National Scrapbooking Day/Weekend
Celebration Blog Hop
and
Friday Challenge 15 for May!
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Happy Friday Quick Quotes fans! Christine here to host the blog and kick off our Friday Challenge 15! You're going to need your scissors for this one and we have a fun reveal for you this month as well.
I love to fussy cut my patterned paper. I think it is a great way to take the same paper that others are using and make it your own unique creation. In fact I regularly buy paper just so I can cut it up. Fussy cutting can be done simply by cutting a shape out of the patterned paper directly.
This paper has a lots of beautiful flowers that you can leave be or do as I did, cut them out and make a whole new design with them. The possibilities are limitless... don't get me started on curling, folding, or using foam adhesives! It's a very fun technique to try that doesn't require any special tools.
Now that I've whet your appetite, here is the hop sequence so you can see the full reveal of what the design team has created to give you some inspiration for National Scrapbooking Day and our challenge!
Leave a final comment with your favorite project or tip here!
Of course, what's a Blog Hop without a fun prize?!!!
Since we are celebrating National Scrapbooking Day, we are all set to give away a grab bag full of Quick Quotes crafty goodness! For sure it will contain some of our PowderPuff Chalk Ink colors as those are the featured product for May.
How to win?
- Leave a comment on each of the Designer's blogs
- Come on back and leave a comment with your favorite project or tip from the hop
- Be a follower of this blog, extra entry if you refer a friend to be a new follower!
- Hop is open for comments now until Sunday, May 7 at 11:59 pm.
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Friday Challenge 15:
- Use fussy cutting on your project
- You can create a layout, a card, an altered project, or a mini album just make sure it includes fussy cutting.
- Of course we would LOVE to see you use Quick Quotes on your project, but it is not a requirement. You may use any products to create your project.
We can't wait to see what you create this month!
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Challenge begins today and will be open until 11:59 pm PST on 5/25.
Challenge 15 winners will be announced on 5/31!
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The 'Top 3,' as chosen by our Design Team, will have bragging rights with a 'Top 3 fave' button to display at their own blogs + everyone who participates will be entered to win the prize for this challenge.
Prize = $25 gift certificate* to shop at http://www.shopquickquotes.com/ !!!
Use the InLinkz button at the bottom of this post to link up your project!
Happy Scrapping!
- Don't have a blog? You can also link to a photo in a gallery: like photobucket or scrapbook.com.
- InLinkz will ask you for the direct link to your project, not just your blog address.
- Click on your projects specific url and copy/paste it to link up.
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(*QQ Prize Disclaimer: prize contest open to US residents only.
If you live outside the US
you would be responsible for any shipping costs for prizes won.
The $25 gift certificate does not cover shipping costs.)
26 comments:
Had great fun hopping and can't possibly pic a favourite from all the wonderful projects! Tx
The hop was wonderful. My fav; wow there are so many. The birdhouse is a fav. The layouts with the fussy cutting of the flowers give such wonderful dimension to the creation. My fav paper is the Summer Samba which I won some of & made some wedding layouts of a beach wedding in Maui. Received my order of more Summer Samba & Tin so now I can make more & give the fussy cutting of the flowers a try.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
The Blog Hop was fun.....Thanks for all the ideas.
I love the birdhouse project
Great hop...super inspiring..can't pick a favorite project, they are all gorgeous!
Great Challenge.....
Great samples on the hop
Great Challenge.....
Great samples on the hop
Wow,all the designers had such wonderful layouts and tips. My favorite designer was Rhonda. Her layout was amazing. My favorite tip was to ink the fussy cut flowers for more dimension and QQ new powder puff chalks are amazing.
What a fun ho. Love hops like yours, informative, inspirational and fun.
I really enjoyed the blog hop! Some really gorgeous projects! My favorite was Misty's love that color she got on the vellum, and what a great quote!
Loved the blog hop and all the projects using fussy cutting. I have to say that my favorite was Barb Crafts' Kauai layout but they were all beautiful.
Okay, so my favorite layout is Rhonda's. She brought in so many elements & techniques; stitching, pockets, fussy cutting, vellu, & inking. My favorite tip was the misting & curling technique on the Just Jackson paper. Please forgive me for the memory lapse on your name :(. I thought my favorite paper line was Copper Kettle, but after seeing all the amazing projects using Summer Samba, it has tied for my favorite paper line. Thank you QQ for the fun hop & the amazing talent of your design team. Kudos!!!
Thanks for the hop! My favorite would have to be Marcia Dehn-Nix's. I simply loved the colors she used and the techniques she encorporated into her layout. I can't get over how smoothly everything blends together!
Thanks QQ!
My first time doing a blog hop!! I am very new to scrapbooking and had never seen the "fussy cutting" technique, I love it. I got so many good tips and ideas!! Thank you!!
Never thought I'd try cutting things out of patterned paper because I've only seen it done with flowers and that doesn't suit my taste or style. But I love seeing the other shapes. The stars looked great!
Loved the blog hop-everyone's layouts were beautiful! If I had to pick I favorite I would have to go with Misty!
What an amazing blog hop. I saw so many wonderful and creative projects and layouts. My fav is Julie Walton's fuzzy cut flowers. I liked the way she cut the petals and then used pop dots for dimension. Thanks for sharing so much talent with us and the chance to win.
This was such a great hop and every project rocked! One favorite? That is a hard choice to make but I was totally captivated by Misty's project. I'm happy to be a follower.
smilesmoore2 atverizon dotnet
PS Where can I find the chalk inks? I got a set from My Craft Channel but haven't been able to find them anywhere else??? And my friends all want them!
Hi Alwayscharlie! You can always shop at the www.shopquickquotes.com online store or to help locate a store near you there is a "store locator" feature on the upper right corner of the site as well.
Hope this helps and happy shopping to you!!!
Awesome hop- love the projects- the most touching one was Marcia's and I adored the fussy cutting and layers on Julie's so much.
Loved the Hop. Almost inspiration overload! My favorite layout was Tanisha's in honor of her mother using all inds of remnants as well as fussy cuts. Gave me ideas ofa ll the things I can do with my mom's old sewing supplies!
This was a great QQ hop! I loved to see the designers' takes on fussy cutting! My favorites are the flowers with lots of curling, center bling and QQ chalk inks, of course! Thanks QQ!
I loved all the projects - Adora's paper conre was great and the bird house was stunning, and the wall habging... but I think the tip I will remember and take away is using pearls in the middle of my flowers!
I am actually not a fan of fussy cutting but these projects were all so great!! And, inspiring me to give it a try. Hard to pick a favorite - I think Misty's by just a hair. Love that it's a canvas project and how the fussy cutting adds such great dimension and interest. Thanks!
Debi this an awesome layout!! One of your best! I love the content and all your "fussy cuts". Even the line up from original picture to current one...great idea!
Did not see an indication if only 1 entry was allowed so I entered a 2nd. In this 2nd entry I fussy cut a digi of a girl holding a balloon. Fussy cut her on flesh cardstock, cut her dress out & then layered her on blue cardstock. Pleae let me know if multiple entries are allowed or not.
Melissa
"Sunshine HoneyBee"
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