"Winner at Crop Stop's Blog Hop"

Hello Everyone! I just wanted to pop in and share a super surprise with all of you! 

Crop Stop had a hop in June that lasted for 2 weeks, Paper Creations Ink did advertise it on our Community Events Page. How their hop worked is... each DT member held a challenge on their blog, you needed to participate to the win prize that each had! Well needless to say, I did NOT have time to do the creations; but I did hop along and collect letters from each blog as I checked out their creations and then I followed the directions on what to do with the "Secret Word"! And guess what my name was drawn! I know you are choppin' at the bit to see what I won, well Haylie-Jo wouldn't tell me when she emailed me... she said I had to wait for the surprise to come in the mail and it came today!!! Now for what I won....

Wow is all I could say... As I got tears in my eyes! Can you believe this? I couldn't at first! I had to post about it because this is just HUGE! I will never say, I don't ever win anything again! Haylie-Jo... Thank You so much for this wonderful prize, I really appreciate it! It came at a wonderful time also, I have been having some bad days lately and this just makes them disappear!!! 

I hope everyone will take a few minutes and visit Haylie-Jo's store!!! www.cropstop.com 

She is a wonderful person to work with and wow, so very generous!!!

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Happy Creating!

Sara

"4th Of July Celebration"

Good Afternoon Everyone! I hope your week is going well! I am working on getting everything caught up from the long weekend! So, all in all... It is good! This wonderful creation was created for the NEW Challenge at Paper Creations Ink! The challenge started on Monday, July 4, 2011 and will run until Sunday, July 17, 2011 at 7pm CST! The theme is "Red, White, & Blue"! We are being sponsored by JLJ Designs! Jennifer, owner and artist of JLJ Designs gave all our design team members her "Stars & Stripes Digital Paper Pack" to play with! She so graciously is offering a $10.00 gift certificate (limit quantity of one each of the seam binding) to her Artfire Store! She is also having a 25% OFF Store-wide Sale for the month of July! And if that isn't enough she also has a FREE SHIPPING CODE HERE on her store blog! I hope you will have time to join us and take part in her wonderful July Sales! Okay... On to my creation and material list...

Material List

Stamps ~ The Stamping Boutique - Little Girl With A Balloon (Image) & Stampin' Up Retired Cute Converse Set (Sentiment)

Designer Paper ~ JLJ Designs - Stars & Stripes Digital Paper Pack

Card Stock ~ Cryogen 89# (Image), Stampin' Up (Night Of Navy & Real Red), & Malmero Perle Blanc 92# (Shimmery White)

Creative Memories Oval Cutting System

Nestabilities by Spellbinders ~ Fancy Tags

Stampin' Up Ribbon (Navy & White) / Bow Easy by Posi Bendr Co.

Stampin' Up Oval Punch ~ Small

Sponging Technique ~ Stampin' Up Ink (Real Red)

3M Foam Tape (Pop Up Image)

Rhinestones ~ Recollections by Michael's Stores Inc.

Stickles by Ranger ~ Star Dust

Copic Sketch Markers

B000, B32, B34, B37, R20, R43, R46, E000, E00, E21, E23, E25, E31, E40, E42, & E50

I will be entering this creation into eight different challenges...

• The Stamping Boutique Monthly Challenge ~ Use Any TSB Image ~ Deadline Date & Time: Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 11pm CST
• Color Me Creative Challenge #21 ~ Color Fold, Pleats, and / or Ruffles ~ Deadline Date and Time: Friday, July 8, 2011 at 7pm CST
• SAS4KIDS Challenge ~ Red, White, & Blue ~ Deadline Date & Time: Friday, July 15, 2011 at 11pm CST
• Cooking It Up With Katie #68 ~ Colors Of Your Flag Or Something From Your Country ~ Deadline Date & Time:  Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at 11pm CST
• Crafting For All Seasons Challenge #4 ~ Red, White, & Blue ~ Deadline Date & Time: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 4pm CST
• Digi Stamps 4 Joy Challenge #22 ~ Red, White, & Blue ~ Deadline Date & Time: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 1pm CST
• 7 Kids College Fund Challenge #25 ~ Red, White, & Blue ~ Deadline Date & Time: Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 6pm CST
• Use It Tuesday Challenge #10 ~ Inspiration Colors - Red, White, & Blue ~ Deadline Date & Time: Friday, July 8, 2011 at 3pm CST

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave me a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!

Have a wonderful day!

Happy Creating!

Sara

"Winter Mail"

Good Morning Everyone! Happy 4th of July to everyone in the states! I hope your weekend has been awesome! Ours has been kinda of up and down! But for the most part it has been wonderful! We will be heading to the fireworks tonight! Yay! I am so excited about going, as a kid we never went to see them! So as an adult, I am just like a kid... OOOOHHHH.... AAAAAHHHH... Look at that! LOL!

Anyways, the creation that I am going to share with you today, is just the opposite! LOL! It is winter time! This creation is serving a double purpose! So that means more images for you to see as, I did a step by step kinda thing! 

The new Get Hippity With Ippity Challenge starts today at The Latte Lounge! The theme is "Christmas In July"! How COOL is that? LOL! (Nice play on words, huh?) The Ippity Stamp Set that I used to create my own background paper is "Season Of Joy"! (Isn't it awesome?) For all the details of the "Christmas In July Challenge" you can find them in the Get Hippity With Ippity Group at The Latte Lounge! You MUST be a member of The Latte Lounge and The Get Hippity With Ippity Group in order to take part in the challenge!

The second purpose for this card is The Latte Lounge July Month Long Challenge! Bet you can't guess what the theme is? ... Yep, you guessed "Christmas In July"! See how COOL we all think? LOL! So for Week 1, we are asking you to show us all of your Christmas Themed Cards and Projects! We all are thinking ahead to Christmas time when we need to have all those cards made! This way we all get a head start! (I definitely need the head start, as I normally send out about 50 to 60 cards! Isn't that just nuts? But who do cut off the list?)  Oooops, got side tracked again! LOL!

Now a bit about the beautiful image that I used... It is by The Stamping Boutique called "Mail Girl"! Isn't she just adorable? I had so much fun creating this card! By the way, you MUST be a member of The Latte Lounge in order to take part in the monthly challenge. Okay... I have kept you long enough, I will go ahead and get you my material list and send you on your way... 

Material List

Stamps ~ The Stamping Boutique - Mail Girl (Image) & Ippity by Unity Stamp Set - Season Of Joy (Background Snowflakes & Sentiment)

Designer Paper ~ NONE

Card Stock ~ X Press It (Image & Background Paper) & Stampin' Up (Bliss Blue, Lavender Lace, Night Of Navy, & Pink Pirouette)

Stampin' Up Embossing Buddy

Stampin' Emboss Powder ~ Crystal Clear

Spectrum Stampin' Pad ~ Kaleidacolor (Blue Frost)

Versa Mark Stamp Pad

Stampin' Up Heat Gun

Memento Ink ~ Summer Sky & Lulu Lavender / Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Spun Sugar / Inkssentials Blending Tool With Foam Pads

Ribbon ~ Ribbon FX by Hobby Lobby / Bow Easy by Posi Bendr Co.

Iridescent Snowflakes ~ Out Of My Stash

Snowflake Rhinestones ~ Recollections by Michael's Stores Inc.

Stickles by Ranger ~ Star Dust

Copic Sketch Markers

RV02, R20, R21, B0000, B000, B00, E000, E00, E13, E15, E17, E18, V000, V01, V04, V06, C00, C1, C3, C5, C7, & C8

Rhinestone Snowflakes ~ B28 & V09

Atyou Spica Pens ~ 00 Clear & 10 Black

I will be entering this creation into six different challenges...

• Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge ~ (See Sketches Below) ~ Deadline Date & Time: Monday, July 4, 2011 at 7pm CST

• Christmas Card Challenge #31 ~ Christmas / Winter / Holiday ~ Deadline Date & Time: Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 11:45pm CST
• One Stitch In Time Challenge #69 ~ Use A Digi ~ Deadline Date & Time: Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 6pm CST
• Crafty Hazelnut Christmas Challenge #27 ~ Use Pink And/Or Purple ~ Deadline Date & Time: Friday, July 8, 2011 at 4pm CST
• Our Creative Corner Challenge ~ Seasonal Holiday (4th Of July or Christmas In July) ~ Deadline Date & Time: Friday, July 8, 2011 at 11pm CST
• The Stamping Boutique Monthly Challenge ~ Use Any TSB Image ~ Deadline Date & Time: Sunday, July 31, 2011 at 11pm CST

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions or comments feel free to leave me a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!

Have a wonderful day!

Happy Creating!

Sara