Lily Pad Birthday Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome to Lily Pad Cards' 1st Birthday Blog Hop! I am thrilled to have you joining us. You should arrive here from Jess' blog.

I know you have many blogs to visit, so let's go straight to the cards. My first card is using this super cute mice stamp from Lili of the Valley called Sprinkled With Sugar. I've been eyeing this stamp since it's been released last year and finally got it like a couple months ago. Yeah... bad me... not playing with new stamp right away. :) 

See that little one that jumping off the sifter? Yep, I got this stamp because of that little one. He's just too cute & fun! I fussy cut this one mice and adhere it with pop-dots for an extra dimension.

The next card is using the cute gnome, Jerome from Paper Smooches. Love me some gnome. And turquoise hamster??? Why not?  :)

Now, we're not only celebrating with a blog hop, we're also giving away 3 prize packages with a total retail value of over $300!! These prizes will be awarded by random draw. To be eligible, you need to "like" Lily Pad Cards on Facebook. 

You can also better your chances by leaving comments of the blogs participating in this hop (including the Lily Pad bog). For each comment, you get your name entered again (but only one comment per blog, please).

The blog hop will last for a week. That  means you can leave comments for a chance to win prizes until 12.00 pm EST on Sunday, April 8.

From here, please hop on over to Darlene. Thank you all so much for stopping by here. Have a blessed Sunday everyone.

Hearts & Flowers

Yay... yesterday I received a happy email from CARDS magazine. They pick one of my card for their Create: Stamping edition. I am sooo thrilled. This would be my first publication with them. So, even though my week started with ER visit, this news totally made up for it. It makes me feel that this week is going well. :)

Anyway... today it's team B turns at Paper Play Challenge, which means my turn to play. Our theme this week is "Hearts and Flowers, But Not Valentine". You can check out all the challenge details HERE. For my card, I finally get to play with this Lily of the Valley stamp that's been sitting in my drawer waiting to be used. 

Challenges:

 Cute Card Thursday  - Hearts + Flowers

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

No sentiment on this card at all, that way I can use it for any occassion. Isn't the bouquet just looks so cheerful & bright? I hope you will join us on this fun challenge and I cannot wait to see what you create.

Don't forget, today is the last day to enter my Thank You giveaway. I am giving away 150 sheets of pretty papers. Click on the papers badge on my right side bar to enter. Good luck and I'll be back with the winner announcement tomorrow. Have a great Thursday everyone!

Brrr....

Yikes... today is pretty darn cold here in my neck of the wood. 34 degree is way too cold for me. Yeah, yeah, for those of you who live in the cold weather area, you probably think I'm such a baby. :) But, hey I come from tropical country and just like my mom, I am whiny when it comes to cold. LOL, hubby grew up in Chicago, Michigan area and whenever I whine, he always joke that I won't survive in Michigan and I always tell him that's why we're not living in Michigan, cause I know my limit when it comes to cold weather.

Literally, my hands & feet can get so freezing cold even with the heater on. Happy to say though, that in 10 days, I'll be flying out to some hot weather! So excited about my trip, I'm like a chicken running around with no head. Hah... excited getting things ready, frantic trying to make sure all the stuff for works lined up, frantic still trying to get all Christmas stuff ready. I haven't even send out my Christmas cards. Last minute me as usual. :)

I do have a cute card to share with you, using one of my favorite stamp from Lily of The Valley. Seriously, I love this stamp!

Challenges:
LOTV - A Few of My Favorite Things

AiFactory - winter

Paper Romance - winter

Stampavie and More - snow / snowflakes

Tuesday Throwdown - embellish it

Paper Take Weekly - sketch

And that Merry Christmas ribbon, love it, love it, love it! And, even better, I got it at such a good price at Michael's. It make such a fun & quick embellishment. 

Well, that's all for today's peeps. My hands feel like icicle. Time for some hot tea. Thank you all for stopping by and for all your lovely comments. I really appreciate you taking the time to comment and love reading them. May your week start fabulously! Cheers....