Back to work...

Ah, I have had a nice almost four weeks off at home. I have accomplished a LOT within our home...cooking, cleaning, time with family, etc. But alas, now it is time to return to work. Today, I am headed to Atlanta, GA for the Scrapbook Expo. So, if you're in that area and are attending the show, be sure to stop by the Scrap-Mart booth and say hi!

I am driving so it'll be a long trip. I have a post scheduled for you this Friday WITH a NEW project too! ;) Have a great week!

Operation Write Home

Hi everyone! I hope you had a wonderful 4th of July! We did. We celebrated at our friends' new home. The hot dogs were delish and there was plenty of dessert to go around. The kids enjoyed the fireworks shows all around on the drive home too.

I was browsing the PaperCrafts Connection blog the other day and there was a blog hop that mentioned Operation Write Home. I know there are quite a few different places that do this for our heroes, but I thought I'd share about this one...since I saw it most recently.

Operation Write Home gathers cards from crafters like you and me and they send them to our deployed troops to send back to their families. Now, think about how if makes you feel to receive a handmade card. Yeah, imagine how it makes THEM feel!

OWH has a wonderful website with all the information about what types of cardst to send, what NOT to send and where to send them. If you can only send 1 card, GREAT!!! If you can send 100 cards, AMAZING!! There's no minimum...send what you can. I have a drawer of cards I have made with generic themes that I will send off soon. But, I am also setting a personal goal to send some Christmas cards off to them too. I have more than enough time to work on them so it shouldn't be a problem.

Thanks to all of our service men and women and their families for their sacrifice! We so appreciate all of you!

Bella Blvd Giveaway...

Hi all! Did you know that Bella Blvd and Maya Road have teamed up for a week long blog hop?? They have. And you know what that means right? PRIZES!!! Take a peek at their blog for the details and see what you can win...

BELLA BLVD BLOG (today's post)

Mini pizza box...

I knew the minute I saw the Mini Pizza Box from Lifestyle Crafts that I HAD to have it. At the time, it was a limited edition item available for a special Black Friday sale. Thankfully, I was able to snag one (perks of the job, courtesy of Scrap-Mart.com) at the time as they sold out very fast! Lifestyle Crafts heard the cries from crafters everywhere and decided to bring the Mini Pizza Box back as part of their core line.

I used this Mini Pizza Box on my project for Nestabling Week on the Scrap-Mart blog. Here's a peek...

For details on how this project was created and materials used, please visit the Scrap-Mart blog.

Also on today's hop list is Want2Scrap designer Michele Ciola. Hop on over and see what beautiful projects she has created to share with you today!

Nestabling week...

Hello friends and happy Sunday! Today kicks off our first day of Nestabling Week on the Scrap-Mart blog. If you're not familiar with Nestabling, you'll definately want to check it out. Basically, Nestabling, by Want2Scrap, is bling that is designed to coordinate with Spellbinders Nestabilities. Gotta love that, right? And you will, I promise! This bling is high quality, holds it shape while you're removing and applying it and there's plenty of shapes and colors to choose from. So, now that I've got your attention, head on over to the Scrap-Mart blog for a peek at today's projects.

Hello????? Is anybody out there???

Holy smokes!! It has been a while, eh? Once again I apologize. Between my travels and my 2 other jobs and 4 kids, I have been pretty busy. I have come up for air once or twice but have not crafted anything new. Sigh. But, I am tonight because I have a post due for Scrap-Mart tomorrow. haha

Anyway, did you know that it is Gallery Idol time again? I just happened to stumble upon it. Now, I'm not normally one for entering contests or submitting for publication. The reason being that I don't like to wait weeks or months before I share my projects. Mainly because I don't usually have time to create for much outside my work related deadlines. However, your first submission for Gallery Idol need not be new or unseen AND I just happen to have a card in my gallery that fits the theme of the first round. So I submitted. Here's a peek at my card...

This was a graduation set I gave to my hubby's friend when he finished college. Since I have already shared this project, I won't bore you with the details. However, if you're curious about the supplies used, you can visit the original post HERE.

Thanks for hanging in with me! Like I said, I will be creating tonight so I'll be back with that soon, promise!

JustRite Challenge #054...

What a whirlwind week this has been! I got home mid-day Sunday from the Manchester CK Convention and here it is time for me to leave again! I did manage to whip up a card for this week's JustRite Sketch Challenge though. ;)

Here's the sketch...

and my card...

The square part of the sketch was a key point of the challenge so I left that part in tact, however, I decided to run my decorative strip horizontally along the bottom of the card rather than vertically as shown in the sketch. I created my 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 card base then layered up some patterned paper from my 6x6 Gertie paper pad from My Mind's Eye (another GREAT ScrapAce steal!). Next I stamped my rectangle image from the JustRite Fancy Frames Cling set. After stamping the rectangle, I cut the center out using Spellbinders Labels Fourteen. I re-stamped the rectangle image onto patterned paper, cut it out and pieced it back into my original frame. Then I stamped my sentiment into the white label, added some new Nestabling and adhered it over my frame using dimensional adhesive. A few more rhinestones finished out the edges of my label. To finish off the card I added a Prima flower and some heart pins, which were inspired by the circle embellishments in the upper corner of the sketch.

I'm off early tomorrow for Novi, MI. If you're attending the convention be sure to stop by the Scrap-Mart booth and say hi! Saturday is National Scrapbook Day so be sure you stop by the Scrap-Mart blog and see the new video and giveaway happening!!!!