~NEW Cricut Cartridge GIVEAWAY & WINNER!!~

Good morning my crafty friends,

I know I know I forgot to pick a winner on Wednesday, so sorry.

I think I mentioned a couple weeks ago that we were going to have

not one but 2 photo shoots done. We are so blessed because hubby

works at a press shop and they do this for FREE, I mean hello! :)

Anyways in typical Hobbs style I requested a very goofy picture

because I really feel this captures our family so much better than

a stiff photograph.

And here is one of our nice shots....I have many more to go through to

decide which ones will be printed.

I teased my in laws and told them that I would have our photos

done with Toby Keith holding an American flag behind us.

Since it was all done on a green screen, I might just do that in 8X10

and send it ahead of the "real" photos! LOL Just for fun.

Anyways it was fun and I wanted to share with y'all.

I have a fun giveaway today....

As a Merry Christmas to you all from me, I decided to giveaway

another Cricut Cartridge this one is an adorable Space Party cart~! :)

Just leave a comment here and FOLLOW my blog

and next Friday (Christmas Eve, EVE LOL) I will randomly draw a winner!

Happy Holidays my friends, I love you all and thank you for

sharing with me all year long!

Oh and the winner of the Momenta package...

Nicole said...

WOW! What amazing projects! The card is absolutely stunning!!! Thank you so much for sharing! :)

Friday, December 09, 2011

Please email or Facebook me your information and I will get this out to ya.

Have a great weekend my friends! :)

Clear Scraps & Pink Paislee, Not Just For Crafting Anymore! haha

Good morning and TWEET TWEET from the homestead this morning!

I have a funny story with photos to share today....

We have had one bird for the last few months now her name is Allie,

she is a sweet little thing but really crabby with me LOL

She loves hubby...anyways we decided she needed a friend since

the previous owners accidentally killed her friend Kate a couple years ago.

So off we go into Lascassas in the middle of the night in the rain

(hey that is how we get all our pets in the Hobbs home LOL)

And we picked up this little feller, I named him DUCKY because

well there are many reasons but one was the rain and

he was on Oregon street LOL

Isn't he a doll? I love him and he is supah sweet!

Anyways Allie hated Ducky for the first week, then romance

ensued and they became fast friends. Such fast friends in fact

that she began trying to nest all over my house...

Mainly in my hand made beautiful Pink Paislee Advent Calendar

I made 3 years ago...with paper I can no longer get LOL

A FAST call to hubby and we decided they needed their own next and

they needed to leave my advent calendar alone.

Now enters the Clear Scraps & Pink Paislee to save the day! LOL

The nesting box is completely wood and let's just say birds like to perch

and what comes naturally? POOP hehehe

As I was cleaning up the first nights droppings I had the brilliant idea

to cover the nesting box with a sheet of Clear Scraps acrylic!

ThenI could easily wipe the poo away and keep a tidy home.

So we measured and cut and as I was walking out of the room I saw this

Pink Paislee sheet of paper....as it so happens it practically matches

my dishes! LOL Then the ideas started rolling.

Hey if I had it my way

the entire box would be made from paper and acrylic, but we all know

that is not feasible. A girl can dream.

After an hour or so they were already getting everything ready

for their new little home.

It was adorable because Allie was afraid to check it out,

so she called Ducky over and he hesitantly pecked and scanned

the entire box and finally POP he slipped inside.

It was the cutest thing I have ever seen LOL Totally like me and my hubby.

Now they are super happy and I am happy too with the new crafty nest topper.

Aren't they super cute? Isn't the box just fabby?!! I love it!

I could not resist snapping pictures and sharing with y'all today!

Ducky has the yellow face and Allie has the grey face....

I think it will be interesting to see if they have little babies soon.

Even if they don't it's still adorable the way she attacks me as

I walk by LOL not really...

Happy Thursday everyone, thanks for stopping by~

~Samatha Walker Creative Crafter Blog Hop~

Good morning my friends,

It is that time of the month again...time for the Samantha

Walker Creative Crafter Team Blog Hop!

I was going to make a holiday project but then I realized that

I needed to make Christmas gifts for my boys teachers!!

I knew what was perfect, the Samantha Walkers new paper

line called A TO Z. I will send this in with a gift card.

The next stop is beautiful Eva

http://evafromca.blogspot.com/

If you missed the blog before me it was Jamie!

http://jamielanedesigns.blogspot.com/

Hop to all the blogs to WIN on Samantha's Blog!!

Christmas Joy All Around...Dear Santa....

Happy Tuesday my crafty friends,

I have come to a conclusion this week....I do NOT have

enough ribbon and need to seriously invest in a few dozen spools LOL

Every time I grab ribbon I don't have exactly what I need.

I made this card which I LOVE (Kanban) and I wanted copper ribbon,

so I grabbed this which is OK but I think it would have been better solid.

So I am thinking Santa needs to bring ribbon for Christmas LOL

Anyways just having fun today with my sick little man.

We took a quick trip to the Doc yesterday and he is sick yet again,

hopefully he will be able to return to school tomorrow.

In the mean time I am packing up and shipping out these December

kits I designed for Tally Scrapper, called Creative Winter~

I love the name and the kit is super rad too! It has canvas, mistable paper,

bronze American Crafts pen and so much more!

Go check it out, it's only 23.00!!!

http://www.tallyscrapper.com/s/monthly-kit/creative-winter-%2adecember-kit%2a/4500.php

I cannot wait to play with it....

I have been knee deep in creating this week and WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE

what Clear Scraps is rolling out at CHA! STUNNING!

I am so lucky I get sneak peeks :)

Ok off to make my sick boy a hot breakfast then finish packing CHA boxes...

I hope you have an amazing day, thank you for popping by.

~More Christmas Card Fun??!!~

Good morning my friends....

boys Christmas just sneaks up on ya....so close and I have yet to

send out one card! LOL I did finish my shopping this weekend.

I have 2 more cards today. I actually have a pile of cards

but have not sent them out just yet.

This one is from Cosmo Cricket papers and I coated the snowflake

with Clearsnap Ultra Fine glitter (I love that stuff).

And this one I made my own stencil, then used Clearsnap Smooch Spritz

to create the background from creamy white Momenta cardstock.

It's very subtle but in person it's so rich.

On a side note I cannot wait to share brand new releases from CHA

Oh boy I have some fun ones coming up! Supah Rad! haha

~Happy Monday my friends~

It's the last few days before school gets out and I am going to pack

in the crafting until Friday. OHHH and don't forget Wednesday is the

Samantha Walker monthly Creative Blog Hop...stay tuned!

~Christmas Gifts All Over The Place!~

Good morning and happy Sunday to you...

are y'all in Christmas gift making mode??

I know I still am. I do not have my cards done but I have made several

of these wall hangings for friends. This one is for the Shockey Family.

A local family (friends). Honestly I think I am going to make 10 more! LOL

I just began with the Clear Scraps acrylic base and moved on from there!

I used the new itop 2.0 from Imaginisce, and the Imaginisce Christmas papers.

A LOT of glitters....a BUNCH of Clearsnaps glitter, and Momenta alphas.

Oh the XXL brads I made, I just trimmed layers of ribbon and created them.

Now to find the time to give it to them LOL

Today we are off to a Christmas play, my son's friend from school is the lead.

Then off to other busy times for the holidays. It never ends from

November 24th to December 25th! LOL

Happy Sunday my friends....♡♡♡♡

~Fun Giveaway & Fun Publication~

Good morning my friends!!

I don't want to sound all braggy this morning but I was very excited

to see a couple publications this month and wanted to share them.

This is from the December Cricut Magazine- I had a card and banner, and

could not wait to share them! Actually I cannot wait for them to come

back to my house too LOL I want to hang them up.

Anyways I was just so super stoked because it was acrylic which I love

and I had a fun snowy effect on the acrylic.

OH and I have my first pub coming up in the

Scrapbook Trends magazine in April I think!

Anyways I just wanted to share with y'all.

Oh and this is the SNOW Banner. :)

Ok on to the giveaway,

I have a package of Momenta goodies to give away today.

Some cards, some alphas, some stickers...all from my personal stash!

A nice little goody package worth around 30.00!

This is just a pea, don't worry it's a nice package of goodies.

Just leave a comment here and next

Wednesday I will randomly draw a winner.

Ok I am off to lunch with gf's today! :) Have a great Friday my friends.

~Christmas Is In The Air~

Good morning my friends,

in the midst of the hub bub of the holidays I am still plugging away

at my Christmas cards one at a time LOL

I REALLY hope to actually get handmade cards out this year.....

it might not happen but it's a hope, or as Ken says "fantasy" LOL

This card was made with the incredible Kanban Crafts goodness.

I am so over the top with the vintage loveliness

of Kanban, it is so easy to just bring your A game.

I also wanted to share a gift from my friend Adrienne,

How cool is this iphone cover??

Everyone knows how cookoo I am for Hello Kitty and

this is just the bomb!!!! I am so excited about it.

Ok I am off to create, I am knee deep in CHA projects this week.

I have a giveaway coming up tomorrow, so stay tuned!