WOYWW??

Well, some stuff has moved since a few weeks ago and some stuff hasn't. I have not had much time the past two weeks to craft but I hope things will slow down a bit soon and I will get to play with some new goodies I just bought!

Last time I had a few questions I wanted to answer.
1. Is green my fav color?? Nope, my fav color is actually blue! I painted that room green because I share it as a hunting room with my hubby...that is why you have seen deer heads in some of my pictures before! There are also lots of skins and a mounted turkey feather, beard, feet thing....LOL! Everyone wonders how I can create with all that stuff looking at me and I just say...well you get used to it. It was either put all that stuff in this room OR put it in the living room! I can deal with it in my craft room!! The good news is that when we move we will have our own separate rooms!! YAY!!!

2. What is in the pop tart box?? I am sad to say that there are not pop-tarts in the box (I had already eaten all of them...HEHE!). I actually use it to store my tubes of cheapie glitter! The caps don't stay on very good...they don't twist on or anything....so I thought to myself that this would make a perfect box for such thing and it works great!! :) Food for thought!! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by to look at my "not so tidy anymore" craft room!!
-Stacie

I have been tagged....

My pal Annmaree over at Emu Creations has tagged me and I am supposed to tell 10 things I love and give 5 pieces of trivia about myself....then tag 5 other people.

Here goes...

10 Things I Love
1. Family
2. Friends (my blogland buddies too!)
3. My crafty supplies
4. A good movie
5. Food
6. Traveling
7. Clothes that fit
8. My job
9. Having good health
10. Being able to be myself

5 Pieces of Trivia
1. I have flown an airplane
2. I was voted biggest eater in my class during highschool
3. I have never tried to ice skate or snow ski
4. Whenever possible I try to watch the Lifetime channel...totally addicting!!
5. I will be married 3 years this June

Now the lucky five (tried to pick people I didn't think had already been tagged) I am passing this onto are:

1. Merry
2. Sammye Jo
3. Annette
4. Linda
5. Dawn

Gift Pocket Card Tutorial

I got ahold of Rach and the tutorial she made is once again available here! YAY!! Now get to crafting!! LOL!

Doodle Palace Sneak Peek!!

This is a new digi image called "Special Delivery" and it will be available for purchase at the Doodle Palace store starting tomorrow! I think it is just the sweetest image! My friend from France that I met in college just had a baby girl and I thought I would send her a few onesie outfits along with this congratulations card...atleast I hope that is how you say congratulations in French!! HEHE! I do not speak the language so I cheated and looked it up online! :P

Challenges:
Crafty Sentiments - Sketch (I had to move the sentiment to the side because it just didn't look right all crunched into a corner.)
Sophisticat - Card for a child
C.R.A.F.T - Pink and brown
Stamping Vacation - Color search (I used brown and clay)

18th birthday!

Guy with guitar image is a digi freebie I got from Bird's Cards
Rock Band and Rock On sentiments are from Studio G (I think)...the cheapies you can get out of the dollar bin at Michael's!
The 18 was done with my JustRite stamper and the Happy Birthday sentiment on the inside is from CTMH.

One of my nephews turned 18 not long ago (where does the time go??) and this is the card I made for him since we like playing Rock Band together! My fav part is the embossed foil for the background! :)

Challenges:
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Birthday
Kaboodly Doodle - Embossing
Sisterhood of Scrap (Deanne) - Use up some markers!
AiFactory - Birthdays
Stamp Something - Layers

Gift Pocket Card Tutorial no longer available....

I had a question about where to find a tutorial for the gift pocket card I made here. On that post I had a link to a tutorial by Rach on the Whiff of Joy blog but the video no longer works :( I couldn't find a way to contact Rach and I tried to contact another person but haven't heard anything back yet soooooooooo if you know where else to find a tutorial like this PLEASE let me know and I will post it here!
Or if you know how to contact Rach from (Papercrafts by Rach) that would be great also!
(Sorry Brendabee...I do not have contact info for you either so hope you read this!)

Thanks so much!
-Stacie

You've Got Mail...

Digi image is from Doodle Palace

Isn't this just the cutest giraffe?! How funny would that be looking over your fenced in yard and seeing this cutie delivering your mail!! Yes, I know it will never happen but it is still a fun thought! What can I say I have a good imagination as I'm sure most of you do too...it is part of our creative nature! :)

This was also my first attempt at weaving on a card....NOT EASY! But I think it turned out better than expected.

Challenges:
Crafty Calendar - Fun or humorous
Lily-Boo Too - Yellow, pale green and blossom
Doodle Palace - Funny animals
ABSC019 - Sketch (I did weaving instead of using individual squares)
Sisterhood of Scrap Hop (Susan's Challenge) - Paper weaving
Penny's - Anything goes
Crafty Creations - ONLY 1 image, 1 DP and 1 embellishment
Simon Says - Movie and dry embossing (Based on the ever popular 1998 movie "You've Got Mail" with Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks!)

Thanks for stopping by my little ole blog! Hope you enjoy what you see!
I gotta get ready to do some tile work....yes I am a "Jack" or shall I say "Jill" of all trades! :P

-Stacie

Truffle Box!

This is a freebie template designed by Gina Jane and I got it here.

I really haven't tried many templates before...I can only think of one and that was a mini milk carton. This was very easy to make...just print, cut and fold. I did have a tad trouble trying to get the box to STAY closed but we eventually came to an understanding! LOL! I found that it is a perfect size to fit a single Ghiradelli chocolate too....hazelnut and milk chocolate...YUM! That combination gets me every time! :)

Challenges:
Penny's - Anything goes
Oh Alice! - Flowers
Creatalicious - Wings and flowers
Makeup 4 The Weekend - Use a template
Flutterby Wednesday - Open but must use an angel, butterfly or fairy

Girl with butterflies...

Because of time constraints I stuck with a pretty simple card...if I had more time I probably would of tried to add a sky, maybe grass and some glitter. But I still think it turned out pretty cute!

Image is from Alota Rubberstamps (not sure of specific name...got it in a grab bag)

Challenges:
Allsorts - Petals and pearls
Oh Alice! - Flowers
CPS - Sketch
Flutterby Wednesday - Open ... just make sure you have an angel, butterfly or fairy on your project
TPE - 1 image, 2 dies and 3 embellishments
Cupcake Craft - Childhood memories
Lily-Boo Too - Use the colors yellow, pale green and blossom
Roses on Paper - Layers and you must use certain stamps (I used Alota)
Penny's - Anything goes
Creatalicious - Wings and flowers
Fab N' Funky - Use a neglected stamp ... sad to say many of my stamps are neglected :( But hopefully I can change that!! :)
Stamptacular Sunday - Spots and dots
Corrosive - Texture

Thanks for stopping by and if you like my work send some people this way...always happy to see new followers and yes I'm glad to KEEP old followers too!! Don't want you all feelin' unloved! HEHE!
-Stacie

WOYWW....

What's on your workdesk Wednesday?? This is mine!


Still keeping it pretty tidy...most of the stuff out is what I was using to work on that card you see in the picture which I will be posting next!

Head on over to the Stamping Ground and check out other work spaces!

-Stacie

Birthday Card for Dawn

Image is from Rubber Romance
Sentiment is from JustRite

This is a card I made a few weeks ago for Dawn over at Dawn's Craft Place. I have a few cards on my computer that I forgot to post and this is one of them...oops!

I can enter this into a few challenges:
Stamp, Scrap and Doodle Saturdays - Birthday
Tuesday Taggers - Cakes/balloons
Stamptacular Sunday - Spots and dots

Doodle Palace Sneak Peek!

Digi is from Doodle Palace (A boy and his dog) and will be available for purchase tomorrow.

This was my attempt at trying to sponge a "grass" looking ground under my digi image...what do you think? I also used one of my new edge punches at the top! EECK!! I absolutely love it! :) The envelope is a punch too that I just adore and I embossed it with circles...hope it looks okay on this card?!

Challenges:
Crazy 4 Challenges - 1 ribbon, 2 buttons or brads and 3 punches (I used 1 style of ribbon but twice...hope that was okay!) Oh and my brads are on the wheels and my 3 punches are the edge one at the top, envelope and circle.
Stamptacular Sunday - Spots and dots
Crafty Sentiments - Sketch
Corrosive - Texture
Sophisticat - So distressing
Sisterhood of Scrap Blog Hop (Mia) - Alter something and use it on your project (I altered the envelope with embossing)

No card...

No card yesterday or today because I have been working my tushy off out at our property building a new house. Exhausting I must say! I was going to share a few pictures including an ice hockey game I went to last week but I got a new phone and I can't figure out how to get the pictures off my camera! LOL! Looked online for instructions but my computer isn't recognizing my USB cable soooooo I will have to wait til I have more time to troubleshoot.
Anyone else out there an ice hockey fan?? This was by far the best game I had ever been too and the side I was rooting for won! YAH! Everyone even got free Frosty coupons from Wendy's....sweet!

Well, thanks for listening to me ramble. I will be back sometime in the next couple of days with a card or project of some sort!

Thanks for being such wonderful and faithful followers! You rock!

-Stacie

Groovy Kind of Love!

Digi image is from Squiggle Stamps

How many of you thought Phil Collins?? LOL! These colors remind me of the 60's or 70's and of course the birdies are in love so that is how I came up with the title! Pretty cheesy but I like it! :)

Challenges:
Squiggle Stamps - Use one of their images and sketch
Creative Inspirations - ONLY green, brown and blue
DCRU - Atleast one image and bird
Totally Gorjuss - Texture

Neapolitan Presents!

Image is from Sassy Studio Designs
Sentiment is from a Clear Dollar Stamp set (Under The Sea)

I wasn't sure you could see the sparkle I put in the white areas on the first picture so I took a close up of just the presents. It is very glittery in person!

Challenges:
Dare To Be Sassy Thursday #14 - Sketch
Totally Gorjuss - Texture
Polka Doodle - Wedding Celebrations
Fab N' Funky - Neapolitan Ice Cream (YUM!)

Lilo and Milo in the rain...

Okay, I have had another very productive day! YAH! You will be seeing more than one post today...hope you enjoy!



This image is from Stampavie and is called Lilo and Milo (Rainy Days)
The flourish is from Stampology

I used glossy accents on the water and also embossed the yellow paper with circles...I hope you can see that! I couldn't get the glistening water to show up in my lightbox so I took this picture a different way and then the embossing didn't show up that great...always one thing or another! LOL! You might be able to see it better if you click on the image for a larger view.

Challenges:
Sketchy Thursdays Second Chance Challenge - Sketch
Sew Many - Stitching
Stamp Something - Stitching
C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Buttons
In Style - Yellow and Green
Sophisticat - Rain
Charisma - Thank you (I think this would make a great thank you for caring card!)
Totally Gorjuss - Texture

A Bright Mother's Day!

Digi image is from Fresh Brewed Designs
Sentiment is a JustRite Stamp

I know this probably isn't a traditional looking Mother's Day card but my moms favorite color is green and she LOVES bright colors...just like this lime green! So she should be very pleased with this card! :) Neither of us drink hot coffee but we do love hot chocolate!

Challenges:
Doodle Palace - Mother's Day
Creative Inspirations - Lime green and black, flowers are optional
AiFactory - Mother's Day
Stamping Vacation - 4th Build-A-Sketch

Flower Girl!

As requested I got in my cleaned up craft room to mess it all up again! HEHE! Not too bad though...I am trying to keep it tidy each day now!



This is a digi from Karen's Doodles and I think she looks like a little flower girl in a wedding...so cute with her freckles and frilly dress! Added some sparkle to make it even girlier! :)

Challenges:
Karen's Doodles - Use one of their images plust the theme of something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue. So I chose the wedding theme and even added blue to her eyes! :)
Simon Says - Card for a child
Quixotic - Spring
Stamp Something - Pink
Corrosive - Sketch
Stampin' for the weekend - Digi or stamp with ribbon and bow

Paper Trimmer

Here is my old paper trimmer...a cheapie from a mail order catalog like Lakeside Collections. It has a slide out drawer underneath, two side drawers and is a slider style cutter. As you can tell ALL plastic. After less than a year.....

....this is what happens! Notice the rough edges on the green part where it is turning white...yeah that is actually curling up and wearing away!! YIKES! There isn't supposed to be white showing...it should all be green. It made it impossible to get a clean or straight cut and was driving me NUTS! Sooooooooooooooo.....

I bought this bad boy!! HEHE! A solid maple guillotine style cutter! It is called a Swingline Ingento. ALL WOOD AND METAL!! No cheapie plastic! This cutter ROCKS!! For just a little more money than the average plastic one this cutter should last so much longer!


Thanks for having a looksy!
-Stacie

Whats on your workdesk? Wednesday

Okay I did this for 3 reasons....
1. To show my progress of cleaning/organizing...(maybe it will help motivate some of you....ahem...DAWN?!) LOL! I watched your video!
It has taken me a few days to complete and I did the best I could without purchasing anything new to organize because we are in the process of selling our house to move.
2. Participate in WOYWD.
3. Stamping Vacations Supplies Unite #3 Challenge

****Before reading any further I'm sorry the pictures are all wonky and the wording is out of sorts...blogger isn't cooperating and I'm not sure how to fix it. But it is readable so please continue! :)

First off we have my folding work table....what a wreck!! The biggest thing I did here was put all colored scrap paper in a box and all plain white scraps in a separate box. I keep the colored scraps on the table in that MacBook box. Did you notice something else changed?? Maybe a different paper trimmer??!! I will share more about that in a different post!





Next we have my poor poor floor....I utilized a bunch of baskets and boxes to organize my stuff and actually put them away or stacked them up instead of having them scattered everywhere! Looks better I think! Not perfect...but better. :)


Finally we have my desk...oh boy! How did I create anything in that mess? I actually put things away...gasp! I know it is hard to believe but I put stuff in drawers and those cups I have hanging on the wall. WOW, what a difference that made! LOL! I feel so much better walking into that room and knowing I can find things easier and that it looks a little nicer. I think it brought my creativity back too as you can tell from all my posts!



If your still with me I want to thank you once again for all the lovely and thoughtful comments you leave for me...makes me smile knowing people care! :)

-Stacie

One last Florida vacation post!

Figured I better atleast show you a picture with me in it so you know I really was there!! LOL! This was at Coquina Beach where they had these beautiful rocks with holes in them....very unusual really. We heard that it was illegal to take any of the rocks (which are made up of thousands of shells) unless they are already broken away. I'm thinking this might be the only place to find this stuff??
As you can tell even though it is nice and sunny it was still cool by the water which is why we are wearing jackets!
At the top is me and my sweet hubby and the bottom picture is my dearest mom and dad!

Thanks so much for leaving me comments on my vacation pictures...I really appreciate you taking the time to look at them! :)

-Stacie

2 Cute Bunny!

*Digi is a freebie from 2 Cute Rubber Stamps

Are you all sick of me posting yet?? LOL! I had a productive day if you can't tell! Nothing like a good day of crafting to get the mojo flowing!

Challenges:
2 Cute Rubber Stamps - Use their bunny digi
Stamping Vacation - Pick 3 (glitter, die cuts and dry emboss)
The Pink Elephant - Nature
Fairy Creative Place - Sketch
Polka Doodle - Birthday
Crafty Creations - Anything goes
Fab N Funky - Spring (bunnies always remind me of spring...they are soooooooo cute!)
Delightful Sketches - Buttons and bling
Charisma Cardz - Animal magic
Bee Crafty - Birthday and digi
Digital Tuesday - Blue, white and one other color (I chose yellow)
A Spoon Full of Sugar - A boy card
EBTKS - String (used for lollipop stick)
Think Ink - Use a book or CD cover as inspiration...I used this bunny book as inspiration.
Clearly Delightful #4 - Dry embossing and yellow

Thanks so much for stopping by and please leave me some love!
-Stacie

Flight of the Fucshia ...

Digital Image - Paper Cupcake

I had to redo this card because I wasn't happy with how it came out the first time and I'm still not 100 percent sure about it but hopefully you all like it! :)
Finally got to use my new Martha Stewart punches...I LOVE them!!! Also got to use some new paper...the green background paper with rays is from my good pal Annmaree. If you click on her name you will see her fab punched up goodness also (thanks for the inspiration and paper!). The orange paper is from the Bo Bunny Kitchen Spice collection! I'm not sure if you can see it or not but I outlined the bird with diamond stickles to make it all glittery. Lastly the flowers are cutout using a sizzix die.

Challenges:
ABSC018 - Sketch
Stamping Vacation - Pick 3 (glitter, faux stitch, die cuts)
Cupcake Craft - Make your own flowers
TMITA - Use any Paper Cupcake image and add 3-D flowers and leaves
Crafty Catz - Green, white and orange
The Pink Elephant - Nature
Crafty Creations - Anything goes
Fab N Funky - Spring is in the air
Charisma Cardz - Animal magic
KLSNS - Recipe of 1 image, 2 different PP/DP, 3 embellishments

Big gators!

While in Florida we went to visit my nephew in Gainesville and he said there was a park nearby where you could go see some wild animals. So after lunch we took a drive and came across the park and it was a really neat place. We saw a Bison out in the wild (not something I would expect in Florida) and then we drove to another part associated with the park and they said you were guaranteed to see alligators. They were NOT kidding!!! We saw hundreds of them!! I could show picture after picture after picture of alligators but I just picked out two to share. The cool thing about this place is there is absolutely no barrier between you and the wild animals so you MUST respect them!! Looks like my mom followed that rule right? LOL! This just shows you how close you can really get...you could touch one if you were brave enough...HAHA! I wasn't brave enough to do what my mom did and get in front of one but I did get right behind one...that big monster picture at the top shows how massive they really can be! Truly an experience and we all had so much fun!! Thank goodness we all came out alive too with no missing parts! :)

....see ya later ALLIGATOR!! HEHE!
-Stacie

Doodle Palace Sneak Peek!

Chibi Digi- Doodle Palace
Other stamps are from Clear Dollar "Fruity Fun" set

My first ever Chibi card using a new digi called "Chibi Girl Strawberry" from Doodle Palace. It will be available for purchase tomorrow along with a very cute animal train! I love strawberries and thought this would be a "sweet" image to use as our strawberries will be fast approaching in the next month or so.

Challenges:
Kaboodle Doodle - Digi girl
Secret Craft Saturday Challenge - How does your garden grow?
Crazy 4 Challenges - Kraft base
Stamping Vacation - Pick 3 (dry emboss, die cut ovals, faux stitching)
Allsorts - No DP
The Pink Elephant - Nature
Friday Sketchers - Sketch
ABC - R is for red
Simon Says - Distressing (black oval)
Fab N Funky - Spring is in the air

Happy Easter!

Yes, I know it was yesterday but I was gone ALL day so I wanted to take the chance now to say I hope everyone had a wonderful and blessed Easter!

Now for a few more vacation pictures....the sunset over the swamp just blew me away and the starfish is one I found along the beach...loved the colors!

Beaches...

Well, I was going to catch up yesterday on blogland but my grand plan was foiled by blogger. I couldn't post anything after my Top 3 post nor could I leave comments on anyone elses blog! :( Blogger was NOT playing nice ...... so I'm going to do this post real quick and then I have to head out for the day. I have a few pictures on my new phone from where I was last night so once I figure out how to get them off I will post that also!

Now for the beach pictures above....notice a difference?? Yeah, we did too!!! Let's just say we are glad we only did a one day trip to Daytona Beach because it was pretty crowded and we prefer the nice calm beach where you can actually hear the ocean waves!

Thanks for stopping by...I really appreciate you leaving comments even on non-craft related posts! Makes me smile from ear to ear! :)

-Stacie

Top 3 for me!

My "tweet" birdie card was picked as one of the Top 3 over at Stamping Vacation! I am so honored and if you would please go check out the lovely work of the other ladies!

I shall be back with more vacation pictures!

Another piece of history...

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument....you can read about it here.
We watched them shoot the cannons and one of the cannons produced a perfect white ring of smoke up in the air...truly amazing but it was too light and up in the sky so I couldn't get my camera to focus fast enough for a picture. The people performing said they have never seen that happen before so we might of gotten a once in a lifetime show!

** If interested I also added a link to yesterdays post in case you want to read about it.

Young Forever!

Hey guys and gals! (hehe, that is actually the name of a salon here)... I have been meaning to share some pictures with you from my trip to St. Augustine, Florida so throughout this week I will show you a few photos...can't show them all or it would take forever!! I get a tad carried away when it comes to taking pictures! :)
This area has many pieces of history and the one I want to share with you today is the Fountain of Youth...I actually drank water from it too so hopefully I will stay young forever! :)




Edited to add a link where you can read about this site .... here.

Painting Eggs!

Here is a cute new digi being released tomorrow by Doodle Palace. They have such cute animal digis...go check them out for yourself!

Challenges:
Corrosive - Easter or Spring
A Fairy Creative Place - Sketch
The Pink Elephant - pastels
Charisma - Spring

Tweet Thing!

Digi is from Squiggle Stamps

Isn't this so tweet? HEHE! I wanted it to feel like Spring so I used lighter colors and made sure to add some butterflies!

Challenges:
Doodle Palace - sketch
Squiggle Stamps - Use one of their stamps and a Spring theme
Simon Says - Easter or Spring and glitter (stickles on branches)
Fab N Funky - Any technique (I like faux stitching)
Stamping Vacation - Pick 3 ... Something black (sentiment), color combo of green, pink and yellow and tool I haven't used lately (silver gel pen for faux stitching)
Digital Tuesday - digi and Spring
Corrosive - Easter or Spring
Totally Gorjuss - hearts (wings, end of branches and background embossing)
Charisma - Spring
Cute Card Thursday - Dimension (butterflies, layers)

-Stacie

Sneak Peek for Doodle Palace!!

*New release digi from Doodle Palace

YES!!! Finally a card!! :) I do believe my mojo is coming back!
Isn't this such a cute bear with flowers? I love how it can be used for so many different cards...thinking of you, birthday, get well soon, anniversary, miss you, etc. This image will be available for sale tomorrow at the Doodle Palace shop. The images really are a bargain...most are only 99 cents or $1.50! Go check them out!

Challenges:
Secret Crafter - Spring
Oh Alice! - Caterpillar or butterfly
Allsorts - Spring
Flutterby Wednesday - Green and butterfly (I think I might be late for this challenge but still wanted you all from Flutterby to check out my green butterfly!)
Saturday Spotlight - Birthday card and use your birthday color (mine is peridot for August)
ABC Design - Spring
CPS - sketch
Sophisticat - Recipe...use mint gree, lilac and one other color (I chose pink) plus flowers
Digital Tuesday - Digi and spring
Practical Scrappers - Use something you have had for over a year (I haven't been crafting for a year but the pattern paper is from when I first started last year early Summer....hope this counts!)
Stamp Something - distressed


Thanks for stopping by!
-Stacie

RAK and purchase

Just a note that I revised yesterdays post and added that the winner needs to contact me by this Friday!!

This is a RAK I won from Michelle at I Luv Scrapping. Lots of fun goodies...THANKS!!


And this little fantastic crafting tool flew all the way back home with me from my trip to Florida! LOL! I have tried for a month to get one of these Martha Stewart Score Boards back home and I even called Michaels BEFORE I drove an hour to the store the weekend before my trip and the lady said they finally got them in and there were plenty of them. So like an idiot I believed her and when I got there guess what??? Yep, all gone!! GRRR!!! So I questioned a lady and she said yeah we sold all three of them. THREE!? What happened to plenty?? Clearly my definition of plenty isn't three! For cryin' out loud this is a hot item!!! LOL!
So I contacted my mom and asked her if we could stop by the local Michaels once we flew into Jacksonville, Florida. And there is where they really had PLENTY of them to pass around (must not be such a hot item in that area?) and I was lucky enough to take along a 50 percent off coupon so I got this little gem for only 10 dollars!! What a bargain!


Now I can't compare this to the scor-pal as this is the first scoring item I have owned but if you want a comparison I found a really cool blog review here.

Thanks for stopping by and I will be back tomorrow with a Doodle Palace sneak peek!!
This image is so adorable you don't want to miss it!

-Stacie

Winner Announced!

Okay...I bet your all wondering what the recycled circles were on my Give A Hoot Candy card huh?? I was really sneaky this time! Recently I have seen things done with toilet paper rolls and toilet tissue so I decided to look a little harder for items not normally used in crafting and lo and behold I found these perfect items...tampax boxes and always wrappers!!! ROFL!! Yep, good ol' feminine products to the rescue! LMAO! And yes it was only the outer packaging so everything was sanitary! All I had to do was run the cardboard/plastic through my cuttlebug with a circle nestie die and voila!! Pretty clever right? You just never know what you will find around the house to use in crafting! :)

Now for the good stuff....the CANDY WINNER!!!
I had 10 people eligible for the candy and once again I had my hubby pick a name out of the lucky camo John Deere hat and that person is.........



Annette Bowes!!! Congrats! Please e-mail me with your mailing address and I will get your surprise candy on the way!

***Added on 3-22-10...if winner does not contact me by March 26th at noon EST I will draw another winner.

Thanks to all of you that played and those that left lovely comments...hope I can do another giveaway soon!
-Stacie

Happy Spring!!

*Free clipart image

Hope everyone is finding warmer temperatures as Spring is finally here!! YAH!
Sorry I still haven't shown a card lately...serious lack of mojo since coming back from vacation...also lots of time at my job, building a house and regular chores. Where does the time go??

I will be back later though with the Give A Hoot Candy Winner!! So stay tuned!!!
I also took a few pictures yesterday of some new crafty items I bought so maybe that will inspire me to create! :)

-Stacie

Give A Hoot Candy!

** This candy is now closed!



This is a freebie image I got from Digi Kitty. Isn't the sentiment so cute? I am a big fan of recycling...I have a big pile in my house to prove it! LOL! Hopefully when we move I will have a better location to store and "hide" all my recycled items because right now it is just piled here and there and it drives me nuts and I'm sure it drives hubby crazy too! Most of the stuff I take to a facility but some items I keep and use for crafts and that is the stuff that piles up here and there. I'm sure some of you have the same problem!! LOL!
I am entering this card into multiple challenges and guess what else....??
I am offering up some blog candy!!!

What is in it you ask??
Good question...I'm not sure I just know I want to give something away and who doesn't like free stuff anyways? LOL! I'm sure you won't be disappointed! :)

What do you have to do?
1. Be a follower (do not follow though unless you really like my blog!!)
2. Please post the card above in your sidebar and link it back to me (you can also leave a regular post if you want but not necessary)
3. Here is the tricky part....in your comment you need to guess what the yellow, green and blue circles are made from! Hint** They are recycled from something in my house!! Only one comment per person please! :)
You have until March 20th which is the first day of Spring!! YAH!
I will post worldwide too!!
Good luck and I will be checking to make sure you followed all the rules...last time I had a few that didn't do everything I asked! I want to be fair to everyone!
Thanks!

By the way, I now have 60 followers! You all rock!!! WAHOO!! Hopefully most of you enter the candy since you already follow me!!!

I am going to also try and figure out if I can get this to stay at the top of my blog while the candy is going on...wish me luck!

Now for the challenges:
PolkaDoodle - Sketch and bird theme
EtsyInpsired - Inspired by the owl here.
KlSNS - Go Green (I promise the circles are recycled!!!) Can't reveal til after my candy!
Digi Kitty - Must use a digi kitty owl
Corrosive - Wings
Cute Card Thursday - Ribbon
Practical Scrappers - Stamps

Big hugs to all!!
-Stacie

Oops...

Sorry, I should of put this in my last post but I can't take the credit for making that St. Patrick's Day card/picture I used. It is a freebie off of Graphics Fairy.

I will be posting a card soon though...I promise!! Hopefully you will all like it!

-Stacie

Top o' the mornin' to ya!

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Have fun and don't forget to try your "LUCK" at my blog candy giveaway...you have until Saturday. And you don't have to be correct on your guess to win!

Good luck!
-Stacie

Who is being showcased???

ME!!!!!!! Go check it out here at Die Cuts R Us.

I was absolutely THRILLED when Gwen asked if she could post this on their DT blog!!!
What an honor....THANK YOU!!!

-Stacie

I'm Back!!!

Hey all!

I'm back from my vacation and just wanted you to know I haven't forgotten about you! I will be spending the next few days or so trying to catch up in blogland. I will also be trying to catch up on laundry and groceries!

Hopefully I will be able to get a few pics posted from vacation so you can see what I was up to and believe it or not I even had to do a little craft shopping! FINALLY got an item I have been searching for like crazy! You will find out later what that item is....AND don't forget about my blog candy going on now until the 20th!!

Thanks goes out to my regular followers that have still commented while I have been away and also to my new followers....welcome!! :)

-Stacie

Easter Bunny!

This is a new release digi for Doodle Palace. Great Easter digi and it also reminds me of something you would see in Alice in Wonderland! You can purchase this digi starting tomorrow here.

Now I have to admit I feel a little silly because I forgot to color the ground green under the basket to look like grass! OOPS! I was in a big hurry to get this done before I left on vacation and well now it is too late to fix it. Hopefully you all think it still looks good!

Challenges:
Stamping Vacation - Build a Sketch #2
Stamping Vacation - Pick 3 (Something black, Use green, pink and yellow, Use some kind of "tool" you haven't use in awhile...I haven't used this embossing folder in awhile).
The Pink Elephant - Use green
Bee Crafty - Embossing and a digi
Crazy 4 Challenges - 3 Textures (button, ribbon, string, stickles, glossy accents)
Secret Crafter - Stitching

-Stacie

Vacation!

Hey Everyone!

Just wanted to let you know I am leaving early in the morning to visit my parents in Florida! I won't be back home til the evening of March 10th but I will be checking my e-mail and hopefully I'll get some time to visit a few blogs too! :)

Take care!
-Stacie

Asian Flower

Challenges:
Doodle Palace - Sketch
Crazy 4 Challenges - 3 Textures (I have ribbon, flowers, brads and rhinestones)
The Pink Elephant - Add green to the color combo
Sophiticat - Oriental
Corrosive - Asian themed
Cupcake Craft - round and round
Practical Scrappers - Chalk or Ink
Saturday Spotlight - Clean it up (I interpreted as no torn edges or distressing)
Raise The Bar - 3's Company (3 rhinestones)...Thanks Darlene for this challenge tip!

Thanks for stopping by!
-Stacie