Challenge #6 - Ribbons & Bows

Good Morning Everyone,

Today's is Wednesday and it's time for another weekly challenge over at Amber's Crafts and Stuff. This week, the challenge is to use ribbon and/or bows on your project. Here is my project for the week:

Details:

• The card base is from a pack of Martha Stewart cards that I got on clearance at Wal-Mart last year. It's a pastel green/blue color and measures 5 x 7.
• The yellow mat is cut at 4 7/8 x 6 7/8, then punched along the bottom edge
• The polka dot mat is from the DCWV mat stack called Mango Frost and measures 4 1/2 x 6 1/2
• I added the ribbon and bow about a week ago but couldn't figure out what type of card I wanted to make. I should have waited, because it needs to be moved over a bit. 
• The rattle is cut from New Arrivals Cricut cartridge @ 3 inches on all layers. I added Stickles to the cutouts on the top part.
• "New Addition" is actually cut from Graphically Speaking (this cartridge has such great word art on it) @ 3 3/4

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my project. To enter your own project, click here.

Stay Crafty

SALE - Custom Crops

Hey ladies,

Just dropping by really quick to let you know that Custom Crops is having a S-A-L-E. They have quite a few of the older cartridges on sale for $17.00. I've ordered through them a lot and have always been satisfied with the results. Click here to check out their sale. Click on their "Basket Full of Circut Sale" banner.

$1 Off Maxwell House coffee

Good Afternoon Bloggers,

Normally I wouldn't ask this of people, but an organization that I volunteer for regularly is trying to win a $50,000 grant for renovations. Maxwell House coffee is running a campaign called "Drops of Good" where a simple vote can help make a garden bloom, help rebuild a playground, or help 5 great organizations get a $50,000 grant towards renovations.

The Community Education Center is an invaluable asset to the Philadelphia area. Now I'm asking that you just take some time to follow the link and place a vote. I'd be delighted if you voted for the CEC, but honestly if your heart finds another organization, that's fine too. Everyone who votes will get a coupon for $1 off Maxwell House coffee. Here's the link. Thank you all again.

Stay Crafty and Inspiring to those around you.

Who's Ready for Some Chili

Every spring my office has a Chili Cookoff to raise money for the American Cancer Society. This year, I made a banner for the buffet area to add some festive flair. Here are a couple of pictures.

 

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A Few of My Favorite Things

Good Morning Bloggers,

This week's challenge over at Amber's Crafts and Stuff is "Your Favorite Things". As I've mentioned before, my favorite color is green. I'm guessing you figured that out from the design of my blog. To me it represents nature and calmness. I'm a very earthy, natural person. My sun sign is also an earth sign.

My other favorite thing is green tea. I love, LOVE, love green tea. My favorite is made by Turkey Hill. Mmmmm.

While shopping at Michael's recently, I stumbled upon a DCWV stack called The Green Tea Stack. I had to buy it!! It just had me written all over it. I'm giving one away when I reach 200 followers, click here for details to enter the drawing.

Here's my project:






Details:
- Card is 4 by 5 inches
- The green polka dot paper is from the stack and is cut at 3 7/8 by 4 and 7/8.
- The blue mat is 3 7/8 by 3 and has been embossed using the Divine Swirls cuttlebug folder
- The yellow mat is 3 7/8 by 2 1/2 and both edges have been punched using my Fiskar's punch
- I cut the flower at 2 1/2 using my new April Showers cartridge

I will be entering this card into the FCCB weekly challenge. Thanks for stopping by.

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200 Followers Giveaway

Good Afternoon Everyone,

Man time has been flying by and it seems as though I have been swamped with a million things to do. I had planned on doing a giveaway at 150 followers, but that number has come and gone. So I am going to do a giveaway at 200 followers. That's only 44 more to go!!

Here are the rules:
1) You must be a follower of my blog
2) You have to post this giveaway on your blog
3) Then come back here and leave a comment letting me know that you did

That's it. Easy Peesy. I will use random.org to select a winner. So do you wanna know what you'll get?? In a previous post I mentioned that my favorite color is green. So what better than to give away a stack that's all about another one of my favorite green things...green tea!! This stack is so stinking cute!! It has some pages with foil, others with a bit of glitter. Great stuff!! To see all the patterns available in this stack, click here.

Come back later in the week to see a project made using this stack.

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What a day!!

Good Afternoon everyone,

No crafty post today (or at least right now). I'm sad to report that my beloved Honda Accord was stolen over the weekend (AGAIN - it was stolen 2 years ago). The good news is the police found it today. The bad news is the stupid person(s) who stole it were involved in an accident. I haven't looked at the vehicle yet, going over first thing in the morning, so I can't report on the damage. The tow yard says it isn't drivable, windshield is cracked and door is messed up. What would possess someone to take something that isn't theirs. Let alone something worth so much and is that important. Luckily we own another vehicle and a motorcycle, so the man-friend can still get to work and I can have a vehicle to pick up Miss A from the Boys and Girls club after work.

It's sad. The weather is nice for once and crime automatically goes up. I wouldn't say I live in a bad neighborhood. I live just on the cusp of one. What's even sadder, I lived in what you classify as a "rough" neighborhood before I bought my house and nothing ever happened to my car. Well the man-friend's truck was broken into and had the GPS stolen, but I blame that on him for leaving it out.

Anyway, just needed to vent. I promise to get around to checking out all the new followers and their blogs. I'm appreciative of all of your support and can't wait to see what projects you have on your blogs.

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