Let's start it off right......

The weekend that is. LOL!! Let's have a giveaway. First I have a question. I really do have a ton of stuff to giveaway. When it gets closer to the time I move I am going to need to get rid of all of it. And I am sure I will still have a ton of stuff even with all the giveaways I have been doing. Would any of you that enter my giveaways be willing to pay $5-$10 (towards shipping) for a big box of papers and embellishments? I have stacks and stacks of paper, and I just won't have anything to do with it. I mean I could keep it but do I really need 15 sheets of the same paper.....not really, especially since I don't get to craft much. So I may have like 5-10 boxes of stuff I could giveaway. And we all know paper is heavy and can be pricey to ship. I have a bunch of embellishments too.  So if you want to let me know in a comment (not required) if you think that would be OK to ask for a small "donation" towards shipping.  :-) 

Next, I wanted to share a few pictures.  This week my daughter got her braces off.  She had them on a little over 2 years.  I think she got them Feb/March of 2010.  She was so excited.  I was excited for her.  I think I even got a little teary eyed.  LOL!!  I told Tony that we are going to need to buy tissue in bulk in a few month because for the next 5-7 years I am going to shed a lot of tears.  LOL!! I mean so many changes are going to happen.  My oldest will start driving, working, and being a little more independent.  My oldest boy will start kindergarten.  Next fall my youngest daughter will start kindergarten.  The following year my daughter will be a senior and graduating.  And the year after that my baby will be starting kindergarten.  Oh boy, I am getting teary eyed just thinking about it.  I think I cried every year for about 4-5 years with Nicki at the start of the school year.  Just seeing my baby walk in to school all independent it just made me so sad.  LOL!! 

Alright on to the pictures. 

Next is a picture of my Mother's Day gift.  I found it on Etsy and jokingly sent a picture to Tony telling him he could get it for me.  Little did I know he did.  LOL!!  (I also got a fabulous pedicure for Mother's Day)

Gifts like this mean more to me than some expensive diamond or something.  Anything handmade by my kids or anything to do with my kids means a lot.  I told Tony the other day if he is going to buy me a wedding ring (Lol, nope not married yet) I don't want a traditional diamond.  I want something that has my kids birthstones or something.  There will be a diamond though because Nicki's birthday is in April.  :-) 

I also did a little manicure.....

Please excuse around the cuticles, I just did it when I took this picture and I hadn't gotten all the polish off. I am not sure if any of you follow Kristina Werner's blog but she got me hooked on Konad nail stamping oh maybe a year or so ago (maybe less than that).  But not only does she have her craft blog but she started a nail blog.  Oh my.  I went and spent $20 on polish last night so I can try a new technique she shared on her blog. Have any of you tried Konad stamping?  

Now on to the giveaway part.  I have another random box of goodies to giveaway.  :-)  Just leave me a comment and you will be entered to win.  :-) 

I will leave this open until May 15 at 11:59pm EST. 

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!! 

CAS Birthday

Happy Friday!! Hope you have all been doing well. I have been enjoying my time off, classes start in just over a week. And there is only 2 full months before we move. I am SO EXCITED!!!

 Today though I have super cute, CAS card to share with you.  Our Delightful Designer, Karen, created this beauty.

 KAREN

I just love Karen's CAS cards.  For more details about this card please visit Karen's blog.  :-)

I hope you can find some time this weekend to get crafty so you can play along with our sketch challenges.  We now have 2 sketches, a card sketch and layout sketch.

Link up your project in the sidebar under the sketch you used by May 23rd for your chance to win our June kit.  The winner will have their choice of the card or scrapbook kit.  :-) 

I have added Mister Huey's to the store, check it out. 

Want A Chance To Win The May Scrapbook Kit???

The May scrapbook kit is sold out, but you still have a chance to win one.  Artful Delight is sponsoring the Sketch Along Tuesdays Sketch Challenge over at Frosted Designs!  You can check out the details here. Enter their challenge before 12:00 noon (cst), May 13th for a chance to win!

Right Here. Right Now. Today

Hello my friends!! Today I have another amazingly fabulous LO to share with you that our Delightful Designer, Missy, created using our May scrapbook kit.  

 MISSY

Beautiful photo and amazing LO.  For more details about this LO please visit Missy's blog.  Well that's it for today, super quick post. I am heading out to get a (my Mother's Day) pedicure before Tony has to leave for  work.  :-) 

Beauty

Happy Monday my crafty friends!!  So I think I have done everything I can so far for our move.  The only thing left is to find a home (rental) and a job. Well and of course to finish packing but I think everything else we need to pack is actually stuff we would use over the next 3 months and will either be packing and taking with us or throwing away.  We took several loads of stuff to the dump last week and a 1000 pound load of stuff to the scrap yard, mostly Tony's  tools and such that were old and I promised we would replace with nicer new ones when we got settled in AZ.  :-)  Now the good news as far as the job goes, thanks to my wonderful friend, Julie, for suggesting I apply at her work I might actually have a job.  I can't do anything more with it until it gets closer to our move date but it looks promising.  :-)  Thanks a ton Julie!!  :-)  So all we have to do is get Tony a job and we will be in good shape.  :-)

Ok so now for the crafty fun.  Today marks the first project for our other new Delightful Designer, Marcia.  You may remember her from our guest designer a few months back.  She does amazing work!! 

 MARCIA

WOW, isn't this LO amazing!!!!  For more details about this LO please visit Marcia's blog.  :-) 

I think that is it for today.  I am still waiting to hear from one of our winners that I announced yesterday. 

 

Lisa from Lisa's Scrappy Hideaway!! 

You are the winner of the Geo-Graphic stamp set.  Please send me an email with your mailing address so I can get your package in the mail.  :-)  

leeanne@artfuldelight.com

 

Paper Smooches winners

Good morning my friends!! I just wanted to pop in and post the winners of the Paper Smooches stamps. I have two stamp sets to give away so we have two winners.


The first winner will receive the Geo-Graphic set.  And the winner is:

Lisa from Lisa's Scrappy Hideaway!!

And the second winner will receive the Sugar Rush set.  And the winner is:  

 Nitasha from My Eyes and Heart!! 

Congratulations!!

Ladies if you could send me an email with your snail mail I will get your prize in the mail!!  leeanne@artfuldelight.com  

Thank you to everyone that entered!!  I will be having more giveaways very soon so be on the look out.  :-)   I hope you all have a fabulous day!!  

Oh and just a few reminders:  Don't forget to play along with this month's sketch(es).  We now have TWO fabulous sketches to play along with.  A layout sketch and card sketch.  Two sketches means two chances to win and you will have your choice of a scrapbook or card kit.  :-)  

Also Artful Delight now carries a large selection of Paper Smooches stamps and beginning next week will be carrying some Mister Huey's mists.  Yippee!!  

If you have any suggestions of collections or manufacturers that you would like to see us carry just leave a comment.  :-)  I am always open to suggestions and ideas!!   

 

 

Love, Admire, Respect

Good Morning and happy Friday!! Super quick post this morning because I am headed off to work (it is currently 4:45 as I type this so forgive me if my post doesn't sound right, I haven't had my coffee yet) :-) Today's cards are the first two projects from our other newest Delightful Designer, Karen.

Karen had suggested we have a card sketch and I thought it was an awesome idea, she also offered to create the sketches for us.  So these 2 cards are created using this months card sketch and our May card kit.  

KAREN

Aren't these cards amazing?  Love them!!!!  Now we have 2 sketches to play along with, you can have 2 chances to enter.  As of now there will still just be one winner and they will have their choice of which kit they would like. 

Be sure to stop by Karen's blog for more details and a TON of inspiration.  Have a great day!!