Shaping Up Blog Hop & Giveaway: East Coast Tote & Pinkstagram!

Welcome to the Shaping Up Blog Hop & Giveaway!   Today I'm blog hopping with some of the 2012 Gallery Idol gals and our theme is inspired by the Paper Crafts July Gallery Challenge!  {How appropriate, right?}  This month, the PC theme is summer shaped cards!  I've got 2 shaped cards to share today, one summery and one for any time of year:)  For my first card, I went East Coast summer!
  

This card was super easy to make even without a template!  This beach tote is loaded up with little foam flip flops and "towels".  I gave the towels a little bit of texture by impressing fun foam with a canvas impression plate.  A little nautical, a little L.L. Bean, a little Nantucket red:)

This second card may already look familiar (remember this post in May?).  This new version has a twist!  Besides being hot pink, it's hiding a little secret!  Just untie the bow...

And unfold the mini-album in the lens!  I filled this mini-album up with pics of my boys and my adorable nieces, but you can customize the number of pics or even add a little message!    

That's it for me today!  Make sure you visit each stop of the blog hop!  And don't forget you can win prizes at every stop just by leaving a comment!  I'll be picking a winner next Monday (giveaway closes 11:59 pm, July 30th)!  

JJ <------you are here:)
Cheiron

Heather
Joscie
Jennifer I.
Amy
Aga
Wida

Jocelyn

Miriam

Anita
Elena

Erin Lee
Dana
Laurie
Tessa
Nina

Want another chance to win some prizes?  Link up your Paper Crafts July Gallery Challenge entry below for a chance to win a special prize for playing along with us!  Can't tell you what's in the special prize, but I can tell you that you'll be getting packages from more than one of the stops on this blog hop!  Cool right? 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Mahalo and aloha,

jj

Tote Card

Paper: Ultra Smooth Pure White (Avery Elle), Striped (Recollections), Enchanted Evening (PTI), Fun Foam Sheets

Ink: Navy (Amuse)

Stamps: Guiding Light (WPlus9)

Tools: Impression Plate. Flip Flop Die (PTI)

Pinkstagram Card & Mini-Album

Paper: Raspberry, Pixie (Avery Elle), Licorice Twist (Mark's Finest Papers)

Ribbon: Satin (Recollections)

Tools: Nestabilities Circles, Heart Die (PTI), Silhouette SD

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