Joan's Gardens Tag Challenge

Hello all, I just finished this tag and posted it just in time to make it for Joans Gardens tag challenge!! I was seconds away!!!

First Card of the Year!!!!

Will here it is my first card of 2011!!
StampTV was having their New Release Party and one of the challenges was a color challenge, The colors to use was Kraft. and along with that, Chocolate Brown and Turquoise Sea.
I started with Kraft colored background and stamped it with Gina K stamps and embossed it with a Turquoise embossing powder. I die cut out my scalloped circle,circle and oval cookie cuter nesting, fancy tags from spellbinders. I stamped my owl, my message and my background with VersaMark watermark stamp pad. I went a little bit out of my comfort zone, this is the first time I made a card with two backgrounds!! I guess I was afraid it wouldn't look right, but I thought it turned out alright. I finished embossing my card, colored my owl, added my bow and added an embellishment that I just got from Stamp'n Up.
Hop you like it !!

I am entering this card in the following challenges 
Stampin' Sisters in ChristStampTV
Mark's Finest Papers
Paper Sundaes
Quirky Crafts
Catered Crop
Joan's Gardens

Th-INK-ing of You Christmas to Birthday Blog Candy

Christmas to Birthday BLOG CANDY!

Merry Christmas to all of Grace's Blog Followers!

Grace has decided to offer up some blog candy for her blog followers as a way of wishing you a Merry Christmas and to thank you for this past year of your faithful visits and comments that mean so much!
This candy will run from today through her birthday (Jan. 20) Random.Org will then select a winner and she will announce the winner on her blog in a new blog post soon thereafter.Here is a list of what is included in the candy:
Spellbinders Label Four
2 packs Spare Parts Flower Brads
1 K&Co Flower Brad pack
2 QuicKutz Embossing Folders
1 Cuttlebug Embossing Folder
Assorted Charms
ZVA Silk Flowers and Butterfly
1 jar Christmas mix Flower Soft
1 Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist
1 BasicGrey Pack of Brads
3 Wood Mounted Stamps
1 Pack of 3 Jars of Stickles
1 Our Daily Bread designs Ink Pad
2 Martha Stewart Punches
2 Packs of ZVA Pearls
Assorted Ribbons
1 Making Memories 6 x 6 Paper Pad
1 Marths Stewart Bird Stamp Set
1 Pack Prima Flowers
1 Pack of Fibers
1 SU! Pack of Door Knob Hangers
1 Cloud 1 Rain Dots

Wow what a wonderful giveaway!!!!
Make sure you stop by Grace's web site Th-INK-ing of You

New Tim Holtz Blog Candy Giveaway

Yes, you read that right....a NEW TIM HOLTZ Merchandise blog candy giveaway!!!!

Stacy says she has been feeling a little blessed and a little guilty.

Blessed because she has such a loyal following and guilty because she hasn't been around much lately and you are all still visiting her blog!!

So as her gift to you she will be having another giveaway. You have until 11:59pm PST on November 15th, 2010 to enter. And then she will draw a winner and that winner will receive -

All of this stuff -
1 pkg Grungeboard (plain elements 94 shapes)
1 pkg Grungeboard (alphas- 234 letters, 9 fonts)
1 pkg Ranger Enamel Accents (black & white)
1 pkg Fragments (48 pieces- rectangles & squares)
1 pkg Sprockets Gears (12 pieces)
1 pkg keyholes (5 keyholes, 10 fasteners)
1 pkg Word Keys (7 keys)
1 pkg Muse Tokens (12 tokens)
1 pkg Swivel Clasps (6 small, 6 large)
1 pkg Trinket Pins (15 pins)
3 Mini Masks- 1 Floret (7 pieces)
1 Compass (1 piece)
1 Regal (2 pieces)
1 Ranger Distress Crackle Paint - Clear Rock Candy
3 Ranger Distress Ink Pads - Worn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade & Wild Honey

Can you say WOW!!

I can!!!!!
So If you want a chance to win blog over to Scrap with Stacy!!

Really Reasonable Ribbon's One Year Blogoversary Giveaway!

Really Reasonable Ribbon are rapidly approaching their one year blog anniversary already!  They've come a long way in just one year, and we have all our readers to thank for that!

As a thank you Really Reasonable Ribbon will be giving away the huge collection of merchandise below (valued at over $75) to one lucky winner!!!

All of the items in this prize assortment can be found on the Really Reasonable Ribbon website. Along with their huge selection of ribbon, you can also find lots of great adhesive items, the Scor-Buddy Mini Scoring tablet, and many great embellishments. Be sure to stop over at Really Reasonable Ribbon's  website today and take a look around!!

IT'S PARTY TIME!!

In honor of *Wink *Wink Ink first Birthday Their BIRTHDAY NECESSITIES SET is on sale for just $4 through the month of January! This is a huge set! The images as well as the numbers in this set come in pre-colored versions. Each number is a separate file as well. The cake is also great on Wedding cards! It includes all that you see here:

Head over to *Wink *Wink Ink to see what their wonderful Design Team has created with the BIRTHDAY NECESSITIES SET!!!

Happy New Year!!

Happy New Year to everyone!!!! I know I'm a little bit late, better now then never! : )

Sorry It took so long to get back to blogging. I have been real busy making my Christmas gifts for my friends that I bowl with. I thought I would share what I made with you!

My friend Kay loves penguins, and that's what she got! I first painted my penguins on the Christmas bulbs and then filled the color in with flock. This was the first time I used flock and I really like the affect it left after the glue dried. I used Liquid Applique` for my snow and embossed the slide that the 4 penguins was riding. 

My friend Cathy collects dolphins so I painted for her dolphins on the bulbs. I used glass opaque paints. I really love to paint, but I have to say Watercolors are my favorite medium!

For my other two friends, Thomas and Wayne, I painted NC lighthouses on Christmas bulbs! They are my favorite to paint! I fill the bulb with a little sand from the NC 's coast, and add some seashells, a baby star fish and a shark's tooth that we find in the sand at Topsail Inland.

Well, I hope everyone had a Wonderful Christmas! I sure did!!!