Blog Candy at Get Inspired with Chatterscene!!

Chris at Get Inspired with Chatterscene reached her goal of 300 followers and is giving away a Block Party Lite Cricut cart to celebrate!  Stop by her blog to see how you can cheer her on and enter for a chance to win!  :-)

Another blog award!!!

I want to say thank you to Anniebee for this adorable award!!  The great thing about this award is there are no rules or requirements other than to pass it on!   Please stop by and visit Anniebee's Craft Room - she is amazing with her stamps and coloring!!

I'm passing this award onto some wonderfully creative bloggy friends!  Check out their blogs and see all of their fun creations!!

1 - Sarah at http://beansbagsandbottoms.blogspot.com/
2 - Carri at http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/
3 - Chris at http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com/

New challege blog launching soon!!

Cricut 360º is launching on July 1 - I'm so excited, I love challenge blogs!!  Go check out their blog and learn how you can join in on the challenges with this fun new team!!

To get the excitement started about their blog, they are giving away a Cricut cartridge to those who help spread the word!  Go here for more details!!

I have been slacking lately with my crafting and I really want to change that - no more letting life (and sleep!) get in the way!  :-)  I think this new blog will really help me with their fun weekly challenges!  So, who's going to join me?  :-)

Irresistibly Sweet Blog Award

I was given this fun award by Rexann at I Be Circled, thanks so much!!  Please go visit her blog and see all of her wonderful craftiness!!

The rules for the award are the following:
1) Send a thank you to the person who nominated you and include their link.
2) To accept this award, answer 7 random facts about yourself.
3) Pass the award on to at least 8 other awesome blog buddies

7 random facts about me...
1 - I was incredibly picky growing up but now I will eat just about anything!
2 - I used to love thunderstorms until a tornado hit our neighborhood when my oldest was just 3 months old, now I have horrible anxiety when its storming and I'm a nervous wreck!
3 - I LOVE the Real Housewives shows - any and all of them!
4 - I have a bad sweet tooth - my downfall is anything chocolate!
5 - My boys are my world and I love spending my days with them!
6 - I love to cook/bake and try new recipes - I have an agreement with my husband that he has to be honest about liking (or not liking!) my new recipes because otherwise, I'll think he likes it and keep making it!
7 - I've always wanted to be a nurse and I love my career, its the only thing that I would allow to take me away from my boys - but I'm still thankful its only 2 nights a week!

8 blog buddies I'm passing this award to...
1 - Chris at Get Inspired with Chatterscene
2 - Judy at At Home Crafting with Judy
3 - Anne at Anniebee's Craft Room
4 - Letillia at Diva of 5
5 - Jessica at Jessica's Craft Shaque
6 - Jenny at Scrap with Jenny
7 - Marie at Craftelicious
8 - Jamie at Stellar Designz

Winner!!

I just want to thank everyone for stopping by and participating in the CS Father's Day blog hop - I really enjoyed reading everyone's comments and visiting everyone's blogs!

I used random.org to draw the winner of my giveaway...

Congratulations Cricutbug!! 

Thanks again to everyone for participating and following my blog!

Thanks a Melon!

I needed a couple of thank you cards that I'm really late on sending out, so I made 2 that are fairly similar to save time!

I used the watermelon on Preserves Cricut cart and sentiment stamp from My Pink Stamper 'Fruit & Veggie Puns' - the paper I had in my stash and I really wish I knew where it was from because I do love it!  The ribbon is from Stampin Up and the twine from The Twinery and both worked perfectly with this paper!

I'm entering these in the 'Made It Myself Mondays' weekly linking party on You Had Me At Craft!

CS Father's Day Blog Hop

Welcome to the CS Father's Day Blog Hop, hosted by Chris at Get Inspired With Chatterscene -  I hope all of our craft creations inspire you to make something great for the men in your life for Father's Day!  Thanks for joining us!!

You should have arrived here from Chris's blog Get Inspired With Chatterscene.  If you missed the beginning of the hop, please go back to the start of the hop at Chris' blog to start so you don't miss any of the projects! There is blog candy offered so you want to start at the beginning and read how to participate to win!

For my projects, I made 2 father's day cards - one for my dad and one for my husband from the boys and I!

My poor dad, who is the master of all things handy, has been helping my siblings and I with projects around our houses lately, so I wanted to make him a card with a recliner on it - in hopes that it will encourage him to ignore all of us and take it easy on father's day!  ;-) 

The Father's Day Seasonal Cricut cart had the perfect recliner on it!!  I used the Dots, Stripes and Plaids stack from DCWV - its perfect for masculine cards!  The sentiment stamp is from the 'Our Fathers' set from Pink by Design, ribbon from American Crafts and the jewels I found in my stash.  I used the Cricut Essentials cart on my E2 for the tag as well as my Cuttlebug and the 'Argyle' embossing folder by Sizzix for the card base embossing, I used embossing powder and my heat gun to emboss the sentiment stamp and finally I inked the front of the card base as well as the edges.

Then for my card for my husband, I wanted to use a sports car - he's forevering talking about how much he wants a sports car but unfortunately it isn't in the financial cards for us right now.  :-(  So the best I can do is a sports car on his father's day card - its better then nothing, right?  ;-)  I found the sports car on the Father's Day Seasonal Cricut cart as well.  I used paper from my stash for this card, sentiment stamp from 'Our Fathers' by Pink By Design, twine from The Twinery as well as my Cuttlebug and the 'Argyle embossing folder by Sizzix again.

I have a fun giveaway here on my blog - an i-rock by Imaginesce as well as some bling to go with it, which I plan to pick up this weekend so that part will be a surprise!  :-)  I have been using mine for a couple of months and I do love it to add bling to my projects!  To be eligible to win, leave a comment on this post as well as become a follower of my blog!  I will use the random number generator to draw a name on Thursday, June 23 and will announce it here on my blog!

Thanks for hopping along with us!!  Remember, if you leave a comment on every designers blog hop post, your name will go into the drawing for the blog candy offered by ChatterScene.

Next up on the hop is Cassie at Scrappin' Palace, you'll love the fun project she has for you!

Here's the whole lineup in case you get lost along the way!

http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com/ -- Chris (Get Inspired With ChatterScene) - START
http://kimberliscreations.blogspot.com/ -- Kim (Kimberli's Creations) - YOU ARE HERE
http://www.scrappinpalace.blogspot.com/ -- Cassie (Scrappin' Palace)
http://www.myamusinglife.blogspot.com -- Jamie (My Amusing Life)
http://fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/ -- Kristen (My Fantabulous Life)
http://greengirlscraps.blogspot.com/ -- Michele (Green Girl Scraps)
http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com -- Brenda (Happy Scrapper)
http://www.txscrappermom.blogspot.com/ -- Roberta (TX Scrapper Mom)
http://kbiendesigns.blogspot.com/ -- Kelly (Kbiendesigns)
http://polkadotpaperprincess.blogspot.com/  -- Doreen (Polka Dot Paper Princess)
http://icameisawicreated.blogspot.com/  -- Renee (I Came, I Saw, I Created)

Have a great weekend!

Fathers Day Blog Hop!!

I'll be participating in my first blog hop for Father's Day, starting next Friday, June 17 - I'm SO excited and hope you check back to see my Father's day projects!!  Chris at Get Inspired with Chatterscene will be our host - stop by to see her blog, she has a lot of great projects to share and inspire you!

See you next Friday for the blog hop!  Have a great Thursday!