Gypsy giveaway!

Wow, want a chance to win a Gypsy?  Here's a new blog to follow and win.
Go to:  http://www.the-gypsyspot.blogspot.com/  Follow the simple steps. 
Good luck!

Birthday cards

#1 for my 16 yo DS

#2  For my DSIL "Holy Moley . . . look who's 40"

New Winter Wonderland layout

Well, been busy doing layouts instead of cards. These are all old and just collecting dust waiting to be lovingly placed into an album. Loved this paper, just don't remember the brand, sorry! Will post more soon.

Win a Workbox from Scapbox

The Original Scrapbox is giving away ONE Workbox on October 12, 2009! Win an entry in the grand prize drawing for a Workbox from The Original Scrapbox on the above blog! You can find the details here:

http://www.cricutchristmas.blogspot.com/

And if you decide to buy now, enter this code when you place your order to get $100 off your shipping: 100Writes

Good luck!

Gypsy giveaway

Wanna chance to win a gypsy? check out Cutting Above website and follow their directions. Whoopee! http://cuttingabove.blogspot.com/2009/09/cutting-above-gypsy-giveaway.html

Winter Wonderland Giveaway

Hey, here's a chance to win a free Winter Wonderland Giveaway hosted by Provocraft: Go to this site and read the instructions (post a comment on the thread and then for a second chance to win, link back from your blog to the same site) They're giving away 100 carts. Wishing you all the best of luck! http://www.cricut.com/messageboard/tm.aspx?m=5248058&mpage=1

My Western scrap layout page

Well, finally scrapped my 17 y.o. baby's page! Whew! And I just love it. Font is called Western font (free d/l here on Dafont.com). So many times I thought I would start this and gave up. This time it was well thought out and went together quickly. Notice I even cut barbed wire from a freebie someone gave (sorry I don't remember who it was).

freebie SCAL file

Been working on Christmas files and just loved this jpg, so created a file to get you started on the Christmas rush! LOL. Enjoy!!

http://rapidshare.com/files/266026786/twin_penguins_smp.svg

Papercutzchallenge - blog candy

Here's an easy challenge: Submit an entry that's pink and green. How easy can that be? This one sponsored by: http://papercutzchallenge.blogspot.com/

Check out my entry above! The winner of Paper Cutz Challenge #1 will receive a K & Co/K-ology album kit which comes with album, papers and lots of embellishments in a carry case.

Wow, $1,000 scrap giveaway

Entry Title: Win $1,000 at TheCuttlebugSpot.com! I have just discovered that The Cuttlebug Spot is having a contest - "The Journey to 1,000"! They are trying to reach 1,000 followers by the end of July and need your help. To enter all you have to do is go to their site, sign up as follower and complete a few easy steps and you could win a $1,000 gift certificate to Custom Crops (http://www.customcrops.com/)! GO NOW and check it out at http://www.thecuttlebugspot.com/

Woo-whoo! Blog Candy, girls!

I just saw this blog candy giveaway at Pinknickels and it looks so yummy I thought I'd share. You can never have enough candy, right? So go check it out here:

http://pinknickels.blogspot.com/2009/07/blog-candy-alert.html

I'm drooling, are you?

Grad svg file

Here's the free grad svg file. Enjoy!

http://rapidshare.com/files/245431093/girl_grad.svg

Father's Day & Graduation cards

Got these cards done quickly as I'm leaving for Roswell, NM to see my dad for Father's Day. It's a surprise! Sent him this card with the notation "hope it's memorable" Can't wait to see his face when he sees me pull up in the motor home!

Also made this grad card with my own SCAL design. I got tired of cards with caps and decided to make a more feminine flair for a friend's daughter.

Hope to make some alien SB pages when I get back! Hmmmmm? LOL. I'm having too much fun with my Cricut.

New card - old friend moving away

This card created with my own design, double lace paper ribbon on SCAL, computer generated words, the purse from Mickey & Friends, 4 layers of cs instead of chipboard, and cuttlebug and gems on the purse. Oh, yeah, the glitter is actually purple, but shows blue here.

An old girlfriend is moving far away. Couldn't find sentiments to fit this situation and I remembered an email someone sent me on Mother's Day about the women in your life, and it seemed to fit exactly! A lot happens in a long friendship as ours; she's on husband #4, I had two babies that are now teens and coming up on adulthood real quick ;o). It's been an interesting journey between the two of us. I'll so miss her.

The inside didn't photo very well. Here's the verse:

Time passes, life happens, distance separates, children grow up, jobs come and go, love waxes and wanes, men come and go, hearts break, careers end, but girlfriends are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you. A girlfriend is never farther away than needing her can reach. When you have to walk that lonesome valley, and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley's end.

Sometimes they will even break the rules and walk beside you, or come in and carry you out.

Girlfriends are always just a phone call away!

Now to get my graduation card done! TFL

Blog Candy @ Debbie's

Check out Debbie's site for her blog candy giveaway! So, so sweet! It will be up until the 23rd of May. http://passionforcrafts.blogspot.com/2009/05/birthday-blog-candy.html

Free SVG files graduation

Here you go, as promised. After several changes, testing my patience, it's done. Hope this works.

http://rapidshare.com/files/229672289/Way2go_smp.svg

Cuttlebug challenge & Cuttlebut spot challenge card

Gosh, this weekend has been very time consuming. I finally got my CB. Yeah!!!!! And I got 40% off at M's. Only had to wait a week because they were out of stock but I finally got one. So I've been very busy creating this card for the Mother's Day Cuttlebug Challenge, Be Inspired #29 here:http://www.cuttlebugchallenge.blogspot.com/search?q=cards

Also see the Cuttlebugspot Mother's Day Card Challenge #29. Deadline is Saturday, March 9, 2009. There's some beautiful cards here for inspiration.

http://www.thecuttlebugspot.blogspot.com/

My first SCAL, CB, and for that matter Cricut card!!! Oh, well, we have to start somewhere, don't we? And since I used my SCAL for the first time, I also downloaded Design Studio to upgrade my firmware. So it's been very time consuming, but here it is! Enjoy!

Now that I'm up and running, so to speak, I'll post some freebies tomorrow.

Blog Candy

Wow, to see some delish blog candy, visit Debbie's site. Deadline is April 30, 2009. http://passionforcrafts.blogspot.com/2009/04/blogoversary-candy.html

I hope to get some of my own svg's posted soon. How about some graduation files? Seems a good time of year to get started on those. Stay posted for upcoming events. Thanks

Inkskape and SCAL

Spring break and both boys are gone for the week, so looks like I have plenty of play time. Ya-hoo! I'm a proud owner of a Cricut Create and learning so much so soon. I downloaded Inkscape and been playing with it with great success. Next step is SCAL. It's a gotta have and seems so easy to create files. Never mind the Wishblade I had for years and couldn't figure out, couldn't get it loaded, unloaded, working right. Hope to have some of my own free SVG files up soon. So keep coming back. Hope you get a chance to check out the blog candy. Yummy, huh? Post on her site and link to yours and you're entered. http://stardustgemsandribbon.wordpress.com/