2012 Christmas Banners for Special Needs Kids~ Day 1

Good Morning!!

Welcome to the 

2012 Christmas Banners For Special Needs Kids!

This is day 1 of a packed 3 day hop 
and this year we are sending our banners to


The Children's Hospital of Central California 
and the ever so kind and dedicated Madison who does the
Feel The Love Project

If you came from Scrappin Madge then you are right on track
If you want to start at the beginning head on back to 
Ellen's Blog... You are not going to want to miss a thing!

There is ton's of blog candy up for grab for commenting on all the blogs in the hop...

• Susan Bermudez, Independent Consultant for Creative Memories, donating a $20 gift certificate for Creative Memories products from her catalog (http://www.mycmsite.com/sites/susanbermudez/).
• Lucy Kelleher, Independent Consultant for Close to My Heart, donating a $20 gift certificate for CTMH products.
• Scrappin' Madge: $25 Gift Certificate to The Scrappin Lounge Shoppe.
• Fresh Brewed Designs: Two prizes - One prize is a rubber stamp, Item #497 "Cutie Pie Ice Skating" (http://www.freshbreweddesigns.com/item_497/Cutie-Pie-Ice-Skating.htm), and the other is a $15 Digital Stamp gift card.
• The Paper Temptress (www.papertemptress.com) - Owner Patricia Dunbar will donate a $25 Gift Certificate to her online store, the Paper Temptress.
• The Pinque Peacock (www.pinquepeacock.com) - Owners Jessica Shelton will donate a gift certificate to her NEW store (products are being added daily -- watch as she grows!)

Plus candy along the way at individual blogs!!

Now onto my banner....
I wanted to keep it simple, not too religious but show the holiday spirit through the colors. Here is what I made....

And here is a close-up of each of the letters.....


The Papers are from MME~ Christmas
LOVE this 6x6 paper pad!!

I added bling to the letters

(the banner and all the cuts are from the Silhouette Store~Lori Whitlock)

I cut the banner exactly as the file was...only difference, I added a border around each background piece...just for more stability

I also added white crinkle ribbon to sting it all together, Trendy Twine and jingle bells from my stash.
Very festive if I say so myself :) 

Supplies:

Paper~Core'dinations~ Black Magic Collection

MME~Christmas

White

Dies/Cut~ "Joy" Banner~

Silhouette Store

Other~ 3 Girl Jam Crinkle Ribbon~

Red,White and Blue Bundle (it was seasonal)~ White

Trendy Twine~

Berry Red

Lime Licorice

Gems

Jingle Bells

You are now off to the talented
Kimi

Thanks so much for hopping with us!

Make sure to check out Day 2 and Day 3 of this awesome hop!

Different line-ups each day!!!

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Here is today's line-up in case you get lost along the way :)

Ellen ♥ CardMonkey - http://cardmonkey-business.blogspot.com/

Jessica - http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com/

Lezlye -  http://lezlyes.blogspot.com/

Edwina -  http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/

Shawnee - http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/

Scrappin Madge - http://thescrappinlounge.com/

Jessica E.~ http://chick-n-scrap.blogspot.com

Kimi ~ http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com 

Janet ~  http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

Theresa Neubaum ~ http://www.scrappyartcrafters.blogspot.com/

Khrista -  http://creativeandcraftyteacher.blogspot.com/

An'Jenic - http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/

Jennifer R - http://craftycardgallery.blogspot.com/

Gloria W. http://gloriawest.blogspot.com/

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Entering this into the following challenges:
DL Art~ Thankful Thursday Linky Party
Everyday is an Occasion~ Linky Party
Really Reasonable Ribbon~ Winter Holiday
Joyful Stamper~ Linky Party
Pile It On~Make It Sparkle
Oozak~ Winter Vibes