Friday, March 4, 2011

Jen's Birthday Blog Hop!

Happy Friday! and
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNIFER!

Today I have a cute project for you... If you have been hopping along, then you have reached the end... sad, yes, but exciting because you get to see my adorable little card AND find out about some super exciting BLOG CANDY! Whooohoooo!
If you have just stopped by my blog to visit and want to participate in the hop, then go to Jennifer's Blog at the beginning... all of these wonderful ladies have come up with great & inspiring projects!
If you have been hopping along, then you have just come from Jessica's Blog!

So without further ado... My Little Turtle!
I used Pink Paislee's Soriee Line. I fell in love with this line... the colors and patterns are fabulous!!!
I made my turtle by stapling ribbon into little hoops and adhering them in layers to a piece of cardstock that I had cut into a turtle shell shape. The grass was made with a really cool tool... the Martha Stewart Fringe Scissors! There are four blades on these scissors, which allow you to cut four strips at a time... the possibilities are endless!

The outside of my card reads,
"Remember when it took forever for your birthday to get here?"

The inside reads,
"Now they come too fast! Happy Birthday!"

Now... for BLOG CANDY!
Jennifer has a HUGE GRAND PRIZE! Two Cricut Cartridges!
In order to be in the running for this fantastic prize you must have completed the blog hop and leave a comment on my blog stating this....

...and I have my own little happy to give away too... so in order to be in the drawing for my giveaway, I want you to leave a comment telling me your birthday and the best gift you ever received!

Please feel free to look around my blog and at my other projects... If you like what you seem then please follow me... I have a lot of fun in stored for the upcoming weeks!

68 comments:

  1. On my 40th birthday my hubby gave me my scrapbooking room, which I love and my new Imagine. I could not be happier with both things. I love your card. Love what you did with the ribbon. Great idea! TFS!
    pattig161 at yahoo dot com

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  2. Love this idea for the turtle with ribbon. Your creations are always so creative. The best birthday I ever had was three yrs ago when my daughter and husband gave me a 60th party. Everyone came with something to share about me. She even made a video of old photos. Really neat.

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  3. oh wow I love your card....sooooo cute

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  4. Great Card, love the use of ribbon. I am with you love pink paisley. TFS
    http://pammejo-scrapbookflair.blogspot.com/
    pammejo1@yahoo.com

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  5. love the idea. i completed the blog hop.
    pigs20052002@yahoo.com

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  6. love how you did the shell. love all the ribbon on him. love love all the turtles. thank you so much

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  7. Great way to use the ribbon!
    comopark@roadrunner.com

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  8. Great turtle- love the ribbon! As for my bday, 2yrs ago, my parents gave me a basic Cricut machine- I don't think they really knew what it was and honestly, at the time, I didn't either but I knew they were supposed to be cool. :)

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  9. Great idea for your turtle, love it. My recent birthday gift that I love is the deep cutting blade for my Cricut that my son gave to me. I have completed the blog hop but am sad it is over. Thank you.
    cstephenson@q.com

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  10. Hey Girl! You card is great! I love love love the ribbon idea on the shell! Sooo creative! My birthday is September 1st and my greatest gift of all time didn't come on that day it came on Oct 4th when I had my son. He's the biggest joy in my life. acp1981@sbcglobal.net http://amydesigns.blogspot.com

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  11. What a super clever idea on layering the ribbon for turtle shell! I love it - TFS! I would have to say on my birthday (too many to count) I always get a Vera Bradley purse from my daughters.
    Mama LoveBug from LoveBug Creations
    pam_lash at yahoo dot com

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  12. I love the idea of using ribbon for the turtles shell!! My birthday is November 30th and the best birthday gift I ever got was my pazzles cutter!!!!

    -Lauren B
    lbrocchi@gmail.com

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  13. the ribbon turtle is such a great idea! I did something similar with a christmas tree, so fun!

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  14. Loved the ribbon on the turtle! Great idea! I started to hop on over to the gym, but decided to do this blog hop instead! Awesome ideas! My birthday is Jan 17, I've had lots of great gifts, but my favorite bday gift was when I was 21, my fiance (at the time, husband now!) surprised me with a trip to Las Vegas! TFS!

    nancyemontes@yahoo.com

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  16. I am already a follower. Love what you did with the turtle. So cute. TFS. My b-day is June 13th, my best gift was when I was 18 and got a summer trip to Europe. I am just finishing Jen's b-day hop. Long one, but a good one. Thanks for the chance to win.
    Hugs,
    Melissa D
    mkds312@hotmail.com
    www.sleeplesswonder.blogspot.com

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  17. What a great idea! Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win!! My birthday is Jan 28 and my favorite present was my surprise 40th party 3 years ago given to me by my husband.

    HeartAMZ1@aol.com
    Debbie Chapman

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  18. I love your clever turtle shell technique and your card turned out really cute! My birthday is May 15th and the best gift I ever received was the Cricut Expression I bought for myself 2 years ago. LOVE. IT! I'm already following your blog.

    Thanks for sharing and for participating on another awesome hop. I have thoroughly enjoyed it.

    Annie
    anniebeescraftroom.blogspot.com
    lucyblueeyz at yahoo dot com

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  19. Christine just loved the entire hop everyone did and awesome job ... thanks for letting me be apart of all the fun
    The Scrapbooking Queen

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  20. Love the how you have the ribbons on the shell, very creative! Cute card! My birthday is Oct. 28 and my best gift was given last yeat - my Cricut Create!
    smile4jenn at hotmail dot com

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  21. Wow!! What a great technique on the turtle...it looks fabulous
    kgprevost(at)sbcglobal(dot)net
    http://www.kathyskraftsandmore.blogspot.com/

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  22. Loved the turtle using the material Great LOOK !!!
    My b'day is Monday the 7th, and most fav gift was b'fast in bed served to me by my children when the oldest of three was 7 yrs old...they even prepared it all by themselves....orange juice, toast with raspberry jam and a flower..Loved it and still do!!!!

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  23. Love the way you layered the ribbon on your turtle. My best B'day gift was my new craft room. We built a 2 story shop/studio. I have the entire second story for my craft room/studio. it is a great getaway.
    Kathy
    Katsews at gmail dotcom

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  24. OMG how amazing that you used ribbon. I love it. My favorite turtle in the hop :D

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  25. I love how you used the ribbon, too cute!
    My birthday is March 18th and the best present was a new house with my dream kitchen that I designed!

    Thanks for sharing and for the chance to win:)

    ExpressionsByElaine.blogspot.com

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  26. I came to see what fun turtle you created and stayed on your site for a half hour. Your projects are fabulous! LOVE 'em all:) Great being on the blog hop with you today. I will be back to see what else you create later!!
    ~Madison funkycards.blogspot.com

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  27. turtle outta ribbon...what an unusual idea! I love it :) I became a follower of your blog...my b-day is aug 22nd and my favorite gift was the b-day party my dh threw for me when he baked me a cake all by himself!! I have hoped thru ALL the blogs...phew i'm exhausted!

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  28. I love the ribbon turtle!! My birthday is sept. 12 and my favorite birthday gift was the sapphire diamond necklass from my husband a few years back.
    I have completed the blog hop (it took me all day along with scrapbooking as I did the blog)!!

    Kate Furner

    thefurners0704 at yahoo dot com

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  29. OMG!!! This is brilliant!!! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the way you used the ribbons!!!

    My bday is November 21st and the best birthday gift I've ever got was my first Cricut Expression!!!

    Melissa
    www.disneydreamerdesigns.blogspot.com

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  30. My bday is Feb 19th and my best gift was my gypsy!! Love the ribbon shell.
    username at yahoo dot com

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  31. This little turtle is so stinkin cute!Super creative.
    Hugs,
    Raven

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  32. I lvoe your turtle how cute!!! My birthday is in January on the 6th I have to say my best gift ever was 1st the Cricut Expression then the next one was Cricut Design Studio.

    Leah
    www.leahscarddesigns.com

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  33. This is creative. I bet you could do it with folded strips of paper too.
    It's always a great bday when hubby helps the children to celebrate mom's bday!!

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  34. cute love that turtle i made a tag during christmas doing the loops i made a christmas tree calebwmartin@yahoo.com

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  35. Great loopy turtle card. I am a new follower. Look forward to all of the fun you have in store. My best present ever was when the doctor told me I could go off bedrest on my birthday 19 years ago-then my daughter was born healthy the next day.

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  36. Love your turtle soo cute!! My birthday is May22 and my best gift was my son, but born on the 23!!
    Cindy
    miller896042 at bellsouth dot net

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  37. I love the way you created your turtle! Your work is so beautiful! TFS!

    Olivia

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  38. I love to see you thinking outside the box. Great card. My birthday is Oct. 11 and I always get a great gift as I shop for myself. The dh likes it this way. Last year was copics and I'm still getting them -lol.

    I finished the blog and it took all day.
    mmlmn @polarcomm.com

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  39. Clever use of ribbon pieces for turtle shell...neat idea. This blog hop has had alot of cute ideas. Birthday is day after Christmas, best gift was when I was 12 and for Christmas everyone gave me a bunch of records that I thought I would be playing on the family big stereo BUT to my surprise on my birthday I got my own little portable record player for my bedroom((now boy have I aged myself!!!))
    Cathy S
    seashore@telus.net

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  40. love your card. good idea on how to use the ribbon. thanks for sharing. new follower. jut finished with the hop. My b-day is January 7 and I think the best present ever was the card that my daughter made for me.


    mommyscraftycreations@gmail.com
    mommyscraftycreations.blogspot.com

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  41. That turtle is too darn cute! Love the ribbon! TFS! June 10, many moons ago, best gift is just having my family and friends around on my special day.
    jennyplace26@gmail.com

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  42. that is such a cute card, love all the ribbon!! my birthday is november 23, and the best thing that i ever received was....hmm that is hard...ptobably when I was a kid i got a little tykes car that i used instead of a bike...back when i was a kid the "cars" still worked sort of like a bike, they weren't battery operated!! ha ha ha tfs
    brenna
    rbanderson@live.ca

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  43. Wow what a great idea using the ribbons for the turtle shell. My birthday is on January 24 the best birthday gift is my son he made me a book of all his drawing when he was 4 to 5 years old and put it together into a book of memories so I can remember how lil his hand were. In the back of the page he trace his lil hands when he was 5. It so cute and I just luv lil things like that and hoomemade stuffs. Too cute! Thanks for sharing.


    jennyscreations808@yahoo.com

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  44. Very Very cute! New follower! My birthday is June 27 and for my 30th birthday last year I got alot of Scrapbooking stuff since all my guest knew I love to scrapbook. LOL
    Hugs,
    Patty
    creativediva98@gmail.com
    creativediva98.blogspot.com

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  45. Very cute. I did a ribbon doll once but never a ribbon turtle...LOL. I finished the hop (even left a post on Jessica's blog although she didn't do anything for this hop that I found so I left it on her uncle's card as did others). My birthday is Oct. 15 and my best gift I ever received was last year in fact. I had a knock on my door and when I opened it my son was standing there. He said Happy Birthday mom. (He is in the Army). I haven't seen him in many months and he never told me he was coming because he wanted to surprise me.

    susanslomski@yahoo.com

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  46. Just finished the hop. Your card is super cute! My birthday is October 30th. The best gift I ever got was a puppy from my now husband, but we weren't married then. She's 7 years old now! Thanks so much for sharing!

    ~Tiffany
    tiffanymarierice@yahoo.com
    http://sparkledmemories.blogspot.com/

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  47. very sweet card , love the birthday hop its fun hopping from blog to blog, getting new ideas.Thank-You for sharing.

    Debfoti
    www.scrappingmamma.net

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  48. Your sentiment and idea are amazing! I like them a lot!

    My birthday is August 26th. My best present was a little early. The birth of my 2nd and last child on August 20th. She was a surprise angel as I was not planning on having another child. PLUS she arrived nearly one year after my mother passed away from emphysema (August 31).

    April
    nginerd at gmail dot com
    http://ajoy2scrap.blogspot.com

    P.S. Will post again after I'm finished hopping!

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  49. cute! never thought to do ribbon like that....
    www.craftycardgallery.blogspot.com
    craftycardgallery at gmail dot com

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  50. Well, this has been a great hop. Love your card and all the ribbons. I have completed the hop except for Jessica who had nothing posted. Could not get to Denise's blog and there were probably a couple of other. If I have time, I will try them again. Thanks for sharing your card and the chance to win. I am a follower. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com

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  51. I love your card and turtle. I am a follower and thanks so much for sharing. Dee:)

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  52. Woo Hoo!!! I did it! I completed the blog hop! I love your ribbon idea on the sell of the turtle, fantastic! I'm def. a new follower too, I love the rest of your work! Thanks so much!
    Lisa
    summer_sunset54@hotmail.com

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  53. What a cute idea to use the ribbon...Love it!!!! My birthday is Feb 28...and my favorite gift was a handmade pencil holder from my son when he was 8...still use it too and he's 22! TFS
    hugs,
    joni

    arcocha at yahoo dot com

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  54. Love your card....my birthday is February 8....Best gifts ever are the ones my kids gave me that they spent earned money with or made me something with their little hands.

    AnnCarolW@aol.com

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  55. My birthday is Jan 11th and my favorite gift was this year on my birthday I got to feel my baby move for the first time in my belly!!! I am pregnant with my first child and this was the best gift I have ever and could ever receive! Love this card! The ribbon for the shell was super creative and too cute!!!!

    Jessicah1102@yahoo.com
    http://thepinkpaperprincess.blogspot.com

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  56. I completed the blog hop! Such great turtle projects!
    gayle_Shrader@yahoo.com

    My birthday is January 2nd and my favorite gift by far was the birth of my son the day before my birthday!

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  57. So adorable. Love the ribbons. I enjoyed to blog hop but That'z Uneek didn't seem to have a post for Jenn's birthday but Creativity Heals (Debbie) did so I hope I did everything right
    I'm a follower.
    Thanks for the chance to win.
    http: // mamawann. blogspot. com/
    annadowdy at gmail dot com

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  58. Such a creative idea. I love it! My birthday is April 17th and the best birthday I ever had was when I turned 8. I had it at the roller rink!

    xxsquigglesxx(at)gmail(dot)com

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  59. LOVE IT! I love how his shell is all ribbon, what an awesome idea! I might just have to scraplift this idea lol
    TFS
    Theresa
    tmdettloff@gmail.com

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  60. Hey Christine

    WOW.. this is very unique! LOVE how you made the Turtle shell!
    Well, my B-day is 4-22, I will be the big 39..my favorite gift, when I turned 9, my mom went and had a Glass Cat hand made for me, it was by far the best, and I still have it..
    I am already a follower of your blog
    TFS and a chance to win
    Bonnie
    http://ascrapabove.blogspot.com
    ascrapabove(at)aol(dot)com

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  61. Love how you made the shell out of ribbon ~ it looks awesome!

    My birthday is Oct. 22 and my favorite gift was my Kindle. I love it!

    Kristin
    ksully4597 at gmail dot com

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  62. So so adorable! I absolutely love how you did the ribbon on the turtle and all the colors. The card is perfect and so creative! TFS

    I am sad to see the blog hop end but your card was an awesome finish! I went to every blog and commented and became a follower of all of them.

    My birhday is March 29th and my best gift ever is the one I get every year....the excitement I get from my little ones when they make things for my birthday or pick out something to buy for me. They are more excited I think for gift giving to me then when it is there own birthday and they are the ones getting the gift.

    Thanks for the chance to win! It has been a blast!
    Angel
    ajewelo@yahoo.com

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  63. What a great idea to use ribbon for the turtle shell!
    My birthday is March 19th. My best birthday present was a day late ... on March 20th, 1998 ...I had quadruplets.
    fourkidstwocats at msn dot com

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  64. Your card is amazing! My birthday is June 19 and the best present I ever received was tickets to a week-long country concert.

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  65. Just finished hopping! Thanks for all the wonderful blogs to look at. I will never see turtles the same way ever again...they can be so beautiful!


    April
    nginerd at gmail dot com
    http://ajoy2scrap.blogspot.com

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  66. Love your card, very unique turtle! TFS!

    My fav. birthday gift was a couple years ago when my my boyfriend drove us up to St. Augustine for the evening. :) It was just way cool!

    Nicki121986@hotmail.com

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  67. That turtle is awesome! Love how you did the shell. My best birthday gift was my kindle that I received last year.
    lfuchs1 at wi. rr. com

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