Graphic 45/Art Glitter/Wa​nt to Scrap Blog Hop

Happy Monday and thank you for joining me on an amazing blog hop among THREE fabulous scrappy companies.  For this entire week, Graphic 45, along with Want 2 Scrap and Art Glitter, will be having a blog hop filled with tons of inspiration and your chance to win one of the TWO prizes shown below!

I have supplied you with links to Graphic 45's Design Team Schedule.  To visit the Design Team schedules of the other participants be sure to visit the Want 2 Scrap Blog and the Art Glitter Blog as well.

Monday, July 23rd
Jane Tregenza: http://janetregenza.blogspot.com/
Maiko Miwa: http://shiny-scrap.blogspot.com/
Tara Orr: http://eachmoment-onlyonce.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, July 24th
Alberto Juárez : http://vintageodyssey.blogspot.com/
Gloria Stengel : http://gloriascraps.blogspot.com/
Nicole Eccles: http://www.nicoleeccles.com/

Wednesday, July 25th
Arlene Cuevas: http://butterflykisseswithlove.blogspot.com/
Jim, The Gentleman Crafter: http://thegentlemancrafter.typepad.com/
Betto Cesare: http://scrapguys.blogspot.com/

Thursday, July 26th
Clare Charvill: http://mycreativespirit.blogspot.com/
Kristin Wilson: http://www.kristinwilsonhandmade.com/
Sharon Ngoo: http://glooshmoo.blogspot.com/

Friday, July 27th
Denise Hahn: http://www.inmyblueroom.blogspot.com/
Laura Denison: http://www.followingthepapertrail.blogspot.com/
Susan Lui: http://luv2scrap-pages.blogspot.com/

The layout I`d like to share with you today is very special as it hilights one of the new tattoos I recently got. LOVE it - its the initials of my three kiddos!!  I used the beautiful papers from Graphic 45`s Olde Curiosity Shoppe Collection and kept most of my background neutral so that the few punches of colour I did include, stood out even more.

Here you can see some fussy cut elements that I hilighted with baby bling from Want 2 Scrap.  I also took one of the chipboard scallop rectangles from Want 2 Scrap and traced the shape onto a brightly coloured piece of paper from Graphic 45.  I love the way it raises the centre of my project and really does a fantastic job framing the photos and drawing the eye to the centre of the layout.

LOVE the beautiful, delicate glitter!! It was so easy to apply with the extra fine tip added to the glue bottle.  The colours are out of this world gorgeous and of course come in every colour of the rainbow!  Here I added touches to my butterfly wings as well as to the centres of my flowers.

Ink by Tara Orr
Supplies:
Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe Patterned Papers: Olde Curiosity Shoppe, Mercurial Masterpiece, Exquisite Motif, When Pigs Fly, Butterfly Specifics
Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe Alphabet Stickers
Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe Stickers
Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe Tags 1
Graphic 45 Olde Curiosity Shoppe Tags 2
Graphic 45 Metal Hinges
Graphic 45 Metal Brads
Want 2 Scrap Baby Bling
Want 2 Scrap Tags
Want 2 Scrap Scallop Rectangle Chipboard
Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear Adhesive
Art Glitter Lagoon Ultrafine Opaque
Art Glitter Wildwood Ultrafine Transparent
Petaloo Flowers
Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares

Graphic 45 an award-winning scrapbook and paper crafting company­— owned and operated by a mother and her two daughters.  Together we create vintage inspired crafting products that capture the flamboyant style of the 1920's and 30's - with vibrant color, irresistible texture and imaginative design to create products with decades-old appeal that's both fresh and familiar. Let our products inspire your next scrapbook layout, card, album or home decor project.

Want2Scrap™ manufacturers rhinestones lines including the specialty Nestabling™  line along with the newly released Nestaboard™ chipboard line that coordinates perfectly with the Spellbinders™ Nestabilies™ die templates. Want2Scrap™ also manufacturers their own line chipboard albums and accents, acrylic albums, and multi-layered laser designs and other fine scrapbooking products. Want2Scrap™ brings ease of use and flexibility in their product lines by offering products uniquely tailored to its customers’ needs.

Spread the Sparkle! Be it cosmetics, scrapbooking, t-shirts, cards, jewelry, quilts, rock star toes, home decor or even cement...everything is better with Art Glitter on it! Barbara Trombley opened Art Institute Glitter, Inc. in 1982 and now supplies artists and artisans, crafters and craftsmen with more than 400 brilliant cosmetic quality glitter colors and industrial-strength adhesives. Art Glitter products have been featured on “The New Martha Stewart Show”, “Carol Duvall Show”, HGTV, Home Shopping Network and several times in “Martha Stewart Living Magazine” including this upcoming December, 2009 issue. Thousands of retail stores throughout the world carry Art Glitter products. Barbara’s first book, “Glitter Artistry: Bags, Tags & Cards,” was warmly received by artists in 2006 and is still a big hit today (Sterling Publishing, Inc.). Art Glitter’s retail showroom is located in Historic Old Town Cottonwood, Arizona.

Thanks for stopping by today!! Be sure to check back all week for your chance to win some amazing prizes!!