Scrap à la Jen!

Happy 6th Birthday Evan

2012-02-27T14:04:00.010-08:00

Last Saturday, my daughter and myself went to one of her classmate's 6th birthday where she could play mini golf-in-the-dark, bowling and jumping on bouncing castles. She was hooked and of course, by the end of the night, she did not want to go home.

I made an explosion box for this little guy and also, made my own wrapping paper. I have followed the tutorial from stampinuplisa on Youtube. It was very easy to follow and here is what I came up with:

This is the wrapping paper. I have used stamps that I had received as a swap and unfortunately, I don't have the names of these. The sentiment got smudged by my daughter, LOL!

Here is the explosion box:

The box from the outside

The insides where I've added the "Happy Birthday" sentiment with rub-ons

The first panels

The second panels

The last panels

Paper: Bazzill Cardstock, MS paper borders
Tools: Animals Cuttlebug embossing folders, EK Candles Edger Punch, Me & My big Ideas Monogram Alphabet - Primary, K & Company Wild Saffron Adhesive Chipboard, Memento Black Ink.
Stamps: Happy Birthday & Flowers (Unfortunately, I do not have the names for those as these were given to me during a blog candy)

Challenges:

Always Crafting - Shaped Cards
Netti G - Anything goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Celebrations
Pile it On - Fancy Folds
Crafty Creations Challenge - Fancy Folds
Paper Craftin Journey - Make it Sweet
Penny Challenges - Anything goes
Paper Shelter - Add a sentiment
Crafting for all seasons - Shaped cards
2 Sisters Challenge - Anything goes
All Sorts Challenge - Anything goes
Moving along with the times - Layers
Crafter's Companion - Anything goes
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Something starting with B (Blue)
Sassy Cheryl - Show me #64
Simon Says - Anything goes

Love is Sweet

2012-02-15T20:04:00.000-08:00

I am a bit late to post this card for Valentine's Day but better late than never!

Today, I am using the sketch from CPS#38

and this is my take:

Recipe:

Papers: Hearts (My Mind's Eye), Beige, Pink (Martha Stewart Cardstock), 90lb Neenah Cardstock

Image: Love is Sweet (Meljen's Design), Sentiment (Create with TLC)

Accessories: Pink Sequins, Floral Lace Martha Stewart Punch, Copics, printer, Classic rectangle Nestabilities

Challenge:

CPS 5th Anniversary Day 5 - Sketch CPS#38

Meljen's Designs Challenge #96 - Pastels

Crafting for all seasons - Love is in the air

Crafty Creations Challenges - Warm & Cuddly Teaddy Bears

DigiStamps 4Joy - Do it with love

Inky Impressions Challenges - Punches or Dies

Pennys Challenges - Anything goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Valentine

Karens Doodles Netherlands - Bears

CDAC Progressive Challenge #11

2012-02-11T14:27:00.000-08:00

Today, this card is for the CDAC progressive challenge #11. The theme is "Love will find a way" and thus, I have used one of the images that have been provided since I played the previous challenge. I also used the sketch from CPS Sketch #121 and I wanted to go with a simple card.

and here is my take:

The inside

Recipe:

Papers: Beige, Pink (Martha Stewart)

Images: birdie teapot (Happy Scrappin Doodles), inside sentiment (Create with TLC)

Accessories: Prismacolored pencils, flowers (Prima Marketing), pearlized pins, ribbons (Michaels)

Challenges:

CDACPC11 - Love will find a way

Card Positioning Systems Day 13 - Sketch

Let the weight "fly" off!

2012-02-10T06:00:00.000-08:00

I need to catchup on my blogs and it's not easy to create when you're under the weather. This card was created by using the CPS Sketch #11. They are celebrating their 5th birthday and everyday they have new sketches on the blog. Of course, they have prizes too!

Here's my take:

The inside:

I have used the Bamboo Leaves dew drop to create the green area on the yellow cardstock and the swirls were created by using a Bo Bunny Valentine stamp. The sentiment is from Doodle Pantry itself.

Recipe:

Papers: Blue, yellow (Martha Stewart Cardstock), flowers (K & Co Amy Butler Paper), Brown (Michaels)
Images/Stamps: Doodle Pantry Cowboy Birdie, Swirls (Bo Bunny)
Accessories: Double Loop scallop punch (Martha Stewart), bling (Prima Marketing), Bamboo Leaves (Memento Dew drop), Prismacolor pencils, Johnson's Baby oil.

Challenges:
Doodle Pantry (DPDC20) - Use a Doodle Pantry image
Card Positioning (CPS11) - Sketch

Summer Fun Times

2012-02-08T13:29:00.000-08:00

This is a layout that I have been meaning to do for a long time. I have tons and tons of pictures that are meaning to be scrapbooked but I got sidetracked by cardmaking. Of course, it took me a while to do it and I followed a sketch from the Scrapbook and Cards today magazine.

Here is my take:

Everything is from the Nikki Sivil's 2009 Summer kit that I had received. The sun embellishments are Momenta stickers and I have used glue dots to pop them up! This is a picture of my daughter when she was two and her aunt when we went to Canada's Wonderland. They had lots of fun and even if the water was a bit on the cool side, she just couldn't stop having fun!!!

My Little Princess

2012-02-07T12:19:00.000-08:00

It's been over a week since I last posted but I have been under the weather lately. I would love to post more, almost everyday but sometimes life gets in the way. Juggling the family, taking time to spend with the kids especially a very active 4 year old and getting some me time are not easy things. I know some people can do it. I try to do it as it comes but sometimes it's just too much for me. It's only me and hubby handling the kids. So, please forgive me for not posting anything.

I did have some time in between to alter a baby formula tin for my daughter and that's what I've come up with:

I have used some papers and embellies from Michaels. My daughter can now store her headbands either vertically or horizontally. The butterfly was made with the Martha Stewart punch and I added some Stickles. This was my first time using a glue gun and 2 sticks have been used just to glue the paper onto the tin...LOL! Maybe I did it the wrong way?

Onto my next creation...

Get Well Soon Kim

2012-01-27T13:28:00.000-08:00

Today, I wanted to create a card for my good friend Kim who has been under the weather these past few days and thought I would bring some cookies since she loves them a lot. I decided to use the sketch Scrapbook Sisters:

Here's my take:

The inside:

Cardstock: Brown (Martha Stewart); Papers: The Sweet Stack (DCWV); Stamp: Melinda with Cookies (Whiff of Joy), Accessories: Paper Doily, flowers (Recollections), swirly pearls (Recollections), ribbon with metal (stash). Sentiment: My own handwriting.

Challenges:

Scrapbook Sisters 68 - Sketch Jan 31

One Stop Crop Challenge - Under the weather Jan 27

Digi Doodles Best 26 - Anything goes Jan 31

Digi Bells DT Blog - DT call Jan 28

Digi Bells DT Hop - Anything goes Feb 4

Elphine House Blog - Anything goes Feb 10

Simon Says Stamps - Anything goes Jan 31

Thanks Oodles for the cookies

2012-01-26T12:40:00.000-08:00

Over at Progressive Challenge #10, we had to create something with the theme "Bringing out the New Year" so I used the sketch from Catch The Bug and to be with the theme, I made her say "thanks, oodles" for the cookies that she had in her hands. It's a gift from her family for the New Year and the funny story is that she can't put on more weight now that she is a senior!

The digital image is from Bugaboo Stamps and the sentiment is a vellum sticker from K& Company.

Here is my take:

Recipe:

Paper: Martha Stewart Cardstock, pink and stripe papers from my stash.

Ink/Markers: Memento Black Ink, Copic markers, prismacolor pencils, Martha Stewart Black Pen

Accessories/Tools: Classic Circle Nestabilities, ribbon from stash, bling from stash.

Challenges:

Catch The Bug - Sketch Jan 27

CDAC Progressive Challenge #10 (cdacpc10) - Bringing in the New Year

OWH Stars and Stamps- Bling but no glitter

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges #51- Anything goes Jan 28

Sew Many Challenges #78 - Circles Jan 29

Simon Says Stamps and Show - A song title (Thanks Oodles) Jan 29

Scrapper's Delight - Anything goes Jan 31

Wishing you a Tweet Day

2012-01-23T13:11:00.000-08:00

Today, I would like to follow the Sketch by Carly which is the following:

and this is my take on it:

Recipe:

Papers: Bazzill Cardstock Cream and Brown, the flower paper is from stash.

Image/Sentiment: Tweet House (Doodle Pantry)

Ink: Memento Black

Accessories: Ribbon from stash, Lace corner punch (Fiskars)

Challenges:

Sketch by Carly #48 - Sketch Jan 31

Doodle Pantry #19 - Use a Doodle Pantry Image Jan 25
Sassy Cheryl #59 - Show me Jan 25

RCC36- Danielle's Go To Sketch

2012-01-19T13:06:00.000-08:00

For this week at Ribbon Carousel, we had to follow Danielle's Go To Sketch which is:

Here's my take:

The inside:

Recipe:

Paper: Bazzill Cardstock Brown, Cream, My Mind Eye Girl Collection
Stamps: Kimiko Kratin' Kimmie Stamp, Gem Stone Flowers Inkadinkado, Party Invite Stampendous
Accesories: Ribbon from stash
Ink/Markers: Memento Rose Bud Dew Drop, Memento Black Stamp Pad, E00, E002, prismacolor pencils

Challenges:

Ribbon Carousel (RCC36) - Danielle's Go To Sketch Jan 23
Little Darlings Challenge - Favorite Colors (Pink & Brown) Jan 24
Crafty cardmakers - No floral embellishments Jan 21
Lexi's Creations #56 - Anything goes Jan 20
Lollipop Crafts #63: No embellishements Jan 21
Whimsical Designs Wednesday Challenge - Anything goes + Design Team Call Jan 31
Note: Whimsical Designs is having a DT call and I would like to apply for this position. I've never been on any DT before since I was not ready. So, let's cross fingers. You can apply for the DT call thru the link above.

So cool!

2012-01-17T07:54:00.000-08:00

I have been meaning to use this stamp for a while since I got it form Sparkle but haven't had a chance to play. Today is its lucky day since the weather is all foggy. This stamp makes me think that it's so cool to stay inside. I took my black, C9 and C7 to play with the hair today. These colors I don't tend to use a lot.

Recipe:

Papers: MS Cardstock, stripe paper from stash
Stamp: Karber So Cool
Accessories: Prima flowers, copic markers, beige twine, blue pearls, ribbons from Michaels, scalloped nestabilities, K & Co button, Dots embossing foler
Ink: Copic markers Blk 100, C9, C7, Memento Black Ink

Challenges:

Karber Challenge #47 - Use blings (pearls in this case) Jan 31
iCopic Challenge #65 - Unloved colors

candy #3 - Jan 16- 22 2 Digi My World

2012-01-16T09:02:00.000-08:00

And here we go once again..another week...another chance!! ---but PLEASE make sure you follow the rules...

1- YOU MUST be a follower of her blog
2- YOU must post on your blog or SHARE the link on your FB page about the Blog Candy we are offering (simply link back to this blog post)
3- You must add her BLOG CANDY Grab Button (right side of the screen) and add it to your blog OR add a POST/Share/LIKE to your FB page....
You COULD WIN a $5 store credit to Digi My World.com if your random entry is selected!!
Click here to enter.

Owl Always Love You

2012-01-16T06:02:00.000-08:00

I know, I know. Valentine's day is not here yet but I wanted to get started. To do this card, I was having so much trouble to get started because CAS (Clean and Simple) is not my style. I wanted to give it a try though and here's my take:

Recipe:

Paper: MS Cardstock White, Pastel and Basic

Stamps: Owl always love you from Studio G

Punch: Fiskars Dandy Doodles

Challenges:

Casual Fridays Challenge (CFC35) - Use Scallops (Jan 19)

Annabelle Stamps - Anything goes (Jan 19)

Lets Ink it up (LIIU19) - Anything goes (Jan 31)

Inky Impressions - Red, Pink & White (Jan 17)

Delicious Doodles #10 - Something new (my stamp) Jan 19

One Crazy Stamper - Red, White & another color Jan 29

Fairy Tale Challenge #32 -Something new (the stamp)

Dream out of this world!

2012-01-14T20:28:00.000-08:00

Tiffany Doodles is turning 2 this weekend and I wanted to celebrate by using one of her digi image Crab. My card is a really simple card where I have used the Dream stamp from Michaels and the stamp "Out of this world" from one of my daughter's stash.

I've also doodled around the sentiment and around the border of the card.

Challenge:

Tiffany Doodles - Use one of her image

Dream Valley Challenge #23 - Anything goes

Gingerloft Challenge #31 - Anything goes

Pan Pastel Uk #1- Anything goes

Robyns Fetish Challenge #90 - Animals (Crab) (Jan 21)

Marianne Design #47 - Anything goes

Happy Birthday Daisy!

2012-01-11T13:18:00.000-08:00

This is my first post for this new year of 2012 and so, I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year 2012!

My card is for Daisy who celebrated her 6th birthday on Dec 25th. She is a Christmas baby and that is why I have used a Christmas digi for her. I have paper pieced the bottom of the snowglobe after I have colored it with my prismacolored pencils. I have tried using baby oil for the first time to show the contrast in color.

I have used the sketch from Sweet Sunday.

Here is what I came up with:

Here is the inside:

Recipe:

Paper: Natural Bazzill Cardstock, White Bazzill Cardstock, MS pink cardstock, designed paper from stash.
Stamps & Digis: Happy Birthday from G Studio, snowglobe by Crafty Ann's, Button bear by Digistamps 4 Joy
Accessories: Dots embossing folder, Fiskars flower border punch, labels nestabilities, prismacolor pencils, heart brads from Recollections, ribbon from Michaels, stitching.

Did I overdo this one? Please let me know.

Challenges:

CDAC9 - Make it your own
Marks Finest Papers - Brads/Eyelets
Simon Says Stamps - Spots or stripes
Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge #149 - Sketch
Celebrate the occasion - Child's birthday
Digi Doodle's Shop Best - Embossing (dots embossing folder)
Whimsi Inspires - Happy Birthday
Anything Challenge #58 - Anything goes (Jan 23)
Bearly Mine #26 - Anything goes (Jan 16)
Sassy Cheryl #58 - Show me
Simply Create Too #4 - Layers, layers and more layers

First giveaway by Keren!

2011-12-29T09:56:00.000-08:00

Keren Tamir is having a fabulous giveaway from her stash of goodies. So, without further ado, visit her blog and enter her giveaway.

Here are the details:
1. Be a follower of her blog (if you aren't already)
2. Post her giveaway on your blog or on your Facebook page (you can make a new post or put it in the sidebar)
3. Link your post back to her with your FULL NAME by midnight December 31st, 2011 (Canadian Eastern Standard time).

Enter it here.

Candy -- HOLIDAY week.. Dec 19-25th @ Digi My World!

2011-12-19T11:33:00.000-08:00

And here we go once again..another week...another chance!! ---but PLEASE make sure you follow the rules...

1- YOU MUST be a follower of her blog here
2- YOU must post on your blog or SHARE the link on your FB page about the Blog Candy we are offering (simply link back to this blog post)
3- You must add her BLOG CANDY Grab Button (right side of the screen) and add it to your blog OR add a POST/Share/LIKE to your FB page....
You COULD WIN a $10 store credit to Digi My World.com if your random entry is selected!!
Enter here to include your name. Remember you can't win if you don't follow the rules

CDAC Progressive Challenge #8

2011-12-14T09:46:00.000-08:00

CDAC Progressive Challenge #8 is on its way and this card is for my friend who loves birds. I have used Doodle Pantry's image, printed the image 3 times and used pop dots to give it some dimension.

This is my finished card:

Recipe:

Papers: Bazzill Cardstock, Striped paper from stash

Digi: Doodle Pantry

Accessories: Prima flower, K & Company Button, Jute rope, ribbon from stash, self-adhesive pearls and copic markers.

Challenges:

CDACPC #8 - Animals hold our hearts

Dutch Dare #142 - Winged Things

One stitch at a time - Use a digi

Happy Snow day

2011-12-12T11:36:00.000-08:00

This is my first post about Xmas cards. I have been very very busy with trying to create some cards and looking after my 2 sweet munchkins who are now sick! Hubby has been busy with work, last minute schedules!!!

I have created a simple Z-fold card where I have cut the middle to include my image. The wording is form my own handwriting. Enough about me and here's my "Snow" card:

This is the front

This is the back

This is a close shot of the picture with glitter on the snow and snowflakes. Hope you are able to see it.

Recipe:

Papers: Bazzill Paper Cardstock, DCDW Holiday Stack

Stamps: Hero Arts For you tag, YNS Merry Mouse Eve

Accessories: Copic markers, Self-adhesive pearls, Michaels ribbon, Black thread for stitching, glitter glue, Tsukineko Memento Black Ink, Fiskars Scallop punch

Challenges:

Shelly's Images - There's no business like SNOW business

Sassy Cheryl - Show me #54

Crafty Ribbons #9 - Traditional Colors

Wee Memories #79 - Holidays

YNS #57 - Christmas/Winter

Another blog candy at Digi My World!

2011-12-12T10:45:00.000-08:00

And here we go once again..another week...another chance!! ---but PLEASE make sure you follow the rules...

1- YOU MUST be a follower of our blog
2- YOU must post on your blog or SHARE the link on your FB page about the Blog Candy we are offering (simply link back to this blog post)
3- You must add our BLOG CANDY Grab Button (right side of the screen) and add it to your blog OR add a POST/Share/LIKE to your FB page....
You COULD WIN a $10 store credit to Digi My World.com if your random entry is selected!!
Use the INLINKZ below to enter! :) ** where it says enter your blog url...if you are using Facebook and NOT a blog, simply add your FB page link!

Enter the giveaway here over at Digi My world's blog.

Envelope boxes candy @ Tracy

2011-12-03T11:31:00.000-08:00

Tracy has made some fabulous envelope boxes so that you can place your cards with embellishments in it and send without any damages. She is giving away 25 of those!!!!

Here is what she has to say:

I don't know about you but I hate having to spend time measuring out, cutting and scoring my envelope boxes to fit my embellished cards into. Soooooooooo, drum roll............ I have had some made. Yayyyyy, Whoppeeeee, so exciting.......

They are professionally cut and scored ready for your glue/tape and are an absolute godsend. So if your interested please email me: t.payne@homecall.co.uk for a quote. I can ship worldwide no problem, and you'll be as happy as I am.

To help spread the word I'm offering a pack of 25 as candy.

That's it. I will draw a winner on January 2nd.

So if you want to win, go to her blog.

P.S: Do not comment on my blog as your entry will not count!

Just for you card!

2011-11-27T12:10:00.000-08:00

Today, I wanted to celebrate my 10 year old friendship with my best buddy. She has been with me through thick and thin and boy, does she know what I go through everyday. Even though we live at both ends of the world, we still keep in touch. I don't know what my life would be without you. For this, I would like to say Thank you!!!

This card purse is made especially for you to honor you and to a long lasting friendship, S. I got this idea from my recently purchased book from Chapters "Fabulous Fun and Folds for Card Making" by Tanya Fox. Plenty of ideas from this book, I tell you. The sentiment inside the card is from my own handwriting.

Recipe:

Paper: MS Cardstock

Stamps: Elisabeth Bell Laura's Yummy Pudding, Hampton Art Studio g "Enjoy"

Accessories: Ribbon from Michaels, Glitter Pen, Black pen, Prima flowers, Recollections brads

Other: Nestabilities, Copics

Challenges:
Digi Bells DT - Anything goes
Alphabet Challenge - V for Vibrant
Lia Stampz - Fancy Folds
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything goes
If the shoe fits Scrap It - Thankful (for my best friend)
Jelly Park - Give thanks (for my best friend)
Sassy Cheryl #52 - Show me
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything goes
Divas by Design #16 - Anything goes
Fab n Funky #101 - Anything goes
The Classroom - Color Swatch challenge
Paper Playtime #61 - Say it with Sentiments (Stamp Enjoy and own handwriting)
Crafty Purple Frog - For someone special (my best friend)
Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes

CDAC Progressive Challenge #7

2011-11-21T10:51:00.000-08:00

Although I've been a member for a while at CDAC, it's my first time taking part in their challenges. Today, I have made a simple Purple treat box that has some smarties in it. It is for my neighbour's daughter 4th birthday. She has a sweet tooth! That's what I've been cooking for the past few days.

I've used the apple from Heart Song Designs and the sentiment from Sending Treasures. I've colored them with Stampin' Up markers. The Purple paper is from Martha Stewart Cardstock and I have doodled with my Purple pen around the border of the triangular shape. The template to make the treat box is from "Pack-o-Fun", Issue Apr 2010, from my local library.

Here is what I've come up with:

Challenges:

CDAC PC#7 - What's cooking? (A treat box fit for a sweet girl!)

Pile It on - All about P ("P" for "Purple Treat box,, purple ribbon, purple pen)

Pink Persimmon: Antiquated Collection stamps now available

2011-11-20T11:58:00.000-08:00

Pink Persimmon has some stamp sets and is having a giveaway. Please read and enter their giveaway below.

Antiquated Collection stamps now available

We are so excited to finally show you Pink Persimmon's latest release: The Antiquated Collection by Lisa M. Pace.

These stamps are now available in the Pink Persimmon online store. We have had very creative designers working with the stamp sets. Here are just a few designs, you can see a few more at our special Antiquated Collection Gallery! We'll be sharing new project samples here on our blog all week.

Card designed by Kristii Lockart using Society Lady.

Card designed by Ronda Palazarri using Fine and Dandy

Tag designed by Karin Aguirre using Stylish and Fashionable and Fine and Dandy
Lisa will be at A Cherry On Top today (11/19) for an online chat. Chat begins at 4pm Eastern (that's 1pm for those West Coasters)
We want to give some stamps away! All you have to do comment below about which stamp sets you like the best. If you post about the Antiquated Collection on your blog, comment below with a link to your post and we'll give you 3 extra entries in the drawing!! We'll draw 3 names that will each receive 3 stamp sets from the Collection. Entries close on Monday 11/21 at 5pm Pacific Time.

Enter the giveaway here at Pink Persimmon's blog..

Blog Candy - Week of Oct 31 - Nov 6th

2011-11-04T06:53:00.000-07:00

And here we go once again..another week...another chance!! ---but PLEASE make sure you follow the rules...

Happy Birthday Jake

2011-11-03T15:01:00.000-07:00

Another birthday to celebrate this week. It's Jake's 45th birthday and he loves the outdoors and catching bugs , butterflies etc... So, I've whipped up this little birthday card for him, a very simple and clean card. I've doodled around the borders to give it a stitching look.

I have used the sketch from Critter Challenge.

Here's what I've come up with:

Recipe:

Papers: Martha Stewart Cardstock

Stamps: Designed 2 Delight - Lovely Tree, Magnolia - Edwin Chasing Butterflies Collection 2009

Accessories: Blue rafia, copic markers, Creative Memories corner punch

Challenges:

Designed 2 Delight Progressive Challenge #29

Critter Challenge - Sketch

Stamps R Us - Masculine

Fresh Brewed Designs - Anything goes

Scrapbook Sisters #58 - Anything goes

Stamp with Sarah Kay# 155- Anything goes

Bows and Berries #13 - Clean and Simple

Ooh La La Creations - Stitching (Faux or Real)

Paper Playtime - Anything goes

Make it Monday #61 - Anything goes

All that scraps - Anything goes

A big announcement...

2011-10-31T13:19:00.000-07:00

This week at Hambo Hoedown, the "Newscaster - digi" and the sentiments were offered if you had entered last weeks challenge and we had to include some newspaper in it. I went for a CAS card and wanted to put more emphasis on the headline. I colored with my Prisma pencils but used copics for the skin of the newscaster. Cardstock is from Martha Stewart.

Here's my take:

Challenges:

Hambo Hoedown - What's the news?
Simon says stamps - Anything goes
Stamps R Us - Masculine

Some Odd girl is celebrating...

2011-10-31T12:49:00.000-07:00

The Odd girl is having a birthday and Kristy is giving away 5 stamps of your choice. You only need to read the post below and follow them.

Here goes:

Today, I just want everybody to spread the word that there’s some excitement going on here, and post a link on your blog to bring people over to say hello and spread more birthday love. If you can do that by October 31st at midnight eastern time, and post a link below to YOUR blog post, you’re eligible to win one of SIX prize packages, each consisting of FIVE Some Odd Girl digis (of your choice!). Yep, simple as that! All I ask is that you allow a bit of time once the month wraps up for me to get your prizes coordinated – the six winners will be announced back here in the evening of November 1st.
Interested?! I thought so! You’ve got everything you need…. now let’s hear you sing!
HAPPY BIRRRRRRTHDAY TOOOOOO YOOOOOUUUUUU….
HAPPY BIRRRRRRRRTHDAAAAYYYYY TOOOOOO YOOOOOUUUUUU!
HAPPY BIRRRRRRRRTHDAAAAAAAAYYYY DEAR KRISTYYYYYYYY…
HAPPY BIRRRRRRRTHDAAAAAYYYY TOOOOOOO YOOOUUUUUUUUUU!!!

LOVE the heck out of you, girl! xo

Check the post here to enter

Another week at Digi My world! Oct 24 - 30th

2011-10-28T09:26:00.000-07:00

And here we go once again..another week...another chance!! ---but PLEASE make sure you follow the rules...

Click here to go to Digi My world.

Treat bag à la Halloween

2011-10-25T12:14:00.000-07:00

I came up with this title as I was typing this post. In case you're wondering what it means, well simply it just says Treat bag for Halloween.

I'm using it for the YNS challenge and Karen offered everyone who emailed her the spider digi FREE. I have embossed the treat bag, colored the spider with copics and used some Halloween ribbons from the dollar store. The pumpkins and spider webs are from the dollar store too. The sentiment is from Create with TLC.

The spider is hanging from a piece of rafia rope and held with a brad fastener. I've also made this card for Papertake Weekly and we had to get some inspiration from this picture where I've chosen orange for my treat bag.

Here's my take:

Challenge:

Papertake Weekly - Autumn Flair from photo
If the shoe fits - Halloween/Fall
Wags and Whiskers #65- Fall
By the cute and girly - Anything goes
CCEE Stampers - Something related to fall (Halloween)

Happy birthday Daisy

2011-10-24T14:53:00.000-07:00

This week is Daisy's birthday and since she is LOVES popsicles, I couldn't resist and get this digi from Doodle Pantry. I got the sketch from CPS and here is my take:

Challenges:

Doodle Pantry #17 - Use a digi
CPS 241 Part 1- Sketch
Sassy Cheryl - Show me #47

Zombie Bunny

2011-10-24T13:24:00.000-07:00

Hambo Hoedown has done a fantastic job for this week's digi which is "Zombie Bunny - digi" and I needed to use their sketch for this week's challenge. I've colored the rabbit with copics and I've used Basic Grey - Spider's Web for my background paper. My border was punched using the Martha Stewart Spider's Web punch and I've used one of Prisma's flower and a butterfly brad from my stash. The sentiment is from Hambo Hoedown.

Here's my take:

Challenges:

Hambo Hoedown #36 - Sketch

Basic Grey - Halloween

CMC Copics - Halloween

Sweet Stampin' - Halloween

Sentimental Sundays - Halloween plus sentiment

Through the Craft Room - Halloween plus Orange

The Stamping Boutique #17 - Spooky Scary Halloween

Happy Halloween - A tag!

2011-10-20T14:09:00.000-07:00

Another Halloween but this time , my daughter (4) and myself made this Halloween tag - Our first! The image is Pumpkin and Tags. She wanted to give some treat bags to her friends and thus, I have helped her in the cutting of the image and the rest, she has done it herself. I have used my prismacolor pencils and she taped in some Halloween foam shapes on the tag. I think it's cute for a 4-year old!!! What do you think??

Challenges:
Designed 2 Delight DT - Halloween

Happy Halloween!!!

2011-10-17T13:45:00.000-07:00

For this upcoming Halloween, I wanted to give a special card to my friend who's birthday falls on this fun day! She is a big candy fan of course!!!

I've chosen to use this sketch from Pink Gem and I've used Mummy - digi for my image. I've colored it with my copics and added some pearls. I've also used MS spiderweb punch and the Fiskars swirly punch.

Here's my take on the sketch:

Challenges:

Hambo Hoedown - All wrapped up

A gem of a challenge - Sketch

Pattie's Creations - Halloween

Card Makin Mamas - Halloween

The Poodles Parlour - Spooky Halloween

Digital Tuesday - Halloween

Papertake Weekly - Spooky

Paper Creation Ink - Halloween

Addicted to stamps - Halloween

Dream Valley - Halloween

Pals Paper Arts -Sketch #116

Hope for the Cure of Breast Cancer

2011-10-12T20:06:00.000-07:00

For this past week, so many blogs have been talking about fighting Breast Cancer and I do hope that one day, there will be a cure for this disease. One of my aunts was diagnosed with this condition and she had to remove one of her breast unfortunately. She is now well though. I owuld like to dedicate this card to her because she is the living proof that even with only one breast, one can still survive...

I have inspired myself from Card Patterns and most of my colors are PINK for this cause. I have used Hope Butterfly, colored it with copics and used stickles. I have also embossed my paper with the Cricut Lite Bloom embossing folder and used some ribbons from my stash.

Challenges:

The Classroom - Pink Thank you
Card Patterns - Sketch 136
Sassy Cheryl - Show me #46
Whimsie Doodles - Think Pink
Lexi's Creations - Pink
The Stamping Boutique- Pink

Sandra Mummy's candy with 21000 hits!

2011-10-12T10:19:00.000-07:00

Sandra Mummy is giving away some candy since her blog hits 21000 and here's what she has to say:

Well guys the time has come for me to do a blog candy of my own as i have now reached over 21000 hits, i have been collecting lovely things for you over the last few weeks, and have a couple lovely sponsors too which is just amazing,

basically i want to thank everyone of you who come by and visit me and of course have the time to leave me all your lovely comments

Now i know my candy isnt as fancy as some but still there are some nice things in there, and i have 4 fabulous sponsors too, im going to do seperate draws for all the prizes so more people get the chance to win something,

In my candy there is the following:
dahlia snag em stamp
birthday bash snag em stamp

flowers snag em stamp

pack 100 black paper flowers

pack 100 green flowers

sugar nellie manga stamp

papermania chipboard accents
pack 6 glitter card
pack 16 holographic card

25 metres red satin ribbon

pack of 10 sheets decoupage from flippin for men

4 pack fine glitter

1 pack embellishments

And for every 15 new peeps who enter and follow my rules i will add something else into the bundle,

Here are some of my fabulous and generous sponsors

Jenni at cardmadfairy is offering 4 hand chosen digi's to a lucky winner, and i can personally vouch for her work as being AWESOME,
~~~

meiflower are being ever so fabulous and offering £10 worth of mixed embellies and ribbon to 1 lucky winner, you should pop by her online store she has a massive array of ribbon and charms all very reasonably priced
~~~

meljens designs digital images are giving 4 fabulous images of your choice. melissa jenkins is the artist and she makes lovely whimsical images for all different occasions.

All you have to do to be able to go in the candy draw is the following

Become a follower of my blog
mention my candy on your blogs in a post and link to me here
pop a piccie in your sidebar with a link to my blog candy post
please leave me a comment

And thats it, not to much there for you is there ll my prizes are split so more than 1 person will win as you can see,

once you have done those 4 things pop back ere and pop your name in my mr linky as thats where ill do my draw from, also i will be checking folks have done them lol just to make it fair all round.

And thanks for joining me in my celebrations my candy is open till 18th october

So, let's go and have a peek. Leave her some love and click here to enter her candy.

Happy birthday Erica!

2011-10-06T12:40:00.000-07:00

Another birthday has come and tomorrow is Erica's birthday. I won't tell you how old she is though but she is definitely older than me. She is having her day off from work because it's her birthday. How COOL is that!!!

Here's the card I've done for her by using this sketch from Tuesday Morning Sketches and here's the front and the side. It's my first time doing this kind of card and it took me hours to do that but I'm so glad I did it. There's always a first time!

I've used Cool cat for my image and colored with copics. I've used Basic Grey's papers and some other papers from stash. The flowers are from Prima and jute ribbon from my stash.

I'm entering this card in the following:

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch
Creative Card Crew - Easel
2 Sisters Challenge - Fancy Folds
Hambo Challenges #37 - Use something that starts with your first name - Jute ribbon
Show me #45 Thursdays
Just Yolie, Just Create - Pink
Crafty Cardmakers - Anything goes

Another week at Digi My World!!!

2011-10-04T13:33:00.000-07:00

Once again it's another chance to win some great candy from Digi My World. It's a great chance to win $5 worth of Digi My World products. Just click on the link and join in!

Happy birthday Sabi!!!

2011-09-30T09:49:00.000-07:00

My friend Sabi just had her birthday this past weekend and thus I made up this card for her. It was supposed to be a card that sits on the table but I found it to be better like this. I'm not sure how you call that though. I've used Gift Emmylou and colored them with copics. I've used some prisma flowers and some scrap cardstock and ribbons from stash. Of course, I had to use my nesties for this and used my scallop punch to be able to write the sentiment on it.

Here's the front of my "card":

Here's the back:

Challenges:
Sassy Cheryl's Challenge - Pink & Anything goes
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes & a punch (scallop)
Simon Says stamp - Anything goes
Scrapalicious USA- Anything goes
Hiding in my craft room #14 - pink
My Sheri CRAFTS #70 - Pink
Jen's Digi Stamps - Let it for the girls
Papercrafting Journey - Die Cut/ Punches

Thanks for peeking!

Digi My world blog candy

2011-09-16T11:34:00.000-07:00

Digi My world is offering another weekly blog candy and you could win by following these simple rules:

1- YOU MUST be a follower of her blog
2- YOU must post on your blog about the Blog Candy she is offering (simply link back to her blog post)
3- You must add her BLOG CANDY Grab Button (right side of the screen) and add it to your blog

You COULD WIN a $5 store credit to Digi My World.com if your random entry is selected!!

Go there now!

Blasting from the past

2011-08-31T18:56:00.000-07:00

For this week, we had to use an image of Meljen's design and the challenge is Blasting from the past. This is the FIRST Meljen's design image I had used. I never had the chance to post it since each week the images kept getting better and better. LOVE Meljen's design!

I've used prismacolor pencils to color the image. Can you see the glitter on the flowers? These are rub-ons from the K& Company.

Here is a close up to show the glitter and the bunny:

Challenges:

Meljen's Design - Blasting from the past

Made with love

2011-08-31T12:48:00.000-07:00

This week will be a sad week for my daughter as this is her last week from her summer camp. She is starting JK this coming Sep and so, I thought of having her all by myself next week, just to have one-on-one girl's time. I decided to use the Greetings Bell Chime stamp because I will give the teachers a thank you gift.

It seems that I've lost my mojo for the past 2 weeks and I really wanted to make a specail card for them. I do hope they will like it:-) Do you think this card is made with LOVE?

I used brads, flowers and buttons this for my card.

P.S: My coloring is not that good. I'm trying to improve on that. Please bear with me.

Supplies:

Greetings Bell Chime stamp from Elisabeth Bell, Prismacolor pencils, Lacey circles nestabilities, Paper flowers from Shabby Chic, red button and ribbon from stash.

Challenges:

Digi Bell DT hop - Made with love

Elisabeth Bell Monthly Challenge - Bingo

Blog candy 2 Digi My world

2011-08-10T11:50:00.000-07:00

This is our first time doing Blog Candy, and we sure do hope you will play along and join us!

How to Enter to Win:

1- You must be a follower of this blog (easy to follow if you are not already!)

2- Snatch up the blog candy button on our side bar & add it to your blog to help spread the word

3- Post on your blog about our Blog Candy contest!

4- Submit your name and the link to your blog post about our Blog Candy (using the InLinkz below!)

What you can win!

$5 store credit of goodies!

Go there now!

Decreasing Apertures!!!

2011-08-07T18:27:00.000-07:00

When I heard about this challenge from Papertrey Ink, I thought it would be really easy but little did I know that it was quite a challenging task. So, I began to tackle the decreasing apertures by using the Nestabilities labels 4. It took me a while to figure out the right way to do it since it was my first attempt.

My favorite technique is dry embossing. Ever since I used my Cuttlebug, I find myself using it again & again. I'm so addicted!

This is the end result.

Supplies:
Paper: MS cardstock, Creative Imaginations
Stamps: Hero Arts CL 264

Acc: Nestabilities Labels 4, CB Create a critter

Challenges:

Papertrey Ink - Make it Monday challenge #26 - Decreasing Apertures

Digi's with attitude #32 - Anything goes

Make it Monday # 30

Send a smile for kids - Anything goes

Addicted to Stamps - Anything goes

Raise the bar - Anything goes

DYSU# 32 - Embossing

My Pink Stamper- favorite

Share 'The YNS Birthday Badge' Contest!

2011-08-04T16:15:00.000-07:00

Well first of all I can't believe it but YNS has been around for almost 2 years now! As I look back over the past few years plus the year of planning prior to even launching YNS I can honestly say I have loved every moment! So much as happened these past few years and I am grateful everyday for this amazing opportunity!

All of you have made this journey wonderful and memorable for me and I can't thank you enough for all your amazing friendships and support. I look forward to many more years filled with friends, adorable stamps and good times!!!

We will be officially celebrating YNS' 2nd Birthday on August 10th so be sure to mark your calendars as this is one awesome blog hop you will not want to miss! We've got lots of great guests and prizes lined up and we need your help to spread the word!

My talented friend and YNS DT member Jenny made this adorable birthday badge for us to post on our blogs so I'm asking you to please grab this badge and post it on your blog plus tell all your friends to do the same! It's a party so the more the merrier - right?

Here is what you need to do...

Become a follower of this blog if you're not already
Grab the YNS Birthday Badge located at the top of this post
Post it on your blog and be sure to link it back to this blog
Tell some friends about this fun Birthday Hop and Contest
Come back here and tell me you've done all of the above

Now more importantly...here is what's up for grabs!

Follow all the steps listed above and I'll enter your name into a draw for this adorable new release stamp - CUTE!!!

I'll keep the contest open until 8pm EST on Aug 9th and then I'll post the winner that evening.

Easy peasy - right? So go on what are you waiting for...grab the badge and tell your friends! I look forward to celebrating with everyone on August 10th! YAY!

Happy 4th birthday!!!

2011-08-04T07:48:00.000-07:00

This week is my niece's 4th birthday and she is super excited since she loves bunnies!!! Woohoo! I wish I had one like that. Her parents have bought her all kinds of bunny stuff and have invited a few of her close friends. Of course, my kids are invited and they are super excited.

I made this special birthday card for her and I do hope that she will like it:-)

Supplies:

Stamps: CTMH Sensational Season, Flower image from Designed 2 Delight, Joyeux Anniversaire sentiment from Create with TLC

Accessories: ribbons from stash, prismacolor pencils, Tsukineko Memento ink, Spellbinders Labels 4, CB Emboss Cindy Loo

Challenges:

D2D DT- Buttons

Little Darlings - Girly

Dutch Dare - For the kids

Beautiful as a peacock!

2011-07-21T19:30:00.000-07:00

For this week, I had to use this beautiful peacock from Designed 2 Delight to create a card. Thus, I used Nana Vic's frame to highlight this elegant animal and of course, to make it more into a "summery" card, I added the flowers from Designed 2 Delight (Please note that these were offered a couple of weeks back).

I went for a CAS card to represent the beauty of the peacock. I've coloured the image with my Prismacolor pencils and used pop dots to give the peacock an elevated effect.

Thanks for peeking.

Happy "Chic" birthday

2011-07-14T11:44:00.000-07:00

Another birthday this week...This time is for my girfriend who just came back from Europe. I haven't had time to talk to her yet but will catch up this weekend.

I've used MS cardstock paper and used some background paper from my stash. I have cut up the birthday cake twice and the sentiment twice to give it that extra special elevated effect.
The birthday cake image & chick image are from Tiffany Doodles, strawberries is from Designed 2 Delight, dancing couple is from Digi Darla and sentiment is from Create with TLC.

Challenges:

D2D Challenge - European Inspired
Tiffany Doodles - All creatures Great & small
Digi Darla - Lady in Red

It's a beach birthday party at our house!!!

2011-07-07T08:54:00.000-07:00

This weekend is supposedly to be gorgeous weather and so we decided to have a beach birthday party for our daughter. She loves the beach!!! So, I thought of whipping up something just to commemorate this...LOL! I really wanted to go simple this time as I have so much to do...Sooooooo excited. Can you tell????

I've used my precious cuttlebug and the D'Vine Swirls to get the embossed look. Papers, sentiment and butterflies were from my stash. The flip flop image is from Designed 2 Delight.

Challenges:
Make it Monday - Anything goes
D2D Designer's Challenge - It's a party
Pile it on - Time to relax
Kaboodle Doodle - Celebrations
Crazy Challenge - On The Beach
Digi Doodles Shop Best - Butterflies
Little Darlings Challenge - Favorite color combo (pink & green)

Digi Darla: Win over 300+ digis!!!

2011-07-06T13:50:00.000-07:00

ARE YOU A PASSIONATE STAMPER?

CAN YOU USE OH, SAY, ABOUT 100 200 300+ DIGI STAMPS?

I thought you could!

HERE IS THE DEAL….

THERE IS A NEW TWIST TO THE STAMPING COMMUNITY COMING YOUR WAY AND YOU GET THE CHANCE TO BE A BIG PART OF SMOOTHING OUT THE ROUGH SPOTS.

I am looking for up to 10 very special ladies to do some Beta testing of the new site which will offer 100s of digis for 1 price (monthly or yearly).

WINNERS OF THE BETA TESTERS CONTEST WILL RECEIVE AN ENTIRE YEAR’S WORTH OF DIGITAL STAMPS AND GET A CHANCE TO TELL ME WHAT STAMPS YOU WANT CREATED! ALL IN EXCHANGE FOR HELPING WORK OUT ANY “BUGS” IN THE SITE SOFTWARE,ETC.

Do you think you can handle that? Here is how you can win that very special spot…Just show me how passionate you are about stamping,about my stamps and upcoming store and community….You will receive an entry for every time you mention this post or contest on/in:

Your blog
Your Facebook page
Twitter
Linked In (or any other social media)
You Tube
an email to friends

You will receive on entry each when you…7) Post on http://www.facebook.com/DigiDarla how much and why you love stamping. 8 ) Like Digi Darla on Facebook and 9) follow this blog if you haven’t already, and 10 )Join the mailing list (those already joined,liking, or following will automatically be entered into the random drawing for each of those*). 11 ) Post a comment to this page and tell me what you think of this contest and why you thin it would be awesome to win.

Each time you do one of those above, go tell us on our wall on Facebook what you have done and post a link to where you mentioned this blog post (with the exception of an email to friends…just tell us you did that and we’ll believe ya : ). One entry per post, so please do not cram them into one post in order to give yourself a better chance to win the random award.

You may enter as many of these are you complete as often as you like and you may do so daily until all the prizes are awarded between July 6th and July 12th.

That’s potentially 100 chances to enter to win! That means your chances of winning are very high! So,remember, you are trying to prove that you ARE passionate about stamping! We will be picking 5 random winners and the other 5 will be chosen by the measurement of your passion and enthusiasm.

Three Cheers For Digital Stamping!

GIVE ME AN S! GIVE ME A T! GIVE ME AN A!….OKAY,OKAY, MAYBE THAT IS GETTING A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY…HEHE.

LET’S GET OUT THERE AND SHOW SOME STAMPING SPIRIT, SHALL WE?

Have fun with it!

XX- DigiDarla

Please go vote on Digi Darla's Facebook Page now!!! Check her blog to win!!!

Digi Darla: EASILY WIN OVER 300 DIGIS!

2011-07-03T13:00:00.000-07:00

ARE YOU A PASSIONATE STAMPER?

CAN YOU USE OH, SAY, ABOUT 100 200 300+ DIGI STAMPS?

I thought you could!

HERE IS THE DEAL….

THERE IS A NEW TWIST TO THE STAMPING COMMUNITY COMING YOUR WAY AND YOU GET THE CHANCE TO BE A BIG PART OF SMOOTHING OUT THE ROUGH SPOTS.

I am looking for up to 10 very special ladies to do some Beta testing of the new site which will offer 100s of digis for 1 price (monthly or yearly).

WINNERS OF THE BETA TESTERS CONTEST WILL RECEIVE AN ENTIRE YEAR’S WORTH OF DIGITAL STAMPS AND GET A CHANCE TO TELL ME WHAT STAMPS YOU WANT CREATED! ALL IN EXCHANGE FOR HELPING WORK OUT ANY “BUGS” IN THE SITE SOFTWARE,ETC.

Your blog
Your Facebook page
Twitter
Linked In (or any other social media)
You Tube
an email to friends

You may enter as many of these are you complete as often as you like and you may do so daily until all the prizes are awarded between July 6th and July 12th.

Three Cheers For Digital Stamping!

GIVE ME AN S! GIVE ME A T! GIVE ME AN A!….OKAY,OKAY, MAYBE THAT IS GETTING A LITTLE CARRIED AWAY…HEHE.

LET’S GET OUT THERE AND SHOW SOME STAMPING SPIRIT, SHALL WE?

Have fun with it!

XX- DigiDarla

Please go vote on Digi Darla's Facebook Page now!!! Check it out here!

Blog Candy Marathon: Belles 'n Whistles June 2011

2011-06-30T19:29:00.000-07:00

Elisabeth Bell, the famous designer of those sweet boys and girls digis, is having a blog candy marathon and to go there, just click HERE.

Welcome to the third week of my Blog Candy Marathon!

The first week featured the Company Spotlight of Elphine House Australia, plus scrummy NEW candy, my first rubber stamp release through this wonderful new company in Australia.

The second week featured another big give away of
18 gorgeous stamps designed by myself through
Susana’s Custom Art and Card Design.

This week’s delicious blog candy give away is none other than from
Belles ‘n Whistles!

BIG thanks goes to Summer for her generosity in sponsoring this candy for this week’s give away. Thank you so much, Summer, we super heart you!

This week’s candy is a little different, because this week is a Mystery give away!
All you will know - until Saturday - is that there are 16 scrummy yummy clear, Photopolymer stamps to be given away through Belles ‘n Whistles!

On Saturday, I will reveal which 16 stamps are included in this candy!

Curious? Excited?? Frustrated?? (hehe)

So WHO can enter?
Anyone in the world, anywhere in the world!

WHAT do you get to do to enter?
Place this candy on your blog and link back to this post.
Leave a comment beneath this post, and include your name, where you’re from as well as your blog address. Then tell us WHY you love Belles ‘n Whistles stamps.
If you don’t have a blog, that’s okay, you can still enter. But please let us know your name and why you love Belles ‘n Whistles stamps.

And that’s it!

This candy will be open for the rest of this week, and will close 8pm, Arizona time, on Saturday July 2nd, 2011. The winner will be selected randomly and announced here on my blog, as well as on my Facebook Page, on Sunday July 3rd, 2011.

As always, I will mail the winnings to the lucky winner, but the winner is responsible for customs fees where applicable.

Enjoy, have fun, and good luck to you!

Huggles!!

Elisabeth

CDAC One -year anniversary coming to an end!

2011-06-30T09:42:00.000-07:00

It's the last day to enter for this. I so wish I could have odne it before but with so many things happening right now, I find myself running around like crazy. I'm not in the mood for challenges because I'm in pain. Nevertheless, here's hoping it's not too late!!!

Welcome to CDAC's Month long One Year Anniversary Celebration Party!!

We have so much in store for you and you don't want to miss out on any of it. When the celebrations are all done, we will have awarded 50 members over $650 worth of prizes! WOW!!! Will you be one of them? You can't win if you don't join in the festivities, so let's get to it!!

Please help me welcome a first time sponsor for CDAC....

Petaloo

We are sooooo luck to have one of the largest floral manufacturing companies in the crafting world sponsoring us for our one year celebration!! Their prizes will be awarded at the end of the month to 20 CDAC members and will include over $300 in total worth of floral products for this months giveaway celebrations.

To start the celebrations off, we want you to help spread the word about this month long party! For a chance to win some products from Petaloo... here is how you enter!!

Enter your name below once for each of the following things you do!

1. Blog about this CDAC Celebration and link the direct blog post. Be sure to use the "CDAC One Year Party" picture above with all the flowers on it and link CDAC. (http://priscillastyles.ning.com/)

2. Follow the CDAC Facebook page

3. Follow the Petaloo Facebook page

4. Follow the CDAC Twitter page.

5. Email 20 friends about this Celebration.

That is it!! Thank you for helping get the ball rolling... Enter your name once for each of the above you do. Maximum entry is five times per person. Owning a blog is not a requirement to enter this giveaway, but being a CDAC member is. Prizes will be shipped worldwide and the deadline to enter is June 30th by Midnight PST. Click Blue Frog to Enter the Petaloo Giveaway and be sure to enter your email address so we can contact you along with your direct blog link

Here's the direct link to enter.

Ebanstalk.com

2011-06-27T10:18:00.001-07:00

Have you ever heard about Ebeanstalk.com before? I'm sure you will ask me what this site is all about. Well, let me explain.

Ebeanstalk.com is all about toys for all ages, from birth to 12 year olds! This company was established in 2005 and is based in Milford, CT. It might be a small city but the people are known to have big hearts! Anyways, they have toys and I mean every kind!!! Baby toys such as rattles for 3months, toys for 2 year olds such as the shape sorting clock (great to learn numbers and shapes at the same time) and children books for all ages. Ebeanstalk also have toys for learning the alphabet which are perfect for preschool kids and studies have found that the earlier you introduce your child to alphabets, the better their chances of early reading. To top it off, each toy comes with a FREE custom instruction card with great play ideas. I've been to many websites but never have I seen this type of card attached to the toy.

Sometimes it's hard to pick out the best toys for your children. Ebeanstalk helps you find the perfect one. You can search for baby toys and kids toys for all ages. You can go to toys by age and sort by the specific age of your child. You can even arrange their toys by gender or category to make sure you find just what you are looking for! They have a team of moms around the country that test out all the toys with their kids, so you will always know you are getting the very best. Check it out for yourself!

They also have a 30-day return product guarantee which I personally think is awesome because most of the companies have a 15-day return policy. Ebeanstalk has more than 100 brands available! Shipping is FREE when your order is more than $75!

Do stop by and if you decide to buy their products, share your experiences with me.

Pink & Orange

2011-06-23T18:11:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,

Today, I wanted to showcase Pink & Orange together since it was the main colors that were accepted for this card.

I played with this sketch from Sketch Saturday

and here's my take:

The last picture did not come out well. I'm so sorry. I tried playing with the contrast and brightness and taht's the best I could get. The close ups are way better!!!!

Supplies:
Cardstock: Martha Stewart, The Write
Punch: Double Loop Martha Stewart
Acc: Stickles, prismacolor pencils, Fresh Cut from D2D, sentiment from Create with TLC, lacy labels embossing folder.

I'm going to enter them in :
D2D DT - pink + Orange+ Neutrals
Sketch Saturday

Thanks for peeking!

Annabelle Blog Hop

2011-06-23T08:48:00.000-07:00

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Tuesday, June 21, 2011

AnnaBelle Blog Hop

Hi friends and welcome to our second Hop for June! This week we are showcasing another set designed by Iwona - Baby Joy! This is a 6" x 8" set of beautiful images perfect for that new arrival :)

AnnaBelle Stamps Blog Hop

Come and join us the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month as we have fun sharing a new set with you!

Play along with us for your chance to win the Blog Hop set OR the detailed prize!

How to Play :

Playing along is now even easier! You can leave a comment on one or all of the DT blogs and add your name using the Inlinkz tool which can be found on any of the DT blogs.

Each Hop a random winner will be drawn and if you've commented on the mystery DT blog then you will be the winner of the Blog Hop prize! The hop will run for 1 week and the winner will be announced the following Tuesday!

So we would love for you to join in, and we would love your help to spread the word about our regular hops and prizes, and of course about our stamps! If you could do a post and even include the banner at the top of the page that would be absolutely incredible!

To begin the hop head on over to my blog HERE :)
Thanks everyone....see you on the hop!!
Hugs,
Andrea

My favorite color is ... PINK!!!

2011-06-16T13:07:00.000-07:00

I love Pink and is a softer, less violent red. Pink is the sweet side of red. It's cotton candy and bubble gum and babies, especially little girls.. It also represents universal love and hope to find a cure for cancer.

So today I wanted to represent this color through this card:

Supplies:

MS cardstock paper, Prisma flowers, ribbon and papers from stash, May freebie image from KennyK downloads, Just a note freebie image from Limited Runs Stamps, prismacolor pencils, brad

I'm entering the card in the following:

Kenny K's Krafty Girlz #49 - Favorite color

Limited Runs Stamps
Really Reasonable Ribbon #26 - Sentiment or Journaling theme
Poodles Parlour - Anything goes
Creative Card Crew - Ribbons and brads

Thanks for leaving some love!

Create with TLC: Digi Blog giveaway!

2011-06-15T12:09:00.000-07:00

Create with TLC has a digi blog giveaway and here is what you have to do:

Become a follower of my blog (if you aren't already).
Post the TLC Logo below on your blog with a link back to the TLC blog ... telling about the give away...
Come back and enter your name and blog to the linklist below.
Random Winners will be selected on Sunday afternoon for three SETS of their choice.
Added Bonus....We will start out with one winner.....for every TEN people that play along I will add another winner......so if 100 people sign up ... there will be TEN WINNERS~!...so get the word out there...the more that sign up the more chances of winning...MAKE SURE YOU FOLLOW ALLLL DIRECTIONS...Make sure you are letting people know about the blog candy...the more that sign up the better your odds of winning.

Cute as a buggy

2011-06-15T10:17:00.000-07:00

You might be wondering why I have "Cute as a buggy" as my title? That's because I had used my cuttlebug for the first time since hubby gave it to me for my birthday and that was a while back. It's been sitting in a corner and today, I've decided it has to come out!!!

I've made 2 cards today and please bear with me if this post is a tad bit too long. The first card is for my nephew who's turning five this Saturday and he loves BOATS, so I figured this would work out well. I've used the sketch from Sketch Saturday:

Supplies:

MS cardstock paper, K & Company chipboard, Prisma pearls & crystals, boat freebie image from Digi Darla, Joyeux Anniversaire sentiment from Create with TLC, prismacolor pencils, D'Vine Swirls embossing folder, scallop punch

The 2nd card is for my girlfriend who loves bright flowers and is always a cheerful person.

Supplies:
MS cardstock paper, paper from stash, Mary, Mary freebie image from Designed to Delight, flower image from Floppy Latte Designs, Friends sentiment from Meljen's Designs and Wishing you a tweet day sentiment from Doodle Pantry, Floral fantasy embossing folder.

I'm entering them in the following:

1st card:
DYSU #23 - birthday
Digi Darla challenge - something blue
Charisma Cardz- how old
Digi Doodle - no patterned paper
Cupcake Craft Challenge - Boy, oh boy
Incy, Wincy Designs 98- Fathers Day/ Masculine
Paper Take Weekly - Dads & Lads
Fussy and Fancy Friday - Man card
Wags n Whiskers 56 - One for the boys
Stamp Challenge - Something Punched
2nd card:
D2D Challenge - Cute as a buggy
Meljen's # 62 - Pink & pearls
Floppy Latte Design - Funky Flower Contest
Doodle Pantry #13
Sweet Stamps - Embossing
Anything goes - Here comes summer

and entering both in:
Making it Monday
Deep Ocean Challenge - Anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - open

Thanks for peeking.

A masculine card

2011-06-10T20:43:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone,

I wanted to create a masculine card for father's day and since he's a big coffee fan, I would like to dedicate this to him.

Here it is:

Supplies: The Write Cardstock Paper, Paper from stash, Coffee image from Karber Digital, Youre so sweet stamp.

I'm entering it in the following challenges:
Karber #33 - Use scraps
D2D - Masculine, no flowers

Designed 2 Delight : Fence Freebie Image

2011-06-09T20:28:00.000-07:00

Every Friday, you receive an image from Designed 2 Delight if you had participated the previous week. But the first Friday of the month, you can get the image for free and all you have to do is participate because you can the next image FREE. How awesome is that?

Here's my take for this week and remember everybody is a WINNER!!!

A close up:

Supplies used: Fence freebie image from Designed 2 Delight, Have a great day stamp, prismacolor pencils, papers form stash, K Marcella felt flower.

Thanks for peeking and please leave some love:-)

June 2011 SOAP CASE Competition @ Waltzingmouse Stamps

2011-06-09T12:55:00.000-07:00

Waltzingmouse Stamps is having a CASE (Copy and Share Everything) Competition and you are to find a project or a card that will inspire you and do exactly the same. I tried to copy Anya's card and used the shamrock freebie image since I don't own an actual Waltzingmouse stamp.

Here is what I've done:

Supplies: Kraft Paper, Diamond dots background stamp, prismacolor pencils, the Write Cardstock paper.

Thanks for looking and please leave me some love:-)

Summer fun with Crabby

2011-06-08T10:28:00.000-07:00

Since summer is here, I'm really looking forward to take the kids to the beach nad play in the war m sunny beaches and swim a bit. It's so hot today and we have a heat alert in Toronto. Must be careful not to get sun burn!

Here is my card for today

Close ups:

and I'm entering in the following challenges:

Meljen's Design - Challenge #61 - Coastal fun

Prairie Fairy Fridays - summer fun

Catch The bug - Anything goes
Sweet stamping - Playing in the summer fun
CES - Clean and simple

Supplies:
The Write Cardstock Paper, K & Company Spaghetti Paper pack, MS Double loop corner punch, freebie image from Tiffany Doodle, summer fun freebie from Meljen's Design, prismacolor pencils, stickers from stash.

Please leave some love and thanks for stopping by!

Doodle Pantry Blog: It's a Blog Parade!!!

2011-06-05T12:18:00.000-07:00

Doodle Pantry is having Blog Parade and of course, there are prizes to win and rules to follow.

Here's what you have to do:

"Hello! Today we are having a very first Blog Parade! (More commonly known as a Blog Hop *wink*)

THIS POST IS THE START OF THE BLOG HOP

AND THE LAST STOP
Please read ALL the details before hopping along to the next blog (blog roll at bottom of this post, above the photos).

Since we have a big Creative Team of 19, we are making the posts short and sweet and filled with inspiration using the images that will be released in just 2 days!! We have so many new releases that I think you will love.

TIME FRAME: June 3 (6 am eastern) through June 5 (6 pm eastern)
PRIZES: 5 winners each getting a $15 store coupon
WHAT TO DO TO ENTER, just 3 things:

Visit and make a comment on each blog in the BLOG ROLL list below
Return to this post and add your name, and (if you have one) url blog link in the blue frog linky (or you can use a url of your online public gallery as long as it does NOT require an account for someone to be logged in to see it)
Leave a comment on THIS POST last telling me what image you liked the most from all the Creative Teams blog parade posts.

Winners will be drawn at random from the LINKY, but will not be notified until it is verified that each have commented on every blog. A new winner is drawn if one of the first did not comment on every blog.
Winners are announced on June 6 at 6 am eastern, here on this blog. "

What are you waiting for? Go do some hopping!

Christmas Card

2011-06-03T20:08:00.000-07:00

Hello everybody,

I wanted to start on my Xmas cards early this year but I promise there won't be that many each week:-)

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
D2D - “Christmas/Winter + Paper Piecing” – Saturday’s DT Challenge
Card Patterns - Sketch 117 and I had to follow this

Here is my card:

Here is a close up:

Supplies:
Papers: Winterberry Specialty Collection, The Write Cardstock
Stamps & sentiment: Penny Black Candy Cane Wishes
Accessories: Creative Memories round corner punch, Fiskars template, American Crafts ribbon, prismacolor pencils.

Please leave me some love:-) Thanks!

Happy birthday MOM!

2011-06-01T08:49:00.000-07:00

I will send my mom this birthday card that will tell her how I feel about her since she is so far away from me.
I love you MOM! Happy Birthday! I also wanted to wish her a belated mother's day which was celebrated in the last week of May.

Here it is:

This is a close up

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
ABC Challenge - Variety
A Spoonfull of sugar - Flower Power
Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT- Make your own embellishments
Top Tip Tuesday -Ribbon
KB Cute Monday - Anything Goes
Squigglefly - Triple Digits
Joyful Stamper - Anything Goes
Digi Doodles Shop's Best - Anything Goes
Paperplay Challenges - Blossoms and blooms
Crafts and Me - Punch it
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes

I also wanted to enter it in the Digi Darla challenge yesterday but it's closed now:-(

Supplies

Papers: Martha Stewart Cardstock Paper, Creative Memories baby purple
Stamps: Digi Darla
Colors used:
Copic marker E00 (Skin), Stampin Up Barely Banana (Hair), Stampin Up Almost Amethyst (Hat & Dress) , Copic Marker V15 (Ribbon on hair), Tip Z felt tip marker 0.4mm purple (Ribbon & border of Dress), Flowers (Prismacolor Pencils).
Embellishments: Ribbon from stash, World's best mom sticker from Recollections Mom, red buttons from stash
Punches: Creative Memories Corner punch, 1" flower punch

Thanks for peeking and please leave some love:-)

2 Year Blogaversary CRICUT Give-a-way Candy

2011-05-27T14:03:00.000-07:00

Priscillastyles is having a 2 Year Blogaversary CRICUT Give-a-way Candy and she is giving away a band new CRICUT machine!!!

To enter, you have to follow her rules below:
Entry for BLOGGERS is as easy as 1-2-3!!! (Required & I'll be checking :) By doing Steps 1-3 you may enter your name ONCE to Mr. Linky.
1) Become a public "FOLLOWER" if you're not already and add one "COMMENT" below with all the steps you have completed for this giveaway along with your email address so I can contact you if you WIN!
2) Add the above Give-a-way "PICTURE BADGE ABOVE" to your Blog Sidebar with a Link back to this blog (http://priscillastyles.blogspot.com)
3) Enter Mr. Linky below with a "DIRECT" link back to your "blog post" where you have blogged about this give-a-way.
Still not done yet!!!! How would you like MORE CHANCES AND FREE GOODIES?Steps 4, 5 and 6 are optional and all you have to do is add your name to Mr. Linky "again" for each additional thing you do below. (if you do all 6 steps, you are eligible to add your name to Mr. Linky for a total of 4 times)4) Enter your name again if you are displaying the "Midnight Madness Logo" linked back to our challenges (http://priscillastyles.blogspot.com) on your blog. If your name is pulled and you are displaying the MM logo, I will throw in a fabulous "Stampin Up" stamp set along with your Cricut. You can find our MM Challenge logo on the sidebar.

5) If your name is pulled and you are a member of CRAFTER'S DIGITAL ART CENTER and you are displaying the CDAC Badge on your blog (Click HERE to get the badge) You will get a variety pack of crafting products to enjoy!! When entering your name on Mr. Link, PLEASE link your CDAC "My Page" (your my page is your personal page on CDAC)

6) Add your name one more time if you are a follower of my Store and are displaying the "priscillastyle" Store Badge on your blog

and it is linked back to my store (http://priscillastyles-store.blogspot.com/) & comment below with which image in my store is your favorite and why.

Entry for NON BLOGGERS
Non bloggers can do all of the following steps for ONE name entry and use your "my page" link to enter, but be sure to leave your email address in the comments so I can contact you.
1) Follow the MMSC blog publicly (http://priscillastyles.blogspot.com) & tell 5 friends about this give-a-way
2) Become a member of CDAC and link your "my page" in Mr. Linky
3) Become a follower of the "priscillastyles" Store & comment below which image in my store is your favorite and why

Still not done yet!!!!!
I will be adding extra Miscellaneous Goodies AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL WINNERS to the Sweetness for every 100 entries!! (so if we have 1000 Mr. Linky names entered, we will have one Cricuit winner with 10 additional miscellaneous goodies WINNERS! WOW!!!!!

***Winners will be announced during the first week of June.***Note: 1 year CDAC Celebration next month for bloggers and non bloggers alike, so be sure you are a member of CDAC!)
***Note and update: If you are having problems entering your name multiple times to Mr. Linky, try adding a number behind your name.
Good luck! Deadline is May 31st.

Cocoa to warm your heart

2011-05-26T21:21:00.000-07:00

Truthfully, when I was about to color this image from Karber Digital, I did not know what to use. I was BLANK!!! So, I tried to blend in some brown and purple and it did turn out great. I guess it's because of the cold that I have since last week and my mind went completely zoinks...

I've used some scrap patterned paper to go with DYSU challenge 21 where I had to use something to represent the animal theme (either through a stamp or a pattern). Then, for Karber Digi's challenge #32, I had to use their digi and for Meljen's Design, I had to use Kraft paper plus another color.

Supplies: Cup of coffee from Karber Digi, Kraft Paper, Scrap Patterned paper, Prisma paper, Prismacolor pencils, Recollection Pearl Stickers, Pop dots, Fiskars border punch and my scissors to make all the fun shapes around my ovals.

EDITED:

Sentiments used: Friends from Meljen's Designs, Cocoa to warm your heart from Pink Cat Studio

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
1) DYSU Challenge 21: ANIMALS *roar*

2) Karber Challenge 32
3) Meljen's Challenge #60

I've never entered a card in more than 1 challenge before so let's cross fingers.

StampFairy World blog candy

2011-05-26T12:49:00.000-07:00

StampFairy World is having a blog candy and she is giving it away as soon as she hits 800 followers.
So, do the following:

Become a follower of her blog (if you aren't already).
Post a link to this candy on your blog.
Come back and enter your name and blog to the linklist.

Good Luck!

Monday Minute #58

2011-05-24T14:41:00.000-07:00

1 - Think back as far as you can, what's the first tape, record, etc you remember listening to?
That would be multiplication tables. LOL!

2 - What's the first concert you've ever been to, the year and who performed?
Never been to a concert in my life! My dad would not let me:-( Maybe one day I can go with the kids...LOL!

3 - Ever bleed from your ass?
Sure have especially when I'm constipated!Urgh:-(

4 - If you went to your Senior Prom and had a date, do you still speak to said person?
I went to an all girls school and thus, no date.

and finally...

5 - Name the one television show that's no longer on the air that could have gone on forever.
ER definitely.

Another birthday card!

2011-05-19T11:37:00.000-07:00

This is another birthday card for a special friend who lives abroad. We haven't seen each other in a couple of years thus I will send this special birthday card to cheer her up and let her know that I haven't forgotten her.

Supplies:
Papers: Martha Stewart papers, Basic Grey and scrap paper
Ink: Memento Ink Tuxedo Black
Stamps: Inkadinkado Birthday Cupcake stamps, Close to My Heart "Find your style" and last but not least Prismacolor pencils, Michaels glitter and Prisma flowers

I'm entering it in the MyGrafico May challenge. It's my first time entering a challenge so wish me luck!

Annabelle Blog Hop

2011-05-17T08:41:00.000-07:00

AnnaBelle Stamps Blog Hop

Come and join them the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month as they have fun sharing a new set with you!

Play along with them for your chance to win the Blog Hop set OR the detailed prize!

How to Play :

Playing along is now even easier! You can leave a comment on one or all of the DT blogs and add your name using the Inlinkz tool which can be found on any of the DT blogs.

Belles

Sue K (taking a short break)

Stephanie

Patti

Kerry

So they would love for you to join in, and they would love your help to spread the word about their regular hops and prizes! If you could do a post and even include the banner at the top of the page that would be absolutely incredible!
To begin the hop head on over to Belles' blog HERE :)

Good luck!

Stretch N' Bubbles 2: 100+ followers blog candy

2011-05-11T13:42:00.000-07:00

Another blog candy...Hip hip hourray!!! For having over 100 followers to her blog, Stretch N' Bubbles 2 is having a blog candy.

The rules are really simple and they are:
1. You must be a follower (remember - follower = friends and she's sharing some love with her old/new friends here!!) - you can become a follower if you are not already a follower.
2. Please display this candy on your sidebar or into a blog post on your blog. :-) You know - spread the love!
3. Sign up with Mr. Linky on her website!!

The candy will run until May 31st so only a couple of weeks left...

Good luck!

Amazing Blog Candy @ Both sides of the Paper

2011-05-10T14:14:00.000-07:00

Both Sides of the Paper is having an amazing blog candy for her fans. Yup, you've read it well and it's an awesome one:-)

It's called 100, 000 hit Blog Candy!

The candy consists of:

7 sheets of Basic Grey Rub On's in black and white in different themes
Chipboard flowers and butterflies, felted and with rhinestones
2 sets of clear stamps
Coasters for altering
Small wooden photo frame perfect for altering too
Mini scrapbook
Set of gift cards with envelopes
Set of chipboard letters
Wood mounted rubber stamp of a Dress Form
Over-sized wooden clothes pin for altering

There are a few rules for winning but nothing too bad :)

1. Become a follower if you aren't already. You can choose to follow on Blogger or Facebook or both.
2. Add her main candy photo to your sidebar with a link back to her. Or you can make a post about it, either works :)
3. Add your name to the Inlinkz gadget on her website.

The candy is open world wide and will end at Midnight CST on May 23rd.

Spellbinders Lacey Circles giveaway

2011-05-03T09:15:00.000-07:00

Col's Creating Memories is having a giveaway and the prize.....

These lovely Spellbinders Lacey Circles!!!

Its easy, you get one entry for doing each of the following:

* Become a follower of her blog
* Post this giveaway on your blog with a link back to hers.

Jen C Designs: Wish for it Wednesday - 27th April Edition!

2011-04-27T13:45:00.000-07:00

Hooray for Wednesday!!! Jen C Designs is having her "Wish for it Wednesday" again this week...I love love this!

Why? Well, you can have your "wish" granted today and today itself!!!

What you have to do?

Just give her some love and follow her instructions.

Good luck!!!

P.S: You have until 9 pm EST to comment.

I can teach my child!: Picture Keeper: Product Review and Giveaway

2011-04-26T08:45:00.000-07:00

I can teach my child!: Picture Keeper: Product Review and Giveaway: "Besides something devastating happening to the people I love, losing all of our precious family photos is one of my biggest fears! After a..."

My first birthday card

2011-04-20T10:18:00.000-07:00

This is my first birthday card that I did for a special friend last March. I really wanted to give it to her and this is what I came up with.

Supplies: Magnolia stamp, Prima flowers, cardstock from Michaels, copic markers (need to look which ones I used)

Let me know what you think of it. Your comments are greatly appreciated!

Wish for It Wednesday from Jen C Designs

2011-04-20T08:54:00.000-07:00

I've been following Jen C for a while and I really love her digital kits and freebies of course:-) I haven't been able to play with it but I will...Cross my fingers:-) She has giveaways and mainly gives out freebies. Did I say freebies again? Darn...

Every Wednesday, Jen C Designs gives one lucky person a Wish, that's right, you've read it well... One wish is granted and what do you get?

Well, you can choose whatever you want but it's only 1 choice..LOL!

Anyways, please give her a shout out by visiting her!!!!

Pixie Dust Paperie giveaway!!!

2011-04-10T12:24:00.000-07:00

Hurray more giveaways!!! I love those but only won once:-)

Pixie Dust Paperie is having a giveaway and they are giving a Pixie November kit.

To win, you have to:
1) become a follower of their blog
2) post it on your blog and link back to them and voilà!!!

Good luck!!!

Melonheadz Bundle

2011-04-10T11:53:00.000-07:00

Remember the last time I told you I won a bundle form Melonheadz? Well, I chose the zoo bundle because this reflects my 2 kids which turn the house into a zoo:-)

Here is the zoo bundle I won and I haven't had the chance to play with it yet!

Hope you will head over to Melonheadz soon to play:-)

Tracy's 1st year Blogoversary Candy!!!

2011-04-03T17:46:00.000-07:00

Do you love blog candy like me? Well, hope on to Tracy's stamping corner where she is having her 1st bloversary candy!!!!

Happy 1st blogoversary Tracy!

I've won!!! I've won!!!

2011-03-25T12:47:00.000-07:00

Hourray!!! I've won!!! This was my first visit to MelonHeadz yesterday and guess what? I've won today!!! I can't tell you how happy I am....

I've won a bundle and I chose the zoo themed one since my house is like a zoo:-)

Will show the rest of the bundle when I get it...

Ciao

P.S If you love free illustrations, then become a follower to MelonHeadz. Say Hi to Nikki.

MelonHeadz: Lets play a game!

2011-03-24T13:55:00.000-07:00

MelonHeadz: Lets play a game!

Melonheadz is having a game where you need to name all 12 countries from the list1

Have fun!

What to choose? Digit or hybrid or traditional scrapbooking?

2011-03-24T13:43:00.001-07:00

Here I am, hoping to find an answer to my trouble.... Which way to go? Digital or hybrid or traditional? I have tried traditional 3 years back when my daughter was born but then I got pregnant again with my son. Since then I was not able to do anything. Blame it on being so lazy!!!

Now, I find myself overloaded with digital or hybrid. I really want to store my memories nd sare them with everyone but I don't know what to choose.

Hope I'll find my answer soon:-) Thanks for reading.

StampFairy has blog candy!!!

2011-03-24T13:40:00.000-07:00

Hourray for StampFairy!!! Another time for blog candy!!! Who doesn't love that??

Go here to add your link and follow her blog.