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!

Cocoa Pocket Card

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Hi Everyone! Hope y'all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! There's a lot to be thankful for! We had a wonderful dinner. Thanksgiving is always nice.

I made these Cocoa Pocket Cards the other day but didn't have time to post them until this evening. It's really easy to make them. I suggest keeping your design simple if you're planning to make a whole bunch of them. I still need to make about 12 more of these. I bought the cocoa packets at Walmart. They came in a gift pack of 20 packets. I plan to put them in gift bags along with the Marshmallow Pie Holder and place them in gift baskets to give out for Christmas.

The stamp sets are from the SU "Stitched Snowman" and "Let it Snow" stamp sets, the sentiments by Studio G, the images were colored using Twinkling H20 and the ink for the sentiment is "Purely Pomegranate" by SU.

I'll have time tomorrow to create the "Marshmallow Pie Holder". Hopefully, I can post it tomorrow. Check back tomorrow for the tutorial.

Anyway. . .try it out!

Until later. . .

Pearl Ex Christmas Ornaments

**UPDATE**

Click Here for the Tutorial

Hey Everyone! I updated this post and added the tutorial. Try it out! It's super EASY to create this ornament.

You can create beautiful ornaments using Pearl Ex and this clear ornament. It's also fun because you can come up with your own color combos.

This is a close up of the finished product of this project. It's really way too simple to create that you don't need a tutorial but I'll do one for those who prefer visual instructions.

I'll do the tutorial tomorrow for those who've never tried this project. My Internet is running so slow that I'm still waiting for the pictures of my "Glittery Christmas Ornaments" tutorial to load. Be sure to check out Stampin Inspirations tomorrow for the tutorial on that project.


I'll post the tutorial for the "Pearl Ex Ornament" on this blog site.

Here's a few more in different colors! I love the colors!

Goodnight folks!

Check Out the Glittery Christmas Ornaments I Created

Hey Everyone. . .stop by my Stampin Inspirations blog site to check out the "Glittery Christmas Ornaments" I created using rubber stamped images! I'll be posting a tutorial on how to create it this evening so be sure to check back later tonight!