New Year's Inspiration

The clock is ticking and it's getting closer to the stroke of midnight!

And ringing in the New Year is always a time of celebration!

It's so much fun to spend those last hours of the year with your friends & family laughing, being silly, playing games and of course, eating!!

Wearing those party hats and making noises with the

party blowers are always fun for everyone.

Even the big kids!

We wanted to share some New Years Inspiration with you today.

Keely Yowler

... has created some adorable party that are just perfect for such an occasion.

Supplies: Imaginisce (Hippity Hop & Bon Voyage collections), Crepe Paper (for pink hat details), Vintage patterns (to create detail on blue/brown hat), American Crafts Thicker, My Little Shoebox (alpha stickers), paper doilies

Rhonda Van Ginkel

... made this gorgeous party dress card.

Supplies: Imaginisce (Bon Voyage patterned papers, 22mm Brad Daddy, 22mm Brad Daddy Punch, i-Top 2.0, i-Rock, i-Rock Small Flourishes Stencil, i-Rock Hot Rocks Compact - Multi, i-Rock Hot Rocks Compact - Crystal ), Stamps - A. Jillian, Vance Design,, White Embossing Powder - Ranger,, Cardstock - Bazzil, , Card Die - AccuCut,, Black Velvet Trim - Bella Blvd.,, Black Rose Trim - American Crafts,, Glue Glider Pro - Glue Arts,, Glossy Accents - Ranger, Other: Black Tulle, Wide black Grossgrain Ribbon, Embossing Heat Gun

Cari Locken

... created a pocketbook calendar for 2012 to keep in her purse.

(Calendar template is her design). She printed the months & lines on a 7x7 piece of heavy weight cardstock (front & back) and then folded each sheet in half.

Supplies: Imaginisce (Geek is Chic collection), heavy white cardstock (Staples), staples (to adhere paper together), green bias ribbon, American Crafts (Thickers)

If you're interested in the calendar template design that Cari created please email her (Click on her name & it will take you to her blog. The email link is on there)

In closing today, we'd like to leave you with this quote/poem.

Imaginisce & Clearsnap Holiday Blog Hop Day 3

Welcome to DAY 3 of our Holiday Blog Hop with Clearsnap.

We're so happy to have you join us!

Have you been enjoying the projects? We sure hope so.

Today we have some beautiful holiday ideas to share with you.

We're going to begin today with this incredible wall hanging by Keely.

Keely Yowler

Keely incorporated quite a lot of Clearsnap glitter and sparkly fibers on this wall hanging. She even created one snowman for each member of her family.

Supplies: Imaginisce "Santa's Little Helper" patterned paper., Clearsnap : Glue Gloss, Smooch Spritz "Holly Berries" & "Ginger Ale", Glitter: Peridot, Sparkle Fibers "Snow Drift", Colorbox Cats Eye Ink "White"., Cardstock: Bazzill Basics, Best Creation, Cricut cartridge: Winter Woodland, Snowflake Punch: Martha Stewart , Ribbon: Offray, Zig: Black, Cardboard, Buttons, Jewel, Lace: craft supply

Heather Leopard

Heather made these darling little treat bags for her daughter to give to the school administrators (ie. nurse, front office, etc) as a token of appreciation.

Supplies: Imaginisce (Santa's Little Helper papers, die-cuts & chipboard), Clearsnap (Glitter,Smooth Spritz, Design Adhesives), misc. (ribbon)

Shemaine Smith

Shemaine punched snowflakes with Martha Stewart punches and laid them over white cardstock. She then used the Smooch Spritz to create her own background. She ran the cardstock thru her Cuttlebug with the Snowflake embossing folder to create some texture. Shemaine then finished the card with a Season's Greetings Word Die Cut with pop dots.

Supplies: Clearsnap Smooch Spritz Holly Berries, gold glitter and Glue gloss, Imaginisce Santa's Little Helper Cinnamon snowflake, die cuts.

Please join us again tomorrow as we've got more to share!!

More holiday inspiration from cards, layouts, to christmas ornaments.

Remember to leave us a comment on each post in order to be entered into the drawing for a wonderful prize! See details on Monday's post.

Now make sure to hop on over to Clearsnap's blog for more incredible inspiration. They've been sharing fabulous projects this week!

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Just a reminder about the December Monthly Challenge (Color Inspiration). You still have until Dec. 25th to get your entries in! We'd love to see your work!

HIppity Hop - Day 1

We realize that it's the Holiday Season right now and with Christmas right around the corner it's been hard to think of spring and Easter but we're very excited to share with you a new release called Hippity Hop. The Design Team have been hard at work creating a plethora of fantastic projects that will be shared throughout the week.

Here's a look at the collection of papers.

HONEY BUNNY

HAPPY SPRING

DANCE IN THE RAIN

FLY A KITE

CHICK-A-DEE

SPRING SHOWERS

Today we're going to share a variety of projects from cards & layouts to home decor & mini albums.

Michelle Unruh

Cristal Hobbs

Cari Locken

Keely Yowler

Now we couldn't have a big release party full of great projects without giving you a chance to play with this new collection.

So, we're going to Giveaway ....

a full collection of Hippity Hop

to one of our lucky followers!!

All you have to do is leave a comment on every post this week (Mon-Thurs)

and you'll be entered to win.

Today we'd love for you to tell us one of your favorite things to do in the spring.

Please join us again tomorrow for more incredible Hippity Hop projects from our Design Team.

And don't forget that Friday is our 2012 Design Team Announcement!!

Christmas Inspiration - Home Decor

We hope that you've been enjoying the projects this past week from our Design Team. We just love the variety of creations that they have designed and hope you were inspired.

Today a few of the Design Team members have created some items that fit in the category of Home Decor, Hostess Gifts, Gift Wrapping, etc.

Erin Bassett

Gift Wrap Idea

Supplies: Bazzill; Patterned Paper & Chipboard sticker - Imaginisce Santa's Helper; Trim - Stampin'Up Twill; Stamps - Technique Tuesday, Stampin'Up; Digital Die-Cut Box & Scallop Cropping Circle - Silhouette Cameo; Ink - Quick Quotes Powder Puff

Cari Locken

Treat Bags/Stocking Stuffers

Supplies: Imaginisce (Santa's Little Helper paper & die-cuts), Divine Twine, Glue Arts (Glue Glider Pro Adhesive), paper crimper

Marielle LeBlanc

Napkin Place cards

Garland

Supplies: Imaginisce (Santa's Little Helper papers, i-top, xtra large punch & brad daddies), wood spools, wood beads & jute twine

Penny Smith

Gift Tag

Supplies: Imaginisce (Geek Is Chic papers, i-top tool and brad daddies), twine, office tag, red pen

Cristal Hobbs

Seasons Greetings Door Hanger

Supplies: Imaginisce (Santa's Little Helper, i-top 2.0 & XXL Brads, snowflakes), Bazzill XL Gems, Clear Scraps Acrylic Circle, Momenta Alphabet, Cricut Imaginisce - Winter Wonderland Cartridge, Offray Ribbon, Beacon Fabri-tac, Ranger (Stickles)

Lydia Jackson

Door hanger

Supplies: Imaginisce (Santa's Little Helper, i-rock tool & Hot Rocks), Core'dinations Colorcore Cardstock, Glue Arts, October Afternoon (letters)

Tracey Taylor

Holiday Hairbands

Supplies: I-Top and medium snap daddies, hair bands, flowers from Garden Party line. Other items include: fabric, pearls and ribbon from craft supply store

Shemaine Smith

Wreath ornament

Supplies: Extra large and small iTop button daddies. Patterned paper peppermint stick. Misc plastic stars and some misc red twine. Shemaine used floral wire to tie all the button daddies and then hot glued the white plastic stars to the edges to hold the shape together. She finished the top with a punched vellum snowflake and red button.

Heather Leopard

Stocking Stuffers/Teachers gift

Supplies: Santa's Little Helper Pattern Paper, Cricut Imagine and Winter Frolic Cartridge, i-top 2.0, 29 mm brad, i-rock and glam rocks, Tootsie Roll wrapper, Toosie Rolls for the stuffing, misc. red thread, misc ribbon

Keely Yowler

Christmas Frame

Supplies: Patterned paper/diecut: Imaginisce "Santa's Little Helper" . Patterned paper: Imaginisce "Happy Harvest", XL I-Top Brads,, Ribbon: Offray, Glossy Accents: Ranger, Diecut cartridge: Cricut "A Child's Year"., 5x7" photo frame

We hope that you have enjoyed & been inspired by all of these incredible projects that our Design Team have shared with you over these past few days.

We'd love to see what you're working on and the projects that we've inspired you to create so please feel free to post on our Imaginisce Facebook page for us to see!

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Just a reminder about that Giveaway we're having.

Leave a comment here on the blog today telling us about your most treasured christmas ornament or decoration. You'll be entered to win.

To find out more about this giveaway check Monday's post HERE.