Saturday, October 31, 2009

Tootsie Ghosts!


Hey all HAPPY HALLOWEEN! I am going home to visit my parents and take Matthew and his friend and his mom to see the family and go trick or treating. I feel more safe doing so in my small little hometown "where everybody knows your name" :) (Think Mayberry here, lol!) I made these tootsie pop sucker ghosts for Matthew's halloween party yesterday! I remember my mom making them for us as kids, so tradition is good! Oh- some of you asked abou tthe "leaves" on yesterday's post- the chipboard elements including the ribbon slider chip piece are from Cosmo Cricket and I picked tem up under teh embellsihment tab at http://www.diecutsrus.com/ There are a ton of cool shapes in the pack! Have a great day and be safe!!! OH- and Stephenie- SUPER excited about the Cats! (University of Kentucky for those who don't know me :) I bleed blue!!! Tomorrow is a "black out" game where everyone is wearing black- so fun get it "black cats" + Halloween :) Favre has a HUGE game on Sunday- And yes, we are Yankees fans around here! SO GO YANKS! The walls of the "man cave" at my house is adorn with framed jerseys of all the Yankees greats- Jeter, Ruth, DiMaggio, Munsen, Rivera, ARod, Mantle, etc. Matthew nursery bedding was all Yankees too :) So I proudly wore my ALCS Champs shirt today and my new UK Black & Pink tomorrow I got from Big Blue Madness :) (What can I say I have always been a sports junkie!


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Friday, October 30, 2009

Birdie Love!


I LOVE this little card. Papers & Chipboard from Cosmo Cricket Nutmeg Collection I got from Die Cuts R Us.com and ribbon from Stampin' Up. It just makes me smile when I look at it :)





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Birthday Girl!

Always fun to make an easy and cute birthday card! This Birthday Girl is from Rubber Romance Stamps and is one of my fav's. Colored with my copics from DCRU, embossed with my cuttlebug, and punched at the bottom with a Martha Stewart Punch! WAH LAH- Quick and easy!


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Thursday, October 29, 2009

Long day :)

Did you think I had forgotten you all today??? NO!!!!!! I was actually gone all morning with Matthew on his preschool field trip to the fire house! He had a blast! Did you know that the total weight of a fireman's gear is 68 lbs!!!! I didn't! :) We all learned a lot. Well, I was super busy yesterday. I made 28 cards!!! :) Well, 20 of them are all the same! I will show you those and how I made them later on this week! Here is a cusotm order I made a sample for. The lady is throwing a bridal shower and it's lingerie type of theme :) How cute are these guys all going to be! I will show you the matching Bride-To-Be banner when i get it done too!!!! Hope your day has been great!!



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Award :)

Thanks to Carrie at TinkeringL8 for this sweet award! She is super sweet and cracks me up with her comments! Here's the rule: I need to pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know I left this award, and then I need to answer a list of questions in ONE word.
1. Where is your cell phone? lap

2.Your hair? unpredictable :)

3. Your mother? perfectionist

4. Your father? strong

5. Your favorite food? mexican

6.Your dream last night? none

7. Your favorite drink? Sweet Tea

8. Your dream/goal? travel

9. What room are you in? "man cave"

10. Your hobby? papercrafting

11. Your fear? failure

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? happy

13. Where were you last night? home

14. Something that you aren't? shy

15. Muffins? blueberry

16. Wish list item? health (for husband)

17. Where did you grow up? Kentucky

8. Last thing you did? dinner

19. What are you wearing? sweats

20. Your TV? world series

21. Your Pets? none

22. Friends? special

23. Your life? Blessed

24. Your mood? Fun

25. Missing Someone? Brother

26. vehicle? Hummer

27. Something your not wearing? earrings

28. Your favorite store? Scrapbook

29. Your favorite color? pink

30. When was the last time you laughed? today

31. Last time you cried? saturday

32. Your best friend? many

33. One place that I go to over and over? Michaels

34. Facebook? yeppers!

35. Favorite place to eat? home!



It is super cool to get this award! I've only been blogging a short time and I have found a great community of super crafty women out there that have brought me lots of Joy!!!Now I have to pass this on to five people, and some blogs that I love are:

1. Stacie

2. Samantha

3. Sherry

4. Beth

5. Terria

Check them out!


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Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Halloween Banner :)

I had a custom request for this Halloween Banner the other day in my store. I LOVE the way it turned out with the colors, die cut spider (Doodlecharms Cricut Cartridge) and Just Jawing Skeleton from SU! I hope this girl in Florida loves it too!!!! Speaking of Halloween, I need to pick up some candy just in case we have trick or treaters! What is your fav candy????
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009


It's Tuesday and Tuesday's means Challenge Day at Die Cuts R Us Design Team Blog!!! Today we challenge you to make a "Male Friendly" type of project. We are all showcasing the Boyfriend Collection by Cosmo Cricket. I sat down with my DT goodies and made this cute card and a gift tag to match. My favorite thing is the ADORABLE chipboard thumbtack!!!!!!!!! I was so excited when Die Cuts R Us got the chipboard elements in stock! I saw them at Archiver's but she is SO much more reasonable than Archiver's and since her shipping is always Priority, I had them in my hands in 2 days! (Along with a few other things I picked up for great prices, lol!) OH- I was not happy that Archiver's only offered some of the CC collection and the rest were all in $15 packs. Well, there are some papers in the pack I didn't like! I hate it when you can't buy one of this one of that!!! Guess that is why I buy it at DCRU! lol. Have a great day! Tell the male in your life you love him! - Whether it be your hubby, son, dad, or doggie :)



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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Fab Fall- SPCC Challenge!


Today is my last Challenge as a Guest Diva at SPCC!!!! Sad yes, but someone else will get a chance to showcase work!! Be sure and play along! The colors this week were again, out of my norm. I know I know, that's why it is a challenge! lol. So here is the card I created. I used Basic Grey Indian Summer Papers & Buttons I got from DCRU and Stampin Up Cardstock!


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6x6 Paper Pads

Just had to share- Look how cute this Paper Pad is from Die Cuts R Us.
I just love paper pads. They are such a great way to sample all of a collection for a VERY reasonable price. (She has like 25+ in stock!) Once I use a paper pad, I then know which papers in the collection I want or would use and then I order them! Where else for under $5 bucks can you try all those papers! Also- Paper pads are GREAT for card makers! You know how sometimes on 12x12 pieces the pattern is so large you really just can't make it look right on a card, well, in the paper pads, the images are to scale and since the pads are 6x6, PERFECT for card makers!!Okay- Just had to share! lol.



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Sketch Challenge at Rubber Romance!


Card Sketch Challenge is going on on the Rubber Romance Stamps blog! This is the sketch.

Here are the rules:
-Complete a card by Nov 9th at midnight eastern with this sketch, and Rubber Romance stamps for your chance to win a great Rubber Romance prize.-Post your card on your blog or public gallery and link it here, using the Mr Linky below.-Please link to your actual post and not your entire blog.


Several people who participate in the Stamped Image Swap got a Rubber Romance Girl. Stacie won the last stamped image giveaway, so I know she has some :)

I would LOVE for you all to join in!

Oh and if that wasn't reason enough to join- check out the latest tutorials by my fellow design team members- making wine charms and adhering images to candles! WOW - Just in time to work on Christmas gifts!!!

Winner of challenge gets a great RRS prize!


So- anyone out there who wants and WILL participate if had any Rubber Romance Stamps??? Let me know! ***HINT*** :)



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Saturday, October 24, 2009

Petite Banners

Back again as promised :) Be sure and read the posts below because one has winner info! Got some great news this morning, 2 more of my projects have been selected to be published AND as if that wasn't enough- they want to do a full out feature on me in a spring issue!!! She loved my Etsy what nots! So excited!!! Can't wait to see what their DT girls do with my creations! Today I am working on finishing some Kit Club Embellies for the upcoming JuJuBee's Kits. They are AWESOME! You really should check them out! Can't wait to play with my October one!!! I have a new item I am going to be offering. It's the Petite Banner! I have made several bigger ones, but I know some people have wanted smaller ones! Here is one I made for a super adorable girl named Anna! She loved it and her cool mommy blogged about it here! Leave her some love and see some of the great swap pics she took from our card and stamped image swap!! She is crazy talented herself! Much love!!!

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Wishes & Wants & Giveaway Deets :)

MAKE SURE YOU SCROLL DOWN FOR WINNERS POST BELOW!
Ever sit back and look at your work and say, "WOW- this is where I was when I started, and this is where I am now!" I really only began seriously paper crafting about a year ago! I did the construction paper, crayola, Elmer's thing through high school and college making goofy cards and memory books, but never a real card. I scrapped an album in 2003 for a cruise my family went on, but I knew NOTHING about this industry. Now, I can see myself evolve every week. I learn more, I try more, and I guess the biggest thing of all, I have pride in what I have done. I sometimes look at some of the things other create and say, WOW! Wish I could be that awesome :)" lol
So, here are my "wishes and wants" for the next year.
I want to learn more about my copics!!
I want to make more buttons!
I want to use at least every Cricut cart I own more than once, lol.
I want to not forget to use some of the embellies I have bought!
I want to host another swap or two!!
I want to give more away and do more Pay It Forward gifts!
I wish I could Destash!!! (HA!)
I want to inspire others and be inspired by others!
I hope I can keep up the great business in my Etsy Shoppe!
I want to get together with local scrappy gals more!
I want to nurture my son's creative side through this hobby of mine!
I want to thank God for allowing me to be able to have the resources to craft as I wish. (Time, Freedom, Money, Space, Support, Inspiration, etc)
Anyone have any awesome wishes or wants to share? I'd love to read them! Comment along.
Thank you to new reader Andrea. She placed an order in my Etsy shoppe that sent me over the 500 sales. I sold my first item in my shop in August of last year . 14 months later I have over 500 sales and I am so thankful for the friendships, business, and support. You all just ROCK :)
Another cool milestone. In under 1800 hits, I will reach 30,000 blog hits! Serious blog candy will be going on, so keeping coming back, lol!
Remember to get your comments in for October! The month ends Saturday!! For the newbies- for every comment you leave during a month, you get entered into my monthly Prize giveaway :) All you have o do is comment and be a follower over on the right sidebar!! Easy Peasey!!
Check back later today for more crafty goodness as I will have more pictures to post soon!!!

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Winners!

I promised some buttons a while back didn't I? LOL- Well some of you already have them coming as your PIF gift from the post I did a few months ago. But for the set of 80's Throwback, the winner is:
Rita said...
LOVE, Love, love those buttons...off to check your etsy site.
Also- Winner fo the Rubber Romance Sentiment Embellie Giveaway I post on the RRS Website-

lundgren79 said...
Thank you so much! These step by step instructions are great! I cannot wait to try this.

You all were randomly slected by a 3 year old with your names on paper cuts in a bowl :)
Email me your addresses PLEASE :)


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Friday, October 23, 2009

Blast Off!!


Sorry bloggy buddies, quick post. Fall Festival at my little guy's preschool today and I got to face paint all morning. SO- Here is a card I made last week I needed to get posted :) Of course I used my copics and cuttlebug folders from DCRU- great prices on them both.
Quick story- for those of you who are parents- know when your little one does something unexpected that makes you so proud of him/her. Well today at Fall Festival, Matthew asked the director for another trick or treat bag. He said he needed to win prizes for his friend Trenton. Trenton is another kid in his class who had to miss b/c of being sick today. I was so proud of him. He was more concerned about filling Trenton's bag to take to him than his own. Kids have such kind hearts. Love that.



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Thursday, October 22, 2009

And a banner to match!

Welcome to the new followers!
Please leave a comment with your blog so I can stop by to visit :) Yesterday I showed you the super cute door hanging I made, well what I didn't tell you was that I made a custom banner to go along with it! This will be going over the crib of the baby it was ordered for! Love it! Being that I have a boy, not much pink around this house, but my craft room- DIFFERENT story :) I do love pink brown combo though! The master bedroom and bath in my house is the chocolate and aqua, another fav! Do you have a favorite color combo??? If so, please share!



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Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Door hanging!

So, I am in LOVE with this door hanging :) I made it as a custom order yesterday and I now think I will be making them often! I have to get some boxes ordered to ship them in though! They are about 11 inches tall! I got the great patterned paper at http://www.diecutsrus.com/ and the rest is history, lol. OH- thanks for all the sweet comments on my tags yesterday :) Oh- I am also entering this in the Just Buggin Challenge :) YEAH!



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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

DCRU DT Challenge!


Tuesday means great things over at the Die Cuts R Us Design Team Blog ! It's challenge day!!!! Here is my project for the day! I wanted something different than a layout or card, so a set of tags it was! The DT this week all used the Earth Love Collection from Cosmo Cricket. TOO fun! Head over and join in the fun!!!!


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Monday, October 19, 2009

My friend card :)


Hi All!!! Hope you had a great weekend! I am SWAMPED today trying to get orders out! My little guy is with my mom and I will meet her to pick him up this afternoon! So, time is crucial :) Made this cute little card the other night and wanted to share. I love the little Bella image! It's on my wish list- I got stamped images of it in a prize pack a while back! The sentiment is from the Butterfly Wishes Set from The Greeting Farm. Too cute! Enjoy! I will be back for more later! Gotta get the rest of the card swap packages out and stamped image swap packages out too!!! And remember how much fun I have been having with my crimper??? Of course I pulled it out here!



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Sunday, October 18, 2009

SPCC Challenge!!!!

It's Challenge time at SPCC where I am Guest Diva this week! Head over to see the color combo challenge and see the GREAT creations by the Design Diva's! Here is my card for the week! DRS Stamps is the sponsor this week and we all created using one of their images! I love the little lions :) Of course I used those good ole Copics from DCRU, my Cuttlebug Embossing folders, and my SU markers & Crystal Effects! I hope you'll join in and play along!! This was a hard one for me! The colors are not ones that I use often, but that's why it is a challenge!!!!



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Saturday, October 17, 2009

More buttons!











Just wanted to show you all some more new buttons! I made these last week, but am just getting around to getting them up in my Etsy shop! Good news though- the entire first batch I made are already gone! (You like me, you really like me!!! lol) Hope you guys enjoy! Thanks!

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Change can be good afterall....


Today is the last day to enter the challenge at DCRU DT Blog! Don't miss out!! I actually decided to take the embellie I made for the challenge and convert it from bookmark to card :) Enjoy :)


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Friday, October 16, 2009

Housekeeping Notes-

Hi all. I know I already posted once today (Scroll down :) but I wanted to answer a couple emails- ONE- we found out Wednesday hubby is going to have to have another surgery that is a result of a complication of the surgery in August. They will be removing one of the screws as it is in diagonal and the tip is putting pressure on the nerves of the spinal cord. NO FUN. TWO- If you purchase something from my store and later on that day or the next decide you want to add something else to your order, I will refund the shipping of the second purchase AS LONG as I have not shipped your purchase yet.!!! (Or you can choose not to have it refunded and it bumped to priority mail and I will cover the extra. Working on some orders so I can get to the PO while the little guy is still in preschool this morning!!! XoXo- SJ

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Go Pink!!!!


I am sure that you know October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Well, I made these a couple months ago and donated them to a drive one of the LimeLight Design Team members was hosting for "pink" BCA items. She donated them all to a local support chapter. I hope someone found them useful! Check out The Lime Light Charitable Design Team if you get a chance. I am a proud member for this term!


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Thursday, October 15, 2009

Another beachy LO!


Another layout to share real quick- I made this with a ONE DOLLAR paper pack from Target! I cut the sand pail and shovel from the Life's A Beach Cartridge on my Cricut. Like I said before, in my vacation scrapbooks, I focus on getting as many pictures as I can and being practical. I don't care about winning awards or being published with these LO's, I just want them to serve the purpose in my scrapbooks! (Kinda like clothes I guess, PJ's are practical and and evening gown has a special occasion!)


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