Light in Up Blue Blog Hop and Crafty Gals Corner OOOPS! + Blog Candy

So I had scheduled my post for my Crafty Gals Corner design team yesterday, but yuck of a me totally scheduled it for NEXT month somehow. *Facepalm*

So I'm going to share my card today instead. Since it was April Fool's Day, I'm going to blame it on that.

And very appropos for April Fool's Day, the theme of the challenge is HUMOR! Here's my card:

  

Hehe - I thought it was pretty cute. And it a cool twist, the contestants of the challenge get to vote on the DESIGN TEAM's creations. 

But there's also prizes in it for you, of course! And some pretty awesome ones! 

Our sponsors this week are:

Paper Temptress

Prize: $25 Gift Certificate

AND

Lacy Sunshine

Prize: 3 Digital Images

I'm sending this card over to the following challenges: 
Crafting When We Can - Weather
Corrosive Challenge - Spring
Fusion Card Challenge - I used the sketch 

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Now for another something something that I am really proud to take part in. The amazing Tenia Nelson has conceptualized a blog hop in honor of National Autism Awareness Month. One in 68 American children have been diagnosed as being on the Autism Spectrum. So many people don't understand what Autism really is and bullying sadly often factors in the lives of those who live with Autism. If you'd like to learn more about this disorder, you can visit Autism Speaks. 

In my former life (before I moved to the barren North Dakota) I worked with adults who had disabilities and helped them live their day-to-day lives to their fullest abilities. It was incredibly rewarding and the people I got to work with taught me so much about life, about joy, and about the difficulties faced by those who have disabilities. So being a part of this hop is something I'm thrilled to do. 

When thinking about what kind of card I wanted to make for the hop, so many positive words came to mind but I stuck on one - Amazing. We as people are AMAZING creations. We have the propensity for love, joy, humor, and life. So I tried to focus on these things when making my cards. 

I used various shades of blue Distress Inks to do an ombre effect on the background and then stamped over it, carrying the ombre through again. All of the stamps used are from STAMPlorations. 

I'm going to link my card up to:
The Challenge One-year linky party - anything goes

Come hop along with us! There are some AMAZING sponsors who've generously shown support for this great hop. 31 - from the squares I counted on the blog hop logo! Wowie! 

Here's the link if you want to play along!

Now for something a little extra fun:
>>>BLOG CANDY ALERT<<<



I'll be giving away a $10 gift card to STAMPlorations for one lucky commenter! Just leave a comment that includes contact info and at least one smiley face in order to be entered. It's not necessary to follow my blog to be eligible, but those who do will receive an extra entry into the draw. 

Happy Hopping, my friends!