Joy's Birthday Party Blog Hop TODAY! (plus GIVEAWAY!)

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This giveaway is now closed and entries are no longer accepted.
The winner will be announced on Feb 23, 2011.

Thanks for playing!

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It's here! It's here! Hurray! Blog Hop Day is here!

Welcome to the Birthday Party Blog Hop hosted by Joy of Joyslife.com! Do you know that it's really Joy's birthday today?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY,  JOY!

 

If this is the first time that you are visiting my blog, let me give you a BIG welcome. Feel free to look at my Project Gallery. You may notice that I do not use Cricut cartridges for my projects. That's because I am using graphics and SVGs from Lettering Delights with my Make-the-Cut program. All projects on this blog were cut with my Cricut Expression machine.

(Note: Provo Craft/Cricut does not endorse the use of any 3rd party software. Cutting or communicating to any Cricut machine with any 3rd party or non-Cricut endorsed software or device will void the warranty of the Cricut cutting machine. As such, it might be prudent to wait until the warranty expires on your Cricut machine before attempting any 3rd party products).
 

Here is the list of blogs who are participating on this hop. Did you come here from Rosy's blog? If not, just click here to start the hop from Joy's blog and keep hopping until you're back here. There are lots of inspiration and blog candy to get along the way and you don't want to miss any of the fun stuff. In case you get lost hopping, just come back here and refer back to the list below to get back on track.

Joy - http://joyslife.com/
Amanda - http://amandascraftsandmore.blogspot.com/
Rosy - http://sweetdelightspapernmore.blogspot.com/
Jin - http://www.underacherrytree.com/  (YOU ARE HERE)
Melissa - http://melissa-moecreations.blogspot.com/
Tammy - http://tammyjennings.blogspot.com/
Jennifer - http://scrapaholicjen.blogspot.com/
Lori - http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/
Laura - http://www.lauraleesdream.blogspot.com/
Zeni - http://www.scrappyzeni.blogspot.com/
Theresa - http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/
Kyle - http://thegreencricut.blogspot.com/
Ruthie - http://www.septemberninth.blogspot.com/
Ann Marie - http://www.yourstrulee.net/
Gale - http://www.stamps-and-stitches.com/
Erika - http://crafty-creations-by-erika.blogspot.com/

Before I started on the project for this hop, I thought about what it will be like if Joy would really have a birthday party and invited all of us to celebrate with her. I thought about how the invitations would look like. It's got to be fun (like her videos) and it's got to be cool (like her projects) AND it's got to be super unique (like Super Joy herself). I decided that it's gotta look just like this:

Now don't you think that this card is just too much fun? I chose to use black and white because that's how honest Joy is when she reviews products. She either loves it (and tells you so) or dislikes it (and threatens to throw the product out the window!). You can't be more honest than Black and White. The addition of the twine brings a pop of color.

 

To make this card, I used Lettering Delights' Sweet Nothings SVG set. The cut is the last file in the set. I cut it out with Make-the-Cut and the Cricut and printed out the words on the four panels using the technique shown HERE. 

The words behind the windows were printed on a square the size of the card front. I adhered that square behind the card front so that the words sat behind the windows and will only be revealed when they were opened. Tie a piece of colored twine around the card and the invitation is done!

If invitations are the first things to a party, then the last thing has got to be the party favor. I cut out the box from Lettering Delights' Animal Boxes and Bags SVG set and used Joy's Lots of Pun stamps to decorate it. 

The gift topper is a flower that is made using a brand new Lettering Delight's SVG set that will be coming soon. Isn't it the most stunning cutout you have ever seen? I can't wait until this set is released so that you can use your Cricut to make a flower just like this!

Now on to the Giveaway...

Joy is so awesome to sponsor today's blog hop giveaway for all the participating blogs. For my blog, she is giving away a...

That's right! She's giving away a All Around Sentiments Stamps set!! Thank you, Joy!

Here's how to win:

You must be a follower to enter in the giveaway. If you are not already a follower, just click on the "Follow" button on the right.

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Make sure that you leave your email address or any other form of contact so that I may inform you if you win.

Entries to the giveaway will be accepted from now until Tuesday Feb 22, 11:59pm PST. The winner will be chosen by RANDOM.ORG and announced on Wednesday February 23, 2011.

If you're ready to continue on your hop, your next stop is Melissa's Moe Creations. 

Happy Blog Hopping and Good Luck! ;-)