Dot & Whimsy

A very happy Sunday to you, my crafty friends!

Today I'm getting caught up on sharing some of my most recent projects for 

SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES by 3L

www.scrapbook-adhesives.com

First up is a project that I made with planners in mind.  

You could certainly use these cuties on cards and scrapbook pages too though!

Fourth of July Greetings to my friends from the U.S. of A.!

(and a happy belated Canada Day to my Canadian buddies to the North)

I like to think of myself as a true patriot...I love all things red,white and blue,

I get the chills every time I hear the National Anthem and I tear up when I see a veteran :)

The 4th is always such a fun holiday to celebrate and today at 

we have some amazing things to share...first a fabulous promo:

And as with every Inspiration Thursday, three lucky commentors will be chosen

at random to receive a $20 Unity Gift Certificate!  So don't forget to leave those comments :)

(if anything goes awry, just head back to the Unity Blog to be redirected)

My card is clean-and-simple today...I think the sentiment and dog tags say it all!

 I did add a little texture to the die-cut postage mat with a Sizzix embossing folder.

And because I wanted to cut out the dog tags from the grey paper, I thought the

ball-chain strand would be so cute and such a nice touch!

The patterned paper is by Pebbles, Inc...for the stars I used a 1/4" round punch and

punched them from a patterned paper.

That's all from me today!

Time to share the newest 

I love the folk-artsy look of this week's stamp.

I've dressed it up in Pebbles' {Let Freedom Ring}

patterned papers.

The sentiment alone can be used for many occasions.  

If you love this stamp, be sure to grab it up before the week ends!

Just click on the banner at the top of the post to be taken to the

Unity Stamp of the Week Blog.

Be back in just a few with a brand new mini book!

Have a wonderful brand new week

It's nice to dream of a Winter Wonderland when we're in the midst of a relentless summer heat. Call me crazy, but yes, I have my Christmas tunes playing on Pandora ♪♫ fa-la-la-la-la ♪♫ And not just any ole Christmas tunes...we're talking Bing, Nat and Frank...oh yea-uh!  Nothing more soothing to the fretted soul than some bea-u-ti-ful music ♥

To go along with my holly-jolly mood, I have been toiling away at the paper-crafting since Wednesday...lucky to be me hehehe!  I did have to take a detour yesterday afternoon for the yearly eye exam and (blech) trip to Wal-Mart. It's been well over a month since I've filled the buggy to the top, but frequent trips to the local Dollar General and grocery store just weren't cuttin' it anymore...you know how that is.  

And my newest card creation...thinking that I may add this (as well as some of my other cards) to my Etsy shop...it's gettin' bare over there :)

Just about time for the newest BLOG HOP at Your Scrapbook Stash.  I'm so excited...my very first hop!

Here's the order in which the Hop will run:

Shellye McDaniel (<----that's me!)

Yvonne Yam 

Start out at YSS's Blog on Tuesday morning;  be sure to leave a comment at each place that you stop so that you'll be in the running for some fabulous prizes!  There are TWENTY chances to win plus a couple of super-de-duper GRAND PRIZES up for grabs (*hint* it's a New Release from Fancy Pants...oye!)

I'll see you back here on Tuesday :) 

TTFN...and a HAPPY WEEKEND to you!