Blog Candy for a Cause

** This will remain on the top of my blog until Nov. 25th, please scroll down for new posts**

I'm sure many of you know Sarah (AKA Scrampin' Mama or Sairabee on SCS)! She's going through a VERY difficult time right now, as her 3 year old son, Henry just passed away after a brief viral illness. I am asking you all to keep Sarah and her family in your thoughts and prayers.

Here's a picture of Henry the little cutie pie:

I am so heart broken for the Anderson family. I would LOVE to shower Sarah and her family with cards to show our love and support, so I am going to offer up some candy to all who participate in my challenge.

My Candy Includes:
* 12 x 12 Glazed Christmas Bazzill Paper Pack
* Assorted Flowers
* Hat Pins
* Assorted Mixed of Charms
* Pack of Making Memories Shimmer Flourish Chipboard Pieces

What you need to do:
1. Create a card for Sarah and her family
2. Post your card on your blog with a message about my challenge/candy
3. Come back to this post and leave me a link to your creation
4. Mail your card to me before November 25th at:

Kim Gruetzmacher
PO Box 223
Suring, WI 54174

I will take care of sending all the cards to Sarah in one bundle! On November 26th I will draw a winner. Thanks for your help in showering our good friend with lots of love!

Edited to add and THANK all the FABULOUS people helping and donating prizes:

* Virginia from InStyle Stamps has graciously offered to add 10 yards of May Arts Ribbon to my candy! Thanks so much hun!

* Lorie has graciously donated some retired SU goodies!

* Dani is adding some christmas ribbon, a 6x6 Basic Grey NEW Nook & Pantry Paper Pack, and American Craft Glitter Thickers.

* Katharina of Whiff of Joy has so kindly donating a Willow with Gingerbread Heart stamp! * Betty has added a brand new All My Memories Desktop Tote.

* Piali, my InStyle Stamps DT Diva teammate has also added to this cause! She is donating a Recollections Christmas Clear Stamp Set.

* Tab, from 7 Kids College Fund, has so graciously donated at $20 gift certificate to her store!

I thank everyone from the bottom of my heart who is adding to this cause! You all are such wonderful, kind, and giving people. Everyone helping out is an angel!!!

Sending all my love to you and your family Sarah!

Another EIO Monday

Hi Everyone~

It's another Monday....and that means it's my weekly Embellish post! Today I decided to share a baby card with you! I used American Crafts Baby Collection and Backyard Collection papers for this card. The flower/bow on the top was made with May Arts Ribbon, Ric Rac, and Imaginisce flowers. The center rhinestone is a Prima Say It In Crystals. I used my circle nesties, along with Martha doily lace punch and Cuttlebug Diamond in the Rough embossing folder to create the bassinet that baby is laying in. Baby was created with my circle and scallop circle nesties. I used Neenah paper for the face, and then colored it with my E00 and R83 Copics, and used my Copic multiliner to draw the face.

I just adore how this creation turned out! :) Don't forget to check out all of the specials that Barb has going on over at Embellish!

This week it's Michelle's turn to pick the sale for a week! She picked Stampavie so Barb is offering an ADDITIONAL 10% OFF of her already LOW prices on Stampavie stamps from 11/07 - 11/14! Check out all of the images here!

Get Free Shipping on domestic orders of $50.00 or more! Enter code 4SP9HD in the coupon box at checkout! (One discount per order)

New Frequent Buyer Club! For every $5.00 in purchases you'll receive 1 point. Collect 30 points and you'll receive a voucher for $15.00 off on your next purchase!

Great Sale on Select Basic Grey 12x12 Collections, Select Pink Paislee and Imaginisce! Prices from 20 to 35% off!

Recipe:
Stamps: Teeny Tiny Words
Inks: Copics, Copic Multiliner
Papers: Nennah Smooth Classic Crest, American Craft Baby Collection & Backyard Collection
Tools: Scor-Pal (to fold my cards), Tonic Cutter, Spellbinders Circle & Scalloped Circle Nesties, MS Doily Lace border punch, Cuttlebug Diamond in the Rough embossing folder, MS tag punch
Embellishments: May Arts Ric Rac and Ribbon, Imaginisce Flowers, Prima Say It In Crystals Center, Tulle, Roses, Diamond Stickles, Pearls, Baby charm from my stash.

I want to send a special thank you to everyone who is coming forward with donations to my Blog Candy for a Cause! You are all amazing and wonderful people! Please make sure to check THIS POST as I am updating the candy list daily!

Thanks for stopping by!

Craft Fair Bound

Exams are done! YAY...hopefully my grades come back good, lol! Now let the fun begin! My Mom and I are headed to a local craft fair tomorrow to try and sell some of our crafty creations! I'm excited, I love seeing people smile over our work.

Last weekend was my hometown's craft show and we did pretty good with our booth. However I didn't have shelving to arrange my cards, they were all one level on a table and hard to see....after telling my hubby about my table problem, he came up with this brilliant idea:

I had these stands that hold small boxes, and asked hubby if there was anyway that I could make shelves for the stands. I was thinking cutting cardboard or something like that, but he had WAY BETTER ideas than my cardboard. Today he went to Home Depot and bought some Lexan....which to me is clear plastic....to hubby it's high grade plexi-glass. Tonight we cut the pieces that we needed....YEP, I even helped him! :) I'm very happy with how it turned out! (Sorry the picture quality is crappy....I took the picture quick with my phone.) I will take some *better* pictures of my booth tomorrow to share with you all!

On another note, I want to send a HUGE THANK YOU to everyone who is coming forward and donating prizes to my special blog candy! You are all angels! It's so wonderful to know so many caring and generous people! Everyone in this crafting world is truly amazing and I am so glad to call you all friends! :)

Here are some more amazing people that are helping out the Anderson Family:

Lorie Ames is putting together a memorial for Henry to raise money to have trees planted at the Zoo that Henry loved to go to! Please click HERE to go and read more.

Melissa at Pink Cat Studio has created a special digi stamp and is donating the proceeds of the sale of the digi (minus paypal fees) towards the tree memorial as well. Click here to go and see the stamp! I bought mine last night and can't wait to create with this cutie!

Katie of Paper Makeup Stamps also has a cute Snow Angel stamp in honor of Henry! Click HERE to go and see this one! I have to go and purchase mine! Proceeds are also being donated to the Anderson's.

Thanks for stopping by!

New Blog at ISS!

InStyle Stamps has a new look! Head on over to our NEW blog!!

The first 75 150 people to subscribe to the blog by 6 pm, Monday, November 9th will be given a free digital image or free digital paper of their choice. Click here to see the details & make sure you leave a comment with your email address.

Go hop on over and check it out!! And don't forget about the HUGE SALE that's going on yet too!

New ISS and Cosmo Cricket!

Happy Monday! I hope everyone's week is off to a great start! My Monday was a crazy day! This past weekend was our town's craft fair so I of course had a booth and sold some of my projects! I have another craft fair coming up this Saturday, and hope that my sales increase! :) Today was crazy as I first had to get caught up on laundry (which means going to the in-laws house for the day), then I have 3 exams this week so it was study between loads of laundry....and I had to finish my card to share with you today! I finally got home now so I could upload my pictures to share my creation with you! Then it's back to studying and doing homework....I'd much rather be online blogging though! ;)

Meet Snowman Chick! She's a newbie over at InStyle Stamps! I think she is as cute as a button and knew I had to use her with my Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly paper pack from over at Embellish! These papers are delish!!! If you don't have them, they are a total must have in my book, although I think by now everyone knows that I am a paper addict and I think all papers are a must have! Hee hee! This specific pack is so adorable though! Very fun and festive!

Today is also the sketch challenge over at Club Anime so I used Melissa's great sketch for my card! Again, I am so in love with these papers from Cosmo Cricket.

I used my Spellbinders Create A Flake 1 dies to create these beauty! I also used my Twinklets for the very first time and I have to say I love this product! The crystal look that they give is amazing and makes your paper look exactly like a snowflake! So what do you think?
I used my Copics to color my image, and then went over the Snowman with my Twinkling H2O in Icicles to give him some shimmer. I hope you like how this card turned out!
Don't forget about Barb's AMAZING Specials:

Get Free Shipping on domestic orders of $50.00 or more! Enter code 4SP9HD in the coupon box at checkout! (One discount per order)

New Frequent Buyer Club! For every $5.00 in purchases you'll receive 1 point. Collect 30 points and you'll receive a voucher for $15.00 off on your next purchase!

Great Sale on Select Basic Grey 12x12 Collections, Select Pink Paislee and Imaginisce! Prices from 20 to 35% off!

While supplies last! Get a free Hocus Pocous Chipboard Thicker Accents when you order any Hocus Pocus Letter Thicker!

Recipe:
Stamps: Snowman Chick by ISS
Inks: Copics
Papers: Nennah Smooth Classic Crest, Cosmo Cricket Jolly by Golly Collection
Tools: Scor-Pal (to fold my cards), Tonic Cutter, Spellbinders Create A Flake 1 and Labels 1 Nesties, MS Snowflake border punch, EK Success Snowflake punch, McGill Mitten punch
Embellishments: Twinklets Diamond Dust, Twinkling H2O

I also want to share with you before I go, that InStyle has now transferred over to blogger! YAY! Go and check out the new blog HERE! And if you are one of the first 75 people to subscribe (by today) you can get a FREE Digi of your choice!

Thanks for stopping by!

Blog Hopping Thankfully!

It's the last friday of the month so you know what that means....it's time for another InStyle Stamps Blog Hop!!! Woo-Hoo!!!!

Today we are
THANKFUL
for our families, friends, and you!

Welcome to the InStyle Stamps October Blog Hop!

With Thanksgiving right around the corner I thought it would be fun to make some items to decorate your Thanksgiving table! Today I have used Virginia and William our Pilgrims over at ISS! Aren't they just the sweetest?!

Like usual, you get to decide which DT member inspires you the most! After you go and view all of the other DT's projects (their links are in my side bar), make sure you head on over to the InStyle Stamps Blog to vote for your favorite project (I hope that my projects have inspired you and would love to have your vote :) The DT member who gets the most votes will win a prize....AND YOU CAN WIN A PRIZE JUST FOR VOTING!!! All you have to do is place your vote; then leave a comment on the post with the poll before 11:59pm EST on Saturday, October 31st, and winners will be announced on Sunday.

And here is a close up of our Mr. and Mrs. Pilgrim!

Here’s a list of the blog hop participants in order:

Kim http://www.craftsbykim.blogspot.com/

Piali http://touchofcreation.blogspot.com/

Joy http://daiseyfreak.blogspot.com/

Virginia http://paperyumness.blogspot.com/

Raquel http://raqode7.blogspot.com/

Mary http://mycardz.wordpress.com

Maylee http://mayleescreativecorner.blogspot.com/

Jodi-Ann http://inkedinspirations.blogspot.com/

Lysa http://lysaq.blogspot.com/

Melissa http://mmedesigns.blogspot.com/

So, if you’re following along … your next stop is my DT member Piali's blog!

AND....Don't forget to go vote for your favorite DT member's project over at the InStyle Blog!

***If you are interested in purchasing this gift set,
please click HERE to e-mail me. ***

Hope you are having a GREAT Friday!

Thanks for stopping by!

EIO_Spotlight on Eskimo Kisses!

Good Morning Friends~

Hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Mine was AMAZING! My Mom and I took a mini vacation to the Rubber Stamping and Scrapping Expo that was in Milwaukee, WI! We had so much fun and bought lots of new goodies to play with....now to find some time to play! :)

Today I am sharing some creations that my Mom and I made with the new BG Eskimo Kisses line! These are mini purses that we made for some craft shows that we have coming up in the next few weeks! Each purse was cut with the top note die, then embossed with an embossing folder and embossed with ultra thick clear embossing powder to add lots of shine! These purses look like real purses! Then we added embellies and chain for the handles.

Here are some close ups of them so you can see the embellies better! :)

I hope you have enjoyed these cuties! We have made 11 of them in our hotel room! It was such a blast! If you are interested in purchasing one, please contact me HERE! :)

Don't forget the amazing sales that are going on at Embellish!

Get FREE SHIPPING on domestic orders of $50 or more by entering code 4SP9HD in the coupon box during your checkout!

NEW FREQUENT BUYER CLUB! For every $5 in purchases you'll receive 1 point. Collect 30 points and you'll receive a voucher for $15 off your next purchase!

GREAT SLAE on Basic Grey 12x12 Collections, Pink Paislee and Imaginisce!
Prices from 20-35% off!!!

Also while supplies last....Get a FREE HOCUS POCOUS CHIPBOARD THICKER ACCENTS when you order any Hocus Pocus Letter Thicker!

You can get to the Embellish Store by clicking on the link in my sidebar! Make sure you tell Barb that I sent you! :)

Recipe:
Stamps: N/A
Inks: Versamark
Papers: BG Eskimo Kisses Collection
Tools: Scor-Pal, Tonic Cutter, SU Top Note Die,
Embellishments: Chain from Michaels, Velcro, Gemstone, Spare Parts Brad, Ultra Thick Clear Embossing Enamel, Swiss Dot Embossing Folder, SU flower Embossing Folder

Thanks for stopping by!
Enjoy your week!