~100.00 Cricut Cartridge/Clear Scraps GIVEAWAY!!~

Good morning!!!!

Are you ready for the 4th of July??

I thought in celebration of the 4th I would have a FUN GIVEAWAY!

You know I am the Design Team Coordinator for Clear Scraps,

and they have some amazing products coming out for CHA!!

So today I am going to give it a BIG PUSH!!

Go FOLLOW the Clear Scraps BLOG

http://clearscraps.typepad.com/

You have to be a follower to win this cartridge....worth 89.99!

This Country Life Cartridge is amazing and fun!!!

And a BRAND NEW Clear Scraps ALBUM

This amazing BUTTERFLY album!!

In total this prize is well worth 105.00+ and if you include the tax I paid! LOL

Here is how to win!!!

YOU MUST BE A FOLLOWER OF THE

CLEAR SCRAPS BLOG!!!

*I will check :)*

YOU CAN GAIN AN EXTRA 2 ENTRIES IF YOU REFER A FRIEND

AND THEY POST YOU REFERRED THEM!!

YOU WILL ALSO GET 1 EXTRA ENTRY IF YOU

BLOG/FACEBOOK/TWEET ABOUT THIS GIVEAWAY

Hey it's FREE and its a HUGE prize! :)

I will leave this open until Clear Scraps hits 600 followers!!

That should be easy right? Only 146 more followers! :)

You do not want to miss out on the new goodies coming out for CHA

I have several projects to share and it's going to rock your world!

This prize is from me and my pocket, so please play along.

It is not sponsored by anyone, I just wanted to have a fun celebration

for my blog fans and help promote Clear Scraps since they

are such an amazing company!!! :)

Happy weekend everyone!!!

Thanks for chugging along with my blog!!!!

~i-ROCK Cristal Clear BLOG HOP!!! (video tutorial)~

Good morning my crafty friends!!!!!

I am excited about the blog hop today!

If you are here it is because you just left Melinda's blog...

and here is my project today...a VIDEO tutorial!!

I work with acetate and acrylic all the time especially being the

DT for Clear Scraps acrylic. I was finding my i-rock gems were popping

off my acrylic pages and cards, so I came up with this technique to

make them last and stay on...check it out

Don't forget to watch the credits *wink*

Now did you hop to each blog and hit follow along the way?

If you did you could win a

BIG I-ROCK prize package!!!!

Hurry back to Imaginisce and leave a comment!!!!

http://www.imaginisceblog.com/

~FUN GIVEAWAY To Celebrate A New Class!!!~

Good morning my crafty friends! I am so excited today because

I just scheduled another class at The Scrap Room in Mt. Juliet, TN.

This class will be a Clear Scraps acrylic layout class using Imaginisce!

It is a 2 page layout (I know crazy huh? I never do 2 pagers LOL) and

the Dry Erase Board! How fun right???

Birthday Theme on the layout, then the Dry Erase Board for the gift!

It will be on Sunday, April 3rd at 2pm right here

(615) 758-9596

I am excited! If you are in TN and want to come by, call and save your spot!

It's only 20.00 and you will learn alot of techniques for working with acrylic.

We will also be using the D-stress and I-rock tools! :)

Ok now for the GIVEAWAY!

If you have not followed the Clear Scraps Blog GO!!

Go to the blog and hit FOLLOW PLEASE!:)

http://clearscraps.typepad.com/

For 2 (NOT ONE BUT TWO!!) Lucky FOLLOWERS of the Clear Scraps Blog

I have 12X12 sheets of acrylic AND a package of Roly Poly Posies (24 Pack)

from Imaginisce as seen above!! Imaginisce and Clear Scraps have been very

generous and allow me to teach alot of classes I would not have been able to.

They are companies I stand behind 100% and trust me, they rock! :)

That is all you have to do to win, jus FOLLOW the Clear Scraps Blog

and leave a comment here! :) Also tomorrow Imaginisce will be rockin'

my blog wit a special I-ROCK GIVEAWAY! So come back tomorrow!!!

I am off to tend to my boys, the have been needing momma this week.♡♥♡

~Monday with a Smile!!~

It's Monday my crafty friends!

Are we ready for this busy week? I am not sure I am. haha!

I am super excited about going to CKC Convention on Friday

but getting it all ready for me to leave the house might be another story.

I made a fun mini this weekend, OHHH how I love minis

and these Clear Scraps MINI- minis are extra fun!

Did you see they are giving this one and more away on the Clear Scraps Blog?

I used the awesome new Berrylicious line from Imaginisce, and my

favorite Glue Arts Glue of course...and last but not least the Mini Tab Album

from the ever amazing Clear Scraps!

Now I only posted the front and the back because I want you to go

to the Clear Scraps blog to see the rest ok?? Plus I added many TIPS

on using acrylic and how I create with it!! This mini does have several

pages and they are so cute! This would be a great "instead of card" Card! LOL

You know...for that EXTRA embellishment worthy friend.

So go check the Clear Scraps Blog out!

Go to Friday and enter to win one of these bad boys too!

http://clearscraps.typepad.com/

I am off to work work work! I need to get ready to leave on Thursday!

~Meet Me In KY & Spring Flower GIVEAWAY Right Here!!~

Good morning my crafty friends!

I am SO excited this morning because...

#1 My boys are feeling much better and in school again

#2 I am going to Louisville, Kentucky next week!

#3 I have a FUN and very Spring-Y Giveaway!

OK first to the giveaway...some fun spring flowers

and gems, in awesome bright colors!!

Just leave a comment here and on Saturday I will randomly draw a winner

for the D-stress giveaway and these fun bright flowers!

♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

Happy Spring my friends!

Did you see the Design Team announcement on Clear Scraps yesterday?

YEA! It's going to be a great year!

Also be sure to check out last Friday's post on Clear Scraps,

there is a big giveaway and today is the last day to enter!

http://clearscraps.typepad.com/my_weblog/2011/02/upcoming-classes-from-clear-scraps.html

Now about this trip to Kentucky!

I will be working in the Clear Scraps Booth March 11-12th at the

CK Conventions
Louisville, KY
3/11-3/12/2011
www.scrapandpapercorner.com/events/ckc/

Plus you can take this class by the owner Susan if you sign up for it!

Oh So Beautiful

Original design by: Laura McCollough

Oh So Beautiful, this Clear Scraps 8X8 Sassy Mixable album with Basic Grey papers. We will create this one of a kind acrylic and chipboard album. We have taken two hot mediums, acrylic and chipboard to create one great album. Learn new techniques how to work with acrylic and chipboard. We will ink it, stamp it and even emboss it. Full 8x8 album with 5 pages (10 total front and back)

WOW! Your friends with this amazing Clear Scraps Sassy Mixable album…

Teaching by: Susan Frase

If you are anywhere near Kentucky and the CK Convention

PLEASE come by and say hello!

Ok I am off to get these boys off to school!!! Thank YOU for popping by today I appreciate it and please leave a comment to win! Have a beautiful day~

~New Giveaway...Then Back To Scrapping!~

Good morning my crafty friends!

I had the most wonderful emails yesterday about

the Cricut Circle and the giveaway, thank everyone!

I have a prize today....you know that new Clock Class

I am teaching online (It's only 5.00 to join)

Well I have 2 subscriptions to giveaway!!!!!!! WOOT!

The cool thing about this class is...you can apply the techniques to

any of you stash of supplies, it doesn't have to be my supplies.

And it's a fun class with videos and pictures.

I think I made some crazy amount like 8 or 9 videos

and insane amount of photos too!

This is the scrap site

http://stash-to-treasure.net/teacher/cristal-hobbs

Go check it out.

Go join if you can and if not then at least leave a comment here

for a chance to win one of the 2 subscriptions!

Tomorrow I will be back to scrapping, I have a stack of

items I have made sitting here waiting to be photographed.

Oh and go check out Clear Scraps today! MORE GIVEAWAYS!!!!

OK I am off to scrap

~Happy Friday!!!~

~Leave a comment!~

~Pinky~

~I-Top Blog Hop!! Fun gift ideas~

Good morning my HOPPY FRIENDS! :)

You know the Imaginisce i-top Blog Hop is running this week!!!!

I have a fun little gift projects today to share on this hop.

I love to make big wonderful elaborate gifts as much as the next person,

but let's face it...I have 3 kids, 10 chickens, a dog and a husband.

They inhibit my non-stop craftiness sometimes LOL

So I came up with this sweet and inexpensive gift for the acquaintance

or maybe a neighbor on your list.

Maybe even one of the hundred teachers

you have in your children's school.

A sweet handy ~COUTURE MAGNET SET~

That's right it's COUTURE ...Pinky Couture in fact!*wink* hehe

I used my awesome handy dandy i-top of course. And the magnet daddies,

plus the awesome Samantha Walker flannel fabric

(I love the hand made touch fabric gives these),

and the Garden Party embellishments for the holders.

These were fun, easy, and functional too~

You know you can win a brand new i-top prize plus a big prize

on Friday if you check in every day this week! :)

So go check out the next blog...

The next stop on this blog hop is...the amazing Melinda!

http://thescrapfarm.blogspot.com/

~Happy Tuesday and thank for hopping by~

~Pinky~

~New Year Scrapping Already!~

Good morning my crafty-licious friends♥

Are you scrapbooking your New Year yet?

I wasn't going to but I needed to get away from the kids and hubs yesterday

so I hid in my scrap room and made this page.

I had a wonderful surprise 3 days after Christmas on my front porch.

You know Jessica from the Scraptastic Club?

I just met her recently and she is so sweet and so kind...

even though I am not designing for her she decided to send me

one of my all time favorite kits! So I dug it out and scrapped using

the Holy Mittens Santa! Kit! Isn't it fun??! Oh I love it!

For New Years we spent the evening with a HUGE bonfire on our property and

the neighbors came over about 5 minutes into the bonfire. I was thinking

"Oh no already?!" then they said "Hey can we use your bonfire for our burn

pile too?" LOL I was like Heck yes!!!!!

They stayed a visited about 2 hours and my good friends

Adrienne and Aron came over, it really was a FUN NIGHT!

The kids LOVED it, full of manly bonding and marshmallow roasting.

I loved it, full of girl chats and White Russians *hehe*

It was one of the best New Years we have had in a long time.

Since I had so many pictures (Thanks Adrienne) and I wanted to group them

I decided to print them all in 2X2 size.

And don't you LOVE the embossed stickers in this kit?? I love them so much

the greys, blues, and wintery mix makes me smile.

I used my Cindy Loo Cricut Cartridge to make the tiny frames.

You know what I tried on this page? The Glue Arts Raise N's I really

like how easy they were to use, I think I will be using them again.

I had not tried them before today and I really like them!

You know Glue Arts does not compensate me at all *just in case you wondered*

I just LOVE their glue so when I use it I try to let everyone know

what I used. I do get many emails asking me what products I use.

That's it for me today, I am TRYING to get my kids back

into a normal schedule. They don't go back to school until the 5th

so I will be pretty busy until then.

Now on Tuesday....I think Tuesday LOL *tomorrow*

I am going to be in another smaller BLOG HOP

for Imaginisce with AWESOME prizes, so come back!

~See y'all tomorrow!~
~Thanks for popping by~
~Pinky~

~New Video Tutorial W/ New Tool *D-Stress*~

Good morning my friends!

Yesterday was a FANTASTIC DAY, I finally got my hands on the

newest tool from Imaginisce, the d-stress tool.

As soon as I heard about it, I knew I would love it.

**Coming soon to stores near you**

I am not even playing, it totally makes me so happy

so of course I made a video with the new tool and how it works.

Check it out ♥

*sorry it is dark, you know I usually wait but I had to get it done*

If you make mini albums or alter chipboard/acrylic in any way

you are going to love this tool for filing. I am throwing away my old files.

Ok I am off to plan for my New Years Eve Party and get the

boys to the Dr. today....

Happy Hump Day everyone!

~Thank YOU for stopping by., I am missing my blog friends~

~Pinky~

~Country Girl~

Good morning my crafty friends!

I am BACK!!!!

I had to take a couple days off for Christmas and to heal,

my poor kids and hubby well all of us have been sick for a while now.

Thanks goodness we are all on the mend *smile*.

I did get time to sit down and scrap over Christmas.

I am determined that before 2011 ends I will have my 8.5X11 scrap book

filled if it kills me! So you might see some pages that size this year♥

This page is from the Samantha Walker Cowgirl Line....isn't is adorable?

I was so excited when she sent it to me, I knew right away I was

going to scrapbook my country lifestyle.

You know it is unusual to find a beautiful country style line

that is not all cutesy and child like, so this line is perfect for me.

It is very country and I can imagine many pages with my chickens LOL

The only thing I added was twine, vintage lace, Thickers, and a little bit of stickles.

I even used the cardstock stickers for my journaling.

Oh and of course my handy dandy Glue Arts Glue Glider pro LOL

I know I do not have the "country" look but really all I ever wanted

was to have a little farm with animals.

If we could have afforded it we would have 10-20 acres

with cows, chickens, honeybees, and a garden. Heck I'd even like to have

a Christmas Tree Farm if I could! But the 2 acres and chickens will have to do.

Now if I could just find the perfect PINK cowgirl hat LOL

Stay tuned for my January 1st post on Imaginisce with

HUGE prize packages!!!!!

Now back to keeping these boys entertained and preparing

for the New years Party we are hosting this weekend!

Happy Tuesday, thanks for stopping by♥♥

~Pinky~

~Gypsy GIVEAWAY Come Celebrate The Holidays With Me~

♥ Good morning my amazingly talented crafty friends ♥

I have a special giveaway today straight from the Cricut Circle.

You know I gave away 2 Gypsy's this year and I saved one for

Christmas time!! I wanted to give one away right at the holidays,

just in time for Christmas!

Provocraft is an AMAZING company, and I am so blessed to

design with them on the Cricut Circle Magazine.

I am overwhelmed by their generosity and kindness.

I am so blessed to work with companies who truly do care.

In the spirit of kindness and the holidays from my family in TN

to your families all over the world....

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

There are no strings to this giveaway....

I would LOVE for you to be a follower but it is not required ♥

Just leave a comment about your holidays

I mean anything you want to share...does not have to be elaborate.

This truly is a RANDOM DRAWING.

I would LOVE for you to share with your friends and on all

message boards and media sites (even Facebook).

But it is not required, it would be nice ♥

On December 19th I will randomly choose a WINNER! :)

And ship it out priority right away!

So be sure to check back so I can ship it same day!

Happy Holidays my friends, you all make my life so much richer

and you all have enabled me to share these amazing gifts throughout the year.

~Love Pinky~

~Christmas Traditions Layout & BOGO Sale~

♥Good morning my amazingly crafty friends♥

I had a fun night last night, I FINALLY set up my Imagine...

well ok hubby did but still it is done! I even printed up a couple

tags to work with on my next LO!

He cleaned up and organized while I scrapped this page.

I needed a picture to scrap for the new Noel Mignon challenge contest,

so I dug through my old Christmas pictures. This is one of my favorite all time photos

of the boys with dad right before Christmas.

We had just moved to TN and it was a wonderful experience

you want to know the funny part? Neither one of us can remember where

this darn Christmas tree farm is LOL We have tried to find it

and we both come up blank.

Anyways I used the new Echo Park paper (or maybe it is old?) and some vintage

crocheted lace, with those AWESHUM snowflakes from Imaginisce, and my

handy dandy Glue Arts Ribbon Adhesive.

If you wonder why I am always listing the items I used,

it is because I do get alot of emails about it, and if you want to make

a page for yourself then you have the ingredients on hand ♥

Plus if I love a product I am not going to lie to ya, I will tell you it rocks!

Journaling:

The best gift I have ever received for Christmas, was not anything that could be given in a box. It was a FAMILY, a real family.

My first Christmas with my husband, we stayed up all night in each other’s arms talking until we fell asleep at dawn on the couch, then woke up an hour later with our son opening gifts.

Every year it is the same story, we are so excited putting out the

special gifts and watching the lights on the tree.

We talk about family , friends and events of the year, our lives before

and our lives now, our children, our losses, our joys.

It all comes up on Christmas Eve.

I never had a real family and for me that is the best gift I could ever receive.

Spending those moments in anticipation of the children’s excitement the

next morning with someone I love knowing we are a true family.

One more thing...TODAY ONLY!

If you buy one kit you get one FREE just pay extra shipping! :)

Here is the LINK for the Mini Kit

http://blueyecicle.blogspot.com/p/winterchristmas-album-acrylic-class-kit.html

That's it for me today, I am going to have cupcakes with friends

later on and try to dig up a sausage breakfast casserole recipe for dinner!

Happy Friday everyone!

~Thank YOU for popping by~

~Have a beautiful day~

~Pinky~

~Quick Update & Features Before Tomorrow's BIG Blog Hop!~

Good morning!!!

How is your week flowing so far?

My week has been filled with decorating the house....

which is always a good thing.

In the Hobbs home we decorate from top to bottom,

it is our tradition to decorate the ceilings....

I know it's alot of work but hubby

LOVES it, I am not lying, he gets done and says "We need to find something

to decorate the ceilings all year because it looks so awesome"

I love that he is so appreciative of the decorating efforts ♥

The whole family gets in on the action....

We have a Country Christmas theme this year...in reds and creams

I have a couple quick updates *in case you missed anything...

Debby featured me and my family

traditions for the holidays on her blog today

http://debbysdares.blogspot.com/2010/12/its-pink-home-for-holidays-on-day-7.html

Yesterday is was a HUGE GIVEAWAY on my blog and IMAGINISCE

http://www.imaginisceblog.com/2010/12/welcome-to-6th-day-of-imaginisces-12.html

And Sunday was the Samantha Walker feature

http://samanthaleewalker.blogspot.com/2010/12/introducing-creative-team-member_05.html

And tomorrow is a ♥BRAND NEW VIDEO TUTORIAL♥
Hand made garland/Christmas Card Holder

You do NOT want to miss it, I worked hard on it and I love it.

If you love vintage/country style you are in for a treat.

Also the first Samantha Walker Blog Hop...

so please stay tuned tomorrow :) ♥

Now I am off to finish the house and hopefully do a craft or 5.

~Have a wonderful and peaceful day~

~Pinky~

~Scrapping with vintage lace & acrylic~

Good morning!!!!

It's a beautiful and very cold day today. I love it,

I am so ready for snow....hopefully it will soon then I will

feel ready for Christmas.

This week we are slowly but surely decorating and I am

feeling the holiday spirit for sure ♥

I love mixing old and new scrap products like

acrylic and vintage lace...I think it adds such a lovely

touch and it reminds me of my grandmother and history.

I made this layout at Tally Scrappers for a contest to win chocolate LOL

For the base I used a 12X12 Clear Scraps acrylic page then I cut

out the Hambly Doily Overlay and placed it on the acrylic, then covered it in lace.

I also love adding Platinum Paint to my layouts when I

do vintage looking pages. I used the Folk Art Metallic Taupe

paint because it looks just like Platinum.

I also spritzed the journaling spots with Spun Sugar Smooch

for a more aged vintage look with shimmer.♥

I love the new Extreme Tac adhesive from Glue Arts for the acrylic too

it stays on, it does NOT yellow and crack like the glues I have used

and it sticks really hard which is what I need, I like my pages to last!

I wish I could have captured all the detail on this layout.

I used almost a whole box of flowers from Imaginisce, I love

how they layered and the tulle flowers in the box.

I also used the i-rock and the swirls template that is so hard to find.

♥Ohh La La♥

The double lace was from my friend Gloria,

I have such amazing supportive friends including my online buddies

I am so very blessed to have so many friends who are so wonderful.

Ok I am off to bake the day away, we have

a party coming up on Saturday so I need to get it done!

The list is...

Caramel Corn (3 batches!) ♥

Cookies

Fudge

Brownies

Jell-o shots

I better get busy!!!

Happy Thursday everyone

~Have a beautiful day~

~Pinky~

~It's the 1st! Blog Hop, Sketch, & Prizes Too!~

Good morning my crafty friends!♥

I love working with Imaginisce, and especially on the first

when they do the Blog Hop and sketch challenge.

You know if you play along you could win big!

This month's sketch is by the amazing Liz Qualman

and it;s a fun sketch for sure!

Go to the Imaginisce Blog to check it out.

Here is my version ♥

I have so many snow pictures from last year, I am exited to scrap them.

For this project I used the Cottage Christmas line from Imaginisce,

my Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro, and Ribbon Adhesive,

My Cricut Expression and the Winter Frolic Cartridge (Snowflakes)

and my Imaginisce i-rock tool (for the gems)

The sketch was so fun and inspiring, I hope you play along.

Remember if you leave a comment here you could win!

Imaginisce always has amazing prizes!

~Happy scrapping today~

~ Thank You for popping by~

~Pinky~

~Happy Crafty Tuesday! More Cottage Christmas!~

Good morning my crafty friends,

I am so excited about tomorrow & the Imaginisce blog hop,

sketch challenge...don't forget!♥

Yesterday I spent finishing up crafts for the Blog Hop and

the December 6th post on Imaginisce.

Guess what?? Some AWESOME prizes on that day, plus

if you go to the blog all 12 days, you could win a HUGE Grand Prize

so be sure to check it out.

I am always on the lookout for amazing giveaways.

Also yesterday the last Christmas kit sold *YEA* thank you all.

But I still have some goodies here so I decided to make

a mini kit that is more budget friendly :)

This kit is 12.00 (plus 6.00 shipping)

It is 60% off retail! Better than the discount sites!

SOLD OUT!!!!!!!!!!!

You get everything listed

8 Sheets of double sided and glazed paper

2 packages of rub-ons (words and images)

1 chipboard package (full packages of everything)

1 Sticker Glass stickers

In total almost 30.00 retail!

I know so many of you have asked me about where to get

the papers...well here ya go! :)

Come back tomorrow for the Blog Hop/sketch challenge!

Also I have video tutorials coming up this week!

My annual Christmas ornament too.

~Happy Tuesday, I hope it's crafty-licious~

~Pinky~

~Happy GIVEAWAY Day! Cricut Storage GIVEAWAY~

Good morning! I am not even going to mess around

today...no way man...it's all about the GIVEAWAY today!

I am always looking for fun giveaways for my blog.

When I did the Gypsy giveaway I came across these

Cricut Cartridge Storage binders...I liked them but then I saw

the PINK ONES! So I contacted Scrap N' Tote and asked them

to let me give one away and in return I would make a video

and show the Tote live in person! ♥

They agreed and I was so excited! But it is a HUGE box, so

if you win you have to give me time to ship it LOL

Anyways...check out the video...

*the mat does go in the back sleeve*

Let me know what you think.

Share the blog post PLEASE!!!!!!!!!

The more followers I have, the more you share...

the MORE FREEBIES come in for you!!!!! :)

My favorite part of blogging is doing the GIVEAWAYS! ♥

Here is a link to the awesome website

http://www.cricutcartridgestorage.com/scrapn_tote_pink_suede.htm

In order to win you have to FOLLOW their blog

http://www.scrapntoteblog.com/p/contests.html

and leave a comment on my blog right here.

I would LOVE for you to follow my blog too ♥

Like I said, the more followers...the more prizes!

Also I believe they have some awesome giveaways too!

I think they gave away an Imagine last week.

Ok I am off...I have a Blog Hop coming up next week plus

the Imaginisce Sketch reveal, plus I will be guest blogging on

Imaginisce on the 6th I think it is...so buy fun time this holiday season!

This GIVEAWAY is open until Sunday the 5th.

Happy Sunday everyone

~Thanks for popping by~

~Pinky~

~Time Well Spent ♥~

Good morning my crafty friends!

Does everyone have pie hangover today??

I know my family does..hehe

Instead of listening to hubby snore and watch him passed out

I decided to hit my scrap room this morning and scrap those

Thanksgiving baking photos I took yesterday.

I used the awesome Samantha Walker's Christmas In The Kitchen Collection

I love it, it makes me want to scrap all my baking pictures♥

I also used my Glue Glider Pro from Glue Arts and

American Crafts Thickers..I think that was it too! :)

It was so fun watching the boys chow down yesterday and

Gage was a riot at the table. He ONLY eats mashed potatoes, nothing else.

He cracks me up! It was a beautiful day.

I skipped the Black Friday shopping, I REALLY wanted to go but

I REALLY did not want to wait in line in the 20 degree weather

at Joanns, honestly I doubt I could have stood for that long with my back

acting up so much. We did drive by old Navy last night but it

was packed out the door, so we drove home real quick LOL

Hope you all had an amazing Thanksgiving.

~Thank YOU for stopping by~

~Pinky~