Amazing Paper Grace

. . . 2 years of blogging!!   More than 500 posts and 1000 pictures behind me, the time has unbelievably flown by!  Take it from me, the pleasure has been all mine!!   Getting to know you all, keep busy and growing with in the craft have been a blessing.

In celebration of the two year anniversary, I’m giving some blog candy.  Central to what I’m giving is my one of my  favorite Spellbinders Frames.    I thought it would be a neat item to give because through feedback you all have inspired me to do a tutorial on the Woven Lattice Card that I made in December.  I should have the tutorial ready and posted in the next day or two :-) 

In the meantime, here are the rules for the Blog Candy.  Feel free to submit your name once each day from Sunday, February 7th until the end of the candy which will be Friday, February 12th at Midnight.   I’m including a special secret bonus, if the name that I’ve picked has entered at least 5 of the 6 days the Blog Candy is available.   I’ll announce the winner on Saturday morning and will give the winner 48 hours to respond to me through my contact page before I pick the next name. 

Okay, so here’s what I’d love for you to share in your comment . . .  my daughter told me about a show she watched called the Buried Life.  On the show the four guys who are cast members have a list of 100 things they want to do before they die.  For every one thing they cross off their list, they help a stranger cross one item off of the strangers "Bucket List".  Surely you’ve heard of "Bucket List" right?  If not, please google it before you leave your comment.  For each day you enter, I want to know, one item from your "Bucket List."  They say not to put your dreams off until "someday" so I hope this is the start of a list for you.  :-)   Here are some of the listed examples they checked off on the show - plant a tree, help someone build a house, give a stranger a $100.00 bill, send a message in a bottle, pay for someone’s groceries . . . you get the idea?  I can’t wait to see what you come up with. 

Last week I was playing around with crepe paper and managed to make some of my own flowers.  I liked them enough that I went out a bought a couple more colors of crepe paper and swooned over the pink.  So here is a pink card from me (surprise!).  I used one of the new Flourishes sets called Lace Edges that features this exquisite lace!  For the sentiment I used Flourishes I Love Roses set.   I layered Spellbinders™ Labels Five on the top of the card, Spellbinders™ Grand 12" Lace Border in the middle and Spellbinders™ Labels Four on the bottom. I finished by attaching two leaves from the Spellbinders™ Sunflower Set Two Set. 

 Here is the video tutorial in case you’d like to make your own flowers:

Thanks for stopping in to see me, I’m still gathering blog candy and hope to have it posted by tomorrow.

Oh I know I’ve deluged you with the traditional red and white and red and cream cards.  I can’t help it!  They always float to the top of my favorite colors list.  Today I thought I would do something different in the way of a subtle card that  can go either in my Valentines stash or maybe my Anniversary Card Stash.  It features a fairly new sentiment from Quietfire Design (The Human Heart) that worked so well with the heart theme.

Card Recipe: Stamps:  Quietfire Design:  The Human Heart Paper:  Graphic 45, Bazzill Ink:  Versamark Black Onyx and Clear Embossing Powder Accessories:  Spellbinders Petite Ovals Small, Spellbinders Petite Ovals Large, Spellbinders Petite Scalloped Ovals LG, Ribbon, Recollections Pearls, Twine, Heart Punch

Thanks for stopping by today. Oh, keep a look out for Blog Candy.  My blogging anniversary is coming up on February 11th and I’ll be celebrating.