Blog Hop coming soon!

 I am excited to share that the Close To My Heart Rose Blossoms Team is having a 

Christmas Blog Hop.

It will be from Friday, November 23rd to Sunday the 25th.  You will find lots of inspiration along the way.

There are 8 stops on the hop and some yummy  blog candy.  

Here's a sneak peek of my prize.

It is an embellishment sampler which comes with die-cuts, patterned paper pieces, seam-binding ribbon, buttons, brads, bling, and a complete set of Pear and Partridge Complements Glittery Rub-Ons.

The hop will be running all weekend long, so take a break from shopping, grab a favorite beverage and sit down and hop along for some Christmas paper-crafting inspiration.

Have a blessed Thanksgiving weekend.

Stamp It! Cards Meets Stamping Royalty Blog Hop

Welcome to this exciting blog hop!

I think it should be called the Win, Win Blog Hop

because there are so many chances to win great prizes offered by PaperCrafts Magazine.

For this blog hop,

all the winners of the Stamping Royalty Contest

have been given the following mission:

create an all occasion card in a patriotic color scheme using one of the stamp sets

from the 2011 Stamping Royalty Contest prize package.

here is my card:

I used the Stampin Up! "Aviary" set along with sentiment from

"Half Pint Heroes" Waltzing Mouse Stamps.

Stampin Up! also included a complete set of acrylic blocks in the prize package.

All inks are from my stash of Stampin Up!

I used Basic Grey papers from the 6 x 6 "It's a Party" pad along with

the blue/white polka dot from "My Mind's Eye".

All the border dies and star die are from Papertrey Ink.

It has been a thrill to share the royal spotlight with all the talented ladies on this blog hop.

I feel so blessed to have received this amazing prize and I am happy to share the blessing with a great cause.

My featured card, along with many more,

will be sent to

Operation Write Home.

You can read all about this cause HERE

PaperCrafts Magazine is encouraging others to send hand-made cards to military men and women serving our country, through Operation Write Home.  This organization will send cards overseas so that our heroes

may have quality, heartfelt cards to send back home to their loved ones.

Again,  a win, win situation!

For some card-making inspiration, visit the other card-makers on this blog hop.

Here is the list:

• Amber Daigre

• Lynn Darda (you are here)

• Angela Fehr

• Mariana Grigsby

• Shelly Kurth

• Sarah Jay

• Cristina Kowalczyk

• Karolyn Loncon

• Stephanie Nagel

• Laura Pryor

• Mary Dawn Quirindongo

• Kelly Silva

• Julia Stainton

• Laurie Willison

Hop on over to these blogs and leave some love for a chance to win

a copy of Stamp It! Cards Vol.8

PaperCrafts Magazine is generously providing a copy to each blog hop participant to give away!
If you just can't wait, you can buy your copy HERE.

and wait...there's MORE...hop on over to the PaperCrafts Connection

and leave a comment for a chance to win one of 2 fantastic stamping prizes!

Details on their blog.

I told you this should be called Win, Win Blog Hop!

Leave a comment here, by midnight on Sunday, July 3 for a chance to win that new edition of

Stamp It! Cards, Vol. 8

and when you're done "hopping" please consider creating some cards for Operation Write Home.

thanks for stopping by!