Hi there — I made a “thank you” scrapbook for my in-laws (they let us share their vacation!). And, since I liked the idea in Family Fun so much (see below), I used it! Below is my take on the sand castle (I used card stock instead of sand paper, but I still think it is effective). My mother-in-law LOVED it! Enjoy!
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Do you read this? I do, and I LOVE it. I get so many ideas from it that are easy to execute and most of the time I have the supplies in my craft room or in the kitchen! This month FF featured great ways to make your backyard a water park ( http://familyfun.go.com/arts-and-crafts/season/feature/ff0809-backyard-water-park/) and a REALLY cute san castle scrapbook that uses sand paper to make the sand castle (http://jas.familyfun.go.com/crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=12208). Check it out — very cute and super easy!!
Hi there — I do my best to make presents for people when I can, whether it is a coffee cake or a photo gift. When my nephew “graduated” from kindergarten, I wasn’t sure what to get him. But, my sister sends out pictures of all his important highlights in school, so I decided to make him a kindergarten scrapbook! I used a 7×7 book that I had from Creative Memories and very few embellishments…I think that it turned out great! I don’t have pictures page-by-page, but I have a couple of him opening it (isn’t the little mortar board ADORABLE?). Enjoy!
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Hi there — On one of my boards…Live Imagine Create…I participated in a “scraplift rotation.” This is my take on it…The page that I was “lifting from” had a little square pictures on a yellow gigham background with a star and an arrow and blue writing…here is my take on the rotation:
Hi there! Apologies for not posting in the last week — life got in the way. I will have more creative stuff for you tonight or tomorrow, but for now, I wanted to post an important announcement about CFH. Swarovski Crystals is partnering with CFH for the next couple weeks to get 30,000 cards signed! They’re gorgeous cards with a little crystal bling added to them . . . and about 150 cards are at each of their store locations til July 4th to be signed by customers. (Some of the stores have a sweet deal offering a free tshirt with purchase, check and see if yours does!) The signing is free—so please take your friends and family with you. Click here to find a Swarovski store near you! Thanks!
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I was catching up on some reading this past weekend, and I read in Paper Crafts Magazine that they sent over 1,500 cards from World Cardmaking Day to Cards for Heroes! That’s so awesome!! (If you are missing why I am so excited about that, see the post below about the CFH blog hop that I was a part of). I am so glad that Paper Crafts sent all of those wonderful cards to the troops! Yeah!
Hey there…a few weeks back, I entered a card making contest and won on www.fiskateers.com. And last week, I got the prize in the mail and WOW! I am overwhelmed by the generosity of lead Fiskateer, Kelly Jo! I can’t wait to play with all of my new goodies. How exciting! See the picture below…
Hi there — Here is a page that I made a while ago…I love this page for the way it looks, but also the message…it’s about me seeing a cousin of mine that I have not seen in over 20 years! I love the Daidy D paper, and the flowers. Enjoy!
Hey there — Sorry about being absent this week. I was planning for my son’s second birthday party! So, I was being creative, just didn’t have time to post…here are some of the “crafty” things I did for the party (more details tomorrow — I’m tired!):
**POST UPDATE: We have a winner! Random.org chose #31, which happens to be Deborah, who along with her daughter Gigi, left this message:
Hi there! I am glad you are here, as I am so excited to be participating in the Cards for Heroes Blog Hop. If you have landed here in the middle of the hop, I hope you will go to the start of the hop at http://cardsforheroes.org/ ( you don’t want to miss ONE of the great blogs that are participating.) We were asked to make a card using red, white, and blue to celebrate the Memorial Day weekend and Cards for Heroes. I just bought this adorable Sizzix die (angel #2) and thought that it would be a nice addition to this card.
You can’t really see it, but I also stamped the word “peace” in red on the red cardstock for some added texture.
Cards for Heroes’ mission is to support our nation’s armed forces by sending blank greeting cards to write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them. My experience with CFH has been really great. For my birthday last year, I asked my friends to bring some cards to my “party” instead of gifts to send. Of course, they were great and brought A LOT (one friend even had her class make cards for the effort), so I shipped a big box in time for Christmas. I have also sent Mother’s Day cards for their effort. As I always have more cards than I can use personally, I think this is an amazing cause to send cards to. I took some time today to check out the website and the blog (http://cardsforheroes.org/homefront-blog/) – please take the time to check it out — the soldiers that the cards go to are so thankful and it is definitely inspirational!! I hope that you will be inspired to send cards for our troops, too.
Now for the RAK — I have some clear stamps and a Fiskars “Chicky Baby” punch that I would love to give one of you! Leave a comment on this post and I will have random.org pick a winner on Monday night.
The next blogger on the hop is Anita in the Houston area. She is a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator and has some amazing cards on her blog — including some Father’s Day cards and a Graduation gift card holder idea that I very well may borrow. So please hop over to Anita’s blog http://secretagentstamper.blogspot.com/2009/05/cards-for-heroes-blog-hop.html/!
And, of course, THANK YOU to all of the service men and women who are serving our country!
Enjoy,
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