Precious Cargo

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Hi Everyone!! Hope you are having a great weekend so far! Brittyn's had a fever the last two days so she's been pretty miserable. :( She's been either in my arms or on my lap for the majority of the day (including now). I hope she feels better soon, poor little monkey. 

So I have ANOTHER layout today!! The pics are from when we were taking Brittyn home from the hospital. I made it for the Pink By Design Anniversary Marathon! If you haven't stopped over there yet, you really should. There is a new project being posted every hour until tonight!! The DT did such an amazing job on their projects. ALSO, they are having a 30% off sale this weekend at the Pink By Design store. You might want to check that out, I have never seen them offer 30% off before... some great deals to be had! I know I couldn't resist, and may have went a tad overboard...

I used the So Big set by PBD to add Brittyn's weight the day she left the hospital (bottom right hand corner of LO). I love this set for doing a baby scrapbook, wish I would've had it for Bria's first year!

I used the Hello Kitty Font cart for 'precious' and Baby Steps for 'cargo'. The letters were welded together on my gypsy. The train (3") and bear (2") were cut from Create A Critter. The bear's face was from the Wide Eyed and Bushy Tailed set by Peachy Keen. I embossed the train using a flowered cuttlebug folder (sorry... don't have the name) and used Recollections pearls on the wheels. The baby is cut at 2.25" from Baby Steps and her face is from the Just Baby Faces set by Peachy Keen. 

A little while ago I had someone ask me about the faces on a lot of my layouts/cards. I get them from an online store called Peachy Keen Stamps. They're actually having a sale this weekend, check it out! They have some adorable face stamps!!

I also want to say thanks to those of you who have participated in the Celebrate Summer Link Up Party so far!! It's had a great turnout and there are some AWESOME blogs linked up!! Keep spreading the word so we can discover more and more new blogs!! 

Pink By Design Stamp Release!!

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Hey guys! Just wanted to let you know there is going to be ANOTHER release this month by Pink By Design! It's their anniversary so they're having an extra release to celebrate. Check out the link below to watch the live ustream. I'm sure Sarah will be having lots giveaways like usual! Stop over and hit the chat button to be in on the fun!! 

Pink By Design Live Ustream

Meet you there at 8 CSTl!! ;) (SORRY guys!! I had 7 CST on here earlier!!)

OH!! AND I almost forgot... Tomorrow all day long there will be a new project POSTED every hour on the Pink By Design Blog!! Come check them out, this Design Team is super talented! :)

Just my type...

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TGIF!! Actually... Being a stay at home Mom with a huband who works pretty much every day of the week, it doesn't make a difference to me if it's Friday or not! LOL But I'm guessing there are a lot of you who are saying TGIF!! :) 

Yesterday was my husband and I's 4th anniversary!! We went out for supper a couple nights ago which was sooo nice since I don't think we've been alone more than 3 times in the last year. Last night at about 8:30 I hid in my craft room to whip up a last minute card for him! 

I used the new Timeless Pieces set by Pink by Design for the old typewriter and the sentiment on the paper. The paper is from Complete Boy by My Mind's Eye from Michaels. The little bronze brads were from my stash. 

For the inside (as well as the piece on the front), I used a lined notepad I picked up on clearance at Michaels. I cut a piece to the size I needed and used my EK Success border punch along the side to make it look like a piece of paper torn from a notebook. Then I added some Tim Holtz distress ink (vintage photo) to make the page look old. 

Super quick and easy!! If you haven't checked out my Celebrate Summer Link-Up party, you should!! There has been some great "hidden gem" blogs already linked that I am in love with!! Please spread the word so we can get to know some more crafters!! AND winning a $10 Pink By Design stamp certificate wouldn't hurt either!! ;) Only a couple days left to participate!! 

Celebrate Summer Link-Up Party!!

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Hello Everyone!!! So I don't know about anyone else, but I am SO happy it's summer!!! We don't get a whole lot of summer where I am from so when we DO get summer, we really soak it up!! This summer has been really wet and cool, with only a couple weeks of really hot weather. :( Anyways, whether you have had hot or cool weather this summer, I still think we need to celebrate the season!!

Here's what I am thinking.... I am loving getting to know new blogger peeps and I'm sure a lot of you feel the same way!! How about we have a little party to get to know as many bloggers as we can?? And of course, since it's the 1 Year Anniversary of Pink By Design party this weekend, we should include a $10 gift certificate to the PBD store!! Actually... since they are even having an extra stamp release this weekend, let's give away TWO $10 Gift Certificates to TWO lucky bloggers!! :)

So here's how it works.... ANYONE can link their blog but if you want to be entered to win a $10 gift certificate, here are the rules...

#1. LINK YOUR BLOG!!! #2. You must be a follower of my blog #3. Do 2 of 3 of the following

• Follow Pink By Design blog if you don't already
• Join and then leave a post in the Pink By Design Community
• Become a fan of Pink By Design on Facebook and let them know I sent you

Please leave a comment on this post letting me know you you did the above

** BONUS entries...

- post this link party on Facebook and/OR share this on your blog (and leave an EXTRA comment here for each, letting me know you did so)

You have until midnight MST on July 31st to add your link. I will choose a winner shortly after. 

Add your blog link below!!! And spread the word, wouldn't we all love to find some more amazing blogs??? (AND have more people find YOU!!) After you link your blog please check out the other blogs and become followers, help each other out! 

Sweet Talker

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Happy Tuesday Guys!! I seriously cannot believe it's already the 26th of July... Time is FLYING by!! My baby is going to be a year old in two weeks, and I have barely even started on her party planning!!! I have a general idea, but haven't really gotten started. Plus, this weekend is going to be the big One Year Anniversary Party at Pink By Design!! (Make sure you're around for that, it's going to be soo much fun!!) 

My layout today is for Brittyn's album. I wanted to make sure I did this page now, so that I don't forget all the words she is saying at this age. I love how this page turned out!!

I got this paper from WalMart the other day and I LOVE it!! It's by Momenta. I couldn't wait to work with it, the colors are awesome. 

My FAVORITE things to make and stamp with cute little faces are ice cream, cupcakes and fruit!!! They are just so adorable!!

Here are the details of this layout...

- The ice cream sundae was cut from Sweet Treats @ 5", the cherry on top was embellished with Glossy Accents and the face was from the Peachy Keen Princess Faces set

- the cherries were cut from Hello Kitty Greetings @ 1.5" and stamped also with Peachy Keen Princess Face stamps. I glossed these with Glossy Accents as well (although you can't tell in the pic..)

- the banner was cut from the Birthday Bash cart @ 1.5", the twine was from The Twinery, the letters are stickers from my stash

- 'Talker' is cut from Country Life at about 5.5"

- the little white tag that says '1st words' was made using the Labels set from Pink By Design, the words were from the So Big set (see below...)

- Martha Stewart lace border punch

- scalloped part of journaling tag was cut from Gypsy Wanderings (sorry.. don't have the size) and the inside lined circle was cut from a notepad I bought on sale at Michaels (for this purpose!!) I cut the tage really big because I have so much to say on this layout! :) 

Here are the PBD stamp sets I used...

SO BIG

LABELS


I also wanted to let everyone know that I am sponsoring this Monday's Challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!! The challenge this week is to use fruit in your project! Check it out! Their blog is one of my favorites... Everyday they have something great!!

Hope you like my layout!!! I loved putting it together!! And to all of you are new to my blog, welcome!!! So glad to see you here, make sure you leave me your blog address so I can stop over and say 'Hi!'

Winners, Winners, Winnersssssssssssssss!!!

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Hey Guys!!! SO Random.org has choosen a winner for the Pink By Design gift certificate I had up for grabs during the blog hop this past weekend!! The winner is....

#3 GLORA who said....

"Okay Miss Candace, now that I'm here visiting, I realize I've been here before and LOVED it!!! This LO is absolutely PERFECT!!!! I love those doileys and the faces and embelishment are just right!!!! Now I'm a follower so I can keep track of all your beautiful creations!!!! Hugs- Glora

PS. I am already a Pink by Design fan on FB and follow her blog ;)! There are so many talented ladies in this crafting community!"

Congrats!!! I hope you enjoy shopping at the PBD store!!! I know I do.... 

I (random.org again) choose another winner for the other $10 gift certificate that was up for grabs a little while back. I never heard back from the original winner and I didn't have a way to contact them. :( Bad news for them, but good news for.....

#7 ASHLEY who said...

"I reposted your blog entry on my Facebook page (name: Ashley Scrappinpinkpiglet). Thank you again for the awesome giveaway "

Conrats to you Ashley!! I know you are in love with PBD so I'm glad you are my winner! :) 

Thanks so much to everyone who participated and left great comments!!! :) I'm almost done another layout I can't wait to show you guys!! Hopefully I'll be able to post that for you tomorrow!! 

Thank You! :)

Hi everyone! I don't have a project for you today... The reason I am posting is just to say a BIG 

THANK YOU!!!! 

to all of my loyal followers and commenters!! I just want to let you all know how much I truly appreciate you taking the time to leave feedback on my posts!! I love reading everything you have to say!! I have become so fond of you guys. :) 

I put together another giveaway for all of you who are so kind. In order to be eligible for this giveaway please make sure you are a follower and leave me a comment on this blog. I am hoping to make it to 350 followers and then I will choose a winner!! Help me spread the word to gain extra entries! Leave me a comment letting me know which of the following you completed... (A chance for 2 bonus entries!)

- post this giveaway on your blog

- post this giveaway on your Facebook

Here is the candy!!

SOME of the items in this fun giveaway include...

- 2 rolls of ATG tape from the Tape Depot 

- stickers/embellishements by K&Company, Jolees, Sticko, Stickpotamaus, etc. 

- ribbon by Doodlebug, etc.

- an Indentz Swirls embossing folder

- pearls (one of my fav embellishments!)

- ultrafine glitter

- Imaginisce clear stamp

- etc.  

**I can only send to Canada & US, sorry others! :(

I have a LOT of projects I need to get done this week so wish me luck with that! :) I am also SOON going to be announcing a few winners of a couple other giveaways I have had recently.