Blog Award

I was awarded this by Dot from Doodles and Such by Dot. Thanks so much Dot!

Now for the rules ;-)

1. The winner may put the logo on their blog.

2. Put a link to the person who sent you the award.

3. Nominate 5 blogs.

4. Put links to their blogs.

5. Leave a message for your nominees.

I agree with Dot that the hard part is to choose only 5 blogs to honor with this award. I am inspired by so many "Kreativ" blogs.

1. Encouraging Impressions Take a look at her Cuttled Quilt cards!

2. Inkerbelle's Her coloring is Amazing!

3. Out to Impress My goodness, Julie's cards always Impress me! It's no wonder she's designing for everybody!

4. Kard Krazy Her vintage style is classic!

5. Distinctive Touches Daily challenges and phenomenal talent! She's certified by Copic and Ranger and on several design teams.

And there are many more... check out the "Blogs I'm Following" sometime and you'll see why it was so hard to choose just five.

Have a blessed and 'kreativ" day!

Arte Y Pico Award

I was awarded this a couple of times in April just before the surgery thing. I never acknowledged it or nominated others. I think I'll do that now.

Amy of Heartfelt Greetings nominated me and so did Sarah of Encouraging Impressions. Both of these ladies would be nominated by me if they hadn't gotten to me first. (smile) I'm honored just to know them both.

I am going to nominate a couple of people whose blogs inspire me. Whenever their blog lights up in Google Reader, I go straight to it. I would imagine by now that they've already been nominated, but I'm not going to worry about that.

of course there are many blogs that I read and enjoy, but today I have to limit myself to 5.

1. The first is Holly and her blog is called Today's Creations.

I first became aware of Holly through our work on the Rubber Stamper's Design Team. I've always loved and admired her work. Since she recently started blogging, I can see her stuff more often and that makes me happy. I was thrilled to meet her several weeks ago when she and Debbie came to my house.

2. Which brings me to number two. Debbie is someone I met thru Gingerwood and blogland and has become a friend. Friends encourage, inspire, and help each other, and that's just what Debbie does for me. I'm so honored to have helped her get comfortable with her blog when she was here because she is a talented card maker and I enjoy seeing what she comes up with.If you click on her name you'll go to the post on my blog where I talked about her and showed pictures of the CD holder she sent me. Click on Transformations to go to her blog.

3. Julie is often mentioned on my blog lately. Her blog is called Out to Impress. I've been impressed since the first time I saw her work. We recently swapped images and she was the winner of my Leap Year contest. Her talent amazes me, and she's a darling person to boot!

4. The ever inspiring Dina is next. I personally can't figure out how she can be a missionary, mom of 4 small kids, homeschooling, an amazing card maker and design team member. When my kids were that little, I didn't do much crafting. Each one of Dina's cards are works of art. Go to Mama Dini's Stamperia when you need to be inspired! Oh and did I mention she designs stamps for smARTworks?

5. Last but not least, I'm going to nominate the Hero Club Blog. This blog is an extension of the best stamp company in the world. I'm not mentioning them because they hired me. I'm working for them because they are the best.(wink) When they jumped on the blogging bandwagon, they did so with a bang. Taking turns at blogging each week are some uber talented paper craft artists. One of them is Lisa who also does a lot of the web design too. I 'met' Lisa on Gingerwood years ago. Hers was one of the first blogs out there. She was also a part of the Rubber Stamper's design team. My favorite week was when the company's president gave us in site into Hero Arts' beginnings as well as a look into the day to day workings of the company. I find that fascinating!

OK, I'm off to take a picture of a card and I'll be back with a short card related post.

Tagged! again....

I was tagged by Aysha. I've managed to come up 7 random things about me.

1. I collect Snoopy toys, especially Joe Cool (--and stamps too).
2. I can't throw away cards sent to me. I still have every baby and wedding card and a whole lot of my birthday cards.
3. I am the middle of 5 girls and all my sisters have names that start with D.
4. There was once a time when purple wasn't my favorite color (gasp). Before 1981 it was orange.
5. I believe, that there is only one right kind of cake (butter cake with chocolate icing)
6. There's no greater feeling than a paintbrush filled with paint gliding across a surface. ( Can you tell that I've been painting today and yesterday and the day before??)
7. I have a penchant for clear glass containers ( jars, vases etc..) especially now that I know I can use alcohol inks on them...

OK so that was lame. I know I had some great ideas before the power went out. Since I was so recently tagged, I'm not going to tag anyone again unless a couple of bloggers pop into my dreams tonight.

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Allison tagged me with this cutie~

"Hello, Pretty Lady!THIS IS A TOAST ... TO US. FOR THE MEN WHO HAVE US, THE LOSERS WHO HAD US, AND THE LUCKY PEOPLE WHO WILL MEET US!! You have been tagged. You have been considered one of the 10 prettiest ladies with a warm loving heart on my friends list. Once you have been tagged, you have to tag 10 pretty ladies. "

and 10 of my "friends" who have warm and loving hearts are....

Susan

Amy

Gina

Denise

Wendy

Dot

Monica

Isabelle

Kelly

Asela

Joan

On a personal note: Tomorrow morning, the drywall guy is coming to fix the hole in my ceiling. That means I have to move 3 of the four stamp shelves on that wall. Ugh!

I've been busy working on stuff that I can't show you just yet. I made gifts for the people who participated in my Leap Year Challenge. I want them to see them in person, before they see it here. I also did a project that I'm going to submit to Hero Arts. I have several cards half done, so maybe tomorrow morning, I'll get to finish them and then I'll have something to show you.

Well I've got to get back to moving my junk....

Choosing Joy! Jacki

E is for Excellent!

Thanks Jay for honor of rating this blog E for excellent. Indigo Inklings has been one of my favorite blogs since back before there were many blogs.

I would imagine that these ladies have already been tagged by someone, but I love their blogs and talent.

I choose to honor:

Dina/ Mama Dini's Stamperia
Trish/ Tah Dah
Sara/Encouraging Impressions
Louise / Kard Krazy
Julie/Out to Impress