Mad Hatter Birthday Tea Party Blog Hop -- Your Invitation to the PAR-TAY!! :)

Welcome to Lynne's Mad Hatter 60th Birthday Tea Party Blog Hop!!

"I'm late...  I'm late!!  For a very important DATE!!  No time to say "hello, goodbye..."  I'm late, I'm late, I'm LATE!!  :)  Are you here for the tea party???  If so, then YOU, my friend, are right ON TIME!!  I've been holding on to exactly what you need to get into the tea party...  I hope you've had a good trip through the Looking Glass so far!!  Since you've made it here, you're almost safe from the Queen of Hearts...  Only a few more stops to go until Day TWO of Lynne's tea party (with a bunch of new tea party participants!!)... 

If you stopped at my blog just to visit today, be sure to run back down the path to the START of the HOP...  You won't want to miss any of the creative goodness!!  Of course, if you've hopped here on path, then you've avoided the forest detours...  And I'm so glad to have you here!! :)

To get into the Tea Party, you'll find that you might need a little something to make getting to the party a little easier....  Perhaps an elixir proven to make you small enough to fit through that tiny door???

I made this elixir by transforming an "old" bottle...  It's actually a bottle of vanilla that I recently finished off while making some delicious chocolate chip cookies...  I love how the bottle looks like it's been around for a bit....  Anywhoooo...  I cut some labels from the Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge -- With the help of my Gypsy I was able to adjust the size to fit perfectly on the front of the bottle.  I also cut a flourish design at 4" from the Creative Memories Reminisce Cartridge...  I used the flourish as a stencil to create my own background paper by sponging some Chocolate Chip ink onto French Vanilla cardstock...  Then, I attached the flourish over the labels on the bottle, carefully wrapping the edges of the flourish around the sides -- I just LOVE how this turned out!!  Incidentally, the cap for this bottle was inadvertently discarded and I couldn't find any corks (ANYWHERE!), so I rolled a strip of cardboard and distressed it to resemble a real cork (whaddya think???)...

Of course, after drinking the Shrinking Elixir, you'll want to have your cake nearby for some normal-sized travel to the Mad Hatter's house...  The tags for both the potion and the cake can be found on the Plantin SchoolBook Cricut Cartridge (though I did use my Gypsy again to alter them to the correct size).  I've always liked the "hand-written" effect on tags like this, so I used my bold tip marker to handwrite the "Drink me" and "Eat me" sentiments...

Now that you've finished shrinking and growing again, please remember that you wouldn't want to arrive without a Birthday Card for the Birthday Girl!! :)

This 5.75" square card features the clock and top hat from the Celebrate with Flourish Cricut Cartridge (cut in all layers at approximately 4.5").  I also added one of the flourishes to the bottom left of the card.  After distressing the edges, I popped the image up with foam pops, embossed the background with the Sizzix "Royal Flourishes" embossing folder, and added some ribbon from 3 Girl JAM (be sure to stop on over and check out her specials -- and let her know I sent ya!!)...

This side view of the card shows the dimension AND gives you a sneak peek at the inside of the card...

Isn't that the BEST sentiment for this card???  I used the mix-n-match sentiments from THREE K Andrew Designs Stamp Sets -- Coffee & Tea for You & Me, Winter Wishes, and Splashtastic Summer...  The Queen of Hearts card is from a brand new pack, but I sanded it and inked it (with Chocolate Chip) to make it look old...

And there ya have it!!  Hope you enjoyed my goodies for the Mad Hatter Birthday Tea Party Blog Hop!!  Now how bout a chance at some goodies for YOU???


Rather than cake, crumpetts, tarts and cookies, you'll find blog candy scattered throughout the stops -- I even have a little bit to share!!  I stuffed an envelope full of goodies and plan to send them to one lucky WINNER who leaves a comment answering the question: What's your favorite thing about Alice in Wonderland???  (Mine is that silly little rabbit who runs around singing the "LATE" song!!)...   :)

Want some BONUS chances in the drawing???  You can do any or all of the following for EXTRA chances (just remember to leave one comment for EACH thing ya do!!):

• "Like" the Love To Crop! Facebook Page -- click here
• Subscribe via email by entering your email in the box at the top of the page (be sure to CONFIRM!)
• Become a follower of my blog (2 ways to do this -- via the regular follow button AND via Networked Blogs -- get a chance for each)

If you leave your email address (please leave it in SAFE scrapbookingwithamy at gmail dot com form), I will be happy to contact you if you are the winner; otherwise, you will need to check back to see if you are a winner.  No captcha here, so commenting is quick and easy!! :)

***CLICK HERE TO LEAVE A COMMENT***

Lynne also has all of these goodies from the Hop Sponsors:

• Pat Catan's has donated a $25 gift card for shopping at their store, if there isn't a Pat Catan's in your area, we can transfer that out for you
• Karber Digital Images at http://www.karberdigital.com/ has offered 2 digital designs of the winner's choice
• Digi My World at http://digimyworld.com/shop/ has offered a $10 gift card
• SVG Attic at http://www.svgattic.com/ has offered a $20 gift certificate
• PSA Stamps at www.psastamps.com.blogspot.com has offered a 1 stamper, 2 Peel & Stick packs of winner's choice. MSRP for each package is $55.
• Creative Kuts has offered a $20 Gift Certificate to http://creativekuts.com/
• Deborah Marie Foti of http://www.scrappingmamma.net/ will make one of her original birthday cards, Crafty Friends Sentiments Large Sheet by www.gettingcricky.com AND $10 Little Scraps of Heaven Designs Gift Certificate

To be eligible to win, please be sure to comment on each stop of Lynne's Mad Hatter Tea Party!! Easy-peasy!! :)

Thanks again for stopping by!! It's time for you to hop on over to Jamie's blog...

In case you have lost your way, avoid the Cheshire Cat and follow the links below instead... :)

Lynne

Inga

Ashley

Pam

Berenice

Susan

Janet

Tami

Sher

Christel

Lisa

Jearise

Shannon

Jenny

Amy - You are HERE now!! :)

Jamie- Go here NEXT!!

Kari 

Digi My World

PSA Stamps

Remember to stop by Lynne's blog again tomorrow (her post for DAY TWO can be found HERE) for even MORE Wonderland wonders!! :)

Until next time,