500+ YouTube Subscriber Giveaway!

Hey everyone, happy Friday!

I'm here today with some exciting news!

This week I hit 500 subscribers on my YouTube channel!

To say thank you, I'm hosting a giveaway,

and Crafter's Companion is donating the prize!

Either a $25 gift certificate to the US store,

or a £25 gift certificate to the UK store.

That way I can keep it open to everyone --

even my international subscribers. :)

The contest will run from today until Thursday,

February 7th at 11:59 EST

and I'll choose one random winner on Friday.

All you have to do to be eligible is

* be a subscriber

* visit either the Crafter's Companion USA

or Crafter's Companion UK store

* come back and leave me ONE comment 

(ON THE VIDEO - not on my blog! 

But feel free to leave your congratulations here. ;) )

telling me what product caught your eye that

you would purchase if you were to win.

That's it!

Thanks so much to all my subscribers!

Good luck to all of you!

Butterfly Love

Hey y'all, happy Wednesday!

We've made it halfway through the week!

How about a little card to lift your spirits?

This is one of the cards that I made for

the  Crafter's Companion booth at CHA.

If you were there, perhaps you saw it. :)

I saw it in photos, which is the next best thing.

Still so honored to have had some of my cards featured.

I used one of the images from the brand-new

Stamp-It Australia "Imagine" EZ Mount set 67.

I printed it out on patterned paper 

(the design team was working with digi images) 

and watercolored the butterflies with distress markers.

I felt like it needed a bright, dynamic pop of color, 

so I also colored one a rich red and popped that up.

I hope you like it!

And I hope the weekend comes quickly for ya!

Happy Mail for Grayson Card Drive

Hey girls! Today I am here with a very special card drive for a very special little boy.

Just before Thanksgiving, Danielle from Neat and Tangled, heard news that a girl she went to high school with and her family had embarked on an incredibly difficult journey. They had discovered that their sweet little 2 year old boy, Grayson, had a tumor on his brain stem. Since then they have been on a roller coaster ride, and this is only part of the journey.  Grayson will begin chemotherapy this month as the next stage of treatment. Through all of this, the family has stayed strong, hopeful, faithful and positive.  And Grayson is a strong and spunky fighter :) Grayson's mom, Jackie, has a blog she keeps updated regularly, so you can get to know more about Grayson HERE.

 Danielle wants to just light up Grayson's life with some serious happy mail!  She talked to Jackie, and she informed her that Grayson and his brother love to get mail...and so, here we have the Happy Mail for Grayson Card Drive. 

Grayson is super lucky to have a big brother, Aydan, who is 4 so make sure to send some awesome cards to him too! These boys love all things boy :) Rescue Bots, Geotracks, Angry Birds, Thomas the Train. Send these little men funny, happy, cards! We all know how much love goes into a handmade card, and even better how personalized they can be!"

Here is the important info:

The drive will run from January 21 - February 28
(If they arrive late because they are International that's okay too!)

Send them here:
Grayson Savery and/or Aydan Savery
c/o Danielle Walls
P.O. Box 5808
Wilmington, DE 19808


I encourage you all to make a card or even look through your current stash for cards that might be perfect to send to this little boy. Most of us have cards already made and laying around, and drives like this are a perfect time to dust them off, stick them in an envelope and send them out. After all, that's why we got into card making in the first place, wasn't it? To bless others with our creations and better the world by sending out love?

I found this cute card in my stash that would be perfect for Mr. Grayson.

I hope you'll consider making a card or sorting through your stash to find a card that would cheer this little guy up. Please contact Danielle with any questions or for more information.

Have a great Sunday, everybody!

CC USA + CAS

Hey everyone!

I'm here this lovely Friday with a special treat!

That's right, Crafter's Companion USA

is this week's sponsor for one of the most well-known

and loved challenge blogs on the block:

CAS-ual Fridays!

The challenge this week is to use markers,

so I decided to try out my brand-new 

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Pens for the very first time!

And if you win, you'll get the chance to try them yourself.

Because the prize is two full marker packs! That's 12 markers!

See what they can do?

I used two images from two super adorable 

stamp sets: Popcorn The Bear: Someone Special

and Souffle The Duck: Say It With Flowers.

Aren't they just as sweet as can be?

I confess that CAS is the most challenging style

for me -- I just want to keep adding things! ;)

But this time I tried to keep the card as minimalistic

as possible and let this sweet little scene shine.

I hope you like it!

Please check out the rest of the amazing

Crafter's Companion USA  design team:

Taylor Usry

Chrissie Tobas

Christiana Reuling (me!)

Denise Coulter

Kendra Wietstock

Khristen Foss

Mary Dawn Quirindongo

Roxanne O'Brien

Stacy Harper-Watson

Stephanie Lee

Stephanie Severin

Trena Brannon

And head over to the

 CAS-ual Fridays Challenge blog

and bust out your markers to play along!

Have a great day!

Elephant Hugs

Did you all enjoy the snowy Monday yesterday?

I hope that if you had the day off, you found

a little time to get crafty! :)

I did.

In fact, I think I did the craziest crafty thing

I have ever attempted in my life.

That's right, I participated in the 10 Minute Craft Dash

over at Paulina's blog, Pretty Pink Posh.

That Paulina is one crazy chick, I'll tell ya!

And of course I mean crazy in the sweetest,

quirkiest, most super-fun way. ;)

I mean, you'd have to be crazy to invent a challenge

where you have to complete a card in less than 

10 minutes, right?

That's what I thought!

But then, I'm sort of a crazy chick myself.

And of course, I mean crazy in the sweetest,

quirkiest, most super-fun way.

Could this girl, who normally takes an hour or two

to finish ONE CARD, seriously complete one 

in under 10 minutes?

Here's the card I made:

As for whether or not I got it done in time,

well, all I can say is, watch and find out. ;)

By the way, I will also be sending out this card

to my friend Winter Sims, who is hosting the

Cards For the Heart Drive for the kids at St. Jude's.

AFTER I remove that button -- choking hazard! 

I forgot.

Please head over to her blog and check out the details

to participate in this very worthy cause.

And get your kids involved!

Also linking up over at the amazing

Simon Says Stamp Challenge -- Use Washi!

And if you participate in the 10 Minute Craft Dash,

let me know! 

I'd love to see what you made!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lawnscaping Challenge #50

Hello, hello!

Welcome to Lawnscaping Challenge #50!

We are being sponsored this round by the 

wonderful Lawn Fawn, who has generously

donated a free stamp set of the winner's choice!

Here's my card:

I wanted to give myself a personal challenge to make 

a wintry scene without using any actual winter stamps.

This is actually how it looks here in Northwestern PA

right now -- snow on the ground, but not actually snowing.

I used two Lawn Fawn stamp sets on this card,

You've Got Mail and Sunny Skies

as well as the Authentique Fresh 6x6 pad.

I hope you like it!

Please stop by the Lawnscaping Challenge blog

to check out the other amazing DT projects

and find out how to play along.

We'd love to have you!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Crafter's Companion Haul

Hey girls! 

Today I thought I'd share with you

some of the goodies that I got in my

Crafter's Companion design team welcome kit,

as well as some additional items I purchased myself.

I hope you enjoy!

Click on the YouTube button at the bottom right

to watch it over there in HD.

And while you're there, feel free to subscribe

to my channel so you'll get lots more crafty videos!