All Challenges for the Blog Candy are due December 5th 12:00 PST

Hi Everyone! I want to clarify a few things about the challenges. All of the challenges are due on December 5th, therefore, if you missed a challenge on the day it was posted, you can still play along. Each challenge counts as one entry so if you play both challenges on each blog site, each time you play, your name is submitted as an entry.

There will be a total of 10 challenges combined from both sites so you actually have an opportunity for 10 entries plus 2 for commenting on the Blog Candy Rules post (1 for each site). That means a total 0f 12 entries.

As for the prize, I add a prize each day and accumulate them. There is only 1 winner. I will pull gather all the entries from both sites and randomly choose one winner. I will show all the prize that will be given to one lucky winner on December 5th and announce the winner on December 6th. Each day I show a picture of the prize added to the prize bucket.

Hope y'all have fun playing. I'm trying to make the challenges easy but I'll add one or two that requires you to make something.

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Blog Candy Challenge Day 2

Don't forget to stop by Stampin Inspiration for that site's challenges

Good Morning Folks! Well today is day 2 of my "Blog Candy Challenges" and I added a prize to the prize bucket! I added the Colorbox Petal Point pigment ink pad. Stampin Up up until this year sold the Colorbox Chalk Petal Point ink pad. I didn't see it in this year's catalog. I love this ink pad because it's very versatile. If I have the time today, I'll add a video tutorial on how versatile the pad is. Be sure to return tomorrow to see Day 3's challenge and added prize. Good luck!

If you've been following my Blog Candy, you would know by now that you have multiple opportunities to enter your name for this blog candy. How? For those who have not had an opportunity to stop by my blog sites in the last few days. . .well, each day I add a challenge on both my blog sites "Card Inspired" and "Stampin Inspirations". You may participate in both site's challenges and have an opportunity to add 2 entries each day until my Blog Candy ends on December 5th!

Click Here for the Blog Candy Rules

Click here for Day 1 Challenge for Card Inspired

Visit Stampin Inspirations for that sites rules and challenges

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Blog Candy Challenge Day 2

"What technique would you like for me to create on a video tutorial?"

If you are a regular visitor to my blog sites, you already know that I've recently started creating video tutorials. I'm not sure what type of techniques people would like to see so this blog candy challenge will help me figure out what tutorials to create.

The challenge is to comment this post and let me know what technique you would like to see on a video tutorial? That's it! Simple, huh? You have until December 5th to answer this question.

Okay folks. . .why don't you stop by Stampin Inspirations and check out that site's challenge!

Blog Candy Challenge Day 1

Click Here for the Blog Candy Rules

Don't forget to drop by Stampin Inspirations for that site's challenge

Good Morning Everyone! I'm sorry that this blog candy challenge is a little late but my Internet server flaked out on me this morning - AGAIN! Saturdays are the worst day to go on the Internet. Anyway, the clear stamps above is the first prize to go into the prize bucket. It's a stamp set by Hampton Arts "Art Warehouse" design. No, it's not the only prize for this blog candy. . .each day I will post a picture of each prize that will be accumulated for the next 5 days and ONE lucky winner will win all of them. It's sort of fun to see what prize you can receive each day if you play along. I got this idea from Angel at "Angelosity" when she was doing a blog candy for her birthday. I thought the idea was so ingenious.

Okay. . .now to the challenge! Before I tell you what it is. . .my two blog sites have different challenges, therefore you have two chances each day to add your name to the blog candy bucket! I will be drawing the name of the winner out of this bucket on December 6th. There will only be one winner of the blog candy prize even if you participated on both sites. Participating on both sites just provides you more entries! Don't worry the challenges will be easy so you won't have to work so hard to enter your name.

Day 1 Blog Candy Challenge

"Peace and Calm In spite of the Chaos"

Send me a picture of your desk at its current state right now whether it's messy or not. If it's messy, actually it's a good thing because that means you're creating! Don't clean up your desk if it's messy. . .why? What this challenge is about is to add an item on your desk that provides you a sense of peace and calm. If you already have one. . .GREAT!. . .if not, add something. Like what? Well, it can be anything. . .a picture of your kids, a small potted flower, stones. . . . . .whatever.

The concept of "peace and calm" is very subjective so it's up to you on what item you want to add. BUT it can't be a food item like a box of cookies or a craft item. I know for some of us, those items provide peace and calm but it has to be a fixture that you can keep in one place for you to look at on a daily basis and relaxes you when you are feeling stressed or out of control!

My calming "zen" piece is a bamboo plant that sits right at the edge of my desk. It's the only thing on my desk when I'm creating that is calming to look at and I like having it there, especially when I'm stressed out!

Send me at a picture of your desk at its current state with the "calm and peace" item on your desk. Email the picture to lbmcd66@hotmail.com or post it on your blog and send me a link to your blog site. Let me know what the "peace and calm" item is. Remember it can be anything YOU feel that calms you when you look at it. You have until December 5th to submit your pictures.

Okay! Hope you'll play along!

BLOG CANDY TIME! Countdown to my blog 1st Birthday on December 5th!!

BLOG CANDY TIME!! Count down to my blog 1st Birthday on December 5th!!

Hi everyone! Well, it's time for a blog candy! I'm doing a countdown towards my blog 1 year birthday which will be on December 5th. I'm also celebrating several blog milestones . . ..I've reached my 100,000 hits for Stampin Inspirations and 80,000 for Card Inspired and 1,000+ subscribers for both blog sites!! Whoohoo!!!

I would never have imagined that I would reach any of those milestones. Blogging has been such a fun part of my life. I've met many wonderful blog friends and sharing ideas with other people who have the same interest as I do.

Thank you to those who visit my site and comment. . .I really appreciate your comments because your input is very important to me. As a thank you. . .I will automatically add your name to the blog candy bucket for each comment you've made starting October 1st to November 29th.

There will be many opportunities to play. . .each time you play along, your name will be added to the blog candy bucket!

Want to play? Here are the rules:

First of all . . .comment this post and your name will automatically be added to a blog candy bucket in which I will be pulling a name out of to choose the winner!! Please comment on the post. DO NOT SEND ME AN EMAIL. My email is sort of messy right now and I may miss your comment so COMMENT ON THE POST ONLY.

#2 Starting tomorrow, I will be posting a "challenge" as a count down to my blog birthday so basically you have 6 opportunities to add your name. . .I'll keep the challenge simple such as asking a question, asking for an opinion, sending a picture of your favorite card, etc.

#3 I will be posting this blog candy for both blog sites (Card Inspired and Stampin Inspirations) so you have two opportunities each day to submit your name. I will be adding a prize each day starting tomorrow until the day the blog candy ends on DECEMBER 5th! All of the prizes will go to ONE lucky winner. I will announce the name of the winner on December 6th!!

I'll post the first prize that will go into the prize bucket tomorrow!I will be posting this same blog candy on Stampin Inspirations for those who visit my Stampin Inspirations blog site . Remember. . .you can play both blog sites. The challenges for both blog sites will be different so be sure to drop by both blog sites for more opportunities to submit your name!!

Come on and play along! You will LOVE the prize!

Again, thank you everyone for being such wonderful blog friends!!

Pay It Forward

Hi Everyone! This is the RAK I received from Rita of "Rita's Little Corner". Aren't they all wonderful. Her card is actually a card folder that stores all the images she sent me! I love all of them. She also included Christmas stickers and ribbons. Thank you Rita for being so kind to choose me for your fabulous RAK receipients for the "Pay it Forward" game. The game is to choose 3 people to RAK and they in turn have to "Pay it Forward" to 3 other chosen people.

I am to RAK three wonderfu bloggers:

Jen of "Pieces of Me"

Michelle of "Come Stamp With Me"

Gabby of "Confessions of a Stamper"

Be sure to drop by their blog sites. They're all fabulously talented!

I haven't sent out their RAKs because I'm trying to gather a few things to put together. I want them to receive something nice. Gals, thank you for your patience. . .I didn't forget to send the RAKs. .

Awesome RAKs I received!! Check it out!!

This is a fabulous RAK and prize I received from Angel from "Angelosity" for participating in her blog candy last month. I love the card. . .Angel is a very talented card maker!

Along with my RAK, I received these wonderful designer paper as a prize for winning one of her challenges. The colors and patterns are fabulous. They're very elegant looking.

Thank you Angel for your kindness.

This is a fabulous RAK I received from Diana of Scor-Pal. Scor-Pal has been recently modified and now has more grids. I think it's a fabulous improvement.

I have to tell you. . .if you don't have a Scor-Pal, I do recommend it highly I use it daily when I score my cards. I no longer use my Fiskar scorer because the Scor-Pal is so much more efficient in scoring my cardstock. It's a must have if you are a cardmaker.

Be sure to stop by Scor-Pal and check it out.

Thank you Diana for being such a very kind person and very thoughtful.

This is a "Thank You" card I received from Tracy at "Tracy's Happy Place". You can't really see it in the picture but parts of the card is shimmery. It's very pretty. Bella's shirt sparkles. Thank you Tracy for the wonderful card! I appreciate it!!

Scrap Christmas Tree Cards

Hi Everyone! I'm sorry I haven't posted on this site for a few days now. I haven't made any scrappy projects because I've been concentrating on making cards with rubber stamps. Be sure to visit "Stampin Inspirations" for cards that I created for that blog site.

Anyway, here are two cards I made using scraps of designer paper. I wanted to try a different shape and making a Christmas tree card would be appropriate. I punched one inch circles and created ornaments. I topped them off with rhinestones.

After this week, I'll be slowing down making cards and can concentrate on scrappy projects. Right now, I just want to get my Christmas cards finished off.

Hope y'all have a wonderful day!

Little Debbies Marshmallow Pie Holder

** UPDATE**

Hi Everyone, this is an update of this post. I added the tutorial! Try it out!

Click Here for the Tutorial

Good Morning Everyone! I love Little Debbie's Marshmallow Pie so I bought a box of them at Walmart with the intent of putting them inside gift baskets and gift bags that I'm going to give out to family and friends.



I decided to create decorative holders for them and realized that they would be great to place on the table for Christmas parties as a decorative piece. I can easily refill them with the marshmallow pies.



Anybody want a tutorial on this project? You can place cookies and other packaged goodies inside the holders. Let me know if you want a tutorial and I'll create one!