Croppinsville USA Blog Candy

Croppinsville has some great Blog Candy to giveaway....Allie's got a GREEN set of GOODIES to ship out to you in a RECYCLED box, all of you have to do is list the ways you'll try to go GREEN in the future. Just leave your comment on this blog post at Croppinsville - and check back to see who the random number generator picked on Wednesday, May 7, 2008.

But wait....there's more....Allie also has 25 VITA BELLA project pages, that she'll be giving away to the first 25 orders at both the brick & mortar store AND the online store. The online store isn't up just yet - but keep checking back!

I can't wait to share with you some of the projects I've been working on for the store!

Blog Candy - Altered Bracelet

What better way to end the month than with some Blog Candy! I took a break from some projects that I was working on and used my scraps to create these altered bracelets.











On the top one, I applied rub ons to my Afternoon Tea DSP, the bottom one is created using the Createx Creations Technique from the TJNL. I substituted Adirondack Dimensional Pearls for the Createx.


To enter - simply leave a comment on this blog post by Saturday May 3rd, letting me know which one is your favorite - I'll have the random number generator pick the winner on Sunday, May 4th.

Blog Candy

No not here....But you can enter to win this Fairytale sheet (click to enlarge)on the Starving Artistamps Blog!

To enter just post a comment on the Starving Artistamps Blog from now until this Monday telling us who your favorite Doodle Factory character is! Please make sure you leave your name in your comment, if you post as anonymous we will not be able to contact you.

Remember those who leave a comment on my blog will not be entered - to enter you must leave your comment HERE.

If you don't win - you can always order and save 10% on your orders from Starving Artistamps - just enter code Lisadis when you check out!

Birthday Blog Candy - Artistic Outpost and Bloggers Challenge

Today's the last giveaway in my week long birthday celebration. It's also Friday, which means another Bloggers Challenge. I purposely assigned the theme "birthday" for this weeks challenge - as tomorrow is my actual birthday! Saturday is also my mom's birthday - I know your reading this mom - hope you have a wonderful birthday!

Before I share today's Bloggers Challenge Birthday card - I want to introduce you to today's Birthday Blog Candy sponsor - Artistic Outpost. Artistic Outpost carries unique deeply etched rubber stamps and other sundries. One of my current favorite sheet from Artistic Outpost is Serentiy - but I can't wait to get my hands on the upcoming new releases!

Today's birthday giveaway is the stamp sheet of your choice from Artistic Outpost!


You can check out the Artistic Outpost site here, be sure to stop the by Artistic Outpost Blog too, for gallery submissions by the AO Design Team, and sign up for blog updates! You can also check out the upcoming new AO stamp releases on the blog.


Now on to the Bloggers Challenge Card - I used the Polaroid Cutie - thought she'd be perfect for a birthday card. Since it is a big birthday for me, I decided to go vintage and use the Burnt Edges technique. I added the vintage brads to fill the space on the top right side, and distressed them using my Tim Holtz hammer.

Details:
Stamps - Artistic Outpost Polaroid Cutie
Ink - Archival Black, Ranger Distress Inks
Card Stock - Black, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip
Technique - Burnt Edges 02/07 TJNL
Other - Blending Tool, Tim Holtz Hammer, Vintage Eyelets

How can you enter? To enter the giveaway for Day 5, simply leave a comment on this blog entry telling me that you would like to enter, be sure to tell me your favorite Artistic Outpost stamp sheet, enter by 11:59pm on Sunday, March 16th. Remember to leave your name with your comment, as blogger doesn't recognize "anonymous" comments. I will have the random number generator pick one number from the comments to select the winner. Each Birthday Giveaway is separate, so to be eligible for a specific day you must enter that day's giveaway and post to the correct blog entry. Good Luck! One entry per person, per giveaway, please. Be sure to check back on March 17th, to see if you won today's Birthday Blog Candy giveaway!

Birthday Blog Candy Day 4 - Innovative Stamp Creations

It’s day 4 in the countdown to my birthday! Anyone want to guess how old I'll be?

Today's Birthday sponsor is Betsy Griffin at Innovative Stamp Creations. ICS not only carries beautiful deeply etched rubber stamps, they also carry product by Tim Holtz , Zutter and Teresa Collins to name a few! Oh yeah, if your a TJNL subscriber Betsy also has the Shimmer Sheetz I used in the Aged Metal Tutorial I wrote for February's issue.

Here's a card using one of my favorite sheets from ISC - Beautiful Flowers


I used the Aged Metal Technique for the background using Yellow Shimmer Sheetz - but substituted a Fiskars Embossing plate for the Cuttllebug Folder. I also did a morphed version of Smackin' Acetate - as I didn't want a ton of color, but more of a sublte look, so I stamped my image in stazon, then colored with markers, spritzed a piece of acetate with water and pressed it onto my image and removed.








Today's birthday giveaway is the new All About Me Stamp Sheet from Innovative Stamp Creations!

ETA - if you're looking to do some shopping at Innovative Stamp Creations - use code lscag for 10% off ALL items- good through 3/16/08

How can you enter? To enter the giveaway for Day 4, simply leave a comment on this blog entry telling me that you would like to enter, be sure to tell me your favorite stamp sheet OR product that ISC carries, enter by 11:59pm on Saturday, March 15th. Remember to leave your name with your comment, as blogger doesn't recognize "anonymous" comments. I will have the random number generator pick one number from the comments to select the winner. Each Birthday Giveaway is separate, so to be eligible for a specific day you must enter that day's giveaway and post to the correct blog entry. Good Luck! One entry per person, per giveaway, please.

Be sure to check back on March 16th, to see if you won today's ISC giveaway!

Birthday Blog Candy Day 3 - Tastefully Simple

It’s day 3 in the countdown to my birthday! I’ve got a real treat for you for today’s giveaway!

Stampers need quick and easy food when having a class or just preparing daily meals, so what better Blog Candy than a Tastefully Simple Gift Certificate*!

Today's Birthday sponsor is my Tastefully Simple Consultant, Gerrie Johnnic. Check out Gerrie's blog where you can get recipes and tips for using your Tastefully Simple products. While your there, be sure to join her mailing list to get notified of upcoming specials, and enter for your chance to win her Birthday Bash Blog Candy! ***NOTE - you have two chances to win - leave a comment here on my post and one on Gerrie's Blog.

Today's birthday giveaway is a $20 Tastefully Simple Gift Certificate*!

How can you enter? To enter the giveaway for Day 3, simply leave a comment on this blog entry telling me that you would like to enter, be sure to tell me your favorite Tastefully Simple Product, enter by 11:59pm on Friday, March 14th. Remember to leave your name with your comment, as blogger doesn't recognize "anonymous" comments. I will have the random number generator pick one number from the comments to select the winner. Each Birthday Giveaway is separate, so to be eligible for a specific day you must enter that day's giveaway and post to the correct blog entry. Good Luck! One entry per person, per giveaway, please.

Be sure to check back on March 15th, to see if you won today's giveaway! Even if you don't win you can still save 10% off your Tastefully Simple Orders* – email Gerrie with your order and mention discount code Lisa10.

*Gift Certificate/Discount only valid through Gerrie Johnnic, Independent Consultant - Tastefully Simple

Birthday Blog Candy Day 2 - TJNL 5th Edition CD

The countdown to my birthday continues with today's Birthday Blog Candy Giveaway! The giveaway today is the 5th Edition CD from The Technique Junkies Newsletter. If you're looking for techniques, there's no better place then the TJNL!

Here's a few FREE tutorials from the TJNL
Free Milkpaint Tutorial
FREE Watercolor Crayon Tutorials


How can you enter? To enter the giveaway for Day 2, simply leave a comment on this blog entry telling me that you would like to enter, be sure to tell me your favorite technique, enter by 11:59pm on Thursday, March 13th. Remember to leave your name with your comment, as blogger doesn't recognize "anonymous" comments. I will have the random number generator pick one number from the comments to select the winner. Each Birthday Giveaway is separate, so to be eligible for a specific day you must enter that day's giveaway and post to the correct blog entry. Good Luck! One entry per person, per giveaway, please.

Birthday Blog Candy Day 1

I'm celebrating a milestone birthday later this week and thought it would be fun to give my blog readers some presents leading up to my big day! With the help of some generous sponsors, I'll be giving away blog candy for the next 5 days, to celebrate my birthday!

Today's Birthday sponsor is Starving Artistamps . Starving Artistamps offers a great variety of rubber stamps! My current favorite stamp is the Ornate Tooled Leather Background - as I've found lots of uses for this image using a variety of techniques!

Today's birthday giveaway is the Lily and Sunflower sheet from Starving Artistamps!

Here's a sample I've made with one of the images from this sheet

Be sure to check out the Starving Artistamps Blogs

Gallery Blog

Store Blog

Details:

Stamps - Starving Artistamps Lily and Sunflower

Ink - Black, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink

Card Stock - Black, Bashful Blue, So Saffron, Pretty in Pink
Other - Sponge Dauber, Rub Ons - SU Love & Happiness

Technique - Triple Mosaic 06/06 TJNL

How can you enter? To enter the giveaway for Day 1, simply leave a comment on this blog entry telling me that you would like to enter, be sure to tell me your favorite stamp set from Starving Artistamps , enter by 11:59pm on Wednesday, March 12th. Remember to leave your name with your comment, as blogger doesn't recognize "anonymous" comments. I will have the random number generator pick one number from the comments to select the winner. Each Birthday Giveaway is separate, so to be eligible for a specific day you must enter that day's giveaway and post to the correct blog entry. Good Luck! One entry per person, per giveaway, please.

Be sure to check back on March 13, to see if you won today's giveaway! Even if you don't win you can still save 10% off your purchases at Starving Artistamps - click here for more details!

Blog Candy

What better day to give away candy...Happy Valentine's Day to my readers - here's some candy that won't go to your hips! Leave a comment on this blog post by Sunday 10PM CST, and I'll have the random number generator pick a number. I'll post the winner on Monday.....Here's my Valentine Blog Candy

Cards include images from:

• Flourishes - Damask , Lace Heart
• Stampin' Up! - For Father (Occassions Mini Set)
• StarvingArtistamps - Iris - don't forget you can save 10% on your Starving Artistamps purchases - use discount lisadis to get your savings!
• Artistic Outpost - My Knight - don't forget to check out the sale sheets at AO
• InnovativeStamp Creations - Lovely Hearts - the Bind it All is onsale until 2/16

Please only one comment per person

Be sure to leave your name with your post if you enter your comment using "anonymous" I don't know who the post belongs too. Thanks!

Blog Candy - More TJNL Cards

It's the final day of the month long TJNL anniversary celebration.....I've gone back through old samples that I've made for the newsletter or shared on the yahoo group - and have come up with bunch of cards using different TJNL techniques for my final giveaway. I picked out 20 cards, so there will be 4 winners. Each winner will receive 5 random cards from the ones shown below.


















Various Techniques used:

Spritz & Flick (02-07)
Fossil Stone (4-06)
Burnt Edges (2-07)
Spectrum Roll (8-05)
Acetate Frost (02-06)
Dragging Ink (02-06)
Polished Stone through the Window (6-05)
Mother of Pearl (8-04)
Bleeding Tissue (2-05)
Black Pearls (4-04)
Drumroll (4-07)
Cottoned Color (4-07)
Triple Mosaics (6-06)
Geometric Overstamping (4-05)
Color Wash/ Color Wash Collage (4-06)
Triple Dimension (02-06)
Graffiti (10-04)
Polished Rainbow (4-07)
Dazzling Glass (08-06)

Cards use images from:
Innovative Stamp Creations
Artistic Outpost
Cornish Heritage Farms
Fred B Mullett
Stampin ' Up! (some current and some retired)
Lasting Impressions with Panache


To enter, leave your comment on this blog post by Friday, November 2. I'll have the random number generator pick 4 winners on Saturday, November 3, and post the winners on Sunday.

Blog Candy - TJNL Celebration Giveaway Week 4

I'm celebrating week 4 of the month long TJNL Anniversary Celebration by giving away the cards shown here, created with TJNL Techniques.




















This weeks cards feature the following techniques:

Color Wash Smoosh (CD#5)
Spectrum Roll (TJNL 08/05)
Burnt Edges (TJNL 02/07
Spritz & Flick (TJNL 02/07)

All images from Cornish Heritage Farms - Thomas Kinkade Series

Please leave your comment on this post by Sunday, October 28. I'll have the random number generator pick a winner on Monday, October 29. Good Luck!

Blog Candy Winner - Linda Carson

Thanks so much for all your kind words on the cards I posted for Week 3 of my TJNL Giveaway Celebration! This weeks winner picked by the random number generator is Linda Carson! Linda, please email me with your snail mail address.

Check back tomorrow for another card giveaway for week 4 of the TJNL Celebration.

Christmas Tin - Jolliest Time of the Year

Wouldn't these tins make great gifts to have on hand to give to your holiday hostess! You can find the tins here at Specialty Bottle.

Email me today to order your supplies to get started on your hostess gifts!

Supplies:

Jolliest Time of the Year, Vanilla Card Stock, Red Grosgrain, Sticky Strip, Dashing DSP, Markers - Red, Blush, Old Olive

Bloggers Challenge - Inspired By

For this weeks Bloggers Challenge - our theme was Inspired By.

Who or what inspires you to create? For this challenge I went with the WHO inspired me..I was inspired by Sheryl who posted a link to this tutorial for a gift card holder.

I decided to alter the dimensions from the tutorial to suit my needs, because I wanted my gift card to fit into SU's Mini Envelopes.

Here's an open view - as you can tell by looking at my open view - I also eliminated some of the card stock from the original tutorial, thus getting rid of that center pocket.

Details for Snowflake Gift Card Holder:

Stamps: Snow Jumbo Wheel, Snow Burst, Warm Words, Jolliest Time of the Year, Snow Flurries

Card Stock - Purely Pomegranate, Wild Wasabi, Very Vanilla, Brushed Gold

Ink - Wild Wasabi, Purely Pomegranate, Black

Other - Sponge Dauber, Build a Brad, Word Window Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Purely Pomegranate Double Stitched Ribbon, Dimensionals

Details for Santa Gift Card Holder:

Stamps: Jolliest Time of the Year, Many Merry Messages, Christmas Chatter Jumbo Wheel

Card Stock - Ruby Red, Old Olive, Very Vanilla

Ink - Old Olive, Ruby Red, Sahara Sand, Black Stazon

Other - Aquapainter, Watercolor Crayons, Sponge Dauber, Word Window Punch, 1" Circle Punch, Red Grosgrain, Dimensionals

Here's a tip for making your Red Grosgrain match your Ruby Red card stock, using your sponge dauber and Sahara Sand Ink, gently sponge the ink onto your Red Grosgrain, then let dry.

Don't forget the Build-a-Brad is now available - contact me today to order this must have embellishment!

Anita Van Hal is back with me as my guest challenge player - here's her beautiful card and inspiration piece.

Anita's supplies (Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted):

Stamp:Tres' Chic
C ard Stock/Paper:Going Gray,Pretty in Pink,Perhaps (Basic Grey)
Ink:Classic Basic Gray,Dark Peony (Colorbox Fluid Chalk)
Accessories:Scallop Circle Punch,Striped Organdy Ribbon (Offray),Half pearls (SU! Pretties Kit),Stampin' Dimensionals,Sponge

Be sure to check out the Blog Challenge Players links on my sidebar and see what inspired them this week!

Have a great weekend!

~Lisa

Blog Candy - TJNL Celebration Giveaway Wk 3

I'm celebrating week 3 of the TJNL Anniversary Celebration by giving away the cards shown here, created with TJNL Techniques.

This weeks cards feature the following techniques:
Spectrum Roll
Scor-It Grid
Vada's Gesso Resist
Rainbow Double


Please leave your comment on this post by Sunday, October 21. I'll have the random number generator pick a winner on Monday, October 22. Good Luck!

Criss Cross Christmas

One one of the yahoo groups I belong to, I signed up for a Criss Cross Card Challenge, this is the card I made for my partner.

Criss Cross directions can be found here.

Bloggers Challenge #16 - Ornaments

This weeks challenge was to make an ornament....Well I just couldn't make one, so I'm sharing a few different ideas with you. At the bottom of my post you'll find a few links to other ornaments that I've posted in the past on my blog. I hope this gives you some creative ideas for your Christmas Ornaments. Be sure to check out my fellow Blog Challenge Players Ornament ideas, their links are on my sidebar.




















You can purchase the tin for this ornament here


Stamps - Hugs & Wishes, Tags for All
Card Stock - Vanilla
Ink - Black, Real Red, Bordering Blue
Other - Crop-a-Dile, Red Gingham Ribbon






This ornament uses a 6" x 12" piece of Dashing DSP, that was cut into 6" x 1/2" pieces, then rolled and dropped into the glass ball. I added some vellum confetti as faux snow, and tied on Wild Wasabi Double Stitched Ribbon











For this next ornament, I used the same type of glass ball shown above, and added some Ranger Alcohol Inks, and Metallic Mixatives to resemble the Polished Stone Technique. I added some Silver Elastic Cording to hang the ornament.




















3D Scallop
Photo Holders


Don't forget to order your Trim the Tree Kit - email me for more details!

Have a great weekend!

~lisa

Blog Candy Giveaway TJNL Celebration Week 2 - 6 TJNL Technique Cards

For week two of the TJNL Anniversary Celebration - I'll be giving away the cards shown below. These cards have all been made with various TJNL Techniques. Please leave your comment on this post by Sunday, October 14. I'll have the random number generator pick a winner on Monday, October 15. Good Luck!

Blog Candy - TJNL CD #5

I'm joining Pat today in the TJNL's Anniversary Celebration - after all it's my 16th Anniversary on Friday - so I thought I'd give my blog readers a gift!

I love being a Design Team member for the newsletter, it's really helped me with my creativity - not to mention getting to play with all the awesome techniques.

So, what can you win? I'm giving away the 5th Edition CD from the Technique Junkies Newsletter.

Here's a card I created for my Husband for our Anniversary. This card uses stamps from Cornish Heritage Farms and the Color Wash Smoosh Technique from the 5th Edition CD, .

Color Wash Smoosh is a technique I wrote and filmed for the CD - it's a very easy technique that yields different results each time. I morphed the technique for this particular card - after doing the technique, I went back and colored my images with markers to add more depth and dimension.

To be entered to win the Technique Junkies 5th Edition CD, leave a comment on this post by Sunday, October 7. I'll have the random number generator pick a winner and post the lucky winners name on Monday. Be sure to leave your email address when posting your comment, so that you can be contacted when you win! Good Luck!

Card Details:

Stamps - Cornish Heritage Farms

Ink - Black Archival

Card Stock - Black, Rose Red, Ballet Blue, Glossy

Other - Misc. Markers, Color Wash Sprays (Fire Opal, Malachite, Amethyst), acetate

~Lisa

Swaps

Sorry, no artwork to share, as I've been sorting out some awesome swaps from a Christmas Card Swap I hosted with an online group I belong to. Here's a peek at some of the swap piles.



Watch for new artwork later this week. Don't forget to check back on Friday - this weeks Bloggers Challenge is Orange and Black.