Sew Easy Blog Candy

Click on the picture and you will be taken to "Hannah's Paper Crafts" blog where you can sign up for this great blog candy! Hurry--the drawing is on June 5th!

Look at What You Could Win

Thank You

I've been a bad blogger! I've had very little time to create lately. There is so much going on around here right now. I have a list of crafty ideas I want to do--and it is killing me not being able to do any of it right now! I'm hoping everything will have settled down in a couple weeks and I'll have fun with that list!
I want to say THANK YOU to the followers I have and to those that check in every once in awhile. It means a lot to me that you have noticed my little piece of the blog world!

Supplies from Close to My Heart unless otherwise stated:
Wings Paper Pack
Thank You My Acrylics Stamp Set
Pearl Opaques and Licorice Opaques
Juniper and Vineyard Berry Stamp Pads
Designer Ribbon Rounds Black Collection
Sparkles
Round Dimensional Element-retired
Micro-tipped Scissors
Nestabilities Classic Scalloped Circle Large
Cuttlebug Swiss Dot Folder

Thanks for looking in today!

National Scrapbooking Month

Close to My Heart has a fabulous promotion this month. When you place a minimum order of $50 in Close to My Heart products, you can get the exclusive "You & Me" scrapbooking kit for just $15! OR you can purchase the kit outright for $34.95 without a minimum purchase. I love this kit, it includes:
1 My Acrylix D-size stamp
6 sheets of 12" x 12" B&T Duos Papers --in a cardstock weight
1 sheet of 12" x 12" Colonial White Cardstock
1 6" x 9" Irresistibles Chipboard Die-Cut Sheet
1 yard Chocolate Strip Ribbon
1 packagae of Opaques Mocha Adhesive Gems
and an instructional guide to create out gorgeous layouts!

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Flowers

This one is super easy and fast. Take four (or more) of your coffee filter scallops and wad up three of them.

Next unwad and stack them with the unwrinkled one on the bottom.

Poke hole through middle and then place brad.


Leave as is (shown at the top of post) or wrinkle them for your desired look.

Of course this can also be done with cardstock or patterned paper.

This next flower was inspired from the blog What a Beautiful Mess and her Ruffled Flower Tutorial. I'll have you visit her site for the instructions!


Thanks for stopping by today! OH--Have a fantastic Mother's Day. Marek had a Boyscout camp out this weekend, and I am now off to go pick him up!

JOY

The scent of a flowering tree being carried on a spring breeze brings me joy!

I thought I'd start a new type of post here. A post about joy. There is a book called, The Book of Awesome, and it is just a list of free, simple joys. I haven't read or even seen the book, but I liked that description "free, simple joys", things that bring a smile to your face. I'm going to record my own simple joys here, hoping they may bring a smile to your face!