Handmade Holiday Creations & Giveaway

We'll Christmas is approaching rapidly and I am NO WHERE near ready. I can say that I've got my tree up (since 11/28) AND that I've mailed some of my Christmas Cards..... but I haven't finished my other cards, nor have I put anything under my tree! EEEEK!

Somehow, I still found time to create! Here are a few Handmade Holiday Creations that I've done .......

In it's former life it was a baby formula can, but after wrapping it and creating a paper bow on top it has transformed into a lovely package for a gift.

These were glass balls that I purchased from Michaels. The first one I used the ol ship inside the bottle to create a presents under the tree look. The second one was much easier to do, it was simply filling it with quilled coordinating papers.

Oh, I suppose you want to know about the Giveaway !!!!!

Ya just gotta check out what Lainey’s has going on……..Check it out……

Okay, you can stop droolin’ now and wipe your chin. Wanna know how you could try your hand at giving the goods a new home? Pop on over to blog and read all about it.

What cha waiting for ...... go now, just make sure to come back and visit me!

Hit the brakes & a Whoo Hooo!

WOW is Christmas getting ever so close! It's only 12 days away!!!! What happened, it was just Thanksgiving, then I blinked! I haven't even started my shopping... how awful is that! I just told the husband that tomorrow I wanted to have some time to get a few goodies for under the tree!

I'm proud of my fellas too, they put the Christmas Tree up all by themselves! We'll actually my youngest did nearly ALL the work!!! He's such a hard worker!

HIT THE BRAKES ..... I'm getting older! I'll be turning 38 next week. EEEEK! I remember when I used to think that was old, now it's my turn! It just all seems a blur after 30. Everything seems to have flown by and the kids are getting older right before my eyes! {sigh}

On another note, I WON A CONTEST TODAY!!!! WHOO HOO!!!! I have been trying the Advent Contest on GinaK's blog. It's so easy... Just pop in there daily, check the new post. Leave a response and then check back the next day to see who won! Check out my goodness....Isn't it just dandy!!! Pop on over and give it a shot, she's doing this until December 24th!!!!

Halloween Hoopla at SSD is in full swing!

Scrapbook Supplies Direct is in day 2 of their Halloween Hoopla!

There are contest, challenges, games and PRIZES!

Don't forget to pop on over and hang out for a while!

Great things are happening and you might walk awaywith the PhotoBook Maker ($100 value).

We've also just released our HALLOWEEN KIT featuring the spooky fun pages in Cosmo Cricket's Haunted Line! Aren't they just yummy!

This is just the papers!

There are rub-ons, lacing cards, paint, chipboard & so much more!

Here's are a few of the things that I created with them....

"FREAKS" Layout

and my cards

The gals on our Design team created some pretty amazing stuff... They're so creative!

Christine S. (aka: ScrappyGal) made this adorable lacing card album

Lelie C. (aka: Mimibean) made this spooktacular "BOO" decor

Pop on over to SSD! These kits were created in very limited quantities and while you're there .... stay and play a while.... You could just be the biggest winner!

GO NOW!

A week In Review & What's In the Coming Week

Wow .... Lots of thing have been happening and there's more to come!

My youngest son turned NINE and my parents came to visit!
I so love 'em dearly, but when they come to town it's like the Hatfield & the McCoys!
[so much dislike between my husband and parents]
Some of you already know!

Anyhow, my boys had a blast eating, swimming, haning out with the g-parents. My youngest got some videos, pokemon cards
(ughhh, I just don't get those things),
toys and lots of hugs!
I always hate it when they have to leave, but all good things must come to an end. Besides that ... I'm planning a trip to visit them and my grandmother in November sometime.

I didn't get to scrap much, well actually none at all.
That royally stinks because I've got to work on an album for someone. I've got lots more to do, but quite honestly it's difficult when you don't know the faces you're looking at and none of the photos are dated. Oh well, just means I have to meet with him often and get relative info to keep scrapping. I have an impending deadline though of around the first week in November ... SO I BETTER STAY BUSY ON IT!

ScrapbookSuppliesDirect.com has yet another Guest Designer call out to reign during the month of November. Deadline for submissions for this call is October 15 (which is rapidly approaching). Oh, and I've seen the new SSD kit that is going to be released soon. IT'S SPOOKTACULAR! Pop on over to SSD and check them out, sign up AND make sure you sign up for the newsletter. Kit details will be in the newsletter, as well as the 2nd Annual HALLOWEEN HOOPLA!

I've got a full day ahead of me on Monday, my LSS class is full to capacity! I'm so excited because this will definitely make the trip much more bearable. The class is on BO Bunny's "Family" word album. I'll have to snap some pictures of it later!

Oh and lastly, my bloggy is soon to be celebrating it's one year anniversary!
Whoo hooo!
Thanks for putting up with me this long!

How sweet it is!

Blog Candy Alert Ya'll!

Suzanne of ScrapBitz has some amazing candy to give away on the 12th.

Here's a pict of her swee treats.....

• 1 unmounted Whiff of Joy "Melinda Hugging Heart" stamp
• 6x6 Basic Grey "Stella Ruby" dp pad
• 1 roll of pink/polka dotted ribbon
• 1 bottle of pink Stickles
• 1 pkg of Prima flowers
• 1 pkg of rhinestone/jewels

Just pop over there and check it out, leave her a comment!

Good luck!

Muthaload of all Blog Candy!

Oh man ... I've found the muthaload of blog candy for stampers! Several generous gals have pooled together to create this amazing stampers $200 giveaway for Technostamper! Normally, I would pop up pictures to enhance your pleasure ... but there are just so darn many of them that you might just wanna hop on over and check it out. Click HERE to read more about the give away & a great cause for a second entry into the giveaway!

GO CHECK IT OUT .... NOW!
You'll wanna kick yourself if you dont!

HOT CHICK gets a new home!

Well I’ve got so much going on that I didn’t have a chance to draw a winner for the Little Chick Stamp by Imaginisce yesterday …. But I did it today! I had 8 comments and I used RANDOM.ORG to select a number 1-8. It chose a number and the person with that comment is the winner. With that out of the way…….

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Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers: 8
Timestamp: 2008-08-16 23:42:23 UTC

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The 8th comment was made by BREANN!

Congratulations BREANN, send me your addy next

time you're on tally and I'll drop it in the mail the very next day!

Can't wait to see what you create with it!

Get a Whiff of this!

If you haven't already done so, you absolutely MUST go to Katharina's Creative Place and check out her 100k blog candy give-a-way! It's a to die for Whiff of Joy Guardian Angel Collection stamp set by Elisabeth Bell.

To double your pleasure, the winner will have a blog candy giveaway sponsored by Whiff of Joy! So you can share the love! You only have until August 16th ... so hustle on over!

ONE HOT CHICK!!!!!

We'll here's my *quick* card for August and September classes at my LSS.

This CHICK is just so darn hot! A single stamp that is absolutely adorable.

This adorable stamp is made by Imaginisce and sold as a single, or you can buy the series for many more possibilities.

-----> If you like this stamp, leave a comment. <-----

Link to your site & mention this hot chick blog candy!

ONE person will be picked at random

on August 15th!

Due to shipping costs, I can only ship within the USA.

Sweet Treats .... So Good You Can Eat!

StampinPiper has some adorable blog candy for hitting 5k hits since March. She's pulling a random winner on August 9th for what you see here......

Willing to ship internationally, all you have to do is leave a comment & Post in your blog about her blog candy giveaway (with link)!

Isn't she a doll! I can't wait until I hit my 5k mark to do my dandy candy!

Rev'vd Up And Ready To Go !

Potential Guest Designers have started their engines. Submission have been rolling in for the ScrapbookSuppliesDirect first ever GUEST DESIGNER. If you would like to be considered in the call, please hop over to ScrapbookSuppliesDirect and register. Once registered you'll be able to upload your images for submission, ITS JUST THAT EASY! All the details have been posted on the site. Could YOU be the first. You have from now until the 15th to upload your most amazing creations. This call is open for scrapbook pages, cards and altered arts. Come on over.

Guest Designer Call

I've been moderating at ScrapbookSuppliesDirect for some time now. I've watched the sight morph into a great little community. We have periodic contests, ongoing monthly challenges and have had some awesome prizes, most recently, the Photobook Maker by Unibind. Now, we've gone and done it again.... we're seeking a monthly Guest Designer. Could it be you?

How to Apply for Scrapbook Supplies Direct's Team

1. Sign up for membership at ScrapChat (if you're not already a member)



2. Upload some of your current layouts, cards or altered art items to the ScrapGallery to showcase some of your work, (the more the merrier [minimum of three items], the better we can see your work - and we have lots of room, so show us your stuff!)



3. Send the Site Admin a batch of chocolate chip cookies (some say this is optional). Please do not upload layouts that have already been published elsewhere without making clear, concise notation.



4. PM the Design Team Manager, Scrappy Doo 2 U, the following information:

• Your name and User ID



• Your location (Currently our call is limited to Domestic USA residents unless other arrangements have been made. Great Britian and Canadian residents may inquire using our contact form or through the ScrapChat Forum. )



• Website address of your current blog, website & galleries, if any



• Brief history or bio about yourself



• List of specialty tools you own (ie: Cricut, Cuttlebug, Pazzles, etc)
  

There's so much more to discover, hop over to SSD and register today. Upload your creations into the DESIGN TEAM GALLERY for consideration. We will be accepting entries through 8/15/2008. A Guest Designer will be chosen on/around the 2oth. More details (Guest Designer Duties & Perks) will be posted here and on the site shortly.

Tell your pals, Share the love, LINK TO US ... go ahead, snag the image at the top of the post!

Something so Yummy

There’s some super duper sweet candy out there!

MuffyVan has got some serious blog candy going on!

She had a great day and hit 1k in a day!

To celebrate, she's going to blast some lucky person with

these yummy cupcakes from Unity Stamps!

Wouldn't they look amazing drizzled with a little bling?

She's even taking it one step further. She's about to hit the 50k TOTAL hits and is giving away two RAK's. Check her out... she's got some great content on her blog.

I want Candy ....... (and Free Fonts)

I was so excited to find that ScrapNFonts had released yet another 20 fonts for free.

They're very awesome and load quick.....

visit ScrapNFonts and snag 'em up while they last.

While I'm at it I managed to find some BLOG CANDY.

Go check out ScrapBitz for more details.

You'll be so glad that you did.... it's the sweetest stuff!

Blog Candy!!!!!

Lorren's celebrating her blog hits by giving the gifts to us!

She will be choosing ONE lucky scrapper to receive a $25 gift certificate

to her store.......WISH ON A SCRAP!

Check out her site and her store!

You'll be glad that you did!

DT Calls and I tried to answer!

We'll I really want to be on a Design Team that is active! I have pulled this creation together based on guidelines established by GutterGirlz.

The theme is I FEEL LIKE A WOMAN (Shania Twain song) and must incorporate panty hose. All the gals layouts that I saw were great. They were sexy. I dont have that hot little bod some of those gals do and am not really a girlie girl. With this in mind it helped me create the following layout for their challenge. I took the liberty to show the 'other' side of being a woman...... maybe you'll get a kick out of it. I love to place humor in layouts when I can.

Let me know what you think.

7 Deadly Sins & 7 Holy Virtues

I have this challenge running on two different sites at the same time. It's called 7 DEADLY SINS & 7 HOLY VIRTUES. Here's a quick layout for reference on my 7 sins.

Each site has it's own prize, so if you are participating in it, you have double the chance to win! The sites are.......

TallyScrapper

Scrapbook Supplies Direct

(If you register at SSD, please enter in the referral box that ScrappyDoo2u referred you!)

GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!

* G E T F E L T U P * Challenge

We’ll I’ve decided to host yet another scrapbook challenge online.

*** GET FELT UP ***

This one is revolving around the use of felt.

It will run on Tally from 6/1 – 6/20
(Prize will be mailed by 6/25, and will be chosen & mailed by me)

Up for grabs on this challenge is an assortment of felt cut-outs

AND

A special addition ----- but I'll let that be a surprise!

CONGRATULATIONS LAURAJEAN

for her winning submission...

The same challenge is also running on a different website
I moderate at, ScrapbookSuppliesDirect.com from 6/1 – 6/30/2008.

If you wish to double your chances AND POSSIBLY YOUR PRIZES,
Register where I moderate … tell ‘em ScrappyDoo2u sent you!
Any contest won on ScrapbookSuppliesDirect
Will be selected and mailed by the site owner.

EK Success Winners Posted

Just so that everyone knows that I'm no just blowing smoke, I thought I'd send you the link to where EK Success, the contest originator, lists my ZOO PAGE as one of their winners. Thanks for checking it out and here's the link... http://www.eksuccess.com/contest.php?id=3

The day is coming....

The day is drawing near for me to see my submission in print with EK Success. I'm so excited. I had to mail them the layout and I know that they said it was the January 8th Newsletter and "What's New" on their site, but I'm not very good at being patient! Atleast not when it comes to getting scrappin goodies! I'll post up details when the email goes out.

I have a busy month ahead of me with lots of meetings, homeschooling, field trips, and teaching scrapbooking classes at my LSS. This month I'll be teaching wedding pages, an altered wooden picture frame & a "Year In Review" two page layout about what else.... the end of 2007 (Shown Below). The tags can be used to show a variety of things. In my example here I have them showing things such as 'current prices for milk, gas, etc. I also have two tags that show what each of my boys liked the most about that year (movie, music, etc).