It's a Love Thing Blog Candy Winner

Just popping in quickly to announce the winner of my candy from our Friendship's Garden "It's a Love Thing" Blog Hop (I am a little slow getting this posted but went out of town last minute for the weekend!) Thanks so much for participating and the winner of the blog candy is . . . .

AJ from AJ Scrapbooking and Cards

Congratulations AJ! AJ, please email me at coopjamie@gmail.com with your mailing info so I can get your prize to you! And everyone, make sure to stop by Friendship's Garden this week to enter in our current challenge!

Inspiration Photo at Friendships' Garden

Hello out there! I hope wherever you are, a bit of spring weather may be coming your way this weekend and that you find some time for some fun paper crafting!

Our new challenge at Friendships' Garden this week is based on this great photo and color scheme:



Aren't those fun colors? They definitely make me feel like spring! Our challenge also has a BIRTHDAY themed twist, be sure to check out the Friendships' Garden Challenge blog to see all of the Design Team's fab creations, there are some really wonderful cards! Here is my take on this challenge:


We'd love to see what you can come up so please visit our Challenge Blog and link up your card by midnight EST on Sunday March 4th for your chance to win a gift certificate from our great sponsor, Altered Angel and a chance to be a guest designer for Friendships Garden! I can't wait to see what you come up with!


I used this sketch from Card Patterns to help design my card, I really like the rows of boxes, tons of possibilities there!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

CardPatterns-- Sketch 153
Pile it On-- Sending Happiness
Card Makin' Mamas-- Happy Birthday
Cupcake Craft Challenges-- Fluffy Pink Cupcakes
Aud Sentiments-- Happy
My Time To Craft-- Bring on the Cake
Paper Sundaes-- Birthdays

Thanks for looking!

Just a Thank You

Just taking a quick minute to share a Thank You card made this week; I love the colors of this card, I could make everything brown, yellow and green!

I am entering this card in the following challenges:

Do You Stack Up? -- Layers
Craft Us Crazy-- Favorite colors (brown/yellow/green)
Cute Card Thursday-- Flower power
Pretty Little Ribbon Shop-- Anything goes (with ribbon)
Cardabilities-- Sketch 48
Flutterby Wednesday-- Anything with wings
Little Darlings-- Favorite embellishement (flowers)

Thanks for looking!

Quick and Easy Valentines

Just wanted to share these Valentines I made for my kids, I found the ideas on Pinterest and then created my own for my kids to take to the classes today. I thought they turned out pretty cute and the kids were happy with them! (Even Carter, who wanted nothing pink, no hearts, and it not to say "Valentines" on it!)

I am entering these in the following challenges:

Fab n Funky Challenges-- Love is in the Air
Party Time Tuesday-- Valentines
4 Crafty Chicks-- Love is in the Air
Do You Stack Up?-- Love

Thanks for looking!

It's a Love Thing! (And some Goodies for You!)

Well, I'm back from my vacation and it's definitely time I got this post working-- so sorry about those problems, I hope you are all enjoying the Blog Hop anyway!

For our Garden Girl projects this week, it was so fun to work with a digital design from Designs on Cloud 9-- Michelle was so generous in providing us all with this file:




Aren't they adorable? Make sure to check out this and all the great things she has available at her site. I had so much fun with these cute bees, thank you so much to Michelle!


And here is the card I created by printing the digital file, then cutting and piecing this little guy together.



Since you have hopped over to my blog, you can also take a peek at the inside (which I like to keep fairly simple so there is plenty of room to write) and another view of the front:


As part of this blog hop, I have some "love thing" goodies for you! For your chance to win my Valentine themed blog candy (don't worry, there's plenty of stuff that can be used on any old project you choose!) all you need to do is go and become a follower of our Friendship's Garden Challenge Blog and then come back here and leave me a comment that you have done so.



And don't forget, there are lots of chances to be eligible to win the $20.00 voucher from Designs on Cloud 9 by participating in the blog hop-- make sure you complete all 5 steps so you have a greater chance of being picked. To review the rules, click here. After you have completed all that, then create your own Valentine themed card that has at least 3 embellishments and link it up to our challenge for your chance to win a $10.00 voucher from Altered Angel. So many chances to win this week so GOOD LUCK and thanks for joining in our "It's a Love Thing" blog hop! Our Hop will run through Feb. 19th and all prize winners will be posted on Feb. 22nd so make sure to check back then!

Now it's time to leave me a comment and then you are off to visit Erin's blog-- she was in the middle of moving this last week and so doesn't have a project to show you but still leave her a comment to be eligible for the prizes and then she'll direct you off to the next stop! Here is the list in case you have gotten lost :):):) Have fun!

SHARON

SAM

JAMIE {you are here}

ERIN {go here next!}

DENA

CISKA

CHANA

CAROLYN

BECKY

It's a Love Thing!

Welcome "It's a Love Thing" blog hoppers! I hope you have arrived here from Sharon's blog and are enjoying the Garden Girls' projects. Unfortunately, I am having technical issues-- I am on vacation and though I scheduled my post, it has no disappeared into blogger neverland along with the pictures of my projects and a chance for you to win some goodies! Please check back on Sunday when I will be back to my home computer again and can fix this! Until then, continue on to see ERIN'S project by clicking HERE and thanks for joining us!

A Sneak Peek of next Week!

Something big is coming next week to Friendship's Garden and I have just a couple sneak peeks to get your attention!





Looks like something fun, doesn't it? Be sure to "HOP" on over (there's a hint!) to our Friendship's Garden Challenge Blog starting on February 9th to join in all the fun!