Cardmaker Blog Hop

WOOHOO just incase you didn't know there is an awesome crop going on over at CardSwaps this week. Challenges and games will be posted August 8-11, 2012 and you have until 11:59PM EST August 14, 2012 to get your projects posted to the appropriate thread. If you haven't participated before, don't worry! There are many members and myself that will be around to offer support and encouragement. You can find out all you need to know in the forum. At the end of the hop, you will be taken to the crop and I do hope you join in. Collect the letters along the way and unscramble them to entered into the drawing for a prize for one lucky hopper! You will be given details at the bottom of the post. Don't skip ahead!!! Please read my babbling.

OK... You arrived here from Ana's blog, I hope. If not, go back and check out her blog and collect your letter. Then collect my letter and hop on. If you want to start over, feel free to start back with  Brooke on the CardMaker Magazine blog.

The blog hop "theme" goes with the crop title of "Treat Yourself". The type of project to make was left up to the hostesses of the blog hop, as long as it somehow conveyed a way the hostess "treats" herself. We were also asked to share something about a way we unwind or our favorite way to treat ourselves

I created a birthday card because seriously if you can't treat yourself on your birthday the when can you...plus my birthday is coming up in a few weeks, not a big birthday but none the less a birthday :)

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Supplies:

Stampin Up 2012-2014 incolors

Stampin Up Mixed Bunch and One in a Million stamp sets

Stampin Up Lucky Limeade bakers twine. 

My life is really simple, I am lucky enough to stay at home with my son who is 16 months old...he is starting to scribble with crayons and I am really looking forward to when he is able to stamp with me(hopefully he will want to).  I am also a stampin up demo and when I need to relax I go into my stampin room and play with my stamps and ink...or I get a pedicure :)    I hope that you are enjoying the hop and that you will hop on over to Lora's blog

Oh and before you leave I suppose that you will want my letter so that when you are all done hopping you will be able to unscramble all of the letters...my letter is "N"

Here is a list of all of the blogs just in case you get lost along the way... 
Brooke Smith -CardMaker blog 
Jane
Susan
Margaret
Trudy
Golda
Meredith
Jeanette
Colleen
Laura
Ivanka
Marlene
Anya 
Angelina
Ana
Ashley
Lora

Cardmaker Time to Shine bloghop

Welcome to my blog, you should have arrived here from Jeanette's blog...are you having a great time so far?  If you didn't come from Jeanette's blog you should go back to the beginning because you don't want to miss out on all of the fun...plus that's the only way to get all of the letters that you will need for the word scramble that is going on on the cardmaker message board along with more games and AMAZING challenges that you can win prizes just by entering cards that you make!!! Challenges and games will be posted May 16-19, 2012 and you have until May 22, 2012 to get your projects posted to the appropriate thread. If you haven't participated before, don't worry! There are many members and myself that will be around to offer support and encouragement. You can find out all you need to know in the forum. At the end of the hop, will be taken to the crop and I do hope you join in. Collect the letters along the way and unscramble them to entered into the drawing for a prize for one lucky hopper!

The blog hop "theme" goes with the crop title of "Time To Shine".  The type of project was left up to the hostesses as long as it is able to be used for a day that someone has their "time to shine". The only criteria the project has to meet is that it has to be able to be used for a day in which someone has their “time to shine”.  

 They also wanted us to talk a little bit about a day that was my own time to shine...this got me thinking, I could talk about the day that I graduated from college or maybe the day that I married Mark but I decided to talk about the day that I became a mom.  I know that people say that nothing prepares you for becoming a parent and to be honest they are completely right.  Being a mom has been the most rewarding thing I have ever done in my life, Andrew makes me laugh everyday and I love watching him learn new things.  He is only 1 and it seems like time is flying, I wish I could keep him little forever.  Everyday is something new and I can't wait to see the amazing person he grows into...but not too quickly :)

 I created a 4x4 card for this bloghop...I really love mini cards because they are perfect to throw into a giftbag and they help use up scraps :)  I used paper from DCWV(Fresh Floral Stack), Gumball Green ink(new in color for 2012-2014) and Mixed Bunch (both from stampin up).  Oh and I got my shipment from Stampin Up today and can I tell you how much I LOVE the new inkpads...if you get any I think that you will love them also because they have great coverage for stamps!!!  Anyways, here is my card 

My letter for the word scramble is "Y"...Now hop over to Anya's blog and enjoy the rest of the hop :)

Oh and here is the list for the bloghop...just in case you get lost

Brooke Smith -CardMaker blog 
Jeanette
Ashley
Anya Schrier 
Golda
Ivanka
Ana
Michelle Woerner
Judy L
Lisa
Trudy Sjolander
Jane
Angelina
Kimberly Crawford
Laura
Tammy
Carolyn King
Marlene
Susan
Colleen Schaan
Meredith 
Lora

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