Top Ten Blog Hop {giveaway}

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***ETA 1.1.13: WINNER WINNER--- *Alison* said...

Your #9 is my favorite of yours from this year... So cute, all of them.. Hugs

Congrats, Alison! Please send me an email {sbmmhoover at yahoo dot com} to claim your prize!! Happy NEW Year everyone!!! 

I am so excited for today's post because several of my crafty friends have joined together to share our TOP TEN Blog posts of 2012!!! Thanks, Christine Meyer, for asking me to join in the fun:}

If you came from Rhonda VanGinkel's blog, you are in the right place-- if you would like to start from the beginning of the hop, please click HERE. ***Giveaway details below! 

I have to say that picking only 10 of my FAV projects was super hard! I wanted to share at least 100 of my projects today- LOL! I tried to share something that featured some of the companies I've worked with this past year--I was so blessed to be on 10 DTs! 

#10: Momenta Pop-Up card-- I love this card because the Momenta papers are fun and that elephant is just the cutest! I really should make more pop-up cards (the tutorial was super simple to follow!)

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#9 WCMD Reveal-- I love this card because it was one of my clever ideas that came out PERFECTLY! 

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#8 Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps-- I love love love this card! It has the perfect papers and added embellishments {including that fab vintage seam binding from The Ribbon Carousel}. LOVE! 

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#7 I Didn't Forget/There She Goes-- I looooove this card! Love the design and the papers. I also love that fun elephant from TSG stamps! Too cute:) 

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#6 Happy Holidays from FL/PDCC-- LOOOOOOOVE this card! But I don't love how long it took me to paper piece this Santa image or that I created this a bit late for a publication call! LOL! 

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#5 Catching Up with Avocado Arts-- ACK! LOVE x10 this card! Fun design and papers! 

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#4 Good Housekeeper-- LOVE LOVE LOVE x10000 this card! I love these October Afternoon papers! SUPER fun!

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#3 Mama Elephant Holiday Penguin-- LOVE LOVE LOVE that his hat is flying away! I also love this card because it was the first time I used washi tape!! 

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#2 Happy Everything/ Paper Smooches and Paper Smooches SPARKS-- I cannot begin to tell you how much I LOVE my PS stamps! I love being on the DT for the PSS as well!! I think my love for this company is actually an infatuation! LOL! 

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#1 Snowman in a Cup/RC-- OH MY! Another "clever" design for this card--I love love love that snowman in the cup!! Too cute:) 

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And just in case you wanted to see more of my FAVS click HERE (a card for my BFF Ash), HERE, HERE, HERE, HERE, and HERE! 

That's it for me today. Next up--hop on over to Audrey Yeager's blog! **Giveaway::: Please leave a comment below for your chance to win a mystery box with patterned paper, ribbons, and more! One comment per person. Winner will be announced on Dec. 31. 

Here's a list of the blog hop-- be sure to leave some love for all of my crafty friends! 

Liz Chidester

Marcia Dehn Nix

Monika Wright

Ivanka Lentle

Christine Meyer

Jamie Cripps

Erin Morehousehttp

Melissa Elsner

Jodi Wilton

Sarah Hill

Laurel Seabrook

Carrie Walz

Jen Matott

Jan Tatomir

Jennifer Haggerty

Kerri Yarus

Ashley Nguyen Newell

Cathy Harper

Malika Kelly

Lynn Shokoples

Kris Berc

Julie Tucker Wolek

Rhonda VanGinkel

Savannah O'Gwynn {you are HERE!}

Audrey Yeager

Katrina Hunt

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be blessed:}

There She Goes blog hop for Jessica's Birthday! {post2}

Hello, friends:}

**Please click HERE or scroll up/down for my Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps post.

**After 10am-- Please click HERE or scroll up/down for my Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge post.

I was asked about a week ago to join in a birthday hop for There She Goes owner, Jessica K. I am thrilled to be apart of this hop because I LOVE LOVE LOVE Jessica! She is super sweet:) Happy birthday, Jessica! I hope you enjoy your special day and CELEBRATE YOU! Psalm 118:24 


For my card, I pulled out some of my TSG stamps that I received while staying at Jessica's house in February. This set is called Ba Donkey Donk. I thought it would be perfect for her bday card:) I also stamped the cake image from my TSG's Ruh-roh stamp set. I set it on the donkey's behind! ACK---so cute:) I masked the sentiment and used my favorite letters from Momenta. I used some of my new My Mind's Eye Nostalgia papers and some burlap twine {both available HERE from the RC}. I was also inspired by a card design by Teri Anderson!! LOOOOOVE this card:) 

That's it for me today, but make sure you stop by Jessica's blog and wish her a happy birthday! And don't forget to hop along everyone's blogs and check out their amazing creations! 

THANKS so much for stopping by! Be blessed:)

Ribbon Carousel and There She Goes Stamps blog hop--GIVEAWAY!!!!

Hello, friends:}

The Ribbon Carousel has teamed up for a blog hop with the designers from There She Goes Clear Stamps!  If you haven't checked out their stamps, click HERE!!! The RC designers are big fans of TSG!

There She Goes Clear Stamps offer high quality photopolymer stamps in designs that you will love to use. From elegant to playful, we have something for everyone!

I created a super fun card for a father.... I used last month's TSG release set When I Grow Up.  Soooo cute! I also used some of My Mind's Eye paper {available HERE from the RC shop}. The ribbons are some of my fav twill {available HERE and HERE from the RC shop}. I tried to play along with the iSpy Sketches challenge. Yes--I changed the sketch! LOL! I moved the three strips closer together...and I think that is really it. LOVE how this card turned out! LOVE LOVE LOVE:)

That's it for me today...but there's more! There is a GIVEAWAY! Hop along today and one lucky blog hopper will win a Ribbon Carousel and one lucky blog hopper will win a $50 gift certificate from There She Goes Clear Stamps! But there is even MORE!!! The RC is going to give away a $10 gift certificate to the RC store on the Facebook page page and TSG will give away a $10 gift certificate to the TSG store on their Facebook page.  For more GIVEAWAY details, click HERE! 

Here's the list of the blog hop: 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be blessed and good luck!!! 

RCC50 ANYTHING Goes with There She GOES

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Question: Did you see the news about the Ribbon Carousel Birthday celebration?? Make sure you come back next Tuesday for the party!!

We are excited to have our friends at There She Goes as this week’s RC challenge sponsor! It is no secret that Jessica Knutsen and Corinna have become friends during their crafting journeys. Soooo, we thought it only fitting that Jessica and her team help us celebrate the last challenge of our first year!

There She Goes Clear Stampsoffer high quality photopolymer stamps in designs that you will love to use. Jessica’slove of designing stamps came while looking for different tree stamp sets. “Icouldn't find exactly what I was looking for, so I decided to design my own.The first set that I ever designed was Branching Out. I had so much fun that Idesigned a few more. I was so happy with the end results, that I wanted to beable to share my stamps with others.” Fromelegant to playful, we have something for everyone!

Jessica is giving this week’s lucky random winner a gift certificate of $25 to spend at the There She Goes store!

The challenge is ANYTHING GOES--one of my fav challenges:) This week I used lots of my favorite things: papers from Me & My Big Ideas, black chevron ribbon {available HERE from the Ribbon Carousel}, fabric brad from Pink Paislee, and this little elephant image from There She Goes!!!!! LOVE this card--I needed to make a birthday card for a friend a month ago! I didn't forget her birthday...I'm just a bit slow:)

I really wanted to put small black bows on his nose...but I forgot and took the pictures! There is a theme going on here--forgetting:)

The RCC team would love for you to join in the fun this week! Here are the details:

• Make your NEW creation following the ribbon carousel challenge (sketch, inspiration, style or color) image. Be sure to include some type of ribbon, twine, hemp, lace....basically, anything that comes on a spool.
• Your creation can be ANYTHING from cards, quilts, sewn items, paper crafts, paintings! ***Be sure to have ribbon, bakers twine, jute twine, lace, thread (basically anything that comes on a spool) on your creation! And be sure to follow the RCC challenge theme!
• Load your creation up onto your blog or a public viewing forum like SplitcoastStampers, (use the keyword RCC50) with a direct link back to The RCC blog post. Including the challenge graphic isn't a requirement, but sure is appreciated! A participant of our very first challenge didn't link back or mention our challenge and couldn't be named Top Spool, so don't let that happen to you!
• Come back to The RCC blog post and link in your creation using the Inlinkz button at the bottom of this post. Your image may take a little while to pop up but don't worry it will appear shortly.
• Be sure to come back the Friday after the challenge ends to see if YOU are a Top Spool! :D

This challenge will end on May 1st at 11:59pm EST.

Please head over to The Ribbon Carousel website and check out their products!!! I just love THIS link on their site--it's shows all the NEW items **THIS link gets me in trouble A LOT! I just love my papers and ribbons:) 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be blessed:}

2 challenges:)

Hello, friends:}


HAPPY EASTER!!!!!!!!!! He is RISEN!!!!!!!!!! Hallelujah! Today is also my friend's birthday! Please wish her a happy birthday with me:) HAPPY HAPPY birthday, Brigid!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy your special day- Psalm 118:24!!!!!!!


**Please click HERE or scroll down for my Whisker Graphics post.


OH MY! I cannot believe how LONG it's been since I played with some challenges! I am so happy that I finished this card (barely in time for TSG) using the There She Goes {metal} and the Freshly Made Sketches challenges. 

I love this card! I rotated the sketch and pretty much left it the way it was {I know! That's not normal for me!}. I used the new There She Goes Jungle Out There stamp set for my images. The branches and monkey were masked and switched so that I could have the two characters interacting. I used some old My Mind's Eye papers along with some old Cosmo Cricket alphas. LOOOOOOOVE! 

That's it for me today! Happy RESURRECTION day! Be blessed:}