Peachy Keen Giveaway!

Hey everyone --- sorry I'm getting to this on TUESDAY. Oh my goodness, where has the time gone? My little guy turns 3 and it seems like a birthday party, planting a garden (tomatoes, carrots, zucchini, watermelon, onions, corn, peas and green beans) has consumed my life the past four days!

Alright -- do we need a drumroll for the winner?
First off, random.org chose Day #2 to pick from the list of comments...

From Day #2 it chose comment #25:
Maria said...
super cute. Love it.
June 8, 2011 12:16 PM

Maria -- please shoot me an e-mail at: scrappyskittles@gmail.com to claim your prize!!! :)


THANK YOU Peachy Keen Stamps for the stamps to giveaway during my fun week of guest designing! I had a blast! :) And ladies, feel free to follow my blog. When I get time to papercraft I like to post here and share!

Thanks for all of the comments last week!

Blog Candy winner!

Hey friends! Blog Candy winner from the Hello, Cupcake! blog hop was chosen from random.org....
*drum roll*

#45 out of 186:

Marilyn said...
I loved the pin cushion idea. Thanks for sharing
mimicaro@charter.net

February 26, 2011 10:35 AM

I am shipping out ALL blog candy owed on Monday this week! Everything is packed up and ready to go. I've had a nice, relaxing day at home with my family so far and I've been able to catch up on a lot of stuff. Woohoo! So ladies who have won in the past few weeks, watch your mailboxes for some goodies from me!

Marilyn - I will be sending you an e-mail in just a minute to get your address. Thank you all for following my blog and making the Cupcake blog hop so successful. It was a fun one!

Hello, Cupcake - Blog Hop!

Hey friends! Are you inspired by some tasty treats today?!! If you have arrived from Krista's page over at http://www.KristasPaperCafe.com/ you are in the right place. If you're jumping in the middle -- feel free to pop back up to the top of the hop and start at http://www.pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/, our lovely hostess Janis has some fabulous prizes in store for those who are hopping.

Speaking of prizes... some of you may know, some of you may not... Papercrafting is not the only crafty thing that I do. I also make bows and other hair goodies! (Hair pretties are NOT just for little girls... hehe.) Anyway - here's the prize that I have up for grabs for doing all of the requirements Janis has for you on the starting blog post. :)


Okay - prizes aside, for now ;) (pssssst, there's candy at the end of this post!)...

Here's what I did! Believe it or not... its NOT a paper craft this time! I've been meaning to purchase a fun cupcake pin cushion for a long time now... I drool over them on etsy and then I always close the window before checking out. WELLLLLLLL... I took my lovely little tomato pin cushion (which really - it has been a very trusty thing I've had for over 10 years now) and I made it fancy and cute now. :)

I made a 'base' out of some felt scraps and I decorated the top with some chiffon ribbon from Maya Road to create the 'frosting'. :)


Hope you like it!!! I'm excited to have this cute little pin cushion sitting on my craft table from now on! :)

And a quick card I made with a Close To My Heart stamp set... perfect for this blog hop! I used some of the smaller chiffon rose ribbon trims from Maya Road for the top of the cupcake on this card. :) A Maya Road heart pin adorns the top of the cupcake as the 'cherry on top'.



Here is the line up for the hop...
1. Janis - http://www.pausedreamenjoy.blogspot.com/
2. Sheree - http://cravinscrappin.blogspot.com/
3. Sandra - http://www.365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/
4. Mary - http://cardztv.blogspot.com/
5. Melissa - http://www.apaperjourney.blogspot.com/
6. Pam - http://simply-pam.blogspot.com/
7. Sharon - http://meemeescreations.blogspot.com/
8. Corri - http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/
9. Theresa - http://www.thescrapbookingqueen.com/
10. Kristal - http://kandrewdesigns.blogspot.com/
11. Krista - http://www.KristasPaperCafe.com/
12. Liz - http://skittles-and-scrapbooks.blogspot.com/ <--- you are here!
13. Mandie - http://mandiesscrappin.blogspot.com/
14. Laura - http://www.makinprettythings.com/
15. Christy - http://www.ladybugz-creations.blogspot.com/

Oh thats right... I promised blog candy too!
For those ladies who were "oooohing" and "aaaahhhing" over a stamp I used for a Valentine's day blog hop a few weekends ago, I found another one of those Unity itty bitty stamps (Rain or Shine)! I thought I'd give it out as blog candy since so many liked the stamps. Its one of my all times faves now... oh and some yummy chiffon ribbon (same style - different company) that I used for the 'icing' on my cupcake pin cushion!

To win these goodies - simply become a follower of my blog and leave a comment under this post with how I can get in touch with you. (PLEASE do not put your full e-mail address as is -- spell it out or whatever so you are not a victim of spamming.)


Your next stop along this super sweet hop is over to Mandie @ http://mandiesscrappin.blogspot.com/!! Have fun hopping!

Candy Winner and Candle info and randomness :)

Hey friends! I'm a little late to pick my winner for the blog candy from this weekend's blog hop, eek! Sorry about that. Its been an interesting week. One little funny thought for you (its funny to me now, at the time - not so much)

toddler + toaster = disaster

Okay, enough about my crazy week, on to the important things!

Blog Candy winner from the Feel the Love blog hop is.....
**drum roll**

Susan said...
What a sweet card. I love the argyle patterned paper. Where do you get those cute holders for your cards? So cute and the name of your blog is absolutely adorable. I'm so glad I found your blog. Can't wait to see what else you create. You're welcome to come and visit me as well.
Susan
itsmesusanp.blogspot.com

Susan - I just sent you an e-mail! :) Everyone else, make sure you check out her inspirational projects on her blog, awesome stuff!


Onto the candle info and randomness....
The candles in my previous post were actually done with the method of stamping on tissue paper, wrapping the candle in wax paper (hold it REALLY tight) and then using your heat tool to melt the wax enough to let the tissue paper sort of soak in. You can find many methods on youtube that show this, next time I make one maybe I'll snap some pictures and write out the instructions... or *gasp* maybe I'll even try my hand at a tutorial. Anyway, they are super easy but I highly recommend using wax paper to wrap around the candle, this prevents dripping and pooling of wax. You have to move quickly and it may take you a few tries to get it perfectly, but the results are stunning! :)

Other randomness... I had a few people ask now what that "thing" is that I used to hold up some cards I've posted recently

I didn't know what they were until just recently either - so no worries! They are called floral frogs or flower frogs, usually used with fresh cut flowers to hold things upright and then they are stuck in a dish of water. This one is technically 'vintage' but who knows how vintage it is because its been in a lot of water and rusted... but in all reality it could be five years old and rusted out too. :) I got mine on etsy for around $5 and its been a blessing with the cards that just don't want to stay up when taking snap shots.

Feel free to ask me any questions, if you have e-mail addresses listed, I may reply to it that way, but you can leave me a comment or e-mail me at: scrappyskittles at gmail dot com anytime! :)

Blog Candy Winners

Hey Everyone! Just a quick post... I just wanted to say THANK YOU for all of your lovely comments over the past few weeks. :) I'm going to go back through and read everything, I'm playing catch up right now. The last time I was able to post on here was for the Valentine's blog hop and as I was writing up that post I started get a fever and crazy chills, so I've been out of the papercrafting game for a little while here! That weekend was absolutely miserable... and both kids had strep. Oh what fun! I hope all of you are staying healthy. :)

Without further ado... here are the winners of the blog candy.

Using random.org I chose the following numbers -- Remember, the 1st number picked will have their choice of the three prizes, 2nd number will pick from the remaining two, and the third will receive the last prize left. I will be contacting all three to find out which prize packages they would like and I will update here with which ones they picked. :)

1st - #20: Cindylu2u said...
Love your makeover, looks fabulous!!! I am a follower, grabbed your blinkie and posted your giveaway on my blog, thanks!!
Cindy
January 19, 2011 4:53 PM

2nd - #55: K-E Kreations said...
I found your blog during the V-Day blog hop. Love it! I'm a new follower & have added your button to my sidebar. You can find my post about your blog candy here:
http://k-ekreations.blogspot.com/2011/01/blog-candy-from-skittles-and-scrapbooks.html
January 23, 2011 9:32 AM


3rd - #34: Dandylicious Creates said...
new follower here, thanks for the chance to win, grabbed your button for my blog
http://dandylicioushair.blogspot.com/
thanks!
January 20, 2011 1:34 PM


Congratulations to all the winners. I've sent them each an e-mail and I look forward to hearing back from everyone!

Thank you all for playing! :)

Blog Candy!

My blog just had a makeover, so its time to celebrate with some blog candy fun!

First up - here are the goodies. There are THREE different prize packages you could win!

Blog Candy #1 --
Cupcake Cricut Lite cartridge!




Blog Candy #2 --
We R Memory Keepers Goodies: Heart Attack Tool, Sew Easy - stitch piercer, Zig Zag attachment, Cross stitch attachment, and two cute Valentine's day stamps!


Blog Candy #3 --
Smörgåsbord: My Mind's Eye Mega Pack - Tres Jolie (borders, die-cuts and lots of paper! 200 pieces), 3 packages of Basic Grey rub-ons, Making Memories decorative packaging tape, Glitz Stamp roller, Ribbon Ring storage set, 4 jars of Bazzill flowers (brown, pink, cream, blue), American Crafts Remarks floral sticker books, Me & My Big Idea mini album kit... whew! Thats a lot of goodies!






See something you like?????

Here's what you need to do to be eligible to win one of these fabulous prizes:
1) Follow my blog!
2) Grab my button and place it on the sidebar of your own blog! (There are directions in #3 if you do not have a blog - you can still play to win!)


<a href="http://skittles-and-scrapbooks.com "><img src="http://dreamlikemagic.com/blogs/skittles/button.png" alt="Skittles and Scrapbooks by Liz" width="125" height="125" border="0" /></a>
3) Tell your crafty friends about my blog candy! Post it on your blog, if you don't have a blog then post it on facebook, any crafty forum you might belong to or send them an e-mail! Share the love for some chance to win some fun goodies!
4) Comment on THIS post and let me know that you did the things above so you can qualify for the lovely blog candy!

Comments can be made up until midnight CST on January 31st. I will use random.org to pick 3 winners on February 1st from the comments on this post. One entry per person, please! First place winner chooses which blog candy prize they would like out of all three, second place winer chooses which out the remaining two choices, third place receives the remaining blog candy prize. (If by some chance the cricut cartridge goes to the third place and third place does not have a cricut, I will gladly toss a different prize of some fabulous goodies your way, I have another back up JUST in case!)

Blog Candy Winner!

Hey everyone! Quick post before I run out the door... the random winner of the blog candy is:

Shari
what a cute layout and cute little girl. The blog candy is wonderful, LOVE it! Thanks for sharing your world with us.
syoung6987@aol.com

SEPTEMBER 17, 2010 9:57 AM

(Shari - I sent you an e-mail just a minute ago!)


Thanks for commenting and entering, but most of all THANK YOU everyone for following me!

I will do another blog candy soon! :) Keep your eyes peeled!!

Blog Candy! And a fun layout...

First up, here's some fun blog candy!!
To enter for a chance to win the blog candy, please leave a comment on this post and follow me! (Also, pretty please make sure I have a way to reach you if you are not a registered user with blogger! I want to make sure I can send the goodies to whoever wins!)

I will use random.org to pick a totally random winner on Sunday night... random is fun!

Now onto the goodies... I thought it would be rather appropriate to some "Dear Lizzy" goodies. :) There are 7 double sided papers and 1 adhesive backed fabric paper, for embellishments there are brown glittered thickers (alpha stickers!), fabric brads, crocheted flowers, Remarks phrase stickers, and some layered felt embellishments all from the Dear Lizzy line. I love the patterns and colors! I also threw in some of the new American Crafts premium ribbon and some white ball trim (you may notice I use this stuff a lot! LOVE ball trim!). (Sorry for the dim pictures, I forgot to take them when it was still light out!)

Up next, my friend Mandy was the guest designer over on Everyday Cricut this week - go check out her fabulous projects there and her blog - The Polka Dot Spot, too! :) She's sharing some blog love with me, so I want to give back to her! Thanks Mandy! Oh - and she has some blog candy you could win... make sure you check it out.


And the layout I wanted to share today... this is from my daughter's 5th birthday. The only thing she kept telling me she wanted for her birthday was a ballet ornament. So here she is opening her birthday present(she was born on Thanksgiving day and this year her birthday falls on Thanksgiving again!).... a ballet shoe Christmas ornament! It was super sparkly and hangs in her bedroom year round. :)