"Butterflies and Blogs" Blog Hop Winner!

*** For the For the Kids Blog Hop - Click "HERE" ***

Wow - am I late or what? Sorry this has taken so long! I finally got around to pulling a winner from this hop, so without further ado, the winner is ....

Valerie from the The Best is Yet to Be!

Congrats, Valerie! I am emailing you for your address so that I can get your stamps on the way. :)

Big {{{ HUGS }}}!

Winner, Winner! :)

I just choose a winner from the Sensational Blog Hop - sorry it has taken me so long!! :)

Drum roll, please!

Jen from Happy Place for Jen

"Such a cute card, Mel!! The sentiment tag is OUT OF THIS WORLD! :) ~Jen"

Jen - Congratulations, I'm emailing you right now!

Come join us on Thursday at Scrappy Moms Stamps - we are going to be releasing TWO new stamp sets!

{{{ HUGS }}}

Mi Amore Blog Hop Winner!!

OMGosh, I totally forgot to go an pick a winner!! So sorry - I guess better late than never, right! LOL

So without further ado, here is my winner....

Sara said...

Mailboxes are adorable. Great choices. I'm a follower.
Thanks for the chance to win.

Anna - I just sent you an email to get your mailing address and which Scrappy Moms Stamps set you would like. :)

{{{ HUGS }}}

It's My Party Blog Hop Winners! :)

Yes, that's right I said, "Winners"! I was at Michaels yesterday and they still had the little gold ornament placecard holders that I used in my project so I picked up a pack to giveaway. That means there are TWO winners from this hop. :)

The 1st winner will receive the set of Russain doll placecard holders....

Cristi - "What a super cute idea!!! How creative! Big HUGS Cristi"

The 2nd winner will receive the set of gold ornament placecard holders...

Janet - "What a great idea Love it! Will have to try it, would make a great hostest gift!"

Congratulations, ladies! I am emailing you for your addresses. :)

I hope you all had fun on the hop - I know I did. Thank you all so much for your sweet comments - I appreciate you taking the time to visit with me! :)

{{{ HUGS }}}

I have a winner! :)

Good afternoon, everyone! I FINALLY got around to drawing a winner from Momo's B-day blog hop... Here she is...

Stacy from My Crafting Time said...

Oh my GAWD!!! That is very cleaver! I absolutely love it! I hope you don't mind if I steal your super cute cupcakes for my daughter's bday party. she wants to have a cupcake themed party as she is all into cupcakes this year. TFS. TFTCTW.

Stacy, I have sent you and e-mail to get your address and find out which set you would like to receive. :)

I know that some of you are waiting to find out who our new Scrappy Moms Stamps Design Team members are and I PROMISE that Tammy and I are working hard to make the decision. There are so many WONDERFUL entries!!! Thank you so much to everyone that submitted a project for the DT call!! :)

Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner! :)

I have NO IDEA where this phrase comes from but it make me giggle!! LOL

So down to business - I FINALLY picked a winner from the Little Hop Of Horrors Halloween Hop.... (drumroll, please)....

Jennifer!!!

Mel, I can't think of a better prize!!! I am in love with all of the Scrappy Mom Stamps...it'll be so hard to choose one if I'm lucky enough to win! ;) I love the cards and goody bag you made!!! :) Which embossing folder did you use for the spider web? Thanks so much for sharing and for the chance to win such an amazing prize,

Jennifer, I am e-mailing you for your mailing address and choice of stamp sets. Congrats!! :)

I also wanted to address a couple of questions/comments...

1) The spiderweb embossing folder is made by Cuttlebug - Click HERE for more info

2) The vintage images are from the web - I just did a search for "vintage Halloween postcards". :)

3) A few visitors thought that I colored the images - I WISH I could color that well!! :) I actually printed the images on ivory cardstock to add to the vintage coloring.

I hope I answered all the questions, let me know if you have any others.

Halloween {{{ HUGS }}}!

Blog Hop Winner and Some Answers.... :)

THANK YOU to everyone who joined us on this weekend's hop! I hope you had fun and got some great new crafting ideas! :)

I used Random.org to pick a winner and here she is....

Jennie - from (EarthyScrap)!!

"This is such a super idea!!! Love is so cute! Can't wait to see how you made it!! TFS"

Jennie - Please e-mail me your mailing address at scrappymoms.stamps@gmail.com and I will send your stamps on their way. :)

I had a few questions in the comments that I wanted to answer.

1 - Where did I get my perforating tool? I have a CutterBee Scoring blade. I went out to see who sells it and it looks like it has been discontinued. I did find an art supply store that sells a three pack of CutterBees - it has a straight cutter, scoring blade and perforation blade. If your interested here's the LINK.


2 - Can I do a video on how to use the perforating tool? I don't have a video camera right now so, unfortunately, no. But it's really easy - just put a ruler where you want the line to go and run the tool up against the edge. The tool I have is a rotary so it just roll on the paper -use firm pressure to get a good perforation.

Several of you requested directions on how to make the book so - here goes....

- The covers are cut from George and Basic Shapes at 5 1/2" x 2 5/8" (you could easily cut this with a paper trimmer.) The inside pages are cut at 5 1/2"2 1/2" - from GBS. The perforation is at 3/4" from the left.

- From Locker Talk - Book stack at 1.75", Camera at 1.25", Scissors at 1"

- From Just Because Cards - Car at 1", Lemonade - 1.75 (cut off lemon), "Float Boat" at 1.75 (hide Bloat) - this is for the Pepsi Float page.

- From Every Day Paper Dolls - Bed at 1.75", Van at 1.25"

- From From My Kitchen - Float at 1.75"

-From Graphically Speaking - People reading at 1.75"

- From A Childs Year - Children playing at 1.75"

- From Create A Critter - House (pig) at 1.5"

- From Plantin Schoolbook - Dollar Sign at .75"

- From Sesame St Font - "Bingo" welded at .67"

- From Indie Art - Dice at .5"

From - George and Basic Shapes - Popcorn Box, Game Board and Red Box - made with shapes

From - Slumber Party - Popcorn cut at .75"

I made the white part of the coupon on Photoshop. The font is called CK Handprint - it was a free front from Creating Keepsakes magazine. The box is drawn with the Select and Stroke (outline) Selection features at 5 pt.

Then I used the Bind-It-All with 5 rings. The cover title is from Sesame Street Font at 1" and welded on the design studio.

Please let me know if you have any other questions on the coupon book and anything else that I can help you with.

Thanks for visiting today!