Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Tomorrow is THE END for Sale-a-bration!!




That's right tomorrow is the last day to place your order of $50 to earn something FREE from the Sale-a-bration catalog!! March 31,2010.....so if you would like to place a order,you can click on the button on my blog that says 'Order from My Stampin' Up! Website' (top right hand side).....your order will be delivered to your house!! Also,the Occasions Mini Catalog will end on April 30,2010....so hurry now to place your order.....I hear it gets pretty crazy the last day of Sal-a-bration!!! In honor of the SAB ending ,I made a quick little easel card using some of the products that I made using the FREE products you can earn!!!
Recipe for Card :
  • Card stocks : Kraft,Taken with Teal,Pretty in Pink,and Whisper White
  • Welcome Neighbor DSP Pad
  • Scallop Trim Border and Curly Label Punches
  • Whimsical Words Stamp Set
  • Close to Cocoa ink
  • Pink Sheer Ribbon from Stash
  • Bigz XL Movers and Shapers Die using Curly Label Die

Sunday, March 28, 2010

OWH Sketch Challenge #10





I am up late because I just found out that my step-dad is on the way to the hospital.....they think it maybe a heart attack! So please say some prayers.....my mom is a wreck!

Well,I decided to go ahead and keep my mind busy,so I made a card for the Operation Write Home Sketch Challenge #10. I'll keep you posted on my step-dad. Thanks for your prayers!

Recipe for card :

  • Cardstocks : Chocolate Chip,So Saffron,and Pretty in Pink
  • Punches : Word Window and Modern Label
  • A Child's Year Cricut Cartridge for small tags
  • Inks : More Mustard,Chocolate Chip,Pumpkin Pie,Whisper White Craft
  • Sentiment was printed from computer
  • Country Morning Stamp Set
  • Buttons from stash

Saturday, March 27, 2010

And the winner is.....

I printed off the comments,then cut them up by comment/person.
folded and put the comments in a basket
then tossed them around and picked the winner!!(there has got to be an easier way....not to mention the waste of paper and ink!!)....I'll check around before my next blog candy giveaway!!

Hello everyone and Happy Saturday to you!! I picked the winner of my blog candy!! The winner is jengd. Congrats!! Please contact me through my email ,to set up spending your gift certificate!! You could put another $25 with my gift certificate of $25 ,for a total of $50. So you could get something out of the Sale-a-bration catalog for FREE if you want!! Just let me know what you want to do!! Well,hope you have a blessed weekend!

Friday, March 26, 2010

Tomorrow is the big day!

If you haven't already,sign up for the chance to win the Blog Candy from last Saturday. Just scroll down to the last post to sign up!! Good Luck.....oh,BTW- we will be going out during the day.....so the winner might be announced later in the afternoon!! Have a great day!!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

More with MDS

Here is a layout scrapbook page I made using MDS from Stampin' Up! The only image from SU! was the two pink swirly flourishes using the Baroque Motifs stamp set. Everything else I downloaded for free off the internet.By just googling digital scrapbooking,you can find all sorts of free downloads! The blonde is my mommy with her friend Becky.Well,that's it for now!! Thanks for stopping by!

Technical Thursday with MDS!

Hey guys! Today I am sharing two pages that I made of my nephew on MDS! I hope you like them,some of the pics turned out a little blurry,not sure why! ?!?Have a blessed day.......don't forget two more days til' I draw a name for my blog candy!! If you want a chance to win......scroll down til' you see the post that says "Operation Write Home Blog Hop and Stampin' Up! Blog Candy!"....the one with the Easter Easel Card! Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Blog Candy on Saturday!!

Just a reminder that I'm giving away a Stampin' Up! gift certificate worth $25 on Saturday!! You can add $25 to it to receive a Sale-a-bration product for FREE until the end of March! (You don't have to of course,but just thought I'd mention it!!! )
If you want to join in to have a chance to win....just scroll down two posts from here,to read how! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Monday, March 22, 2010

OWH Sketch Challenge



Hello and thank you for stopping by! I am loving the Operation Write Home organization!! I'm so glad I found out about them!! If you want to find out more about them you can click here.I really enjoyed the Blog Hop on Saturday. Everyone had great cards,I will definitely do it again!!
I noticed that they had a sketch challenge on Sunday,so I thought I'd play along.Here is what I came up with! Very simple and fast to make. I took the strip of DSP and ran it through my crimper before I pleated it,to make it a little easier to handle. I hope you like it,here are the deets! See ya' later and have a great day!

Recipe for card :

  • Card stocks : Pretty in Pink,VV,and So Saffron
  • Inks : Chocolate Chip,Pretty in Pink,Old Olive and So Saffron
  • Stamp Sets : Well Scripted and Together Forever
  • Pretty in Pink Ribbon

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Operation Write Home Blog Hop and Stampin' Up! Blog Candy!!!

Hello blogging friends! I'm so glad you stopped by today. You should've just arrived from Maria's awesome blog, Ria's Creations. I love her cards! If you want to start at the begining of the Blog Hop,you can start here.
This is my very first Blog Hop to be involved in and I'm so excited!! This is not just any ol' Blog Hop either! This Blog Hop is through Operation Write Home! They are a wonderful program to be involved in. They help get handmade cards to our troops . Not only cards to say thank you with a hand written note of thanks to someone serving in our military, but provides them with handmade all occasional blank cards so they have something to send home to someone special. H-E-L-L-O!!!.....I've been trying to get something like this started for a long time now,LOL!! If you know me ,then you know this was right up my alley!! I just found out about them and happily joined along! What greater cause then to support our Nations' Heroes!! Click here to go to Operation Write Home to read more about them!

Front of card,below (it looks crooked....but that's just my photo abilities)! LOL!!!


Inside of card,below.


Close-up of card,below.



In honor of my first Blog Hop ,I thought it would be fun to offer up some blog candy! I'm giving away a $25.00 Stampin' Up! Gift Certificate!! This gift certificate is good only through me, Holley Smith. The $25 does not include tax and shipping. You can use your $25 towards any Stampin' Up! order. Right now, if you place an order through Stampin' Up! for $50 you can get one item in the Sale-a-bration Catalog FREE!! So, if you would like to add your own $25 ,along with my $25 (for a total of $50) to receive a Sale-a-bration item for free,just let me know!! You can click on any of the Stampin' Up! catalogs on the right hand side bar to shop,or go to my Stampin' Up! website by clicking the link at the very top of my blog!



In order to be entered into the drawing here's what you need to do:
1. Subscribe to my blog
2. Follow my Blog
3. add a comment on this post


Your name will be added in a drawing for a chance to win the $25 gift certificate to Stampin' Up! I will choose a name next Saturday. March 27, 2010 at 12 noon EST. When you add your comment,please include an email,so I can reach you if you are the lucky winner! If you are the lucky winner ,I will contact you to get your order. Good Luck!!!

Now, onto my card I made for the Operation Write Home. Our instructions were to create something with a spring theme. My card is an easel egg- shaped card. I cut the egg shape twice for layering, with my Cricut Expression. I also took the Frame Oval Scallop Die and ran it through my Big Shot twice with very vanilla to get just the scallop frame. Then I crimped and pleated the scallop frame to make a kinda lacey- look. I also crimped the oval DSP as well. The whole card has been sponged/inked on the edges. I also used a ton of dimensionals for added depth. Well, here is more deets on the card,thanks for stopping by.

Don't forget to visit the next blog , Melissa's Just Dandy blog, http://justdandy.typepad.com/, to keep the Blog Hop going!! I really like her sense of style. Have fun!

Recipe for Card :
  • Card stock : VV,Pretty in Pink,So Saffron and Certainly Celery
  • Inks : Basic Black,Regal Rose,More Mustard,Perfect Plum and Old Olive
  • Punches : 5- Petal Flower,Boho Blossoms,Trio Flower,Word Window,Modern Label, and Scallop Trim Border (Sale-a-Bration Catalog),
  • Shades of Spring DSP (Occasions Mini Catalog )
  • So saffron and Pumpkin Pie Markers
  • Brads from stash
  • Iridescent Ice from SU!
  • A Good Egg Stamp Set
  • Certainly Celery and So Saffron Ribbon (retired)
  • Doodlecharms Cricut Cartridge (for egg shape)

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Scrapbook Layout using MDS

My sister emailed me some photos of my nephew Aaron's senior pics.I made this layout using My Digital Studio from Stampin' Up! Have I mentioned how much I love this program?? It is very user friendly and tons of fun!! Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

St Patty Card


Hello and Happy St. Patty's Day to you!! So,I found a free digi stamp from Jill's Jems @ http://www.jhaddad59.blogspot.com/ . She has some cute digi stamps for sale. I am just now getting into digi stamps,I colored the little leprechaun in using some markers and ink water coloring. He did smear some....so I'm not sure how to address that issue. Well,have a great day!!


Recipe for card :

  • Card stocks : WW,Garden Green,Green Galore

  • Markers : Old Olive,Green Galore,Creamy Caramel

  • Ink for water coloring : Ruby Red,Really Rust,Garden Green,Close to Cocoa,Certainly Celery

  • Digi Stamp from Jill's Jems

  • Scallop Trim Border Punch

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Two card Tuesday







Hey guys ,today I have two very simple but cute cards to share with you. I whipped these both out within 30 minutes. I didn't really have any direction of what I wanted to make. I just picked out this new stamp set that I haven't gotten around to using and decided to make Mother's Day Cards!! I really like the simplicity of them. After I made the cards it was late and I wasn't sleepy,so I was blog surfing until late. I came across Mary from Cardz TV.blogspot.com. She does some video tutorials using her cricut cartridges. Well,she is involved in a card ministry for the troops,which is right up my alley! So,I clicked on the link she has for Operation Write Home. I put a link to their blog on my blog roll. It's a great website and company. So,I decided to play along with them in my first Blog Hop!!! I've never done a Blog Hop before so I'm super excited to be apart of a great cause!! I've donated some cards last year to the troops,so I am starting to gather more cards to send to them for this year. The Blog Hop starts on Sat at 9am,so there's still time to join in on the fun!!
Well,here's the deets on today's cards!! Thanks for stopping by!
Recipe for both cards :
  • Stamps sets : Well Scripted and Happy Moments
  • Card stocks : Pretty in Pink,So Saffron,Chocolate Chip,VV
  • Chocolate Chip Ink
  • Markers : Pretty in Pink,So Saffron,Old Olive
  • Scallop Oval and scallop Trim Punches
  • Movers and Shapers Scallop Oval Die
  • Ribbon : Chocolate Chip Taffeta and Pretty in Pink
  • Sweet Pea DSP

Monday, March 15, 2010

Two Cards For Etsy Customer











Hello and thanks for stopping by today! I am sharing two cards that I made over the weekend for a regular Etsy customer of mine. She always has me think outside the box! She will tell me about the person that she needs a card for. She tells me colors,theme and what she wants on the card. Sometimes it takes me awhile to come up with something I think will be good enough. She needed a sunflower card,and wanted the sunflowers to be 3-d to look realistic. I used my cricut to cut the flowers and the spritzer tool to add an interesting touch. The next card she asked me to make is for an accountant. She wanted math signs($,+,=,-,etc.)....I don't have anything like that at all. It still needed to be pretty for a woman ....I was at a loss. I asked my husband for help,he gave me some ledger paper,then I used a digital stamp from MDS and printed it out along with the word 'friend'....I hope she likes it! Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!!


Recipe for Office card :
  • Card stocks : Sage Shadow,Close to Cocoa,Very Vanilla
  • Inks : Chocolate Chip,Close to Cocoa,Sage Shadow
  • Stamps : Vintage Vogue and digital MDS stamp Certified
  • Punches : Modern Label,Spiral,Round Tab
  • Ribbon : retired sage shadow
  • Brads,staples, and small binder clip from stash
Recipe for Sunflower card :
  • Card stocks : VV,Close to Cocoa,Chocolate Chip,and More Mustard
  • Inks : Basic Black,Close to Cocoa,Chocolate Chip
  • Sweet Pea DSP
  • Scallop Frame Die with Big Shot
  • Crimper Tool
  • Eyelet Border Punch
  • Well Scripted Stamp Set
  • DoodleCharms Cricut Cartridge
  • Swiss Dots Cuttle Bug Folder
  • SVG Flourish using SCAL Program on Cricut
  • Color Spritzer Tool using Chocolate Chip Marker

Friday, March 12, 2010

MDS Pages!





















These are the still scrap booking layouts that I did,for my sister's kids! Thanks for stopping by!

Another MDS Movie

I made this one using some pics that my sister took of her kids! Enjoy!!!

More with MDS
























Here are the scrapbook pages from the movie I had made.The first page never showed up for some reason. Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!