Swag Bucks Earn You FREE Crafty Stuff!

Hello!  Have you heard of swag bucks?  I hadn't either until about a year ago.  Swag bucks is a search engine tool, that when used, can earn you swag bucks.  The amount always differs and is totally random.  As you accumulate swag bucks, you can redeem them for prizes and gift cards to places like Amazon, Pay pal, Macy's and many more!  I always get the amazon and pay pal.  I use my pay pal bucks towards my crafty supplies (amazon too!).  I also have saved up a bunch to use toward my Christmas shopping this year.

There is absolutely NO CATCH.  You basically earn FREE stuff for searches you would do anyway!  The swagbucks tool bar does not take the place of your regular tool bar.  I just add mine underneath.  Easy Peasy!

I know I have shared this in the past with people, but wanted to do so again!  I have earned HUNDREDS of dollars in free gift cards in just one year using this tool bar!

Click on the banner above to get started earning free stuff (stamps, paper and embellishments to name a few)!

Emily

EIC112-Inspired by BeiLeXian

 Stamps:  The Stamps Of Life-Icons4us

Ink:  black

Paper:  white, black, red CS

Hello!  Time for another Etsy Inspired Challenge!  This week's shop for your inspiration is BeiLeXion.  They have some super sweet, whimsical prints for your inspiration.  I was inspired by the print below:

This week our sponsor is Sweet & Sassy Stamps.  To play along, find inspiration in the BeiLeXion shop and then post your creation on the EIC blog.  Ashley will pick two random winners next week.  One person will win an $18.00 print of their choice from BeileXion shop and another will win a $15 gift card to the Sweet & Sassy shop.



Hope you find time to play along this week!

Emily

FWF

Here is the last of my WCMD challenge cards.  I won a free stamp for this card!  HOORAY!  The sentiment is from the April 2010 in store kit.  I used a stitching template from K&Company and some green embroidery thread from my stash.  I will keep this short and sweet so you can move on to the next FWF blog!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

North Woods Stamps on SALE at Paper Maniac!

Stamps:  North Woods-Chickakees on Pine Oval

Paper:  Sage Shadow (SU), watercolor paper, brown DP Crate Paper Restoration collection

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories:  Hand dyed seam binding, twigs, chalks for watercoloring

Hello! This week at Paper Maniac all North Woods stamps are 25% off!! I have always loved watching the chickadees in winter, so this one had to be mine!  This stamp is actually quite large and measures 4" x 4.75". 

I hadn't used my watercolor paper or chalks in a long time, so that is the medium I used to color this image.  I went back and added some sparkle to the snow with a Sakura stardust pen, but you can't really see it in this photo.  Make sure you check out all of the fabulous projects this week by the DT with North Woods stamps!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

The Stamps of Life-Monograms!

Second card is out for Publication!

Hello!  Today I have two cards using the newly released monogram2build and alpha4monogram sets by The Stamps Of Life.  I used my Crate Paper Restoration DP for both of these cards.  On the first one I used a sewing machine to stitch around the panels, and the second card I used a paper doily behind my monogram stamped on the doily cut from the Crate Paper DP.
When you make monogram cards, do you like to use your last name initial or first name?  I do both, but I think I prefer my first name, since it seems more personal.  My mom disagrees! LOL!  She thinks it should be your last name if you are just using one letter, but maybe she is a bit old fashioned?!?
I am fighting some nasty intestinal virus, so don't know how much creating I will do today.

I hope you all are well, and thanks so much for stopping by!

Emily

H{ippity} Hop-Recycled Denim...

Hello!  Happy H{ippity} Hop Monday!  Today I have a couple more cards that I made for the WCMD challenges hosted by Unity.  I decided to show both of the cards I made with some denim embellishments.  I love that handmade embellies on cards is so popular right now.  I have plenty of old jeans from my boys, that I can recycle in so many creative ways.
I cut out the seam and used that on my first card along with the bird stamp from  the ippity set, Totally Happy, Distressed Dots and a sentiment from the July KOTM.
For the second card, I used some denim to make a rolled flower.  I added a button to the center.  I used the scallop border stamp from Melody Ross, One of A Kind set and the quote from the ippity set, Delightful Little Things.

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

Double Challenge Card!

Stamps:  The Stamps Of Life-Monogram2build

Ink:  Soft Suede, Distress Inks in old paper and Walnut Stain

Paper:  Crate Paper Restoration collection, Very Vanilla CS

Accessories:  Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, Prima yellow roses, vintage button

Hello!  Here is a card I made for two challenges.  The first is the embellish challenge.  For this challenge you are to make a vintage themed card using the colors rust, yellow and green.

The next challenge is the challenge over at Oh, Alice.  For this challenge the game of chess is the inspiration.  I decided my rust, checked paper would qualify since I own no Alice or chess type images or paper.  This week, Paper Maniac is sponsoring the Oh, Alice challenge!  If you play along, you could win a $20 GC to the PM store!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

EIC111-Vintage Love....

It's Saturday, so time for another EIC challenge!  This week's shop is Stiletto Heights.  They have some beautiful, feminine vintage looking prints.  I will admit that I already had this card made, but when I looked at this week's shop, I had to post this card with it!  Below you will find a sample of the art in this shop.

Beautiful, huh?

This week our sponsor is Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps.  They have some super cute images for all of you who LOVE to color!

Please make sure you link your project on the EIC blog.  You will also want to check out the wonderful discount codes on the EIC blog to BOTH of these shops!

Two random winners will be chosen next Friday.  One person will win two prints of their choice from Stiletto Heights, and someone else will win a $15 store credit to Sparkle Creations!

Have fun creating something beautiful!  I am anxious to see all of the cool vintage looking things people come up with!

Emily

FWF-Unity LOVE

HELLO!

TGIF...right?

Today I have some cards with a LOVE theme!  Thought it was fitting to show how much I {heart} Unity!  How about that new website?  Fabulous!  Go check it out if you haven't already.  

Both cards above use stamps from the August 2010 KOTM.  The "happily ever after" is from the July KOTM.

No big plans today.  This evening we are making homemade apple and pumpkin pie (requested by one of my 4  year olds).  For one whole week, that is all he can talk about is making pumpkin and apple pie, so I thought we would do just that!  Should be interesting, messy and so much fun!  I will try to post some photos later!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Emily

Paper Maniac is sponsoring EBTKS challenge!

Hello!  Today I made a card for the EBTKS challenge based on the sketch below.  Make sure you play along this week because Paper Maniac is sponsoring!  One lucky person will win a $20 gift certificate to the store!  I used papers from Echo Park's, Everybody Loves Christmas collection which is available at Paper Maniac.  I added some chunky red glitter around the sentiment box.

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily