Happy Everything!

Ok, so here is what I decided today. See I have lost my mojo, well mostly with card making. I blog hop a lot and it seems like when I see someones card they may say how they are making this card and that card FOR someone. To me it would seem a lot of card makers make cards with a purpose. For me, I don't send cards very often so when I make them I don't have a purpose. It makes it hard to "personalize" them. I am not sure if this makes any sense to anyone but my inspiration and creativity comes from "why I am making the project". I think that is why I will always be a scrapbooker at heart. I have been scrapbooking for 13 yrs and I get such pleasure and satisfaction from making layouts. Does any of this make sense to ANYONE? LOL!

Here is my example, I made 2 projects today to share with you. One was a Bind-it-All project and one was a card. I bought my first digital kit the other day and had to try it out. I had no purpose for the card, no one in mind to send it to.....so I really had no where to go with it. It was simple but cute and somewhere down the line I may find a use for it. The other project I made was using my BIA. I am sort of old fashioned and still prefer my pen and paper to keep track of bills and other important info in my life. I don't use a check register to every month in a Composition book I write down which bills are due, how much I paid, the check number and when the check was sent. Basically just like a register but because it is in the notebook I have more room to make notes and add things and make corrections. Well the book I had been using I have had for 2 years. I was getting old and ragged. Now the BIA book I made is nothing fancy but I made it will a purpose, someone (me) will be using it so while I was making it I saw my vision. Again, does this make any sense? Seriously, or am I just alone in this crazy crafty mind game?

So my point is I am going to start making a variety of projects from cards to BIA projects to scrapbook pages. I hope you will all still join me and continue to check out all that I have to share.

Alright on with my projects, here is the card I made using my new digital kit I got from Two Peas. I think it is called Party Monkey by Holly Jones.

Everything is from the digital kit except the "happy everything" sentiment. That is actually a stamp I got from the dollar bin at Michaels. It was actually super fun making this card. I see more digital kits in my future. LOL!

Next is my BIA project. I used a 7.5x5 Coverall with 3/4in O-wire.
First I used Glimmer Mist from Tattered Angels that I purchased the other day from my local craft store. It's called Pashmina, is has like gold glitter tints to it. Super cool looking when dry, you can't really see that in the picture. I realized that is went very well with the Razzleberry Lemonade DSP from Stampin' UP! I used a piece of that paper to cut out the top note shape which I did with my Cricut. I also cut out "Bills" with my Cricut and my S-CAL program. The lines paper I used on the inside I actually printed off a website, www.printablepaper.net.

I really like the way this turned out. I am super excited to sit down tomorrow and start using the book, writing down all my upcoming bills for August.

Here is one this that I wish that BIA/Zutter would do, I LOVE the Coveralls. Now since I am on this "making my own notebook" kick, I wish they made Coveralls that were big enough to use 10.5x8in notebook paper. I would never buy another store bought notebook again. LOL! Since college isn't strict on what kind of notebooks I use for note taking, I will be using the 7.5x5 Coveralls to make myself notebooks. But for my kids who are in schools that are particular about the size notebooks they use, a 10.5x8in Coverall would be so handy.

Alrighty, there you have it. I am in the process of making a SUPER cool scrapbook LO. I found this cool website with a cool technique for LO's. Ok, I said "cool" way too many times. I will share all the info on this LO and website when I have a picture to post. Hopefully I will have it finished by tomorrow.

Also if you haven't entered in my 2 giveaways, then go check it out. Click here for the Cosmo Cricket candy and here for the box o'goodies candy. These giveaways both end July 30 at midnight EST.

Happy Crafting!!

Here we go again!

COMMENTS ARE CLOSED - WINNERS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED!! :-)

Hello, my crafty friends! Can I call y'all that? I truly believe I have made some great e-buddies from the craft world. Stinks we all live so far apart and may never meet but it is great to read your blogs and chat in email whenever we can. Anywho!

Here is the other blog candy I have. This one will have 2 winners. I am going to post a picture of all that will be included. Now, there is so much stuff that you can't really see it all in the picture but I will give a list of what should be included. Now they should have everything in the box that I list but it may give or take a package of brads or something along those lines. The bottom line is your box will be filled with goodies. LOL! Ready?

The companies included in the picture are Pebbles Inc, Basic Grey, Cosmo Cricket, American Crafts and Practicing Creativity Design. Your goody box will include stamp sets (4 I believe), ribbon, Ribbon Doilies, Brads, adhesive, Chip Sticker Alphas, word stickers and other random embellishments as well as (34) 6x6 sampler of Pebbles Inc pattern paper. Oh this is some lovely paper. Oh and it will also include 9 (I think) sheets of Micro Mini Alpha Stickers. Phew, I think I got it all.

So again you know the drill, become a follower and leave me a comment. If you have a blog and would be so kind to post about this giveaway, you get an extra entry. And don't forget, 2 winners for this super fab giveaway!

Ya know I forgot to mention when the giveaway ends, I am going to end it July 30 at midnight EST. That's a Friday, that way I can get the address' of the winners and get the boxes together to mail and get it out on Monday.

Happy Crafting!!

Yippee! More Candy!

COMMENTS ARE CLOSED - WINNERS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED! :-)

Happy Monday evening fellow crafters! If you haven't noticed already, I LOVE giving. It puts such a smile on my face. So I have some goodies to giveaway this week. I am going to start fairly small and then in a day or so I will have the big one. Today's giveaway will have 3 winners. I have 3 Cosmo Cricket, Material Girl Crafting Kits up for grabs. This kit includes: 12 Designer Papers, 18 Cut Apart Element Cards, 8 Cut Apart Borders and 19 Cardstock Stickers.

You know the drill, just become a follower if you aren't already and leave me a comment. For an extra entry, blog about it and be sure to leave a comment.

My first official BIA project

Oh my it is the beginning of another week. Were is the time going? I have been away from crafting a bit over the last week or so, not sure if it's my mojo or just life or what but I did manage to finish a project today. Not that it took me all week or anything but this is what I have to share.

I LOVE my Bind-it-All. I made some teacher gifts a month ago, the post-it note holder but it wasn't really complex or anything so I didn't really count that as anything. But this is a notebook for my daughter to use when she goes to school.

Mod Podge and I have a love hate relationship. I love that it seals the project and keeps the paper safe from everything but it makes my paper bubble up and it also makes the cover a bit tacky and sticky. Is this normal or did I somehow do something wrong? Does anyone have any suggestions of a product I can use over paper and chipboard to seal the project?

Overall though I think my daughter will love it. And I love being able to make it for her. Since I will be going to school in the fall too, I may be making some for myself.

I painted the chipboard with some pearly acrylic paint. Then I used some pattern paper from Basic Grey's Olivia collection as well as some of the sticker elements. I used some Old Olive cardstock from Stampin' UP! to line the inside of the book. And there you have it.

I have all the goodies together for my next giveaway. I just need to upload the picture and blog about it. Check back in the morning to see all the great stuff I have to give away. I think I may have a couple giveaways again.

Happy Crafting!!

Happy Sunday!!

Good Morning all! It is a warm and beautiful day here in Winchester (Virginia). We don't have much going on today, just going to hang out with some friends tonight. By her house apparently there is a place to go fishing which also has a park and some other fun activities to take the kids to. So we will relax today and gear up for some fun tonight.

Here is the moment you have all been waiting for, the winners of the Oliver and Olivia collection packs.

The winner of the Oliver collection pack is:

DENISE!! Denise said:

......"Wow, what a fantastic giveaway :) I am definitely a new follower! I've never used either of these paper packs and I have a son and a daughter so either would be wonderful to win. They are both beautiful. Thank you so much for the chance!"

And the winner of the Olivia collection pack is:

KIM!!! Kim said:

......."What a fabulous giveaway!!! I would be honored to win either set :) Thank you so much for the chance to win!"

Thank you to everyone that entered my giveaway this time. I have such a wonderful time reading all your comments. If you didn't win this giveaway, the good news is I will have a new one starting tomorrow. This one will more than likely just be a box of paper crafting goodies, stamps, paper and embellishments. I may be including another one of these collection packs so check back in the morning.

Kim and Denise if you could please send me an email with your mailing information I can get your collection pack in the mail to you!

I hope everyone has a super fabulous Sunday and don't forget to check back in the morning!!!

Happy Crafting!!

I have been MIA

I have been away from my blog most of the week. I have been trying to organize life since I will be going back to college in the fall, my 13 yr old will be going back and my son is in speech therapy as well as my boyfriend/husband (not legally married) is also going back to school and he works full time. I am trying to figure out how all this will work out and me have time to craft! LOL!

I have been working on a couple non-card projects that I will hopefully be able to share with you in the next couple days. I also wanted to say that my giveaway ends tonight at midnight so don't forget to enter if you haven't already.

I am off to the park with my kids, it is my sweet Isabel's 2nd birthday! Yay!!! Have a great weekend and........

Happy Crafting!!

Merci Beaucoup

Just a quick little card today. I send a lot of Thank You cards, usually when someone buys something from Artfuldelight and so I always need quick and easy cards to make. This one wasn't as quick as my usual card but I needed to spice it up a bit.

This card is a 4x4 Kraft card base. The thin strips of paper are actually scraps from other cards I have made. Since I don't like to waste, lol, I decided to use them on this card. The pattern paper is from Basic Grey's Max and Whiskers collection, which is available at Artfuldelight for $9.75 and that is for the collection pack. Retail value of $22. HUGE savings. The ribbon is from Cosmo Cricket. The sentiment and bird stamps are all from Basic Grey, called Tweet.

Hope y'all have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Crafting!!