If you give a crafter a challenge, she’s going to ask for inspiration to fuel her creativity.

When she looks at the inspiration photo, she will be so excited that she will want to create something of her own. She’ll ask for stamps & ink.

While deciding what to create, she will think of theme parks and want to take a trip to sunny Orlando, FL, where she will want to visit Epcot. Once there, she’ll be tempted by the delicious food and delightful wines from around the world. As she savors these international treats, she’ll find herself celebrating flavors from far and wide. And when she tastes and experiences Epcot’s Food & Wine Festival, she will surely be inspired.

If you give our designers a project, they’re going to get busy. Once they’re busy, they’ll create wonderful things. Let’s see what they’ve made to spark our imagination!

When you see these wonderful makes, you’re going to want to leave a comment. When you leave a comment, you’ll need to click on the person’s name. So please remember to click on the person’s name and leave these wonderful girls some comment love.

If you want to join us, you’ll need to take out your art and craft supplies. When you have your supplies, you’ll make something inspired by a theme park. After you finish, you’ll add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of this post or share it on Instagram with #parkhoppingmyhappyplace.

When you start crafting, I’ll be excited to see what you create this month! And if you need a little extra help to spark your creativity, check out our inspiration page.

While reading this post, you’ll have noticed we’ve changed the words on our blog and will probably want to guess who the mimic author is. When you have a guess, you’ll want to scribble it down below.

Then you will be off to create. Which means you have been inspired. When you finish your make, you’ll probably want to come back for more. When you come back for more, you’ll find new ideas and inspiration.

If you give a crafter a challenge, she’s going to ask for inspiration to fuel her creativity, and that is just the beginning.

But for now, it’s time to say goodbye. We hope you’ve had as much fun as we have! Until next time, keep creating and exploring. Goodbye for now, Makira!

We have our Center Stage Designers for August!

Thank you to everyone who joined us last month. Your participation made choosing the top three very challenging. Without further ado, here are our winners…

#38 – Yvonne. Inspired by fairytales. I love all her layers and mixture of elements.

#40, Bonnie, inspired by the dragon and hall of books. I love her choice of images and embellishments.

#49 Carianne– inspired by Santa’s Village Theme Park. I love her use of non-traditional Christmas colors and the creative combination of different die sets.

Congratulations!

If you want to be a designer for our designer spotlight, please email makira@parkhoppingmyhappyplace.com.

The author I was trying to emulate was…

J.K. Rowling from the book Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

The lucky winner of the Amazon gift card?

#2 – KarenB

So who is the lucky winner of the $25 gift card?

#27 Congratulations, Meghan

and entry…

Congratulations! Please email me at makira@parkhoppingmyhappyplace.com with your email address so we can send your prize link. The Inlikz winner, please also include which gift card you would like to receive. Please email me no later than
September 15th.  All prizes not claimed will be forfeited. 

Thanks to everyone who joined in with the challenge, and we hope you will all join in our current challenge, too! September’s challenge will be posted at 6:00pm CST this evening.

Cheers, 🎨🎢🌟Makira

Eden and Makira of Park Hopping My Happy Place welcome you back and are proud to say that this challenge is perfectly normal; thank you very much.

Our month starts on an ordinary Thursday this first day of August. As we start our adventure, let’s think of nothing except theme parks and the arts and crafts inspired by them.

Nearly eighteen months have passed since we began this journey, and this month we are on our way back to Orlando, Florida in the United States. Here, we enter The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, where the cobbled streets of Diagon Alley and the quaint village of Hogsmeade await. While the majestic halls of the Ministry of Magic remain concealed for now, whispers reach our eager ears that its grand debut is foreseen in the year 2025.

CRAFTERS! COME AND LOOK AT THESE MAKES, YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT YOU’LL SEE!

If, perchance, their masterpieces ensnare your affections, we humbly extend an invitation for you to grace their profiles with the magic of your kind words.

Dear crafters, we are pleased to inform you that you are invited to join us here at Park Hopping My Happy Place. Please join us below by adding a link in the Whimsilinkz found at the bottom of this parchment, or grace Instagram with the brilliance of your masterpiece, with the tag @parkhoppingmyhappyplace. We await your submission no later than August 31.

Questions may be exploding inside your head like fireworks, making it difficult to decide what to do first. Should you require additional inspiration, I encourage you to peruse our inspiration page—it stands prepared to ignite the flames of your creativity.

This is just an ordinary blog full of ordinary crafters. Could there really be a change in the verbiage of this blog? Might this not be a whitty puzzle to decipher? If you hadn’t known our sense of humor, you now do. Is this? Can this be? Write your thoughts below.

Must get on — Lots to do. Come on, theme parks are just watin’ for yeh.

Thanks, I’ll need something to look forward to… Bye, Makira

We have our Center Stage Designers for July!

Thank you to everyone who joined us last month. Your participation made choosing the top three very challenging. Without further ado, here are our winners…

#18 – Ellie. Inspired by love birds in the Enchanted Tiki Room. I absolutely adore the stenciled background! .

#73, Denise – Inspired by the Olaf at Typhoon Lagoon. I absolutely love the simplicity of the focal point’s colors contrasted with the “busier” background.

#98 Meghan– inspired by the Secret Lives of Pets at Universal Hollywood. These furry friends are adorable! They remind me so much of my own pets when they see the pile of Christmas presents.

Congratulations!

If you want to be a designer for our designer spotlight, please email makira@parkhoppingmyhappyplace.com.

The author I was trying to emulate was…

Rick Riordan from the book Percy Jackson, the Lightning Thief.

The lucky winner of the Amazon gift card?

#5 – Kathy

So who is the lucky winner of the $25 gift card?

#48 Congratulations, Denise

and entry…

Congratulations! Please email me at makira@parkhoppingmyhappyplace.com with your email address so we can send your prize link. The Inlikz winner, please also include which gift card you would like to receive. Please email me no later than
August 15th.  All prizes not claimed will be forfeited. 

Thanks to everyone who joined in with the challenge, and we hope you will all join in our current challenge, too! August’s challenge will be posted at 6:00pm CST this evening.

Cheers, 🎨🎢🌟Makira

If you’re reading this because you think you might be a crafter, my advice is: hide your credit card now.

We could start at any point, but things really start going swimmingly this month as our crafting adventure takes a field trip to PortAdventura in Spain.

Our names are Makira and Eden. Are we a crafty group? Yeah. You could say that.

Makira led the park choice this month. She searched through countless websites, looking for the perfect summer getaway. A gathering at a waterpark, where we can float along a lazy river.

I have a surprise for you, we are collaborating with another challenge.

The Double Trouble Challenge.

Two weeks of collaboration — starting as soon as you hop to their blog.

Hey, demigods! Just toss some embossing or stenciling into your Park Hopping project, and boom! You might just snag a random draw prize at Double Trouble. Easy as nailing a monster with Riptide!

Confession time: I ditched the water park theme as one of our DT projects. Yeah, I know, I know. It is normal, I swear. Whenever we’re not inspired by the current theme park choice, we get to pick a different one. So, water slides and wave pools? Not today. Maybe next time, Poseidon.

A word about our design team, before you see their makes. Their names are Eden and Makira, and they have a love of theme parks. The best break they ever got was vacationing at US theme parks. We love them. We’d been going there since Eden was a baby. Makira had been going even longer.

If their creations win you over, we humbly ask you to head over to their profiles and shower them with the awesome dewdrops of your kind comments. Trust me, it’ll make their day – maybe even more than discovering you’re a demigod!

To join this month’s epic trek, grab your crafting tools and art supplies to create something truly legendary. Share your masterpiece by dropping a link in the Whimsilinkz at the bottom of this post, or light up Instagram with your brilliance by tagging @parkhoppingmyhappyplace. Let’s see what you’ve got, heroes!

If you have left your shield at an abandoned water park and are lacking inspiration, go check out our inspiration page. The opportunity to be ignited is there.

In a way, it’s nice to know there are challenges out there. For instance, you’re reading this month’s post, which has just changed, most people would think that’s just really bad luck; when you’re a crafter, you understand that it is just a creative exercise. Any guesses on who might be the latest mimic author? Share your thoughts below!

Whenever you are ready, we are here. Here to welcome your participation.

Take care. Keep your eyes open! Makira

We have our Center Stage Designers for June!

#2 – Meghan. Inspired by the Movie UP & the Wilderness Explorers adventure at Animal Kingdom. I absolutely adore the background and her coloring! This card exudes such cheer and fun.

#32, Denise – Inspired by the Tiki Room with it’s singing birds and flowers. I absolutely love how these whimsical stamps are used as ‘stamps.’ The clean and simple (CAS) background is a perfect choice, letting the playful designs truly stand out.

#54 Cheryl- inspired by Disney’s Nemo and Friends at Epcot. The use of the ‘Nemo Logo’ layout as the title for this scrapbook page is simply fintastic! I love how it adds a touch of whimsy and creativity.

Congratulations!

If you want to be a designer for our designer spotlight, please email makira@parkhoppingmyhappyplace.com.

The author I was trying to emulate was…

EB White from the book Charlotte’s Web.

The lucky winner of the Amazon gift card?

#5 – Amy

So who is the lucky winner of the scrapbook.com gift card?

#73 Congratulations, Aimeslee

and entry…

Congratulations! Please email me at makira@parkhoppingmyhappyplace.com with your email address so we can send your prize link. Please email me no later than
July 15th.  All prizes
not claimed will be forfeited. 

Thanks to everyone who joined in with the challenge, and we hope you will all join in our current challenge, too! July’s challenge will be posted at 12:00am CST tomorrow.

Cheers, 🎨🎢🌟Makira

Good morning! Salutations!

Where are we going to be inspired by our favorite theme parks? said the crafters as they returned.

Eden and Makira are hopping over to Universal Studios, Florida, to celebrate their new children’s area: DreamWorks Land. The air is filled with excitement, and the park buzzes with the joy of discovery.

You won’t believe the colorful, imaginative new land. Oh, get ready to play! It’s amazing! Kids, young and old, will love meeting Shrek and splashing in his swamp. You’ll love screaming with laughter on the Trollercoaster, enjoying noodles with Po, and visiting cats at Mama Luna’s Retirement Home.

The early summer days at Universal are a jubilee with the unveiling of this land’s wonders.

Spark your imagination? If this new area doesn’t, let your creativity flow freely—anything inspired by a theme park is welcome.

I know a good thing when I see it. and our design team’s creations are good. This month, our skilled design team has fashioned some new pieces to inspire. If you’re so inclined, they’d greatly appreciate your cheerful comments on their blogs.

Now, then, there is no time to be lost. All right? Your next…to join our wonderful adventure into the wonderful theme-park challenge where you can be happy and free to do as you please. Reveal your magnum opus by adding a link in the Inlinkz tucked at the bottom of this post, or grace Instagram with the splendor of your masterpiece, adorned with the tag @parkhoppingmyhappyplace.

Good parks, Terrific parks, Radiant parks…. May they persist in igniting imagination and fostering creativity.

Bring me back a word—oops, I mean a name. In an intricate twist, the verbiage of our blog has changed form, inspired by a renowned children’s author. Observe the Trollercoster’s adornment for clues to the book we emulate. Do you have any ideas of the writer’s pen we copied? If so, share your thoughts in the comments below.

May every day be happy and every night be peaceful! Makira

We have our Center Stage Designers for April!

#3 – Riet. Inspired by The Great Movie Ride. I love the background she created; a perfect backdrop to her can-can dancers.

#16 Meghan – inspired by Disney’s Animal Kingdom and all the pics taken at parks worldwide. Love the inky background and the perfect sentiment for this stamp!

#80, Inkami – Inspired by the cats of Disneyland. Love this layout and the whimsy of the cat’s eyes!

Congratulations!

If you want to be a designer for our designer spotlight, please email makira@parkhoppingmyhappyplace.com.

The author I was trying to emulate was…

James Cameron from the movie Titianic.

The lucky winner of the Amazon gift card?

#4 – Denise Bryant

So who is the lucky winner of the scrapbook.com gift card?

#21 Congratulations, Kathy

and entry…

Congratulations! Please email me at makira@parkhoppingmyhappyplace.com with your email address so we can send your prize link. Please email me no later than
June 15th.  All prizes
not claimed will be forfeited. 

Thanks to everyone who joined in with the challenge, and we hope you will all join in our current challenge too! June’s challenge will be posted at 10:00am CST today.

Cheers, 🎨🎢🌟Makira

Lights, cameras, and welcome back crafters! Captivated by theme parks worldwide, let’s breathe life into our makes. Action!

It still gets me every time….. to see the sad ruin of the Great Movie Ride where she took her last bow at 9:30pm on August 13, 2017 after her long run of entertainment standing at the end of Hollywood Boulevard.

Here we go again, on the deck of Disney’s Hollywood Studios…..6.6 miles south of Magic Kingdom in Bay Lake, FL, USA. The pressure is on to create. Right, let’s go to work.

Ohhhh, daddy-o, are you seein’ what I’m seein’?

Crafters, Makira and Eden, are best known for their mixed media and card making skills. Now they are using their talent to work on paying homage to another famous ride….. The Great Movie Ride.

It’s been seven years……and I can still smell the waterfall from Footlight Parade. I can hear the call from Tarzan. And see the snakes from Indiana Jones. The Great Movie Ride was called a Journey into the Movies. And it was. It really was……..

You can be blase’ about some things, but not about our design team. Their creations are inspired by movies and are far more beautiful.

CRAFT CHALLENGES

A social center of card-making hobbyists. There are mothers with children making school and birthday crafts in several languages. There are old women creating, men playing too, girls crocheting and drawing. The activity is genuine and we wait with awe.

Just inside the blog, a crating game is in progress. TWO ladies, plainly dressed, play a whimsical game. Makira and Eden, both related, exchange smiles as they view the entries. They wonder who the lucky winner will be this month.

“To make a good film, you need a script, a script, and the script,”-Alfred Hitchcock.

We decided to attempt that. Can you guess the screenwriter we attempted to copy? There’s no need to founder; the text above gives hints. Share your thoughts below in the comments.

May the theme parks that captivate your heart evermore fill you with joy and serve as wellsprings of inspiration.

That’s a wrap! Makira

We have our Center Stage Designers for April!

#25 – Riet. Inspired by Gnomes at Eftling Park. I love the inky layers of these ATCs and the precious book they go into!

#35 Carrianne – inspired by Santa’s Village. Love this Waffleflower die! The use of pink and purple for the background is adorable!

#52, Bonnie Lynn – Inspired by the cats of Disneyland. Love this layout and the whimsy of the cat’s eyes!

Congratulations!

If you want to be a designer for our designer spotlight, please email makira@parkhoppingmyhappyplace.com.

The author I was trying to emulate was…

Erin Hunter in the book Warriors.

The lucky winner of the Amazon gift card?

#3 – MaryAnneV

So who is the lucky winner of the scrapbook.com gift card?

#29 Congratulations, Denise

and entry…

Congratulations! Please email me at makira@parkhoppingmyhappyplace.com with your email address so we can send your prize link. Please email me no later than
May 15th.  All prizes
not claimed will be forfeited. 

Thanks to everyone who joined in with the challenge, and we hope you will all join in our current challenge too!

Cheers, 🎨🎢🌟Makira