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Happy Belated Thanksgiving...I hope you all had a wonderful time with family and friends!  I got to spend my Thanksgiving with my family and enjoyed every minute of it!

Today my Mom and I are in our last craft show of the year, it's supposed to be one of the biggest in the city by us so I am so thankful to have gotten a booth in it....hopefully we are as successful as the last two shows! :)

Also today, SCACD is back open!  YIPPY!  Make sure you head over to the STORE Blog, I'm thinking Susana has some AMAZING FUN cooked up for you today!  If you haven't already gotten your Mini Winter Sampler Stamp Set and Mini Winter Hearts and Hugs Stamp Set head on over there now and pick yours up while you still can get a FREE stamp with the purchase of an Exclusive SCACD Stamp Set!

Stop back tomorrow to see a new creation using one of the New Victoria Case images from the Mini Winter Hearts and Hugs Set! :)

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SCACD Special

Make sure you head over to the SCACD Store Blog today!!!  Susana is having a NEW feature where she will be listing a Monday SCACD's Special every week. The special can be one item, or a whole category of items....you never know! 

Also a special rememinder...The SCACD Store will be closed as of noon on Nov. 24th thru Nov. 26th so Susana can spend time with her family for Thanksgiving.

Now for the SCACD special running thru Nov. 28th:

15% off all Petaloo products.
Quantities limited to stock on hand and sale runs through Sunday, November 28.
Click -->HERE<-- to check it out.

Have a wonderful and safe holiday week!!!  I'm hoping to get in some crafty time in between homework projects this week...hope to have something fun to share with you all real soon!

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Computer Question

Hi Friends~ I getting crafty this afternoon so I'm hoping to have something to share with you soon! :)  However, I have a quick question for all my computer techy friends! :)

I'm looking at getting an external harddrive to back up our computer documents, photos, music files and the like.  I'm always paranoid that I am going to loose everything.  I'm looking at getting a Clickfree C2N seeing how we have more than one computer in our household! :)  Does anyone know about the Clickfrees?  Any advice or input is greatly appreciated!  Or if you use a completely different product I'd LOVE to hear about it!  Thanks in advance for all of your help!

***DON'T FORGET TO ENTER FOR THE TWO SCACD BLOG CANDIES.....DEADLINE is only in a FEW HOURS!!!***...links in my sidebar for BOTH of them! You ONLY have a FEW HOURS left to sign up...and yes you can enter BOTH of the drawings!  Trust me YOU REALLY WANT to win one of the Epiphany Tools!

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A FEW REMINDERS....

 EXCLUSIVE SHOPPING DEAL

DEAL GOING ON NOW AT THE SCACD STORE!!!
You only have a couple more days to take advantage of Susana's amazing generosity!!!  From NOW until November 19th if you purchase any Exclusive SCACD Stamp Set you will receive a FREE stamp of Susana's choosing that could be from ANY of that Artist's released sets. For example, if you purchase an Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Stamp Set you will receive ONE Elisabeth Bell for SCACD stamp of Susana's choosing. If you purchase multiple Exclusive SCACD Stamp Sets you will receive ONE free stamp for each set purchased. Since the Carmen for SCACD is only a single set if you purchase this set you will get ONE stamp of Susana's choosing as well.  Isn't this an AMAZING deal!  If you've been waiting to purchase stamps....NOW is definitely the time to do some shopping!  Click -->HERE<-- to shop!

BLOG CANDY ALERT

***DON'T FORGET TO ENTER FOR THE TWO SCACD BLOG CANDIES***...links in my sidebar for BOTH of them! You ONLY have until Friday to enter...and yes you can enter BOTH of the drawings!  Trust me YOU REALLY WANT to win one of the Epiphany Tools!  I absolutely LOVE this fun tool!  You can see my spotlight on this product -->HERE<-- and see what I've made with this tool -->HERE<--!

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WOJ #92 - Tara's Sketch

Happy Wednesday....well we are half way through the week and that means the weekend is getting closer!  Woo-Hoo!  I am excited for this weekend....as my "adopted brother" (who is my brother's best freind) recently bought a house so we are going to celebrate at his housewarming party!  And then I am planning on crafting the rest of the weekend away getting ready for another craft show that I will have a booth in the Saturday after Thanksgiving!  Which reminds me I still have to share pictures of my booth with you all! :)

Today is another WOJ Challenge Wednesday!  Yay this week we have a WONDERFUL sketch by my amazing freind Tara for you to play along with!  Love the sketch T, it's so much fun to work with!!!  We do have some sad news to share with you from the WOJ Challenge DT....This week is my good buddy Tara's last challenge with us as she has decided to step down from DT.  I'm going to miss you SOOOO MUCH Tara...and wish you all the best hun!  With Tara's decision to step down from the DT we have decided to hold a DT Call this challenge.....Please check the WOJ Challenge page for all the details. 

For my card this week I've decided to use a cutie from last years Winter Stamp Set.  Isn't she a doll?!  I absolutely love her and her innocence!  Papers are from the Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather collection, I love how this pad has bold colors as well as subtle soft colors too!  Lace is from Wild Orchid Crafts and is the Guipure Lace....absolutely LOVE this one, again it adds to the elegance of the card.  I've taken my narrow purple MS ribbon and wove it into the lace, and then used my Bow Easy to create the bow! :)  For the background edging I've used my new MS ATP holly punch!  Love this punch!

My image was colored with Copics and accented with a white gel pen.  I've used my SB Labels 14 to cut her out and then edged the label with Star Dust Stickles.

Flower arrangement consists mainly of WOC flowers.  Hydrangeas are Prima....BUT Wild Orchid Crafts is now carrying Hydrangea flowers in an assortment of colors...you can find there -->here<--!  YAY!!!  Finishing off the arrangement is 15mm roses, Padded Snowflakes, and 15mm Rose Leaves. 
Now make sure you head to the WOJ Challenge to see Tara's amazing sketch and to play along with us! 

DON'T FORGET TO ENTER FOR THE TWO SCACD BLOG CANDIES...links in my sidebar for BOTH of them! You ONLY have until Friday to enter...and yes you can enter BOTH of the drawings!

Recipe:
Stamps:  Winter Stamp Kit 2009 (WOJ), Sentiment from Just Rite
Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, White Gel Pen,
Copic Colors Used: Skin: E000, E00, E11, R02, Jacket: RV91, RV93, RV95, RV99, V0000, Jeans: B91, B93, B95, B97, Shoes: E25, E29, E53, Stocking: R24, R46, R89, E41, E42, E43, Holly: R24, R32, R46, YG21, YG67, G24, G28
Papers: Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather
Tools: MS Holly Punch, SB Labels 14, Bow Easy,
Embellishments: Guipure Lace, Star Dust Stickles, Prima Hydrangeas, 15mm roses, Padded Snowflakes, 15mm Rose Leaves, MS ribbon,

♥ Thanks for stopping by! ♥

NEW Stamps at SCACD!

Hi Friends, and welcome back for those of you who were here earlier for my WOC Challenge post ***If you are looking for my WOC Challenge card please scroll down***!  As I noted in the challenge post earlier....today is a VERY SPECIAL day!  SCACD has 2 Brand New Mini Stamp Sets that are being released today!  Mini Winter Sampler by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD and Mini Winter Hearts and Hugs Set by Victoria Case for SCACD!  Along with new stamps we also have loads of fun packed in...If you have arrived here from Aud's Blog then you are in the correct stop along the hop!  If not, please click HERE to go to the SCACD Blog to start the hop at the beginning...trust me you don't want to miss a stop along this amazing Hop!  Now for some important SCACD NEWS:

SCACD IS NOW ON FACEBOOK!!!

You really need to "like" us on facebook because we have oodles of fun cooked up for you!  Including:  

*FIRST notice of New Products
*SCACD Monday's for Facebook Only Sales (FYI It could be one item or a whole category on sale – WOO HOO)
*Surprise Facebook Candy
*Special Sales, and lots of information and lots of fun!!!
You can find us HERE!!!

SCACD BLOG CANDY

You have two chances of winning some amazing SCACD candy that consist of an Epiphany Tool, accesories, and one 6X6 paper pad of your choice!  Where can you enter?  For Prize One head over to the SCACD Blog to enter, and for Prize Two head over to our Facebook Page!  Candy runs from November 15th thru the 19th with winners being announced on the 19th!

EXCLUSIVE SHOPPING DEAL

THE DEAL IS ONLY AT THE SCACD STORE!!!
Between the 15th thru the 19th if you purchase any Exclusive SCACD Stamp Set you will receive a FREE stamp of Susana's choosing that could be from ANY of that Artist's released sets. For example, if you purchase an Elisabeth Bell for SCACD Stamp Set you will receive ONE Elisabeth Bell for SCACD stamp of Susana's choosing. If you purchase multiple Exclusive SCACD Stamp Sets you will receive ONE free stamp for each set purchased. Since the Carmen for SCACD is only a single set if you purchase this set you will get ONE stamp of Susana's choosing as well.  Isn't this an AMAZING deal!  If you've been waiting to purchase stamps....NOW is definitely the time to do some shopping! 

NOW it's time for me to share my samples using two of the BRAND NEW stamps!

First, meet Flower Cheer!  Isn't she beautiful?!  I so love the pointsettia she is carrying!  Papers are from Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Collection. 

Miss Flower Cheer was Copics and accented with a white gel pen.  Her belt and bow in her hair were sparklized using my TonerTex Pen and Glitters!  I absolutely love using this tool for adding glitter to my projects...it really keeps the glitter mess less because you hardly use any glitter!  Love it!  The circle buttons in the bottom corner were made with the Epiphany Crafts shape tool, yes this is the one that you have the chance to win over at SCACD!  It is my ultimate favorite because you can customize your baubles to match your card!

Flowers are from WOC and arrangement 1 consists of 35mm large wild rose, 15mm roses, 10mm roses, and Lt. Plum Gypsophila.  Guipure lace used is also from WOC.

 

Flower arrangement 2 consists of the same flowers and also a pink heart pearl pin.

Card #2 features First Snowball of Winter!  Isn't she a dream?  Papers are from Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather Collection...love the soft colors in this pad!  Pearls in the upper right hand corner were made using my Viva Decor Silver Pearl Pen...gotta love being able to customize your pearls to get that exact size that you need!

Miss. Snowball was Copics and accented with a white gel pen. She was cut out with a nestie and then the edge was blinged up using my Viva Decor Glitter Liner in Hologram!

Again flowers are from WOC and arrangement consists of 35mm large wild rose, 20mm roses, 15mm roses, 10mm roses, 4mm closed rosebuds, stamens, and pearl stars.

I hope you have enjoyed your stop here!  Now, hop along to our Guest Designer Mary Lou's blog to see what she has created for our special event!

SCACD STORE HOURS

SCACD store will be closed (and not shipping) for the Thanksgiving holiday from noon on Nov. 24th through Nov. 26th. The store reopens at 8AM California time on Nov. 27th

For our International Friends please visit Quixotic Paperie in Europe HERE and Art Du Scrapbooking in Canada HERE for your SCACD stamping needs.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Friday Sketchers - Sketch (My Flower Cheer Card)

LOTV - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Flower Cheer Recipe:

Stamps: Flower Cheer by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD, Sentiment, Swirls (Hero Arts)

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, White Gel Pen, Hero Arts Shadow Ink

Copic Colors Used: Hair: E34, E37, E49, E53, E59, Skin: E000, E00, E11, R20, Shirt: RV00, RV23, RV25, Pants: B91, B95, B97, B99, Shoes: E31, E55, E59, Flowers: R24, R46, R59, R89, Gold Spica, G24, G29, YG21, YG67, Bow: R32, R35, R37, Shading: W3

Papers: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses Collection

Tools: SB Poinsettia, TonerTex Pen and Glitters, Epiphany Crafts shape tool,

Embellishments: pink heart pearl pin, 35mm large wild rose, 15mm roses, 10mm roses, Lt. Plum Gypsophila, Guipure lace

First Snowball of Winter Recipe:

Stamps: First Snowball of Winter by Elisabeth Bell for SCACD

Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics, White Gel Pen,

Copic Colors Used: Skin: E000, E00, E11, Shading: C3, W3, Pants: B91, B95, B97, B99, Jacket & Hat: V000, V0000, V01, V15, V17, Scarf: V01, V15, V17, G40, G82, Mittens: G40, G82, Boots: G40, G82, T2, T4, T6, Eyes: B000, B02, Snowball: Blender, B00

Papers: Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather Collection

Tools: SB Labels 10, SB slim ovals, Sizzix Snowflake, Word Window Punch. Modern Label Punch

Embellishments: Viva Decor Silver Pearl Pen, Viva Decor Glitter Liner in Hologram, 35mm large wild rose, 20mm roses, 15mm roses, 10mm roses, 4mm closed rosebuds, stamens, and pearl stars

♥ Thanks for stopping by! ♥

NEW Flowers at Wild Orchid!

Are you ready for some flowery fun this Sunday morning?!  Paul and Siri have done it again....Wild Orchid Crafts is now stocking small flat gardenias, and they are available TODAY!  I love the big ones but think these smaller ones will be even more perfect for making cards!  They measure just over an inch in diameter so they'll work really well with the other WOC flowers.
 
These small gardenias come in white, ivory, pink, champagne pink, and chocolate!  Hop on over to Bev and Jacqui's blogs to see the samples they have made using these brand new beauties!!!

♥ Thanks for stopping by and Happy Shopping! ♥

Shopping Fun Alert!

Happy Thursday Friends~  I hope you are all having a wonderful day....the weekend is almost here and for that I am very excited!  YAY!!!!   Although we are supposed to get some rain and snow in Wisconsin....BOOOOO....but on the flip side that means time to stay inside and do some crafting! lol! 

Today I have some NEW GOODIES to share with you that are just in at the SCACD Store! 

Susana has brought in BO BUNNY....I am IN LOVE with Bo Bunny and CAN'T WAIT to order me some of these beauties!!!!  Seriously these are gorgeous and absolutely fabulous!  

The Bo Bunny 6x6 Collections are:

Midnight Frost

Crazy Love

Crush

Make sure you also check out the Mini ATC Canvas' that come in White and Natural!  These are miniature art canvas that you can turn into your very own piece of artwork. The canvas can be painted, inked, distressed, embossed or embellished.  Sounds like altering fun to me! :)

She also got in some ultra fun bling....New Doodlebug Mini Jewels and Rhinestones!  These collections are perfect as they come with many different sizes and colors all in one package!  Gotta love that!!!

Don't forget that Susana also has the fabulous NEW Gold and Silver Flower Soft as well!  I really adore all the sparkle that is in these two new products!  They truly are stunning!!!

♥ Happy Shopping! ♥

MAMM #5 - Ornaments

Happy Monday to you all!  Wow what a weekend I had.  On Saturday and Sunday my mom and I were are craft shows.  We had a booth and were selling our crafts...this year we had an amazing display board for all of our cards that my amazing hubby made for us!  I took pictures, and will share them with you this week! :) We had a successful weekend and are looking very forward to the De Pere High School craft fair the end of this month!

Today is Make a Mess Monday (MAMM) over at SCACD!  Oh how I LOVE  making my messes!  Our challenge this month was to Decorate Ornaments using my ultimate FAVORITE product Viva Decor Precious Metals!  Seriously if you haven't ordered any Precious Metals from Susana you REALLY REALLY REALLY NEED to get some!  These are the most amazing metallic paints that I have ever worked with!  I still am amazed every time that I use them that they only take ONE COAT to cover your surface!  My hubby was even surprised at how awesome they are!

 Here I took a wooden snowflake ornament and covered it with Viva Decor Blue Azure Precious Metals paint.  This is my ultimate favorite color, as the blue is so beautiful but it also have a gorgeous silver tint to it.  When you paint with this color on wood the silver in the color defines the wood grains.  I absolutely love this one!

Then to accent the snowflake's edges I took my Viva Decor Glitter Liner in Hologram and outlined the whole snowflake...love the extra glitter and sparkles!  What I really love about the Viva Glitter Liners is that they hold their shape when you use them....meaning that when I made the edging around the snowflake it creates a "ridge" adding dimension.  Love it!  Then I took my Viva Decor Light Blue Pearl Pen and added some custom sized pearls that were a perfect fit for my snowflake!

 My second ornament today is again taking a wooden ornament and this time painting it with Viva Decor Blackberry Precious Metals.  Like the Blue Azur the Blackberry also has that gorgeous tint of silver in it!  This is another of my favorite colors from these paints! 

 How about these flowers?  These are the NEW Petaloo Velvet Hydrangeas!  Oh my word are they absolutely gorgeous and add the perfect amount of elegance to this ornament.  The flower arrangement is then finished using some Wild Orchid Crafts flowers consisting of 4mm closed rosebuds, mulberry Gypsophila,  Rose leaves, and pearl sprays.  To accent the ornament my Viva Decor Rose Paper Pen was used to again add some custom sized pearls.


I hope you have enjoyed.  Make sure you head over to the SCACD Blog to check out what the other Messy Girls have made! :)


**SHOPPING NEWS**Susana has some fabulous new goodies in at SCACD! Have you seen the new Basic Grey Curio and Marjolaine Collections?!  Oh my goodness I love them both!  Then you have to check out the My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy collections, Tickled Pink and True Blue, both are so adorable!  The Petaloo Red Velvet Pointsettia Flowers are back in stock along with some super cute Gingerbread People and beautiful assortment of leaves!  Looking for a unique Christmas card grab some Dreamweaver Embossing Paste and this NEW Dreamweaver Ornament Stencil to create some breath taking cards!  Finally make sure to check out the NEW fun colors of Sparkly Fluff...gotta love sparkles!  Happy Shopping!

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WOJ #91 - Christmas Card

Good Morning~ Sorry my post is going up a little late!  I had a terrible migraine yesterday.  Today is Whiff of Joy Challenge day and our challenge for you is to make a Christmas card.  I decided to make a Christmas notepad holder.

I've used Wee and Christmas Tree.  Papers are from K&Company.

Wee has been colored colored with Copics and accented with a white gel pen.  Gemstones were added to the Christmas tree to represent the ornaments and Lemon Spica was used on the star for the glittery effect.

Here is the inside of the notepad holder that has been decorated as well.  Sorry this is so short...I'm on my way out the door for school! Only one more day of classes this week....but then I have to get ready for two craft shows that I have a booth in on this Saturday and Sunday!

Make sure you head over to the Whiff of Joy Challenge to check out the amazing samples by the other girls!

♥ Thanks for stopping by! ♥