IT'S TIME TO PICK A WINNER!!!!!

Hey All!!!

SO SORRY I have not been checking in! I have been BEYOND overwhelmed with our packing for our BIG MOVE! It's FINALLY coming up! I have also had a bunch of doctor appointments for everything that I have been going through personally!

I have also FINALLY become an Aunt! Little Jack was born on 6/12/2012! He was 9lbs, 10 oz and 20 1/2 inches long! He is ADORABLE!! I love him to pieces! Little Bran is also loving him! He cant wait to teach him how to "kick a soccer ball"! TOO CUTE!!!

My other sister in law just had her shower! I cant believe I am going to have another nephew in 2 months! It's crazy!!! She got a TON of stuff for her shower, BUT Babies R Us goofed somehow cause she got MULTIPLE dups of items!!

Little Bran is FINALLY done school! Thank goodness!!! He is very excited to be spending all day with Pop now!!

We had our most recent JCC Event on June 14th. That was a HUGE success! Happy 9th Birthday Zack! You deserved it!!

OK...so are we ready to pick a winner???? I wanted to make this a LEGAL (lol) as possible! I went on a grabbed my random.org picker, and put in 1-251. After I got my FIRST number, I went to see if they followed ALL OF THE RULES ( I cant post rules and NOT follow them, right???). The first person I picked did not have all rules followed. Acutally, neither did the 2, 3, and 4th persons I picked! So, the 5th person picked did NOT have anyone listed as their friend who sent them, so we will STILL have Jaded Blossom Stamps available for a new giveaway! But the winner is:

Cindylu from Cindylu's Scrap Room!

Here is what she said:

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Just wanted to say thanks for stopping by my blog today and leaving such sweet comment. New follower here and I have followed all the rules. Looking forward to checking out all your craftiness!!
Cindylu

Now, Cindylu, since I move in less than a week, I will ask that by Thursday morning at the LATEST, you respond to me with your address! If you do not, I will have to pick a back up winner, for fear that the goodies will be lost in my move until I can unpack and find them again!!! LOL!!! If you respond to me today, I will get your goodies out today!!! My email is jessica.rose.wilson@gmail.com

OK all, THANK YOU so much for following me and my day to day life! I cannot WAIT to get back to all of you and my crafty time! I miss it so!!! I hope you all are enjoying life and I hope you will check back in once I am back for good :)

I hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

My day at Exploring Cricut!

Hi All!!!

Sorry I have not been around! I am so busy with our move that I have NO time for anything else!!! I also have a baby shower for my other sister in law that is 3 weeks away and were are STILL making favors! Also, not sure if we you all remember, but we have a small event planning business! I FINALLY finished up the decorations for Zach's party that is next week!

My computer is packed up, so my post is done from my I Phone,?and I'm not entirely sure where the picture will end up, but this is the banner we made for Zach's 9th Birthday! I used All Sports and Cricut Font and Basic Shapes for it! I finally got a chance to use 12x24 paper and mats for this! The Jersey from All Sports is 15 inches long! We also made little 8 inch Jerseys with his name on it!!

I am SO very close to my 250 follower giveaway!!! Please help me get there! I want to be able to send off the prize package before I move!!! Once I am in the new house, I'll have my new Craft Room and I'll be able to do my regular posts again!

Thanks to all who are sticking around and thanks to my DT leaders for understanding about all my time away from my blog and the teams!!!

Crafty Hugs to all!!!

Creative Cutter Room-Photo Inspiration!

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May 31: Photo Inspiration

Hiding In My Craft Room-DO OVER DAY!!!

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Hey All!!!!

Its time for another challenge over at Hiding In My Craft Room! Here is the challenge!


May 19th - #46 - Technique week - "Do Over!"  Take an older card and redo it.  Change the colors, add embellishments, make it more simple, whatever.  Have FUN!

Here is my card!!!

I have had so many people supporting me after my most recent miscarriage. I wanted to make thank you cards for them all! So, I did a few, then I decided to incorporate this challenge into it! I redid shapes, colors, and main image! I hope you like it!

I am very sorry my post have  been very quick and simple lately! We are in the middle of moving, plus I am VERY shorthanded at my day job, and I have had A LOT of doctors appointments! We even saw the fertility specialist on Wednesday! So much going on, and I am missing my crafty time!

I miss you all!!!I see we are nearing that 250 mark! GOOD! I CANNOT WAIT to give this away!!! Whoop Whoop!!!

Please don't forget to check out my awesome DT sisters over at Hiding In My Craft Room!!! They all ROCK!!!I didn't forgot you all, just been SUPER busy!!!

OK all, hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

Abusive Relationship Awareness Blog Hop

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Hi All!

Welcome to the Abusive Relationship Awareness Blog Hop. While this may not be your typical blog hop theme, we decided to put together this hop in order to shed light on a topic that often goes unspoken about, when the truth is many of us have either been in an abusive relationship or know of someone who has. We're here not to celebrate abusive relationships, but to bring hope to those who have been firsthand or secondhand victims and to provide awareness to help put an end to this growing problem. 


All of our projects showcased in this hop have something to do with hope, love, and encouragement. The color for domestic violence is purple, and as you'll see purple was used on many of our projects.


Here is my project!!! I created a view master card! I thought butterflies would be PERFECT to symbolize rising above abusive relationships!!

To help promote awareness for abusive relationships, eleven sponsors have been kind enough to offer almost $200 worth of prizes to those who participate in the blog hop. Yes, you read that correctly, there will be 11 PRIZE WINNERS. Let's see what prizes are being offered...

Paper Piecings By Nikki - $15 Gift Certificate

Shelly's Images - $9 Gift Certificate

Designs on Cloud 9 - $20 Gift Certificate

Scraptastical Kreations - $20 Gift Certificate

Digital Delights - $10 Gift Certificate

The Robin's Nest - $20 Gift Certificate

Di's Digi Downloads - $10 Gift Certificate

Close To My Heart - $10 Gift Certificate

Quick Quotes - $15 Gift Certificate

Perfect Paper Crafting - $30 Gift Certificate

Erica's Craft Room - $25 Gift Certificate

Here's what you have to do to be eligible to win any of these fabulous prizes:

1.) Leave a comment on each blog in the hop

2.) Become a follower of each blog if you aren't already

Winners will be randomly chosen and announced on Made Especially For You on Friday May 20th. Comments after Thursday May 19th will NOT be eligible to win any of the prizes. 

Winners should contact Ashley at: especiallymadeblog@gmail.com

Your next stop is PAM!

Ashley - http://especiallymade.blogspot.com

Pam - http://scrappinfabpam.blogspot.com

Jamie - http://thesassyprincess.blogspot.com

Paula - http://preciouspagesbypaula.blogspot.com

Jamie A - http://scrapqueen141.blogspot.com

Tahi - http://tahisscrapcorner.blogspot.com

Miranda - http://www.nanasscrapspot.com

Jessica - www.craftinandstampin.blogspot.com HERE

Pam L - http://mzlavr2.blogspot.com NEXT

Dena - http://missdjones.blogspot.com

Monica - http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com

Erica - http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com

Thank you so much for joining us! Be sure to check out the following links for more information on how you can help to prevent and bring awareness to abusive relationships and domestic violence. 

Center For Relationship Abuse Awareness

Love Is Respect

Teens Experiencing Abusive Relationships

The Cutting Cafe-Beautiful Rose Card!

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Hey All!!

It's time for another Cutting Cafe creation!!!

Today, we will be show casing the Beautiful Rose file! How PERFECT for Mother's Day????

Super Scraps Saturday at Hiding In My Craft Room!

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Hey All!!

It's time for another project over at Hiding In My Craft Room!!!

I hope you all had an AWESOME time creating with us for NSD! I know I had fun!!! I have a few prizes to give away! Come on back tomorrow to check out my winners!!!

Now, lets get onto our project for today! Today's project is:
May 12th -  #45 - Super Scraps Saturday-DIG OUT THOSE SCRAPS! We ALL have them!!

My scraps this week were from my Perfect Rose project! I had cut out a BUNCH of pieces to make a few roses, but, as it turned out, I only made one perfect rose. Not because I felt it was perfect, but because it was SOOOOO difficult for me to get together, that I just stopped at one! LOL! So, I had TONS of pieces of scraps left over, so I decided that it would only be fitting if they created ANOTHER perfect rose....just not a giant one!!

So, here is my card I made for Mother's Day!

This rose was from the "Celebrate With Flourish" cartridge. I used this for an Easter Card earlier this year, and I remembered seeing a rose on this cartridge. I figured I would give it a try!

Now, check out the rest of my AWESOME design team sisters projects for some inspiration! I know you will be awed!!

OK all, hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'!