Handmade Holidays Blog Hop -Day 2

Welcome to the Third Annual Handmade Holidays blog hop!! The best crafters, designers, and makers have come together to create and share  a series of thoughtful, handmade gifts for the holidays during this 3 day blog hop. Our goal is to inspire you to create something from the heart this holiday season as well as share how to use our products in fun, innovative ways. We intend this hop to serve as a resource to you for this holiday season and for years to come.

Hop along to each blog in the list. Each day, from November 1 through November 3, 2013, we’ll be posting a brand new list of blogs to hop to. Comment on each blog, share your favorite posts over social media, and then use the Rafflecopter widget at the bottom of each post to enter to win the Grand Prize, a gift basket filled with crafty swag from the companies on the hop! We’re ready to inspire, share, and create – are you ready to hop?

Clearsnap http://blog.clearsnap.com

Craft Attitude  http://www.jonathanfongstyle.com/blog/

Smoothfoam http://www.smoothfoam.com/blog/

Donna Salazar Designs  http://donnasalazardesigns.blogspot.com/

Walnut Hollow http://walnuthollowcrafts.wordpress.com/

100 Proof Press http://www.100proofpress.com/_blog/Blog

Graphic45 http://g45papers.typepad.com/

ICE Resin http://iceresin.com/icequeen/

Stampendous http://stampendousblog.wordpress.com/

Sizzix – Eileen Hull Designs http://eileenhull.blogspot.com/

Graphic 45 – Romy Veul - http://scrapstuffandmore.blogspot.nl/

Clearsnap – Steph Ackerman http://stephaniescraps.blogspot.com/

Sizzix – Tami Mayberry http://tamimayberry.blogspot.com/

100 Proof Press – Vicki O’Dell http://www.vickiodell.com  

ICE Resin - Cindy Cima Edwards http://www.cindycima.com/

YOU ARE HERE---->>> Donna Salazar Designs – Nadia Canizzo http://samnadia.blogspot.com/

Graphic 45 – Susan Lui  http://luv2scrap-pages.blogspot.com/

Sizzix - Lorine Mason http://lorinemason.com/blog/

Smoothfoam – Lindsay Obermeyer http://loops.typepad.com/serendipity/

Donna Salazar Designs – Tracey Sabella http://gracescraps.blogspot.com/

Clearsnap – Meihsia Liu http://meihsia.blogspot.com/

I made this album, which will be the end of year present for my daughter's teacher. Our school year ends just days before Christmas for us in Australia, so in a way this is her Christmas and end of year present too. Inside the album, I wrote the teacher some thank you messages, and added some of my favourite teacher quotes. 

1. To start with, I painted a Want2Scrap Mixed Media Album white, using Gesso and white acrylic paint. 

2. I then covered the pages using Donna Salazar Designs Natural Beauty paper collection

3. I added flowers and laser cut frames from Manor House Creations, as well as chipboard Alphabet by Donna Salazar from the Fun & Funky collection. 

3. I finished it off with Clearsnap Donna Salazar Designs Mixd Media Inx and Clearsnap Smooch Spritz Sprays

I hope you liked my handmade gift!! The next person on your list is... 

Graphic 45 – Susan Lui  http://luv2scrap-pages.blogspot.com/