Sugary Sweet Blog Candy For You

***This post will remain at the top until May 1st***

Hello blog world! :) Today I have some blog candy to share with you...woot woot! The lucky winner will receive:

• Bow-Easy Bow Maker
• 10 yards grosgrain ribbon
• Making Memories 6x6 Just Chillin' Girl paper pad
• Robin's Nest Flame Dew Drops
• Stampendous Dotty Daisy clear stamp set
• Stampin' Up! Lots of Thoughts stamp set
• Stampin' Up! Love and Happiness Rub Ons

It's easy to win! If you'd like a chance at winning this blog candy, please:

• Follow my blog and
• Post about this blog candy on your blog with both a picture and a link back to my blog and
• Add a link below directly to the blog post in which you shared my blog candy with others. Please do not link to the main page of your blog.

The winner will be announced here on May 1st and will have one week to claim their prize before it will be offered to another participant. Good luck and have a great day!

Hedgie Huggs

Hi there! I am just stopping by with a super quick post to share a card made using the HedgieHugg Bugg image from www.tiddlyinks.com. This is my submission for this week's challenge at the Tiddly Inks challenge blog which is due in (hangs head in shame...lol) about 30 minutes. Nothin' like waiting until the last minute, right!?! I hope you are having a great week so far!

See ya soon! :)

P.S. Don't miss out on entering to win my blog candy. Click here for details.

Stamps: Tiddly Inks HedgieHugg Bugg digi image, computer generated sentiment

Paper: PTI SSW, poppy, SU kraft, black

Ink: Copic markers

Accessories: Nesties, Basics ribbon, Michaels twine, random buttons

Unity Friends with Flair Friday

Happy Friday peeps! :) My apologies for being a bit late with my post today. I am so happy that it is Unity Friends with Flair Friday...woohoo! For a complete list of today's blog hop participants, please visit the Unity blog. I just received my April KOM yesterday, so I cracked it open and gave it a go. Here is a simple little card that I made from my favorite stamps in this month's kit. I sure hope you like it.

Thanks so much for hoppin' by today!

Stamps: Unity April 2010 KOM

Paper: SU kraft, soft sky, barely banana

Ink: Memento cocoa, Copic markers

Accessories: Melissa Frances Vintage Ribbon, cheapy felt, button, Fiskars apron lace border punch, white twine

Out of This World

Hi everybody! I hope you are doing well. Things have been a little crazy around here. Maybe you can relate? LOL I sure hope you will forgive me for my oh so sporadic blog posts lately. Not only have I been super busy preparing for the launch of my shoppe, but also my littlest furbaby Pumpkin (who is a Yorkie just shy of 4 lbs.) had fourteen teeth removed last week. OUCH!!! She has needed extra attention ever since...making sure she was getting enough water, softening her dog food, and just all around TLC. She is on the mend though, and steadily working her way back to normal.

I have had this Little Inventors image from the Lilliputs line at Squiggle Stamps colored for quite awhile, and as soon as I saw the sketch for the April Squiggle Stamps challenge I knew just what I just do with it. My crafty mojo has been a little low, so I stuck to the sketch pretty closely. I think these little pals turned out kind of cute. I really need to have more boyish cards on hand...I guess this is a start. I really appreciate your visits, and I am ready to show you some love with a little blog candy next week. Stay tuned! :)

Thanks for stopping by my little neck of the galaxy today!

Stamps: Squiggle Stamps Lilliputs Little Inventors digi image, LAD sentiment

Paper: SU baja breeze, summer sun, pumpkin pie, PTI SSW, KI Memories pp, Prism orangish red

Ink: SU chocolate chip, Copic markers

Accessories: Silver Smooch, Nesties, SEI buttons

Spring Lilliputs

Happy Saturday! :) Yikes...it's really been awhile since I last posted to my blog. I am so sorry about that! Not only was my mojo on hiatus, but I have also been busy preparing for the upcoming launch of my little shoppe. I have been having so much fun, and I just can't wait to share everything with you!

I recently fell in love with the Lilliputs line of digi images available at Squiggle Stamps. I am not affiliated with this company or anything like that, I just think this line of artwork by illustrator Lauren Beard is fantastic. This was also my first attempt at rufflizing (the art of turning grosgrain ribbon into ruffled ribbon...it's a word I swear...lol). Hmm...the process of turning this ribbon into ruffled ribbon was quite interesting. I watched a you tube video first (okay I really watched the first minute of the video thanks to my short attention span), and then gave it a try. I may have muttered a few un-ladylike words during this process, but the end result was worth it...I think anyway. If you've been thinking about trying it, I encourage you to do so. With a little practice, you can get an entirely different look out of your ribbon.

Wishing you a fantastic holiday weekend with your friends and family!

Stamps: Squiggle Stamps Lilliputs Hoppy Easter, Ippity by Unity Sweet Thoughts of Spring

Paper: SU barely banana, bashful blue, PTI ssw, AC pp, MM Garden Party pp

Ink: SU bashful blue, certainly celery, Copic markers: E00, E02, E35, R20, R81, R83, Y23, YR23, YR31, V12, B41

Accessories: Schiff ribbon, MS border punch, OCL sparkly fluff