Blog Candy Winner!!

Sorry I am late picking the winner, it has been a busy and exhausting day!! My dd turns 13 (eeekk) on Tuesday and she is having a swimming party tomorrow. I have been cleaning, etc all day! Anywho, I am about to call it a night!

I really enjoyed hearing about what cakes you like best - mine is chocolate with chocolate icing - YUM-O! The Pioneer Woman has an awesome recipe here for one. If you have never been to her site, you are in for a treat!! Go check it out and see what I mean - It is an awesome blog!

The Winner of the Blog Candy is: #8 Janette!!

Please email me your address, etc at vhemingway2006 at hotmail dot com and I will mail your goodies out!

G'nite!

~Tori

Blog Candy Teaser!!

Hi Y'all!

I finally got around to snapping a picture of the blog candy I am giving away.

Be sure to go to this post and leave me a comment for a chance to win! You only have until tomorrow at noon to enter!

Good Luck!

~Tori

Baked With Love! and Blog-aversary Candy!!

Happy Tuesday, Y'all!

It totally crept up on me that TODAY is my 1 yr. blog-a-versary!! I will be giving away some more crocheted flowers as a blog-a-versary candy! See end of post for more info! I really appreciate all of your sweet comments and support in the last year - it inspires me to create new stuff each & every day!

It is a beautiful day here in N. FL and I just got finished planting some plants around the pool! I wanted to get that done before my dd's swimming party this weekend and also before it gets too dang hot!!

Anyway, Changito has been busy whipping a little something up!

These stamps are from the new Stampendous Changito Baker set. I just melt whenever I see this cute monkey! I have so many Changito stamps and they really need to see more ink! Also, I used another one of my crocheted flowers! Sorry if I inundate you with them in the coming weeks, but I really like the way they turned out!! I also will be stocking up on Basic Grey Glazed Brads as they are the perfect accompaniment! I stamped Changito with Memento ink, colored with my Copics and then used my Labels 2 Nestie to cut out. I then inked around the edge with Pink Pirouette. The DP is from Basic Grey's Eva set. I also used Kiwi Kiss, Pink Pirouette and Gina K. 80# white paper. I ran the card base through my CB with the Swiss Dots folder. The Sentiment was stamped on Gina K paper, cut out with the Ribbon Tag Trio Nestie and then sponged with more Pink Pirouette. I cut the cake out separately and popped it up with a glue dot. I added liquid glass on the candles, pink icing and heart on the sentiment. The ribbon is Olive Twill from SU.

Here are the Copics I used:

Ok, onto the Blog-a-versary Candy stuff.... Leave me a comment on this post with your favorite kind of cake/baked dessert for a chance to win some crocheted flowers like the ones you see above in my card. The colors of the flowers will be some white and some pink. Please leave your comments by Friday, May 1st at noon and I will pick the winner on Friday afternoon!

Good luck!

Thanks for stopping by!
~Tori

Blog Candy WINNER!!

Hi again!

I am just getting around to drawing the Blog Candy Winner.... It has been a busy Monday Morning!

I used random.org to pick the winner and the winner is #2 - Patti J!! Congratulations! Email me at (vhemingway2006 at hotmail dot com) with your address, so I can send your flowers to you!

I hope to have another card to post tonight, but we will see how today goes! :)

~Tori

More Flowers and some Blog Candy!!

Happy Thursday!

Sorry I have no new cards to post - I have been swamped with family stuff.

I am giving away my first BLOG CANDY, so keep reading!!

My baby turns 4 on Saturday, so I have been dealing with birthday stuff and preparing for company to come in town for the weekend. Also, next week, my brother and sister-in-law are coming from TX for a visit, so lots to do to get the house in order - plus dealing with normal stuff!

This is my baby. Doesn't he look sweet? He is really quite mischevious! Don't let this cute pic fool you! He is sooooo excited about his party this weekend and it's all he can talk about this week!

Anyhoo, I do have more pics of new flowers! I like these much better! I used 2 different patterns.

The ones with the holes in the middle are a little easier to make. Wouldn't these look cute with some BG Sugured brads in the center?? Email me if you would like the patterns - not sure if I can post the links here or not. I want try adding glimmer mist to one of them to see how it looks. I also want to try dying them using SU re-inkers (if anyone knows if you can do this, please leave me a comment)- this is when a copic airbrush system would come in handy! LOL! The white thread I used is a smaller gauge that makes a smaller, tighter flower and if I can just dye them that would prevent me from having to buy lots of other yarn. I still need to get a smaller hook, but have not had time to get one! These little babies have really helped pass the time at lacrosse & soccer practices during the week!!

Hopefully I will have time to actually use them on a card soon!! LOL!

I am taking a Copic Class taught by Asela Hopkins tomorrow, so I am super excited!

Okay, on to the blog candy....

What's on tap for your weekend? For a chance at some crocheted flowers made by yours truly, leave me a comment by Sunday (3/22/09) at Noon and I will pull the winner on Monday morning!

Happy Stamping (and Crocheting! LOL!)

~Tori