Finally.....back to blogging

Wowzers! It's been way too long for me to be away. I've missed you guys. Have you missed me?

Life has finally settled down here at my house and hubby has a job again. (Whoo hoo!) Work has started back up for me and the kids are back in school so life is good. I am so thankful to all of my friends who sent up prayers for Richard to find a job. You're the best!!!!

I've had a little trouble finding my mojo lately but I think, with the help of some great new sets from The Cutting Cafe, it will return in no time. Here's a little something I came up with while playing around with her new Autumn Days set.

I love this new set. It has so many nice elements. Images, sayings, backgrounds. Absolutely perfect for Fall!

I started by changing the color of the print on the background, and both circle sentiments by using my Print Shop. Instructions on how to do this are on The Cutting Cafe site. It's super easy. If I can do it, anyone can. I colored the pumpkin image using my Copics. I love texture so I cuttlebugged a border top and bottom using my Frills folder. I then sponged some brown over the embossing and around the edges. It needed a little something extra and I didn't want to add ribbon, so I added a some punched borders and some brads.

Be sure to stop by Regina's site and check out all the other fun new stuff she has to offer. You won't be disappointed.

I'm signing off for now, so until next time, have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by. TTFN!

Hugs, Becky

Drum roll please..........

Wowzers! I can't believe the number of comments I recieved for this giveaway. You all left such wonderful comments and I thank you for each and every one of them. Now let's get down to the business at hand. Who won this fabulous Wedding Congrats set from The Cutting Cafe?

I made my selection using random.org, picking a number between 1 and 53, and the number it drew was 46. (Regina and a fellow design team member had left comments, but were not included in the draw. There was also one duplicate message that was not included in the draw)

And the winner is:

June, aka mbarger3, come on down. You are the winner of this lovely new digi set. This is what June had to say:

"Beautiful card! Thanks for sharing your talent."

Thank you June for entering and leaving such a nice comment. You're gonna love working with this set. I will be getting in touch with you via your email so we can get you your set a soon as possible.

Again, thank you all so much for participating in the drawing.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Monday At The Cafe and another giveaway.

Hello, hello, hello! Can you tell I didn't get much sleep last night? Darn those crazy dreams. They'd be okay if they were stamping dreams filled with one lovely creation after another, but they weren't. Just some of those crazy being chased by something big and scary and can't remember what it was in the morning kind of dreams. I've been looking over my shoulder all day. LOL! Thank goodness there's nothing big and scary going on here. Just another fabulous deal from The Cutting Cafe.

Regina has been at it again and has created a fabulous wedding set called Wedding Congrats for us, and just in the nick of time, too. I have a wedding to attend in two weeks.

But wait, it gets even better. She has allowed me to offer a free set to the person, who's name I draw on Wednesday, to get this set for free. All you have to do is leave me a comment on this post by Wednesday, July 29th 2009, 12:00 PM CST, and you could be a winner. I will post the winner on Thursday.

Don't you just love mostly white cards. I tried to make it all white, but just couldn't do it, so it's mostly white.

I started by printing the sentiment from Wedding Congrats on my card stock and embossing the top and bottom border using my Cuttlebug and Frills Folder. I then layered on large border piece covered in white satin and black and white patterned ribbon. The marquee was cut using my Cricut and Storybook Cart. I masked and heat embossed the top marquee with white pigment ink, white embossing powder. I then sprinkled on some dazzling diamonds and heat set it. I did the same technique with the hearts (Inkadinkado), cut them out and matted them on black card stock. Even after all that, it still felt like it needed a little something more, so I added the flowers with brads. I love how it sparkles, don't you?

Be sure to stop by The Cutting Cafe and check out the other great sets and deals she has there. You won't be dissappointed!

Have a fabulous day and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

More Social Butterflies

Happy Saturday to you all. I'm in a really good mood today cause I cleaned my stamp room yesterday and got to play around and create something.

While going through some of my stuff, I came across some pieces of designer paper and card stock that I had cut with my Cricut and hadn't used. For some reason or another, I just didn't like the way they looked on the project I cut them for, so I put them aside for later use.

Well, yesterday was the day I found a use for them and I like the results.

I can't decide what my favorite part is. I love this image (social butterflies) from The Cutting Cafe and I think it is gorgeous printed on the vellum, but I also love the ribbon treatment, don't you?

The pieces I already had cut out were the tag (george cart) and the marquee (storybook cart). All I did was cuttlebug (textiles folder) the marquee and then mat both the tag and marquee and layer them and add the image, ribbons, twine, and button with the sentiment circle.

As you can see from the closeup, I colored the leaves with a copic and then covered them with dazzling diamonds. You know me, I love my sparklies!

I'm headed home to watch a movie and get some more crafting done. Don't you just love Saturdays?

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Plaid butterflies.

Wow! Can you believe it's Wednesday already. Tomorrow is my Friday since I don't work on Friday. Woo hoo! I'm gonna lock myself in my stamp room and just go crazy! With the week I've had I sure do need it.

I've been busy helping my hubby get his resume updated so he can start dropping them off to some of the nearby companies. We're optimistic by some of the prospects. Thankfully he has some very good friends in the business who are looking out for him and felt he was wronged by his former employer, so they've been making phone calls. It's just a matter of time before he will back on the job. We are believing God for better things ahead.

So now that I've updated you on my personal stuff, how about a card?

I made this card about a week or so ago for making-handmade-cards. It's one of their soon to be released kits called Refresher and boy is it ever cute. It's filled with butterflies, flowers, letters in various colors and plaids. It's fabulous so be sure to keep and eye out for it in the future.

Here is a closeup of the butterfly image. I cut two of the same and layered them to give it some dimention. Don't you love the stitching around the wings? The letters were punched out using my 3/8 inch punch. It fit them perfectly.
Of course, I had to add some buttons, satin ribbon and sparkly cording to finish it off. Oh, and as you can see, I also used my cuttlebug and swiss dots folder. I guess you could say the theme of this card is dots. LOL

That's all I have for today. It's a long post and I hope you don't mind all the personal stuff from time to time. Thanks for all your support and love and have a fabulous day! I'm signing off for now! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

Monday At The Cafe with more butterflies

Happy Monday to you all! It's time for this week's Monday At The Cafe and I promised you more butterflies so here they are for your viewing pleasure.

I started by printing the images from Social Butterflies and Clear Butterflies on Saffron card stock. I colored in the leaves with my Apricot Marker cause in my world, leaves should be Apricot. LOL! I then covered the butterflies and leaves with Glossy Accents and sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds just on the leaves, shaking off the excess when they had had time to dry. I wanted the image to float out of the top of the box, so I cut across the top, stopping at either side of the image and then used my scissors to cut the images out. I paired the saffron with apricot and black card stock and added the ribbon, piercing and brads to finish it off.

For this and many more great sets, head on over to The Cutting Cafe. Just click the link in this post or on my side bar and you'll be whisked away to many more great images.

On a personal note, my husband lost his job today, so please be in prayer that he finds another one soon. I know we aren't the only ones dealing with this situation and I join all of you who are in the same boat in prayer that the economy will soon stabilize.

Thanks for stopping by my little slice of the stamping world and have a blessed day! TTFN

Hugs, Becky

And the winner is.........

Good morning to you all! I bet you're waiting to hear who won the Social Butterflies set from The Cutting Cafe!

I used Random.org to make the selection and it selected # 16. I had two comments from fellow design team members that weren't in the count, so the lucky recipient of this fabulous set is.............drum roll, please.........................Karen AKA Soccerboyzmom who said:

"Love the colors you selected and it would be great to have some butterflies in my collection."

Karen, if you could send me an email at tggrfriend@hotmail.com, I will get your information to Regina so she can send you your new set.

I want to thank everyone for their lovely comments and participation. You are the best!

Be sure to stop back in tomorrow for this week's Monday At The Cafe and have a great weekend! TTFN

Hugs, Becky