My Birthday October 21st, and you get the Gift

              
                    Hello Everyone


            October 21st is my birthday. I thought it would be fun to

  to do my first blog candy.






This is everything in the pack.
Want to win?
Make sure you are a member of my blog. And leave a comment. If You like follow by e-mail also.
That's it. Post this on your blog or side bar and link it back to my blog, leave a comment, and that will be an additional  chance to win. This will be a fast  give a way. It starts now and ends Monday October 31st at midnight EST.  Good Luck . ( Must have a U.S. post box to send prize)

    Here are close up pictures of what's in the prize.

Silk flower petals. Great
for cards or scrapbooking, and you can sew them on fabric, quilts, dresses, etc. They wash very well.

Pink Velcro, Brown and cream lace, 2 small spools of ribbon,  one silver leaf and one gold leaf flakes.

Six strand of beads.

Something for the kiddo's.
Glow bracelets, and a craft pack to make friendship bracelets,great for boys or girls.

These are the colors.

I know you can't see it very well but that is a large sheet of little 3-D squares for cards or scrapbooking. We can never have to many of those. The nail stickers? I use them on my cards, they are a great little add on.

This is my favorite. Parchment paper, envelopes and card stock. FromSpecialty Paper's Plus. 10 sheets of gold card stock,2 blue,2 pink, and 2 green. Parchment paper,2 gold, 2 pink 2 blue and 2 green.Then 2 matching parchment envelopes for each color.

One package of steam a seam,
great for quilts, cards, srapbooking, etc. Any time you want to use fabric in your project.

These are great tags from Kaban.

These are also from Kaban. Wonderful little sentiment stickers. 

And 2 paint brushes. All I need is the partridge in a pear tree. LOL



One other thing, No picture, it is a surprise. You must have a surprise birthday gift. It will be from one of my favorite companies. Crafter's Companion.  What I can tell you, it is a stamp set.
                I hope you have as much fun entering ,as I am giving this package away.  Good Luck! 
                                        And have a scrappy Day!

WHAT IS A DAUGHTER

            Hello Everyone:

       This week holds a very special place in my heart. It is my daughter, Jennifer's, birthday.

        Jennifer is so many things to me. A daughter, best friend, my baby. She is someone to confide in, laugh with, cry with, craft with. Most of all, a beautiful woman who has a kind and gentle soul. I am so thankful that this precious little gift was sent to me.

        I made this box-card for her. It is a birthday, thank you, and best friend card all rolled into one.

        I wanted to make something special so I went to Lily Box  and from this site, made my card.

        After making the flowers with my very favorite white parchment paper from Specialty Paper's Plus, I pulled out my Crafter's Companion's ultimate tool and Boxer Board. I used pink and black card stock (her favorite colors). Using the measurement's from the website, the box came together in no time. On the inside panels,first spraying with Gold Spray and Sparkle, then cutting out spellbinders circle shapes, I used the Stick and stay spray to keep them in place. I stamped the circles with the flower from Flower Fairies Friends Zinnia set. Then I finished up with the sweetest little stamp set from  S.W.A.L.K. 'Best Friends' . The saying is so true..

          This month the contest theme is friendship. Make a project and enter to win some wonderful stamps from crafter's companion. Just go to:
         http://crafterscompanion-challenge.blogspot.com/ and enter to win.
 

        I had a great time making this box-card for Jennifer.             
For more information on all of these  great products go  to   www.crafterscompanion.com or  http://www.specialtypapersplus.com/
and check them out.

         Thank you so much for stopping by.
                                                      
         

Have a scrappy day.

        

First Friends Card For October

         Hello Again

   This is the card I made for the contest over at Crafter's Companion. The theme is Friendship. The pop up easel card was fun. I used the Ultimate Tool to make the card. For the Friends, I used the Popcorn Pal's rubber stamp collection.

    I stamped them out tree times.I colored them all in, cut out and layered them  with glue dots for a 3-D effect.

    I used a little green twine for the swing. Martha Stewart punches for the fence, the grass, and the apples. The cloud punch is from Fiskar. The other odds and ends are from K and Company.

     Now don't forget, go to  www.crafterscompanion-challenge.blogspot.com and enter to win.

    I hope you enjoy the card.  Thank you for stopping by.

                      Have a Scrappy Day.        

SPECIALTY PAPER'S PLUS ORNAMENT CARDS

                  Hello Everyone

                Today is           
       Specialty Paper's Plus  
                     Day


     The beautiful gold parchment
card stock is the Bonus  paper you receive with every order.
I used it as base for the cards.
The main reason I enjoy this paper, it is very sturdy,it takes
inks well, and it makes embossing
super easy.

       
 

I cut the ornaments out of the pink and blue parchment. I used the blossom punch from stampin up. For the ornaments  on the card I used 4 pieces, for the one that you can take off the card and hang on the tree I used 8. Just punch,fold in half, glue and decorate. If you would like more information on how to make these wonderful little ornaments go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu7j-ic5LTM&feature=uploademail                     
and check it out.

This is the card stock I used. The parchment is at the top. The gold piece is part of there  metallic line. If you would like to see more of there beautiful paper's go to http://www.specialtypapersplus/  and take a look. Don't forget about the coupon to the right, all you need to do is place your order ,put the code "HAPPYHOLIDAYS" (all one word)  in the coupon area and you get 10% off the parchment paper. Make sure you go to the "Aged 65 lb. Cover "and get 50  pieces of the gold parchment card stock  FREE. 

     Thank you for stopping by. Have a scrappy day.

  

Ornament Fun

       Hello everyone.

          This weekend my daughter and I had great fun making ornaments.  I enjoy when she comes over, we craft, talk, eat,  and have the best time.



                                                   

                                                      Jennifer made the beautiful black and white ornaments pictured here at the left. I think she did a great job.

This is her first picture post on my blog. Jennifer will also be a guest designer in the future. If you like what she has made please leave a comment. 

 

    We had  a blast making  ornaments. We cut them out with my Grand Calibur machine and  Spellbinder dies. We used the Crafter's companion Ultimate tool  to score down the middle of each piece. You have to be very accurate or the ornament will not match up.
 Using the ultimate tool made
 that very easy.

         I want to give the ornament

as a gift.  I used the ultimate tool
to make the box also.

 This is just one of the many

projects that is shown on
 the CD that comes with the
 ultimate tool.
        I put the window on both
sides and hung the ornament
from a glue dot on the inside
 of the box. Then placed Velcro
 on top and bottom to keep the
 box shut.
         The box will come in handy
to store the ornament so it will not
 get crushed.

        We  had so much fun making

these ornaments. I hope you enjoy

 the pictures. If you want to know

more about the crafter's companion

 ultimate tool go to

http://www.crafterscompanion.com/

and check out all the great products.

         If you have any question,

leave me a comment.

          I would also like to invite you to join my blog.

  Thank you so much for stopping by.

           And have a scrappy day.

Giving Back

                  I hope everyone had a great time at the Earth Warrior's Festival  this past week. My little flowers were offered up as a gift  to Mother Earth. I think most of us forget that most of the paper we use is from nature. I wish I could have been their to see the festivities.  Maybe next year.

                     In the next Week I will be featuring http://specialtypapersplus.com/  I have some great cards and ornaments to show you,so come back and visit. 

                               Thank you and have a scrappy day.

Fun With Flowers

 Hello Everyone
       Last night  I was working on white flowers. My step son Devin  is in charge of decorating the stage ( Just one of his many talents) at the

Earth Warriors Festival  In Ohio Starting September 22nd.  and goes through to the 25th.

    We only just found out about this 2 days ago. I started out with the Cricut Cartridge, Mother's Day Bouquet ,cutting out petals. Then the Martha Stewart punches came out, and my wonderful crafter's companion ultimate tool. Which made it easier and faster. 

        The flowers had to all be  white so the  lighting would do all the coloring. So out came the clear gems, stickles star dust and diamond glitter and the iridescent spray & sparkle from crafter's companion.

    All was going well, then the Big shot and the Grand Calibur  had to make an appearance along with some of the cuttelbug embossing folders.

     Little  pieces of paper were every where. Flowers all over the couch . Up jumps our beautiful long haired black cat spooker ( we found her on Halloween) right in the middle of wet glittery flowers!! Well as fast as she jumped up, she came down in the paper pieces.  Now I have paper all over the house. She was so pretty all glittery with paper stuck to her feet.

    After cleaning the cat and the floor, It was back to the flowers.  The magnolia flowers were the last of the bunch, I found that video on you tube under, what else, making magnolia flowers. Those were  the easiest. Made with an ornament punch from stampin up.

      I had great fun helping him make flowers for the festival. I hope you like the pictures. I only came up with about 55 flowers. I hope that will help.

          Devin also designed my blog, He is amazing!

  For more information on any of the products,  videos,  or want help designing your blog, please leave a comment and I will get back to you.
   If you have the time try to make it out to the festival .
    Thank you so much for stopping by and have a scrappy day!!

Souffle' The Duck

. Hello everyone

           .
       I just wanted to say I had a great time this month being a guest designer.  

           For my last card, my choice was Popcorn the Bear's, "Say It With Flowers". This set has Souffle' the duck, one of his pals. Because Popcorn the Bear is getting all the attention this month, I wanted to show the many stamps that could be used with the NEW Popcorn the Bear CD-ROM. 

              For my card I started out with a piece of white card stock embossed with flowers. Then went over the entire card with sunshine yellow and pumpkin orange memento ink,using the blending tool from ranger.

            For the fence I used a piece of Pearlescent card stock. Punched the edges using a Martha Stewart Punch.Then attached it with extra strong tape.

             I used soufflle' sitting in the basket with all the flowers around him. Stamped it out on white card stock then colored it with my copic markers. Cut it out and used pop dots to give it a 3-D effect. Stamped it with the sentiment "say it with flowers" from the same set,added the Indian flowers and a butterfly, courtesy of Penny Duncan Creations, and done.

       

  These are the items I used:

Extra Strong Permanent Tape Runner

Memento Ink Pads

 Say It With FlowersStamp Set from Popcorn the Bear.


Rubit-Scrubit Cleaning Pad

Copic Sketch Markers

Pearlescent 12 x 12 Paper & Card Pack - Brights - 40 Sheets

15" x 18" Inkssentials Non-stick Craft Sheet

And last but not least:

 CleverCut 5-in-1 Paper Trimmer  Prize of the month.  
     All of these wouderful products can be found at  http://www.crafterscompanion.com/ .

For more information about the Indian flowers or the butterflies go to http://pennyduncancreations.blogspot.com/   or click on the icon to the right. Penny has great items for your cards and  Videos on how to make your own.

For the pumpkin and gourds stamp go to http://stampwithtami.com/ And look at the roller stamps.

       Thank you so much, it's been great fun and have a scrappy day.

         

           

             

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