Saturday, December 11, 2010

Paper Playtime Blog Hop!!!

I am closing my blog hop post now so I can print out all comments and draw a winner!

Oh My Gosh! I can't believe that it is finally here! This is my first time doing a blog hop. Of course I've hopped along on others, left love and praise and even won some great things!! Now it is my turn to hopefully help you make some stocking stuffers. Now if you came from Maria's blog than you are in the right place. But if you just happened to stop by, click here to start at the beginning. Now I want to forewarn you that this is picture heavy!!!
I used vinyl to alter all of my projects. My first project is Hand Sanitizer bottle.
I removed the labels from the front and back of the bottle. Washed it and dried it really well. I used my Gypsy to cut out the oval scallop with the letter inside. I did not weld the letter so that it would cut out.
Now for those that don't have a Cricut but have a Cuttlebug, Big Shot, etc., you can still use vinyl. I used my Cuttlebug to cut out these flowers. Stacked them and put a white half pearl in the middle and put on the back side of the bottle.
Next I took a round candle holder and put a letter on the side of it and took my Cuttlebug and cut a couple of snowflakes from Spellbinders Snowflake Wonder.
 The last project that I made is a photo frame that I turned into a post-it note holder.
I cut some patterned cardstock to go where the picture would. Took my Gypsy and welded a flourish with a letter to cut from the vinyl and put at the 'top' which is really the bottom of the frame. 
Then attached the post-it notes and added some ribbon at the top.
This is all of my projects. The hand sanitizer, the candle holder and the photo frame were all purchase at Dollar Tree. Yep, a dollar each. Not shabby at all! Didn't take a lot of vinyl to do each project either. Now, I can't take credit for coming up with these projects. The sanitizer and photo frame is something we did at Scrap Camp and the candle holder I've seen done online somewhere. Sorry, can't remember where. I haven't seen where anyone has cut vinyl with there Cuttlebug before but I'm sure there is someone 
somewhere that has.  I wanted those that do not have a Cricut to be able to do these also. I wasn't really sure it would work! Here is a photo off all of the projects that I did:
Here is the line up:

Well that is it. If you have made it this far than Thank You!! Hope ya'll have enjoyed seeing my projects. Now you are off to see what awesomeness Michelle has for ya'll!!
Oh, almost forgot! The blog candy I'm offering! I will pick a winner on Monday Dec. 13th. by random dot hubby! I'll print out and cut apart the comments and let DH pick one out! Will announce the winner on Tuesday Dec. 14th. Please leave a way for me to get in touch with you like an e-mail addy. Here is what I'm offering!
We are also honored by great sponsors that are giving us awesome stuff that will be given from Paper Playtime Go there to see what all will be given away! Some grand stuff!!! :)


97 comments:

Heather D. ~ Fresh Brewed Designs said...

What a TOOOO CUTE Idea!!! I love how you dressed up the bottle and made it soooo pretty. You have turned some cheap finds into priceless treasures. so creative and perfect for the holidays!!!

CricutLvr!! said...

Very, very cute and so creative!!
Happy holidays 8)

Abby said...

I love this!!! What a way to personalize things!!!

Alex said...

these are awesome ! TFS ! love the hand santizer bottle, what a great idea :)

mum of two said...

Love, love, love Sharon!! These are all really great ideas! I especially like the Post it Note holder... I may have to try some of those girl! tfs :)

michelle

Robin said...

I love all of your projects! They are so cute and very economical! Thanks for sharing!

Robin
mcever4 at bellsouth dot net

Lois Cook Berrett said...

Great ideas and what fun blog candy. Hope I will be the lucky winner. Thanks for sharing. I just became one of your followers.
marloberrett@gmail.com

Lynlee said...

Love everything you did-amazing ideas! Thank you :)
lynlee4@gmail.com

Simply AJ said...

Nice!!! Love all of the projects but my fav is the post-it note holder. I pick up little items like this at the Dollar Store all the time because you never know what you can make with them. Thanks so much for sharing your talent! AJ - aj_822@yahoo.com

Laura said...

Great gift ideas. I have been wanting to try using vinyl. Thanks for the chance to win.

cherpielc@sbcglobal.net

Lisa said...

Very cool ideas Shanon!! I have yet to do the vinyl thing....I really have to get into that!

Miria said...

What a decorative post it note holder. Much more prettier than leaving them just on the table alone.

thecupcakefairy@roadrunner.com

Gorse Auto Detailing said...

Ha Ha!! Random dot hubby! LOL!! (-:
I have huge ROLLS of vinyl I bought on discount and forget about it piled over there in the corner... time to pull it out... this is a great stocking stuffer idea! Thanks! (-:

buglvr2010 said...

Awesome ideas, Sharon! Love the random.hubby comment...made me laugh!

ibecircled.blogspot.com said...

New follower here!!! Your project is great!! Have not done a project with vinyl yet! TFS!!!
ilovetonkinese2athotmaildotcom
Rexann

GiGi said...

These are WONDERFUL projects! I LOVE the soap bottles...they are SO CUTE! TFS!
booger1 at tds.net

MsJay said...

Great projects. I will have to try that hand sanitizer one. TFS.

Heather said...

Sharon, what great projects. I need to learn how to use vinyl in my Cricut or even Cuttlebug :) Thanks for sharing them with us on your first ever blog hop.

Heather from princesspaperprojects at yahoo dot com

Heather said...

Wow, great projects! TFS!
ra6352 (at) gmail (dot) com

Maria Matter said...

way cool Sharon! What fun & great ideas! love that you personalized the gifts!!!
I'm getting so many ideas along this hop!
Wishing you a wonderfully happy wknd!
hugs & blessings!

Carley said...

Sharon! I LOVE LOVE LOVE all of them! I especially love the post it holder I can never have enough post its they are my fav! You have displayed your talent as always! I love them. Oh and the germ-x thing is great! I am such a germaphob and have those everywhere including in all the bags carry so blinging them up would be fabulous!

grammiej said...

Great ideas! Thank you for sharing your talent.
Merry Christmas!

lavenderangel said...

Fun ideas

Susan
lavenderangel@centurytel.net

girlia said...

Love love love everything you did Sharon, Great Job

April said...

Wow...these are fabulous projects thanks for the inspiration!

Sheena said...

Love these ideas..I really like the post it holder that is really neat..TFS I also became a follower :)

Hugs, Sheena
slynne1 at gmail dot com

The Scrapbooking Queen said...

you did an awesome job your first time out... you looking like a pro with all your projects...
thank you for sharing your talent
The Scrapbooking Queen

Unknown said...

Awesome projects! TFS.
mrs_to_you@yahoo.com

Tanya said...

Awesome projects! Fabulous job on each :)

Tanya
phenis2031 at yahoo dot com

Cheryl Gaffney said...

I love all of your projects. The fact that all the main parts of the projects were Dollar Store finds just add to the charm! :)


TFS, Cheryl @ CardsbyCG.blogspot.com
cplamond@hotmail.com

Suzy said...

Love the monogrammed soap! Such a cool idea. Thanks for sharing. Can't wait to make some stocking stuffers.
~Suzanne SuzyQ28024@gmail.com

BlueCrayons said...

wow im the first one to tell you i just love your projects. i took hand soap at halloween and put plastic spiders in it and wrote spooky with my cricut and vinyl.

rhelm@tampabay.rr.com

stefeni said...

Super cute projects! Such great ideas for coworkers, love it.

spunkycrayon at yahoo dot com

Savahanna said...

cute. I love how you dressed up the bottle

Peggy said...

Wow! lots of super cute ideas you are sharing. Thanks! {Hugs} Peggy
Stampnmore at aol dot com

Anonymous said...

Cute ideas! This is my first ever blog hop and I am getting so MANY great ideas! LOVE the post it note holder. I cannot wait to attempt my own.
Thanks!
Becky Higinbothom
bechiginbothom@hotmail.com

Carla said...

Such great ideas! I have never seen the post it holder done before. That was really neat. Merry Christmas



GIJoesbarbie22@aim.com

Anonymous said...

So cute I absolutly love those idea's! Thank you for sharing! I'm going to make some frame post-it gifts so clever!
Contact info: in case I get a chance to be a lucky winner! Happy Holiday's! arebori0204@gmail.com

Kathy and Lucky said...

What great ideas! Love the one where you dressed up the hand sanitizer, love it. Well, love all your ideas.

shanna13 said...

Great inexpensive projects! I need to get some vinyl and try using it on some projects. TFS Susan
shanna13@frontiernet.net

phonetecgirl said...

Ok...just love the post it note holder. What a great idea

Trisha said...

I especially like the post it note holder. Great idea. TFS and the chance to win. I am a new follower. patnbobcuddy@gmail.com

Anonymous said...

Sharon these are sooo cute! I love the idea to decorate the hand sanitizer. They are each great projects! Thanks for the chance to win. -Nicole primpedinpaper@gmail.com

Minta's Creations said...

What a cute idea!
Minta

mintab@gmail.com

http://mintascreations.blogspot.com/

Lori said...

Love your projects so simple but very useful. thanks ~lori
gallionlori at gmail dot com

Barb said...

I love the Post-It note holder. I just ran across them on someone else's blog today too. I think I might whip some up for my coworkers. Thanks for the inspiration!

BUZZY BEE DESIGNS and GRAPHICS said...

very cute and so creative!!
Rebecca Minor
Buzzybeedesigns(AT)yahoo(DOT)com

Terry@ a quilting blog said...

You did a great job with your first blog hop! What cute projects..especially like the post-it note holder (I'm always misplacing mine so I'll definitely be making one of these!)
TFS

Terry
cwayons(at)yahoo(dot)com

Stacey's Creative Corner said...

What a cute idea for the post it note holder and I love the other projects as well! They are all great!

Stacey
staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com

Charlotte said...

Super cute! Love the bottles!!

jenni said...

I love your hand sanitizer bottles, super cute!

jenni said...

I forgot to leave my e-mail. jpshirley@ymail.com

Marianne S. said...

Super cute gift items. I like the little candle holders and will have to remember that idea for gifts to have on hand. Thank you for sharing your project on this hop.

Marianne S.
sthquilter at gmail dot com
www.paperorfabric.blogspot.com

katieo said...

Love the hand sanitizer idea.
katieoscreations@gmail.com

Sugar Land Scrapper said...

Thanks for the ideas. Love them. Thanks for the chance to win too.

Donna said...

Very creative!

Melissa said...

Love personalized gift items! Cute ideas!

Melissa
www.disneydreamerdesigns.blogspot.com

Fran said...

Awesome! Awesome! Hugs, Fran

Simply Pam said...

Such fun projects!!! I love the idea of dressing up the hand sanitizer. One wouldn't really think of dressing that up and I love it. :)

Pam
Simply-pam.blogspot.com

Celeste B. said...

I love all of those creations! So perfect!! I really like those post-it note holders! TFS! :)

Celeste B.
ccscards.blogspot.com
mctdbillman at gmail dot com

BarbaraJean said...

great projects. thanks for the wonderful ideas.

barb.haigh@gmail.com

Courtney Bosarge said...

omg i love the post it note holder. i am totally making these for teachers gifts. thanks for sharing

Mary Sue said...

Cute projects.

Glenda said...

Great personalized projects Sharon! I must try vinyl!!

Saundra said...

The hand sanitizers would be great for my son's teachers!

Thanks!

saundra24@yahoo.com

Scrappymama Elaine said...

those are great projects! love the post it note holder!
TFS!
esigmon@cox.net

Wendy (aka Roo) said...

Very cute projects, very creative!
TFS your tips with us today & a chance at your yummy candy.
wendy.roos2boys@gmail.com

Melissa said...

Very creative thinking!

Melissa
dolfnz777 at yahoo dot com

Scrap'n Yamma! said...

Great ideas! Thank you for sharing!

Unknown said...

Waht wonderful gifts. Some people will be very lucky! I'm a follower...your 100th! Congrats! ksjennings at gmail dot com and http://karelj.blogspot.com

duchessdee said...

Wonderful ideas. I love your post it note holders. Sweet. thanks, dee

sdalla said...

Great ideas...have not tried vinyl yet....soon.
sdalla@aol.com

Scrappers' Ranch said...

OH WOW!!! I really love your projects, never thought about altering hand sanitizer!! AMAZING!
I am a new follower of your blog.
TFS and a chance to win
Bonnie C
http://ascrapabove.blogspot.com
ascrapabove(at)aol(dot)com

Bunnyfreak said...

Love the postit holder.

Seachelle said...

I am so happy i hopped on by. I have only had my bigshot for a couple of weeks and I totally forgot you could use other materials in it. Wow the mind boggles at the posibilities. chelle gmellery@bigpond.com

Seachelle said...

thank you so much. Chelle

Jennifer said...

Hi Sharon!

I've seen you comment on lots of the blogs I follow, but this is my first visit to yours!!! :) I love the 3 projects you shared with us today, especially the post-it holder! You are one talented crafter. What a great idea to use the Cuttlebug to cut vinyl!

Thank you so much for sharing and for the chance to win,

Jennifer
partridgelu at yahoo dot com

Anonymous said...

Great ideas, and so affordable!! TFS

debpaint16@aol.com

ScrappinAnn said...

Your projects are very cute! Thanks for sharing with us!

Darlene said...

awesome! I'm definitely going to be using your ideas! TFS

Darlene
desaucier at bellsouth dot net

Debra said...

Beautiful idea, I especially like the hand sanitizers! TFS

Anonymous said...

Nice projects...Thanks!
lyn
blply05 at yahoo dot com

barbara said...

These projects are just perfect so so many little gifts, just to show U care.;ust in time too!!! Thanks. Jbfirefly@verizon.net. Would LOVE to win your candy. Merry Christmas. Barb

kimberlin845 said...

What great projects...I love the note holder made with the acrylic frame! TFS kandrewsny@yahoo.com

Leti EM said...

i luv how you personalized everything. designsbyleti@gmail.com

Anna said...

WOW Awesome projects!!! Great job.
Thanks for the chance to win.
annadowdy at gmail dot com

Anna said...

Great projects. Very Clever and creative.
Thanks for the chance to win.
annadowdy at gmail dot com

Melissa said...

Sharon
OMGosh !!!! I love your ideas, from plain to fabulous...how awesome is that !!! TFS your talent with us all...I am so inspired...

Hugs & Scraps
Melissa

Raven B said...

What great projects girl!!! WOW. Super cute I love the hand soap.
Hugs,
Raven
thatsmerb at gmail dot com

Debican said...

Youv'e been a busy christmas angle. These projects ared way too cute. Great job. Hugs, Debi

myska said...

I like those note pad holders!

myska said...

Forgot to leave my e-mail. mwhitmore1@comcast.net

BABYBORICUA said...

i like The last project a photo frame that your turned into a post-it note holder is awesome and beautiful....

VinDeeLoo said...

Love it.

VinDeeLoo
vndlewis at rocketmail dot com

aremus said...

Very cute projects!! TFS!!


amandaremus at gmail dot com

MaryNSC said...

OOO Love it.. I am heading to the $ store asap... THANK UUUUU

Norma said...

Love the idea on the sanitizer!!!! Great projects:) TFS