Saturday 31 July 2010

The ALOHA DT Blog Hop





This is my 1st ever Blog Hop and I'm actually very nervous about it all, especially as everything that could possibly go wrong at the last moment... HAS LOL!!!
The main theme for this Blog Hop is to use one of Michelle's lovely images she made especially for this, and also to thank the now finishing design team for all their hard work over the past 6 months.
Michelle created LEILANI and freely gave it to us all to use today, she is sooo generous and talented and the image is beautiful and so very easy to work with. If you are interested in getting this image, it is free to download as a follower of her PCP blog.
ALOHA is the sentiment that comes with the image and it means hello, goodbye and thank you- so appropriate for each of the DT members.
Personally I would like to say a very big THANK YOU to everyone on the design team for all your hard work and inspiration. Each week I have really enjoyed seeing your gorgeous creations. Thank you also for all your generous compliments when I started my own blog and entered into the weekly challenges.
This is the blog hop list of all those taking part....



Start with;

www.michelleperkett.blogspot.com



Helen:

http://h2designs.blogspot.com


Marilyn:

http://marilynscardsandmore.blogspot.com

Sandi:

http://oneofakindcreations-bysandi.blogspot.com

Tammy:

http://tmaynard.blogspot.com


Maria:

http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com


Jean:

http://jeano9.blogspot.com


Claire:

http://clairescraftycreations.blogspot.com


Lynne:

http://doodlebuglynne.blogspot.com


Randi:

http://hobby-for-sjelen.blogspot.com


Mari:

http://trailsofpaper.blogspot.com


Linda:

http://cardchallengesandmore.blogspot.com


Shelley:

http://shelleyscreations.blogspot.com


Pattie:

http://pattiescreations.blogspot.com


Lee:

http://stampingwithgrandmalee.blogspot.com


Amanda:

http://colouringourworld.blogspot.com


Pauline:

http://paulineguttrey.blogspot.com


Jan:

http://jans-gonestampin.blogspot.com


Ileana:

http://allthingsthatmakemehappy.blogspot.com


Jana:

http://stampingeek.blogspot.com


Tammy:

http://mycraftcentral.blogspot.com


Trish (Me!):

http://wwwhillsidecraftscouk-trish.blogspot.com (You are here)


Denise:

http://myinkimprint.blogspot.com


Jasmine:

http://oysterflowers.blogspot.com


Kerri:

http://fotf-constellations.blogspot.com


Bev:

http://beeceecreativity.blogspot.com


Laralee:

http://racinggrandmacrafts.blogspot.com


Ann:

http://annfran9093.blogspot.com


Margie:

http://creativityplace24.blogspot.com


Rhonda:

http://bluepoohbear753.blogspot.com


Margaret:

http://deniquecrafts.blogspot.com



Michelle Perkett Studio Challenge Blog:

http://michelleperkettstudio.blogspot.com

Now on to my card.
I wanted to try something special for today and I decided to make a stepper card, but with the addition of acetate. This is something new for me and I enjoyed every minute of it. The only problem is getting photographs of the card to show it properly!

Items used;
Michelle Perkett 'Leilani' digi image, outside coloured using Tumbled glass distress inks. The rest of the image is coloured using promarkers. It is cut using Nellie Snellen multi frame rectangles. Green pearlidoodles added to skirt and tiny pink gems added to center of flowers.
White stepper card with A4 sheet of acetate
Fish, waves and octopus are "In the depths" buttons- Dress it up by Jesse James Co.
Sky, water and sand DP's are from DCWV- "The photo stack"
The sky was cut using Martha Stewart doily punch
Shells and stickers from own stash

Thank you for having a look at my blog, I hope you have enjoyed what you see. Best wishes for the remaining part of your hop.

Hugs,
Trish x

23 comments:

  1. Aloha Trish - love your stair step card, clever use of acetate. Good luck in the hop.

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  2. Hi Trish
    Beautiful stair step card, so much detail, love the use of the acetate. Welcome to your first hop, you did an amazing job!
    Aloha from Marilyn

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  3. OMG...what a beautiful scene you've created. Very creative. Love it!!!
    Aloha from Massachusetts:)

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  4. Trish that is gorgeous! Love hope you made the stair stop & the dolphin is adorable. Great job.

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  5. Trish, I love this stair step card and the acetate looks great! Thanks for joining our blog hop.

    Hugs
    Pakelekia

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  6. Aloha
    You did an amzing job on your card ...i love love all the emblies you used and the acetate was a cleaver additon.
    Thanks for sharing
    Hugs Jean

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  7. Gorgeous card Trish!! I love the soft colors and the wonderful embellishments!
    Hugs, Tammy

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  8. Wowza Trish, this is stunning!! so much wonderful detail, just beautiful!!!
    blessings!

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  9. Fabulous creation! There is definately a lot to see on this beauty! Your coloring & layout are wonderful, & the addition of the acetate was a great touch! Love your colors & that yummy DP! Fabulous extras!

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  10. Wow, Trish!! Your card is amazing!! I just love your Leilani and all the dolphins and fish and the real sand!! Your entry is just awesome!!:) Thank you for joining our hop Trish!!:)

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  11. Aloha Trish, what a wonderfully fun card, must have taken a bit of doing too but worth it :)

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  12. Wow, this is great. I love how you used the steps to create the scene. TFS.

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  13. Fab card, so much detail! Love it!
    Claire xx

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  14. Aloha Trish!
    Such a fantastic card you've made! You've done such a great job, and all the details looks fantastic!!
    Lots of love, Randi WS ;)

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  15. Trish your stair step card is just fabulous! Every little detail!

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  16. Aloha Trish! What an amazing card! So many special details & the extra top layer is an awesome touch. TFS :)

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  17. Wonderful job Trish! .....and I know what you mean about nerves as this is my first blog hop too~well done!

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  18. Don't be nervous Trish...You rocked this blog hop! Your card is Totally Awesome! Lots of work and love went into this. Great Job! I'll be looking forward to seeing more of your work!

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  19. Hi Trish! this is AMAZING!!! I love your card! it´s hard to picture acetate, I know... but you did a great job showing all the details!
    Love how you colored the image and those pearled dots on the skirt, the rhinestones ont he flowers add some shine to them.
    I like, very LIKE, how you recreate a sea scene. Those waves are gorgeous!!! love them!! the fish, the whale, the sentiment, the seashells... every detail make you card so special and beautiful!
    Hugs!

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  20. A fabulous card Trish. So much to look at :o)

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  21. Oh wow Trish this card is gorgeous! You have certainly gone to a lot of effort making it!. I'm posting this message a little 'late' as I didn't have time to look at all the blogs in the hop. Thanks for visiting my blog - much appreciated, and yes I learnt a lot as well during my first ever blog hop! Nice to meet you. So glad summer is on its way at last as we had a cold winter here in Pretoria.

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  22. Stunning card Trish.
    Love the step card, and you've got such a lot of detail on it, absolutely wonderful, I love it!
    Hope you enjoyed being on the blog hop.
    There's something on my blog for you to collect.
    Hope you are feeling better.
    Take care
    Love Elaine xx

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  23. love the details in this. so pretty!

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