Great Giveaway

Come check out the great giveaway sponsored by Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy over at Obsessed with Scrapbooking. You can find it here:

http://www.obsessedwithscrapbooking.com/2010/08/hello-thursday-august-cricut-cartridges.html

A GREAT Giveaway

Check out this great Giveaway. Some amazing candy being given away. You can read all bout it here:

http://inkedinspirations.blogspot.com/2010/07/its-my-birthday.html

Can't resist a challenge

OK. I have a lot to do today and on my list of To Do things was not create a card. But, while reading my facebook this morning I learned of the EmbellishmentMagazine.com Color Challenge Invitation. The challenge was to create an invitation using the colors they picked out. They are three of my FAVORITE colors. I just couldn't resist. You can see my card to the left. Unfortunately the colors in the photo didn't come out very good. I'm not sure why because I don't normally have that problem. You can learn more about the challenge at the Embellishment Magazine website. Here's the address: http://embellishmagazine.com/blog/2010/07/embellish-invitations-color-challenge-sponsored-by-unity-stamp-company/
It is co-sponsored with the Unity Stamp Co. What amazing stamps they have!!! I just learned of them this week so I didn't have any to use on my card. I have a TON of them on my Wish List. Today they are having a 40% off sale. It is only for today though. Go to their website to learn more. You can find them at:
http://unitystampco.com/
Check out their blog for the code for the sale. You can find it at:
http://theunitystampco.blogspot.com/
Now don't blame me if you become addicted because I'm right there with you.
Enjoy!!

Here's a new card I created. I really liked the way it came out so I thought I'd share it here. I cut the flowers on my Cricut. I inked the edges - green on the white flower and white on the purple flower - then used the Provocraft spatula to add texture to the flowers. Enjoy!!

Check out this great Give Away of the Independence Day cartridge.

http://happydotcrafts.blogspot.com/2010/07/4th-of-july-giveaway.html?showComment=1278256719057_AIe9_BHVfb-TFQ-_nZBXLdrHZFhi25GLWNwdNwti4jkbdcoCl6Xfh34eGQZCYq3Tr97-80pPTjvJVl5Y4GIc-xuSwR6JuiCC0ag0QUgVMXB5F7rUsADU8ouZ-MtZVnnsHk_8sqRv4jUvcOC-pwjmod3H0BtKqWHM7tukvq4T3BVr3sNUlBgmMlvvk-PiK5tNsQhcI9s_OWPXqyv7Snk0G7vMloA_jbPayNpV65G89b11H-O1k6q0LzlpPlOAraWNQCty2XXZmk7tErmrVX_A6gmAQV9hAJvEtGDnXJIm2sYkQcFUhwUWJ5avC_Ni3FYaVsZ5X2uWziBgYyrSjYGh0rxDJ0pD8_6UcBxTy6A4PrkkURv7iPHZ06cKRIqE0WRLZLxPJfHog-d-bglMsq6pKneqXW8UxFMCdT6U0FIL3lTgQUDPv3IDVC2u6iEgRM6CAbtVzYYS5qXMQ9qQgLrdOJW9gvlpH0BZjMrVXWfw1V4IKUSXSejPbXkl4MrD51puAm9nKWMmNpG8Gpc--VoVWDQfsn2Vv9JfXxweuuCu4rAV2uesllo9FYzOjU6XS_szKbMr2-3sLCubSCF1bXoHoGUKlouvtwRe1NM8rEzZamkWESu41rm5qui4FTLprapMqkob51nCTP5WIhTItCZwn_j8ZLeBrAqn-dwRqC52LdVSQOCMmFMGt40#c1631196923278829175

Trying something new

Robyn over at My Pink Stamper has put out a call for new members for her My Pink Stamper Design Team. I decided to challenge myself to come up with an entry. I have never done anything like this before so this is something that is outside of my comfort zone. I'm excited with my entry and you can find it above. I used my Creative Memories Everyday Display and the Cricut to highlight my daughter's senior prom picture. All of the papers except for the words "sr prom" and "memories" as well as the heart were cut from Creative Memories papers. The words and heart were cut out of Stampin Up paper. With my Cricut Expression, I cut the flowers using the Accent Essentials and Sweet Treats cartridges. I cut the heart with the George cartridge. The words were cut with the Lyrical Letters cartridge (LOVE that cartridge). I used Bags, Tags and More to cut the tag. I accented the tag with paper ribbon from Creative Memories. I sponged the edges of the white flower and the purple flower with Stampin Up inks. I added texture to these flowers by putting a crease down the center of each petal using the Cricut spatula. I had lots of fun creating this layout and am glad I pushed myself outside of my comfort zone. Thanks, Robyn.

And the right hand page

And here's the right hand page, again using Deena Rutter's Heirloom kit.

Thanks for looking.

Another Layout

Here's another layout using Deena Rutters great Heirloom kit. This is the left hand page of a two page spread. Here's the link that will tell you all about the contest.

http://www.persnicketyprints.com/deena-rutter

Go check it out. You get an AWESOME free digi kit. Give it a try. What do you have to loose?

Layout Entry

Hi, Everyone
Here is my layout entry in Deena Rutter and Persnickety Prints Layout contest. You can read all about it here:

http://www.persnicketyprints.com/deena-rutter

So what do you think? Isn't she one beautiful young lady??

Completing a Challenge

Robyn over at My Pink Stamper is having an awesome giveaway opportunity. The prize is a Cricut Expression!! I couldn't pass this one up. Above is my entry. In honor of Robyn, I put the star on the card with dimensional. For the word "dad" I used Lyrical Letters. That cartridge is AWESOME!! It has so many fonts on it. Go visit Robyn at www.mypinkstamper.com.

Who wants a Cricut Expressions??

Follow this link for a GREAT giveaway opportunity!!!

http://www.cricutholiday.com/

Cool Giveaway

Just days left to enter Deena Rutter's "Smattering of a Giveaway". Head on over to her blog to enter!! You don't want to miss... http://fb.me/tvPVVEsA

The Office Box and Wrong Numbers Giveaway

The Original Scrapbox has a brand new piece of organizing furniture and you have a chance to win it! Introducing the Office Box...

And celebrating the launch of Rachelle J. Christensen's suspense novel, Wrong Number, you can enter for a chance to win an autographed copy!





The Office Box was created as an addition to the line of incredible scrapbooking furniture The Original Scrapbox has to offer, such as The Workbox and The EZ View Craft Desk.
Check out the amazing features on The Office Box, available in 4 different colors: Space for a 19" monitor, magazine holder, Totes that act as slide-out drawers, Velcro storage/organizers, Power cord hole in back of box. This folds out to 72" by 48" by 36" and closes up to the sleek space of only 36" wide by 48" high and 21" deep.

Giveaway open from March 5, 2010- March 15, 2010 at 11:59pm.
Open to addresses in the contiguous United States only.
Giveaway Rules:
*You can only enter under one name

* It is possible to win more than one preliminary prize, which means it’s possible to be entered into the grand prize drawing more than once.

*All winner’s addresses must be stateside US addresses

*You must complete the required entry to be eligible to win

Want to get away to a fantastic scrapping weekend?

Visit the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog for all the details and great challenges and tips.

http://cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/02/wanna-get-away-to-this-fantastic.html

They are going to have a live U stream on March 6th - be sure to check it out.

Very excited

Took me a while and lots of trial and error but I finally figured out how to post the My Pink Stamper blinkie on my blog. For those of you who are blog experienced, I know this seems super easy but this is my first blog so I'm pretty excited that I got it figured out. It's the little things........

Expressions Give away

Well I've been trying and trying to grab the My Pink Stampers button to put on the side of my blog but I am new to all of this and have no idea what I am doing. What I am going to do instead is put the link to her website with the giveaway. It's a great opportunity. Go take a peak at her site. She has TONS of great ideas and excellent videos.

Here's that link:
http://www.mypinkstamper.com/2010/02/CRICUT-expression-giveaway.html

Something New........

I've never had a blog before but want to enter a contest that the My Pink Stamper is running where she is giving away a FREE Expressions. To enter I have to put her button on my blog. I've created this blog so that I can do that. Now that it is started, let's see where it goes..........