And THAT is what happens…. GAH! *shakes fist* It looks like I hold down the enter key or something, lame, lame, LAME!

Anyhow..

I feel like I’ve neglected you all! I have been SO busy this past week.. GAH.. Can a woman just get a BREAK (and I wouldn’t turn away a calorie packed Starbucks drink right now, either…Just sayin’) I’ve been busy getting Echo Park projects done. I am convinced they wanna kill me this month, LOL!! I am just kidding.. you all know I love me some Echo Park! I have 8 projects to get done and I JUST got my box mid last week.. and guess who is on top of their stuff and is ALMOST done?.. Yep. Me. *back pats* It feels good though, and will allow me to have a pretty ‘open’ end of the month for other goodies to make! I’ve got some new Simple Stories in and it is GAAAAGEOUS! I started a layout and will finish it when I return from Disneyland..

DISNEYLAND! It’s been about a year since our last trip, and I’ve been dying to go back. I have been so many times, yet every.single.time it becomes an obsession fest up over here! I wasn’t as ‘bad’ this time as I normally am … Trust me, that’s not saying much, because my ‘bad’ is pretty darn extreme.. so my ‘normal.. or ‘not so bad’ is what ‘super bad’ would be to normal people.

Whoa.. That make me dizzy just reading it, lol..

So, I was in the middle of packing and remembered I didn’t announce the Dear Lizzy prize winner! I am SO sorry.. but, it’s pretty typical of me…. Hey, it’s true, lol.

Sooo.. Let’s announce some winners! Yes, that’s plural.. I will also announce the winner for the $10 credit to Studio Calico! I know.. I am so on top of it right now, it’s ridiculousness!

So, the yummy Dear Lizzy Neapolitan goodies go toooooooo…..

SANDRA!!! *does happy dance*

So.. I made myself a gift.

LOL!!! jk.. sorta.

Who doesn’t like cuppy cakes (no, dear.. not cupcakes.. CUPPY CAKES.. k)

OK.. in reality, I know several people who don’t care for ‘cake’.. and I will just say.. I question their sanity.

So, as you might have guessed.. I made a cuppy cake project! I created a cupcake box to hold these dry.. almost stale tasting.. gluten free cupcakes… (really, I rather not have it.. maybe it was the brand, but these were just not good.) I also created a cute card with a cuppy cake topped with a ‘cherry’ made with my round 14 tool!

Such a pretty set, right? I love those papers!

LOVE the birdy!

I stuck a round 25 epoxy over the ‘button’ die cut.

I used the heart 25 tool for these cute hearts.

Want to make one for yourself?

You will need SVG Cuts 3D number party SVG kit

And some Crate Paper ‘Pretty Party’

Enjoy!

I had this idea for a tackle box the moment the Attic Treasures ‘curio’ shelf came out from SVG Cuts.  I asked Mary if she could create a cool box to fit the shelf in nicely.. and then came the ‘playful’ box in the Ryan’s Play Date SVG kit! PERFECTO! And with that cool little handle, I knew it would look awesome!

I got to making it right away as.. knowing MY luck.. soooomeone would make one and post in on the SVG Cuts Facebook page before mine was even done.. Well, mine was done, but not posted yet and here comes an SVG Cuts fan making a tackle box AND put the curio inside it, LOL!.. Just my luck, eh?.. Ah well! I am sure it will be ‘new’ to many of you… so that makes me happy!

Now, you better just click on back now if you can not stand a pile of pictures.. I have several piles of pictures of this one, lol! I didn’t over embellish, but there is lot’s to show.. so.. let’s get to showin’, shall we?..

That there is a paper crafted tackle box!!

This handle gets me all excited.. not in a creepy way.. in a “YAY, this is awesome with those screw head brads” way.

Let’s see some more..

This could be for a birthday.. or Father’s Day, etc! So cool!

I added pockets on the sides perfect for giftcards.

LOL.. ‘meat market’.. so weird. But fitting with this ‘fish’ listed.

Yes, I went there..

I pulled the twine through the fishing pole.. Cool, right?.. Twine is from Trendy Twine! Love the kraft color!

You know you love that tag.

Then.. you OPEN it! Yep, there’s fun inside, too!

There’s that curio shelf I was talkin’ about! I left it pretty simple as you should fill this with small candies, little photos, giftcards, etc. You don’t wanan spend 10 years decorating this just to pile a bunch of stuff inside it.

And UNDER the curio there’s MORE! (I really could have kept going making piles of stuff, it was fun to make.. but.. I didn’t want a mile long write up for my DT project.. it’s already rather long, lol.)

I made a ‘mounted’ fish matchbox! Perfect for little gifts.. or more candy.. lol.

No.. really.. I seriously LOVE my little fishy box..

LOVE it!

And I HATE fish! lol

And then a cool vest card.. which is a FREEBIE cutting file! Love weekly freebies at SVG Cuts! *fluffy hearts*

So.. that’s it!!! The tackle box gift set!

Think of all the cool themes you could do with this! It doesn’t HAVE to be a tackle box!

For all the cutting sizes, head over to THIS POST on the SVG Cuts blog.

SVG Cuts collections used:

• Attic Treaures SVG Kit
• Ryan’s Play Date
• Forest County SVG Collection
• Crisp Days of Fall SVG Kit
• Caramel Apple Pie SVG Kit
• Various freebies from THE BLOG

Misc. Supplies

• Echo Park Paper Co. – This and That Charming
• Trendy Twine ‘kraft’ twine
• October Afternoon buttons, twill ribbon. and ‘flair’
• Wire
• Eyelets
• Adhesive
• Glue Arts U Cut it Foam (adhesive)
• Screw head brads
• Brown and dark grey inks
• All cute on my AMAZING Sizzix eclips using SVG Cuts files with my eCal software!

Thanks for stopping by!! I have a ‘yummy’ project to share tomorrow that I created for Epiphany Crafts!

GAH.. I am getting a cold! What is this nonsense? I have projects to get done darn it! I am trying to get ahead on DT work before we leave for our Disneyland trip on the 16/17th. We go every year and the kiddos are SO excited. I just hope they don’t catch my germs and end up sick right before we go.

Anyhow, I am so glad you are here! I have two projects to share with you today for the guest designer post over at Studio Calico! I was sent the 35mm kit to work with this month and it was pretty fun! I love the colors and the whole ‘feel’ of this kit.

So, you wanna see? Of course you do.. and if you don’t.. I will show you anyways (Don’t you dare click the back button.. or the dreaded ‘x’.. I HAVE to show you my 4th layout! lol) Yes, yes.. I am still counting my layouts! It’s a big deal, ya know!

Uh. Yup.

I’ve used those photos in a project before.

Go on… poke me with your x-acto knife or something..

Can we all at least agree that the pictures are super cute?

*nods head*

Good..

As a ‘guest designer’ I tried to do something inspirational. Being a new kid to scrapbooking I am not sure what is ‘new’ and ‘exciting’ to all the ‘seasoned’ scrappers. But for me.. I was super excited (really, it doesn’t take much.. A trip to Starbucks and I’ll start chasing my tail)….. Hmm.. let’s just pretend I didn’t say (eh.. write?..) that.

Soooo… I did to two of the corners what I like to call, ‘SUPER COOL CORNER FOLDY TRICK’. Yup. I folded them down and stitched ‘em up.

Are you amused yet?

Then I thought I would cut out the cameras from the Echo Park ‘Charming’ camera paper.. then I thought it would be cool to make a ‘strip’ from them… And then, and then… and then… lol. You likey?

I used some mist for the Heidi Swapp letters.. First time using them.. and possibly the last. HOLY MESS! I didn’t even do much with them and I managed to create chaos on my kitchen counter.

Did you notice how I cut out the hexagon pattern and backed it with the wood print paper? Yummy.

Now for project number 2. This one is a simple photo sleeve for ‘snapshots’ I like how it matches with my layout.

That was super easy to make! It would make a great gift too. Something small enough to carry around in your purse.

Alrighty, GIVEAWAY TIME! Studio Calico also has a SHOP with all sorts of goodies in it. If you comment on this blog post you can be entered to win a $10 GC to the Studio Calico store! You have until NEXT FRIDAY May 11th to enter! I will email the winner so please be sure to leave your email address. I would also love any ‘newbies’ here to FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK!

Thanks for stopping by! Have a great weekend!

And before you leave.. can you take this ‘cold’ I have with you?.. Come on.. You know you want it.

Actually.. I hate teasers..

Just show me all of it! All or nothing, baby!

But.. there are ‘rules’ I have to abide by.. and I can only tease you right now.

I know.. I’m crying too.

And of course, there’s another GIVEAWAY!

First I will start with one peek.. another.. hmm.. LAYOUT, perhaps?.. *raises eyebrows in a creepy way… opens up trench coat… says, “Hey.. pssst.. come check THIS out”.*

I am guest designing for Studio Calico using the May ‘main kit’ which is called, 35mm. It’s a pretty cool kit! Some of it is stuff that I might not have normally worked with, so that was fun! Here’s some sneak peeks at my layout. Yes.. this is layout #4! WHOO-HOO! TWO layouts in one week? I’m purty darn amazed! lol

Those letters are misted.. This was my first time using any sort of ‘mist’.. interesting.. *makes an ‘I secretly hate mist’ face*

For those of you who don’t know what Studio Calico is all about.. it’s a cool kit club, store, community forums and such! You can subscribe and get a fun new kit every month, you can purchase add ons as well! They also have their own line of scrapbooking products. I recently got some of their wood pieces, totally cool!

And this right here would be May’s kit! Ooooh… Ahhhhhh!

My NEXT peek is something delicious made with some even more delicious Echo Park Paper! This is a peek of the project, sure… But.. Buuuuuuuut…. you can get the FREE ebook NOW! Yes, oh YES! The ebook is full of some gorgeous design team projects complete with instructions! CLICK HERE for the latest ebook!

Peeky.. peek…. Here’s one of my projects you can find in the snazzy ebook! Trust me, you wanna see it..

And that little dude in those pics..

Kinda cute..

My little man.. awww *hearts*

On a side note.. I really, reeeeeeally need to be better about taking photos of ‘every day’ life. I have NOTHING ‘scrapbook’ worthy. Am I a crappy mama or what?

No.. of course I’m not.

I’m like.. the rockstar of moms..

I am just crappy at taking photos of my day to day life. lol

Maybe because we just sit around in jammies most days.

And..

NO MAKEUP!

*shivers*

Scaaaaary.

GIVEAWAY TIME!!!!!!

*dances like a crazy banana*

I need to get a photo of this one to add in to the post, I will do that later.. or never, because let’s face it, I procrastinate…. and.. I am going to be doing yard work all weekend. Please.. try not to be jealous. ‘ALL’ weekend is more like an hour or so.. but, it’s gonna kill me. lol.

However, this giveaway.. photo or not, is quite yummy! I have WAY too much Dear Lizzy ‘Neapolitan’ so.. I am clearing some out.. and hopefully into YOUR house!

Just leave a comment on this post.. yada, yada, yada.. you know the drill.

Don’t forget my other giveaways! (scroll on down a bit..)

And of course, here’s my ‘rules of the giveaway’ that you all seem to enjoy.

*smiles*

• One entry per person, Per household. No pets allowed.
• No shirt, no shoes, no service.
• Please make sure you enter your email address.. hhuyhuy@hjhj.com will NOT work.. yes, I get stuff like that often, lol. I am not gonna SPAM ya, don’t worry. I think I harass you all enough if you follow my Facebook page.
• Give me a high five.
• Winner for the Dear Lizzy ‘Neapolitan’ giveaway will be announced on my Happy Life, Crafty Wife Facebook page on Friday, May 12nd! Don’t get your knickers in a bunch if you’re not on Facebook, I will be EMAILING all winners as well.. hence, needing a legit email address.
• You have up until I announce the winner to enter.. Good luck!

This project is a bit different than my usual style, but I still like it! I love the whole Kraft paper look and wanted to make something with them. I have a LOT of the My Minds Eye Fun Day collection here and decided to dive into them last night! I wasn’t sure WHAT I wanted to make… That is.. Until I came across my Unity ‘Carnival Alpha’ stamps! I decided to do a ‘vintage’ carnival stacked gift box set. I used some SVG Cuts collections and got busy! Really ‘busy’ this thing has a lot going on, but I think it goes with the ‘style’ of the project.

Yeah. There’s a lot to look at!

The little popcorn box all decorated makes me get a big cheesy grin on my face!

Yes, that’s part of my pastrami sandwich in my teeth.

And WHO doesn’t like a mustache on a stick?..

Hmm.. proooobably people who don’t like creepy mustaches.

For the record.. mustaches are not ‘my’ thing.. unless they are made from paper and glued onto a stick.

Today I realized I make a lot of projects with ‘fun’ on them..

It might just be my favorite word.

Right next to the word, ‘food’.

So, what do you think? Kinda different from the happy and bright stuff you usually see on my blog.

Here’s a list of the goodies I used:

• SVG Cuts Summer Blockbuster SVG Kit (popcorn bow was cut at 3.860″w)
• SVG Cuts Happy Birthday to You Kit (bottom box and top box were cut at 11.50″w)
• SVG Cuts A Day at the Carnival collection (booth, ferris wheel, stacked bottles)
• My Minds Eye papers (Fun Day)
• Several stamps from Unity Stamp Co.
• Dowel rods for ‘fun’ banner and creepy mustches
• 7 Gypsies paper masking tape.

Now, the good stuff.. GIVEAWAY TIME!

*throws confetti* Oh, sorry if I got that in your eyes!

FYI, getting a piece of confetti stuck on your eye hurts. Yes, I know from experience! Wow. I’m so full of helpful information to help you get through your daily lives. I should be a life coach or something. I could charge $300 for a life coaching session so I can tell you to stop complaining and have a glass of wine..

Wine fixes everything.

So does coffee…

And shopping…

Ok.. Yeah.. About that giveaway! I tend to buy too much crud.. There’s just always SO much crafty goodness I ‘need’ and well, most ends up going unused. Or I have second thoughts about it, etc. so.. I’m giving away some stamps!

Two of these are doubles because I don’t keep track of what I already have, and the other two are from my Stamp of the Week membership that I don’t ‘need’.

So, here’s the prize, folks! STAMPS! Yummy red rubber cling stamps from Unity!

AND.. a bonus Facebook giveaway! Head on over to Punkin’ Patch Stamps FACEBOOK PAGE and post on their wall mentioning you are visting from my blog, etc.. thank them for sponsoring a giveaway, whatever you want!… I will choose ONE winner off their Facebook wall comments to win ANY stamp set of their choice from Punkin’ Patch Stamps! YAY!

Same ‘rules’ apply as yesterday… (and don’t forget to enter for the WASHI TAPE giveaway.. Clicky here!)

• One entry per person, Per household. No pets allowed.
• No shirt, no shoes, no service.
• Please make sure you enter your email address.. hhuyhuy@hjhj.com will NOT work.. yes, I get stuff like that often, lol. I am not gonna SPAM ya, don’t worry. I think I harass you all enough if you follow my Facebook page.
• Give me a high five.
• Winner for the Unity Stamps giveaway will be announced on my Happy Life, Crafty Wife Facebook page on Wednesday, May 12nd! Don’t get your knickers in a bunch if you’re not on Facebook, I will be EMAILING all winners as well.. hence, needing a legit email address.
• The winner for the Punkin’ Patch Stamps giveaway will be announced and contacted through Facebook!
• You have up until I announce the winner to enter.. Good luck!

Here I am.. a day late getting my giveaways going.. egh.. I’m a total slacker aren’t I?.. I got busy doing several things yesterday, many of those things being ‘nothing’.. LOL! And then I ended up not wanting to post it so late in the day. So… what I am going to do is run the giveaways for a week.. So you have until NEXT Tuesday to enter todays giveaway! Yep, I am so nice! Remember that when you’re doing your holiday shopping this year… lol

So, what is todays giveaway?! I decided to do this giveaway based on some yummy product I used in this layout that I am sharing!… So.. check out the layout (This is my THIRD layout, folks! Awww, yeah!.. and yes, I will probably be counting my layouts for a long time, lol. I will be shocked to hit 10 by the end of the year!)

OK.. feast your peepers on THIS cuteness…

Well, it’s cute to me.. totally fits her personality! Bright, fun, kinda crazy, sticky.. (the tape.. ‘sticky’ and yeah, when my daughter was 5yrs old, she was rather ‘sticky’ sometimes, lol)

Yeah.. I know. I HAD to create a washi tape heart for my photo. I hope you like washi tape.. *wink-wink* See what I go through to bring you all yummy pictures on my blog?

That’s a darn cute kid right there! *swoon* She’s 9 now.. and well, she’s just as cute, her attitude though.. sooooo not cute.

I dug into my thread hoard and found some perfectly matching pink and orange thread to use.

Random messy stitching = Love.

I gotta say, when I started this whole ‘stitching on paper’ biz, I kinda had to force myself to stitch like I was on a caffeine high and shaking like a crazed buffoon <—- totally had to look up how to spell that. I started out sewing clothes.. and being VERY picky about how I sewed.. every top stiched area had to be perfect! Being ‘messy’ about sewing seemed ‘weird’.

I needed some dimension on my layout so I used some buttons that were an off white. I wanted them ‘there’, butI  did not want them like.. ‘HELLO THERE…. CAN YOU SEE MEEEE!? I AM A BIG HOT PINK BUTTON’ lol. I used washi tape here and there as you can see.. Yum! I posted a few months ago about my ‘new’ love for washi tape.. it’s still going strong, I order at LEAST a single roll…. or 20 a week.. lol. I really need to find a way to store these things.. but for now, they are fun to throw at the cats when they are doing something naughty.

*Disclaimer – I do not abuse my cats.. I am making stuff up for your amusement. You’re welcome.

As usual.. I can’t do anything without my Sizzix eclips getting involved. I cut these hearts with my eCal software ‘basic shapes library’.. ta-da!

Again, I wanted them ‘there’ but not so ‘in your face’ so I didn’t back them with any paper, I just let the lovely kraft paper show through.

So… Is this post with one little layout long enough for you?.. lol. Posting photos is like buying washi tape.. you can’t have just one.

Or.. something like that.

• Paper and cardstock stickers are from Simple Stories.. A rather new love of mine.. I have a lot of ‘loves’.

OK, ok.. Ready for the GIVEAWAY?!

I am giving away FOUR ROLLS of your choice of washi tape from my favorite washi tape Etsy seller, Pretty Tape (don’t look unless you want to empty your pockets!… or.. your husbands pockets, if that’s how you roll.. lol)

Soooo… since I might get my hand slapped for doing a giveaway on MY FACEBOOK PAGE, I am doing the giveaway HERE.. on my newly designed blog (Do you like it?.. I needed a change so I whipped up this design one night and slapped it on here!) Anyhow.. to enter the giveaway just leave me a comment on this post.. go on.. tell me how cool my layout is.. I will let ya! LOL!

Rules and stuff..

• One entry per person, Per household. No pets allowed.
• No shirt, no shoes, no service.
• Please make sure you enter your email address.. hhuyhuy@hjhj.com will NOT work.. yes, I get stuff like that often, lol. I am not gonna SPAM ya, don’t worry. I think I harass you all enough if you follow my Facebook page.
• Give me a high five.
• Winner for the washi tape giveaway will be announced on my Happy Life, Crafty Wife Facebook page on Tuesday, May 1st (Holy cripes!! MAY! Really!!! Where is this year going?..) Don’t get your knickers in a bunch if you’re not on Facebook, I will be EMAILING all winners as well.. hence, needing a legit email address.
• You have up until I announce the winner to enter.. Good luck!

OK.. see you tomorrow for ANOTHER giveaway! Thank you ALL for being a cool kid and visting my blog and Facebook page. I *heart* you all.

First, I need to announce the WINNER for the awesome Echo Park ‘Note to Self’ kit! We had a great ‘turnout’ for the hop, so I wanted to thank you all for stopping by and I am so glad you all liked my projects! Kinda hard to not make something ‘cool’ with those fun papers, right?!

Sooo.. My randomly chosen winner is….

*annoying long drumroll please*

TIFFANY M.

Who so nicely said. “Your projects are amazing! I especially love the photo holders made from wooden spools! So clever! Thanks for sharing!”

Tiffany, I will be in touch with you soon CONGRATS!!!

Next month we will be doing another fabulous Echo Park blog hop, so stay tuned! I do believe the amazing ‘Hello Summer’ will be showcased then… Mmm.. I LOVE that kit with those pretty embellishments! I love them so much, I did ‘extra’ work with them.. trying to see if I am ‘allowed’ to share one card with you all for my blog post later.. *fingers crossed*

OH!.. Have you SEEN the LATEST EP releases?… As usual.. I can not WAIT to get my crafty little fingers that desperately need a manicure right now on this awesomeness! So, I will leave you with this little eye candy..

Yummy, yum, yum! ‘Sweet Day’?…. *thud*

I mean really, EP has been KILLIN’ IT!

OK.. off to post the giveaway for today! After I read my son a story.. and then he will want lunch… then he will want to ride his bike, etc.. you get the drift, right? Can’t schedule ANYTHING with kiddos around.. Little turds! So, it WILL be posted sometime today!

And I totally meant ‘turds’ in a loving way.. who doesn’t love a little turd? lol

Ew.

*waves*

This week Epiphany Crafts teamed up with DCWV (Die Cuts With a View) to create some fun projects for you all! I decided to do something a little different and created an altered frame.. it’s my first time altering a frame.. it’s quite fun! So yeah, you will probably see more of them from me soon! I used DCWV’s ‘Coral Couture’ stack… I love the colors and the whole ‘feel’ that it gave my project! I got this little frame at Joanns for $2.50!

Kinda vintage looking?…  I think so! I love the little bicycle stamp I used in the center! All stamps are from Unity!

I love the added touch of the charm made with my round 25 Epiphany shape tool with the shape tool metal setting!

OK.. I am gonna get going! Super busy right now!

Make sure you swing by the Epiphany Crafts blog to see what the other DT members have been making this past week.. and also, check out the giveaways! And you can view THIS POST to see what toold I used and other supplies!

Take it easy! Off to work on some of my Echo Park projects!!

Welcome to the Echo Park Paper Design Team Blog Hop! Today the Echo Park Paper Design Team is showcasing projects from the “Note to Self” collection. Be sure to follow the blog hop list below as you hop from one blog to the next. ONE winner will be selected from each blog to receive an Echo Park Paper collection kit of Note to Self! Comments will be due by midnight EST, Sunday, April 22nd to qualify for the drawing. The winner will be announced on each blog Monday, April 23 so be sure to check back to see if you’ve won!

Hey all! I hope you’ve enjoyed all the projects showcasing the latest’ Note to Self’!

Today I’ve got a simple little round gift box to share with you all! Now, if you’re a regular blog follower of mine, you might be thinking ‘ANOTHER round box project!?’ lol.. Well, I’ve had this made for awhile and decided to use it for the blog hop today!

Here it is, created using Lori Whitlock’s SVG file!

I just love the corkboard print paper! So fun!

Don’t you just love those Note to Self papers? Such a great collection!

While I have you here, stop by the Echo Park website and get the FREE project download of my other Note to Self project! I made these desktop note holders.

Ok, time to send you off to the next blogger on the hop, Wendy! http://www.wendysueanderson.blogspot.com/

Thanks for stopping by! If you’re not a follower on my FACEBOOK PAGE, you may want to stop by and ‘like’ it.. I’ve reached 2,500 followers and I am planning some fun giveaways next week!

And hey, make sure you leave a comment here on my blog to be entered to win ‘Note to Self’!

And in case you’ve lost your way through the hop, here’s the entire list!

Echo Park Paper: http://www.echoparkpaper.typepad.com/

Leslie Ashe: http://leslieashe.blogspot.com/

Linda Auclair: http://elendae.wordpress.com/

Nancy Damiano: http://www.thepaperorchard.blogspot.com/

Jennifer Gallacher: http://jengallacher.blogspot.com/

Lowri McNabb: http://www.papervinenz.com/

Kandis Smith: http://www.mycreativetreasury.blogspot.com/

Tamara Tripodi: http://happylifecraftywife.com/ <—— YOU ARE HERE!

Wendy Sue Anderson: http://www.wendysueanderson.blogspot.com/