November blog candy winners + SU! Doorbusters for Dec 1

Hi there blog friends and Happy December!  I'm excited to announce the winners of my 2 November blog candy promotions:

1) My November Stampin'Up! Anniversary giveaway...

goes to newfiecrafter (Marilyn)!  

2) My #blackfridayblogcandy....

goes to Carolee McCaslin!

Congratulations, ladies!  Please send me an email with your snail mail address ASAP and I will get your goodies out the door!

Now speaking of door...how about today's Online Extravaganza Door Busters?

These are available for 24 hrs only today, Dec 1st, while supplies last!

Here's a look at the deals:

The Blendabilities Bundle is an AWESOME savings and I'm pretty excited about the Project Life Bundle, too.  To check out all of the discounts available during this Online Extravaganza (which ends tomorrow, Dec 2) you can see them all here.

Thanks for popping by today!  Have a great Monday and I'll catch up with you all soon!

Simply Snowflake Gift Box Project and #blackfridayblogcandy giveaway!

Happy Black Friday! Thanks for coming by today. I know it's a busy day of shopping - either online or hitting the malls - so I appreciate you coming by to visit! I've got a fun share today...a project you can create with the November My Paper Pumpkin kit and a couple of sheets of DSP and card stock. But before we do that, I've got some blog candy to give away!  So, let's take a look at what you can win, shall we? All you need to do is leave me a comment on this post to be eligible to win! Here's a look at the goodies:

I'm giving away a Chevron embossing folder, Designer Brads, and a roll of Old Olive Scalloped Dots Ribbon. It's all packaged up and ready for one lucky winner!

I'll be making the announcement on Monday, Dec 1. All you need to do is leave me a comment on this post by midnight Pacific Time on Sunday, November 30th!

Now that we've got the blog candy covered, we can check out this alternative Simply Snowflake project!  I had fun putting this box together and am so pleased with the outcome that I will probably be making more of these as gifts for the holidays! Here's a closer look...

I used the Simply Snowflake card as a base and then scored it at 1" on either side of the original card score lines.  This makes for a finished box of 2"x 4 1/4/"x 3 1/2".

I used the All is Calm DSP to cover the sides of the box.

Here's a look at the top of the box, with the twine removed. 

And a peek at the inside.  Surprise! There's a set of cards and envelopes.  Aren't these so cute?!

Here's a look at the box filling, out of the box.

I made a set of these 3" x 4" cards using the stamps and washi tape from the Simply Snowflake kit from Paper Pumpkin and for the trim, I used a little All is Calm DSP.  I rounded the corners using the Envelop Punch Board.  There's a handy corner rounder punch right on the board!  You'll see that I used it on the envelope flap below as well.

Here are the envelopes I created using the Envelope Punch Board and the All is Calm DSP.  I'm such a fan of the Envelope Punch Board. LOVE these envies! They are such a cute size {though you can make so many different sizes on the punch board - so cool!}.  I'm smitten by the All is Calm paper, too - the prints are so FAB! The envelopes measure 3 1/4" x 4 1/4".

Here's a closer look at the set of cards and envelopes.  Whaddaya think?

Below is a list of supplies I used for the project.  Note that the Simply Snowflakes refill kit is available to order, though you need to be an existing Paper Pumpkin subscriber to get the refill.  If you're not one, I definitely encourage you to give it a try and subscribe! I think you'll really enjoy making the projects. You can click on the link below to purchase a 3 month subscription.

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Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you haven't taken a peek at Stampin'Up!'s Online Extavaganza, I definitely encourage you to do so.  There are lots of great deals on stamps and accessories that you don't want to miss!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend. Thanks so much for stopping in! If you'd like to check out more projects and #blackfridayblogcandy, hop over to Pink Bling Crafter!

Black Friday Blog Candy!

Hi there friends! I know you're probably getting ready with Thanksgiving festivities, but I wanted to share that I'll be having a blog candy giveaway to kick-off Black Friday.  So, come and visit me anytime Friday thru Sunday and leave me a comment and you could be a winner of some calorie-free candy! :)

I'll also be posting an alternative project for the November Paper Pumpkin kit. Fun stuff, so stay tuned....

In the meantime, don't forget that Stampin'Up!'s Online Extravaganza is going on now, so be sure to check out the great deals! Bye for now!

Special blog candy for my Stampin'Up! anniversary!

Hello there blog friends and HAPPY MONDAY! Today, November 10th, is my 14th anniversary as a Stampin'Up Demonstrator!  Can you believe it?!  To share in the celebration and as a thanks to you all for being a part of my crafting world, I am giving away a Stampin'Up! Holiday Home photopolymer stamp set.  One lucky person will be picked at random. All you have to do is leave me a comment by Sunday, November 30 at midnight Pacific Time. You can leave me a comment about anything, or you can tell me what your all time favorite Stampin'Up! Stamp Set is! I'll announce the lucky winner on Monday, December 1st.

I'm so glad to be celebrating this anniversary. It's a testament to my commitment to Stampin'Up! and my love for stamping and paper crafting.  As many of you know, I work full time and I'm more of a passionate "hobby demonstrator" that enjoys the craft and sharing my experience with others.  What I do love about this company is that I'm able to make my business fit my needs.  There are times when I've throttled it up, but in more recent times, have had to take it down a notch in order to keep a balance with family and my day job commitments.  In every case, I've still enjoyed the benefits of being a demonstrator and all the comraderie that I've experienced with fellow demonstrators and customers who also have a love of the craft. I've got great downline demonstrators as well, that I am so glad to be part of my team.

I thank you all for coming to visit with me and also getting the chance to know some of you.  It's through our mutual appreciation of all things paper crafting that I think allows for us to feel like we know each other and it's a really nice feeling.  I know that my blogging hasn't been the most consistent, but I do enjoy sharing with you all and hearing back from you on occasions, too!

I think I'm in a good place to have more regular postings to share with you all, so I hope you continue to come and visit.  As you'll see in upcoming posts, my craft room transformation has had a lot to do with my ability to craft again. IE, I've cleaned it up so that I can actually DO some crafting :)  There are also lots of things to celebrate in the holiday season, so I definitely want to pop in and share ideas on that front, too!

I look forward to reading your comments and am excited to be giving this fun stamp set away to a lucky winner!

Happy June! Blog hop time for SU's New catty + BLOG CANDY!

Hi friends! Happy June to you all! I'm excited to welcome you to the the first Crafty Paper Confectionista's Blog Hop for the Stampin'Up! New Catty, which you will be able to view and order from starting June 2 at noon.  AND, don't miss out on the Blog Candy at the bottom of the post!  For a chance to win, all you have to do is leave me a comment and following my blog by midnight on June 2nd! You can follow my blog with Bloglovin or from Google Friend Connect. Easy peasy, right?!  Good luck to you!

I'm the first stop and today I'm sharing the Bloom with Hope Hostess Stamp Set available in the 2014-2015 Stampin'Up! catalog and using In Colors card stock for the background.  For this first card the background is Hello Honey and I colored the pretty bloom with the Cherry Cobbler and Daffodil Delight Blendabilities marker sets.  If you look closely, you'll see there are a 5 rhinestones in the center that I also colored in with the Daffodil Delight Blendabilities.  Isn't that cool?  That's one of the features with the Blendabilities markers - since they're alcohol based, you can use them to color in the rhinestones, pearls, and buttons to match or coordinate with your projects.  So fun!

Here's a closer look at the bloom and the rhinestone center:

I used two of the three Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities markers - the darkest one closest to the flower center and the middle tone for the rest of the flower.  One last look at the card, glistening out in the sunshine.  I love how this flower pops against the Hello Honey background.  Such a Happy and cheery card!

Here's another card I created using the Lost Lagoon card stock as the card base.  

For this card, I used another flower image in Bloom with Hope stamp set and also used the new Lullaby DSP.  I added some texture to the card by embossing it with the Honeycomb embossing folder.  I colored in these sweet flowers with the Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie Blendabilities markers AND I also colored in the pretty Vintage Faceted button, too!

What I love about the Blendabilities markers is that they truly add dimension to the image - I also discovered that I really enjoy coloring these images in and watching them come to life as I add color or shading to the images.  You can see that I used a darker marker in the Daffodil Delight family around the center of the flower.  By coloring in a circular motion, you are able to blend the colors more seamlessly.  

Here are the recipes for both cards:

{Happy Birthday Bloom}
Cardstock: Hello Honey, Whisper White
Stamp Set: Bloom with Hope
Inks: Black Memento Ink, Cherry Cobbler and Daffodil Delight Blendabilities
Accessories: Deco Labels Framelits, Banner Framelits, Gold Fancy Foil Designer Vellum, Gold Sequin Trim 

{Congratulations Happy Flowers}
Cardstock: Lost Lagoon, Whisper White
Stamp Set: Bloom with Hope
Inks: Black Memento Ink, Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie Blendabilities
Accessories: Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Banners Framelits, Deco Label Framelits, Linen Thread, Vintage Faceted Button, Gold Sequin Trim, Banner Punch; Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie, and Old Olive Blendabilities, Lullaby DSP

I hope you enjoyed the cards and sneak peek of the new Bloom with Hope Hostess Set!  You'll be able to order and view the products on my online store at noon on June 2! 

Now, for some Blog Candy... I'm going to pick 2 winners

One lucky winner will get this Simply Sent card kit, which comes with all the supplies needed to create 8 cards +envelopes.  You'll get 4 of each design (stamp sentiments not included). 

And another lucky winner will get the Undefined Stamp Carving Kit!  This kit includes ALL supplies to make your own custom stamp.  This is an amazing set and a allows you to explore your stamping creativity!

For a chance to win the pretty Simply Sent card kit or the Undefined Stamp Carving Kit, all you need to do is leave me a comment and become a blog follower by Midnight, June 2nd!  I'll be picking a winner at random and announcing on June 3rd.

Now, it's time to continue on with our mini blog hop to get more sneak peeks of products from Stampin'Up!'s new catty!  Here's the lineup:

Rosemarie {you're HERE!}

Norma

Nikki 

Thanks for popping by!  Your next stop is Norma!

Join my Crafty Paper Confectionistas group!

Winner winner!

Hi all!  Happy Wednesday! I am excited to announce the winner of my first blog candy for 2014.  Thanks to those of you who played - your odds were pretty good!

So shall we announce the winner?  The lucky winner of the Undefined stamp kit is....lucky #8 who happens to be Karen D! 

Congrats, Karen!  Please email me with your mailing address info and I'll send your kit on its way!

I just got on the plane and will be on my way to Houston for Stampin'Up's Leadership conference.  

Stay tuned for updates!! 

Toodles for now :)

And the winner is...

Hi all!  I wanted to announce the winner of my Halloween Trick or Treat who'll be the lucky recipient of the Merry Little Christmas Simply Created Card Kit giveaway.  It's newfiecrafter (Marilyn)!

And thanks to all 4 of you that left me a sweet message!  I'll be sending each of you guys a little something if you send me an email with your address :)

Have a great day!

Blog hop winner!!

Hi all! Hope you guys had fun on the Up on the Rooftop Blog Hop! It's time to post the lucky winner...and that person happens to be:

Lucky #32, who is none other than Terry Duncan!  Congrats, Terry! :)  I'll be emailing you soon to get your snail mail addy.

Thank you all for hopping on by and leaving me a sweet comment.  I'm glad you guys liked the wine charms!  I don't know if I've told you guys before, but my dear hubs is a total wine nerd, which is a good thing because I get to benefit from it, too!  Anyway, so that was the inspiration for the wine charms.  We've had many a party where there have been mixups with glasses, and since then, I've implemented handmade wine charms.  What I love about the 25 & Counting set is that it's perfect one for a Holiday party - definitely enough to go around!  Hope you guys enjoy!  Have a great week and I'll catch up with you all soon.  Ciao for now.

November Blog Candy Winners!

Hi all!  Did you have a good Black Friday?  I know I did - I was able to get lots fo my Christmas shopping done!  But let me tell you what happened this morning.  I had my cup of coffee in hand and ready to turn on the computer to draw my winners on random.org, but discovered that my computer would not turn on!  Already, I thought...oh no.  I didn't back up my pictures or docs from the last month.  Please let me be able to recover all of that!  Thankfully, it turned out that my computer's power supply went dead, but the good folks over at the local Best Buy were able to install a new one.  Yay!  Disaster averted.  For now anyway.

So let's fast forward.  Shop, shop shop, nap, play with the baby and feed him.  Eat dinner.  Watch Shawshank Redemption with the hubs and my in-laws.  And now, here I am ready to post my winners.  Whew!  You ready to find out who the 2 lucky winners are?  Well let's do it, shall we?  The first winner is for the November Final Friday Giveaway, which is the Something To Celebrate clear mount stamp set and Always Artichoke Seam Binding Ribbon.  The winner is...

Lucky # 33, who happens to be Ilene B!  Here's her sweet comment:

Congrats, Ilene!!!  I will be emailing you soon.

The lucky winner for the November Blog Candy Bonus - the Merry wood mount stamp set - is...

Lucky #46, who happens to be Lisa!  Here is her comment:

Congrats to you, Lisa!  I will be leaving on comment on your blog!

Thanks to all of you for your fun comments.  It truly is so much fun to read them and I appreciate you all sharing your thoughts with me and all my blog friends that stop in for a visit :) Thanks so much.  Hope you all enjoy the rest of your weekend!  Good night for now!!

November Blog Candy is here!

Hello dear friends!  I'm back with some fun giveaways for November!  As I had mentioned in my previous post, not only will I have this month's Final Friday Giveaway, but I will also have a 2nd prize bonus giveaway since I've just passed my 250,000 blog hits!!  Thanks to all of YOU :)  So, what does that mean? Well, if you leave me a comment on this post, you are eligible to win:

November Final Friday Blog Candy

"Something to Celebrate" Clear Mount stamp set and Always Artichoke Seam Binding Ribbon

or

the November Bonus Giveaway

"Merry" Wood Mount stamp set

I will announce the 2 lucky winners next Friday, November 25th, so be sure to come back and see if you won!

Here are the deets to play:

1. Leave me a comment on this post by midnight Pacific Time, Wed, November 23, 2011.

2. On your comment, please make sure to include a valid email address or a blog URL (where I can leave a comment or have a way of contacting you). For those of you that are uncomfortable with leaving an email in a post, you can write your info like this: yourname at emailaccount dot com.
3. One comment per person please. :)
4. Anyone can play - international visitors welcome!

You can leave me a comment about anything or you can tell me about your Thanksgiving plans this year.  If you're an international friend, then I would love for you to tell me about your fall season traditions!  I look forward to reading your comments.  Good luck, all!



200,000 Hits Winner!

Hi all!  Happy Friday!  Hope you all had a great week.  The days seem to be speeding fast for me!  Are you guys ready to find out who the lucky winner of the Framed Tulips Embossing Folder is?  It's time!!!  I had fun reading your comments about your favorite spring flowers and it looks like Tulips and Daffodils were quite the popular pics.  I really love those flowers, too.  I think Spring is just filled with beautiful, bright and cheery flowers, so you really can't go wrong at all!  Anyway, how about we find out the winner?  This lucky girl is....

Lucky number

33

who happens to be

Eseniya

who left this fun comment!!!:

Did you get that?  In case you need a translation, here's what she said:

Isn't that so cool!  I'm so glad my international visitors play along!  I also love that there are tools on the internet that can help translate :)  It makes communicating with friends around the world so much easier!! Eseniya - I will be leaving you a note on your blog to let you know you won!

Thank you all for playing!  Hope you fantastic weekend.  And, for those of you that celebrate Easter..

Wish you all a WONDERFUL EASTER CELEBRATION!! : )

As always, I appreciate you guys coming by for a visit to my corner of the world.  Ciao for now!