"Treat Yourself" to a great Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to another GREAT blog hop.

My name is Jeanette Graves and you should have gotten here from Meredith's blog. If not click here to go back and collect her letter. If you want to start at the beginning click here and check out Brooke's blog.  You will not be disappointed.

When you reach our fearless leader Lora at the end of the hop you should have 17 letters. I'll explain more later about the letters.

Now there is an awesome crop going on over at CardSwaps this week. Challenges and games will be posted August 8th~11th.
You have until 11:59PM EST August 14, 2012 to get your projects posted to the appropriate thread. Now if you are new don't worry. There are many wonderful people to help along the way. Lora's blog will take you to the crop, so I hope you join us.

The theme for this blog hop goes with the crop "Treat Yourself". They left the type of project up to the hostesses of the blog hop, as long as it somehow conveyed a way the hostess "treats" herself. They also asked us to share something about a way we unwind or our favorite way to treat ourselves.

I LOVE COFFEE! I know shocking but my favorite way to treat myself is with Tim Hortons coffee. I even had to stop and get coffee on the way to my wedding! Now getting coffee out is expensive so it really is a treat when I get a cup.

 Now for my card. Here is what I used to make this cute card. From Stampin Up I used the "Morning Cup" stamp set, Watercolor Pencils to color image {not real well I might add} and Corduroy Brad. I made the background paper with a technique I love using "Shaving Cream".  The ribbon I got from the stash from a swap on CardMaker.

I had alot of fun making this card. I hope you enjoy it.

Now for the letters I talked about earlier. 

Unscramble It game for hoppers... You will be unscrambling a word once you collect a letter at each blog you visit. Once you collect ALL the letters, the last hostess (LORA) in the blog hop will direct you to the thread in the forum where you can find all the details you need to enter the drawing. All hoppers collecting all the letters, unscrambling the word or phrase, entering the game by following the directions in the forum, and leaving feedback on EVERY blog in the hop WILL be entered in to a random drawing held on August 15, 2012. ONE lucky hopper will have their name drawn and will win a prize!! Fun, right?? The winner will be posted in the forum on the game thread for Time To Shine Unscramble It! So, make sure you visit every blog and find the letters.

Your hints are... it’s a phrase, it has three words, and it’s a way to keep balance in one's life.

My letter is... O

Now, be sure to hop on over to the forum with all your letters and unscramble the phrase. Check out the challenges and play some games. It's a lot of fun!!!

The list of hoppers, in case you got lost somewhere on the hop are.

Brooke Smith

Jane

Susan

Margaret

Trudy

Golda

Meredith

               Jeanette ~ You Are Here

Colleen

Laura

Ivanka

Marlene

Anya

Angelina

Ana

Ashley

Lora

Father's Day

Father's Day is hard for Bob and I.

I lost my daddy {Alfred} on August 16th 2010.  

Bob lost his father {Robert} on October 26th 2010.

I think about them everyday.

I remember the first time I met Bob's dad.

He gave me the biggest hug.

I felt like family right away.

Bob is a great father to Nick{16}, MIA{9} & Elphaba{3}.

Ok so only one {Nick} is human! LOL

Bob works hard and is always thinking of others before himself.

I love him so much. I can't wait to contiune to grow our family. Human and dogs alike.

Here is a card I made for not only a challenge on http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/page/friends-of-speedytv-challenge-24 but to celebrate the wonderful husband and father I married. We don't get to ride the Harley often but when we do he is thrilled and looks good doing it. I know he will enjoy this card as much as I enjoyed making it.

Happy Father's Day!

Cardmaking While Sick

I truely love cardmaking. It makes me feel wonderful to see a finished card. However when you are sick your brain just doesn't want to work. LOL

Thanks to my wonderful friend Lora from CardMaker. She showed us this card and I just had to try it. It's called a Flip Flop Card. You'll find her card and challenge here:

http://www.cardmakermagazine.com/cardswap/index.php/topic,3794.0.html

Next time I try a new technique or fold I will make sure I am not sick. It took watching her video 4 times before I finally understood what to do. Not her fault at all.

  

I used up alot of scraps on this card {I have a box full all sorted by color} The Owl was made with my punch from Stampin Up. The saying is also from Stampin Up {Best Yet} I used some flowers I recieved from various friends on CardMaker.

Thanks for stopping by I hope to see your creations on: http://www.cardmakermagazine.com/cardswap/index.php

Tool Stamping

Here is a technique I learned at Technique Tuesday. It is really easy and the possibilities are endless.

TOOL STAMPING:

This technique is similar to "kissing". Ink up a soild image stamp.

Using an uninked stamp that has dots, lines or patterns {referred to as the "TOOL STAMP"}

drag it around onto the solid image stamp. Now you can go in a straight line or move it in waves. Then stamp the solid image stamp onto your cardstock.

Then assemble card.

Please join me over at Card Maker Magazine for my weekly challenge. Thanks for stopping by.

http://www.cardmakermagazine.com/cardswap/index.php

Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge Week 110

Thanks to my great friend Jane from CardMaker I have found yet another site to be addicted to. You'll have to check it out. Great cards and wonderful people. http://mfpspeedytv.ning.com/

Here is my entry for the Week 110 Challenge. We had to make a card using buttons. This card was alot of fun and will be going to my mom. She is really crafty and used to sew all of the clothes my siblings and I wore. She tried to teach me to sew but I ended up sewing all of her wash cloths together and I was banned from then on. We still laugh about it.

Next up a CardMaker challenge. So stayed tuned.

BLOG HOP For Card Maker Magazine

Welcome!

There is an amazing crop going on over at CardSwaps this week. Challenges, games and conversations will be posted May 16-19, 2012 and you have until May 22, 2012 to get your projects posted to the appropriate thread. If you haven't participated before, don't worry! There are many members and myself that will be around to offer support and encouragement. You can find out all you need to know in the forum. At the end of the hop you will be taken to the crop and I do hope you join in. Collect the letters along the way and unscramble them to be entered into the drawing for a prize for one lucky hopper! You will be given details at the bottom of this post. Don't skip ahead!!! You may miss something great.

The blog hop "theme" goes along with the crop "Time To Shine". The hostesses for the hop were able to come up with there own projects. The only criteria the project has to meet is that it has to be able to be used for a day in which someone has their “Time To Shine”! Such as birthdays, graduations, weddings, communions, or whatever. We were also asked to share something about our favorite memory of a day when it was our “time to shine”.

My memory happened less than a year ago. On Aug 27th 2011 I married my best friend. It was wonderful day. I loved having my friends and family there to see us get married.

I couldn't help but smile all day long.

The card I created is a wedding card. As some of you may know I am not a huge fan of GLITTER! Well I do love embossing. I think it adds a glitter effect without having it everywhere. I used black paper and vellum. The ribbon is from my giant ribbon stash so not really sure where that came from. The embossed roses are from Stampin Up using the Big Shot {which I LOVE}. The stamp is from a Stampin Up set called Happy Harmony. This card took me 15 min, from start to finish, including embossing and using the Big Shot.

Unscramble It game for hoppers... You will be unscrambling a word once you will collect a letter at each blog you visit. Once you collect ALL the letters, the last hostess in the blog hop will direct you to the thread in the forum where you can find all the details you need to enter the drawing. All hoppers collecting all the letters, unscrambling the word or phrase, entering the game by following the directions in the forum, and leaving feedback on EVERY blog they visit WILL be entered in to a random drawing held on May 23, 2012. ONE lucky hopper will have their name drawn and will win a prize!! Fun, right?? So, make sure you visit every blog and find the letters.

Your hints are... it’s a phrase, it has four words, and it’s a way you will be able to shine.

OK... You arrived here from Brooke Smith's blog, I hope. If not, go back and check out her blog and collect your letter. Then collect my letter and hop on. If you want to start over, feel free to start back with Brooke on the CardMaker Magazine blog.

My letter is... O

The list of hoppers, in case you got lost.

Brooke Smith -

Jeanette ~~~~ YOU ARE HERE

Ashley

Anya Schrier

Golda

Ivanka

Ana

Michelle Woerner

Judy L

Lisa

Trudy Sjolander

Jane

Angelina

Kimberly Crawford

Laura

Tammy

Carolyn King

Marlene

Susan

Colleen Schaan

Meredith

Lora