January Creative Team Blog Hop

Welcome to our January 2016 Creative Team Blog Hop! Our creative team has been working hard making some great projects that will inspire you to get crafting this Month.  In addition, Kolette and I have some new files for you!   Be sure to check out all the fun new projects below.

One of the best things about blog hop week is the 30% OFF SALE going on at Lori’s SVG SHOP. ALL files (and commercial licenses) from Lori Whitlock, Kolette Hall, and Dresden Carrie are on SALE. Use code JAN2016 (case sensitive) at checkout in the SVG SHOP.

In addition, today only, you can get  30% OFF all of my digital files over at Snap Click Supply!  Use code DIGIJAN16 at checkout to get the discount! 

I also have another gift for you! Today only,  You can get this fun file for free!

Kolette and I have some great new files in the SVG Shop this week . Check them out and remember all files are 30% off this week when you use code JAN2016 in my  SVG Shop! Take a peek…

How would you like to win a $20 Gift card to my SVG Shop? Just comment on this post, and you’ll be entered to win! I will pick a winner later this week!

And, last but not least… would you like to see what our amazing team has created? Click the links below for some wonderful inspiration. If you get lost come back here to get on track.

Lori Whitlock
Corri Garza
Mendi Yoshikawa
Traci Penrod
Kathy Skou 
Tya Smith
Chrissy Guido
Ashley Cook
Rachael Sheedy

Thanks again for dropping by! Have a GREAT day!

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An email accidentally went out for tomorrow’s blog hop!  Sorry for the confusion but be sure to come back tomorrow to see all of the new goodies and check out the projects from our wonderful design team!  Have a great day!!

Off the Page January Challenge

Hi Everyone, it’s Kathy today, and I have a new feature for you!  This year we will be teaming up with the folks at Paper Issues for their  Off the Page Challenge !   An Off the Page project is simply a paper crafting project that is not a traditional scrapbook page.  Each month I will be using files from Lori’s SVG shop,  for my Off the Page projects, and we would love for you to play along too!  For January’s Challenge I thought it would be fun to start off the year with a calendar/new/time theme.  Did you create a calendar for friends, or relatives?  Did you get a new planner? How about showing off your planner spreads?  How about anything related to new babies?  Birth Announcements, room décor, shower favors… New Starts… weddings, weight loss trackers..did you make any resolutions?  How about a resolution tracker?    Maybe a monthly mini album to hold your favorite Instagram pics?  Anything to do with clocks would be great too!  Of course we want you to use Lori Whitlock files for these projects!
 My project is a cute little desktop calendar.  I started with Lori’s 2016 Print and Cut Calendar, her Accordion Square Mini Album and her easel.  I then set out to decorate each month…
The Accordion Album has six pages per side, so it was perfect for the 12 months of the year… here is the first half…
 
 and the second half of the year!  Here are some close-ups of each month…
  
January used Lori’s Snowman Set, February has the Valentine’s Mason Jars file.
 
 March has the Shamrock File and April’s bunny is from the Easter Icons Set.
 
May’s flowers are from the 12 Fancy Flowers files and the cute little owl is Lori’s Graduation Owl.
 
July’s fireworks are from the Patriotic Box Card and the sand castle is from the Beach Set.
How cute is that little book worm??  He is from the School Apple file and the little ghost is from the Layered Halloween Embellishments set.
Last, but not least, the little turkey is Lori’s Turkey 2 File and Santa is from the Santa Claus Gift Box file.
This was definitely a lot of work, but I’m so happy it turned out like I pictured in my head!! (that doesn’t always happen….)  To play along, add your project to the comment section of this challenge photo in the Paper Issues Friends & Fans Facebook Group,  January Challenges Album.  You have until February 6th to play along.  You could win one of 2 Gift Certificates to the Paper Issues Store!  That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by to peek!

Lovebug Box with Corri

Hi everyone!  Corri here today sharing my take on Lori’s ladybug slip lid box.

To turn my ladybug into a “love”bug,  I  used the “release compound path” feature to remove the polka dots and replace them with hearts.

This little box would be great for classroom Valentine’s Day treats.  It’s  adorable on it’s own so I added just a couple of embellishments.  I cut a pieces of glitter cardstock to fit behind my hearts for a little sparkle and added a sticker from the Doodlebug – Sweet Things Collection and a twine bow.

Head over to the Lori’s SVG Shop to find more adorable treat bags and cards for Valentine’s Day.

A Birthday Pop Up Card

Hi everyone and Happy New Year!  Cathy here with you today and have a Birthday Pop Up card to share using Lori’s new Echo Park Little Man Collection.  Bright colors, fun patterns  and full of all kinds of fun for your little man.  I created this card for my grandson’s 5th birthday!  I will be scrapping his party pics with this collection, too.

There are lots of different pop up cards in Lori’s Shop.  I chose the A2 Birthday Pop Dot card, these cards are so easy to make.  Lori has all of the files color coded, so just follow along and then just add pop dots.  They really go together in just a matter of minutes, have amazing dimension and are a delight for the recipient.  After I had it all layered together I added some fun stickers from the Little Man collection and a bit of twine.  Make sure to stop by Lori’s shop to check out all the Pop Dot cards and all of the new fun files added this week.