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2017 top ten blog hop and giveaway

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2017 Top Ten Blog Hop

Well, this is fun! I’m delighted to be joining a group of like-minded scrapbook enthusiasts to review our ten favorite layouts from the year. And if you read through to the end of the post, you’ll find details about my giveaway (open until January 3 at midnight CST).

Here is the list of participants so you can hop along and see them all:

Christine Meyer
Kathy Skou
Kathleen Graumüller
Teri Anderson
Susie Bentz
Janice Daquila-Pardo > That’s me!
Giorgia Rossini
Laurel Seabrook
Aimee Kidd
Mary Ann Jenkins
Keren Tamir
Lee-Anne Thornton
Heather Leopard
Tifany DeGough
Sue Eldred
Melissa Elsner
Laura Whitaker
Anita Mulcahey
Ashley Smith
Simone Schermann
Shelly Kurth
Monique Liedtke
Suzanna Lee
Marcia Dehn-Nix
Laura Cox
Irit Shalom
Nicole Martel
Carolyn Johnson
Tenia Nelson
Samantha Taylor
Rebecca Keppel
Judy Hayes
Isha Gupta
Traci Penrod
Tracy McLennon
Karen Hunter
Lyne Blodgett
Anna Sigga
Lisa Moen
Kat Benjamin
Wendy Antenucci

And now here are my top ten favorite pages from the past year (in chronological order):

Hello gorgeous
I love this one because even with all those beautiful patterns and colors, our girl’s eyes still steal the show. She’s a stunner.

Smiles from ear to ear
This one was fun to make because I was able to work in so many references to Disney, including those Mickey ears in the top left.

Re-homing Hector
Hector was a turtle we found strolling down our busy street and scooped up so we could take him to a nearby pond. I like the simplicity of this page, allowing the story to be told by the patterned papers.


This page makes me happy because of the cute picture of my hubby and how the patterns and embellishment clusters work together. It’s a little bit masculine (but not too much!).

Easter Memories Duffys 1968
Again, I think I like this page because of the interplay of patterns and colors, not to mention that super sweet photo of my cousins on Easter morning 1968.

Bathing beauty
I love using bright colors and modern patterns with vintage photos…like this one of my mom on her 1965 honeymoon.

Happy hands
This photo of me is one I’ve had printed for ages, awaiting the right inspiration to hit. Once I found the unusual and beautiful color combination in this collection, it came together easily. I’m so pleased to have it recorded.

Cousin connection
If you’ve read this far, you may have noticed that I love to mix lots of patterns on my pages. That, and the fact that I fit four decent sized photos on it, makes me quite happy with this one.

Hello fall
This page turned out just as I imagined it, which is such a joy for a crafter, isnt’ it? It was so much fun to die cut all those leaves and arrange them.

The Melodeon 1999
This photo of my dad reading a Christmas story to us is of such a wonderful memory that I had to do something special to record it. I love how all these bits of patterned paper came together to create my diamond focal point.

And that’s my year in review

Thank you so much for stopping by my spot on the blog hop. If you would like to leave a comment and tell me if you have a favorite from my list, I would love to read it! Comments are always so appreciated.

Giveaway

I just created an Instagram account (I’m so late to the game, I know)! So, if you would like to be included in my drawing for a $15 GIFT CARD to the Paper Issues Store, please follow me on Instagram (@theconstantscrapper) and then leave me a comment on this post with your Insta account to let me know you did and so that I can follow you back. I will leave this giveaway open for one week (January 3) and announce a winner on January 4th!

Please note: I must approve comments for them to appear, so please don’t worry if your comment doesn’t post immediately. I will be checking and approving comments often.

To continue the blog hop in order, head over to Giorgia Rossini’s site.

Happy New Year!

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  4. Loving the simplicity of @Re-homing Hector! Such a great photo and use of the circles! I am a new follower on Instagram-looking forward to your posts!

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  6. Love all of your layouts! My favorite is the Disney layout, stunning!
    Just started following you on Instagram (anel_sie7). Thanks for the chance!

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  8. I absolutely love the way you mix all those paper patterns – you must have been a scrappy quilter in another life! My favorites are Hector (because I am also a Turtle Rescue Ranger), Happy Hands (it was worth the wait!), and The Melodian. I am officially your 9th follower on Instagram and I can’t wait to see what you create next!

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  24. I always love to see layouts because I started out as a scrapper but have sadly fallen way behind. They are all beautiful but that cat page is a real stunner!

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  32. Fantastic creations!! Each one is super beautiful, I love the one you made to treasure the memory with your dad the most!! It is just amazing!!
    And I’m a follower of your Instagram account 🙂 Thanks for the giveaway 🙂

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