I've Moved!!!!

Hello everyone!!!!! I'm ready to show you my NEW home here. I'm excited about the new transition and loving the way the new blog is looking!!!! I will leave this one up so the archives can be accessed .... but ALL new and wonderful things as of right now will be found in my new home. Thanks again for stopping by :]

Blog Candy Winner Is .....

Happy Sunday Everyone!!!! As promised I have my blog candy announcement today!!!!! I had the lovely Carla pick a random number for me ..... and the winner is ......

Lorraine!!!!!! Congratulations!!!!!!

"My favorite treat is pumpkin pie with a big dollop of hand whipped cream. But I have to share with the grandsons, so a big piece is okay!"

Lorianne I'll be in contact with you ASAP!!! Thank again to everyone who left me comments and who visit my blog!!!! :]

TGIF*

Hello everyone!!!! I hope you all had a great week, and are getting ready for a great weekend!!! Its suppose to be rainy in London, so I have lots of things to do indoors!!! But tonight I'm super excited to be going to see Leslie Feist in concert!!!! *woot woot* LOL -- absolutely love this girl!! :]



One other order of business today .... Alicia over a Sheetload Shortcuts is looking for her first Design Team!!!! It's an awesome opportunity everyone!! You can find out ALL the details here. Have a wonderful evening everyone!! :]

Happy Halloween

I know its a little bit early LOL. But tonight I taught a really fun and easy online Make n Take class over at Lil Scrappers. You can check out all the details by joining our Message Board and Online Community - then going here.




Don't forget about my stamps for sale and Blog Candy here. You have until Saturday night to get your name in for my draw --- I will announce a winner on Sunday!! Also any stamps that have no sold will be put up on Ebay this week. Email me if you have any questions or are interested!! As always, thanks for stopping by!! :]

Stamp Update

Hey everyone :]
I just wanted to post and let you all know I'm updating the stamp list in the below post as they sell - so its always current as to what is left!!

Also Julie .... can you either leave me your email address so I can contact you ... or email me .... michelledobbyn(at)hotmail(dot)com about the stamps you wanted - Thanks!!

Back soon!! :]

Blog Candy & Stamps for Sale

Hello everyone!! Happy Monday!! Well very late Sunday/early Monday!!! LOL. I hope you all had a great weekend!! I was actually off this weekend which was a rare thing for me!!! But I didn't do anything too exciting .... was just a lazy weekend!!!

I know you have all been waiting for my BLOG CANDY announcement ... so here it is!!!! I'm offering up a $25 Gift Certificate to Bev's AWESOME store Lil Scrappers!!!! This store is jam packed with TONS of scrappy goodness!!! I'm positive you will be able to find $25 worth of stuff to spend. To be entered into my draw you just need to leave a comment here to this post telling me what your favourite Fall treat is!!! I will pick a winner and announce in 1 week on Sunday October 26th!!! Good Luck!!!!

Now I have one more order of business ..... I've decided that I have WAY too many stamps *blush* and its time to downsize and make room for the new stamps I'm bound to buy LOL. So I'm listing them For Sale. The stamps are used (unless stated otherwise) and in excellent condition, and from a smoke free home. IF you are interested please email me - the link is under my picture on the top left. Shipping is on top of the cost of the stamps ... we can work out the shipping cost once you email me. I will send a PayPal invoice for payment (that's all I can accept right now). Thank you!!!

Stampin Up Stamps
So Very $8
Cheery Chat $10
Love Ya Bunches $8
Delight In Life $12 (Brand NEW Unmounted)
In The Spotlight $12 (Brand NEW Unmounted)
Doodle That $10 (Never Used Mounted)
Snow Flurries $8
Baby Jesus Is Born $13 (Used Once)
Doodle This $25 (Never Used Mounted)

Stamping Bella Stamps
Blingabella $3
Emmybella $3 *on hold*
Veggiebella $4 (Never Used)
Hulabella $5.50
Fishafella $3.50 (Never Used)
Merci Buckets, U Did It, Worm Wishes $1 each (these are sentiments)

If you check out my bestest friend in the whole wide world Carla's blog ..... she's selling a bunch of stamps too!!! So between the two of us ... your bound to find something you *need* LOL!!!

Another Card Reveal and a Crop!!!

Hello everyone!! I have another card to share today. It was the second reveal of the month over at Scrap Addicts. You can view the sketch on the blog along with the other awesome cards from the rest of the Design Team!! Here is my card with some YUMMY October Afternoon papers that I've finally dug into!!




I also have another announcement to make .... Lil Scrappers is having its 5th Anniversary Crop on the weekend of Nov 1st & 2nd and we would LOVE to have you join us!!!! This is going to be a big big event that you will not want to miss!!! Bev and all of us on the Design Team are getting ready for this as we speak and I'll tell you the challenges will rock and the prizes will be ever better!!! If you have not joined Lil Scrappers yet .... you will need to before the crop starts!!! I can't wait to see you there!!!

October Got CARD Kit Reveal

It's that time of the month again!!!! LOL Lil Scrappers has just revealed the October Card Kit!!!! And TRUST me ..... this one is jam packed and GORGEOUS!!! The kit will be available for pre-order later today in Bev's store!!! The lovely Aimee worked with the card kit along with me this month -- so be sure to check out her blog and gallery for her gorgeous creations!!!

Here's the Kit:

And all my creations:

There was one piece of 12x12 cardstock that was just too good to cut up ... so I'm going to use it for a LO -- something totally sweet I think LOL. So that will be coming in the next week or so!!!

I do have a little *TOOT* to share today though. I got the email yesterday, but Kelli over at Pink Sketches --- a VERY totally AWESOME sketch blog has asked me to be a guest Design Team member for a week. I was SO excited to be chosen along with 4 other very talented ladies!! I will be sure to link up my reveal when its time, not for a couple weeks.

I'm going to be getting my 10K Blog Candy together tonight and snapping picture .... so I'll be posting that in the next couple days for everyone to enter to win and help me celebrate!!!

That's all for today!! Thanks for stopping by :]

10K

Wowza!!! I just noticed late last night ... well in the wee hours of the morning that I hit 10 000 blot hits!!! I'm pretty excited about that hahaha .... who ever would have known I'd have that many hits on my blog!!! So as a thank you to everyone who visits my blog and leaves me such kind comments I'm going to offer up some blog candy!!!! I'm not sure what yet LOL ... but watch for it in the coming days!!

I don't have anything scrappy to show you today because I'm still working on a big side project that keeps getting delayed due to my crazy work schedule --- but soon I promise!!! In the mean time have a look at this sneak peek for the Lil Scrappers October Mini Kit!!! This kit is delish!!!!

This kit is going to be a hit I just know it!! Watch for the reveal from Aimee & Carla on Friday and for the pre-order in the store Lil Scrappers. Again please bare with me while I get my blog back to looking the way I want it too .... if I had you linked up before, and I don't know ... let me know -- I forgot to make a list before I changed the template and lost everything *blush* so its a slow and steady process!!! Have a wonderful Wednesday everyone!!! :]

Don't Mind Me ...

I'm in the process of re-designing my blog with a 3 panel template .... and as you may have noticed ... all of my lists are gone and its looking pretty bare!!! LOL. I'm slowly getting everything back to normal though!!! But if anyone knows how I can change my banner and wants to offer help I'd love it LOL ... I can't for the life of my figure it out *blush*

I have a card to share with you today .... its my 5th of the month DT Challenge over at Lil Scrappers. Since its officially Fall and Halloween is getting closer ... my challenge was to create Halloween themed cards and or LOs .... but there had to be circles visible on their work.

Here is my card ....

I'm also getting a little bit closer to being ready to show you the special project I've been working on for October!!! Keep your eye's peeled .... you won't want to miss it!!! :]

Another Reveal!!

Hello!!! I'm back again ... two posts in a row ... imagine that!!!! LOL. Today was the card reveal over at Am I a Scrap Addict. Be sure to check out the blog to see the sketch and ALL the awesome cards by the very talented DT!!! Here is my card ...

Do you have any plans for World Card Making Day????? Its this Saturday!!! I have a day of scrapping planned .... but since I'm a shift worker .... I have to work at 7pm so no crop events for me LOL.

You will want to check back to my blog Monday morning --- I have something special that I've been working on that I'll be able to share that is for a WONDERFUL cause!! Don't miss it!!! :]

October Sheetload

Hello!! Well it has been a while again hahahaha .... I am so incredibly busy - its insane LOL!! Today is the reveal day for the October issue of Sheetload of Cards!!! This was a great issue .... it features my sketch, along with the new Shortcuts project Clear and Frosted card blanks. These are a HOT item!!! Be sure to check out this months issue to see all the work by the Awesome DT!!! Here are my cards ....

I'm still in the process of editing ALL of my New York pictures .... and time has been an issue --- BUT I'll leave you with a fave from my fisheye camera. I just lOVE this thing!!! This picture is from the 69th floor (the roof) on Rockefeller Centre. Simply spectacular!!!

Be sure to check back tomorrow for my Am I a Scrap Addict card reveal!!! Have a wonderful evening!!!! :]

Sweet Baby

Hello!!! So I have a quick photo to share today. I went to meet this darlin baby boy last night :]

Thats all for today!! Back soon!! :]

This is a L O N G one!!

Hello everyone!!! So I have LOTS to share today!!! While I was away on vacation in lovely New York City I had a few DT reveals that I need to share with you - also some Crop stuff to share!! So sit back and prepare yourself for a long photo heavy post!!! LOL.

First up is my Lil Scrappers September Card Kit reveal. The lovely ever so talented Carla was my right hand lady this month and revealed her lovely creations along with me. This kit was loaded!!! Yummy Daisy Bucket pp and stamps and tons of embellishments!!! You can order the kit from Lil Scrappers - but don't wait they are flying outta there!!! This kit was a hit!!!

Here are my creations with it ...

I soooooo lOVE this kit!!! and I went a little overboard with the *extra* stuff this month!!!

Next I had my card reveal over at Scrap Addicts ... you can see the sketch we used this time and all the other talented DT creations on the blog!! This is my card ...

Then lastly for today I have my Lil Scrappers Crop challenges to share!!! The crop is now over but you can still view all the challenges to try out my joining our message board!!! These crops are SOOOOO much fun and if you have never participated in one before ... I highly recommend it!!! My layout, Card and Make n Take for the weekend ....

I think I'm finally caught up!!!! LOL ... the joys of being back from vacation!!! I'm working on editing my vacation pictures so there will be another photo heavy thread coming later this week!!! Thanks for stopping by!! :]

On my way home!!

Hello everyone!!!! I'm sitting in JFK airport right now ... and Jetblue has free wireless so I thought I would jump on and say hi!!! So HI!!!!! LOL. I just wanted to share that today I am the Featured Sketch Artist over at the Sisterhood of Scrap blog. Its a great blog with tons of great artists being featured each Sunday!!! You can look at the post here to see my sketch.

This is my Card ...

Also this weekend there is an AWESOME online crop going on over at Lil Scrappers!!!! Be sure to check it out we have LOTS of challenges and games and prizes for you to keep busy!!!! The lovely Sheri is also helping us out as our First Ever Guest DT!!!!!! I think that's all I have for you right now LOL .... I'll work on a post with all my DT Reveals that happened this week while I was gone and get to editing some NYC pics for a very photo heavy post coming soon!!!! Take care!!!

Hello From New York City!!!!

Well hello!!! I've been totally MIA the last week while I've been on vacation but I have lots to share when I get home .... home from NYC that is!! I'm there now and totally loving it!!! I'll leave you with a few pics of my trip so far. I'll be back with LOTS more to share when I get home on Sunday!!! Take care!!!

Thats it for now .... I have WAY more pics that I'll share soon!!! Have a wonderful week!!!!

Vacation Day 1 - and a Challenge

Hello everyone!!! This has been such busy week for me -- I'm sooooo excited to say I'm officially on VACATION until September 21st!!!! I have so much to do with my time off -- but I started off my day today by sleeping in WAY too late LOL.

I have a challenge to show you today. Since its the 5th of the month today I posted my Inspiration Challenge over at Lil Scrappers. Each month I pick something I'm inspired by and create a layout and card with it. You can view the challenge here (you will have to join our message board to view it) and below are my pictures.

Tonight I'm going to my best friend Carla's house!! It's been a while since we've had a girls night so it will be lots of fun!! I can't wait!!

So one more thing -- not scrap related LOL .... I'm looking to buy an Elliptical Machine -- if anyone can offer advice or recommendations please share!! LOL. Thanks for stopping by!! :)

Back to School

I can't believe it's already September!!! This summer has flown by!! I'm sad to see the summer end but I am excited for the fall/winter. I love the change of season and the weather!!! With it being September already -- that means only a few more days until my vacation starts!!! I'm looking forward to my 2 weeks off work!! Its a much needed break!!!

Yesterday was the reveal day for the lovely Lil Scrappers DT Main kit!!! This kit is a gem!! Perfect for the Fall season!!! You can check out the kit here and you can see Carla and Aimee's work here (you have to register for our message board to see this).

The September Sheetload was also released yesterday. This is a great issue which features some adorable High Hopes Stamps!!! You can download the issue here and see all of the wonderful work by all of the artists!!!

Today was my first DT reveal over at Scrap Addicts. Deanne creates some wonderful sketches and we have a very talented group of ladies!!! The Layout team revealed yesterday and Cards today --- so you can check out the cards here.

I think that's all I have for you today ... I have been a busy bee working lots and getting some scrap stuff in order so I can share with you soon!! Have a wonderful day!! :]

Happy Mail!!!

Oh how I love happy mail days!! I've had 2 this week!!! :] I got a jam packed box from Bev at Lil Scrappers with my GORGEOUS September Card Kit (which I can't show you yet) and a bunch of extra stuff that I *needed* LOL.

Here are some pictures of the fun stuff I've gotten .....

For my NYC trip that is coming up REALLY soon!!!

Some YUMMY fabric I bought on Etsy ....

And some American Crafts stuff I've been trying to get my hands on ...

That's it for me today .... nothing scrappy to share yet - its a busy work week this week!! Have a wonderful day!!! :]