~Happy Saturday, more acrylic fun~

Good morning my crafty friends,
today is jam packed full of busy for our house.
So it's short and sweet today!

Don't forget about the Clear Scraps Blog Hop
HERE
and come join me for a cyber crop at SFTIO
HERE!
I will be popping in and out all day to post challenges, and Rachel
will be on too! Come and play!

I have a project to share today, this is on the ClearScraps blog today in fact!
I really do love all the acrylic shapes from ClearScraps,
I am soooo blessed to be able to work with them all the time!
This paper is the new Splash Dance from Imaginisce, and the acrylic
is from ClearScraps, it's the XL shapes.

I used an underwater picture from my trip to Hawaii, I have been
wanting to scrap these for a long time...finally got to it!

Oh and yesterday I was on the Purple Cows blog...
I forgot LOL HERE

AND the stamp WINNER from the Timeless Daydreams blog premiere!
Pam said...

Happy NSD! Love the layout, great use of the seed packet, heading for Timeless after I become your follower LOL. Love your work

Saturday, May 01, 2010

Please email me your addy Pam I will send you a prize!

Don't forget anyone in middle TN
I am teaching a small class in Lebanon on the 11th at 6:30pm!
It is only 15.00 the info is on the sidebar --->

OK off to baseball games I go this morning, then so much to do today!

~I sincerely hope you have a beautiful day~
~If you feel up to it say a little prayer for our family today~
~Pinky~

~Let me introduce you to our new chicks....blog hop coming!~

Good morning my amazingly crafty friends,

are you ready for Mothers Day?? OMG I was totally unprepared!
My husband came in the other day and said "Honey, do you know what Sunday is?"
I said "YES! We are going to the Ren FEST! Finally after 2 years I get to
see that castle" He said "NO what day is it?"
I replied..."Sunday??" hehehe I had no clue Mother's Day was this Sunday.


So I grabbed my Sassafras Lass papers and made this card for his mother.
I hope it arrives in time! Once again *Disclaimer* I am not a card maker! LOL
Now it is a running joke with hubby and I because he ass me to make so
many cards, he gets quite a laugh out of it!As broken hearted as I feel I wanted to introduce you to
our new chicks...they have not fully feathered, they are about 3 to 4 weeks
younger then our last chickens.
I spoke with several neighbors and they have
all come together so nicely and been so sweet about our loss.
Neighbors whom we have never met have stopped by and said
"So sorry about your chicks" genuinely concerned.
Anyhow....my husband had the amazing idea of not getting baby chicks,
but instead looking on Craigslist to find pullets that are a few weeks old.
Bypassing the the in house chickens...

HUGE Mistake! LOL
If you have never used Craigslist, let me just say, you are missing
out on so many crazies! LOL EVERY single time I use Craiglist
I leave hysterically laughing and amazed by who I meet!
We drove OVER and hour to meet this woman who told my husband she
was on a hill with a barn....let me tell you something...I know what a barn
is and this was NOT a barn! LOL
It looked to be 150 years old and falling off to one side.
Hubby neglected to tell me that she said "Be careful of the driveway"
As he RAMMED up the steep hill and we completely
bottomed out the minivan, he says"Oops, she said the driveway was bad"
UMMM hello??? BAD??? Honey you don't bottom out on a BAD driveway
you bottom out in a horror movie where people are going to eat you!
Right then I knew LOL.
I felt a little bit safer when a little girl ran out in nothing but
a t-shirt and rubber boots, she must have been 5 or so,
then her brother came out followed by
2 dogs and a DONKEY, yes a donkey! LOL
We left the van at the bottom of the driveway and started walking up the
long steep BAD driveway and the smell hits me.
Now mind you I am a farm girl I am by no means shocked by smells...
but this smell ...Oh my!
When I say she had over 200 chickens in her house and over 200 in pens
She proudly pointed out her "free range" chickens, which were the 50 or so
running "FREE" in the 10X 10 shed on top of garbage and tires.
With dogs and children ducking in and out.
We went inside *cough cough* ducking to get in and found her pen of pullets
and she told us these were for sale so I picked one up...
suddenly she SCREAMS OUT (and I so mean screams) NOOOOOOOOO
NOOOOOOO as I freak out and drop the poor chick on it's head
and she says calm as can be "Not her she is not for sale"
LORDY woman gave me a heart attack!

I am telling you I dd not pick up one dang chicken after that, you
could not pay me 1000.00 to pick up a chick around her ever again LOL

There is s much more than I can type and tell you, it would take
2 pages...but in the end after she spoke to the chicks about leaving
each one for at least 10 minutes, we left over 1 hour later with
10 chickens...and I like to feel we rescued those chickens.

The white headed one is the baby and she is my favorite.
I miss my calm leghorns though. They always ran to me when I came out,
these ones are more wild and it wll take time to make them calm.
It is a bittersweet day for our family.

Here's to hoping no one else feels the need
to take my chickens :) And the neighbors watch out for us
like I suspect they will from now on.

OK on to scrappy good stuff
TOMORROW: Be here! Clearscraps Blog Hop!!!!
PRIZES! FUN! ME! :) hehehe

Blog hop also coming up next week for Scrapbooking From
The Inside Out! Plus a CROP on Saturday hosted by ME! :)

So stay tuned, you won't want to miss these fun events!
Thanks for popping by to say hi
~Have a beautifully crafty Thursday~
~Pinky~

~Happy May 1st! Reveals, contests, PRIZES and MORE!~

GOOD MORNING!!!!!
WOW Where in the world do I begin today??
So much going on you NEED to read the entire blog today.
Contests from THREE companies, a sketch challenge
and we begin the 5 day reveal from Scrapbooking From The Inside Out

First off this fun layout I made for Clearscraps.
I used the Imaginisce May Sketch as my inspiration.
These are the new Splash Dance Papers!

IF you comment HERE and visit the other blogs Imaginisce is giving away
a BIG May Prize package!!!!!!! So hit the Imaginisce Blog today HERE

The reason I tied in the Clearscraps with the the sketch is because
Clearscraps is hosting their own HUGE giveaway and it ends TODAY!
HERE it is! Go check it out! Easiest Contest EVER is what they are calling it!

Now on to Scrapbooking From The Inside Out May Kit Reveal!
The emotion for this month is ANTICIPATION! (I love it!)

When I thought of anticipation, instantly I thought of spring,
my children, life, and my chickens even! All the anticipation of
blooming, growing, planting and the rewards.

So this is my first layout, the boys planting a sunflower patch.
I am so excited to see it grow and watch them learn from the experience.
I am going to chronicle the entire process.

I even took one of the seed packets and put it on the layout.
This is a beautiful jam packed kit too!

Alrighty then, on to one more fun contest!
Timeless Daydreams just started blogging, I was talking to my gf
on the phone who writes the blog and co-owns site.
I told her I would host a contest to get followers for their blog!
SOOOOOO, I will be giving away a FUN prize pack!!
Plus they are giving away some PRIMA!
So stop by HERE become a follower and tell them PINKY sent ya!
I will give away 2 prize packages
(including full sets of stamps and other new goodies)
if we hit 100 followers for them!! :)
Nothing in it for me, just love the girls there. I know you will too!

That's it for me today!
~HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!~
~Thank you for stopping by!~
~Pinky~

~Happy Saturday, NEW WINNERS, Summer Fun~

Good morning crafty peeps!

I am on the Helmar blog today if you get a chance to check it out :)

Sorry about the huge photo, I have a virus on my computer and

it has eliminated my Firefox, now I am using a new browser that is not Pinky friendly LOL

For this sign I used my amazing Clearscraps,

Helmar 450 quick dry, Helmar Zapdots, and Abbey Road paper from My Mind's Eye.

OK on to the new winners, SORRY everyone, but the winners did not come

forward for the Helmar Glue OR the Cri-Kit pens??!

So I am choosing 2 new winners!

Helmar V2 Vellum GLUE

kellyrose490 said...

Oh, I would love some of that Helmar Glue! Thanks for sharing Pinky!

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Cri-Kit Pens for your Cricut

Gloria said...

hehehehehehehe Pinky would buttering you up help that randomizer pick me.? cause I sure could tell you lots of things but ya know it wouldn't be buttering cause it would be the truth. Thanks for all you do and all the inspiration and by the way glad I didn't have to call the authorities for bathing our chicks. lol lol Got my card all ready just waiting on those pens. lol lol

Friday, April 16, 2010

Send me your addy's ladies!!

I am off to make another acrylic sign for a local class.

This one was a sample :)

~Have a great weekend!~

~Thank you for stopping by~

~Pinky~

~Pure Magnetism Cards & More SVG files~

Good morning my amazingly crafty friends.

I hope to inspire you today to step out of your box and
send some love to someone who needs it today.

The entire story and more pictures and Pure Magnetism Cards can be found
on the Clearscraps Blog today right HERE

Clearscraps acrylic was definitely one of the reason I came up with these.
So, I know what you are thinking....
"what is the crazy pink headed one talking about today???"

Well, let me explain to ya :)
I have a couple of good friends who are going through some rough patches
lately (like we all have at one time or another) and I got to thinking
I would send some cards out, but then I wondered what else could I do?
I wanted a card on steroids! LOL
Why not make a card that attaches ot hangs from the fridge??
So every time someone comes into the kitchen they remember that
you took the time to say "hey I love ya, I care"
So go check out the blog :)

I came up with these (This is just one version)
Acrylic cards that are not your traditional folding card,
but instead have magnets and would be double sided.
The front would be a version of a card or mixed layout
and the back would have a special message
whether it be hand written or printed on

Now this one I used my new Cri-Kit pens to write the "You Are Loved"
OMG how cool is it, not to have to find a rub-on or print
something up on my computer, just be able to type it out on my Cricut and
cut it out! LOVE these pens!
This one I had to share a sneak peek because guess what I used to attach the
Hambly to the front of the Pure Magnetism card??
Helmar V2 Babay! That's right, it dried invisible! Look at that!
I am so excited to be able to glue down Hambly with no visible glue.
Helmar V2 rocks my socks off LOL


Here are just a few more SVG's for you SVG hunters today!
Free as always and just click the image to download

Hello Kitty
Cloud, Moon, Flower pack

Don't forget I have some of these pens to give away shortly!
I am so excited for y'all to try them too.

I have a very busy day ahead with school and all that jazz,
and last night I burned all my fingers so it should be an interesting day LOL

~Have a great Thursday y'all!~
~Thanks for stopping by and saying hi~
~Pinky~

~1 more sleep until I head out the door!~

Good morning my amazing friends...
I am so excited this morning....just one more day until I head out...

I made my FIRST big Cricut project yesterday! I am tickled pink
Now I was not totally happy with it, but once again
not every project is a home run.
It will be published shortly on the Purple Cows Blog.

This is a little sneaky peek!
I used the amazing Clearscraps Acrylic, I am having so much fun with it!Let me tell you I found a new love for Helmar V2 Vellum adhesive,
I don't use Vellum much but I do use acrylic and man....I use the GLITTER!
If you spritz the V2 on anything and glitter it WOOHOO it is glitter heaven!!!!!
LOVE IT so much! I never have used spray adhesive before and to me
it was so much cleaner then other adhesive for glittering.

Not sure I will be posting the next couple days,
y'all know I try to post every day, but man
with sick kids, Spring Break, and this trip I need to start packing!
I never did figure out what to pack for my trip LOL
I think lots of smiles and Dr Pepper :O

Just go to have some fun!
~Thanks for stopping by, I so enjoy chatting with you all!~
~Have a beautiful Thursday~
~Pinky~

~Super Sunday has arrived....~

Good morning my lovely crafty friends.....
Happy Sunday!
If you are still on the Helmar blog hop the post is right here
http://blueyecicle.blogspot.com/2010/03/helmar-blog-hop-and-giveaway.html

In the meantime, I have a new project up on Clearscraps!
My FIRST Clearscraps blog post so please check it out! :)
http://clearscraps.typepad.com/my_weblog/2010/03/spring-has-sprung.html
This is what I made and on the blog, I give a product list and
instructions, so you can make your own.

Of course you know I used my Helmar Glue, the ZAPDOTS
and the 450 quick dry, works great on acrylic BTW
which is key for me, love my acrylic!

We had a great Saturday with the kids.
Don't forget the giveaway yesterday AND the RAK from me the day before.
I will be choosing winners tomorrow morning!!!!!
So get those comments in.

Thanks for checking out the Clearscraps and always coming by
to say hello, I love hearing from you all.
I do individually read every single comment and it keeps me smiling.

~Have a great Sunday~
~Pinky~