I apologize, I was away all day yesterday without a laptop (translation=at a crop) and I forgot to post the winner when I got home....the winner of the 2 SBT mags is....CINDY D!  Send me your snail mail to:  bluequeen4@hotmail.com  ASAP and I'll get these out to you this week! 

*Just a reminder that I do RAKs once a month so....spread the word and we'll keep being crafty!

Thank you to all who left me love/comments and adds!  The winners of the SMASH giveaway are.........DRUMROLL PLEASE... AnnA and Jessica W !   Please send your snail mail to:  bluequeen4@hotmail.com  (Try & send b4 Friday so I  can go to the post office on Friday please)

Congratulations and come back next month when I will definitely have another goody or two to share!  Maybe a monthly RAK would be a great way to pay it forward????!!!

Angi from Cokie Pop Paper took a little break but she's back and thinking of spring!! She's like the retailers, thinking a season ahead!  Look at these cute projects she created for a friend!
and if you head over to her blog, she's got a great RAK for one lucky winner!  I won't say exactly what it is, but I'll give a little hint: 
and on another Two Peas note..just got word that my cute little LYB "LEAF" layout that I posted yesterday was one of the vendor challenge WINNERS! Woop Woop!

Here's a new blog...Blue Fern Studios...and come January 1, 2013, they will be coming to us with some high quality chipboard projects...something I'm dying to start using in my layouts...but this week, they have a giveaway!
yup!  gorgeous!  Hop over to their blog and read all about them and enter the giveaway!

Forgive me! I was a little busy...with a few things...like this amazing young man...

RAY RICE #27 BALTIMORE RAVENS BABY!

**  Rice joined with Teen Truth Live, a San Diego, Calif.-based anti-bullying group, to host “A Ray of Hope,” a pro-kindness, anti-bullying event held at Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Md.  Nearly 4,000 people attended the event, at which Rice spoke about his own personal experiences dealing with bullies....Rice, 25, has emerged as a spokesman for anti-bullying, speaking at several events, including two in Howard County. The running back said he was motivated to speak out after learning of the death of Howard County teen Grace McComas, who committed suicide on Easter Sunday after being the victim of online bullying.

 By the time I got back Friday night from seeing this dude, my favorite running back, # 27, it was late, and  I was hot, sweaty and in need of a shower and a drink...we were outside, the event lasted for a few hours (how were they not selling water??)  and it was kinda humid so...no blogging when I got home.  Then, the weekend kinda got away from me with family face time, movie night and house guests so...

I apologize ...so without further ado...the winner of the birthday stamppackage is: PAPERCRAFTING PRINCESS and the winner of the mini SMASH* goodies is: LAURA SCOTT...ladies, send me your snail mail addys to : bluequeen4@hotmail.com    ASAP!  I wanna get goodies bagged up and mailed by Friday since I have other stuff to mail and I'm allergic to the post office :)  Thanks to everyone who played and wished me wonderful birthday messages!

And who knows?  I may not be done since I am celebrating my birthday ALL month :)...there may be other surprise random RAKs up my sleeve :)

AND, I'm currently working my 2nd SMASH book and it's travel themed so I thought I'd share some of my summer travel pages that are still in progress ! I am doing a travel theme but not a specific trip nor am I using any particular embellishments; I'm just using up stash! Some of it is straight up vintage-stash from 3 or 4 years ago...hoarder that I am!

Good morning!  It's a Wonderful (and muggy) Wednesday!!! Sometimes when my mojo is gone, I wonder...is it because I'm harboring too much negative energy??  I decided that the answer is YES!  And so to get rid of Mr. Ugly Mojo-Jojo, I decided to do this:
SMASH BABY!!!  And I am gonna dig up some other supa dupa cool embellishment things that could possibly go in it (or not, your choice)..and so the winner of the SMASH RAK is:  JOJORENEE ...come on down girl and send me your snail mail ASAP to:  bluequeen4@hotmail.com      :):)

and who knows??  I am already thinking that May 23rd (Thing 2's birthday) may be another day to award an  unsuspecting lucky follower another prize...stay tuned....

SIMPLE STORIES THAT IS!  Welcome everybody and TGIF! Simple Stories did a creative thing & let some fun fans (me and some others) join up with their creative  Design Team to bring you their first 2012 blog hop filled with Friday inspiration, some CHA sneak peeks and some really cool creations... R U READY ????

The HOP actually starts at the SIMPLE STORIES blog  (hey Amber!) and so if you started there, you are on the money! You should be popping here via way of DT member Allison Landy's blog; I know she gave you some great inspiration! If you didn't start at the beginning, click on my Simple Stories Blog Hop tab at the top and you'll see all the participants start to finish! 

Rather than do a regular layout, I decided to ALSO do an altered project.  The house looked bare after all the Christmas decorations got put away yesterday (don't laugh)!  I had these "junk" pieces that I found at the Goodwill for $ 1 each just sitting in my closet and I finally decided to turn "trash to treasure."
BEFORE: (ADDED SOME BLACK ACRYLIC PAINT AND MIST)
I then added a clothesline type of hanging using a vintage tape measure that belonged to my husband's grandfather and some twines that I found at Ollie's of all places...chose my pic (photoshoot that we did for the Children's Miracle Network since my son used to be one of their sick child ambassadors) and then I dug in the SIMPLE STASH:

 I wanted to showcase the Destinations stickers to show that even though it is travel themed, you aren't limited to using them just for travel layouts!

I added in stickers under the tape measure :):)

and tucked some more in the corners

and while the finished piece is quite SIMPLE,but  I like it!    Whaddya think??
TWO THINGS before I go:  1.  Leave some L-O-V-E  here on THIS  blog post (a comment and a way to contact you) so that I can REWARD one of you lucky hoppers with a RAK :) and 2. Make sure you leave a comment on the Simple Stories home blog so that THEY can reward one of you lucky hoppers with a RAK too!   You know what?  Just leave love everywhere, spread the joy!


The next diva on the HOP is somebody you should already know...and ADORE...girl is super talented, gorgeous, smart, got mad minibook skillz and talent (Oops I said that twice didn't I )-up next .. it's WENDY "how you doing" Morris !!!  Hop over to her blog Scrapnspire for more Friday hop fun!
And you know I couldn't REALLY say bye-bye without a SIMPLE STORIES layout right ???!!!
using:

papers, stamps and a HUGE surprise!

  I can't give it all away though; you gotta POP by and see what she's giving away to some fabulously lucky winner!!  Creating from the Heart and giving from the heart!  Good Luck!~!

and when I say fab............trust me, it is!  Feast your eyes on this beauty!  It's from Shabby Apple and I had never heard of them but I think THEY may be my San Fran 2012 weight loss incentive !!
awesome right?  Well, all you gotta do is hop over to Kelly's blog {HERE} and check out the req's..........Good love !!!

a Webster's giveaway!  CK from the Scorpian Crafter blog is celebrating in a major way this month!!  In addition to it being Thanksgiving, it's her birthday and wedding anniversary!  Did I mention that the birthday and anniversary are on the SAME DAY??  I mean, she is one of my bffs, but who does that ???? LOL...No, she knows I got nuthin but love for her and my bro...AND for her giveaway:
****check out her blog TODAY and do what you gotta do to enter since the winner will be announced on November 27th!!

like Christmas in July...this is all I'm gonna post and you have to click on pic to check it for yourself>>>>>>>>>>>

I'm so sorry that I'm late...it has been a crazy 2 days over here in Blueville so let me first thank the lovely and talented DT over at Triplicate Trials for hosting the hop and then also thank all of you who joined me here at my blog
.. there were some great takes on the colorful Peace challenge!  The winner of the stamps from Wilson Designs over at the T3 blog was StephC but if you'll remember, I said I was gonna do a giveaway here too... I've been cleaning the scraproom closet here and there and so the box full of my goodies goes to MIZZ KELLY B over at A Sweet Escape!  


Kelly, send me your snail mail to: mizzkb00@hotmail.com so I can get it mailed out!  And stay tuned cause on Thursday I'll be posting about another upcoming blog hop (that means more blog candy:) ******

from my sweater diva Kristine M...and they are on Day 9.....check it out here @ MCC  (MY CRAFT CHANNEL) and also see how you can win a major prize!

 tomorrow...July 13...lucky 13th!  MY 46th BIRTHDAY!  what's a girl to do?  Have a super awesome guest designer for you over at True XOXO and, a super cute small birthday RAK here on my blog.....sneaks:



           so spread the word and come back tomorrow won't you ???

The buzz is out. The tone is set.   The momentum of creative and passionate women continues to build.  THE CREATIVE CONNECTION  and Where Women Cook  are the places to be!    And this month, guest Christina Ferrare collabos and talks food over at WWC On the Front Burner- yummy!
to read all about it, see some fab photography and oh yeah, there's a giveaway (and a good one too but I'll let you see for your self)-hop over to  Where Women Cook today (yeah, it's related to Jo) and read all about it!

doing my nightly blog catchup and I see that she's added TONS of stuff to the goodies already at the sidebar (left)...I see that she's added this little beauty!  CORDLESS!! AND, I also spied with my little eye some stamps from the ultra fabulous Ted over at Stampers Anonymous...all for her 1st blogiversary-Wow..that's WOW!
HOP over  to Scrap with Stacy and check it out ....and drool...and hope...hope that it's me who wins...just sayin'....my birthday is here in 16 days...

for all of us Tim lovers (no need for a last name is there?)...a giveaway by Stacy from Scrap with Stacy that's gonna make you say JEEZ LOUISE!  Take a look:
and that's not the only thing-this was just a teaser...HOP OVER TO HER BLOG for the closeups and MORE! Giveaway closes Friday June 10th!  Also, while you are at it, look at her cute June 1 layout with that super cool Martha Stewart "around the page" punch...I so need that!

I'm a big fan of AC (American Crafts) and was over at Tina's leaving some love and saw that she had a link to a gal named Melinda (how I've never been to her blog before is beyond me) who had made this totally awesome creation for publication over at American Crafts {and original cause I've never seen this heart collage but am sure folks are gonna straight copy it from now on}:
HOP over to her blog for more pics and closeups of the details-AND, I should mention that she's giving away yummy AC blog candy {HERE} in some lovely spring shades to one lucky follower !