Scotch ATG gun giveaway

Wow, Joy is giving away 2 Scotch ATG guns with extra rolls.  Go to her site and follow the directions to be eligible.

http://www.obsessedwithscrapbooking.com/

Promarkers Giveaway

Wow, Enfys is having a great giveaway of Promarkers valued at $330.  Go to her website and read the details to enter:  http://going-buggy.blogspot.com/.

New Cricut Carts & giveaway

Hey, I know I haven't posted in a while, but this is worth blogging about:  Joy, at Obsessed with scrapbooking, has a cute project from the Wrap it Up cart.  Also see the other new carts; Paper Lace, Ornamental Iron, Sesame Street Seasons, Quarter Note.   And there's a cart giveaway!

As some of you may know, I've been battling Stage IV Breast Cancer which has metastisized to the bone.  I recently had surgery to repair my hip and pelvic bones which will allow me to walk again.  I have not  been able to drive or walk since April as the bone cancer knocked my femur out of its joint.  I haven't been working since May and probably will be forced into early retirement as I've lost some use of my right hand and won't be able to walk for nine months. 

Lots of changes in my future, but I promise to get the blog going strong once the dust settles..

Joy's Gypsy Giveaway and more at ObessedwithScrapbooking!

Go to ObsessedwithScrapbooking for a great chance to win:

1) Cricut Summer Vacation cartridge

2) Cricut Summer in Paris cartridge

3) a pack of SEI Happy Paper (12" x 12" size)

4) a package of Tim Holtz grungeboard





AND....drumroll....



A Cricut GYPSY!!



How can you win?

Go to ObsessedwithScrapbooking and follow the steps there.

Expression Giveaway at Everyday with the Cricut

That's right, a free Expression!  Just go to Everyday Cricut and read the various ways to enter.  The drawing is next Sunday, May 9, Mother's Day!  What a way to celebrate!

My First Blog Award! Wow!

Paulo has just given me this beautiful blog award.  My First! 

(Thank you so much Paulo for this great honor)  And thank you, Paulo, for all the SVG files you share with the SB community!  You're awesome.  Check out his site here:
 http://scale-files.blogspot.com/. 

In honor of this award, my job is to list 10 things that make me happy and pass this award to 5 of my favorite friends:
1.  My kids; all four of them!  (3 boys & a girl) (1 still at home) and my 2 granddaughters!
2. Thanking God daily for the blessings that he has given me in my life and trying to walk the life he would have me walk.
3.  Always lending a helping hand to a friend or stranger, trying to be a bright star because you never know what daily challenges they may have.
4.  Reaching out to the community by giving back.  Seeing the growth in something you're apart of; i.e. the La Crescenta Alcohol and Drug Council.  Hoping those you've touched will pay it forward.
5.  Being a friend (2nd mom) to the kids my son associates with, to be a confidante and role model to them.
6. Attending Scrapbooking crops with my friends and sharing pieces of our lives, with love and laughter.
7. Sharing SVG files and inspirational cards and layouts on my blog with my friends (and those friends I haven't met yet) through my blog.
8.  Creating homemade gifts through my machine embroidery and seeing the smiles and sometimes tears of joy it creates warms my heart!
9.  Scrapbooking my family photos and stories and leaving a legacy to my children to pass to their children and seeing the smiles after I've finished a new page.
10.  Spending time with nature hiking, camping, fishing and seeing God's wonders.

And now to pass on to my 5 friends.  Please check out their fabulous blogs:

1.  Angel Meg,
http://peacockpaperie.blogspot.com/
 
2. Penny Duncan,
http://pennyduncancreations.blogspot.com/
 
3.  Wanda
http://wandascrafts.blogspot.com/
 
4.  Susie B
http://www.heartprints.net/gallery/
 
5.  Jeannie Phillips (no relation)  ;.)
http://www.aplaceformycards.blogspot.com/

The Scrapbox, Office Box & book Wrong Number Giveaway

GIGANTIC GIVEAWAY!

The Original Scrapbox has a brand new piece of organizing furniture and you have a chance to win it! Introducing the Office Box...

And to celebrate the launch of Rachelle J. Christensen's suspense novel, Wrong Number, with a chance to win an autographed copy!

The Office Box & Wrong Number Book Launch.  To see the Wrong Number book trailer, click here.

The Office Box was created as an addition to the line of incredible scrapbooking furniture The Original Scrapbox has to offer, such as The Workbox and The EZ View Craft Desk.

TO ENTER THIS GREAT GIVEAWAY, go to Everyday Cricut.  On March 16th, they will announce the winner of the items below who will then go on for the grand prize drawing of The Office Box and an autographed copy of Wrong Number.
Other prizes include from The Original Scrapbox:
One ScrapMaBob (retail $19.95)
One Self-healing cutting mat (retail $7.95)
One Ribbon Box (retail $19.95)

The Grand Prize Winner will be drawn on March 19, 2010 at RachelleWrites. She will select a winner from the 25 finalists to receive one Office Box (Value $895.00) in their choice of color and an autographed copy of Wrong Number by Rachelle J. Christensen.

It's a scrapbooker's dream!

Freebie digistamp giveaway

These are not mine, but I thought I would pass along this freebie from another site.  There are two wide-eyed girls that would be very cute for your cards or layouts.  Just post a comment with your email addy here and you get your choice of one.  How simple is that?   (If you're new to digistamps, you download like a photo and can size for any project, and then cut, by hand, or in SCAL you can trace and cut)   I think Penny Duncan has a tutorial on how to trace and cut.

This freebie is only available until Sunday, Feb. 21st at 11:59 p.m. PST. 

New cards: Valentine's Day & Graduation cards. Free Grad SVG file

Well, I've been busy making cards again.  I made a graduation card for my son who will be graduating from high school four months early!  I still can't belive it.  It's been a rough year.  And to celebrate I'm sharing the graduation SVG file.  Here is the link:  here.  I hope you enjoy it!

And I have 2 cards for my DGD's and one I'll probably save for a wedding.  TFL
Hope to post a couple more cards tomorrow.

Blog candy! Yummy!

Hey, yummy blog candy giveaway on Enfys' site.  Also look at her very pretty romantic cards.
http://going-buggy.blogspot.com/

Valentine cut file

With Superbowl tomorrow, thought you would enjoy a new Valentine cut file. So Enjoy!


http://rapidshare.com/files/346758048/heart_medallion_smp.svg

CHA Anaheim, CA Saturday 1-24-10

Wow, sorry I haven't posted in so long.  Life kind of got in the way.  Besides losing my assignment at work the week before Xmas, I had to move all my office stuff home.  So it's stacked to the ceiling until I can find another permanent assignment.  Then my 17 y.o. DGD had brain surgery on Xmas Eve, so I went to NV to help watch the younger DGD while my DD and DSIL spent 5 days waiting in intensive care hoping she would get discharged soon.  Things are much better now.  But this weekend my DD called to say her stepmom passed unexpectedly, so she was off to prepare for a funeral.

Okay, so I decided to go to CHA at the last minute with a friend.  We got there kinda late, but oh, my, there are so many wonderful things coming out this year.  I'm sure you all heard about the cake machine Provocraft is coming out with.  Wonderful.  I got to talk to the husband of Linda Mc Clure, who was the stimulus for Provocraft creating this machine.  (Sorry I forgot his name)  She does awesome work!  The cakes on display were astounding!  He told me of a client that wore her grandmother's wedding dress and wanted her cake to copy the lace.  And they did just that.  Can you imagine how personal that would be?  What a great opportunity to start a business creating wedding cakes, etc. 

Here's her website to see her cakes:
http://www.deseretdesigns.com/photo_15.html
Quite an amazing artist.  Hope to see more of her stuff. 

Then I moved on to find Your Story, the Provocraft binding system.  I purchased this machine in early December and never could find album covers to do Xmas presents.  They were always sold out.  Almost thought I made a mistake buying this machine.  Then this weekend the Provocraft demonstrator tells me all the new stuff they're coming out with this Spring.  There will be cardstock album covers that you can use in your embossing machine and much cheaper than the albums they have so far.  And they're also coming out with just the strip of glue, so you'll be able to use your own cardstock or anything else for that matter.  The cost of creating albums is going to be very competitive with the other binding products out there.  I am chomping at the bit for this now!  Drooling!

CHA had too much to see and not enough time!  Next year it will be even bigger.  They're talking about moving to Los Angeles to make it more central and getting a bigger venue.  Can't wait. 

Hopefully this spring I will be creating lots with the new stuff coming out.  Keep posted!  I promise I'll have new stuff once life gets back to normal.

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