BLOG CANDY WINNER!

The winner of my blog candy, done by random draw, is Silvia! Hey Silvia, please contact me so I can get your candy in the mail! Thanks to everyone that made and posted a link to their flower pot card!

THANKS TO EVERYONE!!!

A very special thanks to everyone that participated in our Cropstop, World Card Making Day Blog Hop! We had so much fun planning and creating for you! I made some great cards and new friends. I even came across another Flower Pot Card in Bev's Blog! Thanks Bev for sharing your flower pot card with me. Remember, you have until midnight, Sunday, October 4th to post your comment along with the link to the flower pot card you created for the Cropstop Blog Hop!

World Card Making Day Blog Hop!

Welcome to the second hop of Cropstop's World Card Making Day Blog Hop!!

YOU ARE HERE.....He"ARTFUL" Validation of Vicki

We had so much fun last year, that we decided to repeat the festivities! On each hop you will get to enjoy a fabulous card made by one of our Cropstop Creative Team members, some hints about how to create the card and a MYSTERY letter (or two)! Yes, at the end of the blog hop you will put all of the letters together to spell our coupon code for this event!

If you didn't reach us through the WCMD Blog Hop, remember... hop on over to the start (Cropstop's Blog) to pick up your letters in the right order. Here is the list for the Blog HOP train! So jump in and have some fun!
1. CropStop's BLOG
2. Vicki
3. Jessica
4. Gloria
5. Marianne
6. Margie
7. Marcelle
8. Dalis

YOUR MYSTERY LETTER FROM ME IS...."O"!

Now, hop on over to Jessica's Blog to pick up your next mystery letter! Hoppy World Card Making Day to you!!!

As added incentive, I am offering this blog candy! Just post a comment in my blog with a link to your flower pot card, made especially for our blog hop! The deadline for posting is Sunday, October 4th at midnight Eastern time! A winner will be randomly drawn on Monday, October 5th. Stop back to see who wins!!

Hoppy Creating!

Here's a supply list and instructions for making this flower pot card. Remember, to be in the draw for my blog candy, you must post a comment, in my blog, with the link to the flower pot card you created for our CS blog hop!

Supplies: 1- 9" x 3 1/2" piece of cardstock for flower pot
1- 2 1/4" x 4 1/4" piece of white cardstock for pocket tag
1- 2 1/2" x 4 1/2" piece of cardstock for pocket tag mat.
3 scraps of coordinating cardstock for the larger flower
3 scraps of coordinating cardstock for the smaller flower
3 buttons for the flower centers
14 " piece of ribbon
Stamp with sentiment of your choice
Coordinating ink
Border/edge punch
Flower Punch/Die Cut with two different sizes
Paper Trimmer
Adhesive

Step 1 - Score the 9" x 3 1/2" piece of cs (horizontally positioned) at 2" and 5 1/2"

Step 2 - Fold in a mountain top fold at the 2" score line and a valley fold at the 5 1/2" score line

Step 3 - Punch the edge of the 2" front flap with your border punch. Ink all edges of the pot

Step 4 - To make the flower pot shape, place the cs on your paper trimmer with the 2" flap

turned up and the bottom folded behind (See lower flap fold in Step 2)

- Line up the 2" score line with the cutting track and the 5 1/2" fold line with the 1/2"
mark below the cutting track.

- Cut one side, flip and cut other side

Step 5 - Fold the top down and tie the ribbon around the flower pot. This will hold it together.

Step 6 - Adhere the white, 2 1/4" x 4 1/4" cs to the 2 1/2" x 4 1/4" mat. Stamp your sentiment

on the tag.

- Place your tag in the flower pot for better positioning of the flowers when adhering

them to the top of the tag.

- Pop dots will help add dimension to your flowers. I used a Sizzix die and Cuttlebug

embossing folder for the larger flowers and a Spellbinder small poinsettia die for the

smaller flower.

Now, so you don't hop too far, jump on over to Jessica's blog for your next blog hop letter...
Have a hopping good time! See you at the finish line!

Never found summer, but fall is here!

We sure never had much of a summer...lots of rain and humidity. A few weeks of beautiful weather that were short lived. There are leaves, hickory nuts, and acorns falling everywhere already. Very early for this! The ferns and burning bushes are changing color and the sea grass has awns too! They are all sure signs that fall is here or will be here shortly.

Not much time to scrap either. We have been busy traveling and getting ready for a wedding in December. There never seems to be enough time for everything that I want to do in a day. I did get some great photos a few weeks ago while visiting with our DDs and their families.

This LO is my DGS and his Aunt Krissy. He has decided that the water slide looks like fun! Wow, what a great time he had. At the age of 3, he had no problem figuring out how to climb and SLIDE!

Where is Summer?

Wow! Time has gotten away from me. It's August already and I don't remember having summer! It has rained so much the past couple of months, that one day runs into another as the clock is ticking. Finally, this past week, we have had some awesome weather. Mother Nature has decided to give us a little sunshine before blasting us with winter once again.

We have a very busy fall and winter ahead. Two weddings, vacations, and other family events!
My scrapping has taken a back seat once again to life....here are a few LOs that I have managed to work on the past few months.

The first is my Grandmother, Justina, as a young girl. I have the original photo and its in perfect condition. I love this Webster's Pages pp. It has a very vintage look to it.



This is a photo of our DGS taking a break with his Pop Pop. He plays so hard and sometimes he just wants to cuddle! But, not for long, because he's up and on the go again!

This is my DB and his lovely daughter, my niece/Goddaughter on her graduation day from college. He has been fighting the battle of his life the past few years with some health issues. I loved this photo of the two of them. A happy moment of love and admiration.

Another of my lovely nieces and also another Goddaughter. Her wedding day in October was beautiful touched with the colors of Mother Nature. Yep, that's me with her!

CROPSTOP STORE

Just to let you know, our CROPSTOP STORE web page is experiencing some technical difficulties. We are working to resolve the issue asap! Anyone wishing to order, can post here and I will contact them with my e-mail address! Thanks for your understanding and patience!

Look to the sky!!

Color inspiration. It is all around us. With our nation's birthday just around the corner, what could be more inspiring than the colors we see on the 4th of July? Man-made colors....fireworks....reds, blues, greens, purples, a collage of color, splattered across the sky like paint on a canvas! I loved fireworks as a child and still feel exhilirated when I see them as an adult. Perhaps that is the child that remains inside of me.

Nothing inspires me more than Mother Nature's palette. We are surrounded by wonderful colors every day. The sky so blue, the trees so green...brightly colored flowers and falling leaves. Even the blues and grays of winter are inspiring.

So whether it be man-made or from nature, there is color inspiration all around us.


Have a safe and happy holiday!