Iced IN !!!

OMG !! It has been a while .....and low and behold, we have been iced in our house for the last
3 days...which also means "No. School" for two teenagers ....grrrr ! Fortunately, it has given me time to actually work on getting a Website set up. Keep in touch so you can get inspired and maybe even purchase a card or two . And watch for post of my lastest Valentine card ideas !

Contest / Challenges

Hey everyone.. I've just added a new page to my blog ! "Contests / Challenges" .I'm still learning and I have finally figured out to add links for great challenges and contest that you might be interested in. So check back here and I'll try to keep you posted on new
Challenges/Contests monthly !

1. Lili of the Valley thursday challenge ----this one's easy, go check it out !

ScrapbookPal.com-contest

How would you like to win a FREE

Cricut Cartridge of your choice?

To enter follow these instructions:

Please post a positive comment on a Scrapbooking (crafting) message board or your blog about us. (please no facebook posts)

Post must include a clickable link to our homepage www.ScrapbookPal.com

Example: I just bought the Wild Card Cricut Cartridge from ScrapbookPal.com, I can't believe how fast they got it to me!

In that example we have linked both Cricut Cartridge and ScrapbookPal.com to our homepage.

Please be respectful to the message board and don't just spam them.

After making the post, send an email with the subject line as "CONTEST" to Contact@ScrapbookPal.com and include a direct link to your post about us.

To be eligible you must have a shipping address in the USA.

1 entry per post (each entry must be to a different site)

Example can not post to your own blog twice, you can post to your blog and a message board for 2 entries.

Each entry must be it's own email.

They will select 1 winner at random on the 15th and last day of the month. Winners will be notified by email after verifying the post.

All entries are deleted after the drawing and you must post another comment and email us again to be entered into the next round.

Double Slider Card

Recipe: Cuttlebug Build-a-flower (emboss & die), Gratitude embossing folder, various quality cardstock with coordinating patterned papers. The petals were die cut individually and embossed, chalked and layered with foam adhesive for dimension. Other embellishements include, meatl brads, fibers, satin ribbon, metallic vellum and Sizzix die (flowers & vines)

Mother's Day surprise !

OMG !!! I totally forgot to mention that I got a Cricut Cake for Mother's Day !! So excited about using it in my Cake making. I made this flower pot cake for our gathering and cut out the leaves with my new machine...it will take some getting used to, just like using the Expression for the first time, but I do have a friend that offered me a free lesson ! Yay!

Mother's Day Flower Pot Card !

Love my cricut...got this Flower pot image from Walk in My garden and cut out two pieces, added foam adhesive making it into a pocket and added a smaller card that pulls out. The handmade paper flowers are attached to the top edge of the pot and at the top edge of the pull out card. I embellished the pot with satin ribbon and rick rack, and chalked randomly around the edges.

Stamping Tip

Ok, I don't normally stamp, but have been really interested in incorporating some stamping into my card making and scrapbooking ! Soooo....I know we all have scrap paper and most of the time we really never to back to use it. Butttt ..I have a solution ...when making a card or adding a sentiment to a scrapbooking project that you are going to stamp and you find the right color of paper to match but it is a textured paper ( and those of us who will admit it, have stamped on textured paper and wondered why it looks sooo bad...well) The solution is to turn the paper over on the smoothe side and stamp ! Ta-Da !! Your stamped sentiment matches your other papers and it still looks good even though you stamped on textured paper ( who'll know ??!) Hee-hee..I won't tell.