Memorial Day Blog Hop

Welcome to my Blog and the Memorial Day Blog Hop. This hop is about showing Patriotism and Gratitude to those serving in the Armed Forces. As an Army Wife, this is something I am extremely passionate about.  I know exactly what the men and women in our Armed Forces have to leave behind to protect us all.  My husband will be shipping out in less than a month!!  I have made a couple of cards to thank the men and women who are serving our country, allowing us all to have our FREEDOM.  May God Bless them and keep them safe!

If you have come from Sandy's blog then you are in the right place.

If you are just visiting my blog and would like to hop along with us on the Memorial Day Blog Hop, please start at the beginning with Sylvia's blog.  This hop is full of talented ladies and giveaways too!!

I will be donating these cards to Bazzill Basics Paper who has agreed to help a little boy named Stephen in Arizona, who would like to send 180,000 cards to the troops by July 1st.

 

Thank you for hopping with us today!

Your next stop is with Patty 

Here is a list of the wonderful ladies involved with this hop: 

Sylvia ~ http://www.bellascrapbookdesigns.blogspot.com/

Sandra ~ http://www.365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

Krystal ~ http://www.gettingcricky.com/

Giselle ~  http://www.crossmyheartpapercrafts.blogspot.com/

Brynn ~ http://www.flairandfrillscreativity.blogspot.com/

Rebecca ~ http://www.creationswithbecka.blogspot.com/

Sherrie ~ http://www.sherriescraps.blogspot.com/

Sandy S. ~ http://www.thecraftycreationspot.blogspot.com/

Laura ~ http://www.lifeasanarmywife-lauradietsch.blogspot.com/ <-----YOU"RE HERE

Patty ~ http://www.creativediva98.blogspot.com/ 

If you would like to help Stephen reach his goal by sending some homemade cards please go to http://creativeescapeaz.com/2010/stephen  for more info

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons: 500 follower giveaway

Pretty paper, pretty ribbons is having a 500 follower giveaway!  Lisa is giving away a fantastic cricut cartridge to one lucky winner once she reaches 500 followers.  She is only 29 followers away!  Head over there now and become a follower and help Lisa reach her goal of 500 followers!!! 

Just click the link below to get the details of this giveaway!

Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons : 500 Follower Giveaway

Good Luck to all who enter for this giveaway!

Disney Blog Hop!

If you like Disney as much as I do I suggest that you head over to Sylvia's blog.  The ladies that she has on this blog hop have some fantastic projects!  Sylvia herself has a fantastic give away for this blog hop as well!

Head on over to Sylvia's blog HERE

Check out her first ever blog hop that she has hosted!  It truly is wonderful :)

THANK YOU TROOPS!!!!!

As an army wife, I am extremely proud of all of our military branches! With the news that we received earlier this week, I am even more proud of them!  Our military does not falter when it comes to standing up for their fellow Americans.  They pick up and pack up their gear on a moments notice in order to complete a mission that they have been called to do.  Our military men and women are willing to leave their parents, spouses, children and friends all for the sake of protecting fellow Americans that they have never even met.

I know first hand what the families and friends of service members go through during deployments. Many military wives have been pregnant and gone into labor without their husbands stateside to support them and help them.  These men sometimes do not have the opportunity to hold or kiss their newborns for months on end.  Military women have to leave behind their young children and miss out on many milestones of their children's life.  Being a friend or family member of military personnel can be very trying as well.

I can not even begin to thank our troops enough for the sacrifices that they make in order to protect us!  Any how, here is a card that I crafted for our service men and women.

28 Candles Blog hop

I first want to appologize to Kimi for this being late.  I had set it up, or so I thought to post at 8am this morning.  I am not sure what went wrong,  but at last here is my project!  :)  Hope you have a fantastic birthday hop!

I am so excited to be involved in my first blog hop:)  We have a fantastic line up full of  28 wonderful crafty ladies, plus a pinch to grow an inch!  For this blog hop we were asked to create anything birthday related, so the sky was the limit.  If you just happened upon my blog and would like to start at the beginning with Lovebug Creations click HERE.  If you arrived here from Michelle  then you are right on track:)

For my project I have decided to do a 2 page birthday layout.

I hope you enjoy the rest of the hop and all of our creations.  Your next stop on the blog hop is with Sarah. 

The entire hop line up.....

Kimi & Pamela ~ http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/
Missy ~ http://happystampindesigns.blogspot.com/
Tanya ~ http://scrappinkymomma.blogspot.com/
Michelle ~ http://www.scrappinwithmybug.com/
Laura ~ http://lifeasanarmywife-lauradietsch.blogspot.com/ <----- You are here
Sarah ~ http://www.pinkcricut.com/
Candace ~ http://papercraftsbycandace.blogspot.com/
Sarah W. ~ http://creatingmyfavoritememories.blogspot.com/
Kim ~ http://rickettscricuts.blogspot.com/
Liz ~ http://mywhichcraft.blogspot.com/
Zeni ~ http://scrappyzeni.blogspot.com/
Erin ~ http://spantastikreations.blogspot.com/
Anne ~ http://anniebeescraftroom.blogspot.com/
Gaby ~ http://www.gabycreates.com/
Karen ~ http://osebastian.blogspot.com/
Paula ~ http://www.owlbescrappin.com/
Martha ~ http://pattisscrapingtime.blogspot.com/
Dianne ~ http://diannesscrappycreations.blogspot.com/
Kimmarie ~ http://kimmarieskorner.blogspot.com/
Victoria~ http://victoriascraftycreations.blogspot.com/
Sonia ~ http://www.scraps4fun.com/
Lisa ~ http://prettypaperprettyribbons.blogspot.com/
Jennifer ~ http://kozfam5.blogspot.com/
Nicole ~ http://creationsbymommy.com/
Amy ~ http://amydesigns.blogspot.com/
Stacey ~ http://creatingacraftylife.blogspot.com/
Becky ~ http://beckscricards.blogspot.com/
Alina ~ http://neverstopscrapping.blogspot.com/
Haidee ~ http://created2bunique.blogspot.com/

I know it has been awhile since I have posted any new projects.  It seems that my creative mojo has been missing.  I hope to get back to scrapping soon :)  I am in a blog hop that is coming up here really soon.  I have my project done and I am getting anxious to share what I have made.  Please stop back to help me celebrate my good friend Kimi's 28th birthday!!!!!!

Hope that everyone can find time to hop along with us for this wonderful birthday celebration!  The hop will start at http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/

St. Patrick's Day :)

With St. Patrick's day right around the corner, I saw it fitting to make a wreath to celebrate the holiday.  I was hopping around on the Shimmering Shamrocks Blog Hop yesterday and saw 2 very different, but equally cute wreaths.  These 2 wreaths inspired me to create my own spin on St. Patty's wall decor :) 

I started with a basic 14" wreath base

The straw was getting everywhere. So I decided to wrap it with green fabric.  I used a hot glue gun to adhere it to the wreath.

I picked up some green flower embellishments a while back, not sure what to use them on at the time.

Well they came very useful with this project :)  Here is a close up of the flowers I used.  They are from Prima Marketing Inc., came in a glass jar.  Iced Got Flowers?

 I used basic needles to attach the flowers to the wreath. And then I added some ribbon to finish it off :)

I am thinking about adding some more flowers to it, what do you all think?