Great Giveaway

Check out this fabulous giveaway. Here is the linkhttp://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/2011/12/my-annual-end-of-year-christmas.html

Halloween Scrapbooking Party

Tonight is my annual Stampin Up Halloween party. I really am not ready. Been out of town for a few days at a convention instead of cleaning house and making treats. Take a look at the picture below. It shows one of my tags from the October tag swap with Velma of Creatively Outta Control. Mine is the one that says spooky with the pumpkin and skeleton. I like the way it turned out. What do you think?

Fall Craft Show

Yesterday was the annual fall craft show in Atchison, Kansas. My friend Gena and I have had a booth there for several years. This year we went totally spooky Halloween. it was a great success. They loved our mini albums and altered books,but we totally sold out of our mini spooky hat creations. Gena made hers out of paper cups! We could have sold a lot more so we will be starting early for next year's show! Here is a picture from the show.

Dusty Attic Giveaway

Check out this great blog of Vicky Albert. She has three ways for you to win Dusty Attic products. Here is her blog address and her fantastic etsy shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/vickyalberto and www.simplypaperandcreativity.blogspot.com Visit them both today!

Something New to Share

I have some new creations to share today. A friend and I are in a Halloween tag swap and these are my two entries. I used two of Tim Holtz's embossing folders and several of my old Halloween stamps. Then distressed everything with Tim's distress inks. I like the way they turned out. What do you think?

This next project is for a scrapbooking class I am teaching at my local library. I cased this card from Happy Life Crafty Wife's blog. She has some great ideas for Halloween! I changed it up a little and just used what I had on hand for paper and embellishments. The stamps are from the $1 bin at Michael's. They are really cute! My lighting was really off in this picture but you get the idea!

Blog Hop Winner

I have faithfully been following the five day blog hop of Graphic 45 and Want2Scrap. Today was the last day and guess what? I won a great package from Graphic 45. It is their Springtime Collection plus more goodies. Check it out!

Birthday Card For a Special Friend

I made another birthday card for a good friend at work. Didn't have much time but I am happy with how it turned out. Be sure and check out Graphic 45 and Want2scrap. They have teamed up to host a blog hop with some great prizes. It lasts all week!!!