HIMCR #163 - Freestyle!

Happy Saturday!

What a week I've had! We, my son and I, left on Tuesday to drive to Provo, Utah to get him all moved into his dorm at BYU! It was fun to have the time just me and him! Then we had a day of orientation meetings and fun! We have some family about an hour away and that's where I am typing this from; however, by the time you see it I will be on plane heading home leaving one of my babies behind! :( I know he'll be fine. He's ready to be on his own and he is smart and will make good choices. It's me that will NOT be fine! LOL! I will miss the little booger! I keep thinking back to when he was a little boy and it makes me think how fast time flies, how I don't want to miss an oppoutunity with my younger kids, and him, to tell them I love them and how proud I am of them! I want to enjoy every hug, smile, laugh, and just sit and listen to their little small voices before it changes! Ok, sorry, I'm a little emotional and a lot reminiscent! On with the challenge!

This week it is:

HIMCR #163 - Freestyle!

Hooray! Anything goes! Just get crafty!

The sponsor is Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps!

The giveaway is 3 Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps digital images - winner's choice!

You have until Saturday, September 6th at 2AM Pacific time, to link up your creation to get entered into the giveaway this week. When uploading to online galleries please use code HIMCR163.

Now some inspiration from the

Hiding in My Craft Room Design Team

Gracie CH - Graciellie Design

Melanie - Afternoon Scrapper

Samantha - Designs by Sammy

Sue - Sue's Paper Crafts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lisa - LJ Creations

Jennie - Jenscrapstoo

Kathy - Up in the Night with Kat

Lena - Lena's Creations

You can see the HIMCR schedule of challenges and guidelines HERE! Please be sure and follow the few easy guidelines so your creation will get entered into the giveaway!

Thanks so much for visiting today!

We can't wait to see what you come up!

 

HIMCR #161 Winner!

I can't believe it! I'm sitting here in my hotel room in Provo, Utah all by myself! It's so weird! We, my son and I, got him all check in and pretty much moved into his dorm room at BYU! Tomorrow we have some orientation meetings then I'm going to spend a couple of days visiting some family member that live near by. Again, by myself! I think the only time I've been away from my children over night was when I was in the hospital to have another one! LOL!!!

Well, it's Wednesday and time to announce another HIMCR Winner!

Recap:

HIMCR #161 - Use Ribbon!

The sponsor for this challenge is My Besties!

The giveaway is 4 preselected adorable My Besties digital images!

And the winner is......

Nikki from Nikki Stalker

 

 

 

Congratulation Nikki! Please use the 'Contact Me' button to send me the email address you want your images sent to!

Thanks so much to everyone for participating in our HIMCR challenges and visiting!

And a big Thank You to our sponsor this week My Besties!

 

 

While you're here don't forget to check out this week's challenge and giveaway!

HIMCR #162 - Any Holiday!

Happy Saturday!

There are soooo many holiday between now and the end of year that I figured it would be a GREAT challenge to do ANY Holiday! We can't wait to see which holiday you decide to represent!

The challenge is:

 

HIMCR #162 - Any Holiday!

You can do a card, tag, scrapbook pages, anything that is ANY holiday!

The sponsor is Pickled Potpourri!

The giveaway is a $7 Gift Certificate to Pickled Potpourri!

 

You have until Saturday, August 30th at 2AM Pacific time, to link up your creation to get entered into the giveaway this week. When uploading to online galleries please use code HIMCR162.

Now some Holiday inspiration from the

Hiding in My Craft Room Design Team

using a few images from Pickled Potpourri!

 

Sue - Sue's Paper Crafts

Gracie CH - Graciellie Design

Melanie - Afternoon Scrapper

Samantha - Designs by Sammy

Lisa - LJ Creations

Jennie - Jenscrapstoo

Kathy - Up in the Night with Kat

Lena - Lena's Creations

You can see the HIMCR schedule of challenges and guidelines HERE! Please be sure and follow the few easy guidelines so your creation will get entered into the giveaway!

Thanks so much for visiting today!

We can't wait to see what you come up with the Holiday you choose!

 

 

I love Ribbon but I hate paperwork!

I have been meaning to post this every day this week but something has always come up and really I need to be probably doing something else like my 8 year old needs a haircut, we have a few things we couldn't find on the school supply lists that we should get tonight plus some new things we didn't know about yet, I have a son who is going to need help getting his stuff together before he leaves or else I'm going to be getting the stuff he leaves behind together by myself! It's almost time to cook dinner! Today, I didn't do my one load of laundry I try to do everyday. Thank goodness the kids don't have homework yet but of course I'm sure there's some more paperwork for me to fill out! Is it just me or do you find it annoying that we have soooo much back to school paper work to fill out EVERY SINGLE YEAR! Why in the world can't it be like the doctor's office where we only have to fill out new forms if any of the information has changed! Birthday - same! Address - same! Emergency contacts - same! Names - hello, the same! Parents names, numbers, etc - same, same, same! Okay, maybe it's the fact that I hate paperwork and I find it repetitive and busy work which is something else I don't like or have time for! None of this has ANYTHING to do with the card I'm posting I'm just venting! :) Oh, except all this busy work, paperwork, and shopping makes me a little mad (crazy mad!). heehee!

The challenge this week is:

 

HIMCR #161 - Use Ribbon!

I made a card a few weeks ago and had some scrap ribbon in a jar on my desk and decided to use some of it and I like the way it came out so much that I decided to make Using Ribbon a challenge!

The sponsor for this challenge is My Besties!

The giveaway is 4 preselected adorable My Besties digital images!

One of which is the image I used below! Maddie Hatter!

There's TONS of time some time to get entered into this week's challenge! You can see all the details and get entered HERE!

 

 

Here's what I came up with using ribbon:

Image is a My Besties digital: Maddie Hatter!

Isn't she cute!

Recipe:
Card Base: Cherry Cobbler 4 1/4" X 5 1/2" (folded)
Card front: DCWV the dots, stripes, & plaids stack 4" X 5 1/4"
Other Cardstock / Paper: White, So Saffron

Ink: SU Cherry Cobbler
Stamps: PTI Tiny Tags II
Accessories: ribbon scraps, Stampin Up Regals Candy Dots, Copic Opaque White, Copics, Stickles

Thanks so much for visiting me while I am

Hiding in My Craft Room!

Winners! Winners! Winners!

School here has officially started as of this morning! I have such mixed feelings about it. I will be glad to get back on schedule but I will miss my kids. Plus, I have a brand new kindergartnerer and a son that just graduated and is leaving for college next week. I've been a little emotional about him leaving and starting over for some reason! I know now having had a couple graduate how VERY quickly it will all go by! Sniff, sniff! Okay, let's, I mean me, snap out of it and get on with some good news! WINNERS!!! Remember last week was our HIMCR Anniversary Celebration with several challenges and some extra fun giveaways!

Here are the winners:

#1 - Super Scraps Saturday -------- Jenny H from Jenfa Cards

#2 - KISS! - Keep it Simple Sweetie! ------ Chasing the Dream

#3 - Back to School -------- Beth F from Beth's Beauties

#4 - Freestyle --------- Elizabeth H from Warm Harted

#5 - Anniversary! -------- D- from Designs by Dragonfly

And the comment only Giveaways Winners:

Extra Giveaway - Cricut Cartridge ------ Golden Goddess Designs

Another Giveaway - CTMH Stamp Set ------ Melissa from Sunshine HoneyBee

Congrats to all the winners! Please use the 'Contact Me' button to send me your information. If it is a prize that needs to be snail mailed please include your mailing address. If is a gift certificate or digital images I only need your email address! If in doubt send them both! LOL!! Also, please include the challenge number in the subject. Thank you!

Thanks so much to everyone for celebrating our 5th Blogiversary with us! It just isn't any fun without YOU!!!

Be sure and follow, subscribe, like us on Facebook, so you won't miss anything!

I meant to have some pop up giveaways through out the week but getting my kids ready to go back to school took over! SOOOOO, There might be some more Celebration Giveaways coming! Not to mention and it didn't go unnoticed but we hit 2 MILLION site hits!!! We HAVE to do something to celebrate that! :)

 

HIMCR #161 - Use Ribbon!

Happy Saturday!

Phew! We survived last week! What a lot of fun! We hope everyone had a GREAT time celebrating with us, our Blogiversary last week! Remember, winners will be posted this coming up Wednesday!

We only have the one regular challenge this week! It's technique week!

HIMCR #161 - Use Ribbon!

The sponsor is My Besties!

The giveaway is 4 preselected adorable My Besties digital images!

You have until Saturday, August 23rd at 2AM Pacific time, to link up your creation to get entered into the giveaway this week. When uploading to online galleries please use code HIMCR161.

Now some inspiration from the

Hiding in My Craft Room Design Team

Lisa - LJ Creations

Jennie - Jenscrapstoo

Samantha - Designs by Sammy

Sue - Sue's Paper Crafts

Gracie CH - Graciellie Design

Melanie - Afternoon Scrapper

Kathy - Up in the Night with Kat

Lena - Lena's Creations

 

You can see the HIMCR schedule of challenges and guidelines HERE! Please be sure and follow the few easy guidelines so your creation will get entered into the giveaway!

Thanks so much for visiting today!

We can't wait to see what you come up!