2012 Mother's Day Blog Hop & Giveaway

If you are coming here from Pink E's blog, then you're in the right place.  If not, then why not start at the beginning and hop on over to her blog first.  (Shhhhh... I think she's doing a giveaway too!)

Well, it's finally here.... my VERY FIRST blog hop!  I'm so excited and honored to have been asked by my good friend Pink E to be a part of her first blog hop.  We've got a great lineup of very talented crafters for this Blog Hop, and I'm so excited to see what everyone has created! 

First off, I'd like to share a couple of Mother's Day cards I made for my extended family in Pennsylvania.  It makes me sad that Hubby and I won't be able to make it out there to see everyone, but with him working on Saturday and my niece's 5th birthday party Saturday afternoon, it just wasn't in the cards.  I posted their gifts yesterday that I sent, but here are the cards that went along with them.  I apologize for missing some of the important details, but I was in such a time crunch to get these done, I completely winged it as I went and didn't write much down :-(

Mother's Day Card for Aunt #1

Mother's Day Card for My Grandma

Mother's Day Card for Aunt #2

Again, I apologize for being in such a hurry to get these done in time for my mom to pick them up that I forgot to write down all the details.  If you'd like specifics on any of the cards, leave it in the comments :-)

Now... for the REAL reason you're here :-)  My 2012 Mother's Day Blog Hop project!!!

Mother's Day Card for my Sister's MIL

Recipe:

• Card Base: Kraft 5" x 7" pre-made card base from The Paper Studio
• Decorative Paper: CTMH Dotty For You Paper Pack
• Solid Cardstock: Core'dinations Sunny Yellow, White, Orange, and Dk. Yellow
• Stamps: Main image on front is from the CTMH Say it In Style (D1283)
• Inks: CTMH Sunset (Z2191)
• Paper Punch: Fiskas Apron Lace Punch
• Cricut Cuts: Cricut Mother's Day Bouquet - Flowers #2 & #3 cut @ 3"
• Embellishments: Brads, Bling, & Twine from Stash

Ohhhh... and on to the REALLY GOOD STUFF!!  I'm doing my first ever Blog Giveaway!!!!!

Prize Includes: April's Stamp of the Month (You Are...) and a $15 CTMH Gift Certificate* from Me!

Plus.... I'll be adding a few more little goodies to the "pot," so they'll be some surprises too.  Don't worry if you already have the stamp set... we can work something out ;-)  For any of you who already have entered, I have changed the drawing date :-)  Realized it should be done on Mother's Day since this is a Mother's Day Blog Hop :-)

Here are the "rules."

1 Entry: Comment over on my Blog Hop page (found here) and tell me one reason why your  mom is (or was) the best!

1 Extra Entry: Follow My Blog :-)

**If you are already a follower and would like to enter the giveaway, be sure to leave a comment :-)  The names put into the drawing will be from the comments.  If you are/become a follower, you name will be put in twice **

Winner will be drawn at random via Random.org at 8 p.m. EST Sunday, May 13th, 2012 .

* Gift certificate is my own promotion and therefore only redeemable thru me.  Close To My Heart or another consultant will not honor the gift certificate.


Here's our Blog Hop Line-Up:

1.   PinkE: Creations By Pink E

2.   Creations By Rosie <====== YOU ARE HERE

3.   Tangee: Kricut Krazy <===== GO HERE NEXT :-)

4.   Lorraine: Card Creations by Lorraine

5.   GiGi: Creations By Beulah

6.   Melissa: Stampin Voila

7.   Susie: Susie Craft Happy 

8.   Anjenic: AJ Scrapbooking and Cards

9.   Ian: A Newbie Crafter

10. Jenny: Crazy About Cricut

11. Melody:  Melody Lane Designs

So, from here you're on to Tangee's Blog over at Kricut Krazy.  Thanks so much for joining me in both mine and PinkE's first Blog Hop!!!  Hope all you moms out there have a WONDERFUL Mother's Day!!