Go Lakers and Heart (Blog) Candy

Here is today's prize, 9 wood stamps. To win is easy, just leave a comment on this post.

My blogoversary is coming up the first week in June and I will be celebrating a month early since my baby is due the first week in June! Every day for the next two weeks I will be posting a new prize. To win that day's prize just leave a comment on that day's post by Wednesday, May 14. I will select the winners for all the prizes on Friday, May 16. You can win more than 1 prize! I will be using random.org to select the winners. If you are a subscriber, you may leave two comments on each day's post for an extra chance at winning.

Finally, here is my finished memo board. It's a Mother's Day gift for my mom who is a rabid fan and season ticket holder. I really wanted to find buttons but I couldn't find hardly any selection of buttons anywhere so I used these basketball brads I had to cover up the staples. I apologize if the picture is dark. I think it came out very cute!

don't forget to check back tomorrow for that day's giveaway!

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Happy Cinco De Mayo and today's Heart (blog) Candy

Today's prize is this ribbon punch and thinking of you stamp. To win, just leave a comment on this post.



My blogoversary is coming up the first week in June and I will be celebrating a month early since my baby is due the first week in June! Every day for the next two weeks I will be posting a new prize. To win that day's prize just leave a comment on that day's post by Wednesday, May 16. I will select the winners for all the prizes on Friday, May 18. You can win more than 1 prize! I will be using random.org to select the winners. If you are a subscriber, you may leave two comments on each day's post for an extra chance at winning.



I wanted to post this very cute memo board I made but it's not quite done. I hope to finish it tonight. Instead, I have two more cards using the Sheetload of Cards template. It was a good way to use up scraps and some paper packets that I had lying around.

I used my neglected American Art Stamps for these cards. I colored them using chalks. The paper is all CTMH. These cards will be used for RAK's! Don't forget to check back tomorrow for new candy!

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More Candy

Here is today's blog candy. It's a magazine that normally retailed for 14.95 with all kinds of projects and ideas to make handmade gifts.

My blogoversary is coming up the first week in June and I will be celebrating a month early since my baby is due the first week in June! Every day for the next two weeks I will be posting a new prize. To win that day's prize just leave a comment on that day's post by Wednesday, May 14. I will select the winners for all the prizes on Friday, May 16. You can win more than 1 prize! I will be using random.org to select the winners. If you are a subscriber, you may leave two comments on each day's post for an extra chance at winning.

I've been so busy and tired, I haven't had time to upload anything new but hopefully soon. Enjoy your weekend!

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2nd Day of Heart (Blog) Candy!

My blogoversary is coming up the first week in June and I will be celebrating a month early since my baby is due the first week in June! Every day for the next two weeks I will be posting a new prize. To win that day's prize just leave a comment on that day's post by Wednesday, May 14. I will select the winners for all the prizes on Friday, May 16. You can win more than 1 prize! I will be using random.org to select the winners. If you are a subscriber, you may leave two comments on each day's post for an extra chance at winning.

Here is today's prize: 2 Target stamp sets, 1 Target brads and 1 corner punch. Just leave a comment on this post if you would like to win today's prize!

I am almost finished with my mom's Mother's Day gift. I didn't realize that Mother's Day is next week! I hope to post it tonight! It's crafty but non-stamp related but super easy to make. Well, I have to go to work, my last professional development day so I have to finish getting ready for work, talk to you soon.

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Heart (Blog) Candy & Fun Card Box

Hi Everyone! My blogoversary is coming up the first week in June and I will be celebrating a month early since my baby is due the first week in June! Every day for the next two weeks I will be posting a new prize. To win that day's prize just leave a comment on that day's post by Wednesday, May 14. I will select the winners for all the prizes on Friday, May 16. You can win more than 1 prize! I will be using random.org to select the winners. If you are a subscriber, you may leave two comments on each day's post for an extra chance at winning. I am finally clearing out the rest of my supplies that I just haven't seemed to use!

The first prize is this very cool Fiskars teeny tiny cassette punch. I actually bought two of them! Super fun for scrapping or stamping and it's something the kids might like too! Just leave a comment on today's post for a chance to win. Tomorrow I have to work, so I will try to post before I leave, otherwise the prize will be listed in the evening.

Today, I am sharing a very cute card box. I got the directions here. I used the Friends and Flowers Simply Scrapping kit (retired) from SU. I utilized the stickers and paper that came with the kit to decorate the box. The cranberry ribbon is CTMH.






Then I made 4 cards to go inside the box. The cards are standard 5 1/2 by 4 1/4. There is minimal stamping, all stamps are SU. I mostly utilized the papers and stickers that came with the kit. I am very happy with how it turned out. I'll be giving this box of cards to my grandmother as part of her Mother's Day gift.

Enjoy your weekend and don't forget to leave a comment!

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The winner is Blue Moon! Please email me with your address!

I have been trying to get organized in my impossibly small crafting corner. I just bought a Rubber Maid 4 drawer bin and spent last night putting ribbon and other embellishments in it. I hope to finish up organizing by this weekend. I did create a very cute card box and some cards but I haven't had a chance to take pictures of it yet. So in the meantime, I have another stamp camp card to share with you.

I have no idea what stamps we used but all stamps and papers are SU. We used the Guava carousel notes and SU has a brass template that fits these notes perfectly which is what we used to do all of the holes that you see. We watercolored the images and used SU's water color paper which I had never used before. I think it's a very pretty card. Hope to post something new tomorrow but be sure to check back for a special two week heart candy!

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She's All That

I went to my SU stamp camp last week and this is one of the cards we made.

I apologize if the picture looks dark. All cardstock, stamps and supplies are SU. The image is stamped in Gray to match the cardstock. We used the chunky glitter to bling out her dress. The stamp set is called She's All That. The grey cardstock has some subtle background stamping from the Petals and ? stamp set. I can't remember the entire name of the set but it looks very nice IRL. The chunky glitter tends to stick everywhere though!

Remember to comment on the heart candy post to win some yummy blog candy. See you all tomorrow with the winner!

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Spring Flowers

I hope that everyone had a nice weekend. It was hot, hot, hot here in Southern California. I thought April showers were supposed to bring May Flowers? Haven't seen a sign of rain here! Above, I have two cards to show you. They are both very similar with just a couple of subtle differences. The paper is from CTMH and the stamp is American Art Stamps - the line by Karen Stolper. The sentiment is Paper Trey Ink. The pink ribbon is from SU and I finally used my swiss dots embossing folder for my cuttlebug. The layout is from Sheetload of cards. I changed up the layout a little bit in terms of size. The original size called for a much smaller image, more like a sentiment but I wanted to be able to use a bigger stamp.

I should go to bed. It's 10:30 here and I got to get up at 5:00am to go to work so I will talk to you all soon. Don't forget blog candy is available on the post below!

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Cuttlebug Flowers and Summer Heart Candy

Here is a card that I made to submit to the Paper Trey Ink site. I used the stamp set Women of Life and the new April paper pack. I used my cuttlebug flower set along with lightweight coasters to make the flowers. The ribbon is May Arts because I hadn't gotten my Paper Trey Ink order yet with the new ribbon. The stems were stamped with Aqua Mist ink. I really like the way it came out.

This week's heart candy is a Fiskars acrylic stamp set - the name escapes me but it's a brand new stamp set with summer images. To win is easy, just leave a comment on this post by midnight Tuesday and I will select a winner on Wednesday, April 30. If you'd like you can answer this question, are you a cardmaker, a scrapbooker or both? Also, do you use up your scraps? or do you, gasp, throw them away? I am starting to get overloaded with scraps, some are easy to use up but others I'm just not sure what to do with! I am working on lots of cards so I hope to upload some new projects soon! Enjoy your Friday!

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The winner of the star stamp set is Diane S - she was listed as anonymous. Please email me with your address by Saturday to claim your prize!

Thanks for your kind words regarding my son being bitten. Hopefully, these kids will grow out of it.

Anyhow, I have been working on using up some of my older paper packs. The two projects I have to show you today came from the CTMH Rough and Tumble paper pack. What is really cool about these paper packs is that they not only have like 6 sheets of different dp but also cardstock that matches as well as a matching sticker sheet. They are designed for scrapbooking but work great for cardmaking too. Basically, I had enough paper left in this pack to make a 2 page 12x12 scrapbook layout (I haven't put pictures in it yet) and 11 cards! Those who are regulars to my blog will recognize this paper pack and know that I have put it to good use and have gotten a ton of projects out of it.

The only stamping that was done on this card is the "Enjoy the Moment" which came from Paper Trey Ink's Mixed Messages stamp set. Otherwise, I just used the stickers that came with the paper pack. Very easy and fun cards for little boys. I am still working on the other 9 cards - I still have some stamping and embellishments left to do so I hope to show you those soon. More heart candy on Friday so stay tuned!

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Pink Friend

Here is a card to share...All stamps, papers and ink are from Paper Trey Ink. I just love these colors - they are so cheerful. This post is going to be quick because I'm at work! Enjoy your Monday everyone and talk to you all soon.

Don't forget the heart candy below! Post a comment if you haven't already!

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Christmas? in April?

I really wanted to do one of the Cat's Pajamas challenges but the only Cat's Pajamas stamps I have are Christmas. This week it's a sketch challenge hosted here. The stamp set is Kitty Christmas and the paper is Reminince. I used Bella Baubles, a flower from my stash and my nestabilities. I colored kitty using my copic markers and on the candy cane I used my candy cane stickles. The card size is 81/2 x 4.

Don't forget to comment on the post below for blog candy!

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Star Heart Candy

Here is what you are playing for, another fun stamp set from Inque Boutique. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post by midnight, Tuesday, April 22 and I will choose a winner randomly on Wednesday morning.

Thanks Melissa for your advice regarding the "biters" at my son's daycare. I do get incident reports. If it happens again, my husband and I will be talking to the director because we plan on sending our new baby to the same place and we don't want her to get bitten either! My son went through a very short hitting phase but other than that, he doesn't hit or bite or scratch or any of that stuff. We of course don't get to find out who the culprit is, but I do know that he did get bitten once by my stepdaughter's math teacher's little girl. I know kids grow out of this stuff but I just don't want my son to have to get bitten in the meantime!

Anyway, enjoy your Friday and your weekend! Talk to you soon.

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Pretty in Purple

I have a card to share with you all. It's a card I made for a challenge that can be found here.
Doesn't scream spring? The paper is from CTMH and the sentiment is SU. The ribbon is American Crafts and seems to match perfectly. The hardware is WER Memory Keepers and the flower is from Prima. The pearl in the center of the flower is from Target 1.00 spot. I should have bought more, what a bargain! I made the card for a challenge but I really love how it came out so it's definitely going in my "thank you card" stash.

I have a question, what is up with all the little kids who bite? My son is 18 months old and he has been bitten no less than 8 times. He probably was bitten about 7 times when he was in the infant room and he has not even been with toddlers a month and he has gotten bitten. And this bite was a good one. You can still see it almost a week later! I know the other kids get frustrated because if they want a toy that he has, they can't get it away from him, he is very big and strong for his age. He's the same size as the 2 and 21/2 year olds but still it's very aggravating. Then today, he apparently fell down and has this mean old split lip! My poor baby is just getting beat up!

Well, hopefully no more mishaps for him this week. Don't forget to visit me tomorrow for some more heart candy!

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Thank you Candy Winner!

Mandy, you are the winner. Please contact me ASAP so I can send your candy to you! I've got a lot of work to do so this will be a very short post. I'm working on a couple of card challenges so I hope to post those tomorrow!
Be sure to check out Lil' Buck's site, there is some very nice blog candy to be won there! Also, Lim has a newer blog and also has some candy.
Talk to you soon.

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Is it Friday Yet?

Some weeks just go by very slowly. I can't believe that it's only Tuesday! I went to the Dr. yesterday and everything is well with the baby. I've only got 7 more weeks to go. I still look pretty small, most people are surprised that I'm 8 months pregnant. I think that if I was any bigger, I wouldn't be able to keep up with my Tyler. I am experiencing a lot of lower ligament pain. I had it with Tyler too so I try not to sit for too long which is hard when you're a librarian and on the computer all day!Here is a fun card - the stamps are papers are all CTMH. It's a tall card, which is a different size for me. She looks like she's going to a garden party or to afternoon tea.

Remember, I pick the winner for the blog candy tomorrow and then of course more heart candy on Friday!

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Busy weekend...

Hi everyone, I can't believe how fast the weekend went by. Saturday was spent running some errands. We did go to this little pond by our house and fed the ducks. The baby absolutely loved it. Got some very cute photos. Today, I took Tyler to my parents house and he went swimming. I have to apologize for those who are still freezing but it was 95 degrees here this weekend!

I have been scrapbooking a lot. Here are some of my layouts.

Here is one page of a two page layout. I think that it's very cute. The layout was inspired by the Sisterhood of Scrap which is having a week of challenges.

Here is another 2 page layout. I don't have the second page up - it's just his little class picture. I absolutely love this picture of my son.



Here is the first of two Christmas layouts. This is Christmas at our home.


This is the second Christmas layout which was Christmas at my parents house later that day.





I started making some baby thank you cards. The first one I made I did not like. My coloring came out terrible.

So I went back to the drawing board. Same layout but I recolored my stork who now looks like this:

A lot softer look. The card size is notecard size - I think it's 41/2 by 31/4. I used a stamp set designed by Anna Wight from Whipper Snapper stamps. The paper is Cosmo Cricket. I hope that everyone enjoys their Monday.

Don't forget you still have time to comment for my blog candy, see the post below.

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