Monday, March 25, 2013

Papertrey March 2013 Blog Hop


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Hello! I am participating in Papertrey's March Blog Hop. The challenge for the hop is to use sequins on your card.

You can read all about the challenge here.I fought this for a while, thinking I didn't need to invest in ANOTHER embellishment. I know the way I am - these kinds of things are addicting! But alas, I gave in and picked up some sequins at my local Joann's and made a shaker card for my grandson for Easter.










I have 4 grandchildren, and I made cards for each. Here is Will's, who is almost 8 months old. I used Hello Foxy, Scrambled Eggs (the little flowers) and Fabulous Frames to make this shaker card. I just loved Nicole Heady's birthday card here, and used it as my inspiration. This is the card that meets the Blog Hop challenge to use sequins.
Next up is my card for my 1 1/2 year old granddaughter Chloe. I resisted buying the Papertrey Movers and Shakers Dies when they first came out. I wasn't sure if I would use them. I bought a Silhouette Cameo for Christmas and have been working to come up with ways I can cut these interactive elements on my Cameo. The slider card was the easiest to figure out - just a long oval cut in the middle of the card. After watching Nicole's video of how the slider element worked, I pulled out my Papertrey Button dies and used a larger pop dot in the middle of two of the larger buttons to make it slide along the track. It turned out to be a fun card! I used Scrambled Eggs and the dies for the chick, as well as Hello Spring for the flowers and sentiment.
Next up is my older grandson Lucas's card. He's 10, so I figured he could handle the zipper card. As I studied the zipper card on Nicole's blog, I figured out how to reproduce the zipper on my Cameo. So now anytime I want, I can cut out a zipper for a card! The bunny is from Paper Smooches, and the sentiment is from Scrambled Eggs. Underneath the zipper is "Easter's on it's way" from Scrambled Eggs. I used Background Basics: Houndstooth on the background of the zipper part.
And lastly, is the card for my newest granddaughter, Sophie. She's only 2 months old, and I decided to use the Polka Dot Parade bunny on her card. I cut the bunny out of the front of the card, and attached him on the inside with a pop dot. I still need to find a white pom pom for his tail.

Thanks for sticking with me on this long post! Enjoy the Blog Hop!

16 comments:

  1. This is adorable, Susan! Love how you incorporated the little foxy for Easter!

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  2. OMG such adorable Easter cards! I love the foxy shaker :) So sweet with the pearl sequins and the lovely stamped background! The roly poly Easter chick card is so FUN!

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  3. They are all sweet. Your grandchildren will certainly enjoy them.

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  4. great projects, I really like the shaker sequins!

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  5. Fabulous projects, Susan! I made a shaker card with the Fabulous Frames die, too, but I love how you stamped the fox in there!

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  6. All your cards are just fabulous, and I particularly like the fox--how fun to make him a shaker and put him in that frame.

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  7. Adorable cards, Susan! I'm sure your grandchildren are going to treasure them :)

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  8. great interactive cards the fox looks so cute in the shaker card.

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  9. What a sweet set of cards - your older grandson will love the zipper die & the interactive ones are perfect for the little ones!

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  10. Cute, cute cards, all of these! I admire your ambition to make each grandchild a different card! I have five, and theirs are all alike except for changing out the pattern paper and colors! Your little fox is adorable!

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  11. Thanks for your comment on my blog, Susan! I just wanted to say that the first time I filled the frame with sequins, it was WAY too full and I had to take it apart and take out about half of the sequins! LOL!

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  12. So many fabulous projects!!! LOVING your shaker card!

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  13. Wonderful projects, I really like the Foxy framed card.

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  14. Your cards are all so sweet!! I love them all!

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