tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90214263504751439852024-03-18T22:16:16.428-05:00Creative Living with ChristineSharing DIY and craft ideas and other "stuff" to live creatively on a limited and simple budget!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401090713771132958noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021426350475143985.post-56764715988066804112016-03-31T10:49:00.001-05:002016-03-31T10:49:42.339-05:00How the "Duck" are you?This morning I'd like to share with you a card that I have made to cheer my Mom up. She broke her foot back in the first week of February and has had to be off her feet since then! She is going stir crazy since she is used to being able to go out and go shopping or visit friends whenever she felt like. So being stuck in the house has had a little tug on her daily happiness! So I think she'll get a smile when she receives this card in the mail! I would deliver it personally but she lives in NJ and I live in Texas! Just a little too far for a quick visit! LOL I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it...<br />
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I used a white cardstock which I folded in half and punched a small circle in. I cut a piece of green mulberry paper a bit smaller and added a yellow ribbon from my stash. I hand wrote the sentiment on some punched circles from scraps. The duck that I colored with Copic markers is from Sunsational Stamps' new set: <b><u><a href="http://www.sunsationalstamps.com/product-p/825.htm" target="_blank">Have a Purrfect Spring.</a></u></b><a href="http://www.sunsationalstamps.com/product-p/825.htm" target="_blank"> </a></div>
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The inside of the card shows the back of the duck peeking through the hole in the card. I cut two ducks out and glued them together. The grass and the sentiment are both from the same stamp set as the duck! I also used a piece of the same green mulberry paper on the inside to give it a bit of color. </div>
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This was a quick fun card that I hope will make my Mom smile! What do you think? How do you make someone smile when they are feeling a bit down? Let me know in the comments, I'd love to hear from you! You'd make me smile!!!</div>
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Christine</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401090713771132958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021426350475143985.post-80046611681177239532016-03-25T17:00:00.000-05:002016-03-25T17:17:43.651-05:00Sunsational Stamps March Release Blog Hop <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Welcome to Sunsational Stamps Design Team Blog Hop for March, 2016. Thank you for joining us today! Our theme for this months release is </b><span style="color: purple;"><i><b>"Spring and Easter".</b></i></span><b> We are so excited about this release, there are 11 sets and the images are too cute for words, I am confident that you will love them!!!</b> </div>
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I am so thrilled to be a guest designer joining the Sunsational Stamp Design Team on the March hop this month! Thanks for the extra special blog love!!! For my project I used the duck and bunny from one stamp set and the butterfly from another set:</h4>
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I created this paper rosette bouquet!</h4>
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<b>This was a quick, easy and cheap (approximately $5.00! Less if you use what you have in your stash!) project that will brighten up any room for Spring and Easter!</b></div>
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I printed out the adorable <i><u><b>Sunsational Stamps' digital images</b></u></i> on my computer. I colored them with my Prismacolor pencils. I just LOVE these pencils, they blend so well! Then I made simple paper rosettes by accordion folding 12" strips of paper. </div>
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The strips are different sizes. The strip should be 1/2 of whatever size you want the final rosette to be. (If you go bigger than 2" your strip will have to be longer than 12" or it will rip!) I learned from experience! LOL The folds are every 1/4". I used a scoring board to make it easier but its not necessary. If you need a more detailed tutorial on how to make a rosette, let me know in the comments. I will be happy to post one. </div>
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The vase, plastic eggs, burlap ribbon and the Pixie Stix were all from the Dollar Tree! I've been told that the dollar store sells paper straws but I couldn't find any! I thought the Pixie Stix were a "sweet" alternative! I would think any type of straws or sticks would work too. </div>
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The buttons were from my stash. I put buttons on the back of the rosettes too (see the picture below). This makes it look more finished and also holds the rosette more secure if you don't use a glue gun! (I have to buy a new one, mine has been misplaced and I miss it so much!)</div>
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These digital stamps on the rosettes would also look awesome as gift tags!!! If you notice the rosette with the chipboard has a hole in it. Add a string or ribbon through the hole without the straw and you have an adorable tag!!!</div>
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I enjoyed creating with these stamps! They are so adorable and versatile. You can easily adapt them to so many projects! You really need to give them a try!! </div>
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Thank you for your interest and time to view my project. I hope I have inspired you to create on a budget! What are you creating for Spring or Easter? I challenge you to create something cute for as cheap inexpensive as possible! LOL Let me know in the comments what you come up with and also what you think of mine!</h4>
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If you happened to have stumbled upon this blog by chance or accident, please make sure to head to the first blog listed so you don't miss any of the Love we have to share with you. This hop runs from <b><i><span style="background-color: white; color: purple;">6 PM March 25th through 11:59 pm March 27th,</span></i></b> so you have plenty of time to visit every blog in the list below.</div>
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Janet - <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com%2F&h=bAQHgxBTuAQGsbYiMK5om1G5JdcN3neuPe49WV2vOy9Hgkg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/</a> </div>
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Helen - <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.craftinghelen.blogspot.co.uk%2F&h=HAQEsY1VNAQFZhQr2M4NLyAMBT4Y7ZbDV2yXxh2j87VlfuQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.craftinghelen.blogspot.co.uk</a></div>
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Rhonda - <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcraftingwithblue.blogspot.com%2F&h=zAQEVdQVrAQGQCkoYWCPaO0yfO78QHDPsao8lo1qUSDcxNw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://craftingwithblue.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Marji - <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fstampaholic.blogspot.com%2F&h=wAQHSio3cAQF9kXqmjs5rpXDPGDHEF-Gxi0GC1EO8rG5uyw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Lisa - <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsunsationalstamps.blogspot.com%2F&h=CAQGEwHg9AQFz2Chy06oTxDvzpfVeqN3EiC1ARWJPIRIwCw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://sunsationalstamps.blogspot.com/</a> </div>
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<br /><br /> Welcome to Sunsational Stamps Design Team Blog Hop for February, 2016. Thank you for joining us today! Our theme for this months release is "Critters and Flowers". We are so excited about this release, there are 12 sets and the images are too cute for words, I am confident that you will love them!!! <br /><br /> There is as always Blog Candy to be won at every stop. that means if you follow the rules we have set out you have 10 chances to win. <b><i>This month we have decided to offer as blog candy one set of the winner's choice from our new release.</i></b> You get to choose which you would like, we are really excited about this offer.<br /><br /><b><i>So that everyone gets a little something for participating in the hop there will be a free gift digital image Available for you to claim at the end of the hop. It will be an exclusive image created just for this event! </i></b> </span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br />
Here are a few simple rules we ask you to follow to show support for each crafter and the time they have put into their work. In order to be eligible for the drawing for the blog candy and the Free digital stamp <br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">For my project I used the Beary Special Stamp set</span></i></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><i>I created this "Beary Special" bag!</i></span></b><u></u></div>
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<i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><b>This bag is the perfect size to show someone that you were just thinking of them, that they're special or just because. I think it would make a great Easter basket for goodies or giving a treat to a neighbor or friend too. A quart size zipper top bag with cookies or other baked treats would fi</b></span></i><i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><b>t great in here!</b></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><b>This purse was made out of cardstock and patterned paper from the American Girl Collection. The buttons and twine were just from my stash. I colored the digital image from Sunsational's digital collection with my Prismacolor pencils and I printed the sentiment from the above digital set on my computer. The sentiment is on one side of the tag and the cute bear is on the other! This was a quick and fun project that I am thrilled with and how it turned out! </b></span></i><br />
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<i><span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><b>Please comment below with how you think this "Beary Special" bag could be used! I'd love to hear your thoughts and ideas on this project!</b></span></i><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>My inspiration was from A YouTube video done by Jen Evers of My Besties Shop: </b></span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxQGHyj7hT0" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxQGHyj7hT0</b></span></a></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">I am so thankful that I was asked to be a guest designer along with Helen this month! Thanks for the experience and inspiring me to start blogging again! I'd be honored to join you again anytime!</span></i></b><br />
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If you happened to have stumbled upon this blog by chance or accident, please make sure to head to the first blog listed so you don't miss any of the Love we have to share with you. <br />
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This hop runs from 8 am February 27th through 11:59 pm February 28th, so you have plenty of time to visit every blog in the list below.<br />
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Janet - <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com%2F&h=XAQGUBtsxAQEA-blsB8ri6NsnpGsILBUSOn51jXnDv7svKw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/</a> <br />
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Janie - <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcrafterscastle.blogspot.com%2F&h=WAQEHC2GbAQH1aBOfrPE14k9e71yEN5xWXKJnK9zIGeD7sw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://crafterscastle.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Paula - <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fpaulahattonvines.blogspot.com%2F&h=dAQEGHpq5AQEq9g3GeJkVWP3RdVefGAsBmuxUurUUmEfAdA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://paulahattonvines.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Helen - <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.craftinghelen.blogspot.co.uk%2F&h=TAQF8pItEAQFHsEfCND49sNEOEdHIf1r5RuMfLNMEsvvbcg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.craftinghelen.blogspot.co.uk</a><br />
Christine - <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.creativelivingwithchristine.blogspot.com%2F&h=2AQFWZ1zyAQF46aeVuHZmPv8IPEnoQYmTmD1MZz3xyEqAHA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.creativelivingwithchristine.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Rhonda - <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcraftingwithblue.blogspot.com%2F&h=-AQHoqlQKAQHcaJdRAWFG5bIdnORvQDQcypYB81IPpDhWOA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://craftingwithblue.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Marji - <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fstampaholic.blogspot.com%2F&h=TAQF8pItEAQEJ2QmAKQ4n_f1E56_CKnbYzYf1SZzQh2gw3A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.fstampaholic.blogspot.com</a><br />
Hannah - <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcajunhannahcraft.blogspot.com%2F&h=jAQFi5_DLAQGpx0ifw295WAzlYaVBLdSpjJO-pXPHptrsAA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://cajunhannahcraft.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Carolyn - <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.grandmacarol46580.blogspot.com%2F&h=JAQFMrydlAQGmbIesSS1kc0UAaewcGjStrGNilbDvJbfhVg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.grandmacarol46580.blogspot.com</a><br />
Lisa - <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsunsationalstamps.blogspot.com%2F&h=aAQHl7qyvAQHgkCZ2SJoqKE29PlL41rvEU-VOrmUgrFhMWw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://sunsationalstamps.blogspot.com/</a> <br />
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Christine</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401090713771132958noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021426350475143985.post-50451506175536850132013-10-11T23:00:00.000-05:002013-10-12T12:02:07.044-05:00<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.63636302947998px; line-height: 20px;">
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Lynne ~ <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fslasewcraftiness.blogspot.com%2F&h=xAQFK3Evi&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Sandy ~ <a href="http://aworkingmomsjoy.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://aworkingmomsjoy.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Janet ~ <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fladyluvbug.blogspot.com%2F&h=zAQFQxpM3&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Jearise ~ <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Florbysworld.blogspot.com&h=RAQGCYmPx&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Lucy ~ <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Flove2createitall.com&h=gAQEbDpPJ&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://love2createitall.com</a></div>
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Christine - <a href="http://www.creativelivingwithchristine.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.creativelivingwithchristine.blogspot.com</a></div>
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1 - National Lace Day -Janet</div>
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2 - Guardian Angels Day Laura</div>
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5 - World Card Making Day - Sandy</div>
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6 - Mad Hatter Day - Lynne</div>
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7 - World Smile Day - Lynne</div>
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9 - Fire Prevention Day- Sandy</div>
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11 - Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day<strong> - </strong>Lucy<strong> </strong></div>
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<strong>11 - World Egg Day</strong></div>
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14 - Columbus Day - Lynne</div>
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14 - Be Bald and Free Day - Jearise</div>
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<strong>16 - Dictionary Day</strong></div>
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19 - Sweetest Day- Sandy</div>
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21 - Count Your Buttons Day - Sandy</div>
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25 - Frankenstein Friday - Jearise</div>
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<strong>27 - National Tell a Story Day (in Scotland and the UK)</strong></div>
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28 - Plush Animal Lover's Day - Lynne</div>
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30 - National Candy Corn Day - Sandy</div>
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30 - Mischief Night - Janet</div>
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31 - Halloween - Christine</div>
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Just comment and give some bloggie love to each of the Calendar Girls. For our blog candy, Lynne is offering a personalized mug mat monogrammed with your first initial. Please, don't forget to comment on all blogs along with leaving your email address that we may contact the winner. You get to chose either fall colors or Halloween.</div>
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Also, Lynne is offering a breast cancer awareness bracelet to one lucky winner.</div>
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So glad you could make it today! Is the air cool, crisp and fresh where you live? Here in Texas, we have been teased with a few days of Fall weather but it left as quickly as it came!<br />
I tried to keep the thoughts and feelings of October and Fall by decorating my surroundings! Otherwise I would think it was still SUMMER! AAgghh!<br />
One of the decorations that I did and think it turned out well is a scarecrow wreath for my front door! My inspiration came from a picture that my daughter sent me from somewhere on the web. I would give proper credit if I knew to whom it belonged (she only clipped the pic with no source)! So please forgive me.</h4>
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A hay wreath that I found at the thrift store for $0.50</div>
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A 6ft Scarecrow on a stick (I removed the stick) from Joann's for $4.99</div>
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3 Autumn floral sprigs from Joann's for $1.50 each</div>
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3 rolls of Autumn ribbon from Joann's at $1.50 each</div>
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Some buttons that I had in my stash</div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.63636302947998px;">Thank you for hopping with the Calendar Girls! Your next stop in the hop is <a href="http://www.lauraleesdream.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Laura</a>. Be sure to mark your calendar again next month to see what Holidays to Celebrate on November 9, 2013, for the next Calendar Girls Blog Hop!</span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Until Next Time...do something creative in your life!
Christine</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401090713771132958noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021426350475143985.post-12434713499786349622013-09-13T23:00:00.000-05:002013-09-13T23:00:02.743-05:00Calendar Girls - September 2013<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10.909090995788574px; line-height: 15.994318008422852px; padding: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;">
Welcome to our September Calendar Girls' Blog Hop. It’s absolutely amazing when you do a Google search the interesting facts you may find. Such a find is special and unique occasions throughout the year!!! These unique holidays are our inspiration. As Neil Sedaka sang in his song "Calendar Girls" - "September, light the candles of your sweet 16!!"</div>
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<b>I must apologize for not having any projects to share with you today! I had some family/personal happen this month, and I did not get my intended projects completed! I hope you enjoyed everyone's projects today and hope you will come back next month to see our lastest crafting! Happy crafting!</b></div>
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Our hop begins today with the lovely and super talented Jearise of Lorby's World (<a href="http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com</a>). The entire line-up is available just in case you get bogged down with all the holidaze and craziness as you won't want to miss a single calendar event!!!! </div>
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<strong>In case, you get lost along the way with all the craziness of the holidaze, here's the complete line-up to follow along with the streamers, cards, lay-outs and super creativity of the marvelous Calendar Girls:</strong></div>
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Jearise ~ <a href="http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Janet ~ <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fladyluvbug.blogspot.com%2F&h=nAQEtuHVv&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Lynne ~ <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fslasewcraftiness.blogspot.com%2F&h=hAQGPTBVe&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Sandy ~ <a href="http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Edwina ~ <a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fedwinascreations.blogspot.com%2F&h=bAQE46iRa&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/</a></div>
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Vicky~<a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcrafting-vicky.blogspot.ca%2F&h=uAQHWmbE0&s=1" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/</a></div>
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Laura - <a href="http://www.lauraleesdream.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.lauraleesdream.blogspot.com</a></div>
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Christine ~ <a href="http://www.creativelivingwithchristine.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.creativelivingwithchristine.blogspot.com</a></div>
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<strong>September, 2013 Daily Holidays, Special and Wacky Days:</strong></div>
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Classical Music Month ~ Jearise</div>
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<strong>Fall Hat Month ~</strong></div>
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<strong>Baby Safety Month ~</strong></div>
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<strong>Self Improvement Month ~</strong></div>
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1 Emma M. Nutt Day, the first woman telephone operator ~ Lynne</div>
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2 Labor Day ~ Janet</div>
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3 Happy Birthday Janet Smith ~ Lynne</div>
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<strong>4 Newspaper Carrier Day</strong></div>
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6 Read a Book Day ~ Laura</div>
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8 Grandparent's Day ~ Sandy</div>
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9 Teddy Bear Day ~ Lynne, Sandy</div>
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10 Sewing Machine Day ~ Lynne</div>
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<strong>11 911 Remembrance ~</strong></div>
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12 Chocolate Milk Shake Day ~ Edwina</div>
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12 National Video Games Day ~ Sandy</div>
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<strong>13 Blame Someone Else Day ~</strong></div>
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<strong>13 Fortune Cookie Day ~</strong></div>
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<strong>13 Uncle Sam Day - his image was first used in 1813 ~</strong></div>
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14 National Cream-Filled Donut Day ~ Christine</div>
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<b>15 Make a Hat Day ~ </b></div>
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<strong>15 National Women's Friendship Day ~</strong></div>
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16 National Play Doh Day ~ Lynne</div>
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19 International Talk Like A Pirate Day ~ Sandy</div>
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21 Oktoberfest ~ Lynne</div>
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22 Elephant Appreciation Day ~ Janet</div>
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23 Checkers Day ~ Christine</div>
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26 Johnny Appleseed Day ~ Jearise</div>
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27 Native American Day ~ Edwina</div>
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Just comment and give some bloggie love to each of the Calendar Girls. For our blog candy, Lynne is offering a personalized mug mat monogrammed with your first initial. Please, don't forget to comment on all blogs along with leaving your email address that we may contact the winner. You get to chose either fall colors, butterflies, or apples. Shown is the butterfly fabric. </div>
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Thanks for stopping by and mark your calendar again next month to see what Holidays to Celebrate on October 12, 2013, for the next Calendar Girls Blog Hop!</div>
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Christine</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401090713771132958noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021426350475143985.post-85750994233011849982013-08-09T23:00:00.000-05:002013-08-09T23:00:06.820-05:00August 2013 Calendar Girls: Book Lover's Day & National S'mores Day<div class="MsoNormal">
Welcome to our August Calendar Girls' Blog Hop. It’s
absolutely amazing when you do a Google search the interesting facts
you may find. Such a find is special and unique occasions throughout the
year!!! These unique holidays are our inspiration. As Neil Sedaka sang in his
song "Calendar Girls" - "August, when you're on the beach, you
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Our hop begins today with the lovely and super talented
Jearise at<a href="http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com</a>. The entire line-up is
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as you won't want to miss a single calendar event!!!! <o:p></o:p></div>
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Jearise - <a href="http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/">http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Edwina-<a href="http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Janet ~ <a href="http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/">http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Laura -<a href="http://www.lauraleesdream.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> http://www.lauraleesdream.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Lynne ~ <a href="http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/">http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Sandy~<a href="http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Vicky~<a href="http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/">http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Christine -<a href="http://creativelivingwithchristine.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> http://creativelivingwithchristine.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Lucy ~ <a href="http://love2createitall.com/">http://love2createitall.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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Michele- <a href="http://scrapytaz.blogspot.com/">http://scrapytaz.blogspot.com</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>August Monthly Holidays, Special and Wacky:</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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3 National Watermelon Day ~ Edwina<o:p></o:p></div>
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4 Friendship Day ~ Edwina<o:p></o:p></div>
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4 Sisters Day ~ Janet<o:p></o:p></div>
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7 National Lighthouse Day ~ Lucy<b> </b><o:p></o:p></div>
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9 Book Lover's Day ~ Christine<o:p></o:p></div>
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10 National S'mores Day ~ Christine<o:p></o:p></div>
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13 Left Hander's Day ~ Jearise<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>15 Relaxation Day - now this one's for me! ~Edwina</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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16 National Tell a Joke Day ~ Laura<o:p></o:p></div>
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18 Bad Poetry Day ~ Jearise<o:p></o:p></div>
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19 Aviation Day ~ Lynne & Edwina<o:p></o:p></div>
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20 National Radio Day ~ Sandy<o:p></o:p></div>
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21 Senior Citizen's Day ~ Janet<o:p></o:p></div>
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22 Be an Angel Day ~ Laura<o:p></o:p></div>
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22 National Tooth Fairy Day ~ Sandy<o:p></o:p></div>
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27 Just Because Day ~ Jearise<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>28 Race Your Mouse Day -but we are not sure what kind of
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30 Frankenstein Day ~ Sandy<o:p></o:p></div>
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30 Toasted Marshmallow Day ~ Vicky<o:p></o:p></div>
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We are offering some fabulous blog candy to a lucky winners
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Sandy from Scrapbook Blessings will be going through her
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Laura will also be giving one lucky winner her favorite
image from The Stamping Chef.. She is a new release so you will have to wait
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<b>August 9th is Book Lover's Day! My project to celebrate this holiday is something every book lover needs...a bookmark! These bookmarks are actually a file that I purchased from the Silhouette America store from designer Sarah Bailey. Instead of cutting them with my electronic cutter, I printed the pattern and let my girls go free with my scrapping papers and card stock. These are their creations...</b></div>
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<b>What better way to nurture the love of books then to create your own monster bookmark???!!! </b></div>
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<b>National S'mores Day is actually Today, August 10th! For this crazy holiday I knew I wanted to celebrate with not your ordinary traditional S'more. I wanted something you could enjoy even when you are not sitting 'round the campfire! </b></div>
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Christine</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401090713771132958noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021426350475143985.post-33790708788724809302013-06-07T23:00:00.000-05:002013-06-08T08:18:51.712-05:00Calendar Girls' Blog Hop...Flag Day and Fishing Day!<b>Welcome to our June Calendar Girls' Blog Hop. It’s absolutely amazing when you do a Google search, the interesting facts you may find... the special and unique occasions throughout the year!!! These unique holidays are our inspiration. As Neil Sedaka sang in his song "Calendar Girls" - "June, they’ll let me take you to the Junior Prom.” </b><br />
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<b><i>Ahhh, yes, remember those prom days, let alone the prom pictures?? I remember my Senior Prom –my date picked me up in his parents’ “clunker.” Wait, wait, it gets better! We were supposed to go to NYC after the prom…He didn't want to take his parents’ car so we ended up riding the BUS into New York City!!! Can you believe it?? The BUS!! Can you say NERD?? Sitting on the bus in your prom gown and tuxedo…what a memory! Well enough with that, on to the projects!</i></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pillowcase dresses have been around for hundreds of years. They came about as an easy and inexpensive way to clothe children. The original dresses were made from potato sacks, old linens and …pillow cases! These dresses are still popular and have taken on many modern twists.</span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wal-Mart! It could really be made from scraps you have from other projects; it only took me about ½ yard of material. The stars came from a $2.00 package of buttons in my stash. It only took me approximately 5 hours (should have been less without interruptions and breaks)! </span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> And there you have it, a “pillowcase” dress that is still inexpensive, cute and can be worn for all patriotic holidays!</span></i></b><br />
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The line-up for June includes:<br />
Vicky ~ <a href="http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/">http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/</a><br />
Janet ~ <a href="http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/">http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Anita ~ <a href="http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/">http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com</a><br />
Kimberly ~ <a href="http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/">http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com</a><br />
Laura - <a href="http://www.lauraleesdream.blogspot.com/">http://www.lauraleesdream.blogspot.com</a><br />
Lynne ~ <a href="http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/">http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Christine~ <a href="http://creativelivingwithchristine.blogspot.com/">http://creativelivingwithchristine.blogspot.com</a><br />
Sandy~ <a href="http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com/">http://scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com</a><br />
Miriam ~ <a href="http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com/">http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com/</a><br />
Lisa ~ <a href="http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/">http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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1. Miriam's Crafting Supplies is offering ten (10) sets of pearls to one lucky winner by becoming a fan on her new blog, Miriam's Crafting Blog, http://miriamscraftingblog.com/<br />
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2.The Stamping Chef, http://thestampingchef.oo.gd/, is our wonderful sponsor for today's blog hop and has designed some of the images that have been used in today's hop. She is offering 3 of her wonderful designs, winner's choice to one lucky blog hopper that responds on each of the Calendar Girls’ posts along with her facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/groups/TSCRecipes/, commenting that you hopped with the Calendar Girls.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Thanks for stopping by and mark your calendar again next month to see what Holidays to Celebrate on July 13, 2013, for the next Calendar Girls Blog Hop!</i></span></b></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Until Next Time...do something creative in your life!
Christine</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401090713771132958noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021426350475143985.post-36867433450464334912013-03-15T09:11:00.001-05:002013-03-15T09:11:23.908-05:00Taking a turn<span style="font-size: large;"><b>My apologies to all my readers that I have seemed to vanish for a while! I am back and have decided to take a turn with this blog...</b></span><div>
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<b><i>My original purpose with this blog was to share crafts; now with the changes that have occurred in my life I have been challenged by the Good Lord to revamp my outlook on life and learn how to live creatively on a much lower income. </i></b></div>
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<li><b>In 2010 my husband, who was a truck driver, required emergency surgery on his spinal cord. This left him with spinal cord injury and partially paralyzed. D</b><b>ue to this change he was no longer able to work and was awarded Social Security Disability<i><span style="color: #cc0000;"> (Cut #1 in income and a big change in our lives)</span></i> For 3 months, I needed to take off work and become his caregiver because he was not able to even feed himself. Through rigorous therapy he gained back a considerable amount of movement and I returned to work.</b></li>
<li><b>During this time I was struck with great pain throughout my entire body combined with other symptoms. I blew them off to stress, long days, and difficult strain on my body due to lifting and caring for my husband. Unfortunately, rather than relief the symptoms became progressively worse until at times I could not even move. </b></li>
<li><b>After many frustrating doctor visits and tests, I was diagnosed with not only Fibromyalgia but Autoimmune disorders (not to mention severe hypertension and depression)!</b></li>
<li><b>I continued to push myself to work until the symptoms and the treatments (weekly oral chemotherapy and now chemotherapy infusions) forced me to resign from my stressful position at work. <i><span style="color: #cc0000;">(Cut #2 in income and another big change in our lives)</span></i></b></li>
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Christine</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401090713771132958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021426350475143985.post-91279820449962689282012-07-17T22:59:00.000-05:002012-07-22T10:28:59.557-05:00Keira's Double Digit Crafting Birthday Bash<div class="mtl fbDocument">
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Oh, the dilemma of it all, what to get a talented gal such as Keira who is going to be 10 for her birthday!!!!! I know what, let's have a blog hop for her .....<br />
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Keira has sooo many talents and likes such as:<br />
she will be going in the 5th grade, loves dogs and cats, loves to garden, is a competitive gymnast, but more importantly, she is the best crafting partner Lisa Woodward could have! At 9, she can use a cricut independently, and with SCAL and CCR. She likes to paper piece and scrapbook and loves making cards for everyone~and everything!!!! Hallmark may not have a card for “Sorry my Golden Retriever ate your shoe at my sleepover” but Keira sure does! Keira crafts along side Lisa, working on her own projects, and with helping Lisa with hers. Now, bear in mind that Keira is not a "kid" crafter so to speak but her skills go way beyond pipe cleaners and pom poms!<br />
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1. Lisa W.~ <a href="http://mycraftyspaces.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mycraftyspaces.blogspot.com</a><br />
2. Kimberly ~ <a href="http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com</a><br />
3. Lynne ~ <a href="http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/</a><br />
4. Miriam - <a href="http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com</a><br />
5. Christine ~ <a href="http://customcreativeexpressions.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://customcreativeexpressions.blogspot.com/</a><br />
6. Rachelle~<a href="http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com</a><br />
7. Daisy- <a href="http://tsunamirosedesigns.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tsunamirosedesigns.blogspot.com</a><br />
9. Shawnee ~ <a href="http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://quiverofangels.blogspot.com</a><br />
10. Anita~<a href="http://anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/</a><br />
11. Jenny~ <a href="http://cccjalessi.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://cccjalessi.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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12. Lisa ~ <a href="http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/</a><br />
13. Edwina ~ <a href="http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/</a><br />
14. Kristy - <a href="http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com</a><br />
15. Maria - <a href="http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://JoyfulStamper.blogspot.com</a><br />
16. Jamie ~ <a href="http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://craftygirl21.blogspot.com/</a><br />
17.Lori ~ <a href="http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/</a><br />
18. Sarah - <a href="http://simplyshaddock.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://simplyshaddock.blogspot.com</a><br />
19. Natasha - <a href="http://craftingwithnatasha.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://craftingwithnatasha.blogspot.com/</a><br />
20, jackie-<a href="http://jackrabbitscrappin.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://jackrabbitscrappin.blogspot.com/</a><br />
21 Erica <a href="http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com</a><br />
22. Theresa <a href="http://scrappinginheels.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://scrappinginheels.blogspot.com/</a><br />
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If you're just visiting me today, I'm thrilled but wouldn't want you to miss a single birthday wish to this special 10 year old!!!! The hop begins with Lisa. If you have arrived from Miriam's blog at<br />
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<b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2x9SWpJA7PvIE13ig0rkN7Cj-lpqThPNmqYPHop5X93oinunuszC004LYPkPUx_qYcs50gMeiZRRdwex1fuS2hKyiBRm083oukd-KRLQ11zQOybpjHtKXBeEGjnaDyBzeumXkISDBw-ep/s1600/Keira's+tear+bear+card+side+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2x9SWpJA7PvIE13ig0rkN7Cj-lpqThPNmqYPHop5X93oinunuszC004LYPkPUx_qYcs50gMeiZRRdwex1fuS2hKyiBRm083oukd-KRLQ11zQOybpjHtKXBeEGjnaDyBzeumXkISDBw-ep/s320/Keira's+tear+bear+card+side+view.jpg" width="320" /></a>Don't you just love the tear bear?</b> Have you ever made one? They are made from Thick Mulberry Paper which is a handmade paper. You actually tear the paper in the shapes that you want.<br />
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You can draw your bear for a pattern or use a coloring page too. Or you can do as I did for this one...I used things around the house. I used a cover for a baby bottle for the head, a quarter for the ears, my snail adhesive for the body, a nickel for the paws, and the inside of the handle of small scissors for the muzzle and just free-handed the arms and legs.<br />
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Once the pieces are torn (about 3 for each part) and glued together, you use a wire brush or a stiff toothbrush or a dental brush and just brush the paper til it is as fluffy as you like. You can decorate with clothes from paper or anyway you like.<br />
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The presents on the card pull open and display birthday greetings and birthday balloons!<br />
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If you would like to try a bear too, I have created a file of eyes and noses that you can cut by hand or with the silhouette cutter.<br />
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I also have included a file that includes a template to cut by hand and a studio file to use with the Silhouette cutter for the step card <br />
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Click on the freebie tab to download these files and the pattern for the card as well! (Check back again because I love to offer freebies) and stay up to date by liking my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/CreativeExpressionsCardsbyChris <u><b><span style="color: magenta;">Happy Birthday Keira! Enjoy!</span></b></u></div>
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Time to cut the cake…..WAIT….this is a blog hop party, there’s no cake….there’s CANDY! We have some awesome sponsors for this blog hop who are offering some great prizes!<br />
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Well, we hope you enjoyed the birthday wishes we have prepared and now you won't want to miss Rachelle's blog at <span class="text_exposed_show"><a href="http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://<wbr></wbr>creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.co<wbr></wbr>m</a></span><br />
as she too wishes Keira a wonderful double digit birthday!!! You can just imagine how thrilled she is as she is grinning "ear-to-ear" with all of her birthday wishes!<br />
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If you too would like to send a special card or crafting wish the address to mail to is:<br />
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Keira Woodward<br />
3448 Valley Creek Drive<br />
Tallahassee, FL 32312<br />
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Christine</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401090713771132958noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021426350475143985.post-71677832818787843482012-05-24T20:00:00.000-05:002012-05-24T20:00:10.973-05:00Disney SVG filesIt's been a while since my last post! Wow, have I had a lot going on! As I shared in an earlier post May has many celebrations for my family...birthdays, anniversaries, Mother's Day, Teacher appreciation days, and so on and so on. Seems like it never ends! Well, with all the celebrations I have been busy creating gifts! I will post them this weekend with some tutorials if I can fit that in! LOL<br />
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I have taken a break from work and gift making and decided to relax and browse the web to see what others have been up to...<br />
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I found the most wonderful site with loads of great SVG and SCAL files of Disney characters!!! Already divided in layers for paper piecing or cutting with vinyl!!!<br />
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Look how cute this Baloo and King file is....<br />
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Now run over to <a href="http://reddyrd5.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Reddy's Ramblings</a>, tell her Christine from Custom Creative Expressions sent you and get your own files! Just remember these are Licensed and copyrighted to Disney, so as she will remind you, they can't be sold! Unless you don't mind the Disney Crew coming after you! I thought that was cute...(stolen from her blog!)<br />
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Christine</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401090713771132958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021426350475143985.post-55689279086130340652012-05-09T00:11:00.002-05:002012-05-09T00:11:56.622-05:00Teacher Appreciation Gifts<!--[if !mso]>
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Wow! This school year had flown by!</h1>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">It’s that time of the year when our</span></i><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">kiddos are let
loose from school and burst into their summer antics!</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><i> </i> </span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">This year we</span></i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">nt
incredibly <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">FAST</b> and can’t believe it
is almost over! As I think back to the beginning of the year, I remember the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>fear</u></i></b>
on my daughter’s face as she left for her first day in Middle School. I knew I
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fine!!! <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: red;">(I hoped
she would anyway</span></i>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well,
after about a week of stomach aches, tears, fusses, and battles, she realized
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt;">I want to thank all of her
teachers that supported her through, encouraged her, helped her when she couldn’t
open her locker (I remember those days, how about you?) This year would never
have been so successful without your never-ending efforts and countless days of
listening to moaning, complaining, and the plain old silly garble of “middle
schoolers!” </span></div>
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So with that said, how do we actually show our appreciation????</h1>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt;">I have searched and thought
and searched some more….and these are some of the sites that I have found with
wonderful and creative ideas to show a little token of appreciation for those <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>“often
underappreciated warriors”</u></i></b> that we call </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="color: red; font-size: 14.0pt;">TEACHERS!</span></u></i></b><span style="color: red; font-size: 12.0pt;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;"><a href="http://www.tipjunkie.com/teacher-appreciation-gifts-2/">The Tip Junkie</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>has a lot of creative ideas that are very
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><img alt="activities for kids 24 Teacher Appreciation Gifts {homemade gifts}" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-5972" height="405" src="http://www.tipjunkie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/48.jpg" title="48" width="400" /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">Another excellent site with
great ideas was <a href="http://www.littlepumpkingrace.com/2010/04/teacher-appreciation-week.html">Little
Pumpkin…Hudson too!</a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14pt;">One of my favorites from this
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Well, no fear...Let's take on 1 at a time. Tonight I have an idea to share for <b>Mother's day</b>!</blockquote>
How about <b>Subway Art</b>???? Yes, that' right...I brought up the silhouette studio software and created an <u><b>original and personalized piece of framed subway art</b></u> for my sweet mother! Let me share with you...<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here you can see how I personalized it with my mom's name...</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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It was lots of fun to play with the different fonts and colors and placements! I changed it quite a few times til I got it the way I liked it...<br />
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Now I just need to <b>print it out and go shopping for a nice frame for it</b>! So what do you think??? If you would like to try this for your Mom I am sharing this file. The file is in Studio format for the Silhouette cutters. The software is free from the <a href="http://www.silhouetteamerica.com/support.aspx" target="_blank">Silhouette America website</a>.<br />
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Once you download the file you can change the name, colors, etc. to your liking! I would love to see what you come up with...If you download the file please leave me a comment! Thanks and have fun!!!<div class="blogger-post-footer">Until Next Time...do something creative in your life!
Christine</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401090713771132958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9021426350475143985.post-13263572597436651602012-05-03T20:18:00.000-05:002012-05-03T20:22:30.654-05:00What's your craft of Choice???<div style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">
Let me start out by saying...I do <b><u style="color: red;">NOT</u></b> have a craft of choice! I guess you can say I am an <b>"eclectic crafter."</b> I love to <i>explore</i> and feel too <i>trapped</i> if I stick to just one thing! Besides, there are just way TOO many products to choose just <b style="color: red;">one</b>! Some of the areas I choose to do are paper crafts, cards, paper piecing, designing cutting files, sketching, copics (still trying to perfect this) vinyl, stamping, and scrapping...<b>to name a few! </b></div>
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One of my most recent explorations is digital scrapping...WOW, that can be amazing at what you can produce! Let me share my first layout that I created with <i><b>The Digital Studio software from Stampin' Up!</b></i> Please be nice it was my very 1st attempt at digital scrapping! :) There's no pics in it, but you get the idea...once I learned the basics of the program I did this in <span style="color: red;">less than 30 minutes!!!</span> <i>Whew!</i> </div>
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If you're interesting in trying this great software just visit <a href="http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/christinejones/" target="_blank">my Stampin" Up website</a>.!</div>
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<b>Well, I did it, my first blog post accomplished!!! YaY for me!</b> </div>
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Thanks for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed your visit and will come back soon! Why not come along for the journey and follow? I will bring you new content in various areas of crafting and also have freebies too! </div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">I would <b style="color: red;">love</b> to hear your comments and <b>what is your craft of choice?...IF you have just <span style="color: red;">ONE! </span></b></span><br />
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Until Next Time...do something creative in your life!
Christine</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10401090713771132958noreply@blogger.com0