Please VOTE for my card

Happy Tuesday all!  Voting is now open and I NEED your votes! It's quick, easy and most of all PAINLESS but would help me greatly. Please go to One By One the Flamingos are Stealing My Sanity to vote. My card was given the title Floral Flamingo. I included a picture of the card above. You can vote up until the 31th of this month. Thank you in advance.

I Have a Dream Blog Hop

Hey they scrappy friends!  Welcome to the "I Have Dream Blog Hop".  In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday, we have created items that express our dreams.  The hop will be live from January 15th - 17th.  I'm honored to be among some great crafters so please be sure to hop all the way through to the end.  If you've come from Nicholette's blog then you are in the right place.  If not, please start at the beginning at Karelj's blog so that you can enjoy all the wonderful projects that have been created.

The Grand Prize Blog Candy is the Dreams Come True Cartridge, donated by an anonymous donor!! In order to be eligible to win, you need to leave a comment on each and every stop on the hop, along with a way to contact you. Karelj will choose a winner by random.org on the 18th and announce it on her blog, as well as contacting the winner personally.

My contribution for the hop focuses on my children.  I wanted to create something that would encourage them to reach for their dreams.  My oldest son (13) wants to be a chef, my oldest daughter (9) wants to be a Dance Historian, and youngest daughter (7) is autistic and loves to draw, and my youngest son (5) wants to be a  paleontologist or as he says, A Dino Expert. 

Today, I am featuring the mini-album that I created for my Dance Historian.  I simply used a $.50 star shaped chipboard album that I purchased from Michael's for the album. Each page features a spot for pictures and or journeling.  The pages are covered with coordinating cardstock that was first glued with Elmer's Glue and then 3M Quick Dry around the edges.  I then used an Exacto knife to trim the paper.  Then using a nail file, I sanded the edges to get a smooth edge on all sides.  This really works well and I'm pleased with the results. 

For my prize, I'm offering one person who comments on this post by the 17th the chance to win their choice of either five single cut or image files from www.Page-Kits.com. You don't have to be a fan friend BUT if you like what you see, please join me. If you want any other details on how I created this album, you can email me at askscrappinsista(at)hotmail(dot)com.

Please check back tomorrow as I am going to try to create and post my other projects if I feel better. 

So, now head on over to my bud Celeste's page.  I know she has something creative up her sleeves.  Thanks for hopping along with us this weekend.  If you get lost, I have posted the entire blog hop list at the very bottom of this post.  I hope that we have sparked your dreams and encouraged you to pursue them.

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Karelj at One By One The Flamingos Are Stealing My Sanity
Nicolette at Beyond Scrapping
Christel at Scrappin' Sista **You are here.**
Celeste at Touched By a Butterfly
Rachel Henahan at Suburban Crafter
Stephanie at SS Crafter
Col at Col's Creative Corner
Jessica at Overjoyed Scrapper
Krista and Kori at 2 Crafty Chicks
Gina at Gina Thornton Stamping
Monique at Unique Monique

Kathryn at Creations with Kathryn

FEBRUARY - Calendar Blog Hop

Happy Tuesday and welcome to the 2011 Calendar Blog Hop.  Today through the 30th we are featuring layouts that we hope will inspire you to create an album to chronicle your family's journey through 2011.    We have some amazing crafters who are sharing their LOs with you.  I hope that you will follow all the way to the end.

“The Grand Prize Blog Candy is a brand-new Designer’s Calendar Cartridge, donated by Karel at One By One The Flamingos Are Stealing My Sanity. In order to be eligible to win, you need to leave a comment on each and every stop on the hop with a way for her to contact you. She will choose a winner by random.org on the 31st and announce it on her blog, as well as contacting the winner personally.”  Please leave your email safely.

Now...please accept my sincere apologies.  I traveled to Charlotte to spend Christmas with my Mom and my sister.  I have everything laid out for my return on the 27th.  However, the 27th is Monday and not Tuesday.  UH!!!!  So, I am off a day. 

Please bare with me.  As soon as I return on Tuesday, I am going to upload the pictures of the layout.  You can choose to come back or leave a comment now to be entered into the grand prize drawing. I will have a small surprise pack for one commenter.  You don't have to be a follower to win but I do enjoy making new friends and promise you won't be disappointed if you do. The winner will be selected using Random.org on January 1.  The winner will have one week to claim the prize so be sure to come back and see if you won.

Also, starting in January 2011, I am planning on hosting swaps.  If you'd like to participate, you will need to be a follower.  My blog will be the main way I communicate updates and notices concerning the swaps. 
Now on to my project for the hop...I selected the month of February.  For my layout, I choose the main colors of black, white, and red. There are some interesting holidays and events in the month of February.  My left page highlights some of these holidays as well as three photo mats that can be used to mount pictures of events that occur in the month.   On the left is a calendar that created using my new Gypsy.  I even included a rabbit for the Chinese New Year and a groundhog for Groundhog's Day.  I used the following Cricut cartridges to complete this project - Camp Out, Cricut Classic Font, Cricut Sampler, Cuttin' Up, Destinations, Sesame Street - Elmo's Party, Gypsy Wanderings, and Mini Monograms.  I have even included a flower I created following the wonderful tutorial by my wonderful friend, Melinda at Scrapbook Eden. She has some phenomenal tutorial.  I believe that's it.  If I get back and find out I didn't cover everything, I'll be sure to update the post.

If you get lost on the blog hop, here are the links to all the bloggers who are participating.
January - Celeste & Jessica
Febuary - Christel (**ME**) & Karel
March - Diane & Karel
April - Celeste & Bonnie
May - Michelle & Natalie
June - Lisa & Jamie
July - Diane & Summer and Jennifer
August - Denise & Gina
Septemeber - Jessica & Deb
October - Rebecca & Lora
November - Belinda & Col
December - Col & Deb

Please vote for my card

Voting is now open and I NEED your votes!  It's quick, easy and most of all PAINLESS but would help me greatly.  Please go to One By One the Flamingos are Stealing My Sanity to vote.  My card was given the title cornucopia.  I included a picture of the card above. You can vote up until the 30th of this month.  Thank you in advance.

Please vote for my card.

Voting has started over on Karel's blog.  I created the Spooky Tree card (supposed to be just a Fall card) and would like to ask for your support.  If you could visit her blog by clicking HERE and vote for my card (if you like it), I would appreciate it.  Here's a picture of the card. 

Happy Scrappin'!

Fall card

Fall Card Using Pink & Request for help



Here is my entry for Karel's October Challenge over at One By One the Flamingos are Stealing My Sanity.  Karel asked that we create some for halloween using the color pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  I have made a choice not to celebrate halloween so Karel was kind and said I could create something for Fall.  I wanted to stick close to her challenge and so I incorporated pink in the design as required but my card is a Fall birthday card.  I have a LOT of October birthdays to celebrate. 

Starting tomorrow, the voting begins.  I would really appreciate it if you visited her site and voted for my card. It's so easy.  You'd just need to visit her blog and look to the right and click on voting.  Once there, look for my card and click on it to vote.  I will let you know what position it's in tomorrow so you know exactly where to go.  Thanks so much!