and the Winner Is....

And the winner is Cheryl KVD!!! Congratulations Cheryl!

CAKVD said...
Back to school means shopping!! I love all the sales that the stores have! My daughter is only 2.5, so it will mean much more to me in a few years!!Thanks!Cheryl KVD

Please email me with your address and I will get a box out in the mail to you on Wednesday of this week.

Thanks to everyone for playing.

Next Blog Candy Booty when we hit 2000. I can't wait!

New Favorite Card

This is my new favorite card. Last Saturday I was getting ready to attend a Stampin Up unit meeting and I needed a swap idea. I new I wanted to use my Priceless set, but was stumped for a spectacular idea. Thank goodness Splitcoast gallery was to the rescue. I spied the perfect card to gather my idea from lesarapp, (http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/605603? cat=10720&perpage=48 ) I made a few modifications to speed up the 20 card making process, and voila! I have my new favorite card. I glad not all 20 demonstrators showed so I had some extras to bring home.

I have fallen in love with whole BoHo collection, and this Outlaw designer paper....uhh, I have to order more. The funny part is that I'm not a western person, AT ALL, but I love SU's new western stuff. On this card I did use only the Priceless stamp set, Chocolate chip, Sahara Sand, and Soft Sky. For ink I used Really Rust and Chocolate Chip, I added a bit of Chocolate Chip grosgrain and I now have a card I can stamp any greeting on and it's perfect for every occasion.

Like I said, this is my new favorite card; I just love it!

Closing Blog Candy Booty Drawing

Wow! I will accept any last entries into the blog candy booty drawing until 12:00 p.m. (approximately an hour from now). I will draw this evening and post the winner tonight. Good Luck to everyone who entered.

I'm so excited I can't wait to see who wins this time.

Thanks everyone for playing.

Time For Blog Candy Booty

WOW!!! I am only 21 hits away from 1,500 views. This just boggles my mind. I will post a pic this evening of the booty to be had by a lucky winner. All you have to do is answer one of two questions (or both if you like). What does back to school time mean for you, if it does, and/or do you do anything special for Labor Day weekend to mark the sad end to summer fun?

Back to school doesn't hold much for me anymore now that my son is grown (wow that's a hard pill to swallow). Even though he is still my boy, I am glad to no longer endure the morning struggle of waking him up and the additional challenge of getting him to school on time. For myself, now that I have completed the hundred year plan for college; I am contemplating graduate school. Not sure if I'm read for that commitment completely.

As for Labor Day, this weekend marks the sad end to my favorite weekly farmer's market. It will close until Memorial Day weekend next year. I really enjoy Friday evenings wandering around the different stands tasting all of the fresh fruit. Two weeks after Labor Day I go camping so I don't have to fight for a good site and I there aren't as many others in the campground so it feels like I have more of Mother Nature to myself. I am a total tent camper. No trailers for me. I do have an air mattress, but I just love my tent. I can't wait!

Once my blog hits 1,500 hits, I will close the entries and randomly draw from my official Starbucks cup and announce the winner. I can't wait to see who it is this time!

Thank You sincerely for visiting my little spot on the web.

The Return to Stamping

I haven't put rubber to paper in way too long of a time. Work has just exhausted me. So I joined a swap. I knew that would force me to sit down and start stamping again. I think the real reason I have been in a funk is not attending Stampin Up convention this year. I was not able to get a ticket to the coveted session I. I could not attend session II. Alas, I have been left to only read about the fun and excitement I missed this year. But mark my words, wild dogs will not be able to keep me away next year.

I received my inspiration for this card's design from a http://inkpad.typepad.com/from_my_ink_pad_to_yours/2007/07/not-quite-shady.html This is a blog I pop in on from time to time. She has a wonderful tutorial a technique I had not seen before, Not Quite Shady Layers. I adapted the basic idea for this card from her sample. I really love this Baroque Motifs stamp set there will be more creatons from this one. I am really happy with the way this card came out. For the swap I customized each person in the swap's card with their monogram.

For this card I used Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke, and Elegant Eggplant cardstock, for ink I used Elegant Eggplant, and Purely Pomegranate; stamp sets used were canvas background, Headline Alphabet, and Baroque Motifs. I used my cutter kit to rough up the edges of my layers and for a splash of bling, I added a rhinestone brad from the ice collection. I hope everyone liked their card.