Twos-Day 1/27

I told you I was in Valentine Mode, finally!

Today's projects are brought to you by my most excellent SU! consultant and BS1 Bab's over at Babbie Blogs. I am a saver of scraps. All the pattern paper for these two projects was left over from our treat holders that we made at our last S7 Meeting. It is SU! double sided paper. The stamp is from Michaels $1 holiday stamp bin. Punched with the EK whale of a punch circle. Ribbon is Wal-mart. Corner punches on card are made with an EK stitching punch, left unstitched. There is a Ghiradelli chocolate square in the little package, the base of which is the SU! Top Note die cut. Ink is SU! Riding Hood Red. Hearts in the center of the stamps is stamped on the pattern paper and cut and paper pieced onto the image.

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Just a random thought here. This past Sunday, without football, was the LONGEST DAY IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD! I can't believe how darn long the day was, it was like it was NEVER going to end! On a bright note, just a few more days til the SUPER BOWL!

A link for my PITTSBURGH STEELER FANS....

STEELER ADDICTS.com!

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Take care!

Monday Ebay

Monday, Jan 26

First things first! Be sure to pop over to The 3 E's blog to wish The Bag Ho a Happy Birthday!

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I am a big fan of handmade paper-piecings so you will see lots of those on this feature. That is why I chose this particular Ebay item for today's feature. I just loved it!

BORN TO BE WILD

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I have a few bonus Ebay links for you as well though, since Valentine's Day is coming up. A couple of things to say about these. First they are adorable, second, WOW! I wonder who I could get to pay that kind of price for them.

HERSHEY NUGGETS VALENTINE 1

HERSHEY NUGGETS VALENTINE 2

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Bear with me this week, I will be working six in a row, which is ALOT for me. I am trying to keep ahead of the features as best as I can, so far so good!

Take care!

Wednesday- SCS Card Sketch Challenge

Yes, It is Sunday, I am a few days late, work with me here... I wanted to give it a try to see how it would work. I had no luck downloading the sketch directly, so I had to print and scan it to post it. Then I had to actually make a card using the sketch. It did finally boot me into Valentine Mode though!!!

The sketch and all other information can be found at Splitcoast Stampers.

LINK TO SKETCH CHALLENGES

LINK TO SUBSCRIBE TO CHALLENGES

LINK TO THIS WEEKS SKETCH GALLERY

My card based on the sketch. I will tell you as much about the materials as I can recall. The base CS is DCWV from a stack. Both pattern papers are from a big pack of coordinating papers that have been in my stash for quite some time. Ribbon is from Wal-mart. Large stamped image is from Michaels $1 bin. Punched with EK whale of a punch. XOXO stamp is from a set of Valentine stamps purchased on clearance at JoAnn's a few years back. Ink is SU! Riding Hood Red, stamped off once to mute the color some. Small ovals were cut with oval & companion Coluzzle. Aren't I just a wealth of helpful information!
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I do enjoy the sketch challenge. It is a very good way to help along in the design of your cards. Think of it as a recipe, but you can choose the ingredients. If you decide to make your own card for the challenge please link it in the comments for the rest of us to see! I will upload mine tomorrow, since SCS doesn't do uploads on Sunday's to give the moderators a break.

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Take care!

We Have a Winner!

Last evening, before I fell asleep on the couch... yes, I do that most nights... I wrote down each name from Monday's comments. I am old fashioned, what can I say, no random number generators for me. My DH, Ken picked one for me and as you can see below the winner of Monday's goodies is.....

Barb R. from Bedford, I will be sending the goodies your way!!!

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Thanks ladies for the comments, I am so glad that you stuck around while I was down!

I am still working out the features for other days of the week, and may need to tweak Friday as well, since I didn't have a friend to showcase this week. I am pretty sure that on Wednesday I want to feature the Splitcoast Stampers Sketch Challenge and I think that I am going to have Random Thoughts Thursdays to catch all the other stuff of life.

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Take care, Have a good weekend!

Twos-Day

How about Two for Tuesday... one stamp (or sticker or embellishment, paper, whatever...) two cards. I chose the stamp that I am giving away... if you like it let a comment on Sunday's post. I know I should be working on Valentine's Day, but all this darn snow has me stuck here in the winter groove. (For the record, I did not use the actual stamp that I am giving, I bought one for myself, too!)

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Today's projects were a notecard and some of Mish's no fold flat front notes. Quick and easy, gotta love it. I did kick it up a notch with some glittery sparkles to accent the snowflakes.

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Take care!

Monday is for Ebay!

One of my pass times when I am not blurifng...LOL, I love that word, is to browse around on Ebay to see what beautiful and creative things are being sold by incredibly talented paper crafters. I thought that each Monday I would share one that I really liked. Today's can be found at this link--- Wizard of Oz Tear Bear Pieces. The gal that made these is WOWOWOW talented! They are gorgeous! Oh, to have the time and talent to make them!

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Growing up here in the sticks without cable TV, The Wizard of Oz was one of those movies that we watched every year like clock work when it was on TV and it was a BIG DEAL! (Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory was another one and The Sound of Music was the other one! Fond memories of both!) I have a set of Wizard of Oz Christmas tree ornaments. Every now and then when I am feeling nostalgic I will get out the VHS and watch one of those movies, I own them all. How is that for an interesting bit of info about me.

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Just a reminder... comment on yesterdays post to be entered for the blog candy!

Send me something if you want to be my Friend this Friday!

Take Care!

A Shameless Bribe from a BAD BLOGGER!

I am not above bribing... Giving away these stamps and ribbons to my faithful followers. Thanks for sticking around while I recuperated and got some of my creative Mojo back. All you have to do is let a comment on this post to let me know you are still out there. I will draw a winner on Friday, January 23. Thanks for hanging out with me!

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Crop registrations are starting to arrive! YEAH!!! Can't wait to see you all there! We will be in the dining hall again this time. I have four great vendors lined up, Grove's of Huntingdon, Scrapbooks by Inches, and Creative Memories and Sharon's Handmade Cards!
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My first weekly feature is going to be "Friends on Friday" so if you are a non-blogging friend I would LOVE to SHOWCASE YOUR CREATION on an upcoming Friday. Just email me a scan or photo of card or page that you made and I will post it up. I have some of the most talented friends out there, so I know there will be lots of great things to post!

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I am feeling much better, just the tiniest bit of a sore throat remains. One final thought---
GO STEELERS! WE LOVE YA BLACK & GOLD!!!!!

I Feel Like I Missed the Holidays

Hi Everyone!

Sorry for the long lapse in posting. I have been pretty darn sick. It started the day after Christmas and got worse from there on. I took a couple vacation days while Trav was here and wound up sleeping pretty much for 48 hours straight. Worked New Year's Eve, sick and at that point could go no further. Called off sick NY Day evening and went to the Dr. the next day. I have strep throat, a sinus infection and an infected lymph node. The side of my neck was swollen and hard like a rock and I could barely turn my head. She put me on a very high dose of a very strong antibiotic with the stipulation that if I could not swallow the pills I was to be admitted for IV antibiotics or if I did not start to feel better by Sunday that I would go to the ER for the IV. Thankfully I am feeling a bit better today and I am able to swallow the pills, so I dodged the hospital stay!

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If you have a messy crafty room like mine I suggest heading over to Babbie Blogs.. she is having a messy room contest. Don't be shy... I sent my pic in and it is BAD!!!

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I hope your New Year got off to a better start than mine. I am thinking that I would like to do regular features here on EB for 2009. Monday would be this thing, and Tuesday something else... Let me know what you would like to see!

Take care!