Friday, July 1, 2011

Young Crafters Unite Blog Hop



Hello, there!
Welcome to my stop in the Young Crafters Unite blog hop!
I'm Christy, and at the ripe old age of 34, 
I don't know if I necessarily qualify as "young."
But having only stumbled upon the wonderful world 
of papercrafting about a year and a half ago,
I definitely consider myself a "young crafter" in terms of experience.
And besides, I think what we all love about papercrafting
is that it takes us back to memories of our childhood,
when we felt free to let our imagination loose on paper,
and took great pride and pleasure in doing so.
So in that sense, we're all "young crafters," aren't we?

The theme of this hop is "our favorite things,"
and while I have room in my heart for many 
different types of crafting supplies, ;o)
I've tried to showcase a few extra-special ones here.


As a writer, I love, love, love text prints.
As a mom of three boys, also I love any excuse 
to break out the girly patterns and colors, 
like these gorgeous papers from The Girl's Paperie.
And I also threw in a new favorite item:
Cosmo Cricket's Glubers.

I used their 2" gluber with fabric scraps torn into strips 
to create the floral embellishment you see here,
adding some hand-trimmed fabric leaves to the underside.
And no "favorite things" card could be complete
without a stamp from my favorite company: Lawn Fawn.
I stamped "thinking of you" from Sophie's Sentiments 
in my favorite Jenni Bowlin Spice Tin ink.

And now it's time to continue the hop,
over to the AMAZINGLY talented Jill Foster's blog.
This lady is such an inspiration!
You'll see what I mean when you get there.

If, for any reason, you lose your way or need to 
return back to the beginning of the hop, you can do so 
which will redirect you to the main page,
where you will find the complete list of participating blogs,
and also find out how you can win some great prizes.

I hope you've enjoyed your journey so far.
Thank you so much for stopping by!

65 comments:

  1. Gorgeous card, Christy! Love the colors and that fabby flower! :)

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  2. Such a beautiful card! I love the flower you made, and the colors and patterned paper is fabulous =) Thank you so much for joining our bloghop!

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  3. So pretty! :) I've been seeing these flowers popping up everywhere in blog land and I can't wait to try my hand at them. :)

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  4. Beautiful! I really love the fabric flower :)

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  5. I just knew knew knew your card would be fabulous & I'm so happy I was right - couldn't wait to get here on the hop!

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  6. What a beauty! That bloom is jaw-dropping gorgeous! I agree with everything you said about this paper crafting hobby... hugs to you my friend!

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  7. I love this....perfect!

    scraptaculardesigns.blogspot.com

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  8. Love that flower... totally gorgeous... TFS..!!

    Hugs,
    Khush

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  9. Although I am enjoying hopping to new blogs I am so glad to see familiar ones as well. Yours is always one of my favorites. And you have created a beautiful card for today. Very girly. ;)

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  10. I LOVE this card...it's so trendy...using vintage fabric designs makes me think of my grandmother's aprons...and that just makes me happy :)
    Kim Marie

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  11. So glad to see your name on the hop because I knew you'd have something fabulous to show! Love that big flower and all the pattern!

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  12. I love the bright and girly pattern! That card would surely brighten the recipient's day!

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  13. Beautiful card and love the flower!

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  14. lovely card. the flower is really beautiful.

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  15. So pretty, love the flower!
    Thanks for sharing,
    Blessings,
    Bunny
    http://bunnyrunswithscissors.blogspot.com/
    http://www.ajillianvancedesign.com/

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  16. Super cute card! I can't wait to get some Glubers for myself.

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  17. What a pretty card. I love the fabric flower. I just got two bags of fabric from a friend today:) TFS! I am on the hop too. You can check out my project if you want. I am # 58:)
    ~Madison funkycards.blogspot.com

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  18. Gorgeous! Love that flower!

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  19. great feminine card - I'm tempted to try those glubbers.. =)

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  20. What a lovely card. Very elegant and romantic looking.

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  21. Lovely card! I am a new follower. http://visionsofpaper.blogspot.com/

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  22. So very lovely!

    I am now a follower of your blog. So very nice to meet you! Stop by my blog sometime and give me a shout out!

    http://lillianchild.blogspot.com

    And a HAPPY July 4th to you and yours!

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  23. Seriously beautiful! I love the girliness of it :o) That flower is amazing!

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  24. That is a gorgeous card! I absolutely love the paper and colors you used. Fantastic!


    Be sure to stop by my blog to enter my 500 followers giveaway!


    XO ~ Amy Jo
    amyjrockstar at gmail dot com
    http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com/

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  25. Beautiful Card. I love text prints too!

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  26. Christiana this is beautiful! I love the bright colors and your fabric flower is absolutely stunning!!

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  27. Oooo I LOVE the vintage feel of this - and I am in LOVE with the flower! GORGEOUS.

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  28. this is gorgeous! love the patterned paper and that fabulous flower! :)

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  29. Love the fabric rose on the rose paper.

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  30. Your card is beautiful. Have to make a card with that rose someday. Thanks for sharing.

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  31. This is SO beautiful! I love that twisted flower. Thanks for sharing. :)

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  32. Such a gorgeous card, Christy! I love the sentiment and the flower that you created! Even though I'm not a pink person, I am really gravitating towards pink things these days! Thanks for sharing! :D

    I am also participating,I'm Number 32 in the hop!

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  33. Gorgeous card Christy. The fabric flower is awesome and I love the girly colors! I have 2 boys so I love to get those pinks out too.

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  34. Love the flower, it's gorgeous!

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  35. I love that flower! I almost bought some 2" glubers but then wondered if I would really use them. I think I shall now start kicking myself. :)

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  36. Ohhh what a pretty card .... your flower is fabulous!

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  37. Love the flower! What an elegant card!

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  38. Gorgeous card!! I love the colours

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  39. Your girly card is FABULOUS. And the comments are right about that gorgeous flower!

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  40. I LOVE your blog page!! Such cute colors and style!! I also LOVE the card!! I am a HUGE FAN of FLOWERS!! I also LOVE that paper line!! =) THANKS for sharing!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

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  41. Extra special indeed! Beautiful card. :)
    -Elaine Uhl
    http://createNstamp.blogspot.com/

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  42. love the flower!! thanks for the idea!!
    bethL
    toothlesschef at comcast dot net

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  43. Christy, I can't believe you've only been crafting for less than two years! I would have assumed you've been doing it for much longer. :) Those glubers are definitely awesome, and I love the flower you've made. I'm going to need to pull those out and use them again sometime soon! Thank you so much for joining us on the Young Crafters Unite blog hop!

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  44. Pretty card! reminds me of a English garden party

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  45. Love your card - especially the flower.

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  46. Very pretty--I like your gluber flower!

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  47. Hi Christy! All your cards are just awesome. I really love your style.

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  48. a beautiful card,the sentiment looks perfect.

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