Michelle has Candy!

Michelle at Scrappin for Kenzie has a ginormous blog candy giveaway going on right now. Run don't walk because it is ending very very soon.... It is only open to US residents but all you international girls will still want to go check out her fun blog.

Denise has Giveaway Goodies Galore!!

I'm BACK!! (aren't you super excited??!!) (I am!) ha

This will be short and very, very SWEET because my BFF, Denise at Lalasworld, has CANDY on her blog that you are going to want to zip over and check out!!!!!!

Just look at all that luscious paper and those embellies! Good grief you could win this and scrap for a year! ha

And her blog is so awesome you would want to go check it out anyway!

I plan to post again tomorrow....come check me out. Now go....hurry! You don't want to miss out.

Hugs!!

Photo Friday On Monday

Hi everyone. I have my minivan all loaded and ready to go. We leave at 6:30am tomorrow to go back home to Nevada. I have one son, my brother, 3 dogs and my bird and all our stuff.

I can't wait to get back home! Wifi here I come!! lol

I thought I would leave you guys with some photos. The first one is of my least favorite vacation activity...going to Starbucks to get online! lol

The next photo is of the cutest little treats that were served at the last night of vacation bible school. Aren't they just super adorable? I had to take a photo so that I could copy the idea.

And the last photos are of a squirrel stealing seeds from our bird feeder. It was really so funny in person. I ran to get my camera when I saw the silly thing hanging by only it's back feet.

Have a great Monday! I will be back online (hopefully) by Wednesday!! woo hoo

Scrap Our Stash August Challenge

Scrap our Stash has a challenge this month to "re-do" a project. I am not really a "re-doer" so this was a bit of an extra challenge for me. (especially since I am still out of town with limited scrap stuff and photos) I decided to look through my photos on my computer and see what I had that I wanted to do again. I found the photo of my hubby and I at our rehearsal dinner in the Bahamas. I really loved how that layout turned out and so decided to see what I could come up with. (I am not posting the old photo because I can't find it on my computer right now and I need to go home)

I used a photo of my dd that I had with me and thought that turning the "sketch" would make it more fun and interesting to re-do.

I just love the colors that I used together. I think the red really just pops off the page. My daughter calls herself Mei Mei. That isn't her name but what can I say?! ha (her middle name is Mae and Mei Mei means little sister in Chinese) I just think she can't say Georgia very well and most of the family calls her Georgia Mae so she just says Mei Mei.

Anyway, it doesn't matter and I am rambling. ha You should go check out this challenge at Scrap Our Stash.

I'm getting very excited because I only have one more week before I leave to drive back to Nevada!! (and to my precious wifi! LMAO!)

My kids don't start school until August 29th! Doesn't that seem really late?? I have been trying to gather some of their school supplies when I can get to the store because I know they will be sold out by the time I get home! ha

I did get some new shoes and school clothes for them. I'm getting thing done slowly but surely.

My birthday is coming up on the 24th and my friend, Denise and her family are coming to help me celebrate. I can't wait!! My kids can't wait for her kids to come and my hubby can't wait for her hubby to come!! LOL It will be a nice end of summer party. The won't actually be there on my bday because her kids start school on the 24th.

Is it wrong that I am kind of ready for summer vacation to be over??! ha The only thing I don't look forward to is HOMEWORK! ha

Hope you all are having a great week!

Winner, Winner of the Crafter's Companion Giveaway

Winner, winner chicken dinner!! The winner of the Crafter's Companion Giveaway is:

#18 Donna from Indiana Inking

Congratulations to Donna!! And thanks to everyone who entered and joined up to follow the Crafter's Companion Challenge blog. I hope to see all of you entering the challenges there soon.

Donna please email me your full name and mailing address at Scrapwithstacy at Gmail dot com

You have until August 15th and then I will pick another winner.

Wonderfully Generous Giveaway From Crafter's Companion!

** This post will stay at the top until the 7th - scroll down to read the new post**

I am so lucky to be on the Design Team for the Crafter's Companion USA Blog and the Crafter's Companion Challenge Blog. I LOVE the challenges and working with the stamps and other products from the Crafter's Companion Store.

Their products are so awesome! One of my favorite tools is their Envelobox board. With this amazing tool, you can make envelopes in any size and any depth. This is so perfect for big, odd sized or specialize cards, such as the Set of Drawers card I posted about a couple of weeks ago.


Not only are their products totally awesome, but they are a really generous company. They have given the entire design team an Envelobox to give away on their blogs to one lucky U.S. resident!

Here's how you can win this fabulous tool. You simply need to become a follower of Crafter's Companion USA challenge blog and then leave a comment on this post. You must do this to win. If you'd like a couple more chances to win just post about this giveaway on your blog or sidebar and become a fan of our Facebook page. For each of these things leave a separate comment here.

This giveaway will run for one week from August 1st through August 7th. There will be a winner chosen on Monday, August 8th.

Every single design team member is giving away a Envelobox board, so be sure to check out all their blogs as well to increase your odds of winning one of these fabulous tools. You can find their blogs on the Crafters Companion News blog.

Crafter's Companion August Challenge

Hi guys,

As you can tell from the post above this one - Crafter's Companion is an awesome company. The challenge this month for the Crafter's Companion Challenge Blog is to do a "thank you" project. It can be anything. You could make a card for a special someone, you can do a layout that shows all the things you are thankful for or you can just use your imagination and make any type "thank you" project you can come up with. The only thing you must do is use a stamp from the Crafter's Companion Store.

This month as my example I made this purse card to give to my mother as a thank you for all that she has been doing to help me while I have been here in Oklahoma. I think she will like it.

I used the Sheena Douglas paint fusion Sunflower Stamp Set and painted a sunflower on card stock. I fussy cut it out and then using the absolutely awesome Crafter's Companion Ultimate Tool. I used the design from the DVD that comes with Ultimate Tool to make the purse.

It was easy and fun. I used some shimmery brown card stock that looks beautiful in person. It really goes well with the yellow and orange I used when I painted the sunflower.

Have I mentioned how cool it is that I can just buy clear bling and then color them with my Copics to match any project?! Those Copic Markers are so awesome!! They are a beautiful thing.

You should hurry and get busy on your project for this challenge because you could be the lucky winner of the fab prize they are giving away. The prize they are offering is the CleverCut 5 in 1 Rotary Paper Trimmer!!!!

"The CleverCut is the amazing new 5-in-1 rotary paper trimmer from Crafter's Companion, which is perfect for use in all your paper crafting, card making and scrapbooking projects. What makes it so special? Well, for starters it has an extendable base plate which will allow you to trim letter size paper in both portrait and landscape. In fact, the trimmer supports paper up to 12" x 12" with markings now pre-printed in both inches and centimeters. The CleverCut has interchangeable rotary blades that you simply dial to select, which will allow you to cut not only straight lines, but also create perforated lines, waves and scores. Changing the blades takes only seconds with just a "flick" of your finger. There's also an integrated corner rounder which will add a touch of elegance to any papercraft project."

You know you want to win this so go get busy and make something!

I know you are probably tired of hearing about my wifi issues while on vacation here in Oklahoma so I will stop mentioning them and let you know that I plan to be home by the 16th so things will get back to normal then. Until then just bear with me please while I try to get on when I can. I promise I plan to offer a reward to those who are still faithfully checking in on me here. (just a hint of good things to come)

I have taken my little dog, Trixie, in to get fixed so please keep her in your prayers that everything goes well with her surgery tomorrow. ***Update***

Trixie is home and doing fine. Thanks for all your good wishes!!

Have a good weekend!!