And the Winner Is!

Hi Everyone, I am so excited to have  501 followers. I am used Ramdom.org to help me pick the winner. I had 34 names in the drawing.

I couldn't get it to work here but this is a copy of what I got.
True Random Number Generator Min:0 Max:34 Result: 14 Powered by RANDOM.ORG


And the winner was Number 14 and that was
Stephanie who said...


What I dislike about blogging....I don't have enough time to read all the blogs that I would like to and for my own blog that it takes so much time for each post.


What I like about blogging...a way to share with family & friends my own creations and a way to be inspired & learn new techniques from others.


I am a follower.


I put your blog candy on my sidebar.
Congratulations Stephanie I will be contacting you to get your address.

Thanks you to all my followers. I wish I could send you all something. I really appreciate the time you take to leave a comment and that you visit my blog. If there is every a card or a die cut you see and would like me to send it to you just ask. I love to share that is why I have a blog.

Thanks again for stopping and have a fantastic day,

I Love Beads and Pins

Hi Everyone I hope you are having a wonderful week.
I went to my first garage sale of the season. Yeepee! I only got was a small bag of beads but that is OK because I know I will use what I got. I have been making pins to go on my cards and I am really having fun.
Last weekend I got the Tim Holtz Dress form diecut. When I got it home I was a little disapointed in the size.  It is a bit to big for an A2 card. I desided to use it right away.  I created a larger card for a special friend.
Here is what it looks like.

Now you have to watch the video to see what is inside. Sorry I like making videos. I am hoping that I will get better with practice.  The video also shows how I make the pins I am using on my cards.

I hope my creations motivate you today.

Thanks for stopping,

SP and Company Wednesday

Hi Happy Wednesday!
If you are here for my blog candy go Here.
Well it is Wednesday and that means it is time for a SP & Company card.

For my card today I made a bouquet of flowers by layering some flowers that I had. That made me think of  the sentiment "Thanks a Bunch" from SP & Company's set Mini Card Creations II . I also used Pretty Pendants from SP & Company to frame the sentiment. Then I added three stick pins that I made. The leaves are from Micheal's. 
I hope you enjoyed my card and that you will head over to SP & Company to check out all the wonderful stamps.
Thanks for stopping,

All Most 500 Blog Candy Time

Wow I just noticed that I am 13 away from having 500 followers and that I have been blogging for two years. I started April 2, 2009.  Well I think that means it is time for some blog candy. What to do you think?

One SU set, one Peace stamp, one ticket stamp and a clear block.

How does the candy look? I hope you are saying good. Now to be able to win you...
1. must be a follower
2. leave a comment telling me what you hate about blogging and love about blogging
I hate that I spend so much time at it and I love all that I learn and the wonderful people I have met. All well worth the time.
3. post my candy on your blog if you have one. If you don't that's OK
4. leave a way for me to contact you. If you have a blog account I can find you from your comment.
OK that's it. When I get to 500 I will pick a winner.

My good friend LeAnne at Wee Inkling has some yummy blog candy too. Be sure to check out her blog.

Two SU sets and paper. Wow I hope I win her candy.

Thanks for stopping,

Stamp Scrap Doodle Saturday

Hi Everyone,
We have a fun challenge for you this week and a great prize at Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturday.  Our sponsor is Glitz Designs, and the prize is one sheet of rub-on stickers and 2 packs of glitz frosting.

The challenge is to make a  CAS card. This means Clean and Simple for those of you who may not know.
Here is the card.

 And a video to show how simple it was.

I am going to enter this in Clean and Simple Challenge 135.

Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping,

BY LORi Designs New Release Blog Hop

Happy Friday and my second post of the day.

I am very excited to be part of BY LORi Designs New Release Blog Hop. {Boy that was a mouth full} If you arrived her from Krista's blog than you are on the right track. 

Now let me introduce you to PJ Shelby. She is so adorable. 

I colored her with copic markers, cute her out and popped her up with pop dots. The flower is layered Recollections Flowers with a CTMH brad in the middle. The sentiment stamp is from CTMH. 

Be sure to leave a comment at every blog. The is a $10 gift certificit up for grabs at the BY LORi Store. It will be a random draw and you are only required to comment on each blog. Now head over to Mercy's blog to see her wonderful creations.

Here is the Blog Hop list just in case you get lost.

Angela

Arielle

Jacquie

Jane B

Jayne M

Jen S.

Jennifer

Joni

Kadie

Krista

Linda Your are Here

Mercy

Sheri

sherryann

Silvia

Tracy

By Lori Designs

Good Luck and Thanks for stopping,

SP & Company Guest DT

I am so excited about SP and Company's new digi stamps. Here is  the card I made using Pretty Lady.

I just love this image. She reminds me of the TV moms from with I was a child. The sentiment is also an SP and Company stamp. That is one of the tickets I bought at the Mingle. It wasn't the winning one but I was thinking how amazing it was that I won when I made this card.

You can read all about my card by going to the SP and Company Blog.

Thanks for stopping,

Love- Link-Up Party

K Andrew at  Getting Cricky is having a Love-Link- Up party and I thought I would play. You are to Link Your Blog Here!! Visit www.gettingcricky.com for details! It should be fun I hope you will join in. I have a video for you is something I made because I was inspired by something I read at Getting Cricky with K Andrew.

Thanks for stopping,

Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge

Hi I have a card I made for Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge and Birthday Sundaes Challenge. I love that their challenge is to help you build up your birthday card stash. I read about it over at Scraps 4 Fun. Have you been to Sonia's blog? It really is fun. Her cards are wonderful.  Designed2Delight's is Birthday Sundaes Challenge sponsor this week so I went to their blog and they had this wonderful image for free. I was in the mood to make a vintage card and this is what I came up with.

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I use Copic markers to color the image. Next I distressed it with SU Chocolate Chip. The ribbon is some of the seam binding that I dyed with SU Creamy Caramel. I am having a lot of fun with that spool of seam binding. The brad is a SU one.
I think that is all but if you have any questions I would be happy to get back to you. Make sure you leave a way I can get a hold of you.
Thanks for stopping,

SP and Company

Hi Happy Wednesday,
Today I have another SP & Company card for you. I used Easter Eggy stamp set to create this "Hi Chickie" card. Even though this set has Easter in its name it can be used to make an everyday card. I love that about SP & Company sets. The have so many uses.

The wreath is from a local stamp store and I used black embossing powder. The flowers were punched with a SU punch. The little bird is stamped, cut out and popped up. The sentiment  and bird are from the Easter Eggy Stamp set. The paper is Cosmo Cricket and the ribbon is SU.
Friday, I will be the guess designer at SP and Company so be sure to stop back. I am going to use one of Samantha's new digi stamps. Now head over to SP and Company and see what the other designers have created for you today.


Thanks for stopping,