My BIG Candy!

Hello everyone! I have got some great news for you.. I am giving away a HUGE Candy!!! Now.. This might be a little complicated, but I promise it is well worth it!

Ok... here is how everything is going to work...

I will be giving away a candy that will grow as more people participate (this is why there is no picture). I will update as things get added to this candy. Every 10 new followers I get I will add something to the candy (and who knows, 'tis the season so maybe even more often than that!). See the bottom of this post for a list of what is included in the BIG candy.

I want to let you all know about this great service since Christmas is coming and a lot of people do their shopping online. Ebates! What is it? Well, Ebates is a service that works with many online companies and offers YOU cash back for purchases made through them at many popular shopping sites! How great is that?! They have all sorts of companies.. Joanns, Walmart, Target, eBay, you name it.

So, as part of this candy if you sign up for Ebates through the link below you'll get extra entries. And.. if I get 5 people to sign up with my link and make a $25+ purchase through ebates (using the account made from the link below) by December 31, 2010 I will choose 1 winner to recieve a $25 gift certificate to the store of your choice. If 20+ people sign up for ebates and make a $25+ purchase I will choose a total of 5 winners to recieve a $25 gift certificate to the store of their choice! If I get 50+ people to sign up and make a $25+ purchase through ebates I will choose 12 winners to recieve a $25 gift certificate to the store of their choice! (Participants are only qualified for the $25 gift certificate(s) if they make a purchase of $25 or more from an eBates account made using the link below by 12-31-10).

How to enter for the candy:

***REQUIRED***
For 1(one) entry - You must be a follower (or become a follower) and leave a comment letting me know you are.
***Extra Entries***
(these are EXTRA ways to enter and are NOT required)
For 1(one) extra entry - Comment once to let me know you have posted about my candy on your blog (or sidebar) with a link back to my candy.
For 3(three) extra entries - Comment ONLY one time with the ebates username you get by signing up for an Ebates account by clicking on the following link: http://tinyurl.com/eBatesCandy (I need your username so that I can verify your entry)
For 10 (ten) extra entries - Comment ONLY one time to let me know you have made a purchase of $25+ using your new ebates account. (I have a way to verify you made a purchase using your ebates username.)
*** NOTE ***
The $25 gift certificate(s) are only available to those who complete the steps to earn all 15 enteries described above.

You will have until 12/31/2010 11:59PST to enter! This means your comments must be placed by December 31, 2010 11:59PST! NO late entries will be counted! The winner(s) will be announced no later than January 7 2011 on my blog. Please make sure to leave a way to contact you in your comments.

This is for residents of the United States and Canada ONLY!

So let me break it down for clarification: (I find that lists are easier to understand)

1. BIG Candy that I will add an item to for every 10 new followers
2. 1 winner $25 gift certificate if I have 5 people sign up using the link for Ebates and make a purchase of $25 or more through the ebates account made from my link by 12-31-2010
3. 5 winners $25 gift certificates if I have 20 people sign up using the link for Ebates and make a purchase of $25 or more through the ebates account made from my link by 12-31-2010
4. 12 winners $25 gift certificates if I have 20 people sign up using the link for Ebates and make a purchase of $25 or more through the ebates account made from my link by 12-31-2010

If you are the winner of the BIG candy and you made a purchase of $25 or more through the Ebates account made from my link you will be the winner of one of the $25 gift certificates!

I really hope you will all take part in my BIG candy and pass the word around to your friends (to give yourself more chances to win)!

The BIG candy will include:

• 1 Martha Stewart Scoring Board

• 1 Hannah Montana Cricut Cartridge
• 1 Cricut Emboss A2 Folder Kit

Thanks for stoppin' by and have a great day!

New Years bottle Sleeve

This week at SweetSassyDiva DT we were asked to make a New Years project! I made this sleeve with a little card. It fits perfectly around sparkling apple cider (or even wind bottles im sure). I cut this down to approx 10 inches x 3.5 inches in the blue (for the entire cover). I took some firework stamps and stamped them randomly around the blue sleeve with white and silver ink. I took a white envelope and cut it down to about 2.5 x 3 inches and inked the edges in blue, wrote the sentiment and free handed the blue fireworkds on the edges in blue Scribbles 3d paint. I then adhered the open side of the envelop and left the top open then glued the whole envelope down to make a little pocket. I made the card to go inside the pocket with some of the leftover blue. I stamped it with fireworkds the same way and wrote the centiments in white Scribbles 3d paint. The card its aprox 2.25x2.75 when folded in half. The top is some silver tissue paper wrapped around and tied on with a blue ribbon. simple and super cute hope you enjoy!

Have a great day and thanks for stoppin' by!

Stocking Stuffer Boxes

This week at SweetSassyDiva DT we were asked to make a last minute stocking stuffer! I made these little boxes.

Recipe:
12x12 blue, green & white cardstock
Sure Cuts A Lot

Cricut

Adhesive

Clear Plastic sheet

ink pad (your choice of color)

Instructions:

Made the box file to cut in SCAL.. it's a plain box and I added different shapes to the top in SCAL and cut them out. I then scored them, folded them, adhered them together. I inked the edges one in black in and the other 2 in silver ink. I cut down my clear plastic to fit over the shapes on the top and adhered them to the inside of the lid. Simple. I put some truffles inside the boxes, tied some ribbon around some (to hold them closed) and stuffed them inside the stockings..

Thanks for stoppin' by and I hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

mc friendship corner candy

M-C's Friendship Corner candy!!! go check it out HERE!

Elmo Christmas card

Made this Christmas Elmo card for one of my cousins.. the pocket on the inside to hold the money was made with an envelope that i cut in half. Elmo is from the Sesame Street cart and the paper is from my stash!

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Glitterbabe's challenge - #25
Stamping Vaction - To someone who loves Winter
Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - Silver, Blue & white

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Home & some candy

Hey Im finally home been here since yesterday wanted to make a quick post about this amazing candy over at Taylord Concepts So head on over there for a chance to win!

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Jayden's 1st Birthday Party Supplies!

My little baby Jayden is turning 1 on January 11, 2011! I cannot believe how fast this year went.. Im gonna cry on her birthday I just know it.. (I cry on her month birthdays lol). I have all of this stuff made kind of early (we're doing her party on Jan 1, 2011 so that family can come since we'll be home then). Why so early you ask? Well... we are leaving WY (and my Cricut and all my crafty things) On Dec 12 and won't be back until Jan 5 so I have to get it done now!

This week at SweetSassyDiva DT our challenge was to make party stuff.. (invites, banners, gift bags, cakes etc.)

- What you'll need -

For the invites:

premade cards (I made a total of 19)
blue card stock

bright blue ink pad

hot pink card stock

neon green card stock

purple card stock

black card stock

black Glaze pen

black ink pad

clear accents

Plantin SchoolBook

Create A Critter

Cricut

adhesive

Cuttlebug

divine swirls embossing folder

For the gift bag:

brown gift bag (got mine at the dollar tree 2 for $1)

hot pink cardstock

blue card stock

purple card stock

neon green card stock

black glaze pen

adhesive

double sided foam tape
Create A Critter

Wild West

Cricut

- How To Make It -

The invites:

Cut the blue cardstock to the size of your premade cards (a little smaller than the front) and emboss with the Cuttlebug and Divine Swirls folder. Take your blue ink pad and rub over the blue card stock to give a little dimension to the swirls. Adhere the blue cardstock to the front of the card. With Create A Critter cut some whales and jellyfish (I cut my whales and large jellyfish at 3 inches and my smaller jellyfish at 2 inches). I cut them in pink and purple and saved the green for the tags (its a girl party so I just wanted the green to be an accent). Adhere the whales and jellyfish on the cards (upper middle). With Plantin SchoolBook cut out the #1 using roly poly at 11/4 inch in the green, purple & pink cardstock. Cut some strips of green & pink (they are the ones the words will show best on) approx. 1x4 inches and distress the edges using the black ink pad. Write the sentiment (I had wrote all of mine a stamp or printed version would work just fine) with the black Glaze pen. I just decided to come up with my own theme for Jaydens party, I already knew what I wanted so I didn't have to search for anything. I placed the strips diagonally and put opposite colored 1's over the end of the strip. I then covered the 1's in clear accents to give it the look of water.

The gift bag:
I cut the purple jellyfish at 4inches and the pink whale at 5inches. Adhered them to the bag toward the middle. Cut the strips of waves by the whale by hand and put foam tape on the bottom one to make it pop. I also cut the bubbles by the jellyfish out by hand. Using Create A Critter I cut the "happy birthday" at 2 inches in green, and with Wild West I cut all the other letters and the 1's. I cut the green 1 using shadow at 3 inches and the purple at 3 inches w/o shadow on, and the shadow green "st" at 2inches and w/o shadow in purple at 2inches. Cut "Jayden" in both green and purple at 2 inches (and shadowed them myself using opposites). I cut the "BABY" at 2 inches and the "baby" at 1.5 inches in hot pink. Easy!

I am entering these into the following challenges:

The Invites:

Peachy Keen Stamps - #43 Embossing

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RRR candy!

Hey everyone head on over to Really Reasonable Ribbon to see how to enter for a chance to win their great candy!!

Mini Album SweetSassyDiva DT project

The challenge for the SweetSassyDiva DT this week is to make a mini album with a binding machine or binder rings. I do not yet have a binding machine so I made a mini album using binder rings.

Recipe:

chipboard
2- 1inch binder rings

3 - 41/8 x 9 1/2 envelopes

patterned papers

different ribbons

big bite

adhesive

Instructions:

For the chipboard cover you will need two 4.5x5 inch & one 1 3/4 x 5 inch piece of chip board, one 6x12 piece of patterned paper (that you want on the outside of your book), one patterned paper 1/4 smaller than 6x12 for the inside of the cover. There is a tutorial on how to make this cover/binding at The Paper Trail I figured this would be much easier than me trying to explain it to you! (For my book I only used 2 rings and i put them in at 1.5 inches from the top and from the bottom.)

For the pages inside the book I cut down different patterned papers to 4.5x5 and adhered two pages together so that they were double sided.. do as many of these as you like. On a few of these I took some of the leftover papers after cutting them and made little strip pockets on the bottom.. just tape down on the bottom and sides this will make a pocket.

For the envelope pages I made 2 different types. For the first type I just cut the envelopes in half and sealed the envelope where the sticky stuff is on them.. this will make a pocket. I then covered both outsides in paper (approx. 4x4.5). Then I made tags to go inside of these.. they are also approx 4x4.5. punch a hole in the middle and tie with ribbon.. remember that you will have rings going through the side so the tag may need the ribbon more off to a side so that it appears to be the center.

For the second envelope pocket pages (these are soooo great) I have not seen these anywhere before (so I guess I came up with these on my own), if you've seen them somewhere else before disreguard that lol. Ok, for the second envelope pockets I folded the envelope in half (with the part you would normally put an address on on the inside). Put a strip of adhesive down each side (not the top) to seal it and form a pocket. The patterned paper to fit on these should also be approx 4x4.5 adhere to the envelope outsides by sliding behind the triangel pocket. To cover the triangel pocket you will need to cut your patterned paper to fit. On these envelope pocket pages you have a place for 3 tags.. the middle tag should be approx 4x4.5 and the triangel pocket tags should be 1/4inch smaller than 4x4.5.

Very simple book and very cute. I tied some different random Christmas ribbons around the rings but you can do whatever you like. I didn't add many embellishments I thought this was better as far as allowing you to imagine all the things you could do with a book like this. I hope you enjoyed it!

I am entering this into the following challenge:

Really Reasonable Ribbon - #13 anything but a card

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Prairie Fairy Candy

Hey everyone I spotted this and thought.. wow i better share this news! So Prairie Fairy has moved back to blogger and to celebrate....? Amazing Candy! Head on over to the Prairie Fairy Blog to see how to enter for a chance to win this candy!

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WINNER (Post-it blog hop)

Using Random.org the winner for the Post-it Paper Blog Hop was just picked. The Winner of the Recollections stamp set is................

Ann W (ann55w)! Congratulations! I am sending you an email now... (If you don't see it in your inbox please check your spam I have a feeling that's where my emails have been going lately). You will have 48 hours from this post to send me your mailing address (babyblueangel_30@yahoo.com) or else I will have to choose another winner. Congrats again!

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Post-it Paper Blog Hop (Shaker Card)

Sorry for the wrong date but I couldn't figure out how else to make this go above my other sticky post!

If you came here from Carissa's Blog than you're in the right place! If not, hop on over to SweetSassyDiva for the full lineup!

This is my first shaker card (done right, second ever). I hope that you enjoy it.. it did take some time (mainly because this was m first attempt to do a shaker card correctly).

Recipe:

Doodle Charms

Create A Critter

Snowflake pattern paper

White foam

White Post-it paper

Glacier Post-it paper

Sunshine Post-it paper

Clear paper/plastic (I used the old cover from a Cricut mat)

Blue Glaze pen

Blue ink pad

Adhesive

Blue Scribbles 3d paint

Black Scribbles 3d paint

White Scribbles 3d paint

Blue glitter

White glitter

Clear/White tiny glass beads

6.5 x 5 white premade card

Instructions:

Using Doodle Charms cut out the snow globe at 4 inches using the White Post-it paper and using the Glacier Post-it paper cut out the globe using shift at 4 inches. Using Create A Critter cut out the main penguin in White Post-it paper at 2 inches and the beak and feet with the Sunshine Post-it paper at 2 inches. Take the black Scribbles 3d paint and paint the area of the penguin that should be black (you can fallow the cut lines) and the eyes. Then use the White Scribbles 3d paint to paint the area of the penguin that should be white (this gives some texture). Peel the Sunshine beak and feet and adhere to the the penguin.

With the snow globe, use the White Scribbles 3d paint to paint a little snow mound on the bottom of the inside of the white globe and also some snowflakes or dots around the globe area. Take the Glacier globe and cut out the center leaving a small outline. Place the Glacier globe on some white foam and trace the outline. Cut the white foam so that it fits under the Glacier outline without showing (making sure there there is no gaps, this must be solid to hold in your beads and glitter). Adhere the Glacier boarder to a clear sheet of plastic (I used an old Cricut Mat protective sheet) and cut off the excess. Adhere the foam outline to the plastic (making sure it does not show through the other side).

Once your Scribbles paint is dried on both your globe and penguin, peel off the backing and adhere the penguin to the middle of the globe (the white main globe). Put some beads and glitter over top of the penguin. Adhere the top of the globe (I used ATG tape since it does not have to dry and can leave a solid line of adhesive) to the white globe and its done!

Now, adhere your snowflake paper to the cover of the card and adhere the globe on top of that. Cut a small circle (I did this by hand) out of the Glacier Post-it paper and ink the edges with blue ink. Then write your sentiment on that and adhere it down to the top area and your card is done!

Now.. what would a hop be without candy?! I have the above stamp set to giveaway. To enter for a chance to win all you have to do is:

1. become a follower

2. post a comment on this post by Sunday December 5, 2010 @ 11:59 PM PST

Thats it!! Super easy! I will choose a winner on Monday December 6, 2010 using Random.org. I will also announce the winner on December 6 right here on my blog. If I do not hear from the winner within 48 hours (this will be around mid Wednesday, Dec 8) I will choose a new winner! Good luck everyone!

http://sweetsassydiva-gspot.blogspot.com/ SweetSassyDiva

http://creationswithbecka.blogspot.com/ Rebecca

http://loksico.blogspot.com/ Carissa

http://babyjaydensmommy.blogspot.com/ Jamie you are HERE

http://laura-imaginewhatyoucando.blogspot.com/ Laura is NEXT

http://scrapbookaholicbyabby.com/ Abby

http://almabrooksblog.blogspot.com/ Alma

http://kristinscraftykitchen.blogspot.com/ Kristin

http://mymentalinstability.blogspot.com/ Jennifer

Now hop on over to Laura's Blog to check out her beautiful project!

Also don't forget to enter for a chance to win My BIG Candy!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Grouch Chrirstmas Card

Our challenge this week at the SweetSassyDivaDT was to make a Christmas card using the Scotch Post-It Paper. I made this Oscar the Grouch Christmas card to give to one of my cousins (she loves Oscar).

Recipe:

Black textured cardstock

White Post-it paper

Crimson Post-it paper

Lime Post-it paper

Cocoa Post-it paper

Silver ink pad

Gold Adirondack Mixatives Alcohol ink (Tim Holtz)

6.5 x 5 inch white card

Christmas patterned paper (DCWV Holiday Collection the Christmas Stack)

Small paint brush

Sesame Street Friends cart

Happy Hauntings cart

Cricut

Instructions:

Using the Sesame Street Friends cart cut out Oscar1 at 3 inches, "blackout" with the black cardstock, "white" & "Layer 1" with the white Post-it paper, "Layer 2" with the Crimson Post-it paper, "Body" with the Lime Post-it paper, "Layer 3" with the Cocoa Post-it paper.

Using the Happy Hauntings cart cut out the "M e r r y" using the white Post-it paper at 1 inch.

Take the white garbage can and ink over it with your silver ink pad to give it the realistic look (I would have used a different color but I thought this would be a nice touch). Assemble Oscar. Adhere your patterned Christmas paper to the front of the card (make sure you have it cut a little smaller than the main card) and adhere Oscar to the bottom left of the patterned paper. Put a small amount of the gold alcohol ink on a piece of plastic or an acrylic block, using your paint brush paint on some of the gold ink over the letters from the Happy Hauntings cart. Peel and stick these letters to the top of your card (above Oscars head). With the gold ink write "Christmas" across the middle of the card just by using the tip of the ink itself. Let it dry and you're done! Hope you enjoyed my card!

Im entering this card in the following challenges:

Cooking with Cricut - #7

The Paper Variety - Tic Tac Toe

Thanks for stoppin' by and have a great day!

-Jamie

Candy

for a chance to win the above candy go to HERE!

for a chance to win the candy pictured above go to Cabios Craft Corner to see how to enter for a chance to win

2 Page Scrapbook LO

I made this 2 page scrapbook layout for one of the scrapbooks I'm making for people this year for Christmas. This page is going in the book I'm making for my cousin/best friend (Mai).. It's of the very first time she saw Jayden in person (aside from when she came home and went to an ultrasound).

I am entering this LO in the following challenge (also where I got the sketch):

The Paper Variety - Very Special Sketch (2 page layout)

Noel Banner

This was my very first attempt at a banner! I chose Noel because it is my baby girl Jayden's middle name. It was a fairly simple project and it turned out so cute. I altered chipboard coasters from Michaels to make this.

I am entering this banner into the following challenges:

Penny Paper-Crafty Challenge - #42 (alter something)

Die Cut Dreams Challenge - #75 (anything but a card)

Instructions: I took 6 sheets of red cardstock and cut them just a little smaller than 4x4 so that they would have a little bit of a green border (the coasters were green when I got them), and I rounded the corners. I adhered the red cardstock to 4 of the coasts. I embossed the other 2 sheets of red cardstock with Devine Swirls and inked over the top with red ink to help the swirls stand out more and adhered them to the other 2 coasters. With the Pooh Font cartridge I cut out the letters NOEL in white at 3.5 inches using Shift & Marker Shadow.. and then I cut out NOEL again with the green dotted paper at 3.5 inches using Shift & Marker and adhered the green letters over the white to help them pop. I then adhered the felt angels on the two coasters with the embossed cardstock and added a red bow on the outer corner. I put a snowman button in the middle of the "O" using foam tape. Using my Big Bite I punched holes in the top corners of all coasters and threaded the green, red, and white ribbon throught the holes. And.. tada.

Recipe:
6 - 4x4 chipboard coasters (Michaels, these had green paper on them already)
6 - approx. 4x4 sheets of red cardstock
approx. 5 feet of white, red & green ribbon
Big Bite
Pooh Font cartridge
Cricut Expression
Devine Swirls Embossing folder
Cuttlebug
Red Ink
green dotted patterned paper
white cardstock
snowman button
felt angel cuts (hobby lobby)
double sided foam tape
ATG gun

Don't forget to enter for a chance to win my Big candy HERE!

Thanks for stoppin' by and have a great day!

wee memories candy

go check out how to enter for a chance to win all of this by clicking HERE!

My very 1st blog award

Last night I recieved my very first blog award, how exciting!! I was awarded by Amanda of My Scrappin' Obsession! Thank you so much Amanda :)!

From what I've read, I am supposed to pick 3 things that make me or my blog unique.. *sigh*. I am also supposed to pick 5 other blogs to award..

1. Im always learning something new in the papercrafting world.. so I have different stuff often.. like when I learn something new.

2. Due to my husbands job I've had the oppertunity to move all over the country and have been to tons of different places.. therefore I have seen a lot of cool places and a lot of not so cool places lol!

3. I am a professional photographer.. (own my own wedding photography business and a studio in my basement) so I have TONS upon TONS of pics to scrap... If nothing else you'll at least get some photography ideas from my studio shots of my baby. I even set up shoots around scrapbook page ideas I have haha :D

The 5 blogs I award are:

Bobbi Jo - SweetSassyDiva

Vera - Ling's Design Studio

Rhonda - Scrap Happens

Jen - The Purple Scrapbooker

Mindy - Pretty little Paper Love

On another note.. I will soon be posting about a HUGE blog cany Im giving away! There will be tons of stuff and the more people I have participate the more candy there will be.. it's gonna be BIG! I mean BIG! :). So stay tuned for that.. it should be up this week sometime.

Also today we're leaving town (a business trip for the hubby) we'll be up in the North East part of WY and on Friday we're goin to Devils Tower and Mt Rushmore.. should be fun .. and then we'll be back on Friday. So I wont have any crafts up this week :(

More news.. I am also goin to be starting work on a few Christmas gifts and Jayden's 1st birthday invites.. so i'll have some of that stuff posted sometime in the near future.. And lastly, Jayden & I will be flying home for Christmas on Dec 12 and we wont be getting back to WY until around Jan 5 or so.. so no crafts in that time either.. I will still check in and post some pics and stuff though. We'll be having Jayden's first birthday early so that our families can celebrate with us.

Thanks for stoppin' by and have a great day!

boy layout

I made this boy scrapbook layout from the sketch Big Sketch Contest goin on over at My creative Scrapbook.

This is goin to also be entered in the following challenge:
Getting Cricky with K Andrew - Boyish

I used the Wild West cartridge to make this layout!

Thanks for stoppin by and have a great day!