Happy Thanksgiving and DAY 4 of Thanks! (giveaway)

Happy Thanksgiving my friends!! 

I don't have a project to share with you today but I did want to say Happy Thanksgiving to all my bloggy friends that celebrate this holiday.  

Today I am thankful for my family.  Tony and I have been together almost 7 years (anniversary is Dec 17) and together we created 3 beautiful, loving, wonderful children.  I am thankful that he has accepted and loved my daughter like his own and has been an amazing role model for her.  

I am also thankful that he is an AMAZING cook and he will be making me my family the most juicy and delicious turkey.  Oh yum!!!  

I am also thankful that he is supportive of me and my obsession with crafting and Artful Delight.  He truly is a wonderful man and I couldn't imagine life without him.  

My kids are my everything.  They warm my heart every minute of every day.  They brighten my day when I am tired and upset from work.  They give me kisses, love and hugs when I most need it.  

I am thankful we were able to make our move to Arizona.  I have met some wonderful people here.  Reunited with a friend from high school (who was kind enough to make sure we had something to do for our turkey day) , our wonderful community of people, great people that I work with and the handful of customers that I truly enjoy chatting with everyday.  I got to meet a bunch of amazing crafty people that I feel extremely honored to now call my friend (and I will see you ladies on Saturday)  :-) 

We have an amazing place to live and couldn't ask for better weather (that's right it will be 81 degrees today) 

I just feel so lucky right now.  I may not have all the money I would like but I have the love and support from everyone around me. 

Phew, that was a lot to be thankful for!!!  

What are you thankful for?  

Click here to see the details about our giveaway we having going on this week.

Have a wonderful day my friends!!

 

Happy Mother's Day!!

Happy Mother's Day!!! These precious faces are who give me the privilege of celebrating this day with all the other fabulous mother's out there. Not a day goes by that I look at my children and feel like the luckiest parent in the world.

I hope everyone has a super fabulous day!!!! 

 

Spotlight Saturday

Happy New Year's Eve! What are your plans for the evening? Mine will be spent home with my family, well after I get off work tonight and then when the lil ones go to bed maybe a little crafting and then a quiet evening with my love watching some TV and relaxing.

Today is the 31st, the last day of the month, the last day of the year and unfortunately the last day for our Guest Designer Karen to share her projects here in Artful Delight. I hope over this month you have become a follower of Karen's blog (if you weren't already). Karen really is talented and I love the cards she creates and the new techniques she shares on her blog. I have been a follower of her blog for quite some time and I was super excited to have her guest design using one of our kits.

Here are the last 2 cards Karen has made using the December card kit. It is sold out but there are still a few scrapbook kits left. :-)


Love what Karen did with the second card!! These cards are fabulous. For more details and a TON of inspiration please visit Karen's blog. :-)

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for a new sketch/challenge, the official release day of the January kit, some savings and an awesome project.

I would like to wish everyone a safe and Happy New Year!!

Merry Christmas to you and your family!!

Good morning my friends!!! I would like to wish all of you and your families a VERY Merry Christmas!! I woke up to the sounds of my kids "ooohhhh," "WOW" to all the gifts under the tree.....the best part is they weren't expensive toys and they didn't get that many but they were VERY happy with everything they got.

Today is the 25th and usually we do the kit reveal today but since most of you are probably spending the day with your family and may not be online blog hopping, I thought I would hold off until tomorrow. :-) Today I will just share with you a frame I made for my Grandma. I used some papers from the December kit and I used some Thickers and bling from the January kit.




I started with a $1 frame from Michaels and some acrylic paint. I couldn't match the paint color just right so there is actually like 15 layers of paint on the frame. LOL!! First I wanted a blue, then I thought maybe just white and then I changed to this orangy color. It went well with the flowers on one of the Authentique papers in our December kit. :-)

So I painted the frame and then I traced and cut that white paper. I adhered it with Mod Podge then coated the top with Mod Podge to seal it.

I used my Tim Holtz sander to rough up the edges, give it a distressed look. And since there was white underneath the orange it turned out really cool. Then I fussy cut the flowers and adhered them. I used some Glossy Accents (thank you for the idea Abby!) I also used some bling from the upcoming January kit on the largest flower.

Then I used the Thickers from the January kit (more on those tomorrow) and painted them with the same orange paint as the rest of the frame.

And that's it. Sent it to my Grandma a little late but I am happy to report she got it on Friday! LOL! :-)

I hope you all have a wonderful day with family and friends!! See you all tomorrow! :-)

"Just hear those sleigh bells tingling, ring-ting-tingling too"

Good Morning my friends! Sadly I still feel crummy. Just when I thought I was at my 'peak' of my sickness, I would get worse. Now it has moved in my chest. Ugh, I just need to feel better already. LOL!!

But on to today's project because it is a beauty!! Our Delightful Designer, Abby, created this lovely sleigh using the November Monthly kit. :-) I think it is absolutely delightful!!

ABBY

For inspiration and details about this project, please visit Abby's blog. Our holiday weekend special ends today so if you are interested in saving $5 (min order of $10) or FREE SHIPPING (Domestic orders over $50 and International orders over $75) please head over to Artful Delight.

There is already only ONE December card kit left and several scrapbook kits. The November card kit is sold out and we have a few scrapbook kits. We also have some 'previous kits' for sale at a discounted price. We have some Crate Paper collections packs as well as some American Crafts Extreme Value Pack of Adhesive available for sale too.

We will have a few more projects to share with you this month using the November monthly kit so be sure to stop by tomorrow for some more crafty goodness!! :-)

Happy Thanksgiving my friends.

Good Morning and Happy Thanksgiving. I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday.

I have a photo to share of my lovely family hanging out playing some Mario Bros last night and then I will leave you with some funny Thanksgiving cartoons.






Happy Holiday!! I will be back tomorrow with another fabulous project from one of our Delightful Designers using the November monthly kit.

Dream

**edited**

Happy 4th of July!! I was a bit bummed because last night around 5:30pm it started to pour so our 4th of July fireworks celebration in town was canceled. We will still be able to see it on Tuesday (rain makeup) but Tony will be working (inventory so he has to close) and so he will not be able to make it.

I was able to craft a bit yesterday, got a LO and a card made. Today I will share with you the card.

I saw this card (something very similar) on Tim Holtz blog the other day and I thought it was awesome. So awesome I hunted down (wasn't too tough, Michaels had it) stamp he used, bought the distress ink and some patriotic paper.

Well I think the stamp he used was a bit bigger than the one in the stamp set I bought because I originally started with a standard card and had to cut it down to match the image.

I used Fired Brick and Faded Jeans distress inks for the image and sentiment. I used Tea Die distress ink and sponged the edges. I also distressed the edges of the pattern paper and the cardstock with the image on it.

I realized this after the fact, but I am able to submit this card to OTWC Challenge #56. Here is the inspiration:

(Use Red, White, and any color blue)

You still have a couple days to link up so be sure to stop by OTWC for more details!!

Well that's all I have for you today. I am sure most of you are spending the day with your families so I will be back tomorrow with another project and the winner of the giveaway.

Happy Crafting!!

Monday Madness

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Good Morning! The start of another week means I am that much closer to the end of this semester and that much closer to finishing school. I know it has only been 2 semesters but I miss the way things used to be, no stress about school or homework....being able to spend time together as a family, it is so rare these days and it makes me sad being my lil ones are getting old enough to play games. Oh well 2 years of sacrifices to forever change our future is worth it. :-)

Today I have a BUNCH of projects to share with you, I have 4 cards from Julie, using February's kit. I also have a card that I made for The Paper Variety challenge as well as the Valentine's that I made for Nicki's friends. I feel so sad I didn't get to make more. Next year I will be resting up for the following year when my kids start school. YIKES when they are all in school I will have to make upwards of 100 Valentine's. I seriously can't wait, I LOVE IT!!!

Ok so here are the FABULOUS cards that Julie made





Julie truly did an amazing job this month and I am greatly appreciative that she was Guest Designer. I will have one more LO from Julie that will be posted on February 24th.

Next up I have a card that I made for The Paper Variety, the challenge was to incorporate or use a cupcake on your project. I found this cute Happy Birthday SVG file on SVGcuts.com and I thought it would work perfect.

I also used the Cupcake Love collection from Little Yellow Bicycle from January's kit(which is sold out). I used some Micro Mini alphas from Basic Grey on the banner. I used some bling on the cupcake which is from Memory Box, I think I got it from my secret Santa sister, the swap I participated in on the Sketches4all forum.

Next I have some Valentine's treat bags that I made for my daughters friends. She only wanted me to make 10. Here are some pictures.





Aren't they cute? I had so much fun making those! I also got the lil monsters from SVGcuts.com. The talk bubbles were pre-loaded in my SCAL program. The pattern paper is from Cosmo Crickets DeLovely collection. I know not your typical Valentine's colors but they were pink and pretty and that is what I was going for. :-)

Can you believe I didn't have any Happy Valentine's Day stamps, so when I ran out to Joann's to get some jiggly eyes I also picked up a wood mounted stamp set from Inkadinkadoo. It had all kinds of holiday sentiments and it was half off. So it was like $5.

I sponged the edges of the pink talk bubbles with Rose Bud dye ink from Memento and also stamped the sentiment in the same color. For the blue colored talk bubbles I sponged the edges with Broken China Distress ink as well as stamped the sentiment.

I just think they are so cute!!!

Anywho, since this post is so long already I think I will wait until tomorrow to announce the giveaway. I am not sure how long it will last so be sure to check back in the morning. I haven't decided if I should make it only a 24hr giveaway or a little longer. So either way make sure you check back in the morning. I will actually have 2 giveaways this week (I think).

Did anyone see the pics of the wreath that Cosmo Cricket had in their booth at CHA? If so do you know if there is a tutorial for making that or something like it? I really want to make a wreath similar to that and would like to see or read about how they did it. Before I start cutting and pasting I would like to have a visual of how it's done. LOL!

Be sure to stop by Julie's blog for full details about her cards! :-)

Happy Crafting!!

Happy Halloween!

Hello my name is Leeanne and I am addicted to digital kits and images. I have another confession. When I first heard about digital images and kits I kinda thought they were silly. It to me defeated the purpose of stamping. I dunno, just seemed weird to me. BUT then I tried it, I finally figured out what color tools worked best for me, unfortunately this was after breaking the bank buying all sorts of markers and pencils. LOL! So I have bought several digital images and kits and I simply love them. My most recent purchase was a Halloween image (Thanks Marlene!) from Squigglefly. I usually don't make Halloween cards because I don't send them out but really that was before I sent out cards in general. This image was super cute though and I had to have it. The white cardstock is that shimmery white paper I told y'all about that I got at my LCS and all the pattern paper is from a digikit I purchased from Two Peas called Woodsy by Jen Martakis.

Ya know one of the other things I have learned in the paper crafting world is to think outside the box. I see a lot of non-traditional colors for certain holidays like Christmas. When you think Christmas, do you think pink and blue and orange or do you think red and green? Yeah me too! When you think of Halloween do you think of tan, blue and purple or do you think orange and black? Yeah me TOO! LOL!

I did however add a little Pumpkin Pie cardstock in there to bring a little Halloween traditional colors but more so just to give the card a bit more color. The alphas are Micro Mini stickers from Basic Grey, Basics collection.

*edit, I entered this card into Squigglefly Challenge #62 - Hot Colors, thank you Holly for telling me about the challenge.

Happy Crafting!!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Friday! So excited the weekend is finally here. Can't believe today is my daughters last day of school and next year she will be an 8th grader. Time flies. So for today I will be sharing with you the card I made for my dad for Father's Day. Tony "drew" it in Inkscape and then uploaded it in Sure Cuts A Lot to cut on my Cricut. It made this card super simple.

I used a Chocolate Chip base and the DSP is from Stampin' UP! called To the Nines. I used some silver brads for the buttons and the collar. I cut the pocket out by hand and cut a sliver of cream satin ribbon to make the "handkerchief".

And there ya have it, my dad's vest card. I hope he likes it, I made his birthday card a couple months back and he liked it. It was pretty plain compared to this one so we will see.

Happy Crafting!!

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