Thinking of you friend (and a giveaway)

Good Morning friends. It is the end of January. I just can't believe it. So if I thought my life was already crazy busy, it is about to get crazier. I found out Sunday that my landlord is planning on putting our house on the market May 1st. I don't think it will sell quick or sell at all. But just the idea of having the landlord over every week fixing the place up and then if they do have showings, YIKES! We can't be here if there are showings and sometimes I know there is little to no notice that there is going to be a showing. PLUS we don't plan on moving out of state until December. SO if they happen to sell it before we plan on moving we aren't sure what is going to happen. We certainly don't want to sign a year lease anywhere. I am not sure we can afford a furnished apartment or something of the sort. Plus we have a HUGE family, 6 people, a dog, and a cat. Not many people would be willing to put us up in their place. lol!! Oh well, we will deal with what is dealt at that time.

On to the fun stuff......I have a confession.....I am addicted to Papertrey Ink. I bought some paper and ink a few weeks back and I was hooked. I went back and got more paper, more ink, and buttons. Then I stalked Splitcoaststampers and bought up lots of PTI stuff that was being sold there. So that is where this card came from.

Everything but the Kraft cardstock and the white cardstock used in the clouds is from PTI. The stamp set is called Springtime Doodles.. Super cute set in my opinion.

I wish I had a ton more money because my wishlist with PTI is HUGE!!! I have been spending way too much money with as little craft time as I get. LOL! The purchasing new goodies to crafting ratio is not very good. LOL!

Alright well who is ready for another giveaway. It is another random box of goodies. I have been cleaning out my stuff, getting rid of extras I have had from old kits, as well as stuff that I may have used one or two things out of but won't use again. It is a great box of stuff.

Just leave me a comment and you will be entered to win. I will pick a winner on February 5th. :-)

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You're sweet

Happy Monday my friends. Well my evening class was canceled today but we were given a homework assignment to do that is due on Wednesday so I will still be busy with school tonight.

This morning I have to take my monthly trip an hour away to my daughter's ortho. She has had her braces on for almost 2 years and I am REALLY hoping today's visit brings good news that they will come off VERY soon.

We have two more days left in this month and two more days of amazing inspiration using our January card kit. Both January kits are now sold out.

Our Delightful Designer, June, created these adorable cards. Love them!!

JUNE

Eeek, I just love these cards. Be sure to stop by June's blog for more details about these cards and a TON of inspiration.

So I am sure most (well probably all) of you have been following all the new releases and the CHA updates and I can say that I am TOTALLY impressed with the new releases coming out over the next 6 months. I have been so overwhelmed with all the new goodies that I couldn't pick just ONE color combo of collections to use for our March kit. For this I am extremely thankful for Debbie. She has done an amazing job picking out goodies for our March kit. And of course they will be SUPER NEW collections just being released in February.

Have a great day!!

Congratulations and Love

Happy Sunday my friends!! Have you enjoyed your weekend so far?? I am headed to Michaels to knit with some lady friends today. It should be good friend. I know how to make scarves and hats and finger-less gloves but I would love to know how to make a really cool blanket or shawl or something.

Today I have two absolutely fabulous cards to share with you from our Delightful Designer, Abby. She made these this week despite not feeling well. I hope you feel better soon Abby!!!

ABBY

She says she isn't 100% happy with these cards but even her "not so favorite" ones have not been a disappointment. Abby rocks the kits every single month. :-) For more details about these cards, please visit Abby's blog.

I hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend. :-)

Spotlight Saturday

Happy Saturday!! Today is the last Saturday of the month which means it is the last Guest Design post showcasing Suzy's delightful work. But head over to her blog and become a follower and you can check out all her amazing and inspiring work all the time. Suzy used our January scrapbook kit for this LO!! All of our scrapbook kits (past and present, except February) are sold out. We still have some January card kits available.

SUZY

Look at those adorable photos of her pup, Jax! My pup would love to be a lap dog but at 80 pounds I think that is a bit much, lol!! Love this LO, the design is fabulous. For more details about this LO please visit Suzy's blog.

We have a ton more inspiring projects to share with you all this week and of course starting the 1st we will share projects using our February kit. And be sure to check out our Spotlight Saturday next week, we have another guest designer and she does amazing work. :-)

You, me, and the sunshine....

TGIF my friends!!! I cannot believe how fast these weeks are going. Just can't believe it. I am glad the week is over even though I have to work the next two days. I do however, have off on Sunday and I think I am going to spend the afternoon at Michaels knitting with some of the ladies (the knitting instructor and two ladies from her class last week). The instructor is going to bring some patterns and show us all how to make things other than hats and scarves. LOL!!! Too bad next Winter I plan on being in all year round warm climates but I will know how to knit cool stuff and I can make stuff for my friends and family in the cold!! :-)

Today I have an awesome LO to share with you that our Delightful Designer, Kelly created using our January scrapbook kit.

KELLY

I LOVE the distressed edges and the sun/clouds....super cute!!! For more details about this LO, please visit Kelly's blog. :-) If you aren't a follower of her blog yet, you should be. Kelly shares a blog with her sister and I am in awe over how talented both her and Erin are. Each LO is so amazing and beautiful, there is a ton of inspiration to be seen over there. Check it out!!!

Just a reminder, the February card kit is sold out but if you would like get one, send me an email and you can pre-order one. I will put more kits together if I get some pre-orders. :-) Now that I see how popular the card kits are I will definitely have to put more together. :-)

Also, our December and January scrapbook kits are now sold out. We still have a few February scrapbook kits left and some January card kit left. Our sale will end at the end of the month, so place your order before then to get some good savings. :-)

A gathering of cousins

Good Morning my friends. I am so sad to not be heading to CHA this year. One of these years it is my goal to make it. Next year I will be living a whole lot closer to the Winter CHA so I am thinking I will be there!!! I am super excited about all the awesome collections this time. There are SOOOO MANY that I just love. Putting together kits for the next 6 months should be fun!!! :-)

Speaking of kits, did you see the February kit reveal yesterday???? Sadly (well not really sad) the card kits are ALREADY sold out. I can't believe how good they have been doing. I said I wasn't going to put any more card kits together but I may just have to. It isn't even the 1st and we have none left. YIKES!!! AND the scrapbook kits are selling too....so you may want to pre-order if you think you may want one.

If you want a February card kit, email me and we can pre-order them for you. I will just ask for a $5 deposit for the kit and you will not be charged the rest until I ship the kits. I may not put anymore together if I don't get any pre-orders, so send me an email if you are interested. :-)

leeanne@artfuldelight.com

But let's not rush January to end because we still have some amazing projects left to share with you that our Delightful Designers created using our January kit.

DEBBIE

Debbie is amazing with her fussy cutting and layering!! I love this LO!!! For more details about this LO, please visit Debbie's blog. :-)

That's it for today! Be sure to check out the kit reveal and send me an email if you are interested in pre-ordering either of the kits. :-)

February Kit Reveal

Oh Happy Day!!! It's the 25th of the month which means it is KIT REVEAL DAY!!!! I have two awesome kits to share with you as well as the winner of this month's sketch challenge. Yahooo!!

First I will announce the winner......We have been doing our sketch challenges for just over a year and this month we had the most entries. Now I know 32 entries is not that much for some challenge sites but I am so excited to have seen so many participants!!! I hope this means Artful Delight is moving in the right direction. :-)

Ok, let's get on with it....the winner of this month's sketch challenge ASC #16 is
......Marcia from One Scrap at a Time........

Please contact me with your mailing information so I can get your package off to you! leeanne@artfuldelight.com

Next we have the kit reveal. Two fabulous kits to chose from. First up is the scrapbook kit, filled with a brand new Little Yellow Bicycle collection.

SCRAPBOOK KIT

this kit will include

Little Yellow Bicycle - Paradise collection 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Bird In Paradise
Born To Be Wild
Blissful Dots
Pleasant Plaid
All Natural Leaves
Paradise

Jillibean Soup - Sweet and Sour collection 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Shredded Cabbage
Sour Salt
Crushed Tomatoes
Raisins

Simple Stories - Year-o-graphy collection 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Live Life 24/7
Green/Notebook
Capture This Moment

Bazzill Coordinating Cardstock 12x12 sheet (1 each)

Passionate
Sea Glass
Tangelo
Yellowgreen

Embellishments - size and color may vary per kit

1 sheet - Jillibean Soup Sweet and Sour Soup collection - Pea Pod Parts Die Cuts
1 package - Little Yellow Bicycle Paradise collection - Paper Flower Kit
2 - Flora Doodles flowers
4 1/2 yards - Pink Paislee (Mist)-a-bles
2 - Jenni Bowlin - Doily Flowers - Creme
3 - Little Yellow Bicycle Paradise collection - Stick Pins
1 package - Jillibean Soup - Burlap Chipboard Alphabeans
1 sheet - Simple Stories Year-o-graphy collection - Calendar Cardstock Stickers
1 sheet - 12x12 Natural Sticky Back Canvas


CARD KIT

this kit will include

Little Yellow Bicycle - Paradise collection 6x6 sheets (2 each)

Born To Be Wild
Blissful Dots
Pleasant Plaid
All Natural Leaves
Paradise

Jillibean Soup - Sweet and Sour collection 6x6 sheets (2 each)

Shredded Cabbage
Sour Salt
Crushed Tomatoes
Raisins

Simple Stories - Year-o-graphy collection 6x6 sheets (2 each)

Live Life 24/7
Green/Notebook
Capture This Moment

Bazzill Coordinating Cardstock 8 1/2x11 (4 each)

Buttercreme
Sea Glass
Yellowgreen

Embellishments - size and color may vary per kit

1 - Paper Smooches Stamp Set - Spiffy Scooters
1 package - Little Yellow Bicycle Paradise collection - Paper Flower Kit
1 package - Jillibean Soup Typography - Cool Beans Buttons
1 box - 1/2in Glue Dots
2 - Jenni Bowlin - Doily Flowers - Creme
3 - Little Yellow Bicycle Paradise collection - Stick Pins
4 yards - Totally Twill ribbon - Creme
5 yards - Wild Rose Grosgrain ribbon - 3/8in
1 sheet - 8 1/2x11 Natural Sticky Back Canvas

Alright, well there are the two kits. What do you think? You can pre-order now or wait until the 1st of February when they go on sale at Artful Delight but there are limited kits so if you want one, don't delay. :-)

If you would just like to purchase one month (February) send me an email leeanne@artfuldelight.com

We still have our sale going on until the end of the month! :-)

If you would like to subscribe to a 3 or 6 month subscription, head over to Artful Delight and make the purchase. In the notes(at checkout) let me know you would like to start with February kit.

I will be back tomorrow with more inspiration from one of our Delightful Designers using the January kit which is still available. :-)

My Sweet Zoey

Hello, hello!! It is Tuesday the 24th and I am super excited about tomorrow. It is the 25th of the month, do you know what that means?? It is new kit reveal day. I will be sharing with you our February monthly kits. Oh yeah!!!

But before we get to that and for the rest of this month I still have plenty of inspiration to share with you from our Delightful Designers using our January monthly kits. Both the scrapbook and card kit are still available. :-)

Today's absolutely adorable LO was created by our Delightful Designer, Debbie.

DEBBIE

Look at that pup, isn't she adorable!!! And the LO is fabulous, love the twine and the flowers that Debbie used. For more details about this LO please visit Debbie's blog. :-)

Well that's it for today, be sure to stop by tomorrow for the February kit reveal and the winner of this month's sketch challenge will be announced. :-)

A perfect start

Happy Monday my friends!! Hope everyone had a fabulous weekend!! Today we start week 3 of my Spring semester. Today is also an awesome day because I will receive the final products for February's kit. I am excited to get it all together so I can have the reveal on the 25th. :-)

In addition to all that fun stuff (lol) I have an awesome LO to share with you that our Delightful Designer, Julie, created using our January scrapbook kit. :-)

JULIE

Super fab LO!! On a complete side note, those pancakes look DELICIOUS!!! :-) For more details about this LO please visit Julie's blog. :-)

Today is ALSO the last day to enter your project for our sketch challenge. Enter your project in the sidebar for your chance to win our February scrapbook kit. :-)

For sale!!

*edit to add photos*

I have a very gently used Bind-it-All for sale with a TON of extras. I am asking for $100 for everything PLUS shipping, OBO. Here is what is included:

1 - Pink V2.0 Bind-it-All Machine
1 - Pink wire cutters
1 - spacer
2 - 4x4 chipboard covers
1 - 4x4 white pages (20 sheets)
4 - 6x6 Curved Spine Cover-All
2 - 7.5x5 Curved Spine Cover-All
2 - 7.5x5 white pages (10 pages each package)
1 - 7.5x5 Acrylic cover
1 - 8x8 chipboard cover
3 - 8x8 Pre-Punched page protectors (6 each package)
1 - 8x8 white pages (10 sheets)
4 - 9x9 chipboard covers
3 - 8x8 Flat Spine Cover-All (white)
3 - 1" O-wire (6 - 12" wire per package)
1 - 3/4" O-wire (6 - 12" wire per package





Please send me an email if you are interested. leeanne@artfuldelight.com

Happy Birthday (card)

Good Morning and Happy Sunday!! So yeah it's 9am and I kinda just got up. I totally could have slept all day. School is back in session so I don't get much sleep.


I have an AWESOME card to share with you today that our Delightful Designer, Abby created using our January card kit.

ABBY

This card uses very minimal pattern paper but I absolutely LOVE it!! The embossing, everything is just fabulous!! For more details about this card please visit Abby's blog. :-)

That's it for today, see ya'll tomorrow!

Spotlight Saturday

GOOOOOOOD Morning!! So we got some snow last night but it was only a little ground covering. The problem is it is super cold so the ground is super slippery. I hate when the weather is like this because Tony has to drive over an hour each way to work. It is up and down through the mountains and he always sees others stranded on the side of the road. I would hate to think that would ever be him. He did get to work safe this morning so that is a plus!!

But let's talk about happy stuff today is Saturday which means it is Spotlight Saturday and back with us this week is our Guest Designer, Suzy!!

SUZY

Suzy used our January scrapbook kit. There is still a few left so click here if you would like to get your hands on one.

I love the papers she used from the kit on this LO. The Kraft with pinks and reds, LOVE it!! For more details about this LO, please visit Suzy's blog. :-)

I am totally excited about the response this month to the sketch challenge. I'm not sure if it is because the holidays are over and you ladies have more time to craft or if we are finally getting our "name" out there but we have had at least double the entries this month as past months. I am EXCITED!!! With that said the challenge will end on Jan 23rd, so be sure to link your project by then to have a chance to win our February scrapbook kit. I am excited about February's kit because it will include some very newly released crafty goodies. Be sure to stop by on the 25th to see what those are!!!

Well off to polish my nails before I head off to work!! Have a wonderful day! I will be back tomorrow with more crafty inspiration!! :-)

Sing it loud

TGIF my friends!!! These weeks have just been flying by. I can't believe I have already made it through my second week of this semester. I hope I can make it through.

Well today I have a super duper cute LO to share with you with an EVEN MORE cute photo!! Take a look.....

KELLY

Our Delightful Designer, Kelly created this LO using our January scrapbook kit. :-) I have a photo very similar to that of my oldest. It was taken probably about the same age. I am not sure what my daughter was doing in the photo because she was spending the weekend with her grandparents but it looks like she is singing. LOL!! Anywho, isn't this LO delightful?? Love all the detail.

For more details about this LO, please visit Kelly's blog. Oh, and this is your last crafty weekend before this month's sketch challenge ends. Try and take a little time this weekend and make a LO or card using this month's sketch, located in the sidebar. Be sure to link up by Monday for your chance to win our February scrapbook kit. :-)

2 Beautiful cards

**I am still waiting to hear from Julie from CalleLillyCafe - if you are reading this, please email me with your mailing info so I can send you your prize. You won the giveaway I had going on last week**

Good Morning!! Hope all is well with everyone. Today I have two beautiful cards to share with you!!

Our Delightful Designer, June, created these beauties using the January card kit. :-)

JUNE

WOW!!!

WOW, WOW!!! LOL! Aren't these beautiful??? I love the CAS, yet beautiful look to the first card and LOVE the color combo on the second card. For more details about these cards please visit June's blog.

Less than a week left to enter this month's sketch challenge. Get those entries in!! You will be playing for your chance to win our February monthly kit and it includes a brand new collection. YIPPEE!!! Link up your project in the sidebar by Jan 23rd for your chance to win. :-)

Sending you Thanks (faux metal)

Hello my friends. It is cold and rainy here in Virginia and I don't like it. LOL!! I decided not to go to Panera Bread this morning and do homework. The only "homework" I officially have this semester is for a class called Project and Seminar. It is a class that coincides with my Intermediate Accounting class. It's online and kinda self paced. I finished my first paper for that class and it isn't even due until next Wed. The next paper isn't due for 3 weeks now. SO, I decided to stay home and craft. *GASP* LOL!!

Who is a fan of Kristina Werner's work? Let's see a show of hands (now let's see a show of hands of those that actually just raised their hand, lol)......Do you ever do that when you are talking on the phone or something? Not raise your hand per say but are you really animated and do you use a lot of hand gestures even though you know no one can see you? Oh I am totally that way. LOL!

Anywho, well I am a big fan of Kristina's and have been for over 2 years. A couple months back I saw her first tutorial on how to make faux metal and I was determined at some point to try that technique. When I searched Kristina's blog for her faux metal tutorial, I have come to realize she has been sharing this technique since 2006.

Ok so anyway, I have this gorgeous paper from Authentique's Uncommon collection. Oh so beautiful. I thought a faux metal sentiment would look awesome. So I set to work on creating this card.

I just love the way this card turned out. Sorry the pictures aren't the best. Isn't this technique AWESOME. I almost think I am addicted. I want to make many, many more cards with a faux metal sentiment.

Now I haven't watched all of Kristina's faux metal tutorials but I think the ones I did see show her just using a bigger sheet of paper and then cutting out the sentiment area. For mine I cut the label die cut first, used some removable adhesive to hold it on to a larger sheet while I embossed and then VERY carefully lined the sentiment on the label.