American Crafts Blog Hop!

Welcome to the American Crafts Blog Hop! The team was challenged to use all the new lines from Summer 2011:

We want to show you just how versatile these lines can be and how well they mix with one another! Here's a little teaser of what you'll be seeing throughout the hop:

 

First on the blog hop: hurry on over to Amy Heller's blog!

(We're doing the hop alphabetically and you'll be able to go from blog to blog on each designer's post, but here is a link to everyone's blog, just in case!):
Amy Heller
Cindy Stevens
Cindy Tobey
Corrie Jones
Heidi Sonboul
Jamie Harper
Jenny Chesnick
Leah Farquharson
Leslie Ashe
Lilith Eeckles
Mandy Koeppen
Melissa Mann
Michelle Clement
Paige Evans
Pamella Brown
Piradee Talvanna
Rahel Menig
Revlie Schuit
Shimelle Laine
Suzy Plantamura

For your chance to win TWO entire lines from the Summer 2011 release:

AMY TANGERINE

DAYDREAMS

GARDEN CAFE

HOLLYDAY

NIGHTFALL

Visit all 20 designer's blogs, leave a comment on each of their blog hop posts, then come back here and leave a comment and let us know you did so and also which two lines you'd love to receive and why! We'll randomly draw the winner at 9am PST on Wednesday September 21st 2011 and announce them with that morning's post! Have fun hopping!

Comments

[Jackie A xxx]

WOW, WOW, WOW - five completely different collections, but they all work really well together, something I wouldn't have tried previously.

I love how you have all the 'extras' for each collection that can just 'make' that page 'pop'.

I love Amy Tangerine and Garden Cafe.

Thank you AC team for your great inspiration and I'll be keeping my fingers crossed xxx

[Joyce]

What a fabulous hop, I would choose Night Fall, just becuase you can never have enough Halloween goodness and then Garden Cafe, just because I have a feeling that I'll be getting most of the Amy Tan in an upcoming kit:)

[Michelle P]

Gorgeous inspiration-I wish I could spend all day scrapping now. I visited all the blogs and left cooments ( a few I wasn't able to leave comments). Thanks for a fun hop and if I win I'd love Nightfall and Garden Cafe.

[Daphne]

Great inspiration of all of the design team members! Thanks!
I would chose Daydreams and Garden Cafe!

[Danee Kaplan]

I posted on all the blogs but Rahel Menigs because hers isn't working. I would love the Amy Tangerine and Nightfall sets. Thanks.

[Nine]

A fabulous blog hop ! I loved all the projects of the team, specially that of Rahel but it's impossible to leave her a comment ! :-(

I dream to win Garden cafe and Amy Tangerine, I love their colours.

Thank you so much !!

[Silvia Diaz]

I too had trouble leaving Rahel a comment. :o( But ALL the team members were UH-Mazing!! What talent you have found AC! While it's tough narrowing down which two are my faves I'd have to go with Amy Tangerine and Daydreams! (Though those nightfall chalk stickers have me gaga!) Thanks for all the opportunities! Keep up the amazing work!

[Dulcinea Silva]

Such great layouts on the blog hop! I comments on all but Rahel Menigs because it's not working. With such a great line is difficult to pick two only, but I love the Amy Tangerine funky style, and Nightfall is my favorite autumn/halloween/color collection of the year!

[Maja]

I did it, but on these 3 blogs it was not possible for me to comment:

Corrie Jones: Gorgeous layout, I love the heart!

Michelle Clement: What a funky page! Love!

Rahel Menig: I really love your style and this page is so nice and cute!

I love the new lines "Nightfall" and "Garden Cafe", because I am a big fan of Halloween and I love the colors and the flowers of Garden Cafe!

[Michele Bailey]

Fun Blog Hop! I would choose Daydream and Nightfall. Thanks!!

[Alison-lee]

Amy Tangerous and Garden Cafe for me please!!

[Alison Day]

What a fun hop! Your team of designers are so talented!!!
I also couln`t comment on Rachel`s blog (was going to say: What a great idea for using more pictures than your design has room for. I am stealing this for sure! :))
I think I`d choose Daydreams and Hollyday (can`t get enough Christmas papers, right!)

[Renee J.]

Wow, this really was a fun hop!! Ladies, you did an extraordinary job of showcasing your lovely work! Oh, there was only one blog that I could not leave a comment at....error message....Rehel, your layout was really cute! I love the clever way you shared your pics!

Oh, about my favorite lines....they are all great! I do love Daydreams and Garden Cafe the most! The colors are so vibrant; the elements look like so much fun to play with, too! Thanks, again, for all the fun and the chance to win these fab goodies!!

[Meghan]

It was fun going through all of the designer's pages. I tried and tried to leave a comment on Rahel's page but couldn't get past the password for some reason I really love the Amy Tangerine line but all the new lines are gorgeous!

[Nancy (Vielfalt)]

What a fun blog hop! I loved the different layouts that have been created with your new lines! I had problems to leave a comment on Rahels blog, too.

If I will be the lucky one I would choose Amy Tangerine and Garden Cafe. Amy Tangerine would be great to journal my trip to amsterdam and garden cafe is only adorable the way it is!

Thank you AC!

[Funkipickle]

Some wonderful blogs and designs along the way. Like the others above, I tried again and again to leave a comment on Rahel Menig's page but couldn't. I like all the lines especially the Amy Tangerine. I would be extremely happy with any :)

[lou]

Commented on all bar the one blog asking for a password which I could never quite work out. My fave of all these lines are: amy tangerine and garden cafe

[donik]

Great job of the design team!
I would be so happy if I could win AMY TANGERINE and GARDEN CAFE because of their colors and patterns.

[Jenny A]

That was a great Blog Hop! I loved every single layout and am inspired to get scrapping this weekend :) My favorite of the lines are Amy Tan and Garden Cafe. Thanks for the fun Hop!

[Miriam Prantner]

Such great work! I like the Daydreams and Hollyday lines best. I feel like those colors/designs are particularly versatile/all occasion. Thanks for all the hardwork the design team put in! (Some of the DT blogs I couldn't manage to leave a post on, not sure why).

[Dessie W.]

OMG this AC hop has been FANTASTIC. Sooo many talented designers. My Google Reader is now overloaded with all the additional blog subscriptions! :D Incredible team! WTG!

Fave lines .. Amy Tangerine and Garden Cafe! Absolutely love the colors in both. Inspired!

[Margie Visnick]

What a wonderful hop-beautiful projects from everyone! I was unable to leave Rahel a comment (I tried 4 times), but every single project was gorgeous! Very talented crafters!!I love the Amy Tangerine and Daydreams lines the best- they both have such gorgeous patterns and colors!!It would absolutely be a dream come true to win these!!

[christy r]

Fun blog hop! I hit up every blog and left feeling inspired to try the challenge =)

[Diana Waite]

what super fun inspiration! I couldn't leave a comment on Rahel Menig's blog....BUT I left love on everyone else's....I would LOVE the Amy Tangerine line and Nightfall--LOVE both of them--thanks for a fun hop and a chance to win!

[RahelMenig]

quick update:
sorry about the errors on my blog... i didn't know it until now and we were able to fix the problem!
xoxo, rahel :)

[Michelle OKeefe]

I love them all. If I had to choose 2 - The Amy Tangerine is so versatile looking and love those embellishments & stickers!
The Garden cafe has such wonderful flower designs on the papers and the whole set is so cheerful
I think I'd like to try some layouts mixing the two sets together ! I'd love to win. Thanks - loving the blog hop.

[Christine C.]

Wow...what fabulous collections! Thank you for putting together this blog hop. It was really inspirational to see all these lines in action.

I love them all but Daydreams and Garden Cafe are my faves.

[Anne Essex]

Wow, lovely use of all the AC papers.

[Margaret Kaznowska]

Great hop, lots of inspiration. My fav two lines are Amy Tangerine ( just love, love her stuff) and Holiday line (since I am working on my christmas cards early). Commented on all blogs minus 2 that the password didn't want to work.

[Cynthia B.]

Thanks for this wonderful hop! I managed to visit and comment on all the designers' pages - I really couldn't stop, there were just so many fabulous creations.

Which lines are my favorites?
1) Amy Tangerine - love the images of travel, typography, photography - there's just nothing else like it out there in scrapdom. Fabulous line!
2) Garden Cafe. You had me at the chocolate-covered strawberry - ha! The food images sort of seal the deal for me, and the Thickers and fun colors don't hurt at all.

Thanks so much for the inspiration - and for the chance to win!

[jenn]

I would choose Amy Tangerine and Garden Cafe. All of the ladies did such great jobs on their layouts. SO much variety and inspiration.

[MelanieJ]

This was a fabulous hop. Tons of inspiration and a great variety of styles. I really love the Amy Tangerine line and would enjoy working with Garden Cafe as well. Thanks for putting together such a wonderful dose of amazing projects :)

[Allison Waken]

I made it through! LOL Such a fun hop! I'd LOVE Amy Tangerine's line because I don't think I can live without a single piece of it and Nightfall because of the stamps, those chalkboard labels, and the delights in yummy colors! Thanks for the opportunity!

[Becky Williams]

What a fun hop! I left a comment on each blog and must say that everyone did such a wonderful job mixing up the lines. If I am lucky enough to win :) I would love the Daydreams and Amy Tangerine collections because they're just so fun and colorful! The embellishments are too cute!

[Natalie (QSOgirl)]

My goodness, what an inspiring hop. The creativity of this DT just blows my mind! My Scrap board on Pinterest definitely has more pins now!! Thank you so much for all the ideas. I'm just itching to go scrapbook now!

oooh, how to decide, all the collections are so fabulous. But I think if I'm forced to pick, I'd go with Amy Tangerine and Garden Cafe. I think that I could use each of these for just about any project!! (Plus, I just love the alphas with both those collections)

{p.s. I left comments on all the blogs except Rahel's... I keep getting an error... but I"m going to keep trying!!}

[Deanna]

Great hop! I left comments everywhere and really liked seeing the creations!
I would choose Amy Tangerine and Nightfall. AmyT because of the great colors and textures - I especially like the stitched letters and the stamp set. Nightfall because of the chalkboard elements - LOVE them!

[Lisa]

I hit them all, but struggled to leave comments for everyone- my phone doesn't seem to like Blogger.
I love the Amy Tangerine and the Nightfall lines!

[Brittney A]

Can I just say that I'm in absolute awe of the AC DT? Their work was fabulous and definitely inspiring!

[Lena]

I came, I saw, I hopped!!

Love the Amy Tangerine line because it is so modern, young and versatile - like me!

Also love Garden Cafe with it's florals and bright pink color!

[Brittney A]

Oopps.. I forgot to say which lines I am coveting!

I love Nightfall - probably the best Halloween line this year. It'll go perfect with the mass amounts of photos I take!

And, Amy Tangerine of course! Her style is so fun that it just makes you wanna scrap!

[lalo]

WOW what a HOP!!! From Amy to Suzy it was a BLAST!!! So much inspiration from everyone, they really made all the lines SHINE!!!
As of right now I want them ALL but if I had to only pick two it would be NIGHTFALL (love all the black doodle paper, and those tags...to die for) and AMY TANGERINE (Who doesn't love all that funky fun patterns and embellies???)

[Brittany]

everyone's layouts were awesome! i left a comment on every blog. i would love the amy tanergine and garden cafe collections.

[Doreen OBrien]

I posted on the ones I could, and some of them I couldn't???? I would love me some Amy Tan and I'm such a huge fan of the fall season I would love me some nightfall also. Does it help that it's my birthday this month for me to win? lol what a great gift.

[Michele S]

I'm all hopped out. I would love to have Garden Cafe and Amy Tangerine!

[Lori W]

i did it!! I commented on all 20!
I'd love to win the Amy Tangerine and Garden Cafe lines...I love the colors and have met Amy personally...she's so fun!!
I've lost some mojo for scrapping and I think some pretty new stuff would help get me going! :)

[Ann Cicilie]

The timing for this blog hop was really good, I have the flu and absolutely no energy for scrapbooking, so hopping from blog to blog and gather awesome inspiration was the best cure you could give me right now :)

If I win, I'd love to receive the collection from Amy Tangerine plus the Garden Cafe collection. The Amy Tangerine line is the coolest thing you've released in a long time, and just love the colors and designs in the Garden Cafe collection :)

[Lisa S.]

What a great hop!! So much fun. I just love all your new lines.

[Lisa S.]

Finished the hop. Great inspiration. I would love Amy Tangerine, and Nightfall. Great new release!!

[Katie]

I really enjoyed this blog hop. Such talented designers. I would love the Amy Tangerine and Garden Cafe collections. To be honest, though, I loved them all!

[Dawn Cheshire]

Such great inspiration from all the 20 blogs, thanks so much for arranging it all.
I would love Amy Tangerine and Garden Cafe

[jennifer grace]

Oh wow, I just completed the hop and I am amazed at all the fantastic inspiration! I did not realise how much I wanted all these American Crafts collections until now!

I'd love the Amy Tangerine collection for the greys and the fabric brads and the stamps (and oh-oh-oh, for all of it!), and the Daydreams collection for how much I could use the B-sides (as demonstrated by Shimelle) and for the clouds and owls. So cute.

Please oh please let me win this!! x

[Tanja]

The Designteam have done a great job! Thanks for all your beautiful inspirations!

All American Crafts lines are amazing and so it´s a very heavy decision for me. But I would chose the Amy Tangerine line and the Garden Cafe line. Because I like muffins, cupcakes and the sunny colors from Garden Cafe and I like the restrained colors from the Amy Tangerine line too. Both lines are amazing!

LG,

Tanja

[Sandra]

I love all the inspiration! Thanks. I love the Nightfall and Daydream line. Thanks for the bloghop and the chance to win!

[cindy barriga]

I visited each of the uber talented bloggers and left messages. I was happily inspired and for the giveaways, I would love to own Amy's line and Nightfall because Amy has the coolest designs and I love all things halloween. A favorite holiday of mine. Thanks for the chance!

[Rachel Dallaire]

Left comments! My favorite lines are Amy Tangerine and Garden Cafe. :-)

[li yee]

Very pretty, very inspiring :) So many ideas! I would love to receive the Amy Tangerine and Garden Cafe. Thanks for the chance to win!

[Catherine]

This was a really fun blog hop!
I love the Nightfall for all things fall and Halloween, and Garden Cafe because I have a teenage daughter and I see her when I see this product.
Thanks! Catherine

[nitasha]

Just finished the rockin' blog hop and I am so inspired! I would love to win Amy Tangerine's collection and Nightfall!I adore Amy Tangerine's line because I love all of the design elements and the cameras and I love Nightfall because I'm in the Halloween mood and I'm itching to make some fall projects!

[Danielle Muit]

This Blog Hop was so much fun to do!! Thank you for this great change to win your great products. Love all the LO's made with your challenge, simply love AC ;-)

[Maria Eliza Coutinho]

I went on all blogs and left them comments. I loved all the pages! this was very inspiring!
I would love to receive the Amy tangerine and Garden Cafe collections because the colors on those collections are absolutely fantastic!!!

[Nicky from Canada]

Garden Cafe and HollyDay!!! Lovely lovely lines. Visiting every blog but wasn't able to leave comments on all of them - I tried, but they didn't all work.

Lovely lovely lovely - especially love Michelle Clement's work!!

[Sierra]

I left love on all the blogs. I would love to win the Daydreams and Amy Tangerine lines. AT is my favorite line ever! It is what is inspiring me to get back into scrapbooking. And the Daydreams line is soooo me....bright, fun, colorful, and OWLIES! Love owlies! :D

[Amanda Jane]

Thanks for arranging the blog hop. I've commented on them all (though some comments are from Amanda and some from Amanda Jane depending on the blog) and I have loads of new ideas to try.

I would love to win Amy Tangerine as I have seen Shimelle use it so many times in her videos and also Garden Cafe as those are my kind of colours.

[Kathy Martin]

Wow, what a hop! Lots of stunning pages! Great Pinterest material! ;) I'd love the Amy Tan collection because it's so artsy and fun and the Daydreams collection because it's so happy and colorful! :)

[rockchickhelen]

Such great layouts, I commented on all of the blogs. My favourite ranges are Amy Tangerine and Nightfall.

[Cathy B.]

omg ALL of your new lines are awesome...but if I had to pick...Daydreams and Garden Cafe. :)

[Heather V]

Fun hop! I commented on all 20 of the amazingly talented designers' blogs. Thanks so much for the inspiration and chance to win, it was so neat seeing all the new lines in action!

[Carly]

It was so great to see all of these amazing layouts. They provided a lot of inspiration. If I won, I would like the Garden Cafe and the Amy Tangerine line. This was a lot of fun. Thanks.

[Sandra]

Very interesting and nice layouts!
I visited all the blogs and left on each one a comment...
Hopefully I'm going to win... I would love to work with "Amy Tangerine" and "Daydreams". :-)

[angie gutshall]

I had so much fun visiting all the blogs!! I made it to ALL 20!!

I would love to win the Nightfall and Garden Cafe lines!

[Ana Roberta]

this blog hop was super inspiring!!!! I just love it!

[Emily Yee]

I just visited all the blogs and looooooved all the inspiration. It was neat to see how everyone was able to incorporate the different lines into such unique and gorgeous layouts. Loved it!! And I would LOVE to win the full Amy Tangerine and Garden Cafe lines. I love the travel/adventure theme of Amy Tangerine and the sentiments, embellies and colors of the Garden Cafe line. Thanks for the chance to win!

[Mary Jo]

Visited all the dt members blogs!
Since I have most of Amy's line already ;)
I'll say my two other favorites are Garden Cafe and Nightfall! :)

[Mary Ann Jenkins]

Love all the layouts, and wow I have so many ideas now!! Amazing work by all the designers :)
I would love to win Amy Tan's collection and the Daydreams collection, but quite honestly would be happy with any of them!!!

[Mel]

Thanks so much for the awesome hop! I stopped by all 20 designers and commented on all the fabulous inspiration. The two collections I'd love to win are Garden Cafe, simply because it appeals to me, and Nightfall because autumn's my favorite season. Thanks for the chance to win. The hop totally rocked.

[Kim H]

Wonderful Blog Hop. You have alot of talent on your team, and thank you for sharing it with this hop. The 2 lines I would like to win are the Hollyday and Nightfall lines. I create Christmas gift tags, gift bags, cards, and wrapping papper. I also create trick-or-treat bag tags, treat bags, and cards. My favorite holidays are Christmas and Halloween, so those 2 lines would be greatly appreciated by me and my friends and family =) Thanks again.

[Kate aka stinkydudette]

I've done the hop and so much inspiration! I would love to win Amy Tan's collection and Daydreams pls!

[Sally Goodwin]

This was such fun, must say I do love the Amy Tangerine and night fall, such a clever way to see how different people use the same products, just goes to show how scrapbooking is such a individual art form.

[Michelle Stankevicius]

I definitely visited all of your talented designers and got SOOOO much inspiration! Thanks!

[Meredith Treloar]

Wow I'm pooped!! Checked in at all the blogs and back here now!! So many fun and inspiring projects!! Thank you for the chance to win so delicious AC products!!

[Anabelle O'Malley]

Wonderful blog hope! I really loved all of the pages. My two favorite lines are Amy Tangerine and Garden Cafe. The colors and patterns are gorgeous.

[caroline hancock]

Thanks so much for this awesome blog hop i LOVED every one of them, i have found so many fab blogs to follow just FULL of inspiration with many layouts to lift now. If i was lucky enough to win this i would LOVE the Amy Tan line well because it rocks and i have bits from it but would love to have it ALL to make a fabulous mini album for our summer holidays. The next line i would love to have is the Garden cafe line, well i was undecided until i saw Suzy's layout and i just HAVE to have that turqoise paper.
Thanks again, i have so enjoyed going through them all this morning ( in NZ here on Sunday morning)

[marlene filipiuk]

gorgeous los and inspiration. i've left comments on all blogs :) i would love amy tangerine and nightfall :) thanks so much :)

[Melanie L.]

Wow, you really want me to choose only two lines?!! I already have a lot of Amy Tangerine, so at least I only have to choose from three lines. I'll have to pick Garden Cafe and Nightfall because those are the colors I use the most. Thanks so much for the inspiration and the chance to win! Lots and lots of ideas on the blogs of these talented ladies!

[Melissa DL]

Such a good way to spend my Saturday -- inspiration hop! Love it! Amy Tangerine and Garden Cafe are both gorgeous!!!

[alisha]

I love your paper, it's amazing.
alisha.moorenielsen@gmail.com
http://scrappin-happens.blogspot.com/

[Christi Parker]

Loved all of the design team layouts, great inspiration. My two favorite lines are nightfallnand Amy tangerine. Thanks for a chance to win!

[Lisa Jamerson]

Well hard to choose just two but Amy Tangerine and Holly Day really catch my fancy. Loved visiting all the blogs. You have a wonderful DT.

[Randi]

My favorite lines are AMY TAN and Garden Cafe. And I visited and left a comment on every blog.

[Paula G]

I had a gread time on this blog hop! Enjoyed all the wonderful layouts sooo much! I am loving the Amy Tangerine and Nighfall lines most of all - for the combo of their versatility and the color schemes in each

[Katie G]

GREAT hop! Thank you so much for the inspiration! If I could pick 2? DEFINATLY Amy Tangerine! I <3 it! And Garden Cafe...love the colors in that one!

[Chunyuan]

What a FANTASTIC hop. Sooo many talented designers. Fave lines .. Amy Tangerine and Garden Cafe! Absolutely love the colors in both. Inspired!

[Mernin]

Love the hop! I'd love to win Amy Tangerine & Garden Cafe...

[Bunnyfreak]

Wonderful hop. Love the ideas. I would love to win Daydreams because of the bright colors and the owls and Flower Cafe because of the flowers.

[Brooke]

Left a comment on each blog :)
amazing work!!
and my FAVE 2 lines are Amy Tangerine and Daydreams.

[Aliza]

I have visited every blog. SO many great ideas to try.
I think my favorite lines are Amy Tangerine and Nightfall. The colors of each just draw me right in.

[Sheri Twing]

Wow! Just went through the entire hop! Amazing team of designers! My two picks would be Amy Tangerine line because I just love the style of the line and the Garden Cafe because the colors are so beautiful!

Thanks for a great hop!

[Mai]

Left a comment on everyone's blog. Loved the challenge! My favorite lines are Amy Tangerine and Garden Cafe!!

[Immi]

Whew! This has been fun! If I had my choice, I'd choose Nightfall because I love all things autumn, and Amy Tangerine because those colors are awesome!

[kat]

i left a comment on all the amazing blog posts. such a great team y'all have!

my 2 faves are amy tangerine and garden cafe. i really love how colorful both lines are.