2023 Year In Review Blog Hop

 Once again I am participating in the 2023 Year In Review blog hop

started by Ellie at Ellibelle's Corner.
This is a fun hop where each participant shows her
favorite cards of 2023.
I invite you to join along and get some fabulous inspiration 
from the designers!!

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Here is a list of the blog hop participants:

Alicia - Golden Goddess Designs

Debbie  - Secrets to Stamping

Diane - Nellie's Nest

Ellie - Ellibelle's Corner

Francesca - Percorsi di Fantasia

Helen - Made by Helen

Joanne - My Slices of Life

Kate - Cards a la Kate

Tee - The Paper Layer

Want to share your own favorites?
Then just link up HERE.

Thanks for visiting and I hope you have enjoyed our
Year In Review as much as I have!!

Turner Syndrome Blog Hop Winner

I was a sponsor at the Turner Syndrome Awareness

It's A Girl Thing blog hop.

I want to thank you all for all the nice comments

and surely hope a lot was learned along the way...

I know this was all new to me

and am so thankful to Lori for bringing this to my attention

and for letting me be part of the hop!

The lucky winner on MY blog is:

Wendy from 'Hi' Notes

Please contact me at dianegreghov@att.net

with your mailing info so I can ship my prize to you....

and once again 'THANK YOU'!

You can see ALL the winners HERE....
Congrats to all!!

Turner Syndrome Blog Hop

Hello Blogging Friends!!

Welcome to my project for the "It's A Girl Thing" Turner Syndrome Awareness Inaugural Blog Hop!  

Turner Syndrome is a genetic disorder where a female is born with only one X chromosome, instead of two, leaving her with life-long medical issues and learning disabilities. This condition occurs one in 2,500 female births worldwide, but is more common among pregnancies that do not survive to full term. That is why Turner Syndrome Females are considered MIRACLES!

Nineteen caring Sponsors and eleven DT Members have partnered with us to bring Turner Syndrome Awareness to the Public. For details on how you might win any of these fabulous prizes, please see Lori's TS home page. Thanks for learning About Turner Syndrome. 

My TS related project uses a few colors from the TS official color board:

Here is my card

I honestly have to admit I never knew of  Turner Syndrome until I 'met' Lori

and her beautiful daughter 'Julie'.

Now I know it affects 1 in 2500 female babies born....

I encourage you to read Lori's journey HERE. 

I applaud  Lori for all she has done to bring awareness

to this and for all the fund raising she has worked hard at...

it cannot be easy and takes a lot out of her I am sure...

she is truly a special person with a heart of gold!!

I used a sweet image from My Favorite Things 

(which they happen to be one of our sponsors)

she is holding a button jar,

but this time she is filling it with stars!

There are lots of prizes to be had...

not only from the fabulous sponsors but also

some of the designers in the hop.

I am one of them and I have this fun sampling of

Nuvo products!

Aqua pens (watercolor)~coloring markers~ and two bottles of

Crystal Drops.

To win my prize 

You MUST leave a comment here on MY blog...

I would also love for you to become a follower and STAY a follower

after the hop is complete...just sayin'!

Please read below as it has very important instructions for you to

win from the main blog and the sponsors....

I hope you have enjoyed the hop and all the  beautiful designers  cards!!

HOW TO WIN On The 'It's A Girl Thing Blog Hop':

Visit the Turner Syndrome blog hop HERE

and read all the instructions below

(also posted on the main page...this is just for your convenience.)

• Leave a comment on the TS Awareness Home Blog Post stating at least one thing you learned about Turner Syndrome. Our Tab titled About Turner Syndrome has a pictorial explanation of many of the symptoms or limitations faced by TS females.
• Leave a comment on one or more DT blog hop posts. 
• Prizes will be awarded randomly from the comments left on 19 of the DT blog hop posts + by 11 of the designers who are awarding prizes of their own. So the more posts you visit and comment on, the more likely you are to win a prize. Don't forget! You must also leave one comment on the Home Blog, too.
• We hope this will bring an awareness not only about Turner Syndrome in females, but that if any human being seems a bit out of the ordinary, there could be a health-related or genetic reason for it, and it would be nice to give everyone the benefit of the doubt in our daily lives.

 The design team thanks you for supporting and learning About Turner Syndrome.  

Happy Birthday To YOU!!

We wanted to wish

Darlene a  very HAPPY BIRTHDAY today in a special way! 

Hope you will join in the fun and get some amazing birthday card ideas along the way.  

We also hope you will stop over to Darlene's blog and wish her a 

Happy Birthday !

Let the party begin!!!!

Sherri

Amy

Terri

Vickie

Cindy

Glenda

Vicki

Diane that's me

Jenny

Sandi Lee....

Darlene....our birthday girl

 Here's my card.....

I have known Dar for quite some time now.....the last two years
she has come to Michigan and stayed here....
we have had some really good and fun times!

I also know that 2 of her favorite things are "flip flops"
(she even wears them in the winter)
and the color PURPLE!!

So what better card could "I" make for her
other then a purple flip flip card!!!

I used this super, super cute and easy cut file from 
The Cutting Cafe -  Flip Flop Card!
I could sit and make dozens of these!
(in fact, come back next week, as I have another to share)

I have to admit my stock of purple paper is not good.
But I had some gorgeous purple paper from
Classy Cards 'n Such called Purple Silk.
It does feel like silk, too!
The purple flower is one I have had forever
from my stash!

So I want to wish you a very Happy Birthday Dar
and I hope Mark takes you out for dinner
and a little wine,
(I say "little" as I remember the last time you had wine while you were here...teehee)!!

I wish you all the best and many, many more to come my friend!!!

Next stop is Jenny....or you can start all over!!!

Entering the following challenges:
Clear It Out ....  Purple/Purple Stash
Tip Top  Tuesday .... Summer Fun
Fab 'n Funky .... Flower Delights
Simon Says Wednesday .... Get In Shape
Dragonfly Journeys .... If The Shoe Fits

Digis for Debbie Fun Raiser Hop

I have joined a fundraiser  and all the information is below...I do hope you take time to read it...I feel it is for a very good cause.  

The links can be found at the bottom of the post.

Here is my card using the fundraiser images I purchased.

Good morning and welcome to the Digis for Debbie Fundraiser Blog Hop.  Recently, we learned that Mrs. Debbie Lynch, the beautiful and loving mother of Heather Dennis, owner of Fresh Brewed Designs, was diagnosed with a rare form of uterine cancer.  As most of you may know, cancer related medical costs can be quite expensive, and Mrs. Debbie currently has no medical insurance, which makes the cost significantly higher.  Therefore, we have decided to help raise enough money to cover these medical expenses, as well as aftercare expenses, by creating a digi shop.  

All the proceeds of the Digis for Debbie Fundraiser Shop and the Fresh Brewed Designs Store will go directly to Mrs. Debbie to fund her lifesaving surgery and the aftercare necessary to bring her back to wellness.  Furthermore, Heather has created a Give Forward account to assist her mother.  If you would like to help, please stop by the Digis for Debbie Fundraiser Shop, the Fresh Brewed Designs Store, and/or the Give Forward Account.  For those of you who are not able to contribute monetarily, we would love for you to add Mrs. Debbie to your prayer list.  If there is one thing we know, prayers can work miracles that money cannot and healing and wellness is what we are praying to receive.

The hop launches today, Tuesday, July 14^th on the Fresh Brewed Designs Challenge Blog, and will run until Tuesday, July 28^th @ 11:59 PM Eastern Time.  All participants can be found in the linkies section of *this post on the Fresh Brewed Designs Challenge Blog, and we would love to have you join us!  We do ask that you use a digi from the Digis for Debbie Fundraiser Shop or the Fresh Brewed Designs Store, and the theme is Anything Goes, and you can enter as often as you would like.  

Two prize packages will be awarded, one prize for a digi purchaser and one prize for a blog hop participant.  Winners will be chosen on Saturday, August 1^st.  The prizes will consist of stamps, papers, ribbon, embellishments, etc.; plus, some random prizes will be offered by some generous blog hop participants along the hop.

Thank you for dropping by and for helping us with our fundraising efforts; and again, we ask that you keep Mrs. Debbie in your prayers.  Have a wonderful Tuesday, crafty friends!  We look forward to admiring your creations! :)  

Important links: 

·        Heather Dennis:

http://joemamainks.blogspot.com/

·        Fresh Brewed Designs Store:

http://freshbreweddesigns.com/

·        Digis for Debbie Fundraiser Shop:

http://www.shophandmade.com/store/fundraiserfordeb/

·        Give Forward Account:

http://gfwd.at/1LmL47x

Entering the following challenges:
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper

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Friends With Flair Friday Blog Hop

I have been gone all day and thought I would check out the Friends With Flair Friday blog hop..and was I surprised to see MY name in the list...whoops...an error on MY part....so I very hurriedly (is that a word?) put this card together with the June KOM.  This is not at all what I had intended to do with this card...but in a pinch what's a girl gonna do??  I sponged the background with a few different SU inks and then stamped the image in Versamark and embossed it.....the bow is much more of a soft, sparkley, sheer pink (my camera doesn't like sheer)......a bit vintage..............sorry I'm "late"...its my life style!!  Have a nice weekend...it's raining here...has been all week!

Unity Inspirational Blog Hop

Woowho...today is the Unity Inspirational Blog Hop...won't you join us and visit all these wonderful blogs!!! Start here at Unity if you are just beginning http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/ !

My card is made using a favorite of mine from Unity called Rain and Flowers! I used a SU punch to make my flowers and popped them up with pop-up dots, I sponged SU Pacific Point and Baja Breeze for the background, the flowers were sponged with Dew Drop inks, the little ribbon bow says "sunshine"! To keep going, hop on over to http://jodisjazzylifeart.blogspot.com/ for more fun!