February Calendar Girls 2013

Welcome to our February Calendar Girls' Blog Hop. Its absolutely amazing when you do a google search the interesting facts you may find. Such a find is special and unique occassions throughout the year!!! These unique holidays are our inspiration. As Neil Sedaka sang in his song "Calendar Girls" - "February you'll be my valentine".

The hop starts with Kimberly at http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com. You won't want to miss a single calendar event!!!!

The line-up for February includes:
Kimberly - Http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com
Edwina - http://edwinascreations.blogspot.com/
Janet -  http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
Miriam - http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com
Vicky - http://crafting-vicky.blogspot.ca/
Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
Lucy - http://love2createitall.com
Tabetha - http://tabethascreations.blogspot.com/
Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com


February Occasions We Wish to Share:

• American Heart Month  Kmberly  
• An Affair to Remember Month
• National Cherry Month - Edwina
• National Children's Dental Health Month -Janet

2 Ground Hog Day- Edwina
4 Thank a Mailman Day - Miriam
5 National Weatherman's Day
7 Send a Card to a Friend Day Kmberly
8 Boy Scout Day - Vicky
10 Umbrella Day - Lynne
11 Make a Friend Day - Lucy
14 Ferris Wheel Day - Janet
16 Do A Grouch a Favor Day~
17 Random Acts of Kindness Day - Miriam
20 Love Your Pet Day - Jearise
22 Walking the Dog Day~
26 Carnival Day- Tabetha
26 Tell a Fairy Tale Day
28 National Tooth Fairy Day - Lynne

We have a super sponsor this month - The Stamping Chef, http://thestampingchef.oo.gd/index.php?route=common/home, who has graciously offered 3 digis of the lucky winners choice who comment on the Design Team Blog at http://thestampingchef.wordpress.com/and become a follower.

For Thank a Mailman Day I made a card for my mail lady. I used a digi that I got for free from being a fan of Fresh Brewed Designs on Facebook! I printed the digi directly on the card, colored it in with Crayola markers (cause I still can't find my Prismacolor pencils), poked a few holes to add some flowers, added some 7mm bling to each corner from my supply shop, and a Thank You stamp from Stampin' Up.

My other day was Random Acts of Kindness Day. I am in an amazing group on Facebook called Random Acts of Kindness (RAK) in which we send each other mostly cards, but sometimes other things. I thought I would make a nice card to randomly send someone in the group. Here it is:

The bracket svg I got here. The sentiment is from the Hot Air Balloon Collage set from TPC Studios. I then added a button (which I colored with ink) and a charm (attached with a brad) both from that I have received from people in the RAK group. The 7mm clear bling and the 5mm light brown bling are from my supply shop.

Your next stop along the way of the calendar is Vicky! Thanks for stopping by and mark your calendar again next month to see what Holidays to Celebrate on March 9, 2013, for the next Calendar Girls Blog Hop!

CallyAnn's birthday S'more hop!

Hi and thanks so much for joining me and my wonderful friends in celebrating my Birthday! You are not going to want to miss a single thing. There are some AWESOME sponsors too.

Smores Stamp from Nikki Schiltz calmes (https://www.facebook.com/groups/ppbncraftyinspirations/)
$20 GC from Scraptastical Kreations (https://www.facebook.com/groups/112862138837753/)
A Set of handmade paper Flowers from Shannon Leffew Keith ( www.etsy.com/shop/shannleffew2)
A Bow Maker and Bundle of Crinkle Ribbon form 3 Girl Jam (https://www.facebook.com/pages/3-Girl-JAM/129045323859706)
5 $5 GC to Creative Kuts (https://www.facebook.com/groups/381667938541774/)
...and you never know, there might be more throughout the blogs!
Ok so what you need to do is comment on each blog and say HI to each sponsor on Facebook. They are so awesome for doing this that they need a shout out! You will have until July 28th to comment and she will pick the winners on July 28th so make sure you come back and check!

Your first stop should have been CallyAnn's blog!

For my project I made a triple stamp card that has been popular lately among bloggers in my circle. Check out the video that we have used to learn the technique from here.

The background paper is from a value pack of Recollections cardstock that I got at Michael's. The goldfish paper was from a stack of scraps I got from CallyAnn! I used the summer tree from A Tree For All Seasons Stampin' Up set in the background stamped in Certainly Celery, which, after stamping over it turned out to certainly not be dark enough. The campfire is from a set of clear camping stamps from Studio G and was stamped with Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie ink. The sentiment is from Stampin'Up and the ink used was Staz On Jet Black.

The S'more paper piecing I made using the cloud from the KISS Spring set from Scraptastical Kreations. Which I flocked with white and brown Martha Stewart flock. Then, I cut out rectangles to make the chocolate and graham crackers. I forgot the word great when handwriting my sentiment for the inside... Oops.

I have never done blog candy on my blog before, in fact just a few short months ago when I saw someone mention blog candy I thought they really meant candy! (Yep, I wanted to win it, drool....). So, here is my first offer of blog candy. Just leave me a comment telling me your favorite animal and I will create you a few critters from the Create-a-Critter Cricut cart. CallyAnn does an incredible job on these, so this is in dedication to her! If you haven't seen them, check out the older blog entries, they are GREAT! I will also be posting the winner On the 28th, so come on back!

Here is a complete list of the line up:
CallyAnn - http://callyanncraftycreations.blogspot.com
Anita ~ http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com
Jenny~ http://cccjalessi.blogspot.com/
Sandra- http://365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/
Jennifer ~ http://wunderscreations.blogspot.com
Patty~ http://creativediva98.blogspot.com
Cheryl~http://creativekuts.blogspot.com/
Miriam ~ http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com
Nicolette- http://beyondscrapin.blogspot.com
Rachelle-http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com
Pam L - http://mzlavr2.blogspot.com/
Sandra D- http://papercraftingnut.blogspot.com/
Cindy-http://cindyrehaume.blogspot.com/
Julie K -http://3girljam.blogspot.com/
KimberlyRae Patrick Forde - http://kreationsbykimberlyrae.com/blog

Please make sure to visit each blog to be eligible for the Candy! Thanks again for joining and Happy Hopping! Please head to the talented Nicolette to see the next project in line!