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/><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-3450640624258446916</id><published>2013-06-15T23:06:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2013-06-15T23:06:53.169-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="CAS" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Birthday" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Boys" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Papertrey Ink" /><title type="text">Time passes...</title><content type="html">&lt;br /&gt;When I was a kid, time passed much too slowly...now it rushes by without waiting for me to catch up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My grandson is 8 years old today.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;It seems only yesterday he was all warm, sweet smelling and&amp;nbsp;cuddly.&amp;nbsp; Now, baseball, basketball, and football, climbing into his tree house, chasing his dog...and annoying his sister leave him all warm, smelling like a boy and thankfully, still cuddly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Birthday, David!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V27NZPWFYQ4/Ub0pVR5kw_I/AAAAAAAAIC8/CUIvgBMOIQg/s1600/IMG_8445.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="298" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-V27NZPWFYQ4/Ub0pVR5kw_I/AAAAAAAAIC8/CUIvgBMOIQg/s400/IMG_8445.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you've been wondering about my absence it's because I'm moving my studio into the bigger office area in our house.&amp;nbsp; DH has graciously offered to sacrifice his big desk to the consignment store and all the books are being donated so that I can take over the shelves.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before that happens, there are walls to paint, I want to paper the backs of the shelves and then...the MOVE.&amp;nbsp; Stacks of paper, piles of ink, boxes and boxes of stamps and ribbon...oh so much lovely ribbon to find a new space for.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time passes and I'm still running to catch up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Card supplies:&lt;br /&gt;Cardstock -&amp;nbsp; Fancy Pants Corrugated cardstock &lt;br /&gt;Stamps/Dies - Papertrey Ink&lt;br /&gt;Ink - Hero Arts&lt;br /&gt;Other - Balsa Wood (bat)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/3450640624258446916/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=3450640624258446916&amp;isPopup=true" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" 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/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-2851782159950609620</id><published>2013-06-10T15:31:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-06-10T15:31:10.101-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="May Arts" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Journals" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Tutorials" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Summer" /><title type="text">May Arts Sneak Peek Summer Journal </title><content type="html">Summer's here and that means lots of memories to be recorded for that back to school assignment..."What I did on my summer vacation"!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Head on over to the May Arts blog for a cool idea for girls..stay tuned for a boy version coming soon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vjG-l0XG2F8/UbYpKEqO_lI/AAAAAAAAICo/8fmzidEC61c/s1600/IMG_8083.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="256" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vjG-l0XG2F8/UbYpKEqO_lI/AAAAAAAAICo/8fmzidEC61c/s400/IMG_8083.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be sure to head to the blog to see the cool cover and the rest of the notebook!&amp;nbsp; Happy Summer!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/2851782159950609620/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=2851782159950609620&amp;isPopup=true" title="1 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/2851782159950609620" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/2851782159950609620" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/06/may-arts-sneak-peek-summer-journal.html" title="May Arts Sneak Peek Summer Journal " /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vjG-l0XG2F8/UbYpKEqO_lI/AAAAAAAAICo/8fmzidEC61c/s72-c/IMG_8083.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-3280919843355939017</id><published>2013-06-03T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-06-03T09:22:10.971-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Blog Candy Alert" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="May Arts Blog Hop" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="May Arts" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Stampendous" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Core'dinations" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Gift Tags" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Birthday" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Altered Tins" /><title type="text">May Arts Stampendous/Coredinations Blog Hop and HUGE Giveaway</title><content type="html">&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6OH8MJd5le8/UavQ5LI9nKI/AAAAAAAAH_0/l9lcxSvjAw4/s1600/CoreHeaderSwap_MA+Stamp+copy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6OH8MJd5le8/UavQ5LI9nKI/AAAAAAAAH_0/l9lcxSvjAw4/s320/CoreHeaderSwap_MA+Stamp+copy.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's time for a whole week of super inspiration&amp;nbsp;with &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/blog/"&gt;May Arts Ribbon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.coredinations.com/"&gt;Core'dinations &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;and &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampendousblog.wordpress.com/"&gt;Stampendous&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp; The design teams have partnered to bring you not only amazing projects but fantastic giveaways as well.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each day this week, 2-3 of the designers from each team will be bringing you projects and a chance to win some awesome prizes.&amp;nbsp; All you have to do is comment to win!&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm up first today so here's my project!&amp;nbsp; One of my most favorite things to do is altering tins.&amp;nbsp; I combined our beautiful May Arts ribbons, with Core'dinations Ebony and Ivory Collection&amp;nbsp;Cardstock (no white core!) &amp;nbsp;and&amp;nbsp;the Stampendous&amp;nbsp;Encrusted Pink Jewel Kit &amp;nbsp;( LOVE this!) to create this sweet little gift.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-njCBVoEBU4M/UavQx7C16WI/AAAAAAAAH_Q/bee2bTzorZU/s1600/IMG_8278.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="345" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-njCBVoEBU4M/UavQx7C16WI/AAAAAAAAH_Q/bee2bTzorZU/s640/IMG_8278.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I used Scor-Pal Scor-Tape to cover the outside of the tin and the lid.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;I&amp;nbsp;wrapped the base with May Arts Faux Lightweight Canvas in black, then I wrapped May Arts new 3/8" Crochet lace&amp;nbsp;trim around the lid.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Next, I used Spellbinders Circle dies to create a liner for the inside and top using Core'dinations cardstock.&amp;nbsp; I lightly sanded the edges of the top circle with the Core'dinations Sand&amp;nbsp;It tool; then attached both with more Scor-Tape.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Now for the that beautiful peony!&amp;nbsp; I created it using the new &lt;a href="ttp://www.sizzix.com/product/658423/sizzix-bigz-die-flower-peony"&gt;Sizzix Peony die&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and that gorgeous Core'dinations cardstock. After cutting the petals, I lightly sanded the edges of each one before shaping and gluing them together.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M5UZpcCCORk/UavVGIRyoMI/AAAAAAAAIAc/jGFkgpHldQ8/s1600/IMG_8275.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="288" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-M5UZpcCCORk/UavVGIRyoMI/AAAAAAAAIAc/jGFkgpHldQ8/s400/IMG_8275.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;After the flower was assembled, I used a Versamarker pen to trace along the edges of the petals then sprinkled some Stampendous Shabby Pink embossing powder over the flower. I shook off the excess and heat embossed.&amp;nbsp; Then I ever so lightly spritzed the bloom with spray adhesive and shook some&amp;nbsp;Stampendous Champagne Glass Glitter over the flower for more subtle sparkle and shine.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I covered the leaves that come with the peony die with May Arts new Jumbo Leaves.&amp;nbsp; 3 small black pearls are glued in the center of the flower.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;The tag was cut from Core'dinations cardstock, the edges were lightly sanded then stamped with Versamark ink using the birthday sentiment from Stampendous Happy Messages.&amp;nbsp; I heat embossed the sentiment using more Stampendous Shabby Pink Embossing Powder.&amp;nbsp; I tried to capture the tiny sparkles that make my heart go pitter pat.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_U301rl59cM/UavVGVsT5OI/AAAAAAAAIAg/ItiRd0KSSzk/s1600/IMG_8404.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_U301rl59cM/UavVGVsT5OI/AAAAAAAAIAg/ItiRd0KSSzk/s320/IMG_8404.JPG" width="314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I ran the edges of the tag in my Versamark pad, then heat embossed with more Shabby Pink Embossing Powder.&amp;nbsp; The little bits of embossing powder are intentional.&amp;nbsp; I wanted my tag to look lightly distressed and shabby.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Everything was attached to the lid with more Scor-Tape.&amp;nbsp; Now the tin can't be given empty so I created a beautiful May Arts Pink Velvet bookmark to go on the inside.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kHnkWNOBLJI/UavZsVuVf8I/AAAAAAAAIB0/HvldSTDPOso/s1600/IMG_8406.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="394" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-kHnkWNOBLJI/UavZsVuVf8I/AAAAAAAAIB0/HvldSTDPOso/s640/IMG_8406.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I hope I've inspired you to get creating with May Arts Ribbon, Core'dinations, and Stampendous! &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Supplies:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;May Arts Ribbon used:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/store/new-arrivals/product/444-5-8x50y-faux-canvas-lightweight/"&gt;Faux Canvas&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/store/new-arrivals/product/433-3-8x15y-crochet-trim/"&gt;3/8" Crochet Trim&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/store/new-arrivals/product/448-15y-jumbo-leaves/"&gt;Jumbo Leaves&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/store/baby-shower/product/pv-34x11y-velvetwoven/"&gt;3/4" Velvet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Stampendous: &lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampendous.com/product/0/EJK05-R/_/Pink_Encrusted_Jewel_5-Jar_Kit"&gt;Pink Encrusted Jewel 5 Jar Kit&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://stampendous.com/product/0/SSC109-R/_/Happy_Messages_Perfectly_Clear%E2%84%A2_Stamps"&gt;Happy Messages Clear Stamps&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Core'dinations&lt;/b&gt;:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.coredinations.com/"&gt;Ebony &amp;amp; Ivory Collection, Sand It Tool&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Other:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;round tin,&lt;a href="http://scor-pal.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&amp;amp;cPath=70"&gt; Scor-Tape&lt;/a&gt;, Papertrey Ink Tag Sale die, black pearls, Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive, Sizzix Peony die, Versamark ink, beads, &lt;a href="http://www.imaginisce.com/productdetail.aspx?id=1393"&gt;Imaginisce Petal Roller&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Want to know what you can win for leaving a comment each day this week?&amp;nbsp; Here's a peek.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;First up -&amp;nbsp; ANY 2 rolls of your choice of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/store/"&gt;May Arts Ribbon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4ad_GX4kL30/Uaveq_-Zx2I/AAAAAAAAICM/2XSDYzrdOtg/s1600/Large+Rack.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4ad_GX4kL30/Uaveq_-Zx2I/AAAAAAAAICM/2XSDYzrdOtg/s320/Large+Rack.jpg" width="240" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;And how about these?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UJTOFm6NCbA/UavZlRmHSwI/AAAAAAAAIBc/wLNuFDFf6xU/s1600/8e22e621bcdf34be5cfa5665207284cc.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UJTOFm6NCbA/UavZlRmHSwI/AAAAAAAAIBc/wLNuFDFf6xU/s320/8e22e621bcdf34be5cfa5665207284cc.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-08-IWPrdlxI/UavZlrqcY5I/AAAAAAAAIBg/nMYU8dV5HvE/s1600/SBC_pp-gx-400001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-08-IWPrdlxI/UavZlrqcY5I/AAAAAAAAIBg/nMYU8dV5HvE/s320/SBC_pp-gx-400001.jpg" width="239" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nwm4SYrmnMU/Uave_u4A-hI/AAAAAAAAICU/kRifHLJBPMo/s1600/GX-1470-02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nwm4SYrmnMU/Uave_u4A-hI/AAAAAAAAICU/kRifHLJBPMo/s320/GX-1470-02.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: black;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Now, here's the line up for the week.&amp;nbsp; Don't forget to go to the &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: magenta;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stampendous &lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.coredinations.com/index.php/category/scrapbook-blog/"&gt;Core'dinations&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Blogs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: blue;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: black;"&gt; each day as well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" dir="LTR" style="width: 204px;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Monday&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Charlene Driggs&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;that's me!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thetwistedmuse.com/"&gt;Christina Colón&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://umwowstudio.blogspot.com/"&gt;DeeDee Catron&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Core'dinations&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://cottagerca.blogspot.jp/"&gt;Ava Gavloski&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://closeyourears.blogspot.jp/"&gt;Ellen Sosnoski&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lifestrivialities.typepad.com/"&gt;Susanna Lee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Stampendous&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampingandscrapingincalifornia.blogspot.jp/"&gt;Kristine Reynolds&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tuesday&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://createserendipity.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily Lanham&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.homemadecardsbyerin.blogspot.com/"&gt;Erin Thiem&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wednesday&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" height="20"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ginicagle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Gini Williams Cagle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://jenshearsdesigns.blogspot.com/"&gt;Jen Shears&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://stitchcutcreate.blogspot.com/"&gt;Jenifer Cowles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Thursday&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://thebalddragonfly.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen Baker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://naniwale.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lalo IK&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Friday&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan="2" height="20"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://1alabasterowl.blogspot.com/"&gt;Leah Farrar-White&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://sandyallnock.com/"&gt;Sandy Allnock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="56%"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #0000d4; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fynesdesigns.com/"&gt;Virginia Fynes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td height="20" width="44%"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 113px;"&gt;  &lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col style="mso-width-alt: 3616; mso-width-source: userset; width: 85pt;" width="113"&gt;&lt;/col&gt; &lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15.75pt; width: 85pt;" width="113"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" unselectable="on" width="200" /&gt;Linking up at:&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.artsyfartsymama.com/2013/05/artsy-corner-link-party-4.html"&gt;Artsy Fartsy Momma&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl66" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl66" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/3280919843355939017/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=3280919843355939017&amp;isPopup=true" title="76 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/3280919843355939017" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/3280919843355939017" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/06/may-arts-stampendouscoredinations-blog.html" title="May Arts Stampendous/Coredinations Blog Hop and HUGE Giveaway" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6OH8MJd5le8/UavQ5LI9nKI/AAAAAAAAH_0/l9lcxSvjAw4/s72-c/CoreHeaderSwap_MA+Stamp+copy.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>76</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-3707172739274170606</id><published>2013-05-25T13:19:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-25T13:19:49.108-04:00</updated><title type="text">Winner Day!</title><content type="html">The winner of the tin (&lt;strong&gt;this is separate from the blog hop&lt;/strong&gt;) from &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/may-artsscor-pal-blog-hop-day-2.html"&gt;yesterday's May Arts/Scor-Pal Blog Hop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Random Integer Generator&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Here are your random numbers:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;pre class="data"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;16&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;pre class="data"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Timestamp: 2013-05-25 17:06:01 UTC&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="comment-timestamp"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="r"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;dt id="c2123169901371885410"&gt;&lt;div class="profile-image-container" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;img alt="Blogger" class="comment-icon blogger-comment" src="http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif" /&gt;  &lt;span dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/07721334529030759764" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow"&gt;Mare&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;  said...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;&lt;dd&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Awesome tin!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="comment-timestamp" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;May 24, 2013 at 1:34 PM&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;div class="comment-timestamp" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="comment-timestamp" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;Mare, please send me your snail address and I'll get your tin to you right away.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; There may be a few surprises in it as well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="comment-timestamp" style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="comment-timestamp" style="text-align: left;"&gt;Thanks to everyone who hopped with us!&amp;nbsp; Be sure to check the May Arts Blog for more ribbon inspiration every day.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt; &lt;span class="item-control"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;amp;postID=2123169901371885410" onclick="window.open(this.href, 'deleteWindow', 'height=370,width=750'); return false;" style="border: currentColor;" title="Delete Comment"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/3707172739274170606/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=3707172739274170606&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/3707172739274170606" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/3707172739274170606" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/winner-day.html" title="Winner Day!" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-2317273431706436919</id><published>2013-05-24T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-24T06:54:29.185-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Gift Sets" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Scor-Pal" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Altered Projects" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="May Arts Blog Hop" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Gifts" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Teacher Gifts" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Gift Tags" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Altered Tins" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Masculine" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Father's Day" /><title type="text">May Arts/Scor-Pal Blog Hop Day 2</title><content type="html">&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ipw1EwAsbZk/UZ1dRSEwNPI/AAAAAAAAH9c/8jjjnIrShbk/s1600/scor-pal+hop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="160" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ipw1EwAsbZk/UZ1dRSEwNPI/AAAAAAAAH9c/8jjjnIrShbk/s640/scor-pal+hop.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here we go!&amp;nbsp; Day 2 of the May Arts/Scor-Pal Blog Hop!&amp;nbsp; I'm first on the hop list today.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;I've created a quick and easy project to give you a jump on Father's Day.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I always find it difficult so shop for the men in my life so thank goodness for gift cards!&amp;nbsp; I hate just putting a gift card in an envelope so I was pretty excited when DH brought home a bunch of these great boxes he found on clearance for...are you ready?&amp;nbsp; 25 cents!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i7xHr1Nkq7k/UZ1edET9cFI/AAAAAAAAH9s/O6Marr-XIm8/s1600/IMG_8225.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="230" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i7xHr1Nkq7k/UZ1edET9cFI/AAAAAAAAH9s/O6Marr-XIm8/s400/IMG_8225.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;The cool part is that inside is a removable clear insert to hold a gift card or you can pull it out to use for storage or anything else your heart desires.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's how I transformed mine using May Arts Denim Ribbon, the Authentique Strong paper line (I think this is my new favorite paper!) and&amp;nbsp;the awesome Scor-Tape by Scor-Pal.&amp;nbsp; It sticks to metal better than anything I've found.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X7R0kRd39iY/UZ1f7TrmAzI/AAAAAAAAH-E/-Js12Kxk8yU/s1600/IMG_8237.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="220" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-X7R0kRd39iY/UZ1f7TrmAzI/AAAAAAAAH-E/-Js12Kxk8yU/s400/IMG_8237.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Starting from the right here's a photo tutorial of how I did it.&amp;nbsp; First, I removed the plastic insert then cut a liner to fit the bottom of the tin.&amp;nbsp; A strip of wide &lt;a href="http://scor-pal.com/store/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&amp;amp;search_in_description=1&amp;amp;zenid=56028c59da470d98c7e229d2d00ec4a7&amp;amp;keyword=scor-tape"&gt;Scor-Tape&lt;/a&gt; holds it neatly in place.&amp;nbsp; Next, run a strip of 1/2" &lt;a href="http://scor-pal.com/store/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&amp;amp;search_in_description=1&amp;amp;zenid=56028c59da470d98c7e229d2d00ec4a7&amp;amp;keyword=scor-tape"&gt;Scor-Tape&lt;/a&gt; around the outside base of the tin, remove the liner and&amp;nbsp;cover with the brand new &lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/store/new-arrivals/product/440-5-8x30y-denim/"&gt;May Arts 5/8" Denim Ribbon.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; Repeat around the top with a strip of Authentique cardstock.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mtDTwQ-peSk/UZ1gixt5AAI/AAAAAAAAH-c/GmT0tkdlZcY/s1600/pic+collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mtDTwQ-peSk/UZ1gixt5AAI/AAAAAAAAH-c/GmT0tkdlZcY/s640/pic+collage.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Here's a tip for creating the window in the&amp;nbsp;top.&amp;nbsp; Cut a piece of designer paper to fit your tin top.&amp;nbsp; Round the corners.&amp;nbsp; Place the&amp;nbsp;designer paper right side DOWN over the top of the tin.&amp;nbsp; Use a pencil to rub along the window frame, then cut out the center with an X-acto knife.&amp;nbsp; Cover the tin top with more Scor-Tape and you have a custom gift box!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TT1Eyf5LrCs/UZ1gMq0Yv3I/AAAAAAAAH-M/ZtHdBGjLrd8/s1600/IMG_8269.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TT1Eyf5LrCs/UZ1gMq0Yv3I/AAAAAAAAH-M/ZtHdBGjLrd8/s400/IMG_8269.JPG" width="283" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Instead of a card, I created a tag for Dad.&amp;nbsp; I just covered the front of a manila tag with Scor-Tape then used scraps of my Authentique paper and matching tags from the Strong Circles &amp;amp; Scallop and Stamp Blocks sets.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;No bows for the Dads here so I made a simple loop and attached it with a custom denim brad made with my Imaginese I-top and a&amp;nbsp;Small Brad Daddie.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ACir6katTAM/UZ1gcmmcflI/AAAAAAAAH-U/A0u8xoVANMI/s1600/IMG_8241.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ACir6katTAM/UZ1gcmmcflI/AAAAAAAAH-U/A0u8xoVANMI/s400/IMG_8241.JPG" width="260" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I think the Dads on my list are going to love it!&amp;nbsp; The tin can be used for change or whatever else men have in their pockets.&amp;nbsp; I taped the Happy Father's Day inside the lid but you could also use a photo of your child or pet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ztu-xuLdXjA/UZ1fvheBlmI/AAAAAAAAH98/KZECQdjFX-s/s1600/IMG_8238.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="355" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ztu-xuLdXjA/UZ1fvheBlmI/AAAAAAAAH98/KZECQdjFX-s/s400/IMG_8238.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fx-joRrTezA/UZ1oYbbx-hI/AAAAAAAAH-s/pm-SWP1TVMg/s1600/Denim+440-+five+eighths.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="267" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fx-joRrTezA/UZ1oYbbx-hI/AAAAAAAAH-s/pm-SWP1TVMg/s320/Denim+440-+five+eighths.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/store/new-arrivals/product/440-5-8x30y-denim/"&gt;May Arts Denim&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Ok, now it's time for the rest of the hop!&amp;nbsp; Remember to leave a comment on each blog as you go for a chance to &lt;strong&gt;win 3 rolls of May Arts Ribbon (your choice!) and a Scor-Pal.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;I'm also going to draw a winner from the comments on my blog to win one of these fun tins!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Here's your hop list for today.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 444px;"&gt;  &lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col style="mso-width-alt: 5760; mso-width-source: userset; width: 135pt;" width="180"&gt;&lt;/col&gt; &lt;col span="3" style="mso-width-alt: 2816; mso-width-source: userset; width: 66pt;" width="88"&gt;&lt;/col&gt; &lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; 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&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://umwowstudio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;DeeDee Catron&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" colspan="3" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://sweetpeasstory.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Toni Storie -   http://sweetpeasstory.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://createserendipity.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Emily Lanham&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" colspan="3" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://simply-tya.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Tya Smith -   http://simply-tya.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.homemadecardsbyerin.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Erin   Thiem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" colspan="3" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://virginianebel.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Virginia Nebel -   http://virginianebel.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ginicagle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Gini Williams Cagle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Have fun and thanks for joining us on the May Arts/Scor-Pal Blog Hop!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entered in these challenges:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lovesrubberstampschallenges.com/2013/05/challenge-53-anything-but-card.html"&gt;Loves Rubber Stamps&lt;/a&gt; - Anything but a Card,&lt;a href="http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/anything-goes.html"&gt;Our Creative Corner&lt;/a&gt; - Anything Goes (new challenge site, check it out!),&lt;a href="http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2013/05/challenge-172-ribbon-andor-lace.html"&gt;Fab &amp;amp; Funky&lt;/a&gt; - Ribbon and/or Lace&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.52mantels.com/2013/05/thursdays-are-your-days_22.html"&gt;52 Mantels&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.artsyfartsymama.com/2013/05/artsy-corner-link-party-3.html"&gt;Artsy Fartsy Mama,&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.thirtyhandmadedays.com/2013/05/pity_party_linky-2/"&gt;Thirty Handmade Days,&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="ttp://diyshowoff.com/category/other/diy-project-parade/"&gt;DIY Showoff&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/2317273431706436919/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=2317273431706436919&amp;isPopup=true" title="44 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/2317273431706436919" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/2317273431706436919" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/may-artsscor-pal-blog-hop-day-2.html" title="May Arts/Scor-Pal Blog Hop Day 2" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ipw1EwAsbZk/UZ1dRSEwNPI/AAAAAAAAH9c/8jjjnIrShbk/s72-c/scor-pal+hop.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>44</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-5145142454630655169</id><published>2013-05-23T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-23T08:02:37.408-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Scor-Pal" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="May Arts Blog Hop" /><title type="text">May Arts/Scor-Pal Blog Hop Day 1</title><content type="html">&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o5zXeDPZ_Go/UZ1VO-ogQwI/AAAAAAAAH9E/cKxG3thTN0Y/s1600/scor-pal+hop.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="160" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o5zXeDPZ_Go/UZ1VO-ogQwI/AAAAAAAAH9E/cKxG3thTN0Y/s640/scor-pal+hop.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/store/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;May Arts&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.scor-pal.com/"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Scor-Pal&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; have teamed up to bring you&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt; 2 awesome days&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; of projects and prizes.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; What do you have to do?&amp;nbsp; Just hop to each blog and leave some love (comment).&amp;nbsp; We promise there will be inspiration galore!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What can you win?&amp;nbsp; Just 3 full spools of May Arts Ribbon (your choice!)&lt;strong&gt; and&lt;/strong&gt; an awesome Scor-Pal.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll be up tomorrow but here's today's line-up:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 444px;"&gt;  &lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col style="mso-width-alt: 5760; mso-width-source: userset; width: 135pt;" width="180"&gt;&lt;/col&gt; &lt;col span="3" style="mso-width-alt: 2816; mso-width-source: userset; width: 66pt;" width="88"&gt;&lt;/col&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl66" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15.75pt; width: 135pt;" width="180"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Thursday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; width: 66pt;" width="88"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; width: 66pt;" width="88"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; width: 66pt;" width="88"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://jenshearsdesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Jen Shears&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" colspan="3" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappin-abby.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Abby Henderson -   http://scrappin-abby.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://stitchcutcreate.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Jenifer Cowles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" colspan="4" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://papercookies.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Diane   Zechman - http://papercookies.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://thebalddragonfly.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Karen Baker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" colspan="4" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stampawaytheday.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Jennie Harper   - http://www.stampawaytheday.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://naniwale.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Lalo IK&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" colspan="4" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bothsidesofthepaper.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Katie Tate -   http://bothsidesofthepaper.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://sandyallnock.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Sandy Allnock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" colspan="3" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://silverstamping.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Lisa Silver -   http://silverstamping.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fynesdesigns.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Virginia Fynes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be sure to visit each blog and comment along the way to win then come back tomorrow for another chance!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/5145142454630655169/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=5145142454630655169&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/5145142454630655169" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/5145142454630655169" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/may-artsscor-pal-blog-hop-day-1.html" title="May Arts/Scor-Pal Blog Hop Day 1" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-o5zXeDPZ_Go/UZ1VO-ogQwI/AAAAAAAAH9E/cKxG3thTN0Y/s72-c/scor-pal+hop.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-249131343386982609</id><published>2013-05-21T15:49:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-21T15:49:53.858-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Teapot Tuesday" /><title type="text">Teapot Tuesday - Children of the World &amp; a Heads up</title><content type="html">This week's Teapot Tuesday Challenge destination on SCS&lt;a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/20167607-post1.html" target="_blank"&gt; (MMTPT251)&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is&amp;nbsp; a sweet girl named Jessica Francis.&amp;nbsp; Jessica has recently returned from an 8 month missionary where she traveled to 8 different countries working with children.&amp;nbsp; Her mom says children are drawn to her like a magnet.&amp;nbsp; Jessica is tired mentally and physically so we're hoping to cheer her up a bit.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;I found this children of the world image online and just copied it so make a quick card for Jessica.&amp;nbsp; Since her favorite color is blue, I picked that up as my background.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you'd like to send Jessica a card, you can find her info &lt;a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/20167400-post350.html"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UNzu6F015r0/UZvPhsV3FlI/AAAAAAAAH80/4eGhMepi3ok/s1600/IMG_8261.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UNzu6F015r0/UZvPhsV3FlI/AAAAAAAAH80/4eGhMepi3ok/s400/IMG_8261.JPG" width="352" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for stopping by today...Heads up.&amp;nbsp; There's a May Arts Blog Hop coming on Thursday and you know what that means!!&amp;nbsp; ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/249131343386982609/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=249131343386982609&amp;isPopup=true" title="4 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/249131343386982609" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/249131343386982609" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/teapot-tuesday-children-of-world-heads.html" title="Teapot Tuesday - Children of the World &amp; a Heads up" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UNzu6F015r0/UZvPhsV3FlI/AAAAAAAAH80/4eGhMepi3ok/s72-c/IMG_8261.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-8008577574675579026</id><published>2013-05-20T07:14:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-20T07:14:25.329-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="SCS" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="CAS" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Clean and Simple" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Birthday" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Papertrey Ink" /><title type="text">Clean and Simple Monday - Life is Sweet!</title><content type="html">This week's SCS CAS Challenge is a Theme &lt;a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/clean-simple-cards-f239/cas221-theme-challenge-5-20-13-a-t573291.html#post20169347" target="_blank"&gt;-(CAS221)&amp;nbsp;- That Smells Great!&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; My Mojo has disappeared so went with the sweetest smell I know....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EYommw8Zr70/UZoFFGET-hI/AAAAAAAAH8k/FFCCyUp0x0c/s1600/IMG_8251-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="282" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EYommw8Zr70/UZoFFGET-hI/AAAAAAAAH8k/FFCCyUp0x0c/s400/IMG_8251-001.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not sure if it needs the ribbon but seemed like it at the time.&amp;nbsp; May take that off.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cardstock - Neenah&lt;br /&gt;Stamps - Papertrey Rosie Posie&lt;br /&gt;Ink - Hero Arts&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Monday!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/8008577574675579026/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=8008577574675579026&amp;isPopup=true" title="3 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/8008577574675579026" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/8008577574675579026" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/clean-and-simple-monday-life-is-sweet.html" title="Clean and Simple Monday - Life is Sweet!" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EYommw8Zr70/UZoFFGET-hI/AAAAAAAAH8k/FFCCyUp0x0c/s72-c/IMG_8251-001.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-651403258176470852</id><published>2013-05-18T09:27:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-18T09:27:53.822-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Gift Sets" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="May Arts" /><title type="text">May Arts Girly Denim </title><content type="html">I've got a quick card and gift ensemble on the &lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/blog/card-and-gift-set/" target="_blank"&gt;May Arts Blog&lt;/a&gt; today.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;A fun way to combine a gift and card all in one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a sneak peek.&amp;nbsp; :-)&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q8Au_Ch1zaY/UZeBgVMwfSI/AAAAAAAAH8M/QjhDADho2u4/s1600/IMG_7959-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="272" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q8Au_Ch1zaY/UZeBgVMwfSI/AAAAAAAAH8M/QjhDADho2u4/s320/IMG_7959-001.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/651403258176470852/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=651403258176470852&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/651403258176470852" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/651403258176470852" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/may-arts-girly-denim.html" title="May Arts Girly Denim " /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q8Au_Ch1zaY/UZeBgVMwfSI/AAAAAAAAH8M/QjhDADho2u4/s72-c/IMG_7959-001.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-8182811386510980547</id><published>2013-05-15T15:46:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-15T15:46:44.225-04:00</updated><title type="text">May Arts Island Vacation Giveaway</title><content type="html">&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lrmp_9DY78Y/UZPlnjXwDTI/AAAAAAAAH78/3qynGOp9YmU/s1600/Sanibel_Island_Beach_Wallpaper_by_VistaDude-660x330.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lrmp_9DY78Y/UZPlnjXwDTI/AAAAAAAAH78/3qynGOp9YmU/s640/Sanibel_Island_Beach_Wallpaper_by_VistaDude-660x330.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No, we're not giving away the beach but the&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/blog/island-vacation-giveaway/" target="_blank"&gt; Ribbon Lady is GOING&amp;nbsp; to the beach&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp; While she's away, she's giving away the store...well, almost!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Head over to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/blog/island-vacation-giveaway/" target="_blank"&gt;May Arts Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to see how you can win.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; 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The Ribbon Lady is calling all May Arts Ribbon Lovers to join the team.&amp;nbsp; Click the photo to find out all the details then get creating!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/4838883099926385204/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=4838883099926385204&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/4838883099926385204" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/4838883099926385204" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/may-arts-dt-call.html" title="May Arts DT Call" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kxncwd5qCMI/UZDreb2oC-I/AAAAAAAAH7s/Ji770VqMhBM/s72-c/dtcall.png" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-455224467775339857</id><published>2013-05-13T03:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-13T03:00:10.101-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Blog Candy Alert" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="CAS" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Clean and Simple" /><title type="text">Clean &amp; Simple Monday &amp; Winner Day!</title><content type="html">This week the SplitcoastStampers Clean &amp;amp; Simple challenge &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/clean-simple-cards-f239/cas220-limited-supplies-challenge-5-13-13-a-t573023.html" target="_blank"&gt;(CAS220)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; is a Limited Supply challenge.&amp;nbsp; The challenge is to create a card with NO sentiment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's my take on the challenge:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LkTPCyIZkvg/UZBQ2ePlR_I/AAAAAAAAH7M/dfgzXTNTYfI/s1600/IMG_8176.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LkTPCyIZkvg/UZBQ2ePlR_I/AAAAAAAAH7M/dfgzXTNTYfI/s400/IMG_8176.JPG" width="387" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Can't get more CAS than that, right?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Supplies:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Cardstock - Papertrey Ink Kraft&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Ribbon - May Arts Taupe Silk&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Die cut - Um Wow Studio Floral Chipboard&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Remember the drawing I told you about &lt;a href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/woyww-204-giveaway.html" target="_blank"&gt;here?&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;Well the winner is......&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VN0Qdd3BcTA/UZBQ7zs3XUI/AAAAAAAAH7Y/krHsVveR2Sk/s1600/IMG_8173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;dt class="comment-author " id="c4024161607771080463"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="c4024161607771080463"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="avatar-image-container avatar-stock"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/profile/18015356672309129474" rel="nofollow"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;{VICKI}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt; said...  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;dd class="comment-body" id="Blog1_cmt-4024161607771080463"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;OMG! LOve it!&lt;br /&gt;I've never heard of Kreate-a-lope&lt;br /&gt;but what a great  idea!&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for the chance&lt;br /&gt;i already follow &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;dd class="comment-footer"&gt;&lt;span class="comment-timestamp"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/woyww-204-giveaway.html?showComment=1367497610044#c4024161607771080463" title="comment permalink"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;May  2, 2013 at 8:26 AM&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="item-control blog-admin pid-1778483791"&gt;&lt;a class="comment-delete" href="http://www.blogger.com/delete-comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;amp;postID=4024161607771080463" title="Delete Comment"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #33aaff;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;dt class="comment-author " id="c9220861435110242714"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" name="c9220861435110242714"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="avatar-image-container vcard"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;And remember I said it's a special day?&amp;nbsp; Well, that's because it's my birthday so I'm throwing in an extra present.&amp;nbsp; So in addition to the ribbon which has grown a bit,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--3QaokTyA-g/UZBQ7o0E2sI/AAAAAAAAH7U/TbsUMQ4hAMw/s1600/IMG_8172.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--3QaokTyA-g/UZBQ7o0E2sI/AAAAAAAAH7U/TbsUMQ4hAMw/s320/IMG_8172.JPG" width="261" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Vicki, you'll also be receiving this!&amp;nbsp; Just email me your snail address and I'll get it right in the mail to you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VN0Qdd3BcTA/UZBQ7zs3XUI/AAAAAAAAH7Y/krHsVveR2Sk/s1600/IMG_8173.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VN0Qdd3BcTA/UZBQ7zs3XUI/AAAAAAAAH7Y/krHsVveR2Sk/s320/IMG_8173.JPG" width="213" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Thanks to everyone who played along!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; border: currentColor;" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dd&gt;&lt;/dt&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/455224467775339857/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=455224467775339857&amp;isPopup=true" title="7 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/455224467775339857" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/455224467775339857" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/clean-simple-monday-winner-day.html" title="Clean &amp; Simple Monday &amp; Winner Day!" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LkTPCyIZkvg/UZBQ2ePlR_I/AAAAAAAAH7M/dfgzXTNTYfI/s72-c/IMG_8176.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-3653404356112427490</id><published>2013-05-08T04:48:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-08T04:52:16.643-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="WOYWW" /><title type="text">WOYWW205</title><content type="html">&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;It's Wednesday and that means it's time for sneaking a peek at what's happening on workdesks over at &lt;a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2013/05/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-205.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Julia's Stamping Ground for WOYWW205&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I've got a couple of pages from Frontgate magazine that I pulled for inspiration.&amp;nbsp; Love the deep turquoise and orangy reds for summer.&amp;nbsp; A stack of wood paper I just ordered, an issue of Papercraft Magazine and....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VNdZn5QaKKw/UYoOobMJ8RI/AAAAAAAAH6c/rAiN8SMsUCM/s1600/IMG_8151.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VNdZn5QaKKw/UYoOobMJ8RI/AAAAAAAAH6c/rAiN8SMsUCM/s640/IMG_8151.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;you may have noticed the &lt;a href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/woyww-204-giveaway.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ribbon Scrap Giveaway&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; bag has grown considerably in size!&amp;nbsp; I found another bag of scraps while I was doing some organizing so added them to the bounty for some lucky ribbon hoarder, um, I mean collector!&amp;nbsp; You have to leave a comment and follow the directions on&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/woyww-204-giveaway.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;this post&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;to get in on the fun.&amp;nbsp; The 13th is coming!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be sure to visit &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2013/05/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-205.html" target="_blank"&gt;Julia's desk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; as she's been shopping!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Deck cleaning for the next 3 days...ugh!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy WOYWW!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/3653404356112427490/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=3653404356112427490&amp;isPopup=true" title="14 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/3653404356112427490" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/3653404356112427490" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/woyww205.html" title="WOYWW205" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VNdZn5QaKKw/UYoOobMJ8RI/AAAAAAAAH6c/rAiN8SMsUCM/s72-c/IMG_8151.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-5489000609810615246</id><published>2013-05-05T22:48:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-05T22:48:35.223-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Wedding/Anniversary" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="CAS" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Clean and Simple" /><title type="text">Clean &amp; Simple Monday - Love</title><content type="html">The CAS Challenge on SCS this week &lt;a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/20148811-post1.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(CAS219)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;is a Featured Stamper challenge featuring the gallery of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?page=1&amp;amp;cat=500&amp;amp;ppuser=186560" target="_blank"&gt;bon2stamp&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I chose &lt;a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/2353467?&amp;amp;cat=500&amp;amp;ppuser=186560&amp;amp;perpage=96&amp;amp;thumbsonly=0" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;this beauty&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to CASE.&amp;nbsp; I changed up the colors, I still used two ribbons but layered them and I left my embossed panel whole choosing to add a tag for my sentiment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aVan-yXkE3c/UYcY6G0Ye7I/AAAAAAAAH54/PN1BHo2MUYk/s1600/IMG_8124.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aVan-yXkE3c/UYcY6G0Ye7I/AAAAAAAAH54/PN1BHo2MUYk/s400/IMG_8124.JPG" width="357" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Bonnie has a FABULOUS gallery so be sure to pop in and look around.&amp;nbsp; ﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;Supplies:&lt;br /&gt;Cardstock - Neenah Cream; Papertrey Ink Kraft&lt;br /&gt;Stamps - Papertrey Ink Wedding Day&lt;br /&gt;Ink - Hero Arts Shadow inks Soft Sand, Cup 0' Joe&lt;br /&gt;Ribbon - May Arts Silk, Jute&lt;br /&gt;Other - Sizzix embossing folder, Flower/Leaf - Michaels&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/5489000609810615246/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=5489000609810615246&amp;isPopup=true" title="8 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/5489000609810615246" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/5489000609810615246" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/clean-simple-monday-love.html" title="Clean &amp; Simple Monday - Love" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aVan-yXkE3c/UYcY6G0Ye7I/AAAAAAAAH54/PN1BHo2MUYk/s72-c/IMG_8124.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-3238045431114717319</id><published>2013-05-03T16:59:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-03T16:59:31.161-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="May Arts" /><title type="text">Happy Birthday Little Dude Giveaway</title><content type="html">&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sJ5sh-0ccAc/UYQkcMoXmMI/AAAAAAAAH5g/3oOZ3XRqm-M/s1600/Birthday-balloons-giant-banner-thepartyworks1-1024x416.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="257" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sJ5sh-0ccAc/UYQkcMoXmMI/AAAAAAAAH5g/3oOZ3XRqm-M/s640/Birthday-balloons-giant-banner-thepartyworks1-1024x416.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;It's the Little Dude's Birthday and you know what that means?&amp;nbsp; The Ribbon Lady is giving away presents!&amp;nbsp; Head on over to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/blog/a-happy-birthday-giveaway/" target="_blank"&gt;May Arts Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; to get in on the fun.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Happy Birthday, Little Dude!!!&amp;nbsp; Now you're 8.&amp;nbsp; :-)﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/3238045431114717319/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=3238045431114717319&amp;isPopup=true" title="0 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/3238045431114717319" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/3238045431114717319" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/happy-birthday-little-dude-giveaway.html" title="Happy Birthday Little Dude Giveaway" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sJ5sh-0ccAc/UYQkcMoXmMI/AAAAAAAAH5g/3oOZ3XRqm-M/s72-c/Birthday-balloons-giant-banner-thepartyworks1-1024x416.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-5961437740333056342</id><published>2013-05-03T08:03:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-03T11:41:31.428-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Baby" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Runway Inspired Challenge" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Papertrey Ink" /><title type="text">Runway Inspired Baby Shower</title><content type="html">&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ug0AtDD8o-o/UYPafuD7-4I/AAAAAAAAH5Q/8A0xsjcpePo/s1600/ric+baby+shower.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ug0AtDD8o-o/UYPafuD7-4I/AAAAAAAAH5Q/8A0xsjcpePo/s1600/ric+baby+shower.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Yay...found time to play in a challenge.&amp;nbsp; Just love the inspiration for the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://runwayinspired.blogspot.com/2013/04/special-post-runway-inspired-baby-shower.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;amp;utm_medium=email&amp;amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RunwayInspiredChallenge+%28Runway+Inspired+Challenge%29" target="_blank"&gt;Runway Inspired Challenge&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; this week.&amp;nbsp; Babies are my soft spot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KdxO4kkjl54/UYPaJu7PJ5I/AAAAAAAAH5M/emys7kwes1Y/s1600/little+marc+jacobs+fall-winter+2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KdxO4kkjl54/UYPaJu7PJ5I/AAAAAAAAH5M/emys7kwes1Y/s320/little+marc+jacobs+fall-winter+2013.jpg" width="206" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿﻿&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I just love the soft gold and white in the inspiration photo and that face...oh my!﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LoHqEOVBr2w/UYOklQMhStI/AAAAAAAAH4g/gvvPzG7tO_o/s1600/IMG_8076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="547" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LoHqEOVBr2w/UYOklQMhStI/AAAAAAAAH4g/gvvPzG7tO_o/s640/IMG_8076.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Uvs5Gj4g4U8/UYOklUN3zfI/AAAAAAAAH4k/_GDZ-tPFx3c/s1600/IMG_8077.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="444" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Uvs5Gj4g4U8/UYOklUN3zfI/AAAAAAAAH4k/_GDZ-tPFx3c/s640/IMG_8077.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Supplies:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Cardstock - Neenah; Papertrey Ink Gold&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Stamps - Papertrey Ink Sweet Baby, Polka Dot Basics&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Ink - Tsukineko Brilliance Gold&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Dies - Papertrey Ink &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Ribbon -May Arts Silk, Ivory&amp;nbsp;Burlap String&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Misc. - flat back pearls&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-uLGlea4hW8Q/UYOlRf9mW4I/AAAAAAAAH44/P561BiuHW6E/s1600/little+marc+jacobs+fall-winter+2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;Thanks for stopping by!&amp;nbsp; Happy Friday!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/5961437740333056342/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=5961437740333056342&amp;isPopup=true" title="9 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/5961437740333056342" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/5961437740333056342" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/runway-inspired-baby-shower.html" title="Runway Inspired Baby Shower" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ug0AtDD8o-o/UYPafuD7-4I/AAAAAAAAH5Q/8A0xsjcpePo/s72-c/ric+baby+shower.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-447045454504181597</id><published>2013-05-01T05:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-05-02T15:04:29.081-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="WOYWW" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="May Arts" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Kreate-a-lope" /><title type="text">WOYWW #204 &amp; a Giveaway</title><content type="html">&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sHXx1lgJuic/UYB1HIJxi3I/AAAAAAAAH3o/b-MTgzJApm8/s1600/IMG_8019.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="409" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sHXx1lgJuic/UYB1HIJxi3I/AAAAAAAAH3o/b-MTgzJApm8/s640/IMG_8019.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;I was asked by Nick Romer&amp;nbsp;to review&amp;nbsp;his cool product called the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.greensneakers.com/EnvelopeTemplates/" target="_blank"&gt;"Kreate-a-lope" envelope maker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and I&amp;nbsp;can honestly say that it's so fast and easy, it's quite addicting.&amp;nbsp; I've never made my own envelopes before because they seemed too time consuming but&amp;nbsp;Nick's&amp;nbsp;Kreate-a-lope lets you whip them out in just a few SECONDS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's what's on my desk tonight so I thought I'd share it with my WOYWW friends so you can see how easy it is.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&amp;nbsp;picked my paper, laid the template over it, centering the open&amp;nbsp;square over my&amp;nbsp;design then I just pulled the paper along the edge of the Kreate-a-lope template.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PAiKSUkf1Oc/UYB1DEshtCI/AAAAAAAAH3A/r2viLAXKVFw/s1600/IMG_8014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="465" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PAiKSUkf1Oc/UYB1DEshtCI/AAAAAAAAH3A/r2viLAXKVFw/s640/IMG_8014.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I was pleasantly surprised to see how easily it tore and how neat the&amp;nbsp;torn the edges were.&amp;nbsp; Just ever so slightly shabby.&amp;nbsp; The instructions say you can trim them if you want to but I like them as is.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t_0wBYwFPGE/UYB1D3o2HUI/AAAAAAAAH3I/jj9ehbeLmQU/s1600/IMG_8015.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="307" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-t_0wBYwFPGE/UYB1D3o2HUI/AAAAAAAAH3I/jj9ehbeLmQU/s400/IMG_8015.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;You just flip the paper over, place the template on the paper again, place the center template in place, then remove the large template&amp;nbsp;and fold.&amp;nbsp; There's a nifty &lt;a href="http://www.greensneakers.com/EnvelopeTemplates/" target="_blank"&gt;video here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NNTRMKkasWo/UYB1E2KqRjI/AAAAAAAAH3Q/wPDkE7I8ELQ/s1600/IMG_8016.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="310" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NNTRMKkasWo/UYB1E2KqRjI/AAAAAAAAH3Q/wPDkE7I8ELQ/s400/IMG_8016.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e6O6y0LtSS4/UYB1F3NPUTI/AAAAAAAAH3Y/1rFVwnsfs7M/s1600/IMG_8017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-e6O6y0LtSS4/UYB1F3NPUTI/AAAAAAAAH3Y/1rFVwnsfs7M/s640/IMG_8017.JPG" width="516" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy! Add a little &lt;a href="http://www.greensneakers.com/EnvelopeGlue/" target="_blank"&gt;Lick and Stick&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-size: x-small;"&gt;(this stuff is awesome too&lt;/span&gt;!)&amp;nbsp;and you're done!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zwO58WUMANE/UYB1GgV6uzI/AAAAAAAAH3g/OcBvUwT75iw/s1600/IMG_8018.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="521" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zwO58WUMANE/UYB1GgV6uzI/AAAAAAAAH3g/OcBvUwT75iw/s640/IMG_8018.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Nick is raising money to make even more sizes of &lt;a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/388011235/kreate-a-lope-the-fastest-envelope-maker-on-the-pl" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kreate-a-lopes&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; He's got a page on &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/388011235/kreate-a-lope-the-fastest-envelope-maker-on-the-pl" target="_blank"&gt;Kickstarter &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;so you can get in on the action.&amp;nbsp; AND if you make a donation, he'll send&amp;nbsp;you some free templates.&amp;nbsp; The details are&amp;nbsp;at the link.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I think this is a fantastic, well made and economical product!&amp;nbsp; Nick's got some great sample envelopes on the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/388011235/kreate-a-lope-the-fastest-envelope-maker-on-the-pl" target="_blank"&gt;Kickstarter page&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; as well.&amp;nbsp; You can even enlarge photographs and make them into envelopes.&amp;nbsp; Now your cards can have matching envelopes!&amp;nbsp; By the way, I spied some other neat templates on his site for bags and boxes.&amp;nbsp; Gotta go, I've got some shopping to do.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Be sure to pop over to &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Julia's Stamping&amp;nbsp;Ground&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; and see what else is&amp;nbsp;happening on work desks&amp;nbsp;all over the world for &lt;a href="http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/2013/05/whats-on-your-workdesk-wednesday-204.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;WOYWW#204&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I've got little giveaway for you too.&amp;nbsp; Remember the scrap bag I told you about &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/04/may-arts-earth-day-blog-hop.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;?&amp;nbsp; Well, I'm giving it away.&amp;nbsp; There's everything from full yards to little pieces of lots and lots of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/store/" target="_blank"&gt;May Arts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; goodness in there.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="348" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rHHOMRnDU7A/UYB_qzh2eII/AAAAAAAAH4A/vybNVqg85rY/s400/IMG_8025.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"&gt;Front side&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OMAJmNCsW4Q/UYB_rs2sQLI/AAAAAAAAH4I/Skx3j1Ip-d4/s1600/IMG_8026.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="316" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OMAJmNCsW4Q/UYB_rs2sQLI/AAAAAAAAH4I/Skx3j1Ip-d4/s400/IMG_8026.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;Back side&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All you have to do is leave a comment on THIS POST and tell me what YOU think of the &lt;a href="http://www.greensneakers.com/EnvelopeTemplates/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Kreate-a-lope&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&amp;nbsp;and&lt;/em&gt; follow my blog if you don't already.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'll draw a winner on the 13th of May....it's a special day.&amp;nbsp; ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/447045454504181597/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=447045454504181597&amp;isPopup=true" title="27 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/447045454504181597" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/447045454504181597" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/05/woyww-204-giveaway.html" title="WOYWW #204 &amp; a Giveaway" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sHXx1lgJuic/UYB1HIJxi3I/AAAAAAAAH3o/b-MTgzJApm8/s72-c/IMG_8019.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-7853848368435817433</id><published>2013-04-25T10:07:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-04-25T10:07:14.178-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="May Arts" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Recipes" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Summer" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Papertrey Ink" /><title type="text">Gourmet Gifts May Arts Style</title><content type="html">Summer is coming and that means summer fruits will soon be begging to be picked and eaten.&amp;nbsp; I've got a yummy treat and a way to share the goodies May Arts style&amp;nbsp;on the&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/blog/gourmet-gift-basket-for-less/" target="_blank"&gt; May Arts Blog.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's a sneak peek:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VpDNC0joOfs/UXk4Mh0q0LI/AAAAAAAAH2o/kUgSzf2LVxA/s1600/IMG_7830.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VpDNC0joOfs/UXk4Mh0q0LI/AAAAAAAAH2o/kUgSzf2LVxA/s640/IMG_7830.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AvJ0ck6q2aE/UXk4RXxNLSI/AAAAAAAAH2w/AexdJN8Lgfk/s1600/IMG_7813.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="392" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AvJ0ck6q2aE/UXk4RXxNLSI/AAAAAAAAH2w/AexdJN8Lgfk/s640/IMG_7813.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Grab your fork and join us!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/7853848368435817433/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=7853848368435817433&amp;isPopup=true" title="3 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/7853848368435817433" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/7853848368435817433" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/04/gourmet-gifts-may-arts-style.html" title="Gourmet Gifts May Arts Style" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VpDNC0joOfs/UXk4Mh0q0LI/AAAAAAAAH2o/kUgSzf2LVxA/s72-c/IMG_7830.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-2730221138961364203</id><published>2013-04-22T22:44:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2013-04-23T12:30:21.042-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Shaped Cards" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="May Arts" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Teapot Tuesday" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="The Cutting Cafe" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Papertrey Ink" /><title type="text">The Kindness Club</title><content type="html">This week's Teapot Tuesday Challenge on SplitcoastStampers is honoring a very special teacher named Barb Bratvold.&amp;nbsp; Mrs. Bratvold started a special club in 1995 called "The Kindness Club".&amp;nbsp; The boys and girls in the club learn about the "Golden Rule" and being kind to others.&amp;nbsp; Part of that learning is making and sending cards to people who are ill or need cheering up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Teapotters are going to surprise Mrs. Bratvold with some cards of her own.&amp;nbsp; We were challenged to bring thank yous, apples, school bells or other school themed cards.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here's my card for Mrs. Bratvold:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JMqg6L295Oo/UXX0AQX86FI/AAAAAAAAH2Y/jN1iIn7IWsg/s1600/IMG_7986.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JMqg6L295Oo/UXX0AQX86FI/AAAAAAAAH2Y/jN1iIn7IWsg/s400/IMG_7986.JPG" width="341" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you'd like to send Mrs. Bratvold a card, you can find the challenge information&lt;a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/20123890-post346.html" target="_blank"&gt; HERE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Supplies:&lt;br /&gt;Cut file - The Cutting Café&lt;br /&gt;Stamps - Stampin'Up Bugs &amp;amp; Kisses (retired); Papertrey Ink Teacher's Apple&lt;br /&gt;Cardstock - Stampin'Up; Papertrey; Neenah&lt;br /&gt;Ink - Top Boss; Versafine&lt;br /&gt;Other - White embossing powder; Papertrey Banner die; scalloped circle punch&lt;br /&gt;Ribbon - May Arts Large leaves &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/2730221138961364203/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=2730221138961364203&amp;isPopup=true" title="2 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/2730221138961364203" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/2730221138961364203" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/04/teapot-tuesday-kindness-club.html" title="The Kindness Club" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JMqg6L295Oo/UXX0AQX86FI/AAAAAAAAH2Y/jN1iIn7IWsg/s72-c/IMG_7986.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-815482860860650200</id><published>2013-04-22T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-04-30T22:34:27.130-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Earth Day" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Patriotic" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="party favors" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="May Arts Blog Hop" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="May Arts" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Summer" /><title type="text">May Arts Earth Day Blog Hop &amp; Giveaway</title><content type="html">&lt;div style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2rZ-8LSrpug/UXUfwjHpq8I/AAAAAAAAH2I/p3cd6tIVQks/s1600/earthdayhop2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="147" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2rZ-8LSrpug/UXUfwjHpq8I/AAAAAAAAH2I/p3cd6tIVQks/s640/earthdayhop2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Happy Earth Day!&amp;nbsp; The&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/store/" target="_blank"&gt; May Arts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Ribbon Lady has challenged&amp;nbsp;a few of the &amp;nbsp;Ribbonistas to get creative and find ways to use ribbon in re-cycle and re-use projects.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, you know the Ribbon Lady loves to give away ribbon, so there's a prize for hopping along with us as we share some crafty&amp;nbsp;re-use/re-cycle ideas with you.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If you arrived here from &lt;a href="http://umwowstudio.blogspot.com/2013/04/earth-day-hops-goin-green.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;DeeDee's blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, you're in the right place.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I went through my laundry room closet and came up with a variety of olive, pickle and I think what may be a salsa jar.&amp;nbsp; The lids are long gone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JO6xdnEDmps/UXLQQnRu7_I/AAAAAAAAH0Y/K_JVJkpq74Q/s1600/IMG_7834.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JO6xdnEDmps/UXLQQnRu7_I/AAAAAAAAH0Y/K_JVJkpq74Q/s320/IMG_7834.JPG" width="313" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;Then I hit the bathroom and scavenged a toilet paper roll.&amp;nbsp; I cut the cardboard tube in half and got to work...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pMS8Ka1YMzw/UXLRCqRvB6I/AAAAAAAAH1w/YI9GUIWDA70/s1600/IMG_7847.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="224" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pMS8Ka1YMzw/UXLRCqRvB6I/AAAAAAAAH1w/YI9GUIWDA70/s320/IMG_7847.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;I challenged myself to use only the ribbons in my scrap bag plus one natural neutral and only the scraps in my drawer left over from other projects.&amp;nbsp; No new materials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IrOtLbJYqDQ/UXLQaeNB_-I/AAAAAAAAH0s/a-nHQRozWnk/s1600/IMG_7835.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="245" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IrOtLbJYqDQ/UXLQaeNB_-I/AAAAAAAAH0s/a-nHQRozWnk/s400/IMG_7835.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I added a bunch of flowers from the local grocery store and here's what I came up with.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fZlDOVNn3O8/UXLQm9ea4eI/AAAAAAAAH1k/Ng0WrtHGMMc/s1600/IMG_7898.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="555" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fZlDOVNn3O8/UXLQm9ea4eI/AAAAAAAAH1k/Ng0WrtHGMMc/s640/IMG_7898.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nFFtnEirOHI/UXLQbkOj_gI/AAAAAAAAH08/sPz2cAtOptk/s1600/IMG_7855.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;Pretty cute, huh?&amp;nbsp; I think these will be our table setting for all the patriotic holidays this summer.&amp;nbsp; Of course, we'll need to use some more toilet paper first.&amp;nbsp; ;-)&amp;nbsp; I bought a stash of red and blue bandanas to use as napkins about 12 years ago.&amp;nbsp; They're still perfect.&amp;nbsp; Just wash, press and re-use.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_ELioUUTaf0/UXLQaiawSeI/AAAAAAAAH0o/C_V-4CLm7aU/s1600/IMG_7852.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_ELioUUTaf0/UXLQaiawSeI/AAAAAAAAH0o/C_V-4CLm7aU/s640/IMG_7852.JPG" width="593" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ok....want to know what's up for grabs for commenting and hopping?&amp;nbsp; Check this out!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CxhyhWqAZYk/UXLUTmsBEiI/AAAAAAAAH14/gw9gSaAd-Cc/s1600/Earth+Day+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CxhyhWqAZYk/UXLUTmsBEiI/AAAAAAAAH14/gw9gSaAd-Cc/s400/Earth+Day+Collage.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Make that 4 ROLLS of some of &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/store/" target="_blank"&gt;May Arts Ribbon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; most popular naturals.&amp;nbsp; Now it's time to check out the rest of team creations.&amp;nbsp; I know I can't wait!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Next up is&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1alabasterowl.blogspot.com/2013/04/may-arts-earth-day-blog-hop.html" target="_blank"&gt; Leah Farrar-White.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Giveaway" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2rZ-8LSrpug/UXUfwjHpq8I/AAAAAAAAH2I/p3cd6tIVQks/s72-c/earthdayhop2.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>32</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-384663631339991522</id><published>2013-04-19T06:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-04-19T05:44:42.044-04:00</updated><title type="text">May Arts Ribbon Organization Blog Hop &amp; Giveaway Day 3</title><content type="html">&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qGYf0zPPdas/UWhae8SddCI/AAAAAAAAHzQ/8UTyFhG63Zc/s1600/organization+banner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="161" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qGYf0zPPdas/UWhae8SddCI/AAAAAAAAHzQ/8UTyFhG63Zc/s640/organization+banner.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today is &lt;strong&gt;Day&amp;nbsp;3 of the May Arts Design Team Ribbon Organization Blog Hop&lt;/strong&gt;!&amp;nbsp; If you missed Days 1 &amp;amp; 2,&amp;nbsp; it's not too late to get in.&amp;nbsp; Scroll down to find a complete list, then click away to comment and win some ribbon so you can organize your own awesome&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/store/" target="_blank"&gt; May Arts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; ribbon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As you might have imagined, the May Arts Design Team acquires a lot of ribbon.&amp;nbsp; Since everyone's storage situations are different, we thought you might like to see&amp;nbsp;the different ways&amp;nbsp;we&amp;nbsp;store our ribbons.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You may have heard me lament that I have only one full wall in my studio.&amp;nbsp; One wall!&amp;nbsp; I keep my paper, storage unit and cutting/embossing area there.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second&amp;nbsp;wall is broken by a walk in closet and hallway door, the&amp;nbsp;third wall has a bathroom door and the&amp;nbsp;fourth&amp;nbsp;wall isn't&amp;nbsp;a wall at all.&amp;nbsp; It's all glass...a set of sliding glass doors that open up&amp;nbsp;the entire wall.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That means there's no where to put a ribbon rack so we had to get creative.&amp;nbsp; We went to IKEA and got this &lt;a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90049200/" target="_blank"&gt;free standing kitchen island&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; The drawers are very deep and it gives me a work surface as well.&amp;nbsp; I have two other pieces from this collection&amp;nbsp;in my work room as well.&amp;nbsp; We opted for these for the storage potential and so we can take them with us if and when we move.&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gwmOC59dvyc/UWhdmryigYI/AAAAAAAAHzY/nLe8lc63_Ps/s1600/varde-drawer-unit__11203_PE088472_S4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gwmOC59dvyc/UWhdmryigYI/AAAAAAAAHzY/nLe8lc63_Ps/s320/varde-drawer-unit__11203_PE088472_S4.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;It's finished on all 4 sides so it sits in the center of my studio.&amp;nbsp; Here's what my ribbon looks like:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkpVbfE37Io/UWheqwjk1hI/AAAAAAAAHzw/Qj4R0COhAqU/s1600/IMG_7744.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="338" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkpVbfE37Io/UWheqwjk1hI/AAAAAAAAHzw/Qj4R0COhAqU/s640/IMG_7744.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I organize my ribbons mostly by color since I don't have the room to store by style.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Of course, there are exceptions to every rule!&amp;nbsp; ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GMBfR4f93js/UWhekYy3JoI/AAAAAAAAHzs/GSUenqMIv10/s1600/IMG_7745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="322" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GMBfR4f93js/UWhekYy3JoI/AAAAAAAAHzs/GSUenqMIv10/s640/IMG_7745.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The bottom drawer is similarly organized&amp;nbsp;and also holds my ribbon scraps.&amp;nbsp; The drawers also keep my ribbon &lt;strong&gt;dust free and safe from sunlight.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now it's time to take a look at how some of the other Ribbonistas store their ribbons.&amp;nbsp; We've got an &lt;strong&gt;every other day hop&lt;/strong&gt; planned for you so be sure to check back in and hop along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Ribbon Lady will be giving away &lt;strong&gt;3 full rolls of May Arts Ribbon (winners choice)&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;so be sure to leave plenty of comments on each Ribbonistas blog for your chance to win.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 176px;"&gt;  &lt;colgroup&gt;&lt;col span="2" style="mso-width-alt: 2816; mso-width-source: userset; width: 66pt;" width="88"&gt;&lt;/col&gt; &lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl66" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15.75pt; width: 66pt;" width="88"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; width: 66pt;" width="88"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl66" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Monday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" colspan="2" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://candyscraps.typepad.com/scraps/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Candy Rosenberg&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" colspan="2" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Charlene Driggs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(that's me!)&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" colspan="2" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://umwowstudio.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;DeeDee Catron&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" colspan="2" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://createserendipity.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Emily Lanham&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://taylordconcepts.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Erika Taylor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl67" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px windowtext; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Wednesday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.homemadecardsbyerin.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Erin   Thiem&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" colspan="2" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ginicagle.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Gini Williams Cagle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://jenshearsdesigns.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Jen Shears&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" colspan="2" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://stitchcutcreate.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Jenifer Cowles&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://thebalddragonfly.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Karen Baker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl67" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px windowtext; height: 15.75pt;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Friday&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/td&gt;  &lt;td style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px black;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" colspan="2" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt; 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font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Sandy Allnock&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr height="21" style="height: 15.75pt;"&gt;  &lt;td class="xl65" colspan="2" height="21" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px blue; height: 15.75pt; mso-ignore: colspan;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fynesdesigns.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Virginia Fynes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt; &lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/colgroup&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for joining us.&amp;nbsp; We'd love to know how you store your ribbon too.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/384663631339991522/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=384663631339991522&amp;isPopup=true" title="61 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/384663631339991522" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/384663631339991522" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/04/may-arts-ribbon-organization-blog-hop.html" title="May Arts Ribbon Organization Blog Hop &amp; Giveaway Day 3" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qGYf0zPPdas/UWhae8SddCI/AAAAAAAAHzQ/8UTyFhG63Zc/s72-c/organization+banner.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>61</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-7472191082142730596</id><published>2013-04-16T08:52:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2013-04-17T14:17:08.426-04:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="CAS" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Get well" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Clean and Simple" /><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Encouragement" /><title type="text">Clean and Simple Pinterest Interest</title><content type="html">&lt;br /&gt;If you missed the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/04/may-arts-ribbon-organization-blog-hop.html" target="_blank"&gt;May Arts Organization Blog Hop,&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; you can catch up by scrolling down or clicking the link.&amp;nbsp; It's an every other day hop that lasts all week, so you have time to get in on the ribbon giveaway.&amp;nbsp; ;-)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the meantime, here's a card I created for the &lt;a href="http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/20113941-post1.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CAS216 Pinterest Challenge on SplitcoastStampers&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can find the challenge photo at the link.&amp;nbsp; Denise chose a fun party theme.&amp;nbsp; Be sure to check it out and play along.&amp;nbsp; I was inspired by the happy colors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oj3D9QSksmM/UW1JKqcNvqI/AAAAAAAAH0A/yeXnv8XBHR4/s1600/IMG_7901.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="492" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oj3D9QSksmM/UW1JKqcNvqI/AAAAAAAAH0A/yeXnv8XBHR4/s640/IMG_7901.JPG" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First card I've made in awhile so it felt good to get creative.&amp;nbsp; Be sure to play along..the challenges run all week!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Supplies:&lt;br /&gt;Cardstock - Neenah&lt;br /&gt;Stamps - Papertrey Ink Funky Florals, Healing Touch Sentiments&lt;br /&gt;Ink - Fresh Ink, Versafine Black&lt;br /&gt;Other - ruler, fine tip pen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: medium none;" width="200" /&gt;</content><link rel="replies" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/feeds/7472191082142730596/comments/default" title="Post Comments" /><link rel="replies" type="text/html" href="http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3801715738975713699&amp;postID=7472191082142730596&amp;isPopup=true" title="5 Comments" /><link rel="edit" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/7472191082142730596" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3801715738975713699/posts/default/7472191082142730596" /><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.paperandinkplayground.com/2013/04/clean-and-simple-pinterest-interest.html" title="Clean and Simple Pinterest Interest" /><author><name>Charlene</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05330704779348205787</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail" width="16" height="16" src="http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif" /></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oj3D9QSksmM/UW1JKqcNvqI/AAAAAAAAH0A/yeXnv8XBHR4/s72-c/IMG_7901.JPG" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3801715738975713699.post-9152717060971601331</id><published>2013-04-12T10:45:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2013-04-12T10:45:38.886-04:00</updated><title type="text">Baby Onsie Dress and Headband Tutorial</title><content type="html">Be sure to pop over to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/blog/baby-onsie-dress-matching-headband/" target="_blank"&gt;May Arts Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; today.&amp;nbsp; I've got a sweet little tutorial for a baby onsie dress and headband you won't want to miss.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-meCE8VVOnlk/UWgdW9xH1AI/AAAAAAAAHzA/PLBkw7-6y0Q/s1600/IMG_7717.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-meCE8VVOnlk/UWgdW9xH1AI/AAAAAAAAHzA/PLBkw7-6y0Q/s400/IMG_7717.JPG" width="383" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's a surprise underneath the dress too.&amp;nbsp; Great way to get those spring and summer baby gifts made for just a few dollars.&amp;nbsp; If you can sew a straight line, you can do this!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Be sure to leave your comments on the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/blog/baby-onsie-dress-matching-headband/" target="_blank"&gt;May Arts blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;!&amp;nbsp; We love to know what you think.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://i372.photobucket.com/albums/oo169/simplyyoursdesign/charlenesig-1.png" style="-moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; 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May Arts&lt;/a&gt; Design Team has a very special reason to&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lightitupblue.org/Markslist/home.do" target="_blank"&gt;Light It Up Blue&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for autism&amp;nbsp;research&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;today.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R0iGGHOf5SQ/UVqyFJjH6YI/AAAAAAAAHyw/JAxj5JJaPwQ/s1600/AS_12-LIUB-HORIZ_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="163" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R0iGGHOf5SQ/UVqyFJjH6YI/AAAAAAAAHyw/JAxj5JJaPwQ/s320/AS_12-LIUB-HORIZ_web.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Research and education have erased many of the misconceptions about autism but it's important to keep the research going and to learn the signs of autism. &amp;nbsp;For more information, I encourage you to visit &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://theautismresearchfoundation.org/resources/about-autism/" target="_blank"&gt;The Autism Research Foundation &lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.autismspeaks.org/" target="_blank"&gt;Austim Speaks&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Z14qkTuLC8/UVV5nsj2OWI/AAAAAAAAHwI/vVHqZq0Pc6s/s1600/autism-light.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6Z14qkTuLC8/UVV5nsj2OWI/AAAAAAAAHwI/vVHqZq0Pc6s/s200/autism-light.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;The puzzle piece is often used as a symbol for Autism. &amp;nbsp;I wondered why, so I did a little searching and found this explanation:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;"The puzzle represents the ambiguity and mystery around the causes and understanding of Autism. The puzzle piece is often used in graphics for Autism and Autism Treatment.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h1 style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;Many early Autism Awareness campaigns used the slogan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h1 style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, Times, serif; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;“&lt;em&gt;Help Solve the Puzzle&lt;/em&gt;&amp;nbsp;(of Autism)”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;You also now see the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.autismtreatmentdirectory.com/store/autism-awareness-pin.php" style="border: 0px currentColor; text-decoration: none;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;puzzle pieces on the autism ribbons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;, as a multi-colored puzzle."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;I have a couple of projects that I hope will inspire you to bless the life of someone you may know or the parents of someone you may know who is living with autism.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;I found a puzzle cookie cutter and some gel paste food coloring at&lt;a href="http://www.sweetbakingsupply.com/" target="_blank"&gt; Sweet Baking Supply.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(Excellent prices and fair shipping!) so&amp;nbsp;I dug out my favorite Lemon Sugar Cookie recipe and created a "sweet" gift.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;I found the &lt;a href="http://www.thirtyhandmadedays.com/2011/04/autismricecrispytreats/" target="_blank"&gt;free printable labels here&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LDh2SMrRWn0/UVV68tFB4lI/AAAAAAAAHwQ/w3Mic9gap5g/s1600/IMG_7720.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LDh2SMrRWn0/UVV68tFB4lI/AAAAAAAAHwQ/w3Mic9gap5g/s400/IMG_7720.JPG" width="305" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mYQx23RVhnU/UVV7AgX-a4I/AAAAAAAAHwc/F6t29nLXBA4/s1600/IMG_7721.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mYQx23RVhnU/UVV7AgX-a4I/AAAAAAAAHwc/F6t29nLXBA4/s400/IMG_7721.JPG" width="275" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;After mixing the sugar cookie dough, I divided it into 4 equal pieces, added food color to each piece, then rolled and stacked the colored logs. &amp;nbsp;Chill the dough, press any open areas together&lt;/span&gt; ;-)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MQkhBguddR4/UVV8q2kJCPI/AAAAAAAAHxA/fIsbLnE22kE/s1600/IMG_7685.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-MQkhBguddR4/UVV8q2kJCPI/AAAAAAAAHxA/fIsbLnE22kE/s400/IMG_7685.JPG" width="351" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Cut with the puzzle cutter and bake.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zXvr4iDY4cw/UVV9FOFPBXI/AAAAAAAAHxM/AG5nIhV2648/s1600/IMG_7690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="295" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zXvr4iDY4cw/UVV9FOFPBXI/AAAAAAAAHxM/AG5nIhV2648/s400/IMG_7690.JPG" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;If baking isn't your thing, I created this quick and easy flower seed envelope. &amp;nbsp;I chose&amp;nbsp;Forget Me Not Seeds because&amp;nbsp;I thought the name was most appropriate and they're a beautiful blue.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dv56R4WUwxM/UVWfWbbNnnI/AAAAAAAAHyM/-WMAqVbtLbE/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dv56R4WUwxM/UVWfWbbNnnI/AAAAAAAAHyM/-WMAqVbtLbE/s1600/images.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7VSveE7mMxI/UVWeUzlGxsI/AAAAAAAAHyE/s3DNC_gcHoU/s1600/IMG_7723.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7VSveE7mMxI/UVWeUzlGxsI/AAAAAAAAHyE/s3DNC_gcHoU/s400/IMG_7723.JPG" width="331" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;I hand dyed some beautiful&lt;a href="http://www.mayarts.com/store/" target="_blank"&gt; May Arts&lt;/a&gt; eyelet ribbon blue then stitched and gathered it into a spiral flower. &amp;nbsp;Some beautiful&lt;a href="http://sparklensprinkle.com/o/index.php?cPath=22_59" target="_blank"&gt; sparkly blue embossing powder &lt;/a&gt;highlights the sentiment. &amp;nbsp;I attached all my elements to a pretty paper doily then just clipped them to the bag with a hand dyed mini clothespin.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; line-height: 17px;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;If you'd like the Lemon Sugar cookie recipe let me know. &amp;nbsp;It's a delicious recipe I've used for years. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;Be sure to visit the rest of the team on the hop&amp;nbsp;for more &lt;b&gt;Light It Up Blue&lt;/b&gt; inspiration and &lt;strong&gt;comment to win&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;these beautiful blue ribbons of your very own.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: blue;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SbyG-p7h2AQ/UVWdw3XbqdI/AAAAAAAAHx8/jE_W8EiHEQ8/s1600/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SbyG-p7h2AQ/UVWdw3XbqdI/AAAAAAAAHx8/jE_W8EiHEQ8/s320/PicMonkey+Collage.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="background-color: white; 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