Tea for Tuesday Guest Post

Hi there and Happy Tuesday to you all :)  So glad you stopped by.  I'm guest posting today over at Suburban Prairie Homemaker for her Tea for Tuesday posts and I'd love it if came over and said "hi".  I am showing a tutorial for this sweet Mother's Day Gift idea.

Have a great day!  Smiles,

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Dotty For You Blog Hop

 Welcome to the Dotty For You Blog Hop :)  We are celebrating National Scrapbooking Month with a great promotion!!  I'm so glad you are here!  If you are coming from Wendy's blog you are in the right place.  This hop will make a complete circle but if you want to start at the beginning or need the blog hop list you can go to Helen's blog.  Close To My Heart is offering a great promotion starting tomorrow until May 31st where you can get this amazing set of 24 patterned papers for only $5!

Super cute right?  So how can you get this paper pack?

• Order $35 worth of Close To My Heart product from you CTMH consultant or off of my website here and get this paper pack for only $5 (spend $50 and you can combine this offer with the Stamp of the Month getting both products for $5 each!  You can get as many of these packs as you want with each $35 spent so you can also combine this promotion with the May Stamp of the Month - which you are going to LOVE!!)
• Sign up and join the Close To My Heart team/club/family for only $99 and get this paper pack for FREE
• Host a qualifying party (this link will take you to information on hosting a party and ordering on-line - just scroll down for information on some great party ideas!)  and get this paper pack for FREE

I would be happy to chat with you about how you can have you own themed party with your girlfriends or host a virtual party on-line to earn this paper pack and tons of other great product at absolutely no cost to you!  Contact me for more details!

I have made a ton of projects with this paper pack already (just search this blog for Dotty For You) and am so in love with it :)  For this hop I made a layout of my new nephew . . . it was easy to case the page from one of the many projects on the included inspiration sheet. 

 I also found some great artwork and put together a pinboard just for Dotty For You - which you are welcome to follow.  This card is from that board.

 And here they are together

For my customers who purchase the Dotty For You Paper Pack (or sign up to join my team and get it for FREE) I am hosting a FREE class to make these five cards.

For more information on how you can get these cards kits or come to my class for FREE keep reading - otherwise hop on over to Shirley's blog.  Thanks for stopping - I love, read and respond to each one of your comments if you leave me an e-mail address :)

When you purchase the Dotty For You Paper Pack, join my team and get it free, or host a qualifying party and get it free you will receive an e-mail with information from me on the details (date, time, location, etc.) for this FREE card class.  If you order on-line and are not local to me you will receive an e-mail with information on how to get these five cards mailed to you along with the instructions for free.  Kits will come cut and ready for you to assemble :)

Thanks again for stopping by!  I look forward to chatting with you more about this promotion.  Now hop on over to Shirley's blog and see what artwork she created with this fabulous paper pack.

Happy Monday :)

Blessings,

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My Sister, My Friend

 It is time for the SEM monthly sketch challenge and I hope you'll stop over.  This month we have a great sketch from Lisa Hoel 

 And I made this layout of my sister and I 

 

The scrap twist for this challenge is to do some form of distressing.  I used ink to distress the page, letters in the title and the journaling block.  Love using ink to distress items - gives it a vintage look that I just love!   

 My sister is only 16 months younger than I am and I remember growing up together - we were the best of friends and the worst of enemies.  I am the oldest of six children (five of which are girls) and each one of my sisters (and now a sister-in-law) hold a special place in my heart.  I love that I can laugh, cry, scrapbook and have fun with them.  Reba McEntire's song My Sister was the inspiration behind this title and journaling.  I just love that song! 

 So glad you stopped by today - I enjoy sharing my memories and artwork with you all :)  Now head on over to Scrapping Everday Miracles and join our challenge.  I can't wait to see what you create with this beautiful sketch!  Have fun with it and don't forget to distress (everyone needs a little de stressing in their lives why not their artwork too - lol).  I love your comments. 
Recipe:Stella Paper PackArt Philosophy Cartridge (for title and shaped pattern paper cut out behind the photos)Just Blooms Paper FlowersButtons
 
linking up here

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Smiley Winners . . .

Thank you all for your joy in playing along with us this past month as we raised money for Operation Smile through the Spontaneous Smiley Smile-a-thon.  Maybe I set my sights too high but am happy to announce that we raised enough money (between smiley uploads and the fundraiser crop on March 17th) to fund 1 1/2 surgeries!  Great job friends!  You should be proud of yourselves.

No one actually even responded to my giveaway for the Smiley Book but Deb Chitwood of Raising Figure Skaters raised the most money!  Congrats Deb!  Please contact Ruth directly for your free signed Smiley Color Book :)   

Source

 We collected a total of 97 smiley photos and uploaded them onto Spontaneous Smiley website!  If you did not get a chance to join us you can do this anytime. 
Why not take your children out for a Smiley Hunt?  Or even have them do a Smile Hunt inside your house?  Then upload your photos directly to Spontatneous Smiley - each one is worth $1 donation to Operation Smile! 
Throughout the project we had some great FREE smile printables, and Smiley crafts!  I hope you will check out the participating blogs and see what fun projects and articles they have posted . .  

Broken Treasures
Crafts~N~Things for Children
Play Dr. Mom
Jaihart
Boo Boo Princesses
Raising Figure Skaters

hands on : as we grow
Courts Craft Corner  

Living Montesori Now

I'll leave you with these two songs. Whenever I hear someone say smile I think of these songs that my Mama sings . . . 

 

 

 These remind me to smile and remind me of my mom :)  Hope they leave you smiling too!  Thanks so much for all your help with this project!  I am blessed by each and everyone of you!! 

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