October Calendar Girls

Welcome to our October Calendar Girls' Blog Hop. Papercrafts Presents 365 Cards magazine which is our inspiration for these monthly hops which thus became the Calendar Girls. The magazine has Creative Ideas for every day of the year: occasions, holidays, and celebrations including 42 unique holidays!!! These unique holidays are our inspiration. The October unique holidays are:

The hop starts with Lynne. You won't want to miss a single calendar event not to mention the weddings, graduations, birthdays -- ok, you get the idea!!!! 

The line-up for October includes:

Lynne ~ http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

Anita: http://www.anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/

Lucy: http://www.love2createitall.com

Kimberly - http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/

Miriam - http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com

Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/

Janet: http://ladyluvbug.blogspot.com/

Lisa Peters: http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/

Maria: http://Joyfulstamper.blogspot.com

October Holidays:

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Lynne

Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Anita

National Pizza Month:

National Popcorn Popping Month: Lucy

Week 1: Get Organized Week:

Week 2: Fire Prevention Week: Kimberly

1: World Vegetarian Day - Miriam

4: National Golf Day - Kimberly

6: Mad Hatter Day - Jearise

6: World Card Making Day - Lucy

7: Bald and Free Day -

7: World Smile Day - Miriam

8: Canadian Thanksgiving -

8: Columbus Day - Janet

11: Take Your Teddy Bear to Work Day - Lisa

16: National Boss Day -

19: National Mammography Day - Lynne

21: Sweetest Day - Lucy

21: Count Your Button Day - Lynne

25: Pink for a Day Day ~Lucy

25: National Pasta Day - Maria Matter

28: National Plush Animal Day - Jearise

30: National Candy Corn Day - Janet

31: Halloween - Lisa

We have some unusual blog candy today. If you happen tonotice that Lynne has Count Your Button Day for October 21, 2012. The one closest to guessing how many buttons are on Lynne's card will win some buttons. Now, how kewl is that??

Stop by and check out these holidays as I am sure you are going to want to remember these holidays and include them in your card making projects!!!!!

Thanks for stopping by and mark your calendar again next month to see what Holidays to Celebrate on November 10, 2012, for the next Calendar Girls Blog Hop!

Breast Cancer Awareness Month ~ Fight Like A Girl!

Welcome to October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Today's hop is dedicated to

those who are breast cancer survivors, mother, sister, aunt, or neighbor who have breast cancer and to those who lost the battle.

Reminder that please, schedule your mammogram. Self-examination doesn't always detect the nodules.

We have some great blog candy for this hop:

• Anita has graciously offered in remembrance a $20 Gift Card to Michaels to one lucky winner.
• Heather Dennis of Fresh Brewed Designs,www.freshbreweddesigns.com, has graciously offered to sponsor with a $15 digital stamp gift card to her shop.
• Daisy Collins of Tsunami Rose Designs, http://www.zibbet.com/tsunamirose, has graciously offered a sheet your choice of her 8.5 x 11 Vintage Digital Printable Scrapbook Paper - "Bingo" Pink,http://www.zibbet.com/tsunamirose/artwork?artworkId=968105 or 8.5 x 11 Vintage Digital Printable Scrapbook Paper - "Bingo Rose" Pink, http://www.zibbet.com/tsunamirose/artwork?artworkId=968114
• Lynne will make one lucky winner a pink and white bracelet with a pink ribbon.
• For one other lucky winner, Lynne will make a pink cross that looks like it has been crocheted but made with her embroidery machine with a breast cancer awareness. I know this one is purple but the cross for the prize is pink with a breatst cancer awareness ribbon in the center.

 

We have a beautiful group of ladies who will show-case a special project to a personal crusade for Lynne, who is a survivor! Here is the complete line-up for a pink blog hop today in case you get lost along the way:

1. Lynne - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/
2. Kimberly - http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/
3. Anita   http://anitaandbugs.blogspot.com/
4. Yolie http://www.justyolie.com
5. Diana http://latinacrafter.blogspot.com/
6. Gaby http://www.gabycreates.com
7. Heather D. - http://joemamainks.blogspot.com/
8. Lucy ~ http://love2createitall.com
9. Esther http://forthejoyofcreating.blogspot.com/
10. Rachelle-http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com/
11. Lisa - http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/
12. Jearise - http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com

You should have arrived from Lynne

For my project today, I have created a card from a Digi file from Paper Piecings by Nikki. The specific cut file can be found at this link.

I used the wonderful digi stamp and colored it with my Crayola Colored Pencils. I used my Gamsol to blend. After I cut out the out the stamp, I mounted her to a darker pink sheet of card stock. To complete the card, I used a 6 x 6 card, and embellished it with three pink buttons, a pink rose, and a pink ribbon on her hat. While it is very hard to see in the picture, I used a glitter gel pen on her eye to make them sparkle just a little.

Your next stop along the way is Anita.

Thank you for stopping by and good luck on the wonderful prizes our sponsors have. I look forward to reading your comments.

Kimberly