Operation Write Home Blog Candy Winner

My blog candy for Operation Write Home is now closed... The Winner was chosen by Random Generator... Here is what Lynn said..

Lynn said...

Your creations are amazing! Thank you for sharing your poem and for being a part of OWH!

May 30, 2010 4:49 PM

Lynn please contact me with your mailing address.. 

Thank you all so much for visiting my blog and for making the OWH blog hop such a huge

success...

God Bless Our Soldiers

Standing right beside us

we forget that you are there

when trouble comes to find us

we turn to you with prayer

Without a hesitation

you step into the fight

standing right before us

to protect us day and night.

You leave your home and family

knowing where you are bound

with courage, strength and valor

you stand a piece of ground

Security, peace and freedom

are the gifts that you supply

the soldiers of America

on you we can rely.

Welcome to the Operation Write Home's Memorial Day

Weekend Blog Hop.. 

Operation Write Home's Mission

To support our nation’s armed forces by sending blank greeting cards to

write home on, as well as cards of gratitude to encourage them.

This is my blog candy I am offering today..

What do you need to do to enter?  Just leave me a comment and I will

draw a winner on May 31st at 10:00 p.m.  If you have a special
soldier please leave me their first  name so I can add them to
my prayer list....


The candy includes:
Small quilted purse
Tissue Holder
Earrings (made by my daughter)
Ribbon
Small quilted jewelry pouch

 
Your next stop on the hop is here:  
 Virginia at http://virginiascreations.blogspot.com/

 

Huge thank you to my daughter for creating these earrings. This sentiment

is from the Flourishes set called Cherry Blossoms.

The image on the first card was created with Mo's Digital Pencil and is

called Time Out To Support The Troops.

  This is a very special digi stamp set. Mo created

it from a picture of my friend Peggy's son.

If you would like more info

on Operation Write Home check it out HERE.

For those of you that would like to make cards for OWH two very

helpful things to do is don't use glitter and keep your cards

postage friendly (flat).

Flourishes Friday Focus

This week's Friday Focus over at Flourishes is brought to you by Danielle..

She has challenged us to "Kick off Summer"... 

Last week I saw Maki use this Easter Basket set with flowers in it..

What says summer more than these sweet ripe strawberries.

 Colored with copics from the Flourishes Collection sets. 

  I added the awesome lace from the Flourishes Ribbon 

Collection (Ivory Crocheted). I cut out and weaved the

bottom of the card to make it look like my basket.
Be sure to head on over to the Flourishes Blog to see what Danielle cooked

up for her Celebrating Summer Flourishes Focus and...

Check out what the rest of the team has in store this week:

• Danielle
• Christine
• Leslie
• Julie
• Cindy
• Laura

I am also adding this to the Stamping Sister's In Christ Challenge this week.  

Peggysue is hosting this week. I always love her insight.. She challenged 

everyone to make a card with distressing.  She chose this scripture:

Isaiah 64:6, "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our 

righteousness as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; 

and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away."
Tomorrow starts the Operation Write Home Blog hop.. Please stop by.. I

have some blog candy to give away..

Also... June 1st is the last day to enter to win my quilted bag, stamps, and

other goodies..  I will pick a winner using random generator that night.  

Check it out HERE

Baby Love

Tiny little hands- Right from the start- Reach up to touch your face

Reach out and touch your heart 

This week over at Mo's Digital Pencil Denise has challenged us to

make a baby card with buttons and bows.  This sweet image from

Mo's store is one of my favorites. 

Her name is Sleepy Sage.  I added some bows to her hair. 

Colored with Prisma Pencilsand Copics.  Come join the fun. 

Create a card with a baby theme and add it to 

Mr. Linky over on Mo's Challenge Blog.  

Found a challenge this fits:

Digital Tuesday Challenge:  Cute People

Creating Away

Just a quick post and then I am off.... My time is taken up with the above..:)

I am also moving my crafting space, spending time with my sweet daughters

and getting ready for a huge blog hop this weekend. 

Operation Write Home is having a Memorial Day Blog Hop.

I have been working on some blog candy for the hop..So stop

back soon. 

DON'T FORGET THAT THERE IS ONLY A FEW DAYS LEFT IN MY MEGA

BLOG CANDY GIVEAWAY... Check it out HERE.

Enter as often as you like.  If you have a favorite quote I would

love to hear it... I will pick a winner on June 1st.. If you like this blog

candy be sure to come by this weekend for another one...

Flourishes Friday Focus

This week's Friday Focus over at Flourishes was a challenge from Laura.. 

We all wanted you to see how beautiful this new set called Beauty Within can be used.  

It coordinates with the Spellbinder dies but I chose to use mine without.  

This week Beate had shown a tutorial over on the Flourishes Newsletter and I just loved the spotlighting she did.  I thought I would use it here on this set.  The heart is perfect for the sentiment.  

I used the small rose stamp that comes in this set on the inside and then also behind my main panel.   This beautiful ribbon is also from Flourishes May Arts Checked Ribbon.

Check out what the rest of the team did  with this awesome set:

• Danielle
• Christine
• Leslie
• Julie-
• Cindy
• Laura
• Stacy

The gallery over at Flourishes is full of awesome samples.. Check it out HERE too.  
I have entered this also over at Splitcoaststampers for today's challenge which
is ribbon and bows and last week's challenge on Friday which was spotlighting. 

All Things Grow With Love

All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.

- Indian Proverb

This week over at Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge blog Denise is

the hostess.  This week's theme is LOVE... any type of love.  This

sweet little boy reminds me so much of my son.. He is called Ben and

is available in Mo's Store. 

I created some yoyo fabric hearts and added buttons for embellishments. 

This Co'ordinationspaper is perfect for this card. I just lightly sanded the

flowers and the edges. 

Create a card with a love theme and come join the fun.

This also fits the following challenge:

The Shabby Tea Room: Red, White and Blue theme

Fab N Funky Challenges:  Make your own embellishments
Paper Take Weekly:  Say it With Flowers

Don't forget about my blog candy.. I have a free Mo image and lots more goodies.
Check it out here:  BLOG CANDY

Miss Ewe

This week over at Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge Denise challenged us to

create a flowered card.  I chose this Sheep from

Mo's Digital Store.  I added some rolled flowers.  The sentiment

is computer generated.  I like to keep my cards with Mo's images simple.

Hope you are all having a great weekend.  Come join in on the

fun..all the details are HERE.

Flourishes Beauty Within

This beautiful new set has just been released over at Flourishes.  It

is called Beauty Within.  It coordinates with the Spellbinders Nestiblities Die

Labels 13..Both the Die and the Stamp set are available HERE.  

I created my background with paper pieces and then colored 

my stained glass image with copics from Flourishes.  I used the

Copics Collections Flourishes has available HERE.

Check out all the information over on the Flourishes Blog.

I am away from my blog picking up my girls from college..Yippee...

 Flourishes Blog

Then check out these amazing samples: 

• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Dawn Burnworth
• Julie Koerber –
• Laura Fredrickson
• Leslie Miller
• Stacy Morgan
• Sharon Doolittle 

And then even MORE  amazing samples
from the Spellbinders Blog Team:
Beth Pingry www.bethping.wordpress.com
Margie Higuchi: http://margieh.blogspot.com/
Holly Simoni: http://www.hollysimoni.typepad.com/
Heidi Blankenship: http://embellished-dreams.blogspot.com/
Terry Fry: http://terresscraptherapy.blogspot.com/

Cherry Blossoms

Cherry Blossoms

  

 This is another amazing new set being released this week at Flourishes. 
This set is called Cherry Blossoms.

I love the cherry blossoms and sentiments in this set.  It is so pretty.  

I colored my blossoms with the Flourishes Copic set Sweet Pea.  

Made a button out of the gingham out of the fabric I used for my ribbon. 

I crimped my image after coloring it to give it a faux Chinese lantern look. 

WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK

You might notice that with each set, there's a link to the  Flourishes store. All of our new release sets will be  available for pre-order!! You won't get to see the FULL set until  Friday, but if you like what you see from our design team samples,  and don't want to wait to get your hands on these new offerings,  you can be the first to order! Just click HERE to visit our store home  page to see all the pre-order sets. The New Release Bundle is also  making a comeback! From now through Friday, May 21st, when& you purchase all four of our new sets, you'll be able to get them in a bundle for 10% off! Click HERE to check out this great deal!Our   POWER HOUR Release Party is also being switched up a bit!  

Join us  THURSDAY, MAY 13th at 9 PM Central Standard Time as  we not only take off the lid on all of our sets, but showcase cards and projects  you've never seen before! All the chat, games and giveaways will wrap in  60 minutes when all the stamp sets we've been sneak peeking go live in the  Flourishes Store! You can join the party HERE in the SCS Flourishes Forum! If you still want a chance to win all four of our new stamp sets, please click HERE   to check out our Release Week Make It Manly Challenge!

So, be sure to set sail and see what our fabulous

• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Dawn Burnworth
• Julie Koerber –
• Laura Fredrickson
• Leslie Miller
• Stacy Morgan
• Sharon Doolittle

A Guiding Light

April showers are bringing more than May flowers! They are bringing a whole new crop of Flourishes stamps for you to enjoy! It's day one of our sneaks and today, it's all about the men in our lives.

Introducing. ....

 

A guiding light, a steady ship, a bottle on the shore ~ all are focal 

points in this brand new set called A Guiding Light from Lauren Pope. 

This set offers four focal images along with seven sentiments perfect to

honor the men in your life - husbands,dads, grandads and more! 

Our second offering is called Antique Map  

and we couldn't love this beautiful background any more for those 

masculine cards. Use it on its own to create a background or 

have it as a perfect companion to our 

A Guiding Light set.

I stamped my main image from A Guiding Light onto Flourishes Classic
White paper and colored with
copics. I used the Spellbinder's Small Labels that are on sale right now in
the Flourishes store. I stamped my map from the Antique Map set
onto my back panel.. these sets compliment each other so well.

Would you like to win this set and background stamp? Simply leave us a
comment over at the Flourishes Blog and you might walk away with
these two new beauties! We'll announce 

all the daily winners in our Winner's Circle here on the Flourishes Blog this
Saturday at 12 PM CST.

WHAT'S NEW THIS WEEK

You might notice that with each set, there's a link to the  Flourishes store. Starting today, all of our new release sets will be  available for pre-order!! You won't get to see the FULL set until  Friday, but if you like what you see from our design team samples,  and don't want to wait to get your hands on these new offerings,  you can be the first to order! Just click HERE to visit our store home  page to see all the pre-order sets. The New Release Bundle is also  making a comeback! From now through Friday, May 21st, when& you purchase all four of our new sets, you'll be able to get them in a bundle for 10% off! Click HERE to check out this great deal!Our   POWER HOUR Release Party is also being switched up a bit!  

Join us  THURSDAY, MAY 13th at 9 PM Central Standard Time as  we not only take off the lid on all of our sets, but showcase cards and projects  you've never seen before! All the chat, games and giveaways will wrap in  60 minutes when all the stamp sets we've been sneak peeking go live in the  Flourishes Store! You can join the party HERE in the SCS Flourishes Forum! If you still want a chance to win all four of our new stamp sets, please click HERE   to check out our Release Week Make It Manly Challenge!

So, be sure to set sail and see what our fabulous

design team created....

• Christine Okken
• Cindy Lawrence
• Danielle Kennedy
• Dawn Burnworth
• Julie Koerber – D.T. Coordinator
• Laura Fredrickson
• Leslie Miller
• Stacy Morgan 
• Sharon Doolittle

Tomorrow's set is sure to leave a sweet fragrance in the air. If you're anything like our Design
Team, you might just say that this is your favorite floral yet from the ever-so-talented
Marcella Hawley. Stay tuned for that sneak! We'll see you back here tomorrow!

Sassy Cheryl's May Calendar

Ask not what your country can do for you, 

ask what you can do for your country. 

John F. Kennedy

I had a request to get my calendar updated.. I love this calendar.. My husband created 

the stand for me. This adorable image is from Sassy Cheryl's. She is called
Funky Prim Annie..

This calendar template is from  my friend Cat and is available HERE.


Don't forget that Sassy Cheryl's has a challenge blog.. Go check it out here..

Thank you all so much for stopping by.. I will be back to visit your blogs soon.

I am giving away a Sassy Cheryl image and a bunch of goodies.. Check out
my BLOG CANDY... if you entered already enter again.. No limit... 

There She Goes Mother Of All Blog Hops

There She Goes

Mother Of All Blog Hops

Welcome to the There She Goes Mother of All Blog Hops!   If you have 

arrived here from  Nina Brackett's  blog, then you are in 

the right spot.    If not, I recommend that you start back on the 

There She Goes company blog HERE to get the introduction 

to our hop as well as the information you will need in order to enter to win 

some exciting prizes!

I am so happy to be joining in on the fun this weekend.. My set is called

Penguin Love and it is one of my favorites.  I added some rolled

flowers and a bit of tulle to embellish.  Such a fun set full of possibilities.

 Your next stop along the way is to Becky Carafa's blog.. I am sure you will be inspired..

Have a great Mother's Day Weekend and enjoy the hop.....

Flourishes Pre-Release Challenge

Manly Man Cards. As we get ready to honor the fathers in our lives, 

let's challenge each other to think outside the box when it comes to 

"man cards" .  I chose the Beach Life set from Flourishes to create my

card.. It took me forever to figure out which set to use. Then I thought

maybe I could make a Wish You Were Here card for my dad.  

I used the palm tree tops for the bottom of the shirt. I created

my own pattern for the sleeves and the collar.  Sponged on all

the ink for the sky and sunset.  Then added some buttons. 

While the winner  of this challenge will be drawn at random, 

a second winner will be chosen  based on just how creative they got with 

the entry. Can flowers be  masculine? Can an image be used in a way that 

wasn't intended? Show us what you've got! You could walk away with

all four stamps in Flourishes' May release! You have until Friday, 

May 14th at 5 PM EST to enter for your  chance to win. Use Flourishes 

stamps if you have them but if you don't,  please play along anyway. If you 

upload to SCS, please use the keyword  FLLCMAY10. Keep in mind, in 

order to be eligible, you need to link your  creation HERE in this post 

using the inlinkz linky. 

Good luck! We can't wait  to see your manly man cards/creations!

Check out the rest of the Design Team creations:

• Christine
• Leslie
• Cindy
• Laura
• Stacy

Check out my blog candy.. I am giving away a Flourishes set and lots of other goodies.. 

                         BLOG CANDY

Kate and Hugh

The cure for many things  is salt water - 

                                      sweat, tears, or the sea. --

                                                                         

This week over at Mo's Digital Pencil Denise is our hostess for the 

new month and her challenge is use WATER on your card or creation.

I chose Captain Hugh and First Mate Kate along with the Pirate Stuff.  

These are all available over at Mo's Digital Pencil Store. 
Come join the fun over at Mo's Digital Pencil Challenge Blog.

My friend Holly has a great tutorial HERE for merging images.

Don't forget to check out my BLOG CANDY.  

Mo has very generously donated the image Kissy for my candy package.  

One last thing.... IF you are from BYRON, IL and reading my blog please

contact me at dawnburnworth@yahoo.com.  

Pretty Pink Girl

"It's not what you are that holds you back, 

it's what you think you are not." 

{ Denis Watley } 

My youngest daughter has a special relationship with my husband.

He has been a great step dad.. When she was little she always dared

to be different.  Pink was her color of choice and she wore anything

that was fashionable.  Including his shirts and ties.  As she became older

the kids started making fun of her individuality and it seemed to cast a 

shadow of doubt upon her.  I wish that we all had the power

to be who we want to be......

Now mind you I think I see a bit of it returning.. Bet you can't guess which

one of these gals is her.. (in her defense she still likes the 

color pink just not when it is in the eyes)  Poor kid has had pink eye

for a week.  She has found some pink and aqua sunglasses though...LOL

Last night as I was be-blogging around I came upon Tiddly Ink's

store.. I LOVE her images.  They are so adorable.  Crocheted
flower is from my sweet friend Sabrina..

Don't forget my blog candy...HERE

I found a few challenges that this fits....

Raise The Bar:  I used the colors of my daughter's bedroom and the bedspread is black and white 
Just Us Girls Sketch:  I used a square instead of a circle.. But kept the layout the same. 
 

Blog Candy

A faithful friend is a strong defense: and he that hath found such one hath found a treasure....Ecclesiasticus 6:14 

 These past few weeks I have been really busy with all kinds of different
"stuff".  I wanted to show you what I have been up to.  This year I 
challenged myself to create something new to me each month.. 
Above is April and below is May. 


Next to stamping my other love is sewing.. I have been wanting to make a 
quilted bag and finally got to it.. I realized that when I head home I don't 
have a bag that is big enough to carry my crafting stuff in.. So I designed 
my own..



 

I also created a little pouch to carry my copics in..  I will be doing a 
tutorial soon on this flower.  It is is so easy.  So stay tuned.  Even if 
you don't sew you can create these. 

I want to give you all a chance to win my bag and pouch filled with the
following goodies...Whether you are new here or follow each day I really
appreciate my blogging friends. 


I will also be including the Flourishes Summer Botanical set seen above...
PLUS 4 copic markers for the little pouch..PLUS...

One of my favorite images from Mo's Digital Pencil.....  KISSY
(thank you MO...)

PLUS....a $5 gift certificate to shop at Sassy Cheryl's Store....




So here is that list of goodies:


1.  My custom made quilted bag
2.  My custom made copics holder
3.  4 copics ( colors of my choice)
4.  The Flourishes stamp set Summer Botanicals
5.  A free image for Mo's Digital Pencil
6.  A $5 gift certificate from Sassy Cheryl's
7.  My favorite gingham ribbon




What do you have to do.. Just leave me a comment telling me what your favorite 
quote is.. I am collecting them and find them so inspiring. If you can't think of one
then just leave me a comment to enter.. I want this to be fun..

If you want to follow my blog GREAT ..If you want to post this on your blog that
is GREAT too.. Nothing is required. Enter as often as you want. 

On June 1st at 10:00 pm EST I will pick a winner through random generator.. 
That way everyone has a fair chance..


Thank you all so much for joining me.. This is only for fun.  I have been blessed
by so many sharing with me I just wanted to give back.

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