Friday, November 4, 2011

ScrapGal Blog Hop and "Home for the Holidays" Crop!

Welcome to Scrap Gal's Home for the Holidays blog hop! You have until midnight Sunday, November 6th to complete the hop! We also have an online crop going on in the forum, so please join us at ScrapGal for lots of fun and inspiring challenges! We are giving away lots of prizes and would love to see you there!
By visiting all of the design team members blogs and leaving a comment, you are also entered to win prizes :)

Each design team member was given a Maya Road chipboard house to decorate. There are three different types and I received the town home!
I used the Basic Grey Nook and Pantry line to decorate mine since I will be keeping it in the kitchen. I am going to store matches in it away from prying little eyes and hands up on a windowsill. I am forever searching for matches and it will be nice to have them in one place.

Here is the back of the house. I used the teapot paper with a touch of pink to mix in with all the green I used. And some Heidi Swapp tape on the edges of the roof. Also as you can see in the top photo, each house comes with a chipboard mini album. I put mine to use making a sign for our soon to be finished newly remodeled laundry room.
The album kind of reminded me of the wooden boards in a picket fence. So I attached them together (a tutorial will be in a future blog post soon.) and sanded the edges. The patterned paper and alphabet stickers are Basic Grey Nook and Pantry. I also used buttons and bird stickers by October Afternoon, twine by Doodlebug, and a scallop punch by Fiskars :)
This project is actually my monthly challenge for November. You can see all those challenges as well as the crop challenges on the boards. Monthly challenges can be found on the Monthly Contest board.

And now on to the Blog Hop!
Please visit the following blogs on your way. The other members did some really cute things with their houses :)
ScrapGal
Guest Designer Nicolle
Michelle
Myself
Marcie
Heather
Rita

For leaving a comment today, I will enter you to win a small prize pack including two of my favorite brands - October Afternoon and Cosmo Cricket.
Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you at the crop!! :)
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25 comments:

  1. DanielleNovember 4, 2011 at 7:02 AM

    Your little house is so cute! It reminds me of a old bakery right in the heart of the city.

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  2. Sue AlthouseNovember 4, 2011 at 7:45 AM

    How adorable is that! What a fun project!

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  3. Mary Pat SiehlNovember 4, 2011 at 7:46 AM

    oh this house is just way too cute! i love it!

    i am a follower!!! great giveaway!

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  4. JingleNovember 4, 2011 at 7:48 AM

    I absolutely LOVE your house! So cute!!! What great projects! I'm a follower!

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  5. KhusbooNovember 4, 2011 at 7:48 AM

    hey ur house looks so elegant n nice...i cmpltly love ths...

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  6. KeshetNovember 4, 2011 at 8:12 AM

    What a fun giveaway! Love your little house!

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  7. Rita BarakatNovember 4, 2011 at 8:29 AM

    What a great idea! This came ot so super cute MJ!!!

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  8. DonnaNovember 4, 2011 at 9:27 AM

    TOO COOL. TOO COOL. That house rocks!!

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  9. Margie HiguchiNovember 4, 2011 at 9:30 AM

    This is PERFECT for the kitchen - love the papers you used for both projects! Great sign too - I want to make one for the laundry room!!! Thanks for the inspiration!!

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  10. Michelle H.November 4, 2011 at 9:49 AM

    Adorable house MJ!!
    Love the papers you used!!

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  11. BarbNovember 4, 2011 at 11:42 AM

    Great project as usual. You are so busy yet still are so creative.

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  12. MallikaNovember 4, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    perfect project ! love that laundry tag

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  13. PamelaNovember 4, 2011 at 12:02 PM

    Great job! Love your house! And cool sign! :)

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  14. UnknownNovember 4, 2011 at 12:33 PM

    what a great house MJ - love how you're going to use it and your laundry tag is awesome

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  15. BeckyNovember 4, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    That house is so cute and I just LOVE the laundry room sign!!!! Awesome projects :)

    As for the truck stop, I had never heard of it either...until some friends told us about the TV show. I think it was at the Fayette exit. Just east of Columbia. It was a complete DUMP, and that's being nice :)

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  16. JennyL.November 4, 2011 at 12:43 PM

    Mary Jo, these are both darling! I think I am going to get that house for my kitchen too.

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  17. ChristaNovember 4, 2011 at 12:50 PM

    What cute projects!

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  18. AnonymousNovember 4, 2011 at 1:09 PM

    Love your darling Townhouse and what you did with tags is so cute and creative!..:)

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  19. KellyGNovember 4, 2011 at 9:00 PM

    Awesome house, love the heart on the front door! Creative way to use the mini, love your laundry room sign! I am a follower! I love OA and Cosmo Cricket also!

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  20. LisaNovember 4, 2011 at 9:40 PM

    Fantastic house that you created! Great idea for keeping it in the kitchen as well!
    Also just LOVE your laundry sign......amazing!

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  21. TracyNovember 4, 2011 at 11:42 PM

    That tiny house is so cute.
    Love what you did with the mini album, how creative.

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  22. AnonymousNovember 4, 2011 at 11:47 PM

    I love the green you used! And your laundry sign is just too cute!

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  23. KatherineNovember 5, 2011 at 3:51 AM

    Love the house...always thought about having a go and now I have seen yours I will have to :) The laundry sign is beautiful too - thank you.

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  24. GailNovember 5, 2011 at 10:14 PM

    The house is great, but the laundry room sign takes the cake! I love it! Thanks for the great ideas and inspiration!

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  25. MandalikaNovember 6, 2011 at 2:05 AM

    The house is so wonderful, I adore it. Love the sign too - great idea.

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