Sneak Peek
I have been very sick for the past 3 weeks but have been doing the “just keep swimming” dance but this illness has kicked my butt… argh! I also thought that life would slow down for me and that I would have more free time when I quit working FT in November. HA! Does Murphy have a brother? ERGH! I swear, I have been just as busy as if I was still working FT… FT sickness and work ( I worked 3 days this week … supposed to only work 1! It’s the busy start up season for landscapers… I m sure this isn’t my last 3 day work week….) and church responsibilities and home responsibilities and a strong desire to CRAFT doesn’t allow for “slow down” time. Spent this past Thursday in my recliner watching reruns of “Make Me a SuperModel” (It was awful, btw.) It’s sad when you’re too exhausted and tired to sit at your desk and stamp. Anyhew…. Thursday night I was feeling a bit more chipper and “normal”, so I picked up a stamp and some new paper (droooooool) and started to try to play. Dadgum bedtime hit, so I crashed. Tonight after work (while Brent worked on mudding and taping his workshop walls) I sat down and played a little more and finished a card…. I’ve got to wait for this to be posted somewhere else first, (most likely some time tomorrow) but as soon as it posts there, I will show you the full thing 🙂
My Three {3} Me’s winner…..
There were only two entries…. waaaaah, but BOTH FISKATEERS (coooool!) It was too hard for me to decide, so I had an annonymous 3rd party crafter help! The winner of the My Three {3} Me’s RAK is : Carlee Both girls did a fantastic job!!! Thank you for playing!!!! 🙂 View both entries here: http://carleecrafts.blogspot.com/ http://tinyurl.com/3x79tv
RAK Challenge: My Three {3} Me’s
ENTRIES: Please link your submission in the comments by 11:59 pm on THURSDAY 3/20/2008 * I can’t wait to see! 🙂 UPDATES: Prize Additions added to bottom of this post I’m getting on here later than I planned on today… long day at work and had to do some billing and shipping for InkStaks for Stamper Storage tonight before I was allowed to play. So I have been thinking about this idea for a little while now and thought that it would be fun to give someone a RAK as well! Here’s the Scoop: *** Create a 12 x 12″ or 8.5 x 11″ Scrapbook Layout and include the following items. 1.) You must include 3 photos of YOU (meaning, YOU must be obviously in the photo & recognizable or the main subject of the photo, not hiding behind Aunt Myrtle). Photos must be 3×3″ or larger. 2.) Your title should include 3 words that relate to or describe who you are. 3.) Include journaling somewhere on the page and include these 3 themes: Past, Present, Future. You may include Facts, Dreams/Wishes, whatever, but include 3 distinct and separate ideas. * You have 3 days to complete this challenge. * You must post your layout somewhere on the internet (on your blog, in a gallery, in Photobucket, wherever) and leave a link to it in the comments section of this post. (If you need help, email me and I will help you out.) * I will draw a random winner on Friday, March 21st. The prize is a bunch (20 sheets or so) of 12 x 12″ American Crafts double sided patterned cardstock. (Oh, and I am sure that I can come up with some other fun items to throw in, too!) AND how about this: for each entry we get for this contest, I will throw in another random sheet of patterned paper or cardstock? AND – each day (T, W, Th) I will throw THREE of something in…. Hrmmm… Happy Creating & Inky Smiles! 3/18/08 Tuesday Prize Addition: {over} 3 Yards of RIBBON 3/19/08 Wednesday Prize Addition: 3 Sheets of Alpha Stickers 3/20/08 Thursday Prize Addition: 3 little craft jars full of glitter! (I’m feeling like poodooo and will take a pic of them tomorrow. I gotta shake this sickness!!! Played a little tonight, as much as my headache and earaches would let me. I have the start of a fun card… YAY!)
I Smell A RAK
I think I smell a RAK ! Feeling a little better today but I gotta jet to work this morning for a little while and take care of some new hire paperwork and financial stuff…. Check in later today and see what’s RAK’n!
HUGE Stamp Set for Sale
ALL 26 CTMH Solo Alphabets: Complete Alphabet Set of 26 Letter SetsFull Retail Price new ($13.95 each set) = $362.70 (before tax and shipping) Purchase these all together and they are yours for $ 220.00 plus $10.00 shipping (insurance optional). I will accept MONEY ORDERS or PAYPAL on this purchase. (I prefer a money order.) If you are interested in these stamps please EMAIL ME – InkySmiles @ Gmail dot comView the complete sets (with all the fun pieces in each set) here: (go to pages 89-91)http://www.closetomyheart.com/Ideabooks/Spring08US.aspx I do not want to split the set up. They are priced to sell as a full set with significant savings. There are approximately 320 individual stamp images. You will need to use these with acrylic blocks (not included). NEW SETS (no stamps used in the set) :A, C, G, I, J, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, V, W, Y, Z LIGHTLY USED (one or two stamps used in the set):B, D, E, F, H, O, U USED (many stamps used in the set, but still great condition):T Here are pics of the LIGHTLY USED and USED sets. You can view the NEW sets at the link listed above.
Totally Terrific Tuesday!
I know I said that I was going to draw a random name last night for the TFT prize… (see end of post)…. I was crazy busy yesterday and now my sweet husband is very sick with what I have been suffering from for the past week….. I just didn’t have time. Today was a TERRIFIC Tuesday!!! It was quite a busy day, but I had so much fun! I was up early this morning and headed up north. I tried to stop and get my digi camera cleaned, but turns out the black spot on my camera is something on my sensor and I need to drop the camera off tomorrow for a couple of hours so they can do a thorough cleaning. It’s $40.o0 but I think it’s so worth it considering the replacement cost of the camera. Might as well do some preventative maintenance! 🙂 I ended up in Ogden today (about 100 or so miles north of me) to participate in a Fiskars Certified Demonstrator Training class, led by our own Jen B #258! Basically I am now “certified” by Fiskars, but not an employee of Fiskars, to demonstrate how to use their crafting products. I can work out trainings at craft fairs and at local stores to show Fiskars products. We got to use all sorts of fun stuff today: Fiskars border punches, squeeze punches, the Ultra Shape Xpress, embossing plates, the new FREAKING AWESOME paper cutters (MUST HAVE NOW), etc. I also got to meet some of the Fiskateers from the area (Jeri – see photos on right – and Amy and a future Fiskateer, Jen). Jen has a good photo of the group of us… It was a GRAND afternoon! NOTE: If you would like to become a certified Fiskars Demonstrator, please drop me an email and I will find someone in your area who can train you, too! You can also CLICK HERE for more information. As it turns out, my friend, Amaryllis is staying in Logan for a few weeks taking care of her MIL who has cancer. Amaryllis was able to come down to Ogden to have some de-stress time with the girls. It was so cool to get to see her this afternoon! We had a GREAT time chatting and hanging out.On the way home, I stopped off in American Fork to visit (more like barge in with a 5 minute warning) my friend, Liz, and see her FABULOUS new craft studio in PERSON! Girls, it is even cuter and cozier in PERSON. You should see her awesome magnet board up close. Oh today was a fun, fun day! I really needed it after having been cooped up in the house for a long, long, sick week and some extra days. RAK WINNER: I gave each comment a number and used a random integer generator to choose a name…. The winner is Blueicycle! You know the spiel… drop me an email with your deets and I will pop the prize in the mail! Inky Smiles!Erin
Clean Joke RAK Winner
Thank you all soooo much for the great clean jokes! 🙂 I laughed at them all 🙂 YOu should have heard the insane amount of coughing and hacking that followed.. YIKES! I’m still feeling lousy physically, but your jokes lifted my spirits 🙂 Thank you sooo much 🙂 The winner of this RAK {and that cute little book} is Linzi who posted:“How do you get a peanut to laugh? You crack it up…” LOL! Linzi – drop me an email with your mailing address and I will get this in the mail to you on Monday! Thanks for crackin’ me up, friends!
Thoughts For Thursday – Life is a Paradise
Today’s Thoughts for Thursday is brought to us from Leo Buscalgia, an author and lecturer on love and the human spirit. This week, think about the things you are passionate about. Share something you are passionate about with someone new. Perhaps your love and passion for that thing will rub off and touch their life. {Brent said I could not say “Practice Random Acts of Passion” because it could be misconstrued as something for a non G rated blog- ROFL!} I’d love to hear what you are passionate about! Leave me a note here on this post and I will draw a random name to win an “Alphabet Sticker Stack” from Die Cuts With a View (20 sheets of letters & 5 sheets of numbers). I will draw a name on Monday night.
BONUS – A “Faux Chipboard” RAK!!!
Well, it’s 8:30 pm and I still feel like crud…. It’s been a while since I’ve done a RAK here… so let’s spice things up a bit. I have an extra little {duplicate} book that I made while making the tutorial. I will leave it without photos and send it to a lucky winner! Leave me a comment on this post with a funny {clean, G-rated} joke and I will draw a random name {on Friday} to win the prize!
RAKITY RAK RAK RAK
Holy Schmokes Scrap{Wo}man! It’s been one heck of a week already… an it’s just Monday. Mt Grotegut is still ever present in Anway… had a lot of fun last night making a video for that something wonderful I’m working on…. think {DREAM JOB}…. ink, paper, BLING, cool tools, etc…. and I can still do the things I’m doing right now (more deets later when it’s all finished). Callin’ on some blogger love to send some prayers my way 🙂 Here’s some goofy pics of the filming. I guarantee, there will be no acting in my future. I get silly after the first 8 zillion takes. LOL! I changed my shirt to a pink one, because the orange one would not cooperate. The sleeves kept being retarded. LOL! The very cool camera that Brent’s super nice boss let us borrow. I didn’t touch it… I’m a klutz and there’s no way my PT salary can afford to replace that camera anytime soon! Here’s the Crew.. hard at work. I kept forgetting what I wanted to talk about… serious butterflies, man! Thankfully I have a very sweet Crew… and very affordable! Love him soooo much! Isn’t he cute?? And this is what cheering section did…. my laundry room… but I figure I can work on that later. There’s nothing wrong with fishing for clean clothes from the pile every morning, right? HAHAHA!I can’t wait to tell you more… I’ve gotta tie up the ends and then I can tell u what I’m up to 🙂 I will be back tomorrow with a fun project & the unveiling of the new color scheme for my studio! Inky Smiles!Erin