~Video Tutorial For The Card That Made Me Mad!!~

Good morning my crafty friends,

Are you ever on a roll, I mean really cranking out the crafts

and very excited about it....then all of a sudden it all crashes LOL

I was that way last week, I was on a roll, I made a video tutorial,

I made a step by step photo tutorial for Imaginisce & Glue Arts...

I was rolling along with my alcohol inks and Clear Scraps,

then BOOM LOL

I went to put this card together and the ribbon went crazy!

(Here is the video for the snowflake)

I could not get my ribbon to set right for anything.

In the end it was too late, I had made the video and set it all up

so I just rolled with it and photographed it anyways.

Hey no one is perfect right? LOL The technique is fun and using the

Glue Arts Adhesive squares with glitter...well it rocks.

But don't look at the card! hahahaha

Happy Tuesday my friends, thank you for popping by and saying hello

it's so amazing to wake up and read comments every day.

I appreciate every one of you!

~Guest DT Video Tutorial~

Good morning my friends,

I am always crafting something and this week is no different.

This month I made a guest design spot for Frosted Designs

and this acrylic pin is what I made.

I used Clear Scraps acrylic & Stazon Ink, along with the

Imaginisce Badge/pin Combo.

I had fun and love how it turned out.

That Fuschia Pink Stazon is the best purchase I have

made in a long time!!!

Hope you enjoy!

I am off to photograph a special Christmas project

I just made with my Cricut Imagine....wish me luck!

~Friday Full of GIVEAWAY FUN!~

Happy Friday!!!! It is finally Friday!!! :)

My poor little van is broke down so I should have plenty of time

to craft today! hahaha

Ok off we go into craft land....today

not only is Clear Scraps hosting a HUGE GIVEAWAY

http://clearscraps.typepad.com/my_weblog/

but also they joined hands with Imaginisce....

and Imaginisce is having a GIVEAWAY too!!!

http://www.imaginisceblog.com/

So go enter both!!! :)

I made this card using my amazing Clear Scraps acrylic.

I am totally loving making these clear cards...I think I am addicted LOL

I especially love painting the corners and using rub-ons on them.

I also have a GIVEAWAY of my own!! :)

Some amazing Smooch Spritz!!

I have 2 bottles here to GIVEAWAY,

they are so fun and easy to use! You know you want to try them *wink*

Just follow my blog and leave a comment here and you are entered to win!

Be sure to check out the other giveaways too!!!!

I hope one of my blog friends win!!!!!!!

Happy Friday everyone! Have a wonderful weekend!

~Partnered!! More Clear Scraps & Imaginisce FUN & WINNER!!~

Good morning my crafty friends!

I know I Know, I almost forgot the stamp winner, but if you read all

the way down, I have a WINNER! :)

I am so excited because today Imaginisce partnered up with Clear Scraps

two of my MOST favorite companies...and they work brilliantly together!

Here is the Clear Scraps mini album I made

using the Imaginisce Birthday Bash line.

This is the back cover....

these are the middle pages....I love birthday bash!

Oh and I used my COPIC markers around the edges!

Now to find little tiny 2X2 pictures. hehehe

Oh and the i-rock crystals I used on the back...

I used my Copics to make them red!

Now go check out the Imaginisce Blog for some prizes! :)

Also don't forget to enter last week's GIVEAWAY on Clear Scraps

and check out the amazing ideas and tutorials over there!

http://www.imaginisceblog.com/

http://clearscraps.typepad.com/

Ok now for the STAMP winner....

*I apologize it's been a crazy week*

Kelly Sas said...

Thanks for ALWAYS thinking AND spoiling us fans! This is an amazing stamp set - I would like to know what company makes this set? Have a wonderful Easter holiday with your men Pinky.... oh, and the chickens!! LOLFriday, April 22, 2011

Kelly please email or Facebook me your address, I know

you have been a great fan for a long time! I was happy to

see your name pop up! :)

Oh and quick update on the family....

my son did not break his hand....it was fine but he needs to let it heal!

YEA! No broken bones!! He is 15 and we have made it 15 years LOL

I am probably jinxing myself.

OK let's hope no more tornadoes hit up our town. LOL

Schools were closed yesterday and it was a crazy day!

I am ready for the weekend!

~♡♥Happy Monday & Spring Break For Us!!♥♡~

Good morning my crafty friends!!!

We had a beautiful weekend here in TN with 80 degree weather and

wonderful friends with baseball. We lost our games but what a great weekend!

After the games, mowing, and playing with the boys yesterday, hubby and

I took an evening drive as the sun set and I snapped a few pics I thought I

would share along with my projects today.

This is right down the road, I love spring and it has hit Middle TN!

A beautiful pink tree at sunset. I am so grateful for this weekend with

my family and outside. What a refresher!!

I did sit down on Saturday night and scrap. I finished a layout and

this cute little acrylic card. I used the new Berryliscious line from Imaginisce

and the 12X12 acrylic sheets from Clear Scraps.

I love making cards that do not fold but have 2 sides!

They are so practical for acrylic and people love them.

This one is for my mother in law in Oregon. Her b-day is this week.

I hope she likes it. It reminds me of a spring birthday.

Later this week (24th) there will be a special blog hop from Imaginisce

and a super FUN prize! :) So stay tuned and come back by!!!

OK thats it for me today, I have the boys home all week, so I will

be in an out and a BUSY momma! Much love to ya, I hope you

found some inspiration today, if not then I hope you just had fun!

As always I THANK YOU for coming by!

~Favorite 2010 Altered Projects + Fun News & New Class~

Good morning my scrappy-rific friends ♥

I decided to post my top 4 favorite altered projects from 2010.

I realized I REALLY altered alot LOL 2-3 items a month!

Now I had a few more BUT they are in the Cricut Circle Magazine so I

cannot share them with you! :(

So here are the ones I chose...

And my favorite altered projects...not including publications...

My very original idea of and altered rolling pin kitchen sign :) Love this~

I had this idea back in January and hunted all over online to find

one and I never found even one, so it was a fun project!!

My Basic Grey Curio/Clear Scraps mini albums

The recycled book print bows :) Loves♥

My fun and functional Imaginisce Cocktail ring!

I really had fun looking through old projects♥

Did you go through yours and make a trip down memory lane??

Couple of fun things today...first of all I am going to be teaching an

online class in February I believe...*I will double check* It will have FULL

video tutorials and you can use all your own stash or purchase the kit.

Guess how much it is?? ONLY 5.00 a month plus they have contests

so you can WIN the subscription too!

The host is Stash To Treasure, go check it out♥

...secondly the new Cricut Stampede~

You know I design for the Cricut Circle, if you are a member you see my work

in the magazine every single month. Anyways they are hosting a STAMPEDE!

I think that is all for me today, sorry but my children went

back to school yesterday for the first time in over 14 days and guess

what? My youngest was sick LOL I am running behind with the

kiddos at home and being sick so much! Mom needs a quiet day♥

~Happy Thursday~

~Pinky~

~Great News & More Cricut Imagine Projects~

Good morning my amazing crafty friends~

It is officially Christmas Eve, can you believe it?

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope your holiday is very

caring, kind, and bright. Sending much love your way.♥

I have some awesome news to share below my project....

*WAIT* don't scroll down yet LOL

**Many of you asked about ink costs, I have been checking and

it is the same as my HP printer, around 30-35.00 a cartridge?**

I wanted to make another Cricut Imagine Project but this time

make a layout instead of cards.

I used the Cricut Imagine to

print and cut the background bracket shape, then to make the floral shape

with the measuring tape and I layered it, popping it up with the

Glue Arts U CUT embellishment glue.

The background acrylic is of course Clear Scraps and in fact

this will be on the Clear Scraps blog very soon with a

"Take the fear out of acrylic blog"

And that amazing stamp you ask?? *Cause I heard it LOL*

My beautiful friend Eva sent me this Unity Stamp set.

Now you know I am not a card maker or stamper but I have

been trying my hardest to get out there and make it happen.

This stamp set "Love in Return" it spoke to me, I knew exactly what

I was going to do with it right away, thanks Eva.

♥Now on to my GREAT NEWS! ♥

Yes I will be with Imaginisce for one more year.

I cannot tell you how truly honored I am and how amazing it is to

work with a company that supports you 100% and is

genuinely kind and values you as not only a crafter

but a person. That is what makes a company a GREAT company

and makes it EASY for me to say YES!!!!!

I will be working full throttle just as I did last year.

In fact, look for me January 1st on the Imaginisce blog

I will be hosting a challenge, so stay tuned.

I see many old faces and many new faces on the team and

I can already tell you all, you will be inspired!!!!

Don;t forget today is the GIVEAWAY day on the Clear Scraps blog

you know I am the Blog Editor In Chief now and would love for you all

to sign up for the giveaways ♥

Ok that is it for me today...I am off to bake more cookies for Santa

and spend the day with my amazing family.

♥Much love to you and yours♥

Thank YOU for stopping by, I love the comments and support!

~Pinky~

~Christmas Traditions Layout & BOGO Sale~

♥Good morning my amazingly crafty friends♥

I had a fun night last night, I FINALLY set up my Imagine...

well ok hubby did but still it is done! I even printed up a couple

tags to work with on my next LO!

He cleaned up and organized while I scrapped this page.

I needed a picture to scrap for the new Noel Mignon challenge contest,

so I dug through my old Christmas pictures. This is one of my favorite all time photos

of the boys with dad right before Christmas.

We had just moved to TN and it was a wonderful experience

you want to know the funny part? Neither one of us can remember where

this darn Christmas tree farm is LOL We have tried to find it

and we both come up blank.

Anyways I used the new Echo Park paper (or maybe it is old?) and some vintage

crocheted lace, with those AWESHUM snowflakes from Imaginisce, and my

handy dandy Glue Arts Ribbon Adhesive.

If you wonder why I am always listing the items I used,

it is because I do get alot of emails about it, and if you want to make

a page for yourself then you have the ingredients on hand ♥

Plus if I love a product I am not going to lie to ya, I will tell you it rocks!

Journaling:

The best gift I have ever received for Christmas, was not anything that could be given in a box. It was a FAMILY, a real family.

My first Christmas with my husband, we stayed up all night in each other’s arms talking until we fell asleep at dawn on the couch, then woke up an hour later with our son opening gifts.

Every year it is the same story, we are so excited putting out the

special gifts and watching the lights on the tree.

We talk about family , friends and events of the year, our lives before

and our lives now, our children, our losses, our joys.

It all comes up on Christmas Eve.

I never had a real family and for me that is the best gift I could ever receive.

Spending those moments in anticipation of the children’s excitement the

next morning with someone I love knowing we are a true family.

One more thing...TODAY ONLY!

If you buy one kit you get one FREE just pay extra shipping! :)

Here is the LINK for the Mini Kit

http://blueyecicle.blogspot.com/p/winterchristmas-album-acrylic-class-kit.html

That's it for me today, I am going to have cupcakes with friends

later on and try to dig up a sausage breakfast casserole recipe for dinner!

Happy Friday everyone!

~Thank YOU for popping by~

~Have a beautiful day~

~Pinky~

~Quick Update & Features Before Tomorrow's BIG Blog Hop!~

Good morning!!!

How is your week flowing so far?

My week has been filled with decorating the house....

which is always a good thing.

In the Hobbs home we decorate from top to bottom,

it is our tradition to decorate the ceilings....

I know it's alot of work but hubby

LOVES it, I am not lying, he gets done and says "We need to find something

to decorate the ceilings all year because it looks so awesome"

I love that he is so appreciative of the decorating efforts ♥

The whole family gets in on the action....

We have a Country Christmas theme this year...in reds and creams

I have a couple quick updates *in case you missed anything...

Debby featured me and my family

traditions for the holidays on her blog today

http://debbysdares.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-pink-home-for-holidays-on-day-7.html

Yesterday is was a HUGE GIVEAWAY on my blog and IMAGINISCE

http://www.imaginisceblog.com/2010/12/welcome-to-6th-day-of-imaginisces-12.html

And Sunday was the Samantha Walker feature

http://samanthaleewalker.blogspot.com/2010/12/introducing-creative-team-member_05.html

And tomorrow is a ♥BRAND NEW VIDEO TUTORIAL♥
Hand made garland/Christmas Card Holder

You do NOT want to miss it, I worked hard on it and I love it.

If you love vintage/country style you are in for a treat.

Also the first Samantha Walker Blog Hop...

so please stay tuned tomorrow :) ♥

Now I am off to finish the house and hopefully do a craft or 5.

~Have a wonderful and peaceful day~

~Pinky~

~Acrylic Album + Tomorrow is the BLOG HOP!!~

Good morning!!!!!!

I had a weird and rough cake night last night LOL
I am baking not one but 2 cakes for the school sale.

Let's just say baking at 2am is not my forte'. haha

I finally got all the album pictures uploaded for the class

I am teaching next weekend. I had so much

glittery fun with this awesome Clear Scraps Mixable album!

This is 100% Imaginisce Cottage Christmas

I love the wintery line, it is not only for Christmas

but the snowy moments of winter.

I used alot of Mod Podge (Mod Podge Rock!)

for the glittering.

My awesome i-rock & i-top (will be demo-ing those in class)

And a TON of Glitter!!!!!!!!

Oh and the amazing Glue Arts Glue for the paper,

and the Glue Arts Ribbon Adhesive for the lace, pearls! *WOOT*

Oh and a couple Christmas Stamps. I am not a stamper but

I am trying to be, maybe I can fake it LOL

So what do you think? It's fun right? I like it...

Ok I am off to bake more cakes and deliver them.

DON'T FORGET BE THANKFUL BLOG HOP TOMORROW

HUGE PRIZES AND SO MUCH TO DO

THIS BLOG ALONE WILL HAVE 4 SPECIAL BIG PRIZES!

Come visit!!!!!

~Thank YOU for stopping by~

~Have a great Friday~

~Pinky~