Happy Birthday, Lora!!

Happy Birthday to You

Happy Birthday to You

Happy Birthday dear Lora

Happy Birthday to You……………………..

 Lora, the High Hopes Rubber Stamps and One Crazy Stamper DT Divas along with some very Special guests are doing a Birthday Wishes Blog Hop to celebrate your birthday.

I made a fun 3D card for Lora using Art Impressions' Birthday Fairy Set, I gave her a sparkly wand, added some Wink of Stella to her earrings, and her skirt is on an Action Wobble to make her do a little Birthday Boogie for Lora :o) 

I met Lora about four years ago when a friend took me shopping to the One Crazy Stamper store - and I've been a regular there ever since!  I'm lucky that I'm just a short drive away.  She's such a genuine person - a few years ago when she heard that my 14 year old daughter had a cupcake business, she immediately ordered a crazy amount of cupcakes (6 dozen?) for a crop event that she was hosting - simply because she wanted to support a young entrepreneur.  She has been very encouraging to me personally, asking me to be on her design team, to teach classes at the store, and to demo at trade shows.  The thing that I most admire about her is that she is a savvy business owner, who keeps growing and changing her business, and who still has a deep love for the art of stamping.  Happy Birthday, Lora!

Hop along, be inspired and don’t forget to leave a birthday wish for Lora on the One Crazy Stamper and/or High Hopes Rubber Stamps blogs. Here is our hop list for today - your next stop is Dina Gerner's blog!

Lisa
One Crazy Stamper blog

Jane 

Sue

Donna

Natalie 

Leanne

Cheri  

Kristine

Michelle

Carolina 

Karen Day (you are here!)

Dina Gerner

Special Guests 

Karen Dedman (Your Next Stamp)

Denise Lynn (Whimsy Stamps)

Karan Gerber (Heartfelt Creations)

Ai People Parade Blog Hop!

I am so excited today to be participating in the launch of five new Art Impressions People stamp sets!  The Design Team is celebrating with a blog hop to showcase each of the new sets.  Be sure to start over at the Art Impressions Blog, and visit each one of the blogs along the way.  (Read all the way to the bottom of my post to see the incredible prize!)  Without further ado...here is Celeste (Sku#UM4326):

Isn't she fun?  I love her leopard print top, and the chunky jewelry!  Here is a closeup of the sentiment:

And Celeste herself (this picture is a truer colour match to the real thing, my other photos turned out a bit 'bold'!):

 

 a Rafflecopter giveaway
Be sure to enter your name above for a chance to win the five new sets (yes, all five!), and for how to participate in the challenge, visit the Art Impressions blog.   Your next stop on the People Parade is Rhonda's blog.  Happy stamping!

 

H2H Bunny Hop this Monday!

Just wanted to take a minute to post an 'ad' for the Heart2Heart Challenge Blog's Bunny Hop that we are hosting this coming Monday, April 18th:

Every other month we have a "From Our Heart to Yours" challenge, so this week we thought we would make it a blog hop.  Here are the details from the H2H blog:
      Before Monday, April 18th, create something Easter or Spring themed. Post it to your blog. Then on Monday April 18th, add your link to our Mister Linky on the H2H blog.  (http://heart2heartchallenges.blogspot.com/) You can ONLY post your link between 8:00 am EST and 8:00 pm EST on that Monday!! After 8:00 pm, the link list will be closed and no other entries will be added through the week. You also MUST include CLOSE TO MY HEART products or your link will be removed. Then through out the day, you can bunny hop among the links to see what everyone has created.


We would love to see a big turn-out for this hop so spread the word! There will also be one random blog hop participant chosen to win a prize so you want to play along!! Mary will post reminders through the week so get your creative thinking caps on! *If you'd like to help advertise the blog hop, we'd love to have you post the badge on your blog.  See you Monday

PS - I'm away at CTMH's Regional Celebration in Toronto this weekend, so I hope to post my contest item and some of the wonderful projects we're making in the next few days - stay tuned!