My Apologies

I said that I'd post the blog candy winner at midnight EDT - as in 8 hours ago, but I've been sick.

Like haven't gotten out of bed except for bathroom trips and to go see the doctor to find out I have strep - sick.

So, like the title says, my apologies that this is late.

After plugging all the important information into random.org, I came up with my blog candy winner:

#5

Kim P.

Congrats!

Kim, if you could email your address to me at deipara@yahoo.com with the words Blog Candy in the subject line, I'll get your goodies out to you as soon as I can!

Thanks for playing everyone!

Another Tuesday Color Challenge

***Don't forget! My blog candy is still open - if you want to enter, please comment on the Sunday April 5th post. You have until Sunday/Monday to enter!****

So, onto the business at hand - today's Color Challenge. Which surprisingly didn't contain any In Colors, greens or pinks - Emily the hostess loves those colors. The colors for today are/were: Bashful Blue, So Saffron, and Close to Cocoa.

I started off with the cardstock and then hopped over to where I've stashed my dp. Thankfully spring break at daycare's been good to me (so far) and I haven't lost all my brain cells (yet.) So I remembered I still have a stash of Le Jardin dp from SU - and that 2 of the colors in the paper are So Saffron and Bashful Blue.

I then remembered one of the PTI stamp sets I fell in love with as soon as I saw it - Quilter's Sampler. I think I like it so much because I can't sew a straight stitch on a machine, so this is the easy way to create a cute quilt without it looking like a 5 year old wacked out on sugar made it.

The quilt squares are stamped in Palette Dark Chocolate on the dp and cut out. I colored in parts of the blocks with Copics to add more depth.

The sentiment is also on another piece of Le Jardin dp and it's also from the Quilter's Sampler set.

Stamps: PTI - Quilter's Sampler. Paper: Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Close to Cocoa, Vintage Cream, Le Jardin dp. Ink: Palette Dark Chocolate (PTI). Accessories: buttons, corner rounder punch, Copics, dimensionals.

Here's hoping that your week is nice!

Blog Candy for 10K (and some cards)

I've been doing better about actually making cards over the past week. Maybe not getting them posted here right away, but the creative juices have been flowing.

Behind Door #1, is the card that kinda came out of the Inspiration Challenge. I say kinda because while I loved the intricate patterns of the French Bull plates, I couldn't find a pattern I could do justice. This happens a lot for me.
The background image is the vine from PTI's With Sympathy and it's stamped in Palette Noir ink. I highlighted some of the leaves with a white Prismacolor pencil.

The image is also from With Sympathy and is stamped in Gable Green and Lavender Lace inks on Cryogen white cardstock (Shimmer.) The sentiment is from Out on a Limb Sentiments (also PTI) and is stamped in Palette Noir.


Stamps: PTI - Out on a Limb Sentiments, With Sympathy. Paper: Cryogen White, Pixie Pink, Gable Green, Lavender Lace. Ink: Palette Noir, Gable Green, Lavender Lace. Accessories: brads, ribbon, white Prismacolor pencil, scalloped rectangle Nestabilities, ticket corner punch, dimensionals.


Behind Door #2 is today's FS card. The card is chose to CASE is this one.

Stamps: MFT - Boho Blossoms. Paper: Old Olive, River Rock, Real Red, Basic Gray, Whisper White, Basic Grey Scarlet's Letter dp. Ink: Old Olive, River Rock. Accessories: corner rounder punch, brads, rhinestones, dimensionals.

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Now onto what probably drew you to this post: the BLOG CANDY. I've finally reached 10K hits on my counter and I figured it was time to celebrate. I haven't given away blog candy since May of last year, so I've had some time to save up the goodies.

A 3 pack of 4x6 pine frames from Ikea

Autumn Leaves Flourishes clear stamp set

Making Memories shimmer brads

Making Memories eyelets (grass stains, dusk and manilla)

Glimmer Mist (Peach Delight)

A frame embellishment kit

7 Gypsies handbag kit

We R Memory Keepers metal alphabet set

1 yard red gingham ribbon

Doodlebug Dotlets (copper and gunmetal)

Primas

Buttons

Rhinestones

As I look through my list, I realize that there are a lot of embellishments. Which makes me wonder...

What is your favorite (go-to) embellishment for cards, scrapbooks, altered items, etc?

Please answer the question as a comment on this blog post and I will randomly select a winner at Midnight ET April 12/13.

Good Luck!

Cards I've made and blog candy winner

It's 11:42pm right now and I'm not quite ready to choose a winner - but I'm sure I will be by the time I finish this post.

It's also been a rather crazy day in general. I'm trying to get ready for my trip to a college friend's wedding. Then this afternoon Mom got a migraine at work (we work together) and then proceeded to sneeze - which did something funny to her eyesight and made her dizzy. So she went to the Med Station (mini emergency room) who sent her downtown to the big hospitals for a CT scan. She's okay and back at home now, but it was a tense few hours.

I've been such a lazy person and not uploaded pictures of the cards I've made over the past few days.

I made 2 similar cards for Sunday's Featured Stamper Challenge. Then I sent one out as a birthday card. I used Papertrey's Berry Sorbet and Sweet Blush cardstock, the Pink collection of dp, shimmer white cardstock that was cut out and embossed with my Nesties (oh how I love them) I used Flourishes' Cake Decorating 101 set - which is such a fun set.
Stamps: Flourishes - Cake Decorating 101. Paper: Sweet Blush, Berry Sorbet, Shimmer White, Pink collection dp. Ink: Berry Sorbet and Sweet Blush. Accessories: Classic Oval Nesties, dimensionals, aquapainter.

At the same time I was making the Featured Stamper card, I needed to make a wedding card for a friend of mine who's getting married on Saturday. I decided to make it really simple - a Cuttlebugged piece of cardstock, some primas and a sentiment.
Stamps: Papertrey - Mixed Messages. Paper: Green Galore, PTI Lemon Tart. Ink: Green Galore. Accessories: Swiss Dot Embossing Folder, primas, brads, word window punch, dimensionals.

My last card to show is going to be my last card for a while - I'm going out of town for the wedding. I have a friend who's birthday isn't too far off and I wanted to get a card for her done so I don't have to rush around when I get back. It actually goes with the Color Challenge today of Soft Sky, Pumpkin Pie, Ruby Red.

I had fun making this card. I actually used a sewing machine that happens to reside in a different part of the Dungeon - and isn't mine - to sew the Soft Sky dp to the Ruby Red layer beneath. I'm amazed at how straight the sewing is - I'm not known for my straight sewing AT ALL. The image is stamped in Palette Noir and colored in with Prismacolor pencils that I went over with baby oil - I don't use Odorless Mineral Spirits or Gamsol. The dress is paper pieced and also colored with Prisma pencils and baby oil.

The tilted layer is Soft Sky cardstock that I rubbed with Tea Dye Distress Inks - it turned a funky color. I think it looks interesting. The Pumpkin Pie ribbon is layered on top of a Soft Sky ribbon.
Stamps: MFT - You Take the Cake. Paper: Soft Sky cs and dp, Ruby Red, Pumpkin Pie cs and dp, Whisper White. Ink: Palette Noir, Tim Holtz Distressing Inks - Tea Dye. Accessories: Baby Oil, Prismacolor pencils, mat pack, sewing machine, ribbon, dimensionals.


Now for the winner of my blog candy! Post #6... which was scfranson - Claudia!

If you could email me at deipara@yahoo.com with the words BLOG CANDY in the message line and your address, I'll get it to you as soon as I can after I get back from my trip!

Congrats again Claudia and I hope everyone has a great week!

Craziness... and blog candy

Strange things happen when I start making cards with a growing headache at 11pm.

I decide sheep need to be purple.

I loved the color combination this week - Lovely Lilac (finally!), Pretty in Pink and Certainly Celery. Since I didn't really have time to do this card until last night, I thought I'd combine it with the My Favorite Guest Designer contest. I didn't like what I created in terms of entering it into the contest, but it's a cute birthday card. The piece of cardstock that has the sentiment on it is removable - the piece of dp is a pocket.
Stamps: MFT - Punny Farm. Paper: Lovely Lilac, Pretty in Pink, Whisper White, Certainly Celery dp. Ink: Palette Noir, Lovely Lilac, Certainly Celery, Almost Amethyst (marker). Accessories: brads, ticket corner punch, ribbon, dimensionals.

This is what I made for the My Favorite Guest Designer challenge:
I've finally gotten around to taking a picture of the blog candy on offer. :) No cute things - like what's in the mailbox or pick your favorite card. Just make a nice comment on this post. You have until midnight Eastern time Tuesday/Wednesday to enter. I'll use random.org to choose the winner. What's up for grabs:
**NOTE: I'm leaving town for a very long weekend Wednesday night and won't be back until sometime the next Tuesday. I won't be mailing the candy out until I get back.**

Hope everyone is having a great week!

The reveal...

The mystery in the mailbox is...

Flowers!

susanwood and stampin' project junkie guessed correctly!

Since there were only 2, I flipped a coin.

susanwood, please email me at deipara@yahoo.com with your address so I can send this to you!

Thank you all for playing and guessing!

Blog Candy 2,000

I've had 2,000 hits here on my blog and I'm going to offer some blog candy. :)

YES, I'm on the ball! (Finally... well, kinda... okay, I'm not at all)

The blog candy includes:

• A partial pack of K & Co. designer paper in various sizes
• 2 packages of adhesive gemstones - pink and red for Valentine's day
• A pack of crystal brads
• Back to School - a My Favorite Things stamp set that I bought and never used
• A red Target mailbox... with a secret.

Now the question becomes.... what's in the mailbox?

You have until Sunday midnight EST (Monday morning) to guess.

The correct answer will win, if there's more than 1 person with the correct answer, names will be put in a random # drawing.

If no one guesses correctly? We have a total random # drawing.

Good Luck!

And the Blog Candy Winner is....

Random.org chose number 18 - which was Kathy W!


Kathy, please email me at deipara@yahoo.com with your address so I can send your candy to you.

If you could, please put the words "blog candy" in the title, so I don't accidently mark it as spam or delete it. :)

I'm over 1,000 hits!

Taking into account that I'm listed as part of the hits, I waited until I was over by quite a bit.

So...

Being nice and in the holiday spirit, I'm offering blog candy.

• A set of Rhonda Farrer Second Nature clear stamps
• 2 - 3 yard lengths of velvet ribbon
• Assortment of K&Co. paper - various sizes
• 1 package of Spare Parts brads
• 1 package of Spare Parts eyelets
• 1 package of Spare Parts Gemstones

I work with kids - and we all know kids say the darnedest things. I shivered for some reason at snacktime and said as much. One of the kids pipes up with, "Shiver me timbers! I learned that from Pirates of the Bean." Me: "Pirates of the Bean? Is that a new Vegitales show?" Another teacher: "Sara, I think he means Pirates of the Caribbean." Kid: "yep. Pirates of the Bean."

I wanted to share my cute story, and your entry into this blog candy is to tell a cute "A kid said this..." story.

I've been over to random.org and played (and now know what to use), so I'll be using random.org to choose my winner. Blog candy ends midnight Friday/Saturday.

I can't wait to read your stories!

100 Views

According to my counter, I've crossed 100 views! Now, subtracting myself from this number (because I'm pretty sure I'm being counted too) this means I'm really close.

So... I'm going to offer a little blog candy. I need to decide what to give - I'll post a picture after I choose what to give away. **which I just did - it's down below**

So... the challenge:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=123359

This is my gallery on SCS - pick your favorite card and tell me why in a comment here. :)

Have fun!


*Can you tell I'm new at this blog candy stuff? I'll choose the winner Monday Morning - about 9am EST.*