Gotta Love My Soldier

Hi friends... If you came here from my talented friend Linda Payne's blog, you are right on track.

I heard this recently.. and it's so true... The only thing harder than being a soldier...... is loving one. For the "Oldies But Goodies" blog hop, I'm sharing a card that I made for my son who is currently serving in Afghanistan.

It's a new Bugaboo digital image that I purchased last month... I just couldn't resist this one (plus about a dozen or so more - yikes!!!). Their little characters are adorable.  As all of you know, cards for our soldiers have to be rather plain and flat for easy mailing,  so I hope you weren't expecting something all fancy, 'n all that stuff!!

For the "Oldies But Goodies" blog hop, we use things from our stash that are older than six months old... and for this card, that's the paper and embossing folder, along with alphabet stamps that are super ANCIENT!!

Quickly colored with copic markers, it made a great card for a special son for Valentine's Day.

But that's not all.. I have some blog candy that is open to any commenter. Followers who comment get two shots at the drawing. So, to enter, just leave a comment and if you are a follower simply let me know in your comment. I'll draw a lucky person on Monday, February 28th.

Here's what I have that will go to one special and very lucky person.

Blog candy includes: Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Rectanges Large die, Stampin' Up Patterns Pack III (6"x6"), Clear Stamps "Days of the Week" stamp set, and Clear Stamps Series 15 Alphabet Stamps.

So, quick... be on your way along our hop.. and visit our esteemed leader and my friend, Sue Morris. She's next on our hop.

Thanks so much for stopping by, friends.  Have a fantastic day and be safe in all you do.

More of Mo's Creations

Hi friends... thanks so much for all of your lovely comments for our anniversary blog hop at Mo's Digital Pencil last week. We had a blast and it was great to have so many of you stop by. I appreciate it very much.

I have two winners to tell you about.

The winner of a digital stamp from Mo's anniversary blog hop is
Caroline - http://carolinesscrapfun.blogspot.com/. Caroline, you can email Mo directly for your prize.

The winner of  my $10 gift certificate to Mo's shop is Mad Moose. To claim your prize, contact me via email.

Congratulations both of you!

Dawn is our hostess and she's put together a sketch for us to follow that looks like this...

Here's my interpretation using one of Mo's early digital stamps. I love this little Asian girl holding Bronte and have colored her on many occasions.

Thanks so much for stopping by my little blog. I'm hoping that you have a terrific day filled with lots of love and laughs. Be safe in all you do.

Everything's Hopping Today!

There's lots of cause for excitement this week. We're celebrating one full year of challenges at Mo's Digital Pencil. The design team has put together a fantastic way to celebrate... For this special occasion, we are using all of the colors of the rainbow to create our projects using Mo's digital stamps.

If you arrived here from the blog of our most super-duper talented Dawn, then you are right on track. If not, start at the beginning You won't want to miss a thing because each of our design team members is offering a chance to win an image from Mo's shop. There's some extra blog candy you will find along the way that you won't want to miss.

My part in the hop is to include the color orange in my Mo's Digital Pencil creation.... how perfect is that color for Autumn?  And I chose to use one of the first images I purchased from Mo's "The Big One"... it reminds me of a special little boy that I knew and a special day of pumpkin picking.

So, in addition to picking one lucky person from my comments to receive an image from Mo's (the winner gets to choose), I'm also giving away a $10 gift certificate to Mo's shop.

Just leave a comment to be in the running. I'll pick two lucky names next Wednesday, and we'll announce all of the winners Thursday. So you have plenty of time to stop by and say hello.

And, of course, you can play along with us in the challenge back at our home page by creating a card using any color of the rainbow. We'd love to see what you create.

Now, 'orange' you glad you stopped by?  So, be on your way and head out to see what our talented teammate Elaine has in store for you...she's the next stop on our celebration hop.

Have a fantastic day, friends. I'm sending rainbows your way. So be on the lookout so you don't miss them.

Blog Candy Winner from Operation Write Home

Hi everyone... I have a quick post tonight to announce the winner of my blog candy from the Operation Write Home Blog Hop...

I put all of the names in a hopper and had my DH's step-mum pick one lucky person and it's....

Loyaz (Diane L), who said in her comment...


I signed on to follow your blog so I could earn the second entry ....


Was not familiar with OWH until I saw your posting. Awesome job....


Thanks for this opportunity


DianeL

Congratulations Diane.. I look forward to hearing from you. I hope you enjoy the goodies that I've put together to celebrate OWH's Memorial Day Blog Hop. 

Sending special thanks to everyone for such an awesome job.
Hugs,

Blog Candy Winner!!

Before I announce the lucky winner, I did promise that I would be adding to the initial blog candy… and I did… I just had a hectic week and didn’t get to post a pic of what I added…so here’s the original pic of the blog candy

and here’s a pic of the candy that I added.

I didn’t have any sophisticated random selector… so I threw all of the names and comments into a huge bowl…

Congratulations to…..

"Teresa Kline aka va.sunshine" -  Saturday, August 29, 2009 8:01 AM

Teresa wrote:

“what wonderful blog candy, your card creations are fabulous! enjoy *~* “

Many thanks Teresa – you lucky gal!! Please email me your mailing address so I can get your goodies shipped off to you.

Thank you everyone for all of your very kind comments. I appreciate all of you very much. My blogoversary is approaching next month and I’ll probably celebrate with more goodies, so be on the lookout!

Enjoy your day and have a terrific and safe holiday weekend!!

Blog Candy

Hi Everyone!! Well, I’ve got some special stuff today for you. On Wednesday morning of this week I turned on my computer and found this…10,001 visitors to my blog since I installed the counter in March of this year.

So to celebrate this great milestone, I’ve put together some terrific blog candy. If you would like an opportunity to enter and win, here is how it works.

Leave a comment on this post between now and Thursday, September 3, 2009 and you will have an entry… if you become a follower you get another entry. If you are currently a follower you have one entry already.

I’ll draw a winner and announce it here on my blog on Friday, September 4th!

So, on to the Candy…. Here’s what I’ve got so far (I’ll be adding some more goodies as well).

• Basic Gray Designer Glazed Brads
• Three packs of Basics Brand Rhinestones in baby blue, aqua and hot pink.
• Three Tombow Mono Adhesive refills
• A 5-pack of assorted Decorative Handmade Papers in winter white, gold and copper
• “Thank You” rub-ons (Pebbles Inc.)
• “It’s a Cupcake Kind of Day” clear stamp set (My Favorite Things)
• “Wind Down” clear Stamp (My Favorite Things)
• “Hop on Over” Clear Mini Stamp
• SU “Friendship Blooms” Stamp Set
• Sun Stamp (Art Impressions)
• Various Autumn accent ribbons
• “Trick or Treat” Clear Stamp (Stampology)
• Jigsaw Baby Chipboard set (Archiver’s)
• Various flowers (Prima, etc.)
• 12 faux pearl brads (Oriental Trading)
• A $10 gift certificate to Mo’s Digital Pencil (compliments of Mo Manning). Thank you Mo for your generosity!

Here’s a picture of the goodies…

Thanks for stopping by…and good luck with the blog candy.