Giveaway winner #2

Before I do the last giveaway later today, I figured I better draw a winner! You know it's bad when you stop at your own blog and wondered who won the giveaway. :) I was on vacation last week from Tues to Saturday. We were at Busch Gardens and Great Wolfe Lodge waterpark. They have a military special where heroes, spouses and children get in (admission) is free to Busch Gardens (normally it's like $60/per person). If you are military you can find information here: Here's to Heroes.

Kelly, please email me (it's under my profile photo, in the paragraph top right on this blog). I'll get you the gift certificate straight away. And I'll be back to post the last giveaway in a little bit. Happy Monday! Until then.

A glimpse

At the May Cocoa Daisy kit. :)

Happy Tuesday to you! Until tomorrow. (The giveaway is still open below.)

YSS giveaway #2

Is it really Monday morning again? I have been sooo sick this weekend. If I wipe my nose one more time, I'm pretty sure my upper lip will go up in flames. :) I'd forgotten how much fun this was, being sick. I'm better today, but still really short of breath going up and down the steps in our house.

But let's get to the good stuff. The giveaway from Yourscrapbookstash.com, another $10 gift certificate good for anything your heart desires in the store. Here's what I would get:

Studio Calico Month stamps:

I have the SC butterfly stamp and the fence/abc stamp. Love them. And I love, love these! Studio Calico Anthology is still available in the store. Plus the new Crate paper Brook, paper doll and pink plum have been added. New 7 Gypsies, and Girls Paperie On Holiday and Paper Girl are in as well.

So, please leave a comment to be entered to win the $10 gift certificate to YSS. Internationals (and everyone!) are welcome to enter. I will email the winner the gift certificate as soon as they email me. Catherine did get her's last week, so just one to give away today. Let me know what your favorite release was from CHA Winter 2010. Did you really look forward to one line and then fall in love with something else? The drawing will be closed Wednesday night. I will most likely draw a winner this weekend-Sat./Sun unless I can get to the computer sooner. I will post my Cocoa Daisy sneaks really quickly tomorrow. Happy Monday to you! Until tomorrow.

Into every life. . .

A little illness must fall. It's job security for me right? :) As I wipe his runny nose and feel his hot little head I can't help but think we have had a good run. No one has been sick since Sept. 09, so this little blip on the radar will be ok.

Here is my mid-month gallery over at Yourscrapbookstash.com:

This is what my dh says about J.

Wish I had had this paper for J's book about cars. Love this Jillibean soup line.

J's bedtime buddies. I know he will grin when he sees them.

And lastly this layout is the equivalent of tying a string around my finger, a place to record what I don't want to forget about baby J.

The method of my madness as this: I was a little (ok a lot) overwhelmed by all the wonderful things YSS sent me. So what I did was decide to work with Lilybee Hello Sunshine and Jillibean Soup New England Chowder first. And then I'll work with the rest of Jillibean soup towards the end of the month. :) Maybe it's not so much of a method as it is just madness. :)

Here is the winner of the first YSS gift certificate:

Lucky number 7! Catherine, please email me at amigas6415@mypacks.net so that I can email you the gift certificate! If the gift certificate is not claimed by the next giveaway, Monday 4/19, then I will draw 2 winners from that batch, so email me soon! If you didn't win, there are still two more $10 gift certificates to giveaway, the next two Mondays. I have really nice blog readers, really, and I'm pulling for you to win. :)

This afternoon I plan to return some blog comments since I feel yucky and J is too sick to be outside for long. I hope to post my Cocoa Daisy sneaks of the May kit soon, just waiting on the official go ahead. :) Happy Thursday! Until tomorrow.

Real quick

I will draw a winner and post these layouts in their entirety tomorrow. For Your scrapbook stash.com:

These are just the mid-month. I will have more by the end of the month. :) I'm crazy busy today. Happy Wednesday, until tomorrow. PS Hello to all you new blog followers!

YSS gift certificate giveaway #1

Good Monday morning to you! As the April Guest designer for Your Scrapbook Stash.com, I will be giving away 3 gift certificates to the store, good for whatever you'd like to spend them on. This giveaway, since I will be emailing the winner a $10 gift certificate, is open to internationals as well. (Very excited to include you too!) I will keep the giveaway open through Tuesday at midnight. I will draw a winner shortly after that, and as quick as you can email me, you will have your prize?! How cool is that?

I've discovered something about myself, I don't really like shopping. (sacrilege) I stress about things for my house, often contemplating a purchase for a month (at least) and up to 6 months for something like carpet. I become frighteningly indecisive when clothes shopping. And I hate shoe shopping (it's true). It is not uncommon for my dh to whisper to me that it's time for a new pair, especially when he sees me with duck tape in hand to fix the soles. I can't help it, I feel like I'll never find a pair as comfortable or functional as what I have. I get attached, it isn't pretty. Now, I have professional clothes for work. I can dress up when I need to. No need to worry that I look that frumpy, although on the weekends I do feel a bit nibbled on by the frumpy monster. I despise going to the food store. Scrapbook supplies are the only thing that I truly enjoy shopping for. (I'm a freak, I know it.)

So I hope you won't mind that I checked out the store and the new products at Your scrapbook stash.com and I wanted to point out things that I loved. (Hey, let's spend that gift certificate before we get it, shall we? :) ) Some products that really spoke to me were these:

Loving any and everything Elle Studio. I had never seen it sold anywhere else. And I was going to purchase these for myself, except that I was able to talk Tricia into putting these vintage tags into the Cocoa Daisy May kit (the main kit). How's that for a hint?! :) I don't know what set she picked though, there are quite a few that would have worked for Spring/summer.

Also, since I am working with these products, I know that Erica at Yourscrapbookstash.com has the all the new Jillibean lines--chicken noodle, old world cabbage, egg drop and new england chowder, plus the new Lilybee Hello Sunshine as well. I'll be back in a little with a glimpse.

Please leave me a comment to win the first $10 gift certificate to the store. I'd love some gardening tips, but if you are very green like me and can't think of any, please tell me what you loved in the YSS store, how you'd spend the gift certificate. Happy Monday to you! Until tomorrow.

Some AC

Spending the day out for a Sunday drive, checking out nurseries. I'm looking at the prices on annuals/pots, etc. Finished mulching the yard, woohoo! I think the total was like 60 bags of mulch, ouch. Our carpet got put in, and wouldn't you know it, there's a problem. Hoping this can be fixed early next week. It looks like a defect in the carpet, not an installation problem. Very upset about it, but it will get straightened out in time. Glad there is no more home improvement planned. Between the fireplace and the carpet, this has been so much *fun* I just can't stand it! :)

Anyways, I'm a bit behind sharing my American crafts blog layouts here.

March AC blog, Botanique:

February AC blog, Letterbox:

January AC blog, Letterbox:

Happy Weekend to you! Until tomorrow.