Oh No! Kimi Is Turning the Big 3-0 Blog Hop

Welcome to the B-Day Bash for Kimberly Sue Lash Cremar! Her actual b-day is April 10 but we decided to kick off the celebration a few days early! I've known Kim all her life (I'm her mom and she's my baby). Kim is a joy to have as a daughter and as a co-blog spot partner.  She is loving, compassionate, and caring; she puts others before her own needs or desires; she is loyal to her family and friends; and, she is 100% dedicated to whatever she attempts (and she didn't bribe me to say these things!!).......LOL......truly I've had lots of fun crafting with her.  So when her crafty pals got together to throw her this parade of love, I thought of something to make that would be right up her street - something with a giraffe as that's her favorite animal.

Recipe for the double-sided stand-up giraffe:
*PPbN giraffe which I printed out 2x - one in a horizontal reverse; fussy cut and readjusted the neck and face so the card wouldn't fall over
*Jaded Blossom tag die and number candy stamp
*Gel pens for highlighting
*Sentiment stamps from my stamp stash
*LOTS of tied bows using a variety of colors from our LoveBug Rumple Ribbon collections
*A basketful of love

Thinking of Kim's other favorite, I know she loves the color pink. I designed a traditional triple-stamped card using a Sherri Baldy digi stamp which I colored, gel-pen highlighted, and Stickled for dimension.  Again the stamped sentiment and images were from my stamp stash as was the cardstock. SU inks were used.  Bow (of course) was ........LoveBug Creations Rumple Ribbon.

Thank you so much for hopping by.  Here's the complete line-up on the talent train/amazing crafters/awesome friends today!

1. Tanya Stillwell  -  http://www.scrappinkymomma.blogspot.com

2. Martha Pineda- http://beautifulcreationsmp.blogspot.com/

3. Stephanie Eaken www.stephanie-eaken.blogspot.com

4. Michelle Criswell www.scrappinwithmybug.com

5. Candace Pelfrey www.papercraftsbycandace.com

6. Dawn Rene Carlyle http://designsbydawnrene.com

7. Ellen ♥ CardMonkey ~ http://cardmonkeyspaperjungle.com/

8. Julie Cricut Chick - www.cricutchick.com

9. Dawn Mercedes - www.dawnmercedes.blogspot.com

10.Christine Barker - www.scarletcalliope.com

11.Jenny Johnson- www.crazyaboutcricut.blogspot.com

12.Dorcas - http://www.craftycardangel.com/

13. Zeni - http://www.scrappyzeni.com/

14. Kimi and Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/  HERE

And now for the birthday girl's offering today - 

 

Hey Everyone!!!

First of all I want to say a BIG Thank You to all of the ladies who participated in this hop! You all are the best and I am blessed to have gotten to know you all!

To my mom: Your words (and projects!) were too sweet! I couldn't have gotten a better Mama!! I LOVE YOU!!!

 

Ok..Enough sappy-ness...On with the hop :)

 

Some of you know I bought myself the Cameo for my birthday! I am STILL slowly learning (and getting frustrated!) but I'm trying!

For my project I used my favorite colors - Hot Pink, Lime Green, Black and White! I love every kind of combo with these colors!

For my project I used the following:

Card base: Hailey Dress Card from Silhouette Store

Treat Purse From Silhouette Store

Cardstock: Raspberry Fizz from PTI

Pattern Paper: Funky Town from PTI

Stamp (sentiment) Jaded Blossom's "100% Princess"

Simply Black Rumple Ribbon from Lovebug Creations

Pearls/Pearl Brad from stash

Prima Flower

So without further ado...Here it is...

Card and Treat Purse

Close up of Dress Card using "Simply Black" Rumple Ribbon

Close up of purse with Jaded Blossom 100% Princess Sentiment

 

Thank you all SOOOOOO much for hopping along today!!! I hope you enjoyed and were inspired by these amazingly talented ladies!!! ♥

 

 

Blog Candy Alert

For a chance at the blog hop candy:

1. Must comment and follow every blog

2. Must wish the birthday girl a “Happy Birthday” at the end of the hop (that's here)

Winner will be chosen on April 8th

Several prizes offered:

Prize #3

$15 Jaded Blossom Gift Certificate

Prize #2

Teresa Collins Flowers and Color Shine Spray in "Georgia Peach"

Prize #1

2   Canvas Corp 6x6 Pads

1   Pink Paisley 6x6 Pad

6   Flower Trims

3   Chocolate-hued colors of Lovebug Creations Rumple Ribbon in "Gentleman’s Jacket" "Sugar Plum" and "Beary Brown"

Bug Hugs,

Pamela & Kimi