Another with MFT Boho Blossoms

Well, I'm sad to report that I was not a winner at the casino this weekend. We played bingo and my sister actually was 1 away like 3 times but didn't win. Bummer, since the payout was 1200 bucks! Oh well maybe next time! I didn't get to any crafting this weekend just so busy but I do have this to share:

This is paper from some cards that I made a couple of posts down. That's what makes it so hard to use up all of the paper we buy like crazy. You can get a lot of milage out of a couple of sheets of DP. This is Boho Blossoms stamped in a CTMH pink (the name escapes me!). I used my Nestabilities for the circle and the scalloped border. The rick rack is Doodlebug and the paper flower is prima. The cute little brad is from the Target $1 spot. I was there today and picked up some more very cute brads and some really pretty blue ribbon! I also used my cuttlebug heart embossing plate for a little added texture.

I also started to make little treats for my stepdaughters friends and for some of my girlfriends. These are little plastic pouches that I got from clear bags. I used more of that same DP, ric rac and the heart stamp from Boho Blosoms. I put a heart gem in the middle of the flower for a little bling. Filled it with Hershey's Valentines Kisses and it's a very cute little treat!

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15,000 Hits Heart Candy

Wow, I just noticed that I am approaching 15,000 hits! So in honor of all of your visits, I will be offering up a very nice heart candy.

This candy includes this new 7 Gypsies stamp, some additional ink pads and additional oval stamps. Worth over $30 bucks. I bought it and just never used it so hopefully it will find a new happy home out there in blogland.

To win just leave a comment here on this post by midnight, Tuesday, January 22 and I will use random.org to choose a winner. If you'd like, you can answer this question, what have you purchased that you just don't use or was a big disappointment?

Well, I'm going to the Indian casino for the day tomorrow for my cousin's birthday. I hope to win some money! Have a fab Friday!

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Happy Mail and a layout

First, I wanted to say thank you for the happy mail. I received two lovely cards in the mail. The first is from Jennifer Taylor. I received this card a couple of weeks ago but I kept forgetting to take a picture of it.

Isn't pretty? I have it posted on my bulletin board!

This card is from Tracy for some heart candy she won. Isn't cute and cheerful?

Now onto my layout for my baby's book.

Who says you can't use pink and periwinkle on a boy's page? Tyler was about six months old and my mom really wanted to take him on the carousel.
The lettering was done with my Cricut, I think I used the George cartridge. Do you see that tiny carousel? It's Quick Kutz and I used my cuttlebug to diecut it. What a pain - a lot of little pieces but I used something in my collection that I hadn't used yet. The paper is Cutie Pie by CTMH. The layout inspiration came from my CTMH Reflections book. Pin It Now!

Resolutions on track so far...

I have continued to work on my baby's one year album and have probably about 6 2-page layouts left. Also, I have decided to select one stamp or stamp set that I have bought but remains virgin (uninked) each week or so and create with it. I have so many stamps that I haven't used it's ridiculous. This decision follows under my resolution to use what I have!

So for the next couple of days you will see creations made with My Favorite Things Boho Blossoms.

I made two cards that are very similar. They were inspired by a card by Laura Canale that I saw on Splitcoaststampers.

This card is more close to a CASE except I used the heart stamp instead of the flower. The background stamped with SU French Script. I used colonial edge scissors, now retired, also from SU. I added a little bling from my stash for the middle of the heart.

This card uses the flower stamp from the set and the layout is the same. However, I used my cuttlebug script embossing for the background. Both cards used the CTMH colors of Black and Colonial White.

I am not sure which card I like better, if I had to pick, probably the second one. I think the first card would make a lovely wedding card and the second would be a nice card to slip in my husband's laptop case. So which card do you like best?

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Heart Candy Winner

Jaime! You are the winner of the Mellow candy! Please email me ASAP. My email is located under my picture! I hope to mail this week's, along with last week's candy on Friday (sorry to last week's winner! Just couldn't get to the PO, I have a sick baby!)

I made some very cute cards yesterday but I still need to take pics and load them on my computers so hopefully I'll have a chance to do that tonight!

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A spring card for you

I just wanted to post a quick card. This card uses CTMH's January stamp of the month Eastertime. Since CTMH's cardstock has a white core, it makes it easy to do designs and sandpaper to show the white core. I think the card would make a lovely Mother's Day card for my grandma.

Don't forget to post a comment to be entered into my heart candy.

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Challenge Cards for the New Year

Here are three cards that I made for Kimmie's sketch challenge. My first challenge of the year!
The paper is from Cloud9 , this is an Amuse stamp called Flower Child. The sentiment is MFT.

This is a baby card that I made for a colleague who is having a baby girl. I used SU Bundle of Joy, colored simply with a copic marker. The paper came from some candy I won. The sentiment is Amuse and the ribbon is from my stash.

In this last example, I turned the sketch around a little. It's a birthday card for my cousin using one of my neglected bellas. I paperpieced her pants. I used a bella bauble and a brad I got from some candy I won for the center of the flowers. It's a little busy but I think I like it anyway! I can't believe it's Sunday already, where did the time go?

Well, I will leave you with a pic of my son on his little quad. Doesn't he look cute in his helmet?

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Mellow Yellow Heart Candy

The heart candy for today is a 6x6 Basic Grey paper pad called Mellow. It's very easy to win. Just leave any old comment here on this post by midnight Tuesday, January 15. I will use random.org on Wednesday morning to pick and post a winner. Remember, you must email me if you are a winner by Saturday midnight!

We got my little son one of those motorized quads (they're like big wheels sort of, except motorized). So we're getting him a little helmet and taking him to the park this weekend to ride it and we will probably do laundry and veg out a little. I will probably get some scrapbooking/stamping in. What are you all doing this weekend? I hope something fun!

Enjoy your Friday!

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Flower Child

Well, I was hoping to post the very cute birthday card I made but it's almost 10:30 and I'm ready to go to bed. Too much CSI and I made dinner which wore me out. Anyway, I'll post it this weekend. In the meantime, here is a card using CTMH products including the Flower child stamp set.

I'll be posting Heart Candy tomorrow as soon as I can! So be sure to look for that. In the meantime, stay warm! Pin It Now!

Here is a fun layout that I created for my stepson's book. Green is his school colors so I found a Jets sticker set, peeled the numbers off and put his number on there with this varsity letter sticker set I found. The papers are all CTMH and are retired. I like how it came out.

I have some other things to post but will try and get to some of it tomorrow. I'm just so tired! Mainly because my husband is sick and has spent the last two nights coughing up a lung! I feel bad that he's sick but all I can think after the second sleepless night is a "shut up already!". Isn't that mean?

Oh what the heck let me also share this layout.

These are pages for Tyler's baby book! Yeah! One step closer to one of my resolutions. It just kills me how fascinated he is with a pair of cheap sunglasses and an empty Dove chocolate bag when he has gobs and gobs of toys to play with it! The first page really shows what a little ham he is!

Anyway, I hope that everyone is having a good week. I'll try to post something for you all tomorrow but will definitely be back with some heart candy on Friday!

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Winner announced!

I planned on having something posted today but just ran out of time. I will post tonight! I have been working hard on my resolutions. One of which is to finish my baby's 1 year album and to complete at least 1 layout a week. This week, I finished 2 layouts, one of which is for my baby's album. I have not purchased any paper but I did win some blog candy and got some paper which totally does not count because I didn't buy it, I won it! I hope to accomplish another goal the end of this month by setting up a Christmas savings/property tax savings account. It truly sucks that my property taxes are due in December! December ends up being a crazy expensive month and I don't enjoy it as much as I could because of that.

I really enoyed reading everyone's resolutions/goals for the year. They all sound very doable. I think losing weight has got to be the hardest goal because sometimes the weight just won't come off and it can be so frustrating. So I really applaud everyone who posted that they have lost weight and are plugging along to lose more! Usually that's one of my goals along with exercising more but I am expecting a baby the first week of June! So I have just gained 6 pounds so far so my goal is to keep my weight down. I only gained 20lbs with Tyler and hope to do the same with this baby.

Ok so onto the winner: Momsnack! Please contact me by email. My email is located under my picture!

If you didn't win this round, no worries, more heart candy is on the way. Check back on Friday! If you are new to my site, I post candy every Friday and the winner(s) the following Wednesday. I post new creations about 3-4 times a week! I hope to see you all on Friday! Keep pluggin away on those resolutions! Pin It Now!

Back to the Grindstone

After two weeks of vacation, I am now back to work. It wasn't too bad but I had gotten spoiled and really used to being home! So I didn't post anything for awhile, I was just trying to enjoy my last few days of vacation but I did do some scrapbooking and attended a stamp camp at a fellow demonstrators house. This is one of the projects we did:

It's a little matchbook card. How cute is that? The inside has sticks of gum wrapped in text weight paper and stamped to match. All stamps, paper and ink are CTMH. Enjoy your week and don't forget about heart candy! Check back on Wednesday morning to see if you're a winner! Pin It Now!

Thank you Card

I finally was able to sit down and make my son's thank you cards.

The stamps sets used were SU's Circus Train and MFT's Essential Sayings which fit in the SU Word Window Punch. The paper is from Anna Griffin. I used my copics to color in the images. I wanted something fun, and I think this fits the bill!

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Heart Candy is Back!

Heart Candy is back. This week's heart candy is a CTMH acrylix stamp set called Simple Stitches.

To win is simple. What's your New Year's Resolution? It doesn't have to be anything serious, it could be a crafting resolution. Mine is to finish my baby's one year album once and for all and to use up the paper I have (or at least some of it!) before buying more! Just leave your comment here by midnight Tuesday and I will use random.org to pick a winner on Wednesday, January 9.

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Happy New Year

HI Everyone, I hope that everyone is enjoying their holiday! Here are a few cards that I did at my monthly stamp club.

My demonstrator made this cute flip book for me as a Christmas present. It's an A-Z book and I can't wait to fill it with pictures!

Don't forget, I will be posting heart candy tomorrow! Hopefully, everything will start going back to normal with the holidays being over! Pin It Now!

Paperbag Album

Here is the paperbag album that I made for my mom for Christmas. All of the paper came from the DCWV Fall stack. The lettering is from my Cricut and the felt leaves are from the Target Dollar Spot.

I included some inside pages and one of the pockets. I used various embellishments that I had from my stash and I used my favorite punch - SU's tab punch.

I think it came out very cute and my mom loved it!

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Happy Holidays and Thank You!

Happy Holidays Everyone! I'm getting ready to go my mom's for some yummy dinner but first I wanted to say thank you for all of the lovely cards that I have received. Here are a few of them.

This first one is a Christmas card from my wonderful grad school friend, Melissa.

This is a thank you RAK from Tammy, a winner of one of my heart candy's.

This cute snowman card is from Cathy Meyers. Thank you!

This tag is from Tanya, a past candy winner.

This one is from Regina. I just love how she used punches! Isn't that fun? I hope to post the paperback album I made for my mom for Christmas this week, so stay tuned for that. I think it came out super cute!

Enjoy your holidays everyone!

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Last winner of the year!

But first, I wanted to say that I enjoyed reading what everyone will be eating this holiday season. Many people were eating some very different and fun things. I will be having a traditional turkey dinner cooked by my mom. She makes a family recipe stuffing that is just so yummy, it's a chestnut stuffing and absolutely delicious. My sister is making jello cheesecake for dessert and if I can borrow a bundt pan, I will be making a chocolate cake with a white icing called Waldorf (my favorite icing!)

I've decided to take a little break from candy but will be back 1/4/08 with more candy so be sure to check back. I will still be posting, but just a little sporatically as I spend time with my family.

Now, the last winner of the year is DebbieDee - Please email me your information!

If I don't hear from you all until the New Year, I hope that you all have a happy, safe and fun holiday! Pin It Now!

Nursery Bash

Here are a couple of very cute baby cards using CTMH's Nursery Bash. I wasn't sure if I was going to like this set but now I just love it!

Both cards are basically the same except for the color scheme. I used all CTMH papers and inks except I colored the giraffes using my copics!

Don't forget about the blog candy. I pull a name on Wednesday. Also, I think that this is probably my last candy of 2007, but don't worry, I'll be back in 2008 with more candy. I just need a mini vacation from it....

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Simple and elegant wedding card

Here is a simple wedding card. All stamps and papers are CTMH. I've got to get back to cookie baking. I hope that everyone is having a productive weekend!

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Friday Heart Candy

HI, everyone just a quick post to let everyone know about this week's giveaway. It's Basic Grey Infuse 6x6 paper pad.

To win, just comment here on this post by Wednesday 12/19. Let me know what you plan on cooking/eating for the holidays!

Will be posting some new things this weekend! Talk to you soon.

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Stained Glass and Frosty

I signed up for a challenge months ago. The challenge was to take a stamp, create a card with it and then send it to the next person on the list. The stamp is not my usual style by it was fun to use something different.

I used my DCWV Christmas stack. The sentiment is Michaels 1.00 stamp.

I added a sentiment to my Frosty card so it looks finished. I finally finished these cards and my Christmas cards are now done. Yeah!

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Busy Busy and the winners

I had a lot of fun reading about what everyone is up to. Mostly everyone is busy, busy like me. I envy those who got their Christmas baking done or at least underway. This weekend, I will have to do some baking since I'm planning on giving the principals some goodies. Some are still working on Christmas cards. I'm still finishing that up as well. Almost done! I've made 25 nugget tins and I have 25 that just need the finishing touches. Then my stepdaughter told me she wants to give out some, so apparently I have to make about 15 more! I still have to wrap my gifts and I have a couple of giftcards that I need to package up. I'll show a pic of these when I'm done because I think they are going to be super cute. I have a couple of cards that I hope to finish up tonight and post tomorrow.

Now on to the winners. The winner of the ornament pack is #2 Shelby. The winner of the surprise candy is #21 tracy.h. Please email me by Saturday midnight to claim your prizes. I will do my best to get your prizes out in a timely manner. But just remember that the post offices are nuts now! I will post a pic of the surprise candy hopefully also tomorrow.

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I love this Tilda!

I don't know if you all have seen these super cute stamps from a company called Magnolia Stamps. I think it's a Norwegian company? Anyway, I had won some blog candy months ago at Sillybirds Stamping Diary. I received a couple of images and just got around to using one.

Isn't she just darling. This is a very simple layout. I used paper from my DCWV mat stack. I colored her in with copics, tied off with CTMH grosgrain ribbon and snowflake bling from some other candy I had won. Since I didn't have the original stamp, it was hard to paper piece her dress but I thought the blue by itself was so plain so I used my Bella Baubles to add some dimension to her dress. I used gold stickles on her hat.

I would love more images from this company! I plan on buying some with my income tax money but I can't wait. Is there anyone who will RAK me? I'm willing to trade. Just email me ....

I also received this super cute RAK from Pegg who also sent me some images that I did not have including the very cute Stampendous stamp she used on this card. I just love the colors and the stamp is darling. Thank you so much Pegg from brightening up my mail box!

Don't forget there is still time to sign up for blog candy!

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I'm a secret elf

I signed up to be a secret elf here. It was really fun to make up a package for my gal. I made a couple of altered items to go in her package.

I got this idea from Lauren over at My Time. Target sells a lot of very nice gift ideas that can be altered and personalized. This is Sm'ores pretzel rods and I just altered the original can it came in by covering it with Figgy Pudding Basic Grey. I stamped on a white panel the crab from the Sandy Claws stamp set by Gina K Designs. I tied the white panel around the can using red grosgrain ribbon.

I also decorated the top of the can very simply. I cut cranberry cardstock using my cuttlebug and scalloped nestabilities and circle was cut with the circle nestabilities. I stamped very simply using Punchy Words and Sandy Claws all from Gina K.

I decorated this tin using Paper Trey Ink. The colors are Olive and Cranberry. The paper I used was Figgy Pudding Basic Grey.

I hope that my Secret Elf enjoys her package!

Here are the treats that I received my secret elf Marla. Thank you Marla. I appreciate your lovely package!

I also got a wonderful RAK with some images but I will have to post it later because I forgot to take a picture of it. Hope that everyone is enjoying their weekend!

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