Sunday, October 30, 2011
2 Day Pumpkin Blog Hop!
Morning (or I guess I should say afternoon). I hope you all are having a great weekend! I am busy creating bags for tomorrow nights trick or treaters but I wanted to share with you a blog hop going on this weekend that is full of talent! Amy from Love to Crop has a two day event going on. It is amazing and I hope you have the chance to check it out. I know I got some great ideas from it and know you will too! So hop on over to www.lovetocrop.com and start the hop. It started yesterday so you will have to be sure to check out both days on all the lovely ladies involved! Have a great day everyone!!!
Monday, October 24, 2011
Hop weekend winners!
Morning y'all! I hope you had a great weekend. Thank you to everyone who hopped along with us for the Blessed at 60 Birthday and Blogaversary Blog Hop! Hope you enjoyed all of the amazing projects and posts. I wanted to thank Kathie for hosting such a wonderful event and for having me along for the ride! :) I enjoyed hopping and checking out all of the amazing projects and hearing the heartfelt stories. Thank you so much!
So on to the winners....
Day 1 I know I said I was going to give a Birthday themed little something but I picked up a Fall themed little something :) Hope you don't mind.
The Day 1 Winner is
lucky comment 13 Vicki who said:
Perfect cards for the occasion!
Day 2's winner of the Breast Cancer Awareness "Pink" package is comment Six Tisha who said
Now You are making me cry. ;) I am so happy your mom is ok now. I know I would be lost too without my mom. Your card is rgeat. I would have never thought to make the ribbon with bling. Very cool!!
Thank you again to all who participated! Hope you enjoyed. I am off to make Halloween treat bags for my kiddos school function tomorrow! (hope to post pictures later) Enjoy the day everyone!
So on to the winners....
Day 1 I know I said I was going to give a Birthday themed little something but I picked up a Fall themed little something :) Hope you don't mind.
The Day 1 Winner is
lucky comment 13 Vicki who said:
Now You are making me cry. ;) I am so happy your mom is ok now. I know I would be lost too without my mom. Your card is rgeat. I would have never thought to make the ribbon with bling. Very cool!!
Thank you again to all who participated! Hope you enjoyed. I am off to make Halloween treat bags for my kiddos school function tomorrow! (hope to post pictures later) Enjoy the day everyone!
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Blessed at 60 Birthday & Blogaversary Blog Hop Day 2
Wow! Sunday already?!?!? How did that happen ;) Oh you know what that means... YOU BETTER GET CRAFTING because tomorrow is Monday already! But I am glad you are here and hope you are enjoying the hop this far. Today is day 2 of the Blessed at 60 Birthday & Blogaversary Blog Hop. If you did not have a chance to check out yesterday's projects for Kathie's birthday please be sure to check them out. If you are here from Kathy's page then you are in the right spot! If you are just stopping by and you did not start at the beginning of this hop be sure to start at Kathie's page (http://kathleessnippitsncricuts.blogspot.com.) and follow along the hop.
Today's hop is dedicated to cancer... well dedicating it to cancer I guess is a bit of strong wording but it is all about Cancer and how it has impacted us in our lives. I am going to try to get through this blog with out crying... but I am sure I am not going to make it. I am focusing on breast cancer. Last September seemed like an ordinary month. We had just celebrated my daughter's second birthday and everything was going well. A couple days prior to this my mom had gone in for a routine check up and for some odd reason she was scheduled for a mammography. (Normally this would not have been for another month or two). For some reason she decided to go ahead and have it done and we are so thankful everyday that she did. When they looked it over they found spots which they told her they were positive were calcium deposits and she could either have them biopsied or she could wait a few months to a year and see what happened. She had them biopsied just to be safe. I can remember getting the phone call from my sister who was crying... they were waiting to tell me until my husband got home as they knew I would take it the hardest but I knew the minute I answered my sisters call. My mom was diagnosed with Stage 0 breast cancer non invasive... My life at that point was flipped upside down. My mom is my best friend. She is the one I talk to about everything, she is my world and I could not let anything happen to her. My husband and I went with her to meet the surgeon and talked over all the possibilities. They decided to take out the tissue in her breast that surrounds the cancer. They found it to be very small from the graphs they had taken. I went with her and my dad the next Monday for the surgery. We were happy when they said they had gotten it all, though they told us it was about double the size they had thought it would be. They tested all the tissue over and called her back a couple days later with bad news... what they thought was a noninvasive cancer turned out to have invasive cells inside of it. They had never seen anything like it before. So they asked her to come in the following Monday for another surgery to have her lymph nodes removed and tested. We are very grateful that came back negative. She had to go through six weeks of intense radiation. I am very happy to say she made it through like a champ! She is my rock and I am so proud of her for "Fighting Like a Girl" and kicking cancers butt! My mother is one of the strongest women I know and I am so proud to be her daughter and her friend. She truly is amazing!!!
This is a picture of my mom and I at a wedding :) Isn't she beautiful? I love her so much and thank God every day for helping her through the treatments and keeping her strong. I would be lost without her!!!
This card I did the bling pink ribbon and used my Storybook cricut cartridge to cut out the wording
Fight Like a Girl! I love that saying. I took my pink ink and rubbed it around the card to give it the pink color.
Today's hop is dedicated to cancer... well dedicating it to cancer I guess is a bit of strong wording but it is all about Cancer and how it has impacted us in our lives. I am going to try to get through this blog with out crying... but I am sure I am not going to make it. I am focusing on breast cancer. Last September seemed like an ordinary month. We had just celebrated my daughter's second birthday and everything was going well. A couple days prior to this my mom had gone in for a routine check up and for some odd reason she was scheduled for a mammography. (Normally this would not have been for another month or two). For some reason she decided to go ahead and have it done and we are so thankful everyday that she did. When they looked it over they found spots which they told her they were positive were calcium deposits and she could either have them biopsied or she could wait a few months to a year and see what happened. She had them biopsied just to be safe. I can remember getting the phone call from my sister who was crying... they were waiting to tell me until my husband got home as they knew I would take it the hardest but I knew the minute I answered my sisters call. My mom was diagnosed with Stage 0 breast cancer non invasive... My life at that point was flipped upside down. My mom is my best friend. She is the one I talk to about everything, she is my world and I could not let anything happen to her. My husband and I went with her to meet the surgeon and talked over all the possibilities. They decided to take out the tissue in her breast that surrounds the cancer. They found it to be very small from the graphs they had taken. I went with her and my dad the next Monday for the surgery. We were happy when they said they had gotten it all, though they told us it was about double the size they had thought it would be. They tested all the tissue over and called her back a couple days later with bad news... what they thought was a noninvasive cancer turned out to have invasive cells inside of it. They had never seen anything like it before. So they asked her to come in the following Monday for another surgery to have her lymph nodes removed and tested. We are very grateful that came back negative. She had to go through six weeks of intense radiation. I am very happy to say she made it through like a champ! She is my rock and I am so proud of her for "Fighting Like a Girl" and kicking cancers butt! My mother is one of the strongest women I know and I am so proud to be her daughter and her friend. She truly is amazing!!!
This is a picture of my mom and I at a wedding :) Isn't she beautiful? I love her so much and thank God every day for helping her through the treatments and keeping her strong. I would be lost without her!!!
Now for my cards. I created this card with some sparkle stickers and bling. The paper is a designed paper out of a note card size pack I got from Hobby Lobby. Faith, Hope, Love and Courage some of the most important things in helping one fight the courageous battle against cancer!
Fight Like a Girl! I love that saying. I took my pink ink and rubbed it around the card to give it the pink color.
As much as I hate cancer I enjoyed making these cards to brighten someones day who just found out they have cancer or may being going through treatment to get rid of it. It is a courageous battle!
I do have some blog candy for this hop. I have gotten a pink tote, stickers, and some breast cancer awareness pink ribbon tissue (the Kleenex kind not the decorative kind). All you have to do is leave me a comment and tell me someone you are grateful for and if you have a second tell them how much they mean to you today because you never know what tomorrow brings! I will announce the winner Monday.
Thanks for stopping! Enjoy your Sunday all.
Now off to Vicki's hop you go: http://mawmawsthoughts.blogspot.com
If you need the line up it goes a little something like this! Be sure to visit all the ladies and leave us some bloggie love :)
- Kathie: http://kathleessnippitsncricuts.blogspot.com
- Kari: http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/
- Debbie: http://scrapbydebbie.blogspot.com/
- Carla : http://racincrafts.blogspot.com/
- Kathy: http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com/
- Heather: http://craftymamaof2heve.blogspot.com
- Vicki: http://mawmawsthoughts.blogspot.com
- Tisha: http://tishascraftcove.blogspot.com
- Jessie: http://edoggsugarlipsandprincessbuttercup.blogspot.com
- Amy: http://www.lovetocrop.com/
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Blessed at 60 Birthday & Blogaversary Blog Hop
Hello my bloggie friends! I feel like it has been way to long since I last posted! I have been a busy bee these last couple of months but I promise to start posting more! So here is the scoop! I have been asked to participate in a two day hop this weekend and I am so excited and feel blessed to be invited to partake in such a great event! Today's hop is in honor of Kathie Nelson's 60th birthday! A VERY BIG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU KATHIE!!!! If you are here from Kathy's page (http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com/) then you are in the right spot.... if you are just stopping by then please be sure to start at the beginning of the hop to join in on the fun. Kathie's hop can be found at http://kathleessnippitsncricuts.blogspot.com.
So I was sitting there thinking... what can I do to honor Kathie on this very special birthday... well after brainstorming for a bit I came up with a couple of different cards! I had tons of fun making them and hope Kathie and you enjoy! :)
Alright! I hope you enjoyed the cards and Kathie my dear I do hope this is a very VERY special birthday. So I was not as prepared as I thought... I was going to just give away a cute little thing of blog candy for tomorrows hop but what fun is that? Gotta have the blog candy.... I will pick up a cute set of stickers (birthday themed of course) for one lucky blog winner! I would love for you to become a follower if you are not already but you do not have to but please leave me a comment and on Monday I will pick a lucky winner using random.org! If you are looking for other giveaways a little birdy told me Kathie is doing a giveaway for a fabulous gypsy giveaway... all you have to do is visit her blog and make a very small donation to the Kidney Cancer Association and you are entered to win! Easy as pie! Be sure to check it out!
Thanks all for visiting! I hope you have a fabulous day! Be sure to come back tomorrow for the cancer hop! More blog candy to be won and more amazing projects to see! See you all tomorrow...
Now off to Vicki's hop you go: http://mawmawsthoughts.blogspot.com
So I was sitting there thinking... what can I do to honor Kathie on this very special birthday... well after brainstorming for a bit I came up with a couple of different cards! I had tons of fun making them and hope Kathie and you enjoy! :)
60 really is the bomb isn't it? I hear it is the new 40!
This card was made with paper I had laying around (most likely Hobby Lobby) and the bomb was created with the Micky and Friends Cricut Cartridge... the letters are from the Storybook cartridge. (p.s. not sure what the blob is above the B but my daughter was over by it before I took the picture... so who knows ;) )
Simply Fabulous even at 60! I do not know Kathie well but I am pretty sure this fits her perfectly! :)
The crown was created with the Storybook cartridge. The stamp was from K Andrew Designs... it is a stamp set called Fashionable Friends. If you have not had a chance to check out Kristal's stamps (cause I never talk about them or anything ;)) Be sure to check them out! She just release new sets this weekend and they are of course... ADORABLE! anyhow... check them out here http://www.kandrewdesigns.com/
Okay this was meant to be cute so I hope you are not put off by it Kathie :) It is Happy Birthday From one ol' bag to another! I thought it was cute... The saying "From one ol' bag to another" is also from the Fashionable Friends stamp set by K. Andrew Designs and the Happy Birthday was a stamp set I picked up from Hobby Lobby by Paper Studio I believe... The bag came from Mickey and Friends Cricut Cartridge and the paper and ribbon were just stuff I had!
Isn't it cute... Oh I forgot the rhinestones! Gotta bling it up a bit right??
Thanks all for visiting! I hope you have a fabulous day! Be sure to come back tomorrow for the cancer hop! More blog candy to be won and more amazing projects to see! See you all tomorrow...
Now off to Vicki's hop you go: http://mawmawsthoughts.blogspot.com
- Kathie: http://kathleessnippitsncricuts.blogspot.com
- Kari: http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/
- Debbie: http://scrapbydebbie.blogspot.com/
- Carla : http://racincrafts.blogspot.com/
- Kathy: http://kathyand3kids.blogspot.com/
- Heather: http://craftymamaof2heve.blogspot.com
- Vicki: http://mawmawsthoughts.blogspot.com
- Tisha: http://tishascraftcove.blogspot.com
- Jessie: http://edoggsugarlipsandprincessbuttercup.blogspot.com
- Amy: http://www.lovetocrop.com/
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