***A Creative Journey with Melissa***: Stampin Up

Hi fantastic followers!

Sorry I am running late today but I went to Costco (it's like Sam's or a wholesale large quanity store) and I spent over $400.. which is bad enough but to PUT IT AWAY IS WORSE! LOL

I did want to clarify as to why no one qualified for the blog candy- in the instructions you needed to comment AND answer the questions EVERY DAY of the blog hop. Unfortunately, no one commented on all four of the days and also answered the questions. I had some that commented all four days and some that left answers on 3 of the four but not all of it. In order for me to feel as if I was being fair, I decided to offer the blog candy this way AND WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!! I asked my son to pick a number between 1 and 7 and my son picked #5 which said

The Bookin Room said...

OH my!! No blog candy should go to waste!!! Thanks for offering it again!

Please contact me so I can put your blog candy in the mail for you ASAP :) Also as stated on the original post- due to postage costs, I will be either taking the folders out of their packaging or if you would prefer me to fold it/cut it in half I would be happy to include the packaging- I am just trying to avoid high postage costs due to the large size.

Thank you for all of your comments! I often give away blog candy and next time I won't make it as complicated... Sorry- I thought it was something cool and different for others to read as well....

Now answers to the questions I received during the blog hop:

What cart was used for the school house card? Wrap it Up

Who makes the border punch that was used for the note book paper effect? Stampin up has a smaller version or they make a larger one from EK Success and you can find it at Michaels or Joanns. I HAVE BOTH :)

Was the book from scratch or did you use composition notebooks? I used composition notebooks and covered them with the paper and embellishments- VERY inexpensive to buy now BTW.. Walmart has them for 40 cents EACH and that is regular price.. WHO KNOWS what it will be if they clearance them!!

For the composition notebook, the binding was actually PAPER of all things... It was paper, not tape although that is really fun to work with as well!

Again a HUGE thank you to Rebekah for hosting!

Have a wonderful day and thanks for taking the time to visit me!

And as always, make today and every day

A CREATIVE JOURNEY :)

With Love & Creativity,

Melissa

Welcome to the BACK TO SCHOOL BLOG HOP, DAY #3

This Blog Hop is FOUR DAYS long with a new project for EACH DAY! Please be sure to check back each day because I know the ladies have worked really hard to create something awesome to share with you! There will be a bunch great projects and FUN with the possibility of winning prizes along the way!! All of the blog hop ladies are new crafty friends and I just know this is going to be an AWESOME HOP!
A HUGE THANK YOU to Rebekah for organizing this!
If you have come from Amanda - you are in the right place! If you happened to stop by today and would like to start at the beginning of the blog hop, please start at our fantastic hostess' Rebekah's blog so that you can join in on ALL OF THE FUN and CREATIVITY!

Now I KNOW I LOVE TO WIN PRIZES and if you have followed my blog, you already know I have done really well in the past 6 weeks (WINNING FIVE TIMES!) so of course I LOVE GIVING AWAY BLOG CANDY TOO!! One lucky blog candy winner will receive some really cool stuff! Now to win on my blog, you will need to be a follower of my blog,
comment on ALL FOUR DAYS OF THE BLOG HOP and answer the questions for the day- so far there has been two questions and it looks like I may be stuck with this AMAZING BLOG CANDY!!! So today's question is what is your FAVORITE school supply to use when you are creating? I have three that I CAN'T CREATE WITHOUT! Punches.. all kinds, staples, all sizes and colors and clips.. I just love all kinds of paper clips, clasps and stuff that adds a little dimension and pizzaz to the page!

For an EXTRA chance to win, place my button on your blog and

comment that you did so! It's just that simple :)

The blog candy winner for my blog will be announced on Monday, August 15th by noon PT. EVERYONE is eligible to win-I have been VERY fortunate to win blog candy from two different countries and they were generous enough to allow me to win even though I am in the US- I CERTAINLY want to pay it forward :) Here is a pic of the blog candy one lucky winner will receive which includes a Cuttlebug embossing folder, two Tim Holtz embossing die folders and two sheets of mini alpha stickers. To save on shipping, I will be taking the Tim Holtz embossing folders out of their packaging.

Now onto APRIL'S AMAZING BLOG so see what great project she has in store for you!

In case you get lost, here is the line up
Rebekah - http://colorkraft.blogspot.com/

Doreen - http://scrapbookertink.blogspot.com/

Joyce - http://www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com/

Amanda - http://aremus.blogspot.com/ YOU CAME FROM HERE**

Melissa - http://acreativejourneywithmelissa.blogspot.com/ YOU ARE HERE**

April - http://aprilmariecole.blogspot.com NEXT STOP**Gina - http://canoncreativegirl.blogspot.com/Be sure to come back every day to check out the amazing projects!

Now for my project.. I am going to start by apologizing because this project, albeit small.. it is quite mighty and I had to take A BUNCH OF PICTURES to show you the inside pages so... I AM VERY SORRY! LOL I used a ton of different items including, Tim Holtz stamps, stampin up, Technique Tuesday, some I am not sure who made them. I used paper from Becky Higgins, Bazzill, Karen Foster , my stash & DCWV. Various fibers from Michael's, Joanns, my stash, jillibean soup, and string from my stash. I used a real label maker and the labels from my stash.. I LOVE THAT THING! I used numerous embossing folders by sizzix, quick Kuts and Tim Holtz. I am sure there is more stuff and I apologize if I am forgetting anything or anyone. It is not for any reason other than I didn't have the packaging to be able to give credit where credit is due. I apologize that the pics are sideways in some cases but I downloaded them 5 times and no matter what I did, that is how they came out so I am tired and it's time for me to go to bed (it's almost 4 am) so this will have to do until tomorrow if I figure out how to fix it! LOL

Now for the pictures... I am just going to post them.. I did as much as I could without making it too personalized for fear that the person that wants it may not want it themed directly for a certain grade.. besides, I think the pages are pretty self explanatory :)