Good morning, fabulous friends and welcome to Amy Jo's Birthday Bash & Blog Hop! We are so excited you could join us today to help celebrate Amy's birthday!

This is a very special unique hop as we were not required to just stick with one particular subject or theme. Amy asked us all to use any of her favorite things to create a card or project with that in mind. Some examples of Amy's favorite things are the colors black, white, and hot pink, along with anything Alice in Wonderland, she listed some of her favorite animals, etc!

If you arrived here from **our birthday hostAmy Jo:  http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com , then you are in the right place! If you just happened upon my blog today, please start at the beginning with Amy Jo **Amy Jo:  http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com) because you don't want to miss out on the fabulous prizes that are being sponsored!

This is a two-day hop; however, we are only making one project. That should give you two full days to go through the entire hop and leave comments on each blog and become followers of each blog, if you are not already, to be entered to win some of our sponsored prizes! Some blogs may be offering blog candy as well so this is a hop you're gonna wanna finish!

I decided to do a couple of tags for Amy's birthday I hope you all like them!

I am also doing a giveaway scroll down for details.

Recipe

Cricut Imagine

bic mark it markers and copics

misc ribbon from my stash

stamps from Heidi grace and TCP

rick rack

buttons from scrapbuck.com

bling form Joann's

GIVEAWAY

All you need to do to win is be a follower of my blog and leave a comment!

I will announce the winner on Monday March 5,2012 to give everyone plenty of time to comment dont forget to leave your contact info so I can get your prize out to you!

HAPPY BIRHTDYA AMY!

Thank you so much for joining us and helping us celebrate along with Amy! Your next stop is the talented **Linda Simpson http://lindasimpsoncraftypieceofheaven.blogspot.com.

I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

Mardi Gras Blog Hop!

Welcome to our Mardi Gras parade. I must warn you though while you may enjoy jumping up to catch beads, doubloons, cups, stuffed animals--whatever! Please yell at the float riders "Throw me something, Mister!" Bring a large, sturdy plastic or cloth bag to hold all the treasure you'll be catching - if you try to put all of your beads around your neck, you'll have a hard time standing up straight! Be prepared: some people get so overcome with excitement they will occasionally jump in front of you to grab what a rider has thrown to you. Don't get into a tug-o-war....there are many more floats on the way! If you're from far away, some visitors hold up a sign saying where they are from.. our local riders love to see people from far away have a good time and will throw to them to make sure they do!

The colors of Mardi Gras are: Purple which reprsents justice; Green which represents faith; and Gold which represents power.Mardi Gras is always held the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. Mardi Gras is music, parades, picnics, floats, excitement ... and one big holiday in New Orleans! Everyone is wearing purple, green, and gold; and adorned with long beads caught from the beautiful floats. They sit on the ground throwing balls, playing music, having a picnic, and watching the crowds walk by between parades.

Instead of beads, coconuts (which apparently is the most prized throw from floats) and other baubles, we have a great sponsor:
$15 Gift Card for Treasure Box Designs (http://www.treasureboxdesigns.com/). They are asking you to stop by their blog and become a followr of their blog at http://treasureboxdesigns.blogspot.com/. They are having issues with their blog at this time but asking you become a follower! $50 Gift card from Anita Meadows Cannon
Sew, sit back with your beverage of choice, just keep in mind the police will be in full force watching for drunken lewdness as this is a family event! Feel free to watch in costume, as this is a festive hop!! If you have arrived from Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/ on the parade route, then you are sitting at the best seat in the house! If you have just happened to be visiting me today, don't get me wrong as I always love visitors, I would love for you to start at the beginning of our parade route at Lynne, your hostess, at http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/ along with our marvelous co-hostess, Kimberly, at http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/.
 

I did a mask in non-conventional Mardi Gras colors!

I got this idea from Okie!

Feathers from Joanns

stickles

Indie art and plantin school cricut cartridge

prima flowers

Spare parts buttons 

bling

Hope enjoyed my float in the parade. To continue on the parade route, Your next stop is the beginning I am the last stop. I would love for you to throw me your comments as to my tribute to Mardi Gras!

Love is in the Air Blog Hop Day Two!!!

Welcome to the Love is in the Air Blog Hop! You should have just come from  Jessi's blog. If you are just joining the hop and wish to start from the beginning, please visit Lisa's blog.




Each blogger participating in this hop is featuring a project having to do with Valentine's Day or Love. This super-fun hop will be showcasing cards, layouts and projects that feature anything and everything to do with LOVE since that is what Valentine's Day is all about right!! You'll find an array of ideas throughout this hop. From decorations to gift ideas and more, we hope you'll enjoy each and every project along the way!! Be sure to leave a comment at each hop stop to show all the participants a little love.




The complete blog hop lineup is at the bottom of this post.

I decided to make a card for this hop.  My card is 5.5x5.5 now on to the recipe

Cricut mikey and friends cartridge


Bling


Doodlebug Twine


Felt Heart


Paper from Tuesday Morning


Ink for my stamp from Stampin up!

 Thank you for stopping by my blog today.Please hop on over to Kimi and Pamel's blog
 next to see what she has to share with you!

The complete blog hop lineup is below:
Lisa Pontious - http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
Kristy Asche - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com/
Doris Parker - http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com/
Nicolette Simpson- http://beyondscrapin.blogspot.com/
Lori Brown - http://savingmine.blogspot.com/
Jamie- http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com/
Scraps To Treasures - http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/
Ashley Townsend - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/
Beckie - http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com/
Janet Royer- http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/
Jessi Buehrle- http://mylifeinartscrafts.blogspot.com/
Angela Urell- http://creativecraftin.blogspot.com/
Kimi and Pamela - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
Christina - http://cema1cema.blogspot.com/
Mindy - http://papercreationsbymindyblog.blogspot.com/
Janet Smith - http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
Erica - http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/

Love is in the Air Blog Hop Day One!

Welcome to the Love is in the Air Blog Hop! You should have just come from  Jessi's blog. If you are just joining the hop and wish to start from the beginning, please visit Lisa's blog.

The complete blog hop lineup is at the bottom of this post.

Each blogger participating in this hop is featuring a project having to do with Valentine's Day or Love. This super-fun hop will be showcasing cards, layouts and projects that feature anything and everything to do with LOVE since that is what Valentine's Day is all about right!! You'll find an array of ideas throughout this hop. From decorations to gift ideas and more, we hope you'll enjoy each and every project along the way!! Be sure to leave a comment at each hop stop to show all the participants a little love.

This is a two-day blog hop. So, please be sure to stop by tomorrow also!



Thank you for stopping by my blog today.Please hop on over to Kimi and Pamel's blog
\ next to see what she has to share with you!

The complete blog hop lineup is below:
Lisa Pontious - http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/
Kristy Asche - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com/
Doris Parker - http://mybugandmecreate.blogspot.com/
Nicolette Simpson- http://beyondscrapin.blogspot.com/
Lori Brown - http://savingmine.blogspot.com/
Jamie- http://myamusinglife.blogspot.com/
Scraps To Treasures - http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/
Ashley Townsend - http://theglamoroussideofscrapping.blogspot.com/
Beckie - http://justbcreativecrazy.blogspot.com/
Janet Royer- http://janetscreativeworld.blogspot.com/
Jessi Buehrle- http://mylifeinartscrafts.blogspot.com/
Angela Urell- http://creativecraftin.blogspot.com/
Kimi and Pamela - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
Christina - http://cema1cema.blogspot.com/
Mindy - http://papercreationsbymindyblog.blogspot.com/
Janet Smith - http://www.ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/
Erica - http://mycricutcraftroom.blogspot.com/