We have a winner!

Woo hoo! It's that time to spin the big wheel....

Random.org choose number..... 15

Anonymous said...

What a great idea to burn the edges!

Nichol Tran

Congratulations! Nichol please email me [catherine (dot) koenig (at) gmail (dot) com] by 11/18 with your shipping information. Also let me know which Lawn Fawn stamp set you want. I'll order that for ya promptly.

If I don't hear back from Nichol by the November 18th (noon PST) I will draw another winner. I'm sorry everyone couldn't win.

Thank you all again for supporting my efforts. Let's hope work calms down soon I can get back to crafting.

Katie

On day left!

Tomorrow's the "big" drawing day. I'll do the drawing around noon pst. For the post with all the information concerning the give away click here. It's not to late.

We keep hanging out with friends. Crazy.. this socializing stuff. I hope it calms down soon cuz it's cutting into my craft time.

I do have a card to share with you. I was asked to make it for Stamp Fever. They have been selling Lockheart stamps (great for coloring with copic's) and the sample card sent wasn't quite christmas-y enough so Linda gave me a new candy wreath to make a new card. This is what I created:

A close up:

I tried to keep it simple the goal is to sell more Lockheart stamps not everything else. Everything else is from Hero Arts :D The ribbon I have tons and tons of.. the spool is from Michael's.

Good luck with the drawing tomorrow. I wish every one could win.

Katie

Lawnscaping Challenge #21

Sorry for all the quick posts. Work has me super busy. I was hoping to get lots of crafting done last night however it took me awhile to put everything away. I had to have 35 card kits ready this past Saturday. That was crazy.. You can read about that in this post here. I made quite the mess. Then I decided to reorganized my distress inks. I'll do a post about that another day.

I did manage to make a card for the Lawnscaping challenge I will enter it into the Lily pad texture challenge as well.

Here's my card:

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I colored with Copic's.. I wrote the list down however I didn't bring that with me today. Sorry about that. Let me know if you want the list I'll be happy to send it to you.

I thought I'd let you know my MRA has been scheduled for next Tuesday afternoon. I'll keep you posted. My break is over. Time to get back to work.

Katie

Quick Post

Wow in 3 days I went from 25 followers to 40.... thank you so much. You guys are awesome. Who knew a give away would be so productive. (For more info concerning my first giveaway see this post.)

I wanted to clarify in case anyone was wondering. As you may have noticed Decay, my awesome hubby, was the first to comment. He nor our roommate, Karen, will be entered into the drawing. Sorry Karen but your welcome to play with all my stamps any time. (If either of you are that disappointed I'll get you a set for Christmas) All other family and friends will be in the drawing just not the ones that live with me.

I knew I would get some new followers I didn't expect so many so fast. That's awesome. My second milestone I had in my mind was 50 followers. If I reach 50 before Friday I will pick 2 winners. :D

In other happy news.... for my new friends my post last month talked about this weird health issue I've had. I'm happy to say the blood tests came and everything is normal with the exception of my good cholesterol. To raise that I need to get back to exercising... That I already knew.

Now to find the motivation.

Combustion

Willkommen.. Bienvenida.. 歡迎

Welcome to my first blog hop. :D If your hopping in from Karin's blog your in the right place. First with the "legal" stuff. This hop is being brought you buy:

With generous donations by:

Simon Says Stamp and Paper Smooches

Masculine cards... I don't usually do them. My man isn't a big fan. As soon as I heard the theme I asked Dk... what do you think of when I say masculine? His response... fire.. ok.. here you go fire man:

Most of what I used (I say most because I usually forget something)

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and of course fire. I burned the edges.. over the kitchen sink of course. Funny ha ha.. so I had the window open since I'm asthmatic.. the last thing I need is smoke inhalation. Yeah that breeze helped make those unintentional smoke marks on the white paper. It was quite funny. For once I didn't have inky hands.. they were ashy.

For more information and/or the beginning of the hop click here.

Next up is Maria Stanley. I love how she "tied" in the theme with layers.

Now I've only been doing this new found hobby about 10 months now and this blogging stuff even less. I am so very thankful for my followers. Your all awesome people. In honor of you I have decided to do a give away. What will you be giving away you might ask? Why one Lawn Fawn stamp set of your choice.

To enter all you have to do is: a.. follow my blog and 2. leave a comment on this post. It's that easy. I will choose a winner via random.org on Friday November 10th. Yes all my foreign friends are welcome to join in.

Good luck!

Do have a wonderful weekend... Happy Hopping!

Katie

Diced up

A super quick post for you. This life stuff has really sucked all my time up this week... quite disagreeable.

The good news is tomorrow I'll be participating in a blog hop :D My very first hop. I think I have decided on a give away as well. What timing eh? (check back tomorrow for more details)

As it is a fun day I thought I would show you a card I made a week or so ago. It was based off last month's Hero Art's sketch. I adapted it slightly and created this:

I used the large leaf from the real leaves stamped it with Memento ink and colored it with colored pencils. I then blended them with baby oil... no joke baby oil. It turned out amazing. I got the idea from Lynette over at Stamp Fever. I've seen this technique done with gamsol but that stuff it hard to get your hands on. Baby oil can be found anywhere plus it's super cheap. :D

Katie

What to do?

Holy smokes, I have 25 followers! This is really exciting. I will have to do something special. Any good ideas? I wouldn't mind doing a give away.. but what to give away? I know a few of you are not crafting folks. Help me come up with a good idea so we can make this happen. :D

I have a quick post for you today as I have a Dr. appointment. (see the previous post). I promise to keep you posted. I did have that weird eye thing today as I had to get up early. I think it's just my body saying what are you doing out of bed before the sun comes up? :D

I made this card for the Moxie fab trigger photo however I didn't enter it.. it happens. I got busy and oops. Oh well.

Hero Art did an amazing thing and tweeted it. Thanks Hero arts!

Here's most of what I used:

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The ribbon is 2 different red from the local craft store. I was inspired by a head band a new young friend was wearing. It's easy to make.

I don't remember if I stamped with vintage photo or walnut stain. If I had to guess I'd say walnut stain but who knows.

I'm off to the doctor.

Katie

Update: They need to run tests. Yes my blood pressure is a little high however it's in the normal range. I'll having a few blood tests run. They are in the process of scheduling an MRA... that's an MRI but for the blood. The Doc thinks there may be something wrong with my circulation. Well see.