CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS anniversary blog hop and september challenge

hello crafty peeps!

and WELCOME to CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS' 1st anniversary blog hop!

i am happy you are here with us today to celebrate our 1st ANNIVERSARY! 

we are celebrating with a hop and giving away FOUR $25.00 gift vouchers to the store. all you will need to do to be entered to win one of the voucher's is leave a comment below letting us know what your favorite CE product is. leave some love on each of our design team’s blog's and follow their blogs. each member of the design team is sharing a project with their favorite CE product on it. 

if you followed the right order you landed on my blog from doris widder's blog and your next stop is karan gerber's blog.

in case you got lost, here is the complete list of the participants in this blog hop:
nicolle kramer
 doris widder
emilia van den heuvel --> ME!
 karan gerber
michelle gallant
 sandi clarkson
 tammy henderson
 shona keehn
 creative embellishments blog

for extra entries like or follow us and let us know you did in the comments below on: (NOTE: it's not necessary to do them all. we understand not everyone has an account at all of these social media sites.)
 1. CE BLOG
2. CE FACEBOOK PAGE
 3. CE PINTEREST
 4. CE TWITTER
 5. CE YOUTUBE CHANNEL
6. CE INSTAGRAM

the hop winner will be random draw. the winner will be announced on monday, september 8th.
(reminder: be sure to follow and leave some love on each of the design team members blogs.) 

4 WINNERS will receive $25 gift vouchers to the store.

now on to our SEPTEMBER'S CHALLENGE!!!

USE ONE OF YOUR FAVORITE CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS PIECES ON YOUR PROJECT. YOU CAN USE CHIPBOARD, WOOD VENEERS, RUBBER STAMPS OR EVEN FLAIR.

A RANDOM WINNER WILL WIN A $25.00 GIFT VOUCHER TO THE STORE. 

and here is a bit of inspiration from me -

"# HAPPY"

the challenge this month is to use your FAVOURITE CE chippie on your project. well, the thing is that i LOVE them all! but the thing i love most about them is the way they compliment each other  on any type of project no matter how many different sets you are going yo use!

for my layout i used WEBSTER'S PAGES modern romance paper line. to alter my background i used TIM HOLTZ' layered stencil "hearts" and modelling paste. then i used RANGER INK "lemon drops" paint dabber with CE paint splat trio stamp to add more colour to my background.

the amazing butterfly is from CE flourish dragonflies chipboard set. i altered it using a pink embossing powder and then i added a second layer of a glittery one.

for my title i used one of my personal favourites  - the social hash tags chipboard sets. i altered the word happy using pink embossing powder. then i added another chippie on top of it to embellish my title. i used CE flourish 4. 

here are some more close ups of my project:

i hope you enjoyed to day's post!

here are the challenge rules: 
* create a NEW project layout, mini album, tag, card, canvas, etc….as of september 1st 2014.
* please add your entry to the inlinkz box below the original challenge post to be eligible for the prize. you have until the last day of each month 11:55 pm eastern time to enter.
* it is required that you mention in your blog post that you are playing along at CREATIVE EMBELLISHMENTS together with a link back to our blog. please make sure to reference our challenge. please no back linking.
* combining with other challenges is permitted.
* PLEASE USE AT LEAST 1 OF CE products on your projects.

i can't wait to see your creations!

have fun hopping!

hugs 'n smiles,