tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90993364603678318372024-02-20T04:19:57.056-05:00Gilby's CraftsterCREATIVE TIME FOR ME & MY PUPSTER!Wendy (aka Roo)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07823065025522309185noreply@blogger.comBlogger159125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099336460367831837.post-85415047150807927592013-08-22T17:50:00.001-04:002013-08-22T17:50:46.246-04:00Hopes and Dreams<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted to share an Art Journal page I did today. Some of you who know me or have been on FB know that this is the week my son started College in Fl., and reasons out of our control we weren't able to be there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Needless to say I haven't been happy not being able to see Brandon off to college, but at least I've been able to see all the photos he's posted on FB! I haven't talked to him since last Saturday before he moved in, but I'm hoping he calls this weekend!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm so proud of him, he was offered an amazing scholarship to Rollins that made him able to attend, so we are very thankful for that, but he also earned it, he's determined and has his goals set high. He also received the Bonner Leadership scholarship that just a handful of kids get and I know he is going to do great things. It looks like he's been having lots of fun in the retreat they had for those students, thank you FB!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yesterday and today was move in for all students & orientation for both students and parents & the Convocation was today, Brandon was chosen to hold the flag. I sooo wish I could have been there, but hopefully my ex-MIL got some good ones. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I hope I don't come off as bragging, I'm just so darn proud of him!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, I've had all week off because I was going to be in Fl and I don't start my new job till Monday, so I've had a lot of time on my hands. I slept in most days, done some art and took 2 online classes that are due to expire on Saturday, nothing like waiting a whole year to start! They have been great, they are both Christy Tomlinson, first one was "She had 3 hearts" a journal workshop and the 2nd was "She Art". I've done some art journaling & I think I will start a girl soon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I got off my pity party today finally and decided to start and finish an art journal page about my week of emotions and Brandon's new adventure. I got the inspiration from watching a you-tube video by<b style="background-color: lime;"> "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhD5qDol7JY">StudioJanine</a>",</b> I love the colors & the words. I changed it up my own take on it, but the colors & layout are pretty much the same. I did write down all my feelings first on the page & then went from there. I'm pretty happy about how it turned out. I just love art journaling, it's just a great way to get everything out on paper & play!</span><br />
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<img src="http://sites.google.com/site/gilbyscraftster/images/WendySignature.png" />Wendy (aka Roo)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07823065025522309185noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099336460367831837.post-62760530081401739662013-06-25T17:18:00.000-04:002013-06-25T17:18:14.830-04:00I'M BACK & HANDMADE ART JOURNAL<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know it's been such a long time since I've posted anything & I apologize to my followers. Lot's going on this year with my youngest Graduating from Military School. Very exciting year for Brandon, he Graduated with Honors & was the Salutatorian, he also got a VERY GOOD scholarship to Rollins College in Florida.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The "Empty Nest" syndrome has already set in, as he left 2 wks ago to work & then attend College. I miss him so much, I can't hardly stand it, but I'm very excited for him & what the future holds for him!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been doing some Mixed Media lately, with journals & canvases. I'm addicted to watching You-Tube videos...lol, there are so many great projects to watch. I saw one on how to make a journal from used items like cereal boxes, so that's what I decided to try. Please let Gilby & I know what you think! :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It only took 1 Cereal Box-I've been on a "Krave" kick lately-just straight out of the box!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Used a bunch of 6x6 Paper Pads, Acrylic Paints, Distress Paints, Archival Inks, Stamps, Stencil, Gesso, Modeling Paste, Decoupage, Spray Glaze, Tags, Mixed Media Paper, Waxed Thread & Leather Needle.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always, Gilby & I <b>love </b>your comments...his tail just wags away when he sees me smile!</span><br />
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<img src="http://sites.google.com/site/gilbyscraftster/images/WendySignature.png" />Wendy (aka Roo)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07823065025522309185noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099336460367831837.post-3417381772920152882013-02-24T22:19:00.001-05:002013-02-24T22:28:11.422-05:00CELEBRATE...<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Isn't this just one of cutest little girls ever?! Her name is "Harper" <a href="http://loriboyd.blogspot.com/" style="color: #e06666; font-weight: bold;">By LORI Designs</a><b style="color: #e06666;"> </b>the little doll comes with her as well. I remember seeing pictures of my sister when she was little & Harper looks just like her. She's not a little girl anymore, but I think there is still a little girl in all of us girls.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gilby & I are submitting it in the following challenges:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://loriboyd2.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>By LORI Designs</b></span></a> #40-Use a Sentiment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://thepinkelephantchallenge.blogspot.com/2013/02/the-pink-elephant-challenge-tpe187.html"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>The Pink Elephant Challenge</b> </span></a>#187-Sketch</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.com/2013/02/anything-goes-challenge.html"><span style="color: #e06666;"><b>Crafting By Design</b></span></a>-Anything Goes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><strike><a href="http://cupcakecraftchallenges.blogspot.com/2013/02/cupcake-230-dolies-lace-and-twine.html"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Cupcake Craft Challenge</span></b> </a>#230-Doilies, Lace & Twine</strike></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://paperplaytime.blogspot.com/2013/02/ch-4-sentiment-stamps.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">Paper Playtime</span></a></b> #4-Use a Sentiment</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #e06666;"><a href="http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/challenge-14-anything-goes_17.html"><span style="color: #e06666;">Challenges 4 Everyone</span></a> </span></b>#14-Anything Goes</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://chocolatecoffeecards.blogspot.com/2013/02/challenge-33-buttons-bows.html"><b><span style="color: #e06666;">Chocolate, Coffee & Cards</span></b></a> #33-Buttons & Bows</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><a href="http://loriboyd.blogspot.com/" style="color: #e06666;">Digi Stamps-By LORI Designs-"Puddle Jumper</a><u><span style="color: #e06666;">, Harper"</span></u></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sentiment-PBD Scripted Year</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Copic Sketch Marker</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lace-Chatter Box</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ribbon-American Crafts</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always, Gilby & I <b>love </b>your comments...his tail just wags away when he sees me smile!</span><br />
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<img src="http://sites.google.com/site/gilbyscraftster/images/WendySignature.png" />Wendy (aka Roo)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07823065025522309185noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099336460367831837.post-65687376727596056372013-02-13T22:27:00.001-05:002013-02-13T22:27:27.585-05:00HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Happy Valentines Day!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had this idea for a card brewing in my mind for a while. It didn't turn out exactly the way I wanted, but I'm still happy with it. I have been crazy about Paper Smooches stamps lately, but I only have a few sets, so it's great that I can use them with some of the other stamps I have from other companies. I love when you can mix it up, especially for stamp hoarders like myself!...LOL</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn't have any red lipstick & my lips are kind of chapped right now, so I thought PS's little lip stamp was perfect for the little love note. I'm entering it into <a href="http://papersmooches.blogspot.com/2013/02/birthday-cards.html"><span style="color: red;">Paper Smooches</span></a> current challenge, where it's all about Hearts & for their <a href="http://papersmooches.blogspot.com/2013/02/our-march-guest-designer-search.html"><span style="color: red;">March Guest Designer </span></a>position.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love & Lips "Bee Mine"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I "Alphadot"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Postage Stamp & You.-The Stamps of Life "Postage to Stamp"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pattern Paper My Minds Eye "Love You"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cardstock-PTI</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Inks Stephanie Barnard Colorbox-Strawberry & Licorice</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always, Gilby & I <b>love </b>your comments...his tail just wags away when he sees me smile!</span><br />
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<img src="http://sites.google.com/site/gilbyscraftster/images/WendySignature.png" />Wendy (aka Roo)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07823065025522309185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099336460367831837.post-22426243784062738552013-02-10T21:57:00.002-05:002013-02-10T22:02:03.566-05:00PART 2 VALENTINES OF 2 FOR 2 FOR PAPER SMOOCHES<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apparently you can't use <strike>linkitz</strike> Inlinkz twice for the same post.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you didn't see the first post click <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://gilbyscraftster.blogspot.com/2013/02/valentines-2-for-2-for-paper-smooches.html"><span style="color: red;">here</span></a> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, here again is the 2nd card, that I'm entering into the<span style="color: red;"> <a href="http://papersmoochessparks.blogspot.com/2013/02/feb-4-10-trend-watch-challenge.html"><span style="color: red;">SPARKS Paper Smooches</span></a> </span>Challenge (POLKA DOTS) & the chance to be Guest Designer for March.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Again, I used the super cute PS set "A Little Lovin".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wish Gilby & I luck!</span><br />
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<img src="http://sites.google.com/site/gilbyscraftster/images/WendySignature.png" />Wendy (aka Roo)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07823065025522309185noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099336460367831837.post-19013867910511002122013-02-10T21:35:00.002-05:002013-02-10T21:35:26.889-05:00VALENTINES 2 FOR 2 FOR PAPER SMOOCHES<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have a couple of cards to share with you today that I made for the <a href="http://papersmoochessparks.blogspot.com/2013/02/feb-4-10-trend-watch-challenge.html"><span style="color: red;">SPARKS Challenge</span></a> over at Paper Smooches. I have just fallen in love with Paper Smooches stamps, they are so whimsical & fun, so I thought I would join in on one of their challenges. They are also looking for Guest Designers for March, so I thought it a try & I'm submitting them. Why not, right?....lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can you guess what the Challenge was?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You guessed it.......one of my Favorites....POLKA DOTS!!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Both cards were made with the Super Cute Paper Smooches "A Little Lovin" set</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Recollections Washi Tape (Roo)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cuttlebug "Seeing Spots" Embossing Folder (Roo)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heart Punch (Roo)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Copic Sketch Markers-E30,E31,E34,E35,E51,R20,0 (Roo)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PTI-Chevron Die (Frog)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ranger Enamel Accents-Black (Frog)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had lots of fun with this challenge & using my new PS stamps!!! I also tried Washi Tape for the first time & I can see why everyone is so crazy about it! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can you guess which one my favorite one is???? Hmmmmmm, I wonder?....LOL </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always Gilby & I love your comments....his tail just wags away when he sees me smile!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by!</span><br />
<img src="http://sites.google.com/site/gilbyscraftster/images/WendySignature.png" />Wendy (aka Roo)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07823065025522309185noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099336460367831837.post-68473207887036559022013-01-30T19:38:00.000-05:002013-01-30T19:38:22.028-05:00FAVORITE PROJECTS OF 2012<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Can't believe it's been over 4 months since I last blogged! I really didn't do much blogging or creating last year, but this year I hope to do better, no promises though. ;-) Sometime life just gets out of control & other things take priority.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's probably a little late for this, but I wanted to list of some of my favorite projects of 2012. I think normally you have a list of like 12, but I'm not even sure that I made 12 projects!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here are my top 6 projects of 2012.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay, so there it is my first blog post of 2013! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">See you again soon!</span><br />
<img src="http://sites.google.com/site/gilbyscraftster/images/WendySignature.png" />Wendy (aka Roo)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07823065025522309185noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099336460367831837.post-12917300254994092212012-09-20T18:55:00.001-04:002012-09-20T18:55:26.533-04:00WINNER OF FALL WREATH DOGGIE WALK<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm sorry it has taken up until now to get this posted, but the winner of Gilby's little bag of doggie treats go to lucky #7, Shar!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will be contacting you for your info.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Promise to have more creations coming soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by!</span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">Let me just start with how much I heart fall {sigh}. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Leave’s turning gorgeous shades of orange, red
and brown.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> The crisp air,</span> aroma’s of hot
cocoa and apple cider from the apple orchards where we pick apples. Making apple butter & my most yummy apple cake! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Oh, I can go on and on!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well with
that being said I have a treat for all of you today I have a group of talented
ladies that can’t wait to share with you their fall wreath that they created
for this gorgeous season.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We hope to
inspire you and “fall in love with autumn”!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Enjoy! </span><span style="font-family: Wingdings; line-height: 115%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 115%;">Ok, so a walking we will go...if you came from <a href="http://blahvacuum.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Tayna's</span></strong></a><strong> </strong>then you're in right place, if not then you may want to start from the beginning at <strong><a href="http://sweetbirdmemories.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Misses Crafty's</span></a></strong> . The complete line up is listed at the bottom in case you get lost along the way.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've seen these yarn wreaths & t-shirt flowers all over Pinterest, so I thought I would give it a try. This will be an indoor wreath since our front door is exposed to the elements. Sorry, for the bad pictures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Next up is <a href="http://recollectionalley.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: blue;">Janea</span></strong></a>, but before you go wandering off, you'll probably want to read about the Blog Candy aka "Doggie Treats"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I had a lot of fun making this & will definitely make another one after my slight little learning curve. To make the wreath I used a styrofoam wreath which I bought w/a 50% off coupon, otherwise they are too expensive. Yarn of course, an old t-shirt I got from the thrift store a while back (for this purpose), some canvas from an old apron, which I sprayed green w/a mixture of green fabric paint & water then heat set it with an iron, some buttons I was going to use for another project (still have more), an old belt for the hanger part & glue gun. I was so thrilled with myself when I came across this belt, it's perfect because you can adjust the wreath to has as low or as high as you want. Found an old one of my son's that I can totally use for another wreath. Think belts are going to be added to my list of thrift store wants. Hope this inspires you to make one!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Lluvia aka Misses Crafty, who put this hop together has some yummy "Doggie Treats" up for grabs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> She is offering up</span> a $20.00 gift card to
Michaels or Joanns!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You choose!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The rules are as follows; you must become a
follower of each blog and leave a comment on every stop.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Winner will be selected on 9-17-12.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Gilby & I have a little something too, we can't do a blog hop "Doggie Walk" without giving away a surprise Doggie Bag! We will pick our winner on 9-17-12 as well!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here is the complete lineup-</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1.)Lluvia aka misses crafty- </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fsweetbirdmemories.blogspot.com&h=ZAQEOb7OB&s=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>sweetbirdmemories.blogspot.com</span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">2.)Teresa -</span><a href="http://freshandrenewed.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>freshandrenewed.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">3.) Maria Matter - </span><a href="http://joyfulstamper.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>JoyfulStamper.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">4.) Jessi ~ </span><a href="http://mylifeinartsncrafts.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>mylifeinartsncrafts.blogspot.co<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>m</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">5.) Tonya </span><a href="http://ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>ittybittyladybugs.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">6.) Amanda - </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fa-prata-design.blogspot.com&h=5AQHoeQrF&s=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>a-prata-design.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">8.) Miriam ~ </span><a href="http://miriamscreations.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>miriamscreations.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">9.) Jillian ~ </span><a href="http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.paperalamode.com&h=eAQErAmZN&s=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://www.paperalamode.com</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">10.) Lisa ~ </span><a href="http://handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>handmadewithlove-lisa.blogspot.<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>com/</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">11.) Sheila - </span><a href="http://2pawprints.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://2pawprints.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">12.) Ashley - </span><a href="http://thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>thebloghopprincess.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">13.) Tanya - </span><a href="http://blahvacuum.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://blahvacuum.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">14.) Wendy- </span><a href="http://gilbyscraftster.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>gilbyscraftster.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">15.) Janea - </span><a href="http://recollectionalley.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>recollectionalley.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">16.) Shannon - </span><a href="http://shannonleffew.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>shannonleffew.blogspot.com</span></a><br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">17.) Jearise - </span><a href="http://lorbysworld.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://<wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>lorbysworld.blogspot.com</span></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always, Gilby & I <strong>love </strong>your comments...his tail just wags away when he sees me smile!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I have another card to share with you today using the same stamp set I used yesterday. There are a lot of people in my life going through different things, that I thought this would be good to have on hand, actually I think I already know who I'm going to send it to!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've been on a challenge kick lately, I think it helps with a starting point if I haven't already envisioned something, so I'll be entering this in the following challenges:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.blog2.ourcraftlounge.com/?p=7993">OCL-Anything Goes w/an OCL Stamp</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/2012/09/mim-106-with-bugaboo-stamps.html">MIM-Anything Goes</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://kgiron.blogspot.com/2012/09/sweet-sunday-sketch-challenge-167.html">The Sweetest Thing-Sweet Sunday Sketch</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Stamps-OCL Sunshine Cheer</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Nestabilities-Blossom </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Glitter-MS Lemon Drop</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Sparkly Fluff-OCL Baby Boy Blue</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">I-Rock & Gems</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Cardstock & Pattern Paper are from my stash</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">As always, Gilby & <strong>love </strong>your comments...his tail just wags away when he sees me smile!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thanks for stopping by!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have been making several Get Better Soon cards, so I thought I would share another one with you. I'm not going to share who I made this card for or the reason, as she could see it from following my blog. Let's just say it's someone whom I love very much & who has been through a lot this year! It was a great excuse for me to play with this OCL stamp set that love, but have never used before. You have never tried OCL "Our Craft Lounge" stamps you should, they have some of the cutest stamp sets, they stamp really well & the packaging is one of the best. There is a button to the left on my blog that will take you to their site. No, I'm not saying all of this because I'm finally entering one of their challenges, it's truly how I feel!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a Big card, don't remember the measurements, but I had to make a special envelope for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm entering it into the following Challenges-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blog2.ourcraftlounge.com/?p=7993">OCL-Anything Goes w/an OCL Stamp</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://iheart2stamp.com/2012/09/01/september-sketch-for-you-to-try-3/">I Heart 2 Stamp-Sketch</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/2012/09/mim-106-with-bugaboo-stamps.html">Make it Monday-Anything Goes</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://blog.markerpop.com/2012/09/03/markerpop-color-challenge-6/">Marker Pop-Yellow</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.ca/2012/09/2tc23-never-forget.html">Twisted Tuesday-Thinking of you</a></span><br />
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OCL<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> "Sunshine Cheer"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pattern Paper-Cosmo Cricket "Garden Variety"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ribbon-AC</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Copic Markers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Glitter-MS "Lemon Drop" For the Sun</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sparkly Fluff-OCL "Baby Boy Blue" For the Cloud</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always, Gilby & I <b>love</b> your comments...his tail just wags away when he sees me smile!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks for stopping by!</span><br />
<img src="http://sites.google.com/site/gilbyscraftster/images/WendySignature.png" />Wendy (aka Roo)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07823065025522309185noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099336460367831837.post-84628942582166283462012-09-09T14:29:00.001-04:002012-09-09T14:36:34.900-04:00Another Get Well Card<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thought I would share another card I made for my friends boyfriend. This card I made for her to give to him, thought I would leave it as is & she could fill in the blanks. :-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm also entering it into the following challenges-</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://tuesdaymorningsketches.blogspot.com/2012/09/tuesday-morning-sketches-162.html">Tuesday Morning Sketch-Sketch</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><u><strike><a href="http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/2012/09/mim-105-with-pretty-little-ribbon-shop.html">Make it Monday-Anything Goes</a> </strike></u></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.com/2012/09/challenge-26-no-flowers.html">The Cutie Pie Challenge-No flowers</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2012/09/week-171-layers.html">Allsorts Challenge-Layers</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Digi is from Bugaboo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always, Gilby & I </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">love </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">your comments...his tail just wags away when he sees me smile</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have kind of had mixed feeling about card making & paper crafting lately. I had this whole thing typed out explaining why, but I thought what was the point? It just brings up more hurt feelings & what's done is done & I need to move on. Let's just say that the 2 people in my family (hubby's side) will now be getting cards that my hubby picks out for them, just as they want. I had decided to sell a bunch of my stamps & stop making cards completely, I have so many hobbies as it is, but that didn't last long though, I'm not going to let this get me down anymore. I enjoy making cards, I just may not make as many as I've made before.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enough of all that, today I'm sharing a card I made for a friends boyfriend who is extremely lucky to be alive, it is a true miracle that he is still with us. It's going to be a long hard road for him, but, I know he can do it, he has so many people praying for him. I actually witnessed the power of prayer & how amazing God is! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Instead of a somber get well card, I thought I would make a fun light hearted card that would hopefully make him smile a bit, plus he's a big Dale Earnhardt Jr. fan.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm entering it for the following challenges-</span></div>
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://creativecraftchallenges2.blogspot.com/2012/09/all-about-boys-some-sad-news-and-dt-call.html">Creative Craft Challenges 2 "All About The Boys"</a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://hookedoncraftchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/08/challenge-24.html">Hooked On Crafts "For Men"</a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.com/2012/09/mim-105-with-pretty-little-ribbon-shop.html">Make It Monday "Anything Goes"</a></span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://fetch-a-sketch.blogspot.com/2012/09/challenge-32.html">Fetch A Sketch "Sketch"</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As always Gilby & I <b>love </b>your comments...his tails just wags away when he sees me smile!</span><br />
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<img src="http://sites.google.com/site/gilbyscraftster/images/WendySignature.png" />Wendy (aka Roo)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07823065025522309185noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099336460367831837.post-63625745799990051312012-08-03T14:54:00.000-04:002012-08-03T15:38:29.186-04:00FREEBIE FRIDAY & OTHER NEWS<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Welcome to another Freebie Friday! Here is a list of some of the more Coolio & The Gang Freebies/Sweepstakes/Deals I have come across this week. I hope you are able to take advantage of some of them & if you end up winning one of the Sweepstakes, Gilby & I would love to hear all about it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This is our last weekend with Brandon, before he starts his Senior Year on Tuesday! I can't believe the summer is already over for us, he goes back early because his Football team needs to get ready for a game they are playing on 8/25 & is being on ESPN 8/25. He is soo excited & has worked soo hard this summer working out (everyday)! We have been visiting colleges this summer & he got his license as well, so I guess that's another reason why it has seemed so fast. Military is not like Puplic School where you at least get part of your Drivers Ed there (back in my day-you got both behind the wheel & drivers ed). So it took over a month to finish both & was not cheap!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Anywhoodle who, his first leave weekend isn't until October, so other than Football games I won't be able to see my Bubba until then. Even though I get very sad at this time of year, I am soo thankful to have been able to spend almost the entire summer with him. This time next year he will know where he's going to College & we will be getting ready for that & then the "official" Empty Nest Syndrome will take place, although it has seemed that way since he started FUMA 5 years ago & because his older brother left for the Air Force a year before then. It's Unbelievable how time goes by soo fast! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">So, this weekend will be full of last meal requests...LOL- Steak Salad, Chicken Salad Croissants, French Dip & probably a Steak Dinner out. The boy loves him some Salad & Steak. Will probably visit Sweet Frog (frozen yogurt place) again :) going to see the new Batman movie AND the rest of the time will just be spent chilling with Gillby & probably watching the Olympics. Go USA!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Some Crafting Freebies</strong>-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.myscrapchick.com/index.cfm"><span style="color: blue;">MyScrapChick</span></a> has a CUTE Rocket Ship SVG-you just have to sign up for her news letters</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Go to the "Freebie" Section & there's a spot for you to sign up to get exclusive Freebies!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Fancy Pants has a cute <a href="http://www.fancypantsdesigns.com/downloads/14"><span style="color: blue;">"Little Sport Photo Frame"</span></a></span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Feel like I just got the gold medal for finding this LOL, <a href="http://www.brokenboxstock.com/category/Freebies/c59"><span style="color: blue;">BrokenBoxStock</span></a> has pages of Free Digi Stamps AND they are Adorable!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://dustinpike.blogspot.com/2012/08/freebie-fridayexpo-sneek-peek.html"><span style="color: blue;">Dustin Pike</span></a> has a cute Scarecrow & Pumpkins, both colored Digi & non-colored.</span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Arial;">Free Clark & Kensington Paint Sample at Ace, <a href="http://poshonabudget.com/2012/08/ace-free-clarkkensington-paint-sample-on-saturday-with-coupon.html"><span style="color: blue;">Printable Coupon</span></a>. Sat 8/4 only.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">One of my Favorite Stamp Companies <a href="http://www.blog2.ourcraftlounge.com/"><span style="color: blue;">"OCL"</span></a> short for Our Craft Lounge is having their final release party with lots of blog candy. Today is the last day to get your comments in!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Want to send your BFF a card this Summer, but you've been too busy to make one, here's your chance, you can get a Free one the </span><a href="http://thefrugalfreegal.com/2012/08/free-card-free-shipping-at-cardstore-com/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">Card Store</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> + Free Shipping. Ends 8/5</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Some Cool Sweepstakes</strong>-(Warning, some of these Sweepstakes require that you "like" several FB pages, etc)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.stacyssavings.com/2012/08/win-an-ipad-from-coupons-com-enter-each-day/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+StacysSavingsAndOtherStuff+%28Stacy%27s+Savings+and+Other+Stuff%29"><span style="color: blue;">Win</span></a> an I-Pad a day. Enter Once a Day. Ends 8/9</span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://btrbb.com/?p=1851&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FlCEa+%28Random+thoughts%29"><span style="color: blue;">Win</span></a> a $100 Amazon Giftcard. Ends 8/17</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I don't know about you all, but I LOVE Churros, you can enter to win your very own Churro maker <a href="http://oliverslabelsbyjennifer.blogspot.com/2012/08/win-churro-maker-yum-us-only-816.html"><span style="color: blue;">here</span></a>. </span><br />
<br /><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://findingmywayintexas.blogspot.com/2012/08/29-birthdays-1-blogiversary-big.html"><span style="color: blue;">Win</span></a> a $25 Starbucks Giftcard. Ends 8/14</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>No weekend would be complete with out Pizza & a Movie</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Here are some Papa John Codes (I hope they aren't just for my area)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Order Any Large Pizza & 2 Liter Pepsi Product Online for $12.99-<span style="color: red;">F803LGFP </span>Ends 8/6</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: black;">Here's a list of ongoing </span><a href="http://feed%3a+freebiespotnet+%28freebie+spot%29/">RedBox</a><span style="color: black;"> Codes</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Sorry for the delay in announcing Gilby's Birthday/400 Followers winner-we have been out of town & are getting ready to leave again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The winner is Vannessa!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Congrats Vannessa! Gilby & I know you are just going to LOVE your Doggie Bag!!! Please email me with your 411.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Now, on to the winner of the Super Hero Blog Hop.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">The winner is mamawcindy! Congrats! Please email me with your 411 as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thanks for playing everyone!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Gilby & I will be back soon!</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">Welcome to The <strong>Super Hero Blog Hop!!!</strong> How did you like my intro, not bad huh? That was all Gilby's idea. <strong>;-) </strong>We<strong> </strong>are<strong> Super</strong> Excited to be part of this Hop, so thank you to Ruthie & Candace for inviting me!!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">You are in for a fun Hop today, lot's of <strong>Super</strong> projects & Doggie Treats (prizes)!!! You may even be able to find your own <strong>Hero</strong> along the way<strong> ;-)</strong> So,if</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="color: blue;"> you came from</span> <a href="http://www.yoliebean.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: red;">Yolanda's blog</span></strong></a> <span style="color: blue;">then you are in the right place, if not & you would like to start from the beginning then you need to <strong>Fly</strong> on over to</span> <a href="http://papercraftsbycandace.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: red;">Candace's Blog</span></strong></a><span style="color: red;">!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">Today, Gilby & I wanted to create a project for the everyday <strong>Super Hero, </strong>so we decided to make a card for one of the Best <strong>Super Hero's</strong> out there; Firemen/women. They risk their lives everyday to save ours, including our fur-babies, I can't think of anything more <strong>Heroic</strong> that that!!! </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">We found this <strong>Super</strong> cute SVG over at </span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><a href="http://www.paperpiecingsbynikki.com/"><span style="color: red;">Paper Piecings by Nikki</span></a></strong><span style="color: blue;"> & thought it was perfect!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">This is only the 2nd time I've done paper piecing, so it took a little bit to figure out. Getting it arranged in the program I was using in order to cut on my Cameo was the most challenging. Once it was cut & I started piecing it together, I absolutely loved it! Gilby & I are <strong>Super </strong>thrilled with our little card & can't wait to try paper piecing again! We just wish we knew someone to give it to, maybe we'll send it to our local Fire Department</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;"><strong>Daa, Daa, Daa, Daada Daaaaa!!!!!</strong> Time for a <strong>Super</strong> sweet prize!!! September Ninth Designs is the Big <strong>Super Hero</strong> today, as she is giving away a <span style="color: black; font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Your Story Photo Personal Bookbinding Kit" to one lucky winner!</span></span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: blue;">You </span><span style="color: blue;">will have until Sunday night 12pm (PST) to leave a comment. A winner will be chosen at random and announced Tuesday July 31st, <a href="http://septemberninthdesigns.com/"><span style="color: red;">SeptemberNinthdesigns.com</span></a></span>.</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">Want a chance to win some more <strong>Super </strong>"Doggie Treats"? Yeah that's what Gilby & I thought, so we put together this <strong>Super</strong> cute little Doggie Bag for one lucky winner! </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">e-mails to win, but if you see what you like & you want to, we always welcome new friends! <strong>You will have until Sunday night at 12pm (PST) to leave a comment, we will also choose a winner at random, but the winner will be announced some time on Monday July 30th as we are out of town next week.</strong></span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">Your next stop on the hop is <a href="http://scrappinwithmybug-scrappinwithmybug.blogspot.com/"><strong><span style="color: red;">Michelle's blog</span></strong></a> , so you can see what kind of <strong>Super</strong> project she has for you!!!</span><br />
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<img src="http://sites.google.com/site/gilbyscraftster/images/WendySignature.png" />Wendy (aka Roo)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07823065025522309185noreply@blogger.com35tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099336460367831837.post-55004604422220442852012-07-25T17:02:00.000-04:002012-07-25T17:02:39.898-04:00STILL TIME TO WIN BIRTHDAY/400 FOLLOWER DOGGIE TREATS (BLOG CANDY) & SUPER HERO BLOG HOP ON THE WAY!!!<span style="font-family: Arial;">Hi Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Happy Wednesday! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Just wanted to let you know you still have time to enter Gilby's Birthday/400 Follower Giveaway (Doggie Bag). Just leave a comment on his Celebration post <a href="http://gilbyscraftster.blogspot.com/2012/07/happy-birthday-gilby-400-follower.html"><span style="color: #351c75;"><strong>here</strong></span></a> & be sure to leave a way for us to contact you in case you are the lucky winner! If you are new to our blog, the post beneath this one explains Gilby's Doggie lingo. <strong>:-)</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I also wanted to let you know that there is a fun Blog Hop on Friday the 27th that I'm participating in! There will be one Grand Prize & Candy along the way or as Gilby would say "Doggie Treats". So be sure you check it out! BTW, isn't that the cutest button ever?!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Yesterday I posted about Celebrating Gilby's Birthday & us reaching 400 Followers (Yaaay Hurray!!!) I believe there was some questions, due to our lingo, so we just wanted to clear the air. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">I'm sorry for any confusion I may have caused!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">1. What are Doggie Treats? This is Gilby's Blog too, so when creating my Blog with the ever so talented Veronica (see side bar link) I wanted to include some of his lingo. So Doggie Treats are the same as Blog Candy or a Giveaway. I know, cute huh? hehe</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. What is a Doggie Bag? It's the same thing as Doggie Treats-but since we sometimes like to surprise people we do not post or show a picture of what the giveaway/treats will be. Basically it means that whomever wins, will get several things that will be a surprise & who doesn't love surprises?!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">You <strong>DO NOT</strong> have to be a follower of our blog to win Gilby's Doggie Bag. We have always said that we only want you to tag along (follow us) if you like what you see & you actually want to follow us. Although, we do like new friends, but again it's <strong>NOT REQUIRED. </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">For this particular Celebration I <strong>do ask that you Wish Gilby a Happy Birthday though. :-)</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;"><strong>Due to the confusion I've been given the "okay" by</strong> Gilby to <strong>extend our Celebration & Doggie Bag Giveaway to Thursday at 11 pm Pacific Time, that should give you all plenty of time to wish Gilby a Happy Birthday & maybe a congrats on 400 followers ;-) I added an extra picture of Gilby (which is too cute).</strong></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Thank you again for taking time out of your day to visit our Happy Little Blog! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I thought today warranted a special post to celebrate Gilby's 6th Birthday!!! & since he has <strong>400 FABULOUS</strong> Followers, Gilby thought we should give out some <strong>DoggieTreats (not actual dog food of course) </strong>to one of our Fabulous followers. <strong>You don't have to a follower to win, just leave comment wishing Gilby Happy Birthday & a way for us to contact you. </strong>We can't thank you enough for taking your time to pop on over & for all your sweet comments, it really means a lot to us!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I honestly can't believe our little pupster is 6, the time has gone by so fast. He's just the best little pup ever & he does the silliest things, I suare I think he can actually talk & I don't mean barking, though he's very good at that! He is part of our family, we each have our special bond with him. I'm his human pillow whenever he feels the need for one, he just plops down on me, no matter what I have in my lap, he's also my co-worker. I work from home & he keeps me company by laying in his bed next to me or sitting on my lap & he's always around when I craft, hence the name gilbyscraftster. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It will probably seem like any other day to him, except he will get more lovin', get to play more, take a longer walk & get more carrots, oh & of course lay on Mommy...lol</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Normally we would take him to this outdoor ice cream shop called Carousal Treats, but this year, we will until Brandon get's back from spending time with his Nana & Pappa. This might be Brandon's last B-Day Celebration for a while since he will be heading off to college next summer. This ice cream place is sooo cute, it's out doors & they allow dogs. He always gets the "pup cup", which is free for all the dogs. It's vanilla soft serve with a Milk Bonem on top. He devours that thing lickety split & then he's just a sticky mess...lol I'm sure he doesn't mind though, I know that when my chocolate/vanilla swirl cone has dripped all over me, I don't mind because it's totally me, worth it..lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I thought I would share some pictures of the little guy when he a puppy (warning I got a little carried away) & the Birthday Card I made for him. We hope you enjoy!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sooo cute! (SB page I made yrs ago)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">He & My Hubby bonded instantly (also SB page made yrs ago)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mommy & Gilby time (no makeup-eeks)-yrs ago..lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chillin'</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Awww, fast alseep</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Still the cutest Pup though!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">The bone is made from Polymer Clay (which I made years ago), I thought it was too dark so I painted it a lighter color & then used some Tim Holtz "Gathered Twigs" ink & glazed it. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">My husbands favorite color is blue & that is the only color he will let Gilby wear (collar & leash) except when VT is playing & then he wears his jersey of maroon & gold. So, as you can see I used a lot of blue on the card which is Tim Holtz "Broken China"</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Stamps are PBD "You take the Cake", "Furry Friends" The #6 is by MCT "All Around Birthdays"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>I know it would make Gilby's Day if you were to wish him Happy Birthday & maybe even became a follower of our Blog if you wanted, though it's not required to win. If you share it on FB you can leave a separate comment. We will announce the winner <strike>on Wednesday night </strike> sometime on Friday, so you have until <strike>Wednesday 6pm EST</strike>, until 11pm EST Thursday to wish Gilby a Happy Birthday. Be sure you leave a way for us to contact you. I bet you are wondering what kind of Doggie Treats Gilby is giving away, well he wants to keep it a surprise, but he knows whoever wins will definitely Dig it!!!..LOL</strong></span><br />
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<br /></div>Wendy (aka Roo)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07823065025522309185noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099336460367831837.post-6261694752639733062012-07-20T14:06:00.001-04:002012-07-20T14:08:42.559-04:00FREEBIE FRIDAY & FINALLY A PROJECT TO SHARE<span style="font-family: Arial;">Hi Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Happy TGIF!!! I don't know about you all, but this has been a VERY long week, so I'm thrilled for the weekend to finally be here. My son is with his grandparents, so the only plans this weekend are to work on some crafts & do some blog hopping. He's been gone since Wednesday & I missed him as soon as he left, luckily he's been good about calling everyday so far. He checked out Davidson College in NC yesterday & he was very excited to tell me all about it, then he goes to visit some more family (his dad's side) & is extra excited because they have big plans to go out on the lake boating & jet skiing. I'm glad he is having a great time, but I can't wait for him to return on Monday. Hubby & I are taking him to VA Tech, UVA & UNC in the next couple of weeks. I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed his being with us the whole summer, normally he would be going back & forth between our house & his dad's, but this year he decided he wanted to be home with me & my hubby. I'm so grateful, especially since this is really his last summer so to speak since he will be a Senior this year. Can't believe how all the years just fly by, I tell you I DON'T like it, not one bit..lol</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Ok, so on to some Freebies & Deals I thought you all might like-</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This first one is just some AWESOME info about using multiple coupons at Michahels & Joannes, you should really check it out, I had no idea that you could use other competitor coupons. It comes from Deborah of <a href="http://dominodebi.typepad.com/sos/2012/06/coupon-tips-for-the-craft-store-triumvirate.html"><span style="color: #351c75;">Society of Stampaholics</span></a> via The Paper Craft Planets newsletter, I'm sure most of you already know of them but here is the <a href="http://www.papercraftplanet.com/?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Save+Money+With+Your+Paper+Crafting&utm_campaign=Save+Money+With+Your+Paper+Crafting&utm_term=pcp+banner+for+community+blasts_jpg"><span style="color: #351c75;">link</span></a> to their home page & then you can sign up to receive their newsletters in you want. They have lots of great info.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">These next 3 come from a blog called <a href="http://socalcouponmommy.com/"><span style="color: #351c75;">So Cal Coupon Mommy</span></a> (she has access to lots of freebies & coupons!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> - <a href="http://socalcouponmommy.com/2012/07/free-year-subscription-to-shape-magazine/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Socalcouponmommy+%28SoCalCouponMommy%29"><span style="color: #351c75;">Free Shape Magazine for a year</span></a> (you do have to do have to join a free membership)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;"> - <a href="http://socalcouponmommy.com/2012/07/free-year-subscription-to-martha-stewart-living-magazine/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Socalcouponmommy+%28SoCalCouponMommy%29"><span style="color: #351c75;">Free Martha Stewart Magazine for a year</span></a> (same deal as above)</span><br />
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<a href="http://socalcouponmommy.com/2012/07/free-chips-queso-at-chilis-hurry-and-get-yours-now/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Socalcouponmommy+%28SoCalCouponMommy%29"><img alt="" border="0" class="alignleft" height="250" src="http://media.enimgs.net/brand/files/escalatenetwork/169/Chilis_FreeChipsQueso300x250.gif" width="300" /></a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(this one requires that you </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">sign up for their e-mails (sometimes contain coupons) and then you will be able to print the coupon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">-How about a <a href="http://www.justfreestuff.com/categories/postcards/free-card-from-cardstore-com/"><span style="color: #351c75;">Free Card</span></a> from the Cardstore.com (link gets you to the coupon code)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">-Who love Christmas in July, this is Giveaway Blog Hop (checkout all the other </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">giveaways she has going on too)</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.weidknecht.com/2012/07/12-days-of-christmas-in-july-giveaway.html"><img alt="12 Days of Christmas in July hosted by Weidknecht Events Going Crazy {July 20-31}" class="alignleft size-full wp-image-11485" height="250" src="http://i1117.photobucket.com/albums/k599/janetlyn319/12DaysofChristmasinJuly.jpg" title="12 Days of Christmas in July hosted by Weidknecht Events Going Crazy {July 20-31}" width="250" /></a><br />
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-<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a <a href="http://www.bugaboostamps.com/Freebies_c_70.html"><span style="color: #351c75;">Free Digi Stamp</span></a> from Bugaboo to go along with the Christmas in July theme, plus </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">they have a Christmas in July promotion where you can get 50% off all Digi's!!!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">Now that's </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">awesome!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Ok, so on to the project I thought I would share. This is a card I made for one of my sisters several months ago after she had her last day of radiation. Yaaay Hurraay-we went out to dinner to Celebrate as well. A little something different for me, so it was fun & she liked it, hope you all like it as well.</span><br />
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<img src="http://sites.google.com/site/gilbyscraftster/images/WendySignature.png" />Wendy (aka Roo)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07823065025522309185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099336460367831837.post-23573944267223622062012-07-13T10:25:00.001-04:002012-07-13T10:25:27.347-04:00ANOTHER FREEBIE FRIDAY!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have another Freebie Friday for you, only have a few for you, but I think you will like them!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This first one is time sensitive-you only have from 10am-3pm today, so run to your closest Starbucks! You don't have to have a coupon-just go & enjoy 12oz of one of their new <a href="http://www.starbucks.com/refreshers/en-us">"Refreshers"</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And who doesn't love <a href="http://amittenfullofcoupons.com/2012/07/13/freebie-free-paris-night-lotion-bath-body-works/">Bath & Body Works</a>, especially when it's free!!! This is a FB deal, where you give them your info & they send you a free sample.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If it's an icky weekend you can pick up a free video game this weekend from <a href="http://allaboutthemommies.blogspot.com/2012/07/free-redbox-video-game-rental.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AllAboutTheMommies+%28All+About+the+Mommies%29">RedBox</a> just takes a text.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know I don't like to clean, but I like <a href="http://amittenfullofcoupons.com/2012/07/13/freebie-free-eco-me-cleaning-product-sample/">Eco Friendly</a> products when I'm able to use them.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Want to make your own Espresso? This is actually a Sweepstakes,</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> for a </span><a href="http://leitesculinaria.com/75732/giveaways-cuisinart-pump-espresso-maker.html#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed?utm_source=feedblitz&utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&utm_content=722660&utm_campaign=Express_%272012-07-13%2000%3a30%3a00%27" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Free Cuisinart Pump Espresso Maker</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">! This is one of the easiest sweepstakes sites out there, you can enter 3x a day with just your basic info, & you don't have to like all these different FB pgs, blogs, etc, etc, etc. While you're there I would check out all the other giveaways they have & maybe sign up for their daily giveaway posts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, this one is also time sensitive, as in TODAY only... I just thought it was silly, please let me know if any of you end of doing this!!! Dress up like a COW, yes I said COW & get a free meal from <a href="http://www.freebiespot.net/23985/free-meal-chick-fil-a-dress-cow-july-13/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freebiespotnet+%28Freebie+Spot%29">Chick-fil-A</a>..LOL</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Finally something Crafty, they aren't Free, but basically should be for the deals they are having over at <a href="http://www.happynscrappin.com/">Happy N Scrappin</a>'. Some of you may already be on their email list, but here are some of the GREAT DEALS they are having!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>75% off the following Collections-Basic Grey, Fancy Pants, My Minds Eye, Imaginisce & Bo Bunny </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope you all are able to take advantage of some of these, have a great weekend!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PS, I may be back later today if I get anymore Freebies or Deals that I think you should snag! :)</span><br />
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<img src="http://sites.google.com/site/gilbyscraftster/images/WendySignature.png" />Wendy (aka Roo)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07823065025522309185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099336460367831837.post-38051733111135706522012-07-06T17:48:00.001-04:002012-07-06T17:51:47.492-04:00FREEBIE FRIDAY<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are going to be some changes coming to my blog soon, including this one. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will now be having FREEBIE FRIDAYS, this is where I will give you links to some really cool freebies I have found throughout the week. They probably won't have anything to do with crafting, but hey, who doesn't love FREEBIES!!! Ever since I won my I-Pad 2, I have been entering sweepstakes galore & with that comes the multiple, multiple emails with Deals & Freebies, don't worry, I'm only going to share the ones that I think are really cool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I will be announcing the other changes as they come up, so be on the look out, I'm pretty excited to be blogging again!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the other things to share is that I sold <b>ALL </b>of my Cricut stuff! So, you won't be seeing any Cricut things here unless they are projects I previously made & never shared or they are cuts I made for my stash. I thought I was ok with it, you know selling my babies, but after they went to their new owner, I was very sad, especially after my 17 yr old pointed out to me what a great deal the girl had gotten, kind of made me sick to my tum-tum! It's gone now though, so what's a girl gonna do??? Get more acquainted with the Cameo that she just had to have a few months back that has just been sitting & collecting dust...lol </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Okay, so on to the FREEBIE links I was going to share, here are just a few that I came across today...Did you know that July is national Ice Cream month???, well if you have a Birthday or have family with a Birthday in July this is just for you.....</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://momsbyheart.net/restaurants-offering-birthday-freebies/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FkrGS+%28Moms+By+Heart%29"><span style="color: purple;">Restaurants Offering Birthday Freebies</span></a> (it's not just ice cream).</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://momsbyheart.net/free-ebooks-for-today-33/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FkrGS+%28Moms+By+Heart%29">Free Kindle Books</a> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You don't have to have a Kindle to get them</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://momsbyheart.net/free-printable-of-the-day-198/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FkrGS+%28Moms+By+Heart%29">Free Printables</a> Nautical Themed Baby Shower & Garden Themed Birthday Party</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My Favorite Digi Stamp Store,<a href="http://www.bugaboostamps.com/Freebies_c_70.html"> Bugaboo has a Peanut Gardening</a></span><br />
<a href="http://stretchingyourbudget.com/2012/07/free-krispy-kreme-donut.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SuperSavingsintheTriad+%28Stretching+Your+Budget%29" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Free Krispy Kreme Donut</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> wish we had a </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">Krispy</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;">Kreme</span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> by us!</span><br />
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<img src="http://sites.google.com/site/gilbyscraftster/images/WendySignature.png" />Wendy (aka Roo)http://www.blogger.com/profile/07823065025522309185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9099336460367831837.post-89745758755411739772012-06-27T16:53:00.000-04:002012-06-27T16:53:10.133-04:00HUGE CRICUT E-2 BUNDLE FOR SALE...GREAT DEAL!!!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hi Everyone!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know it's been a while since I've posted anything, haven't really had much time for crafting lately or had many lazy days of summer, but I have been spending a lot of time with my family & it's been wonderful.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have had some financial difficulties (yet again) & I feel I have spent too much on crafting things that I really don't need, so I've weeded some out to sell. First off I plan on selling all of my Cricut stuff, I know what you're thinking, that I'm crazy, but I have thought a lot about it & it's time I let go of it, I just sold my original Cricut Ex. I still have my Cameo (which I haven't hardly used since I bought it), so I will be putting it to use more if I don't have the Cricut. I think it will be good because then I won't have as many options & it won't take me as long to get a project together, at least that's what I'm telling myself..lol!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have this listed locally now on Craigs list, but I haven't gotten anything but scammers contacting me (hate that people do that!) Anyway, thought I would put this on my blog & see what kind of feed back I get. Now I originally wanted to sell this as one big package, but if it comes down to it I may separate the gypsy stuff from the E-2 stuff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's what you will get-</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;">Cricut Expression 2 in Box (Used just a handful of times-in Excellent Condition) with manual & cords & links to their new Cricut Craftroom, with stylus</span><br />
Handheld Gypsy in Box (Used, but in Excellent Condition) w/all the cords & printed manual<br />Total of 55 Cartridges (All in plastic boxes with Cartridges & Handbooks unless otherwise specified below)<br />3 Birds on Parade<br />All Sports<br />Animal Kingdom<br />Beyond Birthdays<br />Birthday Bash<br />Black Letter*<br />Block Party***<br />Boys will be Boys<br />Campin' Critters<br />Celebrate with Flourish***<br />Christmas*<br />Create a Critter<br />Cricut Alphabet**<br />Cricut Essentials**<br />Cuttin' Up<br />Designers Calendar<br />Doodlecharms<br />Disney-Mickey Font<br />Disney-Pooh & Friends<br />Disney-Pooh Font<br />Disney-Princesses Dreams Come True<br />Easter 2010***<br />Paper Dolls for Everyday<br />Flower Shoppe<br />From my Kitchen<br />Gypsy Font*<br />Gypsy Wanderings*<br />Happy Hauntings<br />Indie Art***<br />Joys of the Season<br />Jubilee<br />Just Because Cards<br />Life is a Beach<br />Lyrical Letters<br />Mini Monsters<br />My Community<br />Nifty Fifties<br />Pagoda<br />Paisley<br />Paper Doll Dress Up<br />Plantin Schoolbook<br />Potpourri Basket<br />Printing Press*<br />Robotz<br />Rock Princess<br />Simply Charmed<br />Smiley Cards*<br />Something to Celebrate<br />Sports Mania<br />Sweethearts<br />Tags, Bags, Boxes & Moore<br />Walk in my Garden<br />Wedding***<br />Wild Card<br />Winter Frolic<br /><b>THAT'S A TOTAL OF 55 CARTRIDGES</b><br />*Exclusive to the Gypsy, so there is no handbook for Cartridge<br />**Exclusive to the E-2, so they are not linked to Gypsy, there is a handbook, but no Cartridge-Can be accessed using the Cricut Craftroom or just the E-2<br />***Not a full Cartrige, so did not come in normal box-there is a handbook & cartridge though<br />4 Gypsy covers<br />Charger<br />Carrying Bag<br />4 Styluses<br />4 extra Screen Protectors NIP<br /><br />11 12x12 Mats (used-not very pretty, but that is why I included the 2 sprays below-once you do this 2 step process most will be like new)<br />1 Can of Stick Away & 1 Can of Stick & Spray (to clean & make your mats sticky again)<br />8 Piece Set of Cricut Tools in Case + Spatula<br />2 Housing Blade Holders<br />Deep Cutting Blade & Holder<br />Pack of 2 New Blades (Regular) NIP<br />3 Regular Blades (used)<br />Set of 5 Black & Brown Cricut Markers (Opened, but never Used)<br />Set of 12 Mini Gel Pens NIP<br />Housing for Gel Pens<br /><br />Cricut Design Studio CD & Handbook<br /><br />DVD's (Opened & Played)<br />Cricut A-Z<br />Gypsy A-Z<br />My Pink Stamper Cricut Fun Volume 1 w/signed paper by Robin<br />My Creative Time Gypsy Magic featuring Peachy Keen Stamps-Autographed by Emma<br />My Creative Time Gypsy Magic & Moore-Autographed by Emma<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hope you all had a wonderful weekend & all the your loved ones had a great Father's Day!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was going to share these with you yesterday, but I never got around to it...very busy weekend!</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first card is one I made my dad, I got it in the mail a little late, so I was worried that he wouldn't get in time, but when I spoke with yesterday I was relieved to hear that he had gotten it & loved it! :) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Feels like forever since I blogged & shared a project with you all! Blogger sure has changed, not sure I'm liking it, but will see, as Gilby & I hope to blog & share our projects more often now that things have quieted down a bit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">My youngest just finished his Junior year about a week ago & I couldn't be happier to have him home for the summer, just wish I didn't have to share him & we could have the whole summer together! </span><br />
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He had a very tough year from the classes he took, sports, family issues & the loss of one of his best friends, but he managed to get through incredibly well. They have an Awards Ceremony at the end of every school year & the parents are notified by e-mail when their son's receive an award, but they don't tell you what the award is for & the boys don't know ahead of time if they are getting one or not. I'm sooo proud to say that he got an award & scholarship $ for next years tuition for having the 3rd highest GPA of the Junior Class!!! I</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">was soooo excited when they called out his name, I gave a "woot, woot" before I was technically supposed to clap, lol. I couldn't contain myself I teared up & was grinning at the same time, Brandon has always been smart & gotten good grades, but this was extra special this year. Maybe because of the tough year he had or maybe because his mom (me) did not do well in school at all, mostly because I skipped! Shhh, don't tell him!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's hard to believe that next year he will be a Senior & the college search begins (thank goodness he doesn't want to go in the service like his brother did or go to a Military College)!Man oh man where did all the time go? I don't like it though, not at all, call me selfish, but I want more time with him as a kid! The past 4 years have been really hard, it's like he's already in college. Not being able to spend everyday or every week or even every month with him & then we he is able to come home, having to split that time between between his dad & it's really hard for me.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I guess there is a trade off though because he has turned into such a wonderful young man, & I know that his future holds so much promise!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I wanted to share a few pictures of him at a LAX game we got to go to, The Mother's Day Parade & The Awards Ceremony. Should have brought my camera rather than using my phone, as I'm sure they would have turned out better. Then I'll get to his annual end of the school year card I made.</span><br />
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Okay, so finally on to his card, as part of the title of this post I put RAK, well that is because of <a href="http://reginaeaster.blogspot.com/">Miss Regina Easter </a> (her blog) from <a href="http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/the_cutting_cafe/svg-files/page/3/"><span style="color: red;"><strong>The Cutting Cafe'</strong></span></a> or you can click on her blinkie to the left side of this page (her website where she designs wonderful SVG's, etc)! She was sooo kind to design the card for me, as I was in a time crunch & I knew welding the letters together to make the shape of the card would take me forever, so I asked Regina & she quickly & kindly said yes! I can't thank you enough Regina! Oh & btw, he loved it!</div>
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I used my Cameo & MTC software to cut out the base & letters of the card created by the oh so Fab Miss Regina. Everything else was cut with the Cameo from the Silhouette shop or from MTC except for the Football, Lacrosse Stick & the word "Junior", those were all stickers I had on hand from other years, oh & I colored a toothpick to make the flag (almost an exact replica..lol). As I said before, he loved it, which made me very happy! </div>
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