{CRICUT CARTRIDGE GIVEAWAY} 500 Followers!

500 followers is not too far away!!!  Once I hit 500, I will be giving away one of my favourite cartridges ever, a Martha Stewart Crafts Elegant Cake Art Cartridge, as a way to say thank you for following me and for leaving me sweet comments on my posts!  This cartridge can be used with your Cricut Expression, Create, Imagine and Cake machines and is loaded with some very beautiful images.

Although this promotion is not yet available, I am giving all my existing followers an EXCLUSIVE extra chance to win this cartridge!  Here’s what you have to do:

1) Post this awesome giveaway on your page by letting everyone know if they stop by my blog, they too need to follow me in order to be eligible to win this cartridge;

2) Come back to my page, leave ONE comment only on this post to let me know you have this posted on your blog too; and

3)  Keep your fingers crossed, you might win!

Thank you to all my followers!

Bridal Shower Card

A quick bridal shower card for this upcoming weekend.

Supplies:
Cream, Kraft, Shimmer Pink, Shimmer Teal and Light Blue cardstock
Silver crystal rhinestone embellishment
Pattern paper - My Mind's Eye
ColorBox Chalk Ink in Creamy Brown
Cream Satin Ribbon
Cricut Formal Occasion cartridge (Dress cut @ 5 and banner cut @ 1)
Scrappy Mom Stamps - Simple Sentiments (I curved the stamp on my acrylic block so that the stamp would flow in the same direction as the banner!)

Easter Eggstravaganza Blog Hop - NOW FULL!

Cross My Heart Papercrafts and Nadia's Beautiful Mess are hosting an "Easter Eggstravaganza" Blog Hop on Saturday, April 9 in honor of Easter.  Once again, we've decided to give everyone a chance at participating in this one, since our last one filled up pretty quickly! We have decided to pick the first 10 bloggers to email us wanting to participate.  If you are interested in participating in this fabulous blog hop, please send an e-mail to me at nadiaspapertrail@yahoo.com with your name, blog address and Facebook name so that we can add you to our Facebook group. We will update this post to let you know once we have reached 10 bloggers each. In the meantime, be sure to spread the news and hop along with us on April 9!


April 2, 2011 - This hop is now full - Thank you to all who have shown interest!

Winners! Could it be you?!

Hi Everyone!  I've got two winners posted here!

The first winner is for the Imagine That Blog Hop.  The winner of the Stampin Daises Just the Basics stamp set is:

Angela R said...

Cards like this are the reason I love being your follower! They are beautiful and work like a set! i love the colors and the sayings and pictures! Thank you so much for sharing!

Congratulations Angela! I have sent you an e-mail!

Now onto the long awaited winner from the Lucky Charm Blog Hop:

Tisha said...

Your cupcakes look amazing! I hope to win this awesome tool so I can bling my daughters clothes and her new hat she loves. She was using my non adhesive jewels with glue dots to bling it up and it's not working so well. Thanks for the yummy treats! I've been a follower of yours and Giselle's awhile now! Love ur stuff!

Congratulations Tisha! I have sent you an e-mail!

Imagine That! Blog Hop

Welcome to the Imagine That Blog Hop, hosted by the wonderful Sandra at 365 Days of Cricut.  This hop is LOADED with Cricut Imagine inspiration and if you don't have this awesome machine, you just might be convinced to purchase one after seeing all fabulous projects on this hop. If you came here from Pam then you are in the right place.  If you came here just to browse but would like to participate in the blog hop, please do! You can start at Sandra's Blog. The Imagine machine can print images as a whole or in layers and does pattern paper as well.  Provo Craft has a wide variety of art and pattern cartridges so  your options are endless.  Today I decided to use the "Best Friends" art cartridge and create a 4-piece card set.

Best Friends Card:
Cricut Imagine Best Friends cartridge
White and Kraft cardstock
ColorBox Chalk Ink
Foam Squares (for added dimension)
Blue Satin Ribbon
Recollections Mulberry Paper Flowers
i-Rock and Tulip crystal

You’re Tweet Card:
Cricut Imagine Best Friends cartridge
White and Kraft cardstock
ColorBox Chalk Ink
Foam Squares (for added dimension)
i-Rock and crystals
Satin Ribbon in White
Gelly Pen in White for faux stitching

Love You Card:
Cricut Imagine Best Friends cartridge
White and Kraft cardstock
ColorBox Chalk Ink
Foam Squares (for added dimension)
Martha Stewart Bakers Twine in Red
White Button

L is for Love Card:
Cricut Imagine Best Friends cartridge
White and Kraft cardstock
ColorBox Chalk Ink
Foam Squares (for added dimension)
Soft Pink Satin Ribbon
Button

I hope you enjoyed my cards, I love my Imagine and truly enjoyed making them!  Your next stop on the hop is the very talented Laurel at  http://www.blog.littlepeaceofmyheart.com/

BLOG CANDY!


For Blog Candy, I am giving away a fabulous set of "Just The Basics" stamps from Stampin Daisies!  Monica was kind enough to donate these!  There are 13 sentiments and 1 border stamp!

I love everyone equally but my followers get extra special love from me! If you would like a chance to win these super cute stamps, here's what you need to do (read carefully):


1) If you are not one already, you must be a follower of my blog;


2) Leave a comment on this post letting me know that you already are a follower, or if you are now a new follower, with your e-mail address so that I can contact you if you win.

Comments will close Monday, March 28 at 11:59 p.m. EST, and a winner will be announced shortly thereafter.

For a chance to qualify for the GRAND PRIZE,  you must leave a comment on all of the blogs listed below.  The Grand Prize includes a Peachy Keen Stamp set and Scrappy Moms Stamps.

In case you get lost along the way or encounter a missing link, here is a master list of all the hoppers:

1. Sandra  http://www.365daysofcricut.blogspot.com/

2. Elsa  http://www.cricutlvr.blogspot.com/

3. Monica http://www.simplycricutting.blogspot.com/

4. Pam http://www.simply-pam.blogspot.com/

5. Nadia http://www.nadiasbeautifulmess.blogspot.com/  (YOU ARE HERE!)

6. Laurel http://www.blog.littlepeaceofmyheart.com/

7. Lezlye http://www.lezlyes.blogspot.com/

8. Jenny http://www.kozfam5.blogspot.com/

9. Mistyrose http://www.sweetmagnoliarose.blogspot.com/

10.  Gaby http://www.gabycreates.com/

11. Lauren http://www.laurenscreative.com/

12. Kristen http://www.fantabulouslypink.blogspot.com/

13. Haidee http://www.created2bunique.blogspot.com/

14. Giselle http://www.crossmyheartpapercrafts.blogspot.com/

15. Yolonda http://www.craftyscentiments.blogspot.com/

16. Darlene http://www.talesoftayandbay.blogspot.com/

17. Cristina http://www.craftingwithcristina.com/

18. Kristin http://www.pinkldycrafter.blogspot.com/

19. Candice http://www.stampinpearls.blogspot.com

{Maria & Tony's Wedding} Recycled Money Box

The last and final task for the wedding was to take an old money box, strip it down to nothing (this box must have been used years ago in another wedding – it had some tacky décor on it), and turn it into something classy that matched the rest of the wedding.  I scratched off the old glue and ripped off the tacky flowers.  I bought thick silver ribbon and sparkly rhinestone buckle.  The quality of the pictures are poor because of the lighting at the venue, so the pictures do not do this box any justice at all. However, it is quite impressive in person!

xxx

I hope you enjoyed the wedding series. Weddings are my passion and I hope to have the opportunity to do more.

{Maria & Tony's Wedding} Table Seating Cards

Here are the matching Table Seating cards for the guests at Maria & Tony's wedding.  I used the following materials:


-Silver and Cream shimmer cardstock
-Silver ribbon
-i-Rock tool and crystals

If you look to the very left of this picture, there is a sneak peak of an item that will be the very last post in this wedding series. I had such a great time organizing all the paper aspects of this wedding and putting it all together.  Best part of it all is going to the venue and setting up!  It puts butterflys in my tummy!