Christmas Blog Hop Reminder!!!!

Hello everyone,
I'm super excited to have been asked by Jen over at Simply Chic Design by Jen to participate and join her and all the following talented ladies on a Christmas Blog Hop December 1st {THIS WEDNESDAY}.  I hope you all can come and join us to view all the wonderful Christmas projects and get some inspiration. Don't forget the fun starts this Wednesday!!!!!
                         
        You don't want to miss out on the goodies!!!

              Line up of all the talented ladies!!

1. Jen Simply Chic Design by Jen{Blog Hop Host}
2. Carol carolssweetcreations.blogspot.com
3. Momo madebymomo.blogspot.com
4. Nicole http://canadiannickelscrapn.blogspot.com//
5. Karey www.creativecraftcorner.com
6. Karen thebusybug.blogspot.com
7. Saundra luvscrappingtogether.blogspot.com
8. Celeste ccscards.blogspot.com
9. Jeanine scrappinwithjc.blogspot.com
10. Roma romascards.blogspot.com
11. Norma http://pinkblingcrafter.blogspot.com/ {This is me}

Holiday Workshop with Rose

Hello my happy crafters,
Yesterday my sister and I attended a Holiday workshop over at Rose's place.  We had so much fun creating these beautiful and cute Christmas cards with a box and check out the super cute decorated bag. Cute right?   Well, I hope these cards give you all some ideas to get started on your Christmas cards or projects. Hey you guys, I'm really SUPER excited that my sister is also getting into card making because I will now have a partner in crime LOL!!! I would  love it if you all can head over to her blog and become a follower to keep her motivated!!! Click here on ThreeButterflyKisses to head over to her blog.  Thank you! Thank you! my dear blogger friends:)  Don't forget to check out Rose's blog too she has some amazing projects and not to mention she's a Stampin Up Demonstrator and can get you your goodies ordered!!!!  Have a fantastic Monday my friends:)

We made 4 Christmas cards, a box and a goodie bag!!

 Please check Rose's blog for any credit that is 

owed on any of the projects I've pictured.

Thank you for stopping by and leaving your 

much appreciated comments:)

Hugs,

Norma

Don't forget about the Snowy Winter Blog Hop this coming Saturday. We have a lot of talented ladies participating & goodies to give away!!!!

On Your Special Day!!!!

Hello,
I hope you are all enjoying your long weekend!!!! Today I'm going to a Holiday Stampin Up workshop over at Rose's house which is literally blocks away from my house.  It will be so much fun I will share later today or during the week what I made.  Let me tell you all a little about this card.  I experimented for the first time with the Walnut Inks.  I'm also learning to use the distress inks by Tim Holtz.  So here it goes.  I used the Scalloped card again because I love it so much.  I will be entering this card into the following challenges.
1.Sweet Stampin Challenge - Bows and Buttons
2.A Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge - anything goes
3.Paper Cutz Challenge#69 - anything goes
4.Meljensdesigns - Bows and Buttons

Scalloped base card from Wild Card Cartridge 

Circle cut from Mini Monograms

{sorry don't know the size for the card my son through 

away the post it with info}

Circle was stamped with Tim Holtz stamp{Lost and Found}

Used Vintage Photo and Frayed Burlap Distress inks by Tim Holtz

Ribbon from Craft Spot and button from SU

Flower die from Papertrey Ink

I sprayed the card stock flower with the Walnut ink 

{Terra Cotta color}I then scrounged the flowers and opened 

them up and put a Vintage Stampin Up Brad in the middle 

to hold it together

On You Special Day from My Pink Stamper{Family and Friends}

Tag was cut and rounded with the corner tool

Copic Markers used to color the image

Digi Image from Tickled Pink Stamps

Fiskars border punch on the side of the image

Thank you for Stopping by and 

leaving a sweet comment:)

Hugs,

Norma

Blog Hop December 4th

Hello my happy friends,
I hope you all had a fantastic and delicious Thanksgiving.  Just a reminder that next Saturday Dec 4th, is the Snowy Winter Blog Hop!!!!!


I'm so excited to be doing a Blog Hop with Dorcas at 4 Crafty Angels.  I was so honored when she asked ME to join her on the Snowy Winter Blog hop that she is hosting.  Can you all believe that she was one of my first followers and she continues to stop by ALL the time and leave her much appreciated and sweet comments.  She has been such an inspiration since the beginning of my blog world started back in July.  I'm so excited and can't wait to share what I have been working on to share with you all!!!!  I'm listing all the wonderful and talented ladies that are participating on the hop.  Please visit their blogs to check out their creations.  Thank you and I hope to see you all hopping on the Snowy Winter Hop!!!

We have a lot of goodies to give away 

and some Awesome Sponsors!!!!!!

Dorcas with http://4craftyangels.blogspot.com/

Georgina with http://carsonscricutcreations.blogspot.com/

Ive with http://allaboutmeandmyscrapbook.blogspot.com/

Momo with http://madebymomo.blogspot.com/

Courtney with http://courtscrafts.blogspot.com/

Ivette with http://tinklovescupid.blogspot.com/

Jennifer with http://www.purplescrapbooker.com/

Molly with http://armywifelearnsthecricut.blogspot.com/

Norma with http://pinkblingcrafter.blogspot.com/

Celeste with http://ccscards.blogspot.com/

Blanca with http://sweetscrappingwithhoneyb.blogspot.com/

Cheryl with http://cardsbycg.blogspot.com/

Cristi with http://scrappin5littlecupcakes.blogspot.com/

Carri with http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/

Trisha with http://techniquesbytrish.blogspot.com/


Thank you for stopping by and 
I will see you all on December 4th's 
Snowy Winter Hop!!!!!!!!

Stylish Blog Award!!!

Hello everyone ,

OMG you all I received a 3 Stylish Blog Awards from 3 talented ladies Tammy, Monica and Robyn.  I appreciate that Monica, Robyn and Tammy thought about me and liked what they saw on my blog.  Please visit Tammy, Robyn and Monica's blog and give them some love and follow their stylish blogs!!! Thank you so much for this wonderful award ladies.

To accept this award, I must do the following:

1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded me this award
2. Share 8 things about yourself
3. Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards

8 more thing about me how fun LOL!!
1. I love the Twilight Movies and LOVE the books
2. I'm left hand and right handed
3. I love chocolate YUMMY!!
4. I love to watch Martha Stewart shows
5.I wear Glasses when I don't wear contacts 
6. I don't like to drive at night
7. I love perfume
8. I love sports
I'm passing this award to these stylish blogs:

Simplecreationspapercrafts/Angela
Pinkldycrafter/Kristin
Oneagleswings/Tabitha
2bis2do
Created2bunique/Haidee
Threebutterflykisses/Olga
Purplescrapbooker
Scrappyhappiness/Drew
Ladies and gentlemen don't forget to visit them to check out their beautiful creations!!!!

Thank you for visiting and leaving 

such lovely comments:)

Hugs,

Norma

Punch Potpourri Scalloped card

Hello my friends,
You know how I told you all that I had a lot of birthdays in November and December well, here is another birthday card!!! I promise I will get some Christmas cards in this week.

I'm a little burnt out of making birthday cards but I'm excited since today I made a round scalloped card which I love.  This card is for my mother-in-law.  I used the lavender paper again on this card because it's one of her FAVORITE colors.  The card turned out OK, I wasn't very pleased with it, and OMG did I ever have a hard time with that BOW!! I may just make her another one I don't know.  

Alright enough complaining, so here it is.  Enjoy and have a great day!!!

Embossed the yellow circle with D'Vine Swirl

Heart and Bird stamp is from Stampin Up{Punch Potpourri}

Pearls from Martha Stewart

White gel pen for stitching

Base is cut at 5-1/2" X 5-1/2" with the Gypsy card stock from {SU}

Lavender paper is from Making Memories which I got @

Tuesday Mornings for $1.99 for a pack & cut @4-3/4"

Yellow circle is cut at 4-1/4" 

Prima Flower I sponged with Lavender Lace craft ink

Ribbon from Michael's

Happy Birthday stamp from My 

Pink Stamper{Family and Friends}

The heart was inked with Lavender lace craft and 

embossed with the MS emboss powder

Scalloped base was cut from Wild Card

The circles were cut from Mini Monograms

Thank you for visiting and taking 

the time to comment:)

I love to read all your comments.

Hugs,

Norma

Birthday Card

2nd Post for today please scroll down
Hello Everyone and Happy Monday,
I made this card for my nieces birthday this past Saturday.  I LOVE this stamp she is sooo CUTE.  I wish I would of had the Raspberry Fizz Copic Marker to color the hat to have it match the base but, oh well:(  She is still adorable with her red hat right?  Enjoy and have a great day!!!
Hugs,
Norma

Base is 4-1/4" X 5-1/2"{PTI Raspberry Fizz}

sorry I can'r remember the measurement for the other layers

MadeLynn Stamp is from The Greeting Farm

Copic Markers

Ribbon

Used the Happy Birthday cuttlebug folder for the purple layer

Thank you for stopping by and leaving 

your sweet comments:)

Hugs,

Norma

Winner of the Christmas Cards Cartridge!!!!!

Hello my happy crafters,
I hope you all had a fantastic and crafty weekend!!! I was pretty busy with birthday parties to attend but had a blast!!!! The winner was drawn by random.org.  I'm so nervous for all of you!!   Thank you so much for constantly stopping by and commenting.  Your comments really motivate me to get better and be more creative.  I wish I could give all of you something.  I had a lot of fun doing this giveaway so stay tune for more giveaways my friends.


 OK now for the WINNER....................... #42 Monica Flores:
said...Ok my friend you are on my sidebar!
http:simplycricutting.blogspot.com
Thank you Thank YOU!!!



Congratulations to the winner.  Monica,
can you please send me your address so I can send it to you right away.  Thanks have fun with it. Sorry my friends I had a hard time posting the random. org box.  Any advise for my next giveaway as to how to do it.  Any suggestions are greatly appreciated!!


Thank you,
Norma

OMG I got 3 Blog Award!!!!

Hello everyone and happy Sunday,
OMG you all I received 3 Stylish Blog Awards from 3 talented ladies Audrey, Madison and Jen .  I'm so honored and excited that these wonderful talented ladies thought about me and liked what they saw on my blog.  Please visit Audrey, Madison and Jen's blog and give them some love!!! Thank you so much for these wonderful awards ladies. I am very humbled:)

To accept this award, I must do the following:
1. Thank and link back to the person who awarded me this award
2. Share 8 things about yourself
3. Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that you have recently discovered
4. Contact those bloggers and tell them about their awards

8 things about me:
1. I always have to be on time.  I don't like to be late.
2. I have to have everything nice and clean and neat.
3. I like instant gratification
4. I'm the family planner for parties or holidays.
5. I'm a night owl.  I can stay up till 2-3am and still function the next day with 4-5hrs of sleep.
6. Honesty and loyalty is very important to me!!
7.It's rare when I'm grumpy. Laughing is important to me:)
8. I have too many shoes.  I mean to many LOL!!!
I'm passing this award to:
These are the new stylish blog I have found lately:
Bloomin Mom 329/ Kelly
Keekerz Crafts/Courtney
Amomi Cricut
Monica-FC
Texmorg/Linda
Simply Cricutting/Monica
Sweet Delights Paper-n-more/Rosy
Love4stamps/Raven
Ladies and gentlemen don't forget to visit them to check out their beautiful creations!!!!


Thank you for visiting and leaving 
such lovely comments:)
Hugs,
Norma

OMG look what I won!!!!

Hello everyone,
I hope everyone is enjoying their weekend.  I was pretty much gone all day yesterday at birthday parties.  We got home at about 11:30pm and I check my mail and OMG!!! I was so EXCITED!!! that I had received what I won from EAD Designs.  I just had to share my excitement with you all!!!  

These are theTRIA Markers that I won!!! they are used to color these stickers that EAD Design also sent me.  I can't wait to share a project using these markers and stickers.You all have to visit their blog to check out the video on these awesome markers click here .

Thank you for stopping by and leaving 

your sweet comments:)

Hugs,

Norma

Sorry You're Feeling Under The Weather!!!!!

Happy Friday my dear friends!!!!!
This weekend I will be at a couple of Birthday parties one for my niece and the other for my brother-in- law but after all the fun,  I will be hopping at the Blog hops happening this weekend!!!  Today I have a get well kind of card which I made for the Card Patterns Sketch# 90.  I love using the Stampin Up butterfly stamp and punching it out I think this way saves time rather then using the scissors.   Enjoy and have a fun weekend!!!
Hugs,
Norma

Base is a pre-made from Joann's 6-1/4" X 4-1/2"

Pattern paper is Making Memories & measures 6" X 4-1/4"

lavender corners at top are from scraps

Butterfly is from Stampin Up{Punch Potpourri}

I Stamped butterfly with Elegant Eggplant, 

So Saffron & Pumpkin Pie inks

I used the Butterfly punch from Stampin Up 

Ribbon 5/8" from Michael's

Spellbinders {Labels Six}

Sentiment from Scrappy Mom's{Sweet Somethings}

Rhinestones I colored with Sharpies

Tiny pearls from Michael's I think

Thank you for stopping by 

and leaving sweet comment:)

Have a Great weekend!!

Hugs,

Norma

Thank you Card!!!

Happy Thursday!!!
Today I have a very simple simple card!!! I just received the Year of Flowers Marigold stamps from Papertrey Inc. and I thought I would try them out.  I added some rhinestones to the center of the stamped flowers for an added touch.  I also colored the rhinestone in the center of the button with a sharpie marker and it matched the corner Hawaiian Shores card stock pretty cool Huh?.  I saw it on someone's blog but, I couldn't find who it was so here is a shout out to YOU!!!  I'm also entering this card into Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge   and Throwback Thursday Challenge and the challenge is to make a card without the Cricut and the word Thank You. have a great day everyone and enjoy!!!!
Hugs,
Norma

5-1/2" X 4-1/4" Raspberry Fizz{PTI}

Stamped the Marigolds Flower all over the base 

with Raspberry Fizz Hybrid Ink{PTI}

Added rhinestones Raspberry Fizz to center of flower {PTI}

Embossed the Hawaiian Shores corner card stock with D'vine Swirl

The rhinestone inside the button was colored with a sharpie

Thank you stamp is from Stampin Up{Many Thanks}

A more close up picture of the Marigolds stamped flower.

Thank you for stopping by and visiting.  

I love to read all your comments:)

Hugs,

Norma

First Easel Card YAY!!!!

Hello my happy crafters,
I decided to change it up a bit from my A2 size cards and try the easel card.  I got the inspiration from Erin click here to see the tutorial on how to make the easel card. So are you all excited that it's not a birthday card? LOL!!! It's a Thanksgiving card for some challenges that I will submit it to. Have a great day everyone and enjoy!!!
Hugs,
Norma 
Entering Challenges:
Paper Cutz:  For challenge # 67, make a card, LO or craft project for Thanksgiving, using buttons and bows, and any colors you'd like.

Frosted Designs: This week is a Word Challenge... and the words we are looking for are THANKS or THANKFUL!! You need to include one of these words or a form of it in your card, layout or project this week.

Scrapbookaholic:  it's for the Gaby Abby Challenges with SEI

FALL/HARVEST theme
Made by Momo: Challenge is to make a project with a turkey.

4-1/4" X 8-1/2" score the base at 4-1/4" and 6-3/8

click here to watch the tutorial

top pattern layer measures 4"X 4" paper from {DCWV}

bottom pattern layer measures 4" X 2"

top brick color layer measures 3-7/8" X 2-7/8" & I used a border punch 

from Stampin up that I won from Visit Rose for SU orders

Thankful stamp from {K.I.}

Create a Critter cartridge and used my Gypsy to cut 

image at 3.55" also on pg. 70

Peachy Keen Stamps{PK-754 Critter Faces set }

Used Tim Holtz Distress Ink{Walnut Stain} for the edges

embossed the feathers with the Fiskars plate{Braids}

Brown twine from Papertrey Ink

Used a button from a collection my mom gave me

Used 3D dimensionals on the back of the feathers and on the 

back of the whole turkey for double dimension hard to see on the photo.

Thank you all for stopping by 

and commenting:)

Hugs,

Norma

Born to Ride!!!!

Hello everyone,
I have so many birthdays from November to March!! Can you believe it:) so I apologize for all the birthday cards lately but I will try to squeeze in others. The image I used is from Karen's Doodles  and I love it because it's super COOL!!!!! I made this birthday card for my brother-in- law for this coming weekend.  I used Copic Markers with some new paper from Gina K. Designs which is the Pure Luxury card stock.  It's fabulous it works much better with the Copic Markers than the others I've used.  I will also enter this card into the Mojo Monday 165.  Have a great day and don't forget to enter my giveaway!!
Hugs,
Norma

Base is 5-1/2" X 4-1/4"{PTI card stock}

Pattern paper is from Papperazzi which measures 5-1/4" X 4"

Kraft base measures 4-1/2" X3-1/2"

Blue layer measures 4-1/2" X 2"

Brown Twine and Button from {Papertrey Ink}

Used a Fiskars punch for the kraft border{sorry can't remember the name} 

Happy Birthday stamp from Gina K. Designs 

{Tickle Your Funny Bone set}

Image from Karen's Doodles

Black circle punch 3-1/4"

 Gina K. Designs circle card stock is a 2-3/4" 

Copic Markers to color image

3D dimensionals and ATG gun

Thank your for visiting and 

taking the time to comment:)

I love to read them all:)

Hugs,

Norma