A Winner and An Award!

Wow I have surpassed 200 followers!  I'm so extremely flattered and super excited to have so many dedicated and new followers!  Thank you so much to everyone who hopped along with us for the Cupcake Birthday Blog Hop. I received 45 sparkly comments. Lucky for me random.org does the choosing :)

and the winner is...

Jessica from Chick-n-Scrap said "Great cupcake card!! thanks for sharing and for the chance to win". Jessica - you've got mail! Please contact me back with your info and I will get your goodies in the mail.  If I don't hear from you within one week I will sadly have to chose someone else :( Also, if you haven't been to visit Jessica be sure to drop by her blog and leave her some love.  You won't be disappointed!

Next... I have received another award! Sherrie at Sherrie Scraps and Karen at Kaleidoscope Sparkles were super sweet to pass this along to me.  I'm extremely honored to be receiving this award!

The rules for the award are the following (note I will be doing this x2):

1.) Send a thank you to the person who nominated you and include their link.
2.) To accept this award, answer 7 random facts about yourself.
3.) Pass the award to at least 8 other blog buddies.

Random facts about me:

* I love to read children's literature

* I don't like chocolate

* I love teaching and can't picture myself doing anything else for a living

* I have met some really amazing friends over the last year (both in life and through blogging)

* I love to play scrabble
* I enjoy spending Saturday's watching chick flicks

* I love going to the zoo

* I can't seem to find the patience to make scrapbook layouts.  So I stick mostly to cards and favors
* I have always had at least 1 pet and usually more than 1
* I hate spiders, but also refuse to kill them

* I could eat pizza every night for dinner

* I just started to "text" over the last few months (I know, I am super behind!)

* I married my best friend 6 years ago

* I LOVE anything that sparkles!

I would like to pass this award on to the following wonderful ladies:

* Jen at Craftyful Gardens

* Tami B at Tami's Craft Connection

* Georgiana at Carson's Creations

* Karen at Kaleidoscope Sparkles

* Jen at Jen's Happy Place

* Julie at A Little Bit of Bling

* Patti at Callahan Country Bugs

* Gigi at The Cricut Bug

* Liza at Hoo's Crafty

* Courtney at Krafty Keekerz

* Lisa at My Lil' Bits

* Star at Star's Paper Passion

* Arlene at WaterDots

* Cindy at ~*Scrap-tastic Addictions*~

* Elaine at Expressions by Elaine 

* Tammy at The Purple Muse

Now I am hopping over to tell all of these inspirational ladies about their award.  I hope you will visit them all too, not only to congratulate them but to get some amazing inspiration of you own :)  I'll be back in the next day or two to post my other Father's Day Card, so make sure you check back! *~*Thanks for stopping by*~*