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Purge Blog Hop Winners Announced (and Some CHA Photos)...

Hi there!  I'm writing from sunny California!  Tosh and I are having a BLAST at CHA!  We are meeting several people for the first time, seeing friends again, and seeing SO much good stuff that will be coming to stores soon!!  Love it!!

Before I get to the winners, I want to share a few of of my favorite photos from my trip so far...

Oh yeah...  Sock Monkey is BACK!  LOL!  Since my friend Tosh *loves* monkeys so much, I like to bring some to her whenever I visit.  You know, so I don't come empty handed and all...  (For those of you that know Tosh, also know how much she actually dislikes monkeys...  Teeheheee!)

First stop this morning was the Glitz booth.  It was SO fun to see some of the projects I created there!  Talk about exciting!!  :-)

Here's some more from the Glitz booth.  To see more photos of their booth, visit their blog.

Oh and just LOOK at how cute the Paper Smooches booth looks!  It was so fun to meet Kim Hughes in person!  I will share photos of all the wonderful people I meet later (it's almost midnight here as I type this).

Check out this uber cool framed art I saw at the Teresa Collins booth!  LOVE!

One of my favorites from today was the Cosmo Cricket booth!  I cannot wait to get my hands on their new collections! 

Just look at all this beautifulness!!

Happy sigh...

Well, it's time to announce the winners from the Purge Blog Hop!!  The four winners are:

Sabrina Jackson said...

WOW, Laurie, your card is fabulous as always! This is one fun Hop you ladies have put together and I must say that I am paper junkie as well and LOVE all of those DP's you have piled up! Thanks for a chance to win! Have a blessed weekend! Hugs, Sabrina

ReplyJanuary 21, 2012 at 11:21 AM

Michele B said...

Whowza!! what a purge! Everything looks amazing! the one item that caught my eye were the pink and brown brads - my husband's co-worker is getting married and their colours are pink & brown, so those would work perfect on the congratulations card.

ReplyJanuary 23, 2012 at 10:42 AM

Ellen ♥ CardMonkey said...

Oh my goodness, there is an awful lot of stuff there in your "purge files" ... I am a hoarder and I don't know if I'd ever be able to part with ANYTHING that I might one day "neeeeeeeed". I so admire you and your fellow hoppers for doing so!

I LOVE hand-me-downs! It must stem from my having grown up as the second child in my family (and second girl to boot!) so I've cherished "pre-loved" items. Now, grab-bags of gently used or even pre-owned/unused are the BEST!!!!!!

What one item intrigues me? Hmmmm... there's something there marked BAYBERRY COTTAGE. I have no idea what it is and would like to find out. YAY! I could list more, but limit myself to one per your request. I'll be happy for ANYONE who wins part of your stash, and thank you for sharing!

YOUR CARD is fantabulous too!!

Love,
Ellen ♥ CardMonkey

Chris R. from Iowa said...

Wow! As much as you are giving away, you could give each commenter a little piece of candy and make us all smile! Talk about sensory overload! I don't have any of the paper packs and would love to play with them. But that little pack of brads on the left side with some plaids and polka dots on them is calling my name! Thanks for an amazing prize and fun hop. I always look forward to your blog posts. There are so many cards and projects that I admire.

 

Ladies, if you would email me with your mailing address, I will mail your packages to you!  The shipping is going to be delayed as I will be in California until late Thursday.  :-)

Hugs, Laurie

Happy Travels...

Hello again!  I'm back today to share a project I made with the new Happy Travels collection from Glitz Design! 

This project was initially intended to be a hot air balloon, but all of the flowers kind of made it difficult to attach the strings where they should go...so I guess it's more of a decorative topiary!  :-) 

I had a TON of fun making this project!  I cut out over 150 flowers, rolled them up, inked all the edges, and secured them on a foam ball using quilting pins.

Here's a close up photo of the Giant Rhinestone and epoxy word tag (all from the Happy Travels collection).

In this photo, you can better see the Layered Sticker I used.  Don't you just love the glitter??  Happy sigh...

For more projects using the Happy Travels collection, make sure to check out the Glitz Blog!

 

Well, that's all from me today.  I will be back tomorrow to share the last of my Glitz CHA projects.

I will also be back tomorrow to share some photos form my first CHA day!  :-)

 

Hugs, Laurie

Pretty in Pink...

I'm back today to share a project I made using the brand new Glitz Collection Pretty in Pink!

I altered this frame using lots of different Pretty in Pink papers, Glitzers, Cardstock Stickers, Peek-A-Boo and one of the new Giant Rhinestones!

I framed this photo of my daughter using one of the uber pretty Peek-A-Boo frames!  And those Glitzers...just LOOK at those gorgeous blingy, vintage stickers!  LOVE them!

You can see more Pretty in Pink projects over at the Glitz blog!

Thanks for stopping by!  ~Laurie

French Kiss...

Hi there!  I'm writing this from sunny foggy California!  I arrived yesterday, and am having a BLAST with Tosh!  Before heading out again, I wanted to pop in here and share one of the projects I made for Glitz's CHA booth using the brand new French Kiss collection!  I ADORE this line with all of it's burlap, vintage, creamy goodness!  Happy sigh....

I chose several of the more creamy patterned papers for my stacking boxes. 

I adorened them with some of the new Layered Stickers (do you SEE the gorgeous glitter that come on them??), trims, & buttons.

From this top view, you can better see one of the Layered Stickers and Giant Rhinestone I added to the top box. 

I really cannot wait to see Glitz Design's booth!  I will make sure to take lots of pictures and share them here with you all!  :-)

You can see more projects featuring the new French Kiss Collection over at the Glitz Blog! 

I'll be back tomorrow to share another project with you!

Hugs,
Laurie

 

Paper Smooches winners announced!

 

Hi there!  Ready to find out who the winner is from my January Paper Smooches DT Blog Hop? 

 

Druuuuummmmrooooolllll.................

 

The  winner is:

Peggy S from OH said...

Cute card! Have fun at CHA!

ReplyJanuary 26, 2012 at 08:16 AM

 

 

Congratulations Peggy!!!  You are the winner of a shiny new Good Gab stamp set from Paper Smooches!!

I will be emailing you soon!

 

January Paper Smooches DT blog hop!

It's Pep Rally week and we are here today to share a sampling of the Paper Smooches February stamp release with you! The three NEW clear stamp sets will be available to purchase on February 1st. You will find them HERE. Follow the Paper Smooches blog for more sneak peeks.

To add extra fun to our blog hop...we are offering up a prize! Just leave a comment on any of the five design team blogs listed below for your chance to win one of the three new February stamp sets! (you do not need to comment on all blogs to qualify) You have until midnight MT on Friday, January 27th to leave a comment. Please check all five blogs on Saturday, January 28th to see if you are one of the five lucky winners.

 

Emily Leiphart

Heidi Van Laar

Kryssi Ng

Laurie Schmidlin

Teri Anderson

 

To increase your chances of winning:

1. Leave a comment on this blog post

2. Tell us that you Facebooked about our blog hop

3. Tell us that you Tweeted about our hop

4. Tell us that you posted on your blog about our blog hop

(which means that you have up to four chances to win on each blog)

 

For my card, I used the soon to be released Good Gab with the previously released Falling For You!  I SO {heart} that sweet little monster!  Speaking of hearts, that cute brad heart is from Paper Smooches also!  SO fun!

Thanks so much for visiting!!  Hugs, Laurie

 

They say it's your Baa-thday...

na na na na na.  It's my baa-thday too now, na na na na na. 

Sorry, I couldn't resist!  LOL! 

I'm popping in here to share with you a fun Paper Smooches card with you!  I used the super adorable Party Posse set!  Kim's sets are so fun, don'tcha think?  Speaking of Kim, have you heard that she is going to have a Paper Smooches booth at CHA?  Yaayy!!  :-)

Well, I'm off to do laundry (not so fun).  Then pack (a little more fun).  And then, stamp some more (definitely more fun). 

Hugs, Laurie

Inspired...

Good morning!  Things have been pretty busy around here lately.  I'm finishing up some CHA projects (speaking of have you SEEN the new Glitz collections Pretty in Pink, French Kiss, & Happy Travels??), as well as other design team projects that I need finished before I leave.  Oh, have I mentioned that I'm going to CHA??  No?  Well, I can hardly believe it myself!!  I am so excited!  I'm leaving a bit early and flying down to see my friend Tosh...and then we are heading to CHA together!  Yaaaayyyy!  I will definitely be posting lots of photos so stay tuned!  :-)

Want to see something stampy?  How about something a little more clean & simple (CAS) today?

I absolutely love this stamp from Unity!  In fact, I loved it so much that it convinced me to sign up for the Unity Stamp of the Week program!   A fun new stamp or two that will be delivered to me every week!  Woohooo!

Ok, back to work for me!  I can't wait to show you what I'm working on!!  ((grin))

Hugs,
Laurie

Purge Blog Hop (aka Blog Candy)...

 

Hi there!  A few blogging friends of mine are having a hard time letting go of our much loved papers and embellishments. We decided to share them with all of you in a week long Purge Hop!

I could not (even if I tried) fit all of my stuff in one box.  Yep, there is THAT much stuff!  So, I will divide all of these goodies up (mixing the paper and embellishments together) into several boxes.  I'm thinking three or four boxes...

First, before I show you my goodies, I wanted to share a card I created for the latest Verve release!

I used Verve's new Lucky You stamp set, some felt, a star Nestabilities die, buttons, and some patterned paper to create this card.  Actually, everything from this card (aside from the cool new stamps), was taken from my misc. stash collection.  What's that. you ask?  A HUGE container of "stuff" that is either left over from other collections, or doesn't seem to have a home.  I was quite pleased with myself for actually using some of it!  Teeheheee!

Ok, want to see what I'm giving away?  Drumrolllllll.....

(Click on Photo for a Larger View)

Yes, there is a TON of stuff!  LOL!  Actually, there was just too much to count.  Included, there are all sorts of embellishments (brads, felt, flowers, epoxy), rub-ons, stickers, alphabets, and SO much more!!  Almost everything in this photo is brand new.

As for the paper, well there are over 45 paper pads here!  Brands include, Authentique, Basic Grey, K & Co., My Mind's Eye, Cosmo Cricket, Making Memories, Prima, Fancy Pants, Lilly Bee, Echo Park, Sassafrass Lass, and much MORE!  Most of these pads have only a couple of sheets (or partial sheets) missing and several are brand new!

Leave ONE comment below, and let me know what tickles your fancy the most (which items you are most excited about)!  All the winners will be posted Monday, January 30th.

1. Tosh          6. Julee

2. Andrea      7.Janelle

3. Maureen    8. Betty

4. Sonja         9. Jen

5. Laurie      10. Teresa

 

Remember, you have all week to leave a comment below to be entered in this giveaway! 

 

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a GREAT weekend!  ~Laurie

 

Stamps: Lucky You
Paper: Misc. Patterned Paper, Kraft c.s.
Ink: Pear Pizzaz (SU!), Tuxedo Black Memento Ink
Accessories: Nestabilities, Buttons, Sewing machine, Corner rounder punch, String, Mini Safety Pin (Tim Holtz), Green felt

LOVEly Glitz Cards...

Hi there!  It's my turn again to share some more Glitz projects with you!

Valentine's Day is one of my favorite holidays!  I mean, a whole day devoted to letting people know how wonderful they are...what could be better?  :-)

Technically, this first card isn't a Valentine's Day card, but I was just so smitten with the Beautiful Dreamer line and I thought it would look pretty as an encouragement card as well!  :-)

I am so loving Glitz's new Epoxy Word stickers!  They are just the perfect addition to any card!

My second card is all about Love!  I used part of a Love Nest Whatnot (I cut off the bingo part) for the Love layer.  In fact, I cut up my Whatnots a lot!  Shocking, I know...but they not only last longer but they fit better onto my cards.  :-)  To finish the card off, I added lots of trims and ribbon, a button, a Love Nest Rub On (on the right upper corner) and a cardstock "u" sticker!

Be Brave Card
Beautiful Dreamer Papers - Floral, Polka
Beautiful Dreamer Paper Layers
Beautiful Dreamer Peek - A - Boo
Beautiful Dreamer Epoxy Words
Beautiful Dreamer Glitzers

Love U Card
Love Nest Papers - Sky, Damask
Love Nest Rub Ons
Love Nest Whatnot
Cardstock Stickers - Vintage Alpha
Beautiful Dreamer Trims