Welcome to the 1st Hands On! Photography Blog Hop!!
I’m so excited to have you join us! It’s hard to believe that it’s been a full year since I posted the first Hands On! photography (HOP) tutorial – thanks to all of our readers who supported us and who submitted their photos to our monthly contests!
Our blog hop will take you around to our Canadian Scrapbooker team’s blogs. To celebrate our one-year anniversary, each blogger will be inviting you to review one of our past tutorials. Each will also be giving away a great prize! For a chance to win on each teammate’s blog, just leave a comment on their blog, as well as on the tutorial post they are showcasing in their blog post. All winners will be drawn early on September 7th and announced here on the HOP blog.
Here is a list of the destinations in your blog hop:
Sue Sykes - Kewl Beans <– that’s me!
Jackie Ludlage – Backstage Pass
Connie Nichol – Everyday’s an Adventure
Heather Starosielski – Serendipity
Cari Locken – Me & My Thoughts
Leica Forrest – I’m Here To Live Out Loud
Allison Orthner – It’s Not About Me
Carolyn Peeler – Cut ‘N Paste
Jayme Loge - Scrapbooking Fanatics
Christy Riopel – Scraps of Life
Are you excited to start hopping?!? Start here at my blog and follow the hop to the remaining team members via the links on each of the blogs. Remember to leave comments on their blogs, as well as on the tutorial that each blogger is showcasing, to be eligible for the prize that they are offering! And please browse our talented team’s blogs and bookmark them for continued inspiration and ideas!
As an added bonus, once you finish your blog hop, return here and leave me a comment and I will randomly draw 2 winners for the following prizes:
Stamps from Local King Rubber Stamp and American Craft Stickers
7 Gypsies Paper Tape
Then join us back here on September 7th for the announcement of all blog winners, along with the September tutorial and the announcement of another contest for a chance to be published in the next issue of Canadian Scrapbooker, as well as to win one of these beauties:
How cool is that?? So have fun, and good luck in your hopping!
Cheers,
Sue has been behind a camera for more than 25 years, working professionally as a photographer for the last ten years. While she began the hobby of scrapbooking in 2000, as a complement to her photographer career, it soon grew into a rival passion! Sue loves to enlarge one of her favourite photos and make it the focal point of her page, using her supplies to bring the focus onto her photography. She has, in recent years, turned more to scrapbooking "moments" rather than "events", choosing to leave her children more insight into her point of view of their lives.
What a great variety of articles you offer, I look forward to reading more of them in the future. Thanks for doing the blog hop and Happy 1 year Anniversary, may you have many more.
I love to HOP! This looks like it will be a blast.
What a great blog Hop to start my day off. Thanks, Sue & the Canadian Scrapbooker Team…..luv all you girls!!!!! And btw…….would love some new supplies to scrap with and submit into the mag. hugs to all.
Thanks for the Blog Hop…I learned a lot and added more blogs to my faves!
I did them all and they are all amazing tutorials. I stubbled over this and I am so happy I did…congrats and happy anniverary
love the blog hop.
Thanks for the great blog hop…It was fun playing along!
Great fun, and really cool to get to review the tutorials:0) Good luck everyone!
That was fun and what a great reminder to reread some of the tutorials! I left comments at every tutorial and at every blog! Thank you!
Thanks for organizing thie Blog Hop…I will be sure to check in more often and learn more photography tips!
Thanks so much! I picked up more ideas, inspiration and love it all! Happy anniversary!!!
Loved the Blog Hop! Never done this before, very interesting and lots of great info!
Will definetly do it again!
Great blog hop, lots of good information!!!
Excellent! love blog hops – and CS has THE best team!
I would have to say this is the most informative blog hop I’ve been on! I’ve put you in my RSS feed and plan to stop back by often! Thanks so much! I really appreciate all of the work that went into your blog!!!!
I have never done a blog hop before , should be fun!
Blog hops are the best…I follow every one of you ladies in Google Reader and you give me inspiration everyday. xo
That was fun! Thanks for all the info! qnd the chance to win prizes
Thanks for the blog hop. I enjoyed it!
happy anniversary! great articles on photography. thanks.
After taking off much of the summer from scrapbooking I am ready to get back and what a great place to start!! I have never done Blog Hop before so off I go! Thanks!!
great idea, Sue! Lots of fun!
This was a wonderful idea…I am so glad I took the time to blog hop with all of you talented ladies. I will definitely return and use the tutorials when I eventually invest in a DSLR camera…you make the lessons so easy to read and to follow the instructions. Thank you for the chance to win!! xo
Thanks for the great Blog Hop Sue! And thanks for all the great tips you give us year round, I’m definitely looking forward to another year!!
This my first Blog Hop!!!
This too was my first Blog Hop and I must say it was awesome!! Loved checking out all the great tutorials and everyones Blogs. Thanks and good luck to everyone!!
Here I go, thanks for the fun!
The blog hop was a lot of fun, and I loved seeing all the posts again, some of them I bookmarked so I can go back to again! I loved thinking about all of the wonderful things about summer too, so thanks for that! Maybe that will inspire a scrapbook page about all I love about summer!
I am definitely coming back to read all of the tutorials and to try and keep up with everyone’s blogs. Thanks for the fun!
Thanks so much. I had fun and learned some new techniques at the same time.
Local King Rubber Stamps are wonderful. I saw them at the Creative Festival in Toronto and they were spectacular, creative…need I say more. I purchased a number of their stamps and loved that Canadian Scrapbooking Magazine did an article. Great Blog Hop idea!
Sandra d.
This is so fun!!! Thanks for doing it!
Thank you so much for the Hop! This was great fun and I learned a lot along the way! Happy Anniversary!
Let the fun begin…hop hop hop
) somehow makes me feel green all over Tee Hee!
Done hopping. It was fun…great to see your blogs! Note that I could not leave a message on Christy’s blog as I do not have either one of the account types required.
Well done! good luck everyone!
Sandra d.
What a great idea to have a photography blog hop!! Off I go!!
Happy blog anniversary
Wow. There is a LOT of information on those blogs. Definitely bookmarking them all!
This has been an amazing blog hop full of wonderful information that I will be refering to often. Sue… you are amazing. Thanks so much for all the work you do to put together all these informative tutorials.
Thanks for a fabulous time doing the blog hop! Happy 1 Year Anniversary!! Looking forward to many more and to visiting the tutorials monthly and the blogs more often
That was the most informative blog hop EVER!! Thank you! I had so much fun and learned a ton – too much for my poor brain I’m sure. I’m definitely going to start following you guys on a regular basis and you’ve even inspired me to look into taking a digital photography class. Thank you!!
Oh, and for whatever reason (and it could just be me!) I could not post a comment on Christy Riopel – Scraps of Life. But my favourite slurpee flavour is coke + cream soda. Cheers!
Working my way through all of the blogs, very inspiring!
some really great tips and Idea’s shared here during this hop! i’ll be saving this blog in my fav’s for sure! Thanks!
Thanks for the blog hop! Love your tutorial!
This is my first blog hop! Can’t wait to get started and to learn!
Very Cool!!! What a fun way to get some great ideas.
It’s been great and I’m sure I’ll use Sue’s tutorials often..
I was unsuccessful leaving a comment on Christy Riopel’s blog, too, so will leave it here instead.
I never drink slurpees but love homemade raspberry milkshakes.
Thanks for creating this blog hop!
Great Hop! I am so inspired right now. Must..find..camera!
What a great way to refresh us on all the articles you’ve written – will definitely have to do some playing this fall with the varied techniques!
Thanks!
Thanks for the great articles! I am going to have to go back and re-read so I can soak it all in!
The Blog Hop is a tremendous idea!!
This is my first hop, what a wonderful experience!
I had a great time blog hopping but was unable to leave replies or comments on the tutorial pages…
What a great idea for a blog hop! I’m excited about the tutorials.
This was so fun!! TFS!!
Congrats on the year! That was a fun hop.
Well done. Congratulations on the year anniversary!
Fun hop, great going back through all of the challenges again, thanks!
Fun hop, congrats on year anniversay
cool idea, thanks
Thanks Sue &the Canadian Scrapboober Team you are the best ! Cingrats and Happy Annivesary.Great blog hop and thanks for the chance to win.
Great hop! Fantastic tips, Sue. I’ve been preoccupied and haven’t kept up, I’m afraid. You’ve re-inspired me. I’m all ready planning a photo shoot for Gracie’s first birthday. Should be fantastic thanks to these tips!
What a fantastic blog hop. Heres to many more!
it has been a blast.!!! thanks for the blog hop!
That was so much fun. Thanks for all the chances and Happy One Year! I learned so much this morning.
I am so pumped for this. I am a newbie at blog hopping … beginners luck I hope
Blog hopping is lots of fun!! thanks for the hop fun!!!
Finished the HOP but I was unable to post on the bloggers page could on the tutorials but not sure what I was doing wrong on the other pages. I did enjoy the phography tips and look forward to trying them out. Each participants blog was quite unique and had some wonderful information that I will defiinitely go back and read up on. Thanks for a great way to spend a dreary day!
hopping is soooooooooooooo much fun! You get to see so much eye candy and even learn a trick or 2:-))
Thanks for the opportunity to win fab prizes:-))
That was fun and I learned a lot, thanks guys!!!
I thought I did this last part.. I left a comment on everyone’s blog, even on the HOP blog spot I was asked to.
I love this blog and look forward to learning more from you.
This was my first time … I am working on my own blog aghhh ! It was alotta fun to see everyones tutorials. I just hope i did it right and thanx Jayme ! You ROCK !!
Thanks for the FUN blog hop! I have been following your tutorials since the beginning! Love them!
GREAT blog hop Sue!!!! Thanks so much!
Thanks for the great Blog Hop…I learned a lot. Will be sure to start experimenting with my camera more!
I really enjoyed this blog hop! I visited some new blog sites AND learned a lot of new techniques. Thanks for letting me play!
Wow that was an amazing journey into photography skills!!! I had to get my camera out to play while reading! Thanks for this.
What a great way to discover awesome blogs!