Welcome to Day 1 of the Old, New, Borrowed, and Blue Blog Hop!

Wedding bells will soon be ringing as the wedding season is almost here, and the design teams of Red Carpet Studio and The Paper Nest Dolls have teamed up to provide you with some beautiful wedding inspiration by creating projects using Paper Nest Dolls digital stamps! If you've just come across the hop and would like to start at the beginning, please visit Red Carpet Studio.
 

 Red Carpet Studio is a movie-themed challenge blog that runs weekly challenges, alternating between layout and card challenges each week. All of their challenges are inspired by either a movie or aspect of Hollywood!

The Paper Nest Dolls is a brand new digital/rubber stamp shop that sells adorable stamps inspired by the designer's children. Their stamps are sold here and they just started a challenge blog as well!

For my project today, I made....

 

I try not to make cards for hops, but I just love how this one turned out.  I used Paper Nest Dolls Bride Ellie image.  I really enjoyed coloring her.  Between her long hair and the folds in the dress, I could get really creative.  For the bit of blue, I used a blue mat, colored the ribbon and some flowers, and Stickles (of course). 

My 'new' addition are the pearls.  I won a GC from Miriam's Crafting Supplies and this is one of the many things I was able to get.  =) 

 

 

The Paper Nest Dolls owner and artist, Christine, is very generously providing us with some blog candy from her online stamp shop and her brick and mortar scrapbooking store! To be eligible to win you must comment on every stop of both days of the hop. 

Two $20 Gift Certificates

Prima Flower Prize Pack

Ready for the next stop? It's Lori Ann's blog!



Red Carpet Studio
The Paper Nest Dolls
Tonya
Lori Ann
Chas
Kelly
Kim
Erika
Dawn
Lydia
Anneliese
Darcy
Sandra

Happy Hopping! :)

Red Carpet Studio Lucky Leprechaun Blog Hop

Welcome to Day 2 of the Lucky Leprechaun Blog Hop, brought to you by the card design team of Red Carpet Studio!

If you've come from Ashley's blog, you're in the right place. If you've just come across the hop and would like to start at the beginning, please visit Red Carpet Studio.

This hop was put together to share with you fun and creative ideas for St. Patrick's Day projects along with introduce you to our new design team members AND officially announce our March Lucky Link-Up contest!

Before we get to all that fun information, I'd like to share my project with you. I created...

I created a shaped shamrock card. I used a Scraptastical Kreations file to create the shamrock and used my Silhouette Software to make a shadow layer and an inlets.  To create the base, I just welded two of the shadow layers.  I added some gel sticking and lime green Stickles. 

 

Supplies:

Scraptastical Kreations File

Cardstock

Pattern Paper

Fluid Chalk

Gel Pen

Stickles



 

 



And of course we have some wonderful sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment both days on every stop of the hop. :)

Dilly Beans Digi Stamps

3 digis of winner's choice

Paper Pretties

6 digital image sets

QKR Stampede

5 digital stamps

The Robin's Nest

$10 gift certificate

Winners will be announced at Red Carpet Studio on Tuesday March 5th along with the winners of our wedding/anniversary card challenge.

And now for our March Lucky Link-Up announcement! Each challenge entry in March will enter you to win over $200 in gift certificates to all sorts of online scrapbooking stores, from stamp companies, to paper piecing, to digital scrapbooking sites, and more. Check out the Lucky Link-Up page on the blog for a complete list of sponsors and details about the contest. We're also listing ALL of our March challenges in advance so you can get a head start on all your projects. :) 

We'd also like to give a warm welcome to our new layout design team member, Kim! She is sharing her first project as a DT member in this hop with you. :) 

Your next stop is Kim's blog. 

Red Carpet Studio

Ashley

Tonya

Kim

Anneliese

Heidi

Dawn

Candice

Thanks for hopping with us! :)

Welcome to Day 2 of the Love is in the Air Blog Hop, brought to you by the card design team from Red Carpet Studio!

If you haven't hopped through Day 1 yet, make sure to do so!

This weekend the Red Carpet Studio design team would like to share with you love-themed projects to inspire you during this Valentine's Day season. Throughout the hop you'll see a variety of projects and we hope one or more of these wonderful creations inspire you to create. :)

If you've come from Sandra's blog, you're in the right place. If you'd like to start at the beginning of the hop, please visit Red Carpet Studio.

 

For today's hop I made...

 

 

 

 

Isn't she adorable?  I just love her!  This card is inspired by the Stamping Chef challenge.  I imported the image into Silhouette Studio and drew her with my Cameo.  I colored her with Copics, accented with Distress Stickles, and edged with Distress Ink.   

 

Supplies:

Stamping Chef Digi

Patterned paper

Cardstock

Copics

Distress Stickles

Distress ink

Pearl

Carbase

Corner punch

Sentiment Stamp



 

We also have some fabulous sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment on every stop of both days the hop!

The Cutting Cafe

3 digital stamp sets of the winner's choice

SK Digis

$6 gift certificate

"Whooo's Your Valentine?" Kit from Close to My Heart

Sponsored by CTMH Consultant Janet Royer

LoveBug Creations

12 yard ribbon set - Winner's choice of Red Hot Lover or The Yummy Collection

Please make sure to comment both days on every stop of the hop AND leave your contact information to be eligible to win. Winners will be announced on Tuesday January 29th at Red Carpet Studio along with the winners of our "Sparkle" layout challenge.

Your next stop is Tonya M's blog.

 

And here's the entire lineup:

Red Carpet Studio - http://redcarpetstudiochallenge.blogspot.com

Chas -http://scrapinlizards.blogspot.com/

Stephanie J - http://sthom97093.blogspot.com/

Robin - http://www.thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com/

Monique - http://living-in-the-positive.blogspot.com/

Sandra - http://crea-sandra.blogspot.com/

Tonya G - http://scrappingfunwithtonya.blogspot.com

Tonya M - http://ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com/

Happy Hopping! 

Love is in the Air Blog Hop

Welcome to Day 1 of the Love is in the Air Blog Hop, brought to you by the card design team from Red Carpet Studio!
 

This weekend the Red Carpet Studio design team would like to share with you love-themed projects to inspire you during this Valentine's Day season. Throughout the hop you'll see a variety of projects and we hope one or more of these wonderful creations inspire you to create. :)

If you've come from Sandra's blog, you're in the right place. If you'd like to start at the beginning of the hop, please visit Red Carpet Studio.

For today's hop I made...

 

 

I love making cards.  To me they are so rewarding.  I'm a bit impatient and need to have a project completed before moving on.   :-)

 

I used a Scraptastical Kreations' file to create this card.  I used a heart and created the white base with my Silhouette Cameo.  I layered it upon red cardstock.  It looked plain so I added the stitching with a white gel pen.  The large heart is on popdots.  And finally, Stickling on the word 'love.'  Voila! 

 

 



Supplies:

SK file

Fluid chalk

Gel pen

Stickles

Pop dots

Cardstock

Sentiment stamp (inside)

Ink

Shape scissors (inside)

 

 

We also have some fabulous sponsors giving away prizes to those who comment on every stop of both days the hop!
 

The Cutting Cafe

3 digital stamp sets of the winner's choice

SK Digis

$6 gift certificate

"Whooo's Your Valentine?" Kit from Close to My Heart

Sponsored by CTMH Consultant Janet Royer

LoveBug Creations

12 yard ribbon set - Winner's choice of Red Hot Lover or The Yummy Collection

Please make sure to comment both days on every stop of the hop AND leave your contact information to be eligible to win. Winners will be announced on Tuesday January 29th at Red Carpet Studio along with the winners of our "Sparkle" layout challenge.

Your next stop is Anneliese's blog.

 

And here's the entire lineup:

Red Carpet Studio - http://redcarpetstudiochallenge.blogspot.com

Dawn - http://dawnsworldnz.blogspot.com/

Tara - http://craftindesertdivas.blogspot.com/

Sandra - http://crea-sandra.blogspot.com/

Tonya G - http://scrappingfunwithtonya.blogspot.com/

Anneliese - http://queen-of-the-crop.blogspot.com/

Candice - http://candiedcards.typepad.com/
Kim - http://www.artkeepsmesane.blogspot.ca/

Happy Hopping! 

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for Day 2!

 

ABC Ransom Blog Hop

Red Carpet Studio Card challenge, click here.

Welcome to the ABC Ransom Blog Hop, 

hosted by Red Carpet Studio!

If you've come from Dawn's blog, you're in the right place.

The Red Carpet Studio designers thought it would be fun to host a mystery blog hop while showcasing projects that can be made using all those leftover letters in your stash - hence where the "ransom" comes in. Ransom notes play a huge role in mystery/suspense films, and are often created out of random letters cut from magazines, newspapers, etc. in order to disguise handwriting. 

While we won't be doing any kidnapping or holding anybody ransom today - we do have some creative projects to share with you!

For my project using leftover letters in my stash, I created...
 

 

...a card.  Looks simple, right?  Not quite.  But I loved creating it!  I used my Silhouette Cameo, pen holder, a Prismacolor Pencil, and a Scraptastical Kreations file.  After drawing the tree and bat, I stickled the bat to make it pop.  I outlined the tree with a gold gel pen to give the card a bit of depth and visual interest.  The label is from another Scraptastical Kreations file.  I distressed it with distress ink, stickled the edges, and added my letters.   I really do not have any letters in my stash.  Don't know why, I just don't.  :-) 

 

Supplies:

Card base

Scraptastical Kreations files: A Haunted Halloween and Label It, Tag It, Frame It

Distress Inks

Stickles

Prismacolor Pencil

Gel Pen

 

We're also holding some blog candy ransom! However, the blog candy is hidden, and only certain stops of the hop are hiding it. The only way you can win is if you comment on those blogs! Now, we're not going to tell you whose blogs those are (that would be too easy) but we will tell you what the prizes are!

Lettering Delights

$20 Gift Certificate

Floppy Latte Digital Designs

$10 Gift Certificate

Freckled Fawn

$10 Gift Certificate

There will be three winners. Please make sure to leave your contact information when commenting so we can contact you if you win. You have until next Saturday, November 3rd, to hop and comment. Winners will be announced with the start of our next layout challenge on Sunday November 4th at Red Carpet Studio.

And don't forget to check out this week's challenge at Red Carpet Studio! Our challenge this week is inspired by "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown" and the challenge is to create any fall or Halloween card.

Your next stop is Chas's blog.

 

Red Carpet Studio - http://redcarpetstudiochallenge.blogspot.com

Tara - http://craftindesertdivas.blogspot.com

Sandra - http://crea-sandra.blogspot.com/

Georgie - http://georgie-hornpuddinnpie.blogspot.com/

Dawn - http://dawnsworldnz.blogspot.com/

Tonya G - http://scrappingfunwithtonya.blogspot.com/

Chas - http://scrapinlizards.blogspot.com/

Stacy - http://www.vampirecraftin.com/
Stephanie G - http://www.luvscraps.blogspot.com/
Robin - http://www.thecricutscrapper.blogspot.com/
Candice - http://stampinpearls.blogspot.com/
Stephanie J - http://sthom97093.blogspot.com/
Anneliese - http://queen-of-the-crop.blogspot.com/

P.S. My letter is...A

If you can put all the letters together from each stop of the hop (they're in order), you have a chance to win a mystery prize! Once you've figured out our hidden message, email it to redcarpetstudiochallenge@gmail.com. The mystery prize winner will be announced with the other winners on Sunday November 4th. HINT: The message is a clue as to what our next layout challenge will be. :)