Ice Cream, Ice Cream We All Scream For Ice Cream, Challenge and Blog Hop!

Hey there everyone and what a Beautiful Monday Mourning it is, Hot but Beautiful. I love to get up early and go out and water my plants, feed the dogs and watch my Hummingbirds and then it just gets to unbearably hot and I'm done for the day being outside! LOL

Well you all know Mondays bring new challenges over at BBTB2 and this is the last weekend of the month and that means BLOG HOP also! Well my fellow Amazing Design Team Sister Krista picked this weeks challenge and it is to use the Ice Cream Cone from the Stretch Your Imagination Cartridge. Let me tell you a bit about my layout and card then we'll get to the Blog Hop. So here goes:

First of all, like I said earlier, we were to use the Ice Cream Cone from Stretch Your Imagination Cartridge (now remember if you don't have SYI use ANY Ice Cream Cone from the numerous carts out there) Well I got two done because I wanted to do a triple decker Ice Cream cone card and it just wouldn't work the way I wanted so I decided to make another layout (you can never have enough layouts, LOL) Now if you notice the top scoop is where you will add your journaling (it lift's up for your thoughts) The scoops are embossed and stickled to give it some sprinkly sparkles and also there is a bit of bling too (you know I Love the bling and sparkle!) The center brad is also glittered to attach the flower for a bit more dimension (it was kinda bare and I can't stand bare, LOL) Paper is Martha Stewart and DCWV (older stuff) Corners are my favorite Sizzix corner punches, and also added a "paper ruffle" to the layered Martha Stewart punch border.

Now the card is just an extra and done basically the same as the layout cone and you can also lift up and write your message on the inside. Now on to the BLOG HOP :

Now if you got here from the amazing Penny's Blog your on the right track. The beginning starts here so make sure you didn't miss anyone. And we have a treat for you this hop, Regina will be joining us and she is your next stop on the Hop. Regina is the founder of the original BBTB and it is a treat to have her join us this week! Hope your having fun and all you need to do to win my bit of blog candy is to make sure you are a follower (I will check, Hee Hee) leave a comment with a way to contact you (only one will do, but a must have, LOL) and I'm sorry but only US residents (shipping issues). There is also a challenge over at Frosted Design which is a "Song Lyric Challenge" and having a young child (McCade) and Granddaughter's (Molly and Maddie) I watch my share of Kid TV! Well Hannah Montana has a song called "Ice Cream Freeze" and you can watch the YouTube video here. (And yes it is a kid's song but anyone of you that have kids watch your fair share of Kids TV! LOL) Now for the women out there that LOVE Keith Urban (Yes I LOVE Country music, always have!) here is a video form Keith called "Sweet Thing", Love it, what a "Sweet" song, LOL! Two totally differant genre's of music, LOL! So as I was doing this layout I thought of both of the songs soooo.... (I know kinda corney, but what can I say, it goes with the songs, and like I've said lots of times, I'm kinda corney! LOL) Hope you had fun and Thanks for visiting and as always Love the comments and I will close this all on Aug. 1st and let you know who has won. Have a Great week!

Froggie ((Hugs)) Theresa

Sorry for the delay, here's my candy (and I may throw in a few more goodies if by any chance I hit 200 followers this week! LOL) Thanks for your understanding!

Bless This Nest at BBTB2!

Hi Everyone and hope your having a Great Memorial Day! McCade went to sing today at the Elk Spring Cemetery for Memorial Day to Honor our fallen Soldiers and it is always such a surreal feeling that I get when he does these things because it really puts life into perspective as to what our "Freedom" really means and at what cost to some of these amazing soldiers that gave their lives for our Freedom. And having had a

Father who was in the Navy and a Husband that was in the Marines, I feel very blessed that I had the opportunity to spend the mourning honoring them.

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Now on to a lighter note.............................Let's go To The HOP, Oh Baby! Let's go To The HOP!

Well if you've arrived here from the BBTB2 blog hop, Welcome! This weeks challenge was to use the Sweethearts Cartridge and use the "Bless this Nest" phrase and I decided to do another Layout. I had so much fun last week with the layout that I wanted to do another and I wanted to use the darling little birdies.  This is what I came up with. (Minus the pics.) We built our own little house, with the knowledge and help from my Brother and our Dear Nieghbors (and it's still a work in process LOL) Pictures will grace these pages as soon as I find them LOL! Most all the cuts were from the Sweethearts cart and also used Straight from the Nest for the clothes line, birds nest, grass and flowers. Now.....................   

You might have came here from my amazing DT sister Jeannie's blog, her cards are so beautiful and the insides are just as beautiful as the outside! (Don't you just LOVE her amazing creations) And such a Sweetheart!

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  Now if you are interested in some blog candy from me then all you need to do is be a follower and "Show The Love" and leave a comment below. If I've inspired you I would Love to have you as a follower. Only  one entry will be entered, (you are welcome to leave more love if you like but you'll only get one chance, Hee Hee) I will do a drawing in 1 week (June 7th) and you need to contact me within a week or I will do another drawing.

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Next stop on the blog hop is Donna's blog. Boy you are in for a treat! You'll love my wonderful DT sister's beautiful blog, she does amazing things with paper and whatever else she can get her hands on LOL! Hope you enjoyed your visit, I sure had a blast with you all for my first blog hop and look forward to getting to know you all. Don't forget to enter the challenge over at the BBTB2 blog and also the beginning of the blog hop. Thanks for stopping by and have fun hopping!

Woo Hoo Blog Candy!!!!!! Good Luck Everyone!

Well Here it is! My 1st BBTB2 post Woo Hoo!!!

Well everyone the day I've dreamed about is finally here..............LOL

My 1st post for the BBTB2 challenge as their Guest Designer Woo Hoo!!!!!! I was so nervous and yet so excited to do this. I kept changing things over and over because I kept thinking how can I compare with all of these amazing Designer's and even had it done early because I was afraid that I would have problems with sending the pics over so I sent them Sat (and yes I did have problems, LOL). The challenge was to use the leaf1 from Life's A Beach and here is my rendition of it! Everything is from the Life's a Beach cartridge and loved the little gecko (they didn't have a little froggie Hee Hee) and yea I know I could have used another cart but I had to get out of my comfort zone and do something different! And this is different for me! I'm not a tropical kind of gal and the colors are not normal for me but I have to tell you I'm lovin the colors! And had to add a little friend to go with the big daddy and made a little bookmark. I am so addicted to making these and have to do one for every card I make lately! LOL Also had to add a bit of bling and stickles to give it a little sparkle. Now you all have to go and check out all the other amazing gals over at BBTB2 and see all the amazing creations that they all did. It is so amazing to see all the different ideas that everyone comes up with on the use of a little ole leaf, LOL! All I can say is AMAZING!

Well make sure you take a peek at BBTB2 and please leave those much appreciated comments and if your new to my site please I hope you like it and would consider becoming a follower, I would love it!

So have an amazing day and take care, Theresa!

Oh Boy! Who wouldn't love to win an EXPRESSION!

I found this challenge on the Cuttlebug blog from another blog by accident, I hit a link on a blog I was looking at (I'm so sorry I can't remember who) but this popped up! I would so Love to win this Expression. I am linking this with my BBTB2 post for my Tropical Gecko card! All Cricut and Cuttlebug and a touch of bling, what's not to LOVE! There is some fierce competition tho so I'm going to be keeping my fingers and little tooties crossed! (Even tho I'll be walking funny for the next couple of days!) LOL Good Luck to all and Thanks for the chance!