Saturday, July 27, 2013

Christmas in July Blog Hop--Anything Goes



Welcome to the last of the Cricut Circle Christmas in July Blog Hops.  This weekend anything goes.  How fun!  If you've hopped over from Donna's blog http://carolinascreativecropper.blogspot.com/ then you are right on track.  If you'd like to start at the beginning please visit Paulette's blog http://scrapalette.blogspot.com/ so you don't miss a thing. 

Okay, I've created an advent flip calendar so my kiddos can countdown the days until Christmas :-)  I kept the design pretty simple and to keep the pages from becoming too bulky I didn't use any pop dots.  That was a challenge...LOL!  Enjoy :-)
 


I used a mix of matte, foils, and glitter papers.  Love how it turned out :-)
 
 
 


Recipe:
Banner shapes are 2 1/2" x 3 1/2"

DCWV -The Merry Christmas Stack, The Christmas Matstack, The Christmas Glitter Matstack

All Occasion Cake Art Cricut cart- banneret@ 3 1/2"
Nursery Rhymes Cricut cart - all letters/#'s @ 3/4"

TC Dec 25th Cricut cart - snowflake3 @ 1", snowflake 4 & 5 @ 2 1/2", santa @4", deer @2 1/2", ornament @ 2", tree @ 2 1/2", holly @ 2 1/2", JOY @ 1 3/4", cardinal @ 2", stocking @ 2 1/2", sleigh @ 1 3/4", nativity @ 3"

George & Basic Shapes Cricut cart - heart1 @ 1" & 2", heart2 @ 1", diamond @ 2 1/2"

Red eyelet, Maya Road acrylic ATC stand (3"x 3 3/4"), the Ribbon Boutique organza ribbon.








Okay, who wants candy?  Just leave me a comment and I'll draw a winner on Monday.  If you don't have a blog make sure and leave me a way to contact you...Good luck :-)

Thanks for hopping along with us this weekend!  Have a good one!  Your next stop is Angela's blog http://angiespaperpassion.blogspot.com/

Cindy---

30 comments:

  1. I so love advent calendar's and yours is absolutely awesome! Your kiddo's will love flipping the pages and counting down the days! Thanks for sharing....

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  2. Beautiful, yet simple calendar. Love the color theme you used. Great job!

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  3. Love your Advent Calendar! What a fun way to count down the days until Christmas!

    http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/
    HappyScrapper64@bex.net

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  4. It's gorgeous - love the banner shape and all of the fabulous details. The use of the foil and glitter, the choice of design elements and combination of numerals and spelled out numbers is perfect, and I love how it turned out too!

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  5. Gorgeous! I love the use of the foil paper.

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  6. Well, how cute is that --- an Advent flip calendar. Your kids will love flippin' those adorable pages. What a wonderful count-down for them! TFS! :-)

    Thanks for a chance to win your awesome blog candy! :-)

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  7. So great. Love the different papers and designs. This could be used over and over!!

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  8. Very cute advent flip calendar. I love the papers you chose - very festive and sparkly.

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  9. Well how cute is that advent calendar! Too cute even without pop dots! :)

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  10. Ummm - I *LOVE* this idea! It is such a fun and simple was to count down to Christmas. I'm thinking I'll do this in conjunction with Maria's boxes. And I'm thinking I might get started TODAY! I'm totally inspired. thank you for sharing is with us. Where did you get the stand? =)
    jilliene designing

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  11. Wow, wow, wow! Love this idea! The papers are awesome and I'm betting the kiddos will have fun with this. I may have to do something like this for my granddaughter. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  12. that is beautiful...what an awesome idea!

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  13. What a unique advent calendar. I really like this idea.

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  14. This is adorable! I love that you used a banner pennant for your pages. I made one of these and added pop dots and you are right! It is pretty bulky! Your kids are going to love using your calendar this holiday season!

    Tracy G
    http://scrappininthewoodsblogspot.com

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  15. This project is FABULOUS!

    joyfullycrafting@hotmail.com

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  16. Such a terrific advent calendar idea. What fun. TFS.
    D~
    http://designsbydragonfly.blogspot.com

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  17. This would be cute on a desk at work. I really love it.

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  18. Your advent calendar is wonderful, such a great idea. your have done a fantastic job. Thank you
    motherloves3@hotmail.com

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  19. This is REALLY clever and can be utilized in many ways and as a mini album!!! I plan to "scrap-copy", for sure!!! Thank you for the wonderful tutorial and design ideas...

    no blog but I'd LOVE to be a winer!

    katenc at sbcglobal dot net

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  20. Absolutely love this!! Thank you!

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  21. Cindy this is awesome! What a cool idea!

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  22. Love this !! And best part I can see doing this for a "Grandma" table top album for all year long. Just change the colors of paper :) Thanks so much for the great idea

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  23. I haven't seen an advent calendar like this and I really like it. Great idea!

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  24. Wonderful project and love your mix of papers!!

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  25. Cindy!! Seeing your pic on your sidebar, now I know who you are on Facebook! LOL!

    This project looks like it is right out of a boutique! Perfect, stylish and fun! So clever!

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  26. I so love this advent calendar! I buy one each year with the chocolate hidden behind but it is so gross tasting and hard to perf. Will do something like this very soon!

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    1. Oops, forgot my blog! Here it is:

      http://tocraftistolive.blogspot.com/

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  27. This is such a neat idea and could be used for other types of mini albums for any theme. TFS

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