Showing posts with label Winter Blog Hop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Winter Blog Hop. Show all posts

Monday, December 6, 2010

Snowy Winter Blog Hop: Winner Announcement

I am so sad to say that the Fabulous Fall Blog Hop is over! :(
 I am happy to be announcing winners for my blog candy goody bags and the sponsored prizes! I used random.org to pick the winners.


Here is the total count of entries:

I went from 221 followers the day before the hop started to 260 on the last day of the hop.  Although it is not a requirement to win the blog candy, I really appreciate all of you following me!

Blog Hop Project Comments:
Puzzle Piece Advent Wreath - 114
Bonus Entry: blog candy announcement - 23



That is a total of       137     comments!!!

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The winner is: 

ANNA@ http://mamawann.blogspot.com/

Head over to the winners blog to congratulate her and send her some blogging love! 
Anna, I will be emailing you to get your mailing address and get your prize out to you asap.

Don't forget to visit Dorcas for the grand prize announcement and all the other crafters on the hop to see their winners too!! 

Thanks so much for hopping along with me this week and thanks to the lovely ladies in the blog hop with me. I really hope I have inspired all of you as much as you have inspired me! :)

Please come back and visit me soon!  I am sure to have many more projects posted every couple days or so!

Thanks again, I am so happy you are on this creative journey with me!!
Cheryl @ CardsbyCG.blogspot.com
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Saturday, December 4, 2010

Snowy Winter Blog Hop: Advent Wreath


Thanks for joining us on the Snowy Winter Blog Hop!! You should be coming from Blanca @ sweetscrappingwithhoneyb.blogspot.com. If not, please hop on over to Dorcas @ 4craftyangels.blogspot.com and start from the begining... you won't want to miss a single blog!


If you are a regular visitor to my blog, you'll know I love doing projects with my kiddos. I also love doing projects using recycled supplies!  Today, I'll share a project that includes BOTH! :)

This is a Recycled Puzzle Piece Advent Wreath!!

I am super excited to share this with you.  Do you have a puzzle that is missing a piece or two?  My kids love puzzles, but always seem to eventually loose a piece.  

The first step of this project is painting all the remaining pieces any green color you may have around.  You can combine a couple of puzzles if you like.  You can even paint the pieces a couple of colors. How ever you or your children wish!


Next make a wreath shape.  I used my Cricut and Gypsy to cut out this 12" wreath (11" center circle). We used this shape as our base and simply glued the puzzle pieces to the base.


As you can see, I had my kids glue one layer down and then topped the first row of puzzle pieces with a second layer of pieces, joining the seams of the first layer. That made our base layer rigid.


I hot-melt glued 6" lengths of green ribbon around the wreath... 24 ribbons, one for each day of the Christmas Countdown. I chose to use the ribbon so I can have my kiddos reuse this wreath each year, just by reloading the candy pieces. 


I used my Gypsy, Christmas Cheer (for the stockings, cut at 6") and my Cri-kit pens to first write out my son's names and cut the wonderful stockings,


Again, I used my Cri-kit pens to write out the numbers (Opposites Attract - 3/4") for each day and cut out the circles (1" from Plantin Schoolbook).  I have the  gypsy file to share, if you'd like it please email me or include a request in your comment.


Here you can see the puzzle pieces, the ribbons tied to the candies and how wonderful the numbers write out with the Cri-kit pens!

Tie a candy to each ribbon, hot glue the numbers to each candy, add a hanger and stocking and you are done!! I added a candy cane to the stocking for a Christmas treat!


I really hope you enjoyed my blog hop project.  It came out as a very cheap project too:
recycled puzzle pieces: free
ribbon: 2/$1.00 @ Joanns
starlight mint candies: $1 for 75 pieces @ Walmart
paper scraps for the cricut cuts: pennies
full sheet of card stock for the wreath base: .25 @ Joanns 
Crafting with your kids: pricless

Please take a half hour and craft with your kiddos today! 

Now, please leave a comment for your chance to win my blog candy. You can snag a second entry to win my blog candy by commenting on my blog candy post too.


http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/2010/12/snowy-winter-blog-hop-blog-candy.html


 Please consider becoming a follower if you aren't already! :)  

Your next stop is:
I'm sure she'll have a wonderful project waiting for you... she always has such great projects!! I have loved her blog since the minute I found it!

Here is the Snowy Winter Blog Hop line up in case you got lost along the way:

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