Lace and Blog Candy!!!

My next door neighbor had an estate auction two weeks ago, and there was quite a lot left over,

My Dad and I went over to the house and I spotted a huge box of vintage lace in beautiful condition. I asked how much he wanted for it and he gave it to me for free! I was thrilled, and finally got around to going thru it today. As you can see from the card I made today I incorporated some of the lace into my card! I have never used lace on a card, and I love what it adds to a card! I used an older Sarah Kay image I have had for awhile, and colored it with Bic Mark-its, and my SU markers. The DSP is by Cosmo Cricket and it is called "Material Girl". I also used the matching buttons that go along with the dsp collection. I used my Janome to sew around the edges, and the lace scallop was hand made by me! Now for the fun part, because I have SO much lace, and I know I will never use it all I am offering up BLOG CANDY to share my lace with YOU!

Just so you can get a better idea of how much lace there is I put it all in a basket. There is a TON of lace! Now, there are 3 ways you can win this candy:

1st - become a follower

2nd - comment on this post

3rd - post this candy on your blog side-bar!

Now you don't have to do all 3, but if you want the most chances to win then ya better! You can enter to win this blog candy until Sunday April 18th and I will draw the winner on Monday morning! Good luck!

In a Coloring Mood

I remember as a little girl getting ready for the new school year. My book bag, and supplies were all ready to go. But, before I packed everything into my bag I would open my crayons and just run my finger over the top of them. There was something so wonderfully simple about a brand new box of crayons. I can't wait till Cameron gets his first box of crayons. Today I just felt like coloring. So I got out my Sarah Kay stamps and chose this one, my favorite. I used my prisma's and OMS to color this cutie. The card stock is Bazzil, and the cute gingham paper is from DCWV. I love the way purple and yellow look together! I hope all of you have a safe, and happy weekend. Thank you for visiting my blog!

Another Sarah Kay Card

Did I already say that I LOVE my new Sarah Kay stamps? Well, I'm pretty sure that I did but I have to say it again anyways! These stamps are so darn cute! I am still without any staz-on so I used my regular SU black ink pad and my aqua painter to color the image. I was very careful with the amount of water on my brush to prevent the ink from running. I used another simple layout for this card to showcase the stamped image. The DP is from the SU Prints Pack, and the ribbon is by American Crafts. I've been trying to use a lot of my Hodge Podge hardware since it is retiring, and because SU is having an awesome special on it this month! All HP kits in the catty are 20.96. That is an amazing deal! If you don't have any of the HPH I totally recommend buying some because it would cost a fortune to buy the pieces separately, and no-one even comes close to offering the same quality of metal hardware. (Believe me, I have checked everywhere.) I hope you are having a great week!
Supplies:
Ink - Pretty in Pink, Apricot Appeal, Choco Chip, Close to Cocoa, Basic Black
Stamps - Sarah Kay, Paper Trey
Paper - SU Prints Pack DP, Apricot Appeal, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla, DCWV Brown
Embellies - HP Hardware, American Crafts Ribbon
Tools - Petite Ovals nestabilities, Word Window Punch