zaterdag 30 juni 2012

Operation Safe & Sound - Thinking of you Christy!!

We have a special post today.  Our dear friend Christy's home was broken into and a lot of their things were either destroyed or taken. Some things held such sentimental value that nothing will replace it.   What makes our community so remarkable is that we are there for each other even though we can't physically be near our friends. These "people" violated her home, the place where we are supposed to feel the most safe, where we raise our children and where we sleep in peace. I can not even imagine what she is going thru or the loss she has endured.  Dealing with the police and insurance company has been and continues to be exhausting and frustrating for Christy and her family. She has been updating her facebook page with some details. 
Some of Christy's friends have come together to help. We are of course making cards for her because that's what we do, right? But ultimately, the expense of trying to get her family back on their feet will be somewhat of a strain. Imagine having to replace household items, necessities in our world all while trying to rebuild a sense of security that we all most times take for granted. 
So, we're asking for your help. We've tried to make it convenient for you to help Christy and her family. There's a PayPal button on each of our blogs. We are asking that if its your hearts desire, that you donate whatever you can to help Christy and her family regain a sense of safety and security.  NOTHING is too small. Every little bit will make all the difference. Our goal is to raise $1,000 to help cover the costs of food, lodging and replacing at least some of the items taken.
Thank you for even reading this post in its entirety.  

If you're interested in seeing all of the cards, a full list of girls who are participating in the card drive  is available at the Lawnscaping Challenge blog & A Blog Named Hero
Thanks for visiting my blog
Have a nice day!
xx Tamara
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donderdag 28 juni 2012

Happy birthday Vera!

Today's Vera Yates (my lawnscaping design team friend) birthday, and I want to send her my congratulations!! 
Congrats Vera! I hope you have a wonderful day!

Thanks for visiting my blog 
Have a nice day! 
xx Tamara 
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zaterdag 23 juni 2012

A box...

I have entered this project into the following challenge: 
Simon Says Stamp: anything but a card 
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Have a nice day! 
xx Tamara 

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Project Life - week 6 & 7

A bit difficult for me to work on project life because the loss of my sweet little yorkie Rakker. But also very nice to see her in the pictures....

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Have a nice day! 
xx Tamara 

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Heroes Card Drive


Hello there!  Welcome to the Heroes Card Drive!
This drive has been months in the making, and we are so excited to bring it to you at last, because it's a cause that's very near and dear to our hearts, and affects at least one of us here at Lawnscaping in a very personal way. 

You may or may not be aware that our sweet Laurel's husband Christian has left just this week on deployment with the U.S. Navy. We wanted to do something similar to Operation Write Home, but specifically for the courageous men and women who work and serve along side Christian on his ship. Those who have each other's backs and are keeping each other safe while they are away from their families.

We would so love for you to get involved. 

We are looking for quality, handmade cards FOR OUR TROOPS TO SEND to their loved ones. Out on the field, many of our soldiers do not have the opportunity to purchase a card to send for their child's birthday or simply to tell their significant other that they love them and are thinking about them. We want to provide them this service.

For the safety and to meet the desires of our troops, we have a few simple guidelines that we would ask you would adhere to:
  • NO STORE BOUGHT CARDS. Cards must be handmade. Use quality products that won't fall off in extreme temperatures. A good quality adhesive is a must. These cards have a long way to travel and once they arrive, they will likely be cherished and kept and perhaps even saved in scrapbooks or collections. Send your best, because our troops and their families deserve nothing less. Make sure that your card will stand the test of time. 
  • ABSOLUTELY NO GLITTER! This is a serious one. Glitter that has flaked off on a soldier's uniform can become a real threat to their lives, as it makes them visible to night-vision goggles. And as anyone who has ever worked with glitter knows, the stuff just gets everywhere. ;o) The last thing we would ever want to do is put one of these brave men and women in harm's way. Glitter glues that do not flake off such as stickles or glitter pens such as Sakura StarDust Jelly Rolls or Copic Atyou Spicas are acceptable.
  •  KEEP IT RELATIVELY FLAT. Some dimension is okay, such as lifting images up with pop dots or adding twine or ribbon, but try to save the buttons and other large, bulky embellishments for other projects. We want to make sure these cards make it through the postal system and arrive at their intended destination in one piece.
  • LEAVE THE INSIDE BLANK. We don't want to use up any space that our heroes could potentially use to write their own personal message to their loved ones. In fact, if you use a dark cardstock for your card base that makes it difficult for someone to write legibly on, we ask that you would line the inside with a white or light colored cardstock so that the recipient has no trouble whatsoever discerning their soldier's words.
  • DO NOT SEAL THE ENVELOPE. We want the troops to be able to open it right up, personalize it and send it to their loved ones. For this purpose, please include one blank envelope with each card INSIDE the envelope you mail them in.
Send cards to: 
Laurel Beard
P. O. Box 15198
Jacksonville, FL 32239

Card themes that the troops have expressed a desire to receive:
  • Birthday
  • Love
  • Thank You
  • Missing You
  • Thinking of You
  • Blank (no sentiment)

Undesired themes:
  • Wish You Were Here
  • Party Invitations
  • Baby/Bridal Announcement
  • To Mommy/Daddy
  • Retirement/other rare themes

We hope that you will all be excited as we are to help out with this incredibly worthy cause. We will begin collecting cards immediately  up through the end of July.

Thank you so much! We appreciate your generosity and can't wait to watch your beautiful cards start rolling in so we can ship them off to our well-deserving heroes!

Please spread the word about this drive. Post this link on all social networking devices. Grab the badge and post it on your blogs linking back to this post!!!! WE WOULD SO GREATLY APPRECIATE IT!!!!!!

maandag 18 juni 2012

Lawnscaping challenge #36 - Color Splash

Hello hello
Welcome to another 
Lawnscaping challenge
This time we want to see creations with a lot of colors on it
We are sponsored by Lawn Fawn
They offer a free stamp set by choice, how great is that!!
And this is what I´ve created
In the photo you see my sisters daughter Roos at her school
dressed up as `Pippi Langkous´ 
Head over to the Lawnscaping challenge blog to see all the creations made by the design team and to read all about how to enter the challenge
Thanks for visiting my blog 
Have a nice day! 
xx Tamara 

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zondag 17 juni 2012

With gratitude ~ In loving memory: Rakker

I made this card for my vet.
This week we had to put my sweetest yorkie Rakker to sleep :(
and with this card I wanted to thank my vet that he allways took so much good care of Rakker
In loving memory: Rakker
20-4-2002 ~ 11-06-2012

I have entered this card into the following challenges: 
Penny Black at Allsorts: my favorite things (love all the hedhog stamps of Penny Black) 

Thanks for visiting my blog 
Have a nice day! 
xx Tamara 

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zondag 10 juni 2012

Hello

I have entered this card into the following challenges: 
CAS-ual Fridays: spot on 
Papertake Weekly: anything goes 
Allsorts: ice cream colors
 
Thanks for visiting my blog 
Have a nice sunday! 
xx Tamara 

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Project Life 2012 - Week 1 t/m 5











Just want to share my Project Life pages I've made this past 2 weeks. We had a difficult start of this year. On december 23 my father was diagnosed with a brain tumor, what was a spread of his longcancer. On january 3, a brainsurgeon operated on my father and has taken the tumor out. After that he had 15 radiation therapy sessions.....
This was very difficult for me to document, but also a great "therapy" At this moment my father is doïng well, he is "free" of cancer, but we take it 1 day at a time......

Thanks for visiting my blog 
Have a nice sunday! 
xx Tamara 

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Lawnscaping challenge #35 Patterned Paper - more inspiration

Just some more inspiration for our current challenge over at lawnscaping
We challenge you to make a project using patterned paper

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Have a nice day! 
xx Tamara 

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maandag 4 juni 2012

Lawnscaping challenge #35 - Patterned Paper

Hello and welcome to another Lawnscaping Challenge
This time we challenge you to use patterned paper
Well, that isn't hard to do, right??
This challenge we are sponsored by the wonderful Simon Says Stamp, who is offering a $25 gift certificate
Simon Says Stamp
And this is what I´ve created
In the photo you see my sisters daughter Luna
playing in the snow for her first time
Head over to the Lawnscaping challenge blog to see
all the details how to enter the challenge
And to see all the great creations made by the design team
 Thanks for visiting my blog 
Have a nice day! 
xx Tamara 

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zondag 3 juni 2012

Project Life 2012 - Start



Just want to show some of my "project life" pages
I decided this week I want to make a project life 2012 album, so I have a lot to catch up.....finished week 4 this afternoon
more photo's to come.
These photo's are made with my phone.....

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Have a nice day! 
xx Tamara 

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Gwen

I have entered this card into the following challenges: 
Simon Says Stamp: anything goes
Thanks for visiting my blog 
Have a nice day! 
xx Tamara 

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