Winners--Mini Album Bloghop

Hello everyone! Thanks for making our Mini Album Blog Hop on Wednesday a big success! Wasn't it fun?

The winner of my blog candy which is a $15.00 gift certificate to The Scrapbooking Queen's Facebook Royal Castle Shoppe was random comment #121 which is Kristol! Congratulations! Please contact me at bootsandbling@gmail.com and I will notify Theresa! If you are not already a member of Theresa's Royal Shoppe on Facebook, you will need to join that group so you can begin shopping at her awesome store.

Our next winner, for The Cutting Cafe pocket and sentiment cut files, was picked using random.org, and that winner was also picked at random from one of the six blogs in the Mini Album Blog Hop. That winner is

#18 SUNSHINE HONEYBEE

Congratulations Melissa! Please contact Mary at cardztv@gmail.com with your email address.

Thanks again for all of the awesome comments!! Have a great day!

Mini Album Blog Hop

Hello my crafty friends!  Today is Happy Wednesday and a few friends decided to have a mini album blog hop just for fun!!  Woo Hoo!  We will each be showcasing mini albums that we have made and I hope this gives each of you lots of cool ideas when making a mini album.

The blog hop starts at Mary's blog.  If you would like to start at the beginning, click HERE.  You should have arrived here from JANIS' blog.  I know she has made a super cute mini!!!  Janis is so talented!

Here are pictures of the mini album that I made.  I purchased a mini album kit from Gabrielle Beck in 2009 off of her Etsy store and modifed it to fit my topic.  It is so nice to have papers, embellishments, brads, buttons, and chipboard already selected and ready to go in one easy kit.  Gabrielle's store is not on Etsy anymore but you can search "mini album kits" if you would like to find one to make.

Here is the mini album I made for this hop.  I made this mini album as a gift to my son, Matt, who is currently serving in the U.S. Army.  I will present this album as a gift to him when he returns.

Front cover

First two pages

Pages 3 and 4

Pages 5 and 6

Last pages in Album...pocket page with lots of tags and pictures

Tags

close up view of tags

last four tags in Pocket Page

Our sponsor for this blog hop is Regina at The Cutting Cafe.  Regina is giving away three cut files to one lucky winner for this hop's blog candy!  The winner will be chosen via random.org and will be announced on

**************** BLOG.  Hmmm......did I say which one of us is picking the winner?  It's a SECRET!!!

All you have to do is leave a comment on everyone's blog to qualify!!!  Woo hoo!  Check back with us on Monday to see who won!!!!  How fun is that?

The Cutting Cafe'

thecuttingcafe.typepad.com

Printable Stamps, templates and Cutting Files

I WILL ALSO BE GIVING AWAY BLOG CANDY!!!  One lucky winner, selected by random.org, will win a $15 gift certificate to The Scrapbooking Queen's Facebook Royal Shoppe!!!  The Scrapbooking Queen's store is AWESOME!!!!  Lots of cool stuff!!!  All you need to do is leave me a comment and tell me your favorite ice cream flavor along with your email address so that I can contact the winner.  I will select the winner on Monday, July 1st on this blog.  

The next person on the hop is STACEY.
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Here is the blog list in case you get lost on the way:

Mary @ Cardz TV

Janis @ Pause Dream Enjoy

Lynn @ Boots and Bling Time

Stacey @ Stacey's Creative Corner

Ginger @ My Sisters Scrapper

Susan @ It's Me Susan P

The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Digi Challenge

Hello!  It is time for another digi challenge at The Scrapbooking Queen's Royal Castle!  Come and play with us! Make a card, altered project, or layout ....anything goes!  Easy peasy!

Here are some rules  for you to win our awesome sponsor Blog Candy!

1} please become a follower of  TSQ Challenge Blog

2} follow our sponsors on FB (HERE)

Our sponsors for this challenge are Pink Cat Studio, Bugaboo Stamps and Meljen's Designs!
Check out Meljen's Designs HERE!
Check out Pink Cat Studio HERE!
Check out Bugaboo Stamps HERE!

Check out Milk Coffee Stamps HERE!

You may enter more than one project, but each project

MUST be a new creation (no back posts) and MUST be linked

 directly to your project post, NOT a general link to

 your entire blog.  TOTAL LIMIT OF FIVE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Please include a backlink to your project.

ARE YOU READY????

Here is my adorable card!

Isn't he just the cutest?  He is so so so....HUGGABLE!!!
This stamp is from Pink Cat Studio!

CARDZTV Challenge No. 31

Happy Happy Summer (hot) Day to you, my friends!  It is time for another fun challenge from CARDZTV! The challenge starts today and ends June 28th.  Mary will be giving away to one lucky winner, a stamp set to those who enter their project to this challenge. The theme for this challenge is to make a card, layout or craft project using anything you would put in a jaf. If you need inspiration regarding this challenge, please click HERE to check out what my Design Team Sisters have created!

The Design Team members are showcasing the "Love in A Jar" stamp!  We have had so much fun with this set and I am amazed at all the ideas that I got from the team.  I am just blown away with the talent and wonderful variety of ideas our Design Team has to share with you.

Here is the stamp set:

Here is my card for this challenge:

The sentiment for the inside of the card is from the CARDZTV Stamp set called "Hugs & Kisses".  You can purchase these awesome sets HERE!

Come play with us!

Follower giveaway at Jo's Scrap Shack!

200 follower giveaway at Jo's Scrap Shack!!

Hello my blogging friends!  I wanted to spread the word about my fellow design team sister Jo and her fabulous 200 follower giveaway.  She is giving away a $25 gift certificate to Michaels - wouldn't that be awesome?!  She is a sweet lady and has a fun blog where she has started her own "challenge" called "Fun Friday Challenges".  You can check out her blog HERE and sign up to follow her and help her reach her goal of 200.  Thanks friends!! Have a blessed day!

Paper Playtime Challenge No. 12

It is time for another super fun Paper Playtime Challenge!!!  If you need to check out all the super cool information about this challenge and need information about the sponsors, just click HERE!!!

For my project, I made this super nice card, without a die cut, to send to my son:

Janis (pausedreamenjoy.blogspot) is a recent Stampin Up! demonstrator and she made a card recently and used the same stamp as a background on her card.  I loved her card so much that I decided to try the technique too!  If you are interested in any of the awesome Stampin Up! products, you can click HERE to obtain more information.

The stamps I used for this card are from a Hero Arts set that Hero Arts is donating a percentage of the proceeds to an awesome organization called Operation Write Home.  I purchased this stamp set at Simon Says Stamp.

I hope you like my card and I also wish that you guys have the best week possible!  Come play with us!

FFC Challenge #2

Happy Thursday!  My friend, Jo, is having another Fun Friday Challenge on her blog.  It ends today and another Fun Friday Challenge will start tomorrow!  You can check out the details of this challenge HERE!

I am also entering this card in the challenge over at Pausedreamenjoy Challenges! This challenge is fun too!  "Use Foam Tape" is the theme!  Check it out here!

Here is my entry for both challenges:

This is a super cute birthday card for my neighbor's granddaughter.  Isn't she cute!  And, if you can't tell, Miss Birthday Girl's favorite color is PINK!  Now what girl doesn't love pink?

Hope you guys get a chance to play in the Fun Friday Challenges....Jo is so sweet and very talented!

Come play with us!

Howdy!

Happy Monday!  Did everyone have a great weekend?

I certainly did!

Well, let's see...what did I do?  Watched a couple of bloghops...made a few cards...

went...to...the...barn...

Did I say barn?  Oh! I did!

While my son is deployed, we are taking care of his horse, Grace.  Grace and Matt go back a long long way.  My son and Grace are best friends.  She grew up with him and "raised" him up to be the cowboy he is today.  So, I made this card to send to him with the picture shown above.

All cuts are from Cricut County Fair cartridge except the sun.  It is from Create a Critter.  The clouds are from a Fiskars Cloud punch.  Little precious chicken sitting on the fence is part of the cut but it was too small so I cut a larger one.  I sure hope my son likes it!

Here is Matt with Ali right before he left 

Hope you guys have a great day!!!