Winner of Week 3 Customer Appreciation Giveaway!

The winner of Week 3 for the Customer Appreciation Boxer and Envelobox Creator Bundle with Advanced Techniques DVD Giveaway is Cheryl Caldwell-Nyboer !

Cheryl May 15, 2012 11:20 AM

I love it either way!! Great frame!!

Congratulations Cheryl !! You will need to email your full name, address, my name and prize won to Bindy@crafterscompanion.com

You have until May 31st to send your information. After that date you will forfeit your prize.

Thanks to all who joined in! Remember if you didn't win this time there are still plenty of chances to win this month. There is a new giveaway going on right now!

Swing By and Maybe Win Something!

Hi there everyone!!  Today I have a sweet Humphrey's Corner card that I made to share with you. I used the stamp set - Swinging By which features Humphrey's little sister, Lottie. I love this stamp set!! It is just precious.

I stamped her out on Ultra Smooth Premium White Card stock with my Tuxedo Black Memento ink. Then I colored her with my Spectrum Noir markers. I wanted to add a "tree" to the top, so I just drew on some greenery and colored them in with my markers.

After coloring the image, I cut it out in a simple rectangle and layered it on some of the papers I had chosen for my project. I grabbed one sheet of double sided paper and cut two strips. I used a Martha Stewart edge punch down one long side of each strip. Then I layered them on my base card.

I thought a pinwheel would be a fun addition to the card so I started with a 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" piece of double-sided paper.

Then I folded it in half from corner to corner.

Then opened it and folded it in half the opposite way. Crossing over the previously folded line.

Then I opened it up and marked the center where the two lines cross with a pencil mark (you don't have to mark it if you can just see where they cross).

Next I took my scissors and cut in from each corner almost to the center but not quite. Don't get too close or it will rip too easily.

Then, going in one direction, take each corner point and fold it (roll gently) toward the pencil mark. Adhere the corner point to the pencil mark area with a glue dot or a strong adhesive.

Go all the way around the square, folding in the corner points. Be sure to go in one direction.

This is what it should look like when you are finished. You can add a button or bling to the center if you want. After I made my pinwheel, I glued a button to the center and then added it to my card.

I stamped the sentiments out on Ultra Smooth Premium White Card stock and layered them on complimentary papers. There were two sentiments, one for the outside of the card and one for the inside of the card.

I hope you were inspired to create something today.
 



Now let's start off WEEK 4 of the Crafter's Companion  Customer Appreciation Giveaway Month!!

This giveaway starts today, Tuesday May 22nd and ends on Thursday May 31st at 8pm PST. You must:

1. Be a US Resident.
2. Be a Follower of the Crafter's Companion Informational Blog.
3. Be a Follower of the Crafter's Companion USA Challenge Blog.
4. Leave a comment on this post by Thursday, May 31st at 8pm PST.
5. Send a friend to follow us.  Have them mention you when they leave a comment and I will throw your name in the hat for another chance to win! Each friend you send gives you one more chance to win!!



And what are we giving away you ask?!?!?  How about a cool CleverCut 3-in-1 Mini Paper Trimmer!!  Here is a little info on this gem:

Features

· Cutting arm extends to a full 15 inches

· Measurements in both inches and centimeters

· Includes 3 different rotary blades for straight cuts, scalloped edges and perforation

Benefits

· Simply dial the blade you wish to use. Changing blades takes seconds and no tools are needed

· This one paper trimmer can be used to cut, perforate and accentuate

· 3 sheet normal cutting capacity

· Very lightweight and compact for the crafter on the go

Now, don't you want to win it?!? 

We are still giving away an Ultimate Tool EVERY DAY in the online store site to a person who purchases something! WOO HOO! AND we are also still going to giveaway something each week on all our Design Team's personal blogs as well. (this includes the CC Informational Blog and the CC Challenge Blog DT also!!) You can find the names and links to our Design Teams on the CC Blog and the CC Challenge blog sidebars. And don't forget the Crafter's Companion Informational Blog and the Crafter's Companion Challenge blog....yep...giveaways there too!!

So many ways to win. What are you waiting for!?   Hey, don't forget to stop back by tomorrow to see if you have won the prize for Week 3!  What?!  You haven't signed up for the Week 3 Giveaway yet???!  Well go HERE and enter!!  Then come back tomorrow and see if you win!!

Until next time...happy scrapping!

Candy has Candy!!

Candy has Candy!!!  Candy at Candy's Craft Corner has a wonderful blogiversary candy that she is giving away right now.  Go check out her blog and give her some love!! 



Week 2 Customer Appreciation Giveaway Winner

The winner of Week 2 for the Customer Appreciation Rockablocks and Stamp set Giveaway is Kelly Massman!

Kelly MassmanMay 8, 2012 5:36 AM

Cute card and I wish MY ribbon looked like that...
Thanks for a chance to win--I love Popcorn... :-)

Congratulations Kelly !! You will need to email your full name, address, my name and prize won to Bindy@crafterscompanion.com  

You have until May 22nd to send your information. After that date you will forfeit your prize.

Thanks to all who joined in! Remember if you didn't win this time there are still plenty of chances to win this month. There is a new giveaway going on right now!

Now I'm off for the next two days with my daughter to Carson City, Nevada and Virginia City, Nevada for the 4th grade field trip.  Wish us luck!! lol

Until next time...happy scrapping!

Do you believe in fairies? New Giveaway!!!

Hello everyone!  Today I am going to share a wall hanging that I made for my dear daughter. My daughter loves fairies and Crafter's Companion has that most beautiful Fairyopolis Fairies! 

I had an unfinished wooden frame that has just been sitting in my craft room waiting for me to turn it into something good. Well, I hope I have done it justice today.

I initially thought I would do a crackle paint background but that isn't what happened. Sometimes there are happy accidents!! lol

I started by lightly sanding the frame. This just gets a little tooth up for the paint to attach to so that it will stay on the frame. Next I pulled out some green acrylic paint and painted the frame. While it was still wet I pulled out some white glue and painted it on top of the slightly dried (still wet) paint. Then I let it dry. I pulled out my hot air gun hoping to cause the paint/glue mixture to crackle (which it has done every other time I have done this) but this time that didn't work. So I just set it aside...for a couple of days....lol And started working on another project.

Then when I finally went to put it away, I realized that I really loved the way it looked! It looked almost encaustic-like. Encaustic art is all the rage right now. If you don't already know, encaustic art is art made with pigmented wax. On my frame, the glue on top of the paint had dried to an almost waxy translucent texture. It looked pretty cool!!

So that got me excited to work on it again and off I went. I decided that I would still make a wall hanging for my daughter's room using the goodies from the Fairyopolis Card Making Kit. Oh my goodness! This kit is loaded with stuff!! I got this kit last year. I have been using and using stuff out of it and I STILL have goodies left! And it is on sale right now in the Crafter's Companion store!!! (You had better go check it out before it is gone. Because when it is gone, it is gone forever)

The card making kit has decoupage sheets, rubons, stickers, card bases, envelopes, gems, flowers, etc etc... Really it just seems to go on and on. I started by pulling out the decoupage sheets. I picked two fairies that I thought would work and got busy layering them. Then I took out the cardboard square from the photo area of the frame and covered it with a piece of one of the card bases that I just trimmed to fit and then adhered to the cardboard square. I then inked the edges and put it back in the frame. I pulled out a piece of paper from my 12" x 12" Fairyopolis paper pack, then I rubbed on a saying and die cut it out. I added a butterfly rubon and then inked the edges of my paper and adhered it to the center of the photo area.

I glued down the two decoupaged fairies. Then I added a grouping of flowers to the corner. After I did that I thought it looked unbalanced so I pulled out my rubon's and found the perfect fairy and butterfly to add. Finally I added a little Crystal Stickles for sparkle and a bit of ribbon as a hanger.

And then I looked at it some more and realized I didn't like the decoupaged fairies on it.  Seemed like too much so....I took them back off.  What do you think?  On or Off??  I'm entering it in Cheryl's May Altered Challenge at Sketches4all.

Okay, you have suffered enough....now are you ready for me to start the Week 3 Customer Appreciation giveaway!?!? This giveaway starts today, May 15th and ends on Tuesday May 22nd at 8pm PST.

1.  You must be a US Resident to enter to win.
2.  You are required to be a follower of this blog
3.  and also a follower of the Crafter's Companion USA Challenge Blog
4.  and follow the Crafter's Companion Informational Blog
5.  and you must leave a comment on this post.
6.  And link back from your blog.  You can either put this giveway on your sidebar or post about the giveaway.

If you send a friend and they mention your name, I will enter your name in the drawing again for each friend you send!  So send your friends!!

The winner will be announced on Wednesday, May 23rd. So don't forget to stop back by to see if you have won!

Now...want to know what you can win here this week????!! 

How about  - The Boxer and Envelobox Creator Bundle with Advanced Techniques DVD!  Woo Hoo!!  This is a great prize.  I can't even tell you how much I love this DVD alone and you get it AND the Boxer and Envelobox Creator!!  If you have an Ultimate Tool this will be a fabulous addition.  But you don't have to have the Ultimate Tool to make a million wonderful projects with these items. 

You still have until 8pm PST today to enter the Week 2 Ultimate Tool giveaway on the Crafter's Companion Info Blog so if you haven't already joined in go HERE and enter!!  The Challenge blog giveaway ends at the same time so you can go HERE to enter that challenge.  And all the DT are each giving away a weekly prize.  You can find a link to their blogs on the sidebar of the CC Info and CC Challenge blogs.  And don't miss my Week 2 Giveaway while you are here.  Click Here to enter.  Don't miss out on any of these awesome giveaways!!

And remember I am having a Blogiversary Giveaway right now too (open to everyone) and you could win Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers - the Brights 24 Piece Set!  Just Scroll Down to enter.  Or click HERE.

I think that is enough for today!!  Go on...get busy entering!!!  LOL

Mother's Day Weekend

My son's lacrosse team WON their first game ever!!!!!!!!  And it was the final game of the season.  What a way to end the season!  We were all so excited and proud.  These boys are brand spanking new to the sport and it is the first year their middle school has had a lacrosse team.  The first year they weren't expected to win at all so for them to tie one game and win another is fabulous!!  WOO HOO!!  So super proud. 

My son is on the left

Man was it miserably hot though.  We live in Las Vegas, which is the desert, I know but goodness!!  The boys had to play two games and by half time of the first game (10amish) it was just ridiculously hot.  We were lucky during the second game because another family set up a tent and asked us to sit under it with them.  (thank goodness!)  I borrowed some 100% SPF sunscreen from another parent because I was getting fried.  I didn't even know they made 100% SPF sunscreen!! lol  It worked though.  I'm sure the tent helped too!! LOL

Friday was Parent Involvement Day for my two younger kids.  Each of their classes had a party at school.  We went and at the first party we made finger print flowers and play dough.  They kids really had fun at this party.

My daughter getting messy

My son and I

Here we are at Riley's party. 

We had a really nice morning going to both parties.  The kids were really tired after we finished up and my son who doesn't nap actually fell asleep in the car while we were waiting to pick up the older kids from school.

I had a great Mother's day.  My kids gave me orders that I had to stay in bed until 10am.  But I woke up earlier than that an tried to come out of my bedroom but they had a fit because they were trying to make me breakfast in bed.  I went back to my room but just couldn't stay in there and wait so I decided to go outside to drink my coffee.

They brought me breakfast and we ate outside.  It was a lovely morning and the kids were so proud of themselves.  After we ate they all got their swimsuits on and went swimming. 
All day they were trying to "take me out" so finally in the afternoon I caved in and took them (they "took me") out to eat and shopping.  We had a nice time.  It was kind of funny because all I asked for was for them to be nice to me and to each other.  So they were really struggling to be nice to each other. 

I did some scrapping this weekend.  I made a mother's day card but forgot to take a photo before I gave it away!  (I'm a dork) and I did some DT projects.  You will see one of them tomorrow along with a new "Week 3" GIVEAWAY.  So be sure to stop back by tomorrow.

I'm off to Carson City on Wednesday with my daughter.  We are going on an overnight field trip to Carson City and Virginia City.  It should be a fun filled whirlwind tour. 

See you tomorrow.  Oh I almost forgot to remind you - you only have one more day this week to join in on my Week 2 Customer Appreciation Giveaway.  And I have a Blogiversary Giveaway going on right now that you aren't going to want to miss out on.  There are links to both giveaways on the upper right sidebar.  Bye!

May 8th Customer Appreciation Giveaway!!!

***I'm re-posting this so you remember to sign up to win!! This Giveaway ends Tomorrow at 8pm PST***

Are you ready for another weekly giveaway from Crafter's Companion?! 

This week I am giving away a set of 4 Rock A Blocks and a Popcorn the Bear stamp set (our choice).

All you need to do to enter to win is:

1. Be a follower of Crafter's Companion Informational blog.
2. Be a follower of Crafter's Companion USA blog.
3. Be a follower of my blog.
4. Leave a comment here on this post.
(you must be a US resident to enter)

And if you would like to get an extra chance to win you can:

5. Send a friend to join in the giveaway. (just have them say that you sent them in their comment)

and you can:

6. Like Crafter's Companion on Facebook. (If you do this you will need to leave an additional comment here on this post letting me know that you did it.)

That's it! This giveaway ends on Tuesday May 15th, 8pm PST and I will post the winner's name on May 16th. (You must be a US Resident to win.) The winner will have until May 22th to email me at scrapwithstacy(at)gmail(dot)com with their full name and mailing address. If you do not, you will forfeit your prize. Good luck to everyone!!

We will still be giving away wonderful stuff on each of the blogs of our Design Team members each week. (you can find the links of the other Design Team members on the sidebar of Crafter's Companion Informational blog and on the sidebar of the Crafter's Companion Challenge blog.

There will also be giveaways on the Crafter's Companion Informational blog and on the Crafter's Companion Challenge blog each week.

AND they will be giving away an Ultimate Tool EVERY DAY THIS MONTH to a random person who purchases something in the Crafter's Companion online store!!! Can you tell they are feeling generous this month??!   

You need to be sure and enter to win EVERYWHERE!!  lol  But start here!! ha

Want to see a card I made using a cute SWALK stamp?? 

Here is what it looks like when you open up the card.

I think it turned out pretty cute and I like the interesting card shape.

Have you entered the May Flower challenge on the Crafter's Companion USA Challenge blog yet??  They are giving away an Ultimate Tool for the monthly prize.  You know you want to win one of those bad boys!!  I use mine every time I scrap.  Seriously.

Does this make you think I am a little OCD?!?! lol  I spent half the morning organizing my ribbon into Roygbiv color!!  Now if I only had a place to put them!! LOL

Be sure and CLICK HERE to go to enter my Blogiversary Candy Giveaway.  You could win Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers - the Brights 24 Piece Set! (this giveaway is open to EVERYONE)

Okay enough from me for now. 

See you tomorrow!