A terrific inspiration award from a terrific crafter!

I've made a whole lot of great crafters here in blogland and I am so blessed to have met these wonderful ladies.   One that is very special to me is La Janette;  who has awarded this Inspiration Award to me. Thanks so much dear!

I love her designs on the Top Tip Tuesday's team, as well as all of her other creations.  You can visit her anytime and she will always have such pretty creations!

Here are the rules to this award!!!

1. Share 7 things about yourself

2. Pass it along to 7 beauty blogs you've recently discovered and enjoy

3. Thank and link back to who gave you the award

So here I go following the rules:

7 things about myself:

1.   I am the middle child of 3

2.  I am a true believer in "opposites attract" 

3.  Married 24 years to my favorite opposite.

4.  I own every musical ever made

5.  I've played the piano since I was 11  

6.  Orange and Red Tulips are my favorite flowers

7.  I never buy NEW ...cars,  children clothes,  movies or video games!  Recycling will save the planet.

I would like to pass this award to the following 7 ladies ( in no order at all)

1. Heather: Curly Q Designs

2.  Karen:  Karens Kreative Kards  

3. Tammy Louise:  Kizzy Designs

4.  Rachel: Hope Stamps Eternal

5.  Lisa:  From crayons to Copics 

6.  Cazzy: Cazzytime 

7. Samantha:  Penrith Crafts

Thank you for visiting,

Cream of the Crop Daddy!

I created a tea bag holding card for my father and was blessed with an award!  I wanted to share this creation with you and remind the stamp designer and design team that challenged me to accomplish it!

The CropStop Creative Team has chosen two, "Cream of the Crop" badge winners for Challenge #23. They are, #6-Tammy Louise and #16-Angela. Congratulations to both of you. You can collect the Cream of the Crop Badge from the sidebar by right clicking on it to copy and paste it in your blog!




 I learned how to make a tea bag holding card through my new team mate Heike, thanks!  Great job on the tutorial.  

Tammy Louise's, "Teddy Bear Daddy" card. You can see more of her creations HERE.

Angela's monochromatic, "Get Well Soon" card. You can find more of her creationsHERE.

Thanks to everyone that participated in our, "Twice As Much Fun" Challenge. Visit theCropStop Challenge Blog for our current Challenge #24, "Embossed Embellishments".

Thank you for visiting,

Scrap Creations Winner

Just giving a shout out for a great challenge over at Scrap Creations!  My first image from Wags 'n Whiskers and my first card on the DT team was chosen as top 3!  Thank you also to the great fairy image Hannah!

This is the post:

Before I show you this weeks fabulous DT cards, let me show you last weeks FABULOUS TOP 3!

Deborah H:





Judy R:
Tammy: Congrats ladies, Gorgous cards. Please feel free to grab the "I made TOP 3" button on the left side of my blog!

Thank you for visiting,

Candy: My first award

I was given this lovely award by Laurie this week ~

So I decided to go through some of my favorite comments and award 7 of them for their sincere and MUCH inspiring hugs,  and here they are:

1.)    Eulanda from Cards and more Cards

2.)    Linda from Crafty Ranch

3.)    Maribel from Scraps and Things

4.)    Beth from Beths Bits of Art

5.)    Lavender memory lane

6.) Debra from Debra's place to stamp

7.)    Linda from Linda’s Stamping Blog

STEP 1     Make a post linking to the person who gave you the award:

STEP 2     Share 7 random things about yourself

STEP 3     Award 7 recently discovered bloggers with this award

STEP 4     Contact these 7 bloggers and tell them they’ve won the award

7 random things about ME:

1. I graduated from High School with my husband
2. There are 2 longhaired mini doxies at home
3. I sing in the community choir with my daughter
4. Gerber flowers make me smile
5. I don’t mind being in a mans world … as long as I can be a woman in it
6. I cook with love
7. I’m usually the tallest woman in a crowd

INSPIRATIONAL THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

If you need a reason to call mom today, find one!

Thank you Laurie have a great week everyone!