The WINNER of my Blog Candy is........

Okay, I don't have a clue how to get the chart here, but the winner chosen by Random.org is:

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Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:
51
Timestamp: 2011-04-30 17:55:28 UTC

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51 is Carrie Z, Congrats Carrie!!!!
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And a BIG thank-you to everyone who entered, and for coming to visit my little blog....I enjoy hearing how I've inspired you...and many times you end up inspiring me:)
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Deneen

Congrats Will and Kate!!!

All the best as you start begin your lives together.

Large Clothespin Photo Holders

Welcome Here!!! Hope you all had a great Easter weekend! (I did not, lol, I was sick, sick, sick...but it was great to be able to stay in bed for an extra day:))

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I have the photo holders I was making at the Creative Gathering to share with you. Sorry, the pictures aren't the greatest, but I thought since I took them to show a friend of mine...Hi Wendy:)!!!...I figured why take pictures again? you'll still get the idea.

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Clothespin Size: 4.5" x 1.25"

I made a front and back, so if someone puts it on their desk at work, the back side is just as pretty to look at. I found the clothespins (already painted!!) at Michaels...for $1.50!!!! Can't beat that!!!

Don't forget to enter your name for some Blog Candy I'm giving away!!

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Hope you have a great, sunshine-y week:)

Deneen

THANK-YOU Blog Candy:)

THANK-YOU so much for visiting my blog, again and again!!!!!!

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I've reached 100,000 hits...it quietly came and went, I noticed it but didn't have the time to get my candy together then. I have it for you now, and you're all invited to enter. You don't have to do anything but add your name below...I don't mind if you decide to become a Follower though:)

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Here's the candy I'm offering in celebration of 100,000 hits.

Open Apr. 19-30, 2011

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Some interesting stats:
July 9, 2008 - date I started my blog.
217 - posts to date.
32 - Highest number of comments on 1 post (not including blog candy comments).
July 10, 2010 - Reached 50,000 hits
Apr. 2011 - Reached 100,000 hits

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Here's the breakdown of the Blog Candy:

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Just click on the Blue Froggy below to add your information. This is my first time using it, so hopefully it will work, lol. I think I made it work so you can still enter your name if you don't have a blog.

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Link closes Apr. 30 12:00pm EST.

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Thanks again for taking time to stop by and check out my creations!

Sitting Pretty - 2 Card Samples

Welcome here!! I've been very negligent of my blog lately:( I taught 2 classes this past weekend at the Creative Gathering put on by The Scrapbook Cottage here in town!!! Lots of fun, lots of ladies (around 140 I believe). Between the 2 classes (and I taught 1 twice), I had 64 ladies, wowzers!!! Lots of fun, lots of learning, lots of cards:). I plan to post the cards I made for the classes hopefully this week. But ya never know what may come up, so I can't promise, lol.

Sharon, from the Scrapbook Cottage (amazing lady and her crew, who put on the Gathering this past weekend), asked me to make a couple of card samples using Birthday Balloon Jolline by My Favourite Things.

I used Copics to colour her, and the balloons. I paper pieced her dress on the card below. I kept them fairly clean and simple.

Yup, this is where you would normally find the Recipe for what I used to make the cards, but alas, I can't find my paper with it written down. That's what I get for waiting over a month to post it. Sorry about that, you're welcome to give me a kick in the butt, lol:)

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Hope you're enjoying your weekend, it's back to work for me tomorrow, but looking forward to Easter.

Deneen

Magnolia Spring Extravaganza Card Entry.

Spring is right around the corner here in my part of the world. We're lucky not to live too close to the Red River, so we are not affected by the flooding. Everything is still brown and yucky though, but warmer weather is on the way.

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To celebrate Spring, I made this card using a couple of Magnolia stamps, Tilda Carrying Lamb and Tulip Wheelbarrow. I am entering it into the Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog challenge called Easter/Spring Extravaganza in category #1 Easter/Spring themed card. . . I also am entering this into the Copic Creations Challenge Blog. My favourite technique is using 'flicking' to colour hair. I'm not sure how else to describe the method to colour hair so that it looks like separate strands, but you 'flick' your copic to achieve this look:)

Card Size: 4.75" x 6"

I coloured the wheelbarrow and Tilda with Copics, and added White Fun Flock to the lamb.

I used EK Success Daisy Chain Border Punch to add the flowers on the frame, it's my favourite punch right now. I attached them by cutting my foam squares in half, and finished off the look with white pearls in the center. I had a hard time not adding any ribbon but there was no room for it:) You can see the different layers in the photo below:

Recipe: CTMH PP-Miracle, CTMH CS-White Daisy & Sky, CTMH Ink-Black & Dutch Blue, CTMH SS-Happy Birthday & Four Seasons, Memento Black Ink, EK Success Daisy Chain Punch, Nestabilities Labels 17, Cuttlebug Vintage Die, Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly Punch, White Fun Flock, Copics, Foam Squares, Pearls, Rhinestones.

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Copics Used:

Skin-YR0000, YR00, E00, R02

Hair-W3, W7, 100, B01, B04

Dress/Socks-B000, B01, B04, R000, RV11

Sheep-W1, Y00, Y13

Shoes-C00, C1, C7

Wheelbarrow-E29, E30, E33, E35, E37

Flowers-B000, B12, B24, YG21, YG23, YG25, G28

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Challenges Entered:

Magnolia-licious Highlites Blog - Easter/Spring Extravaganza Category #1

Paper Cutz Challenge #86 - hand stamped image of a lamb

Copic Creations - Challenge #47 Favourite Copic Technique, flicking for hair

4 Crafty Chicks - Photo Inspiration, I went with the flowers

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Enjoy,

Deneen

Another Trio of Tildas

Welcome Here!!! I always seem to colour Tilda the same way, so I challenged myself to colour her a little different each time. I used the exact same colours, and used the exact same card layout, just changed HOW I coloured her.

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In the first image, I tried to add pleats...I noticed after, that I should have made them a little lighter around her tummy, but the image was already glued down, and I didn't want to attempt it then. The second image, I kept it light on her tummy, and shaded it until it was darker at the edges...sort of how you would colour a balloon. And last but not least, I coloured in the image with the lightest colour, and added the darker colour right along the edge following just the lines of the image.

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These are not the only ways to colour, but they were just the 3 ways I tried this time. I would also like to try my hand at colouring images with distress inks..

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Card Size: 4.25" x 5.5"

I used a Cuttlebug Flowers Die I've had sitting around collecting dust to make the sparkly flowers...I used AC Cardstock Glitter Paper, so fun!!!:) I joined the MAGNOLIA-licious Yahoo Group several months ago, and they are an inspiring bunch!!! I sometimes feel like my cards pale in comparison, but I'm having fun none-the-less and have learned alot from the group.

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Image 1:

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Image 2:

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Image 3:

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Inside:

Recipe: CTMH CS-White Daisy & Lagoon, CTMH Ink-Black & Lagoon, CTMHSS-Say It In Style, Magnolia Stamps-Tilda with A Small Gift, Memento Black Ink, AC Cardstock-Mulberry & Silver Glitter, My Mind's Eye Paper-Tickled Pink "Radiant" & "That's My Girl" Purple Posies, Sizzix Decorative Flourishes, Cuttlebug Flowers Die, Nestabilities-Lables 17, Lace, Pearls, Foam Squares, Rhinestones.

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Copics Used:
Face - YR-0000, YR00, E00, R02
Hair - W3, W5, 100 Dress - BG10, BG15, BG18
Shoes - C00, C01
Gift - R27, R83

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Challenges Entered:

Just Magnolia - Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbons - Use or Punches & Ribbon
A Spoonfull of Sugar - Tons of Texture
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
7 Kids College Fund - Seeing Spots
The ABC Challenge - R is for Ribbon
All That Scraps - Anything Goes

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Hope you're enjoying the Spring weather in your part of the country:)
Deneen

My Card Won in Make It From Your Heart Contest

One month before the newest CTMH catalogue goes live to everyone, CTMH Consultants have the opportunity to use the new papers and/or the Stamp of the Month (SOTM) to make cards etc. to enter a contest called Make It From Your Heart. I entered a card under May 2011, SOTM Chairs To You...and I WON!!!!!

You can see the other winners for the Spring/Summer 2011 Catalogue HERE (When you go to CTMH's Home page you can find it under Ideas and Inspiration). And you can see my card photographed professionally HERE!!!!!!! The recipe for the card is listed there, so I won't recopy it here.

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Just wanted to share my Happy News with you all.

Deneen

Joy - Digital Image

Here's another Sugar Nellie digital image I purchased from Funky Kits, her name is Joy. She's so sweet. I love using my Nestabilites for frames, which I did for the first card. I then added foam squares behind the frame.

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Card Sizes: 4.25" x 5.5"

Recipe: CTMH CS-Spring Iris & White Daisy, CTMH Ink-Black, CTMH SS-Baby Love, Sugar Nellie Digital Stamps-Joy, Nestabilities-Lables 3, Blue Satin Ribbon, White Organdy Ribbon, Pearls, Foam Squares..

Copics Used:

Face-E00, YR0000, YR00, R02

Eyes-B21

Hair-Yooo, Yoo, Y11, Y21, E53

Dress-R81, R83, R85

Sweater-BV000, BV02, BV04, C1

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I purchased both Joy Sitting and a close-up of her face. I tried my hand at rolled flowers for the first time, they didn't turn out too bad. She looks ready for Easter dressed in such Spring-y colours.

Recipe: CTMH CS-Gypsy, Sweet Leaf, Blush, Cotton Candy & White Daisy, CTMH Ink-Pansy Purple, Sugar Nellie Digital Stamp-Joy Sitting, Nestabilities-Labels 4 & Big Scallop Ovals, Martha Stewart French Scroll Corner Punch, Cuttlebug Textile EF, Pearls, Foam Squares, Sizzix-Decorative Flourishes Set.

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Copics Used:

Face-E00, YR0000, YR00, R02

Eyes-B21

Hair-Y00, Y000, Y11, Y21, E53

Dress/Socks/Shoes-R81, R83, R85

Sweater-BV000, BV02, BV04

Misc. C00, C1

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I'm enjoying sunshine this morning in my part of the world (near Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada), and the snow is melting fast now! The only down side of early Spring......the mud. Yikes, we had alot of snow this winter, and the water doesn't run anywhere very fast, that equals alot of mud...at least the kids don't mind:), once it's dry the rest of Spring is quite enjoyable.

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Enjoy your day, thanks for stopping by.

Deneen