Hidey Ho Campers!  Welcome to my little stop on the blog hop!  If you are following the blogging order then you must've just come from Michelle Hernandez's fabulous little mini.  Isn't she terrific?
Well, without further adue, let me present my project for the hop.  It is a banner I made for my son for his 9th birthday announcing that I was getting him (us, lol!) a swimming pool!  Now, the FAVE part of it is the new Toy Box Crate Paper line.  It is absolutely perfect for my little armed forces freak.  I snuck in one of Crate's Emma's Shoppe papers just for good measure.

Of course the fact that it was for my son goes along with the fave theme as well, since I tell him often that he is my favorite person in the whole world.  :)






If you are familiar with Paper Issues, then you know that Cassie, our fierce and fearless leader is the absolute master of the banners.  I needed to make one to announce the pool, since that present was not going to be ready for him to "open" on his birthday.  This is the first banner I have ever made and let me tell you, they are fun!  Thanks so very much for joining us on this Paper Issues blog hop!! 

OH, I almost forgot - the juicy RAK I am sending one lucky follower!  If you want this delicious package sent to you, leave me a comment on either my project, or the RAK.  If you like my work please do become a follower!  :)


Next on your stop is the fabulously talented Kristy Dalman and her amazing blog The Odd Girl.  Go check her out or return to Paper Issues (did you see the fantastic kit you can win there?)

The scrap Gods have spoken.  The winner of the RAK iiiiiiiiiisssssssssss..............Creepy Glowbugg!!!  She has a sinfully delicious website with macabre tones and great projects.  YAY!!!  Congrats CG!!  Gimme a shout and send your email so I can get this off to you.  Thanks everyone who "came to play"! 

               
     Hi Y'all!  Another LO here created with new Crate Paper scrumptiousness!  The circular flowers were an idea I grabbed off the Crate Paper blog.  *thanks Crate DT - y'all are awesome!*

This is a pic of my mom, dad, sister and I when we lived in Pacific Grove CA in the mid 70s.  Check out the afro on my dad, would ya! :)



Hopefully you've all participated in the blog hop over at Paper Issues and that may even be how you found me!  If so, you may be wondering when I am going to announce a winner of the lovely swag I previously posted.  I plan on using the child-generated random number picking system this weekend and announcing then.  Please stay tuned!

Hello party people!  This is a LO that goes with my two previous posts.  One was a card and one was the banner I gave my son on his birthday March 15th.  This one is a LO of the paintball party we had.  Oh man, we had a blast!  Aren't you all nervous about your childs party - whether kids come, if he will be happy, and on and on... I plan parties for a living and I wasn't as stressed as when trying to make Cade's come together. 
They had a ball moving the "men" around on the "war" cake, and even got to shoot mom in the tummy (uh YES it left a bruise!).

Thanks for taking a gander. Oh and hi to all the new followers!  Thanks so much for being here!  :)

Hi Y'all!! 
That's right, Paper Issues is having a blog hop this weekend, which will start Saturday March 19th at 9 a.m. eastern time.  Prizes, RAKs swag..whatever you call it - there will be lots of giveaways along the way!  I personally am giving away a very nice little package of goodies.  So do come join us, it's gunna rock!  :)

I am going retro today and posting a couple of my older LOs in hopes that a certain design team finds them and appreciates them  :)  Comments are very much welcomed!  Thanks for checkin' out my old school pages.  :)


This adorable girl is a friend of mine's daughter.  Adelle loves the garden and I made this LO for her in her favorite colors that match her room.  Tons of My Little Shoebox sweetness on this page! 


This page is just to sweet not to make honorable mention!  Look at that angel :)  Love, Elsie, Basic Grey and American Crafts here.

Hello to all of you visiting from Artfull Crafts in NZ!  Please kick off your shoes and stay awhile, so glad you stopped by! 

On a side note, let me say I am very sorry for the Christchurch happenings, please know that many of us are praying for you all.

Aaaaand, for those of you who don't know...I was featured on a blog in NZ which you can find here.  Big thanks to Lowri McNabb for hooking me up down there!  Cheers sister!  Here is Lowri's blog, she makes incredible projects, check her out!
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