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Before I get to the new listings- I wanted to let you know about something very cool! Close To My Heart is releasing one of our new Fall/Winter 2013 sets a few months early. This "M" size stamp set is a fundraiser for Oklahoma Tornado Relief Efforts amd 100% of profits will go to the Red Cross's Oklahoma fund. This is a wonderful opportunity to help through your papercrafting hobby. The set retails for only $2.95! You can order yours here.This is the set: To give you size perspective - it will fit on a 2"x2" block.Thanks so much for helping this worthwhile cause!! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Continuing to list my sale items... I have too much stuff! Delivery Options Local pick up $1.75 USD cost includes Shipping $2.75 USD Delivery Options Local pick up $6.00 USD cost includes Shipping $7.50 USD

Welcome to Katie’s Project Life 2013 | Week 15 . When I realized I had six weeks of catch up to do on this project I felt slightly overwhelmed. Okay, a lot overwhelmed. My pictures were printed and cut and slipped into the pockets, but it took me quite awhile to actually start putting the pages together. I looked around our worktable and got inspired by all of the pink I saw, and then boom. I finished within an hour. This project is so, so fun. I just have to remind myself of that that sometimes when I’m feeling like I have too much to do. I added Ali’s Messy Life Lines to the photo of my tulips that were blooming in my front yard. They are double tulips, that resemble a peony (my favorite) and they just make me so happy. That awesome pink and white card on the left is from Notes 12×12 Composition & Color by Allison Kreft for Webster’s Pages. I added some little pink star stickers and sequins (here are some similar) from a previous Studio Calico Project Life kit to the photo of a Paris guidebook. I am so excited to go back to Paris with Peter. It will be crazy timing because it’s a month before the wedding. But I’m all for the adventure. It makes it just that more special that we are going with Ali and Aaron. Good friends, good sights, good food, good wine. The “Yep. This Is Love.” is from Ali’s new product available at Designer Digitals this weekend called “Because I Love You Labels.” The wood veneer hearts are from Freckled fawn. I stamped some Brilliance Pigment Ink in Gold Galaxy on them to give them a little shine. The card with the little heart banner is actually a sticker from Basic Grey’s Mint Julip Elements Sticker Sheet. I stuck it onto a blank 3×4 card and then rounded the corners. I once again added a banner from Ali’s Banner Me Vol 01 because I love them. The “Party Time” is from Life is Good Labels Vol 02. Hope you all have a lovely holiday weekend! CONNECT WITH KATIE | INSTAGRAM | TWITTER | ETSY | PINTEREST SUPPLIES | 2013 | WEEK 15 Click on the images to link to the products. InLinkz.com Project Life is a product and a system and a lifestyle created by Becky Higgins. It can be anything you want it to be. The core pieces used in my album are available here. If you live outside the US check Becky’s site for more information on sources. View all my posts about Project Life here.

...yep, that is the incredibly original (ahem) title for today's post. After the challenge on Wednesday, Mr Mojo put in a brief reappearance so I grabbed him by the scruff and got playing my my fave Paper Artsy Fresco Paints. The base is a chunky greyboard square from PaperArtsy. Being an honest lass, I will admit that this piece is actually third time lucky - this has taken me over a day to make because I kept mucking it up. First I got the background paint exactly how I wanted it and then went and faffed and added a bit too much. So I slapped a piece of paper over it and started again. This time, the background was exactly how I wanted it so I started with the stamping... and goofed up, stamping a script wonky isn't a good look, "I shall cover it with an embellishment" thought I. And then promptly went and stamped said script again... upside down! PAH! So a very thick layer of Nougat Fresco right over the top and an overnight drying sesh occurred.Finally, I managed to get it to look how I wanted it... I substituted the stamping from Archival Ink (which was a bit harsh) to using Squid Ink paint... I happen to be in lurves with this gorgeous colour... it is the colour that I also used on two of the flowers... isn't it lush! As well as the Squid Ink stamping, I also added little torn strips of Washi Tape. The paint colours I used were: Nougat, Rose, Claret, Toad Hall, Hey Pesto and Squid Ink.The butterfly is where this whole project started... I used Cut & Dry foam to apply the Fresco Paints to the Twiddlybits diecut... and then added smidges of Treasure Gold to bling it up a bit. I wanted to add some texture to the board, so I decided to mix up some Grungepaste with Hey Pesto FF paint... and then I used my fave 490 Stencils for Art leafy stencil to add the leaves along the top of the board. The hanger was a birthday pressie last year from Ellen... I have been covetting it for too long... so decided to use it on this project. I added a few charms to the hanger and a little handstamped word using Alpha stamps.Well, I am in the wars again! For some reason the old war wound is really playing up and to be honest, I think that is one of the reasons why the Mojo ain't flowing as easily as it usually does... This new pain is nothing like I have had before and it is really bugging me. Needless to say, the premium rate phone call to the Dr's this morning was a complete waste of time and money as they had no appt's left for today. Rid.Ic.U.Lous!!!! I am sitting waiting on the emergency doc calling me and maybe he may see me... PAH! Anyways... enough of my moaning, time to get moving again and get my special project for the weekend completed... please do check back on Sunday for the Sunday Stamper and a nosey at what I have been up to... there be a prize too!!! That's all I am saying for now! Thanks for looking, have a goodly day! TTFNHels x

Hi Everyone - Today is my last post as guest designer over at Trendy Twine. I really enjoyed creating projects using their wonderful twine. Those of you who are regulars here (thanks by the way for following my crafty blog) know I create alot of shadow boxes. It all started about 3 years ago when I made one for my coworker. It has spread from there and I've probably made close to a 100 shadow boxes for family and friends. They really do make a perfect gift for a shower.Here is one I created using Trendy Twine!Pick up a frame at Joanns or Michaels. (I get the white ones from Joanns)I start out by taking a peek at the baby registry online - that will give you a good idea of what the color scheme and theme is. Then start cutting your elements. Once you have everything cut add foam tape or pieces of foam core under the elements to give it dimension. Afterall it is a shadowbox so make some shadows. I added Krazy for Kraft Trendy Twine to my project which was the perfect accent.You can either hang this in the baby's room or purchase a holder at Joanns to display in the room.I really enjoyed my time as the May guest designer ~ have a great Friday and long holiday weekend!x

Welcome to the second day of the May Arts Ribbon and Scor Pal Blog Hop. You should have arrived here from Jen's Blog. I've got a great tutorial/project to share with you today and once you've enjoyed you can hop to Christina's Blog and see what she's created. Remember there are great prizes so be sure to leave comments and have fun and you might just win. Today I'm sharing a great box with you that I created for Cheery Lynn and the Scor-Pal / May Arts Ribbon hop. I love the way the ribbon coordinates with the poppies and the paper collection, it's just perfect. Here is a tutorial for the box so you can make one for yourself. Step 1: Cut two 9 inch card stock squares, cut one 5 1/8" square card stock. Cut four 2 7/8" square designer paper, cut 8 2 3/4 square designer papers for interior. I used KaiserCraft's Remember Me Collection. Step 2: Score one of your 9 inch squares at 3" and 6 ", turn your paper 90 degrees and score again at 3 " and 9". This will create a grid. You'll want to do this on both of your 9 inch card stock squares using your Scor-Pal. Step 3: Score each of your corner squares diagonally and fold. Fold inward as this is going to help create your box. TIP: I find using the 6" mark on my Scor-pal makes this easy as there is a marking at the bottom of your Scor-pal that will help ensure you have it lined up correctly. Step 4: Using your Scor-Pal tape apply your outside squares ( 2 7/8" ) to the base box.Step 5: Cut four of your 2 3/4 squares in half and tape to inside of your explosion box along the ridges. Step 6: On your second 9 inch square cardstock cut the outer corner squares off as shown above. Fold and crease.Step 7: Tape your remaining square card stock pieces to the just cut cross/9 inch piece. You can also decorate the base center with designer card too. Step 8: Score your 5 1/8" square at 1 inch on all sides. Cut a slit in where all the black marks are shown above. Fold and crease.Step 9: Tape your flaps to the inside of the box top creating your top. Now the really fun part decorate as desired.I created the lovely poppies using my Cheery Lynn Dies. Here is a complete list of dies used on this box. Embellishment 1 Build a Flower Polynesian Sails OvalBuild a Flower 3Tags 3 Tiny Things With WingsPolynesian Sails MiniNow be sure to leave a comment and then hop on over to Christina's Blog.Just in case you get lost here is the whole hop order. Thurday Jen Shears Abby Henderson Jenifer Cowles Diane Zechman - Karen Baker Jennie Harper - Lalo IK Katie Tate - Sandy Allnock Lisa Silver - Virginia Fynes Friday Charlene Driggs Lori Williams - Christina Colón Steph Ackerman DeeDee Catron Toni Storie Tya Smith - Erin Thiem Virginia Nebel - Gini Williams Cagle

Thank you to all of you that joined us these past few days as our talented Design Team shared with your a variety of creations using our new release Outdoor Adventure.We hope that you found inspiration from their work.We loved reading all about your camping adventures and various treats that you love to eat in the great outdoors.And now ....we have a very lucky person who will have a chance to play with this new collection.The lucky winner is ....Cindy deRosierCongratulations Cindy!To claim your prize:Please send us an email to imaginiscewinners@gmail.com with your mailing info no later than Fri., May 31st. Put "Outdoor Adventure Release Party Winner" in the Subject Heading.(*please note: if you do NOT reply by the deadline you will forfeit your prize.)Join us next week as a few our Design Team share some creations to say 'thank-you' to our hard-working school teachers.Have a great weekend!

So do you have any plans for the long holiday weekend? We don't have any so I am hoping the weather is nice and that it doesn't rain so I can go out and pull weeds out in the side yard where my flowers are.Well today is Friday and that means a new release from Tammy over at A Day for Daisies.For my image this week I picked Vintage Ring Fairy 2 to work with and I decided to use soft colors on her to match the papers I also picked to work with. I colored her with Copics and added stickles to the wings.Make sure you stop over at the ADFD blog and check out what the rest of the design team created this week with the new images. You can see their cards and the rest of the new release here.Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. ~ hugs Sherry ~

Hey there, Farm Friends! This is Farmer Thanh bringing you another Farm Fresh Friday challenge. Let's start our FFF by announcing a winner from last week's challenge!Congratulations to #12 Heidi Brawley! Please email Jessica (yeahshesnaps @ icloud dot com) to claim your prize. :) For this week's FFF challenge, we'd like to see your cards or projects MOVE!Whether you're making a shaker card, a pop-up card, adding a wobble spring...it doesn't matter! We just want to see how you can make it move!Our DT has been moving and grooving with some fun interactive cards of all shapes and sizes...check out each DT member's blog for the full details on each card!JoniSuzanneRachelJoRosieThanh (me)What?! No movement you say... wait for it:Ready to join in the fun? Here's how to play:You must use a TGF stamp (rubber, digi, or clear) as your main image.Entries must be uploaded via InLinkz (below) no later than Thursday, May 30th at NOON CST. You can add a direct link to your entry from your personal blog, SCS gallery, Flickr or TGF galleria. (If the InLinkz tool is missing, feel free to link your submission URL in the comment section.)The fabulous prize: A random participant will be selected to win their choice of an in-stock SINGLE RUBBER STAMP or a 4x6 set!Thanks so much for stopping by today!Thanh

Today is one of those days where you feel sad and the tears won't stop.Today would of been my son Jan-Eric's 31st birthday. I wonder who he would of become, who he would of looked like, would he be funny like me or serious like his Dad. Would he be married and would I be a Grandma. All the what ifs.Today is also the 20th anniversary of my Moms passing and I still think of her every day. She wasn't just my Mom she was my best friend and we talked on the phone every day. The older I got the more I appreciated her and our relationship. Thanks for stopping by my blog today it really means a lot to me. ~ hugs Sherry ~

Supplies used: Echo Park papers, Echo Park stickers, Echo Park journaling card, Making Memories Metro Mini Shimmer Alpha stickers, and Memory Shoppe wire flowers.  I used a sketch from Scrapbooks Etc. Share/Save Related posts: Making Music Layout Summer Time Layout SOS June Challenge