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Hope you enjoyed the JustRite Stampers' Mega Font Blog Hop!!

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JustRite Stampers Font Mega Blog Hop - Day 2!!!

Welcome to JustRite's celebration of their Mega Font Hop (a 2-Day Event) featuring 54 amazing designers – today's visit will take you to 29 locations. This is Day Two! If you missed yesterday's line up, please see yesterday's post below!

SALE -
In addition to the blog hop, they are celebrating in style with a Super 7-Day Font Sale. Take 30% off all JustRite Font Sets and the Horizontal and Vertical Stamper Sets. Sale begins Sept 17th and ends Sept 24th.

BLOG CANDY -
You won't believe what awesome projects these girls have designed for you! That's not all, to give you a little incentive to leave these talented ladies a little love for all their hard work - We have Mystery Blog Candy being given away!

Do you want to win some candy?? Of course you do – everyone loves candy!!! The Mystery is no-one knows which blog is the one that will be giving it away – nope not even the designers! There are three (3) Blog Candy prizes each day which will go to three (3) random commentors from three (3) random designers blogs. So, to win (some JR Candy) go check out all the blogs, comment on as many as you can from the two day hop. You have until Sunday at noon EST to leave your comments.

Good luck, the lucky winner may be YOU!!! You have six (6) chances to win! Check back here to the JR blog on Sunday evening to find out who the six (6) lucky winners are!! Enjoy the Hop!!!
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I am so so honored to be a part of this blog hop full of talented designers! Thankful that JustRite Stampers has kindly included me to show off their wonderful font sets that are available HERE.

Today, I will be showing several projects that are perfect for the upcoming season! All projects were created using the Times New Roman Uppercase Font set (JB - 08060) in 50 pt. and 25 pt. sizes with the Horizontal Wood Stamper (JB - 08110).

First up, I made a "Back To School" card for my boys' teachers and stashed some aspirin and TUMs among other items! LOL!! I inked the font and card edges with Clearsnap's Fluid Chalks. The apple I had for years - remember when eyelets were in! LOL! Added in some Cosmo Cricket "Boyfriend" paper, ribbon and rub-on with Spellbinders' newest release, S4-228 Nested Maple Leaf... TADA!













For the next project, I used pattern paper from Scenic Route (one of their summer lines but perfect for Autumn! LOL!) and then added some Core'dinations cardstock. Inks are from Clearsnap and that great ribbon is from BasicGrey! But what really frames the font is Spellbinders' Nested Maple Leaf die template (I think it's my new favorite die!).










Lastly, I made a wine label for a friend who just purchased their first home! Thank goodness JustRite has these font sets...you can create anything! I used a combination of Times New Roman 50 pt. and 25 pt. in Stampin'Up ink. Used two different sizes of the S4-229 Labels Five die template (one with Spellbinders Red Foil and the other with Core'dinations cardstock - sanded them both to show off the embossing!) and threaded with velvet ribbon from Flair. The butterfly I found in my stash of stuff to add a little accent.













You can use this idea to personalize your wine bottles as gifts for the upcoming Thanksgiving dinners and further into the holiday season! Real quick and real easy!

Thanks for stopping by! Don't forget to leave comment...hmmm, I wonder if I'm the Mystery Blogger with JR Candy?! Heehee!!!

Here's the rest of the Friday crew:

Debbie Olson
Jerri Kay Jimenez
Taylor Van Bruggen
Holly Simoni
Barb Schram
Terre Fry
Michelle Kovack
Kim Moreno
Catherine Doucette
Kellie Fortin
Kimberly Crawford
Kathy Jones
Michelle Giraud
Angela Barkhouse
Heather Pulvirenti
Tami Mayberry
Jennifer Buck
Keri Lee Sereika
Jami Bova
Laura Davis
Stacey Kingman
Bonnie Sharp
Stephanie Severin
Janine Orchard
Debbie Seyer
Margie Higuchi (ME!!)
Lauren Bergold
Anja Curvers
AJ Otto

JustRite Stampers Font Mega Blog Hop!!!

Welcome to JustRite's celebration of their Mega Font Hop (a 2-Day Event) featuring 54 amazing designers – today, you will be visiting 25 locations. Plus they are celebrating in style with a Super 7-Day Font Sale. Take 30% off all JustRite font sets and the Horizontal and Veritical Font Stampers. Sale begins Sept 17th and ends Sept 24th.

You won't believe what awesome projects these girls have designed for you! That's not all, to give you a little incentive to leave these talented ladies a little love for all their hard work - We have Mystery Blog Candy being given away!

Do you want to win some candy?? Of course you do – everyone loves candy!!! The Mystery is no-one knows which blog is the one that will be giving it away – nope not even the designers! There are three (3) Blog Candy prizes each day which will go to three (3) random commentors from three (3) random designers blogs. So, to win (some JR Candy) go check out all the blogs, comment on as many as you can from the two day hop. You have until Sunday at noon EST to leave your comments.

Good luck, the lucky winner may be YOU!!! You have six (6) chances to win! Check back here to the JR blog on Sunday evening to find out who the six (6) lucky winners are!! Enjoy the Hop!!!

I am scheduled to be up tomorrow so come back and check it out. But in the meantime, please visit these fabulous designers and see what they did with the JustRite Stampers Fonts! Enjoy!!

JustRite Stampers Blog
Michelle Wooderson
Sankari Wegman
Heidi Blankenship
Eva Dobilas
Beate Johns
Sharon Harnist
Barbara Anders
Sharon Johnson
Deb Saaranen
Kazan Clark
Lauren Meader
Tammy Hershberger
Linda Beeson
Jenny Gropp
Lori Craig
Tanis Giesbrecht
Jenn Balcer
Lisa Somerville
Karen Maldonado
Pamela Smerker
Karen Taylor
Latisha Yoast
Julie Overby
Mary Pfaff

Just wanted to say....

I remember Sept 11th 2001...as if it was yesterday...the silence, the smell and the scene. Prayers to all my friends who lost family and friends...my thoughts are with you as another year has gone by. May good memories continue to help you through this difficult day. xo

For those who only know me for less than five years (since we moved back to the Chicago area), we also lived on the east coast during this horrible event. Here's our story and we were/are VERY LUCKY! Thankful everyday - no matter how hard of a day it is...we are thankful.

Another note...
A year ago yesterday (I was sick yesterday so I wasn't able to post or visit Frozen Memories in Bartlett IL), a dear friend and owner of Frozen Memories, Becky Burnetti passed away suddenly. I'm linking the store's blog post because it had some great pictures I took of her during the time I taught there...MISS YOU BECKY!!! xo

OK...next post will be more of a happier note...PROMISE! So thanks for bearing with me :0)

JustRite Stampers & Christmas!

I had uploaded this card on to Splitcoast Stampers (Product Focus of the Day: JustRIte Stampers) but thought I'd post here :0) Went a little crazy on the Stickles but had a lot of fun! I first used Clearsnap chalk ink and then I used Stickles to highlight the embossed areas.

The sets I used from JustRite Stampers are:
“Merry Little Christmas Borders & Centers Round 1 5/8” (JB – 08780)
Holiday Demi Phrase Round 2” (JB – 08785)
Fits also 1 5/8”, 2 3/8” Rounds & 1 ¾”x2 5/16” Oval
Wood Stamper 2” with Bonus 15 pt Font & Center (JB – 08650)

For the card front, I used Spellbinders' Poinsettia Frameabilities - isn't it beautiful?! Definitely gets me in the holiday mood!