Who wants some blog candy?

Blog Candy

Vistit the Curious Crafts Blog  http://mycuriouscrafts.blogspot.com/  She is offering a wonderful blog candy for her visitors.  Jump on over and see what she has to offer.

Here is a copy of her posting:

Hello Lovelies,

 

I want to share some "Blog Candy" with you today. As you know, we reached 200 Special Friends and now, we need to celebrate. I'd like to thank each and every one of you for your unconditional support and encouragement...it means a lot to me.  You lovelies are amazing. Thanks for the visit as always and have a super rest of your day.

Hugs,

~Shen

Summer Link Up Party

Summer Link Up Party

Come and join the fun with a summer Link Up party from the “Scrappin' 2 Little Princesses” blog for a chance to win a prize.  You will find all of the information on the link provided. 

I look forward to visiting some awesome blogs and making some new connections.  Of course, there is always the awesome inspriation we will all get from linking up together.

Here are her rules:

Hello Everyone!!! So I don't know about anyone else, but I am SO happy it's summer!!! We don't get a whole lot of summer where I am from so when we DO get summer, we really soak it up!! This summer has been really wet and cool, with only a couple weeks of really hot weather. :( Anyways, whether you have had hot or cool weather this summer, I still think we need to celebrate the season!!

Here's what I am thinking.... I am loving getting to know new blogger peeps and I'm sure a lot of you feel the same way!! How about we have a little party to get to know as many bloggers as we can?? And of course, since it's the 1 Year Anniversary of Pink By Design party this weekend, we should include a $10 gift certificate to the PBD store!! Actually... since they are even having an extra stamp release this weekend, let's give away TWO $10 Gift Certificates to TWO lucky bloggers!! :)

So here's how it works.... ANYONE can link their blog but if you want to be entered to win a $10 gift certificate, here are the rules...

#1. LINK YOUR BLOG!!! #2. You must be a follower of my blog #3. Do 2 of 3 of the following

§ Follow Pink By Design blog if you don't already

§ Join and then leave a post in the Pink By Design Community

§ Become a fan of Pink By Design on Facebook and let them know I sent you

Please leave a comment on this post letting me know you you did the above

** BONUS entries...

- post this link party on Facebook and/OR share this on your blog (and leave an EXTRA comment here for each, letting me know you did so)

You have until midnight MST on July 31st to add your link. I will choose a winner shortly after. 

Add your blog link below!!! And spread the word, wouldn't we all love to find some more amazing blogs??? (AND have more people find YOU!!) After you link your blog please check out the other blogs and become followers, help each other out! 

Good luck everyone.

Button Card

Good Grief, just how long should it take to make one card?  Weeks . . . not really.  I started this card a few weeks ago and things just kept getting in the way of completion.  The inside of the card is blank (which is common for me) so the person who purchases the card can write his/her own message.   The addition of the buttons added some color along with the paper flowers with gems.  The card could be recreated with other colors, patterns, and even a different sentiment in the middle of the circle cut out.

Maybe the next card won’t take me two weeks or more to finish. 

Birthday Card

This afternoon I sat down to make a birthday card, and had a great thought in my head, that I know would turn out great.  However, the end result is nothing like I had planned out in my mind. 

To make the front of this card, I just a sheet of paper out of the Social Butterfly pad.  I cut off the corner pieces thinking I would add silk flowers and a great tulle bow to make the front of the card.  However, after I cut the paper and glued it on the pink sheet of card stock, I decided all it needed was the bow and then to glue it onto the green card stock.   I then added the shape at the top of the card and added the Happy Birthday sentiment. 

I don’t like to waste paper so I decided to try to salvage some of the paper with the flowers and add to the inside.  I really like how the inside turned out.  So many times I just leave the inside blank  and this time I am glad that I didn’t. 

I hope the recipient also likes the card.