Winner, Winner......

Ok, so I used Random.org, but I can not figure out how to copy paste the results. Ugh!!! But the site chose comment #5.

Denise G said...


Congratulations! That is wonderful that you have been blogging a year. I so love seeing what you post and find your blog inspirational. CTMH products rock! AND I love your disclosures, you made me laugh as I was reading them.... very fun.

dgroves at gci dot com


So, congrats to Denise G. I'm emailing you next.

Happy Easter to all my blog readers. I hope you have a fabulous family filled day.



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Blogoversary drawing later today

Today's the day.....last chance to comment here, to be entered for the random drawing. Go, enter. I love reading the kind comments ;)

I will draw later this afternoon, Cali time. Not sure exactly when, but later in the afternoon.

I'm so excited. Can't wait to see who is the lucky winner. Will it be one of my local friends, my long time devotee's or a new friend and follower. I will let you know.

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Easter baskets

More of my Easter baskets, these are for some sweet friends. I kept these simple, using SU! card stock and than patterned paper to coordinate.

Here is a close up of the decorative elements. Scalloped edges, decorative paper pieces and some paper flowers with a coordinating brad through the center.

The money shot. Full of chocolatey goodness. Just a little something from me, for my coworkers and friends.

This .cut file for the Cricut with design studio has been offered before on my blog, but in case you missed it, I am happy to share. Please leave a comment here with your email address and I will send the .cut file out to you.

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Jake's 16th birthday card

My baby turned 16 yesterday. I can hardly believe how grown up and sweet and handsome he has grown to be, so quickly! I made this card for him, specifically using his favorite color. Green, green, and more green.

I took my inspiration for this card from poppypaperie.typepad.com. She made a darling primary colored young boy card. Mine is a loose interpretation, but it was a great inspiration and jumping off point.

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SU! Earth day projects class

This past Sunday I went to an Earth day inspired class from one of my SU! demonstrator friends, Tanon. You can see some of her fabulous work here. Some, I say because she creates tons of fabulous things and only blogs some of it because she is busy creating with her limited free time. I understand, I really do, but I miss seeing all her creations for my own selfish inspirations. ;) She co hosted this class with Tracy and Kim. They made some fabulous projects. We had a great time.

This adorable card is created using pieces cut from grocery bags. It's hard to see here but it has some textures and edges that make you certain it is a paper bag.

This is an adorable note pad, created using recycled paper cut into squares for the filler and recycled packaging chip board for the covers. Super cute details on the cover. The ruffled ribbon technique and we inked the grosgrain ribbon to match the colors in the designer paper and stamped image.

This is a toilet paper roll for the base of this cute gift card holder.

This is a tiny school lunch sized milk carton wrapped with a belly band of grocery paper bag and tied closed with a ribbon. I loved the pom pom ribbon wrapped close to the edge of the punched circle. Very cute detail.

This is the cute packaging of brads or eyelets from SU!. We covered the bottom and top to dress it up for a pill holder or any cute small accessory can be stored inside this altered cutey. Pom pom ribbon, twine and a monster button for decoration here too.

And finally the Starbucks frappacino bottle decorated for gift giving. Kim had filled it with jelly beans for each of us, but I ate mine. They were the nummy starburst jelly beans. Thanks Kim. YUM!


I loved recycling, upcycling and altering all of these items. Super fun and cute ideas. Thanks ladies!


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Bunny & Chick tent candy holder

Super cute Easter candy holders. I took my inspiration from kits that Pebbles in my Pocket was selling online. I manually cut them out but if I was to make many of them I would make a cut file on one of my machines. The base shape is 3 x 11 inches, then I scored them at 3.5, 4.5 and 8. Round the 2 inch flap for the chin and then add shapes for the ears, mouth and feet. The eyes are tiny dots of Ranger enamel accents, set at a wonky angle. I totally copied that from the adorable faces on the Pebbles samples.

Here is a side view, you can see the cellophane bag full of Easter wrapped Hershey's kisses. Super simple. Super cute.


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It's my blogoversary, but you may get the present.

I'm celebrating!!! I have been blogging for 1 year.


198 posts and 280 very kind comments left in 1 year. 45 followers and 8,838 hits to my little section of the world wide web. So I have pulled together some Close to my heart, usually referred to as CTMH by me, treats to share with a lucky commenter.

These are brand new things from my collection, either duplicates or things I was able to purchase as a consultant that I am pulling from my goody bag to give to 1 lucky winner. They include :

Z2128 Hollyhock exclusive inks ink pad

Z2366 Hollyhock exclusive inks ink pen

W2017, W2018 & W2020 Petite perks stamp sets

D1368 Spring My acrylix stamp set

Z1136 Mini-medley white daisy

W623 Connections club reward sticker sheet

1 CTMH spray pen (this is only 1 from a package of 3, originally)

Please leave one comment on this post, including your email address. (and only this post for entry purposes, all duplicates will be deleted and comments missing email addresses will be disqualified). Feel free to format your email address spelling out the at and dot to protect yourself from spam, I understand.

I will attempt to use the random integer thingy I see everyone else use for these blog giveaways to pick the winner from the comments. (If I fail at figuring that out, I will go old school and write everyone's name on a paper and have my hubby pick a name from the basket). I will draw next week, Saturday April 23rd. I will post the winner here and email them also and mail the package out asap after getting an email reply from the notified winner.

This drawing and shipping is all new to me, so please be gentle and forgiving. I tried to pick items that should arrive intact if I fail to wrap them just perfectly. I will now admit to having cats and dogs in my household and my husband does enjoy the occasional cigar. I do not believe this will in any way affect the performance of this gift, but I know some are highly allergic and I don't want to risk anyone's health, so please enter knowing the full disclosure. Wow, the more I type the more nervous I get. I just want to celebrate my 1 year blogoversary. Please celebrate with me!

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