Awards

We love our awards but it was getting to be more than we could handle on the front of the blog so this post will hold all awards. This is one of our spring cleaning efforts. We thank all of you that awarded them to us.

Another Blog Award!

Wowswers another Blog Award and this is one I have never seen before The Trendy Blog Award. I am so honored and really want to take a few moments just to say thank you to QueenBee at QueenBee3200. Take a minute and check out her blog. Rules:
I am required to pass this on to 10 other blogs so I decided to give to some new bloggers to me. I see they are working so hard to establish their blogs and have some really great stuff to share with everyone. One of these ladies even has a watermelon baby buggy on it that she made for a shower. There is some amazing talent to be seen and you know me I love blog searching just to see all that talent! I learn so much.
I am going to add another rule because the whole purpose of these blog awards is to award to someone but then to learn a little more about them..... soooo. I will start and expect you to:
Give two reasons why you started blogging and then tell me why you continued.
My two reasons.

1. To share with family and friends back home what I was doing.
2. To share files when I started designing boxes, cards and pages and others wanted them.

I continue to blog because of the WONDERFUL people I have met and share with it is just amazing what a family of friends this has turned out to be, whether a fellow blogger or follower! Thanks everyone!
Now I pass this award on to these lovely ladies:

1. Robin at the Scrapin’ Delta Diva
2. Racinggrandma at Racinggrandma Crafts
3. Larelyn from Handmade From My Heart
4. Sandy from Scrapbook Blessings
5. Jennifer at Scrapping Daze
6. Debbie at Debbie’s Scrapin’ Corner
7. Say Anything Crafts
8. Kassi at Kassi’s Creations
9. The Card Making Corner
10. Cynde at Cynde's Place

Please take the time to visit them and leave them a little blog love and you will probably want to sign up to follow too! Thanks again QueenBee! And thank you everyone for your continued support and sweet words of encouragement. YOU are the reason I keep sharing my work.

THANK YOU, Sandy from Sandy From Ukiah for this wonderful award! This is the 2nd time this week I recieved this award and I truly feel blessed by it.  Wow The Cherry On Top Award!!!

Here are the rules for this award:
1. Thank the person who gave this award to you.
2. Copy the award and put it on your blog.
3. List three things which you love about yourself.
4. Post a picture you love.
5. Tag five people you wish to pass this award on to.

Three things that I love about myself:

1. I'm a good Wife, Mother, and wonderful Grandmother!
2. I'm creative and have the ability to share my love of crafting with others.
3. I’m a follower of Christ and find my strength in Him. I love being a Christian and having the support of a Christian family.

Here's a picture I LOVE! Because it is of my handsome hubby and I... he hates his picture taken so there are very few of us together. It is also the only time we had matching shirts!!! It was for a special backyard party.

And here are the 5 People that I am passing this award on to:
Beatriz at Amazing Grace
Beth at Thunderbirdlindy by Design
Barb at Crafty Girl
Audrey at Cute and Some
Kelly at Kam's Creative Place
Now be sure to check out all these blogs as these ladies have some great designs!!! Thanks again Sandy from Sandy From Ukiah for this wonderful blog award.

Blessed With A Blog Award!

This lovely litte award was presented to me by Sandy of Ukiah. She is such a sweetie and I hope you all go visit her to see her wonderful projects. It is an award that I have never seen before and has only one rule to follow.  I have to come up with either 6 truths about me and one lie or vice versa, you will need to decide which I chose!
1. I love the summer, warm weather, swimming and BBQs.
2. Married to a handsome man for going on 40 years.
3. I just love cats!!
4. Proud grandmother of 6;  3 boys and 3 girls.
5. There is not enough hours in the day to complete everything.
6. I am a finance manager of a car dealership.
7. I am looking forward to vacation this year.
So do I have 6 truths and 1 lie or 1 truth and 6 lies??? You tell me.
Now the hard part.... passing this on to others! I can't wait to see what they come up with.  I chose them as they are new blogs to me and are very talented ladies and I would love to learn more about them.... so you can learn with me.
Racing Grandmas Crafts
Never Pay Full Price
Card Making Corner
Creations Of A Paper Addict
Amy's Scrappy Space

Awarded Twice In One Day!!! And A Third Time On The Next!!!! And For The Fourth Time!!!

Thank you Cindy over at Crazy For Crafting for this award, I am really touched that you thought of me. Cindy is a very talented lady that shares her talent and her enthusiasm for paper crafting. Be sure to stop by and give her a big blog hug!
Thank You - Thank You to my friend Pam at TheBugBytes, I will call her Miss Gypsy as everybody goes to Pam to learn about how to work their gypsy. Pam was also instrumental in getting this blog of mine shaped up and readable! It is beautiful because of her skill!
Another Thank You for Audrey Frelix of Cute and Some. YEAH! She is form the windy city of Chicago! See, we are both snow birds!! Audrey has a ton of talent and keeps getting featured on PC Cricut Chirp! She has so much to share so please go by and visit her!
WOWSERS is all I can say!! I am so VERY VERY honored as I just received this award for the fourth time from a very talented lady, Melissa at Disney Dreamer Designs who is a very busy SAHM.... just go lokk at her blog and you will see what I mean.... She is the the Disney of Disney layouts and photos and kinds of goodies. My Heather will go nuts for Disney when she sees this blog! Thank you ladies so much you really put a smile on my face and a softspot in my heart! Thanks.
The rules are that I have to list 7 things about myself, so here goes....
1. I will celebrate 40 years of marriage this year to a handsome guy!
2. I have 3 children, and 6 beautiful grandchildren.
3. Yesterday I committed to going on a missions trip to Belize from 2/19/2011 to 2/26/2011.
4. I never have time to go to the movies.
5. I love going to the beach and spend at least 1 week every year along the gulf of Mexico, missing very much the condo we owned in Pensacola, FL before moving here.
6. Red is my favorite color and when I was in high school and a newlywed, I used to dye my hair red.
7. I have been on and off diets ever since I quit smoking 14 years ago.
So, now you know more than you ever wanted to know about me.

Thanks again Cindy, Pam, and Audrey I appreciate and honored. Thank you for thinking of me.

Now I'm supposed to pass the award on to 15 other bloggers. I hate this part of winning an award. There are just soooo many wonderful blogs out there… I am going to try to direct this to sites I am sure you will enjoy seeing that I have not presented an award to as of yet. Please take the time to visit each one of them and leave them a big blog hug!

1. OkieLadyBugs Scrap’N More – Okie is a wonderful lady with a great sense of humor and a willingness to help others. She is a regular on the MB and I watch her site closely as she is so creative.
2. Sandy at Details By Sandy has the most incredible designs! I am constantly at her site looking at her work.
3. Nanne at Nanne’s Creations has the most beautiful creations…. She is so talented! You really need to go look at her creations.
4. Sandi at The Soft Side of Sandi – Another lovely lady that has designs that just keep you coming back for more as she is so talented!
5. Leah at Beeing Creative And Feeling Cherry – One of the SOUS ladies that has unlimited talent. I am a regular at her blog too.
6. Amy Chomas has a wonderful blog and is continually scrapping her beautiful children.
7. Glue Paper and Scissors has a wonderful site that has all types of paper projects.
8. Lorrie at Lorrie’s Story is sooo creative with her cards, its amazing. She even does digital scraping for those interested. http://scrappinstuff-lorrie.blogspot.com/
9. Denise at Paper Pastime always has wonderful projects happening on her blog, she is a talented lady.
10. Lori at Scrappin’ My Stress Away is a pretty new blogger but is great with layouts and does what I do, Srap the stress away! 11. Tuesday Treats – The up and coming Gypsy blog site where along with Pam & Crystal the Cricut Message Board members present a new project complete with tutorials each week.
12. Gina at Stuck on Glue who makes the most beautiful cards.
13. Angela and Christine at Practicle Scrappers have a wonderful site with challenges each week. They teach us to use the items we have.
14. Diane at Capadia Designs is another lady with a ton of talent! She inspires us with her designs and is always helping others.
15. Flip Flops and Pop Tops has a wonderful blog with the most delightful creations! Stop by and get inspired.

Another Sunshine Award....

Good morning everyone. I received another Sunshine Blog Award! I am so thankful that Monique, a fellow Cricut MB member, a follower and an extremely talented scrapper thought of me! Monique’s blog is called Simple Things Make Me Happy and I really hope you get a chance to go visit her blog.

This is so exciting because Monique is from the Netherlands!!! My grandson Justin will be so excited as he loves to see where followers of my blog are coming from, so he checks out the little flags on my site.

Here are the rules:
1. You must pass this award on to six (6) other bloggers/followers.
2. Link your nominees within your post
3. Let your bloggers/followers know you are passing this award to them by leaving a comment on their blog.
4. Add a link to the blog of the person from whom you received this award

I would like to present the awards to:
These New Bloggers hoping that you will stop by each of them and encourage them in their new endeavour.
Precious Memories Scrapbooking and More
Just2Ducky’s Daily Life and Creations
Card Making Corner
KE Creations
Never Pay Full Price
Cuttle Faries Express
Thanks for stopping by today! Please take a minute and go visit each one of these new bloggers listed above and encourage them by leaving a comment. Have a wonderful day

Sunshine Award

I am so blessed receive this award from a lady that I truly admire for her talent and her gentle spirit and her willingness to share that talent! Thank you Sandy from Details By Sandy it means so very much that you shared this Sunshine Award with me! I am so blessed to have blogging friend like you! You are an inspiration and an encouragement to me. Thank you.

The rules for this award....
Place the award in your post or within your blog
Pass this award to six of your followers
Link the nominees to your post
Let the nominees know they have received the award by commenting on their blog
Share the love and link to the person you received the award from.
So here are my six:
Pam....my friend who is an unlimited source of information on the MB to all that ask. Everyone on Gypsy Chat has heard of TheBugBytes! She continually comes to the aide of someone in need of help. She is a constant encourager to me and puts a smile on my face daily!
Crystal....When it comes to designing she has the wow factor that we all strive for. She sees beauty in materials our eyes pass over and then creates a thing of beauty with it. She always has time to help another and a willingness to pass on that talent to others. Just take a look at her site; Design, Create, Inspire!
Beatritz.... who has an unending supply of ideas and energy… everyday there is something happening over at Amazing Grace.
Carol....one of the first ladies that showed kindness and patience with a new Cricut owner! Carol has a talent for making beautiful cards and shares them on her site Little Creation Corner. But what I enjoy most is her comment to all, her little stories and continual words of encouragement to all she is around. I must say Carol I am sorry I didn’t win the Golden Cricut… but really Carol you can come and visit anyway! I would paint my expression gold if that would make you happy!
Enfys...WOW – WOW what a talented lady when it comes to cards! She is new to me, as I just started making pretty cards and you can’t help but be drawn to her talent!!! You can see her cards on Going Buggy. She also shares wonderful stories about her grandchildren.
Michele... she has such wonderful designs and does share her creations with others…. And I just love that about her. You can find Michele at Scrap-n-Dance.
Put your fingers in motion and check out the ladies above… you will be delighted with their talent.

Friendship Blog Award!

I can’t believe this, I have received this award twice this month... This time it is from a new blogging friend Barb Craft, we know her as Crafty Girl. She is a very talented lady that is growing her blog with wonderful layouts, cards and even a wordbook (I haven’t attempted one yet). I am so totally flattered! Barb... thank you so much for this Friendship Blog Award! I have enjoyed getting to know you through our blogs and think you are a very talented person! She has three teenage children and a hubby and still finds time to share her talent with others! So be sure to go check out her blog! Thank you Barb the honor of this award!

Now, I am to list 10 things that knock my socks off and pass this to 3 blogs that do the same. The three blogs I've chosen to pass to are all super talented ladies that always go the extra mile to be friendly and helpful. Their sheer talent and complete and total desire to share that talent is why I chose them. They are an inspiration to all. I want to tell them how happy I am how blessed I feel to have them in my life....

the Ladies at  StuckOnUSketches

Barb From SnowmanLover Paperie

Rozette From SeeFluffyScrap

Ladies you are now to do the same, pass the Friendship Award and list 10 things that knock your socks off!

10 things that knock my socks off....and this list has not changed in two weeks time.

1. God...because no matter what life has in store He is the reason for celebration and He gives me the strength to face each and everyday with delight.
2. My Husband...this year we will celebrate 40 years of marriage; he is my friend, my love, and my soul mate.
3. My Children, especially My Grandchildren … because being a mom and a grandmother is the greatest blessing God has given me. I’ve become closer to God realizing just as I am effected by my children; be it good or bad, He is by me. Just as I love my children His love is to me! Even greater and that knocks my socks off.
4. Friends and that includes YOU....because you are a part of my life, the part that brings me joy and happiness each day.
5. Scrapping....I love, love, love it! And I am challenged beyonde belief by it!
6. Blogging....not just my blog but the family of bloggers! Each day I am challenged, inspired, encouraged, and oh how I love the friendships that are growing!
7. Vacations – A time of rest and recharging my system. I love going places and enjoying time with my handsome hubby and sometimes we are even joined by our children and grandchildren.
8. Special Days with Grandchildren...be it a breakfast, a movie, a night over or time to create a craft; it the bestest (as they would say) because mommies and daddies are not allowed and we can just be silly without them!
9. Memories...all no matter what. I cherish every moment of my life! I think that’s why I love scrapping to put on paper just a tiny tiny portion of what is in your heart and mind! Every moment, every friendship, love, abundance or hardship adds up to me.
10. My Dynamic Duo… My Cricut and side kick The Infamous Gypsy Woman! ... there is no stopping me now, I just sit back and watch them strut their stuff.

Thank you for leaving a comment! I do appreciate them and am encouraged by them!