A Happy Mail Day.......

Greeting fellow earthlings :


I retrieved my mail from the neighbors to be pleasantly surprised by some happy mail. Happy mail comes every so often and always at the right time. I currently have a doctor's appointment because (it appears) I have a surgery complication that is quite unpleasant. I am not a weepy person but this has me in tears at this point. So thank you to Shannon of My-o-Scrappin, Amy of Love to Crop and Tammy from The Purple Muse. Thank you ladies for making this a happier day. Here is what I received:

Blog Candy and Mini Album from Amy

Blog candy from Shannon

My birthday card from Tammy

I also want to give a shout out to the wonderful ladies that participated in my 2 day birthday blog hop. This was an amazing experience (I thought no one would want to do it) and these ladies are so talented. Here is the list for both days. Please visit them and give them some bloggie love.

Day 1: September 3, 2011

1. Lynne: http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

2. Amber: http://pixiperfectcreations.blogspot.com/

3. Angie: http://atuttletime.blogspot.com/

4. Becky: http://squirlygirlcreations.blogspot.com/

5. Berenice: http://karbersweetescape.blogspot.com/

6. Brenda: http://createbyburffrau.blogspot.com/

7. Christel: http://onescrappinsista.blogspot.com/

8. Cindy: http://www.cindys-greencricut.blogspot.com/

9. Deborah: http://www.scrappingmamma.net/ 

10. Erin: http://comfyonmycloud.blogspot.com/

11. Gina: http://californiascrappin-gcinderella21.blogspot.com/

12. Kari: http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/

13. Staci: http://preciousmem.blogspot.com/

Day Two: September 4, 2011

1. Susan: http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/

2. Amy: http://www.lovetocrop.com/

3. Darlene: http://twoscrappinlawyers.blogspot.com/

4. Faith: http://faithfulecreations.com/

5. Heather: http://blessed2cre8.blogspot.com/

6. Indira: http://craftyhomemade.blogspot.com/

7. Janet: http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

8. Jearise: http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

9. Linda: http://www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com/

10. Lori: http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

11. Maria: http://justgetscraphappy.blogspot.com/

12. Nicole: http://crashingcreatively.blogspot.com/
13. Theresa: http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

I also want to thank all my followers. Without you there would be no reason to share. I am currently on 3 design teams and a gazillion blog hops (into 2012) so there certainly be more to share. Until next time....

Susan's Anything Goes Festive Birthday Bash, Day 2...

Welcome to Susan's Anything goes Festive Birthday Bash Blog Hop to celebrate Susan E. Bermudez's birthday with anything goes to celebrate her birthday whether it be a card, favor, banner, or that something special. Hope you enjoy our hop while you check  the following blogs as we celebrate Susan's birthday with our usual creativity and craftiness!!! So, please stop by and make sure to wish Susan a very Happy Birthday along with some bloggy love!!

Grand Prizes with Sponsors:

1. Karber Digital Images (http://www.karberdigital.com/) will offer blog candy to a random commenter of the blog hop :)

2. Jen's Digi Designs - $15 gift card for liking her Face Book page and commenting on Susan's page with a winner being chosen randomly :)

Also, please, be sure to stop by Staci McD's site (http://preciousmem.blogspot.com) as there will be a $20 gift card to Designs on Cloud 9 to one commenter on her blog.

Some of the blogs may be offering candy so be sure to leave your comments along the way and don't forget to give bloggy love!

We have divided this hop into two (2) days with different blogs foryou to visit each day. Make sure to visit all!

Day Two: September 4, 2011

1. Susan: http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/

2. Amy: http://www.lovetocrop.com/ <-- NEXT STOP

3. Darlene: http://twoscrappinlawyers.blogspot.com/

4. Faith: http://faithfulecreations.com/

5. Heather: http://blessed2cre8.blogspot.com/

6. Indira: http://craftyhomemade.blogspot.com/

7. Janet: http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

8. Jearise: http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

9. Linda: http://www.lindascreativity.blogspot.com/

10. Lori: http://www.scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com/

11. Maria: http://justgetscraphappy.blogspot.com/

12. Nicole: http://crashingcreatively.blogspot.com/

13. Theresa: http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/

Welcome, welcome to you for visiting me for my birthday blog hop. Day 1 was an amazing one with loads of inspiration and I know that day 2 will be the same. I am so fortunate to have amazing family and friends to share my birthday. Each year around this time I get to spend time with my parents and extended family and we have a BBQ. My cousin Tabitha made me the most amazing birthday cake. Since we knew that I was spending this time with them, I decided I wanted a special momento. Since I am crazy over explosion boxes and Disney princesses I decided to combine the two. I followed the recipe at this website:

http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=2118566&mpage=1&key=&

Here are some pics for you :)

And here is the box opened. I will add pics from my birthday BBQ:

I wish I could show you all the layers. I used a lot of Disney papers, Bazzil papers and Jolee Embellishments. The castle in the center was an inspiration given to me by my friend Lynne. I was moaning that I did not have a princess cartridge or girlie girl cartridge and she reminded that Life's a Beach has a castle. Well I made it into a princess castle instead :) I love the pearls on it!

I want to thank my fellow hoppers and our wonderful sponsors for making this a dream come true. Thanks also to my co-hostess with the mostess Lynne who held my hand to organize this hop. Now I send you off to the talented Amy. Happy Hoppin!

Upcoming events....

Evening all (well it is almost morning already). I was busy this evening working on a layout for Pencil Lines. I will let you know when it posts. I had so much fun with it. Please check out the blog and come play along with us.


Tomorrow I need to work on two digital stamping projects that will also be for a new company that I am working with. More details to follow as well.


I have a few hops that are coming up soon. The newest one that I want to announce is Memories in Tyme's All About Fall blog hop. 

This will take place on September 15th. I have my projects done already as I am trying to get ahead of myself :) If you check the right side of my page, you will see the other hops that I am participating in. I plan on participating as much as possible because creating keeps me sane.


Also, don't for get that Her Craftiness (aka Lynne) and I are co-hosting a blog hop for my birthday on September 3rd. There will be a fantastic line up and I got all my supplies to work on my project. I cannot wait to start working on it.

I hope that this post finds you all well and feeling very creative. Until next time....

Susan's Anything Goes Festive Birthday Bash

Greetings all. As you can see, I have a birthday coming up and I thought it would be wonderful to celebrate with the craftiest women on the block (virtual that is). Since I have never organized a blog hop, I went to my mentor and Hostess with the Mostess, Lynne of Her Craftiness. The blog hop will take place on September 3rd (since I am sure everyone will be enjoying the holiday on the 5th) and there will be more details to follow. So please save the date :) Until next time....