Link Up Love Party with K Andrew & Link up with MIMM

Are you looking for a way to gain inspiration???  Are you looking for a way to make new friends???  Are you looking for a way to show off your FABULOUS WORK???  Well, one great way to do all of those things is to join in on the Link Up the Love Party with Kristal and all of her wonderful DT and followers. Not only are her posts wonderful, her Design Team members are spot on with responding to all your projects so quickly.  It's truly a great pick me up!!!!  Plus, all of her followers are some of the most amazing, compassionate, lovely people I have met in my short 6 months of blogging.  It is a great way to gain followers, too.  And who doesn't love to gain followers???  LOL   :O)

Posted at Getting Cricky with K Andrew....

Link Up Love Party: How it Works

*Link Up Party runs from Tuesday 6/21 to Tuesday 6/28. Winners announced 6/29
*Grab Kristal's blinkie and post on your blog's sidebar
*Be a follower of Getting Cricky with K Andrew blog
*Create a new blog post that is titled Link Up Love Party with K Andrew. In your post, you must mention that the link up love party is a way to get to know each other and find new blog inspiration, mention my blog, with a link back to my blog .
*Post your favorite project that you've done in your blog post WITH ONE thing you are grateful for!
*Copy and paste the link up code into your blog post so the Inlinkz will show up on your blog
*Spread the word so everyone can join in!
*You must visit, follow, and comment on the 5 people before you AND the 5 people after you in the Inlinkz. It would be fantastic if you would visit as many as you can--maybe everyone? If you are one of the first 5 then you will need to blog the ones before you and a few more after--as long as it's a minimum of 10 near you in the link up tool/gadget)
If you do not do the above your link will be deleted, because it's just not fair to those who work so hard linking up and showing love to the ones on the list. I have two moderators who will be checking this out to keep it awesome and fun!

Link Up Party: Giveaway! A FULL year subscription to the best scrappy magazine out there: Creating Keepsakes for TWO lucky followers who Link up and play correctly. Winner will be announced June 29'th so make sure you come back to see if you won!!!! Remember, if you dont' claim your prize within ONE week, it goes back in to the pot!


For my project, I decided to work on a 4th of July layout to have ready for pictures of the kids playing with their sparklers.  One thing I am truly grateful for is that God has blessed me with a wonderful family.  My soon to be hubby and my children mean the world to me.  There are days that I probably would just stay in bed and sulk if I didn't have them rooting me on!!!  They are my rocks and I am always watching them in amazement.  I am thankful for my extended family, too.  I am also thankful for all of the wonderful blends I have found during my short stint as a blogger.  Now, appropriately, as the Fourth of July etches its way towards us, I am quite grateful for my freedom and in the same respect grateful for the Men and Woman who brave the frontlines, behind the scenes, here and abroad, to fight for yours and my freedom!!!

Other Link Ups:



Challenges entered:
Creative Craft Challenge: Make your Own Backing papers (entry #2)
Bearly Mine Challenge #13 - Summer is Here (entry #2)
Cricut Cardz Challenge #80: American Flag
Whimsical Wednesdays #12 - Patriotic
The Paper Variety: It's Summer!!!
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges: #56 - Red White & Blue

I used a paper from the DCWV pack as the background, but put a piece of card stock (white, with cut out stars, then inked with blue) on top to give it an overlay look.  I always think of summer when I think of the 4th of July.  Picnics, trips to the beach, fireworks near the lakefront, and lots of American Flags hanging from porch bannisters.  I always enjoy making patriotic themed projects, which you see often in my finished creations.

God Bless the USA!


Now that you have made it through my long winded speech, *HERE* for the Getting Cricky Link Up and
*HERE* for You Had Me at Craft MIMM Week 5