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BLOG CANDY...Opened until Halloween
Sizzix Alpha Die Set

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To have a chance to win you have to do 2 simple things...

....just leave a short comment to this post...telling me about your best and most favorite knock your sox off creative Halloween costume ever...
AND THEN...
add a link to this candy post on your blog...either by a quick blog post...or on your sidebar..(I'll come and visit your blog too!!)

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If you like my blog and want to become a follower...that'd be super...(but not required)

On Halloween night..I'll pick a name out of a pumpkin...and if YOU are the winner...you can shout TRICK OR TREAT and I'll drop this super alphabet die set right into your goodie bag!

Please be sure to scroll down to see current posts and creations...

and...good luck with your chance of winning this awesome Sizzix alphabet die set...

Only a few more Days until there's a Blog Candy Winner!

Yes.....I am still here...but I have ben MIA when it comes to my much neglected blog...

..without updating regularly...I know that people passing thru my blog are not as many as usual......and that means that no too many people are "in it" with a chance to win the Sizzix alpha set Blog Candy...

So if you're passing thru my blog now..take a sec to post a comment above telling me about your favorite Halloween costume.....where the Candy is listed...and I'll be sure to count you in when I the winner is picked this weekend!

Hopefully after this weekend..I'll be back ...and have time to create again...I am missing my card making alot...

..and Ive also got more Card-a-Thon pics to share..as well as a video from that day...

Thanks for visiting..and good luck with your chance of winning the blog candy!

Come Visit for a Chance to Win Some Blog Candy!

I've been s busy lately...my poor blog has been VERY neglected... but if you're visiting be sure to tell me about your favorite Halloween costume....and post a link to this candy on your blog....so that you'll have a chance to win this awesome Sizzix Alphabet die set (pic in post above)

Hopefully this weekend I'll post some video and more pics form the Card-a-Thon!

A FEW CARD -A-THON PICTURES

1754!!!!!!

Hi Everyone...

We had the Card-a-Thon today..

Lots of fun....

Lots of volunteers....

and...

LOTS OF CARDS!

1754 total!!!

YEP.. you read it right...

.....we made 1754 cards today!

I will post pics and video as soon as they're uploaded

Card -a- thon tomorrow!!

Hi everyone.. yes..I am still here..altho a bit MIA lately..and sadly..neglecting my blog

But while I haven't had much time for my blog.....a lot of other things have been getting my attention and occupying my time...

Biggest of all..the Card-a-Thon.. can you believe it?? Tomorrow is THE DAY...

For those of you who don't know what I've been up to....I have been organizing a Card-a-Thon for US Military Heroes... The cards made tomorrow will be sent to Cards for Heroes as well as Operation Quiet Comfort....

After months and months of planning...gathering donations of supplies (no cash)...sorting thru an unbelievable amount of donated materials...supplies...... paper...embellishments....images...and countless other card making supplies...(Thank you everyone!)...it's all going to happen tomorrow...

My wish was to have approximately 25..maybe 30 volunteers..but it looks like we may have about 50-60....this is beyond my hopes and expectations...(and calls and RSVPs are still coming in this morning..)

We will have volunteers who are adults..children...members of a sorority form Adelphi University here on Long Island...members of my daughters local high school Thespian troupe...neighbors...friends...and community members...and lots of ladies from my monthly workshop/crop/meetup.com) group along with their friends.....

if you are a local... it's not too late to join us.. just send me an email as your RSVP.. (**OR GO H E R E ) letting me know if you'd like to come for the morning session (10-1pm)...or the afternoon session (1 - 4pm.....and beyond...)

if you are coming tomorrow...I'll see you then!...

and......be sure to check back here next week when I'll share some photos and a video of the day...

Wrapping up the Birthday Celebration with a Thank You card....

I wish I could tell you what has been keeping me so busy lately...the days are passing so quickly...

It really isn't one specific thing that's occupied my time......
its been a little bit of the upcoming Card-a-thon that will be happening on October 10th...
mixed in with 6 days of feeling like I was getting the flu...
a splash of "life in general"...
and some crafting and creating for Halloween...

and....this thank you card...that wraps up with a fantastic month long Birthday celebration over at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog

My theme during this month was "Garden Party"..and it's been lots of fun creating all sorts of things within that theme...

After creating invitations...centerpieces...cupcake holders...favors...goodie and treat holders..its time to end the party and create Thank You notes.. and so this is mine...(I LOVE this Sizzix Bigz Daisies #2 Die..and embossing the 3 layers makes it extra beautiful, I think)

And now..with the month long birthday party being behind me..it's time to look ahead to Fall..Autumn..and the upcoming Holidays..

Be sure to stop by tomorrow...when I share some great Blog Candy with you...(I got something at a SUPER DUPER BARGAIN OF THE CENTURY PRICE....and picked up and extra to offer here... as blog candy...

Wishing you a wonderfully creative day!

Garden Party Flower Pot Cupcake Holder

The First Birthday of the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog has been going on this month..and will continue thru the end of September....and I have been busy creating things for my chosen party theme: Garden Party

I've been sharing my Garden Party creations with you here on my blog......and this week...I've created a cupcake holder for my garden party theme...

The tutorial is posted at the Cuttelbug Challenge Bog...and you'll be amazed at how easy 9and affordable) these cupcake holders are to make.. And best of all..they double as table decorations and can even hold a name card for table seating..

I've had lots of fun creating all sorts of things for my Garden Party theme...and have been inspired by what everyone on the design team has come up with...and I'm sure that you will be too!

To see the Flower Pot Cupcake Holder tutorial you can visit the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog HERE

Tomorrow's Workshop Cards

Time is flying by...and it's already time for the monthly Workshop/Crop that I organize... and these are the cards that we will be doing during the evening "cards only" workshop

I feel like we were all just together...yet its been a month...

The monthly Workshop/Crop is lots of fun..and a nice way to spend a relaxing day scrapping and card making with a group of awesome ladies...
We start our day at 10...have a fast little bite to eat for breakfast (bagels..muffins...coffee..juice)...then its time for everyone to work independently on their own projects..we take a mid morning a break to do a small project...usually a card...
Then more independent work time...(we don't even bother to stop for lunch.....food schmood...who needs to eat!...when you're having a nice time AND creating...without phones ringing....doorbells ringing.....dogs to walk... errands to run...laundry to do...kids to drive here and there..dinner to cook etc)
In the afternoon we take another break for a "mini workshop" ....usually some sort of scrapbook related project..(a book..album..scrapbook page...)... then back to working independently until 3 when the daytime session ends..
Then there is a strategically planned "dinner break"..and as luck would have it...my town has a Michael's right down the road from the church hall that we rent... and so while some of us "eat in"...some of the ladies run down to Michael's "browse".. (aka "shop")

Then at 4:30 we start the evening session.....the "Cards only Workshop"...and when that is over at 7"30...we are often feeling like we'd like it to go on for another few hours... (*thus our "talking" about doing a "Pajama Party/All Nighter"...as well as thinking about a weekend get-a-way)

And as if the full Saturday once a month isn't quite a few hours to scrap and card make.. we have now started a weekday get together as well for Card Making.

It's hard to imagine that a year ago that I had just started a group via Meetup.com...and wondered if anyone would join... (none of us knew one another prior to last October)...
now...we not only share our love of scrapping and card making...but we have also been blessed in sharing such nice friendships with one another...

..and a nice bonus is that I get to share what I know and love...share my tools and little tricks of the trade...and favorite products etc... and teach others.
The greatest reward comes in seeing the ladies all progress and share a tremendous amount of enthusiasm for everything I share..as well as for what they share with one another.. (none were card makers a year ago...they were all scrappers)

Tomorrow I'll post a pic of the little mini album we will also be making..(like the pic posted below)

PS..i LOVE LOVE LOVE these Nesties" Autumn" (Leaves and acorn) dies...the embossing is fantastic ..the pic doesn't show the details very well..but the leaves are daubered with 3 different ink colors and look just like autumn leaves...

Garden Party Mini Album ~ Cuttlebug Challenge #49...

The party is still going on over at the Cuttlebug Challenge blog....
Each week the Design Team, and challenge participants, have made different party items focusing on their chosen theme.
If you've been visiting me here..(or there!)...you know that I'm having a "Garden Party"!
This is the ideal theme for me being that I love working with paper flowers and butterflies..

This mini is SO easy to make...and I am loving the look of the Core'dinations Color Core Card Stock after its embossed and sanded
I've got a Workshop/Crop this weekend...and am thinking of bringing along the Sizzix Scallop (Circle) Die so that the ladies can each make one of their own...

When you have a sec...be sure to stop over at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog
H E R E to see the other "knock your sox off" minis that the DT has created this week...