I won Blog Candy!!

I woke up this morning to find out I was the winner of Chris's fabulous blog candy!! She was offering her lovely candy for reaching over 300 followers on her Catt's Scratching Post blog! I was so thrilled, I couldn't believe it! I have never won blog candy before!!

Here is the pic of the awesome candy I won!!...

Be sure to check out Chris's adorable blog and all her beautiful creations! :D

Shop Re-Cap...What's NEW This Week...8/22 - 8/27!

I wanted to show a quick re-cap of what's been added to the shop this week!! I added a bunch of lovely new earrings and tags too!

I love these violet earrings with the black Maple leaves...they are gorgeous and perfect for Fall too!

Violet Vines:

I love the dangly charmed look of the violet earrings so I made another pair with some gorgeous Picasso and sleek black finished beads!

Picasso Delight:

And the more sparkly the better I always say...how about these beautiful sparkly Dragonfly earrings!

Stormy Dragonfly:

Autumn Dragonfly:

I also made some more adorable little "Peekaboo Posies" earrings in petite size and in 3 different colors!

For the Vintage and antiqued brass lovers...I also made a couple more of my "Vintage Inspired Tulips" in some gorgeous new colors!

Now onto the tags...I was inspired to make these tags after I finished my adorable little boxed card sets!

As always if you're interested in any of the new goodies...just click on the pics which will take you directly to the shop! 

Thanks for looking! :D

Introducing My Mini Gift Card Boxed Sets!

So I have been wanting to make boxed sets of my cards for a long time to put in my Etsy shop. I actually did at one point, but it took so much time and so much of my supplies that in the end what I sold them for wasn't worth my time...unless you're making them as a gift to a family member. But I absolutely love making mini note cards, not only because they are so stinkin' cute but because I can basically use my paper scraps to make them and they don't take very long at all to make entire sets of them! And everyone loves to have little note cards on hand, because they can be used for just about anything from sending little notes to your child's teacher, putting them in a loved ones lunch box or briefcase, attaching them to gifts or even sending them along in a package to a customer! I thought why not make little gift sets with boxes and the envelopes included...So I did!

Here are the first couple of sets I made and they turned out so adorable...

For these sets I broke out my Cuttlebug and used some beautiful embossing folders for the background and some border punches! I just love the way the colors look against the Kraft cardstock bases!

For these gorgeous sets here I used the seashell stamp that my 8 year old bought me for my birthday this year. I wasn't sure what I was going to use the stamp on since it was kinda small, but it worked out perfectly for these mini cards! And I used my metallic inks to stamp the image to blend in with the beautiful metallic cardstock!

You should have seen his face light up when he seen that I had used the stamp he got me! :D

Anyways, if you are loving these as much I as I do then you can be taken directly to my shop to purchase them by clicking on the pics! Thanks for looking! :D

At the County fair with the hubby and kiddos!

So I actually got out of the house yesterday and tore myself away from my craft room. We took the kiddos to the County fair and had just an awesome time...although I don't remember the fair costing an arm and a leg for the rides and games! We did save a little because yesterday was canned food drive day meaning our admission was free if we brought in canned food per each person. But what made this fair even more great was it was free concert series and Joan Jett and The Blackhearts were playing!! I actually got some video recorded footage of the concert but hubby accidentally deleted almost all of it but a small bit. Anyways despite a horrible and miserable sunburn that I'm having to put up with today I had a great time and although the boys didn't get to ride on as many rides or play as many games as they would have liked they had a great time too!

Here is the small recorded footage of the concert...

And here are the goobers eating their sno-cones...

Last weeks Sketch Saturday Challenge #116..Little late...

Wow this week has flown by so fast! When I seen the sketch for last weeks Sketch Saturday challenge, I thought I would have more than enough time to get it done...but I guess not...lol. Oh well, it's still a beautiful Sketch and the card turned out lovely! And for this card I used another adorable Penny Black stamp!  When I broke out my Penny Black stamps last week...I just can't seem to put them away...lol!

Sketch Saturday Challenge Sketch #116:

Some closeups...for some reason I couldn't seem to get the lighting right this morning to show off the sparkles...but as with most of my cards I went crazy on the Stickles...lol! Oh and this time I was actually brave enough to try some flocking for the center of the flowers...

And the inside:

CARD INGREDIENTS:

PAPERS: Creamy pastel yellow, creamy blue, forest green and white textured card stock from "DCWV", Patterned paper also from "DCWV" and plain white and cream card stock.

IMAGE and SENTIMENT: The adorably image and sentiment "Have A Micey Nice Day" is from "Penny Black". The sentiment has been heat embossed with sparkle iridescent powder.

INK and COLOR: The image was handstamped with black "Versamark" ink and the sentiment was handstamped with moss green classic pigment ink from "Colorbox". The sentiment has been heat embossed with sparkle iridescent powder. The image was colored in with PrismaColor Pencils and a Gamsol technique was used.

FEATURES: Machine stitching in and out, image is paper pieced and 3-D mounted and "Stickles" glitter glue was added for sparkle. Yellow flocking was also added to the center of the flowers of the stamped image. Part of the background was embossed with my "Cuttlebug" machine" using the "Floral Screen" embossing folder.

EMBELLISHMENT: Creamy yellow Mulberry Paper Roses from "Recollections", white fabric flowers and creamy yellow decorative polyester ribbon.

Anniversary SALE and a Giveaway!!

Wow! My new Etsy shop has been opened for 1 whole year now...doesn't even feel like a year went by! So to celebrate the success and it's 1 year anniversary I'm having a huge SALE!! And not only am I having a sale, but I'm also having an awesome giveaway on my blog!!

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Now before I get to what I will be giving away this time around, I will go over the details of my shop SALE!

ƸӜƷ I'm offering EVERYTHING in my Etsy shop 50% OFF (with revised invoice) and that INCLUDES clearance items too!! ƸӜƷ

(*Special discount coupons or other promotions cannot be applied to the sale*)

PLEASE wait for a revised invoice before completing payment. For further instructions on how to take advantage of the sale, please feel free to send me a convo on Etsy. :D

~S A L E~ Ends September 30th Midnight PST!!

(To be taken to my shop just click on my shop banner above!)

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Now onto what I will be giving away!!!

I'm giving away this lovely pair of handmade earrings, handmade by me of course! These feature my "Peekaboo Posy" style design, are OOAK and haven't even been listed in my shop yet!! 

I call them "Carribean Peekaboo Posies"

These earrings are silver plated, feature lever back style ear wires and were made with beautiful Czech glass beads!

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 ♥ To enter your name in the giveaway you must visit my shop BrossARTaddiction and leave a comment below letting me know what your favorite item was and/or you can suggest what you would like to see more of. Please remember to leave a contact e-mail address. (PLEASE KEEP IN MIND: If you don't leave a way for me to contact you, then I will have to choose another winner.)

 
The first step is mandatory but here are a few additional steps you can do to earn more entries:

NOTE: For every additional step you choose to be entered, please leave a separate comment below...

●Follow my blog and if you are already following my blog thank you!! Still leave me a comment below to let me know. (Please only follow my blog if you are truly interested in my blog and creations and not just because of the giveaway.)
●Become a fan of BrossARTaddiction on Facebook fanpage and leave a comment below. Remember to refer your friends so they can benefit from my random secret sales.
●Post my giveaway on your blog sidebar with the photo and link back to this giveaway for 2 extra entries.
●Stumble & review or Digg & review the giveaway and leave a comment below with the link to your Stumble or Digg review for 2 extra entries.
●Follow BrossARTaddict on Twitter and tweet about the giveaway for 2 extra entries and leave a comment with a link to the tweet.
●Blog about the giveaway and include the photo of the giveaway item and a link for 3 extra entries. Remember to leave a comment below with the link to your blog post.
●Purchase something from my shop BrossARTaddiction and you will earn 1 additional entry for every $1 you spend. Leave a comment in message to seller box referring to the giveaway.

Giveaway is open to US and International entries! Deadline for entering giveaway is  Thursday, September 30st, 2010, Midnight PST. All entries will be put into a drawing. One winner will be randomly drawn by Random.org, notified by e-mail and announced on my blog the following day!

Good Luck!!! :D 

 

Feeling a little witchy!

Yes I'm already in the mood for Halloween! I just love dressing up the kiddos and my littlest one is 3 1/2 this time around so I think he is going to really enjoy himself this year! I can't wait! So I figured I would start on my Halloween themed items starting with this adorable card!

I bought some adorable Halloween themed paper last year that I never got a chance to use...I've been waiting for the perfect sketch idea that would really show off the paper! So when I seen the sketch from Friday Sketchers this week, I just knew this was the perfect sketch that would show off the adorable paper! And I've just been waiting for the chance to use the adorable Halloween Digi freebie from Mo's Digital Pencil! I just love Mo's stamps, they are so very detailed and extremely cute too! And this one has stitching too! I feel the more I use stitching on my cards the better my stitches get and I get more familiar with my sewing machine too...it's not so scary anymore...lol!

Here is the sketch from Friday Sketchers Challenge #115:

Close ups:

CARD INGREDIENTS:

PAPERS: Black, purple and green textured card stock from "DCWV" and plain white and black card stock. Patterned "Trick or Treat" paper from "Provo Craft".

IMAGE and SENTIMENT: The adorably detailed image is a free digi stamp available from "Mo's Digital Pencil Too". The sentiment "Happy Hauntings" is my own computer generated print out.

INK and COLOR: The image was colored in with PrismaColor Pencils and a Gamsol technique was used.

FEATURES: Machine stitching in and out, image is paper pieced and 3-D mounted and "Stickles" glitter glue was added for sparkle.Part of the background was embossed with the "Spiderweb" embossing folder and Cuttlebug machine.

EMBELLISHMENT: Yellow "Dew Drops", Black satin ruffle ribbon and a yellow plastic button.

Featured in 3 Etsy Treasuries this week!!!

I get so excited when I get featured in Etsy treasuries...it keeps me motivated to keep doing what I love to do!! So you can just imagine my excitement when I got not 1, but 3 convos from fellow Etsiers this weeks to let me know they had featured my items in their awesome treasuries!!

Here is dragonfly9012's "Candy Corn" treasury...she featured my cute little candy corn tags:

Here is dicarlos's "Back To School" treasury...she featured my agenda bookmark:

And last but not least is mandalamagic1's "Here is a Clue" treasury...she also featured my agenda bookmark:

All very clever treasuries with some great items chosen!! Just click on the pics to take a closer look at the live treasuries and give some fellow Etsiers some love! :D

3 Challenges 1 Card!

For this adorable card I combined 3 challenges! I used the sketch from Mercy Tuesday #86 challenge, themes from Penny Black Saturday Challenge "Feeling Fruity" and "Buttons and Bows" from Stamptacular Sunday Challenge!

I just love how this card turned out! I wasn't too sure about the color combo I decided to go with at first but it came together nicely in the end! At first I didn't think I had any fruity Penny Black stamps but was delighted to find this adorable bowl of cherries stamp in my unmounted stamps! And as I got the card all planned out, I realized I didn't have any cute sentiment stamps to go along with the image. So I designed the cute little sentiment with my many fonts I have loaded on my computer!

Here is the Sketch from
Mercy Tuesday Sketch Challenge #86:

And here are some close ups:

And the inside:

CARD INGREDIENTS:

PAPERS: Bright red, Sky blue and yellow textured cardstock and patterned paper from "DCWV" and plain white card stock.

IMAGE and SENTIMENT: The adorable image is from "Penny Black". The sentiment is my own computer generated print out.

INK and COLOR: Black pigment ink from "Versamark", sky blue for edges and the image was colored in with PrismaColor Pencils and a Gamsol technique was used.

FEATURES: Machine stitching in and out, image is paper pieced and 3-D mounted and "Stickles" glitter glue was added for sparkle.

EMBELLISHMENT: Red "Dew Drops", red satin ribbon, white string, yellow and red plastic buttons.

Mojo Monday #151 Sketch Challenge!

I had so much fun with this weeks Mojo Monday sketch which was a very beautiful sketch to work with! Just perfect for an elegant birthday card for my aunt and just in time too!

Mojo Monday #151 Sketch

Close up...

CARD INGREDIENTS:

PAPERS: Scarlett red and black textured cardstock and patterned paper from "DCWV" and plain white card stock.

IMAGE and SENTIMENT: The beautiful floral poppy image is a free digi offered by crissy on her "Paper, Ink, Color" blog. The "Happy Birthday" sentiment is handstamped and embossed from "MSE".

INK and COLOR: Black pigment ink from "Colorbox", sky blue for edges and the image was colored in with PrismaColor Pencils and a Gamsol technique was used.

FEATURES: Machine stitching in and out, image is paper pieced and 3-D mounted and "Stickles" glitter glue was added for sparkle. Background was embossed with the "Cuttlebug -Script".

EMBELLISHMENT: Lime green "Dew Drops" and black satin ribbon.