Candy for Gabby

To get the winner I cut up strips of paper with numbers on them. I threw them up in the air and my daughter picked one up off the floor...

Gabby said...
Happy Birthday Lorraine! Hope your day is awesome and get some nice birthday goodies! :)

Gabby, please email me your info and I will get this package out to you!

xoxoxo
Lorraine

and here are some pics of the two lovely homemade cards I received.
Thank you, Nancy Ruth! I just love this card. So whimsical and fun!


This is from my sister, Marlene. I so appreciated getting this on my birthday! Thanks honey!

Birthday Blog Candy!

Whose birthday you ask! Well it's mine!!!
Up for grabs is some blog candy, some Prima Rhinestone Flourishes, they stick right on to your projects and some lovely Prima Center Kisses. I've used both of these items in some of my latest projects. Go back a post and you'll see what I'm talking about! Just leave a comment on this post and I will pick a winner one week from today, February 26th.
I hope you are all having a great day.
Smiles :)
Lorraine

Blog Candy Winner!

Sorry I'm a little late with the winner!
I ended up playing Mahjongg with some friends yesterday and it turned into a marathon!
Random.org picked number 23!

susan w. said...
I just came to your blog from SCS to see the sneeky peeks from cruise. On my wish list right are embellishments and more stamps. I can never get enough.

Susan W...please send me your address by Friday, November 21st so I can get these lovely prima embellies out to you!

xoxoxo
Lorraine

Blog Candy

Another scheduled post, just to keep you visiting. LOL! But this is going to be worth your while!
I'm over 15 K on my visits! Yippee!
I think it's time for some blog candy!
Tell all your friends, and if you'd like, link this post for the blog candy to your blog!

Just leave me a comment telling me what's on your wish list (stamping related only, please! lol)
Come on, leave a comment, you're really going to want to win this candy! It's going to be dandy!
The winner will be drawn on November 15th. This is going to be great! Promise!

Smiles :)
Lorraine

Blog Candy Winner

I never heard from the blog candy winner, and couldn't contact her because she was an anonymous post so I went to Random.org to get another winner. The new winner is ...

Loretta Rodger said...
I love the color combo and the beautiful way you colored the mouse and flowers!


Please send me your snail mail info and I will get these images out to you.

I don't have anything new to post, I have actually been sick in bed the last couple of days. I hope that you are all well. My aim is to feel up to doing something creative by tomorrow.

Smiles :)
Lorraine

Heart to Heart Blog Candy

I wanted to share this with you. Carolyn King has posted some amazing Blog Candy. One lucky person will receive over $1000 in stamping goodies! Please visit her blog for all the details. She is raising money for Alzheimers, and requesting cards to be sent to care givers. I am going to send my Take Time to Smell the Flowers card.
Before my mother passed away, she was bed ridden and we had to hire round the clock care for her. She wanted to be home. Without the help of the aids who assisted my mother we couldn't have cared for her the way she deserved to be cared for. My mother did not have Alzheimers, but she lost her speech, and mobility due to a stroke. Her nurses were a blessing to our family!
So please, if you have the time take a moment and make a card. Send it to someone you know, and if you don't know anyone to send it to, send it to the address listed below. I'm sending my card to my mother's primary care giver, Marilyn.
Here's a brief review copied from Carolyn's blog.
" In celebration of World Alzheimer’s Day, we are reaching out to some amazing people who deserve to be thanked. ….the caregivers. Caring for an Alzheimer’s patient is HARD work and an often thankless job. There are so many people who help and so—I am asking you to make a card for a caretaker of a person affected with Alzheimer’s. Yes, you can send it to someone you know. If you do not know anyone to send a card to you can send it to the address below (this is the home my grandmother lived in for the last few years of her life. The nurses, aids and support staff there were tremendous. It is such a difficult job and I would love to see them showered with cards!)"


To the Staff at the Artman Home
250 N. Bethlehem Pike
Ambler, PA 19002

Thanks!
Smiles :)
Lorraine

Blog Candy for House Mouse

I need a little more time to pick a winner. I'm on the hunt for some good quality paper so that I can ink these up for you. Thanks for your suggestions about where I can find some. As soon as I am sure that the paper will hold up to any coloring technique I will start inking up the images for that one lucky winner. I'll pick a winner on Monday, September 29th! Thanks for being understanding.
Lorraine
click here to post your comment to be entered!

House Mouse and Friends

After I chopped 10 pounds of onions, cut up about 15 lbs of meat I decided that I just had to play for a little while. Everything has to cook for hours....so here I am posting again! LOL! I have really been anxious to ink up a House Mouse stamp that hadn't seen ink yet, and I wanted to try out my new Brillance Ink Pad. Both are fantastic.
There was a sketch challenge over at House Mouse and Friends and I have been thinking about it all week long. What image should I use, what paper, etc., and before they post another sketch on Monday I wanted to get this one in! lol ****I just went over there, and this is an old challenge, they are on to a new one! lmao. Well, I still had fun making this even if I am a week too late! ****
This image is called Take Time to Smell the Flowers. I used creamy caramel , riding hood red, river rock, & pink pirouette card stock. the dp is from K & Company. I hand wrote the sentiment with choc chip marker and colored in the image with, what else my copics!
Thanks for looking!
Smiles :)
Lorraine



I'm am thrilled that you are really enjoying my blog. Every now and then I get an email for some images. I am so happy that I have inspired you by one of my cards that you would like an image to try for yourself! If I have it, I'd love to send it.
And that's when I started thinking about Blog Candy! How would you like to receive a collection of stamped House Mouse images. I have a whole bunch...a box full, in fact. I'll stamp 2 images of all my House Mouse stamps, including my Hoppers and Gruffles and send them to one lucky winner. Leave a comment, and we'll pick a winner on Monday, September 22nd. That will give you all a chance to spread the word around to all of your house mouse loving friends! :)

More Blog Candy

While cruising the blog sites last night I found another blog with some amazing blog candy up for grabs. check it out! Scrapmetals Retreat
Her name is Lorraine too!

Time for some candy...

Blog candy that is! I'm going to put a nice little package together, sort of a surprise package. I will give you a hint, there will be some yummy ribbon, and an SU stamp set in the package.
Just leave a comment. With the 4th of July right around the corner, I'd love to hear how everyone will be celebrating for the 4th!
A winner will be picked on July 7th.
Thanks for taking the time to visit and for leaving a comment!
Have a great day!
Smiles :)
Lorraine

This is a HM image. I think that it is so cute. It's a pretty straight forward card. It's a very simple layout..and I wanted to make this red, white and blue. This is going in the mail to my nephews Peter and Paul.

Monday Blahs continued

Mondays Blahs are turning into a twisted Tuesday. I just have no mojo, no motivation, no nothing. It's raining out and i just feel like crawling back into bed. How's that for whining and complaining! lol

I finally went down into my dungeon and worked on a card. This image is a house mouse and it's called O Lucky Day. I must admit that this image did bring a smile to my face. I think Mudpie is just adorable playing with all the clover. And I won the special bingo over at HM Stamps and was able to pick out $50 worth of free stamps, so I have some fabulous new House Mouse stamps coming my way! Yippee. I can't wait for them to come. Coloring is very therapeutic.
Thanks for visiting and spending some time with me. I hope you all are having a wonderful day!
I still havent' heard from Joan b about her ribbon win, i'll give her another 24 hours, and if i don't hear by then i'll pick another winner!

And the Winner is...

to pick the winner instead of using random number org i decided to cut up pieces of paper and put numbers on them. We tossed all the cut up #'s into a bowl and picked one piece of paper! My daughter picked the winning number
and the winner is....

joan b said...
Oh, I just love your comment about the Giants!! LOL I hope you do have a better week. Congrats on your 5000 hits.

I like to use ribbon on cards, of course, but also on packages!

Joan b...congrats! now to pick up your ribbon, please send an email to Gabbie96@aol.com and let me know which share you would like, and include your snail mail addy! you're going to just love this ribbon! Please respond within 48 hours!
Lorraine

Some RAK's received

Thank you for giving me the feedback about the ribbon blog candy. I will draw another winner tomorrow and set a certain amount of time to hear from the winner, as suggested! I will also include any new comments left on this post and the previous one.
I joined the RAK group recently and received these lovely cards...and one is from my SBS sis Amy. Thanks for wishing me a Happy Birthday! My birthday was on February 19th. it was wonderful to receive all of these lovely cards. They each brought a smile to my face! I feel so lucky to have received these.
Thanks for taking the time and visiting with me today.
This is from my SBS sis, Amy wishing me a Happy Birthday!

Ladybug Welcome is from Linda Palmer to welcome me to the RAK group on SCS

Skiing Penquin, another RAK welcome from JenStudio29

Cherry Hello is from my Birthday twin, Romancechick

Floral Hello from JBgreendawn, another welcome to the RAK group

I need your help...

On Super bowl Sunday I announced the winner of the May Arts Ribbon Blog Candy give away. The winner never notified me. Since I'm relatively new at this blogging world and would love to know what is the correct thing to do? Do I just pick another winner? This is fabulous ribbon and I'd love to see somebody have it. Your advice and wisdom would be greatly appreciated!
Lorraine

5000 visits Time for Blog Candy

Hi everyone,
well i see that my counter has hit over 5000 visits. I'm so excited about that, especially since that when i started blogging i didn't think that anyone was visiting me. This blog was more for me to express myself and "journal" my work! When I saw a comment on a card that i had made i would do a little dance! lol! So to thank you for letting me know that i am not talking to myself I am offering some May Arts Ribbon Blog Candy!
If you go to the bottom of this page you will see that i have 3 shares listed. The winner will pick the ribbon share that she wants...the gingham, velvet ric rac or the sheer polka dots! It'll be your choice. Just post a comment on this post telling me how you like to use ribbon. On Sunday, February 3rd, after the Giants win the Superbowl, i will announce the winner picked by random number site.
It's been a tough week for me as most of you know...hopefully this week i'll be back into my stamping zone and stamp away! Thank you all for your kind words.
Lorraine

and the winner is...

Picked by random number site...Congratulations to Kerry J, She said "We're going to GA and FL next month too! We're taking the kids to Disney and then driving back to hubby's parents place in Atlanta for a week or so. Hubby also has a conference to go to in Atlanta. I'd love to go on a cruise with my hubby though - anywhere - I'm not picky!" please email me (Gabbie96@aol.com) your snail mail address so that i can get these out to you.

Wow...so many comments left for travel destinations! Isn't it wonderful just to think about it. Who knows, maybe that thought will lead you to a reality and you'll be able to take that trip of your dreams.
Here's a card that i made for the Splitcoast challenge for a Kick Stand card. i thought i'd post it here, cause it's so apropos.
The Filigree BG and the Eifel tower were stamped with Versa Fine and them embossed with black ep.

Recipe:
Card Stock: black and vanilla
Ink: Black , craft vanilla
Stamps: Crafty Secrets Clear Art Stamps - French Mail, SU - Filigree BG
Embellies: sheer black ribbon, versa fine, black ep, clear ep, vanilla pearls from the Pretties Kit

More Blog Candy For the New Year!

I still have some bigger bags of Prima Flowers left and would love to share them with you! I'm in the travel mode. My hubby just booked a flight for me to go to Florida with my sister next month. I love to travel to different places and think about it all the time. I love to cruise, and try to sail once a year. We've been to Italy with our family 2 summers ago. I've always wanted to go to Greece...and guess what? We're going this July with all of our family. 20 of us on the Princess Cruise line...Italy and Greece. A dream come true! Just leave a comment about where you'd like to travel and I'll do a random draw for the winner this Friday!

Blog Candy Winner

Hi everyone,

the lucky winner of the blog candy by random draw is #4!

Stampin' Meg said...
Good luck with the crafts fair. I am so sorry to hear about your friends hubby.

Please send me an email to Gabbie96@aol.com with your snail mail address so that i can mail out these goodies to you!

No New Stamps Yet! But More Candy!

My new stamp sets have not arrived, and well i am so anxious to play with them...and it's not like i really have the time to play, i just want to.

Yesterday was spent with my friend Cathy whose husband has cancer...she is just hopeful that he will make it until January and that he will go peacefully. It is so sad. I cooked all day for her...it's what we Italians do!

Today I am spending with my sister in laws and my sister, and tomorrow I will be behind a table at a Craft Fair in New York City. I'm really excited about that. After the craft fair my husband is going to meet me and we're going to a famous restaurant called Delmonico's and then to see the tree!

I'll work on some projects this weekend and post them as soon as I can! Thanks to all of you for listening to me today.

Oh...and since i'm close to 2000 visits I've decided to give away some more Blog Candy. Got Primas? I do! Leave a comment and you may have some too. I'll pick a winner by random draw on Tuesday! Just wait to see what i do when i hit 5000! LOL!

And the winner is...

Ghost Whisperer and Moonlite aren't on tonight so here I go picking the blog candy winner. Thank you everyone for leaving a comment. and the winner is... #28
Lori J said...
Prima's are great. :0) It is very nice of you to offer this candy.
Lori J, please contact me by email, Gabbie96@aol.com and send me your address so that i can send you your primas!