There's still time to win some Etsy goodness!

There's still a RAK up for grabs! Wanna enter? Click on this to go to the posting and leave a comment! It's that simple. You can leave comments until Sunday October 26th at 8pm Central Time. I will pick a winner at random and they will receive the item they chose! Can't wait to see the rest of the comments and to have more visitors to my etsy shop! And to give you a little idea of what you could win, here are some examples:


Thanks for playing!!

U R Loved!

I have found a new site that I love, Caardvarks. They have new challenges every two weeks and offer amazing prizes. Also, if you need a little inspiration - check out their DT examples! They have a phenomenal DT! I reaaaalllly wanted to win the scor-it last week but, no luck. So I put in a lot of work on this week's entry bc the Cosmo Cricket (Cogsmo line) prize they have up is fabulous! The theme this week was to create a "monogram" card. I wanted to make a card for my Aunt (her bday was last week and I spaced it) and this is something that I hope she is really going to love:



BUT.... wait... there's more! It's a tri fold card so when you open the "U" flap up, you see:



I made the R from a used sheet of chipboard letters. I had already used the "r" for another project so I cut around the edges and made a second "sticker" out of the leftovers. Because it didn't stick down very well I hooked it to the purple piece of sticky backed cardstock and held it down with a few embroidery floss stitches. I love the way it turned out! I also love the distressed heart that I made out of a scrap of red sticky backed paper. I roughed the edges up and added faded brown distressing with my water pen and ink. Then I used a bit of white gel pen to make the dash thing in the corner. And did you notice the leftover piece of scallop to the right of the heart? (under the "loved" sticker).

And here's a view from top, trying to show the tri-fold part:



And a view from the back (I always cover both sides of my cards in pp, it looks so much more complete - thanks Kelly for tipping me off to this!):



and a close up of the front:



The little swirly thing behind the U is actually garbage! It was from a package of (Prima) flowers I bought. The flowers had this cardboard looking sheet behind them and this scroll thing is at each of the four corners so I just snipped it out and I think it makes a really beautiful addition.

Now that the pics are done, I can get it in the mail. She is a really special Aunt to me and I hope she loves it! TFL!!

Don't forget....

I still have a RAK offer going on. Check it out here.

The prize is an item (of your choice!) from my etsy shop. Enter by midnight on the 26th. I will announce the winner on the 27th. Get your comments in - you still have lots of time left to win something great! :o)

Glittery Pumpkin

I made this pumpkin for a challenge over at [some] assembly required. I had a lot of fun playing with my stickles, as you can see! I colored the bats onto white cardstock with a black glittery marker and stuck them into the pumpkin using paper clips that I bent into shape. The spider's legs are also from pieces of paper clips and a stick on gem (with white eyes). The Boo! is just a doodle with glitter markers and outlined with orange sharpie then stuck into the pumpkin with some left over paper clip. I think this turned out really fun and it was super easy. My girls are going ga-ga over it. :o)

Out for Publication

So I found out today that the Christmas card I posted last week with the hot pink/lime green (with ornaments/baubles) was accepted to be published! Here is the little "marker" they gave me to put in it's place:



So my card will be in the November issue. Let you know more as I find out more info...

EDIT- now that the issue has been published, here is the card that was chosen:

Win some Christmas Goodies

There are some GREAT Christmas goodies being given out (by random draw, I believe) over at elf-creations

I should be telling you to hurry and get over there by the 16th to get your name into the drawing but I really want to tell you to stay put bc I want all of the goodies! ;o)

Oh, ok, I'll be a good scrap buddy - Head over there and check it out!

Kazan's Sketch 11

I had a lot of fun this morning making a card for Kazan's sketch at 2 Sketches 4 You. Somehow my end result doesn't look all like the sketch but it makes sense to me, lol. I love the way that it turned out, though. The stickles is still wet but here's the pic:



Check out their blog at: http://2sketches4you.blogspot.com/

Giveaway Time!

I swore to myself I wasn't going to do another giveaway this month bc I am so busy with school and such. But I just can't help myself! It's tooooo fun! So here is this month's "RAK":

This month is a lot easier, all you have to do is go to my etsy shop:
http://www.mycreativedesigns.etsy.com/
and pick out your "favorite item" then head back over here and leave a comment letting me know what it is. That's it!

On October 26th (two weeks from today!) I will look at all of the comments and choose one winner at random... and you will win the item that you picked as your favorite!

Sound fun?? I hope so! :o) Looking forward to all of your comments.....

(here are just a few of the charms posted in my store, there are also cards and gifts)

NTSA Rant & Rave

When: October 13th @ 6:30p
Where: Dillon's Marketplace at Central and Rock
What: October meeting for the
Non Traditional Students Association
of Wichita State University
Who: Any Non Traditonal WSU student

This month, we will be having a "door prize" that will be given out. I have donated a mini album and necklace featuring the WSU mascot, WuShock! Here's a pic:



Can't make it to the Rant & Rave but want this album/necklace anyway? It is also listed in my etsy shop for just $22! Or you can buy the necklace alone for $14!

See you there!

Have you visited...

Have you been to my etsy shop recently?? There are LOTS of great things posted there, ready for you to love! Here are a few things you can find: Charms made from scrabble tiles, finished altered projects, great gift ideas, scrapbooking supplies (including die cuts) and MORE!



visit my shop at:
http://www.mycreativedesigns.etsy.com/

InkaDink Designs

Have you checked out the InkaDink Designs blog yet? It's a new challenge blog just bursting with fun! and some pretty great DT memebers, I might add *wink*.

There is a new challenge posted, the theme is TRAVEL. You can also go into the gallery and check out my DT example titled "Ride 'em Cowgirl!".

They also just started a forum so if you are looking for a "scrappy home" and want to get in on the ground floor... this is your place!! Questions? Let me know!


(www.inkadinkdesigns.blogspot.com)

There are Pirates Among Us

I took my girls and nephew to a local bookstore for their "Pirate Party". I bought them some basic dress up stuff at the party store and we got to go look for treasure, win small prizes and hear a pirate story. They had so much fun!! This is the album that I made to remember that great day!

Christmas Cards... already!?!?

I found a new challenge site today: http://www.papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/. Their challenge this week (you have a choice of two themes) is ... no stamping! Yay! I can do that!! So my first card below is for that challenge. The letters are rub-ons and there is not a stamped image in sight. :o)

-also-
On my last post I told you about a new blog called "Christmas Cards All Year 'Round". They are having a challenge for October to create 5 different Christmas cards to help get a jump on the holiday season. here are mine:

What Christmas means to me: nothing says Holiday fun like good 'ol green/red with Christmas trees!!


The next one is the same theme: it represents Christmas Carols (to me, at least!). Here it is:


The next is "untraditional Christmas colors": Hot Pink and Lime Green!


The next is from a sketch (check out their site to see the sketch!):


And the last one I already showed you but I am going to post it again bc it is part of the "challenge set":


That's it for now! This was fun!!!

Baby It's Cold Outside!

I have found a new, FUN, blog called Christmas Cards All Year 'Round! (http://www.christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/) They posted this really crazy (but fun!!)challenge using an origami-like shirt. I wasn't so sure I could pull it off but my card turned out SO cute! I can't wait to use this same pattern to do a hawaiian shirt for a card!! Anyway, Here is my super cute card using their instructions:



Go check out their blog, they have great ideas to help get your card making juices flowing!!

gone postal...

All of the RAK is officially in the mail... enjoy!!!

"Birthday Bash"

I made this LO using a September PageMap by Becky Fleck (http://www.pagemaps.com/). I highly recommend this site, her maps are awesome and she has great examples (which makes it easier for me to visualize).

This LO is about my 30th Birthday. My husband (awe, I love this guy) and daughters picked me up and took me to dinner. They also gave me my bday presents at dinner. Emily bought me the flowers (pink and blue) that I used on the page and Kayla gave me the brads (at the center of the flowers and by the pic on the bottom left). I love when people get me GREAT scrappy stuff!

Here's the LO:

Lots Accomplished

Well, I have been BUSY this week. I have made tons of stuff. Here is some of it:

A mini album I made for a friend's daughter who has lukemia. She is 4. Her name is Audrey, please pray for her. I made this album so Audrey and her mom can put pictures of the hospital visits in, trying to find a silver lining to the situation. The album is about 3.5" square and the card is GIGANTIC!







These are both thank you nots and are less than 3" in diameter. I am digging the round cards lately:


This is a Birthday card I made for my big sis (she loves frogs):



This is a thank you card I made for my advisor:

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

It's the big day... time to announce the winner of the
September Super Scrapper Sketch Spooktacular!

Drumroll please........
and by random drawing......
the winner is......

Lisa!!! (@ pictures2pages)



Please send me your snail mail address ASAP, i have your RAK all ready to mail!
Congrats again!

THANK YOU! to EVERYONE who entered. This was so fun! In fact, it was soooo fun that we are going to choose a SECOND winner! Yep... you heard me right.... another random drawing.... This winner will get a small little RAK ($5 gift card to Starbucks) just as a Thank You for playing along! (please send me your snail mail address as well)

Another Drumroll please....
and the 2nd place RAK winner is.....

Elaine!!!

I hope you both enjoy your goodies. Wish I could join you for a cup of coffee... yummy....

And one last time.... THANK YOU, thank you, THANK YOU to each and every one of you who entered. Adrienne and I had SUCH fun hosting this. Keep checking back to our blogs... who knows, maybe we'll do it again one day soon ;o)

we are down to hours...

As of right now, you have just over 21 hours
left to get your LOs in for some SWEET RAK!

P-ah-lenty of time to get it in!
Don't hesitate, get your LO (or card, or tag, or altered items) in
TODAY!

Just a few more days!

Just a few more days to get your LOs (or cards) in for the September Super Scrapper Sketch Spooktacular! Entries are due by 5pm Pacific time.

Scroll down a couple of posts to find all the info and the entries so far. Questions? Just let me know!

PS, we have decided to choose the winner by a random drawing. We love too many to decide. Winner will be announced the night of the 25th!