Impossible

Good Morning and Happy Friday. I am in disbelief that the new year is only 2 days away. I have a good feeling 2012 is going to be a good year for my family. I was able to get some crafting in last night and I will probably share those with you over the weekend. BUT, I volunteered myself to create a Smash book for display at Michaels. I have always wanted to try one out but couldn't pull myself to spend the money because A) I can make my own "smash book" and B) It is more like a journal and honestly my life is busy but not with anything worth documenting on a daily or even weekly basis. The pooper is that when I thought I had a couple weeks to get this together (that's why I offered to do it) I found out that it needs to be done by next week. UGH!!

So 2 nights ago (after I got it) I sat in bed brainstorming ideas of what I could do this Smash Book on. Since it cannot be done over time like I think it is intended to be I had to think of a bunch of stuff that may have already happened or will happen that I know about....does that make sense? So it hit me.....It will be "goodbye 2011 hello 2012....a look in to our past, present, and future." Between all that has happened in the last year (year and a half) with school and Artful Delight as well as with my kids to what is going to happen in 2012.

Tony and I will both have our Associates degree, we plan a move across country where we will buy our first house together (Tony owned one prior to us getting together and we have rented since we got together), Lil Tony will start kindergarten...There are just so many things that I have to look forward to, work towards and plan for. I really am excited for 2012 to get started.

But before we can ring in the new year we have a couple more projects to share with you. Today's project was created by our Delightful Designer, Kelly using the December scrapbook kit.

KELLY

Those photos are delightful and I love that flower she created. Kinda reminds me of that paper ornament I created a while back. For more details about this LO please visit Kelly's blog.

Just an update on Artful Delight kits:

There is still ONE August, October, and November SCRAPBOOK kits left. They have been greatly discounted, for $23.50 plus shipping you can own any one of those. :-)

There is also a few December Scrapbook kits left and the Card kits are SOLD OUT.

The January kits are selling fast, we have ONE Scrapbook kit and TWO Card kits. They will officially be up for sale on January 1st but if you would like to pre-order a kit please send me an email. leeanne@artfuldelight.com

We also have some Crate Paper collections, the brand NEW Paper Heart collection pack and chipboard shapes as well as the Peppermint collection pack and chipboard.

AND last but not least we still have some of the American Crafts Extreme Value Pack of Adhesive. It is packed with awesome adhesive, it has a retail value of $19.99 and for sale with Artful Delight for $17.49.....

And I will let you in on a secret, sssshhh don't tell, but I will be having a New Year's sale on the 1st. You might be able to save some more money off these already SUPER low prices. :-)

Grandparent's Day!

Happy Monday my friends! This week I am going to showcase some more of Jamie's LO's, she really does amazing work. Today's LO using Artfuldelight's September Monthly Kit will be the last one before we release October's Kit.

Fabulous job! I certainly can't wait to see what she creates with October's Kit. Be sure to check out all the wonderful products I have in the store. Here is a list of companies we carry:

American Crafts

Basic Grey

Crate Paper

Fancy Pants

Graphic 45

Nikki Sivils

Practicing Creativity Designs

Webster's Pages

Zutter

PLUS check out September's Monthly Kit packed full with fabulous products from Tim Holtz, Crate Paper, Basic Grey and Jenni Bowlin

Happy Crafting!!

First Day of School LO

Good Morning! So first I would like to say that it is with sad heart that one of the pups died. If you read my blog yesterday and saw the pics you know what I am talking about. It was the "runt" of the bunch. She was too tiny to feed from the mama so Jamie was bottle feeding her. She said she noticed around midnight that she was struggling to breathe and at 4:30am she noticed she was gone. Poor pup!

Despite all that Jamie made a LO. She has had her hands so full the last couple days and I really appreciate she did that. I have probably said this before but she truly has been amazing this month. One more month alone designing until the DT is in place. I am sure she will be relieved when that happens. LOL!

Here is her LO using Artfuldelight's September Monthly Kit

Another fabulous LO, she really has rocked out this month's kit. I really like the flower she made, that is pretty cool. It looks like she was used a lot of the items from the kit. I see the Tim Holtz ruler ribbon and a brad from the School Spirit collection as well as several die cuts. This month's kit really is packed with goodies. As well as next month. I really hope you will like it.

Oh I also wanted to give a heads up to make sure you check back on Thursday, September 23. I will be having a giveaway that will be 24hrs only, it will be a giveaway to celebrate my birthday. I am not sure what I will be giving away yet so make sure you come back. I will try and get the post up at midnight on the 23rd and will end at 11:59pm. YIPPEE!!! Ok have a good day all, I have one busy day ahead of me.

Happy Crafting!!

Live today

Just a quick post, it has been quite the week with 3 sick cranky kids, being sick myself and 2 tests (along with all the homework). I made this card for my dad. I am sending him a framed picture of him and the grandkids from the visit over the summer. Yes I know it has been several months but getting to the post office sometimes is tough. First I would like to share the pic of my dad and all his grandkids.

Yup, 4 of the 5 kids are mine. LOL! The 4 in the front actually.

Next is a pic of my card, I am not so good with masculine cards. I ended saw this card design on Kristina's blog, her blog is on my list of favorites.

I used different paper and a different stamp but the same design was used. I REALLY do love the Brook collection from Crate Paper (which is available at Artfuldelight).

Oh, I also wanted to let you know I will be getting a bunch of new products next week. I am so excited. I will reveal what they are when I actually get them in.

Also, don't forget to enter my challenge, it ends on Monday. I have some great prizes to give away!

Happy Crafting!!

Just one more time.......

Good Morning, friends! Happy hump day! Today I am a bit nervous because I have my first Accounting test. I draw a blank when it comes to tests. If I were to just sit in class and my Prof were to "quiz" us (outloud or whatever) on what we know I would be able to answer the question but you make it official and call it a "test" no books no notes and I draw a blank. I don't have my test until 2pm so I will be studying most of the morning (if my kids let me). Oh, some good news, I aced my Math test. WAHOO!!

So I have another LO for you from the fabulous Jamie. She really has worked hard the last couple weeks, getting all these LO's done for me. I really and truly appreciate all she has done. She makes some fabulous LO's.

I really do love this collection, I love the colors of the School Spirit papers. They all seem to go really well with Kraft card stock and we all know I love Kraft. LOL! Well if y'all have an account set up with Scrapbook.com be sure to check out Jamie's gallery and leave her some lovely comments.

I also wanted to say that I have received a large interest in my DT. I really am surprised at how many submissions I have gotten. I would like to let everyone know that applied that I think you are ALL FABULOUS. It really and truly is going to be tough for me to turn anyone down. There is not one submission that I have gotten that isn't just amazing. It has come down to the fact that I just want to put everyone's name in a hat and just draw the DT that way. Really, how do you chose one fabulous creation over another. I have also thought about closing the DT call early just so I don't have to get anymore fabulous LO's or cards and have to turn anyone else down. Ya know what I am going to close down the DT call, I just can't handle thinking of having to turn anyone else down. The DT term will still run starting in Nov but this way I will have a bit more time to chose the team and get it all set up. THANK YOU! to everyone that submitted their fabulous work.

Happy Crafting!!

My teacher

So I finally decided to play around with the September Monthly Kit and boy is it a great kit. LOL! Can I say that? I was a bit bummed at first to think that I would have no one to give a "school" themed card to. My daughter is in middle school and I am not sure she would give her teachers a card like that. You know how teenagers are. LOL! But then I remembered that my son is in speech therapy and he has a "teacher" I could give it to. Not sure when or for what, I guess I could wait for teacher appreciation. But either way I will keep this card for her. My lil guy really likes her.

I'm not sure why but I was a bit camera happy taking these pictures. Very rare for me but there was no stamping at all on this card.

Wait, what I thinking or not thinking I guess, I totally forgot that I made this card to play along with SFYTT over at i{heart}2stamp. This card was so fun to make, getting to use several of the items from September's kit. The Tim Holz ruler tape is awesome, I used my sewing machine to make sure it was adhered to the paper real good. If you haven't already, you should check out the kit, it is packed with good-ness! Hope ya'll have a great day!

Happy Crafting!!

Play ball.....

Yup that's right it's Friday! Time is really flying. I went to the grocery store yesterday and that had pumpkins for sale already. They were so pretty and shiny and looked really nice. I was going to buy some since they looked good but realized we had another month and a half before Halloween. I just can't wrap my brain around the fact that in 3 months it will be Christmas again. YIKES!

Well anyways, I have another great LO to share with you from the wonderful Jamie. She has been working so hard this week getting all these LO's done. I can't wait to have my DT chosen and in order so she can have a bit of relief. Jamie has made 3 super cute LO's using the September Monthly kit for sale now at Artfuldelight.com. Even if you pay the one month, single purchase price you are still getting all the items for almost 50% the cost if you were to buy everything individually. So be sure to check it out.

I really love the colors of the pattern paper in this collection. And the Thickers, LOVE the font. Way to go Jamie, another super fab LO! Oh and another thing, Artfuldelight is now on Facebook so hop on over and "like" me so you can get all the latest updates. Soon I will also have giveaways exclusively for my Facebook fans. Oh and my weekly challenge ends in 3 days so be sure to get in on the action for your chance to win some great prizes.

Hope y'all have a great weekend!

Happy Crafting!!

More Fabulousness

Is that even close to being a word? Probably not, LOL! Well either way I have another fabulous LO to share with you from Jamie. She really knows how to rock out the September Monthly kit. I think she managed to use one of everything in the kit in this LO! See here is the best thing about being a subscriber of our monthly kit, starting in November if you are a subscriber you will be able to help chose the kits. If there is some product you are dying to get your hands on, we can make a kit out of it. There will still only be one kit a month but I will accept and try to accommodate any and all product selections.

Basically if an upcoming months kit items have not been decided (purchased)yet then we will make the kit with what you want in it. With so many products out there I want to make sure you, as a subscriber, are happy with your monthly purchase.

Ok, on to the LO.....

Seriously, I love it!! Can you see the little apple chipboard in the bottom corner? I thought those were such a cute addition to the kit. I really think Jamie did a great job finding these items.

Happy Crafting!!

Have a sunshine day!

Did ya'll check out the LO I posted yesterday that DT member Jamie created, oh it was splendid! I really liked the way it turned out. If you didn't get a chance to see it, click here to check it out. That post is packed with goodness....a fabulous LO and a challenge with a giveaway. So be sure to clickety click and check it out. I will have another creation in the morning from Jamie and don't forget she is using products from our September Monthly Kit, click here to find the details and pricing.

Well now for today's project, this card I made the other day during one of my very few times I get to craft.

Ok so when I first saw this collection kit from Crate Paper called Brook, I KNEW I had to have it. If ya'll have been around a little bit you would see that most of my cards on a Kraft card base. I LOVE Kraft and so thought the papers from this collection would go PERFECT with Kraft. Boy was I right. These papers are fabulous, the colors are amazing, I just love it.

The flower in the middle is actually 3 separate die cuts from that collection that I layered to make one big flower and added a brad which is from Basic Grey. I did a little sewing stitch around the edge and used on of the sentiments from my stamp set. Now I know I did a little release with that a couple weeks ago but I still haven't formally named the set and I will have that all done and complete in the next week or so and will have it stocked around the first of October. The sentiment is a little light because I used Chestnut Roan Colorbox Chalk Ink and I guess I didn't push hard enough, I HATE when that happens. LOL!

Anywho, hope you like the card and don't forget to check out yesterdays post. :-) Oh, I can't believe I forgot to mention that the Brook Collection Kit from Crate Paper is available at Artfuldelight.com and there is a fabulously cheap price attached to it, check it out!!

Happy Crafting!!

A layout and a challenge

Good Morning my bloggy friends! I am really excited to share with you today the first LO using Artfuldelight's September Monthly Kit. I would like to say Thank You for all the kind comments about the changes I have been making, the monthly kit, the new stamp set and my DT call.

I am having a blast and really do appreciate everyone! So without further delay here is the layout my "one man" DT member Jamie created. I was so excited when she sent me the picture of the LO. It is super fabulous. Ok, ok here is it.....

I think she did a fabulous job using many of the items in the kit. The pattern paper in the collection is superb. The texture and quality of the paper, I just can't get over how wonderful it is. This September Monthly Kit is packed with goodness. Supplies are limited so make sure you hop over and purchase your kit before they sell out. We have a "no obligation" pricing option too so if you just want to purchase the current month you can. You can also check out Jamie's work in her gallery at Scrapbook.com....click here.

Artfuldelight Challenge #1

Ok so this week we are starting our weekly challenges. Since we kicked the week off with a LO we will have a LO challenge. The challenge is to create a LO showcasing something your child, grandchild or family member has done either at school or in a sport that has made you proud. The challenge will end September 13. The winner will be chosen at random and will receive a 6x6 paper pad from Crate Paper's School Spirit Collection, a package of American Craft Thickers (the ones in this month's kit) and a sheet of border AND phrase stickers from the same collection. Just upload your picture below to enter.

Happy Crafting!!