I am a little sad today, but it's been a really long day.  Issues at work are taking their toll on me, and I had too much to do when I got home to craft! 

Unfortunately, I didn't any links to submissions for the challenge so I won't be able to give the stamp set away.  But thank you everyone for the wonderful comments on my box.  I will keep looking ahead for the 100 followers.

Here are some things I've done over the last few weeks.  One of my end of summer projects was to clean up my craft room.  In the process I decided to use up all my scraps.  I literally used everything I had that was big enough to make a card and ended up with seven cards.  They are pretty blank but they are a start to my card stash.  Next time I need a quick thank you card, i won't have to start from the beginning....which will be SO nice.

Some of them came out really neat looking.

I also have my July DT project for Scrapper's Delight to share with you.  I used one of my pre-made cards in the picture above and paired it with the cutest digital stamp.  If you've never been over there, you should visit Bugaboo stamps.  They are so adorable and there is such a wide variety of styles of stamps.  I chose the fat mouse and colored it in with my copics.

When I wasn't paying attention, I put the stamp on....and it came out crooked.  But oh well.  That just gives it the handmade look. :)

I hope everyone is having a good evening.  I have to get back to what I'm doing.  It's my husband's birthday today and I didn't even make him a card!!  He knows what kind of stress I've been under and like the wonderful man he is, doesn't seem to mind at all.  But I do have brownies in the oven that should be ready when he gets home :)  So at least I did a little something, even if it was last minute. 

Wednesday I am the guest designer on the Bug Bytes and I'm working on a super cute project that I'm going to finish up tomorrow!

Good night all!

Challenge Ends Aug 29th!

There is still time to make a creation for the Scrapper's Delight Sweet as Candy Challenge!  It ends on August 29th so be sure to visit their blog here to get your entry in.  And keep in mind that I will also be choosing a winner from my own blog to someone who leaves me a link to their creation for the challenge.  And since there aren't many entries, your chances of winning a new cute stamp set is pretty good!  So get those entries in!  I'll be back later today with a few of my latest projects :)  My craft room and I have a date!

Happy crafting!

Want a chance to win a prize??

It's the SWEET AS CANDY challenge on Scrapper's Delight! 

If you've come here from their blog, then welcome!!  To find out what this is all about, please visit their blog here.  If you hop on over there, you will find links to all of the awesome project for the design team.  The inspiration for the theme of this challenge comes from snacking while crafting.  What do you all snack on when you craft?   Personally I tend not to simply because it drives me nuts getting stuff on my fingers (like potato chip grease).  Just a thing of mine anyway :)

Now, onto the project I created.  For this challenge, I pondered over what to do for awhile.  Many times I tend to make cards but I wanted to do something a little different.  My husband's birthday is coming up next week and he LOVES Recee Cups (however you spell it) and I tend to get him a bag to go along with whatever gift I give.  So, since we're thinking candy for this challenge, I decided to make him a cool container and put them in there.  Here it is:

This box is 3.5"x5"x1.5".  I started with an 8.5x11 sheet of cardstock and just went from there.  The top is actually hinged so it's kind of like those doughnut boxes.  I kept the colors similar to what would be found on the candy I was putting in it...unfortunately I did not have time to get to the store to buy candy to put in it before I had to send off my picture.  The little candy corn (isn't it just adorable?!?!?) is from the cricut Mini Monsters Cartridge.  BTW, there are a ton of cool cuts on that cartridge.  With Halloween coming up I'm definitely going to explore some more projects with it.  Other supplies I used were cardstock (from my stash and scraps....no idea what some of it is), stamps and ink are from Clear Dollar Stamps, Stickles, and the circle and scallop are some Nestabilities dies I just got and had to try out.   Oh, and I used a glue pad and Martha Stewart glitter for the tag. 

To be eligible for the Scrapper's Delight giveaway, you'll need to enter on their blog.  I also wanted to give something away to another lucky person who follows my blog.  After going through my stamps, I have an extra, brand new set of Fiskars stamps.  It's a coffee/tea set that I just thought was adorable.  To be eligible to win this stamp set, please leave a comment on this post with a link to your creation for the Sweet as Candy challenge.  So for those participating in the challenge on the Scrapper's Delight blog, just also let me know where to find your project and you might win these stamps! 

If I can make it to 100 followers, I will do another giveaway of a Cricut Cartridge.  So please follow me!!!

Here are some other pictures of my project.  Thank you for stopping by!

Winner of Joy's Life Stamps!

It is Monday!  I am sorry for the delay in posting this.  I have been at work all day and have to do the mom thing when I get home.  Thank you all for your patience and nice comments.  I am slowly but surely making my way to 100 followers. :)  It will be so exciting if I reach it and get to give something else away!

The winner of Joy's Life "Lots of Pun" stamp set is:

Mary Beth!!

mbchoj said...


What an adorable card! You used a great cart and stamp set. If I don't when will need to buy them both.Mary Beth

I will be contacting you for your information so Joy can get the stamps out to you.  Thank you for everyone who played along!

From OWL of us - Thank you card

First I just want to say another thank you to everyone.  It was inspiring to have so many more followers and wonderful comments than I ever had before.  If you haven't yet, you visit my post here where you can comment for a chance to win Joy's Life "Lots of Pun" stamp set.  I'm also still hard at work trying to reach 100 followers.  If/when I get there I'll choose a cricut cartridge to give away.  Not sure which one yet since there are so many great options, but it'll be a good one, I promise!

I have a whole pile of thank you cards to make.  Today was a big day for my son's cub scout pack as we had a huge field day.  My husband and several other leaders have really been working hard for months to put all of this together and it was so successful.  We're hoping it becomes an annual event.  And what boy wouldn't have fun being sprayed down by the fire department?  I managed to stay dry.  It was an event held at our local high school and we want to send the principal a thank you card.  The school donated not only the use of the field (which is typically being used for football practice at this time of year) but also the time of the school employee who had to sit with use all day.  They could have made us pay his overtime but they didn't.  So he'll get a thank you card too since if he hadn't been available to be there, we wouldn't have been able to use the field!  Anyway....enough babbling and onto the project. 

This is the card I made for the principal.  This is one of the few cards I have ever done where I added almost no embellishment.  It is all paper and nothing else.  No ribbon, no stickles, no brads or buttons....not even a single stamp!  I used the Straight From the Nest Cricut cartridge which I LOVE LOVE LOVE!  The owl, the branch, and the phrase were all on the cartridge.  The phrase has some very thin words on it.  If I had done this over again I would definitely use a more dense cardstock.  Most of the cardstock was from the DCWV Flower Shower stack. The plain textured cardstock is from Couture Cardstock.  The pink was ran through my Cuttlebug using the D'vine Swirl folder.  And that was it...simple simple.  I even decorated the inside but forgot to take a picture of that part and its really late and I'm exhausted.  Anyway, enjoy the card.  :)

Overwhelmed!

I cannot believe the response I've had on my blog since yesterday morning!  You all are amazing.  Thank you, thank you for the wonderful comments. 

When I started my blog, I didn't do it to get followers, I just wanted to be a part of this fabulous community of people that enjoy crafting as much as I do.  I get so much inspiration for everyone else and if I can inspire even just one person, it just makes my day! 

If I get to 100 followers, I will do another giveaway....maybe a cricut cartridge??  I don't want to get ahead of myself, but secretly I do hope I get more followers and I'd love to give all of you another chance to win something.

Again, thank you for the comments and the support.  It means so much to me.

Happy Crafting!

Amanda

Day 3 Joy'sLife.com Give-A-Way!

Hello crafting community!  I cannot believe it has been so long since I've posted a project but I suppose life does get in the way.  What better way to make a come back than to be a part of the Joy'sLife.com give-a-way!  Wednesday is Day Three and you could be the lucky winner of a brand new, awesome Lots of Pun stamp set!

First, here is the project I made for you all today.  This was done using the Lots of Pun stamp set "cute as a bug" stamp and the Paisley cricut cartridge.  The heart stamp in the background is also in the Joy's Lots of Pun stamp set.  These stamps are so versatile and work well for tons of projects. 

Now, onto the exciting part!  Joy is going to be giving one lucky commenter on my blog a set of these stamps!  All you have to do to be eligible to win is leave a comment on this post with a way to get a hold of you.  I will be picking the winner with random.org on Monday, August 2nd.

For all those that do not win, you can still purchase they awesome, amazing stamps.  They are high quality photopolymer and stamp beautifully.  I just love them!  Not to mention how cute the phrases are!  These stamps will ship first class to the US and internationally or will be shipped Priority Mail.  Click here and you'll be taken to Joy's site. 

Again, leave me a comment on this post.  Thank you for visiting and I hope everyone is having a fabulous summer!

Happy Crafting,
~Amanda