RUBBER IN THE ROAD!

Sorry I have been gone so long but the weather has been so nice that the hubby and I have gone on our motorcycles as much as possible since the benefit.  This labor day weekend we went to a Jack & Jill party on Saturday, then to Howe Caverns in Cobleskill, NY on Sunday.  It was so nice on Monday that we went again on a ride to Tupper Lake making a circle from Westmoreland toTupper, around Cranberry and through Harrisville, Croghan, Lowville and then back home.  We got a little sprinkle in Rome for a brief minute but it was a great day.  It's always nice when our friend Robert is feeling well enough to go for a ride.

CARDS!

I finally got a chance to create something and post it too! I am entering this in the Dream Valley, Paper Pretties, and Whoopsi Daisy challenges.

Well, it is not exactly a card, but I used all the same materials from my stash to make this shadow box.  I am going to donate it to the raffle for the Benefit I mentioned in my last post.  Here are the details:

Michaels
12 x 12 Shadow Box Frame
Pearl paper

Hobby Lobby
Bees (from the dollhouse department)

 DCWV
12 x 12 textured card stock - caramel, cream

Cricut Cartridges
George and Basic Shapes
Geographically Speaking
Elegant Edges
Storybook

personal stash
pink, green, white paper
White Glitter snowballs
Yellow ink
Brown Calligraphy Pen
foam squares


I used my printer and Scriptina Pro font downloaded from FONT SPACE for the inspirational saying on the  base layer of caramel.  I wrote over this with a Calligraphy pen in brown because it wasn't dark enough.  The sentiment reads "Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, its about learning to dance in the rain"

Cream textured card stock on next layer with a 7" oval cut from George Cartridge using center point feature.

White oval cut at 8" from Elegant Edges Cartridge and inside trimmed to fit 7" oval.

Daisies cut using Graphically Speaking Cartridge from pearl paper at 3, 2.5, 2, and 1.5 and layered together with petals staggered and curled.  Little daisies are 1,5 and 1" layered together.  I colored the white glitter snowballs for the daisy centers yellow using an ink pad.

Leaves are cut from Storybook at 2, 1.5, and 1"
Pink flower cut at 1" with mint green centers at 3/4" both using Graphically Speaking.
Little caramel filler flower was a 1" circle fringed and rolled.

I added little bees on 2 foam squares to the bottom and top of the floral groups.

On the layer closest to the glass, I attached caramel scrolls to fill in the space.

Hope you like it!

NEWS!

Sorry I have been so busy lately.  I have been helping organize a benefit BBQ and Motorcycle Ride for a dear friend who has recently been diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.  His prognosis is good, but it is going to be a rough 6 months or so because he is a trucker and can't go back to it until he can repass his DOT upon completion of his treatments.  We are all hoping that we can get some money to help him and his family get through this time of need.  Thoughts and prayers are welcome and appreciated.

NEWS!

It's Action Wobble time so hit the launch party on July 13th and see lots of fun things to do.  I am going to get a project done with an Action Wobble so I might be featured.

Go to the site for more information!

http://www.action-wobbles.com/

♥ Summer Giveaway!! ♥

Fabulous giveaway from Creating from the heart!

MONDAY, JULY 16, 2012

♥ Summer Giveaway!! ♥

♥♥ Please scroll down for new Posts! Thank you!! ♥♥

Time to celebrate Summer! And why not do it with a giveaway?!! I thought why not give away some of my favorite summer things at the moment!! So here we go....

 ♥ We R Memory Keepers Lucky 8 Punch, Eternal Heart (Love this!!)

 ♥ Fancy Pants Time for Spring Kit

 ♥ Kaiser Craft The Lakehouse 6.5 x 6.5 Paper Pad

 ♥ Kaiser Craft The Lakehouse Clear Stamp

 ♥ Simple Stories Summer Fresh Collection

 ♥ If I receive over 400 entries, I may throw in some more stuff and maybe, just maybe pick a second winner to receive something as well! ;)

 Now, you all know the drill! Leave me a comment on this post and post this giveaway on your blog, Facebook Wall, Tweet it, etc. Let me know how you will spread the word!

 And for a second entry, become a friend/follower or subscribe to my blog. Leave a second comment for that.

 This will stay open until Monday, July 16th. I will then announce my random winner a day or two after that! Good luck everyone!

 Have a wonderful Summer!!

 

$150.00 Joann Fabrics Gift Card "250 Follower Giveaway"

CHECK OUT THIS POST FROM MY CRAFTING CHANNEL!  IF YOU FOLLOW AND POST, YOU WILL HAVE UP TO 4 CHANCES TO WIN!

Saturday, May 12, 2012

$150.00 Joann Fabrics Gift Card "250 Follower Giveaway"

I have visited and followed blogs for some time now. It took me a long time to decide to give it a try and weeks to get the blog ready to publish. (Well it is really still a work in progress).

I noticed that Giveaways seem to be a way to generate followers and aid in getting a blog up and going. So here goes.

250 Follower Give-A-Way

Once I reach 250 followers I will giveaway a

$150.00 gift card to

WOW my entry for the DT challenge and DLART challenge netted me some great friends/followers and some new blogs to follow myself.  I just entered the 250 follower giveaway on My Crafting Channels blog.  Go there, follow, and win!  Thanks for all the great feedback.  I was beginning to wonder if I was going to get any hits at all but I guess the key is to enter some challenges.  It worked for me!