Happy Birthday, Zoe - Make It Crafty hop and CANDY!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ZOE!!!!

To commemorate this joyous occasion, we're so excited to bring you a Birthday Blog Hop disguised as a Christmas Blog Hop!! We wanted to celebrate Zoe's Birthday in style so there are lots of inspiration, prizes, freebies and even a gallery album for you to express your own birthday greetings. ;D This is one hop you don't want to miss and it only goes from now until October 12th!

The general theme for this hop is Christmas and what fun would a hop be without some new images?! Zoe has released some fabulous new holiday themed images and they are a must on anyone's holiday list - but the best part is you get 15% off ALL the Christmas digis from now until Sunday, October 2nd.  Click on this link HERE to see them all.) Be warned, the coupon code is only for this week even thought the blog hop is for two weeks - so make sure to grab them at this sale price while you can!

Before we get to the hop, there's more details and a surprise in order... Everyone in this blog hop is giving away Blog Candy!!  Whoohoo!! You'll have two weeks, until October 12th, to visit each member in the hop below and winners will be announced on Friday, October 14th on their individual blogs.  Feel free to grab the badge below and display it on your sidebar to spread the word about Zoe's Birthday and Blog Hop!

I'd ask if you're ready for some inspiration yet, but wait... we've got yet another surprise for you!! We contacted one of Zoe's artists (S.H.) who also wanted to participate and drew us this gorgeous party girl for the occasion. Thank you!!

This is "Party Girl Zoe" and isn't she ca-ute! We wanted to make sure everyone was included in our celebration so we're giving away Part Girl Zoe as a freebie to everyone who wants to join in and spread some birthday cheer!! All you need to do is create a new project using a Make it Crafty image or chippies and upload it into the gallery HERE by October 12th. Then email Barbara at ForgottenScraps@gmail.com with a link to your project to claim her!

You should have arrived here from Angela's blog - if not, I would suggest you jump straight to Make It Colourful blog and start the hop from the beginning. Believe me, you don't want to miss a thing!

Aren't the new images just freakin' AWESOME!!! There is a lot of variety in new release but I chose to practice with these cute manga adorables - Angel and Cherub together. They are also available separately but I couldn't possibly bear to keep them apart.

I am still learning how to colour that style of an image and having great fun with it! I did go a bit overboard with angels robe and shading around her eyes and as a result she looks slightly grubby and suffering with sleep deprivation. Just like me, really.

I also used some cute snowflakes and flourishes from Make It Crafty chipboard range, just dabbed them with white pigment ink.

The papers are from Prima new North County Christmas pad, which is delightfully vintage and different. The sentiment is a digi by Raindrop Echo Designs.

 And now to the candy - I have all this lot to give away to one lucky commenter!  Just pop your name onto the linky list!

 Now it's time to hop on - your next stop is Delphine's amazing blog!
 


The challenges:
Crafty Boots - 2W, SIO - (2nd week) Wings
My Mum's Craft Shop - #24 Boys and Girls
Top Tip Tuesday - 3E -2 Or More, Ribbon, Twine, Lace, Fabric
Aly's Sunday Challenge - 1E, 2W - (temporarily monthly) Bows 
Kenny K Krafty Girlz - 1E, SIO - Christmas Card
2 Sisters - #58 Gingham or Plaid
Marks Finest Papers -#74  Things with Wings
Raise The Bar - things with wings 
Hanna And Friends - #112 Anything Goes
Paper Sundaes - #88 Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations - Let's Celebrate
Magical Mondays - 2W, mystical/fantasy image - (2nd week) Christmas in September
My Craft Spot - 1E - Ribbon
Paper Creations Ink - 2W - (2nd week) Buttons or Bows

Hugs to all!