Sunday Spotlight At FCCB!

Hello Everyone,

I wanted to share that I am featured on Sunday Spotlight over at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog. If you would like to know me a little more please click HERE and see my answers to the questions I was given. This is a great honor for me to be featured. Thanks so much to the wonderful ladies that chose me for the spotlight.

I also wanted to say that today on 9-11-11, my heart goes out to everyone who had lost someone 10 years ago. There has been so much time but I know the hurt will always be there.

All the best.
Judy

I Made Top 5 at FCCB Again!

Hi everyone,

I got my second top 5 at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog for my Animals Circle Accordian card. To see my full post click HERE. I am on a roll! 

Thanks Ladies for voting for me. I get to display this fabulous blinky on my blog!





Happy Scrapping!
Judy

Blog Awards

Hello everyone,

I have been sent a few blog awards and haven't gotten around to posting them until now. I am so happy that these ladies love my work and my blog so much to take the time to pass these on to me. My sincerest thanks to you all.

 Thanks Carla of Carla's Cards

Thanks Natasha of Crafting with Natasha  

Thanks Shen of My Curious Crafts and Diana of DL Art

Thanks Esther of For the Joy of Creating.

What you have to do:

Irresistible Sweet Award: Share 7 random facts about yourself and share the award with 8 others.

Versatile Blogger Award: Share 7 things about yourself and share the award with 15 others.
Stinkin' Cute Blog Award: No rules just pass it on.
Butterfly Award: Answers several questions then pass it on.

Here 7 thing about myself:

1. I have not been home in 12 years.

2. I subscribe to 4 scrapbooking/card magazines. (One comes all the way from England).
3. I am on Weight Watcher (lost now 24 lbs, 31 lbs to go).
4. I have to exercise but hate it!
5. I taught Science to high school kids in England.

6. I love to dance salsa, I am ok at it.

7. My friends called me Energizer Bunny because I would never leave a dance floor until the music ends. That was years ago now.

Butterfly Award Questions:

Q1) Name your favorite color? Blue

Q2) Name your favorite song? Anything by Brian McKnight
Q3) Name your favorite dessert? Cheesecake
Q4) What wizzes you off at the moment? Silly People

Q5) Your favorite pet? I like dogs but don't want one!

Q6) Black or White? Black
Q7) Your biggest fear? Loosing my mom

Q8) Best feature? My family

Q9) Everyday attitude? Make today better than yesterday
Q10) What is perfection? A day in my craft room with no kids!
Q11) Guilty pleasure? Chocolate
Q12) When you're upset you? I scrap!


Here are my awardees alphabetically: 
I'll invite them to take one of the awards they want and past it along. 
Adrian of By Adrian 4 U
Carla of Carla's Cards
Celeste of Touched By A Butterfly
Diana of DL Art
Esther of For the Joy of Creating
Holly of Ribbons And Glue
Jayne of Jayne Designs
Jovan of Cards By Jovan
Nicole of Creative Delights By Nicole 
Laurie of Scraps By Sissy 
Luciana of Dilsaver Designs
Melissa of Moe Creations 
Missy of Quick Chick Designs
Natasha of Crafting with Natasha
Shen of My Curious Crafts
Terrence of Polka Dots And Paint

 I still can't believe that they piled up so quickly. I just want to say thanks to the ladies who shared them with me. Your cyber/blogland love means so much to me.

Thanks Again
Happy Scrapping!
Judy

I Made Top 5 at FCCB!

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to share that I got my first top 5 at Fantabulous Cricut Challenge Blog for my Cupcake Easel card. To see my full post click HERE.

Thanks Ladies for voting for me. I get to display this fabulous blinky on my blog!



Happy Scrapping!
Judy

Honorable Mention on My Pink Stamper

Hello everyone,

I entered the challenge for the design team over at on My Pink Stamper.  I was just watching here live broadcast and I am sad  to report that I didn't make it to her DT. She did however, gave me a honorable mention and I get to choose one her wonderful stamp sets as a gift.

Here is the card that I entered, if you would like to see the full post click HERE.

Thanks Robyn and Karlee of course!
Happy Scrapping!
Judy

Award for my Beach Step Card

Hello everyone,

I just wanted to share that I received a Ooh-la-la Award for my Beach Step Card from My Sheri Crafts. Thanks so much Sheri I am so honored that my card was one of the project you choose this week to receive the award.

Here is the card to remind you and if you would like to see the full post click here.

 Happy Scrapping!
Judy

Blog Awards

Hello everyone,

I have been receiving a few blog awards and I haven't been making many posts about them. I try to keep my side bar updated with the names of the ladies who have been sending them to me. Thanks so much and I am honored by the fact that you all thought so much of by work to send me these awards. Thanks ever so much!
Here are the awards that I have received and links to all the ladies that have given me the honors.

Thanks to Girlia of Girlia's Cards and Dawn of Simply Dawn 53.

 Thanks to Traci of Cricut Junkie, Deborah of Love My Paper, Girlia of Girlia's Cards and Mary of Mary's Crafty Scraps.

 Jennifer of The Country Life and Diana of Daisylove Creations.

 Jennifer of The Country Life

 Thanks Natasha of Crafting with Natasha.

 Diana of Daisylove Creations and Arlene of Waterdots.

 Thanks Esther of For the Joy of Creating.

Here a few thing about myself:
1. I have the baby bug and the expression but I still NEED the Expression 2.
2. Scraping/ card making can cure my migraines.
3. I want 'THAT' cart just because I don't have it (I'll use it eventually right!)
4. I love the color blue in my work.
5. I am my own worst critic, I can always find a flaw in everything I do.
6. I am the oldest of eight children
7. I have 17 Cricut mats in use (4 are imagine mats)
8. I am an organizational freak!

I'll invite the list of ladies here to take one of the awards they want and past it along. Here is what you need to do once you have claimed it.
Irresistible Sweet Award: Share 7 random facts about yourself and share with 8 others.
Cricut-tastic Award: Share 5 Cricut related things about yourself and share with 10 others.
Stylish Blogger Award: Share 8 things about yourself and with 8 others.
Liebster Award: Share this award with 3-5 others.
A Thing of Beauty Award: Share 5 things about yourself and with 5 others.
Versatile Blogger Award: Share 7 things about yourself and with 15 others.
Best Friend Blogger Award: Share on to those who visit your blog and leave comments regularly.


In no specific order:
1. Esther of For the Joy of Creating
2. Girlia of Girlia's Cards
3. Traci of Cricut Junkie
4. Karen of The Busy Bug
5. Rayna and Paper Panther of Purple Peeps Technique
6. Amber of My 3E Scrapbooking
7. Beebeebaps of Beebeebaps Gallery
8. Chris of Get Inspire with Chatter Scene
9. Dawn of Simply Dawn 53
10. Arlene of Waterdots
11. Diana of Daisylove Creations
12. Mary of Mary's Crafty Scraps
13. KatieO of Katie O's
14. Melissa of Created By Sunshine Honeybee
15. Deborah of Love My Paper
16. Sherry of Up Or Down They're Beautiful
17. Missy of Quick Chick Designs
18. Cecile of Carnets de Scraps de Smellykat
19. Jayne of Jayne Designs
20. Shen of My Curious Crafts

Happy Scrapping!
Judy

101 Followers and My Newest Awards

Hello everyone,

I would first like to thank all my followers for getting me in to the triple digits. It is so exciting to share my work with you all and I am so touched by all the love and warmth that it has been received with. Thanks so much and a big digi-hug to you all.

I would also love to share that have been given even more love in the form of awards! My second Stylish Blogger Award and TWO Versatile Blogger awards.

 I would like to thank Karen from The Busy Bug for my Stylish Blogger Awards and Esther from For The Joy of Creating and Wendy from Wendy's Creative Crafting Corner. It mean so much that you ladies have taken the time to send me these awards.  

For the Stylish Blogger Award: 

1. Thank the person who gave you this award and link back to their blog
2. Share 8 things about yourself
3. Pass the award to 8 other bloggers
4. Leave a comment so that they can pass along the recognition.

For the Versatile Blogger Award:

1. Thank the person who gave you this award and link back to their blog
2.  Share 7 things about yourself
3.  Pass the award to 15 other bloggers

4. Leave a comment so that they can pass along the recognition.
 

Eight things about myself:

1.  I have not been back to my home country since I left in 1999.

2.  I left to do a PhD in Tropical Ecology (its was completed).

3. When I am out with my kids most people ask if I am the nanny.

4.  I  love the look of embarrassment on their faces when they find out they have just put their foot in it.

5. I love cold weather, can't stand heat!

6. Scrapbooking/Card Making has a calming effect on me.

7. I am my worst critic when it comes to my work.

8. I am drooooolllling over the Cricut Expression 2.

I am sharing the Stylish Blogger Award with these bloggers in no specific order:
1. Nut Slightly Cracked
2. Cards By Jovan
3. Craft Me This
4. Marebear Scraps
5. The Cricut Bug
6. Craftyful Gardens
7. Wendys Creative Crafting Corner
8. For The Joy of Creating

I am sharing the Versatile Blogger Award with these bloggers in no specific order:
1. Quick Chick Designs
2. Love to Crop
3. Purple Peeps Technique
4. The Country Life
5. Capri's Delight
6. Scraps By Sissy
7. What's Scrappin'
8. My 3E Scrapbooking
9. By Adrian 4 U
10. Scrappin Chick
11. Moe Creations
12. A Busy Bee/ Double Click Connections
13. The Busy Bug
14. A Crafters Haven
15. The Scrapping Cat

Happy Scrapping!
Judy

The Liebster Blog Award!!!

Hello Everyone,

I am so excited to get my first Liebster Blog Award from Paper Panther and Rayna over at Purple Peeps Techniques. These ladies are so creative! They have video tutorials on youtube and really beautiful projects on their website. Thanks so much ladies! 

Here are the rules of The Liebster Blog Award:
It is given to bring light to new blogs and it's a great way to share blogs that might not otherwise be seen or ones you want to share with others.
As a recipient you must share the love and pay it forward by:
1-Creating a post where you blog about the Liebster award & reveal your 3-5 blog picks
2-Let them know you chose them by leaving a comment on their blog
3-Copy & paste the blog award on your blog
4-Have faith that your followers will rally & show their crafty love back out to those you awarded
5-Have fun!

Here are the five ladies I have chosen to receive this award:
Maquel at Paper Maine-iac
Chrey at Chrey's Craft Corner
Mary at Handmade By Mary
Katie at Katie's Kreations 
Jennifer at The Country Life

Please visit these ladies and show them some love.
Happy Scrapping!
Judy

Stylish Blogger Award

Hello everyone,

I have such wonderful news! I was awarded the Stylish Blogger Award from Missy at Quick Chick Designs. Thanks so much Missy. I am so touched that you passed the award to me. There are so many other crafty ladies out there that you could have chosen.

What I have to do:
First say thank you and link back to the person who gave you the award. Then you find eight blogs that you would like to give the award to. You have to leave a comment on each recipients' blog so that they know they were awarded and that they can pass along the recognition. Finally, you tell eight things about yourself.

The eight blogs I chose in alphabetic order:
Beebeebabs Gallery
Craft Confectionery
Girlia's Cards
Handmade by Mary
Heather's This and That
The Scrapping Cat
Toni's Crafty Place
Vicki Ward

Eight things about myself:
1. I love my birthday! I was reminded yesterday when my girlfriends took me out to celebrate. I had such a blast with them.

2. I have both the Cricut Baby Bug and the Expression. I had the baby first, loved it so much I bought the Expression. I still don't want to get rid of the Baby bug though.

3. My son is diagnosed Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified (PDD-NOS). This means that he is mildly Autistic.

4. I have three mothers: my mom, step-mom and mother-in-law. I am very close to all three.

5. I am the oldest of seven children.

6. Three of my sisters are serving in the British Army. One is now stationed in Afghanistan; we can't wait until she is home safe again.

7. I actually prefer scrapbooking to card making.

8. This one is  a little embarrassing, but I love the Twilight films and books (yes, I  know, sad!).

Happy Scrapping!
Judy