Christmas Banners for Special Needs Kids Blog Hop Nov. 10th-12th

Christmas Banners for Special Needs Kids BLOG HOP, November 10-12, 2012

If you came from my daughter Rebecca's Blog, then you are in the right place! If not, head back to the beginning to Ellen's Blog (Card Monkey)!

Here is a beautiful write up by Ellen:


"In the eyes of children, we find the joy of Christmas. In their hearts, we find its meaning."

As joyous as Christmas is for most families, for some, their holidays are filled with worry, medical treatments and tests, and pain -- for their child must be hospitalized or she or he needs long-term care rather than being home with their families.

For these kids, Santa doesn't slip down a chimney but rather, often comes in the guise of community volunteers who help make the season bright.



This is the second Christmas season that our own band of dedicated and loving paper crafters have come together to make Holiday banners for children who are too sick to be home for the holidays. Welcome to the Christmas Banners for Special Needs Kids blog hop!

I am especially pleased that this year, not only have our numbers of generous crafters swelled so our Hop is over three full days, but also, that we have partnered with another great cause and recipient of our banners!

 

I love the new Christmas stack from DCWV and wanted to use it for this banner and I thought the kids would love to see some Sesame Street characters on it! I also wanted to make two matching Christmas cards to send along with it! :)

Please leave a comment below to enter to win a $5 Gift Certificate to Jaded Blossom ! (My favorite place to buy favor making stamps and supplies) One lucky winner will be chosen using Random.org, you will have until 11/13 to enter!

                                   


By teaming up with Madison Womack's I FEEL THE LOVE PROJECT, the banners our crafters have handmade will be going to the hospitalized children at Children's Hospital Central California!



First, let me show you the banner I made for today's post. I'll be sending this to Madison and the children at CHCC who are benefiting from the I Feel the Love project in December:

 

and here are my cards that I made to match that I will be sending along with the banners!

 

Supplies:
DCVW- The Evergreen Stack
Assorted cardstock
Stampin' Dimensionals
Zig Two way glue pen
Girl's Make-Up Party and Sesame Street Font Cartridge
Cricut
Gypsy
Tulle



Now, have I inspired you to make and donate your own banner or a Christmas card or two to the I Feel the Love Project? I hope so! Because if you will, you'll be entered into a drawing to win my:

CARDMONKEY's SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
Super-Fantastic Gift Basket
Throughout the month of December, I'll be adding crafty goodness to this basket so that it will be over-flowing and ripe and ready for under your tree. I'll be picking the winner on Christmas Eve, announcing the winner on Christmas Day, and if you win, you'll have the basket in your hands by New Year's Day!!
Stay tuned to the CardMonkey blog over the next few weeks leading up to the drawing, as I'll be posting the contents of the basket as they mount.
OK, so to win the GRAND PRIZE (all continents are welcome!), here's what you must do:
1. Be a follower of the CardMonkey blog and tell me in your comment how I can contact you.
2. Leave a comment telling me what you plan to make and send to the IFTL project by their deadline, December 10. Then do it! Go to www.ifeeltheloveproject.blogspot.com for mailing information for your card or banner. Your card or banner MUST be received by Madison by the deadline to be eligible to win the GRAND prize!
NOT READY FOR PRIME TIME?? You can still win great blog candy just by being here and commenting on as many banner makers' blogs over the course of the next three days.
Since we have more than 50 banner makers today, tomorrow and Monday, I'll be picking 5 blogs at random, and then one random comment from that Blog site, for that commenter to win one of five great prizes, which are:

1. Susan Bermudez, Independent Consultant for Creative Memories, donating a $20 gift certificate for Creative Memories products from her catalog (http://www.mycmsite.com/sites/susanbermudez/).
2. Scrappin' Madge: $25 Gift Certificate to The Scrappin Lounge Shoppe (http://madgesscrappinlounge.storenvy.com/)
3. Fresh Brewed Designs: Two prizes - One prize is a rubber stamp, Item #497 "Cutie Pie Ice Skating" (http://www.freshbreweddesigns.com/item_497/Cutie-Pie-Ice-Skating.htm), and the other is a $15 Digital Stamp gift card.
4. The Paper Temptress (www.papertemptress.com) - Owner Patricia Dunbar will donate a $25 Gift Certificate to her online store, the Paper Temptress.
5. The Pinque Peacock (www.pinquepeacock.com) - Owners Jessica Shelton will donate a gift certificate to her NEW store (products are being added daily -- watch as she grows!)
6. In addition, Close to My Heart Independent Consultant Lucy Kelleher will award a $20 gift certificate to a randomly-selected hopper who visits her blog (http://love2createitall.com) and/or Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/LucyK.CTMH) and posts a comment about the banner blog hop!

P.S. -- Be sure to check out as many blogs as you can, as several will be providing their own blog candy with their own requirements. If I catch them along the way, I'll add them to this list, as a shout out of gratitude, and also so you don't miss out on some sweet candy(canes!)...

Thanks For stopping By!

YOUR NEXT STOP IS... Kimi's Blog

Halloween Kisses

Hi Everyone!

I wanted to share with you the project my daughter Rebecca and I made for the Jaded Blossom Monthly Challenge! The theme was to make a Halloween treat. I found the PERFECT container a couple of months ago at Walmart. I saw some Spiderman Aqua balls that are filled with flavored water (they taste awful!). I got them for my kids but only one of them liked them. I knew it would be perfect for Halloween treats since it looks like a potion bottle. I cut open a door in the back to fill it full of kisses and some crinkle paper. Then taped it shut with packing tape. I used the Jaded Blossoms Halloween Kisses for this project. I stamped the witches hat, "Hocus Pocus", and "a wee bit wicked" ( I had to choose the wicked one because my husband is always singing that song "Popular" from Wicked the Musical and he ALWAYS gets it stuck in my head....) My daughter Rebecca helped me with everything!!! It looks so much better in person but I am still waiting to get my camera back from the manufacturer so I could only take a picture with my phone :(


Here is a pic before I took everything off the bottle:

 

Here is the bottle all finish:

 

Supplies:

 

Halloween Candies Stamps-Jaded Blossom

Aqua Ball

Orange and black cardstock

Black Tulle

3/4" Circle punch

1" scalloped circle punch

glue dots

bow maker

 

 

thanks for stopping by!



October Sketch Blog Hop Friday October 19th

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to the Sketch Blog Hop. Everyone has had so much fun doing these it's turned into a regular event!

If you came from Zenita's Blog then you are in the right place. If you want to start at the beginning then head over to www.craftycardgallery.com.


 The purpose of this hop is to show how all of these talented bloggers can take the same sketch and come up with totally different cards. If you've never used a card sketch before, give it a try! Be sure to check out all of the fabulous cards at the different stops!

When I was looking at the sketch I couldn't figure out what I wanted to put in the tree. Then when my daughter was having a tough day I thought about "Hang in There" and thought a monkey would go great hanging from the tree.

Supplies:
cardstock
ATG gun
Zig two way glue
Stampin' Dimensionals
Gypsy
Cricut
Life's a Party and Just Because Cards Cartridges
Stickles

Thanks for stopping by!

Your next stop is: Jearise's Blog!

Master Crafter Challenge!!!

Hi Everyone!

Today I am linking up my entry in the "Master Crafter Challenge" over at www.pinkcricut.com.

I am very lucky to be part of the 100 people participating in this awesome challenge!

Here is the info:

Scissor Mouse sponsored by Westcott , DCWV Rockstar mat stack sponsored by DCWV Deals, Cotton Bag Sponsored by State line Bag Co. , 1/2 sheet of Rhinestones sponsored by Queen & Co., Sentiment stamp sponsored by Pink by Design, Assorted Buttons.

 

 

We all received  a variation of the items in the picture and could add anything else to our project as well!

 

My word stamp I received was "Always".

 

I used all my items and them some of my own as well!

Voting will begin on October 7, 2012 at 12:01 am and last thru the 11th at 12:02 am CST,

You can only vote once for your favorite project per ip address

As soon as I saw the Rockstar mat stack I knew I wanted to use my new Teddy Bear Parade Cartridge to make a card. I love the little rockstar bear! She is SO cute. Her outfit reminded me of the 80's so I want to use Neon paper like in the 80's. :) I had a "You Rock" stamp and wanted to use it with my "always" stamp so I cut it apart to rearrange it better on my stamp block. I also knew I had a "You Rock" stamp from Jaded Blossom so I wanted to put them on the bottom of my Hershey Kisses to put in my little bag that came in the kit.I also cut out some of the background paper to put on the bottom of the kisses as well. I painted my buttons black with nail polish to match everything else and added the rhinestones to the center of them.

Here is my project:

 

 

Supplies:

 

Hershey Kisses

Friendly Kisses - Jaded BlossomStamps

Cotton Bag-State Line Bag Co.

Buttons

Black Nail Polish- Wet N Wild

Rhinestone- Queen & Co.

"Always" Stamp- Pink By Design

"Your Rock" - Shabby Chic Stamps

Cricut

Teddy Bear Parade Cartridge and Pooh Font Cartridge

Scissor Mouse- Westcott

DCVW Rockstar Mat Stack

White, Green, Pink, Black, Brown, and Gray Cardstock

Pop dots

Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed Face Stamp- Peachy Keen Stamps

White Gelly Roll Pen

Tuxedo Black Ink - Memento

Stampin' Up Markers

Glue Dots

ATG gun

Zig two way glue

 

 

thanks for stopping by!



 

 

 

 

 



 

Brighton's Birthday Blog Hop Winner!!!

Hi Everyone!

Sorry for the late posting of the winner...


The Winner from Brighton's Birthday Blog Hop is.....

#9 marg0006!
(winner chosen using random.org)

Congratulations!

I will be emailing her shortly.

Thanks for all the sweet comments!

Thanks for stopping by!

Brighton's Birthday Blog Hop

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to Brighton's Birthday Blog Hop!

We are celebrating an ADORABLE little boy who is turning 2! He is a fighter and has had a rough 2 years! I am so honored to be part of this hop to celebrate the milestone of him turning 2!

If you came from Sandy's Blog then you are in the right place! If you would like to start at the beginning then head to Shawnee's Blog!

Welcome to a very special celebration for a very special little boy. Brighton is a sweet little boy who has had a rough start to his life. The doctors believe Brighton has a rare metabolic disease called mitochondrial disease.
Mitochondrial disease is an energy depleting disease. You can read more about Mitochondrial disease at Http://www.umdf.org or http://www.mitoaction.org.

Brighton has made it to his 2nd birthday, despite all the challenges that he has faced this year. So we are all gathering to celebrate and cheer.

Today several talented crafty friends have decided to join me in this celebration!

We have some great sponsors for this hop they include:

A $20 GC to KaDoodle Bug Designs www.kadoodlebugdesigns.com
Like her fan page here: https://www.facebook.com/kadoodlebugdesigns
(GC is for regular priced items, not sale prices)

A dust cover for a Silhouette Cameo from Wunder's Creations

Like her page here: http://www.facebook.com/wunderscreations

This adorable Mini Album Kit from www.honeybearzdesigns.com

Head on over to her fan page here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Honeybearz-Designs/221044101276738

An adorable Stamp Set from Mary at CardzTV Stamps (http://www.cardztvstamps.blogspot.com/)

Requirements to enter
Leave a comment on each blog
Follow each sponsor on FB (if you don't do fb let us know)
Leave a comment on Shawnee's blog with your birthday wish for Brighton!

I will be giving away a prize on my blog as well! Please leave a comment below to be entered to win a  "Seeing Spots" Cuttlebug Folder. I will choose one winner using random.org to win the Cuttlebug folder! You will have until Thursday September 27th to enter!

Here is the card I made for Brighton!
Whenever I see his name I always think of sunshine! So I wanted to make sure I had a lot of yellow on my card to remind me of him. I have enjoyed watching him grown up on FB. :) He has an AMAZING mother and family! Who love him very much!

 

 

Supplies:

 

Cuttlebug

Honeycomb Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

Cricut

Mickey and Friends and Sesame Street Font cartridges

Look Who's ... stamp

Yellow, Black, Beige, Red, White, Green and Blue Cardstock

Stampin' Dimensionals

ATG gun

White Gel pen

Zig two way glue pen

Martha Stewart Alphabet punches

Stampin' Up Pennant Punch

 

 

YOUR NEXT STOP IS ...BETH'S BLOG!

 

Thanks for stopping by!



 

 

 

 

Halloween Spooktacular Banners for Special Needs Kids Blog Hop winner!!!

Hi Everyone!

Thanks for all of the amazing comments you left during the Halloween Spooktacular Banners for Special Needs Kids Blog Hop! I really enjoy making banners for these amazing kids!

The winner of the Pink Tulle is.........................
(Winner chosen using Random.org)


#12 Jessica S.


Thanks for stopping by!