...And The Winner Is...

Thank you to all of you who participated in my blog candy drawing and for your Photography tips and tricks!!

The winner is...

From Random.org's Die Roller from the 4 comments received

Drum Roll Please...

You rolled 1 die:

Timestamp: 2009-11-27 16:18:20 UTC

Congratulations to Cindi!

Please send me your snail mail addy so I can ship out your prize!

Have a great weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

Friday, November 27, 2009

Christmas Kitty!

Happy Holidays! 

I've posted this cute lil fella on the DRS Designs Blog today. 

Click HERE to see the rest of this project and to read more about it.

Have a great Weekend!

Smiles,

Jennifer

Blog Candy Give Away!

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This blog candy post will remain at the top of my blog until November 26th. Please scroll down to see my most recent post.

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Tis the season for giving so I have some Blog Candy to share with all of you!

How would you like to win this brand new set of acrylic Christmas seal stamps from Autumn Leaves?  Click on this picture to get a close up!  Each of the 6 Christmas Seal stamps measure approx. 2.5" in diameter, and include a Christmas Tree, Stocking, Snowflake, Peace on Earth, Wrapped Present and Happy New Year!

Of course, I'm going to make you work for it a bit!

I've been having trouble getting good pictures of my projects lately. So, I'm asking for your advice...

To be eligible for the blog Candy drawing:

Please leave me a comment on this post and share your tips and tricks on how you get good pictures to post on your blog or online galleries. Your advice can be simple & straight forward or even as detailed as if it was a lesson from the Pros!

Then, please post a link to this giveaway on your blog.

I will draw a winner 11pm Eastern Time on Thursday November 26th, from all of the eligible comments left on this post. This drawing is open to participants all around the world!

Thanks for sharing your photography tips with me!

Good Luck& Happy Holidays!

Smiles,
Jennifer

Thursday, November 26, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving!

Stamps: DRS Designs- G108 Happy Harvest Cutie Pie Boy, sentiment from K1052 Thanksgiving Greetings Squares

Wishing you the many blessings of Thanksgiving, and may you all have a very happy and safe Holiday!!

Smiles,

Jennifer

PS: Don't forget about my blog candy drawing later today! Enter now to win!  

If Candy Corn Was On The Menu...

...would it be your favorite veggie?  For all you candy corn lovers out there, this is for you! Imagine what the Indians and Pilgrims would have thought if someone brought a bucket of Candy Corn to Thanksgiving dinner! LOL!  What a sight!

I made this card using images from DRS Designs.  The Empty Wooden Bucket (H114) was colored with Prismacolor Pencils and blended with Gamsol.  I put a little slit at the brim of the bucket with a craft knife and filled it with Candy Corn which was stamped and cut out from the Candy Corn Background Stamp (H633).  Stamping the candy corn background in orange ink is a quick and easy way to make a great background for any project! After stamping all you have to do is color the bottom of each candy corn piece with a yellow marker and it is all ready to go!   You can see what I mean on my Candy Corn ATC's I made back in September. I added the sentiment E126, "My Favorite Vegetable is Candy Corn" to complete my card.

Well, this is it for me today.  I have a long "to-do" list for tomorrows big day, but not becuase it's the holiday, but becuase I have to work 12 hours tomorrow! I have to get everything done at a reasonably time so that I can be in bed early.  I have to be at work at 6am! Yuck!

Thanks for visiting today. 

I appreciate you stopping by and for all of your wonderful comments!  I enjoy reading each one!

Smiles,

Jennifer

Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Christmas Joy and the Gingerbread Boy!

DRS Designs has come out with some of the neatest stamps to pair up with your Marvy Uchida punches. You can see what I mean on this project I have for you today...

Stamps: DRS Designs- L120 Holly 3" Giga Circle, E040 Gingerbread Man, G130 Yesteryear Christmas Greeting

The Holly border image around the Gingerbread boy image fits perfectly inside the Giga Circle punch. Unfortunately, I don't have many of the Marvy punches, but these stamps also work well with Nestabilities too! That's how I used them here! Want to see more like this one? You can find find the rest of DRS Designs frames stamps HERE.

The Holly Giga Circle was stamped in green ink and I used a red marker to color in the dots between each of the holly leaf sets. The gingerbread boy was colored with marker as well. All of the wording on this card is all from the same sentiment. I just split up the Yesteryear Christmas greeting to fit the layout, and embellished the card front with Poinsettia paper flowers and a holly corner punch.

Don't forget DRS Designs is sponsoring this week's CPS Sketch Challenge. Check out this post to see all the details and what kind of DRS goodies you can win for participating!

Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles,
Jennifer

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Kraft Christmas with CPS!

It seems as though I've come down with a sinus infection and I just didn't have the energy to do much yesterday. I did the best I could to make it a stamping day by working with this weeks CPS sketch.

DRS Designs is their sponsor this week and here's this weeks sketch challenge.

Here's what I came up with for the challenge...

Stamps: DRS Designs- F002 Silhouette Holly, K286 Large Script Merry Christmas
Ink:  SU! Real Red, Glorious Green
Paper: Smooth white cardstock by Office Depot, Colored Cardstock by The Paper Company, American Crafts
Accessories: Nestabilities, EK Success Corner Rounder, Ribbon by Bobbie M. Designs, Cuttlebug and Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folder, brads by The Paper Studio, Hero Arts paper Poinsettias and adhesive pearls.
Finished Card Size: 7.25" x 5"

I used the Holly Silhouette (F002) from DRS Designs to create my own designer paper.  I really enjoyed stamping on the kraft cardstock rather then white this time.  It is a nice change, and I often run right to white cardstock when I want to create my own background--I have to keep reminding myself how elegant kraft cardstock can be!  I hope to use the scraps on another project since I have quite a bit left over from this card--fair warning you may see this handmade background again very soon!

Be sure to run over to the CPS blog and add your challenge card to win some great prizes from DRS Designs.

Hope you have a wonderful Holiday week!

Smiles,
Jennifer

Monday, November 23, 2009