**GIVEAWAY** ~Fluttering By To Say Hi...~

Good morning my friends, 

Hope you had a wonderful Valentine's Day! :) 

**Giveaway below**

We have a small fun kids party planned for tonight, 

so I am busy baking today! :) The boys are EXCITED!

Have you seen the new set of stamp for March

straight from Avocado Arts??? 

Here is a sneak peek! I used February's set  (Special Delivery)

and a couple of the newest set!!! :) 

Now, you have to see what the rest of the gals created today!

AND enter to win these stamps!!!

http://www.avocadoarts.blogspot.com/

The entire Pit Crew has projects to share! Head over to check them out! :) 

Teri Anderson

Ashley Harris

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Cristal Hobbs

Emily Branch

Kelley Eubanks
Emily Leiphart 

Julie Masse

Vera Yates

~Valentine's Day Wall Decor!~

Hey there my friends, 

What a week so far! One sick kid at home already...BUT it gives me crafty time. :) 

Today on the Creating Made Easy blog I share this step by step tutorial 

on how to create this Valentine's Day- Acrylic Heart Wall Decor. 

You have to check it out

LINK-Creating Made Easy

This is a beautiful kit- I love it. 

 There are photos included in the tutorial. 

I am excited to have it on my wall! :) 

Hope you all are enjoying your week. 

It's just the beginning my friends!

Happy Tuesday and enjoy the day~ :) 

~CHA NEW RELEASES! + Winner~

Good morning my crafty friends, 

wow I am totally blown away by how big the blog hop

was yesterday and very excited to share just one of the BRAND

NEW Clear Scraps releases for CHA!

I won't be attending this year, we are still recovering from the

holidays and company the last couple weeks. 

BUT I am still crafting :) 

Clear Scraps has these COOL new stencils...I am really digging them. 

For this card I used the Shattered Glass Stencil,

 this card is actually an acrylic card!

I spray painted the BACK of the Clear Scraps acrylic with paint

then on the front I applied paint using a brush and texturizing it.

 Then I sealed it using PYMII. I love the effects. 

I love the artistic feel of these stencils. 

Clear scraps has OODLES of new releases  140+. Be sure to check them out. 

http://www.clearscraps.com/category_s/42.htm

Now on to the winner of yesterday's blog hop...

 Becky Sorensen said...

Awesome card! Thanks for the chance to win some goodies!!

Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Please email or Facebook me your address! :) 

Glad you all stopped by. Stay tuned I have so much more to share!

Products Used:

Clear Scraps acrylic, Clear Scraps Stencil, Momenta Metals, Tim Holtz Stamp

Vintage Button, Glitz Stickers, Vintage Lace, Spray Paint- Almond, PYMII, Beacon Zip Dry.

~Win Stamps! Avocado Arts Nuggets Of Fun~

Good morning my crafty friends!!!

Avocado Arts has a very FUN random giveaway today...they will

go to each of our blogs and pick random winners from the COMMENTS

on our blogs! You have a chance to win if you comment and even more

chances to win if you comment on every blog! 

These are awesome stamp sets!

http://www.avocadoarts.blogspot.com/

Ok now on to my project....

I decided to make a dry-erase board since we are back on schedules!

I used the beautiful August 2012: Perfectly Perfect Day set plus a sneak peek of

the September set! :) The little HI on there.

 I used Clear Scraps acrylic to create this dry-erase board and you

can see here is where I wrote on it. 

I love the fun little stamps, it adds so much whimsy.

It was a fun little project and I did a tutorial-how to make your own-

 on the Clear Scraps blog too!

Now the ENTIRE Pit Crew has their own projects, go check em out!

I have not worked with nicer more talented ladies, you will love them as much as I do.

• THE PIT CREW (DT)
• Teri Anderson
• Emily Branch
• Kelley Eubanks
• Ashley Harris
• Cristal (Pinky) **That's me** Hobbs
• Emily Leiphart
• Julie Masse
• Becky Oehlers
• AJ Otto
• Vera Yates
• Latisha Yoasts
• Avocado Arts Blog

Don't forget to comment on all the blogs!!! 

~Courage- Not Alway Obvious~

 Good morning my perfectly lovely friends,

I wanted to share this PIN I made, and it's all about courage today. 

I guess when I think of courage I automatically think about that soldier

who fights on another day or that fire fighter who rescues those in danger.

But as I created this PIN I sat and thought about true courage,

what courage really can mean. That really "hidden" courage of the mom

who stays strong because her family needs her to be, because the children

need to see her smile. Or that wife who is afraid is she isn't strong then

her husband may not survive another year. 

Or that Cancer survivor who faces one more Dr. visit, not wanting to go

in the door....to afraid to hear the results yet pushes through with COURAGE

and lives to fight another day. 

Or the parent who makes those tough decisions, not knowing is they

are right or wrong, but deciding anyways- fingers crossed it is the right

move for their child. Because no one can see the future. 

That's courage. I guess really every day you can find courage. 

To be perfectly honest I don't know many people who don't have 

courage, the only difference between them and that hero is...

no one really sees what happens day to day, but I see nothing

less them hope and inspiration. 

Yes it's been one of those weeks already, so yes

I choose to see the courage today, because without courage I won't

see the hope and what is life without a little hope. 

I am known for my raw honest blog posts and today is one of those days

to work out the kinks and emotion in my mind. 

I made this pin with courage in mind...you can find the step by 

step for it here. 

http://globecraftmemories.blogspot.com/2012/07/somedays-you-need-courage.html

 I would encourage you to make one for someone

who has amazing courage but doesn't get noticed. 

I know you know that person....we all do. 

Have a beautiful and courageous day~

~Stamping On Acrylic With Ease~

Good morning my crafty friends, 

I hope you enjoyed your 4th of July.

We spent the day with no fireworks due to a ban but the neighbors

must have not gotten the memo, they laid them out! :) 

Anyways just wanted to share a couple goodies with you today. 

This Clear Scraps stamped acrylic card I created...

This is just ONE of the fun cards for my acrylic card class, I thought I would

share it with you because I don't normally share an extra card I save it

but I thought you might like to know we will be learning live on video how to

stamp on acrylic as well as create this card! :) 

You can still sign up! in fact 3 people did yesterday. 

This is the class link...

http://www.mycreativeclassroom.com/course/info.php?id=606

Ok I know you are sick of hearing about it so this is the last time...

*I think* LOL

Now I have a digital layout to share too. 

This was for Wonderful Wednesday next week, but 

somehow wires got crossed and i's missed a dot so I am a day late. :) 

I used the Retro Roadtrip collection from Samantha Walker Designs.
If you digi scrap this is a fun one!!!

Ok I am off to create with my Bind-It-All today!! What are you creating today?

~Surprise From Friends & Welcome Spring Acrylic Card~

Good morning my crafty friends!

You know yesterday was crazy at 70 degrees, it made me want to

start spring early and plant a garden but unfortunately it is supposed

to freeze tonight. LOL I thought I would share my latest Send It Clear

acrylic card with y'all today.

I embossed the acrylic then coated with purple alcohol ink,

then I added some purple stickles....it's rare for me to use purple

BUT I like it! :)

I added the pink tulle bow for fun.

I sure do love these Send It Clear Cards from Clear Scraps!

I spent yesterday with the boys at the Dr. office, and found out that

my son has Fifth Disease which is a common virus in children.

Some sort of Human Parvo...JOY! LOL It was a crazy day,

my poor little men, sick and surgery all in 2 weeks.

I will be so happy to see spring, then roll into summer.

Oh I wanted to share real quick what a sweet friend did for me.

My girlfriend knew I was having a heck of a day, she texted and

said "Can I come by real quick?" She came by with a fresh pan

of home made cinnamon rolls she had just made!

I tell you what, I about broke down and cried. I really needed it

yesterday and it was so sweet. Then I had the sweetest call from

Lindy, just making sure my boy was all right, simply checking in on me.

After that we went to Bible study and had a wonderful evening.

Some days are not easy but it's those people who lift you up

that really make life worth living.

I am very blessed and VERY appreciative to some amazing friends!

Looking forward to some casual social time with the family and friends

tonight too! :) I hope you have or do something small today

that makes a BIG difference in someone's life!♡♡♡♡

Love YOU and thank you for stopping by. :)

~Clear Scraps Fun Noel Banner~

Good morning and happy weekend my friends,

today I am headed to Mt. Juliet, Tn to drop off this banner

which happens to be my next class!

I wanted to do something classic for Christmas so I reached for

my red and green alcohol inks and started playing with

this adorable Clear Scraps banner (my favorite).

It is so hard to tell in person but it's like stained glass

when you see it real time.

And the letter just pop out.

I think I need some more light and some sunshine! LOL

It's so cold and cloudy this week.

If you would like to join me for this class it is

November 20th at 2pm and it is only 20.00! :)

It's perfect for Christmas time, you could give it as a gift

or just put it up on the tree! I am hanging mine early since we

just found out the in laws are coming on November 21st!

I may not be around much that week. The boys are tickled PINK! :)

Have a wonderful weekend.

~Halloween Decor & How To + Video Tutorial~

Good morning crafty friends! :)

I sat down the last 2 days and made this fun BOO Banner using

Clear Scraps Mini Bat Album, Cuttlebug & Embossing Folders, Momenta

Paper & Alphabet, StaZon Ink, Clearsnap Glitter, & Clearsnap Smooch Spritz~

And here is a quick video on how I embossed the bats.

(In the video I show how to emboss a flower, but the same

technique can be used for anything that will fit in the folder.)

After I embossed each bat (ok my son did it for me LOL)

I took Jet Black Stazon Ink and rubbed it on each bat, then

I rubbed it over the edges to add a little more darkness.

Then I took Clearsnap Charcoal glitter, and glittered all the edges.

Around each bat, it not only added bling but covered any adhesive.

I used Beacon Fabri-Tac for this because Beacon is so amazing on

Clear Scraps acrylic, it does not crack or yellow or fall apart later.

For the BOO title I used Glue Arts U CUT Rais'ems to pop them

up and added green glass beads around the middle O for some SNAZ~

Since I wanted to add green pearls as the ribbon strands, and I

could not find them in GREEN, I used my handy dandy Smooch Spritz.

In Citrus Tickle, I just sprayed them down and it gave the pearls

a fun green hue. I love it!

I feel like now I need to say Easy Breezy Beautiful..... hahaha

Anyways a fun Halloween banner...Loves it!~

Happy Hump Day Everyone! I am off to bake and cook for my little

American Horror Story premiere party tonight.

~It's That Time Again! New Banner Time!!~

Good morning my friends,

It's that time once again, I was feeling very itchy to create a new banner

for the last couple weeks and this weekend just pushed me over the edge!

Getting back to my vintage roots and playing with paper.

I used a Clear Scraps Acrylic background, with the

Tally Scrapper September Kit for all the paper and embellies.

I used my McGill punches to create these roses and used the

Jenni Bowlin Paint Dabber from the Tally September Kit to paint

a BUNCH of the banner...I am really excited!

I guess I need to change my buttons and blog colors too!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

THANK YOU for coming by, I love my blog friends~

Through all the physical issues I struggle with, and all the

dramma in the craft world, you ALL keep me moving and creating.

THANK YOU! :)