<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677</id><updated>2011-10-15T23:43:17.736-04:00</updated><category term='Kimberly and Mary In Denver'/><category term='I&apos;m baaaaaaaaaaack'/><category term='Words To Love By'/><category term='Tweet Blessings'/><category term='top nite fun'/><category term='Miracle from above'/><category term='Layers of Color'/><category term='generations of stitches'/><category term='A wonderful inspiration'/><category term='Olive and Eggplant'/><category term='split negative'/><category term='Daisy comes to visit'/><category term='Teal'/><category term='Polka Dot Parade'/><category term='Happy Birthday Heather'/><category term='Comfy Valentine Sketch from H and M Stamps'/><category term='Sew What?  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Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;October 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This month's new releases are: Holly Greetings, Christmas in the Country, Snowball?, Country Thanksgiving, Cardinals in Winter, and Ginger Cookies.&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Ginger Cookies? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT.&amp;nbsp;There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen&amp;nbsp;from the comments on&amp;nbsp;today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Ginger Cookies&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancyruth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com/"&gt;Faith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marilynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://patriciagrc98.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patricia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chrissyd723.blogspot.com/"&gt;Chrissy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mustangcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkyoceangazer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joanne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampingwithmarkie.blogspot.com/"&gt;Markie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chocolatecraftsandbearsohmy.blogspot.com/"&gt;Carol&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tags:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Views: 25&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-7132824512010795587?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/7132824512010795587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=7132824512010795587' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/7132824512010795587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/7132824512010795587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/10/ginger-cookies.html' title='Ginger Cookies'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YlDwrNUYi_I/TpLzoUjni0I/AAAAAAAAA8I/KPQz6gUqLGE/s72-c/ocober-blog-hop-012.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-8256261827855219425</id><published>2011-10-13T00:01:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T00:01:01.859-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Country thanksgiving and Cardinals in Winter</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-csfGZkUHjis/TpL0abbF2mI/AAAAAAAAA8o/i8VicvxCHQU/s1600/ocober-blog-hop-006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 258px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-csfGZkUHjis/TpL0abbF2mI/AAAAAAAAA8o/i8VicvxCHQU/s400/ocober-blog-hop-006.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661856416433298018" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q6Caku7IFkk/TpL0OyNVI8I/AAAAAAAAA8g/2b1izobA7-U/s1600/ocober-blog-hop-015.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 257px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Q6Caku7IFkk/TpL0OyNVI8I/AAAAAAAAA8g/2b1izobA7-U/s400/ocober-blog-hop-015.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661856216391164866" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FleH78PF9cA/TpLzwGFAiQI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/mg6pumpLui0/s1600/ocober-blog-hop-014.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FleH78PF9cA/TpLzwGFAiQI/AAAAAAAAA8Q/mg6pumpLui0/s400/ocober-blog-hop-014.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661855689149024514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;October 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This month's new releases are: Holly Greetings, Christmas in the Country, Snowball?, Country Thanksgiving, Cardinals in Winter, and Ginger Cookies.&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Sets: Country Thanksgiving and Cardinals in Winter? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT.&amp;nbsp;There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen&amp;nbsp;from the comments on&amp;nbsp;today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Country Thanksgiving and Cardinals in Winter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancyruth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com/"&gt;Faith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marilynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://patriciagrc98.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patricia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chrissyd723.blogspot.com/"&gt;Chrissy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mustangcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkyoceangazer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joanne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampingwithmarkie.blogspot.com/"&gt;Markie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chocolatecraftsandbearsohmy.blogspot.com/"&gt;Carol&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-8256261827855219425?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/8256261827855219425/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=8256261827855219425' title='33 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8256261827855219425'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8256261827855219425'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/10/country-thanksgiving-and-cardinals-in.html' title='Country thanksgiving and Cardinals in Winter'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-csfGZkUHjis/TpL0abbF2mI/AAAAAAAAA8o/i8VicvxCHQU/s72-c/ocober-blog-hop-006.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>33</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-3340389472669759930</id><published>2011-10-12T00:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T00:01:01.196-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas in the Country and Snowball</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pUFZJeZq4II/TpL05f4jaVI/AAAAAAAAA9I/o4sacvmhJTc/s1600/ocober-blog-hop-010.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pUFZJeZq4II/TpL05f4jaVI/AAAAAAAAA9I/o4sacvmhJTc/s400/ocober-blog-hop-010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661856950206556498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ll2PGM7xpZ4/TpL01JTyreI/AAAAAAAAA9A/UVNnW-suwIs/s1600/ocober-blog-hop-008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 390px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ll2PGM7xpZ4/TpL01JTyreI/AAAAAAAAA9A/UVNnW-suwIs/s400/ocober-blog-hop-008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661856875427311074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W7xeZt2K-Wo/TpL0ueyFkwI/AAAAAAAAA84/hZJ7FkRG9UY/s1600/ocober-blog-hop-018.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-W7xeZt2K-Wo/TpL0ueyFkwI/AAAAAAAAA84/hZJ7FkRG9UY/s400/ocober-blog-hop-018.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661856760932438786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CsJI3GvNzaE/TpL0okTmqgI/AAAAAAAAA8w/PJ1uJ97dgic/s1600/ocober-blog-hop-017.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CsJI3GvNzaE/TpL0okTmqgI/AAAAAAAAA8w/PJ1uJ97dgic/s400/ocober-blog-hop-017.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661856659335981570" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;October 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This month's new releases are: Holly Greetings, Christmas in the Country, Snowball?, Country Thanksgiving, Cardinals in Winter, and Ginger Cookies.&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Sets: Christmas in the Country and Snowball? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT.&amp;nbsp;There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen&amp;nbsp;from the comments on&amp;nbsp;today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Christmas in the Country and Snowball?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Anne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peggysue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;Connie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Linda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;Liz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Geri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;Claudine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://djchrist71.blogspot.com/"&gt;Debbie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-3340389472669759930?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/3340389472669759930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=3340389472669759930' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3340389472669759930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3340389472669759930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/10/christmas-in-country-and-snowball.html' title='Christmas in the Country and Snowball'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pUFZJeZq4II/TpL05f4jaVI/AAAAAAAAA9I/o4sacvmhJTc/s72-c/ocober-blog-hop-010.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-8222027335334097776</id><published>2011-10-11T00:01:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-10-11T00:01:01.909-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Holly Greetings</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G45EXBrGD58/TpL1NY8TfrI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/5OePhD-Edc4/s1600/ocober-blog-hop-004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 246px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G45EXBrGD58/TpL1NY8TfrI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/5OePhD-Edc4/s400/ocober-blog-hop-004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661857291940626098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lDQm5LbW9K8/TpL1IDqbBKI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/b5lkIDD5_ww/s1600/ocober-blog-hop-002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lDQm5LbW9K8/TpL1IDqbBKI/AAAAAAAAA9Q/b5lkIDD5_ww/s400/ocober-blog-hop-002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5661857200329131170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;October 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This month's new releases are: Holly Greetings, Christmas in the Country, Snowball?, Country Thanksgiving, Cardinals in Winter, and Ginger Cookies.&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Holly Greetings? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT.&amp;nbsp;There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen&amp;nbsp;from the comments on&amp;nbsp;today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Holly Greetings&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Anne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peggysue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;Connie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Linda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;Liz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Geri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;Claudine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://djchrist71.blogspot.com/"&gt;Debbie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-8222027335334097776?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/8222027335334097776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=8222027335334097776' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8222027335334097776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8222027335334097776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/10/holly-greetings.html' title='Holly Greetings'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-G45EXBrGD58/TpL1NY8TfrI/AAAAAAAAA9Y/5OePhD-Edc4/s72-c/ocober-blog-hop-004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-4725650386788145055</id><published>2011-09-16T00:00:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-16T00:00:00.221-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Friday Get Your Broom On</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F-2Z8R6xIt4/Tm1mvx-alFI/AAAAAAAAA7g/-T_MobNuKuI/s1600/091011%2Btracy%2Band%2Bkevin%2B038.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F-2Z8R6xIt4/Tm1mvx-alFI/AAAAAAAAA7g/-T_MobNuKuI/s400/091011%2Btracy%2Band%2Bkevin%2B038.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651286078474851410" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cJkkeitZPuM/Tm1lmMWzOLI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/Fw9N0frLR8U/s1600/sept-blog-hop-009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 374px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cJkkeitZPuM/Tm1lmMWzOLI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/Fw9N0frLR8U/s400/sept-blog-hop-009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651284814246131890" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;September 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's new releases are:Autumn Glory, Boo To You, Covered Bridges, Get Your Broom On .&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set:Get Your Broom On? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;Get Your Broom On&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancyruth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com/"&gt;Faith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marilynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://patriciagrc98.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patricia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chrissyd723.blogspot.com/"&gt;Chrissy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mustangcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkyoceangazer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joanne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampingwithmarkie.blogspot.com/"&gt;Markie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chocolatecraftsandbearsohmy.blogspot.com/"&gt;Carol&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-4725650386788145055?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/4725650386788145055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=4725650386788145055' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/4725650386788145055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/4725650386788145055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/09/friday-get-your-broom-on.html' title='Friday Get Your Broom On'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-F-2Z8R6xIt4/Tm1mvx-alFI/AAAAAAAAA7g/-T_MobNuKuI/s72-c/091011%2Btracy%2Band%2Bkevin%2B038.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-3117107948878740364</id><published>2011-09-15T00:00:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-15T00:00:00.834-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thursday Covered Bridges</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DmHkjHUZbGo/Tm1lTmDHP7I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/2fL7BRThnkU/s1600/sept-blog-hop-011.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 323px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651284494725365682" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DmHkjHUZbGo/Tm1lTmDHP7I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/2fL7BRThnkU/s400/sept-blog-hop-011.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;September 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's new releases are:Autumn Glory, Boo To You, Covered Bridges, Get Your Broom On .&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Covered Bridges? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;Covered Bridges&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancyruth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com/"&gt;Faith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marilynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://patriciagrc98.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patricia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chrissyd723.blogspot.com/"&gt;Chrissy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mustangcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkyoceangazer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joanne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampingwithmarkie.blogspot.com/"&gt;Markie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chocolatecraftsandbearsohmy.blogspot.com/"&gt;Carol&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-3117107948878740364?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/3117107948878740364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=3117107948878740364' title='30 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3117107948878740364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3117107948878740364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/09/thursday-covered-bridges.html' title='Thursday Covered Bridges'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DmHkjHUZbGo/Tm1lTmDHP7I/AAAAAAAAA7Q/2fL7BRThnkU/s72-c/sept-blog-hop-011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>30</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-5018718287544082541</id><published>2011-09-14T00:01:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-14T00:01:02.120-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Wednesday Boo To You</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aBWUtealumw/Tm1kul0bNyI/AAAAAAAAA7I/A-pL0O-Lc3Y/s1600/sept-blog-hop-005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 380px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651283859008599842" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aBWUtealumw/Tm1kul0bNyI/AAAAAAAAA7I/A-pL0O-Lc3Y/s400/sept-blog-hop-005.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rKVYZTBbdi8/Tm1koMoEPhI/AAAAAAAAA7A/-As14rJ_CzY/s1600/sept-blog-hop-007.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 251px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651283749166661138" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-rKVYZTBbdi8/Tm1koMoEPhI/AAAAAAAAA7A/-As14rJ_CzY/s400/sept-blog-hop-007.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eTg2u-RPu40/Tm1kXeYxCTI/AAAAAAAAA64/fbbNyF4B8_k/s1600/sept-blog-hop-005.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 380px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651283461876549938" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eTg2u-RPu40/Tm1kXeYxCTI/AAAAAAAAA64/fbbNyF4B8_k/s400/sept-blog-hop-005.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi everyone!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've found that the BEST way to do the links is for me to create the HTML codes for you to place on your blog. How do you do this? IT's EASY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In blogger, there are two different ways to get a POST onto your blog. One way is the CLICK on the COMPOSE button. The OTHER is the Edit HTML button. You are going to put the following in for Wednesday using the Edit HTML code button's box. COPY the following AND PASTE it into that BOX on your blog:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;September 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's new releases are:Autumn Glory. Boo To You, Covered Bridges, and Get Your Broom On.&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Boo To You? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;Boo To You&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Anne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peggysue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;Connie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Linda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;Liz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Geri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://djchrist71.blogspot.com/"&gt;Debbie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-5018718287544082541?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/5018718287544082541/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=5018718287544082541' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5018718287544082541'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5018718287544082541'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/09/wednesday-boo-to-you.html' title='Wednesday Boo To You'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-aBWUtealumw/Tm1kul0bNyI/AAAAAAAAA7I/A-pL0O-Lc3Y/s72-c/sept-blog-hop-005.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-634239862440548503</id><published>2011-09-13T00:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-09-13T00:01:03.306-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Autumn Glory</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nJsN-QPzB8c/Tm1j7aFCzJI/AAAAAAAAA6w/CHImnJwqtMA/s1600/sept-blog-hop-013.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nJsN-QPzB8c/Tm1j7aFCzJI/AAAAAAAAA6w/CHImnJwqtMA/s400/sept-blog-hop-013.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651282979683749010" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;September 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's new releases are:Autumn Glory. Boo To You, Covered Bridges, and Get Your Broom On.&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Autumn Glory? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT.&amp;nbsp;There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen&amp;nbsp;from the comments on&amp;nbsp;today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Autumn Glory&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Anne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peggysue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;Connie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Linda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;Liz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Geri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://djchrist71.blogspot.com/"&gt;Debbie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-634239862440548503?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/634239862440548503/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=634239862440548503' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/634239862440548503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/634239862440548503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/09/autumn-glory.html' title='Autumn Glory'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-nJsN-QPzB8c/Tm1j7aFCzJI/AAAAAAAAA6w/CHImnJwqtMA/s72-c/sept-blog-hop-013.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-3041896693385222333</id><published>2011-08-12T00:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-12T00:01:03.983-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Fun on the Farm</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T3eA7gb82fQ/Tjkl8JQHxKI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/SUa_qFmhvzw/s1600/august%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyurht%2B008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 380px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636578123836802210" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T3eA7gb82fQ/Tjkl8JQHxKI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/SUa_qFmhvzw/s400/august%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyurht%2B008.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;August 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's new releases are:Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement, Butterflies and Wisteria, Forest Gifts, Fun on the Farm .&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set:Fun On The Farm? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;Fun On The Farm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancyruth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com/"&gt;Faith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;Claudine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marilynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://patriciagrc98.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patricia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chrissyd723.blogspot.com/"&gt;Chrissy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mustangcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkyoceangazer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joanne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/"&gt;Kittie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampingwithmarkie.blogspot.com/"&gt;Markie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-3041896693385222333?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/3041896693385222333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=3041896693385222333' title='40 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3041896693385222333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3041896693385222333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/08/fun-on-farm.html' title='Fun on the Farm'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T3eA7gb82fQ/Tjkl8JQHxKI/AAAAAAAAA6Y/SUa_qFmhvzw/s72-c/august%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyurht%2B008.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>40</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-3064492533754435734</id><published>2011-08-11T00:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-11T00:01:03.625-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Forest Gifts</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kGW8O0aR22w/TjklgJJwNpI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/SbjfZAhN20k/s1600/august%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyurht%2B006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kGW8O0aR22w/TjklgJJwNpI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/SbjfZAhN20k/s400/august%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyurht%2B006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636577642773755538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;August 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's new releases are:Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement, Butterflies and Wisteria, Forest Gifts, Fun on the Farm .&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set:Forest Gifts? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT.&amp;nbsp;There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen&amp;nbsp;from the comments on&amp;nbsp;today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Forest Gifts&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancyruth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mabiestampin.blogspot.com/"&gt;Silvia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com/"&gt;Faith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;Claudine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marilynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://patriciagrc98.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patricia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chrissyd723.blogspot.com/"&gt;Chrissy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mustangcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkyoceangazer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joanne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/"&gt;Kittie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampingwithmarkie.blogspot.com/"&gt;Markie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-3064492533754435734?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/3064492533754435734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=3064492533754435734' title='37 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3064492533754435734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3064492533754435734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/08/forest-gifts.html' title='Forest Gifts'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kGW8O0aR22w/TjklgJJwNpI/AAAAAAAAA6Q/SbjfZAhN20k/s72-c/august%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyurht%2B006.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>37</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-508483584947124455</id><published>2011-08-10T00:01:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-10T00:01:01.942-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Butterflies and Wisteria</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VgzGb_LMwqE/Tj0kqBtdFAI/AAAAAAAAA6o/x8zzBEiew9U/s1600/august%2Bbloh%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 280px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5637702612969919490" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VgzGb_LMwqE/Tj0kqBtdFAI/AAAAAAAAA6o/x8zzBEiew9U/s400/august%2Bbloh%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B001.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;August 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's new releases are:Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement, Butterflies and Wisteria, Forest Gifts, Fun on the Farm .&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Butterflies and Wisteria? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;Butterflies and Wisteria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Anne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peggysue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;Connie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Linda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Roxie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;Liz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Geri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-508483584947124455?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/508483584947124455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=508483584947124455' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/508483584947124455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/508483584947124455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/08/butterflies-and-wisteria.html' title='Butterflies and Wisteria'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VgzGb_LMwqE/Tj0kqBtdFAI/AAAAAAAAA6o/x8zzBEiew9U/s72-c/august%2Bbloh%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-4109750313546006593</id><published>2011-08-09T00:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-08-09T00:01:06.011-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZXz_39QcoYU/TjkkEYXlG_I/AAAAAAAAA6I/6BiyEYf6g9A/s1600/august%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyurht%2B003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZXz_39QcoYU/TjkkEYXlG_I/AAAAAAAAA6I/6BiyEYf6g9A/s400/august%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyurht%2B003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636576066310314994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Er3xNZmuEps/Tjkj_MpS6FI/AAAAAAAAA6A/CNcB8B9UxFg/s1600/august%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyurht%2B004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Er3xNZmuEps/Tjkj_MpS6FI/AAAAAAAAA6A/CNcB8B9UxFg/s400/august%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyurht%2B004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636575977264048210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NKTX9fLUPbY/Tjkjx9i37oI/AAAAAAAAA54/W8X6aoxTmfk/s1600/august%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyurht%2B004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NKTX9fLUPbY/Tjkjx9i37oI/AAAAAAAAA54/W8X6aoxTmfk/s400/august%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyurht%2B004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636575749872283266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;August 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's new releases are:Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement, Butterflies and Wisteria, Forest Gifts, Fun on the Farm .&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's MFP blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Anne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peggysue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;Connie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paynehollercards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Linda&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Roxie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;Liz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Geri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-4109750313546006593?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/4109750313546006593/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=4109750313546006593' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/4109750313546006593'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/4109750313546006593'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/08/black-eyed-susans-for-encouragement.html' title='Black Eyed Susans for Encouragement'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ZXz_39QcoYU/TjkkEYXlG_I/AAAAAAAAA6I/6BiyEYf6g9A/s72-c/august%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyurht%2B003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-7075021813307698888</id><published>2011-07-15T00:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-15T00:01:04.255-04:00</updated><title type='text'>July 15 Blog Hop</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qI62VPmmQYs/TgqKaMu0cdI/AAAAAAAAA5w/tgfblcTVlyM/s1600/JULY-BLOG-HOP-NANCYRUT-004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 242px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qI62VPmmQYs/TgqKaMu0cdI/AAAAAAAAA5w/tgfblcTVlyM/s400/JULY-BLOG-HOP-NANCYRUT-004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623459267424317906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;July 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's new releases are: Little Birds With Big Mouths, Planted with Love, Lilacs in the Summer, and Adirondack Summer.&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Adirondack Summer? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT.&amp;nbsp;There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen&amp;nbsp;from the comments on&amp;nbsp;today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Adirondack Summer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancyruth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mabiestampin.blogspot.com/"&gt;Silvia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com/"&gt;Faith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;Claudine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marilynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://patriciagrc98.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patricia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chrissyd723.blogspot.com/"&gt;Chrissy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mustangcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkyoceangazer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joanne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/"&gt;Kittie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-7075021813307698888?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/7075021813307698888/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=7075021813307698888' title='39 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/7075021813307698888'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/7075021813307698888'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/07/july-15-blog-hop.html' title='July 15 Blog Hop'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qI62VPmmQYs/TgqKaMu0cdI/AAAAAAAAA5w/tgfblcTVlyM/s72-c/JULY-BLOG-HOP-NANCYRUT-004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>39</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-2564940925771898380</id><published>2011-07-14T00:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-14T00:01:02.445-04:00</updated><title type='text'>July 14 Blog hop</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rOZ1p-3ns5k/TgqJz3z3oJI/AAAAAAAAA5g/sGADDqlr1hQ/s1600/JULY-BLOG-HOP-NANCYRUT-001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 377px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rOZ1p-3ns5k/TgqJz3z3oJI/AAAAAAAAA5g/sGADDqlr1hQ/s400/JULY-BLOG-HOP-NANCYRUT-001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623458608973324434" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;July 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's new releases are: Little Birds With Big Mouths, Planted with Love, Lilacs in the Summer, and Adirondack Summer.&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Lilacs in the Summer? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT.&amp;nbsp;There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen&amp;nbsp;from the comments on&amp;nbsp;today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Lilacs in the Summer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancyruth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mabiestampin.blogspot.com/"&gt;Silvia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com/"&gt;Faith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;Claudine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marilynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://patriciagrc98.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patricia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chrissyd723.blogspot.com/"&gt;Chrissy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mustangcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkyoceangazer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joanne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/"&gt;Kittie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-2564940925771898380?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/2564940925771898380/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=2564940925771898380' title='42 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2564940925771898380'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2564940925771898380'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/07/july-14-blog-hop.html' title='July 14 Blog hop'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rOZ1p-3ns5k/TgqJz3z3oJI/AAAAAAAAA5g/sGADDqlr1hQ/s72-c/JULY-BLOG-HOP-NANCYRUT-001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>42</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-458432085198983483</id><published>2011-07-13T00:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-13T00:01:05.953-04:00</updated><title type='text'>July 13 Blog Hop</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7aIitn2haQM/TgqJSdmUNuI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/E1-Qd24-dx4/s1600/JULY-BLOG-HOP-NANCYRUT-003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7aIitn2haQM/TgqJSdmUNuI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/E1-Qd24-dx4/s400/JULY-BLOG-HOP-NANCYRUT-003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623458035001472738" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;July 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's new releases are: Little Birds With Big Mouths, Planted with Love, Lilacs in the Summer, and Adirondack Summer.&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Planted With Love? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT.&amp;nbsp;There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen&amp;nbsp;from the comments on&amp;nbsp;today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Planted With Love&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Anne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peggysue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;Connie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Roxie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;Liz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Geri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-458432085198983483?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/458432085198983483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=458432085198983483' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/458432085198983483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/458432085198983483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/07/july-13-blog-hop.html' title='July 13 Blog Hop'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-7aIitn2haQM/TgqJSdmUNuI/AAAAAAAAA5Y/E1-Qd24-dx4/s72-c/JULY-BLOG-HOP-NANCYRUT-003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-8751119553743534722</id><published>2011-07-12T00:01:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-07-12T00:01:05.831-04:00</updated><title type='text'>July 12 Bloghop</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X1lUxmp7_PY/TgqIU08NxFI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/PP2xh9JVzZ8/s1600/JULY-BLOG-HOP-NANCYRUT-002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 375px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X1lUxmp7_PY/TgqIU08NxFI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/PP2xh9JVzZ8/s400/JULY-BLOG-HOP-NANCYRUT-002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623456976115450962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;July 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's new releases are: Little Birds With Big Mouths, Planted with Love, Lilacs in the Summer, and Adirondack Summer.&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Little Birds With Big Mouths? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT.&amp;nbsp;There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen&amp;nbsp;from the comments on&amp;nbsp;today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Little Birds With Big Mouths&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Anne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peggysue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;Connie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Roxie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;Liz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Geri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-8751119553743534722?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/8751119553743534722/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=8751119553743534722' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8751119553743534722'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8751119553743534722'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/07/july-12-bloghop.html' title='July 12 Bloghop'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X1lUxmp7_PY/TgqIU08NxFI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/PP2xh9JVzZ8/s72-c/JULY-BLOG-HOP-NANCYRUT-002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-8927755357238350948</id><published>2011-06-10T00:00:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-10T00:00:04.213-04:00</updated><title type='text'>June 10 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QfnQKudcc2g/Teygu-Y5m7I/AAAAAAAAA5I/BZ1FK5X37G4/s1600/june%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B010.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 248px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QfnQKudcc2g/Teygu-Y5m7I/AAAAAAAAA5I/BZ1FK5X37G4/s400/june%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615039564306029490" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;June 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's new releases are: All Aboard, Poppies Poppies Poppies, Sand Surf Relax, and Floating Along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Floating Along? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT.&amp;nbsp;There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen&amp;nbsp;from the comments on&amp;nbsp;today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Floating Along.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancyruth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mabiestampin.blogspot.com/"&gt;Silvia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com/"&gt;Faith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;Claudine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marilynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://patriciagrc98.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patricia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chrissyd723.blogspot.com/"&gt;Chrissy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mustangcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkyoceangazer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joanne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/"&gt;Kittie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://artsmart0.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sharon-Guest Designer for June&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-8927755357238350948?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/8927755357238350948/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=8927755357238350948' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8927755357238350948'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8927755357238350948'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/06/june-10-2011_10.html' title='June 10 2011'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QfnQKudcc2g/Teygu-Y5m7I/AAAAAAAAA5I/BZ1FK5X37G4/s72-c/june%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B010.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-1867183704063647286</id><published>2011-06-09T00:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-09T00:00:06.933-04:00</updated><title type='text'>June 9 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HX6PrISeBMI/TeygWcZag9I/AAAAAAAAA5A/yeF-nwwavQk/s1600/june%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B014.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HX6PrISeBMI/TeygWcZag9I/AAAAAAAAA5A/yeF-nwwavQk/s400/june%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B014.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615039142864520146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;June 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's new releases are: All Aboard, Poppies Poppies Poppies, Sand Surf Relax, and Floating Along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Sand Surf Relax? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT.&amp;nbsp;There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen&amp;nbsp;from the comments on&amp;nbsp;today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;Sand, Surf, Relax.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancyruth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mabiestampin.blogspot.com/"&gt;Silvia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com/"&gt;Faith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;Claudine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marilynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://patriciagrc98.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patricia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://chrissyd723.blogspot.com/"&gt;Chrissy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://studioatthelake.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mustangcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pam&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkyoceangazer.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joanne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://kittiekraft.typepad.com/"&gt;Kittie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://artsmart0.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sharon-Guest Designer for June&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-1867183704063647286?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/1867183704063647286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=1867183704063647286' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1867183704063647286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1867183704063647286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/06/june-9-2011.html' title='June 9 2011'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HX6PrISeBMI/TeygWcZag9I/AAAAAAAAA5A/yeF-nwwavQk/s72-c/june%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B014.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-6684722237663349529</id><published>2011-06-08T00:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-08T00:00:00.466-04:00</updated><title type='text'>June 8 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8ku54OculM4/Teyf7CdxysI/AAAAAAAAA44/IfaFExoy3wk/s1600/june%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8ku54OculM4/Teyf7CdxysI/AAAAAAAAA44/IfaFExoy3wk/s400/june%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B012.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615038672047033026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;June 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's new releases are: All Aboard, Poppies Poppies Poppies, Sand Surf Relax, and Floating Along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: Poppies, Poppies, Poppies? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if the winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT.&amp;nbsp;There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen&amp;nbsp;from the comments on&amp;nbsp;today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;POPPIES, POPPIES, POPPIES&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Anne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peggysue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;Connie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Roxie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;Liz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Geri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkymema.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lagene-Guest Designer for June&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-6684722237663349529?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/6684722237663349529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=6684722237663349529' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6684722237663349529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6684722237663349529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/06/june-8-2011.html' title='June 8 2011'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8ku54OculM4/Teyf7CdxysI/AAAAAAAAA44/IfaFExoy3wk/s72-c/june%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B012.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-7411065409240871451</id><published>2011-06-07T00:00:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2011-06-07T00:00:04.720-04:00</updated><title type='text'>June  7 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8WaXqLcWJEk/TeyeoU0mb4I/AAAAAAAAA4w/WtN8sf_V7fo/s1600/june-blog-hop-nancyruth-013.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 255px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615037251045453698" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8WaXqLcWJEk/TeyeoU0mb4I/AAAAAAAAA4w/WtN8sf_V7fo/s400/june-blog-hop-nancyruth-013.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hello! Welcome to the &lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;June 2011 MFP New Releases Blog Hop!&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week's new releases are: All Aboard, Poppies Poppies Poppies, Sand Surf Relax, and Floating Along.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all these sets are available TODAY at &lt;a href="http://www.marksfinestpapers.com/"&gt;Mark's Finest Papers.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So, do you want to WIN today's Featured Stamp Set: All Aboard? (If you don't want to wait to win, you can always purchase the sets right away! We'll substitute a set from NEXT month's release if today's winner has already purchased this set!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win: Comment on the following Design Team members' blogs TODAY before midnight EDT. There will be &lt;strong&gt;ONE &lt;/strong&gt;random winner chosen from the comments on today's Blog Hop blogs. &lt;strong&gt;That winner will win &lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;ALL ABOARD&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;. We will announce the winner's name on tomorrow's blog post.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Anne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peggysue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;Connie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Roxie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;Liz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Geri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkymema.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lagene-Guest Designer for June&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-7411065409240871451?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/7411065409240871451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=7411065409240871451' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/7411065409240871451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/7411065409240871451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/06/june-7-2011.html' title='June  7 2011'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-8WaXqLcWJEk/TeyeoU0mb4I/AAAAAAAAA4w/WtN8sf_V7fo/s72-c/june-blog-hop-nancyruth-013.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-5358201640920608873</id><published>2011-02-11T00:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-11T00:01:02.410-05:00</updated><title type='text'>HE is the Lamb!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TUldH7brHWI/AAAAAAAAA4k/7TB0KrVWoYk/s1600/feb%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 374px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TUldH7brHWI/AAAAAAAAA4k/7TB0KrVWoYk/s400/feb%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569084805014560098" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Welcome to the MFP February Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our New Sets are: Greet the Day with Gerber, Big Cats, Spring Has Sprung and He is the Lamb.&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have a BRAND NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGER!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: white;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Blog Hop participants will have the &lt;strong&gt;chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! &lt;/strong&gt;That’s right!&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;ONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: black;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include March 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the March 2011 Blog Hop!&lt;br /&gt;What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, February 12, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FRIDAY,  February 11, 2011-He is the Lamb&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Roxie-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicki-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;Liz:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;Claudine-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joanne T-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nicole -&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marilynn-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peggysue-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;Connie –&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily N.-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mabiestampin.blogspot.com/"&gt;Silvia Mabie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-5358201640920608873?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/5358201640920608873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=5358201640920608873' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5358201640920608873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5358201640920608873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/02/he-is-lamb.html' title='HE is the Lamb!'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TUldH7brHWI/AAAAAAAAA4k/7TB0KrVWoYk/s72-c/feb%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-2969502492875093378</id><published>2011-02-10T00:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-10T00:01:03.416-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring Has Sprung</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TUlc3RaM2wI/AAAAAAAAA4c/rggXE3H_zq4/s1600/feb%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 255px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TUlc3RaM2wI/AAAAAAAAA4c/rggXE3H_zq4/s400/feb%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569084518856186626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Welcome to the MFP February Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our New Sets are: Greet the Day with Gerber, Big Cats, Spring Has Sprung and He is the Lamb.&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have a BRAND NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGER!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: white;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Blog Hop participants will have the &lt;strong&gt;chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! &lt;/strong&gt;That’s right!&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;ONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: black;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include March 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest&amp;nbsp;Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the March 2011 Blog Hop!&lt;br /&gt;What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, February 12, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday, February 10, 2011-Spring Has Sprung&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancyruth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn L.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Anne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Roxie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;Liz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;Claudine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn M&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joanne T&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nicole&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marilynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Geri &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mabiestampin.blogspot.com/"&gt;Silvia Mabie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-2969502492875093378?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/2969502492875093378/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=2969502492875093378' title='30 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2969502492875093378'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2969502492875093378'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/02/spring-has-sprung.html' title='Spring Has Sprung'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TUlc3RaM2wI/AAAAAAAAA4c/rggXE3H_zq4/s72-c/feb%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>30</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-3177542400933426497</id><published>2011-02-09T00:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-09T00:01:02.094-05:00</updated><title type='text'>MEOW MEOW!!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TUlcEwa6GFI/AAAAAAAAA4U/tIbnsU4ndFM/s1600/feb%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TUlcEwa6GFI/AAAAAAAAA4U/tIbnsU4ndFM/s400/feb%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569083651007322194" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Welcome to the MFP February Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our New Sets are: Greet the Day with Gerber, Big Cats, Spring Has Sprung and He is the Lamb.&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have a BRAND NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGER!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: white;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Blog Hop participants will have the &lt;strong&gt;chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! &lt;/strong&gt;That’s right!&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;ONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: black;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include March 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the March 2011 Blog Hop!&lt;br /&gt;What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, February 12, 2011&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WEDNESDAY, February 9, 2011- Big Cats&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancyruth &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn L.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Anne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peggysue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;Connie &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;Claudine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn M.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joanne T&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nicole &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marilynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Geri &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily N.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-3177542400933426497?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/3177542400933426497/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=3177542400933426497' title='40 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3177542400933426497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3177542400933426497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/02/meow-meow.html' title='MEOW MEOW!!!!'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TUlcEwa6GFI/AAAAAAAAA4U/tIbnsU4ndFM/s72-c/feb%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>40</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-3201698730092253278</id><published>2011-02-08T00:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2011-02-08T00:01:03.416-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Greet The Day With Gerber</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TUlbEcDJWfI/AAAAAAAAA4M/vCkaNuslnEA/s1600/feb%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 252px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TUlbEcDJWfI/AAAAAAAAA4M/vCkaNuslnEA/s400/feb%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569082546027321842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Welcome to the MFP February Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our New Sets are: Greet the Day with Gerber, Big Cats, Spring Has Sprung and He is the Lamb.&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have a BRAND NEW Blog Candy Contest! BE A GUEST DESIGER!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: red; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PLEASE READ THIS CAREFULLY!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: white;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;All Blog Hop participants will have the &lt;strong&gt;chance to win a Month Long GUEST DESIGNER position on our Senior Design team! &lt;/strong&gt;That’s right!&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;ONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: black;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;lucky winner will receive a Guest Designer package that will include March 2011’s Four New Release sets, a selection of Premium Papers, and beautiful embellishments. The winner will also receive a Guest Designer Watermark, Blog Button and have the choice to participate in the March 2011 Blog Hop!&lt;br /&gt;What do you need to do to qualify? Just comment on the Design Team blogs during the blog hop. EACH DAY that participants comment on all the Design Team blogs, their name will be entered once in the random drawing. Each participant has the opportunity to have his/her name entered up to four times. (There are four days of the blog hop, so there are up to four entries per person.) The winner will be announced on the Mark’s Finest Papers blog on Saturday, February 12, 2011.&lt;br /&gt;TUESDAY February 8, 2011- Greet the Day with Gerber&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancyruth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn L.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Anne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peggysue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;Connie &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Roxie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;Liz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Geri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily N.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mabiestampin.blogspot.com/"&gt;Silvia Mabie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-3201698730092253278?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/3201698730092253278/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=3201698730092253278' title='35 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3201698730092253278'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3201698730092253278'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/02/greet-day-with-gerber_08.html' title='Greet The Day With Gerber'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TUlbEcDJWfI/AAAAAAAAA4M/vCkaNuslnEA/s72-c/feb%2Bblog%2Bhop%2Bnancyruth%2B002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>35</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-3708241936326094970</id><published>2011-01-14T00:00:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-14T00:00:07.108-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Floral Tea'/><title type='text'>January Blog Hop Floral Tea</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TStx2NsTngI/AAAAAAAAA30/Oc-to7NABTI/s1600/janueary-blog-hop-nancyruth.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TStx2NsTngI/AAAAAAAAA30/Oc-to7NABTI/s400/janueary-blog-hop-nancyruth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560663341121379842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Welcome to the final day of the MFP January Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;And…LOOK for the WINNERS of the Blog Hop TOMORROW!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our New Sets are: In the Forest, Happy Pansies, Sew What, and Floral Tea.&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, January 15, 2011, a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You &lt;strong&gt;DO NOT&lt;/strong&gt; have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;FRIDAY,  January 14, 2011-Floral Tea&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Roxie-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicki-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;Liz:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;Claudine-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joanne T-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nicole -&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marilynn-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peggysue-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/"&gt;Susan –&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;Connie –&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily N.-&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-3708241936326094970?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/3708241936326094970/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=3708241936326094970' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3708241936326094970'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3708241936326094970'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/01/january-blog-hop-floral-tea.html' title='January Blog Hop Floral Tea'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TStx2NsTngI/AAAAAAAAA30/Oc-to7NABTI/s72-c/janueary-blog-hop-nancyruth.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-5562796692942342227</id><published>2011-01-13T00:01:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-13T00:01:00.135-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sew What?  January Blog Hop'/><title type='text'>Sew What?  January Blog Hop</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TStxvKXzQQI/AAAAAAAAA3s/spFHkoGFZTU/s1600/janueary-blog-hop-sew-what.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 382px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TStxvKXzQQI/AAAAAAAAA3s/spFHkoGFZTU/s400/janueary-blog-hop-sew-what.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560663219970982146" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Welcome to the MFP January Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;And…LOOK for the WINNERS of the Blog Hop Saturday!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our New Sets are: In the Forest, Happy Pansies, Sew What, and Floral Tea.&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, January 15, 2011, a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You &lt;strong&gt;DO NOT&lt;/strong&gt; have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday, January 13, 2011-Sew What?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancyruth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn L.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Anne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Roxie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;Liz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;Claudine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn M&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joanne T&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nicole&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marilynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Geri &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-5562796692942342227?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/5562796692942342227/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=5562796692942342227' title='56 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5562796692942342227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5562796692942342227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/01/sew-what-january-blog-hop.html' title='Sew What?  January Blog Hop'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TStxvKXzQQI/AAAAAAAAA3s/spFHkoGFZTU/s72-c/janueary-blog-hop-sew-what.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>56</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-2285966252675041446</id><published>2011-01-12T00:01:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-12T00:01:02.321-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Happy Pansies'/><title type='text'>January Blog Hop Day 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TStxf7A6LrI/AAAAAAAAA3k/LAIolbfYMEI/s1600/bloghoppansies-nancyruth.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 276px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TStxf7A6LrI/AAAAAAAAA3k/LAIolbfYMEI/s400/bloghoppansies-nancyruth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560662958150397618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Welcome to the MFP January Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color: red;"&gt;And…LOOK for the WINNERS of the Blog Hop on Saturday!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our New Sets are: In the Forest, Happy Pansies, Sew What, and Floral Tea.&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, January 15, 2011, a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You &lt;strong&gt;DO NOT&lt;/strong&gt; have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;WEDNESDAY, January 12, 2011- Happy Pansies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancyruth &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn L.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Anne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peggysue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/"&gt;Susan &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;Connie &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;Claudine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/"&gt;Joanne T&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nicole &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;Marilynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Geri &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily N.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-2285966252675041446?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/2285966252675041446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=2285966252675041446' title='61 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2285966252675041446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2285966252675041446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/01/january-blog-hop-day-2.html' title='January Blog Hop Day 2'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TStxf7A6LrI/AAAAAAAAA3k/LAIolbfYMEI/s72-c/bloghoppansies-nancyruth.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>61</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-5699459674174823293</id><published>2011-01-11T00:01:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-01-11T00:01:01.672-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='In The Forest'/><title type='text'>January Blog Hop, Tuesday</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TStw0kqRRHI/AAAAAAAAA3M/Hik7QxpNNvU/s1600/in-the-forest-nancyruth-blo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TStw0kqRRHI/AAAAAAAAA3M/Hik7QxpNNvU/s400/in-the-forest-nancyruth-blo.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560662213415486578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Welcome to the MFP January Blog Hop! This month, we are releasing 4 NEW SETS!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:red;"&gt;And…LOOK for the WINNERS of the Blog Hop Saturday!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our New Sets are: In the Forest, Happy Pansies, Sew What, and Floral Tea.&lt;span style="color:black;"&gt;For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, January 15, 2011, a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You &lt;strong&gt;DO NOT&lt;/strong&gt; have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TUESDAY Jauary 11, 2011- In the Forest&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;Nancyruth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lois &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;Dawn L.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;Anne&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;Peggysue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/"&gt;Susan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;Connie &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;Karen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;Patty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Roxie&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;Vicki&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;Liz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;Geri&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynn&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://emmielouwho.blogspot.com/"&gt;Emily N.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://scrappinbelle.blogspot.com/"&gt;Neva&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-5699459674174823293?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/5699459674174823293/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=5699459674174823293' title='74 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5699459674174823293'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5699459674174823293'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2011/01/january-blog-hop-tuesday.html' title='January Blog Hop, Tuesday'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TStw0kqRRHI/AAAAAAAAA3M/Hik7QxpNNvU/s72-c/in-the-forest-nancyruth-blo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>74</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-3455392700399186672</id><published>2010-12-10T00:01:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-10T00:01:00.739-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Day 4 December Blog hop</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TP1U-BN4aRI/AAAAAAAAA24/FGTEqj70oVk/s1600/december-blog-hop-racoon.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 248px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547683740445600018" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TP1U-BN4aRI/AAAAAAAAA24/FGTEqj70oVk/s400/december-blog-hop-racoon.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Welcome to the MFP December Blog Hop! This month, we are releaseing 4 NEW SETS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released: Hearts, Hearts, Hearts, Nature's Postage Due; Hello Sunshine and Take a Peek. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (December 11, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday, December 10: Take a Peek:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emily- &lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Karen- &lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patty- &lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- &lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicki- &lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liz: &lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- &lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn- &lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joanne T- &lt;a href="http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicole - &lt;a href="http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marilynn- &lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- &lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Susan – &lt;a href="http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Connie – &lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - &lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-3455392700399186672?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/3455392700399186672/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=3455392700399186672' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3455392700399186672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3455392700399186672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/12/day-4-december-blog-hop.html' title='Day 4 December Blog hop'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TP1U-BN4aRI/AAAAAAAAA24/FGTEqj70oVk/s72-c/december-blog-hop-racoon.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-3457354508801132183</id><published>2010-12-09T00:01:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-09T00:01:01.072-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Day 3 December Blog hop</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TP1U3mZKLeI/AAAAAAAAA2w/z6GzV0vjUBs/s1600/december-blog-hop-nsunshine.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 288px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547683630165929442" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TP1U3mZKLeI/AAAAAAAAA2w/z6GzV0vjUBs/s400/december-blog-hop-nsunshine.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Welcome to the MFP December Blog Hop! This month, we are releaseing 4 NEW SETS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released: Hearts, Hearts, Hearts, Nature's Postage Due; Hello Sunshine and Take a Peek. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (December 11, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;December 9, 2010: Hello Sunshine&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - &lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lois - &lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- &lt;a href="http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn L.- &lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anne- &lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emily- &lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Karen- &lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patty- &lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- &lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicki- &lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liz: &lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- &lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn- &lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joanne T- &lt;a href="http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicole - &lt;a href="http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marilynn- &lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geri – &lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://geriscards.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lynn- &lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - &lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-3457354508801132183?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/3457354508801132183/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=3457354508801132183' title='32 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3457354508801132183'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3457354508801132183'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/12/day-3-december-blog-hop.html' title='Day 3 December Blog hop'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TP1U3mZKLeI/AAAAAAAAA2w/z6GzV0vjUBs/s72-c/december-blog-hop-nsunshine.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>32</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-8526645540186630405</id><published>2010-12-08T00:01:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-08T00:01:05.529-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Day 2 December Blog Hop</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TP1V2pfk9bI/AAAAAAAAA3A/mnYzxgV8AII/s1600/december-blog-hop-nancyruth.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 275px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547684713329915314" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TP1V2pfk9bI/AAAAAAAAA3A/mnYzxgV8AII/s400/december-blog-hop-nancyruth.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Welcome to the MFP December Blog Hop! This month, we are releaseing 4 NEW SETS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released: Hearts, Hearts, Hearts, Nature's Postage Due; Hello Sunshine and Take a Peek. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (December 11, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday December 8: Nature's Postage&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - &lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lois - &lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- &lt;a href="http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn L.- &lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anne- &lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- &lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Susan – &lt;a href="http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Connie – &lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- &lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn- &lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joanne T- &lt;a href="http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicole - &lt;a href="http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marilynn- &lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geri – &lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://geriscards.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lynn- &lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - &lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-8526645540186630405?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/8526645540186630405/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=8526645540186630405' title='43 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8526645540186630405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8526645540186630405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/12/day-2-december-blog-hop.html' title='Day 2 December Blog Hop'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TP1V2pfk9bI/AAAAAAAAA3A/mnYzxgV8AII/s72-c/december-blog-hop-nancyruth.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>43</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-7776199999817005863</id><published>2010-12-07T00:01:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-12-07T00:01:00.469-05:00</updated><title type='text'>December Blog hop Day 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TP1UfeE275I/AAAAAAAAA2o/Mt8jaxwouA4/s1600/december-blog-hop-nancyruth.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 233px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5547683215616438162" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TP1UfeE275I/AAAAAAAAA2o/Mt8jaxwouA4/s400/december-blog-hop-nancyruth.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Welcome to the MFP December Blog Hop! This month, we are releaseing 4 NEW SETS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released: Hearts, Hearts, Hearts, Nature's Postage Due; Hello Sunshine and Take a Peek. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (December 11, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DECEMBER 7, 2010- Hearts, Hearts, Hearts:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - &lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lois - &lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- &lt;a href="http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn L.- &lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anne- &lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- &lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Susan – &lt;a href="http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Connie – &lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emily- &lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Karen- &lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patty- &lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- &lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicki- &lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liz: &lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geri – &lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://geriscards.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lynn- &lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - &lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-7776199999817005863?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/7776199999817005863/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=7776199999817005863' title='44 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/7776199999817005863'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/7776199999817005863'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-blog-hop-day-1.html' title='December Blog hop Day 1'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TP1UfeE275I/AAAAAAAAA2o/Mt8jaxwouA4/s72-c/december-blog-hop-nancyruth.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>44</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-2292128775922017335</id><published>2010-11-12T00:01:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-12T00:01:03.215-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog Hop Day 4</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TNvY4pneoDI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/X3VVP-Gixls/s1600/novembermusic-nancyruth.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 264px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538258634537869362" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TNvY4pneoDI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/X3VVP-Gixls/s400/novembermusic-nancyruth.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the MFP November Blog Hop! This month, we are releaseing 6 NEW SETS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released: Brick Wall, Bells on Bobtail, Christmas Postage Due, Bold &amp;amp; Free, Muscial Holiday and Welcome Home. For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (November 13, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;November 11 THURSDAY Welcome Home&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - &lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lois - &lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- &lt;a href="http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn L.- &lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anne- &lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emily- &lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Karen- &lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patty- &lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- &lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicki- &lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liz: &lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- &lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn- &lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joanne T- &lt;a href="http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicole - &lt;a href="http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marilynn- &lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geri – &lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://geriscards.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lynn- &lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - &lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-2292128775922017335?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/2292128775922017335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=2292128775922017335' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2292128775922017335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2292128775922017335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/11/blog-hop-day-4.html' title='Blog Hop Day 4'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TNvY4pneoDI/AAAAAAAAA2Q/X3VVP-Gixls/s72-c/novembermusic-nancyruth.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-2663757612471864484</id><published>2010-11-11T00:00:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-11T06:54:23.078-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog hop Day 3</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TNvZXK4FWII/AAAAAAAAA2g/DD2nBAn31gI/s1600/november-home-nancyruth-006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 261px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538259158861961346" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TNvZXK4FWII/AAAAAAAAA2g/DD2nBAn31gI/s400/november-home-nancyruth-006.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released: Brick Wall, Bells on Bobtail, Christmas Postage Due, Bold &amp;amp; Free, Muscial Holiday and Welcome Home. For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (November 13, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - &lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lois - &lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- &lt;a href="http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn L.- &lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anne- &lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emily- &lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Karen- &lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patty- &lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- &lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicki- &lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liz: &lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- &lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn- &lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joanne T- &lt;a href="http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicole - &lt;a href="http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marilynn- &lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geri – &lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://geriscards.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lynn- &lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - &lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-2663757612471864484?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/2663757612471864484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=2663757612471864484' title='40 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2663757612471864484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2663757612471864484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/11/blog-hop-day-3.html' title='Blog hop Day 3'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TNvZXK4FWII/AAAAAAAAA2g/DD2nBAn31gI/s72-c/november-home-nancyruth-006.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>40</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-5396024952952042322</id><published>2010-11-10T00:01:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-10T00:01:03.420-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog Hop Day 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TNUw8nckIcI/AAAAAAAAA1w/_2AYKAbg7UM/s1600/november-feathers-nancyruth.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 250px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536385134860968386" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TNUw8nckIcI/AAAAAAAAA1w/_2AYKAbg7UM/s400/november-feathers-nancyruth.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TNUw8OWDtxI/AAAAAAAAA1o/QPnQlHa9oDY/s1600/november-postage-nancyruth.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 366px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536385128122791698" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TNUw8OWDtxI/AAAAAAAAA1o/QPnQlHa9oDY/s400/november-postage-nancyruth.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the MFP November Blog Hop! This month, we are releaseing 6 NEW SETS!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released: Brick Wall, Bells on Bobtail, Christmas Postage Due, Bold &amp;amp; Free, Muscial Holiday and Welcome Home. For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (November 13, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - &lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lois - &lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- &lt;a href="http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn L.- &lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anne- &lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- &lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Susan – &lt;a href="http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Judi – &lt;a href="http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Connie – &lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- &lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn- &lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joanne T- &lt;a href="http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicole - &lt;a href="http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marilynn- &lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geri – &lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://geriscards.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lynn- &lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - &lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-5396024952952042322?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/5396024952952042322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=5396024952952042322' title='40 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5396024952952042322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5396024952952042322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/11/blog-hop-day-2.html' title='Blog Hop Day 2'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TNUw8nckIcI/AAAAAAAAA1w/_2AYKAbg7UM/s72-c/november-feathers-nancyruth.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>40</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-2419984424657766271</id><published>2010-11-09T00:01:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2010-11-09T00:01:03.495-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Blog Hop Day 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TNUsZu4FMTI/AAAAAAAAA1g/e6ZP08Omm6U/s1600/novemberbrick-wall-nancyrut.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 253px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536380137513496882" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TNUsZu4FMTI/AAAAAAAAA1g/e6ZP08Omm6U/s400/novemberbrick-wall-nancyrut.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TNUsKrQ-l6I/AAAAAAAAA1Y/llyx4Vl7xGs/s1600/november-silver-ballsop-nan.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 392px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5536379878846142370" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TNUsKrQ-l6I/AAAAAAAAA1Y/llyx4Vl7xGs/s400/november-silver-ballsop-nan.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: auto 0in 4.8pt" class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;Welcome to the MFP November Blog Hop! This month, we are releaseing 6 NEW SETS!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: auto 0in 4.8pt" class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-ansi-language: EN" lang="EN"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;And…&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p style="MARGIN: auto 0in 4.8pt" class="MsoNoSpacing"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-: minor-latin;font-family:Calibri;" &gt;We have&lt;/span&gt; 6 &lt;span style="mso-fareast-: minor-latin;font-family:Calibri;" &gt;New Stamp Sets Released: Brick Wall, Bells on Bobtail, Christmas Postage Due, Bold &amp;amp; Free, Muscial Holiday and Welcome Home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"&gt;&lt;span style="mso-fareast-: minor-latin;font-family:Calibri;" &gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (November 13, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You &lt;strong&gt;DO NOT&lt;/strong&gt; have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="mso-fareast-: minor-latin;font-family:Calibri;" &gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;If you miss a day,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="mso-fareast-: minor-latin;font-family:Calibri;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Times New Roman;color:#000000;"&gt;you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers Design Team&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Our Design Team Meets here!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - &lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lois - &lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- &lt;a href="http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn L.- &lt;a href="http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://dawnanewday.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anne- &lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- &lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Susan – &lt;a href="http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Judi – &lt;a href="http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Connie – &lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emily- &lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Karen- &lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patty- &lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- &lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicki- &lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liz: &lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Geri – &lt;a href="http://geriscards.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://geriscards.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lynn- &lt;a href="http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - &lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-2419984424657766271?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/2419984424657766271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=2419984424657766271' title='48 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2419984424657766271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2419984424657766271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/11/blog-hop-day-1.html' title='Blog Hop Day 1'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TNUsZu4FMTI/AAAAAAAAA1g/e6ZP08Omm6U/s72-c/novemberbrick-wall-nancyrut.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>48</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-5496023887531515870</id><published>2010-10-15T00:00:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-15T00:00:03.724-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Snowman Country October 15th</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLERpHXGjbI/AAAAAAAAA04/JRXx_JLTeTM/s1600/october-blog-hopsnowman-cou.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 326px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526217615808564658" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLERpHXGjbI/AAAAAAAAA04/JRXx_JLTeTM/s400/october-blog-hopsnowman-cou.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the MFP October Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added TWO MORE STAMP SETS!!!&lt;br /&gt;And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!&lt;br /&gt;We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released today: Seasonal Poinsettias, Time to Chill, A Walk in the Woods, Greetings of the Season, Thankful for You, Snowman Country&lt;br /&gt;For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (October 16, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emily- &lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Karen- &lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patty- &lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- &lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://paperscaper.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicki- &lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liz: &lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- &lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn- &lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joanne T- &lt;a href="http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicole - &lt;a href="http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marilynn- &lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- &lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Susan – &lt;a href="http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Judi – &lt;a href="http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Connie – &lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - &lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-5496023887531515870?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/5496023887531515870/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=5496023887531515870' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5496023887531515870'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5496023887531515870'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/10/snowman-country-october-15th.html' title='Snowman Country October 15th'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLERpHXGjbI/AAAAAAAAA04/JRXx_JLTeTM/s72-c/october-blog-hopsnowman-cou.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-7187710804837383180</id><published>2010-10-14T00:02:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-14T19:48:45.949-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thankful For You October 14th</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLEQ61zLBWI/AAAAAAAAA0w/3zgk3G_ftys/s1600/october-blog-hopthankful-fo.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 329px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526216820820477282" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLEQ61zLBWI/AAAAAAAAA0w/3zgk3G_ftys/s400/october-blog-hopthankful-fo.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the MFP October Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added TWO MORE STAMP SETS!!!&lt;br /&gt;And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!&lt;br /&gt;We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released today: Seasonal Poinsettias, Time to Chill, A Walk in the Woods, Greetings of the Season, Thankful for You, Snowman Country&lt;br /&gt;For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (October 16, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - &lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lois - &lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- &lt;a href="http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Jeanne - &lt;a href="http://nannysroom.wordpress.com/"&gt;http://nannysroom.wordpress.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anne- &lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://inkinginred.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emily- &lt;a href="http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Karen- &lt;a href="http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patty- &lt;a href="http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- &lt;a href="http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://paperscaper.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicki- &lt;a href="http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Liz: &lt;a href="http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- &lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn- &lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joanne T- &lt;a href="http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicole - &lt;a href="http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marilynn- &lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - &lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-7187710804837383180?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/7187710804837383180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=7187710804837383180' title='37 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/7187710804837383180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/7187710804837383180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/10/thankful-for-you-october-14th.html' title='Thankful For You October 14th'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLEQ61zLBWI/AAAAAAAAA0w/3zgk3G_ftys/s72-c/october-blog-hopthankful-fo.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>37</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-4934182851636306138</id><published>2010-10-13T00:00:00.008-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-16T05:30:48.604-04:00</updated><title type='text'>A Walk In The Woods and Greetings Of the season</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLEOwuhkhdI/AAAAAAAAA0o/MyOu7L3yMK0/s1600/october-blog-hop-greetings+of+the+season.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 335px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526214448045655506" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLEOwuhkhdI/AAAAAAAAA0o/MyOu7L3yMK0/s400/october-blog-hop-greetings+of+the+season.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLEOppdRRSI/AAAAAAAAA0g/soeYZREfxEo/s1600/october-blog-hop-peace-two-.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526214326426354978" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLEOppdRRSI/AAAAAAAAA0g/soeYZREfxEo/s400/october-blog-hop-peace-two-.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLEOkEygD7I/AAAAAAAAA0Y/QeuFSe4B1fA/s1600/october-blog-hop-peace-one-.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 312px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526214230683946930" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLEOkEygD7I/AAAAAAAAA0Y/QeuFSe4B1fA/s400/october-blog-hop-peace-one-.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the MFP October Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added TWO MORE STAMP SETS!!!&lt;br /&gt;And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!&lt;br /&gt;We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released today: Seasonal Poinsettias, Time to Chill, A Walk in the Woods, Greetings of the Season, Thankful for You, Snowman Country&lt;br /&gt;For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (October 16, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - &lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Lois - &lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Vicky- &lt;a href="http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Jeanne - &lt;a href="http://nannysroom.wordpress.com/"&gt;http://nannysroom.wordpress.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Anne- &lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- &lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Susan – &lt;a href="http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Judi – &lt;a href="http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Connie – &lt;a href="http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- &lt;a href="http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Dawn- &lt;a href="http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Joanne T- &lt;a href="http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicole - &lt;a href="http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marilynn- &lt;a href="http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - &lt;a href="http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-4934182851636306138?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/4934182851636306138/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=4934182851636306138' title='48 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/4934182851636306138'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/4934182851636306138'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/10/walk-in-woods-and-greetings-of-season.html' title='A Walk In The Woods and Greetings Of the season'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLEOwuhkhdI/AAAAAAAAA0o/MyOu7L3yMK0/s72-c/october-blog-hop-greetings+of+the+season.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>48</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-9021561006447966364</id><published>2010-10-12T00:00:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-12T00:00:03.076-04:00</updated><title type='text'>October 12, Seasonal Pointsettias and a Time to Chill</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLEORqnnBEI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/Od-CqPtrEUs/s1600/october-blog-hoptime-to-chi.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 317px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLEORqnnBEI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/Od-CqPtrEUs/s400/october-blog-hoptime-to-chi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526213914421298242" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLENd-XMczI/AAAAAAAAA0I/-2pCwrHi-Cc/s1600/october-blog-hop-seasonal-p.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 354px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLENd-XMczI/AAAAAAAAA0I/-2pCwrHi-Cc/s400/october-blog-hop-seasonal-p.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526213026367959858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the MFP October Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added TWO MORE STAMP SETS!!!&lt;br /&gt;And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!&lt;br /&gt;We have 6 New Stamp Sets Released today: Seasonal Poinsettias, Time to Chill, A Walk in the Woods, Greetings of the Season, Thankful for You, Snowman Country&lt;br /&gt;For your convenience, all 6 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (October 16, 2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10/12  TUESDAY:   Seasonal Poinsettias and Time to Chill&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Lois - http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Jeanne - http://nannysroom.wordpress.com&lt;br /&gt;Anne- http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Susan – http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Judi – http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Connie – http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Emily- http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Karen- http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Patty- http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- http://paperscaper.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Vicki- http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Liz: http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-9021561006447966364?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/9021561006447966364/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=9021561006447966364' title='60 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/9021561006447966364'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/9021561006447966364'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/10/october-12-seasonal-pointsettias-and.html' title='October 12, Seasonal Pointsettias and a Time to Chill'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TLEORqnnBEI/AAAAAAAAA0Q/Od-CqPtrEUs/s72-c/october-blog-hoptime-to-chi.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>60</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-5546967250421271503</id><published>2010-09-10T00:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-10T08:02:22.727-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Thankkful Mums and pumpkins</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TH-WjP9ZLSI/AAAAAAAAAy4/vyQd03ebHk4/s1600/sept+blog+hop+nancyruth+004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TH-WjP9ZLSI/AAAAAAAAAy4/vyQd03ebHk4/s400/sept+blog+hop+nancyruth+004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512290001248398626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the MFP September Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added two new DT members and have shortened link lists! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Autumn Fun, Broom Rides, Stinky Situation, and Thankful Mums and Pumpkins. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (September 11,  2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emily- http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Karen- http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patty- http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- http://paperscaper.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicki- http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Liz: http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn- http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joanne T- http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicole - http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marilynn-  http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Debbie- http://www.debbieseyer.com&lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Susan – http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Judi – http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Connie – http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-5546967250421271503?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/5546967250421271503/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=5546967250421271503' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5546967250421271503'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5546967250421271503'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/09/thankkful-mums-and-pumpkins.html' title='Thankkful Mums and pumpkins'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TH-WjP9ZLSI/AAAAAAAAAy4/vyQd03ebHk4/s72-c/sept+blog+hop+nancyruth+004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-6604546698966891520</id><published>2010-09-09T00:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-09T00:01:01.813-04:00</updated><title type='text'>STINKY SITUATION</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TH-WBr__UiI/AAAAAAAAAyw/QKEc-akINd8/s1600/sept+blog+hop+nancyruth+003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 291px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TH-WBr__UiI/AAAAAAAAAyw/QKEc-akINd8/s400/sept+blog+hop+nancyruth+003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512289424659927586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the MFP September Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added two new DT members and have shortened link lists! And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Autumn Fun, Broom Rides, Stinky Situation, and Thankful Mums and Pumpkins. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (September 11,  2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lois - http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Jeanne - http://nannysroom.wordpress.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anne- http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emily- http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Karen- http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patty- http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- http://paperscaper.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicki- http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Liz: http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn- http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joanne T- http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicole - http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marilynn-  http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-6604546698966891520?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/6604546698966891520/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=6604546698966891520' title='42 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6604546698966891520'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6604546698966891520'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/09/stinky-situation.html' title='STINKY SITUATION'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TH-WBr__UiI/AAAAAAAAAyw/QKEc-akINd8/s72-c/sept+blog+hop+nancyruth+003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>42</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-8055717678547954035</id><published>2010-09-08T00:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-08T00:01:03.821-04:00</updated><title type='text'>BROOM RIDES</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TH-VpCmhEtI/AAAAAAAAAyo/bMwaPyuPiuc/s1600/sept+blog+hop+nancyruth+002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 293px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TH-VpCmhEtI/AAAAAAAAAyo/bMwaPyuPiuc/s400/sept+blog+hop+nancyruth+002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512289001230373586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the MFP September Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added two new DT members and have shortened link lists! And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Autumn Fun, Broom Rides, Stinky Situation, and Thankful Mums and Pumpkins. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (September 11,  2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!&lt;br /&gt;9/ 8  WEDNESDAY  BROOM RIDES&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;           &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Lois - http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Jeanne - http://nannysroom.wordpress.com&lt;br /&gt;Anne- http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Debbie- http://www.debbieseyer.com&lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Susan – http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Judi – http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Connie – http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dawn- http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Joanne T- http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nicole - http://nicolesbutterflyears.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Marilynn-  http://mississippi-mcgyver.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-8055717678547954035?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/8055717678547954035/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=8055717678547954035' title='55 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8055717678547954035'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8055717678547954035'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/09/broom-rides.html' title='BROOM RIDES'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TH-VpCmhEtI/AAAAAAAAAyo/bMwaPyuPiuc/s72-c/sept+blog+hop+nancyruth+002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>55</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-2848915390516630223</id><published>2010-09-07T00:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-09-07T00:01:00.874-04:00</updated><title type='text'>AUTUMN FUN</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TH-VF-JLDzI/AAAAAAAAAyg/jhm0m0TtQNg/s1600/sept+blog+hop+nancyruth+001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TH-VF-JLDzI/AAAAAAAAAyg/jhm0m0TtQNg/s400/sept+blog+hop+nancyruth+001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5512288398738132786" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Welcome to the MFP September Blog Hop! This month, we’ve added two new DT members and have shortened link lists! And…LOOK for a NEW LINK LIST TOMORROW!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Autumn Fun, Broom Rides, Stinky Situation, and Thankful Mums and Pumpkins. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs TODAY. On Saturday, (September 11,  2010), a winner will be chosen from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for today. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day of the blog hop. You DO NOT have to comment every day. However, the more days you comment, the more chances you have to win!) If you miss a day, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9/7  TUESDAY:   AUTUMN FUN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Lois - http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Jeanne - http://nannysroom.wordpress.com&lt;br /&gt;Anne- http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Debbie- http://www.debbieseyer.com&lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Susan – http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Judi – http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Connie – http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Emily- http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Karen- http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Patty- http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- http://paperscaper.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicki- http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Liz: http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-2848915390516630223?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/2848915390516630223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=2848915390516630223' title='60 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2848915390516630223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2848915390516630223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/09/autumn-fun.html' title='AUTUMN FUN'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TH-VF-JLDzI/AAAAAAAAAyg/jhm0m0TtQNg/s72-c/sept+blog+hop+nancyruth+001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>60</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-2909358680215274034</id><published>2010-08-13T00:01:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-13T00:01:02.174-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Owl Be There</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TFxli7nOAPI/AAAAAAAAAyI/uBhEWxK4H1M/s1600/augustbloghopowl-nancyruth-.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 339px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TFxli7nOAPI/AAAAAAAAAyI/uBhEWxK4H1M/s400/augustbloghopowl-nancyruth-.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502384495532048626" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop. Our very talented Design Teams have created exciting paper crafts for your inspiration. With the addition of New Design Team members to inspire you, this is going to be a really fun-packed Hop! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Tweet Blessings, Flourished Sea Creatures, Regal &amp; Proud, and Owl Be Here. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on August 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2010. On Saturday, (August 14, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES WIN! And, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!&lt;br /&gt;Friday, August 13-Owl Be There&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;August Guest Designer- Wendy- http://paperinkandsmiles.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Lois - http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Jeanne - http://nannysroom.wordpress.com&lt;br /&gt;Anne- http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Debbie- http://www.debbieseyer.com&lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Faith - http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Susan – http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Judi – http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Connie – http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Emily- http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Karen- http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Patty- http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- http://paperscaper.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Vicki-  http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Liz: http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Joanne T- http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Joanne G- http://inkyoceangazer.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.comhttp://&lt;br /&gt;createwithjulia.blogspot.com%22%3ejulia%3c/a&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-2909358680215274034?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/2909358680215274034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=2909358680215274034' title='40 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2909358680215274034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2909358680215274034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/08/owl-be-there.html' title='Owl Be There'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TFxli7nOAPI/AAAAAAAAAyI/uBhEWxK4H1M/s72-c/augustbloghopowl-nancyruth-.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>40</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-3872387201900232462</id><published>2010-08-12T00:01:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-12T08:56:11.374-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Regal and Proud</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TGPvYCsM64I/AAAAAAAAAyQ/GmyAeoYIo1c/s1600/augustbloghopproud-nancyrut.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 378px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TGPvYCsM64I/AAAAAAAAAyQ/GmyAeoYIo1c/s400/augustbloghopproud-nancyrut.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5504506365895043970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop. Our very talented Design Teams have created exciting paper crafts for your inspiration. With the addition of New Design Team members to inspire you, this is going to be a really fun-packed Hop! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Tweet Blessings, Flourished Sea Creatures, Regal &amp; Proud, and Owl Be Here. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on August 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2010. On Saturday, (August 14, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES WIN! And, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!&lt;br /&gt;Thursday, August 12-Regal and Proud&lt;br /&gt;August Guest Designer- Wendy- http://paperinkandsmiles.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Lois - http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Jeanne - http://nannysroom.wordpress.com&lt;br /&gt;Anne- http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Debbie- http://www.debbieseyer.com&lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Faith - http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Susan – http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Judi – http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Connie – http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Emily- http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Karen- http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Patty- http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- http://paperscaper.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Vicki-  http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Liz: http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Joanne T- http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Dawn- http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Lynn - http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;http://createwithjulia.blogspot.com%22%3ejulia%3c/a&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-3872387201900232462?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/3872387201900232462/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=3872387201900232462' title='35 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3872387201900232462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3872387201900232462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/08/regal-and-proud.html' title='Regal and Proud'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TGPvYCsM64I/AAAAAAAAAyQ/GmyAeoYIo1c/s72-c/augustbloghopproud-nancyrut.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>35</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-3449894817296001943</id><published>2010-08-11T00:01:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-11T06:12:33.979-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Flourished Sea Creatures</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TFxkLYXsidI/AAAAAAAAAyA/03IsN5rwN54/s1600/augustbloghop-crabby-nancyr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 353px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TFxkLYXsidI/AAAAAAAAAyA/03IsN5rwN54/s400/augustbloghop-crabby-nancyr.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502382991423080914" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop. Our very talented Design Teams have created exciting paper crafts for your inspiration. With the addition of New Design Team members to inspire you, this is going to be a really fun-packed Hop! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Tweet Blessings, Flourished Sea Creatures, Regal &amp; Proud, and Owl Be Here. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on August 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2010. On Saturday, (August 14, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES WIN! And, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wednesday, August 11- Flourished Sea Creatures&lt;br /&gt;August Guest Designer- Wendy- http://paperinkandsmiles.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Lois - http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Jeanne - http://nannysroom.wordpress.com&lt;br /&gt;Anne- http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Debbie- http://www.debbieseyer.com&lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Faith - http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Susan – http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Judi – http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Connie – http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Emily- http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Karen- http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Patty- http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- http://paperscaper.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Vicki-  http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Liz: http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Dawn- http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Lynn- http://confessionsofaleft-brainedstamper.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Joanne G - http://inkyoceangazer.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Geri- http://geriscards.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Joanne T- http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;http://createwithjulia.blogspot.com%22%3ejulia%3c/a&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-3449894817296001943?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/3449894817296001943/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=3449894817296001943' title='50 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3449894817296001943'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3449894817296001943'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/08/flourished-sea-creatures.html' title='Flourished Sea Creatures'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TFxkLYXsidI/AAAAAAAAAyA/03IsN5rwN54/s72-c/augustbloghop-crabby-nancyr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>50</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-524860321034049591</id><published>2010-08-10T00:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-08-10T00:01:00.735-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Tweet Blessings'/><title type='text'>Tweet Blessings</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TFxjZq4DUGI/AAAAAAAAAx4/NkWkaJ4RnH0/s1600/augustbloghoptweet-nancyrut.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TFxjZq4DUGI/AAAAAAAAAx4/NkWkaJ4RnH0/s400/augustbloghoptweet-nancyrut.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502382137397170274" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop. Our very talented Design Teams have created exciting paper crafts for your inspiration. With the addition of New Design Team members to inspire you, this is going to be a really fun-packed Hop! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Tweet Blessings, Flourished Sea Creatures, Regal &amp; Proud, and Owl Be Here. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on August 10, 11, 12, and 13, 2010. On Saturday, (August 14, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day. (There will be four different winners, one winner for each day.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES WIN! And, you can go back and comment on each day's blogs, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday, August 10-Tweet Blessings&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;br /&gt;August Guest Designer- Wendy- http://paperinkandsmiles.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Lois - http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Jeanne - http://nannysroom.wordpress.com&lt;br /&gt;Anne- http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Debbie- http://www.debbieseyer.com&lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Faith - http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Susan – http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Judi – http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Connie – http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Emily- http://mylittlesliceofbliss.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Karen- http://karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Patty- http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- http://paperscaper.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Vicki-  http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Liz: http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Joanne T- http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-524860321034049591?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/524860321034049591/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=524860321034049591' title='54 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/524860321034049591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/524860321034049591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/08/tweet-blessings.html' title='Tweet Blessings'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TFxjZq4DUGI/AAAAAAAAAx4/NkWkaJ4RnH0/s72-c/augustbloghoptweet-nancyrut.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>54</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-1213547537997263310</id><published>2010-07-16T00:01:00.007-04:00</published><updated>2010-10-14T20:26:17.770-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Apples and Camelia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TDv614FtAXI/AAAAAAAAAxw/KdV4StF8uXc/s1600/ncyruth%40optonline.netbloghopjul+004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 339px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493259974004769138" border="0" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TDv614FtAXI/AAAAAAAAAxw/KdV4StF8uXc/s400/ncyruth%40optonline.netbloghopjul+004.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop. Our very talented Design Teams have created exciting paper crafts for your inspiration. With the addition of New Design Team members, this is going to be a really fun-packed Hop! Sit back, and hold on to your mouse! This is going to be a FABULOUS ride! Come Hop along with us!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Background Fun, Southwest Cowboy, Flourishes &amp;amp; Frame, and Apples &amp;amp; Camellia. For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on July 13, 14, 15, and 16,2010. On Saturday, (July 17, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day. ( There will be four different winners, one winner for each day.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TO THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES WIN! And, you can go back and comment, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday July 16: Apples and Cameillia&lt;br /&gt;July Guest Designer- Melisa Waldorf- http://melisawaldorf.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - &lt;a href="http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lois - &lt;a href="http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- &lt;a href="http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jeanne - &lt;a href="http://nannysroom.wordpress.com/"&gt;http://nannysroom.wordpress.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anne- &lt;a href="http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Debbie- http://www.debbieseyer.com&lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- &lt;a href="http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faith - http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Vicki- http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Susan- http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Judi- http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Patty- http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Karen- http://www.karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Connie- http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Joanne: http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Liz: http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Dawn- http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-1213547537997263310?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/1213547537997263310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=1213547537997263310' title='43 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1213547537997263310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1213547537997263310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/07/apples-and-camelia.html' title='Apples and Camelia'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TDv614FtAXI/AAAAAAAAAxw/KdV4StF8uXc/s72-c/ncyruth%40optonline.netbloghopjul+004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>43</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-6987206822437394323</id><published>2010-07-15T00:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-15T00:01:00.328-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Fourishes and frames</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TDv6gN0tcoI/AAAAAAAAAxo/p9zufjIqevQ/s1600/ncyruth%40optonline.netbloghopjul+003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TDv6gN0tcoI/AAAAAAAAAxo/p9zufjIqevQ/s400/ncyruth%40optonline.netbloghopjul+003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493259601881952898" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop. Our very talented Design Teams have created exciting paper crafts for your inspiration. With the addition of  New Design Team members, this is going to be a really fun-packed Hop! Sit back, and hold on to your mouse! This is going to be a FABULOUS ride! Come Hop along with us! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Background Fun, Southwest Cowboy, Flourishes &amp; Frame, and Apples &amp; Camellia.  For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on July 13, 14, 15, and 16, 2010. On Saturday, (July 17, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day. ( There will be four different winners, one winner for each day.)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;TO THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES  WIN! And, you can go back and comment, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thursday July 15: Flourishes &amp; Frame&lt;br /&gt;July Guest Designer- Melisa Waldorf- http://melisawaldorf.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Nancyruth - http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Lois - http://clownmomcreations.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Vicky- http://www.villagestamperramblings.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Jeanne - http://nannysroom.wordpress.com&lt;br /&gt;Anne- http://inkinginred.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Debbie- http://www.debbieseyer.com&lt;br /&gt;Peggysue- http://rosesbymywindow.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Faith - http://stampinwithmarkiesmom.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Susan- http://simplicitybylateblossom.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Judi- http://paper-rose-petals.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Patty- http://winnieswhimsandmycrafts.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Karen- http://www.karenskreativekreations.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Connie- http://sodakstamping.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Roxie- http://paperscaper.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Vicki- http://allidoisstamp.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Joanne: http://sleepyinseattlestamps.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Dawn- http://dawnmercedes.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Claudine- http://cardsbyclaudine.blogspot.com&lt;br /&gt;Liz: http://rightbrainmadness.blogspot.com/&lt;br /&gt;Mark’s Finest Papers - http://marksfinestpapers.blogspot.com&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-6987206822437394323?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/6987206822437394323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=6987206822437394323' title='45 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6987206822437394323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6987206822437394323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/07/fourishes-and-frames.html' title='Fourishes and frames'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TDv6gN0tcoI/AAAAAAAAAxo/p9zufjIqevQ/s72-c/ncyruth%40optonline.netbloghopjul+003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>45</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-8855607321849303682</id><published>2010-07-14T00:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-14T00:01:00.508-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Southwest Cowboy</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TDv6CY4nmSI/AAAAAAAAAxg/8GGsi3xZAzs/s1600/ncyruth%40optonline.netbloghopjul+002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TDv6CY4nmSI/AAAAAAAAAxg/8GGsi3xZAzs/s400/ncyruth%40optonline.netbloghopjul+002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493259089455061282" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop. Our very talented Design Teams have created exciting paper crafts for your inspiration. With the addition of  New Design Team members, this is going to be a really fun-packed Hop! Sit back, and hold on to your mouse! This is going to be a FABULOUS ride! Come Hop along with us! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Background Fun, Southwest Cowboy, Flourishes &amp; Frame, and Apples &amp; Camellia.  For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on July 13, 14, 15, and 16, 2010. On Saturday, (July 17, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day. ( There will be four different winners, one winner for each day.)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;TO THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES  WIN! And, you can go back and comment, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-8855607321849303682?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/8855607321849303682/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=8855607321849303682' title='49 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8855607321849303682'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8855607321849303682'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/07/southwest-cowboy.html' title='Southwest Cowboy'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TDv6CY4nmSI/AAAAAAAAAxg/8GGsi3xZAzs/s72-c/ncyruth%40optonline.netbloghopjul+002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>49</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-7800637045440706640</id><published>2010-07-13T01:27:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2010-07-13T01:30:02.251-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Background Fun!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TDv5zAqkFtI/AAAAAAAAAxY/jAQ8H8I95zY/s1600/ncyruth%40optonline.netbloghopjul+001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 345px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TDv5zAqkFtI/AAAAAAAAAxY/jAQ8H8I95zY/s400/ncyruth%40optonline.netbloghopjul+001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5493258825255622354" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop. Our very talented Design Teams have created exciting paper crafts for your inspiration. With the addition of  New Design Team members, this is going to be a really fun-packed Hop! Sit back, and hold on to your mouse! This is going to be a FABULOUS ride! Come Hop along with us! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; We have 4 New Stamp Sets Released today: Background Fun, Southwest Cowboy, Flourishes &amp; Frame, and Apples &amp; Camellia.  For your convenience, all 4 stamp sets are available for purchase TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, (a set that will be released NEXT month), visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on July 13, 14, 15, and 16,2010. On Saturday, (July 17, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day. ( There will be four different winners, one winner for each day.)&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;TO THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES  WIN! And, you can go back and comment, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-7800637045440706640?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/7800637045440706640/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=7800637045440706640' title='51 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/7800637045440706640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/7800637045440706640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/07/background-fun.html' title='Background Fun!!!'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TDv5zAqkFtI/AAAAAAAAAxY/jAQ8H8I95zY/s72-c/ncyruth%40optonline.netbloghopjul+001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>51</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-2293784957804872315</id><published>2010-06-11T00:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-11T00:00:06.893-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cupcake Birthday</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TAzHr-G1gAI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/m1ZfEg_HKXE/s1600/june-blog-hop-nancyruth-009.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 394px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TAzHr-G1gAI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/m1ZfEg_HKXE/s400/june-blog-hop-nancyruth-009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479974404823023618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop! All 4 sets are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on June 8, 9, 10 and 11t, 2010. On Saturday, (June 12, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day! (4 different winners, one winner for each day.) (THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES TO WIN! And, you can go back and comment, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 4 Winners will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog on June 12, 2010. Each winner will receive 1 Stamp Set that will be released NEXT month!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-2293784957804872315?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/2293784957804872315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=2293784957804872315' title='35 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2293784957804872315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2293784957804872315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/06/cupcake-birthday.html' title='Cupcake Birthday'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TAzHr-G1gAI/AAAAAAAAAxQ/m1ZfEg_HKXE/s72-c/june-blog-hop-nancyruth-009.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>35</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-2992637086142127729</id><published>2010-06-10T00:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-10T00:00:00.205-04:00</updated><title type='text'>More of Speedy the Cat's Friends</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TAzHcmTT4vI/AAAAAAAAAxI/2_DFSauv0vU/s1600/june-blog-hop-nancyruth-003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 275px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TAzHcmTT4vI/AAAAAAAAAxI/2_DFSauv0vU/s400/june-blog-hop-nancyruth-003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479974140734857970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop! All 4 sets are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on June 8, 9, 10 and 11t, 2010. On Saturday, (June 12, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day! (4 different winners, one winner for each day.) (THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES TO WIN! And, you can go back and comment, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 4 Winners will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog on June 12, 2010. Each winner will receive 1 Stamp Set that will be released NEXT month!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-2992637086142127729?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/2992637086142127729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=2992637086142127729' title='33 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2992637086142127729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2992637086142127729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/06/more-of-speedy-cats-friends.html' title='More of Speedy the Cat&apos;s Friends'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TAzHcmTT4vI/AAAAAAAAAxI/2_DFSauv0vU/s72-c/june-blog-hop-nancyruth-003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>33</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-1126816417178999134</id><published>2010-06-09T00:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-09T00:00:04.065-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Pears and Hollyhock</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TAzHF4a_P7I/AAAAAAAAAxA/MLtckbAicvA/s1600/june-blog-hop-nancyruth-002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TAzHF4a_P7I/AAAAAAAAAxA/MLtckbAicvA/s400/june-blog-hop-nancyruth-002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479973750461906866" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop! All 4 sets are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on June 8, 9, 10 and 11t, 2010. On Saturday, (June 12, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day! (4 different winners, one winner for each day.) (THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES TO WIN! And, you can go back and comment, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 4 Winners will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog on June 12, 2010. Each winner will receive 1 Stamp Set that will be released NEXT month!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-1126816417178999134?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/1126816417178999134/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=1126816417178999134' title='39 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1126816417178999134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1126816417178999134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/06/pears-and-hollyhock.html' title='Pears and Hollyhock'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TAzHF4a_P7I/AAAAAAAAAxA/MLtckbAicvA/s72-c/june-blog-hop-nancyruth-002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>39</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-6116432832729867949</id><published>2010-06-08T00:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-06-08T00:01:01.906-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Believe In You</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TAzGxt5dLqI/AAAAAAAAAw4/3NbFJINdeFs/s1600/june-blog-hop-nancyruth-004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TAzGxt5dLqI/AAAAAAAAAw4/3NbFJINdeFs/s400/june-blog-hop-nancyruth-004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5479973404039524002" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop! All 4 sets are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on June 8, 9, 10 and 11t, 2010. On Saturday, (June 12, 2010), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day! (4 different winners, one winner for each day.) (THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE OTHER CHANCES TO WIN! And, you can go back and comment, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 4 Winners will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog on June 12, 2010. Each winner will receive 1 Stamp Set that will be released NEXT month!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-6116432832729867949?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/6116432832729867949/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=6116432832729867949' title='37 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6116432832729867949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6116432832729867949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/06/believe-in-you.html' title='Believe In You'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/TAzGxt5dLqI/AAAAAAAAAw4/3NbFJINdeFs/s72-c/june-blog-hop-nancyruth-004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>37</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-528075386688255667</id><published>2010-05-14T00:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-14T00:01:00.350-04:00</updated><title type='text'>TROPICAL VACATION</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S-dkh6N-VvI/AAAAAAAAAwY/8vHMerFSf3U/s1600/may-blog-hop--tropuical-vac.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 363px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S-dkh6N-VvI/AAAAAAAAAwY/8vHMerFSf3U/s400/may-blog-hop--tropuical-vac.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469450806191085298" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our  NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop! All 4 sets are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on May 11, May 12th, 13th, and 14th. On Saturday, (May 15), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day! (4 different winners, one winner for each day.) (THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN! And, you can go back and comment, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 4 Winners will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog on May 15, 2010. Each winner will receive 1 Stamp Set that will be released NEXT month&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-528075386688255667?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/528075386688255667/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=528075386688255667' title='28 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/528075386688255667'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/528075386688255667'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/05/tropical-vacation.html' title='TROPICAL VACATION'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S-dkh6N-VvI/AAAAAAAAAwY/8vHMerFSf3U/s72-c/may-blog-hop--tropuical-vac.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>28</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-3848053682614756681</id><published>2010-05-13T00:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-13T00:01:00.430-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Chicken Scratch!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S-dkRED5h9I/AAAAAAAAAwQ/sunfhfiqln0/s1600/chicken-scratchmay-blog-hop.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S-dkRED5h9I/AAAAAAAAAwQ/sunfhfiqln0/s400/chicken-scratchmay-blog-hop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469450516775405522" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our  NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop! All 4 sets are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on May 11, May 12th, 13th, and 14th. On Saturday, (May 15), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day! (4 different winners, one winner for each day.) (THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN! And, you can go back and comment, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 4 Winners will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog on May 15, 2010. Each winner will receive 1 Stamp Set that will be released NEXT month&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-3848053682614756681?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/3848053682614756681/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=3848053682614756681' title='27 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3848053682614756681'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3848053682614756681'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/05/chicken-scratch.html' title='Chicken Scratch!'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S-dkRED5h9I/AAAAAAAAAwQ/sunfhfiqln0/s72-c/chicken-scratchmay-blog-hop.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-3853774443896086734</id><published>2010-05-12T00:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-12T00:00:02.884-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Ladybugs and Carnation</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S-dj2a95zMI/AAAAAAAAAwI/Ac2qdWXbx3c/s1600/may-blog-lady-bugs.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S-dj2a95zMI/AAAAAAAAAwI/Ac2qdWXbx3c/s400/may-blog-lady-bugs.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469450059067804866" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our  NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop! All 4 sets are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on May 11, May 12th, 13th, and 14th. On Saturday, (May 15), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day! (4 different winners, one winner for each day.) (THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN! And, you can go back and comment, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 4 Winners will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog on May 15, 2010. Each winner will receive 1 Stamp Set that will be released NEXT month&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-3853774443896086734?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/3853774443896086734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=3853774443896086734' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3853774443896086734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3853774443896086734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/05/ladybugs-and-carnation_12.html' title='Ladybugs and Carnation'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S-dj2a95zMI/AAAAAAAAAwI/Ac2qdWXbx3c/s72-c/may-blog-lady-bugs.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-2683001759432070662</id><published>2010-05-11T00:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2010-05-11T00:01:02.331-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Whispering Wings, what a gorgeous set!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S-djCn3E58I/AAAAAAAAAv4/MDfd9bMeFaQ/s1600/may-blog-hop-and-stampin-b-.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 335px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S-djCn3E58I/AAAAAAAAAv4/MDfd9bMeFaQ/s400/may-blog-hop-and-stampin-b-.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469449169175635906" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers' Design Teams are celebrating our  NEWEST STAMP RELEASE with a Blog Hop! All 4 sets are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on May 11, May 12th, 13th, and 14th. On Saturday, (May 15), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all the blogs listed for that day! (4 different winners, one winner for each day.) (THAT MEANS IF YOU MISSED A DAY, YOU STILL HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO WIN! And, you can go back and comment, as the winners will be chosen Saturday morning!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 4 Winners will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog on May 15, 2010. Each winner will receive 1 Stamp Set that will be released NEXT month&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-2683001759432070662?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/2683001759432070662/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=2683001759432070662' title='30 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2683001759432070662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2683001759432070662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/05/whispering-wings-what-gorgeous-set_11.html' title='Whispering Wings, what a gorgeous set!'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S-djCn3E58I/AAAAAAAAAv4/MDfd9bMeFaQ/s72-c/may-blog-hop-and-stampin-b-.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>30</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-8152597341681898223</id><published>2010-04-16T00:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-16T00:01:01.501-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Our Side of the Pond</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S7cYYtS9kwI/AAAAAAAAAvY/4XzNpRfJs8I/s1600/april-blog-hop-mfp-004-our-.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 322px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S7cYYtS9kwI/AAAAAAAAAvY/4XzNpRfJs8I/s400/april-blog-hop-mfp-004-our-.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455856286337700610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers Design Team is celebrating our BRAND NEW STAMPS for the Speedy the Cat Designer Collection and Serenity Collection with a Blog Hop! They are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on April 14th, 15th, and 16th. On Saturday, (April 17), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all 9 blogs for that day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 3 Winners will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog. Each winner will receive 1 Stamp Set that will be released NEXT month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love this set!  It is so much fun!  The frog and the cattails make such a sweet scene!  Colored with watercolor crayons, and I added crystal laquer to the frogs bulging eyes!  Thanks for looking!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-8152597341681898223?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/8152597341681898223/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=8152597341681898223' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8152597341681898223'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8152597341681898223'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/04/our-side-of-pond.html' title='Our Side of the Pond'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S7cYYtS9kwI/AAAAAAAAAvY/4XzNpRfJs8I/s72-c/april-blog-hop-mfp-004-our-.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-1397986810496290807</id><published>2010-04-15T00:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-15T20:40:17.600-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Take The Time</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S8ex2fkHnvI/AAAAAAAAAvo/KyWAIdCPw2A/s1600/april+blog+hop+mfp+002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 325px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S8ex2fkHnvI/AAAAAAAAAvo/KyWAIdCPw2A/s400/april+blog+hop+mfp+002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460528622954061554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers Design Team is celebrating our BRAND NEW STAMPS for the Speedy the Cat Designer Collection and Serenity Collection with a Blog Hop! They are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on April 14th, 15th, and 16th. On Saturday, (April 17), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all 9 blogs for that day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 3 Winners will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog. Each winner will receive 1 Stamp Set that will be released NEXT month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What a stunnign set Faith created here.  Perfect for so many occasions and especially Fathers' Day!  I used watercolor crayons to color this handsome card, and put crystal laquer on the watch to make it appear to be glass.  Thanks for looking!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-1397986810496290807?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/1397986810496290807/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=1397986810496290807' title='21 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1397986810496290807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1397986810496290807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/04/take-time.html' title='Take The Time'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S8ex2fkHnvI/AAAAAAAAAvo/KyWAIdCPw2A/s72-c/april+blog+hop+mfp+002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>21</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-4567384655094936691</id><published>2010-04-14T00:00:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-14T00:00:05.767-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Butterflie, Dianthus, and Flourishes</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S7cXj93UOXI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/QqVjHJ33ZkA/s1600/april-blog-hop-mfp-001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 323px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S7cXj93UOXI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/QqVjHJ33ZkA/s400/april-blog-hop-mfp-001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455855380252080498" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers Design Team is celebrating our BRAND NEW STAMPS for the Speedy the Cat Designer Collection and Serenity Collection with a Blog Hop! They are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on April 14th, 15th, and 16th. On Saturday, (April 17), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all 9 blogs for that day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 3 Winners will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog. Each winner will receive 1 Stamp Set that will be released NEXT month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I love Dianthus, and this set is wonderful!  I created a beautiful thank you card, so many people have done so many nice things for me I am ALWAYS needing *thank yous*!!  My flowers were colored with watercolor pencils on watercolor paper and then cut out to assemble this trio of blooms.  Three birds were added in the corner along with the sentiemnt panel.  Thanks so much for looking!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-4567384655094936691?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/4567384655094936691/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=4567384655094936691' title='32 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/4567384655094936691'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/4567384655094936691'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/04/butterflie-dianthus-and-flourishes.html' title='Butterflie, Dianthus, and Flourishes'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S7cXj93UOXI/AAAAAAAAAvQ/QqVjHJ33ZkA/s72-c/april-blog-hop-mfp-001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>32</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-1351303642966701907</id><published>2010-04-13T00:01:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2010-04-13T00:01:01.097-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring Breeze</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S7cWpybCbkI/AAAAAAAAAvI/NyN_Wb0wWr0/s1600/april-blog-hop-mfp-003-spri.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 319px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S7cWpybCbkI/AAAAAAAAAvI/NyN_Wb0wWr0/s400/april-blog-hop-mfp-003-spri.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5455854380748271170" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers Design Team is celebrating our BRAND NEW STAMPS for the Speedy the Cat Designer Collection and Serenity Collection with a Blog Hop! They are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on April 14th, 15th, and 16th. On Saturday, (April 17), a winner will be chosen FOR EACH DAY from those participants who visited all 9 blogs for that day!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The 3 Winners will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog. Each winner will receive 1 Stamp Set that will be released NEXT month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This card is made with the lovely set called SPRIN BREEZE.  I love the lilac type foliage on this!  I used my watercolor pencils to create a soft and blurry look to my card.  I hope you like it!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-1351303642966701907?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/1351303642966701907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=1351303642966701907' title='21 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1351303642966701907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1351303642966701907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/04/spring-breeze.html' title='Spring Breeze'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S7cWpybCbkI/AAAAAAAAAvI/NyN_Wb0wWr0/s72-c/april-blog-hop-mfp-003-spri.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>21</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-5232305997938438986</id><published>2010-03-12T00:00:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-12T00:00:00.728-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Spring Roses</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S5JLkIEF-xI/AAAAAAAAAvA/ErlRd0yJF_Y/s1600-h/rose-march-blog-hop-nancyru.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 344px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S5JLkIEF-xI/AAAAAAAAAvA/ErlRd0yJF_Y/s400/rose-march-blog-hop-nancyru.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445497983456377618" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers RELEASE Hop and....BLOG CANDY!!! &lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers Design Team is celebrating our BRAND NEW STAMPS for the Speedy the Cat Designer Collection and Serenity Collection with a Blog Hop! They are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on March 10th, 11th, and 12th. On Saturday, (March 13), a winner will be chosen from those who have visited all 9 blogs all three days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The winner will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog and will receive 2 Stamp Sets that will be released NEXT month. And remember, Friday night will be the New Flourishes Release at Mark's Finest Papers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Once again I used prosmacolor pencils on this most beautiful rose.  I hope you like my card and thank you for coming to the blog hop~&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-5232305997938438986?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/5232305997938438986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=5232305997938438986' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5232305997938438986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5232305997938438986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/03/spring-roses.html' title='Spring Roses'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S5JLkIEF-xI/AAAAAAAAAvA/ErlRd0yJF_Y/s72-c/rose-march-blog-hop-nancyru.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-4789940019702067732</id><published>2010-03-11T00:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-11T00:00:03.463-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Daffodil and Anise</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S5JLM3GSAII/AAAAAAAAAu4/OL4U5E5WlAU/s1600-h/daffodil-blog-hop-march-nrl.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S5JLM3GSAII/AAAAAAAAAu4/OL4U5E5WlAU/s400/daffodil-blog-hop-march-nrl.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445497583765160066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers RELEASE Hop and....BLOG CANDY!!! &lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers Design Team is celebrating our BRAND NEW STAMPS for the Speedy the Cat Designer Collection and Serenity Collection with a Blog Hop! They are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on March 10th, 11th, and 12th. On Saturday, (March 13), a winner will be chosen from those who have visited all 9 blogs all three days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The winner will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog and will receive 2 Stamp Sets that will be released NEXT month. And remember, Friday night will be the New Flourishes Release at Mark's Finest Papers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Those of you who know my work understand my love of BRIGHT colors!  I used my prismacolor pencils on these beautiful images.  What a great set thie is!  Thanks for coming by my blog and have a great day~~~&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-4789940019702067732?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/4789940019702067732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=4789940019702067732' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/4789940019702067732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/4789940019702067732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/03/daffodil-and-anise.html' title='Daffodil and Anise'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S5JLM3GSAII/AAAAAAAAAu4/OL4U5E5WlAU/s72-c/daffodil-blog-hop-march-nrl.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-6956236872880682477</id><published>2010-03-10T00:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-10T05:52:53.238-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Ferns and Chickadees</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S5JK01Ih65I/AAAAAAAAAuw/9VzU4xtMiaI/s1600-h/chickadee-march-blog-hop-na.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 294px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S5JK01Ih65I/AAAAAAAAAuw/9VzU4xtMiaI/s400/chickadee-march-blog-hop-na.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445497170920860562" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers RELEASE Hop and....BLOG CANDY!!! &lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers Design Team is celebrating our BRAND NEW STAMPS for the Speedy the Cat Designer Collection and Serenity Collection with a Blog Hop! They are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on March 10th, 11th, and 12th. On Saturday, (March 13), a winner will be chosen from those who have visited all 9 blogs all three days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The winner will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog and will receive 2 Stamp Sets that will be released NEXT month. And remember, Friday night will be the New Flourishes Release at Mark's Finest Papers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oh how I love this set!  The chickadee is so lifelike and the sentiments are wonderful too.  Thanks for coming by my blog today!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-6956236872880682477?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/6956236872880682477/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=6956236872880682477' title='21 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6956236872880682477'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6956236872880682477'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/03/ferns-and-chickadees.html' title='Ferns and Chickadees'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S5JK01Ih65I/AAAAAAAAAuw/9VzU4xtMiaI/s72-c/chickadee-march-blog-hop-na.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>21</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-4720441624009705463</id><published>2010-03-09T00:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-09T05:04:34.837-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Lady Serene</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S5JKiiNAcTI/AAAAAAAAAuo/RcA8QVsA8VI/s1600-h/lady-serenemarch-blog-hop-n.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 277px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S5JKiiNAcTI/AAAAAAAAAuo/RcA8QVsA8VI/s400/lady-serenemarch-blog-hop-n.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445496856601719090" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers RELEASE Hop and....BLOG CANDY!!! &lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers Design Team is celebrating our BRAND NEW STAMPS for the Speedy the Cat Designer Collection and Serenity Collection with a Blog Hop! They are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on March 10th, 11th, and 12th. On Saturday, (March 13), a winner will be chosen from those who have visited all 9 blogs all three days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The winner will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog and will receive 2 Stamp Sets that will be released NEXT month. And remember, Friday night will be the New Flourishes Release at Mark's Finest Papers!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Isn't she beautiful??  I paper pieced Lady serene's Kimono with basic grey paper.  I colored her with my prismacolor pencils.  I adore this set and will be using it alot!  Thanks for looking!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-4720441624009705463?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/4720441624009705463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=4720441624009705463' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/4720441624009705463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/4720441624009705463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/03/lady-serene.html' title='Lady Serene'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S5JKiiNAcTI/AAAAAAAAAuo/RcA8QVsA8VI/s72-c/lady-serenemarch-blog-hop-n.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-6087989934956758937</id><published>2010-02-18T00:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-18T00:00:01.611-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='split negative'/><title type='text'>Stampin' B's Split Negative</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S3vpBRwgQvI/AAAAAAAAAug/YQ-0IiNIr24/s1600-h/stampinbsplitnegativenancyr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S3vpBRwgQvI/AAAAAAAAAug/YQ-0IiNIr24/s400/stampinbsplitnegativenancyr.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5439197183135990514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Vicky Gould challenged the Stampin B's to make a split negative card.  &lt;br /&gt;Some of my favorite stamps are my PSX botanicals, and some of my favorite &lt;br /&gt;flowers are pansies, so here you go!  I decided to go with black and white &lt;br /&gt;and used a nestablity die to cut out my images.  I added punched borders&lt;br /&gt; using my Martha Pansies border punch, and opposite flourishes &lt;br /&gt;and pearls in the corners.  &lt;br /&gt;Thanks Vicky for a fun challenge and thank YOU for looking!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-6087989934956758937?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/6087989934956758937/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=6087989934956758937' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6087989934956758937'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6087989934956758937'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/02/stampin-bs-split-negative.html' title='Stampin&apos; B&apos;s Split Negative'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S3vpBRwgQvI/AAAAAAAAAug/YQ-0IiNIr24/s72-c/stampinbsplitnegativenancyr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-4426618765712085741</id><published>2010-02-12T00:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-12T00:00:02.622-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='February Blog Hop'/><title type='text'>Shadows of Memories in Orange and Grey</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S297BlKhnMI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/23i9Q1DoA0Q/s1600-h/feb-blog-hop-nancyruth-008.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S297BlKhnMI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/23i9Q1DoA0Q/s400/feb-blog-hop-nancyruth-008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435698542345821378" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I created my own bg paper using the very beautiful images in this set.  I also added asian charms  and pearls to complement the Eastern feel to this card.  I love the way this turned out and hope you like it too!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-4426618765712085741?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/4426618765712085741/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=4426618765712085741' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/4426618765712085741'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/4426618765712085741'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/02/shadows-of-memories-in-orange-and-grey.html' title='Shadows of Memories in Orange and Grey'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S297BlKhnMI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/23i9Q1DoA0Q/s72-c/feb-blog-hop-nancyruth-008.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-3821937843527587212</id><published>2010-02-11T00:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-11T00:00:04.775-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='february blog hop'/><title type='text'>Speedy the Cat's friend LOVES Mice!!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S296FhORtoI/AAAAAAAAAuI/tYvid4m9rd0/s1600-h/feb-blog-hop-nancyruth-004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S296FhORtoI/AAAAAAAAAuI/tYvid4m9rd0/s400/feb-blog-hop-nancyruth-004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435697510495663746" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers Design Team is celebrating our BRAND NEW STAMPS for the Speedy the Cat Designer Collection and Serenity Collection  with a Blog Hop! They are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on February 10th, 11th, and 12th. On Saturday, (February 13), a winner will be chosen from those who have visited all 9 blogs all three days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The winner will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog and will receive 2 Stamp Sets that will be released NEXT month. And remember, Friday night will be the New Flourishes Release at Mark's Finest Papers!&lt;br /&gt;Good Luck!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had my Mom's cat Georgia in mind when I made this card using the set *Speedy the Cat's Friends*.  I trimmed down the ears to make her look more like the domestic shorthair she is, and colored her with peasrlescent watercolor paints available at MFP!  She has little bits of white on her which I achieved by using a white gel pen.  Do you see the poor little mpouse hanging out of her mouth....  YIKES!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-3821937843527587212?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/3821937843527587212/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=3821937843527587212' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3821937843527587212'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3821937843527587212'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/02/speedy-cats-friend-loves-mice.html' title='Speedy the Cat&apos;s friend LOVES Mice!!!!'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S296FhORtoI/AAAAAAAAAuI/tYvid4m9rd0/s72-c/feb-blog-hop-nancyruth-004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-1769681676175692637</id><published>2010-02-10T00:01:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2010-02-10T07:11:05.990-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='February Blog Hop'/><title type='text'>Celebrate Spring!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S3KiVJ79ZoI/AAAAAAAAAuY/Dkypjvge4ew/s1600-h/feb-blog-hop-nancyruth-003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S3KiVJ79ZoI/AAAAAAAAAuY/Dkypjvge4ew/s400/feb-blog-hop-nancyruth-003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436586184517969538" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers Design Team is celebrating our BRAND NEW STAMPS for the Speedy the Cat Designer Collection and Serenity Collection  with a Blog Hop! They are available TODAY!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on February 10th, 11th, and 12th. On Saturday, (February 13), a winner will be chosen from those who have visited all 9 blogs all three days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The winner will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog and will receive 2 Stamp Sets that will be released NEXT month. And remember, Friday night will be the New Flourishes Release at Mark's Finest Papers!&lt;br /&gt;Good Luck!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used the set  *Spring and Easter 2010* to create this ethereal butterfly card.  The technique is called a Wiper Card and the little piece on the top pops up wehn you open it!  I think they are so much fun!  I stamped the butterfly in black staz on on basic grey dp, and my other butterflies are embossed in gold and colored with a gold gel pen.  I hope you enjoy this breath of spring, even if the groundhog says there will be six more weeks of winter!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-1769681676175692637?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/1769681676175692637/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=1769681676175692637' title='31 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1769681676175692637'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1769681676175692637'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/02/celebrate-spring.html' title='Celebrate Spring!'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S3KiVJ79ZoI/AAAAAAAAAuY/Dkypjvge4ew/s72-c/feb-blog-hop-nancyruth-003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>31</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-6582932624153699082</id><published>2010-01-15T00:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-15T00:00:02.859-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Speedythe Cat Basking  in the Full Moon Blog Hop Day 3</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S0zQEOQ3aLI/AAAAAAAAAtY/sKJp_BbqycQ/s1600-h/janmfpbloghopnancyruth-003.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S0zQEOQ3aLI/AAAAAAAAAtY/sKJp_BbqycQ/s400/janmfpbloghopnancyruth-003.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425940422041495730" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers Design Team is celebrating our BRAND NEW Speedy the Cat Designer Collection and Serenity Collection Stamps with a Blog Hop! You can ORDER THEM TODAY!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;And...&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on January 13th, 14 and 15th. Then, on Saturday,(January 16), a winner will be chosen from those who have visited all 8 blogs each days. The winner will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog and will receive 2 Stamp Sets that will be released NEXT month.  And remember, Friday night will be the New Flourishes Release at Mark's Finest Papers! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Good Luck!&lt;br /&gt;I used the set *Our Family Tree* for this card.  I paired the image with Basic Grey Wisteria paper that has been run through the cuttlebug.  I used masking and sponging on my image panel.  What a great set!    Thanks for looking!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-6582932624153699082?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/6582932624153699082/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=6582932624153699082' title='26 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6582932624153699082'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6582932624153699082'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/01/speedythe-cat-basking-in-full-moon-blog.html' title='Speedythe Cat Basking  in the Full Moon Blog Hop Day 3'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S0zQEOQ3aLI/AAAAAAAAAtY/sKJp_BbqycQ/s72-c/janmfpbloghopnancyruth-003.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>26</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-1384459022867184510</id><published>2010-01-14T00:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-14T00:00:00.070-05:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S0zPBrY3JFI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/itwjs75nftE/s1600-h/janmfpbloghopnancyruth-002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S0zPBrY3JFI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/itwjs75nftE/s400/janmfpbloghopnancyruth-002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425939278808425554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers Design Team is celebrating our BRAND NEW Speedy the Cat Designer Collection and Serenity Collection Stamps with a Blog Hop! You can ORDER THEM TODAY!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;And...&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on January 13th, 14 and 15th. Then, on Saturday,(January 16), a winner will be chosen from those who have visited all 8 blogs each days. The winner will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog and will receive 2 Stamp Sets that will be released NEXT month.  And remember, Friday night will be the New Flourishes Release at Mark's Finest Papers! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Good Luck!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used the set Thoughts Of Joy for this card.  My image is inked in grey and I love how the Basic Grey Wisteria coordinates so well with the Asian feel as well as the colors.  My scalloped layer is colored with a gold paint pen. My DP is also edged with gold paint pen!   I love the gold tassel too!  Thanks for looking!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-1384459022867184510?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/1384459022867184510/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=1384459022867184510' title='27 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1384459022867184510'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1384459022867184510'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/01/marks-finest-papers-design-team-is.html' title=''/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S0zPBrY3JFI/AAAAAAAAAtQ/itwjs75nftE/s72-c/janmfpbloghopnancyruth-002.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-9151642224753723848</id><published>2010-01-13T00:00:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-13T00:00:04.194-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Sweet friends Blog Hop Card 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S0zMwD7d2nI/AAAAAAAAAtA/7DJiUyB2pPA/s1600-h/janmfpbloghopnancyruth-001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 249px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S0zMwD7d2nI/AAAAAAAAAtA/7DJiUyB2pPA/s400/janmfpbloghopnancyruth-001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425936777135118962" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers Design Team is celebrating our BRAND NEW Speedy the Cat Designer Collection and Serenity Collection Stamps with a Blog Hop! You can ORDER THEM TODAY!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;And...&lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win BLOG CANDY, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on January 13th, 14 and 15th. Then, on Saturday,(January 16), a winner will be chosen from those who have visited all 8 blogs each days. The winner will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog and will receive 2 Stamp Sets that will be released NEXT month.  And remember, Friday night will be the New Flourishes Release at Mark's Finest Papers! &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Good Luck!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used the set Blackberries Sunflowers and Bees to create this card.  I love the many sentiments including welcome, hello, my friend and others.  My berries are colored with a combination of prismacolor markers and glitter markers.  I sponged Concord Grape distress ink on the edges.  Thanks for looking!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-9151642224753723848?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/9151642224753723848/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=9151642224753723848' title='39 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/9151642224753723848'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/9151642224753723848'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/01/sweet-friends-blog-hop-card-1.html' title='Sweet friends Blog Hop Card 1'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S0zMwD7d2nI/AAAAAAAAAtA/7DJiUyB2pPA/s72-c/janmfpbloghopnancyruth-001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>39</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-9037114946869255086</id><published>2010-01-07T07:28:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2010-01-07T07:28:53.395-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Stampin B Brag Book</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S0XTgdbC_vI/AAAAAAAAAsg/1SgqeZ7cyMA/s1600-h/stampinb-photo-album-nancyr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 364px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S0XTgdbC_vI/AAAAAAAAAsg/1SgqeZ7cyMA/s400/stampinb-photo-album-nancyr.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5423973880844975858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The Stampin B's challenge this week was hostessed by Vicky Gould!  It was to amke this adorable brag book out of clear envelopes.  I used Making Memories Designer Ppaer as well as my nesties and some K and Co stickers.  Thanks Vicky for such a fun challenge!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-9037114946869255086?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/9037114946869255086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=9037114946869255086' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/9037114946869255086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/9037114946869255086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2010/01/stampin-b-brag-book.html' title='Stampin B Brag Book'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/S0XTgdbC_vI/AAAAAAAAAsg/1SgqeZ7cyMA/s72-c/stampinb-photo-album-nancyr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-859718772895879032</id><published>2009-12-10T00:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T00:01:00.909-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nutcracker card'/><title type='text'>Blog Hop Day 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sx6rksI9kmI/AAAAAAAAArw/uv9mnPwWnuo/s1600-h/nutcracker-blog-hop.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sx6rksI9kmI/AAAAAAAAArw/uv9mnPwWnuo/s400/nutcracker-blog-hop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412952448958304866" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers Design Team is celebrating our FIRST Blog Hop! How could we make it a REAL celebration? How about giving away some Blog Candy?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on December 9th and 10th. Then, on Friday, a winner will be chosen from those who have visited all 7 blogs both days. The winner will receive 2 BRAND NEW  Stamp Sets, 5 packages of Mark's Finest Papers and 5 Satin ribbons! And remember, Friday night will be the New Flourishes Release at Mark's Finest Papers! The winner will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog on Friday. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Good Luck!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-859718772895879032?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/859718772895879032/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=859718772895879032' title='29 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/859718772895879032'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/859718772895879032'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/12/blog-hop-day-2.html' title='Blog Hop Day 2'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sx6rksI9kmI/AAAAAAAAArw/uv9mnPwWnuo/s72-c/nutcracker-blog-hop.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>29</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-5306787258209940261</id><published>2009-12-09T00:01:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-12-09T00:01:05.182-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blog Hop'/><title type='text'>Blog Hop Day 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sx6r-nFeBDI/AAAAAAAAAr4/gX45r5IuuUo/s1600-h/doves-blog-hop.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sx6r-nFeBDI/AAAAAAAAAr4/gX45r5IuuUo/s400/doves-blog-hop.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5412952894278075442" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mark's Finest Papers Design Team is celebrating our FIRST Blog Hop! How could we make it a REAL celebration? How about giving away some Blog Candy?&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;For your chance to win, visit and comment on each of the following design team members' blogs on December 9th and 10th. Then, on Friday, a winner will be chosen from those who have visited all 7 blogs both days. The winner will receive 2 BRAND NEW  Stamp Sets, 5 packages of Mark's Finest Papers and 5 Satin ribbons! And remember, Friday night will be the New Flourishes Release at Mark's Finest Papers! The winner will be announced on the Mark's Finest Papers Blog on Friday. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Good Luck!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope you like my card using the Doves images from Mark's Finest Papers.  I colored them with prismacolor markers as well as glitter pens.  I used the cutting outside the box technique and the colors Ripened Tomatoe and Speedy the Cat Black.  I love the lush sating ribbon, don't you?  Thanks for stopping by and be sure to come back tomorrow to see what else I have made!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-5306787258209940261?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/5306787258209940261/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=5306787258209940261' title='43 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5306787258209940261'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5306787258209940261'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/12/blog-hop-day-1.html' title='Blog Hop Day 1'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sx6r-nFeBDI/AAAAAAAAAr4/gX45r5IuuUo/s72-c/doves-blog-hop.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>43</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-5325067700450816702</id><published>2009-11-20T00:01:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-20T00:01:02.718-05:00</updated><title type='text'>twilight Inspiration</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SwWvkYA8JMI/AAAAAAAAAro/eV6nZDnho2o/s1600/twilight-inspired-stampin-b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SwWvkYA8JMI/AAAAAAAAAro/eV6nZDnho2o/s400/twilight-inspired-stampin-b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405919967184692418" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Lois challenged the Stampin B's to make a card featuring the Twilight colors and red black and white, and of course include a moon!   So I channeled my *inner vampire* and this is what I came up with!   Masking a full moon, I sponed a nestied panel with greys browns and black.  The red panel is punched with the Martha Stewart drippy goo punch, is it not perfectly ghoulish and ghastly??  The tree and bird are stickers from Martha stewart.  I added Martha Stewart punched scary fence and there you have it!  Thanks Lois for a fun challenge and thank YOU for looking!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-5325067700450816702?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/5325067700450816702/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=5325067700450816702' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5325067700450816702'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5325067700450816702'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/11/twilight-inspiration.html' title='twilight Inspiration'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SwWvkYA8JMI/AAAAAAAAAro/eV6nZDnho2o/s72-c/twilight-inspired-stampin-b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-7376941318314860442</id><published>2009-11-13T06:03:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-13T06:05:05.117-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stampin B Challenge'/><title type='text'>Anything But A  card!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sv09RvUaFpI/AAAAAAAAArg/gINJrSseb-I/s1600-h/stampin-b-nov-12-anything-b.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 398px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sv09RvUaFpI/AAAAAAAAArg/gINJrSseb-I/s400/stampin-b-nov-12-anything-b.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403542502883595922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi!  I get to be the challenge hostess this week and I challenged the Stampin B's to make ANYTHING but a card!  The holidays are upon us and I know I will be looking for a little gift to give a special someone, this might go to my mail carrier who is a lovely young lady!  I used a mini comp book and set In Full Bloom, and colored with markers.  Easy Peasey and sure to bring a smile to the recipient!  Thanks for looking!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-7376941318314860442?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/7376941318314860442/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=7376941318314860442' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/7376941318314860442'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/7376941318314860442'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/11/anything-but-card.html' title='Anything But A  card!'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sv09RvUaFpI/AAAAAAAAArg/gINJrSseb-I/s72-c/stampin-b-nov-12-anything-b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-1513255689857072376</id><published>2009-11-09T15:16:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T15:20:13.526-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Polka Dot Parade'/><title type='text'>Layers Of Color Cards!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Svh5Le3RBiI/AAAAAAAAArY/B-T7Y937rbk/s1600-h/ic205-nancyruth-003-snal.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Svh5Le3RBiI/AAAAAAAAArY/B-T7Y937rbk/s400/ic205-nancyruth-003-snal.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402200991201297954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Svh5FIhz7_I/AAAAAAAAArQ/tRibqVZUn74/s1600-h/ic205-nancyruth-002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 329px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Svh5FIhz7_I/AAAAAAAAArQ/tRibqVZUn74/s400/ic205-nancyruth-002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402200882126516210" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Look at my new creations using my Layers of Color set, Polka Dot Parade!  This set is so versatile, and very very sweet!  Thanks for stopping by my blog!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-1513255689857072376?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/1513255689857072376/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=1513255689857072376' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1513255689857072376'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1513255689857072376'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/11/layers-of-color-cards.html' title='Layers Of Color Cards!'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Svh5Le3RBiI/AAAAAAAAArY/B-T7Y937rbk/s72-c/ic205-nancyruth-003-snal.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-3577059610685318598</id><published>2009-11-06T07:27:00.017-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T07:35:18.805-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Markie's  Mom's Retreat Photos</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQX2icYQlI/AAAAAAAAArI/W5EFEnsJYGo/s1600-h/october+retreat+2009+018.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQX2icYQlI/AAAAAAAAArI/W5EFEnsJYGo/s400/october+retreat+2009+018.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400968078850277970" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXxSmIotI/AAAAAAAAArA/oGLSHsdZkCU/s1600-h/october+retreat+2009+019.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 256px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXxSmIotI/AAAAAAAAArA/oGLSHsdZkCU/s400/october+retreat+2009+019.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400967988696883922" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXrhw05EI/AAAAAAAAAq4/95dRQliogH0/s1600-h/october+retreat+2009+026.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXrhw05EI/AAAAAAAAAq4/95dRQliogH0/s400/october+retreat+2009+026.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400967889689044034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXktDVR4I/AAAAAAAAAqw/ngpfKEX4kXM/s1600-h/october+retreat+2009+024.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXktDVR4I/AAAAAAAAAqw/ngpfKEX4kXM/s400/october+retreat+2009+024.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400967772460369794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXcBJGw5I/AAAAAAAAAqo/KoYqA3Jz7VY/s1600-h/october+retreat+2009+014.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 216px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXcBJGw5I/AAAAAAAAAqo/KoYqA3Jz7VY/s400/october+retreat+2009+014.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400967623234470802" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXWycdO1I/AAAAAAAAAqg/OIjRM4WsGtI/s1600-h/october+retreat+2009+013.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 382px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXWycdO1I/AAAAAAAAAqg/OIjRM4WsGtI/s400/october+retreat+2009+013.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400967533389757266" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXR-V_WWI/AAAAAAAAAqY/FrQ8Ddff93w/s1600-h/october+retreat+2009+012.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXR-V_WWI/AAAAAAAAAqY/FrQ8Ddff93w/s400/october+retreat+2009+012.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400967450684512610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXK9DWrYI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/8DoWz3e-3iU/s1600-h/october+retreat+2009+010.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 290px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXK9DWrYI/AAAAAAAAAqQ/8DoWz3e-3iU/s400/october+retreat+2009+010.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400967330078829954" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXGChaeEI/AAAAAAAAAqI/sL3inqX1IQg/s1600-h/october+retreat+2009+009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXGChaeEI/AAAAAAAAAqI/sL3inqX1IQg/s400/october+retreat+2009+009.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400967245647738946" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXAbpwM3I/AAAAAAAAAqA/cQ_l-TtIRxE/s1600-h/october+retreat+2009+007.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 183px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQXAbpwM3I/AAAAAAAAAqA/cQ_l-TtIRxE/s400/october+retreat+2009+007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400967149314388850" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQW6eiv4QI/AAAAAAAAAp4/J5Opww9u5OA/s1600-h/october+retreat+2009+006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQW6eiv4QI/AAAAAAAAAp4/J5Opww9u5OA/s400/october+retreat+2009+006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400967047011098882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQW085-2kI/AAAAAAAAApw/rkS88-Li9mc/s1600-h/october+retreat+2009+005.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 237px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQW085-2kI/AAAAAAAAApw/rkS88-Li9mc/s400/october+retreat+2009+005.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400966952082397762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQWviYVjDI/AAAAAAAAApo/BafypVi-0cA/s1600-h/october+retreat+2009+004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 184px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQWviYVjDI/AAAAAAAAApo/BafypVi-0cA/s400/october+retreat+2009+004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400966859062610994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQWlH69QfI/AAAAAAAAApg/zCztSnkc3GM/s1600-h/october+retreat+2009+003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQWlH69QfI/AAAAAAAAApg/zCztSnkc3GM/s400/october+retreat+2009+003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400966680161370610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQWfyO2D9I/AAAAAAAAApY/p0IIU-TuftM/s1600-h/october+retreat+2009+002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 351px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQWfyO2D9I/AAAAAAAAApY/p0IIU-TuftM/s400/october+retreat+2009+002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400966588439859154" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQWaJPDclI/AAAAAAAAApQ/pwZZA2o-QEY/s1600-h/october+retreat+2009+001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 296px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQWaJPDclI/AAAAAAAAApQ/pwZZA2o-QEY/s400/october+retreat+2009+001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400966491535536722" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;St Augustine and many happy stampers!  Thanks Karen for taking us to St Augustine!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-3577059610685318598?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/3577059610685318598/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=3577059610685318598' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3577059610685318598'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/3577059610685318598'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/11/markies-moms-retreat-photos.html' title='Markie&apos;s  Mom&apos;s Retreat Photos'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQX2icYQlI/AAAAAAAAArI/W5EFEnsJYGo/s72-c/october+retreat+2009+018.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-128991233740650728</id><published>2009-11-06T07:21:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T07:26:51.035-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Autumn in New Hampshire</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQVstvbPtI/AAAAAAAAApI/AFt5e-iwxkk/s1600-h/new+hampshire+2009+007.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQVstvbPtI/AAAAAAAAApI/AFt5e-iwxkk/s400/new+hampshire+2009+007.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400965711061008082" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQVlvgl6wI/AAAAAAAAApA/E5tJzixb6-w/s1600-h/new+hampshire+2009+006.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQVlvgl6wI/AAAAAAAAApA/E5tJzixb6-w/s400/new+hampshire+2009+006.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400965591276579586" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQVe5B_RPI/AAAAAAAAAo4/6v8uyddHWH0/s1600-h/new+hampshire+2009+004.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQVe5B_RPI/AAAAAAAAAo4/6v8uyddHWH0/s400/new+hampshire+2009+004.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400965473573487858" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQVXvZbTXI/AAAAAAAAAow/wWuNBuMLVcU/s1600-h/new+hampshire+2009+003.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQVXvZbTXI/AAAAAAAAAow/wWuNBuMLVcU/s400/new+hampshire+2009+003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400965350728355186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQVRLb-A_I/AAAAAAAAAoo/jl6jh7aulUQ/s1600-h/new+hampshire+2009+002.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 224px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQVRLb-A_I/AAAAAAAAAoo/jl6jh7aulUQ/s400/new+hampshire+2009+002.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400965237996127218" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQVI1ehUfI/AAAAAAAAAog/BUA1hZthPDA/s1600-h/new+hampshire+2009+001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQVI1ehUfI/AAAAAAAAAog/BUA1hZthPDA/s400/new+hampshire+2009+001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400965094662296050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;these are photos from my trip I took with my Mom a month ago!  We stayed with Patricia and Thoralk in that beautiful white house you see, smack dab in the middle of the little village called Hebron.  This is New engalcd at its finest!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-128991233740650728?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/128991233740650728/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=128991233740650728' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/128991233740650728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/128991233740650728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/11/autumn-in-new-hampshire.html' title='Autumn in New Hampshire'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQVstvbPtI/AAAAAAAAApI/AFt5e-iwxkk/s72-c/new+hampshire+2009+007.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-6150690059881867666</id><published>2009-11-06T07:06:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T07:21:31.069-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='double diagonal pocket card'/><title type='text'>Stampin B Holiday Card Challenge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQUK1EFDOI/AAAAAAAAAoY/6RyQdUuHCDg/s1600-h/stampinb-sholiday-nancyruth.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQUK1EFDOI/AAAAAAAAAoY/6RyQdUuHCDg/s400/stampinb-sholiday-nancyruth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400964029399502050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faith challenged the Stampin B's to make a Holiday Card!  I am in SHOCK that the first week of November has flown by....  My oh, my....   I made a double diagonal pocket  card out of beautiful K and Company paper called Que sera sera....(can you not see doris day in your mind's eye???) and also the SU set Loads of Love.  Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-6150690059881867666?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/6150690059881867666/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=6150690059881867666' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6150690059881867666'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6150690059881867666'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/11/stampin-b-holiday-card-challenge.html' title='Stampin B Holiday Card Challenge'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SvQUK1EFDOI/AAAAAAAAAoY/6RyQdUuHCDg/s72-c/stampinb-sholiday-nancyruth.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-4119107747966896800</id><published>2009-10-27T11:14:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-27T11:38:02.352-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Polka Dot Parade'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Layers of Color'/><title type='text'>Layers Of color Guest Designer!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SucPOYjMHgI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/F8o-fSyQvR4/s1600-h/cas38-LOC-NRL-001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SucPOYjMHgI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/F8o-fSyQvR4/s400/cas38-LOC-NRL-001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397299418209459714" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SucPHg6k7YI/AAAAAAAAAoI/PPqtKfPCFxg/s1600-h/layers-of-color-card-nancyr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 360px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SucPHg6k7YI/AAAAAAAAAoI/PPqtKfPCFxg/s400/layers-of-color-card-nancyr.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397299300195954050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  My friend lovely Linda invited me to be a guest deisigner to help launch the company Layers Of Color!!  (loc is the keyword over at SCS!)  I am showcasing the darling and verstaile set *Polka Dot Parade* and just love the adorable images in it.  I hope you will check out the boutique and do a little shopping for your stamp collection!  Thanks to Linda for reccomending me to the team and for Laura the owner of LOC for giving me this fun opportunity. Click on the Perty Badge and that will bring you to Layers of Color!  I will be at Markie's Mom's  Stamping Retreat from Friday Oct. 30th and staying on till the following wednesday.  I will be sure to post when I  get home!   Untill then, Nancyruth&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-4119107747966896800?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/4119107747966896800/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=4119107747966896800' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/4119107747966896800'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/4119107747966896800'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/10/layers-of-color-guest-designer.html' title='Layers Of color Guest Designer!!'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SucPOYjMHgI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/F8o-fSyQvR4/s72-c/cas38-LOC-NRL-001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-297663673459834742</id><published>2009-10-22T15:08:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-22T15:10:23.043-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Cookies and Coffee</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SuCtuICRMuI/AAAAAAAAAoA/zEs_g1HwuBI/s1600-h/stampinb-double-diagonal-po.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 314px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SuCtuICRMuI/AAAAAAAAAoA/zEs_g1HwuBI/s400/stampinb-double-diagonal-po.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5395503361532441314" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1518310?&amp;cat=500&amp;ppuser=42694&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-297663673459834742?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/297663673459834742/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=297663673459834742' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/297663673459834742'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/297663673459834742'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/10/cookies-and-coffee.html' title='Cookies and Coffee'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SuCtuICRMuI/AAAAAAAAAoA/zEs_g1HwuBI/s72-c/stampinb-double-diagonal-po.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-634507419240792565</id><published>2009-10-06T14:31:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-06T14:34:03.826-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Stampin B Gatefold with Flowers</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SsuNb-WeuyI/AAAAAAAAAn4/cY6GrqUBq-M/s1600-h/stampin-b-gatefold-card-nan.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 381px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SsuNb-WeuyI/AAAAAAAAAn4/cY6GrqUBq-M/s400/stampin-b-gatefold-card-nan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389556890812201762" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SsuNSkez26I/AAAAAAAAAnw/bVukj-ICOvs/s1600-h/gatefold-opened-nancyruth.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SsuNSkez26I/AAAAAAAAAnw/bVukj-ICOvs/s400/gatefold-opened-nancyruth.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389556729248996258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Lois, aka Clownmom, challenged the Stampin B's to make a gatefold card with flowers on it!  I love love love flowers so this was a delightful and fun card to make!  I am showing 2 shots of my card, one with the belly band on it since that was the only way I could figure out how to keep it closed, and the second of it opened!  I used Making Memories *Chillin* paper, and the SU set Easy Elegance for the long stemmed flowers on the inside.  The sentiment is from a very old SU set, I cannot remember its name....   I added some stickles to my flowers and some ribbon, and VOILA!  Thanks Lois for a great challenge and thank YOU for looking!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-634507419240792565?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/634507419240792565/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=634507419240792565' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/634507419240792565'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/634507419240792565'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/10/stampin-b-gatefold-with-flowers.html' title='Stampin B Gatefold with Flowers'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SsuNb-WeuyI/AAAAAAAAAn4/cY6GrqUBq-M/s72-c/stampin-b-gatefold-card-nan.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-7945994284419280084</id><published>2009-10-02T00:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-02T00:01:01.259-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Stampin B Pumpkin Challenge</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SsTydUPZeOI/AAAAAAAAAnY/abur1A-77yM/s1600-h/stampin-b-pumpkin-93010-006.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 275px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SsTydUPZeOI/AAAAAAAAAnY/abur1A-77yM/s400/stampin-b-pumpkin-93010-006.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387697639705376994" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Hi everyone!  It is harvest time in StamPford and I challenged the Stampin B's to use a pumpkin on their card.  Nothing like keeping it simple, huh??!!  I created my pumpkin using 9 oval punched pieces from Making Memories *just Chillin* dp, and the SU set Say It with Scripture.  I also used the last of the buttons I made over at SCS for the technique lovers challenge called *faux Buttons*!  It is really 5 layers of the smallest nesties heart glue together, than punched with my cropodile, the crystal lacquer added for sheen.   Ah the tricks we learn from each other!  And that sweet little pumpkin came from my good friend Martha's garden, she is quite the farmer!  Well as much as I HATE to say good-bye to summer, I wish you all a happy and healthy fall season.  Hugs, nancyruth&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-7945994284419280084?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/7945994284419280084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=7945994284419280084' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/7945994284419280084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/7945994284419280084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/10/stampin-b-pumpkin-challenge.html' title='Stampin B Pumpkin Challenge'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SsTydUPZeOI/AAAAAAAAAnY/abur1A-77yM/s72-c/stampin-b-pumpkin-93010-006.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-8687660201498128207</id><published>2009-09-16T00:00:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T06:36:56.454-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Blog Hop'/><title type='text'>Rita Marie Creative Design Boutique Blog Hop</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sq-2WsD7DkI/AAAAAAAAAnA/7GPoLrf0nsA/s1600-h/stampinbblogspot2-nNRL-004.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sq-2WsD7DkI/AAAAAAAAAnA/7GPoLrf0nsA/s400/stampinbblogspot2-nNRL-004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381720580632022594" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Hi! Are you ready? It's time for Creative Design Boutique's Blog Hop! And, there's BLOG CANDY!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make sure you visit ALL of these blogs on Wednesday, September 16.  2009, leave comments on ALL 6 of the Creative Design Team Blog Posts, and a winner's name will be chosen from those posts on Thursday Sept. 17th and posted at 6PM&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi everyone!  I love what I made with the Rita Marie set called FLORAL BREEZE~  I stamped the image in Tim Holtz Shabby Shutters ink on cream linen paper, and I colored the wonderful flowers with prismacolor markers.  I paired the image with K and Company paper, and added a handwritten birthday sentiment.  Please be sure to visit all  the blogs for a chance to win candy, you will see the links on my sidebar!  Thanks for stopping by!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-8687660201498128207?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/8687660201498128207/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=8687660201498128207' title='20 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8687660201498128207'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8687660201498128207'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/09/rita-marie-creative-design-boutique.html' title='Rita Marie Creative Design Boutique Blog Hop'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sq-2WsD7DkI/AAAAAAAAAnA/7GPoLrf0nsA/s72-c/stampinbblogspot2-nNRL-004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>20</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-1084172574240899695</id><published>2009-08-14T00:02:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-14T00:02:00.430-04:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SoP7i6A8b5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/K5s48mZ1s8M/s1600-h/stampin-b-2-die-001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 339px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SoP7i6A8b5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/K5s48mZ1s8M/s400/stampin-b-2-die-001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5369411757863104402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Faith challenged the Stampin B's to make a card using 2 dies.  I used my Sizzix camera die and my Topnote die.  I stamped flowers from Funky Flowers by Rita Marie on the Topnote and colored them witIh markers.  I embellished my camera with white gel pen and gold half gems and added a green cord wrist strap!  The DP is a premade card by K and Company.  Smile, coz the Stampin B's love you!!!  Hugs to all, Nancyruth&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-1084172574240899695?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/1084172574240899695/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=1084172574240899695' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1084172574240899695'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1084172574240899695'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/08/faith-challenged-stampin-bs-to-make.html' title=''/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SoP7i6A8b5I/AAAAAAAAAm4/K5s48mZ1s8M/s72-c/stampin-b-2-die-001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-6859641608447972627</id><published>2009-08-07T06:56:00.002-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T06:59:47.299-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Masculine Sympathy Card</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SnwIrSmgg6I/AAAAAAAAAmw/HKhSgY_PV2U/s1600-h/masculine-symapthy-card-nan.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 392px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SnwIrSmgg6I/AAAAAAAAAmw/HKhSgY_PV2U/s400/masculine-symapthy-card-nan.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367174395739538338" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Jojot challenged us to make a masculine sympathy card.  Hmm, a double dog dare if you ask me, sympathy cards are difficult and a masculine one at that?  Well I gave it some thought and figured I would make what I call  a four square card.  I used DP by SEI, it is actually Christmas paper but I thought the browns and pine cones work nicely for the challenge.  I stamped branches from Best Blossoms in chocolate and then sponged with old olive.  My sentiment is from the dollar stamps at M's, it had a flower on it which I did not use.  Black ribbon as the austere embellishment and done!  Thanks Joanne for a great challenge and thank YOU for looking!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-6859641608447972627?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/6859641608447972627/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=6859641608447972627' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6859641608447972627'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6859641608447972627'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/08/masculine-sympathy-card.html' title='Masculine Sympathy Card'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SnwIrSmgg6I/AAAAAAAAAmw/HKhSgY_PV2U/s72-c/masculine-symapthy-card-nan.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-5574599768533361776</id><published>2009-08-06T15:08:00.001-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T06:55:49.195-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='thanks for coming by'/><title type='text'>Blog Hop Winner!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SnwIL9BksyI/AAAAAAAAAmo/o_GHkdZx-QY/s1600-h/Markie.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 389px; height: 382px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SnwIL9BksyI/AAAAAAAAAmo/o_GHkdZx-QY/s400/Markie.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367173857371534114" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SnwIF1w46JI/AAAAAAAAAmg/BwcxFbkwDLs/s1600-h/blog+candy.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SnwIF1w46JI/AAAAAAAAAmg/BwcxFbkwDLs/s400/blog+candy.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367173752343292050" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Congrats to LINDA STEVENS, the Creative Design Boutique Blog Candy Winner! Talk about fun! Thank you all for participating, and remember, we will be having a blog hop on the first Wednesday of every month, so mark your calendar!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Linda, please email: mjh7433109@aol.com with your address so that we can get your prize to you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget, September 2 is our next Blog Hop with your chance to win&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-5574599768533361776?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/5574599768533361776/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=5574599768533361776' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5574599768533361776'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5574599768533361776'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-hop-winner.html' title='Blog Hop Winner!!!'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SnwIL9BksyI/AAAAAAAAAmo/o_GHkdZx-QY/s72-c/Markie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-5986516989011376166</id><published>2009-08-05T00:01:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-05T00:01:00.718-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Butterflies and Bouquet, Blog Hop</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SnjkGTmJYbI/AAAAAAAAAmY/VDwf0FDnss8/s1600-h/rita-marie-bloghop-card-001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 380px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SnjkGTmJYbI/AAAAAAAAAmY/VDwf0FDnss8/s400/rita-marie-bloghop-card-001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366289753002566066" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hi! Are you ready? It's time for Creative Design Boutique's Blog Hop! And, there's BLOG CANDY!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Make sure you visit ALL of these blogs on Wednesday, August 5 2009, leave comments on ALL 6 of the Creative Design Team Blog Posts, and a winner's name will be chosen from those posts on Thursday August 6 and posted at 6PM.  You will find the links to the other blogs in my sidebar.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thanks for stopping by, I hope you like my card!  I used the set Flutterby Delight, and it is so much fun to work with!  I inked them up in black and clear embossed, then painted them with reinkers.  My bouquet is punch art made with lots of punched flowers and leaves as well as skinny srips of paper for the stems.  Thanks for stopping by and good luck on the candy!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-5986516989011376166?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/5986516989011376166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=5986516989011376166' title='34 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5986516989011376166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5986516989011376166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/08/butterflies-and-bouquet-blog-hop.html' title='Butterflies and Bouquet, Blog Hop'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SnjkGTmJYbI/AAAAAAAAAmY/VDwf0FDnss8/s72-c/rita-marie-bloghop-card-001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>34</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-8786484351452778679</id><published>2009-08-04T08:29:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2009-08-04T08:31:10.025-04:00</updated><title type='text'>beautiful bouquet</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sngp56D9AxI/AAAAAAAAAl4/2JDPAHqVLdk/s1600-h/WT229,+Beautiful+Bouquet,+Nancyruth+001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 391px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sngp56D9AxI/AAAAAAAAAl4/2JDPAHqVLdk/s400/WT229,+Beautiful+Bouquet,+Nancyruth+001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5366085030827066130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-8786484351452778679?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/8786484351452778679/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=8786484351452778679' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8786484351452778679'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8786484351452778679'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/08/beautiful-bouquet.html' title='beautiful bouquet'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sngp56D9AxI/AAAAAAAAAl4/2JDPAHqVLdk/s72-c/WT229,+Beautiful+Bouquet,+Nancyruth+001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-6127792910972864192</id><published>2009-07-24T05:12:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-24T05:14:38.714-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Stampin B Challenge, Long Card, No stamping</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sml68MuhZ5I/AAAAAAAAAlg/rpfl-sI32CY/s1600-h/long+card+with+no+stamps+nrl+001.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 200px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sml68MuhZ5I/AAAAAAAAAlg/rpfl-sI32CY/s400/long+card+with+no+stamps+nrl+001.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361952005988378514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Vicky challenged us to make a long card with no stamping!  I relied on my Sizzix embossing folders as well as chalk inks.  The paper is by K and Company, and I love the lacy edges the scallops give!  Thanks for stopping by!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-6127792910972864192?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/6127792910972864192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=6127792910972864192' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6127792910972864192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6127792910972864192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-post.html' title='Stampin B Challenge, Long Card, No stamping'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sml68MuhZ5I/AAAAAAAAAlg/rpfl-sI32CY/s72-c/long+card+with+no+stamps+nrl+001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-5818793462210909292</id><published>2009-07-10T06:25:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-24T05:17:57.458-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Words To Love By'/><title type='text'>Tri Shutter card in Neutrals</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SlcX6CcsrmI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/z4zywl5g3ms/s1600-h/rita-marie-words-to-live-by.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 302px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SlcX6CcsrmI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/z4zywl5g3ms/s400/rita-marie-words-to-live-by.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356776567637585506" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SlcXQs_RSxI/AAAAAAAAAlI/h9Gx6nYsjvc/s1600-h/tri-shutter-opened.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 361px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SlcXQs_RSxI/AAAAAAAAAlI/h9Gx6nYsjvc/s400/tri-shutter-opened.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356775857502374674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  Two views of my Tri Shutter card made with the Rita Marie stamps which can be found at Creative Designs Boutique!  I used neutral colors and the set Words to love By.  Here is a link to the tri shutter cut, go to post 12.  http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=442774&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-5818793462210909292?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/5818793462210909292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=5818793462210909292' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5818793462210909292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/5818793462210909292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/07/tri-shutter-card-in-neutrals.html' title='Tri Shutter card in Neutrals'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SlcX6CcsrmI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/z4zywl5g3ms/s72-c/rita-marie-words-to-live-by.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-8061074614156333424</id><published>2009-07-10T06:20:00.004-04:00</published><updated>2009-07-10T06:22:55.429-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Some Stampin B Cards'/><title type='text'>The latest from Nancyruth</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SlcWWKWs-nI/AAAAAAAAAk4/d0RAMipM_8A/s1600-h/Faiths-Colors-CC226-Nancyru.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 385px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SlcWWKWs-nI/AAAAAAAAAk4/d0RAMipM_8A/s400/Faiths-Colors-CC226-Nancyru.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356774851773004402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SlcWInQ5a1I/AAAAAAAAAkw/pRNTyN8ykEw/s1600-h/FLATstampin-b-emboss-challe.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 307px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SlcWInQ5a1I/AAAAAAAAAkw/pRNTyN8ykEw/s400/FLATstampin-b-emboss-challe.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356774619015113554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SlcV9knn3dI/AAAAAAAAAko/Cp_Mzf8Bk4c/s1600-h/bee-n-blossom-002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 311px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SlcV9knn3dI/AAAAAAAAAko/Cp_Mzf8Bk4c/s400/bee-n-blossom-002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5356774429326564818" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-8061074614156333424?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/8061074614156333424/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=8061074614156333424' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8061074614156333424'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/8061074614156333424'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/07/latest-from-nancyruth.html' title='The latest from Nancyruth'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SlcWWKWs-nI/AAAAAAAAAk4/d0RAMipM_8A/s72-c/Faiths-Colors-CC226-Nancyru.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-2854520177479696352</id><published>2009-06-21T16:15:00.005-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-21T16:18:04.936-04:00</updated><title type='text'>more punch art</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sj6VeXCj7-I/AAAAAAAAAkg/9BpDg9dvr8E/s1600-h/ic185,-nancyruth,-smile-001.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 389px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sj6VeXCj7-I/AAAAAAAAAkg/9BpDg9dvr8E/s400/ic185,-nancyruth,-smile-001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349877756176101346" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sj6VajWlPpI/AAAAAAAAAkY/-1q7UVqlmyc/s1600-h/Monkey-Kisses-NRL-TLC185-00.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 396px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sj6VajWlPpI/AAAAAAAAAkY/-1q7UVqlmyc/s400/Monkey-Kisses-NRL-TLC185-00.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349877690761821842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sj6VXvkSy8I/AAAAAAAAAkQ/pwMblnyC77I/s1600-h/fs124,-giggling-monkey,-nrl.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 296px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sj6VXvkSy8I/AAAAAAAAAkQ/pwMblnyC77I/s400/fs124,-giggling-monkey,-nrl.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349877642500950978" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-2854520177479696352?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/2854520177479696352/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=2854520177479696352' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2854520177479696352'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/2854520177479696352'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/06/more-punch-art.html' title='more punch art'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sj6VeXCj7-I/AAAAAAAAAkg/9BpDg9dvr8E/s72-c/ic185,-nancyruth,-smile-001.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-6506295341798007522</id><published>2009-06-20T14:30:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-20T14:48:34.961-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='punch art'/><title type='text'>Punchy Saturday</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sj0uMEG1ATI/AAAAAAAAAjw/MzuaIqdENE8/s1600-h/whooo-loves-you-IC185-002nr.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 380px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sj0uMEG1ATI/AAAAAAAAAjw/MzuaIqdENE8/s400/whooo-loves-you-IC185-002nr.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349482717181706546" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sj0uHQRuW3I/AAAAAAAAAjo/u6hjW1PyaPE/s1600-h/ic185-punch-art-frog-001nrl.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sj0uHQRuW3I/AAAAAAAAAjo/u6hjW1PyaPE/s400/ic185-punch-art-frog-001nrl.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349482634549287794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  I had fun making punch art today for the Splitcoast challenge.  Our inspiration was a site with darling baby shoes!  Mr. Owl is simply a topnote die folded in half, with nestability eyes abd a triangle beak!  Easy peasy, add the ggogles and some ribbon and VOILA!  The frog is made with oval and round nestabilities of varying sizes, and can you guess what I made his toes with?  A flower punch!  This was a TOTAL CASE of a card by Stampingeorge over at SCS so if anuone is looki g and wnats to case, please give HER credit!  Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful day!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-6506295341798007522?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/6506295341798007522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=6506295341798007522' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6506295341798007522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/6506295341798007522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/06/punchy-saturday.html' title='Punchy Saturday'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sj0uMEG1ATI/AAAAAAAAAjw/MzuaIqdENE8/s72-c/whooo-loves-you-IC185-002nr.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6739171566497733677.post-1373281366887668135</id><published>2009-06-17T17:09:00.003-04:00</published><updated>2009-06-17T17:14:43.696-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Sketch Challenge 233 And another tote</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sjlb3itNtDI/AAAAAAAAAjY/kSpXZggmffU/s1600-h/metallic-purse-tlc225-nrl-0.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 396px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sjlb3itNtDI/AAAAAAAAAjY/kSpXZggmffU/s400/metallic-purse-tlc225-nrl-0.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348407042246554674" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SjlbwCRXH6I/AAAAAAAAAjQ/CIo51xa--jU/s1600-h/the-chapel-in-the-forest-00.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 303px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SjlbwCRXH6I/AAAAAAAAAjQ/CIo51xa--jU/s400/the-chapel-in-the-forest-00.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348406913280712610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SjlbrNlIGpI/AAAAAAAAAjI/Qji3xidI9J8/s1600-h/BOLD-BRIGHT-FRIENDS-NRL-002.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 386px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/SjlbrNlIGpI/AAAAAAAAAjI/Qji3xidI9J8/s400/BOLD-BRIGHT-FRIENDS-NRL-002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5348406830417058450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; I did 2 very different cards for the sketch challenge today.  The blue one I made this morning, and the bright one this afternoon.  I love playing around with the same sketch and mixing it up, there is no end to the differnt looks we can achieve...   I also wanted you to see another tote I made that is winging its way down to Florida as we speak!  Along with some bubble gum for a very smart 9 year old who got ALL A'S for the school year!  WOWZERS!  I am being taken out to dinner by my Stepmom for my BD, my dear Brother Matt will be there too!  Gotta go get *pretty*!  Till my next post, Nancyruth&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6739171566497733677-1373281366887668135?l=nancyruthat.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/feeds/1373281366887668135/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6739171566497733677&amp;postID=1373281366887668135' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1373281366887668135'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6739171566497733677/posts/default/1373281366887668135'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nancyruthat.blogspot.com/2009/06/sketch-challenge-233-and-another-tote.html' title='Sketch Challenge 233 And another tote'/><author><name>nancyruth</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17523065325430975735</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='14' height='32' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Nr5mojmgY6A/TpLfqZbBMBI/AAAAAAAAA7o/oTib1tVUUG0/s220/self%2Bportraits%2B92711%2Bnancyruth%2B005.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6rBo4ZV2wBI/Sjlb3itNtDI/AAAAAAAAAjY/kSpXZggmffU/s72-c/metallic-purse-tlc225-nrl-0.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>
