Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Happy Days!!!

I am finally getting back in the swing of things after the holiday weekend!   Hope everyone enjoyed their Memorial Day's! 

I am so excited to share with you that my projects have received recognition in the past two weeks!!    I would like to send out a big thank you to Tiffany, Kim and Tami for the recognition!!!  I am truly grateful for all their hard work that they put into crafting community!   It is truly appreciated.

 First, My Crafty World has posted my happy cupcake banner as a top pick this week.    As always make sure to check Tiffany's blog, so many amazing picks every week and I am honored to be chosen as one of them!

Second, two of my projects have been featured on Paper Punch Addiction.     My daisy card as well as my thanks a latte gift bag!!!    Kim has the most amazing site, I don't know how she finds the energy to find amazing punch art projects, but she does!   So click here to check out her punch art finds!  

Lastly, I just joined a great crafting community called the Fiskateers.    Tami from the Fiskateers hosted this great Spring Stamp Out Challenge.     There were 17 challenges in all.    You guessed it the challenges were all stamping related!    It was so great to see so many people participating and posting projects!   At the end, 17 winners were picked and everyone got 2 stamp sets and 2 punches.   I am anxiously awaiting, my prize package.    I won in the Numbers and Alphabets challenge.    The challenge was to grab those number and alphabet stamps, paper, or even embellishments with letters or numbers on them to create a project.

Here is the card I submitted along with th ingredients to make it:
Stamp Sets:   stamp set from a local craft store, Short Order Numbers
Ink:  Poppy Parade
Paper:  Whisper White, Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz, Poppy Parade Patterns Designer Series Paper
Accessories:   Stickers from a local craft store, Rhinestones
Tools:  Perfect Pennant Punch, Chevron Border Punch and Corner Rounder from a local craft store

1 comment:

Kimmarie Baker said...

Congratulations Staia! Well deserved honors. All of the projcts are very pretty. You definitely have the talent to show what you love to do.