Imaginisce & Clearsnap Holiday Blog Hop

Welcome to the Imaginisce and Clearsnap Holiday Blog Hop 2011!

We've brought our designers together to share holiday scrapbooking, gift, and decorating ideas with you all week long, featuring Clearsnap & Imaginisce products! Sit down with a cup of hot cocoa and soak in the inspiration as our designers spread the holiday cheer.

Visit the Clearsnap Blog HERE.

Let's get started with some beautiful cards by few of our designer!!

Sophia Allison

Supplies used: Clear Snaps Sparkle Fibers - Snowdrift, Clear Snaps Glue Gloss, Clear Snaps Glitter - Winter Frost, Clear Snaps Design Adhesives - Christmas Words, Poinsettia Flower, Imaginisce Small Daddy Brads, Imaginisce Christmas Range PP, Green American Craft CS

Courtney Lee

Supplies used: Cartridge: Love You A Latte,Imaginisce: Hippity Hop (patterned paper) ,Core'dinations solid cardstock,Imaginisce: I-rock and Glam Rocks in Pearl,Clear Snap Smooch Spritz "Ice Rink" (silver),Clear Snap Smooch Spritz "Holly Berries",Clear Snap Glitter in Honey Glow,Clear Snap Design Adhesives in Snowflakes,Clear Snap Color Box Ink,Crinkled ribbon: Kris Swain's Etsy Store,Button from my stash,Foam dimensional tape: Imaginisce Colored Foam Tape in White and Red,Sentiment: My Pink Stamper: Winter Treats and Sayings,White embossing powder: a la Mode

Rhonda Van Ginkel

Supplies: Imaginisce (Santa's Little Helper, Foam tape, POGO adhesive), The Paper Journal - Kraft cardstock; Maya Road (Kraft envelope); Dress it Up (Crystal snowflake); Stampin ' Up (Tab punch); Clearsnap (Glue Gloss, Sparkle Fibers, Popcorn ink, Deep Lagoon Ink, Chesnut Roan ink, Cranberry ink); Other: trim, sewing machine & thread

And, a Holiday Blog Hop is not complete without gifts so we have a wonderful giveaway lined up for you! Visit our blogs each day this week to see new creations from our Designers.

Each comment entered on one of the Holiday Blog Hop posts will enter you into the giveaway! Earn additional entries by following us on Facebook, our blog (click the Follow Button), and sharing about the Hop online. Just post a link or comment on any Holiday Blog Hop post telling us what you did and that will count as an additional entry.

We'll be posting the winners on Sat., December 24, 2011.

Thank you for hopping along with us!

See you tomorrow!

Hippity Hop - Day 4

Welcome to our final day of the Hippity Hop release!!! We hope that you've enjoyed this new spring collection.

We have a few more projects to share with you today but before that we just want to share some pictures of the Snag 'em stamps. They're just so cute.

Spring Flower

Nest

Umbrella

Kite

Bird Cage

Bunny

Now here's some more spring time creations from our Design Team.

Melinda Spinks

Sophia Allison

Penny Smith

Tracey Taylor

Heather Leopard

We want to remind you about the Giveaway as this is our last day of the Hippity Hop release.

The giveaway is ...

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.

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And don't forget to stop by the blog TOMORROW because ...

we will be announcing the

2012 Imaginisce Design Team

so please make sure to stop & congratulate the new designers.

Christmas Inspiration - Cards

Over the last few days I've had my Christmas music playing, have put the Christmas decorations up and I am really getting into the Christmas spirit now.

I love the excitement that this time of the year brings. Don' t you?

And we're going to add to that excitement over the next few days as we share many amazing creations that the Design Team have be working on. Thanks for joining up for the festive week of Christmas inspiration.

How many of you like to make your own Christmas cards? I do, but I don't always have the time. However, if you haven't started yet or you just need some more ideas then you've come to the right place.

Today our Design Team has created a plethora of incredibly beautiful cards.

Heather Leopard

Christmas Card with detachable ornament

Supplies:Santa's Helper Pattern Paper, i-top 2.0, 28mm brad, Imaginisce red foam adhesive, Martha Stewart punch, Clear Snaps Glue Gloss, Clear Snaps Sparkle Fibers, Doodlebugs Christmas Twine, Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro

Aphra Bolyer

"Seasons Greetings"

Supplies:Santa's Little Helper Patterned Paper; Santa's Little Helper Chipboard Shape; Red and Silver i-Rock Gems; D-Stresser; Red Baker's Twine; White and Kraft cardstock.

Rhonda Van Ginkel

"Celebrate the Season"

Supplies: Imaginisce (Santa's Little Helper patterned papers, die-cuts, sticker stackers, i-rock tool and Hot Rocks in Jewel & Crystal, Large Acrylic snowflake, Cottage Christmas Acrylic Snowflakes patterned paper, Foam Tape), Kraft Cardstock (The Paper Company), Blue Cardstock (Bazzill), 2 small acrylic snowflkaes (Dress It Up), Glue Arts (Glue Glider Pro, Perma Tac, Raisn's), Distress Inks By Ranger (Fired Brick, Weathered Wood & Walnut Stain), Martha Stewart Score Board, Other: Double Sided Tape, Seam Binding Ribbon, Sewing Machine & thread.

Sophia Allison

Card #1: "Merry Christmas"

Supplies: Imaginisce (Santa's Little Helper - patterned paper & die-cuts)

Card #2: "Ho, ho, ho"

Supplies: Imaginisce (Santa's Little Helper Papers, chipboard stickers), Colormates Deep Spring Green for 3D tree inside card, VersaMagic Tea Leaves Chalk Ink, MLS Black Glitter Alphas, Adornit Tiny Etched Natural Alphas

Courtney Lee

"The Magic of Winter"

Supplies: Gypsy™, Cartridge: Winter Woodland™, Cuttlebug Embossing Folder: Snowflakes™, Patterned Paper: , Imaginisce: Cottage Christmas "Swirly Snowflakes"™, Imaginisce: Cottage Christmas "Gingerbread Village"™, i-rock by Imaginisce™, Hot Rock Compact in Crystal (or Pink, Black, and Clear)™, Twine from The Twinery in Honeydew™, Imaginisce Colored Foam Tape in White™, Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro with Perma-squares™, Stickles in Diamond™, Button from my stash

We hope that you enjoyed these beautiful cards as much as we did.

To keep in this festive mood of giving we're going to be a having a wonderful giveaway for one of our lucky followers.

We're going to Giveaway ...

a full collection of Santa's Little Helper and

an i-rock tool

1 Hot Rocks Compact (Crystal)

1 tube of Glam Rocks (Red)

All you have to do is leave a comment on each of the Christmas Inspiration posts THIS WEEK (that's Monday to Thurday) and you'll be entered in a random draw.

Please join us tomorrow as we share some holiday Mini Albums!

60 Minute Makeover

We thought that our Design Team did such an amazing job last time that we decided to challenge them again with the 60 minute madness challenge! They were asked to create a project in 1 hour.

Surprise, surprise!! they've done it again!

We want to share those projects with you to encourage you and let you know that you too can create layouts and a variety of projects in an hours time.

Lydia Jackson

In the Stillness

Here's what Lydia had to say about her layout.

For this layout to save time and to keep the focus on the photo, I kept the color pallette and the lines simple. I only used a few embellishments that I felt reflected the photo and the story I wanted to tell, For instance, see how the tiny silver i-roc gems play off the sparkly paper, which in turn play off the snow in the photos. Sometimes just the right embellishment may be all you need."

Supplies used: Core'dinations Core couture, worldwin vellum, MLS tiny alphas, Fiskars punch.

Sophia Allison

Altered Diary

Sophia said this about her project:

"I kept my project very simple and easy. Used a strip of the adhesive border to go across the cover of the diary. Added a flower for accent in the corner and finished it off with a glass sticker to make it more girly for her. Added alphas for her name and voila...perfect diary for an 8 year old."

Supplies used: 2012 Diary MLS - Glitter Alphabet Sticker CarnationAdhesive Border Strips Enchanted CollectionRibbons Enchanted CollectionImaginisce Cupcake Flower Sticker Glass Enchanted Collection

Don't forget about our Guest Designer giveaway that

we posted about on Monday.

CLICK HERE for details

Day 2 ~ The i-top 2.0

Did you enjoy yesterday's creations? We sure hope so because we've got some more treats to share with you today. These girls have really been thinking outside the box and have come up with some

pretty unique ideas using the i-top 2.0.

Sophia Allison

Thanksgiving Necklace

Sophia made this beautiful necklace using some Happy Harvest papers, her i-top tool and some brad daddies. It would make the perfect accessory when you go out with your family & friends over the Thanksgiving holidays.

Heather Leopard

Fall Wall Art

Heather altered a canvas with a variety of mists, some branches. She used the i-top 2.0 and covered many brad daddies (in all sizes) with papers from Happy Harvest to embellish the twig. What a fabulous piece of artwork for the fall season.

Make sure to check out Heather's blog as she has a brief tutorial on how to create this project.

Rhonda Van Ginkel

"Thanksgiving Treat Tubes"

Aren't these just the cutest? Rhonda altered these tubes with various papers & die-cuts from the Happy Harvest collection. She filled them with yummy goodies and topped each one off with a large brad using the i-top 2.0 tool.

Marielle LeBlanc

"Give Thanks" card

Marielle designed this pretty card with the Happy Harvest collection and covered 2 different sized brads to resemble pumpkins. The spiral jute finishes them off just perfectly.

Cari Locken

Napkin Rings

Do you need some ideas for table decorations? Why not try making some of these adorable turkey napkin rings! Cari covered 2 sizes of brad daddies with paper from the Happy Harvest collection using the i-top 2.0, glued them together and then adhered them to a piece of accordian folded paper. All of this is attached to a ring of cardstock and the napkin can be inserted through the cardstock ring.

Notice that Cari also used the i-rock tool to adhere 2 black Glam Rocks for the eyes.

Cari has posted a brief tutorial on her blog if you're interested in creating these for your holiday dinner.

Don't forget about out giveaway!!

Just leave us a comment on the blog today telling us what you would

create if you had an i-top 2.0.

You will automatically be entered into a random drawing to win your very own

i-top 2.0 tool & accessories

(the winner will be announced on Friday)

Glue Arts Week Blog Hop Day 1

We are very excited to team up with Glue Arts this week!

They've sent our team a wonderful array of adhesive products

and our Design Team have been working hard on a variety of projects

to share with you over the next few days.

Now don't forget we called this a BLOG HOP!

That means the Glue Arts is also posting some wonderful projects

over on their blog as well.

So when you're finished here we want you to HOP on over to

their blog and check it out.

Michelle Unruh

"I Love Fall"

Below you can see that Michelle has used the 3D foam tape to add dimension

to the leaves and some adhesive squares to place the ribbon on her layout.

Supplies used: Imaginisce Happy Harvest's Autumn Splendor, Fall into Fun, I love fall, Caramel apples papers; Canvas stickers, swirling leaves Snag 'em stamps; Pile on Fun sticker stackers; Glue Arts Glue Glider; DMC Floss, Misc button; Bazzill cardstock, Versamark ink. CM punch; Gelly Roller white pen; Ribbon; Colorbox Chalk ink

Shemaine Smith

"Holiday Ornament"

Cut patterned paper at 8 1/2" x 11" and then cut 1 inch strips = 11 in total.

Staple center and fold using a Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Square to hold in place.

Add embellishment of choice to center and some ribbon.

Now you're ready to hang the ornament on your tree.

Supplies used: Imaginisce ('Christmas Magic' from Santa's Little Helper);

Glue Arts 3D Adhesive Squares, Misc ribbon

Heather Leopard

"DIY Washi Tape Birthday Card"

Supplies used: Imaginisce Birthday Bash "Wish Big" paper and stamps and Glue Arts 3D Combo Pac "U CUT IT #D Adhesive Foam Blanks and Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro

Sophia Allison

"Spring Fever"

Sophia has used the 3D foam tape to add

some dimension to the die-cut paper strip.

Supplies used: Imaginisce (Splash Dance Bathing Beauties, Adhesives Border strips & chipboard

stickers from Enchanted Collection, I-rock flowers); White Bazzill Cardstock;

Daisy D's Rub-on Spring Fever Title; Glitz Black Border Frame

Marielle LeBlanc

"Christmas Banner"

Supplies used: Imaginisce (Santa's Little Helper collection); Glue Arts (Glue Glider Pro, 3D foam tape,

Extreme Adhesive Squares; cloths-pegs

Cristal Hobbs

"Snowflake" card

Here are a few tips from Cristal on how she used

the adhesive squares to add glitter to her snowflake.

Choose which side you want the glitter

and lay that gently onto the Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Square.

Wrap adhesive square around the end of the snowflake then mold with fingers.

Lay on non-stick surface and sprinkle glitter overtop. Shake off excess glitter.

You will notice that there will be some adhesive on the back of the snowflake which

you can use to adhere to the front of the card.

The finished snowflake!

Supplies used: Imaginisce (Santa's Little Helper, Cottage Christmas (snowflake)), Glue Arts Extreme Adhesive Squares, Glue Arts ribbon adhesive, Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro, Pink Paislee Glitter, Ranger Alcohol Inks, Clear Scraps Clear N Cip Frame, Ranger Stickles, Offray Ribbon, Bazzill Gem

Giveaway!

How would you like to win an

entire collection of Santa's Little Helper?

All you have to do is leave a comment

on EVERY post this week & on the Glue Arts blog as well.

Winner will be announced at the end of the week.

Please join us again tomorrow for more inspiration

and wonderful projects from our Design Team..