Blogaversary Blog Hop!

Good morning my Creative Friends & welcome to:

I was asked by the SUPER SWEET Miss Yvette to join her along w/some AMAZINGLY TALENTED women for her 1st Blogoversary! First of all, CONGRATS to Miss Yvette on your 1st anniversary of being in blogland w/soooo many gifted & talented crafters! I am very honored to have met you & your sister here in this wonderful community of crafting!;) Thank you for inviting me to be a part of this hop w/you!

There is LOTS of AWESOMENESS to see so let's get started! We were all asked to do a project w/ the theme "Firsts"! So I decided to make a "First Birthday" card!  For my card, I used a variety of stamps that are my FAVES! 1st of all "I Spy" Market Street Stamps which is one AMAZING stamp company! I used their stamp set "Blast Off" & I just LOVE this set to pieces! I also used my stamp set "Polka Dot Surprise", "Follow Your Dreams" (for the number 1) & I also used my "Curly Label Die"! I know it's a boy card, but I just LOVE these polka dots & thought this paper was PERFECT!

***GIVEAWAY ALERT***

In honor of the special hop, I decided to give ONE lucky person a few supplies that I used on my card today! They include:

Is this NOT the BEST Giveaway EVER??? All you have to do is leave a comment HERE AND leave a comment for the Hostess Miss Yvette  HERE & wish her a HAPPY BLOGAVERSARY for a chance to win all of this AWESOMENESS!;)  I will announce the winner Monday morning so you have until Sunday, midnight to get all those comments in!;)

Okie dokie! Next on this hop is the Talented Miss Doris!

Here is the blog list if you get lost!

Yvette   http://www.cre8tivegirls.blogspot.com

Georgiana   http://www.carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com

Sherrie   http://www.sherriescraps.blogspot.com

Giselle   http:// www.yuveriaseden.blogspot.com

Mistyrose   http://www.sweetmagnoliarose.blogspot.com

Yvonne   http://www.onecreativemomma.blogspot.com

Emma   http:// www.creativetimeforme.blogspot.com you are here!;)

Doris   http://www.momsbeenscrappin.blogspot.com

Chris   http://craftemama.blogspot.com/

Paula   http://www.alluringinkspression.com/

Martha   http://scrapabulous.blogspot.com/

Gerda   http://www.cardscreations.blogspot.com

Happy Hopping!;)

Friday's "Tip of the Day"! - Episode 227

Hello my creative friends & welcome to another "Friday's Tip of the Day"! Remember when I first started this segment on my blog, I had mentioned that not every tip was going to be scrapbook related?! Well, today is one of those "Non-scrapbook" related tips! I wanted to share w/you a tip I had learned 15 years ago while I was visiting San Diego w/my hubby.  While we were there, we ate at all the outdoor restaurants because the weather was always so beautiful out in the evenings! When we were eating, I kept seeing lemons w/cloves on the tables & I had asked the waitress what they were for? She replied "They keep the flies away"! Oh boy, was she right! I have been using this tip for years now & wanted to share it w/all of you! You can see in my video how SUPER EASY this is to do!

See, not a fly in sight!;) I just LOVE today's tip of the day!

Here is my short & sweet video for ya today!

Hopefully this helps some of you out there today!  Leave me a comment here, I would LOVE to hear your tip's on how to keep the flies away while eating outdoors! Have a FABULOUS Friday & I will see you all back here tomorrow for a fun blog hop! xoxo's

P.S. When I had my son's communion outside in our yard I had (6) 6' tables & I placed 2 on each end of each table! You want to make sure you have plenty of cloves on hand! Also, when I had my son's birthday party, I put the lemon's in matching cupcake holders as all of the decoration's! It's definitely something really nice to decorate your table along side w/an "unscented" tealight in the evenings!;)

Design Team Thursday! ~ Episode 226

Good morning my Creative friends & welcome to another design team Thursday! Today we are all showcasing "Shaped Cards"! For my card I used my FAVORITE lite cartridge "Love You a Latte" along w/my stamp set "My Favorite Sayings"~! I do have to admit that this cartridge & this stamp set were totally made for each other!;) The pattern paper I used was a stack I had from last year called "Bittersweet" Basic Grey, which I LOVE! I stamped my cute little coffee cups from my stamp set onto my adorable coffee cup! You can see how I designed this card in my video below!;)

This is the inside of my card using another sentiment from "My Favorite Sayings"!

Here is my video showing you how I designed this in my Gypsy Girl!

Now onto my AMAZINGLY TALENTED design Team!

Here is Miss Glora's SUPER CUTE card using "All Around Christmas" stamp set!

Here is Miss Jen's ADORABLE card using "All Around Halloween " stamp set!

Here is Miss Kate's ADORABLE card using "My Favorite Sayings" stamp set!

Here is Miss Leanne's CUTE "HIP" card using "Happy Mail" stamp set!

Here is Miss Shar's PRETTY card using "Many Greetings" stamp set!

Well, that is a wrap for today my sweet friends! Don't forget to click on each one of my design team's names to visit them & leave them some love as well! They totally deserve it! Thank you sooo much for stopping by & I will see you all back here tomorrow for another "Friday's Tip of the Day"!

xoxo'x

Guest Designer Wednesday!

Good morning my Creative friends & welcome to another "Guest Designer Wednesday"! I would like to give a warm welcome to the Super Sweet Miss Chistina w/Card Creations & More by C! Miss Christina created this super CUTE & FUN card using my stamp set "Encouraging Quotes"! This is actually my FAVORITE sentiment in this stamp set!;) Why don't you head on over to Miss Christina's blog HERE to see how she created this 9x4 card! YEP, 9x4!!! I just might have to try this myself!;)

Okie dokie! I hope you enjoyed this card as much as I did! I want to give a HUGE "THANK YOU" to Miss Christina for joining me on my blog today as a "Guest Designer"! Your card came out AWESOME!!!;) So don't forget to visit Miss Christina HERE to see all the details on how she put this fabulous card together!;) See ya back here tomorrow! xoxo's

My Scrapbook Class!

Good Morning my Creative friends & welcome to My Creative Time! I just wanted to post pics of the projects we had made in my scrapbook class over the weekend!

Here is a post-it notebook we made using my stamp set "Honey Do List"! I also used my "Curly Label Die" w/the coordinating stamp from "Inspiring Words {Accents}! (sold separately) You can see a video HERE on how this was made!;)

This is the inside of the post-it not holder!

A super simple card using my newest stamp release "Happy Mail" & the coordinating die "Embossed Envelope" (which is sold separately!)

I used my newest release stamp set "All Around Halloween"! You can see a video HERE on how to create these CUTE & EASY earrings!

Here is a layout using Lacy Labels cartridge, the Carousel cartridge & flower dies from Papertrey inc. The sentiments are from my stamp line "Camera Shy"!

As you can see in this picture, I used glossy accents on the sentiment to make it kinda match my black buttons!

I just Love those ticket from the Carousel cartridge because I sized them in my gypsy girl to make sure my sentiments fit perfectly in them!;) I just LOVE my stamps! this set could NOT be any more PERFECT for your layouts!;)

Well, that wraps it up! These were all of the FUN projects we made! Just want to THANK once again to all my ladies who came from far away & my regulars!  I enjoyed everyone's company tremendously! Thank you for stopping by & I will see you back here tomorrow for another "Guest Designer" Wednesday!;) Have a FABULOUS day my sweet friends!;) 

Monday Madness.... Imagine That!!! ~ Episode 225

GOOD MORNING & welcome to our very 1st segment that my design team & I will be featuring on Mondays called "Monday Madness.... Imagine That"! I thought that I would share some more imagine projects with all of you! A "Portion" of my design team has Imagine's & will be creating projects using it! The other portion of my design team will be creating "Imagine "LIKE" projects always incorporting pattern paper on their projects! So, with that said, let's get started! For my project today, I thought I would share a project that we made at my scrapbook class over the weekend! I switched it up a bit by using circle chipboards instead of square! One of the projects we had made was a post-it note holder! SUPER SIMPLE & I love how this one turned out! I used my favorite Theresa Collins "Black & White" imagine cartridge for the pattern paper! The sentiment is from "My Teacher Rocks" & I also using my newest die set called "Scallop & Stitched Circle"! You can see in my video EXACTLY how this was put together below!

My "Post-it Note Holder"!

Here is the inside of my "Post-it note holder"!

Here is my video showing how I made my project today!

Now onto my FABULOUS Design Team!!!

Here is Miss Katie's "SUPER CLASSY" card using "Polka Dot Surprise" stamp set!

Here is Miss Ruthie's "PERFECT PRESENT" using "Many Greetings" stamp set!

Here is Miss Cindy's "SUPER CUTE" shaped card using "My Favorite Sayings" & "Inspiring Words {Accents}" stamp sets along w/my "Curly Label Die"!

Here is Miss Cathryn's "SUPER SWEET" card using "Encouraging Quotes"!

Okie dokie, that is it for today! Thank you SOOOO much for stopping by! Don't forget to visit my design team's blogs to leave them some love as well!;) xoxo's

P.S. Update on stamps & dies! I can't believe that we sold out twice w/this 8th Edition stamp release!!! Even the DIES!! Just want to let you ALL know that EVERYTHING will be BACK in stock this week! Thank you for your patience my sweet friends!!!

Friday's "Tip of the Day"! - Episode 224

HAPPY FRIDAY & welcome to another "Friday's tip of the day!"  For today I wanted to show you how cute you can decorate a simple jar just by using some ribbon & some foam stickers! I used my new die set "Scallop & Circle Stitched Circle" along w/my newest release of stamps called "All Around Christmas"!

Here is the quick video!;)

Thank you SOOO much for stopping by today! Have a FABULOUS weekend my sweet friends & I will see you back here on Monday morning!;) xoxo's