Kreativ Blogger Award

Awww! How sweet of Cheryl to give me this award. What a nice compliment to come home to after a day of work (my first week back to school/work). Here is her creative blog: CherCroppin's Stamp Pad.


The rules for this award are: thank and link back the person you received it from, name 7 things people might find interesting about you, and nominate 7 people for this award.


1. I have a new kitten that loves to help me on the computer. She's here now wanting to push buttons. I have discovered new things! LOL! Right now she's holding my thumb and giving love bites. :) Last night we both fell asleep in front of the computer on the recliner. Too bad DH couldn't find the camera.

2. I'm a special education teacher in a middle school. If you haven't guessed, middle school students and staff are a strange culture all their own. LOL! I'm super short and most of my students are taller than me. But they know who's boss!!!! :)

3. I'm the hostess of the CAS (Clean & Simple) challenge on Splitcaost Stampers. I used to be the Limited Supplies challenge hostess and I started the Featured Stamper challenge and handed it off to the talented myprecious. I've been a member since 2005 but had to change my identity in 2008 for personal reasons beyond my control. I used to be jen70.

4. I recently became part of a design team. My very first one! I am so excited! Their stamps are so cute! I love DRS Designs!!!

5. I have one son who is starting high school next week! Where has the time gone? I can't be old enough for that... can I??? Actually, I'll be hitting the big 4-0 next spring. My son is a miracle. He was born 16 weeks early and weighed 20 ounces. He spent 105 days in the hospital and came home 5 days before his due date weighing just 3 pounds and 12.5 ounces. He has multiple challenges, but he is the most amazing person!

6. October 19 is a bittersweet day for me. In the year 1995, my first son (above) came home from the hospital. We celebrate "Homecoming Day" every year. On October 19, 2000, I had another preemie weighing 1 pound. I named him Blake. He was stillborn and I have one photo of him. At the time I thought it was odd to take a photo, but now I'm so glad I did. I went home from the hospital that day and celebrated Homecoming Day for my eldest son. Each year we visit the cemetary and have a party.

7. I am remarried to the most wonderful, caring, and understanding man. I could go on and on about how special he is too our family. He's my best friend and a loving dad for my son.

Here are my 7 nominees, (in no particular order):

My Little Creative Escape - lisahenke

Simplicity - LateBlossom

RyannMarin Designs - rsalamon

The Paper Landscaper - Peanutbee

Stamps & Taxes - juliemlacey

Scrapnextras - Scrapnextras

Crafting the Web - TheresaCC


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Kreativ Blogger Award

My good bloggin' friend Vicki gave me this award!! :) She's a real sweet person and is very creative!! Go check her out!! Thanks so much for thinking of me Vicki!!

Here's the rules:
1. Winner may put the logo on their blog.
2. Put a link to the person who sent you the award.
3. Nominate 5 blogs.
4. Put links to their blogs.
5. Leave a message for your nominees.



Picking just 5 blogs is the hardest part of getting these awards!

1. Angel's Creative World (Angela R.)

2. Stamp Owl's Studio (Frances)

3. Lilacs and Butterflies (Melody - lacyquilter)

4. My Blog by Cammie (Carolyn King)

5. Paper Smiles (Nancy - ncmorgan)

Thanks for the inspiration ladies!

Blog Award

I received a "I love your blog! Happy Autumn!" award from Dawn Marie today. She is so sweet and is great at leaving comments! Please visit her blog, Dawn's Special Creations, today... and don't miss the scrapbook challenge posted on Thursday... It's awesome!

I'm passing along the awards to more people. You won't want to miss their blogs either! I changed the look of the award slightly by choosing a different autumn theme. Please feel free to pick your own autumn theme here.


Crissy's Art & Heart

Flutter by Atomicbutterfly

iSTAMP

KittieKraft

Thanks for stopping by!

I've been tagged!

Angel (Angel's Creative World) tagged me. Thanks Angel!

1. I'm strange... I watch Walker, Texas Ranger several times a week on the Hallmark Channel.

2. I'm not much of a movie watcher, but I do like mini series type movies that would be shown on televsion: Anne of Green Gables, Sarah Plain & Tall, North & South.

3. I'm allergic to cats... but I have two. Zyrtec is a good thing! :)

4. I've become an avid PIFfer on SCS. What is that you say? New threads are formed frequently... for stamped images. It's sort of like a swap. But this concept is "Pay It Forward". You can snag an image you've been wanting, but can't afford to buy the stamp, from the current list. If you're first... several copies get sent to you. Then you put up a list of stamps you have. The first person who snags will PM their address. You stamp copies and send them off. Now I warn you.... It's addicting. And there is a lot of chatting and making friends. :) You will find this in the Swap forum on SCS under the Everything Else section.

5. I spend way too much time stamping or on the computer when I'm at home. I really should be doing housework right now. (wink) Please don't come over unannounced if you're a neat freak!

6. I hate driving in traffic, especially turning left into traffic without a stop light. So, I'll plan my trip ahead of time to try and avoid the situation.

7. I started getting gray hair in my early 30s. I color my hair... I'm way too young for it.... And it is too expensive. But I'm not going all natural like my Grandma did. :)

Wow... It's so hard to tag people... I visit soooo many blogs. I'll try and find some that haven't been tagged recently.

1. The Stamper's Touch - Studbo
2. Stamp Your Heart Out - Jenn D
3. Dawn... A New Day - DawnL
4. Inky Paws - Jeanne S
5. It's All About Stamping - Wendy Janson
6. Paper and Such - hobbywoman
7. Scrapnextras