WOW! It is so hard to believe I have been blogging a year! TIME FLEW BY!
I never thought “I” would have a blog, let alone one people would actually VISIT!!!
I have come to get to know SO MANY of you, and you have read my babble on who knows what, for however long. You share with me and make me laugh and sometimes cry. Its just an amazing craft to be a part of, and stamper’s are the most amazing and giving/friendly people. You are all also so very supportive-so I thank you!
I want to celebrate my time here with you by giving back. Why? Because of of you totally make my day by checking in and even sometimes commenting, and sharing ๐
That means MYTIME MAIL!!!!!
In this package the Random.org winner will be drawn on Monday. Its a value ofย over $50!
This will make Monday a happy day for someone ( I hate Monday’s). I put together a package of some of my favorite things.
The winner will receive the following-
My Papertrey Party Pocket setย filled with 6 different Studio G stamp sets.
Current issue of Paper Crafts April/May 08. I have a project using Beautiful Blooms on page 68!!!
A acrylic set by Inkadinkadoo-has sentiments, flourishes and butterflies!!! SO ME!!!
A Stampin’Up! Accent’s and Elements kit
AND an SEI complete card kit! (I love SEI!!!)
All you have to do is leave me a comment. Tell me why you visit ME here. What you like or take away, if anything. OR what you want me to do in the future! Make it a better place to come to visit.
If you do the sketch that lets you enter AGAIN!!!!!
Remember you have till Monday!
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Now it’s Saturday Sketch time-and a tutorial! WOW! A lot in ONE day huh?
What did you think of the PTI release? WOW! Huh?
Did you check out all the gallery ofย amazing ideas put together by the Design Team? Check in the March 08 Release!
In case you missed this one:
Here is the Sketch-Since Im doing a tutorial on the umbrella-it would be really cool if you could try it. If not just use the sketch. It still qualifies for ANOTHER entry, if done by Monday morning
If you try it please leave another link in the comments section.
I wanted to share with you how I made this card, for the Papertrey Ink release today!
NOTE:ย I will share a different project each day till they are done, along with whatever else I have to share.
I was inspired to create this by the sentiment, and the top decoration of the label! Plus I LOVED that patterned paper, and needed to showcase how nice it is!
SUPPLIES:
This is a cute shower card or invitation for baby or bride, using our pretty patterned paper as your umbrella!Stamps- Boxes, Bags & Tags, Favor It Weddingscardstock- PTI select white, Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush
Patterned Paper-Pink Pattern Collection
Ink-PTI Palette in Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush
Ribbon-PTI blush twill
other- wire, oval coluzzel, sm. oval punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, scallop punch, swiss dots embossing folder by provocraft
DIRECTIONS! Click to enlarge photos
You want to choose your paper first. Then decide if you want to use a round cutting template, or an oval. Either will work. The sample card at the top uses the circle, the sample card at the bottom uses the oval. I used a Coluzzel cutting template for these.
Follow same directions for either shape.
1) Cut three 1/2 circles or ovals
2) Take the 2 paper’s which will be your sides, and place them patterns facing together. You have to trim them together so the side panels of the umbrella will be EVEN!
Trim into a crescent shape, leaving points in the middle
3) Adhere the panels to the main umbrella base. Now use your SMALL oval punch, and slide bottom middle into punch.
You will hardly see the end corner’s of the side pieces. PUNCH.
4) Now the edge pieces. Put your side in. You will put the piece in until you see the corner of the center piece. PUNCH.
Do this for both sides
This is what it will look like-after punching
Now here is the finished card!
I used the new Simple Alphabet to create my sentiment.
This used Papertrey Ink Green Thumb, Simple alphabet, Everyday Blessings Patterned paper, Polka Dot ribbon in Spring Moss, PTI Select white, Spring Moss & Aquamist ink/cardstock, Polka Dot embossing folder, wire, coluzzel.
Well that is ALL!! I hope you enjoyed the tutorial and find time to give it a try.
I still have my guest designer stuff to show you-I SWEAR that will be tomorrow!!! I want to give it the proper attention!!!
It’s been a insane week here. I have so much still to do. I forgot this week is EASTER party stuff for the kids!! Now I gotta get cracking on some deadlines and get that stuff done too!
WHERE is March going? WOW! Time is whipping past me.
Once again, thank you so much for the support and checking in here.
Till tomorrow!
783 Responses for "Happy Blog-aversary to me! GIVEAWAY!Sketch, and a tutorial! WOW"
I visit your blog for inspiration, of course! I love PTI stamps and the new paper, and am always looking for new ways to use them, like the ideas you’ve been sharing.
I know that number 1 will never be picked but I don’t visit your blog for “stuff”. I visit because you update BEYOND regularly, your projects are amazing and I love your chattiness! I feel like I know you. I appreciate ALL that you’ve shared this last year and I love how generous you are with your templates and instructions on how to re-create all your wonderful projects. Congrats on the anniversary!
I love your umbrellas!! I visit because you are just full of awesome ideas!!!! And you just keep them coming!!! THANK YOU!!!!
wow! this is a fantastic giveaway! I visit because you have the most innovative ideas: this umbrella from the oval punch? Whoda thunk? The doggie fire hydrant? clever…the baby onesie? Out of this world. Bang up stamping, that’s what you do!
I visit because I love the abundance of your creativity, your excitement for your craft, and the love that comes through your ramblings about your family. I don’t comment much, but a year of blogging and a anniversary is a great time to say congrats, and thanks for inspiring me.
Why do I visit your blog? Because it is refreshingly FUN!!! I love to hear your stories….the mouse one cracked me up (although I know it made you stress out). I will have to email you my mouse stories…..then you can crack up at me!!!
Your projects are so FABULOUS!!! I am not saying this because I want to win your blog candy, but please know that for a ton of us stampers, you are OUR stamping muse. I look forward to each and every post because I know it will be something that will make my jaw drop.
I hope you have a great weekend!!! I’m off to shop for some well fitting jeans with my friend, my daughter and her daughter. I’ll see you in a month….LOL!!!
I am always touched at your positive outlook on everything.
Your limitless creativity is always an inspiration!
Congratulations on your anniversary!
Lauren I come to your blog for inspiration…I figure if you have 2 kids, 1 hubby, 1 dog and still make time to stamp SO CAN I. I also love the tutorials…I love how you explain everything step by step!!!
You are one of the first I read everyday..Feel like family. Love your puppy and her antics! She is adorable. You are sooo creative…and make your tutorials so clear..Keep those up please.
Jan W.
I visit because I am simply amazed by your talent and creativity! You are very inspiring, not only in the craft of stamping, but also in your thoughts about life in general. I love to hear about your family, and all of your little tips about life in general! You should be so proud of what you have accomplished, Lauren! I am glad that I stumbled upon your blog and how have you as a PSF! Best Wishes for many more years of blogging and whatever else comes your way!
How do I answer that. Let me see. You have the most creative ideas I’ve ever seen. They’re just pure genius…things I NEVER think of to do until I see your creations. I ALWAYS star your entries so I can go back again and again. Of course, your stories are always a blessing too…congrats…and please, please, please keep up the awesome work.
Hi Lauren,
I found your blog several months ago and (ok, I admit) I usually visit every or every other day. 1. I love the fact that you do update daily – its impressive because you are a busy mom, 2. You have a great style that I love, 3. Your willingness to share your great ideas with tutorials is awesome (that’s how I found your blog – was by browsing for tutorials) 4. and finally, I do enjoy reading about those personal tidbits here and there.
-Katie
Happy Blog-a-versary! Lauren, I visit your site for inspiration, the great tutorials and to improve my stamping by seeing what you do! Your positive attitude and super outlook on life always lifts me up! Thanks and congrats!!!
wow! That umbrella is awesome! What I love about your projects is that they are so unique. All I ever make are standard A2 cards. But you- a card shaped like a fire hydrant!!! How do you come up nwith this stuff?!!! You inspire me to try new things. And I love when you use you SU stamps ๐
I visit your blog because I love to see the wonderful and creative things you make and are so generous to “share” with us.
i visit your blog because of there is endless inspiration here!!! and your posts are real, they make me feels right at home ๐
Oh Lauren This candy is delightful!!! You’d think since I’m a SU Demo that I’d have one of those accent and elements kits, but I don’t!!! I LOVE visiting your blog! I think You are So incredibly talented and I love your tutorials too! I have linked to you so many times, its wonderful!!! Your style is fresh! I love all your little side stories too!
I visit your blog everyday because you have such lovely ideas and I love the way you write and describe them. Your stories are so uplifting and inspiring and I love that you update so often. You never seem to run out of ideas. TFS your work.
Hi: I visit your blog daily…(I actually have it set up on google reader), I enjoy reading your entries and your work inspires me…thanks for sharing!
Hi Lauren!
I visit ‘cuz you’re a constant source of inspiration – but thanx for the t’riffic blog opportunity as well! Time’ll tell whether I get to the challenge, but it’s a cutie!
later, alligator!
– SueB of sueblondin.blogspot.com
Holy moly girl! That is a LOT of stuff you are giving away! It will make some lucky person VERY happy! Really you don’t need to enter me in the draw….you have given me so much already! Besides I KNOW how much it costs to ship stuff out of the country….rofl!
Ok the sketch looks AWESOME and I REALLY want to try your umbrella card and you had me UNTIL I have to cut a cresent shape…girl I can’t do that…haha…OK I know what you are going to say….so I’ll TRY it!
These new products from PTI look fab! I wish I could order them ALL but shipping costs almost as much as the product….lol
Have a FAB day girl! Be back a little later with a sketch card ๐
What a wonderful giveaway! Congrats on your blog-aversary!! I love visiting your blog to hear about your kiddos and to see your beautiful creations.
Hi Lauren! I love visiting your blog to see your gorgeous creations! Thank you for sharing them with us! I also like that you share about your life so we can get to know you! I love your exhuberant personality, your openness and of course you’re amazing talent!
I visit your site because I know I can expect to see great things. You are so talented and inspirational. I also enjoy your stories. I don’t want to miss anything you create.
Congrats on one year! *ร* I visit your blog daily and am ALWAYS inspired by what you have posted. I absolutely love your style. I want to be just like you when I grow up! LOL! Thanks for sharing your goodies with us and most importantly thanks for sharing your amazing talent!
I just love coming to see your great creations and love seeing all the newest trends you use! Thanks for the fab site.
I read your blog for several reasons.
As a PSF, to keep up on Alexa.
Because I enjoy reading about Noah (congrats on a new room) and Amber; Daisy too.
For many creative ideas — to see how they are born.
For the beauty of the designs.
For enabling.
For hopes to receive some of your ENERGY by osmosis.
Thanks, Lauren, for who you are and your inspiration to us all.
I visit because you share so much of yourself and you are the perfect “cyber” friend! I love your ideas–you are so creative! I even stopped by Michaels and got some of those wedding flowers you told us about! They ARE great!! It’s a breath of fresh air coming here daily! Keep it up!!!
The blog candy looks so yummy! Congratulations! I’ve just recently discovered your blog but had to add it to my list of “must check”s because I love your style!
And thank you for the tutorial on how to make umbrellas!!! I’ve been wanting to make one and thinking it shouldn’t be too hard (since I do not have a stamp of one) but I just haven’t gotten around to working up a template or figuring out how I should do it. So thank you! Keep the great tutorials coming!!!
for inspiration, definitely why i visit…happy blogiversary
Great, great, great! Your blog is great…your My Time mail is great…your talent is great! Thanks for sharing with us!
I check your blog every day…well, because you are “stinkin” AWESOME! I love your creative ideas and case a lot of them! Also I love your updates on family and other randomness…you are so down to earth! LOVE YA!
This blog is my daily inspiration. I love your use of stamps…I love that it’s not just cards & I love that you share patterns..what more can I say, I look forward to your post every day in my mail!
You are the best at giving us very creative ideas with great detailed instructions. Thank you for that.
Happy Blogaversary to you!
Gaby
That umbrella is awesome, so very creative! TFS!!!
Lauren your blog is the first one I check each day, in fact, I have been back twice today to see what new and exciting and inspiring art you have to share…thanks so much and continued success in your artistic endeavours…Rebecca
i love how contemporary and fun your creations are!
just wish i had your budget!
Happy Blogaversary!
Oh wow! How cute! I love all the great tutorials that you do and all the great ideas you share! Keep it up! ๐ Thanks for the chance to win!
Happy Blogaversary, Lauren!!!!
I visit b/c your artwork is simply beautiful… not too elaborate and “out there” showing that a normal person (like ME) could do it. You are totally inspiring to me and I”m sure to many, many others as well. Thank you for that!!!!
~Lana B~
I stumbled across your blog one day and absolutely love it! I subscribed using Bloglines straight away so always know the minute you update. Love your work!
Hey Lauren,
I love your blog and have it listed in my Google Reader “favorites” file. I visit daily in hopes that just a little of your unique creativity will rub off on me. Your wonderful upbeat journaling and fabulous tutorials are inspiring beyond belief.
Big >HUGS
What a fun tutorial. I visit your site for how you get my creative juices flowing. This one is a pretty example. I’m seeing “A friend in all kind of weather” and so funny I was thinking about the Wellies before I even got to the last card.
I’m also inspired by your honesty in dealing with life and all the challenges it has brought you. Congratulations on this first of many years to come.
Now off to do the challenge.
Why do I visit your blog? I could list a million reasons, but I guess it’s just because your projects inspire me! I often completely CASE what you’ve made (sorry, it’s true!) because I *heart* your style. Even when I don’t, your projects and color combos are a springboard for me. You truly are an artist! Keep up the good work and thanks for sharing it with all of us!
I visit daily (have you on google reader) because your cards and gift items are just beautiful and so inspiring. I also love reading all the everyday family stuff you share. I’m amazed at how strong a person you must be with all the challenges you face with Alexa’s illness. Thanks for all you share.
Lauren, Happy Anniversary! I check your blog every day. I love your simple style. Your projects are always so fresh looking. In the future, I would really like it if you keep doing your tutorials and if you find great new products, share where they can be ordered or found. Thanks for the chance to win some yummy candy!
Your blog is the first one I check every morning. I always check a couple more times during the day because you are soooo very faithful in adding stuff daily & sometimes more than once a day! You inspire me daily! Your ideas are wonderful! When I look at the picture (before I read) I think “There’s no way I can do that.” But your instructions are sooo easy to follow! I also check in daily to check on Alexa. She is the reason, after all, that we even have the PSFs. She’s the reason we have all made such wonderful friendships here. Thank you for sharing your life with us!!
I visit your blog EVERY day! Sometimes I can’t wait for my email saying you’ve posted something new so I click on an old one in hopes that you’ve already updated your blog! ๐ Your ideas amaze me! Congrats on your one year of blogging! Thank you for sharing your amazing talents!
Lauren – you are so talented, I love visiting your blog for inspiration. Congrats on the 1 year blogaversary!!
Wow this is a great giveaway!! I visit your blog to see all the cool projects that you come up with. I love doing things other than cards and your ideas are just so great! Thanks for the chance to win!
Hi Lauren,
I visit to see your beautiful work. You have a broad range of “stamping style”, too!
ariana
Congrats on a wonderful year of blogging. You have certainly enriched my life. I enjoy reading your tutorials, altered projects, cards, and your life in general. I have even felt your pain!!! Continue doing what you are doing and may this next year be filled with many more great projects and a healthy family!
Cheryl Sims
OMGosh, those umbrella cards are so awesome! I love the texture and dimension, I just want to touch them! ๐
Why do I like your blog? Hmmmm, how many lines are we allowed in a comment?…
First, your creativity is awesome, your work is real eye candy and never fail to bring a smile (or a jaw drop also! ๐ ). It is a pleasure to just look at what you do!
Second, your personality is awesome too! You make my day so often. You’re funny, upbeat, driven, and spontaneous and genuine (2 big qualities in my book). And you have a big heart and are compassionate.
Seeing what you had to go through and the mindset you manage to keep is an inspiration! You make me believe that everything is possible if you believe in it and give it your best.
You know in this “stamping crowd” (the bloggers & the stamps makers) I’ve “met” (“virtually” I mean! ๐ ) different kind of people.
Some I like their work but not so much their personality (I find them pretentious), some I like their personality a lot but I’m not a big fan of their work (or we just have different styles), and some precious people just have it all, LOL ๐
Of course you got it, YOU have it all!!… ๐ You’re the perfect package. This sure makes for an enjoyable experience visiting your blog! ๐ This is one of my everyday staple! Don’t change a thing… or maybe hire a cleaning lady so you have more time for blogging… ๐
Love & Hugs!โฅ
I love your blog and your creations, it’s such an inspiration.
Thank you for all the creations ๐ and you sharing them ๐
Happy Blog-aversary! I love to visit your blog because you are connected with PaperTrey and all of the diesgners give such fabulous ideas! Keep them coming!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your blog. I always save yours till last to look because I know it will be amazing everyday, your creativity is inspiring. I also love the tutorials that help me as a visual learner try to create as you do. Also last but most definatly not least we both have a “special angel” child.
Happy Blog-aversary!!! I just love visiting your blog because you have such wonderful works of art that you share! I love to soak up all that and just be inspired by your creativity!!!
Lauren, I stop by because you brighten my day. You always have something positive to say, you obviously *love* paper crafting, and you make wonderful projects nonstop. Thanks – I’m so glad you blog!
Hi Lauren, I visit your blog because it’s one of the best online. Your ideas are wonderful and your talent shows in all you do. The umbrella card is awesome. Congratulations on your blog anniversary.
Happy Blog-aversary, Lauren! I visit your blog daily for the inspiration! You have so much creativity & great ideas. I’m amazed at some of the things you come up with & wish my brain worked that way! The onesie card is one of my favorites. Thanks so much for sharing all of your ideas with us.
I enjoy your blog because you’re so generous with your ideas and you are so creative. I always take away a new way of looking at something. You expand my thinking. Thanks for sharing your life and your talent.
I visit first because you are one of the hardest working ladies on the planet! You inspire me by your great attitude, no matter what happens to you! I think you are just super, and I LOVE LOVE LOVE your designs! You are SOOOO creative, and come up with the neatest stuff ever! And you share everything, you are so generous and giving….I LOVE Your blog, and wish I could meet you!
Great new projects today, by the way, just awesome!!!
I found your blog just a month or so ago through PTI. I subscribe to it now because I love the inspiration I find here.
Lauren,
I feel like I know you from sharing all the stories. You are an amazing person. Every day I learn something from you whether its stamping or just every day living. I look forward to reading your blog each day! Happy Anniversary!!
Bev
(Rette Mom)
I love checking your blog everyday to find more inspiration! Love it!!!
I love all your creative ideas. I check your blog everyday for inspirations and for ideas on supplies I might need!
YOU, me and my cup ‘o morning coffee have been a routine daily occurrence for a very, very long time now (even though YOU didn’t know it ร).
I can’t begin to tell you how much you inspire me to “push the envelope”, “think outside of the box”…..and having such an incredibly talented artist freely share her creations with everyone is truly a blessing I am ever so grateful for!
THANK YOU, Lauren! Thank you for your time, effort and sacrifice it must take to keep us all coming back day after day. Love the personal flare you add to your blog (cutie kid updates & adorable Daisy ร) along with the fantastic stamping/creating.
Don’t change a thing ร
HUGS,
Tracy *ร*
Happy “Blogaversary” Lauren! I love to visit your blog almost daily because, even though you are like a famous CELEBRITY to me, you are so genuine and truly friendly!!! I have emailed you a couple of times (about coffee stamps and our beloved Keurig brewer!) and you answered me even though it was unexpected!!! It is awesome seeing your name in magazines such as Cards and Papercrafts. It’s like recognizing the accomplishment of a true friend. OK, I’ll stop “gushing” now, and oh yeah, I HOPE I WIN!!!!!!!
i absolutely love your blog! you crack me up – i am a dental assistant and love reading about your dental horrors! your blog is such an inspiration to me as a stamper. your ideas are amazing
Hi and congrats on your Blog-aversary! I love coming to your site because I need color inspiration for my cards. I like what you come up with and it helps get me rolling when I’m making cards. I’d love to see more card designs for men. All in all you have an awesome site! Lyndsay
Hey Girl,
I come by every day because you’re my PSF and I gotta keep up with what’s going on in your life! Miss Alexa started this whole thing! ๐ The inspiration here is an added bonus!! These cards are adorable!
Congrats on your blogiversary!! Hope you have a great weekend!
Hi Lauren,
I just recently started getting your blog about a month ago and I love how many awesome ideas you share with us. Your creations are so inspiring. Congratulations on your anniversary!!!! I can’t wait to see what other wonderful ideas you come up with. Thank you so much!
CONGRATULATIONS, LAUREN!! What a generous birthday present…can’t wait for my PTI paper so I can use those yummy colors. Love the tutorial too. Both cards are simply adorable. Continued blessings to you!
I visit your blog when I feel my creativity has his a roadblock. You know how when you look at beautiful things it gets your creative juices flowing again. I’ll just scroll down through looking at everything and all of a sudden a brand new idea will pop into my head. Our styles are totally different, but your nack for mixing up the layouts of your cards is very inspiring to me. Also, I really enjoy reading about the things going on in your personal life with your kids etc. You really keep things real and personal. Anyway, congrats of reaching your first full year of blogging. Here’s to more good things to come!
Lauren, I’d just like to let you know just how much I love your blog. I find your style of cardmaking and papercrafting exactly what I love – it’s fresh, elegant and beautifully thought out. I almost feel as though I know you – hearing about your lovely family and the highs and lows of family life. Your attitude to life after all you have been through is so encouraging and inspirational to others like me. Thank you.
I visit you through Google reader. Your cards inspired me to start making some for other occasions than just Christmas. I really like when you also include the sketch of the card. It’s great for the inspiration without having a urge to scraplift your card in exact detail. Thanks!
I visit because I love your creative use of materials and enjoy learning about paper crafting! Thanks so much for sharing with all of us! Happy Blogiversary!!!
Too many things about your blog keep me coming back. Your incredibly versatile style, which I love and copy, (and credit!), but don’t always take the time to say THANK YOU for sharing, thank you for your inspiration!
Also amazed at how often you post. I know your hands are full, and fuller than most moms with a special needs child, and yet, you show up. Daily. You are something special!
I first saw your work on SCS…Amazing! I only recently started visiting blogs. I just bookmarked your site so I can regularly check out the projects and insight you share. Thank you for sharing your talent and your insight. Happy Blogaversary!
Hi Lauren,
Everyday I visit here and am amazed by your talent. I would love to crawl inside your brain one day and see how it works. You are sooo creative and the best time manager I ever “met”. How do you do that!?! Thanks for all you do to inspire us and for being a great mom. Happy Anniversary and many more years of sharing your life with us.
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wow love this card it’s so nice to get fresh ideas for my stale brain lol TFS.
Congrats on your one yr. Keep coming up with your ideas we just really appreciate it all.
Lynn
Congrats!!! I visit not only b/c you have amazing, inspiring ideas but also b/c you share “daily life” … Thanks!
How can I list just one thing that keeps me coming back to your blog! Let’s see, I *LOVE* your uniqueness – you see things in a way like no other crafter – I like your insight. Secondly – I *LOVE* it when you tell us about great deals – I like getting things at a discount or hear about how to use things in an inexpensive way. Lastly, I *LOVE* your stories! Seriously – I usually read your blog in the mornings before I start my day and they just make me laugh! That one story last year about how you clean your house right before Jason gets home so he doesn’t think all you’ve been doing is stamping all day was so priceless!!! Most blogs I totally skip their family stuff but I enjoy hearing about yours! Keep up the fabulous work – thanks for the chance to win the blog candy!
I love coming to your blog for all the inspiration you give me. I have learned to expand my stamping by making so many of the projects that you share with us here.
Thanks!
Hi Lauren,
What awesome blog candy! I stop by your site every day now that I have found it, I come to visit because this is where I find inspiration. I love your ideas, and your stories and I love your designs. Thank you for sharing your talent with me!
Hi Lauren –
Congrats on 1 year of blogging! I visit your site several times a week and really love your awesome designs and the chattiness of the blog. I enjoy hearing about your kids, dog, what provides inspiration to you in your creations. You have a true talent in coming with sweet card designs and they are all so fun and colorful. Thanks and keep up the good work!
Each time I come to your blog I am amazed at your ideas, always a delight! Thanks for sharing – you always make me smile and say, “Oh my gosh!”.
Ilove looking through your website. It is amasing the ideas you come up with . I love the little purse in the giveaway. Love seeing pictures of daisy, she is so cute . Dianne bell
Lauren….I visit your blog first of all to see all your amazing creations. You give me lots of inspiration and secondly I love all your “ramblings” They really make me smile and make me feel I already know you! Congrats and thanks so much for the chance!!!! {SMILES}
I visit your blog for several reasons – first and foremost because you seem like a very loving and caring person! I also think you are SO unbelievably talented and, to be honest, I have loved everything you’ve made! You give so much to the readers with your personal stories and your craft! Thank YOU!!
I check your blog EVERYDAY!! I love to see what new ideas you have. I love that you share and encourage us to try new things. You personally have improved my skills just by giving the details and little tricks you do. Not to mention, I now am the proud owner of the worlds largest tape gun that I now can not live without!
Thanks for all you do and the wonderful way in which you do it! You are appreciated and loved!!
Congrats on one year of blogging! I come to your blog for the amazing projects, great stories, and your fun energy. ๐ Can’t wait to keep visiting your blog in the year ahead!
I visit your blog daily to see your ideas but also for your stories! A few weeks after your mice story a squirrel got into our basement – I thought of you and how I would of much rather been having to catch mice! We did get a trap and caught it – It was just like a HUGE mouse!
I visit for lots of reasons. First the amazing projects you come up with, day in day out, including some really innovative stuff, it is all just beautiful. Second because you are so positive about life, you make me smile. And because as a regular visitor, and because you are so open, in a way I feel like you are part of my life – and a good part at that ๐
Hi Lauren…Congrats on your 1st year anniversary of your blog! Well, the reason that I keep coming back on a daily basis is that you are amazing and today’s umbrella cards and tutorial are a great example of that. I can’t seem to get enough of your inspiration. Thanks for everything that you share with us.
Hi Lauren,
I visit your blog because i love to see the items you make. they are very inspiring.
keep it coming!
Ang
Lauren – I think you have the most wonderful ideas and projects. Very inspiring.
Congrats on your anniversary and thank you for the opportunity to win.
I have just been introduced to your site and WOW it is truly a designer’s dream.
I love that your work is so “pleasing to the eye” Your colors and designs just work so well together. I am reading over your archives and am truly enjoying your site. I will be a daily viewer and am looking forward to creating your ideas for my own. Now, off to the challenge!
Hi Lauren,
Happy 1st blog Anniversary! I discovered your blog when you became one of the designers for Papertrey. I was so fascinated by your blog when I first looked at it (and I still am LOL)! I spent a good part of the afternoon looking at your cards and reading your journal entries. Your rockabella guitar card is fabulous! Your creativity inspires me and I love how much you share on your blog. You are such a giving person. I don’t personally know you, but the more I visit your blog, the more I enjoy reading your everyday journal entries about yourself and your family. I also enjoy your sketches. Thanks for making this a fun place to visit.
Hi Lauren and Happy Anniversary and well done on all your hits. I visit your blog regularly for several reasons….first and foremost has to be your work, it’s amazing and so inspiring and you take the time to give tutorials …..that’s so generous of you to share your creations! Secondly, I just love the way you are so down to earth and honest and I love hearing about what’s going on in your life and seeing photos (especially the one of your son standing in dog pooh!!!)
Love your dt projects for PTI! Beautiful work, as always!
What a generous gift. I find your blog to be inspiring and helpful. Being new to papercrafts and in total awe of what all of you talented people can produce from paper, ribbons, and ink, I absolutely love tutorials and yours are fabulous. It gives me a sense of “I can do that, too.” Your cards are beautiful, your stories are interesting, amusing, inspiring, and something I think we all look forward to.
Cindy R
Hi Lauren. Congratulations on your blog’s 1st anniversary! I only recently came across your blog from PTI. I check it out every day or two because you have the most amazing and creative ideas. I’m new to stamping and I get so many ideas and inspiration from you. Thank you for everything you do! Here’s to another 50 years!!!
The umbrella idea is wonderful. I love the “under the weather” card.
Beautiful stuff! congratulations on one year!
Hi! congratulation for your first year anniversary. I’m quite new at stamping world, so I’m surfing the net searching for tips and inspiration,and you blog is full of them ๐
hugs
chiara
Happy Blog-aversary Lauren!!! I love your blog because you are a talented woman and your blog full ideas. Thank you for the chance ๐
Love the card – your tutorials are SO helpful!
love the card! I always come here and feel so inspired, you’re so talented! oooh and I hope I can win your giveaway ๐ congrats on the one year
Lauren, you are so darn talented, just love the umbrellas. Congratulations on your blogโs 1st anniversary. Thanks for all the inspiration you give myself and others.
Nettie
I get so inspired by your creations. Your talent is simply amazing. I think I save a picture of everything you create!
Susie
Lauren-great blog candy and great sketch! I can’t wait to try it! I love checking your blog because I love your artwork and ideas!! You are very talented and creative!!
I visit your blog everyday because you always have the most unique and creative ideas. I am so bad at making boxes and treat holders ect. and you are quite marvelous at it , so I come here to drool over them. Your blog is full of inspiration from your beautiful family to your wonderful handmade works of art.
I stop by every day to see what fabulous creations you have made. I love the sketch challenges and it is also fun to see what you are doing with PTI new materials! You make my day!
Why do I come here everyday?
“Cuz you’re my friend, my buddy, my pal!
We’re psf โฅ
We don’t get a chance to chit-chat often so I like to visit to see your beautiful works of art and catch up on what’s going on with you. You are such a sweet and wonderful person who’s just a pleasure to know.
Hugs!
I visit because I love to see your latest creative project and here how things are going with your family. Thanks for sharing with all of us.
Lauren,
You are one of my favorite bloggers ever! You are so generous in sharing your thoughts, ideas, creativity and, not to mention, tutorials that answer the question, “How did she DO that?!?” Your talent is a gift. Thanks for passing it on to us to see :o)
Elyse
Minnesota
I’ve recently discovered blogs (ok, I’m SO out of it!), and your’s is my FAVORITE! Because you are everything I want to be (energetic, super creative, friendly & talkative)…and we both have curly hair! ๐ Other crafter’s blogs make me want to copy what they’ve done, buy your blog INSPIRES me to take your ideas and make them my own. Thank you for sharing your ideas, your tutorials, and your life!! Happy anniversary…please keep it up!
I check your blog for the ideas, the color combinations, and your tutorials. I like your blog just the way it is! I wouldn’t change a thing. Thanks for the time you put into it and your willingness to share your ideas. Congratulations on your Blog Anniversary and I hope you continue for many more years to come.
Hi Lauren
Happy blogaversary. I enjoy reading your blog because your very talented and it’s great to see what you come with. Thanks for sharing all your stories and projects.
Your blog is great, and your really nice when I emailed you. First time posting a comment to a blog. I first realized what you meant about the sketches being in one place. I am just missing a few and wondered if you could guide me to the dates. 1,21,22, 25 . I enjoy all your sketches, I too am a fan of splitcoast wed. sketches. But you make saturday more exciting to look forward to. I can’t wait till I can read more of your blog. Hope all is well.
I first saw your work on the PaperTrey website, and after that I was hooked and had to subscribe to your blog. Thank you for sharing your work, it is so inspiring!!
-antoinette
Happy Blogaversary, Lauren! I visit your blog every day for many reasons. The main reason is to be inspired – by your creativity, by your ability to be the best mother and wife that you can be, and by your ability to be so real in the face of all the ups and downs in your life. You are a light, Lauren – a light to everyone of us who comes in contact with your blog every day. Thank you for that! Looking forward to many more of your blogaversaries!
I visit everyday because you inspire me to try new things and go outside the box. I also feel like I’m visiting a friend everyday–I love your “talk” and how candid you are about everything. Not to mention your projects are always fun and beautiful.
I enjoy reading your blog because you are HUMAN. You add real things to the blog other than JUST the cards, etc. You share your stories, your laughter, your tears. You are real. Not only that, you share your creative talents with the rest of the world and allow us in your creativity world. Thank you for that. Please continue with that! Congratulations and happy blogiversary!
The year did go by fast Lauren. I visit your blog every day but do not always leave a comment. I visit because I love to read what you write about. You always have something interesting to say. I also love looking at all of the very creative things that you come up with like the two cards above. They are lovely! You must be doing something right with your blog so if it were me…….I would not change a thing.
Mary
I am thrilled that I get your fabulous ideas delivered to my e-mail every day! I have shared them with two Stampin’Up demonstrators, and they are as delighted as I am.
(Both have subscribed, I think).
Thanks for a wonderful year of blogging.
Keep the good ideas coming.
Sincerely,
LouAnne
I visit your blog every day for inspiration! It is my breakfast companion. =) Thanks for sharing your talent and yourself with all of us.
hello lauren,
i am soooo pleased you have posted this card my dearest friend is looking for a wellington boot stamp as her daughter is getting married this year and said she will be getting married in her wellingtons.
she is gonna love these to make the invites.
chriss x ps cards are beautiful as always and you have inspired me to use some pastel papers.
take care
xoxoxox
Hi Lauren!! I visit your blog daily, if not several times per day. I love your enthusiasm for stamping. You have great ideas, using stamps, paper, and embellishments from various companies. Fun blog, from a fun girl, I’m sure!!
Lauren, I check your blog once or twice a day. I love your blog because you update it so frequently, and you reach out to us blog-readers. (that sounds strange, but you know what I mean!) You are so inspiring and crafty! Keep on crafting! You’re great.
Happy Blog-aversary!! I come for the laughs, smiles, great stories, inspiration, tutorials, and to check in on a friend. By far this is my favorite blog to visit. Thanks for all you do and say and are!
Happy Blogaversary!!
And thanks SO much for the chance to win this amazing prize.
I visit you here because I absolutely adore your stamping style, and because I love reading updates about your family and Daisy!
Happy blogaversary! Thanks a million for sharing your amazing talent. That is a very special gift. I always find new gorgeous projects to inspire me on you blog. What a generous blog candy. Thank you, Beatrice
I visit your blog every day. You totally inspire me. I love your work. It is classy, elegant, and yet simple and always beautiful. Happy blog-iversary!
Congrats on your anniversary! Very exciting!! I love to visit your blog for your creative, out of the box ideas and projects. You always amaze us w/ your one-of-a-kind creations!! You love to create and share, which always comes through in your posts. I think for you it’s not a chore, which comes across others’ blogs sometimes…. ๐
Wow, soooo generous!! Love your blog. Very inspiring.
Happy Anniversary Lauren!!! I visit your site 1st everyday as you inspire me in so many ways. I love your stories both happy and sad, and your talent in crafting is so
impressive. I hope you keep blogging forever!!
I visit because you are an inspiration and show us some beautiful cards and have great ideas!!! And well, today, I’m here to enter your blog candy drawing! Happy blogiversary!!
I like to read your blog because you are so real and down to earth! You are so upbeat and funny that if I’m having a tough day at work when I read your blog it always makes me smile.
What would I change? NOTHING : ) Your blog is wonderful! Keep up the great work!
Thanks!
Sarah
Happy Anniversary! I visit your blog daily because you always have something creative and new. Also your posts are a joy to read. I love all of your projects! I am a cardmaker so I find the cards most useful, but I find that your 3D objects are also very inspiring. Thanks for sharing your beautiful work with all of us!
Hello Lauren, I visit everyday because I love to read what you write. You always crack me up or you have made me cry too but I feel like you are a friend to me. I also love your work and I am usually inspired and always learn something new. Congratulations on your anniversary! Congrats on your card in Papercrafts too! Take care! Stacy
Inspiration, inspiration, inspiration is what I get from your blog! You always have such wonderful eye candy. I’m definitely going to try the umbrella card (though I might not be able to get to it in time for your contest (insert pouty face). Thank you for all the sharing you do – you are soooo creative! That’s a lot of wonderful blog candy you are offering, too! Lucky the lady who wins!
Wow! Thanks for the chance to win such an amazing give away!! What do I enjoy about your blog: 1) I am always truly amazed and awed by your creativity (seeing as mine is limited to one gene!). Your projects and cards are amazing!!! 2) Love knowing a about you and your family. Makes visiting your blog more personal ๐ 3) Love the sketches since I’m not that creative, it is a great way to get the juices going. Thanks for sharing yourself and your amazing talents with all of us (((hugs)))
I visit your wonderful blog for all the inspiration you give us!!! You are sooo o talented,I’m jealous,lol! You are also a very strong person with everything you go through everyday,I love you for that!!! Congratulations on your blog anniversary!!
Wishing you so many many more!!!
Wow, it’s been a year already? I visit your blog every day for inspiration, you are one talented gal! Thanks for sharing your talent with us. Happy Blogaversary to you!
I visit your blog with each new post as I love the work you do, I like to hear how the family is and I think you are a precious person. Congrats on the success of your blog and I look forward to all your new projects and successes.
wow! this is a fantastic giveaway! Boy are you generous!
I visit because you have the most innovative ideas. And I love all of your tutorials and sketches.
I absolutely love the umbrellas you made! What fun! Thanks again for sharing your creativity!
What a great giveaway! I love your blog because you have wonderful creations…and a variety too. I love your style and love that you love PTI too. I really love this tutorial for the umbrella card!! Thanks!
WOW – who wouldn’t want to win this. The reason I visit here just about everyday, is because you think out of the box, sometimes literally ๐ Your ideas are ingenious and you really put a lot of thought into everything you do. I appreciate you sharing with everbody, sometimes you even spark and idea in my head ๐
Hi! I visit your blog first everyday, before I check any other blog! I do this because you are so talented and I get so much inspiration from your creations, and because you have always been so sweet to answer questions that I have! Also, I love when you post “must haves” like those shimmery flowers from Michaels, and that sewing machine from Rite-Aid – I went out and found those right away after checking your blog! So, thank YOU for blogging!
Happy Anniversary! I am in awe of the creativity you share with us! Your work is both inspirational as well as practical! ( And I love reading about your sweet family.)
Congratulations and wishing you continued success!
Your card is gorgeous Lauren! I love visiting your blog because I always find some sort of inspiration here. Your work is so beautiful and I love just hearing about how you and your family are doing! That’s one cool RAK!!! Congrats on blogging for one year!!!
That is an amazing giveaway. I just love your blog. I am amazed by your energy and enthusiasm for all things stamping. I just love that you are so selfless and share everything that you can with others. I have gained so many ideas and techniques from reading your blog. I also love all your stories about your life and your family. I don’t think you should change a thing. Your blog is fantastic.
Congratulations on your one year blog anniversary. The umbrella cards are fantastic.
You have such great ideas and wonderful tutorials. I visit your blog daily to see all of your awesome ideas. Thanks
Thank you for blogging and sharing with all of us. I love your ideas- gosh and I thought I was creative- you knock my socks off hands down!
You have the most fantastic ideas. I love them! Thanks for sharing. I love your tutorials for boxes and packaging different items.
I visit your blog to see your creations. I enjoy seeing your artwork!
Congrats Lauren!
I visit because you never cease to amaze me with the projects you come up with! You are truly talented!
Nicole ๐
I love the umbrellas!! You wonder why we all visit, let’s see….maybe because you are so sweet, have the best enabler tactics, are a fabulously creative person?!! Could those be some of the reasons?!! LOL I have so enjoyed visiting here each day to see what you have created, what’s going on with you and your family and of course how cute Daisy’s antics are. Thanks for sharing and a very HAppy Anniversary to you!
I visit your blog every day because of the extraordinary inspiration you offer in your cards, tutorials, and writing.
Wow 157 comments already I won’t even have a chance but I’ll leave a comment for you….I love your creations BUT most of all your tutorials….
TFS and also your family stories. Love the changing of your rooms cannot wait to see the finished product…
I visit your blog daily! Of course, I love your art and creativity, but I equally love your real-life family stories! You should be very proud of your blogging ablities! You BLOCK! : )
You are so creative–I just love your ideas and easy to understand tutorials. I am new to stamping and found your website through Papertrey. It is so great to visit each day and get inspired! Thanks for sharing……
Hey Lauren! Happy Blog-a-versary! I visit your blog for several reasons…you use all kinds of products that I normally wouldn’t see and make really cool, out of the box stuff. But, probably the biggest reason I visit your blog is bc I’m a mom, too, and its nice to hear your stories and realize I’m not alone out there going somewhat crazy with my kids each day. You are so real and genuine and honest…its refreshing.
Happy Blogiversary! I visit because I love your ideas…very inspirational…today is definitely one of those great ideas…love the umbrellas…will definitely have to use this idea for a “shower” or get well card. Love it!!!
Thanks for sharing your amazing talent.
Charmaine
Congratulations on your Blog-iversary! Top 5 reasons why I visit Lauren’s Blog
5. Regularity of postings
4. You let us catch a glimpse of your life – husband, kids, dog, your little mice friends, stamping, creating, decorating, shopping, doctor and dentist visits, and so on
3. Your cheerful and upbeat outlook on life, even with all the ups and downs
2. The selfless sharing of your ideas – including step by step tutorials so we can attempt to recreate your samples
1. The amazing projects and ideas you come up with!
Wow! Thanks for sharing with us ๐
I visit your blog because I know I will always find inspiration here. And I love your Saturday Sketches!
Hi Lauren,
I visit daily – because I love your style! I also read about your life – I relate to you. I like to check up on Alexa, too. Keep up your amazing work – you continue to amaze me!
I visit your blog daily! You are so inspiring and love looking at your creations! Monica~ Riverview, FL
Your blog is the first one I visit everyday. I love your sense of style. I love the simplicity, the innovativeness (is that a word?) and the beauty of your cards and other creations. You are also so generous to share them and your life with us. You have had a tremendous influence on my own card-making style and if I was limited to only one blog a day, it would be yours. Your talent is huge.
I visit because you have inspiration daily, and somethimes that and chocolate is all i need. I like how you take the ordinary and make it special. Also, as a mom of a special little boy, I look for all things wonderful and that is your family and your skills.
Thank you, I bet you just don’t get that simple saying enough.
I am fairly new to your blog but I love your ideas, cards, tutorials and best of all your stories about your family!! You are a bright spot to my day!
Your blog is always a fountain of information – your tutorials and card descriptions are consise and to-the-point. Keep up the good work! Happy Blog-aversary!
NancyS (momsnack)
Congratulations on your anniversary. I visit you every time I see a new entry pop up in my email. You have to be the most talented and creative person out there in blog land. I see your work referenced on lots of other blogs, so I must not be the only one who thinks so! Thanks so much for sharing your talents and for offering the scrumptious candy. I sure hope I win!
Why do I visit? Your creations are AMAZING! Thanks for inspiring!
Happy Anniversary! I have been a SU Demo for a little over a year and I just started doing this blog thing and am absolutely addicted to it. My day starts off with all my blog friends, getting inspired to stamp and create. I love your work and positive attitude. Thanks for sharing so much. Keep up the 3-D and fun Stampin’ Up projects.
Congrats again.
Cindy Otto
Congrats on the blog-aversary! Your blog is awesome. Why do I visit…I visit for inspiration, for laughs, for a good cry some days, and for a lot of your reasons. You truly inspire me every day to be a better stamper and a better person. I love your creations, you are so unbelieveably talented! Thank you!
OMGosh!!! LOVE your umbrellas!!!
WOW, great candy!
I visit because I think you have such a sweet spirit, it comes through on your blog…not to mention your AMAZING talent! Love seeing your creations! God Bless!
Happy Happy Blog-aversary !! SO COOL! I love love your blog. Visit everyday. Such a source of amazing inspiration. I love all your stories and amazing work! Can’t wait to see what else you have up your sleeves. I will try and give this sketch a try.
I love your creative ideas. Like this cute umbrella card. How wonderful are you!!
Thanks for all of your hard work
It’s a good life!
Terri E.
Your cards are great! I just ordered all the new Papertrey colors! I would love to have your log candy to go with them. Happy Anniversary!
Happy Blogiversary! I visit your blog everyday, I love your gorgeous creations!
Thank you so much for all your ideas, inspiration, and time. Sharing is so kind!
Hi Lauren . . I come here mostly for inspiration . . can’t seem to get off my computer to do ‘real’ things these days! You have an amazing talent and everything you show us is always well done and store bought looking. (Makes us actually think we might be able to pull it off too). I never get chosen when it comes to winning blog stuff, but here’s another opportunity to thank you for sharing with all of us . .
what’s not to love about your blog? i love reading about your family and sweet daisy. i love your creativity with paper and your observations about life. the umbrella sketch today blew me away and i have to make one right now.
Happy Blog Anniversary and thanks for sharing so much of yourself with us.
I always enjoy coming to your blog. You have such wonderful and creative ideas. I always am looking for new ideas to wow the ladies that come to my monthly stamp class and you insire me to wow them! Thanks! – Diane
Lauren – I LOVE your blog! I only have about 4 or 5 that I MUST read every chance I get and yours is one. You just speak to me! I feel like if I ever had a sister she would be just like you! We share a love of Target, bargains and more. I love reading your ramblings – they make my life seem more normal cause you go through similar things. Of course you also inspire me constantly with your INCREDIBLE talent!!!!!!!!!!!! I love that you make things your own with your own sayings and phrases! Keep it up and congrats on the anniversary!
oh and only thing to suggest is more BOY projects hee hee! I have two boys and a brother – I do mostly boy projects and yours are GREAT!
Happy blog anniversary! I visit your blog for the inspiration I get… from your craftiness to real life.
Thank you for the chance to win such wonderful blog candy!
You were one of the first blogs that I subscribed to and I love it so much. Your cards are always beautiful. Thank you for sharing and happy blogaversary! (cool word) Loved the tutorial and the set you used. It is so cute. The blog candy is so generous. I would be thrilled to win just the new pti set you made. Thank you again.
I visit your blog because you make the most amazing craft items ever!! I love to hear your stories I feel as if I know you. I know I don’t post often but I’m trying to do better cuz now that I have my own blog I realize just one comment will brighten my day.
Congratulations Lauren!!! My friend everyone (including me) stops by just because you’re you! Your wit, your inspiration, your writing is so freakin funny, your tutorials, your talent, and because the way you share yourself and your family with all of us. You’re just one of the family at the other end of the computer instead of the phone: cheaper phone bill and you can talk to more people at the same time but all over the world too. ๐ Don’t change a thing except Jay needs to let you come to StampMania. in April. ๐ BTW: I’m printing out the Barry Manilow song to put by my stamp table.
Congratulations! I love the way you see different uses for ordinary things. Also, since my kids are grown, I love hearing about the trials and tribulations of being a young mom. It brings back good memories of my children when they were small.
Thanks for the opportunity and have a glorious week.
I check your blog on a regular basis….why? There are a number of reasons. Firstly, you are very down to earth….you are a Mom and have a family, you deal with stuff we all deal with AND tell us about it…ha ha ha! You are honest and that is vey endearing. Your creativity and passion for this hobby is contagious and I love it!! You share the most wonderful templates and idea with us and you are so very talented at what you do. You are positive and make our reading feel like we are sitting down and just chatting like old friends.
Thanks for sharing what you do with us Lauren.
Happy Anniversary and congratulations! I love checking out your blog as it gives me inspiration and tutorials on how to make the neat projects that you do. Look forward to more projects and sketches!
I visit your blog because you never cease to amaze me. Your have wonderful non card projects and bag/box ideas. I don’t think you must sleep because I don’t know when you have time to do all of this. I don’t think I would ever be able to part with the It’s a Celebration gift set. I might have to frame it. Continued wishes for success.
Sue
I visit for the awesome projects and your enthusiastic writing style! Congrats on your blogging anniversary!
Congratulations on your first anniversary. I’m a subscriber and love all your work. What a generous load of candy–thanks.
Congrats on your blogaversary! I come here for one reason only: you inspire me immensely! And I like to read your stories, so that’s two reasons really ;o)
I look forward to reading your blog every day! Thanks for all the great tutorials & card creations. I appreciate all your hard work!
First congratulations for your blogiversary.
Oh my, I just love all of the lovely things that you do and would love to win the great Papertrey Party Pocket….that is just too, too cute.
Thanks for the idea on the umbrella card….that is one I will have to attempt to CASE…lovely.
Sharon
I stop by your blog for all the wonderful inspiration, of course!
-Nancy Ann
Lauren, I so loved your little umbrella and I had to make one right away. Thank you so very much for sharing it with us. It was easy peasy and so very cute. Thanx again and you can see my card over at my blog: http://lostintheink.blogspot.com
Wow, Lauren–thank you the opportunity to vie for very generous blog candy! And why do I visit? How could I not–you are truly one of THE bestest crafters out there–it is rare that I don’t go crazy over what you post each day–surely there are more “favorited” creations of yours than anyone else, stored in my computer! I appreciate everything you do for us, sharing your creativity and life with your worshipers in blogland!
Well, confession – I have you as my home page – I adore your inspiration and enjoy reading real life. I grab my cup of coffee and stopping by your “place” as part of my morning routine. Have never been disappointed. Thank you for taking time to share your amazing talent! ~ Lisa
Lauren…I don’t think there are enough hours in the day to tell you all the reasons I visit your Blog…..it’s FANTASTIC. You always seem to come up with some beautiful & unique ideas. Your tutorials are very easy to follow.
I would love to win your Blog Candy….
Keep up the good work….
Kim
I visit your site every day for Inspiration! It is so fun to see what you have done next, your creations are unbelievable! Plus you are a wonderful person, I love to hear your stories and how Alexa is doing. It’s wonderful to be sharing your life and talents with us! Thanks.
emily
thanks so much for offering this up..i visit everyday for inspiration on projects i am working on. your one of the 5 blogs i visit every day and i appreciate your fresh take on things.
I visit your blog to see what amzing creation you came up with today! I love your sketches and I love that there is something new on here pretty much everyday. I don’t think you could add anything to make it better! I am going to try and work on the sketch!
Lauren –
Why do I visit and subscribe to your blog? Because you’re so talented, have great ideas, great tutorials, and give me lots of inspiration. That’s why. So keep up the great work. Thanks for giving all of us this great blog. Congrats on your anniversary.
Michael in NYC
I love your creativity. You work is soooo elegant. I visit because you are so inspiring and I really enjoy how you write . Thank you for all you do and for all your time that you share with us.
I visit your site to keep up with how Alexa is doing and also to see the great ideas you have come up with. Congrats on a year of blogging!
I visit your blog daily, because I find SOOO much inspiration from your blog….and you also are a darn good enabler!!! Congrats on your blogiversary!!!
Happy Blogaversary Lauren! I love coming here for the inspiration and the for your wonderful tutorials. I wish I could think outside the box and create new things the way you do. I also love to hear about you as a mom and your family. Thanks for sharing with us and the chance to win awesome mytime mail!!!
why do I visit? Why do people not visit??
You are the 1st blog I check in the morning and most times, there is something new to look at! You have great ideas and even follow up with tutorials! you go girl. And you use a variety of companies so that it doesn’t feel like an ad for one particular company. And that lends to varying styles and inspirations.
So thank you for all you do and all that you share!
Happy 1 year Blog Anniversary!
I visit daily for inspiration.
Love the tutorials!
Your stories are so uplifting!
Thanks for sharing your amazing talent!
Lauren,
I visit your blog because I love your fresh, clean style- and your down-to-earth personality. Thanks for all the inspiration. oh and your blog candy package is amazing!
Happy Anniversary! I love reading about your everyday adventures and being inspired by all your creations! Congrats!!
Lauren,
I am so happy to have found your blog in the last couple of months. You do beautiful work! You are one of my favorites that I check daily! I love all the cute projects you put together as well. So much inspiration can be found here. Thanks for the enjoyment!
I visit your blog for several reasons; you are soooo talented and I love seeing what you’ve made, your tutorials are wonderful and you just seem like my kind of person. I like your “I am who I am” approach and the fact you don’t try to be who others think you should be. Thank you for everything you do!
Thanks, Karen U
I visit because I like to get new ideas for cards or projects. Happy Blog-aversary to you!
I visit for just about everything from your stories, talent, inspiration, to just see what’s on your mind or if you are having problems and maybe a little prayer or good thoughts need to be thrown your way. You are so amazing! All these ideas – they make me want to buy everything you have so I can play with the stuff though all your ideas are so cool. Hubbie just came home from birthday shopping and there is nothing sack-wise from the scrapbook store so I guess you could just eliminate the random number generator for Monday and pick me since that is my birthday. I love him but sometimes his presents are just not what I want but more what he wants. There is a bag though from the gallery where there are fantastic art displays so that will be nice. So, just remember to pick me and we will take care of my birthday, it being a Monday, and that I have a cold or allergy problem making me miserable besides having to work on Monday. Thanks again for all your talent and inspiration!
Cute umbrellas! I love visiting your blog for ideas, inspiration and so I can drool over your creations! congrats on your anniversary!!!
Lauren, Happy “Blogiversary”!!! I love your blog, your creations are beautiful!!
Your Umbrella cards and all your PaperTrey release projects this month are so amazing, thank you for all the inspiration!!
what GREAT directions for an awesome card! Thanks for sharing!
Great give away ~ I visit you because your creativity is absolutely amazing, let alone the stories you share. I love the fact that you go into such detail in your stories, it almost feels like I am sitting at your kitchen table having a wonderful “coffee break with the girls” … not to mention your talent. Everyday you amaze me with your creativity and your detail to each card or project you post. The detailed directions are incredible too … Keep up the awesome work Lauren !!!!!!!!
I’m somewhat of a blog hopper, however EVERY day I read your blog in its entirety. You have so many great ideas that I could never have thought of on my own. Congrats on your 1 year blog-aversary! And also thanks for the chance to win.
Super, super cute!!! So pretty too!
I recently subscribed to your blog after clicking on a link from another blog. And I must say that you are an amazing artist. I love your projects and agree wholeheartedly that you have awesome ideas. As for what to do better, more of, etc. I don’t know. Seems like you are doing a lot already and as I said your ideas are AWESOME.
I come to your blog for inspiration, to laugh and sometimes I cry! You have the most amazing ideas and talent. But the real reason I come is that you are a beautiful person inside and out. I would’t change a thing about your blog – except maybe more of these wonderful giveaways!
Congratulations on all your accomplishments and God Bless.
I visit your blog everyday (sometimes I check a second time) because you are so darn creative! I seem to always be surprised and “wowed” by your creations – you are so clever! And I love reading your stories and about your day. It’s like talking to an old friend. Keep doing what you’re doing as it is great the way it is!! I love your enthusiasm and excitement – it picks me up. I have to confess, when I am stressed and freaking out at work, I’ll take a few minutes to check your blog to “relax’, calm down, and get a laugh! Thanks for all the sharing you do!!
I’m fairly new to the blogging world. The day I found your blog I was in awe you are one talented lady. I love seeing what you come up with, I’m so happy that your family is doing well. Have a great day:)
There isn’t a card you post that I don’t save under my favorites!
Love your site and thanks for the chance to win this yummy gift!
Happy First Anniversary! I love your blog because there is always something great to see. Your tutorials are wonderful! Wish you lived near me!!
Joan F.
New Jersey
I visit your blog everyday to see what great projects you’ve come up with. I love your style!!! Happy First Blog Anniversary!!!
You are truly blessed by God. I feel he put you here for an example for all of us to aspire to be like. You are not only a kind, generous, and loving, but you have many other talents. You share your life through your wonderful art. You have the ability to inspire everyone in all aspects of your life. I read your blog for both life inspiration and artistic inspiration. I really don’t know how you accomplish all that you do, maybe you should give a tutorial on that. Please continue to be who you are. Hugs! Judi
I’ve said it a million times before, but I visit your blog daily because it is such a source of inspiration. You are giving away such great things. Thanks for the chance to win!
Happy Blog-aversary Lauren! I visit your site because you create amazing projects. As a bonus, you post every day – AMAZING! I also visit your site to read about your family, especially updates on your daughter, Alexa. My daughter, Leah, just turned one in January and she was born with Down syndrome. I can learn from your experiences.
Happy Anniversary, Lauren! I love your style and your candor. You’re a very fun girl! And that umbrella card is amazing.
Congrats! I hope to keep visiting for many years to come! You are a daily dose of creative inspiration!
I visit because you make me laugh AND your cards and projects are always “keepers”!!!!!
Thank you so much for al you do,Elizabeth Glass
Hi Lauren,
I love your blog. I so enjoy visiting it every day. You have such a great style (mine – good taste!), and your writing is so personal and genuine. Love it! Thanks for providing some great inspiration while allowing us to get to know you.
Hey Lauren!
I come and visit your blog because…YOU CRACK ME UP!! chicky! hehehe
Not to mention I finally found someone a bit more anal than me. When you get done with your kid’s rooms will you come and do mine?! hehehe
Hugs~~
Bobbie *ร*
Why do I come visit you here? ummm. . .for all the FABULOUS things you create and share, of course! ๐ You are an amazing inspiration!
I visit your blog because you are inspiring in many ways. Your talent is amazing. I know I can always check in for great ideas. The way you are able to balance your family life and still make time for you and the things you love. I have two kids and a husband who is finishing Pharmacy school and never home. So paper crafting is my best stress reliever. Your positive outlook on life is comforting and motivating.
I visit to get new ideas, see what creations you have come up with this week. Thanks
angie
Lauren, you ROCK, that’s why I visit you here! You have some of the greatest tips and projects around and you are also an awesome enabler. You have so much talent and I thank you for sharing it. Thanks for the chance at those wonderful goodies – I promise to give them a loving home ๐
Congratulations on your 1st year anniversary. I came across your blog and love your style. You are an inspiration and very talented! Keep it coming.
Stampin’ Smiles!
Sharon King
Congratulations on your anniversary, Lauren!!! I feel like I should be sending you a present…..because I get a gift of inspiration every time I visit with you. You are awesome and I am overwhelmed by your continuing creativity and your courage. Big Hugs, Sweetie!!
LOVE the tutorials they are fun inventive and you make them so easy to do. Thanks so much for sharing!!
Lauren, I love to visit your blog just to hear the goings-on of your day. As a PSF, this is the best way to keep in touch, at least one way! I have always loved your style of stamping and you make such cute 3-D projects. Keep up the great work and thanks for the great give-away!
Yay for your anniversary!!! and yay for those of us lucky enough to be inspired by your great ideas. I subscribe to your blog so I don’t miss any of your innovative ideas, your tutorials, and the patterns you so generously share. I also love how personable your posts are. I don’t think your blog could improve–it rocks that much! I’d love to keep seeing tutorials like this awesome umbrella one and templates. You are really amazing!!! :0) Mel
Congratulations on your anniversary.
I have one coming up in a couple of weeks,
and plan on giving away some candy.
I love visiting your blog,I get a
lot of inspiration from it.You are very talented
and creative and your tutorials are very easy and fun to do.
Thank you for sharing all your ideas!
Hello and Congrats!! Love your work, keep doing what you do!! Thanks for all the inspiratons……GINA
Lauren, there are so many reasons I visit your blog it would be too much to list them all. I relate to Alexa’s story and totally admire her and you for being so strong in the face of the “c” word which I’ve successfully battled, too. Your creations are elegant and “right up my alley”. When my brain is in “fade mode”, looking at your blog either jogs it back or lets me borrow some ideas to tweek. You are a picture of grace and at the same time let us see your crazy, funny side (loved the mice stories…I have a possum-in-the-house story to share some time/really funny). I could go on and on about why I visit your blog, but I’ll same some for next time. Congrats on your one year anniversary…you are awesome!!!
Why do I visit you day after day? Well, it’s simple really. You’re such a generous person. Always giving your time to blog and share tutorials, sketches, and any little tid-bit you find (like those imitation dew drops at Michaels!). I love coming here for inspiration.
Thank you for the chance at this amazing giveaway.
I read your blogs because you are so talented. Your work is beautiful and your techniques and tutorials are so helpful! Thank you for all you do!
You are so creative and amazing. Your cards and tutorials make everything sound easy so I’m going to try this latest one for the wonderful umbrellas!! I’m new to stamping and still make a lot of mistakes but I’m having fun. Papertrey is so lucky to have you on their design team! Congratulations on your anniversary. You are an inspiration. How do you find time to do it all???
I just wanted to say I love your blog and love all your creations. Keep up the wonderful work and keep inspiring us!
I check your blog daily. You do such wonderful work and such an inspiration.
Angel Hugs
Debby from Debby’s Stampin’ Heaven
I read your blog for the exactly what you sent today——GREAT IDEAS with amazing tutorials!!!!! Congrats on your anniversary—many,many more. Peg
Hello. I just discovered you blog a couple of days ago, and signed up to get emails immediately. I love your ideas, and the tutorials. Keep up the great work.
261 is my number – yes, what are the chances I could get drawn?! Wonderful gifts! I try and check your blog a couple of times a week – you do beautiful work and I admit, I do CASE some of your cards! Thanks!
http://stampinwithanita.com/
Why I visit your blog?
I just love your sketches and the tutorials are awesome.
And don’t get me started about your cards…. They are so amazing!
What a great giveaway. Just yesterday I signed on for email notifications from your blog so I wouldn’t miss any of your great creations. Now I’m doubly glad that I did.
I came upon your blog only a few months ago and I visit daily now. I visit your blog for inspiration. I love all the cards you come up with. I envy your creativness and draw inspiration from your tutorials. I am always curious to see what fun things you have shared, weather it be stamping or a presonal story. I love when you use SU stamps too!
Happy blog-a-versary! I look forward to more inspiration.
smiles, Maria
I check your blog out daily. I love all the things that you do. Your tutorials ware wonderful and easy to follow. Love the blog candy ~ I think it will be very happy at my house!
Marla
Lauren….you are: inspiring & refreshing….SUPER talented and giving……Thank you for sharing so much with us all……..creative blessings, Debbie/StudioBeeCreations
Lauren, you are such an inspiration to many people. I read your blog every day and if I am not inspired by your card that day I am inspired by your daughter. She is a special little girl and has been through so much. I figure if she can go through what she has gone through, how can I complain about my day. Your cards and ideas are wonderful. I often print them out so I can someday try something like it. Hopefully someday will come fairly soon
Sheri
Lauren –
I visit your blog daily for inspiration and to get my creative juices flowing. I love your ideas, so much that I usually want to just copy them but I do try to just use your template and create my own version. I love your musings and your willingness to share so much of yourself.
I couldn’t believe it when I opened the blog today!! I am making favors tomorrow for a baby shower and how perfect are the umbrella’s you have showed us how to make. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. I must live right to have this gift handed to me. I will make a mixture of these and baby carriages.
Congratulations on one year of blogging, wish I had found you much earlier!!!
Debi
Congratulations Lauren! Why do I like your blog? Well you are an incredibly talented artist, and so I get to see all your creations in ONE SPOT! You also are somewhat of a “chatty cathy” (like me!) and so I enjoy that part of your blog as well! I have CASE’d a few of your designs (and given you proper credit of course!), and have not put them in my SCS gallery yet, but when I do I will let you know! You and your creations are inspiring to me… is that enough?? ๐
Congrats! ( oh and Pick me pick me!)
Diane
I visit your blog daily–sometimes several times!! I am in AWE of your creativity. You have fresh ideas that I just love. Thank you for taking the time to inspire others to create. I not only make cards but love the fact that you take your talent into the “craft areas” to make other personal and gift items. I find myself searching for your submissions into the stamping magazines–just like a personal friend: which I somehow feel connected to. Thanks, Lauren for all that you inpart–
Another rocking project with the best tutorials. I can’t wait to open my e-mail account to see if you have sent out an update! You are such an inspiration all around. Thanks for sharing your life and love of creating!
What a fabulous giveaway. I visit your blog because of your wonderful creations and because you are so willing to share about your life. Sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cry but you are always willing to share. Thank you for being willing to share things that might help others.
Jen
Congratulations on your anniversary! I love your blog for many reasons…your creativity just amazes me, your tutorials are so easy to work from, the love you have for your children inspires me! Thanks for sharing your world with us.
I visit your blog daily. You are wonderfully full of insperation. I like all you do and all you share. i love reading about you and your family. When I email you you always answer back. Thank you. Wonderful blog candy. Keep up the work. Congrats on yor 1 year anniversary. Susan
This is very cute, and I hope I get the opportunity to try it after some DT work tonight! ๐ I visit you here because you have the best out-of-the-box projects! I also feel like I know you because of the way you post! ๐ Congratulations!
Happy bolg-aversary! Thanks for sharing your talent and humour! And I would love to win some candy! Yum!
Nicole
Why do I visit on a daily basis? I enjoy both your art and your chatter. You’re a talented artist AND writer.
WOW! The card is stunning!
Why do I visit? I enjoy your humor and your creativity!
You are the most upbeat person. I visit because of your beautiful and original work that you share everyday and you make me feel like you are my friend because you are so nice and sharing. Your little girl inspires me and she is so lovely.
I have you in my reader and visit whenever you post. I just like to. If I could change one thing, I would like you to get a different interface. THe letters are so big (only certain ones are like this-huge I mean) so it takes up the whole screen and I have to scroll forever. it may not be your fault tho. I only get a couple of blogs from split coast. Maybe if it were wider instead and not so much white space.
These are wonderful, Lauren! Congrats on your 1 year anniversary! Can’t wait to see what you come up with during the next year!
Woww Lauren, Congratulations on your first Blogaversary!!!!! What I like about your blog??? I would say everything. I like the way you always share your stuff, I love your designs and creativity is endless.
God bless you
Giovana
Oh, I would love to win this – especially your little celebration tote made by the famous Lauren! I always love to visit your blog because it stays fresh and innovative – something new all the time. You are also very generous with your tutorials and patterns! Thank you!
Sandy Kay
Congratulations Lauren!!! I visit everyday just to see what you’ve created. You are such an inspiration. I also love hearing/seeing what’s happening in your corner of the country. Thanks for the chance all the best in the next year of blogging.
Congratulations on the one year, Lauren! You are such an inspiration to us all…a caring mom and an awesome stamper. Here’s to another!
Wow, it’s been a year already? I was so happy to see you start a blog as I love all the things you create. Your tutorials are fantastic and you really think outside the box. I love visiting!!
Lauren,
I love your blog, love your enthusiasm! Thanks for all the great ideas and fun ramblings ๐ Thanks for the give-away too — super stuff!!! Here’s to another year to you. . .
Thank you so much! Happy Blog anniversary! Please pick me…I love your give-a-way stuff! kt
Happy Blogaversary Lauren! I visit you blog for ideas, inspiration, your funny stories, and all your wonderful tutorials! I feel like I’m missing something if I don’t check you out daily! Now I’m off to try that sketch!
You are an unbelievable talent!!! I saw all your PTI work and I was blown away by your creativity. HAPPY BlogVERSARY!
i’ve never visited your blog before. So glad I stumbled on it today! I will add it to my blog so I can visit every day! I will visit for inspiration and motivation. Thanks for keeping us going.
I visit your blog everyday because you are one the most talented person i know! plus, sometimes your stories are amazing. I love reading about Alexa…very inspiring. keep up the great work and congrats on your blog-anniversary!
I visit you because you make some of the most amazing cards and because you have such a warm, personal way of “speaking” to us. I just really enjoy your blog.
You have to ASK why I (we) visit?!?! Well, here it goes:
1. You are very talented
2. Your cards are so pretty
3.You share your ideas with us
4. Love reading about you,hubby,and kiddos
5. Last,but not least…You R-O-C-K!!!!!!!
Jules
I get very excited when I go to your site. I know I will find a project that is cute and demonstratable. I can see why you get published. The lastest is such a great idea, I can’t wait to try it.
thanks for your time and effort in such a great site.
josie
I just discovered you about 2 weeks ago because I got interested in Copic markers. I have been so impressed by all of your projects. And on top of everything that you do, you answered a question that I had about using the clear stamps. I think that you are a star in every way.
Happiness and Light,
Veee
I love to check in each day to see what you have created. It gets my creative ideas flowing. So thanks for sharing your cards.
Lynnette
Congratulations on your anniversary!! I love to visit your blog daily, you have such great ideas and are so willing to share everything with us. I know I will always find something wonderful that you have created that will continue to inspire me as I learn.
Thanks for everything you do!!
WOW!!! What an amazing blogaversary gift. The reason I like to come visit you everyday is because I like how creative you are and the inspiration you give me. I also like that you are so down to earth and can do all this with your kids, husband and regular life. I have 2 kids, husband, house and everything else I can’t seem to find the time to do all that I want but I know it is possible now. Thank you for being so dedicated to your craft and being so inspirational to the rest of us.
Happy Blogaversary!!! AWESOME blog candy!! Heck…I’d be ecstatic just to have the Party Pocket set…simply because you made it!! Why do I come here and what do I take away? INSPIRATION, Girl, INSPIRATION!! You are so full of talent! And the things you do, not only stamping-wise, AMAZE me! You are truly a Super Woman! Hugs…
why do I keep coming back? Because you Inspire Me! Your great projects along with the combination of life situations keeps me going! I only wish I could fit so much into a day. So thanks for sharing all of it! And being a fellow soap box stander I love your occassional “I’m going to stand on my soap box” topics. You’re one talented person.
I have you blog in my faves and I check it daily for inspiration. You have the most beautiful, original work and I love looking at all of your new creations.
Lauren, I visit your blog every day. Not just for the wonderful inspiration you provide, but also because I love your stories. You are also a great source of strength to me when I’m having a hard day. You lighten my load just by being you. Thank you so much for all you do and for your amazing talent that you share with us.
Cherie
I love to visit your blog daily. You inspire me with your endless creativity and “joie de vivre” (joy of life)! Your talent and spirit are absolutely amazing. Thamk you for sharing your talent and joy with us!
Lauren , I visit your site everyday! You have such great enthusiasm and it shows in your
beautiful cards!! Thanks for sharing with all of us and Happy One Year Blog-Aversary!!!
Barb D
Lauren, yours is the first blog I check every day. You are so inspiring and I love your rambling style of story telling. It’s like you are actually in a conversation with us. So much fun!! Congrats on your first year and I look forward to many more!
Your creations are so fresh and innovative. I never fail to be inspired by your ideas. You make exactly the kind of cards I like to send! Thank you for the time you put into your web site and blog – you are a wonderful resource and help to motivate me when I’m feeling uninspired!
I visit your blog, because it has so many cute ideas and I love your down to earth stories and fantastic creations you share. I absolutely loved the umbrella tutorial and had to make one! Here’s the link to my card. Thanks so much.
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/850009?cat=500&ppuser=37504
So, first of all: Happy Blogaversery..!!! I found your blog by visiting the one of Stempelmagie (Tanja) and I have to say that Iยดm really more than impressed. You share so many things with your visitors (and I do not only mean your brilliant art of crafting – wow), it impressed me so much… Thanks for your generous blog candy – but this is not the reason why I will add you to my blog-favorites (if you allow this) – itยดs unbelievable what I could learn about card crafting just by visiting you constantly… Thank you so much for this and big hugs to you, your family and your “new-looking” gorgeous dog… ;o) Yours, Heike ;o)
What’s NOT to like about your blog. I love your creativity in coming up with great ideas. And of course – the BUTTERFLIES!
Lauren,
You are inspiring! You give so much of yourself through your blog – sharing your designs, tutorials, your family stories – I feel like I know you, almost. Congratulations on your one year anniversary of blogging – hope you have many more!
Blessings,
Tricia
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, your stamping style. I come back again and again, because of your crisp clean style. I get so much inspiration from your site. thank you for sharing!!!!
:0) Kamie
Congratulations on your one year blog anniversary. You have so many great ideas and are wonderful enough to share with us all.
Sara
Happy blogaversary Lauren! I visit your blog for many reasons. I come for the beautiful artwork you post, the tutorials, and awesome tips, and for your very positive and fun posts! Your blog is a very happy place to be!!! Thanks for the awesome umbrella tutorial. I hope to get to it this weekend.
Happy blog anniversary. What a great day to have your anniversary, because it is also my birthday. Your site is my absolute favorite site to visit. Thanks so much for the inspiration. Keep up the good work.
Happy Blogaversary! I visit your blog to find inspiration, enabling shopping advice, and because I relate to you as a mom juggling many balls! Thanks for always “keeping it real”!
Melissa in MD
Wow…always late to the party! Congrats on all your efforts…you are one of the hardest working bloggers out there!
Happy Anniversary Lauren. Your blog is at the top of my favorites list. I like that you post just about every day. I love your style. Your blog is also fun to read. I feel like I know you. Keep up the great work.
I visit your blog daily for the great ideas. I love your color choices and wide variety of your projects. Your comments always make me smile. Thanks for sharing!
A YEAR!?!? Oh my, all the changes a year brings. I visit you daily, to laugh with you, cry with you, and to be inspired by you. I am so blessed that I am your PSF and I am so thankful that Miss Alexa is doing so great. My prayer is that God continues to bless you and your family. Love ya!!
Happy Blog aversery, I love checking out you blog, you’re so creative.
Thanks for a chance to win a great selection of goodies!
You are just so darned creative. I come to your blog for the WOW!
I visit because you are an awesome designer and have such lovely projects and share how to make them. Thank you for sharing your talent with us.
I can honestly say you are one of the most creative card makers around. There are only a handful of designers that I think are good enough to copy and you are one!
I visit your blog daily because you do absolutely amazing work and you keep the whole thing real! Thanks for a whole year of incredible inspiration!
Lauren, I do really enjoy this blog. I will be reviewing it on my blog soon. I like it for two reasons. One, I love hearing about family, I think the blogs that let us into thier life are better than the ones that just have cards. 2nd your work is fresh, clean fun and your sketches and tuts are great too! Happy Blogversary!!!!
1. We feel like we know you because you share your good and bad times.
2. You come up with the most amazing projects and always share how-tos!
3. You are an artist who’s talent we aspire to!
4. Your blog candy is AMAZING.
5. You blog so regularly, which I can’t imagine how you get it all done – and so well!
6. We could go on and on…
Thanks for sharing!
I found your blog from Nichole’s blog at PaperTreyInk. I was immediately thrilled with all your great examples. I love the way your mind works, and how you find inspiration everywhere. You are definately in my Fav’s list!
I visit at least once a day! You have the BEST ideas! and most of the time I think ‘why couldn’t I think of that!!” hahaha You have amazing cards and projects and I like reading about your family also! Thanks for the chance! Happy 1 year anniversary!!!
Okay, I’m back to show you my try at your sketch!
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/850094?cat=10624
Another gorgeous design, you are the most creative stamper I (don’t really) know! Thank you so much for all your inspiration, your blog is so awesome!
Howdy! I subscribe to your blog from Google Reader and I keep coming back because of all your 3D projects. I have found many products (like the Bride’s flowers from Michael’s) that I use frequently from you as well. Oh, and the tutorials… Thanks.
I subscribe to your blog b/c your projects provide such inspiration, because you add new projects so often, and because when you share something, your writing style comes across as if you’re standing in front of me talking. It’s all great!
I love your project ideas using PTI! You are so creative! Thanks for the inspiration!
Happy Blogaversary!
I love visiting your site for inspiration. I am amazed by your creativity. Thanks for a chance to win such a generous My Time gift!
I originally came to your blog because a friend recommended it, but I often come to catch up on new products and stuff that I haven’t seen yet!
Happy Blogiversary! I love to visit because your designs are amazing, you are so talented! Plus you are funny, real, and accomplish SO much even with everything else you’ve got going on in your life! Congrats and can’t wait to see what you do next!
I love the projects you make! You are such an inspiration, so creative and talented! And reading your blog always makes my day!
I really enjoy visiting your blog. I love the colour combinations that you use on your cards and other creations and your creativity is amazing! I get a lot of inspiration from your blog.
Hi Lauren,
You have so many fresh, fabulous, fun, and fantastic ideas. Everyday I learn something new and I always enjoy reading about your family and everyday life choices. Please continue to share your cards, and creative ideas. Thank you.
Great giveaway! I enjoy reading your blog because of your great projects – there’s always something inspiring. And I love the way you write – you communicate in a way I can totally relate to! Congrats on a year – here’s to many more!
Hello Lauren,
Discovered your blog through PTI’s forum, and had enquired about your demo-ship recently. Because of your proximity to me here in NH, Iwas intrigued to know more about you, hence following your blog for about 2 weeks. The ideas that you put forth are exciting and make me want to push my own limits (and they ARE limited!!).
Such an Inspiration to all of us, so thank you! My PTI order went in with the release party , so look forward to trying out the umbrella idea first thing. We will certainly need those “bumbershoots” before long, then it will be mud season!
Now as for MONDAYs, don’t let ’em get ya down. There is something good in all of our days; we just need the patience to discover where it’s hiding ๐
Happy Blog-aversary!
happy blogaversary!!! your cards and projects always make me think, “why didn’t I think of that?” A recent one is your fairy tale card. I love how you used PP instead of creating a background from scratch. GENIUS!
I love your blog because of your creativity! you make it look so easy! Congrats on your anniversary!
Happy Blogaversary!!!!! I visit your blog because you are a wonderful person!!! I always love the cards you make and you are an inspiration! I also love to read about you and the going ons in your family. You are funny. With your stories I feel like you are a friend!
Congrats,
Jamie
I love reading your blog for many reasons. Of course I love all your cards and projects, but I also love to read your stories about life and your family. The updates on Alexa are always so touching. You continue to amaze me with your talent. How do you find the time?
Why do I like reading your blogs……you have great ideas and I really enjoy how transparent you are…you write about your good days, the bad days, your happy days and not so happy days and what you are passionate about!!!! You are just you!!!!
I stop by everyday to see what you have to share. I absolutely love your style! The things you make are things I could easily do…if I were more creative. LOL I also love the banter…you seem like you’d be a ton of fun IRL! Congrats on such a wonderful place to visit.
I had to try the umbrella after my earlier post. Congrats again and thanks so much for showing me an easy way to make an umbrella! http://cheshire-grins.blogspot.com/2008/03/rainy-day-blues.html
Lauren, Happy Blog-aversary! You have such wonderful ideas and I enjoy reading about you family and pets. I can’t believe you accomplish as much as you do. Keep the creative ideas coming. Thanks for all of the inspiration!
Cute, cute, cute! I love these umbrellas. Thanks for sharing!
Happy Blog-iversary! Why do we visit? Well, umm, because of your awesome creativity, your love of your art, and your willingness to share it and your family with us! We love you.
Lauren,
I have only found you 4 days ago, yet have been running through your ideas of the past year at warp speed. I have visited on lunchbreaks, tea breaks, and during the evening when I’m meant to be doing uni homework!! The ideas make me excited, inspired and a little jealous- I actually thought my stamping was okay until I saw yours. I now have something to aspire to!
Granted I think I’ve already had a win- My dear partner actually said he likes one of my cards yesterday. It wasn’t just okay or fine… which is the usualy but “I actually really like it” were his words. I think it’s come from your little tips and inspiration to try and clean up the lines in my cards. I think they’ve made a bit of a jump in quality!
I hope to share some ideas with you too, I’ve set up a photobucket account to track where I’ve come from and where I’m going, and hopefully will get published at some point in time, its a long term goal and along the way I’d love your advice. I don’t think you could help me any more than you are at this point in time… just please, keep having brainwaves- you’re very gifted. I will comments, now that I’ve caught up with my ‘prescribed card reading’. thankyou again
Lauz
I don’t know how you could improve your blog..I’ve enjoyed all the cards you have made over the past year, and I’ve tried making similar cards following your tutorials..I especially enjoy those.
I just love all of your work — you are such an inspiration to me.
Thanks for sharing all of your amazing creations!
Congratulations on the one year anniversary.
I love to look at your cards. You have some beautiful color combinations.
Lauren,
Since I found your blog I am hooked. Your work is so beautiful, ideas wonderful and you have made me both laugh and cry. Hope you have many more blogging years ahead of you. I would love to win this stash – thank you
Lauren, I love visiting your blog! Your cards always give me some inspiration, and your open and joyful attitude towards life shines through every day. Plus you share pics of your cute kids and dog and I feel I’m getting to know you just a little bit. I hope you blog for a l-o-n-g time!
Happy Blogaversary Lauren! I come and visit because you inspire me more than you know. Not only with your beautiful work, but with your thoughts and how you are so open and honest when you post! Thank you for the inspiration! And that is awesome blog candy!!! I would love to win this one! lol
Lauren,
I LOVE reading your Blog! Your Blog is one of my my all time FAV blogs to read EVERYDAY! Your tutorials are always AMAZING!! I JUST LOVE LOVE LOVE yoru work!!! Oha nd congrats on the PC Magazine Publish! I seen your awsome card in the “Zine” today!!!! WTG!
Take Care,
Monica
Happy Blog-aversary to YOU!! I subscribe to many, many stamping blogs but your blog is truly the first one I check on a daily basis – I’ve been inspired by so many of your creations – most recently by your onesie cards and your teabag favors. Keep up the good work – you are a very talented lady!!
Why do I visit?? Uhhh………because you’re my stamping IDOL!!! You have boundless amounts of energy and creativity!!! Because I’m inspired by your designs, layouts, colour combos, tips and tricks and because you’re just a supah nice gal!!!! Mwah!!! You da bomb diggity, girl!!! *snort*
Congrats on the 1 year of blogging Lauren. I love to visit because your cards are so beautiful and always inspire me. I love your style…just my cup of tea so to speak. I think you should keep doing what you’re doing…card sharing/idea sharing/a bit of life sharing….that’s why we love to come here. Cheers!
Lauren, Hope you never stop! You are so creative and I visit your blog everyday. So many great ideas. I have made several of them. Your tutorials are very clear and easy to follow. thanks for sharing, A
Lauren – I love the umbrella card, so cute. Happy Blog Anniversary!
Pattie B
I Love to come visit you because ALL your designs are just so breath taking. f you can’t inspire then who can. Thanks so much for al your wonderful inspirartions and congratulations on your blogaversary!!!
Lauren I love your blog and your creations. I’ve got you bookmarked and I check often. The umbrella card is precious. I’ve got to get that swiss dots cuttlebug folder ๐ Thanks for such an amazing giveaway.
I visit because you have amazing talent and always give me inspiration. Happy Anniversary.
Claudia
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Happy Blog-Birthday, Lauren!!! Congrats! I absolutely LOVE all of the tutorials you put on your blog for us…and of course your stunning cards! Thanks so much for the chance!
I visit your site for a few reasons.
1. I like your style! I love 99.99% of your work.
2. You motivate me! You have 3 kids, 1 of which is a special needs child, and you still find time to create awesome stuff.
3. Your blog isn’t a commercial site, your not trying to sell me something.
4. YOuve been published in my favorite magazine ‘Cards’!! congrats by the way!
thanks for the chance to win some goodies!
Wow! What a great giveaway! I love your blog, and your work. I get such inspiration from visiting!
Oh my gosh….that’s an awesome giveaway! I visit your blog daily……your work is so inspirational and you are an extremely talented person!!! Thanks for the chance!
Cindy C.
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CONGRATS on your blog success! This is one exciting gift your giving. We should be giving you gifts for all the inspiration! That’s why I read your blog. These cards are perfect examples of your creativity & inspiration. Thanks Lauren!
I just found your blog recently and I just love your samples! They are super professional and beautiful. I now check your blog every day to see if there is something new!
WOW! One year of blogging—I wonder how much time it has taken you to do that this year!? I, for one, so appreciate your time! I love all your projects—I make a lot of cards, but I LOVE to make other things—. Your on my Google reader and all the PTI “family” is in one file together—I’m able to see all of your stuff that way. I really like to hear about your “other life”, too! The stamping brought me here—-your projects and transparency keep me coming back! Keep it just the same and I’ll be tickled! (Oh my, I sound like my mama!)
I visit your blog because your cards are such an inspiration! They are beautiful!
I visit for a million reasons — tutorials, funny kid stories, cute cards….I just simply love your blog, typos and all ๐ I love that you like to make your own packaging b/c I do too and you inspire me to think outside the box.
Happy Blogaversary Lauren! Thank you!
I like the way you get it ‘all’ done: family, crafting, and life in general. You are so real and honest with feelings and emotions and say what you think. You remind me of my favorite DIL! You make me laugh with some of your insights. AND you’re so darn talented! Thanks..
You have an amzing talent – so innovative and and inspiring. I love the calmness of your designs and can’t wait to visit with you each day. Thanks for all your hard work – I know it must be a challenge!
I’m new to your blog, but I just love how your designs are so creative with a simple style. I come here to get inspiration and fun ideas.
Lauren just looking at your blog all the time is like winning blog candy already. Your work is awesome.
Lauren – Congrats! Let’s see – why do I visit you? Cause you are super talented, have awesome ideas and find ways to make beautiful gifts relatively cheap – ie – all those Christmas gift ideas you had! You are a source of inspiration and I love seeing what you do! Not to mention, your kids stories, Daisy stories and even the mice incident, brings a smile to my face – or an EEWWWWW! Thanks so much!
You have one of my FAVORITE blogs. You are so creative and talented yet you are down to earth and so sweet. I just LOVE coming here! One of my favorite parts of your blog are your WONDERFUL tutorials. I’m a visual person so the photos make the instructions so easy to follow! Thank You!!! I pray that you and your family are blessed!
love your blog especially the creative ideas to wrap candy, etc..keep up the good work
Why do I check your site??? Well obviously because I like your cards and ideas..you are sooo creative. I also like the family stories and photos as it makes is a little more personal…Thanks for all your work…
I love this blog. You give me such great ideas. I just love the umbrella card tutorial. I have lots of baby showers and wedding showers coming up so I will be using that idea often.
Thank you so much for keeping me entertained.
Great candy, Lauren! I visit your blog because I love all the different ideas you have. I think everyhting you do is fine as it is. Dont change a thing!Kris
I found your website recenlty through a link on someone’s blog. I enjoy the Papertrey site and their products. I have enjoyed your blog and looked back at your previous months. Your tutorials have been inspiring. Thanks for sharing your work.
Yours is the one and only I read every day. Congratulations on your success!!
Congrats and Happy Blog-aversary! Why?? For your creative and awesome ideas that are so inspiring. I just love your style. Thanks so much for a chance at your sweet candy.
Lauren congratulations on your 1 year blogaversary!! You are such a talented artist and a wonderful mother. I read your blog every day and get such inspiration from you both personally and professionally. I truly admire everything you do. I hope to see more tutorials and ideas. Congrats again!!
-*Linda*-
Hi Lauren… I visit your blog for two reasons – one ’cause you are a great papercrafter… and the other because you are real… sounds funny I am sure – but I love that you just are you!
I love visiting your blog due to the variety of projects you show. I am still a newbie to the papercrafting world so I need to absorb all the wonderful ideas I can. Thank you for putting so much of yourself out there in your work.
Wow – thanks for the chance to win such a fabulous prize! I love your tutorials – they are so easy to follow.
Lauren,
I visit your site daily – you add humor and great ideas to my day. I have tried alot of your altered items and LOVE your creativity!! I’m glad I found your blog. Keep up all the wonderful ideas.
Huggs!!
Bev
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Hi Lauren –
I can’t believe it’s only been a year that I’ve been visting your blog for your inspiration and your stories about your family! Your stamping on SCS before that I always loved to watch for. Congrats and thank you!!!
Cheryl
I visit your blog because I get some of the best ideas here. You really think outside the box.
Trinka
Lauren! I love your website because you make gorgeous creations but I LOVE your directions!!!! you are amazing and explaining! thank you!
I LOVE your stories, not to mention your AMAZING talent. I am astounded at the amount of stuff you get done in a given day. Your cards are beautiful! I need inspiration to get me jump started into making things. Your site definitelyt helps with that. Congrats on your anniversary…hopefully the first of many to come!!!
I started checking your blog after your won the Guest Stamper for PTI and fell in love right away. You are so talented and a wonderful source of inspiration. Your instructions are so easy to follow and are a blog I visit time and time again for ideas. Thank you!
I look forward daily to seeing your posts, your cards are such an inspiration and you come up with beautiful and new ideas that just normally come to mind. Happy Blog-versary! Can’t wait to see what new cards and projects you come up with in the coming year.
I visit your blog daily because you always have the most beautiful and creative projects. I also, of course, love to read what you’ve written too! I enjoy reading about your family and such too! Thank you so much for all the inspiration you give to me! I hope that my projects are as spectacular as yours someday!
I visit your blog for inspiration. Love the ideas and the instructions…. Thanks.
You are one of my favorite people. I love your cards and the talent that God has bestowed you.
Well, I just found your blog about a month ago, but I’m so glad I did. Your creations are amazing and I come back for the ideas you share. Although I don’t necessarily ‘case’ each item, they are very inspiring and get me thinking creatively. I love your blog for that reason! You share not only your work, but you take the time to explain the ‘how’ and there’s not alot of people who take the time to do that. Thanks! Keep on bloggin!
Hello Lauren,
I just recently found out about PaperTrey Ink, but I have already purchased items from the store as I just love the difference in what they offer. I love how they present new items coming out on the market and I feel their prices are very reasonable.
I came to your site from another site referencing some of your work and what you have to offer. I really like all the ideas that are shared on your blog, the offer of free tutorials to help build and grow myself as a cardmaker. I also like the varied opportunities to get some free, new items from PaperTrey Ink along with other resources.
Most importantly I just like what you have to offer. You also see the value in giving back and I think that is an important part of living in this world today. Not only do we need to be grateful for what we receive, but then we need to learn how to give back. I give back a lot and I am still learning how to receive, but I hope I am doing better.
Thank you for giving back so graciously.
You are my stamping guru. You are the first blog I visit every day! I love your color combos and the way your brain works is insane. Thank you so much for sharing your talent with all of us.
~Kathy
I visit your site on a daily basis. I love hearing about you, your family, and getting daily inspiration from your outlook on life. Oh yeah, I also love your creations! Thanks so much, and good luck on your next year blogging!
your blog is a must when i sit down and scroll through my favorite sites. why? because “mytime” is sooooooooooo “my style”!!!! i love your work, and i love your honest, funny stories about your life. i really do read through all your posts. even the doozies! please don’t ever stop blogging. k? k.
I actually stumbled across your blog after seeing an add for PTI that piqued my interest. I had not previously heard of this brand of stamps before and now I find myself almost daily checking out the forum and stalking all the design team blogs. You are one talented bunch of gals and so inspiring to all of us out there in craft land.
I just love the web and the way it brings so many like minded people together to (generously) share their work and inspire others.
Your blog is the first I visit each day. Your creative talent is unsurpassed and I love the thorough explanations you always provide. Your blog is the perfect mix of stamping and the daily ups and downs of a demanding personal life. I truly admire the strong spirit and upbeat attitude that always are evident in your blog entries. I don’t know where you find the hours in each day to accomplish everything you do. Job well done, Lauren…keep up the great work!
Your blog is on my favs list. There are so many blogs out there but I must visit your every day for the inspiration and the great talents that you share with us. You have a card style I connect with and some very inovative ideas. I love to use stamps to make gifts and alter things. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway! Happy weekend!
I know I most likely won’t win this, but I had to leave a comment anyway. I like the unique idea of making an umbrella with that punch. I like the way you used it on the card. The colors are so warm and sunny.
OGM! This is so exciting! I love coming to your blog because of all your wonderful creations plus you inspire me. You just have so much to say and I can’t wait to check it everyday! I have a certain group of blogs book marked to check every morning and yours is in there! Thank you for sharing with us!
Renee
I would love a chance to win! Your umbrella cards are fantastic! If only I had a way to cut ovals and circles! I really need to get a Coluzzle! (sp?)
Lauren, your blog is one of my favorites; I pop in often for your inspirational creations, and all your cheerfulness. Thanks for the candy op!
Lauren, Why WOULDN’T I (or anyone for that matter!) visit your blog?!?! I love it! I love your work and your style, I get so inspired by seeing your creations. I really love all the gift and packaging projects you do and you are so generous to share the tutorials and templates with us! You are truly a blessing to all of us stampers who don’t have the creativity or time to come up with our own ideas!!
But I also love hearing about your life, and your courage and strength throughout the trials in your life is an inspiration to me also. I even enjoyed hearing about your mouse-capades and could really relate to your feelings at that time!! ๐ And I love seeing pics of your children and the adorable Daisy as well. So basically, I love it all and all I can ask for is more more MORE of the same! Thank you so much for all you do. I just started a (small) blog of my own so I realize and appreciate the amount of time you must put into yours – please know, and I think I speak for MANY people when I say this – everything you do and share is greatly appreciated!!
Lauren…your blog rocks! you have created quite the masterpiece in just one short year! thank you for all of your inspiration!
regina
Lauren, I love your tutorial on the umbrella! My son lives in Seattle and it rains there all the time, so I wanted to do a card for him. Thanks for the inspiration I get from visting here.
Sandy
What a wonderful giveaway! Thank you! I absolutely love all of your creations! You have great color choices, gorgeous layouts and just a skill to make everything fall into the perfect place! I find you to be very inspiring! Have a great day!
Lauren, I come to your blog for inspiration and to read about your family and your life. I love it when you share your daily things with us. Makes it feel like visiting a friend. Your artwork is amazing, and the tutorials are great, too. Thanks for sharing. I don’t always have time to comment, but I do enjoy visiting. ๐
I visit because I enjoy your stories but mostly you have very unique ideas…. One of my ffavorites was the baby gift you made with the onesie… Not the actual onesie (although I loved that)…. the one with the real onesies….
I visit your blog because of your creativity. When Im having a no mojo kind of day I can come to your blog and you give me inspiration. Happy Blogaversary ๐ Thanks for a chance to win some really great goodies ๐
The question should be “Why wouldn’t I visit????” Lauren, you are such a caring and giving person and your artwork is absolutely top notch. I have saved so many of your card designs as inspiration and your stories of family life are inspiring. You touch many lives girl!
Mary P.
I go to your blog everyday. You always have the most impressive examples and your card designs are great. You always add a personal note also about your family including your dog. I just look forward to it every day.
WOW! A year and I’ve only been visiting for a few short weeks now! I wish I would have found you when you started. I am amazed with your talent and constantly ooohing and ahhhing over your posts (that I continue to reread!!) Thanks for sharing all your great ideas and helping inspire me to stamp everyday!
Amanda
Wow. I am constantly amazed at your talent. I love your blog. It is like catching up with an old friend. Your blog is actually the only one I read daily and I look forward to all your creations. Congrats on the Anniversary!!!!!!!
I love your blog Lauren. I have you on my reader and I visit every day. I love all the tutorials and information you share with us, and I just really like your project style, everything you make seems to appeal to me with “classic” looks. You have amazing talent and creativity. Happy blogaversary and have a fabulous day!
Reason why I come here is because you inspire me with both your family life and your creativity… One day I hope my crafting will grow to be as good as yours…
happy anniversary, I dont always leave a comment but i do visit your blog everyday. and that is because U do wonderful work, and I love hearing about your family. i save alot of your creations and look forward to seeing more in the future.
again happy anniversary.
kay
I recently added you to my favorites! Your blog is so well put together and your ideas are so fresh and happy! I LOVE IT!! I can’t wait to try out your umbrella idea. Happy Anniversary!
Hi, I visit because I love to see all your new creations and I really appreciate the tutorials…this inspires me to try new stuff and keeps me crafting. See all your wonderful creations puts a smile on my face. Thanks for all you do…it is greatly appreciated!
I love your artistic style. Some card makers put too much different stuff and have too much clutter. I think your cards have the right balance. You do a great job!
My husband and I adopted two little boys with Down syndrome. (Both had twin brothers who didn’t have Ds that their birth parents kept.) So, I guess you and I are both moms to special people that God has decided to give to us.
(Will keep visiting when I can, since I never was able to get subscribed since my email addresses were rejected.)
I love to see your creations, you are so talented! but I also visit because of you, you as a person are an inspiration.
I enjoy your blog because of the designs-love the colors and your personal spin. Congrats on the big anniversary and please keep blogging along.
Why do I visit? Because of Alexa. I, too, have a daughter with DS and she is the love of my life, along with her sister and their Daddy. I love to hear stories about other children in general but even more so when they touch my heart. Alexa’s story is amazing and you are an amazing mother! Not to mention, you are an incredibly talent lady!
Jen Webster
Hi Lauren! Congrats on the blog-aversary!
Love the umbrella cards! So cute!
I visit to see your super creative work, you’re always such an inspiration!
I want to “Congratulate” you for bringing everyone a year
of happy and inspirational days!!
Why do I visit here……
You have taken blogging to a new height… It’s not just
showing and sharing all the Gorgeous cards or crafts that you have made…You share a piece of “YOU”. You share with us the most funniest stories…and we laugh! You share with us the
sad moments and your triumphs…and we cry! We have come to
know you (and your family) through your well written blog.
As I was reading a recent blog(the mice stories) I was in stitches…but also thinking if i’d had been there..I’d be sitting
on the table screaming with you!
You put so much of yourself in everything that you do…
Your personality and creativeness is so much an inspiration to
all of us. I thank you for having a blog…I sit here with a cup of
coffee in the morning….and usually start my day off with a
smile or a giggle. Nothing needs to change….Just keep being “YOU”!!!
Thanks for a chance to WIN such a wonderful gift giveaway
package….Please enter Me!
Dee
Lauren ~ Happy Blogaversary!!! I visit here everyday because not only are you SUPER talented, clever, and creative but your blog is real. You share the crazy ins and outs of everyday, that some days make you laugh, smile, or even shed a tear and it’s nice to “know” YOU and your family!
Why do I visit every day? Or twice a day? For inspiration and direction, of course! Your creations are just amazing!
Happy Blogaversary. Your cards are great, so I check in. You also give away wonderful blog candy!
I visit daily. If I am in any kind of slump, I know I can get some inspiration from you. AND, I love your tutorials and unique creations.
I enjoy your blog not just for your great ideas and designs, but I love how you share your everyday life with us. I have used many of your ideas…Oh…yeah I always give you create :O) and love to read your blog daily. Congrats n your anniversary!
Oh my I am late to the party, love your blog and ejoy all your lovely creations, your blog is always informative and provides such lovely ideas. Thanks for sharing your talent.
OMGosh Lauren I love, love, love, your work. Everything is so beautifully made with great detail yet your work is not over done, it’s simply stunning. When I visit your blog I am never let down, just lots of inspiration! Thank you:)
Laura
Forgot to mention…
That I love your Umbrella cards!
Thanks for the tutorial…
I am going to save it and give it a try.
Dee
I love the umbrellas. You’re so creative. I love visiting your blog to see your ides.
Lori in KS
I visit your blog because you inspire me, I have not had the time to participate in your challenges, and I realize as a mother, you don’t have much time either, so I really have no excuse. I hope to gleam inspiration from your ideas and actually use them. I absolutely love your baby onesie card, and I hope to actually try it someday. Congratulations on a year of blogging.
Hi,
I visited your blog as directed from another blog to view the bagalope… I was THRILLED to see all your wonderful work.. really inspiring.. You are now on my favorites and I will visit more frequent. WOW, your candy is very inviting… Please enter me. I will be back to visit and be inspired.
Thanks for sharing.
Kim
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Hello Lauren,
I found your blog a couple months ago and I think you have such a creative talent and I appreciate the fact that you share with us who are always needing inspiration. I have come away from your site with a lot of knowledge and creativity.
Thank you again
Lauren,
I check your website almost every day because you are such a beautiful artist. I am inspired by your work, but I also love learning about your family. Thanks for being so consistent with your blogs…I truly enjoy seeing your work and learning more about you. Congratulations on all your successes.
i visit beacuse i love your work! you come up with the cutest ideas and your instructions are great! i also love reading about your family! you seem to have a wonderful family and the cutest kids!!
keep up the awesome work!
WOW!!!What nice Blog Candy!!!Plus all the lovely comments!!!You rock girl!
I love your blog for all the creative stuff you post!!!Keep up the great work!!TFS and for the chance!!!!
I check your blog everyday because I always enjoy your creations. I like that you use a wide variety of stamps and always give tutorials and details about what you have made. Happy Blogaversary!
I visit your blog because I think your card designs are incredible. You are currently one of only 10 stamping blogs that I feel are special and unique enough for me to visit each day. I have to limit myself because I just can’t sit at my computer all day! * S I G H * Thank you for sharing your ideas with all of us.
Your blog is like getting a present in the mail everyday. Iโm always astonished how busy your life is and you still create such wonderful artwork. You are an inspiration and a SUPERRRR GENIUS!!! : )
Sincerely,
Laurie
What a fabulous card and tutorial. It is amazing to me that you take the time to post on your blog as often as you do and that you continue to come up with new and fun ideas. You spur my creative juices and I thank you for that! And what absolutely wonderful blog candy you are givng away! Someone will be really lucky!!!!!
WOW! Over 450 posts already. I’m just wondering if you do take the time to read them all!
Why do I come? Because I’m dumbfounded by your energy and creativity. I have 3 kids who are all healthy, but I definitely do not have your energy. Wouldn’t mind if you passed some on along with your blogcandy. LOL!
Happy blogaversary! Keep it up!!
I love looking at your blog on a daily basis and would definately not change anything. I love your PT samples which are gorgeous… Thanks for sharing all your ideas… Wendy
You blog is one of my check daily blogs. You have beautiful color combinations and ideas. Your sneak peak idea for the March PI release, made me purchase the Celebration stamp set. Thanks for the inspiration!!! Melissa
I stumbled across your blog about a week ago while looking at a cased version of the onsie card. That was such a brilliant yet simple project. I got on your blog, and just starting checking it daily. You babble about everything. Alot of stuff that I agree with. Anyways, I just enjoy the projects and tutorials, and what you have to say. So, THANKS!
Congrats! I love the umbrella card. I visit for wonderful ideas and samples that inspire me. Thanks for sharing your talents.
I visit your blog because I like to hear what you and the family are up to and I feel like I know you by now! You have awesome ideas and are extremely talented. I love seeing pics of the kids and and your sweet puppy! and of course all your creations!
Hi Lauren! Congratulations on the one year aniversary!!! The reason I come to your blog is to be inspired since you make beautiful cards and projects. And you also have such a positive attitude and it seems like you also have lots of energy. I admire the amount of stamping that you do while running a household with three kids.
I visit your blog on a daily basis. Your creations are so inspiring and I just love what you do! Thanks for sharing and congrats on your one year anniversary! You rock!
Oh my goodness! You are SO generous! Thank you so much for the opportunity!! Congratulations on One year of blogging! I love your blog and can’t wait for the next year!
Lauren~
I visit your website often because I am inspired and intrigued. Not to mention that this blog is filled with lots of energy. I always want to find out what keeps that happy energy glowing day after day. It’s a nice relief that we all so dearly need in these stressful times. Thank you for sharing your talent and family life with us. You truely are an amazing artist. Happy Anniversary!
Hi Lauren
congrats on your first blogging year!!!!!!
these umbrella cards are sooooo beautiful!
I love them!!!
Thanks for the nice blog candy…..hope I win LOL
your blog was already in my favorites!
Hugs
Marcia
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To put it simply YOU ROCK!!!!! I look forward to visiting your site everytime I get a chance, I just wonder how you do it all, that would be something I would like to know, how you got where you are today? My husband doesn’t like the amount of time I spend stamping already and I don’t even do that much, how do you with three kids? You are truely amazing!!!!
I come here for the amazing inspirations and to see what you’ve been doing so I can be all jealous of your fabulousness. ๐
I like to read your blog, not only to see the cards you make but to read the stories about your family. You make me laugh. I also love when you go shopping! You find the neatest things and I would hate to miss one of your finds.
Congratulations!
I have been reading your blog for quite some time now and really enjoy it. You are so creative and your work is inspiring. I enjoy both your creations and your stories about your family. Thanks for the chance to win this awesome blog candy! One of us is going to be spoiled by this!
Wow! How generous! I visit to see what new brilliant creation you have come up with. I’m always amazed!
Thanks! Elizabeth
Happy Anniversary! I love to visit your blog for all your inspirations!
Congratulations, Lauren. Your blog is so inspirational!
I absolutely love your Product Opinions and Must haves. I learned a lot and now have fun making cards and using as many “dew drops” as I want on my cards ๐
Love your blog.
Congrats on your 1 year anniversary.
Wow Lauren,
I hate to give you another post to check out, but this is my version of your sketch and tutorial. Thanks!
http://katiespaperhaven.blogspot.com/2008/03/welcome-baby-sketch.html
Iam pretty new to car making and I just love how you design..everything is so so beautiful Iam always enchanted when I see your work and think how did she do that? You are a truly talented woman and Iam happy that you are able to share this gift of yours with others. The scallops are amazing and your versatility at using product leaves me speechless. You rock girl, so happy to have found you!!
I am trying my BEST to be a creative mom. It would save me alot of headache if I could make some things.
Happy 1 year! Congrats!!
I visit your site because I love your creativity. Not only are the projects beautiful, they are so creative. You have so much creative juice & energy — can’t believe the new stuff you always come up with. I am also totally inspired by Alexa’s story and God’s grace and covering over your family. Thank you for your inspiration (in many different ways)
I visit your blog, like so many others, for inspiration. Your tutorials are so easy to follow and you are so generous with your talent and ideas.
Thanks, Missi
Hi Lauren! I’m actually a fairly new visitor but WOW…I’m totally inspired by your mega talent and creativity !!! Plus, you’re so good about sharing tutorials too. I made the onesie cards last week and wanted to thank you especially for that super sweet card design (and tutorial!)…Love it! = ) -nancy
I love that umbrella! Sometimes I am amazed at all you do and how you can look at something and create such fabulous things! Congrats on your one year of blogging!
I visit your blog for updates on how you all are doing and for inspiration. You are amazing!
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Hi !
I visit your blog to see your wonderful ideas and art work! Everything you do is just lovely and I fall in love with it. Thank you for sharing your skills with us by teaching.
Congratulations on your One Year Annversary as well. I sincerely hope there will be many more to come. Love your new Light up my Life set as well.
The main reason why I have your blog in my list of favorites is because of the beautiful cards you’re sharing with us. I like them a lot and they give inspiration to me. Besides that I, of course, also like your tutorials. Just keep blogging like you did the last year and I’ll keep on following it. Congratulations!
Happy Blog-a-versary! Lauren,
I visit your blog for inspiration, the great tutorials and to improve my cardmaking by seeing what you do! You have an amazing talent and outstanding creativity! You wow me everytime! You’re also so free with your ideas it’s very heartwarming!
So thank you for sharing your talents and congrats on your amazing blog! Love the umbrella card very clever!
Kim x
Wow! What candy to win on a Monday! Hope it’s gonna be me=)
I so love your blog! I visit it every day to see what new projects/cards you’ve made!
Such an inspiration it is, and I love the diversity of your blog!
Have a lovely Sunday Lauren!
Big hugs from Kristine=)
Lauren,
I visit your blog daily because you truly are an inspiration, not only in regard to paper crafting but also as a woman in today’s world. I truly don’t know how you do all that you do!
I absolutely love the clean style of your cards and projects…it’s so refreshing!
Congratulations on your one-year blogiversary! Here is to many, many more!
I visit your site every day…sometimes 2 or 3 times!! (I know by now you like to talk LOL and share) You never fail to inspire and when I think..there’s no way Lauren can top that one…you ALWAYS do! You write the way you would talk..as if we’re all your friends and you’re so generous with your thoughts and ideas. I feel like you’re a friend even though we’ve never met and in all probability never will but I know you’re there if I need you : ). You are fab!
lauren, you have so much talent it just oozes from you! i love reading how you come up with your ideas and love reading about you! it is so fun to “listen” to you talk through reading your blog! you always have some inspiration to help me get out of a slump…please keep it coming girl!! love it!!
i look at your bog dailey, you make so many pretty things. i have learnes a lot from you. your ideas are always sp cleaver and pretty.
i also read your blog dailey.please continue. i look fprward to whats always next.
you sound like such a nice person.
I love to stop by and see what new things you have made. I love your work. It’s beautiful.
Happy anniversary!
I visit you for the inspiration – your work is beautiful and I always want to see whats coming next!
Thank you for putting good into the world.
You are so CREATIVE! I love your blog! I come here daily for inspiration and ideas, plus I love reading about you and your family!
I subscribe to your blog because you are so creative. You have great ideas and tutorials that I can actually do!!!
I visit your blog and find so much inspiration in one place. Your projects are very clean and have so much class, they have that extra something which tells us all how much of yourself goes into them. You share lots and make people feel its a warm and friendly place to be. I wish you lots of success for another year.
Yours was the first blog I have ever visited! A friend I stamp with got tired of hearing me complaine that I needed some inspiration on stamping I was in a RUT so she sent me your blog information. I am so glad she did I love your style!! I have made a number of cards now that I just love Thank you so much for taking your time to inspire all of us
I can honestly say out of all the blogs that I link to, your’s is always the most jaw-dropping! Your creativity is simply amazing.
I don’t know how you find the time wih 3 young children to stamp. I love to hear you talk about your family. The story about the mice was hysterical! You’re just normal Mom who says what’s on her mind and that alone is so funny sometimes.
Keep up the GREAT work!
Hey Lauren… your work is awesome and I have been a long time lurker and I have used many of your turtorials… I must say this is a pretty good prize! Can’t wait to try this umbrella card tonight!
Dee
I love all your work. The umbrellas are darling!
Sara
Hi. Lauren… I visit your blog everyday too… I love that you share your ideas and some of your family matters … It feels good to read other peoples houghts about life because sometimes some of us are going thru the samething but can’t say it like you do… And reading about yours inspires me and maybe other not to feel shut out… It makes me think that are people out there that i don’ t even know that want to see or read something i have posted.. Thank you for sharing you ideas and wonder cards and as well as your thoughts … Thank again Lauren … Keep up the good work… Now that i visit your blog everyday and enjoy everything on your blog… Ileana
Happy, Happy Blog-aversary to you!
Congratulations…….!
I visit your blog every day for art inspiration…..to see what you found at Target (I, too, love that store)…….and to read about whatever is going.
I would love it if you would do a tutorial video! That would be awesome!
Looking forward to seeing what you have in store for us this next year!
Hi Lauren! I have been visiting ever since you started your blog and it’s addictive. Everything from you fun and nice personality to your awesome projects and tutorials. Just keep bringing more!!!! Have a great day. Heather
I really do check in everyday to see what you’ve been up to, and LOVE your creatiions! I just believe thatsomehow you manage to get 26 or 28 hours out of each day! You get so much done! Bless you and your family! Thanks for the chance to win! Congrats on all your success!
Peggy S.
Hmmm, why do I visit my friend Lauren?
Well, I really do feel like we’re friends, especially since we get to ‘play’ with each other on MFT! And of course, there’s your amazing artistry. But I’d visit you anyway. Why? Well, it’s pretty close to my heart (no, not the stamp company… ; ) ). Just like me, you’re the mother of a wonderful, adorable, special needs kiddo and with you out there, loving what I love in paper crafting, but going through a lot of the same emotional and social ‘stuff’, you make me feel like I’m not alone. (*now I’m getting teary!! Thanks, Lauren… LOL) You’re a peach, and you have a huge heart, and I know you GET me, KWIM?! {{{Lauren}}}
I enjoy your blog everyday! I love everything about it..so don’t take away anything! What a cute tutorial on the umbrella! Thanks for sharing all your wonderful ideas!
Just recently found your blog and I really love the different variety of styles you use. Such a creative person, keep up the great work!
I visit your blog at least once a day because I love your projects. The colors are always vibrant and alive. And you use stamps from so many sources that I was unfamiliar with. I can’t believe you’ve only been blogging a year. You seem to be a pro. But keep it up. I’m a devoted fan. Thank you for the chance at your goodies
Lauren – I came across your blog late last summer and for the first time, I found a blog that I just could not stay away from – I’m addicted! I have been visiting everyday since. I love your style, creativity and the tutorials! I just started my own own blog and I have several projects from your tutorials lined up for posting. BTW – I must complement you on the Onsie Bouquet – that was absolutely stunning.
Thanks for all the great work!
Lauren – Happy First Blog-a-versary!! I recently subscribed to your blog because I didn’t want to miss your wonderful tutorials! Thanks for the great blog!
blizlady @ SCS
I visit your blog everyday. You are one of the most talented people in the business. Your ideas as always so fresh and wonderful, and also so easy to gain inspiration.
I hope you never decided to stop doing this!!!
Carol F
Hi Lauren,
Happy Blog-aversary to you! What a yummy assortment of My Time Mail! I love visiting your blog every day for all the creative projects and cards that you make and for all the wonderful tutorials! I don’t know where you come up with all the ideas- you’re definitely one creative girl!!! Keep it up – we love seeing it all! ๐
Love your umbrella idea from yesterday…I may have to use that idea for an upcoming baby shower I’m going to…your onesie bouquet is my all time favourite idea, though for baby ideas! Absolutely stunning…I agree, I think I might have shed a tear, too, when they took it apart! lol ๐
Thanks for sharing all your ideas and for the chance to play along in the fun!
Hey Lauren! The first reason I visit your blog is for inspiration. The ideas you come up with are fantastic! The second is your day to day life that you let your readers in on. It lets other people know that they are not alone. Keep up the good work.
Tina P
I doubt you’ll see this since I’m one of the 100’s of fans of your blog! lol BUT if you do, I just want to let you know you are amazing and I always smile when I see your post because you just don’t share your amazing talent but you allow us into your life and let us see your just a hard working mama trying to make your babies smile and us too! lol ๐ Congrats on your 1 year blogging here is to 25 more! LOL ๐
I love visiting your site and blog because you’re real – no nonsense. You have a great attitude towards life – thank you!
Congrats on the HUGE day. I love your blog and am so glad for all the inspiration!!!
I check for updates on your blog everytime I am on my computer. I love your projects and how easy you make everything look. Thanks for the opportunity to win!!
Hello! I am a regular visitor to your blog. I always find something that gets my creative juices flowing from your amazing work. Everything is “doable” – it is simple yet stunning! Basically DITTO what everyone else is saying! ๐ Fantastic blog!
Barb M. [email protected]
Happy Blog -AVIRSARY!!
Lauren..
Keep up the fantastic work..
Thanks for the great tutorial..
Hugs,
Kalila
Hi Lauren, congrats on your anniversary. I visit your blog daily, if possible, as your projects are so wonderful and the explanations are so easy to understand. I’m a fairly new convert to stamping so love that your cards are quite easy to follow. Keep up the good work! Lots of love, Denise in the UK (hope I qualify for the candy). x x
Congratulations!! You are amazing in so many ways and I enjoy yur blog soo much, thanks for offering such a great prize and for sharing all yur amazing work!
Vicky
I like your tutorials… especially the Easter Baskets! Happy Blogaversary! Thanks for the chance.
Happy anniversary! I love your site for many reasons. Your ideas and projects are always well executed, explained and combine classy with a fun spirit. I wish I was as creative and original. I work with dysfunctional families and the toll it takes on those children is heartbreaking and frustrating. So, your familiy stories are uplifting. I also have worked with special needs children. The warmth and love for your daughter is special. Love your humor. You bring us a lot of joy! I am so happy for your success!
Happy anniversary! I love your blog because you’ve got so many unique ideas and after looking at the tuts, they’re not that hard to make. Great stuff!!
Gotta love that oval punch!! Your are so talented in so many ways! Thanks for sharing it all! Love it all-the tutorials are wonderful!
Hope J
Awesome giveaway! I love your blog and try to visit everyday because you are so talented! Everything you do is beautiful and you are always so fun to read. Thanks for sharing it all! Congratulations on your success.
I visit your blog as much as I can for the beautiful cards and ideas that you share with us. I love your different boxes and your free templates. I mean where else do you see free templates that are awesome?? What would I like to see… birthday celebration ideas for all ages.
Happy blog-anniversary! While I don’t comment often, I do check in daily to see your latest amazing creations and hear about Alexa’s progress. I’m hoping to find the time to try your umbrella project and I appreciate all of your effort to make the tutorials extremely easy to understand. Thanks so much for taking the time to share with us!
Kerrie
Lauren, another astoundingly beautiful project! Your creative mind just amazes me. To be able to create these shapes, these cards, these boxes…WOW! If you have a little overflow of your creative juices send them this way! Thanks for the inspiration.
CONGRATS LAUREN!!!!!! I stumbled across your blog about 15 days ago and can’t get enough. I check daily just to see what is new and creative, plus your blog just seems to be warm and welcoming. Glad to visit, you are an inspiration, in your craft and life in general.
I visit your blog whenever there is a new post! I love your stories–you tell it like it is!! They are amusing. I really like the ideas and samples that you provide for the artwork! The cards and 3D items are the best! Thanks so much and congratulations on your 1 year anniversary!
I love visiting here because you have such great layouts and color combos. Thanks for the inspiration! Keep posting cards, and I’ll keep coming back!
Lauren…I love your blog!!! I checked it yesterday morning beofre I left the house and you hadn’t posted yet…all day I was wondering…. so now finally I get to check in! Crazy days!
I love your inspiration and talent and then reading through your stuff, your personailty to match! I told you before my goal was to set up my own blog this year…it’s looking more like summer!
Keep up the great work! And the new company seems like it will skyrocket! Such a great idea!
I visit your blog first & formost because you are an extremely talented artist and I LOVE your cards. I love that your creations are always new and exciting and not duplicated cases of everyone else’s work. I enjoy your tutorials and willingness to share with us. And lastly, you are a fun person who always puts honesty, humor and love for your family in your posts. CONGRATS on your first blogversary.
Hi Lauren,
I come and read everyday because I admire your passion in life. I love that you are such a great mother and a spiritual leader. Thank you for blessing my life this year and inspiring me to be more!
I just started visiting your blog and I love to come here for daily inspiration, I just love all the beautiful cards you make. I even have you linked to my blog so I come here everyday.
Hi Lauren, I visit your blog as often as I can because I love what you create. Your projects are beautiful and you describe them wonderfully!! Congrats on your blogaversary!!! Erin:)
Happy blogaversary! I love your tutorials. They are awesome. And your giveaway is very generous. Thanks for the chance to win!
I visit your site because you ALWAYS have something awesome to show us! I have never seen anyone, other than Nichole, with such great ideas and so many!!!
I am absolutely casing the Papertrey party bag for my daughter’s birthday in May.
Thanks for unending inspiration!
Victoria
WHY- cause you’d be crazy not to visit your blog!!! GIRL, you got some serious talent.
Your projects are so unique…. don’t see alot of that.
I’ll try your sketch too.
Happy Blog-a-versary! I visit your blog for insirations… you come up with FANTASTIC ideas and I love looking at your cards/projects… and your tutorials! Just keep them coming! TFS!
You are by far one of my favorites! In all honesty I don’t think you could do ANYTHING to improve your blog! You offer awesome tutorials, creative inspiration and wonderful creations! Now if you had an awesome recipe you make that can knock the socks off like your cards and projects I am waiting for that post! LOL! Thanks!! Lisa K
Your creativity & talent is never-ending. I visit your blog daily for enjoyment and inspiration. Thank you for your generosity! ~Kathy
Lauren, This is my favorite blog! Your creations are so elegant and truly beautiful. You are an inspiration to all who read this blog. We are blessed to know you.
Debi
Hi Lauren, this is my 1st visit to your site. I followed the link from Katie’s blog- My Paper Haven. I’m new to the whole blog thing but congrats on your anniversary. How nice of you to give out prizes! These 2 cards you have displayed here are absolutely adorable. I can’t wait to check out the rest of you blog! I’m crossing my fingers here lol.
love this umbrella! that’s the kind of thing I could actually make with a wire a simple handle, ’cause I’m wire challenged!
I began stamping in August 2007 and I have followed your blog from the beginning. You have inspired me in more ways than you know. Please don’t change anything!! You are awesome!! Congratulations on your anniversary!
Happy 1 Year Aniversary! I love coming to your blog to see all your wonderful creations! You have to be one of the most talented stampers on the web. I just love your creative ideas!
you have so many great ideas on your blog and you are so generous to share them. always with a tutorial! I do appreciate that since I need directions! you rock Lauren, that’s all there is to it!
CONGRATULATIONS on reaching your one year anniversary! One of my friends introduced me to your blog a few months ago, and I just can’t stop reading it ๐ Absolutely LOVE your anecdotes about your kids and Daisy, and the inspiration from your projects – simply awesome! Keep up the awesome work!
Congrats on your 1-year blog commitment! I love your blog….such elegant, but simple inspirational creations. Very refreshing for me. I don’t how you could improve because you offer a variety of tutorials and great instructions with your creations! Just wonderful! Keep up the good work!
I love to check out your blog daily! You have such a beautiful, fun style. Your projects are always so elegant and breathtaking! You put together the most amazing ensembles. I come here to get inspired! Please just keep being you! Thank you for the chance to win something handmade by you!!
Jen
hi girl..I love your blog..for inspiration..for fabulous projects…and the fabulous blogging that you do..
i do come back for the cards..but I do love reading little snippets about you..your family and daisy..
i miss posts on daisy..
Hugs
Tejal
Woo hooo! love all your sketches, it might take me few days to think of somthing but i sure do love it =)
congratulations!
Hi Lauren, I love to visit your blog every day because you are a great person, so down to earth and nice to know. I love pictures of your doggy and your family, your projects inspire me, and so do your daily messages. Thanks for the chance to win some goodies!
Hi Lauren, I think you have a wonderful blog. I love comeing here for your tutorials, inspiration, and to get to know you. Some things you talk about make me think, “Wow, if I met her IRL, we would totally be friends!” LOL! And I will definitely give your umbrella sketch a try!
Happy Blog-aversary!!! I love the umbrella theme! Can’t wait to try it! Your creations always make me wish for more stampin’ time!
Wow Lauren!! 565 comments already!! You do such an awesome job with projects and putting together sets, I always find something beautiful here! ๐
Lauren, I look forward to your daily blogs because I feel like I receive a present everyday-just waiting to be unwrapped. Can’t wait to see what “gift” of your talent you are sharing with us. I leave each day with inspiration and a positive feeling. Thank you for sharing your talents, your sense of humor, and upbeat outlook!
YOU ROCK! Thank you too, for the past year and I look forward to the next!
Well, I come to your blog because of your beautiful creations!! You make the prettiest cards, and they’re great for all occasions!! (and I love getting ideas from you for card designs!!)
Thanks for posting and sharing!!
Love your site and your creative designs. Best wishes for contined success. What a great giveaway offer!!
Congrats on your first year anniversary!! I visit your blog because you have such amazing talent! Your cards are so pretty, and creative, but not over the top and loaded down with embellies. I’m a huge fan!
you inspire me.
I am so inspired by your works of art! Your cards get my own creative juices flowing & I appreciate your style! TFS
Congratulations, Lauren! Wahoo! One year of blogging is a huge accomplishment-may you have many more years ahead of you!
Lauren I love the inspiration and the stories you tell. I am on your site several times a day and do try a lot of your tutorials. I made a umbrella card but don’t know where to upload it. If someone coud help that would be great.
I made a umbrella card but don’t know where to upload it. If someone coud help that would be great.
You are always so inspiring and positive – your creativity is never ending and when I can’t seem to get going on a project I always find inspiration on your site! thanks for sharing!
Congratulations on your 1st anniversary with your blog. (And may there be many more) Love all your ideas and the tutorials really make doing projects so much easier as your pictures and explanations are awesome. Thanks for taking the time to show us all that you do! Jennifer, Calgary, ALberta
The reason I visit your site is that, unlike alot of the stamping bloggers I visit, you share really life experiences, that all of us, at one time or another, have faced. Another thing I have noticed about you, is that you send out cards/gifts to your friends who may be going through a hard time and I love that about you. Your ideas and creations are great. I can’t wait to see what you’ve created next. You inspire me, make me laugh, and I feel that if were neighbors, we would be friends. Thank you for sharing your creativity and life! We all enjoy it! Ripley, TN
Lauren,
You are such an inspiration to all women, I love your stamping style, and visit you blog daily. You always have something I like. I have gained much inspiration not only from your stamping, but from your everyday life. Thanks for sharing “Your Time” with us!
Hugs,
Marge
I’m one of those blog readers who checks in, but rarely comments…..I LOVE your creativity (I keep thinking that if I look enough that type of thought process will rub off on me!!). I also like the snippets of your “life”. Papercrafting is not all we do and sometimes that gets lost in the blogging sites that I visit.
I do appreciate that you share so willingly of your talents! A HUGE thanks!!
starla
Once again, a wonderful giveaway, and beautiful card ideas! That’s why I visit so often! Thanks!
Geeesh Lauren, how could you expect me to address ALL the reasons why I visit your blog, daily (sometimes more then that ACK!), and how seeing your creations and hearing about your *world* inspires me??
You’re personality is refreshing and genuinely KIND ~ not something too familar these days.
You have a spark that shines through your words and your creations ~ you can tell how much you adore paper crafting.
Ohhh and did I forget to mention your creations are brilliant? haaa! Trust me Lauren, I could go on and on and describe all the things I *See* in you, but hopefully this displays to, in a very small way, why I visit your Blog :0) Do you need a Captain for your Fan Club? *wink*
PS: Can you post or send a pic of your published projects from those magazines? I’d LOVE to see them.
What a lovely blog candy…..have to give it a try! I visit your blog because of the nice cards and I love the colours you use. And I think your blog is a nice mix of cards, tutorials and random chat! Inspirational and encouraging too…. Thanks!
I LOVe to visit your blog. You are very creative AND original. And you are kind enough to share. So thank you and keep up the good work!
Not sure how I found you…blog surfing, I think. But I knew I’d want to come back often because of your tutorials and great creativity. Keep it coming!
I visit because your projects alwasy inspire me! I love your style.
I visit your blog for PTI inspiration and you have plenty of that! Love your work ๐
Very cool! I love this! Thanks!
Nancy
What a lovely blog you have & full of inspiration!! Thank You from B.C. Canada
Ang
Stamping is sort of intimidating. I love to scrap and make cards, but to stamp seems overwhelming. I love your blog because you show us how to do things and how to incorporate our own ideas. You’re very inventive and create some amazing things! Plus, you give back! That means a lot to me! I visit your blog because we see the every day ramblings and although sometimes you have a really bad or stressful day, you always–ALWAYS have something positive to say at the end and something to make us laugh in the middle. We can all relate to you and know that we aren’t alone in the the things we go through each and every day. I know I’m glad that I found your blog. I found way more than I expected.
I don’t own a stamp set. I can’t wait to see how much easier thing go together when you have sentiments that match images.
THANKS not only for the give-a-way but for the light that shines through you!
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Holy cow girl! You get a lot of comments! Sheesh! I love visiting your blog (daily) for a number of reasons!
1. Obviously you create some seriously gorgeous stuff!
2. I LOVE your tutorials…they are amazing!
3. You are so personable and it is really fun to read about what is going on in your life!
I want you to know how much I really truly appreciate #3. It means so much that you care enough to share your life with us! Thanks so much for providing such a great resource for all of us! You rock girl! ๐
I visit your blog for your great inspiration! Fell in love with your Papertrey umbrella card and when I saw you had provided a tutorial, I went BONKERS! Your work is always beautiful!
I visit you for inspiration! Never leave without that satisfied feeling of getting my eye candy!! I love your writing and I especially love hearing about Alexa and your family. I don’t know Alexa of course, personally, but you know she touches a special place in my heart!
Thank you for being a great mom and a great creator! You are so special.
Butterfly kisses to you and Alexa….
hugz
Love “My time” with you! TFS yourself with us – truly an inspiration to me.
Your creations are amazing!!!! What an inspiration! Pick me! Pick me!! for some yummy Bloggy candy……pppppllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaase! =)
I love to visit your blog because you are a great cardmaker and a amazing storyteller.Often I must so laught ,thats a highlight in my day.Thanks
Monika xx
Your tutorials are so amazing! Your umbrella cards are so pretty!! Thanks for sharing your art with us!!
I love visiting your blog ~ everything you do is so clean-lined, girly, and bee-yoo-ti-ful…I have 2 boys ~ no girls, so it’s nice to see what you do to get ideas for girls! Plus…you gotta love the stories ~ I especially liked the mouse story you had recently ~ I was laughing so hard that I had to read the entire story to my 5 year old because he wanted to know what was so funny! Thanks for everything you do!
I visit your blog for many reasons. I love your cards, I love your color combos and how you make them work and I love all the bling you add to your creations. I also love that you tell us about great deals at Michels or other craft stores. I love that you tell us about you, your family and your baby Daisy! I feel like I really know you from all the things you write. And I love that you are such a nice person!!! Wish you were my neighbor! That’s why I love to visit your blog! BTW, loved your card in Papercrafts. I got my copy in the mail and started flipping pages and saw your name and thought wow, I know her! Thanks for the chance to win all that great STUFF!!
Dorothy
Hi Lauren,
I just found your blog and think it’s just awesome. Lucky for me I’m just in time for some wonderful candy. I’m putting you on my favorite blogs to visit list so I can check in every day. Thanks for sharing your inspiration with us and please feel free to draw my name.
Rita
Congratulations on your blogiversary!
I love to visit your blog as I adore the sketches you create – they inspire me and challenge me to try different things. The cards you share with us are gorgeous and make me think about combining different elements/colours. I also find your tutorials really helpful so big thank yous to you for finding the time to share them with us along with snippets of your day and life.
And last but most definitely not least, a very big thank you to you for offering such great blog candy.
Please keep up the great work – its always a pleasure to stop by and see how you are.
Becky
I visit regularly because everything you do is very inspirational to me! I think what you do is great & ever since I purchased the Alexa set I’ve found myself visiting your blog DAILY to see how you & your family is doing (& to see what new thing you came up with!) Keep up the good work & Congratulations on your 1 YEAR anniversary of your blog!
I stop by every day for a dose of inspiration and a quick pick-me-up. Love your site and your talent.
Lauren, I stop by at least twice a day because I never know how many updates you give on any given day. Your cards and ideas are great and I love that you are quick to respond to any emails with silly questions. Keep up the great work.
I am so excited! I just found your blog recently. God has blessed you with incredible talent. I appreciate your willingness to share your creativity with others. I know it takes tremendous time and effort to do all you do! As a cancer survivor of six years I can understand some of what your family has been dealing with. May God continue to bless you and your family as you bless others! Thank you!
Yours is yet another blog I recently found and subscribed to. Can’t turn up a chance to win blog candy! I love the little umbrella card with the little boots, so fresh and springlike………..thanks for the fab tutorial on it…………it is definitely one I would like to try……….now need to find me some boots LOL
dorothy in bc by the sea where it is raining
I am a regular subscriber to your blog through bloglines. I enjoy everything about it, your tutorials, you wonderful creations and the way you share your thoughts. It is also wonderful how you update on a regular basis. That is something I am nowhere close to doing with mine.
ok I forgot to ask where the rubber boots came from, any help please?!
dorothy in bc by the sea
Hi! I recently found you, so this is my first time leaving a message.
I visit here because you are so inventive. Your umbrella idea just blew me away. And all your artwork looks so professional. I am no where near your level of talent yet, but with role models like you, maybe there is hope for me to get there someday.
Thank you for all the inspiration and the great step by step instructions.
Keep uo the great work. I say, dont change a thing! ๐
Julie Kostka
I love you blog. It is one of my daily visit sites. You are very talented and I am grateful that you share your ideas. Thanks!!!!!!!
Well, new to looking at blogs, I find that your blog is so fresh and crisp. It’s the style I truly like. As a stamper and scrapbooker your blog helps my wheels spin to be creative and do what I love. I thank you for the time you put into this for us .
I want to try this..but I won’t have it loaded in time…my camera is at work..Love this sketch though..and I will try the umbrella.. I still remember 30 and I turned 45…yuck..I don’t feel that old
wow lauren, i cannot believe that I am number 609!!! you are popular.
well i come to your blog because you inspire me so much, I mean so much.
You have so much going on in your family and its so fantastic that you find the time to share you wonderful creations with us all.
you’ve inspired me to really start stamping – i was too afraid before – but now i have rubber romance in my heart.
thank you
hugs ๐ x
Hi Lauren, I had time to follow your tutorial and make a card.
Here’s my link. Thanks Sandy
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/851158&cat=500&ppuser=136950
I would love to be included in your drawing Lauren! Great projects!
I love your blog. I Love your tutorials. On days I feel like doing nothing at all craft related I check out your site & get motiviated:)
I have to come here because I LOVE looking at your work, you are so very inspiring :).
I come here because I love to hear about you and your kids having a great time, and also your work and your tutorials. Keep up the good work.
I visit you for many reasons, your creativity is outstanding, your ideas mind blowing, you make me think wow AND WOW AGAIN, your personal stories remind me to be thankful for my many blessings, , YOUR INSPIRATION to keep trying to create and last but not least your loving stories about your families. You are a true inspiration! Thank you.
Happy St Patrick’s day! Here’s to the wearing of the green!!!!
Eileen
Thanks for letting us know about the Daily Bread stamps and for all your hard work keeping this up so well!
Lauren,
I discovered SCS about a year ago – yours was the first gallery I ever visited. At that time I didn’t even know what the word BLOG meant. Soon, and luckily, I found my way to yours and discovered I could actually recieve personal,( kind of) – I like to think of them that way, anyhow, e-mail inspirations from you. I cannot tell you what an inspiration you have been to me, both through your life’s experiences and challenges, but through your talent as well. I love your stories and your works of art give definition to the word AMAZING! Your shared creations are my prize! Thank you. Barb
Well, I was able to make two cards using this sketch! Thank you so much for the inspiration!! Here’s my cards: Stamping For Sanity.
I visit your blog because your a huge inspiratio to me, I luv your work, you always amaze me! I also like to listen to you talk about everyday like & your advenyures in life!!! Keep up the good work, we luv you.
I love to visit you because of the awesome card inspirations PLUS the sketches. Great ideas ALWAYS!!!
Beth
I visit your blog daily to see what great projects you’ve come up. I absolutely love your onesie card and cannot wait to try one of your umbrella cards. Thanks so much for sharing what you do!
Melissa (moster)
I love to come by your blog because of your awesome projects ! Keep ut the great work.
I love coming to your blog to see all your fabulous creations! I adored your onesie card and enjoyed making some myself. Thanks for sharing what you do!
Hi Lauren,
This may be my first post but I’ve been visiting on a daily basis for months now. I visit because you are so multi-talented and I luv how down to earth you are. I also want to stay updated on Alexa’s progress. I couldn’t make one suggestion on how to make your blog a better place to vist because its great just the way it is. Happy Blog-aversary & may God continue to bless you and your family. TFS! Sheila
I originally visited your site becuase I had seen you in OnStage mags in the past. I’m still visiting becuase you have AMAZING ideas and everything is so stinkin cute! Plus your stories sound an awful lot like me! The mouse, the getting old, lots of things.
This giveaway is fantastic. Thanks for the chance!
Congrats! I love reading your site and looking for your cards in various mags. You and your family are such an inspiration to all of us!
I relate to your getting old comments. I still feel like I’m in middle school most days.. my mom still aggravates me the same ways. Now, my little boy is getting big and I’m just amazed at how the time goes by!
Thanks for the chance to win.. maybe this will be my first win? My family has no luck when it comes to free stuff ๐
I started out visiting your SCS gallery and then moved on to your blog…why???because you have such different layouts!!!!! You always give me great ideas…even if it is just a small “something” on your cards!! Congratulations on a year long blog and here’s hopping for another full year!!!
Lauren, I love your blog because of all the beautiful projects and cards you create! I would like to see more Stampin Up cards or projects, but I know you are very busy on many different design teams. They are all VERY LUCKY to have you! Here’s hoping for many many more very successfull years of blogging to ya!
What an amazing card! I come to your blog because I have always admired your cards. Yours was the first card I ever cased. I don’t know if I uploaded it to my SCS gallery, but I just love your creations. Once I PMd you and told you that your comment on my card made my day as a newbie stamper. You PMd back with such encouraging words! I have come such a long way in the short year of stamping, but you have grown as well and continue to inspire me. Congrats on your blogaversary! Hugs, michelle
I love going to your website because, naturally, I want to see what new beautiful things you have created! But, in addition to that it’s how I keep up with you and your family. I think of you all the time Lauren; Caroline still prays for Alexa at night and asks about her often. Life can get so busy and it’s hard to stay in touch as often as we’d like but your blog keeps me up on what’s happening in your life and that’s what’s most important! The cards and other things are the icing on the cake! And wow- are they beautiful and fun to see! I also love how much detail you give on the items you use and how you used them. You are quite the enabler, you know! ๐
Anyway, happy blog anniversary! I just love all you share here and hope you’ll be at it for a long time to come! Thank you for all you do and making this such a great place to visit!
Congrats on your blog anniversary!
I visit your blog because you inspire me to create things that are beautiful.
You and your blog are so inspiring. I love your attitude towards life. Everyday you make me want to get off my butt and go make something. I don’t know how you get that much stuff done each day. Thanks for all the inspiration. Angelina
Congrats !!!! you will have many more anniversary’s with your wonderful and inspirational talent..
You’re amazing! Thank you for the daily dose of inspiration!
Happy Anniversary!
Lauren-
I’m still pretty new to the blog scene… but I wanted to let you know I really appreciate you sharing your ideas and inspiration. I’m hoping to try the unbrella challenge, and others (int he future). Thanks for helping me grow as a crafter!!
-Maureen
PS – If I get to try that challenge, I’ll let you know and send a link. THanks
The Umbrella is too cute! Thanks for sharing your “how to”!
I fell upon Nichole’s blog about a month ago (Feb 10th to be exact) and it was countdown time! I had no idea what I was getting into….I am completely addicted now. Then I began to check out the amazing designers she has creating such awesome projects. YOU are my absolute favorite of all the designers. Each and every card, box, tag, etc. you make is SO beautiful and very much my style. I check your blog everyday and love hearing about your family!. I can just hear your voice coming through loud and clear. Congrats on your anniversary! You are a true inspiration! Becky
I honestly found your blog from Nichole’s blog and PTI, but I am sticking around for amazing cards like the umbrella cards. WOW!
Hi Lauren…..your blog is a source of inspiration for me. I often think, WOW, how does this girl do it all?!!!! I come to your site each and every day to see what amazing creations you have to share. My husband just laughs when he finds me reading your blog and talking about you and your family as if we have been friends for years. I feel like I know you all! Thanks for all you do. Raquel~
Ok, I finally gave the sketch a try, here it is: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/851405?cat=500&ppuser=2910
Wow, happy blogaversary!!!! Holy hannah, 640 responses??? I’d say my chances of winning are pretty slim!! Great candy! Why do I come here? I love to see your work, it’s very inspirational plus I love your *funny* stories! I always leave w/ a smile on my face and something to inspire me to stamp!
Lauren, firstly congrats on one year of blogging! I found you this summer through the dirty dare challenges. I visit you here because you inspire me. Your creations are unique with your own signature style. I can spot a Lauren Meader in a magazine everytime! You neve cease to amaze me! My take aways are your down to earth commentaries on life, motherhood and the good stuff. And the biggest take away is the inspiration you provide every day. I just love your stuff! Now I’m off to do your sketch before time runs out!
love the cars as much as the goodies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I visit your blog because you faithfully update it and there’s always something new and fresh to read about. Even though I don’t know you, I love hearing about your craft stories, mouse stories, kids locked in dog-cages stories, dog-poop stories, it all perks up my day ๐ I read your blog every evening – I look forward to it as my ‘treat’ for completing another day at work. Your work is inspirational. Thank you for sharing.
Lauren – my card is posted on my blog… http://stampinmoe.blogspot.com/
Thanks again for the inspiration.
-Maureen
I love your blog because of all your beautiful creations. Don’t change a thing. Thanks so much for the chance to win.
I love your blog just the way it is. Your unique take on most projects really inspire me. Don’t change a thing and keep them coming!! Thanks for the chance to win some goodies!
~Crystal M.
Love the umbrella – so cute and thanks for the directions! Happy Blog-iversary and hope you’ll have many more!
I love your site because you are, simply put, a paper crafting genious!! Your boxes and templates are all so inventive and creative and you are a constant source of inspiration for me!
I love the umbrella card ๐ We are actually doing a song about umbrellas in choir. This would be really cool to recreate and give them to my classmates at recital.
JoAnna
Why I visit your blog is exemplified in this post. You share beautiful work, great ideas and tutorials to teach us how to do and use both. Plus I love your stories from new puppy, to kids, to an mouse infestation. It is never dull!!!
WOW. What a GREAT mytime mail giving! You are so generous…not only with this gift, but the gift of your time. Your blog is one of my daily fixes! I enjoy reading about your daily life experiences, and LOVE learning new things from you and your art…you are a great gal! I don’t know how you do it all, but you do it WELL!
Many Blessings to you…
I love your blog for everything, chat about life, your family, definitely your amazing talent!! I feel like I know you by checking in whenever you post and I LOVE that you post often!! kepp up the fantastic work….
Kelly S
I’m always looking for inspiration and I find it here! ๐ Your card creations are wonderful and very inspiring. Love the little umbrella and instruction. It’s amazing what you can do with those punches!
Karen L.
Hi Lauren, it’s 19 minutes into Monday where I am, so I might have missed your cut off. Anyway, I like the card I came up with for your sketch challenge, so I will share it whether it qualifies for an entry or not. Thanks for the great sketch, and for the opportunity to win that fabulous package! Here’s my card: http://www.scrapnextras.com/scrapnextras/2008/03/another-sketch.html
Hey Lauren,
I visit your blog daily to see what great out of the box ideas you have come up with. Keep up the great work! You’re one of the bloggers who I visit who inspired me to start my own blog!
Lauren, I Visit your Blog because your designs are so fresh and inspirational!
I stumbled upon it quite by chance and now everyday I receive a note to tell me you have posted something! It’s like receiving a prezzie every day.
Thank You – Kind Regards Denise Johnstone – South Africa
i visit your blog because you’re work is very inspiring, i wish i had time to stamp and money to buy the stamps sets avail out there!
thanks for the chance to win!
Hi Lauren,
I love visiting your blog because you are inspiring to me… both personally and for your amazing stamping abilities. Also, you so generously share all your wonderful ideas with us. I believe you are a blessing to us (your blog readers) and to the stamping world. Keep up the fabulous job!
Hi, Lauren, Love your blog. I get so many good ideas from you, and your tutorials are great! Thanks for all you do!
Congrats On your Anniversary! I visit your blog daily…I’m always looking for inspiration..tadah.. I always find it here! Let it be known that you are appreciated! Love every one of your creations..Umbrella too!Kinda wish I had a sick friend to make it for..lol.Take care………
Congratulations on your Anniversary! I love your samples – you have ideas I’ve never seen before. It makes me want to lock the door and play with my patterned paper! Thanks for your inspiration!
I visit your blog daily, as I find so much inspiration on your blog. I absolutely love your style. Thank you for the opportunity to win this spectacular blog candy.
Debbie S
I visit you here to see what gorgeous items you’ve made and to LEARN something! You are very inspirational to me! someday… I hope to be as good as you! And – congrats on a year! And… thanks for the MyTime Mail! YOU ROCK!
I can’t even remember how I initially stumbled across your blog – but I keep coming back because you provide an inspirational feeding ground for all of us paper sharks! Congrats on a blogging year. Wow!
Also – yes, it was sunday school – this little light of mine – won’t let satan (whew – this is where you blew out your candle) it out! Hee Hee.
Holy cow! Talk about a ton of responses! I visit you for inspiration, because you are so talented, for a chuckle/tear, because you are not afraid to put yourself or stories of your family out there and for your tutorials, because you make some of the best cards (onesies, fire hydrant) and you put it out there for all of us to play with. I love that! I hate that you were taken advantage of (onesies) but am glad that it didn’t stop you from continueing to share! Thank you for being such a wonderful person (at least on the internet – ๐ hee hee)
Because, Lauren, you have the most wonderful ideas- beautiful, fresh, fun, and case-a-ble! I so love your style, and I have to tell you that many of your ideas were in my Christmas gifts! And I enjoy catching up on your family goings-on’s. It’s nice to know that even my heros have the same stuff to deal with in life! Thank you for the offer, and for your talent that you so willingly share with the stamping community!
I visit your site because you inspire me to try different things. Your cards are stunning and I love to see what you do with the PTI releases. Your cards are just so sophisticated and classic looking but still so original.
I also visit your blog to find out how your family is doing.
Lauren, I look at your blog for inspiration and hope. I am a very young mom (only 19), and it inspires me to see what a motivated and independent women that you are. You and your family ceases to amaze me. I love everything that you come up with. Every morning when I get on the computer I make sure to check your blog. It always gives me a great start to the day. I can’t believe how often you post, (which I love).Always remember how great you are, and how many people love what you do. Congratulations on your blog-aversary! Thank you for always making me smile and laugh!(and some times tear up)
Hi Lauren!!
I love to visit your blog daily because I love to read your stories. I am in awe with all of your creations!! You are such an inspiration, in so many ways!!
Thanks so much for a chance to win!
Lori M
I like to visit yoru blog everday, you have great style. i also like the fact that you give directions on how to make some of your creations!
Your blog is such an inspiration. I love visiting it everyday during “My time”.
I have recently found your blog and have found so many neat ideas to use–now to find the time to actually do them.
Wow!! I just found your sight. Love the card and the instructions. I need to subscribe.
You have so many great ideas, and I love your creativity. I am always inspired by your creations and have enjoyed trying some of your tecniques. I check your blog everyday and sometimes more than once in a day, I enjoy reading about your family and the everyday things that go on in the life of another mom.
Thanks for all of your inspiration,
Brenda
Congrats on your anniversary…. your blog is sooo inspirational…. you are sooo talented.
Beth
I visit your blog to see what creativity really means!! Congrats ony our special anniversary!!
Always full of wonderful ideas and tutorials….thanks for continuing to inspire with your wonderful blog!
I like reading you blog because of the great projects and of course your stories. I think they really make your blog personal and unique. Thanks so much for all you do and share with us :).
Since I discvoered your blog I check it regularly for inspiration in my own projects! thanks for sharing with us!
WoiW what a great giveaway…..Love Love Love your blog!!!
JoAnn
I just love what you have done with the new releases! What inspiration! and what great goodies you have!
Erin M.
I come to your website for inspiration and also for a good laugh. You have a great way of telling stories…thank you!!
I visit because you do some of the most creative and innovative things in rubber stamping and paper crafting. Thank you for being so willing to share with those who want to learn techniques and gain inspiration. ; )
You have a wonderful style, that I really enjoy looking at! You have a gift at writing too!
I just love your blog! Thanks for all of the inspiration. ๐
Lauren! You rock! I love checking out your blog…you have great ideas and love all the ways you come up with making things fresh.
Good morning Lauren,
I just love your site! I came across your site (about a month ago) while surfing other stampers’ sites and I’m glad i did. I visit every day now because i just love, love, love your designs! You are so creatively talented and i just admire that you are able to design so much every day, blog, raise three kids and do everything else you do. Very inspirational! Thank you!
Denise
Your cards and your tutorials are always top-notch! I visit every day to see what inspiring things you have to show us and tell us. I appreciate your willingness to share all that you do with us both through your beautiful cards and your wonderful stories of your family. Thank you. ~chris
I hope it’s not to late for blog candy, but if it is thank you for all the wonderfully inspiring ideas. For new stampers, blogs are heavenly.
You have the best tutotials. The directions are very clear, and the pictures are just great! I also come here to wallow in the greatness of the ideas and cards.
Thanks Lauren!
your admiring viewer,
Valerie
Lauren,
I have only just discovered your website just a few weeks ago. I have found it truly inspirational and very addicting. I find myself that I can’t wait to see what you come up with next. You have a unique talent. I hope that I will eventually be as good as you.
I just love visiting your blog because you never know what you will find! You explain things clearly and I need that! Thanks for all you do.
Hello!
I visit your blog for ideas & inspiration… when I just don’t know where to begin! I do appreciate your tutorials! And many times I’m like “why didn’t I think of that?” lol Happy Blog-versary!!! May you & your family contniue to be blessed!
Cristina
I love your blog & look forward to it everyday! You inspire me both personally & creatively. With all you have on your plate, you handle it with such strength & optimism &….you still somehow have time to craft & teach us! Thanks for all you do!
I just love your work silly, that’s why I visit all the time and also to hear about your adorable family. Jackie
Hello Lauren, congratulations on anniversary! I visit your blog daily, you are incredibly talented and your work is inspiring. I also enjoy reading about your family and your new puppy. Thank you for providing me with a daily dose of fun and an escape into the world of crafting!
I love your work! You are so talented and a great inspiration. I check out your blog daily – it is definitely one I cannot miss! I really appreciate the thoroughness of your instructions and sources for supplies!
Oh, I love your work! It’s easy to see why Nichole picked you for her design team! I aspire to do as much with my stamping as you have with yours! Thanks so much for all of your inspiration to me! Jeanne
Congrats on your 1 year anniversary and thanks for the chance to win. I love your blog! Your are so talented and I am very grateful that you share it with us.
I love to visit your blog because you update regularly for my daily dose of inspiration. I love all of your samples and your creativity amazes me. Your work truly motivates me to take my creations to another level. Congratulations on your anniversary and thanks for sharing so much of yourself with all of us.
STUNNING! TFS.
I love to visit your blog as often as I can because you always post such beautiful, inspiring projects. Every so often you throw in some fun stories (like the getting old post for instance….) and mix it up a bit. It’s a pleasure coming by each day!
I love visiting your blog because you give me such great inspiration and I love hearing about how your family is doing, you are a great role model and inspiration to a lot of people!! Thank you for that!
I visit here daily because your nothing short of inspirational. You work is impeccable. I could use a good monday too, since my monday was spent waiting for the AC guy to tell us why we had no cool air… Fingers crossed it’s nothing serious..
Michelle
I did your card! If only I had the right embellishment for the handle, oh well, paper worked for now. http://angiesaspiringart.blogspot.com/2008/03/showers-of-blessings.html
Are you kidding! You are so inspiring!! I check as often as I can and I’m totally blown away by your talent and creativeness! I’m never disappointed when I check in to see what you have created.
Hi Lauren! Happy birthday!
I visit your blog daily because I love your style, I love your talent, I love your humour, I think you are an amazing gal & I wouldn’t want you to change ANYTHING!
Cheers!
Hello there Lauren,
Great question, why do i visit. I first off love, love to see what you have been creating. Just inspiring and your ideas are so fresh and like you, i love packaging and ways to reuse things. I also love your family, life mix, the pictures of the family, health updates on your little ones!
I check in everyday, it’s my me time, nice to chill out and read your updates, over a mug of coffee!!!
Thank you so much for the time you spend updating your blog and the goodies, who would not want a creation from you!
Happy Spring,
Dawn M
What a fabulous blog offer, Lauren! I love the sketch, too, and will post my card in the next day or two.
Take care – Regina
I visit your site because you are an amazing crafter!!
You have some of the most unique ideas and even better..you share them with all of us!! ๐
Have a wonderful day!
~Kelsey ([email protected])
HI Lauren,
I came across your blog one day when I was checking out what Papertrey was up too. I love the products that they sell.
I have now follow your blog daily and love to read it to see what creative projects that you have come up with.
I just started my own blog last month and I’m having a blast. I hope that one day I can have a success blog like yours. Thanks for sharing your projects with others!!
Anne
hi lauren — love love love love ur blog. i make sure to visit everyday. you always come up with brilliant ideas and of course i come and visit for inspiration! thanks very much!
your projects are always so fresh and beautiful! Love your blog ๐
I love coming to your blog, you make me laugh, and you feed my creative streak lol
Hugs
Alex x
I love visiting your blog because I can pick up so many ideas. Keep up the great work! Thanks for the opportunity to win your blog candy.
WOW..I just found your blog when I viewed a freinds blog who had done your sketch challenge and I wanted to see the challenge.
Not sure if I am too late for the entry into the draw but either way i am a winner because I found another beautiful blog to “Blurf”(blog surf)
Thanks for the cute tutorial also about the umbrella..how cute for a shower card!
TFS
Congrats on your one year anniversary too.
I will try to do your challenges in the future..not sure if I can get one done today…can you say “House full of Flu victims?”
Sue
I love visiting your blog because I find your amazing creativity very inspiring — and I love reading your day to day chatty stuff.
By the way, being old is obviously a matter of perspective. I was moping about turning 50 this month, and remembering 30 as the “Best” age to be!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts and projects so generously!
I just found your blog last week and saw your punch challenge cards. Your cards are beautiful so I bookmarked your blog right away so I could always come back and see more!
Well, I know I’m too late for the drawing, but I started this on Saturday, but just didn’t have time to get it finished. Here’s my card:
http://lacyquilter.blogspot.com/2008/03/happy-st-pattys-day.html
I visit Lauren cause your just so darn creative!!!! Love all the project, how tos, and artwork. Congrats on having your blog for 1 year.
me, me, me, I love your blog!!! ๐
Thanks for sharing all your creative ideas. You are a blog I check frequently for fun! Very inspiring.
Congrats Lauren! Your work is beautiful!
CammyV
What a beautiful card…so elegent and so well executed..TFS!!!
And what a beautiful blog so glad I found you through the inspirational blog:)pretty fine Candy too:)x
OMG! I don’t know if you will be seeing this post since you have more than 700 messages, but I want to share my version of your sketch anyways:
http://arquitecturaenpapel.blogspot.com
This sketch was such a great idea… I was looking for a “perfect” card to make for a friend that has cancer and this one fits perfectly. Thanks for sharing! Oh BTW, for your tutorial I used ovals instead of circles… circles gave me a hard time, but ovals worked best for me. ๐
Hi Lauren,
Your blog is amazing, you are such a talented lady!!! and what generosity!! Congratulations on your anniversary!x x x
I visit your blog because its one of the most interesting ones out there right now. You constantly are updating your blog and you have the most amazing ideas and your work is so clean cut and creative. YOU ARE A STAR in my book!
Your creativity is totally jaw-dropping to me!! I love to visit your blog — it makes me happy! Thanks for the chance to win such superb blog candy, but thanks most of all for sharing your talent!! You are such an inspiration to me.
Julia Diane
I love your site! Your cards are so beautiful!
Thanks so much for sharing your ideas with everyone.
Suzanne Mountfort
This is my first visit to you your site and I have to say your projects are amazing! And I love this card you have for your sketch challenge. I hope to try it out soon. Thanks for sharing your work and ideas! :o)
I love your sketches and tutorials. I don’t think there is anything you need to change. Thanks for the inspiration!
Congratulations for one year. I love your site because in Germany scrapbooking and cardmaking is totally behind and you do not get very much information about it. All of your things are so beautiful and try to follow your way although I don’t get most of the stamps and papers over here. I am also a pet-owner and adore the little booklet you made. Thank you for sharing your ideas with us.
Wow, congratulations on the one year!! I have been blogging too, but not for that long at all. It has been a lot of fun though!!
I came from a link from someone on one of the other boards I read. The link was to your umbrella card and patten. I just loved it! Definitely need to try that one out.
Thanks for sharing =)
-Shannon Niziolek
I really enjoy your blog, thanks for sharing your creativity !
what great stuff!
great blog candy- and especially great talent!
Hope you and your family have a happy Easter!
Your blog is fantastic. You are so creative and enthusiastic! Just getting your adorable umbrella tutorial is gift enough. TFS your talents with us and Congratulations on your 1st anniversary ๐
You are so creative. I love seeing what new things you have to share. I can’t believe it has been a year!!! Keep up the great work.
Janell
I love your blog and your creativity. I would love you to keep teaching us your great techniques and sharing all that art. Thanks for your dedication!
Joan
You’re so talented in art. You made so many beautiful cards here.
I do really thanking you for sharing the tutorial with us.
Thank you.
I love your happy attitude, truely, reading your blog is a highlight in my day!
I love to browse blogs – I see so many cool things. You have lots of neat stuff on your blog and you give recipes which helps a newbie like me.
You really are quite amazing. I love visiting your blog because you seem to have an endless amount of talent to share and I always come away learning something or inspired to make something you have shared.
Welcome and keep up the great work! Just found this site, and I’ve been enjoying the tips and discussions here.
Not to sure what you are trying to say..I mean is it or is it not.
Anyhow I know I am rambling but try to see it from someone reading it the first time without thinking about it first.
I visit you because you’re just so inspiring….your creativity just shines through….and your blog is fun to read.
this is my first visit, I noticed Sarah B http://www.cardoasis.blogspot.com had mentioned your work a few times so i came to investigate. I’m away to have a trawl through your blog as I hear its quite innovative
Greetings from the NE of Scotland
Debbi
xx
Happy Anniversary here’s to many more bloggin years to come.I have followed you for many months your creations are stunning ,your inspiration to all crafters and you never stop amazing me with the creations you turn out.I look forward to your emails and pop by everyday.keep up the creations as you dont know how many of us crafters you inspire.So big thanks to you for this past year so pleased to get to know you and your everyday life,and creations.
love n hugs judex
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