guest blogger Kathy (clayton528) - 2nd Unofficial Crop Chocolate Blog Hop

Welcome to this stop on the 2nd Unofficial Crop Chocolate Blog Hop. The hop started this morning at the blog of mommyx2, Crafty Love 4 My Twins. If you are just learning of the hop and would like to participate, please start there. You should have arrived here from Corrie's blog. Today we have a guest blogger, Kathy (clayton528). Here is Kathy's project:

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Thank you, Brenda! I'm so excited to be a part of of the 2nd Unofficial Crop Chocolate Blog Hop. And since this is my first time being part of a blog hop, I will be giving away some scrappy goodies to 3 lucky people . . . just leave a comment for me and I'll draw the names on Wednesday after the Blog Hop.

When I first heard about the Blog Hop, I was like "Nope . . . No way . . . No can do" because it would be way out of my comfort zone. :) But after some encouragement from others and thought on my part, I decided to give it a try.

I had a few ideas but lacked a lot of time for most of them. I knew I wanted to use one of my new Lucky 8 punches by We R Memory Keepers. And since it's been so Spring-like the past 2 weeks, I wanted to use "Walk in the Park" paper collection by Echo Park. So after playing around, this is what I came up with:

               

I used my Lucky 8 punch "Tatted Doily"; Friskars' scallops w/ dots edge punch for turquoise strip; and butterfly punch by Martha Stewart. For the butterflies, I punched 2 from 2 different colors, folded up the wings and layered them.

 















 Here's my final layout:

CC products used:
"Walk in the Park" by Echo Park
Walnut Stain distress ink
Snake adhesive

Non-CC products used:
Orange flower & green brad (from stash)
pop-up glue dot

Thanks so much for taking time to look at my project. Don't forget to leave a comment. And remember since this is my first time being part of a blog hop, I will be giving away some scrappy goodies to 3 lucky people . . . just leave a comment (if you are a regular CC shopper, please include your CC name) for me and I'll draw the names on Wednesday after the Blog Hop. If I cannot contact the winner via CC Private Message, the winner will be posted here on Wednesday, March 28.

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This is the last stop for today, but please be sure to hop with us tomorrow. The hop resumes at 8am MDT Saturday, March 24 at By Belle's blog. Thanks for hopping with us. We hope you enjoyed the projects everyone shared with you.

P.S. Be sure to comment on each blog for your chance to win. We have two confirmed giveaways for this blog hop. One is a 12×12 Hello Spring Mini Theme Kit by Echo Park and another is a 12×12 Fourth Of July Mini Theme Kit by Echo Park (generously donated by Echo Park Paper Co.). If you comment as anonymous please be sure to tell us who you are (first- or nickname is fine). Comments will be open until 8am MDT on Tuesday, March 27, 2012 and winners will be announced here and at Crafty Love 4 My Twins on Wednesday, March 28, 2012.