End of another year

Happy New Years Eve my blogger friends. I totally meant to get this post up earlier but I got busy around the house and completely forgot. Even though the December kit is sold out, I would love to share with you one last LO using the kit. Whether it's for inspiration or just to show you how fabulous Artfuldelight's kits are, here is a LO that DT member April created.

I LOVE that tree, I am so excited to see it used. :-) For full details about this LO please visit April's blog. I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful New Year!! I will be staying in a playing Super Mario Bros. with Tony and Nicki! :-)

Happy Crafting!!

January Kit Reveal

Good Morning! Oh my 2010 is almost over, I just can't believe it! This month the reveal is a bit later than expected, mostly because of the holiday. I hope everyone enjoys it and maybe get some new subscribers! :-)





This month's kit will include:


2 sheets of American Crafts cardstock in Lavender

2 sheets of American Crafts cardstock in Leaf

2 sheets of American Crafts cardstock in Lipgloss



Little Yellow Bicycle - Cupcake Love collection - single sided

2 sheets of Lollipop Stripe with Glitter

2 sheets of Sweets Treats with Glitter

2 sheets of Candy Hearts on Pink with Foil



Little Yellow Bicycle - Cupcake Love collection - double sided

2 sheets of Mini Plaid Multi

2 sheets of Tonal Polkahearts



Embellishments (embellishments will vary per kit)

7 - Little Yellow Bicycle Epoxy Chipboard buttons - Cupcake Love collection

5 - Little Yellow Bicycle Heart Stick Pins - Cupcake Love collection

4 - Little Yellow Bicycle Flower Button Dots (Layered) - Cupcake Love collection

3 - Kaisercraft - Flower Rhinestones - Candy Lane collection

4 - Prima Flowers - Love Letter Roses in Rose Quartz

1 yard of Rose Blush ribbon from American Crafts

1 package of American Crafts Thickers - Darling in Lipgloss

1 bottle of Stickles in Lavender

5 felt cupcake embellishments

2 "love" chipboard words - Spectacular Stuff (Etsy)

2 chipboard cupcakes - Spectacular Stuff (Etsy)

4 chipboard buttons - Spectacular Stuff (Etsy)


I would like to thank Debbie for all her help on picking out most of the products for January's kit. I think it is super cute and will be very handy for cardmakers as well to make Valentine's cards. :-) January's kit will be available at Artfuldelight on January 1. You can pre-order a kit or subscribe to the 3 or 6 month subscription at any time.

Happy Crafting!!

WINNER!!

Good Morning! I can' t believe classes start in less than 2 weeks. I sure am going to try and enjoy my time off as best I can. My daughter came home yesterday so Tony, me and Nicki played Super Mario Bros (for the Wii) last night for like 4 hours. It was great!



Anywho, I would like to announce the winner of ASC3, December's sketch challenge, winner of January's monthly kit: The winner is Me-Ma Kim from The Scrappin' and Happenin's of Me-Ma Kim.

What a CUTE LO! Thank you to everyone that played along, all the entries were fabulous and I am super happy I have random.org to chose the winner because I wouldn't be able to pick, all of them were great!!

I will have January's sketch challenge posted on January 1st.

Happy Crafting!!

Embellished

Good Morning! Super quick post, I have to get my kids ready to go to the airport and pick up my daughter! Wahoo, that week seemed so long. Today I have a super cute picture frame to share with you that DT member April created.

Isn't it cute? She used some papers from the December kit which is unfotunately sold out. :-( Hop on over to April's blog for full details about this super cute frame! I am hoping to have the January kit reveal tomorrow, cross your fingers. LOL! I will however have the winner of December's sketch to showcase. If you entered the challenge be sure to check your email, you may be the winner. :-)

Happy Crafting!!

List of Fours and another giveaway

Good morning and happy Monday. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. I had a great weekend. It was quiet and relaxing but I am happy for it to be over. I was so not prepared for it.

Anywho, I don't have a project to share since I was spending time with my family but I did notice when I was blog hopping over the weekend that my bloggy buddy Karen over at The Bald Dragonfly tagged me for the List of Fours so here it goes:



1. Four shows that you watch?
-24
-Bones
-The Closer
-NCIS
(We don't have cable so we watch all our shows on Netflix)


2. Four things you are passionate about?
-my children
-finishing college
-getting good grades in college
-crafting


3. Four words/phrases you say a lot?
-get off the cat
-get your finger out of your nose
-I said no
-leave your sister alone


4. Four things you have learned in the past?
-things happen for a reason
-treat others as you want to be treated
-Communication is key to a relationship (Karen had this one too. I have learned that from some bad past relationships)
-Save your pennies (my dad chanted that since I was old enough to work and save money, I wish I would have listened, lol)



5. Four places you would like to go?
-Italy
-Hawaii
-back to Vegas
-Germany



6. Four things you did yesterday?
-played Mario Bros on the Wii for 2 hours with Tony after the kids went to bed
-watched hours of Backyardigans
-changed several poopie diapers
-laundry and dishes



7. Four things you are looking forward to?
-Fall of 2012 when I get my certificate in Accounting
-my children to get just old enough to go to school and start playing sports (so ages 5,6 and 7)
-my oldest daughter to have children (I can't wait to spoil my grandbabies)
-moving out of the house I currently live in and buying a place of our own



8. Four things you love about winter?
-the smell of a burning fireplace
-the view of falling snow
-all the hot chocolate and mocha lattes I can drink
-seeing my kids play in the snow



Tag four people to play along:

April: Scrapper Forever

Courtney: Courts Crafts

Debbie: Love Lifes Little Pleasures

Catherine: Scraps of Grace



Ok, now on to the giveaway! WAHOOOO!!! First I would like to say that I have only heard back from 4 of the 6 winners from the last giveaway. If I don't hear from Darlene S and Karen aka soccerboyzmom by midnight tonight, then I will pick 2 new winners. I will also be using random.org to chose the winner of December's sketch challenge that ends tonight at midnight EST. I have not mailed any prizes yet because I have a lot to get out and want to do it all at once.



Today's giveaway is an American Crafts Zap! Heat Gun.

That's right I will be giving at least one of these away(maybe 2). All you have to do is make sure you are a follower and make a quick blog post about it so we can spread the word. Please leave me a comment with the link to your post and/or letting me know you are or became a follower. This giveaway will end Jan 6 at midnight EST.

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for an awesome project from DT member April. Oh and the January kit reveal will hopfully be on Wednesday.

Happy Crafting!!

MIA

Good Morning and Happy Wednesday! I just wanted to stop and let everyone know that I may be a bit MIA for the next couple days. If I can find som time to craft I will but with the holidays coming I'm just not sure I will be able to.

The last couple days have been crazy. I have been getting January's kit together and my daughter left yesterday for Illinois. She was supposed to leave Monday night but the weather in Illinois was so bad her flight got cancelled. It was a long day.

Tony had off on Monday and we had to leave for the airport at 3pm. We decided that since we are on break from school that we will make meals and freeze them. So Monday we decided to make some lasagnas. I made some pancake batter for the week(we put them in squeeze bottles so we can have fresh pancakes in the morning) and then I helped Tony make the pasta. Tony took apart a turkey. One we got just after Thanksgiving for like $3. It was insanely cheap, we ended up buying 3 and put them in our deep freezer.

Tony ground up some of the turkey so we can make turkey burgers and freeze them. I made chili for dinner. We then left at 3pm and headed to the airport. All seemed to go as planned. Tony stayed with the kids in the parking lot and Nicki and I made our way to the gate.
I stayed with Nicki until she boarded the plane. I headed back to the car and we started to head home. Within 45min she called and said the plane was delayed for 3 hrs and they were directed off the plane. We were already half home with some CRANKY lil kids. I toldNicki to hang out by the gate, not go anywhere and I was going to take Tony and the kids home and head back up to hang with her until her flight left. Within 15 more minutes she called and said the flight was cancelled. We turned around and immediately headed back up to the airport.

Nicki was able to get her luggage and we were able to rebook the flight for the morning. We then headed home, all together we were on the go for 6 hours. The kids were very cranky by the time we got home.

6:30am yesterday morning we were up again, getting ready and out the door by 7am to head to the airport. This time I was on my own with my kids. I have done this plenty of times but I think we all had enough. We made our way through the airport with no problems, and sent Nicki on her way.

I think we ended up spending $100 yesterday and the day before in gas, food, tolls and parking. It was ridiculous. Needless to say I am exhausted.

I LOVE the looks I get from people when they see me handling my 4 kids, I think they think I am insane. LOL! So anywho, that is what I have been up to.

December's sketch challenge will end December 27th at midnight EST! I will hopefully have January's kit reveal on the 27th. I am actually just waiting for one last item. Kits should be shipping the first part of next week. So if you would like to purchase January's kit or you are a subscriber, be on the look out at the end of the week. Feel free to send me an email if you would like to pre-order January's kit.

I am so excited that with the new year brings many sponsorships. I will be sponsoring several challenge blogs so make sure you check back often to find out where I will be next.

Happy Crafting!!

Happy Monday!

Only a couple more days until Christmas! Wahooo!! Tony will have both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off, I am so excited.



Today I have a super cool LO to share with you that DT member Debbie created.

Awesome how she made the LO like a window. I absolutely LOVE this LO! Be sure to stop by Debbie's blog and leave some comments.

Today will be pretty busy, since Tony has off we are going to try and get some baking/cooking done. We decided since school keeps us pretty busy, we would like to prepare dinner and breakfast meals over the next couple weeks so we can freeze them and just pull them out and bake. Lasagna, breakfast sandwiches, enchiladas, cinnamon rolls and pot pies, just to name a few. Plus we have to take my daughter to the airport. She leaves today to spend the week in Illinois with Grandma and Grandpa (my parents). Her flight doesn't leave until 5:20 and it is an hour drive each way plus navigating through the airport.

Don't forget to submit your project for this month's sketch challenge. It ends in one week. Click the link at the top of the page to link up. :-)

Happy Crafting!!