And the WINNER is......

I am sure you all are sitting on the edge of your seat waiting to find out who the winner of my Valentine Blog Candy is! First off I want to thank everyone who took time to comment and subscribe/follow my blog! I hope you all come back to visit soon!

And now for the winner.....

TA Carbone

Congratulations Toniann!

You have until Monday at 5pm to contact me, or another winner will be chosen!

**Edited to add: TA has contacted me and claimed her prizes! :) **

Thanks again to everyone who played along!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Who Wants Valentine Candy?

***This post will remain at the top of my blog until Jan. 30th....so please scroll down for current postings!***

I had planned on giving away some candy when my counter hit 10,000 however I think that happened over the holidays.....and now in shock I see my counter is already over 12,000 hits....so now it's candy time.....and I have some Valentine Blog Candy for you! I want to thank everyone who stops by to read my blog, your comments truly make my day and you are all an inspiration to me!

Now....on to the goodies: Up for grabs is:

3 DCWV design cards

6 white doilies

Valentine Studio G clear stamp set

Friend to Friend heart stamp

Pink mini rose flowers

Magenta baubles

Card Scents in Snickerdoodle

Valentine ribbon

Red, White, and Pink Flowers

A mixture of foam hearts

I will also throw in some misc. WOJ and Magnolia stamped images

In order to win you need to do the following:
1. Leave a comment in this post telling me which paper cutter/trimmer is your favorite and why! I am in need of a new paper trimmer/cutter and am looking to see which is the best to get.
AND
2. Post a link on your blog to my candy give away!

**To Get An ADDITIONAL entry ***
Subscribe to or become a follower of my blog, and post an additional comment on this post telling me you have done so!

** If you do not have a blog, please click on my profile on my sidebar and send me an email answering the above question!

My candy is open world wide! :)

You have until Friday, January 30th at midnight to enter my drawing!

CBCC #23, Friday Sketchers & A Spoon Full of Sugar!

Thank you to everyone who sent me well wishes! My migraine is gone! YAY! So without further ado here is my entry for this week's CBCC! I am also using this as my entry for this week's Friday Sketchers sketch challenge! Bea (from Megahobby) created a fabulous sketch to play with! You can see Bea's sketch HERE! And this also is my Spoon Full of Sugar Challenge which the theme this week is Love is in the air!

I used my beautiful WOJ Melinda Hugging Heart! I colored her with my Copics! I added Shimmerz Blingz hottie pink to the ribbon on the heart, and Blingz pixie dust to her wings! Used my nesties for the oval and scalloped oval behind Melinda. Then I took a white dolie and sprayed it with my Glimmer Mist in Pink Taffy and Iridescent Gold. I used my corner punches and swirl punches. DP is K&Co. Flowers, spacers, charm and ribbon are from my stash! Most of my supplies and tools were purchased from Wish On A Scrap.

Here is a close up so you can see the Shimmerz on Melinda's wings and the ribbon on her heart! If you look close you can see the shimmer on the swirls (leaves) by the flowers. I used Blingz Hottie Pink on the red swirls which made them look like a dark pink, and on the passion pink swirls I used my Blingz in Pink Poinsettia which gave them a real nice shimmer.

Then we have the finished inside. I used my Fiskars heart border punch....are you getting sick of seeing it yet? More K&Co. paper and some foam hearts for a little bit of spice!

I am off to read some more of my book for my Women in Literature class! We are reading The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood....it's not to terrible of a read either! Hope you all have a fabulous week! Don't forget to sign up for my blog candy if you haven't done so already!

CBCC #23

This week Courtney gave us a fabulous color challenge to play with! I planned on making my card last night, but came down with a terrible migraine and had to go to bed early. Make sure you come back later today, because I am hoping to get this done and posted as soon as I finish! Sorry for the delay!

Here's the colors so you can play along! Make sure you link your creations to Courtney's blog! Also, make sure you go to my side bar and check out what my fellow chickies have made!

WOJ Challenge #15

First off I want to thank everyone for the well wishes for my hubby! Today is the first day he is actually feeling better...so I got a little time to play today, after cleaning all the germies out of our house! And luckily enough (knock on wood) I haven't gotten sick! Hopefully it stays that way! Tomorrow my semester starts at school so homework will be consuming a lot of my time...but I am sure I will be able to still squish in some play time....somethine has to keep me sane and give me a break from all of the numbers!

This week over at the WOJ Challenge blog there is a sketch by the fabulous Katharina! I always like to use Katharina's sketches to make my cards!!! Here is my take on the sketch! I got this fabulous WOJ Herb in Love from my great friend Loreen! She has the WOJ stamps available for purchase at her store, Wish On A Scrap. Papers are from my stash...some are so old I don't even know where they are from anymore....ooppss, you can't tell I love paper can you?! I used my Janome Sew Mini that I got from Christmas from my parents! After a little bit of trouble trying to put the bobbin in....we were in sewing order! I had so much fun with it...I can only imagine you will get sick of seeing sewing on my cards! ha ha! I also used my Fiskars heart border punch, prima and hemp twine from my stash. My new Valentine ribbon...I think one is from Joanns and the other is Michaels.

Here is a close up of my snowpeople! Aren't they just adorable? I colored them with my Copics, and then added some Shimmerz Blingz in pixie dust for some glitz and shine! I am a total girlie girl and love sparkles! (If you click on the picture it will make it bigger so you can see the Shimmerz sparkle!)

And of course we have the finished inside! Used my nesties as I did on the front! I took the scalloped circle and ran the piece through my Cuttlebug in my d'vine swirls folder to add a little bit of dimension! Then added some foam hearts....and my masterpiece was complete!

I hope everyone has a wonderful week!

**Don't forget to sign up for my blog candy!

You have until the end of the week to enter!**

I'm Still Here...

Sorry it's been a few days since I have posted! My hubby got the flu and was down and out since Wednesday, and is just finally starting to feel a tad bit better. I have been taking care of him so I have been out of my craft corner! I am hoping to finish a project today and share with you later tonight! So stay tuned! :)

Wishing everyone a happy and healthy weekend!

Basic Grey #18 & Sketch Saturday #34 Combined!

This week over at the Basic Grey Challenge blog there is a very special challenge. DT member Kim has provided her very own Valentine digi illustrations for us to play with. Her creations are fabulous!!! I absolutely love them! I know I will be making a few more cards with these fun characters! I decided to use this image and the sketch from Sketch Saturday together! I actually went a little bit outside my comfort zone with this one....but I had a lot of fun and can't wait to hear what you think!

Here's the sketch:

And here's my card! Instead of putting the main image on the front of the card in a circle, I decided to cut a circle out and look through to the inside where the image is (this is where I was a little out of my "comfort" zone)! However, I love the end result! I used the BG Bittersweet papers (I absolutely LOVE this paper pack and know I will have to get some more)! The little girl is colored with my Copics. I used my new Shimmerz Blingz in hottie pink (butterfly and heart on the valentine) and pink poinsettia (girl's shirt, cheeks, and eyelids). You can see the Shimmerz better in the last picture. The ribbon and heart strands are my new purchases from Hobby Lobby. Flowers are from my stash. Also used were my nesties and Fiskars heart border punch (I am loving this punch).
Of course we have the finished inside too! Heart doily and ribbon were in my stash.

Here is the close up tilted so you can see the Shimmerz! It looks fabulous IRL! The Shimmerz gives it a soft sparkly look without taking away from the Copic coloring!

I hope you all have a fabulous day! Don't forget to sign up for my blog candy if you haven't already! Thanks for stopping by and taking a looksie!

CBCC #22

This week Courtney put together a very fun sketch for us to play with! Here is the sketch:I decided to make my card a Valentine card. I used WOJ Teenage Lizzie with Box of Chocolates (which I purchased from Wish On A Scrap) and colored her with my Copics (of course! hee hee!). Papers are SU cardstock (pink and brown), and dp is K&Company. I stamped some small hearts on the brown cardstock with my Versamark Dazzle in Champagne (they really do sparkle and look pretty...the picture doesn't do them justice). Also used my new Fiskars heart punch, ribbon, and foam hearts that I bought on my shopping excursion the other day. I don't like how the picture turned out....as I had to use my Ott Lite to take the picture. It looks way better IRL!

And of course we have the finished inside:

Make sure you go to my side bar and check out what the other CBCC Chicks have created!!! I hope you all decide to play along with our fun challenge! When you finish your creation make sure that you link it to Courtney's CBCC #22 post!

Magnolia vs. Stampavie Meets Friday Sketchers

This week over at Friday Sketchers is a fabulous sketch done by my friend Mumur! She does fantastic work...if you haven't gone to her blog you NEED to go and see her amazing work! Mumur's sketch was so much fun to play with!

Here's the sketch:

I tweaked the sketch just a tad....put the flower/flourishes on the opposite side otherwise my ribbon covered my pretty dp! The Magnolia vs. Stampavie challenge this week was to use a bow on your card! In this past week's SCS newsletter Pam Bassett showed her tutorial how to create a ribbon blossom! I have never done this before so I thought I would challenge myself to use it in this week's Magnolia challenge! I do think for my very first ribbon blossom it turned out pretty cool!

This card was created for my Mom's boss's birthday today! I colored Tilda with my Copics (of course). Cardstock was in my stash, dp is Deja Vue, I used stickles on Tilda's wings. Ribbon, flower, and jewels are from my stash. Remember Loreen at Wish On A Scrap sells the Magnolia stamps!

I carried the dp through to the inside. I used my martha punch and my corner punch (from Wish On A Scrap....gosh I really love these punches), and added one of my special angel charms as a finishing touch.

My Mom called me tonight and said her boss absolutely LOVED the card! That makes me feel so good when people treasure one of my creations!

Tomorrow is CBCC day....so make sure you come back to see my surprise for that!

It's Still Cold!

We are still dealing with some cold weather (only in the mid-teens for our high temperature) here in WI! Brrrr! Today we got 6 inches of snow! YUCK! I am so ready for spring! But since we are still dealing with winter I thought it would be fun to make something with my WOJ Herb stamp! I got this wonderful stamp from Wish On A Scrap....and it makes for a great Christmas or winter theme gift/card.

A few years ago I started getting snowmen for my Mom to collect....so twhen I saw this stamp I knew I had to make something for her with it! I stamped Herb on some white tissue paper and colored him with my Copics. Then I used my heat tool and wax paper to adhere Herb to the candle. Added some stickles, snow on the bottom, along with flowers and snowflakes from my stash.

And here is a picture of the candle in the dark! This isn't your "normal" candle....this is a safe candle (seeing how my Dad doesn't care for real candles)! It's an LED light inside so you just flip the switch to turn the candle on or off! The most awesome part is the candle still smells like peppermint!

Your creation never dies with a candle like this!!! You can enjoy it forever, by just changing the batteries!

Thanks for stopping by, hope you are having a great weekend! Make sure you check back tomorrow as I will have some "candy" up for grabs!

Busy Week!

Wow, I can't believe how much running I have been doing this week! I don't like that because then there is hardly any craft time! Although I did get to buy some new Valentine supplies! Woo-Hoo! I am hoping to get some craft time in tomorrow and hopefully will have a special something to share with you all!

Kerry is giving away some awesome blog candy, and not just one prize....but she is giving goodies away to 3 people! What a very generous person Kerry is! Make sure you swing by to check it out!

Michelle is also giving away some great candy....which includes some Copics...head over to say hi to her!

I also want to give you the heads up that I am going to be having some Valentines Blog Candy coming up next week....or maybe even by this weekend! Make sure you stop back!

My FIRST Desgin as a CBC Chick!

For those of you new to CBCC....it stands for Created by Courtney Challenge! My dear friend Courtney started this 21 weeks ago....wow...it's been that long already! Courtney asked me recently to join her design team....and of course you all know I jumped at the option!

This week's challenge is Inspiration Station! Take a picture of your favorite CD that you love to listen to while you create....then use your CD cover as inspiration for your card! So without further ado....here is my entry for CBCC #21!

My ultimate favorite CD right now is Little Big Town - A Place To Land! You probably hear the song "Fine Line" playing right now as you are reading this! Yepper this song is on that CD! I have seen Little Big Town 3 times in concert now....and loved every performance that I saw! They ROCK!

Here's the CD cover:AND....here's my how my inspiration turned out (sorry about the flash in the picture)!

This is one of the cards that I made at card class with my Gram! Isn't it beautiful? I amazed myself with this one!!! Michelle is such a wonderful teacher!!! This is an acetate stamped image and then we used adhesive and glitter to make it so pretty! The background was also created by me! It is made using alcohol inks! I love the look of it!

Here's a close up of the image...gotta love the sparkles:

Make sure you go to my side bar and check out what the other CBC Chicks have created!!! When you finish your creation make sure that you link it to Courtney's CBCC #21 post!

WOJ Challenge #13

WOW...it's already been 13 challenges over at the WOJ Challenge Blog! I know I haven't gotten to play with all of them....but the ones I do I always have lots of fun creating! This week was a sketch challenge by Heather. I love playing with her sketches!!!

This card was created for my mom's co-worker's birthday! My Mom chose Melinda Blowing Kisses for me to use on the card! I colored Miss. Melinda with my Copics (first time I used green as my main color...and I LOVE how it turned out...Gee I sure say that a lot lately...don't I?)!!!! I used star dust stickles on Melinda's wings and hearts. Papers are Deja View, DCWV, and SU cardstock. Ribbons, spacers, and brads, are from my stash. Flowers are spare parts. The angel charm is handmade by me! The first time I ever used one of my angels on a card!
Here is the finished inside. Used the same floral Martha punch as on the front of the card. Flowers are from my paper pack.
Sorry the pictures seem washed out! It was already dark when I got done creating so I had to use my Ott Lite!

Remember you have until midnight tonight to get your entry in for our Wish On A Scrap 1st Challenge! The WOJ Lizzie with her chocolate box is getting ready to head to her new home!

Hope everyone enjoyed their weekend!

Baby Onesie & Some Thank Yous!

Since I still didn't get a chance to take pictures of my other cards that I made with my Gram yet, I will share a baby card that I made a month ago for my sister's friend. Her friend had a little boy so I thought I would try my hand at making the famous Baby Onesie card. I got the dimensions from Lauren's blog. For my first time at trying this card I thought it came out pretty good....although I would have loved making a frilly girly card instead!

Next, I have some Thank Yous to give out (sorry that some of them are so late)! I got the following award from both Amy and Chris. Thank you Girls so very much!

This next award I received from Tara! Thanks so much Tara this is greatly appreciated! :)
All of these girls have fabulous work and are so talented, so please go and check out their blogs, and say hello while you are there! I am going to pass both of these on to all my readers, because without you my blog would not be a success!

And finally, I have been tagged by Berry! So let's see.....7 things about me:
1. I live above our funeral home!
2. I am the milk man's daughter (yup, my Dad is a milk man!)
3. I am addicted to Big Train Sugar Free Vanilla Chai!
4. I love licorice!
5. I love spending time with my family!
6. I am so addicted to blogging....but have made so many friends in the past 8 months I have been in blog land!
7. AND...I am the oldest of 3 children in my family!

Hope you are all enjoying the weekend...and I am hoping to get some cards done to share tomorrow!

My WISH Position!

Last week, when I thought things just couldn't get any better.......I got some more exciting news!

My reign on the Design Clique at Wish On A Scrap was coming to an end this month.....however, I was so thrilled when Loreen asked me to become a permanent member of the Design Clique! Of course I told her YES....I didn't have to think twice or even for a second at all!!!! Loreen and Deb are so wonderful to work with, and I am so ecstatic to keep designing for such a wonderful store! Thank you so much Loreen!!! You are the greatest and such a wonderful friend! I am so honored to be given this position!!!

Sorry I don't have any cards to share today! I have to take some photographs of the cards I made with my Gram the other day! We had was soooo much fun!!! A special thank you to Michelle for the wonderful class....I can't wait until next Thursday! Gram and I are taking 2 more card classes before my "real" classes begin!

Don't forget you only have today and tomorrow to get your entry in for the Wish Challenge! Remember the winning person receives a WOJ Lizzie with Chocolate Box stamp!

And a few fun blog candy alerts to share:
Bev has some VERY VERY delish blog candy going on right now...I so want to win because she has some awesome items that she uses on her fabulous cards!

My good friend Dannie has some super sweet Valentines candy....those chocolates look like heaven and I would love to get my teeth on them!

Jen has some terrific candy from many different places and the best part is IT'S ALL FOR A GREAT CAUSE!

And Sally is giving away some wonderful candy....swing by and say hi to her...it's her VERY first blog candy! Woo-Hoo!

I hope everyone has a GREAT weekend!

Lots of Hugs~

Magnolia Vs. Stampavie Challenge 8

I want to thank everyone who sent me congratulations and best wishes for my "Chick Status" (if you haven't seen....my exciting news post is below)! It means a lot to me to know everyone cares! I am very excited to create for Courtney! Thanks again Courtney for asking me to join the peeps!

This card goes along perfect with today's post! Over at the Magnolia Vs. Stampavie Challenge blog this week's challenge was a sketch challenge....but there is a small twist! You need to make your card a Thank You card....so this is for each and everyone of you out there who support me, inspire me, and challenge me! You are all treasured friends!

Here is this week's sketch: I decided to use my Tilda with rose that I got from my Secret Angel in the Magnolialicious Yahoo Group! Thanks again Lisa! I absolutely LOVE her! I colored Tilda with my Copics, added stickles to her wings and lace on her dress. Then I used some pink perfect pearls and painted on top of the rose for some extra shimmer! It gave the flower a beautiful irridescent effect! Papers used were Dovecraft from the Hint of Pink pack, DCWV, SU cardstock, and some clearance papers that I got from Michaels.

Flowers are primas. Lace, beads, and charms are from my stash. Punches used were the negative from my Heart Corner Punch (from Wish On A Scrap), and my Martha floral boarder punch which I made into cute corners. I got this idea from one of my idols, Suzanne! You can see her awesome idea here!She is so creative, and her work is absolutely amazing! If you haven't gone over to her blog, click on over there and take a look. You won't be disappointed!

And if you take a close look at my charm, you will see it says Thanks! I thought that was a perfect touch!

Then of course we have the finished inside! I think this is my favorites inside done so far!

Hope everyone is having a good week! Tomorrow I am off to go and craft with my Grandma! We are going to take a card class together! I am very excited, and it's so special to be spending time with my Gram doing what we both love to do! (She's a very talented card maker!!!) I can't wait to come back and show you what we make! It's going to be a real treat, I promise!!!! I saw a product of the class and it's amazing!!!!

And I have a few more blog candy places for you:

Stop over by Simon...there is some AMAZING candy there!

Mumur has some WOJ Herb candy!

Monika some some fab give aways!

Lim has some Hanglar candy! Woo-Hoo...can't get them here!

AND don't forgot to head on over to the Wish Blog and get your challenge card entered to with a WOJ Lizzie with Box of Chocolates stamp...you only have until Sunday, January 11th!

Thanks for stopping!

Sugar Bowl Challenge #1 & BIG NEWS!

At first I didn't think I would be able to play along in the Sugar Bowl Challenge....but then I remembered a few months back Gayle sent me some wonderful Sugar Nellie images to play with! Thank you so much Gayle! I so need to purchase some of these stamps so I can continue to play along. I really wanted to play along with this challenge as the prize is 3 sets of Promarkers! I would so love to get my inky hands on those! :)

This image is called Pickin' Apples. Isn't she just darling?! I had lots of fun coloring her with my Copics, and of course I added some stickles to her bow and hat. Highlights were made with my white gel pen. I used glossy accents on the apples, even though it hard to see it in the picture. Papers are a combinations of Basic Grey Euphoria, Creative Memories, and some scraps from my stash. Of course I had to use my corner punches (if you would like to get some, head on over to Wish On A Scrap)! I really do love them! I got some new spacers the other day, so I had to use one on my flower. Flowers, charm, and ribbon from my stash.
And the finished inside! I really like how the inside of this one turned out! Wish me luck on this challenge...I would LOVE to have some more markers to color with!

Now, for my BIG NEWS:

I'm a CHICK!!!

I got a message the other day from Courtney asking if I would like to be a CBCC (Created By Courtney Chick)! I was so excited that she asked me to design for her challenges, and of course I said YES! I am so excited to be a part of the CBCC team! My offical start date is January 13th....so be on the look out for my CBCC creations!

Thanks again Courtney for asking me to be a part of your team!

***Don't forgot the Wish Challenge is going on and you have until January 11th to get your entry in to win a WOJ stamp!***

And finally, I have a few blog candy alerts for you:

My great buddy Rach is giving away some wonderful candy! Please stop by and say hi to her and check out her stunning creations! This girl is one of my idols her work is amazing!

And Michelle is also giving away some super sweet candy! Stop by and say hi to her and enter to win her fabulous prizes!

This is a card that I made for my near and dear friend Liz! We have been friend's since grade school! Her Grandfather passed away last week, and his funeral service was Friday night. It was somewhat of a blessing, as he had Alzheimer's bad, but it is still so hard to lose a family member. I was glad that I could be there to comfort my friend. I wanted to share the card that I made for her.
I used Basic Grey papers from the Wassail collection, and just red and black from my paper stash. Corner punches and Fiskars boarder punch were purchased from Wish On A Scrap. The "with sympathy" was stamped and embossed with Ranger embossing tinsel in silver. Ribbon is from my stash!

And of course we have the finished inside!

Don't forget to head over to the Wish Blog to enter for your chance to win a Whiff of Joy Lizzie with Chocolate Box stamp in our VERY 1st Challenge! You have until Sunday, January 11th to enter!

I have some SUPER exciting news to share with you tomorrow, I can hardly keep myself from shouting it all to you! So make sure you come back to check it out!!!

Magnolialicious January Sketch

This month over at Magnolialicious the Miss. Suzy Haglighi made a very fun sketch to play a long with! I loved all of the circles on it! That way I could incorporate lots of different patterned papers into my card! My papers are DCWV, Creative Memories, and SU cardstock.

I decided to use Standing Fall Tilda that I purchase from Loreen at Wish On A Scrap. I also created this card for the Wish Challenge that is going on RIGHT NOW, you can find the details HERE! The Challenge is running until January 11th, so go and check it out!

Tilda was colored using my Copic markers, and I used stickles on her wings! Ribbons were in my stash along with the charm, spacer, and heart brad. Flowers are Petaloo which I also got from Wish On A Scrap's November kit....yes, I am still using elements from the November kit! That is seriously how much stuff you get in the kits! It's amazing the stuff you get for your $25!
And of course we have the inside of the card! I used my martha floral lace punch, and my Fiskars treading water punch!

I really like this card....must be because I used mainly pink and brown....of course we all know that is my favorite color combo!

Hope everyone has a WONDERFUL week!

Wish Challenge #1

You need to head on over to the Wish On A Scrap blog! We have a VERY fun challenge for you to play along with! And the best part of it is......

YOU CAN WIN A WHIFF OF JOY STAMP!

But, not only 1 stamp....you have the chance to win 2 Whiff of Joy Stamps!

How cool is that? Loreen is being very generous, so click HERE to go see what the hype is all about! I can tell you that you won't be disappointed!

***One of the deadlines is Sunday, January 4th at midnight, so to make sure you get your chance at the TWO stamps make sure you go and check out the Wish blog NOW!!!!!****

Good luck, and I hope you have lots of fun playing along with us!

I can't wait to see what you all make!

Pixie Dust & Fairies!

I hope everyone had a great New Year's Day! We were lounging at our house today, after having a late night out with friends! I am looking very forward to 2009, and can't wait to see where my creations take me! :)

This week over at Sketch Saturday there wasn't a specific sketch to follow, any past sketch could be used. I thought I would use #27, shown below: My Basic Grey Eva papers were perfect to use with this fun fairy....her name is Bryony. I purchased her from Susana. Isn't she beautiful! I colored my cute fairy with my Copics, and I loved coloring her! I actually stamped her twice. On the 2nd image, I cut out her body, leaving her legs and wings off. Then I pop dotted that up to make it look like Bryony was leaning forward off of her mushroom. I added diamond stickles to her wings for some sparkle!

Ribbon, flowers, and charm were from my stash. I used my corner punch and swirl punch (which acted as leaves for my flowers) that I purchased from Wish On A Scrap.

Of course we all know that I love decorating the insides of my cards now too! Here I used more Basic Grey Eva papers, with the same corner punch as on the front of the card, and also my martha boarder punch. I decided to leave the note part of the card blank for now, as I don't know what occasion I want to use this card for...this way it can be altered as needed.

I love how this card turned out! Thank you for taking time to stop by!