Blessings, An Arizona Themed Card to bring to the Homeless.

Now that the Arizona summer is coming to an end and the cooler weather is upon us, I am seeing more and more homeless people while I travel for work. My girls spent last week restocking my car with bags of supplies for me to give out. You can see the bags HERE.

A quick story, I didn't always include cards in my bags, one day I just decided a more personal touch might really make someones day. This past week I was driving and passed a homeless person sitting on the opposite side of the freeway, so I pulled off went around to the other side of the freeway, squeezed onto the shoulder and gave him a bag. I ended up having to make a u-turn, and I was sitting at a red light and I looked over as he was digging thru the bag and pulled out the card that was inside. Not the water, not the candy, not the snacks, it was the card.  It honestly made me cry! So now I make sure every bag has a card, so that they know that someone does care.

Here is one of my cards:

Cactus is from Ye-Haw Cricut Cartridge
I ran it thru my Xyron machine and covered it with Glitter to make it sparkle
All the paper is from my Scrap pile
Latte Skittles from DoubleClick
The Twinery Twine: Cappuccino 
SNEAK Peak!! Blessings Stamp Docerela

Entering into:
SOUS: Fall theme (We do not have the changing of the leaves so I used a Cactus)
 Dl art: Link Party
Just B Creative: Linky Party
 Crafty Creations: Sparkle and Shine
 Hiding in my craftroom: Super Scraps
Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything Goes
Divas by Design: Autumn Colors
 The Twinery: In the Round

Happy Father's Day Arizona Cactus Scene!

I always make my Step-Dad a Tim Holtz Style card so this year I wanted to make something different. I think he will really like this one:

Cactus and Sunset Scene from Yee-Haw Cricut Cartridge
DCWV The Pets Stack (hoarded paper)
Peeled paint Distress Stickles
Liquid Pearls
Terra Cotta Glitter Skittles From DoubleClick
3 Girl Jam Crinkle Ribbon
Hemp
Orange Sequence
Orange button
Happy Father's Day Docerela 
The Twinery Mandarin Orange


Entering into:
Dl Art: Link Party
Jo's Scrap Shack: Anything Goes
Crafty Ribbons: Anything Goes
Pin and Tack: Anything Goes 
The Kraft Journal: For Him
Tuesday Throwdown: You are the man
Our Kreative Karma: Sunshine
2 Sisters Challenge: For Dad 
Hiding In my Craftroom: Die Cuts
All That Stickles: Distress Stickles ( I used Peeled Paint)
Stuck On U Sketches: Sun
Simply Create Too: Father's Day
Scrappy Moms: Father's Day
The Sisterhood of Crafters: Boys
DL Art: Father's Day
Perfect Sentiments: Boys
Cuttlebug Mania: Man with stripes
Use it Tuesday: Masculine (Hoarded supply: Paper from DCWV The pets Stack.. a must have from 2 years ago!)
Let's Get Trendy: Sequence
Krafty Girls: Pinterest inspi:

The Twinery: Anything Goes

Top 3 at Stuck on You Sketches!

Let's Get Hopping Desert Diva Style! Welcome to Arizona!!

**Giveaway Closed at 52**

Today we are celebrating with Tara over at Craftin Desert Divas for her very first BLOGOVERSARY!!!

If you just happened to have stumbled upon my blog, please start at 

Craftin Desert Divas so you don't miss out on a thing. If you have arrived from my friend Janis's Blog Pause Dream Enjoy then you are in the right spot. 

This is a "Desert" Diva Celebration!!

Since I live in the desert this was an easy project for me! Here is the project I have created for this hop...

It's a page from my Smashbook!! We have tons of family photos from all of our Arizona adventures so I thought this would be perfect! 

Yee Haw Cricut Cartridge for the cactus and fence
Tag stamped with Greetings From Arizona
Notebook Border punch
Burlap and trim

I am originally from New York and came to Arizona in 1992. My Husband and I love Arizona and think it is a great place to raise our girls. We love to hike, run, bike, and raft all through~out the state. I thought I would share some of our Arizona experiences:

It does not snow where we live. We drove our girls to see the snow when they were 7 and 8 years old and they hated it!  9 out of the 12 months the weather is perfect in Arizona. It is the reason we live here. Most people hibernate in the winter, we hibernate in the summer. It is hot in the summer, it is a dry heat but 112 is still hot!  Cd's have melted in my car and bottles of hand sanitizer have exploded. You can where Flip Flops all year round. In the summer it is light from 5:00am till 8:00 pm.

Here is a picture taken in December 72 degrees:

Here is the temperature in my car in July:

We have crazy "Sand Storms"

And Dry Storms:

 And Spooky Storms:

My Daughters and I hunt, capture and kill scorpions all over our house:

 We use a black light to find them.... This one was in my ice-tea:

We LOVE Arizona!

Tara is offering up lots of blog candy for those who are a follower of Craftin Desert Divas and leave a comment on every stop of the hop! Winners will be announced Tuesday May 28th at Craftin Desert Divas!

And I have some blog candy to share too!!

Alphabet Stamps

A bird Stamp

White ink 

ribbon

Just be a follower and leave me a comment! 
Sorry to due high shipping fees I can only ship within the US

The next stop is my friend Jessica from Jessica's Craft Shaque! 

Here's the complete line up in case you get lost along the way.

1. Tara - http://www.craftindesertdivas.com/ 
2. Michelle- http://mumoftwoblog.blogspot.com/
3. Stacey - http://staceyscreativecorner.blogspot.com

4. Janis - http://pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/
5. Carri - http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/
6. Jessica - http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com/
7. Migdaldia - http://craftingwithcreativem.blogspot.com/
8. Lisa- http://indymermaid.blogspot.com/
9. Robin - http://cutonedesignsbyrobin.blogspot.com/
10. Susie- http://www.susiecrafthappy.com/
11. Tracy - http://tracyscricutcorner.blogspot.com/

 Entering into:
Paper Playtime: Buttons
Amuse: It's All about the color
Frosted Design: Punches

Happy Birthday Arizona! And a blog candy Share!!

February 14, 2012 was Arizona's 100th birthday! Yippee! Since I am originally from New York learning all about Arizona with my 5th Grader was a lot of fun! We really do live in a great state! So in honor of this special birthday her Teacher asked me to decorate the classroom door! Yippee!! Lots of crafting fun!!

Arizona! Valley of the Sun!

See my cute barrel cactus?

             

 All the students drew a picture of what Arizona means to them!

The Grand Canyon, Arizona, and cactus are cut from Destinations Cricut Cartridge

The eagle is from Stand and Salute

Bird and bird hole from Wild Card

The Stars and years are from Plantin Schoolbook

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Mosaic

Sizzix Die Cut Film Strip

Inside the film strips I have all the major events that occurred during the last 100 years, this was the most tedious part!

This door took me all day long it was a lot of fun! We placed 6th! That is pretty good out of the entire school!

Entering into:

Krafty Girls: Sweet Home Challenge

I also want to share about a give a way!!

My Blogging Bestie Catarina from Docerela Creations got engaged over the weekend!! YIPPEE!! I wish them both sweet happiness! She is having a super blog candy to celebrate!

How perfectly Fitting! You can check out Docerela Creations HERE!!

Also.... Tomorrow is my Birthday blog hop!! I am super excited! I hope you will come along and hop for some fun birthday projects and awesome blog candies!!

Arizona

The challenge over at Serenity Scrappers is:  favorite weather in your neck of the woods.

Since I live in Arizona it seems to always be hot! So my favorite weather is the first week of December it is usually between 65 and 70 degrees! It is when we decorate our palm trees with Christmas lights.

I used Doodle Charms for the Palm tree, Destinations for the Arizona and Create a Critter for the lights.

I am also entering this in the Alphabet Challenge: T - Trees