Blog hop!!!

Welcome to the Blog Hop! We are calling this a Recipe Blog hop. You start with the sketch and then add to your project at each stop. We are the last stop on the Blog Hop.

You should have arrived from: Scraptiffany

Here is my finished recipe card:

Rules from each part of the hop:

1. Used sketch

2. Use 3's-3 Butterflies, 3 pearls, 3 different papers

3. Used mist (colored lace with mist) and ink (aging)

4. Used Lace

5. Used Swiss dots Embossing folder

Here is the order if you get lost:

1. Sassy Lil' Sketches---The Sketch

2. ScrapFIT

3. Crop Suey

4. Scraptiffany

5. Cuttlebug Spot

Recipe:

Cuttlebug Embossing folder—Swiss Dots
Punches—Martha Stewart Butterflies

Ribbon—Lace-Vintage
Stamps—Sentiment Stampin' Up
Paper—Vintage Sheet music, Daisy D's, Vellum
Ink—Distress Ink (Tea and Wild Honey) and Momento
Other— ScorTape, Recollections Large Snowflakes, Mark Richards jewels, Jolees small snowflakes and Tattered Angles patina mist

Thanks for playing along with the hop.

Something Wicked this way comes....

So on Saturday and Sunday I stood in line trying to get
Wicked tickets through a Lottery.

No luck.

I had to go downtown 3 times. (About 15 miles away) not a long way, but to figure out the parking was crazy. I really want to see Wicked again, and I want Jon to see it. The theatre is offering rush tickets before each show, and you have to arrive 2.5 hours early to get your name in a bucket and then they only pull out 10 names for the winners. the first time I went there were about 75 people waiting. The second time...a little more maybe 125. and then yesterday there were at least 200 waiting to try to get tickets. Each time only 10 tickets were available. But if you are the lucky ione, you only have to pay $25.00 a ticket compared to 120.00 and the tickets that you can win are in the first 6 rows! The best in the house.

Maybe I'll try later this week?

So instead of seeing Wicked for now, I made this card...enjoy!

I hope you are having fun with the Prickley Pear Blog Hop.

Don't forget to stop by the PP blog and see what they are showcasing each day.

Here is another card I made with the Pumpkin Die-Cut and stamp set.

I can't believe that Halloween is right around the corner.

Retreat time!

I can not wait, only 2 more days

and then I get to go on a SCRAPBOOKING retreat!

I have not been on a retreat for at least 5 years.

Look...

I get to go here!

It is the Wild Wood Retreat in Wisconsin.

We have actually planned this retreat for over a year.

12 of us from the ISC (Inspire Swap Chat) forum are getting together

to meet for the first time. We even have girls flying in.

So this will be my last post until next week.

Unless I can blog from there (I will try).

2Cute Design Team Blog's... First Challenge! and you get a FREE digi!

Welcome to the first ever challenge on the new 2Cute Rubber Stamps Design Team blog!

Isn't this little guy too cute?

Lucky for you... today you will get him FREE so you can play along with us!

Don't forget to stop by the 2Cute Rubber Stamps Design Team Blog to see the other wonderful samples from the Design Team. Don't forget to pick up this Digi to play along!

Here's a close-up so you can see the glossy accents and stickles.

Recipe-

2 Cute Crabby Happy Digi stamp

Solid paper: White-Neenah, Colored-Core'dinations

Ribbon: American Crafts

Ink: Memories (black)

Other: TAC (sentiment), Copics (coloring),
Making Memories (brad), Stickles and Glossy Accents

Blog Candy deadline...

... you will have until 11:59 PM CST tonight to enter for the blog candy. I am adding more and more to the winnings each day. The winner will be very surprised when they get the box. If you have not entered yet. Do so here. I will choose via random.org and announce the winner tomorrow (after I make sure the person met the criteria).

I can't believe I've been blogging for a whole year, and until a year ago I had no idea what a blog even was. Thank you all for following. I hope my blog gives you some inspiration. I promise to bring you a lot of great ideas in the coming year.

BLOG CANDY... who wants a treat?

Thank you all who entered, the candy has been given away.

Please spread the word. I am trying to get to 100 followers by my Blogoversary. Please grab this picture, and post it on your blog, link it to mine, leave me a comment that you did and you could win it all! If you already follow: please grab the picture, put it on your blog, link it to mine and leave comment you will be entered as well. I will randomly choose the winner on 1/22/10.

(Some of the items include, 2-12 stamps sets, Stampin' Up ink pad, Cosmo Cricket chipboard, a hard cover notebook, Papertrey Ink ribbon, Stampin' Up ribbon...and much much more of my favorite things!)

We have a winner of the BLOG CANDY!!!

Congrats Heather!!!! My husband drew your name out of a hat.

Please e-mail me your Address and I will get your Blog candy out to you.

Thank you everyone for playing and wishing ISC Happy 1st Birthday!

Pink and Green Swap Box, Arrived!

On Monday I received my Swap box from Gypsy Mermaids Pink and Green Swap. I was so excited. My swap partner was Julie from CupcakeDD. Here's a couple pictures of my goodies.







i am going to have so much fun with all this "stuff". Now, to keep my DH away from the candy ;).

Tuesday Tip

Short and sweet today. The tip for today is become followers! I will send out a prize for my 20th (and maybe a few others if I get more!)

Please leave a comment that you are now a follower and I'll make note of the 20th.

I Won!

I leave comments frequently on blogs, and a lot offer a prizes if you do so. I left a comment on one of my favorite blogs The Scrap Review, and won! I have never won anything before, for as many comments that I leave.

See... that's my comment.



And this is what I won...



That awesome Bird Call Cuddlebug Embossing folder!

Thank you The Scrap Review!