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Joy's Giveaway!!

Joy is having a giveaway HERE to celebrate having 100 followers.  You need to comment on her blog post each day to win :) Good luck!!


PS- I made some cards on the weekend, I just haven't been able to photograph them yet and upload them.. Hopefully I'll get that done tonight or tomorrow :)

Pretty Pink Posh Giveaway!!

Paulina is generously giving away some Denami buttons in really great colours on her blog!! You have until Saturday the 16th of April to enter.  Go HERE to get your name in for the draw :)

Giveaway from Crafting Life's Pieces

Chelsea is giving away some gorgeous stuff at her blog HERE.  The paper above is one thing you can win.. she also has a beautiful ribbon rose and some cool pins to give away.


I am in the process of making some cards, hopefully I'll be doing some more blogging in the next day or two.. today is "I miss my kids terribly" day... can't stop thinking of them.

Hero Arts and Basic Grey Giveaway!!

Kelly Goree is a Basic Grey artist, who was asked by Jennifer McGuire of Hero Arts to do a project with the new Basic Grey Stamps/ patterned paper that Basic Grey  has done with Hero Arts.  It's on the Hero Arts blog today (Feb 18th).  Kelly is generous enough to give away some Basic Grey Paper with some coordinating Hero Arts stamps.  Go HERE to enter.

Vera's Giveaway!!

Vera is doing a giveaway of Basic Grey papers HERE.  Leave a comment for a chance to win!

Kathy's Giveaway!!

Kathy is having a Penny Black giveaway on her blog!!!! Click on the title to get to her post. :)

Joy's Blog Anniversary and Blog Candy Giveaway!

Joy at Less is More is celebrating her 1st anniversary  as a blogger!!! She is giving away some cool stuff as seen above.  Just click on the title of the this blog post, and you should be linked to Joy's post.  Check out her art, it's fabulous!

Blog Candy Winner and More Christmas Cards

Sorry that the draw didn't get done yesterday, between the really far away child and football, I  forgot to do the draw.. and every time I thought of it, I couldn't do it.  I went to random.org to  pick a winner.....and, the winner of the surprise candy is judy!  Judy, please email me HERE and I will get your package off to you!

So about a week and a half ago, a friend called, and asked if I could make about a dozen cards for the next day... YIKES!!! I said sure, it might take me a bit into Friday to get them done... so I used the same sketch ( I believe it's a Clean and Simple sketch) and just changed the cardstock, ink, stamps and paper.  I am very happy with how they turned out.

Where do I start? The top card is white striped cardstock, with some K&Company paper on the side.  The poinsettia is SU, and the sentiment is Digital Princess Designs. The blue card is navy cardstock, a Hero Arts sentiment and ornament, and Heidi Grace snowflake paper.  The Kraft cardstock base has some unknown paper, a Quietfire Design stamp for the mittens, and Hero Arts for the sentiment.  The pink, grey and black card has unknown paper, SU Snowflake, and a Hero Arts sentiment.  All of the bling is from the local dollar store.  I used Black Versafine ink, and Distress inks for stamping with.  I ended up on a roll, and in total, I made 29 cards in one day!!! I had to finish the insides  the next day, I was too tired from all this stamping and creating to stamp the inside sentiment properly.

Blog Candy!!

OK, I have hit 100 posts since I started blogging.... so, it's time for some blog candy!!  All you have to do is say what you are most thankful for this Christmas / holiday season, and your favourite Christmas family tradition.  I will randomly choose someone on the 19th of December.   Unfortunately, I can only send to Canada and the USA.  And it's a surprise, so no pictures of the candy. 
Merry Christmas!!

Jenny's Giveaway!!

Jenny is having a giveaway for having 700 followers!!! You can click on the picture to the right  or on the title of this post to get linked to her blog. Good luck!

High Hopes Giveaway!!!

Tanya at  the Obsessed and Crazy Momma blog just got on the High Hopes design team, and to celebrate, she's giving away blog candy!!  Check out her blog HERE for more details :)

Penny Black Giveaway!!!

Kathy is kind enough to do a giveaway of some gorgeous Penny Black stamps!!! ( you can see them on the right).  to enter into the draw, click on the title of the post, and it will take you to Kathy's page, with instructions on how to enter.  And who can resist entering to win free stuff!?

A Giveaway!!

Barbara Hache is giving away some cool Penny Black stuff.... check out her blog HERE to get more details.


I hope to get more creating done soon, but right now, it's all about cleaning up my stamping area, now that I have more shelving :)  My husband is THE BEST :)  He's even helping me with organizing stuff.. but he's the type that could make a living being a professional organizer.

the insanity of going to university....

Well, sorry that I haven't been posting much art lately, today is the first time in nearly two weeks that I have stamped.... with my "baby" (who's taller than I am) getting ready to go to university, I have been trying to be available more often for the family.  We're still waiting on the student loan though, the government messed up big time, so I'm hoping we'll at least get an approval and amount of the loan before next Friday.... otherwise, it's a decision to risk going across country for university and hope that the loan comes through, or stay at home and take an extra year of high school.  The waiting is driving us all crazy. :P

Anita is having a giveaway on her blog!!! Check out this link HERE  to see how to enter.  Seeing her little girl brought back many great memories of me and my kids when they were little... that seems like a lifetime ago...LOL

More Giveaways!!

I just got back yesterday from being out of town, and wouldn't you know, there's another giveaway on this blog HERE.  Check it out!!  And I hope to get back to creating sometime soon, but right now, I am going to work on  cleaning up my stamping mess!! LOL!!  Mostly things that I've taken to the stamping group that haven't been put back away properly.

Any tips on storage with space deprived people would be appreciated :D

1000 Sheets of Paper Giveaway!!

I can;'t imagine holding 1000 sheets of patterned paper, but that's what Amy has done!! She's used 1000 sheets of patterned paper since starting her  blog, so to celebrate, she's giving away 1000 sheets of 6x6 paper!!!  As you can see, it's quite the stack of paper.  Head over to Amy's blog HERE to see how you can enter to win. 

I can just imagine what would happen if I won... my hubby, I think would KILL me.. he's always complaining about the amount of paper that I have.. LOL.. although if it was free, maybe he would be happy that I wouldn't have to spend money on more paper :D