Wax Museum Etc. Etc. Etc.

Prepare to be bombarded!! LOL  I have already posted about my 2 year blogiversary giveaway today!!  So if you haven't seen it be sure and scroll down and join in!!  It is open to all of my followers!! WOO HOO!!  There is also the Crafter's Companion Customer Appreciation weekly giveaway here too.(open to US Residents only)  And it is the last day to go to the Crafter's Companion USA Challenge Blog and enter to win the weekly stamp set giveaway.  AND last but not least....my friend, Frea at Creafrea Blog has a fab giveaway going on right now too!  You aren't going to want to miss out so head on over there (after your finish up here of course! LOL) and check out her blog and the awesome giveaway!!  Giveaways Galore!

Here is Frea's Giveaway!!

I just got back from my dear daughter's school.  Her class has been studying famous people in Nevada history.  They each had to pick a famous Nevadan and do a report, make a board and then they had a Wax Museum where they dress up as their famous person.  That museum was this morning.  It was so cute!  My daughter was Valerie P. Cooke (a judge). 



They had to stay very still until someone pushed their "button" and then they would give a little speech about their person.  My poor daughter was on the end and pretty much everyone either started with her or ended with her.  She was talking the whole time!! LOL 



I really have to share one of the funniest things I have seen lately.  One of the girls down a bit from my daughter was portraying Maude Frazier.  And these are the photos she had on her board....



LMBO!  She used photos of the character, "Maude" from The Golden Girls and the Maude show!!!!!!!!!!!!! 



Here is a close up.

There were a couple of other "missteps" but this was the most hilarious one!  No one said anything to her at all.  They just praised her, which I loved!!

I made a card yesterday for my Sketches4All card challenge.  My challenge was to use a lovely Pagemap's sketch.

Here is the Pagemaps sketch I chose.





Here is what I came up with as my example. 

I used some Bo Bunny-  papers and embellies.  I pulled some bakers twine and Diamond Stickles from my stash.  Sorry the photo is a bit crooked.  I took the photo outside and it was really sunny and I had to take the photo from the side because I kept getting my shadow on the card!



Here is it laying down open.  You know how addicted I am to making easel cards! LOL

I am going to enter it:

Just Keep On Creating - Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes
Creative Craft Challenge - Anything Goes
Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - What a Wonderful Woman



I wanted to brag a little.  (a very little)  My blog is being featured as an Editor's Pick right now at PocketChange Lifestyle blog!!!  It is a really cool site that I was recently introduced to.  They have a great Tip Center that is full of tips for all areas of your life.  FUN!!  You should go check it out!!

My friend, Raquel, is married to Eddie Levert from the musical group the O"Jays.  Eddie has a new solo R&B album out right now that is wonderful!!  The album is called Eddie Levert - I Still Have It. It is for sale on amazon and at itunes if you are interested.  You should go check it out!!!  It is great!!

What else is there to share with you today??  That is probably enough for one day....  If I think of anything else I guess I can always post again today!  lol 

Thanks for stopping by and visiting!

My 2 Year Blogiversary Giveaway!!!

Yesterday was my 2 year blogiversary!!  WOOT!  So, I would like to offer up a little giveaway of my own to celebrate!  This giveaway will be open to ALL OF MY FOLLOWERS!!  I love blogging and I love scrapping and I love sharing it all with you.  You are a wonderful community and I am inspired every day.  Thank you so much!!

Now to my giveaway!! I will be giving away 1 box - Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers - Brights 24 Piece Set!! AND I will be adding in a few fun stamps sets for you to color too. (they will be a sweet surprise). 

Yummy goodness!!

Maybe....?

Maybe....?

Maybe....?

You just need to:

1. follow me
2. leave me a comment telling me your summer plans or something else interesting. (I'm nosy!! lol)
3. link to me from your blog.  (either on your sidebar or post about the giveaway)
That's all.   This giveaway will end on May 31st at 8pm PST.  Winner will be announced on June 1st.  So please check back to see if you have won.  If you do not contact me within 7 days of winning, I will pick a new winner.  You will need to email me with your full name and address to Scrapwithstacy(at)gmail(dot)com. 

While you are here don't forget to sign up for the other giveaway on my blog.  You can find a link on the right sidebar.  May is giveaway month!!! 

Good luck!!

Mother May I?

Hello everyone!!  I'm here to share my "May I" project from Scrap our Stash with you today. As soon as I heard of this challenge I immediately knew who I was going to be inspired by because I am inspired by her everyday. Denise at Lala's World Blog is one of the most exciting, inspirational scrappers I know.   (and my bff!) She actually is the person who introduced me to scrapping. I can't believe that 2 years ago I had never scrapped!! And now it is such a big part of my life.

Layout made by Denise at Lala's World

For this challenge I went to Lala's World and when I scrolled down I found the perfect layout to scraplift. I really just loved the use of circles and the soft feel of her work. And it doesn't hurt that Denise and I are in the photo!! LOL 

I decided to make a layout using a photo of my daughter. We adopted her from China and the photo is from the time while we were waiting...us in the US....her in China.

Layout made by Stacy at Scrap with Stacy (with a little help from my dd in the photo)

As you can tell I used the same basic layout as Denise but I did change a few things. I used a ton of flowers from my stash. I am laughing because I just realized that my daughter added that pink flower bling to the middle of the center circle. I guess she didn't think I was quite finished!! LOL She is 4 years old now and really into bling. She told me multiple times that she loved my paper (meaning she loves my layout). I'm glad she likes it since it is for her book.

Here is a photo of her from her brother's birthday party this last weekend

I hope you are inspired to join in on this challenge and I hope you pop over and check out all the great projects that Denise has on her blog. You won't be sorry you did!!

And if you stopped by to see who won last week's Customer Appreciation giveaway just scroll down.  And don't forget to join in on this week's giveaway while you are here!!

Ultimate Tool Winner!!

The winner of the Crafter's Companion Ultimate Tool Giveaway is Rufus!

Rufus May 1, 2012 8:12 PM

Awww...Humphrey's new collection is looking good! Sounds like a great month at Crafter's Companion.
R/

Congratulations Rufus!!  Please email me at scrapwithstacy@gmail.com with your full name and mailing address by May 16th.  You will forfeit your prize if you do not get your information to me by this date.

Okay everyone, there is another giveaway going on right now so be sure and enter to win.  Just scroll down to find it.

I'm a Lucky Mom

Sorry to have been MIA this past week.  Sometimes you just need a break.  And this week was my blog break week.  But a week away brings me back refreshed and ready to go so here is what I have to share with you today.  I made a layout for Sketches4all.  They are starting a Mother's Day Sketch Challenge today and here is my example layout. 



I used papers from Echo Park-For the Record and Little Yellow Bicycle-Elizabeth Park.  I pulled a white flower from my stash and sprayed the heck out of it with Tutti Fruiti Glimmer Mist.  I used my We R Memory Keepers Sew Ribbon-weave punch to sew ribbon on my project.  I pulled bling, a button, decorate pins, and the vellum quote from my stash.  I attached the vellum to card stock with some brads from my brad box.  There are all sorts of random things in that box!! LOL  I also used a Martha Stewart edge punch that I got from my mom the last she came to visit.



I decided to use a photo of me and my kids since I rarely ever scrap myself.  I do feel I am a Lucky Mom!!  Hope you like the layout.

We had a fun and busy weekend.  We started off Saturday at a lacrosse game like usual.  We lost but they had fun and played hard so all's good.  Only one more game!!  (I think)  As we were driving home from lacrosse the kids and I noticed a ton of garage sale signs.  So we rushed home, changed clothes and went back out to hunt for sales!! ha  We ended up with a lot of fun random stuff. 

In the middle of our hunt we stopped shopping to take my oldest daughter to a birthday party.  After that it was back home to prepare for my oldest son's 12th birthday party.  Lucky for me my hubby made his cake and decorated while I was gone!   Came home and wrapped presents and got dinner ready to go.  Went back to get dd from the birthday party.  We had dinner, cake and ice cream and then the birthday boy opened his presents. 



He specifically asked for a riding toy called a Green Machine.  I hadn't heard of it before but one of the neighbor kids has one and he LOVES it.  So I found one online and got it for him.  Here's a photo of his face when he saw it for the first time!!  He was very happy and excited.  Now I just have to put the thing together!! Oh dear....lol



Sunday I filled the birthday boy's request to go see The Avengers.  I took the 3 older kids and we went to see this movie.  It was great!  There were some really funny parts that still make me smile when I think of them.  I recommend you go see it!!  Going to the movie too most of the day.  We got home around 4:30pm. 

I was all set to scrap when I remembered that my dear daughter had a major school project due today!!!   And she hadn't even started it!!!  SOOOO she and I worked on her Famous Nevadan project for the rest of the evening.  It took until 8:30pm to finish it up but it was finally completed and turned out really well.  She has been practicing her speech to go with the board she made.  They are having a "wax museum" on Thursday where they will portray their famous Nevadan.   She is portraying a judge and we bought her a suit at the thrift store that I need to alter a bit to fit her.  Keep your eye out for photos from this event later this week.

Tomorrow the winner will be chosen for my weekly giveaway for Crafter's Companion of the Ultimate Tool.  I will post the winner on Wednesday, May 9th.  So check back to see if you've won.'

I will post a NEW GIVEAWAY tomorrow so come back and check it out!!  You will also want to visit the Crafter's Companion info and challenge blogs and all of our Design Team.  There are so many opportunities to win!!!  Don't miss out on any of them!!  (Giveaways are open to US Residents only)

Remember we are having a Flower challenge on the Crafter's Companion USA Challenge Blog this month.  There is a great prize and I am dying to see your projects!  (Challenge  is open to US residents only)

Okay, my 4 year old wants a snack so bye for now!!

Crafter's Companion May 1st Giveaway

Crafter's Companion is giving away a ton of goodies this month!!

We will 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??!  

This week on my blog I am giving away a Crafter's Companion Ultimate Tool.  WOO HOO!!! 

The all-in-one, compact carry-case which allows you to score, measure, trim, emboss and embellish; create boxes, shaped card blanks, envelopes and so much more… The Ultimate Crafter's Companion is everything you will ever need for your card making projects, in one handy and portable carry case. Includes a 24 full page instruction booklet and a 2 1/2 Hour Project & Instructional DVD which takes you step by step through 12 different projects and detailed instructions.

In order to win you must:

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 8th, 8pm PST and I will post the winner's name on May 9th.  (You must be a US Resident to Win.)  The winner will have until May 15th 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!!

Now I want to show you a project I made using a stamp from the super sweet new collection from the Humphrey's Corner stamp line.

I LOVE Humphrey and his siblings!! These stamps just call to my heart. I was so excited when I heard there was a new collection coming out. This collection is called A Year With Humphrey. There are 12 gorgeous new stamps for us to enjoy!!! WOO HOO!! lol

I decided to start with Girl Talk. This is really just the cutest stamp ever!! I love how girlie it is. I stamped out the image onto Ultra Smooth Premium White Card stock for Alcohol Markers. This really is the best paper to use with our Spectrum Noir markers. And of course I colored my image with my Spectrum Noir markers!! And why wouldn't I? They are the best alcohol ink markers for the price!! And they color beautifully!!!

I also wanted to paper piece the dresses. I just love the added bit of texture and dimension it gives to my project. So I stamped out the image twice more onto two different pieces of patterned paper. And then I fussy cut out the the dresses. I glued them down onto my colored image and then cut out the image with some dies on my Cuttlebug. I layered matching patterned paper and card stock to make up my card.

I found the perfect bit of ribbon in that Mystery box of goodies I bought from Maya Road a while back. I think the colors were perfect for this project. I love how the pinks and browns go together so nicely. I stamped my sentiment directly onto the patterned paper and added it to the front.

I used some of my matching papers to simply decorate the inside of the card too. I love the flowers on the ribbon and in the patterned paper I used. This card would be perfect to enter in the May Flower Challenge on the Crafter's Companion USA Challenge Blog this month.     I hope to see your flower projects over there this month!!  (Shameless begging!! LOL )

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Giveaways Everywhere!!

Hello!!

Did you all have a nice weekend??  I sure did.  It was a beautiful sunny warm weekend here in Vegas.  We started out at a lacrosse game that we tied 4-4 which was VERY EXCITING because we are a brand new team and have been losing badly all season.  So to hold our own and almost win was beyond thrilling!!  We only have a couple more games left this season.  The boys really made progress. 

Mine is the little guy in the orange socks.

After the game we spent the afternoon swimming in the pool.  Water is just about perfect right now.  It will keep getting warmer and warmer as the summer goes on until it is warm like bathwater!!  That's the way my bestie, Denise, likes it!! lol 

I did a little scrapping this weekend but mostly DT projects which I will share in the next couple of days. 

Well, today is the last day of April (where did that go??!!) and you have until midnight PST tonight to upload your April Mother's Day projects on the Crafter's Companion USA Challenge Blog.  Come on girls show us your projects!!

And I have exciting news for May.  Crafter's Companion is feeling very very generous and there will be giveaways everywhere!!!  We will be giving away a weekly prize on both the Crafter's Companion Informational blog AND the Crafter's Companion USA Challenge blog!  ALSO, each of the Design Team members will be giving away a weekly prize!!!  You can find their names and links to their blogs on the sidebar of the Crafter's Companion Informational Blog.   And EVERY DAY IN MAY we will be giving away a Crafter's Companion Ultimate Tool to a randomly chosen person who purchases something in our online store!!!!!!!!   EVERY DAY!!   Are you as excited as I am??! 

I will post my first Crafter's Companion giveaway here tomorrow on May 1st.  So you will definitely want to stop back by and join in and try to win!

We are also still giving away a new Humphrey - Swinging By stamp set on the Crafter's Companion USA Challenge blog this week.  You just need to go HERE and leave a comment.

Hope to see you tomorrow!!