tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40488568887910332822012-02-01T23:49:01.340-06:00Sharing stamped creations for your smiling pleasure...*Vicki*http://www.blogger.com/profile/13172743638660915223noreply@blogger.comBlogger9871100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048856888791033282.post-34935478823319178192012-01-30T09:20:00.000-06:002012-01-30T09:20:44.449-06:00

Hello friends!!  I have missed you all so much!! It's been a few months since my last posting and I truly apologize to all of my blogging friends for not giving you a head's up on any of it, but I just needed to take an emergency break for a while.  There was a short time in there when I wasn't sure I was even going to come back to blogging/crafting, but my hubby said that my crafting and

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Hello friends!!   The weekend is finally here!  I hope you have some great plans in store!!  I sure do and plan to spend some time with my hubby!! :)   It will be our Anniversary tomorrow and I wanted to let him know just how special he is...so here is a card that I've made especially for him... I've taken the Belles 'n Whistles stamp called Sweet Love and personalized the heart in the

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Hello friends!!  A happy "hump day" to ya!!  Hope you are having a great week! I have a special post to share with you today and hope it will inspire you to play along! :) My teamies at House Mouse & Friends Challenge Blog are sponsoring another challenge blog! Yep, a challenge blog sponsoring a challenge blog...and I know you'll want to join  us for double the fun, right?!!  HM&F has a

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Hello friends!!  Today I have to share with you my last post as a Guest Designer for the Tuesday Throwdown Challenge Blog! I just wanted to take a minute to thank the girls over there at Tuesday Throwdown for having me along with them during the month of October.  I had so much fun and feel like I've made a few new friends along the way!  So of course I will continue to follow along and play

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This is my second post for today - Please scroll down to see my Belles 'n Whistles Challenge creation. -------------------------------------------------------------- So this Monday brings us also another House Mouse & Friends Challenge too!! Our lovely teamie, Sue Kment would like to see your House Mouse FALL creations this time! There will be THREE prizes up for grabs this time...so be

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Happy Monday morning to you friends!!  Hope you all had a lovely weekend! It's back to the "grind stone" at my house...which is fine with me as I love being in a routine...I'm a mess without one! I had a really great relaxing weekend though. So today starts us a brand new Belles 'n Whistles Challenge! Our lovely DT Iris wants to see those pretty Pins & Pearls on your creations!!  I love to

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Hello and happy Friday to ya!! Ready for the weekend?! I plan to do some much needed stamping time inside the warm house...it's cold out there! :) *If you are here to see who won my Birthday Blog Candy Give Away...please be patient...it's towards the bottom of this post! - wink!* Fall is most definitely in the air and there are several challenges to reflect that too!   So I've taken

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Hello my friends!! :)  Happy Thursday to you! **Don't forget that TODAY is the LAST day to enter my Birthday Blog Candy!!  There are only about 5 more hours left if you haven't entered yet or just discovered it!   - I will be drawing the winner and announce it tomorrow here on my blog...so stay tuned in for that!** So I couldn't resist playing along with the Riley & Company challenge this

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CLICK HERE to enter my Birthday Blog Candy give away!  Ends October 20th!  ------------------------------------------------------- Hello friends and happy Tuesday!!  Hope you all had a great weekend! It is starting to get a bit chilly over my way...Fall has certainly come!  There is even talk of flurries in the forecast! YIKES! I would like to take a moment to welcome the new followers!

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Hello friends!!  Wow...long time, no post!!  So sorry about that, but as you know I've been really busy preparing for the craft show and had it Saturday.  It was so much fun meeting people and it turned out really great!  So I may do it again next year...we'll see! :)  But boy am I tired!  So please give me a day or two to catch up with everything going on in blogland!  And don't forget to

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Hello friends!!  Happy Tuesday!  I hope you are having a great week so far!! I've been busting my little busy behind and hope to get things I want finished in time! (I think I'll be glad when this weekend is over!! LOL!!) So today starts us another fun challenge for you at the Tuesday Throwdown Challenge Blog!! Yay! I'm having so much fun being the guest designer for them this month...so I

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CLICK HERE to enter my birthday blog candy give away - ends Oct. 20th! Please scroll down to see my House Mouse & Friends challenge creation. ------------------------------------------------- Hello friends!!  I'm back with another fun challenge creation to share with you! There is a brand new challenge up on the Belles 'n Whistles Challenge blog today!! YAY! The really sweet and

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Hello friends and happy Monday!! I hope you all enjoyed your weekend...mine was so busy and I plan to be quite busy this entire week as well!!  So thank you for hanging in there with me until I'm able to spend more time on the computer. So today brings us the first challenge in October at House Mouse & Friends!! Yay! And of course with this being October, we had to have some fun Fall colors

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CLICK HERE to enter my birthday blog candy give-away!! - ends Oct. 20th! ------------------------------------------------------ Hello friends!!  Are you enjoying your weekend?! I am busily crafting and crafting away ...as well as "packaging" things up for my up-coming craft fair this next weekend.  So I really apologize for not being around that much, but I'm so busy doing things that are

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CLICK HERE for my Birthday Blog Candy give away! -------------------------------------------------- Hello my friends!!  Happy Tuesday and the beginning of a new week in October!!  WOW!  That got here really fast, didn't it?!!  The leaves are starting to change color here and looking so pretty! I am VERY thrilled today because I get to share with you that I've been asked by the lovely Davi

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CLICK HERE to enter my Birthday Blog Candy give away -------------------------------------------- Hello friends!!  It's almost Friday morning where I'm at...told you I'd be having a few late nighters!! I am looking forward to the weekend though and hopefully get some more things done! Thanks again for all of your encouraging comments and well wishes!  I'm feeling much better now. I have a

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Hello friends!!   Hope you are all doing well!!  I wanted to take a moment to say how terrible I've been lately with me feeling ill and the fact that I haven't been around too much to visit you all.  I TRULY appreciate ALL of your kind comments and thoughts!!  I read them all and really love to see what you have to say! Since my birthday is this week...tomorrow to be exact, I thought I'd

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2nd post Please scroll down to see my Belles 'n Whistles Challenge post. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello friends! :) I wanted to mention thanks so much for all of the "get well" wishes sent my way, they're all greatly appreciated...I hope to be feeling better soon! So today starts a brand new House Mouse & Friends Challenge! Yay!!

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Happy Monday to you friends!  I hope that you've all enjoyed a great weekend! Still here trying to get over my cold, but I think I'll be getting better soon...still taking meds. So anyway, today starts another FUN challenge over on the Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog!! YAY! Our lovely and talented Iris would like for us to pick our Favorite Color / Color Combination for the challenge

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There's still a few more days left to enter the House Mouse & Friends Birthday Bash Blog Hop! You can enter your challenge creation on my blog post HERE for a chance at another prize!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello friends and happy Friday to you all!! :)  I hope that you have had a lovely week and you are looking forward to a great weekend

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Midway reminder to enter the House Mouse & Friends 3rd Birthday Blog Hop Challenge!!  CLICK HERE to enter your HM creation for a chance at my blog hop candy!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Happy Monday friends! :) I hope you all enjoyed the weekend!!  Mine was busy, but so much fun! :) I look forward to more crafty time for sure!  Got lots to do

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Please CLICK HERE to enter my House Mouse & Friends blog hop candy!!!! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello friends!! :)  I first want to say that I'm so sorry for neglecting my blog this week! I've had such a crazy week and have just recently been able to create and post something! Anyway, I wanted to share this really fun Christmas

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Please scroll down to see my Belles 'n Whistles Challenge post!!  ------------------------------------------------ WOOHOO! House Mouse & Friends turns THREE (3) today!! We are all getting together to celebrate this FUN Birthday BASH with a BLOG HOP!!!  Oh we are so excited to bring to you this very special blog hop!!  There are guest designers, ME...as a new part of the team!! YAY!! I'm

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Good morning friends!  I get to start back into the fun challenges at the Belles 'n Whistles Challenge Blog today!! YAY!! :) Today starts a fun color challenge for you issued by our lovely DT sister Lynda! These are some really bright and happy colors to work with!  I decided to pair them up to match my Stampin' Up! card stock and came up with:  Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight and Cherry

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Hello friends!!  Yay!! Happy Friday to you!! Are you ready for the weekend?!! I sure am!  I'm looking forward to spending some time with hubby! I did a creation today just for fun and because I think these stamps are just too cute! :) When I first saw this darling Milly- Me and my dog stamp at Lilli of the Valley, I couldn't help but grab it up!  It just stole my heart! :)  I see they've

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Hello friends!!  Hope you all had a great long Labor Day weekend! I told you that September was going to be FULL of fun surprises! I'm happy to announce that I am back designing for Inky Impressions!  I'm back to being an "Inspirational Inkette" again!! YAY!!  Thanks to Nicole for having me back! :) There have been many exciting changes going on whilest I was away!  Nicole has now introduced

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Yay!!  Happy Friday and happy September to you friends!!  Fall is on the way shortly!!  I'm ready to get rid of these hot summer-like days now! I'm "officially" back on the Belles 'n Whistles design team today! Yay!  I'm back to stay baby!! It's nice to be returning to my love for these stamps and to be with my fellow BnW sisters once again!  Today is my turn to post on the Belles 'n

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TEE HEE!!  That's exactly what my boys have been feeling like these last two weeks!! :)Well it's hump day today friends and I thought it would be fun to share a "back-to-school" project with you today!  So pull up a chair and have a look:If you remember the two Magnolia-licious stamps I won last month, I wanted to be sure to pull out this really sweet Tilda with Pony Tail and get her colored in!

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Hello friends!!  Happy Monday to you!Are you ready for the start of a brand new week?!!! I told you that I had some exciting news this week and so to start it off, I am VERY excited to have been asked by the talented and lovely ladies over at House Mouse & Friends to be a guest designer!!!How stinkin cool is that?!  I just adore these fun and sweet stamps!!So I hope you will join along with us

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Hello friends!!!  It's Friday!! YAY!!  I hope that you've all had a great week!!I have plans this weekend to get some cleaning done and hopefully work on more of my craft fair things! :)Boy oh boy is it still Summertime out there or what?!!  The temps are still high over in the Midwestern area as the boys have gotten out early from school every day this week.  I'm not sure when we are going to

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Hello friends!!  Hope you are doing well!!  Happy Hump Day today!The week is already half over again...can you believe?  We are getting closer to Sept! This is actually exciting for me because I am coming back to Belles 'n Whistles...as if I "ever" really left, huh?! LOL!!  I also have some other exciting news to reveal to you all next week...so be sure to stay tuned in...September promises to be

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Hello friends!!!  Friday is almost here! YAY!!  I had some more errands to run with the kids this morning and I'm just getting back from that this afternoon...it's been so crazy this week!(WARNING:  Long post - but too much fun not to share!!) I wanted to thank you for your kind comments - I read them all and truly enjoy to see what you have to say! If you're familiar with my boys in sports, then

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Good morning friends and a happy "hump day" to you!Today I have some last minute before back-to-school errands to run today with the boys.I don't think it'll take too long as I've got yucky household chores to do around home as well! This is my very first Christmas card of the year!! Yay!!  I am really in the mood to make up some Christmas and Fall type of creations...so be watching for more of

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Hello my dear friends!!  Here we are in another week in August and already quickly approaching the end of the month! Wow!!  I do have to say that I'm ready for the school year to start but it will be with bitter-sweetness as I have my oldest in his Senior year....time does truly fly by if you're not paying attention!They drive me nuts, but I adore my kids with all my heart!...bitter-sweet, see?!

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Hello friends!!  How are you all doing?!  It's Friday and the weekend is quickly approaching us!It's been such a crazy busy week here and I'm so tired!  Sorry for the sporadic posting....I'm ready for the weekend!  I've got some plans to spend with family, but I'm sure it will be relaxing.  So I'm still in "vacation mode" here sort of, but hope to have my days free again with back-to-school

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Welcome to the Belles `n Whistles "All Customer Blog Hop"!   Today we are celebrating the rebirth of the darling SweetArt girls designed by none other than artist Elisabeth Bell.  Belles `n Whistles now has a total of 17 SweetArt girls in their store!  They were just too beautiful to be left sitting in the archives.  Elisabeth Bell's talent deserves better than storage, don't you think?  We

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Hello friends!! It's the very first Friday in August!! WOOHOO!!We have a very busy weekend planned with lots of back-to-school shopping! YAY!I don't mean to wish away Summer or the the kids being home...but it's time to move on for sure! *wink* I have something really adorable to show in a smaller version today!Have you ever tried an ATC (Artist Trading Card)?  At one time I think I got so hooked

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Hello friends!!  We are still having some hot Summer heat going on, but the heat advisory is supposed to lifted later this evening.  I sure hope that it does!  And I hope that you are staying nice and cool and enjoying the few Summer weeks that are left! :) I promised to back today to share something.  This last Friday evening I participated in the mini VSN on SCS which I haven't done in such a

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Hello friends and happy Monday to you!As you know...I actually HAVE been taking a "Summer break"....however, it may appear as if it's not really a "break" at all!! LOL!!  I do consider my stamping time some good ol' fashioned therapy as well!  It's always good to get in your stamp room just to stamp for the fun of it and not be pressured with deadlines or something that you are worried about

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Happy Thursday to you friends!  Can you believe we are getting ready to get into the month of August already?!  Time has just really flown by and I know I've been complaining about it being so hot over my way lately, but  in another week we have an all day shopping trip planned for back-to-school shopping and I am VERY ready to get them back to school!! LOL!!  Come on Fall!! Today (and last night

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Hello friends!  Did you have a nice weekend?!I wish mine had gone a bit better than what it did, but that's not something I would like to get into! LOL!I am really ready for Fall and cooler weather!  We have another HOT week and I'd rather much spend it in-side where I can sit in the cool air conditioning! :)  So I've been busy around the house and it's fun to be able to get in my stamp room and

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Hello friends and good evening!  I think that the temps dropped down to a balmy 84 degrees last night....ack!  But I'm staying in the air, so it's not bothering me!  The heat advisory is supposed to be lifted late tonight and cool off just a bit this weekend.  However, I'm hearing that the heat is supposed to come right back next week...so I may be staying in next week to craft some more as well!

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Hello friends!  Enjoying your Summer so far?!  Thought I'd sneak a post in here...I know it's only been a few weeks into my break, but it's so stinkin' HOT outside and they say that it's supposed to be the HOTTEST week of the year this week in our neck of the woods, so I've been staying inside where it's cool and of course I can't resist but to play a bit in my craft room! *wink*I've been seeing

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Throughout June, the Quixotic Paperie design team and friends have been celebrating the store's 2nd anniversary!  Today is the final in a series of spotlights featuring stamp companies stocked at Quixotic Paperie (an online UK stockist for Whimsy), and some of the Whimsy Stamps Design Team have joined in to throw the spotlight on Whimsy Stamps! Whimsy Stamps is owned by Denise and Kevin Lynn,

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Hello and happy Monday to you friends!  Hope you had a great weekend and got to relax a bit!  My weekend was fabulous spending time with my family and working on some things around the house!Today is Monday which brings us another Squigglefly Challenge!With today's challenge, this will officially end my DT term with them as a team leader...I would like to say thank you to everyone I've worked

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Happy Friday to you!!  Are you ready for the weekend?!  I sure am as I've got lots of things going on...such a busy Summer with lots of fun things happening and places to go!! :) Today starts another Friday which means it's also time for another fun Stamp Something challenge today!(I would also like to add that this will be my last post as a DT member for Stamp Something too....it's been a

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Hello friends!!  Hope you are having a great week and blogger is not being a pain for you!*I've found out from a fellow blogger that if you seem to not be able to load a photo to your post, try adding the photo under the "Edit HTML" tab on your post* I've got a couple of different creations here for you today in one post!  So I hope you enjoy them both!(This is my last post for Belles n' Whistles

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Hello friends!! :)  Hope you are all enjoying your week and can you believe that it is "hump day" already?!I find that time seems to go by so quickly any more!!  Does anyone know where I buy some of that?! LOL! So anyway, today starts another Inky Impressions Challenge! YAY!!Our lovely Karita wants to challenge us to use some LACE on our projects!  So get out that "amazing lace" and play along

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Hello friends and happy Monday to you!Hope that you had a really wonderful Father's Day weekend however you chose to spend it!I had a great day with family for a cookout and enjoyed time with hubby. Starting off another Monday and that means it is time for another fun Belles n' Whistles Challenge!!Our lovely and talented Kathy is our hostess and she would like for you to create a project that has

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*For my Whimsy Stamps Blog Hop post - CLICK HERE!*  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Happy Friday to you friends!!It's Father's Day weekend and I've pretty much got every day filled up with things to do!I hope that the weather will be nice and cooperate with us!  I also hope that you have some fun plans going on this weekend as well! As you know, Fridays bring us a new

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Hello and welcome to the Whimsy Stamps June new rubber release BLOG HOP! We have 15 fabulous new Whimsy Stamps plus 2 new wonderful dies to show you today! These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favorites. We also have our wonderful special guests joining us for this hop - Beate Johns, Deb Routledge, Deb Mitchell and Elaine Hughes

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Happy Monday friends!  Are you ready to start another week?!Monday starts another new challenge at the Squigglefly Challenge Blog!With the month of June, we seem to turn our attention to the men in our life...so we would like to see youMAKE IT MASCULINEthis week!  Be sure to check out all of the other lovely creations from our talented crew as well as the full details/rule of the challenge and

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Good morning and happy Sunday to you!Today we are at DAY 3 of 5 days of Sneak Peeks leading up to the Rubber Release on Wednesday June 15th!  If you have missed any of the previous sneak peeks from the DT, you can always catch the list of Whimsy DT members showing sneak peeks on the Whimsy Inspirations Blog for information. Today is the Kenny K sneak peeks!..so I'm excited to share one of the

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Hello friends and happy Saturday to you!!  I sure hope that you have been enjoying your weekend! I sure have!! I had time to do some things around the house as well as found some time to stamp! YAY! Once again it's time to start showing those fabulous sneak peeks before our Whimsy Stamps Rubber Release Blog Hop on June 15th...so let's get started!!Today is DAY 2 of the sneak peeks which the

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Happy Friday to you friends!!!  The weekend is finally here!! Yay!!It's supposed to rain here this weekend which totally ruins my outdoor plans, BUT then I get to stay in and stamp all weekend now! YAY!!  (I've got some major cleaning and organizing of my stamp room to do anyway...so rain or no I'll be busy!)  How about you?  Do have plans this weekend? Since today is Friday, we have another

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Hello friends!!  I'm here with you to share a card that I made today!..yep..finished it this morning! LOL!I was just trying to have some fun and try out something new (to me anyway)...have you ever made one of these style cards yet?I saw this really fun tutorial on SCS to make a Center Step Card and just had to give it a go!  (Click on name to be taken to the tutorial if you'd like to try one

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Hello friends and happy Hump Day!!  It seems as if we are just going to start flying through the months here!  I don't know if it's because of Summer or if I'm just busier, but it seems to be flying by.Hope you are all doing well and enjoying some craft time indoors and away from the heat!  In the Midwest we are supposed to be in a heat advisory until 7:00 PM this evening...so I've been spending

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Hello friends!!  Happy Monday and it sure feels like one too!! LOL!!I'm late, I'm late...for a VERY important date!!! I've had an extremely busy weekend around the house and didn't get any time in to create my creations for todays post until I got up this morning...so I made BOTH of these creations this morning for you! :)  I hope you enjoy them and that you all had a great weekend too...let's

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Good morning and welcome to the FIRST Friday in June! :)I'm looking forward to spending some time with my boys since they've been gone all week.I hope you get out and enjoy your weekend. the first of the month at Stamp Something always means DIGI DAY!!So please join in our challenge this week using a digital stamp...that's it!! :)We have a whole lot of really great digital stamp companies

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Happy Thursday friends!!  Hope your week is going well!I'm enjoying the rain days at my house so I can do some much needed house work as well as being able to play with some of my new and un-used stash of stuff!!  Do you ever buy something and then not have the time to play around with it?!  I hate when I get an idea for something, purchase it, never get the time to use it and then when I do have

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...House Mouse style that is! LOL!Hello friends and I can not believe how fast this whole weekend and week has just flown by!  I'm thinking Summer is going to be over before I can say....football season is here!! ACK!I've been outside busy planting my beloved flowers, enjoying the outdoors and trying to spend some good time just getting some fun stamping done!  So I hope you'll enjoy my LATE post

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Happy Memorial Day!  I hope you are able to get out and enjoy the weather!I would like to also take a moment to remember those men and women serving or who have served for our Country and we thank you for all you do! Today also starts a brand new challenge at Squigglefly Monday Challenge Blog!! YAY!!  Today also marks the 100th challenge at Squigglefly!! WOW!  So now we are excited to be sharing

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Hello friends!!  Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!I've been enjoying some quiet time with hubby and doing some stamping too!As I finish out my guest design spot at the Pile it On Challenges....here's my last creation with them for the month, so I hope you will join in the fun with us this week! :) The challenge is a really FUN one called "You're the Sprinkle to my Life!" -They would like

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Yippee!!!  It's Friday and as this post goes up...I am spending some MUCH needed time to take a break and get out having fun! :) ...and NOT with the kids or hubby!! So on with today's post I have for you!Today starts another fun challenge over at Stamp Something!As you can see from my title, the challenge this week is "Say Somethings!"  We would like for you to use a sentiment on your creations

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Hello friends!!  Hope you are all having a great day!  I have read that some of you are still having problems with blogger either posting, leaving comments or even leaving comments on blogs...so sorry there are still problems going on, but I'm sure everyone understands!  :)  I will still visit if I can! It is actually my turn to post on the Belles n' Whistles Inspirations Blog today andI am very

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Hello friends and welcome to "hump day"!!  The middle of the week is here already and can you believe that we are almost done with May?! WOW!  This is the last Wednesday of the month!And since it's Wednesday, that means we are ready for a new challenge at the Inky Impressions Challenge Blog!!I get the honor of hosting the challenge this time! yay!I challenge YOU to "Shine On!" - Weather you use

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Hello friends!!  Hope you are doing well today!  I am feeling my sunburn from being outside for a graduation ceremony this weekend and it's on the side of neck!!  I'm not complaining as I love the sunshine!! :)Today is time for me to post something on the Inky Impressions Inspirational Blog!Here's a little snippet of what I posted: I hope that you will join me over there to see the full view of

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Happy Monday friends!!I'm a tad bit late with this post, but our Internet service went out last night and I didn't get a chance to post this before I went to bed...but there is PLENTY of time to play along in the Belles n' Whistles Challenge!! ------------------------------Before I get to the challenge....do you notice a difference in my blog? *wink*  I just had the lovely Michelle design me up a

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Yay!!  It's another Friday that crept up REALLY FAST!I am going to be so busy today!  I have lots going on with my son's 8th grade graduation, getting him ready and then taking him out for a special lunch and photo taking, etc.  Do you think I have a grad card made by now?!! NO!!!! I so need one or two!...so I'll be busy this weekend...I have another graduation this Sunday as well!!  Wish me luck

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CLICK HERE for my Stamp Something Blog Hop Post - last day to enter!!! (winner announced tomorrow!)CLICK HERE for my Whimsy Stamps May Rubber Release Blog Hop Post!- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Happy Thursday friends!!  Are you ready for the weekend to get here?!  I am still trying to create some things and get them posted on my blog for you, but

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**CLICK HERE to see my Stamp Something Blog Hop Celebration Post and enter for a prize!** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Hello and welcome to the Whimsy Stamps May Rubber Stamp Release BLOG HOP! We have 18 fabulous new Whimsy Stamps plus 2 new wonderful dies to show you today! These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all

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**CLICK HERE to see my Stamp Something Blog Hop Celebration Post and enter for a prize!** - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Good evening friends! :)  I don't normally post in the evening time, but this is when I was told that the post will go live and I wanted to post around the same time with them! As you know, I participate in many different challenges and upon entering the

*Vicki*http://www.blogger.com/profile/13172743638660915223noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4048856888791033282.post-46200015537767603702011-05-17T08:00:00.001-05:002011-05-17T08:00:06.544-05:00

Hey friends!!  It's another fun day of SNEAKY PEEKS from Whimsy Stamps!Today, the DT gets to pick out which soon-to-be released stamp we'd like to use!There will be a list of DT members on the Whimsy Inspiration Blog that are showing sneaks with me today, so be sure to check that out and see some more sneaks before the BIG release blog hop tomorrow!! The only other artist that I have NOT shown

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Happy Monday friends!!  Time for another Whimsy Stamps sneaky peek!!!Today the DT are showing some SNEAK PEEK creations from the Meljen's Designs rubber stamp collection and like the other sneak peeks, these will not be available for purchase until the release of the blog hop on Wednesday, May 18th...so be sure to be watching for that!!And to see the list of DT members showing sneak peeks today,

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**CLICK HERE to see my Stamp Something Blog Hop Celebration Post and enter for a prize!** Hello friends! It's another Monday here in May and I feel like the month is just flying by here!I think it's flying by because of all the busy things going on right now, but I think I'll be ready for school to be out and to take a little vacation myself after this!! LOL!Again, I apologize for not being

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Hope you are all enjoying your weekend!!  I have something really special to share with you today!!I've been asked at the Pile It On Challenge Blog to be a guest designer for the month of May!!I got to pick two different challenges to play along in and this is the first of the two that I decided to participate in!!  The theme is called "Boy and Girls Come Out to Play"...which is so perfect for

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**CLICK HERE to see my Stamp Something Blog Hop Celebration Post and enter for a prize!** Welcome to the weekend my friends!!  I hope that all of the "blogger problems" are behind us now and this goes up when it's supposed to because I'm not around as I'm cheering on my son for the track sectionals!I hope that you are out enjoying your weekend too!! :) Hopefully, you've been seeing the Whimsy

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*Because blogger was a pain...had to re-type up my whole post AGAIN!! ACK!!*(Please be aware that due to blogger problems, some of the DT may not have their posts up yet.) Hello friends and welcome to theStamp Something Celebration Blog Hop!!! Can you believe that Stamp Something is celebrating THREE whole years?!!  I am very excited to be apart of the team to celebrate this special  celebration

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Happy Wednesday and happy "hump day"....the week is half over!We are going through the month of May very quickly here!  It's always busy in May, but sometimes, you just have to stop and day dream once in a while, right?!  That's what this little girl is doing on my creation today! :) Today is another awesome challenge on the Inky Impressions Challenge Blog!!  Our lovely hostess Michaela has

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Hello and good morning to you my fellow stamp friends!! I'm still feeling a bit sick today, but I've been to the Dr. and hopefully will start feeling better with medicine now.  Thanks for your kind get well comments too! So rather than re-post all of this on my blog, I'm going to direct you to two different blogs that I've posted on this morning! :)  And I've got a couple of sneaky peeks to tease

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Happy Monday morning friends!!  I hope that you have all enjoyed your weekend weather you were celebrating Mother's Day or just out enjoying this gorgeous Spring weather!!  It was so gorgeous this weekend and I really enjoyed being out in it despite for my bad sinus cold! I'm here with you this morning to invite you to join our new challenge that's up at the Belles n' Whistles Challenge Blog!! So

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Hello friends!  Hope you are all enjoying the weekend and hopefully some nice weather your way!My boys are gone today, but hoping to catch a little craft time and some alone time with hubby this afternoon when he gets home! I have something new to share with you today and it's from Whimsy Stamps!This is just ONE of the several digital stamps released at Whimsy Stamps by a brand new artist named

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Yay!!  The first Friday of May and I am soooo ready for warm weather and flowers and lots of time outside planting and getting my fingers dirty!! :)  I'm actually looking forward to my son's track meet this evening since the weather is going to be a bit warmer than what it has been! Since it's Friday AND the first Friday of the month, you know that this means that there is a fun Digi Day

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Happy Tuesday friends!  The boys are keeping me busy with their track meets and such so it looks like my meals are going to be made in the crock pot so they can cook all day! :) As I've shared in my post with you yesterday..I love many different stamps and I have another favorite stamp line that I just adore.  I love the House Mouse stamps and you may be seeing some creations using them pop up

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Hello friends!! Hope you're enjoying your day!I have something a bit different to share with you this afternoon.  As you may already know I am a lover of MANY different images....stamps and digitals and several different types and styles.  Main problem?  I just love too many things and can't keep up with it all!!  LOL!   In the past I've bought some of these really sweet Riley stamps as I just

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Hello friends and happy Monday morning to ya!!  I hope you had a wonderful weekend and are enjoying the "May Flowers" part of Spring!  I sure have been!! So this brings us to another Squigglefly Challenge which I've set it as...Spring Showers/May FlowersAnd we all know that with Springtime comes rain....and with that rain, it brings out all of those gorgeous May flowers!!  So since we're starting

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Good morning my friends and a HAPPY Friday to you!!I hope you are doing well and are ready for the weekend!  I know you're ready to see the new challenge over at Stamp Something this week....right?!!  I thought it was just perfect for Spring! :)We would like for you to create a project that has "Things with Wings" on it!!We have the lovely Simon Says Stamp sponsor back with us as well!  So don't

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Yay!! The time has come to finally announce the THREE lucky winners of my blog candy give away!!Now if you remember, I've posted two photos:  a photo for winner 1, a photo for winner 2 and no photo for a third winner who will receive a surprise package that I send out!! :) These winners were all picked via Random.org and here's what was picked out of  269 entries!! WOW! Random Integer

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Hello friends!! Can you believe it's already hump day today?!It's been such a busy week for me and I've not really had much time lately.  It's just that time at the end of the school year and so many things are going on that has me hopping around! :) Today is Wednesday which not only means hump day, but a brand new challenge to try out at the Inky Impressions Challenge Blog!!  Our lovely inkette

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Hello friends!!  **REMINDER that this is THE last day to enter for my blog candy give away...so if you have NOT signed up for it yet, CLICK HERE for details, but there will be THREE winners total!!**(THE winners will be announced on Wednesday April 27th!) It's been busy around my house lately with the boys being on break from school and doing some extra 'running around' this week than what I

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Hello and happy Monday to you!!I hope that you enjoyed your Easter weekend and it was full of Spring weather and family fun!Monday brings us another Belles n' Whistles Challenge!! Yay!!Anki is our lovely hostess and she has created this wonderful sketch for us!!I've almost gotten to the point that I need a sketch to make a card and I just loved the different possibilities with this one!  So

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Check out my Blog Candy Giveaway!!  - CLICK HERE!!! - ends April 26th!- - - - - - - - - - -- - -- - - - - - - - Hello friends and happy Good Friday to you!!  It is the Easter weekend and I hope you get to enjoy this time together with the ones that you love!! :) We have a another awesome challenge today on Stamp Something!! :) We have a special recipe for you to follow with:  Flowers, Buttons and

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Good morning friends!!  Today is my turn to post on the Inky Impressions Inspirational Blog and I'd also like to share a fun sponsorship going on with Inky Impressions!! :) You may remember this cute critter on our last blog hop....This is the darling new release called  Rock-n-Roll Donnie from Inky Impressions! (You can catch him right now at a special "craft show" price!!)  He is such a rock

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Hello friends!!  I wanted to thank EVERYONE who joined with us in our New Rubber Release Blog Hop for April!! So many adorable images!!  Be sure to check out the Whimsy website to see them ALL!Do you remember this darling stamp called "Curious Little Fairy" for a prize offering?!Well it's time for me to post the lucky winner to receive this!!I used random.org to pick my winner and it picked out

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Hello friends!!  Hope you are all doing well!!I wanted to play around with some of my other goodies I don't get to that much!  I just bought some REALLY sweet House Mouse stamps and couldn't resist to play around a bit!Here is the "jelly belly" I was speaking of in my title!! LOL!!  Isn't this just the sweetest?!  This stamp is called Sweet Sensation featuring Mudpie House Mouse.  I think he's

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Happy Monday to you all!! :)  Are you ready to do a workout?!No...not an actual "physical" workout....but a creative crafty workout with your digital stamps!! Today is a brand new challenge at the Squigglefly Challenge Blog!!We would like for you to show us YOUR favorite way you like to use your digital stamps!...Squigglefly style that is!! *wink*   Weather you just print them out and use your

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Check out my Blog Candy Giveaway!!  - CLICK HERE!!! - ends April 26th! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -Well you know what they say about "April Showers" right?  They bring May Flowers!! :)Yay!! The weekend is finally here!! So happy it's Friday as I'm taking a well deserved break this weekend!So Friday brings us another great Stamp Something challenge!! For this week, we

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Hello friends!!  Happy Friday and welcome to the Inky Impressions ROCKIN' Blog Hop!!The Inkettes are putting on this blog hop to show you some really FUN new rubber stamp releases that have just come out!!  We also have a brand NEW rockin' design team with lots of gorgeous inspiration to share with you!!  There are three total new rubber stamps.  They are called:*Rock-n-Roll Donnie* (pictured in

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Hello friends!  Tag...I'm it!!  Yep, I'm it meaning it's my turn to post on the Belles n' Whistles Inspirations Blog today!  But since I don't have all kinds of posts going up today, I will share it with you here as well! :)Sometimes you just want to create a "little something-something"... so I turned my attention to making a tag especially after seeing my fellow BnW DT friend Elise make such a

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Hello and welcome to the Whimsy Stamps April new rubber release BLOG HOP! We have 13 fabulous new Whimsy Stamps plus 2 new wonderful dies to show you today! These new goodies are available to buy right now from the Whimsy Stamps store along with all your Whimsy favourites. We also have our wonderful special guests joining us for this hop - Beate Johns, Deb Routledge, Jacque Beddingfield, Mindy

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