Weekend RAK/Blog Candy WINNERS!!!
{…This has been corrected as an error was pointed out to me…} YES! I did count all of the paper. It’s not so bad when you make piles of 10 and then count those up. 🙂 There are 315 assorted papers and cardstocks in the ErinSlab. I’ve read through all of the entries and pulled out the winners. BrenMarie -315 (posted on Fiskateers.com’s message board)Robyn W – 316Annonymous – Contrapat – 317 Please email your mailing address (and real name) to inkysmiles at gmail dot com. Thank you for playing ladies! This has been fun! I can’t wait to find more stuff to RAK. 🙂
Weekend RAK/Blog Candy
It’s National Clean My Scrap Area MONTH…. I’ve cleaned out a bunch of my paper folders and have tons of paper (mostly Provo Craft) that I don’t need and created the ErinSlab. Here’s what you do: 1.) Guess how many papers are in the ErinSlab.2.) Post a comment here with your guess. (Guesses must be posted on this post only.)*****If you post ANNOYMOUSLY please leave your first name and last initial**** WINNERS ANNOUNCED ON MONDAY NIGHTI will divide the paper up between the 3 people who have the closest guess. Happy guessing!
For Sale…
I can’t resist a fabulous sale….. And now I have a big load of loot sitting on my living room floor. Brent just rolled his eyes at me when I stumbled home way after dark and asked him to help unload the car. LOL! Some of the loot has found its way to its new owners and the majority of this stuff is looking for a new home. 🙂 I bought a bunch of stuff for friends who couldn’t go to the sale and this is what is left. (Cuttlebug and Cuttlebug folders, etc are not for sale. I’m keeping them for me… woo hoo!) Here’s what I’ve got. I will ship anywhere and you just pay the exact shipping to you. Everything is first come, first served. Cricut Expressions (5 avail) $275.00 each + shippingThese are the big ones…new in box. Click here to read the details about what comes with them. (Shipping from me to zip code 01020 – other side of the US – is approximately $33) Cricut Cartridges – prices as listed + shipping. $36.00 #29-0022 Tags, Bags, Boxes & More (3 avail)$47.00 #29-0287 Alphalicious (1 avail)$48.00 #29-0381 Disney’s Mickey Font (3 avail)$36.00 #29-0078 Mini Monograms (3 avail)$46.00 #29-0016 Teardrop (2 avail)$41.00 #29-0013 Stamped (2 avail)$47.00 #29-0400 Learning Curve (1 avail)$46.00 #29-0226 Printing Press (1 avail) I will ship the Cricut machines UPS Ground and the cartridges USPS Priority Mail or UPS Ground, depending on qty purchased and where you’re located, whichever is the cheapest method of delivery to you. I accept PayPal and will email you a PayPal invoice. Please email me at inkysmiles (at) gmail (dot) com. Thanks!!!
Thoughts for Thursday – Faith
This is one of my all time favorite quotes. It has helped me through a lot of difficult situations and choices that I needed to make. Sometimes all we need to do is just take that leap of faith…. the answers are waiting for us to make the first move. Inky Smiles! Erin
Sketch Challenge {004}
Just playing around with PSE again tonight… here’s a fun couple of sketches I came up with… I’ve offered a square version and a round version. Choose your favorite (or both) and let’s see what you can do with these sketches!
Sneak Peeks… Shhhhh!
The things I have been working on this week are sorta “secret”, besides trying to feel better from whatever is bugging my body. (No, I’m not pregnant, that would require a real miracle.) I’ve been devoting all of my time to 6 very special cards for Round 2 of our most recent swap. Here are a couple of Sneak Peeks:
Doing it Digital
So I downloaded Photoshop Elements 5.0 this weekend because I ordered it from Amazon.com and I was super excited to get playing with it to learn a bit about it. It seems that most digital girls are using PSE and that a lot of digital kits are designed for use specifically with Photoshop/or PSE… so I took the plunge and bought it. If you buy on Amazon.com, you can get it for $114 or so with free Super Saver Shipping as opposed to $150 or so at local stores… Savings are good, right?? Well, then B bought me a book on his way home from golfing on Sat night…. A “How To” book for PSE.. YAY! But, it was $35, so there went my savings! LOL! He’s such a sweetheart! Anyway… here’s my first digital card. I made it for a friend’s belated bday – cuz besides being a slacker blogger this week, I am a slacker friend as well…. I used the freebie papers from Two Peas and some freebie elements from Scrap Girls. It’s simple, but was fun to create.
I am a slacker blogger….
I apologize for not writing this week. I am officially a slacker blogger. My only excuse is that I have just been draggin bum all week and just feel exhausted and it’s been a long, long week at work. No particular reason for feeling crappy other than I think my body is telling me it’s time to rest. I have been working on some fun creative projects this week and hope to have something posted tomorrow (maybe even tonight) for you all! Love you all! Erin
Terri Howard’s FABULOUS Gift
The Fabulous Terri Howard woke up extra early the day I was supposed to see her to make this fab little book for me. I was pleasantly surprised to find it waiting for me in my mailbox with this Saturday’s mail. This is the coolest book. It’s made from the CTMH Road Trip paper kit and MyStickease and a Creative Imaginations chipboard book. It’s the cooolest thing!! I am HONORED that Terri would make something like this for little old me. I am excited to share the photos with all of you. THANK YOU DEAR TERRI!!!! This means more to me than you know! http://w8.photobucket.com/pbwidget.swf?pbwurl=
California Adventure 2007
Well friends, I am back from Tahoe. Can I just say that my vacation (combined with Brent’s business trip for city council) was an ADVENTURE!!! We were SUPPOSED to drive to Bridgeport, CA (tiny podunk town), stay one night, and then drive through Yosemite the next day on our way to see Terri Howard. Wellll…… we had a little car trouble (little meaning – the quick connect for one of the hoses completely blew out) and nowhere was open because it was Sunday. The one garage in town was closed and the hotel guy had seen the tow truck guy hauling lumber out of town earlier. What luck. To make a really long story short, we prayed and prayed for guidance in what to do to get somewhere where we could get the problem fixed. We spent the day trying to make phone calls, calling the insurance company, and trying to find somewhere to get the car fixed. There was no way were we driving anywhere. Late in the day we wandered back into the Sweetwater Trading Post gift shop to blow some time… well B had said somethign to the lady who owned/ran the place and she asked us when we went in again if we’d solved the problem….. turns out her DH was a mechanic at one point, she called him up, he came over, made a temporary part to plug up where the hose blew out of, and clamped down the hose and sent us on our way. (We’d brought a few tools with us and had some medical tape in the first aid kit. ) YAY!!! The kindness of strangers sure is something else. This man, John, didn’t know us, but was willing to help us get on our way and refused payment for his help. I am grateful that he was the answer to our prayers. Later in the week, we drove down to Gardnerville, NV and had Terri’s friends DH make a permanent repair. We went straight up to Lake Tahoe and I didn’t get to go see Terri. I’m going to have to plan another trip to the Sacramento area and go see her. Lake Tahoe was TONS of fun! The weather was fabulous, high 70’s and low 80’s all week with nights in the 40’s-50’s. PERFECT for me. Brent enjoyed his conference and I enjoyed the spouse activities. I got to make 2 candles at the Waxen Moon… totally fun!!! We went on a cruise on the lake and had a fabulous dinner at High Camp (2,000 ft above the Village). I survived the cable car ride, too… lol! 2,000 feet ascent in 8 minutes. It was soooo much fun! I can not wait to go back. Here are a few pics from the fun part of our trip……