An Award from Mary!

Oh Miss Mary...thank you, thank you! I received this award from Mary from My Cardz, My Passion...my therapy! Mary is this amazing lady and boy can she ever color! She is a member the House Mouse and Friends Monday Challenge, Copic Creations, 7 Kids College Fund, Club Anime, and Magnolia Inspiration teams and by golly who knows what else. Check out her blog to see her many wonderful inspirations. She posted some Penny Black the other day that just knocked my socks off. It really is all her fault that I bought copics...what an inspiration! (and she is so kind to list her copics...she knows I always look at that LOL)

This award comes with a few with rules: Pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know you left this award, and then answer a list of questions in ONE word.

Yikes, one word is hard...I think I might have stretched the one word thing a couple of times!

1. Where is your cell phone? desk
2. Your hair? crazy
3. Your mother? funny
4. Your father? crafty
5. Your favorite food? Potatoes
6. Your dream last night? none
7. Your favorite drink? milk
8. Your dream/goal? Happiness
9. What room are you in? Livingroom
10. Your hobby? stamping
11. Your fear? illness
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Happy
13. Where were you last night? Portland
14. Something that you aren’t? skinny
15. Muffins? Pumpkin
16. Wish list item? cricut
17. Where did you grow up? Oregon
18. Last thing you did? Breakfast
19. What are you wearing? Bathrobe
20. Your TV? Off
21. Your Pets? Cats
22. Friends? Awesome
23. Your life? Good
24. Your mood? Excited
25. Missing Someone? Sometimes
26. Vehicle? Honda
27. Something you’re not wearing? Socks
28. Your favorite store? CraftWarehouse
29. Your favorite color? Red
30. When was the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried?
32. Your best friend? Lots
33. One place that I go to over and over? work
34. Facebook? Yes
35. Favorite place to eat? OliveGarden

I would in turn like to pass this award onto the following people…I TRULY think they deserve it!
It is hard to pick only five, but these are blogs you don't want to miss! Go visit and leave them a comment to say HI!

Larissa

Sue Drees

Charlene

Curt

Anja

I am so Thankful!

An Award from Carolyn Bounds!

Now, I am not very good about acknowledging awards and I apologize for that right now...I mean to put them on my blog and then life gets in the way...Here is my make up for all those I have missed in the past...Carolyn and I have hit it off since day one...I believe we met on the now defunct Best of House Mouse Yahoo group! She is so encouraging, not just to me but to EVERYONE! A true stampin' bud can't be found elsewhere!

Several of my cyber stampin' buds and I have talked about what it means to visit blogs and leave and receive comments...tips, encouragement, a recipe...whatever. I can tell you I value each comment and get so tickled from each one! (and I am not going to tell you what Libby told me LOL-I still laugh about that one girl!)

I love the wording and kindness that is included in this! It truly is about all the new friends I have made here in cyber space! It is exciting and fun to chat with you all!



Here is the wording that accompanies this award:

This blog invests and believes the PROXIMITY- nearness in space, time, and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming; and these kind bloggers, aim to find friends and to be friends. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please, give more attention to these writers!

Deliver this award to eight bloggers, who must choose eight more, and include this cleverly written text into the body of their award.

Here are my eight kind bloggers. Please kind eight (LOL) do not feel obligated to post this in anyway...I just want to thank you for the kindness and friendship you have shown me.

Besides Carolyn....

Allison at Stampin When I Can...a soon to be new mama--she amazes me with all she does!

Libby at Libby's Little Addiction...mom to little Courtney and Carter...she cracks me up with her humor...go look at the last card she just posted and you will see what I mean!

Kerry at Three Clovers Designs. I can always depend on Kerry to be there and to leave an encouraging comment. A true kind soul!

Charla at StampinWizard. My dear friend since first grade and the cohort in crime who jumped into this stampin' thing with me! We totally enable each other...there is always a new tool somewhere to be had LOL!

Jovi from Inky Impressions. I have known Jovi probably the longest of all my new cyber friends. We both belonged to the first House Mouse Group on Yahoo. I always remember getting a Jovi RAK, her cards are just amazing. (and she is also one cool biker babe!)

Curt O'Brien from Curt's World. Besides being the rare man in this stamping blogosphere, he has true talent and has become a great friend!

Mel at Mel Stampz. Mel is one of those stampers that shares so much of her time and talent! She has been so encouraging to me!

Dawn at Crafty Ramblings. Dawn and I belong to SBS 23 together...that's how we met. She has always been so kind and encouraging with her comments!

Melissa Mason(no blog) and Katie Schmid at klaytonsmommy. Melissa is my sweet niece. I have crafted with her since she was a wee one. My home has many of her wonderful creations..I wish the darn girl with get with it and get a blog...she should be sharing her talent. And Katie is the new niece in the family and boy she fits right in I tell ya! She and Melissa are the next generation!

Oops that's NINE and I could keep on going!

Thanks to all my stampin' friends who visit here. I am so blessed!

New awards and great blogs!

I have been awarded a new award designed by Curt at Curt's World. It is an award he designed himself with his own photography and as he explains it --it is a "no strings attached award other than giving it to those who inspire you" You are not required to pass it on, but you can if you want!


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I received this award from one of my SBS 23 Sister's April at April's Creative Corner.
Thanks April!

Oh and thanks to Carolyn at PMS etc.
I see she gave me one too...Carolyn...you are one of a kind...your words are very touching!
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Because I am under the weather this week, I won't nominate any one right now...but I will share some of the first blogs I fell in love with that started it all!

Stampin When I Can


It all started with Allison at Stampin When I Can and turned into this crazy madness. Although I have lots of blogs I follow on my google reader(thanks to Allison again) These are the first I discovered. Allison posts newly discovered blogs everyday...and I try to visit them all...it is amazing what is out there. I am sort of behind on reading my Allison entries, I save them all (again in my google reader) and surf them during the slow days! (when is that?) I guess you can say it's all Allison's fault and since she is on vacation, she won't see this LOL!

These are some of the first blogs I started stalking! I hope you enjoy them and find some blogs you have never visited!

Susan Bluerobot

Fresh and Fun

Hop Art Studio

Kitty Kraft

iStamp

No Time To Stamp?

More is More

Oodabug Alley

PaperFections

Paper Pleasing Ideas

Prairie paper & ink

Sassy and Sweet

Sunflower Studio

Taylored Expressions

Thinking Inking

Treasure Oiler Designz

Twisted Chick Creations

Walkin' on the Bad Side!

i(heart)2stamp

Simple Dreams

I love your blog award!

I received this award from Katie Renz at My Paper Haven.
As I told Katie 'Hot Dog!'

It is always exciting to get recognition from your fellow stampers. Not for the award, but for me it is the thrill of knowing others enjoy my creations and care enough to share with their blogging friends! Thanks again Katie!

Just remember bloggers, everyone loves it when you comment! Libby at Libby's Little Addiction inspired me early in my blogging days to leave a quick note or comment. I think Libby gets as excited as I do when reading comments. It can really makes someone's day! It doesn't take long, and it means a lot!


Here are the rules:

1. The winner can put the logo on their blog
2. Link the person you received your award from
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs
4. Put links of those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls or boys you’ve nominated.

Okay, I have lots and lots of favorite blogs, but here are a few of my new blogging friends that I would love to recognize as an inspiration to me:

1. Kerry at Three Clovers Designs.
Not only does she have a great blog, she is just a darn nice blogging friend

2. Julia at Create With Me.
Now if Julia and I lived nearby, we would be stamping fools along with Kerry :)

3. Cindy at Cindy Haffner's Corner
This stamper can embellish a card like no one else I know. Love her stuff!

4. Curt at Curt's World.
Curt has such wonderful clean cards and can cut out the most intricate layering.

5. Carolyn at P.M.S. etc
Carolyn is a house mouse addict after my own heart, plus a dang nice lady!

6. Nettie at Down the Paper Trail with Nettie
I absolutely love Netties dry embossing, She uses a lot of lasting impressions stencils etc.

7. Judy at Joy in a JAR.
This lady can put together a card like no one I know...and it doesn't hurt that she loves house
mouse stamps too.


These blogs are all ones that I need to add to my blog list when I get some time, but this is a nice way to recognize their inspiration until I get 'er done!