Monday, March 1, 2010

My First Blog

This is my very first blog and I'm learning on the fly how this whole "blogger" thing works. I enjoy reading other crafting blogs and thought why not me?? I've been crafting since I was a young girl living in NJ. My mom passed the craft gene on to me and I can't thank her enough.


The name of my blog comes from my first name - Hope. If anyone is inspired by my projects that would be a thrill. I consider myself to be a "jack of all trades and a master of none" when it comes to crafts. I crochet, knit, decorative paint, cross stitch, polymer clay, scrapbook, and recently card making. Perhaps you'll see a little of everything but who knows!


Below is a card I made over the weekend. I didn't take a picture of the inside but it holds a photo. I used my Cricut Expression "Serenade" cartridge for the trees and the pattern paper is from BoBunny.  This is not my own design - I "lifted" it from the latest issue of PaperCrafts.  Thank you to Heidi Sonboul who designed such a beautiful card for us to enjoy.


ENJOY!





17 comments:

  1. Holy smokes Hope, when do you have time to do this stuff? I can't even vacuum on a regular basis and you are up in here making beautiful handcrafted cards.... uugghhh, enough already
    :-)

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  2. This is total therapy for me. Luckily I'm a night person so I end up staying up til all hours. I don't get enough sleep but who does?? Thanks for the compliment!

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  3. Good for you Hope! How exciting to try something new :) Kelly

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  4. Best of luck Hope! I know how daunting the task is - my blog is only 2 months old! Your card is beautiful...very pretty paper!!

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  5. Your card is very pretty! I am glad you have decided to do a blog to share your beautiful items!

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  6. Vicki - thanks so much for checking out my blog and your kind words! Good luck with your blog as well!

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  7. Nice job Hope! This is a first for me on the blogging thing too, so thanks for inspiring me! I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work being posted here... take care my friend!

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  8. I really like that card Hope. Great job! Why don't you come over to visit?
    http://lifekeepssurprisingme.blogspot.com/

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  9. Very nice card. Makes me want to get busy.

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  10. Very nice card Hope! Your blog looks wonderful also! Keep up the good work. Can't wait to see what else you do!

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  11. Welcome to Blogging. I have blogged my reading and then found I was reading books faster than I had time to post them. You have inspired me to start a new blog for scrappin. I love your card.

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  12. Beautiful card and welcome to the wonderful of blogging!

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  13. I LOVE this card! great job - - good luck with your blog!!

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  14. I love the card! I really like how the oval is offset and I will have to look up those trees on my cricut cartridges!! lol Congrats on the new blog.

    Vicki..Transport7800

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  15. Very nice I really like your card Thanks for sharing. I too am new to the craft blogging and I am starting my blog up with my 8 yr old daughter Presley we love to craft, scrap and make cards together.

    God Luck
    Pam

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