Launch of the NEW Cool2Craft Newsletter !!!!

Craft Giveaway Alert! Spellbinders Grand Calibur

This is so COOL!  Cool 2 Craft is giving away a Spellbinders Grand Calibur!
In celebration of the launch of the NEW Cool2Craft Newsletter at FaveCrafts.com, Their giving away a Spellbinders Grand Calibur. If you have never seen the Grand Calibur in action – check out this cool video review by Terri O.
The Grand Calibur™ is the latest in Spellbinders™ line of innovative cutting machines. It is compatible with all Spellbinders die templates. The Grand Calibur accepts 8½ x 11” paper without trimming, as well as cuts or embosses up to 8⅛” wide with the turn of a handle. With an integrated handle design, and weighing only 10 pounds, the Grand Calibur is portable and convenient to use anywhere. It has a stability base that keeps the machine in place during use. Die cutting and embossing sandwiches are easy to stack with color coded plates. Using the same two-pass process as the Wizard™, (cut on one pass, emboss on the other) the Grand Calibur allows so many more die templates on the larger plates. Perfect for Grand Nestabilities®! Larger shapes offer endless possibilities for scrapbooking, school projects, mini albums and more! Compatible with Sizzlets, Cuttlebug, and Quickuts dies, as well as Cuttlebug Embossing Folders and Fiskars Texture Plates when used with the W-025 Raspberry Spacer Plate. A larger mat is in production.
Hurry! Hurry! Head on over to FaveCrafts.com to enter this giveaway and learn how you can earn extra entries!
And while you are there, be sure to sign up for the Cool2Craft Newsletter. It’s the COOLEST!

Contest ends March 31, 2011. Winner will be announced on April 1, 2011.

http://www.favecrafts.com/sweeps/Spellbinders-Grand-Calibur-Die-Cut-Machine

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Joan's Gardens Weekly Card Challenge

Card Challenge #7
Here is what you need to do for Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge #7....
• Use designer paper for your background
• Use no other stamping except for a sentiment and frame (such as a JustRite Stamp)
• Use all the embellishments you would like to use
• Use some kind of dimension on the card (such as a flower)
Well this is the first time I painted the insides of my embossing folder, I used papier opaque FolkArt paints, I guess it turned out ok. I based my colors on Gina K's Spotlight color challenge. I really love the colors that they are challenging this week!!

• Cardstock – Sweet mango, fog gray and Gina K Pure Luxury White
• Pattern Paper – Script Wash from The Attic Collection
• Stamps –Stamp TV Block Greetings by  Tami Mayberry
• Color Mediums – papier opaque FolkArt paints, Stampin' up  Classic More Mustard
• Tools – Martha Stewart branch punch; flower punch, embossing folder, and Spellbinder Deckled Mega Rectangles
• Embellishments – ribbon, buttons
• Techniques – brayer painting embossing folder, distressing, layering 
• Theme – love
• Shapes – swirls,square, rectangle and circle!!

 I am entering this card in the followin

 Catered Crop challenges

KB Cute Monday Challenge 3! -LOVE

Ooh La La Challenge -For Someone Special

Woodware USA Challenge #14 - Embossing

Creative Inspirations Paint - Keep it Sweet and Simple

Tuesday Throwdown - Buttons

Little Claires - Anything Goes

Stampin' with the Dragon - Anything Goes

Do You Stack Up - Ribbon

Totally Papercrafts - clean & simple

Creative Inspiration - distress

Back to work!!

Sorry, I haven't had much time to blog, because I have been blog hopping!! It's a shame you can't make money out of blog hopping!!! I went to bed the other night and I felt like I was leaving comments in my dreams.
Oh well, I plan on making more projects soon, just wanted to let you know I am still here!!
See you here!!

Digi Stamp Boutique

* MONTHLY GIVE-AWAY *

To be in with a chance of winning this super cute Easter digi image (being released on the website, 1st March), all you need to do is:

• leave a comment
• become a follower, if not already
• post about the giveaway on your blog and link back to it.

If you don't have a blog, don't worry, just leave a comment with your full name only.

This competition will close 28th February at 6pm (UK time), and the winners will be announced here on 1 March.

So what are you waiting for!!!

Woo Hooo!! I got some great news!!!

Hi everyone, I have been playing catch up!! I'm trying to get my work done before I can tell you the great news I have!! Well that didn't work out because I'm still trying to catch up!!
But I can wait any longer, here is the great news. I just got an offer to be on the design team for Let's Ink It Up!!
There will be Two new teams and Two Challenges per month. (starting March 2011)

Now to introduce the new DTs

Here's are our teams

 TEAM
Suzanne  (Team Leader and owner)

Tammy

Shirley

Sharon

Patsi

Brenda

Sharon H

Cor

TEAM B

Claire -(Team Leader - Senior DT)

Joanna

Alicia

Dawn

Caz

Sharon P (this is me)

Fliss

Suzanne B

We can't wait to get started, so make sure you come back for our first challenge with Team A on 6th March and see what inspiration the new DT has for you.

Hope you are as excited as we all are.

See you there!!!!

Joan's Gardens #4 Weekly Card Challenge

Here is what you need to do for Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge #4....

1.  Use Yellow and Green for your colors
2.  a piece of trim
3.  a frame to call attention to your focal point
4.  embossing

Believe it or not the card stock I use is a peal Yellow from Bazzell!! In the picture it looks more like gold. I used my hero stamp of a daisy and embossed it with green embossing powder
from The Powder Keg. I added the diamonds on the corners, they wore the leftover pop outs of my lotus die cut from Spellbinders and the buterfly stamp came from Gina K stamps from stampTV.

The Sweet Stop has a new challenge and I decided to use the sketch that they provided. When I saw this sketch, I fell in love with it!!! Isn't it an awesome sketch!!

I am entering this card in the following Challenges!!

Sisterhood Challenge

Gingerloft - Things that fly
Anything Goes  - butterflies

Stamptacular Sunday - Whateva (Anything Goes)

For Fun Challenges

ABC Challenge - (2W, C5) - "N" is for nesties

Papertake Weekly Challenge

Totally Gorjuss - As you like it

The Rubber Cafe - Glitter and Shine

Joan's Gardens

 C.R.A.F.T. Challenge

The Sweet Stop

DELIGHTFUL CHALLENGES