A BLOG HOP, A card, & An award

I have gots alot to tell ya'll about today so listen up and listen up good!!!

Firstly:

Prairie Fairy is having a BLOG HOP!

When you ask?

The fun starts this Friday, August 27th at 10:00 am

You don't want to miss this event. The Fairy has been a little quiet for a while but is back & breaking loose with some MAJOR NEWS, MAJOR blog candy, prizes, & a new MAJOR digital release that will blow you away!

The DT have also been busily creating some extra special projects for your viewing pleasures.

The fun doesn't end there because all the DT members are having their own candy giveaways at their blogs too- My candy will be the one at the beginning of my blog here (with extras to be added if I get over 200 followers)!

You heard right! There is just too much candy to miss here!

The fun all starts at the Prairie Fairy Blog on Friday Aug. 27th at 10:00am when the FFF challenge goes live ... soooooo,

COME JOIN THE FUN!

Secondly:

I have a card to share.

Yup, a Christmas one! Deck the halls, eh?!!? (yup, I'm Canadian)

First pic is of one of my newest aquisitions..........Christmas flower soft complete with stems & a bouquet!

I added some Christmassy feel ribbon to spice things up a notch.

This was my first time using this stuff & definitely WILL NOT be my last. I love it so much!

Oh & yup there's Tilda........IN RED!

I used another one of my new stash......COPICS....to color her face. The rest of her is colored with watercolor pencils, blending stumps and baby oil.

I added liquid applique to her hat & dried it with a heat gun to give it the puffy feel.

This is the underside of my card. Matched the paper on the upper side (see last pic).

I added a sticker snowman to give it the winter wonderlandy (is that even a word) feel!! lol

Here 's she is.

Yup, an easle.

It's been a while since I made one, so thought it was about time!

Challenges for my card :

Friday's Sketchers- sketch

DCD Christmas Club Challenge-Tida in Red

OSSAT- say it with shapes

The Stamp Man- Easle card

The Crazy Challenge- Merry Christmas

Sew Many Challenges- Christmas in August

Creative Cottage- Christmas

Charisma Cardz Challenge- die cuts

Bah-Humbug- winter wonderland

Winter Wonderland- walkin' in a winter wonderland

CSAYL- 2 or more ribbons (lace count?)

Just Magnolia- Let's get sentimental

Donna's Den of Crafts- lots of layers (on sentiment, behind Tilda)

Stamp with Fun-card for a girl

Daring Cardmakers- material girl (inspired by Santas outfit)

Stampin for the weekend- anything goes

Stampavie & more- Christmas in summer

Fab'n'Funky- flower power

Papertake Weekly- 3 (snowflakes), 2 (pointsettas), 1(image)

Lastly:

An award from a fellow Totally Tilda Chick:

Now I must do the following:

1. Thank the person who gave it to me: Thanks Christine @ Nanaseaside's Crafting Creations Mwah!

2. put award on your blog (done)

3.list 3 things about yourself (here goes)

1. I am a nail biter, although I have nails for the first time in my life as I type this.....no skin though! lol

2. I believe in the saying "everything happens for a reason"----cus it just does.

3. I don't give my hubby nearly enuf credit- LOVE YOU hon!

4.post a pic you love (see below)

5. Pass on to 5 people (hmmm)

Debs R

Lori A

Suzi

Mandy

Mindy

See you on Friday!!!!! FOR THE HOP OF A LIFETIME!!