine Meyer

Kathy Skou

Kathleen Graumüller

Teri Anderson

Susie Bentz

Janice Daquila-Pardo

Giorgia Rossini

Laurel Seabrook  

Aimee Kidd

Mary Ann Jenkins

Keren Tamir

Lee-Anne Thornton - YOU ARE HERE

Heather Leopard

Tifany DeGough  

Sue Eldred

Melissa Elsner

Laura Whitaker

Anita Mulcahey

Ashley Smith

Simone Schermann

Shelly Kurth

Monique Liedtke
Suzanna Lee

Marcia Dehn-Nix  

Laura Cox

Irit Shalom

Nicole Martel

Carolyn Johnson

Tenia Nelson

Samantha Taylor  

Rebecca Keppel

Judy Hayes

Isha Gupta

Traci Penrod

Tracy McLennon

Karen Hunter

Lyne Blodgett

Anna Sigga

Lisa Moen
Kat Benjamin
Wendy Antenucci  

I would have liked to have shared even more projects, but I have a few layouts that are being published soon so I cannot share them right now, but be sure and follow my blog to get updates as the spring of 2018 will be very exciting. Without further ado, here are some of my faves of 2017.

Thanks for hopping! Next up is the talented Heather Leopard. I am pretty sure you will love what she has created.                  . 

Happy hopping!

Paper House Productions Fall/Halloween Blog Hop

Hello Paper House fans! Are you enjoying the Fall/Halloween Blog Hop so far? Today is the second day of the blog hop at Paper House Productions and I am sharing a scary Halloween layout with some of the papers from the Fright Night Collection, some Spooktacular 3D Stickers, Scary Sculpted Stickers and Happy Hauntings Cardstock Stickers.

Chills & Thrills Supplies

All Hallows Moon 12" Double Sided Scrapbook Paper

Bats 12" Double Sided Scrapbook Paper

Book Of Spells 12" Double Sided Scrapbook Paper

The Raven 12" Double Sided Scrapbook Paper

Halloween Hauntings Cardstock Stickers

Scary Sculpted Sticker

Spooktacular 3D Sticker

This was a fun layout to put together.  My neighbours always create an awesome Halloween display for the frightful night.  My dog actually growled when we walked by their home. LOL.  

For my layout I began with the Book Of Spells paper for my background and then added the large die cut web, which is a cut file from Just Nick Digital Cut Files that I cut out on black card stock with my Silhouette Cameo.  

I matted my photo with various papers from the Fright Night Collection and then added several 3D stickers from the Spooktacular 3D Stickers and some cardstock stickers from the Happy Hauntings Cardstock Stickers.  Finally, I added the title "Chills & Thrills" from the Scary Sculpted Stickers. 

Scary right? I hope you enjoyed my project.  Don't forget to comment on my blog and then be sure to check out Angel's blog to see what she created and comment there and then go to the Paper House Productions blog. 

 Here is what you need to do to be entered to win the entire Fright Night Collection and two Shimmers Lighted Embellishments:

 Now it's time to head on over to the talented Angel's blog for more inspiration. Have a happy day!

Clique Kits And Just Nick Blog Hop

Hello friends! Welcome to the Clique Kits and Just Nick Blog Hop! You should have arrived here from Nicole Martel's blog, but if not,  simply begin at the top of the list. 

There is a $15 gift certificate up for grabs from the Just Nick shop, so be sure and visit all the blogs on the hop and comment on each blog.  

Clique Kits - https://cliquekits.wordpress.com/
Tarrah Mclean - http://livetoscrapscraptolive.blogspot.ca/
Candace Perkins - https://findingeverydayperfection.com/
Audrey Yeager - http://audreysreflection.blogspot.ca/
Nicole Martel - http://nicolemartel.blogspot.ca/
Lee-Anne Thornton - http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.ca/  YOU ARE HERE
Marcia Dehn-Nix - http://onescrapatatime-bymumsie.blogspot.ca/
Donna Espiritu - http://scrappydonna.blogspot.ca/
Nicole Nowosad - http://justnick.myshopify.com/blogs/justnick

June is all about weddings so I created a layout of my daughter in law Lori and my daughter's girlfriend who were bridesmaids in my daughter's wedding.  Aren't they gorgeous girls?  

I used the Just Nick Floral Background cut file and cut it out on black cardstock with my Silhouette Cameo and backed it with some pink paper from the June kit.

  I also cut out the butterflies from the Just Nick June Icons cut file on some pink polka dot paper and machine stitched acrylic butterfly shapes on top of the paper butterfly shapes.  

I also cut out the butterfly shapes below from the June Icons cut file and placed them around the page. 

 I added flair button and leaf three dimensional foam shape around the title to direct the eye to the title.  

On the vellum tag, I added the acrylic word "memories" and adhered it to the tag with some machine stitching.  

I hope you have enjoyed your visit.  Now it's time to hop over to the amazingly talent Marcia and see what she has created with the cut files from Just Nick and the Clique Kit's June La Dolce Vita Kit. I'm sure it will be amazing.  

Blog Hop Coming Soon!

Happy Friday! I wanted to let you know that Paper House Productions is having an Easter Blog Hop and there will be some amazing projects from the new design team and also a chance to win a gift card.  

You won't want to miss it! Mark your calendars.  See you then!

Scrapping Our Stash January 2016 Blog Hop

Hello friends! So glad you could join me and some of my scrappy friends for the monthly Scrapping Our Stash Blog Hop.  Below is a list and links to all the ladies participating in the hop. Be sure and visit everyone on the list.  Some will be offering giveaways.  Happy hopping!

Lee-Anne  http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com (That's me)

Alison  http://alisondaydesigns.com/

Juliana http://www.17turtles.com/ 

Majken http://chocoscrapaholic.blogspot.com/

Suzanna http://lifestrivialities.typepad.com

Becki http://beckiadams.blogspot.com/

Christine http://scrappingwithchristine.blogspot.com

Susie http://mytime2play.blogspot.com/

Sandy http://itsafamilyaffairwithscrappynana.blogspot.ca/

Wendihttp://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/

For this blog hop we are using our stash of scrapbooking products that came out before the last CHA (Craft And Hobby Association Trade Show).  I thought I would use some of my Bella Blvd. stash of papers (Lucky Starz Collection) and several Bella Blvd. embellishments as well as some flair buttons from A Flair For Buttons.  

 My son Clayton was two years old when we adopted our cat Asia.  She was also two years old and had been in a no kill shelter.

The poor kitty had been in a cage for 5 months and our family chose her to come home with us.  Clayton and Asia had a special bond since Clayton's siblings were grown up and married it was like his little sister.

Thanks for hopping by! Now it's on to Alison's blog.  I'm sure she has an awesome project to share.

August 2015 Scrapping Our Stash Blog Hop

Hello friends! I'm happy you are here! You should have arrived here from Cathy Harper's blog.

Today it's all about using our stash and I'm sure every paper crafter and scrapbooker has one.  I wanted to share a layout I created using some Bella Blvd. papers from the Summer Squeeze Collection.

For this layout, I used a 3 inch circle paper punch and cut out several circles of patterned papers and then I cut the circles in half and then in half again.  Now you will have four pie shapes for each circle.

I watercolored my background paper and matted my photos.  I arranged the pie shapes in circles with different papers and machine stitched them and added some embellishments such as stickers, bows and enamel dots.

I hope you enjoyed your visit.  Next up is Christine's blog.  Here is the blog hop list just in case.  You don't want to miss all the scrappy inspiration.

Cathy http://alteredplayground.blogspot.com

Lee-Anne  http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com You Are Here

Christine http://scrappingwithchristine.blogspot.com

Majken http://chocoscrapaholic.blogspot.com/

Katrina http://paperscissorsandglue.blogspot.com/

Sandy Ross http://itsafamilyaffairwithscrappynana.blogspot.ca/

Alison  http://alisondaydesigns.com/

Cheryl http://patchesandscraps.blogspot.com

Wendi Robinson http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/

Thanks for hopping!

June 2015 Scrapping Our Stash Blog Hop

Hello friends! I am so happy you are here participating in the June Scrapping Our Stash Blog Hop where we are using our stash.  You should have arrived here from Wendy 's blog but if not, here is a list of names in the correct order participating in the blog hop:

Cathy Harper http://alteredplayground.blogspot.com/

Majken Pullin http://chocoscrapaholic.blogspot.com/

Sandy Ross http://itsafamilyaffairwithscrappynana.blogspot.ca/

Suzanna Lee http://lifestrivialities.typepad.com/

Lyne Schnable-Blodgett http://lynnseverydayideas.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Stella Haggerty http://livethemoment-jen.blogspot.com/

Wendy Bergeron Coffman http://stampingrules.com

Lee-Anne Thornton http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com   You are here

Updated Saturday, June 27, 2015 I have had to remove my layout from my blog as it has been picked up for publication! Scrap n Art Magazine will be publishing this in the July issue which will be available July 1.

Today I am sharing somewhat of a mixed media layout.  My background was created on some white card stock with the help of Tim Holtz Distress Inks in Abandoned Coral, Cracked Pistachio and Squeezed Lemonade then I added some splatters of Heidi Swapp Colorshine Mists in Black Velvet and Teal.

I added several embellishments from my stash such as stickers, buttons, wood veneer birdies, flair, brads, bakers twine and a crochet flower.  The patterned paper, stickers and alpha stickers are from Echo Park's Simple Life Collection.

I hope you enjoyed your visit.  You are at the end of the hop.  I hope you are inspired by all the projects.  Thanks for hopping!

April 2015 Scrapping Our Stash Blog Hop

Hello friends!  Happy Friday!  Today is the monthly Scrapping Our Stash Blog Hop where a few  scrapbookers get together and have a blog hop just for fun.  The only stipulation is that older product (Pre CHA) in our stash must be used.  You should have arrived here from Wendy's blog, but here is a list just in case:

Christine http://scrappingwithchristine.blogspot.com
Juliana www.17turtles.com 
Katrina http://paperscissorsandglue.blogspot.com/
Laura http://scrapaddict4life.blogspot.com/
Cheryl http://patchesandscraps.blogspot.com
Cathy http://alteredplayground.blogspot.com/
Sandy http://itsafamilyaffairwithscrappynana.blogspot.ca/
Kristy http://alwaysworldaway.blogspot.com
Majken http://chocoscrapaholic.blogspot.com/.../good-times... 
Wendi R http://scrappydayinparadise.blogspot.com/
Wendy C www.stampingrules.com
Lee-Anne http://lee-annelovethejourney.blogspot.com  YOU ARE HERE

For this month, I created a summer layout using some older papers and stickers from the Echo Park Summer Bliss Collection as well as some flair from A Flair For Buttons and some wood veneers from Creative Embellishments.  

For the wood veneer suns from Creative Embellishments, I inked them up with some Tim Holtz's Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink, cut a swirl flower on my Cameo and added a flair button from A Flair For Buttons to the center.  There are some sequins and enamel dots sprinkled here and there and to give it a carefree feel to the page I went with some twine that I stapled in place to accent the card stock background.  I also fussy cut the popsicles and circles.  Nothing fancy but had fun creating it.

Well there you have it!  This is the end of the hop  Weren't there some fantastic projects?  I hope you were inspired to get creative.  Thanks for hopping and have a wonderful weekend!