Polished to Perfection

And the Blog Candy winners are!!

Congratulations to: Anne Lawrie  and Jen from Bears Belief.

Annie #92 wrote -The ornament is my favorite. I love the thought of making ornaments with my children's pictures each year that I'll be able to share with them when they have children of their own. Thanks for the recipe for the peanut butter fudge. My daughter has been begging to make some, and I think that this will fit the bill perfectly.

Ann is the Proud Winner of a Christmas Stamp Ensemble and Harmony Circle III Stamper.

Jen wrote:
 #20 -Jen from Bears Belief - You are the Proud Winner of a Baking Stamp Ensemble and Harmony Circle Stamper II-

Jen wrote: Amazing Talent for sure here, and I have to admit I love alot of your wonderful ideas that you have shared with us. Here is a direct link to one I really like http://murdocks.typepad.com/polishedtoperfection/2007/09/just-a-little-m.html I love have you have everything down to the envelopes matching the cards. I am so much wanting to do this too, and you have inspired me to at least try.

Thanks for a chance to win some goodies and hope you have a wonderful weekend : o )

Jen
bearsbelief


Random.Org has chosen the following numbers:  92, 20

Timestamp: 2008-09-16 01:01:18 UTC

Jen and Anne Lawrie - please send me your mailing addresses.

Thank you to everyone for your beautiful comments...you have inspired me to blog more!!

JustRite Christmas Day 12 - Christmas Cards- Blog Candy Alert

 

Now of course I couldn't finish the 12 Days of a JustRite Christmas without a Christmas Card.  This card was designed to coordinate with the Christmas Candle from Day 10 (you can find the complete instuctions for the candle on that post)

 

 The DP is from Daisy D's Christmas Paper Pack - just love it's victorian feel.  To design the center band of the card I dry embossed WorldWin Papers Crimson Red Cardstock using the new Cuttlebug SnowDots Embossing Folder.  Next I also dry embossed a strip of WorldWin Pearlescent Gold Swirl -this paper looks like a swirled metal and is dynamite when dry embossed. I decide to cut narrow strips of the design highlighting only the places that the circle designs interlock. It looks like I have a new embossing folder in my stash.  For the center image of the card I used one of the designer centers and one of the designer borders from JB 08150 Christmas Stamp Ensemble. I inked the stamp with brillance gold ink, but once I stamped the image the contrast of the gold on the white wasn't quite strong enough. So the second time I inked the card with gold and then added a little Versamagic Red to the top of the gold before I stamped the image.  I loved the effect.  For the designer border I used Versamgic Red Magic to stamp the image and then tapped the white cardstock with Versamgic Pumpkin Spice.

BLOG CANDY ALERT

For the past week one of my favorite bloggers and dear friend Sharon Johnson (she inspires me everyday!!) has been celebrating her one year blog anniversary.The celebration has been an endless parade of Blog Candy.  So of course I wanted to join in the fun!! And tonight I have so many things to celebrate.

1.The Crowning of the First JustRite Stampin Champion- if you haven't seen all the fabulous projects that the contestants have been creating you need to go visit the JustRite Blog. They are hosting a huge Blog Candy giveaway as well. (Huge Basket full of over $250.00 worth of JustRite Products)

2.The completion of my 12 Days of JustRite Christmas Projects!

3. My one year blog anniversary - (which was in July just before CHA -oops guess I missed that one). 

4. But most of all - I am celebrating all the fabulous friends I have made while doing what I love...Creating!! The talent that is just a keystroke away from your finger tips is remarkable and the friendships I have made this year are priceless!!  So thanks from the bottom of my heart for allowing me to share my passion for the art of papercrafting!! 

 MY BLOG CANDY- Blog Candy #16

Since I have been teasing everyone with 12 Days of JustRite Christmas Projects and all the great things you could do with these great stamps and I have been one of a very select handful of people in the country to have a protype I thought it was only fitting to give not one but two blog candy giveaways this weekend. 

Winner #1 will receive JB 01850 the JustRite Christmas Stamp Ensemble with a Harmony Classic III wooden Stamper. 

 

Winner #2 will win a Baking Stamp Ensemble with a Harmony Classic II wooden stamper. 

The rules are simple:  Tell me what is your favorite project from my blog and tell me why it is your favorite. You must leave a comment on this post and there is a limit of one comment per person. Both Blog Candy winners will be picked on Tuesday afternoon Sept 17th by a the random number generator.

Even though some of the blog candy's from Sharon's celebration are closed I have left the links so that you can visit this group of extraordinary women and fall in love with their work as I have!! 

GIRLS YOU ROCK!!

JustRite Blog Candy is alive and active- click here. (Huge Basket of JustRite Product)

Blog Candy #15 is alive and active - click here. (mini scor-it board)

Blog Candy #14 is alive and active — click here.  ( Kitchen Sink Stamps New Release)

Blog Candy #13 is alive and active — click here.  (CB Folders, Die, Chalk and Brads)

Blog Candy #12 is alive and active — click here. (Flourishes Stamp Set plus paper and ribbon)

Blog Candy #11 is alive and active — click here. (Papertrey Stamp Set)

Blog Candy #10 is alive and active — chick here. (JustRite Curlz Monogram Stamper)

Blog Candy #9 is alive and active — click here.  (Papertrey packaging and alterables)

Blog Candy #8 is CLOSED, winner is Bev G.  — click here.  (Crafty Secrets stamp set and Journal Notes)

Blog Candy #7 is CLOSED, and the winner is Denise — click here to read more about it.  (DCWV, Hero Arts, Fiskars, See D’s, IO, Dew Drops and more!)

Blog Candy #6 is CLOSED, winner is Karen M — click here and scroll to the bottom of the post.  (Stamp Simply Coffee w/ Friends Set)

Blog Candy #5 is CLOSED, winner is Maria G — click here.  (MFT new release Set)

Blog Candy #4 is CLOSED, winner is Tamara W — click here and scroll to the bottom of the post.  (JustRite Damask Monogram Stamper)

Blog Candy #3 is alive and active — click here.  (SU Punch and Unity Kit)

Blog Candy #2  is CLOSED, the winner is Darlene L.  — click here and scroll to the bottom of the post.  (Stamp Simply Thank You Set)

Blog Candy #1 is CLOSED, the winner is Bessey! — click here and scroll to the bottom of the post. (Kitchen Sink Stamp Set)

YOU  MAY SIGN UP FOR EVERY BLOG CANDY, but please only sign up once at each Blog Candy post — thanks!

A special thanks to Sharon for allowing me to be part of this very special celebration!!! Happy Anniversay!  Thanks for a year of beautiful designs and heartfelt posts!!  Every Friday Sharon Host a Stamp Simple Challenge that everyone can play!!  I hope you enjoy your journey through Sharon's Blog Candy Parade!!

And the winner is......

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Well -the voting was really close and came down to the wire on Saturday ...I had to count the votes 3 times!!  And the winner is Tree number 1 ...followed very closely by tree number 7.  For those of you who had a hard time choosing...my mom specifically came to my house to see all the trees and she still couldn't decide!! Tons of people voted for tree number 7 - because they thought it was SASSY!!

Thanks to everyone who visited my blog this week and thanks for commenting on my posts!! I would love to see the trees that everyone makes...if you would like to share your tree with me send your photos to kfortin@megalink.net.

A few designing tips:--both of the trees are so gorgeous in large part due to this fabulous double sided Christmas Paper from American Crafts - the prints I used were as follows:

Calling Birds 34409/ Red

Maids a Milking 34413/ Light green

Ladies Dancing 34414/dark green

And Rudolph(the red and white Polka Dot) from their 2006 Christmas Collection. 

The fifth paper is from Pebbles Inc. (and was not double sided).  You will also noticed that I always placed the Maids a Milking- design on the top!!  Since this is a traditional Christmas tree color.  I also alternated the dark and light paper designs so that your eye would look at the whole tree and not stop in one spot of the tree.

Now as for the winner of my Christmas Blog Candy....The winner is Joyce Gleason....Joyce is from Pittsburgh PA !!

For those you anxiously awaiting Turkey directions - they will be posted by early this evening...I am still working on them.

Christmas Tree #7 - Vote today for your Favorite Tree- Blog Candy Revealed

Here it is the last tree in the forest.  For this tree I used the same size scraps of paper as for tree #1. The strips are 1/2" x 6" long.  Instead of folding these I curled them around a pencil and then placed them on my tree.  For each strip I used 2 pins - the first one was a flat head at the top of the strip and the second one was a pearlized head which I placed about one inch down the strip, so that I could ensure that you would be able to see the printed paper and not just the curls.  So now it is time to decide -

Working from left to  Right - Tree # 7-curls, Tree #4 White Doilies, Tree #6 Gold Doilies

Working from Left to right Tree# 1 -loops, Tree #4 Tonic Holly Punch, Tree #3 cones,   Tree #5 - Silver Doilies

Which tree is your favorite??? Ijust love all the trees.  Here is a shot of my entire mantel with all this weeks projects!!

You can vote by placing a comment on this post - everyone who votes on this post will be entered to win a chance to win today's blog candy.  You have until Saturday Night at midnight on November 3rd to place your vote- on the Oct 31st Post.  The random number generator will select the winner and I will contact the winner via email on Sunday November 4th, the winner will need to provide me with their address so that I can send you the following basket of Blog Candy:

Since most of the paper I used for my trees was from the American Crafts Christmas Collection - many of the goodies in the gift boxes are from the collection - the entire collections of American Crafts Christmas Ribbon, red & green brads in multiple sizes, American  Crafts Christmas Rub-ons and a Ornament I made using their paper scraps.  3 styrofoam cones for you to make your own trees.  Clear Christmas Stamps from Hero Arts- the perfect size for place cards for your Christmas Dinner Table. Red and Green Rhinestones from Kaiser Crafts. Holly and Berry Brads from making Memories,  Sam the Snowman from Silver Fox Stamps and 3 of my favorite colors of Spica Micro glass flake pens - silver, gold and clear.  Goodluck to everyone who votes!!

And here are the ornaments I made with the leftover 1/2" x 6" strips from my trees:

Hope everyone has as much fun making your forest as I did!!  Tell your friends to visit my blog for their chance to win my Christmas Blog Candy.  Thanks for visting!!

My first blog candy revealed

Here it is my very first blog candy!!

Goodluck to everyone who has subscribed to my blog!! I have put together this little goodie bag with some of my favorite products.  I am sure the winner will enjoy the mini tote from All My Memories, 3 colors of Radiant Rain Dabbers from Luminarte, The Create Stamp from Hero Arts, plus cyrstal glitter and designer dries clear adhesive from the Art Glitter Institute.  I know the winner will enjoy these new toys as much as I have this month!!

Spica Micro Glass Flake Pens

  Here they are Spica Micro Glass Flake Pens.  You will absolutely love these pens.  These pens write beautifully, they are transparent, with a no-clog tip.  These pens are not Glitter pens they are pigment based pens with Micro Glass Flakes.  The flakes are so fine that when you rub your fingers across what you have written you can not even feel the micro glass.  What makes these pens better than a traditional glitter pen?  These pens will last twice as long as traditional glitter pens with over 350 yards of writing pigment and micro glass. They have been designed with a no clog tip and write with a very fine line. They add just a touch of shimmer to any project. The only down side to how beautiful these pens are is that the sparkle is so fine that it does not photograph, so you will just have to trust me that you are gonna love these pens.  These pens are brand spanking new on the market. But I have a set that you can stop by and try out.  Now many of you may have been asking yourselfs, how is it that Kellie is playing with merchandise that is not yet available anywhere??  The answer is that Cheryl & I are now officially sales reps for Copic markers in New England. 

Blog Candy Alert: Subscribe to my blog this week and be entered to win blog candy (goodies). Winner will be chosen on Sunday August 27th.  To be entered into the drawing you must have subscribe to my blog by midnight August 26th.  I will post my Blog Candy Goodies on Monday August 2oth!!  Goodluck to everyone who subscribes...I currently have over 50 Subscribers who have signed up since friday night!! Thanks for subscribing to my blog.

Note that I have added a workshop listing on the left of my blog.  I will be adding more workshops to the blog over the next few days, as well as pictures of what we will be teaching and where we will be teaching.  See you tomorrow!!