Wanted to play....

I am SO tired. I really wanted to play catch up with the last 2 sketch challenges from The Paper Variety's Blogaversary and the new sketch from Apron Strings....but I am falling asleep at my desk! I can't think straight to make a layout!
It was a great weekend!! Saturday night we had my husband's work party for the large tire company he works for. It's black tie so we get all dressed up to the nines. I usually have my hari done and my makeup done but this year, I winged it. I think I came out ok ;) Then Sunday we drove up to Reno for the Gary Allan concert - our first concert together! The concert was awesome, Gary sings with such feeling and heart. I grew up listening to him so it was like going home.
So, no scrabook pages tonight....I did try. I will just leave you with a couple of photos. I am pooped. G'night!

A Little Thanksgiving Treat Box...

Hi Everyone!
I'm on a short Thanksgiving holiday, only a couple days...but I couldn't go without posting! I just wanted to share with you these adorable little treat boxes I made for table on Thanksgiving. I got this wonderful idea from My Pink Stamper, Robyn. Thanks Robyn!
First I cut all my Stampin' Up patterned paper into strips, 1" x 3". Then I used my tombow adhesive and wrapped the Hersheys Nuggets.

Then I put 6 in the pillow boxes I ordered from Clear Bags.com. (they are 3" x 1" x 5").

Then I used plain cardstock in more mustard and stamped it with my Autumn Splendor leaves using chocolate chip, real rust and more mustard.

After that it was ready to put together with some finishing touches. I stamped my Happy Thanksgiving stamp and used a 1" circle punch. Then I used my cricut (Accents cartridge) and cut some leaves. I stamped those with a leaf stamp from Stampin Up. I popped up the circle to give it some pop! I used one of the leaves as a name tag.


These worked great for a nice surprise place card. They were a hit!
Hope you all have a very blessed and Happy Thanksgiving! Hugsxx

An Exciting Announcement & A Couple Pictures!

Hi Everyone!!

It's good to be back from vacation! Colorado was beautiful. It snowed a little and the blanket of white over the mountains was simply serene. I had a great time with my boyfriend's family. We hung out, ate, gambled a wee bit and played the Nintendo Wii!

Here is a picture of Pike's Peak:

And here is Galen & I out for a walk in this winter wonderland, the air was SO fresh and crisp! Can you tell I cut my hair??!! (WHY did I DO it?!...I'm not really happy with it, it's TOO short! Can't wait for it to grow back! LOL)


So, while I was gone I decided to take on a VERY exciting venture and just HAVE to share it with you!! So here it is...you have heard of Unity Stamp Co, RIGHT?? Beautiful, high quality, deeply etched red rubber stamps mounted on static cling foam?? WELL, Unity has come out with a new line of stamps called IPPITY!


I will be an independent rep and will be selling the Ippity line of stamps!! I'm SO SO excited to share these awesome stamps with you at some great prices! They are SO cute!! I will also be holding stamp classes to share these stamps and help you create some gorgeous cards and projects for the holidays! I'm SO excited about that. There is more information about these stamps on MY NEW IPPITY BLOG HERE....
My Ippity Stamps
Check out these stamps and the awesome prices, let me know what you think! Also, sign up to be a Follower so you can watch for some SALES & BLOG CANDY coming up!! :)

10 Things I Love...& a Giveaway!

HI all!! I can't believe it's been 3 days since I posted last! =( I feel bad so I'm giving away a sweet treat to one lucky commenter from this post! Just leave me a comment and you're entered! I'll draw a random winner tomorrow so leave me a comment by 11:59 PST tonight! :) I know I still have to post my blog candy for Thanksgiving!...will do that when I get back! :)
It's been crazy here with the house I'm renting foreclosing and I've been frantically searching for homes to rent...AND I'm leaving for a 6 day vacation to Colorado tomorrow!! What timing huh? Well, we already got the tickets, so we are definitely going! I can't wait to visit my boyfriend's family there...and maybe play in the snow ;) I heard we might be going to the basketball game Friday night TOO! (Lakers & Nuggets) How FUN!
I am kinda bummed that I won't be scrapbooking or card making...BUT maybe I can sneak in a small project while I'm there or share some pretty pictures!
So here is my layout that I had a LOT of fun with....and only some frustration with chipboard and glue LOL. This comes from Scrapbook Challenges 10 Things I Love Challenge.


And a close-up for your enjoyment. :D

3 in 1 Challenge - Stuck on U sketches, Frosted designs, Practical Scrappers

This was a pretty fun sketch challenge by StuckonUSketches!
Then I had to step it up by adding an owl for Frosted Designs. If that wasn't enough, I had to use 3 different ribbons for Practical Scrappers. Ok, all in all it wasn't that hard. It was pretty fun! I scrapped a page of my boyfriend and his mama from our camping trip at June Lake. Camping pages are pretty fun, I hope to do more of them! Check out my sister in law's beautiful page here!

...and the Winner is....

It's the moment you have all been waiting for! Thanks so much to all of you who entered my blog candy and are now followers! By following my blog you're sure to see some awesome deals firsthand in my store Sweet Scrap Deal. Exciting things are to come!
So, to make this giveaway fair I asked my darling boyfriend to help out again! He was like "seriously?", but he really wanted to, you can just tell! ;)


He concentrated and swished them up good.....

Without further ado, the WINNER IS....

Ange!

Please contact me at charlene@sweetscrapdeal.com to claim your prize!

If you didn't win, don't be sad! There will be another giveaway soon in honor of Thanksgiving! That one will be MUCH easier I promise. I'll be using Mr. Linky because cutting up all those papers was a lot of work ;) heehee!
Now, head on over to Sweet Scrap Deal and check out the deal of the day! It's a 100-piece Halloween paper & accessories mega pack from My Mind's Eye! Quantities are limited!! Only $7.95!!

Winner! & a couple of Halloween pictures!

Just a quick post today to announce the winner from yesterday and share a couple of pics!
Important things first....using random.org, the winner of the Cosmo Cricket Friends Chipboard kit is....

#15 -

JazzyH said...

Great card!
October 30, 2009 9:34 AM

Congrats! Please send me your mailing address so I can get this prize out to you! charlene@sweetscrapdeal.com

And here is a picture we took last night when we were carving pumpkins. Can you tell which one mine is above? I had to use a pattern, no way could I do that freehand! LOL
These will surely be scrapped soon!!
Hope everyone has a very SAFEand HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! :)