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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Great Giveaways

What an adorable card Sassy over at shesasassylady.blogspot.com has made.

She is giving away the kit to make it to one lucky winner.  Go Leave A Comment for your chance to win.

Another giveaway is on Fun and Mental Changes.  She is giving away a wonderful collection of Nail Art supplies in honor of her birthday.  Isn't that cute... giving a gift on your birthday instead of receiving one.


Good Luck,
Denine

Cutting Mats for Cricut --- Cheap

Just a quick shout-out for a sale on 12 x 12 mats for Cricut.

Amazon has them right now for $10.39 and buy 3 get the 4th for free.  Brings your total to $31.17 plus free shipping.  Making it $7.79 per 2-pk.  Can't beat that -- well you might be able to, but I thought it was a great deal.

Heres the link Cricut mats on Amazon

Have a great day!

Hugs,
Denine

Happy Cinco de Mayo - Celebrate


Hello Fellow Craft Bloggers,
I am so excited to be part of The Gyptian's – The Bug Bytes Design Team, Thank you so much Pam!
I am so appreciative that I have been given the opportunity to join a group of ladies that are so amazingly talented.

I wanted to create a card for my husband to take to work for his co-workers as well as using the COM. (Cartridge of the month)
This was a challenge for me. I don't use Accent Essentials for much more than the flowers but I was pleasantly surprised with some of the cuts I never thought about using. No wonder this was one of the cartridges included with the purchase of the Expression. I believe I will be using it more often now. J
When I think of Cinco de Mayo, my 1st thought is of all the festive colors and ruffled dresses and lights and bright foods. So, I wanted my card to be a visual color blast. I didn't do anything fancy, just simple cuts and assembly.

Here is the DS File – The only cartridge used is Accent Essentials. Cinco de Mayo - Celebrate Cut File

I laid out the page for 6 colors on the cutting mat. 6 – 3 by 6 pieces of paper/cardstock.


Do you just love when the cuts actually work. - hehe



Assembly of the flowers and the border

Some Close ups.


Supplies I used:
Cardstock – The Paper Company and
Brads – Making Memories
Glitter Glue – Hampton Art (a la mode) and Sulyn Industires (Fred Meyer's)
Ribbon – ¼" Offray Grossgrain
Ink – Studios G (white) and Stampology (peridot – green, I just fell in love with this color.. why you ask. No idea!!)
Stamp – Making Memories (express it – magnetic stamps)
Adhesive – Zip dry (love this glue, just wish it didn't clog up at the end) and foam dimensional (generic – from OfficeMax)
Well, I hope you enjoyed my simple little card. I sure had fun making it and challenging myself to be 'organized' with all the information. This is the first time I have uploaded a DS file, so I am pretty proud of myself.
Hugs, and thanks for taking a peek at my project!


Happy Cinco de Mayo!!
Denine

Monday, May 3, 2010

NSD MPS Challenge 2, 5 and 7

This is my submission for the National Scrapbooking Day - My Pink Stamper Challenge 2


Ok, this was so much fun making.  I was surprised how cute it turned out being that all of it was from scraps.

This is for Challenge 7 - "Hey Dad"
I am pretty excited about this one too!  A paper bag book for dad for fathers day.  Will add more pics soon.

And my last submission is for Challenge 5 "Teacher's Appreciation"
My first thought of teachers is the Tree of knowledge. 
So, there is a big Thank You for everything.

Thanks for stopping by.
Hugs,
Denine

NSD MPS Challenge 1

This is my submission for the National Scrapbooking Day - My Pink Stamper Challenge 1

Mom was over on Saturday and requested a bookmark because she keeps returning all her bookmarks with the books she returns to the library.  So I thought this was very appropriate for the 1st Challenge.

NSD... Oh My!!

Wowza.. what a weekend of fabulous blog posts and challenges and prizes and everything crafty!
This is my first year participating in the NSD and I just love that it has such a following.  I hope EVERYONE had as much fun as I did.
I will be posting my project a little later today.

A huge thank you to all of those that inspired me with your beautiful projects and ideas. I must have visited 50 or more blogs this weekend, and I was only on the computer for abour 4 hours.  : )

Below are a few of my Favorites, so far... please pop on over to their blogs.

Pam at The Bug Bytes
Robyn at My Pink Stamper
FlowerDisco's Scrap Hut
Sheila at She's a Sassy Lady
Beatriz at Amazing Grace
Kimberly at My Craft Spot
Tanya at Time for Scrappin

A big hug to all of you!

Please forgive the untidiness of my blog, I am updating and trying to decide how I want things to look.

Have a GREAT Monday!
We are having a wind storm today.. yikes... keep my little one up all night.  uugggg

Hugs,
Denine