~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~

~Imaginisce Guest Blog With Super Cool Prizes!~

♥Good morning all my amazing crafty friends♥

Today I am guest blogging on Imaginisce's blog

so I wont' share the full project but I will tell you that

there is a HUGE prize package!

Here is a sneak peek of the project and there is a printable template

for you to make your own if you want :)

Now go check out the blog and comment away!

I am posting a picture of the GIVEAWAY below.

A BRAND NEW ibond the coolest tool on the planet!

and the entire Cottage Christmas Collection! You do NOT want to miss this!

Imaginisce has amazing giveaways and today is no different.

Cool tools and beautiful papers too!

Drop by Imaginisce (Day 6) and leave a little comment, then come

back and leave one here and a random winner will be drawn after

the amazing DT finish the 12 days of Christmas.

On the edges I used the ColorBox Scarlett ink (loves it♥)

Have you seen their new blinkie for the holidays?

Thanks for hanging out with me today,

See y'all next time!

~Pinky~

~Some Fun Party Pictures & Scrap N' Tote Winner!~

Good morning my awesome online friends ♥

*side note* Please go check out the feature on Samantha Walker today!

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

♥ It's me! ♥

I had an amazing time last night with great local friends

at a Christmas party. Good friends, good times and good fun!

Remember those cupcake ornaments I was making yesterday?

They were for a house warming gift for a dear friend.

This is how I wrapped them up for presentation.

I used a real muffin tin so she would have a baking pan to top it off!

At the party we set up a photograph station for couples to get

their photos taken by the tree.

This is my awesome friend Adrienne with her hubby Aron

(I know they won't mind being on the blog LOL)

Here I am getting ready for the party with the new top I made!

It has a white furry bottom like Santa, I felt so cute!

Here is my friend Melissa with her hubby. I think the picture station

was a fun idea and I so wish I had been worrying less about

everyone else and snapped a shot of me and my hubby! LOL

It was a wonderful evening, I am so very blessed.

We even had a White Elephant *Dirty Santa* exchange.

I came home with a beautiful snowman trivet! *YEA*

Ok I know enough chattering Pinky! WHO WON THE PRIZE!

I put all the names into random.org and this is the winner!

jennyrb78 said...

Great video. This looks like an awesome product to store cartridges. Thanks for showing us this great product!

Sunday, November 28, 2010

So Jenny please email or Facebook me your address,

it might take a few weeks because it's a HUGE box!

Stay tuned tomorrow because I am GUEST BLOGGING on Imaginisce

and there is a HUGE PRIZE!!!!!!!!!

~Happy Sunday~

~Thank you for popping by♥~

~Pinky~

~♥A Very Merry & Yummy Saturday To You♥~

*Don't forget tomorrow is the Scrap N' Tote WINNER and

Monday is the Imaginisce Blog with GIVEAWAY*

♥Good morning my amazingly delicious crafty friends♥

This week my friend Jan was making cupcake ornaments

and I had never felt the need to make them before...but she got me

curious about them. So I decided to start checking out sites and

I loved what I saw. BUT I wanted to tweek them and make

them my own instead of just following directions.

This is what I came up with.

They still look handmade, they are light and pretty,

but they are not as messy and some recipes I found, and not

as simple as others...I sort of made a happy medium.

Now hubby is not to happy with the incredible amount of PINK

glitter all over my house right now LOL

But I do love the results! :)

What do you think?? Is a video tutorial in order?

I am not really sure yet...I want to know what you all think.

If you all want one I will make it...but if you think

the cupcake idea is overdone I will just pass it and move on LOL

I do have a video coming up Wednesday with hand made garland

and a Christmas Card holder, also a new video for another Christmas

ornament, my annual one.

As I type I think I might have to do another one for these too LOL

Well it is cold and I have to finish prepping for tonight's party.

I made the fudge last night and so much food this week.

~Happy Saturday everyone~

~Once again THANK YOU for popping by~

~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~

~Preparing for Christmas...Crafty Style~

Good morning my amazingly talented friends.

I am prepping for a couple of amazing blog hops coming up.

One is the Samantha Walker Blog Hop coming up on the 8th

Now this is NOT the project...but it's a wonderful *clue*

it goes hand in hand with the project!

I even have a step by step video to go along with it,

I am so excited about the blog hop so stay tuned!

These are 100% Samantha Walker's beautiful Christmas paper

and embellishments. I love this line!!!!! It reminds me

of vintage, Christmas, love and happiness too.

Of course i used my Glue Arts Ribbon Adhesive and Glue

Glider Pro for making the cards.

I am hoping to have a diverse selection of Christmas cards

made by December 10th...we will see how many happen though LOL

Just a couple of notes for upcoming events...

December 1st is the new Imaginisce Sketch Challenge

and the monthly BLOG HOP! :)

December 6th I will have a special blog post on Imaginisce!

December 8th will be the Samantha Walker blog hop

and I think it is her FIRST one with the Creative Team♥

Busy and beautiful month ahead.

~Thank you for stopping by and being my amazing support~

~Have a wonderful Monday~

~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~

~From Me To You...~

Good morning my amazing blog friends...

♥From my heart to your home I wish you a beautiful Thanksgiving Day♥

I am so thankful for all of you and the wonderful

crafty opportunities this year~

I hope you have a beautiful day spent with the ones you love

whether they be related or not, enjoy your day.

*just a couple pictures from yesterday's prepping*

And a cute story about cookies...

I baked 2 pumpkin pies, made 2 mud pies, and began baking cookies.

I had them all mixed up and ready to bake, it was around dinner time.

I put 2 pans in the oven and prepped a third.

I finished baking them and left the kitchen for a break.

I walked back into the kitchen and all 3 boys had a handful!

So no molasses cookies for today LOL

I just let them have the cookies...I think they were dying from all

the other goodies they saw.

I have to giggle...it was so cute!

~Happy Thanksgiving~

~Pinky~

~Do you YuDu? I do! & Holiday Traditions~

Good morning!

I have been playing with my YuDu this week in the midst

of all the chaos. You know I tell it like it is...I do tell the truth on my blog.

I thought i was not going to like it...but I cannot tell you how much

fun it is!!!! Oh I love it! I have already done 3 shirts and a couple of

Provocraft projects plus this pillow for the holidays

I love the simple elegance.

No I will not be the next 6 color printer but for basic awesome screen

printing, it works like a charm!

Plus I am thinking of making panels that I can velcro on

to the pillow covers and change them out every season! :)

For this Gingerbread man I cut it out in black on my Cricut

using the Winter Frolic cartridge, then I scanned it in my computer

and printed it onto my transparency.

Next goal?? Open my Imagine!!!!!

Oh and make a YuDu video....

By the way, I was worried about how clean the print would

be and you can see it prints the image clean.

Wait until you see the next Cricut Circle magazine and my YuDu project~~

Ok I am off to bake and prep today, last night I made my Jell-o

it's the beginning of my prep work! Today- pies and cookies.

After we moved away from all of our family in Oregon

I decided (ok me and hubs decided) that we would begin

our own family traditions.

One of them is that I make Jell-o Parfaits in individual glasses

and we break out special holiday goblets.

It is so silly but I wanted to make something special for my boys

and something they would remember year after year.

I think this year I will take pictures and scrap about the JELLO! haha

What are your traditions?

~Happy Wednesday everyone~

~Thank YOU for popping by~

~Pinky~

~Crafty Card Tuesday...Cartridge Storage Too!~

Good morning my amazingly talented crafty friends!

You know this week my girlfriend came over to use my

Cricut, and I think she died a little seeing how messy I am LOL

I am especially frustrated with my cartridge storage.

I am hoping this solution works and I love it!

Scrap'n Tote sent me a PINK (of course) Cricut Storage System.

But you know that is not all right??

No they sent me TWO!!!! One for me and one for y'all!

So...give me a day to check it out...and hopefully do a video review

and this week I will host a GIVEAWAY for one of these bad boys!

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

Thanks Scrap'n Tote! :)

*You know it's because of you all following, the

more following the more awesome prizes*

I love it! This is so fun!

Ok on to my crafty project.

Everything else I am working on is TOP SECRET

but I did manage to squeeze one in for the blog

I used the Girls Paperie papers, my Sentimentals Cricut Cartridge

for the card AND the envelope *yea*, my handy dandy stickles,

my hand dandy Glue Glider Pro.

Oh and Smooch Spritz of course!

Cricut Cuts Sentimentals:

Card1 *envelope* 5 1/2"

Card1 5" X's 2 one for front and back

Postcard 3"

Ok I am off to take care of my sick little man,

he is doing better the Doc gave him medicine,

so now it's a matter of time.

~Happy Tuesday y'all!~

~Have a beautiful day~

~Pinky~

~Snowflake Basket Lacy Fun~

Good morning a little late,

I had to take the little one to the Dr. this morning :)

I don't know about you but I am SO ready for winter

and the holiday season. Don't know why but I am ♥

When Samantha Walker showed us her new cut files I jumped on the

chance to make this basket! ♥♥♥ it!

I knew right away what I wanted to do.

Make myself a desktop box for the bits and pieces of lace

I always have sitting there leftover from projects.

Perfect size and cute as a button. It sure makes me dream of snow

and my husband dream of a better vacuum that picks up glitter LOL

Poor Andrew just is in heck this week with all the glitter.

I can honestly say that right now my keyboard is covered

and so is my living room carpet.

The carpet is because the new glitter for the YuDu...

I LOVE IT so much! Wait until you see the Cricut Circle Projects!♥

Ok I am off to help my little man...his brother went back to school

now he is sick as a dog.

So if i am scarce this week I apologize, these kids have been really

ill for 2 weeks now and it's so hard to get everything done.

~Love ya~

~Thanks for popping by~

~Pinky~

Supplies Used:

Samantha Walker Designs Cutting Files

Clearsnaps Glitter

Clearsnaps Smooch Spritz

Glue Arts Glue Glider Pro

Tombow Wet Glue

~Super Sunday WINNER!~

Good morning!!!!!!!! I know you all are waiting on the

Sentimentals Cricut Cartridge WINNER,

so I will post that first ♥

Drum roll please.

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joni said...

Glad to hear that you were able to get another machine for your son! Hope he heals quickly! You're such a great mommy!!! Love your projects..as always..they are super cute! And how nice that Gloria sent something that she knew you'd love...true friends can't be beat! Can't wait to see what you do next!
Hugs
Joni

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Joni please email me your addy, or Facebook

or whatever LOL I will find it! :)

I will ship it out this week!!!!!

I have another giveaway coming, it's HUGE I think it is

a whopping 70.00 prize!!!!

so stay tuned for sure especially you Cricut fans!

And one more thing...I have ONLY ONE kit left with

the acylic album and only ONE left without the album

(paper and embellishments only)

So if you want one, please order now I will be deleting the

options as soon as the last 2 sell! :)

It's a fantastic deal like 40% off retail.

You can find info here

KIT INFO & BUY OPTION

here is a refresher picture of the kit ♥

I don't ever put together kits but I had these from my class

and so many of my online friends asked for them.

It was a fun class, I cannot wait to do another one!

That's it for me today, I had planned on crafting but my other son is sick

so I am staying with him in the living room *poor guy*

~Have a beautiful Sunday y'all~

~Thank you for stopping by~

~Pinky~