Monday, December 13, 2010

Merry Christmas Wall Hanging - FCCB "Deck the Halls" Crawl

Welcome to ScrapSticklePop and the third Fantabulous Cricut Crawl...Fantabulous Cricut's version of a blog hop!  If you're a frequent visitor, thanks for stopping by again today!  If you're new here - WELCOME! I hope you like what you see, feel free to browse my other posts, and if you'd like to keep coming back, I hope you become a follower! 

In honor of the approaching Christmas holiday, we're having a "Deck The Halls" Crawl...each Design Team member will be featuring an original Christmas/Holiday-themed project that could be used to decorate and spruce up their homes for the Holiday Season!

If you've come from visiting  Leigh at My Scrappy Journey, you're in the right place! If you've just happened across my blog and would like to play along with our Fantabulous Cricut Crawl, start HERE.

Make sure to check out each DT member's blog for some awesome inspiration! There will be PRIZES along the way at our DT members' blogs, AND there will be a Grand Prize up for grabs at FCCB for one participant that submits a "Deck The Halls" project at FCCB!

I hope you join us for all the fun!

Now for my project...
I wanted to be unique and different, but I was lacking inspiration (I'm in definite need of some scrapping time with my friends!) and I kept looking around my craft basket trying to find something to create with no luck.  I knew I wanted to create something for my wall and I wanted to include pictures because I'm all about scrapping, all the time! LOL!  Then I came across this piece of foam that I had kept (its from the packaging of some furniture I had bought) after my sister had advised me that I could use it with some decorative paper and hang it on my wall.  So that became the springboard for my project...

I had some beautiful paper in a My Mind's Eye Christmas paper stack I had recently bought at Michael's so I arranged it like this...


In order to be sure the paper really stayed on, I used tacky tape...

I decided to scrap pictures of Christmas past in collage form that I could update/replace/add to every year if I wanted to.  I wanted a "Christmas"-y title and I went to one of my new cartridges (which I am in love with!), Winter Frolic, that had a great phrase and an adorable snowman (my favorite!).  To attach it to the wall, I made a bow out of polka dot ribbon and hot glued it to the back of the foam.  I brought two frames I had hanging in my front room down, hung up my new Christmas Wall Hanging and voila!


Here is a close up of the title.  It is stickled and the snowman is popped (of course, hence the title of my blog!).  I also added a little white flocking to the top of the letters "Christmas" to replicate fallen snow, but you can't really see it in the photo...

A close up of the top collage which I added "Christmas 2008" text to...


The bottom collage is from Christmas 2009...


And here is another angle of my project on my wall...



In honor of my first Fantabulous Cricut Crawl/blog hop and reaching over 100 followers (which I forgot to mention a couple weeks ago, oops!) I'm going to have my first giveaway!  It includes some pretty Basic Grey papers, matching flowers, buttons, ribbon, two holiday sticker embellishments and my cute little kissing reindeer from my previous post.  Take a look...

To win, please leave a comment below and become a follower.  Throughout the week I will be posting more "Deck the Halls" posts and if you leave comments on those as well, you will have more chances to win!  I've got some more great projects to share throughout the week so I hope you will come by and check them out!   Good luck everyone!!

In case you missed this earlier post, I created personalized ornaments for my family this year, which is also "Deck the Halls" themed...
You can check out the full post by click HERE


Now it's your turn! Let's see your Christmas/Holiday-Themed Decor projects!  Make sure to include a Cricut cut somewhere on your project!

Next stop on our Deck the Halls Crawl... fantabulous Lori at Organized Chaos.  She always has great projects so go see what she has in store for you today... And when you're done, make sure to link up your project to FCCB's Fantabulous Cricut Crawl post to be entered into the contest!

Happy Crawling!

Thanks for stopping by!

55 comments:

  1. It turned out wonderful I love your project.

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  2. tfs this is so beautiful and creative

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  3. Well, when you come up with an idea, you come up with a good one!! Well done, this fantastic!

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  4. Wow I love your project. What a beautiful collage and your work is awesome. I became a follower. thanx for the opportunity to win....:)


    mkramer06@roadrunner.com

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  5. Great decoration. I love the paper and that is a great way to share those great pics with everyone.

    Angela
    Simple Creations
    simplecreations @ live.com

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  6. An amazing idea.. love the collage..
    lauraleed48atlivedotca

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  7. Great Collage idea!! I love it.

    thefurners0704@yahoo.com

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  8. What a great idea! I too am all about Scrapbooking and I am glad to see someone feauting a project that still focuses on that.

    http;//courtneyscreationsblog.blogspot.com
    cjmilburn06@hotmail.com

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  9. WOW! That is SO COOL! I would LOVE to do one of these! Thanks for the inspiration! I became a new follower and congrats on 100 followers!
    booger1 at tds.net

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  10. Awesome idea! I love the collage of pictures. winter Frolic is one fun cartridge! Great job!

    ~Saundra
    Luvscrappingtogether@gmail.com

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  11. What a nice idea..remembering Christmas pasts! :)
    TFS!

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  12. Great idea. I love the idea of creating a collage. TFS!

    Christel
    onescrappinsista.blogspot.com
    christel(at)majesticdesigns.net

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  13. Love the collaged wall hanging, that's a great idea!
    sandeeallen@yahoo.com

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  14. What a cute way to remember Christmas' past. Thanks for sharing. Dawn RI
    abosoffit@hotmail.com

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  15. Fantabulous reuse of the foam! Love the wall hanging!:)
    Jill (aka The Scrapoholic) FCCB DT Member

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  16. Thanks for sharing! I love what you did!

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  17. This is so beautiful and creative
    I'm a new follower come and visit me
    http://buzzybeedesigns.blogspot.com
    I post your blog candy on my right sidebar
    Rebecca Minor
    buzzybeedesigns(AT)yahoo(DOT)com

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  18. What a super project - and SUCH a fantastic way to display so many photos as well! Great job!

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  19. wow the collage is great. I just love those ornamenst. they are great.

    Angie
    http://scrappindiva-angie.blogspot.com/

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  20. Wow ... what a great idea for my home and/or for a special gift !!! Thanks for share with us !

    Have a great Monday ;-)
    http://mariaelenaworld.blogspot.com/

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  21. Your collage is beautiful and the ornaments are great.
    motherloves3 at hotmail dot com

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  22. Your wall hanging is beautiful! I love photo projects! Thank you so much for sharing! Your ornaments are adorable as well!
    Contact Info: incase I get lucky enought to win the amazing blog candy! Happy Holiday's! arebori0204@gmail.com

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  23. Your wall hanging is beautiful! What a great way to remember the Christmas's of past and to see how the kids grow year by year! Awesome project! I've become a follower and congratulations on your 100!! SO exciting! Merry Christmas!

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  24. Very creative idea! I know I wouldn't have thought of using the foam. Cool project!

    rebirthcandles@yahoo.com

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  25. THanks for the great idea and for the chance to win some blog candy!!!
    Laura
    CMC laura at woh dot rr dot com

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  26. Love your wall hanging lo display! And the ornaments are fantastically blingy! Thanks for sharing.

    puffinliz@yahoo.com

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  27. Great project!! Thanks for sharing!!

    HeartAMZ1@aol.com
    Debbie Chapman

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  28. Love your idea and you just made me want Winter Frolic EVEN MORE! I think I'm gonna go place an order tonight.... shhh... don't tell my husband!

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  29. This is a wonderful idea! It turned out very nice!! TFS :)

    Tanya
    phenis2031 at yahoo dot com

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  30. Love the way you displayed all the pictures. So cute and wonderful.

    http://cricutmyway.blogspot.com/

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  31. Oh my goodness this is a fabulous idea. I love being able to display all the photos. Too cute.

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  32. What a great collage. I love the idea of displaying the memories of Christmas past.

    TFS,
    Erin
    spantastikreations@yahoo.com

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  33. love the ornaments and the wall hanging. great job!

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  34. Great project and such a nice keepsake! I love all the Christmas trees!

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  35. Very cute.

    vndlewis at rocketmail dot com

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  36. Very nice wall hanging. I realy like your collages.
    reneeleeak at yahoo dot com

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  37. What a special memorable craft. Thanks for sharing. corrie.morris@hotmail.com

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  38. Such a great idea; it turned out great!

    Olivia
    ojdorman@gmail.com

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  39. Oh WOW, WOW, WOW!!! That is a FANTABULOUS project!!

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  40. newest followers here.....great idea thansk for sharing

    cathie
    scraphappycat@gmail.com

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  41. what a great idea!! it will be lovely to look at them every Christmas and see how everyone has grown up :D

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  42. Beautiful collage! Love your blog name BTW!
    ra6352 (at) gmail (dot) com

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  43. What a great and beautiful way to go green
    Perderg@q.com

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  44. absolutely love the wall hanging you did an amazing job on it! tfs.
    -jamie
    babyblueangel_30@yahoo.com

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  45. This is wonderful! I love the idea of adding new photos every year!

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  46. Wow. Looks at all those georgous photos. Awesome idea! TFS

    stacy at mycraftingtime dot com

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  47. Oh wow this is gorgeous, I really wondered what you was going to create when I first saw the foam but you created the perfect project, what a great way to look back on the years. Thanks for the chance to win and on reaching 100 followers.
    kimthompson68(at)sky(dot)com
    Kim xXx

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  48. I just love that paper you used and I love that you also did a little recycling in your project, us crafters have a hard time throwing anything away cause we might be able to use it in a craft project. LOL, well at least I do. I am now a follower of your blog and look forward to what you create next. blanphear @ yahoo dot com

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  49. Wow! I love the name of your blog first off! hehehe! Plus I love how you were told to just hang some paper on the wall and you came up with this fantastic idea! Thanks for the inspiration!
    Lisa
    summer_sunset54@hotmail.com

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  50. Your project for your annual photos turned out fabulously. Thanks for the idea and the chance to win. I am a follower. patnbobcuddy at gmail dot com

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  51. I love your wall hanging. I think I could tranform it into holding all my picture cards that I get from my friends. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  52. love your blog name - don't think I have been here before - so thanks for the blog hop. Your wall hanging is fabulous - and I sure you will have it for many years.

    Maureen

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