New Cards in the Shop!

Hello everyone!

I just finished up posting some new cards in my Etsy shop! There's one new everyday birthday card and the rest are all Autumn/Halloween related. The card I'm posting today is one of them. I had planned on stampin a lot of Halloween cards for the shop this year and I even ordered some cute stamps for that purpose. I seem to have hit a snag though. I ordered the stamps from someone on Etsy. She never sent the stamps and didn't return any of my messages, and now I find her shop has been closed. Sigh. Never one to be deterred by misfortune, I began sifting through my stamps to see what I had that could be modified for the occasion. LOL. This is what I came up with and I think it turned out pretty cute. The stamp is from Penny Black and I just stamped and colored it and then added the punched leaves to make it look like kitty is in a pile of leaves. It's not the cute like trick-or-treaters I wanted, but hey - sometimes we have to adapt, right?

Thanks for stopping by!

Sue :o)

Week 3 Winner & Sale Announcement

Hi everyone! Before the day gets away from me I better announce this week's winner! The lucky winner of the snowmen Christmas card pictured above is...

Terry T.!

I have your address Terry, so I'll mail it out tomorrow morning. Congratulations!

This week I'm having a sale in my Etsy shop! Every item is either marked down or it has free shipping. Now would be a great time to stock up on cards! The sale runs through August 31st. Click here to visit my shop!

I've had a great time celebrating my 1 year anniversary with Etsy and I hope you have too! Thank you to all my customers and my blog followers. I love papercrafts in a BIG way and sharing it with you makes it all the better. I'm looking foward to another year!

Be sure to check back here later for a new project! I finally have a day I can spend at home so I'm in my craft room working on new stuff for my shop!

Hugs!

Sue :o)

Anniversary Celebration - Week 3

This week's anniversary celebration give away is this adorable Christmas card and you can win it by doing at least one of the following:

1. Leave a comment here on my blog.

2. Place an order from my Etsy shop.

3. Convo me from my Etsy shop and let me know you'd like to be entered in the drawing.

If you do two of the three things, you'll be entered twice. You don't have to be a customer to enter the drawing either!

This week's prize measures 5.5 x 5.5 and it comes with a coordinating envelope. As you can see in the pictures above, the inside of the card is decorated as well!

Beginning this Sunday evening, August 23rd and running through the end of August- there will be a BIG SALE in my shop. Every item will be either marked down or have free shipping. If you have your eye on something, you'll want to check back on Sunday!

I will announce the winner of this week's giveway on Tuesday August 25th and I will post it here on my blog.

STAMP CREDITS: Snowmen/Great Impressions -- Sentiment/Stampin' Up!

Have a great day!

Sue :o)

Week 2 Winner!

The lucky winner for this week's card and tag set is.....

Vicki J!

This must be your lucky month girl! I will get the card/tag out to you right away!

I'll be back later with a project I'm working on, and tomorrow I'll be listing the new item up for grabs in my anniversary celebration!

Hugs!

Sue :o)

Etsy Anniversary Celebration Week 2

For those of you who are new to reading my blog - I am celebrating my one year anniversary with Etsy this month with a drawing for free cards every week and a big sale the week of August 23-30th. This week's prize is a cute little Christmas card/tag combo.

The image on the card was embossed, colored and glittered on heavy watercolor paper, and I added colorful chipboard embellishments as accents. The inside of the card is finished nicely but left blank for your personal message. The tag was stamped and colored, and then I added red and white striped ribbon and a cute little chipbard tag that reads "naughty or nice".

All you have to do to enter the drawing is one of the following things.

1. Leave a comment here on my blog.

2. Place an order from my Etsy shop.

3. Convo me on Etsy and let me know you'd like to enter the drawing.

I will draw a winner next Tuesday, August 18th and post it here on my blog!

Hugs!

Sue :o)

Anniversary Celebration - Week 1 Winner!

The winner of this week's giveaway is.....

Vicki J.!!!!

I will put your cards in the mail tomorrow morning!

Tomorrow morning I will be posting the next giveway. What is it? You'll have to check back tomorrow morning to see it, but I will give you a little hint. Think Jingle Bells.

Once again I want to thank all my customers and friends who visit this blog and my Etsy shop. It's a lot of fun creating, and sharing it with you makes it even better!

God bless!

Sue :o)

Bubbly Birthday Card

Here's a card I did this morning using High Hopes Rubber Stamps. I just love this little fish! All three of them were embossed and colored on watercolor paper and then cut out and adhered to the card on foam tape. Other cute touches include glitter on the flish, polka dotted dry embossed paper, birthday background paper and clear dew drops that look like bubbles. This card is in my Etsy shop right now! Don't forget to enter into my drawing for free cards this week! I will be drawing a winner on Tuesday night and posting the results here on Wednesday. Get the details here!

Well, it looks like I got my gardening done in the nick of time this morning! It's clouding up now and the radar is showing thunderstorms heading this way. My cat Mouse didn't even protest when I made her come inside so that's usually a sign that we're in for rain. We were planning on going to the zoo tomorrow morning but now I'm not sure that's going to happen as they're calling for rain tomorrow too. :o( I guess there's always next weekend.

I hope you're all having a happy Friday. I'm off to play in my craft room in between loads of laundry.

Hugs!
Sue :o)

Week 1 - Drawing for Free Cards

To celebrate my 1 year anniversary on Etsy, this week I am offering up for grabs these two adorable cards! Penny Black is one of my favorite stamp companies, so I thought it would be appropriate to use their stamps for this week's drawing. Both cards measure 4.25 x 5.5 and they come with a plain white envelope. You can enter by doing one of the three following things:

1. The easiest - leave a comment here on my blog.
2. Place an order from my Etsy shop.
3. Convo me on Etsy and let me know you'd like to be entered into the drawing.

If you do two of the three - you'll get entered twice! :o) I will do a random drawing for the winner of these cards next Tuesday, August 11th and post the winner here on my blog.

I have had such fun selling my creations on Etsy for the last year and I've met a lot of wonderful people. This is just my way of saying thanks to everyone! Oh! I forgot to mention that select items are marked down in my shop right now - go have a look!

God bless!
Sue :o)

WTC229 - Office Supplies & My 1 Year Anniversary on Etsy

Today's challenge over on SCS was to create a card using office supplies. How fun! The supplies I used on my card are the brass fastener (technically a brad but they were in my office supplies, not my craft supplies), the staple for the ribbon on the tag, and the little pocket that the tag fits inside is actually a normal old envelope that I sealed and then cut to make a pocket. I haven't been making many of the 5.5 x 5.5 cards lately because I'm out of envelopes, but I needed a bit more room to work on this card so I went big. Maybe I'll get brave later and make an envelope. Or maybe I'll just order more! LOL.

Card recipe:
Stamps: Stampin' Up!
Paper: All K&Co.
Ink: Colorbox black & ZIG Markers
Accessories: SU photo corner punch, MS lace border punch, SU flower punch, brass fastener, ribbon, staple, white envelope, ripple scissors

Oh, and before I forget - I've got some news about my shop on Etsy! In August, I will be celebrating my 1 year anniversary with Etsy! How exciting is that? When I started up the shop it was kind of an experiment - a "let's see what I can do with this" sort of thing, but it's really taken off and exceeded my expectations. Sooooooo I am going to celebrate my success with a sale the week of August 23-29 (my official anniversary is that week) and weekly drawings for free cards. The free cards will be advertised here on my blog so stop by weekly to see what's up for grabs!

Hugs!
Sue :o)

New Goodies In the Shop

Boy I've been neglecting my little blog here, haven't I? I guess that's what happens when children are out of school and hubbies are on vaction! It's been a great summer so far. We've done some camping and hanging out in the pool and we've got a fishing trip planned later this weekend. I gotta remember to take a good book with me as I'm not as avid a fisher-person as my hubby and son are.

I wanted to post some pictures of new stuff I have in the shop. A valued customer of mine (you know who you are V) got me addicted to mini cards and tags so I'm expanding my line of goodies! In the coming weeks I'll have more of these in the shop! All mini cards come with mini white envelopes too. You can get to my shop by clicking on the link to the right.

I really like the Quick Notes Sets too. They're perfect for sending a quick thank you note to someone AND they only require one postage stamp to mail. Plus, they're cheaper than cards - you get 6 for only $3.50 (plus postage).

Well, I'm off to do lunch with my boys. I hope to be back later with some new challenge cards for SCS. I hope everyone is having a great week! God bless!

Sue :o)

Sneak Peek!

Here are a few new cards I'm working on for the shop. I was inspired by today's sketch challenge over at Split Coast Stampers. I used Penny Black stamps on the mouse card, and the cute little horse is made by Clear Dollar Stamps. I embossed the image on watercolor paper and then colored with my ZIG markers. Once I get the insides and envelopes done I'll have them up in the shop!

God bless!

Sue :o)