Knitting News

So...of you knitters out there, who's ever tried Fair-Isle Knitting?  I haven't...and quite frankly I've been quite happy knitting with just one color, thank you very much! LOL  :-)  But, that's about to change!  I have an opportunity to learn how to Fair-Isle knit....Ut oh! LOL  I'm excited to try this out though!  I don't have all the materials needed at the moment, but from what I've read it seems like this is going to be fun!  I have to admit, I'm a bit nervous because I've yet to use two colors, and reading charts intimidates me!  But, most of what I know of knitting I've learned from Liat (knitfreedom.com) so I feel confident that she'll explain this technique clearly, so even I can understand and follow along in her new book, "The Complete Knitfreedom Video Guide to Fair-Isle Knitting".  Whether I can replicate is yet to be seen! Ha ha!  I'll keep you posted on my progress and I'll post a review of her video guide when I'm all through.  Wish me luck!

Mystery Blog Hop Winner!

I bet you didn't know it (really, how could you? lol) but I was one of the 'mystery' blogs along the hop. That means that I get to randomly choose a winner! So without further adieu, our winner is (insert drum roll here)....

♥...Mo...♥Apr 15, 2012 08:48 AM

Both cards are super beautiful

I just love

Greetings from Venezuela

Congratulations Mo!  You have won a Softpencil digi of your choice!  Please go to the Softpencil blog to find out the details.

Blog Hop #3

Hi Everyone!  First and foremost I want to thank everyone who hopped along this past week and left messages on my blog.  I truly appreciate all the comments!  Second, please hop along for the third and final blog hop at Softpencil!  I'm not partaking in this one, but you will be seeing some fabulous creations for sure!  Have fun!  I'm off to hop now myself.

Enjoy!

Softpencil Blog Hop!!!

Hello all and welcome to the second part of the Softpencil Blog Hop! This part runs from April 15th to April 20th....and I get to be a part of it! Thank you Elizabeth! :-)

We are celebrating the first year of Elizabeth's characters, the Tinytwinies™, the first year of Softpencil Studios relaunching and Elizabeth's 10th anniversary as a professional artist. We're also celebrating the opening of Elizabeth's new shop where all of her products are available: digi-stamps, clear stamps, stickers, rub-ons, kits for card making, scrapbooking and paper crafting - and more products coming soon! 

There are several prizes along the way:

• Elizabeth will be choosing a random winner (through random.org) from the players who complete the blog hop - the winner will receive a gift certificate for $15 to the Softpencil shop... and a surprise!
• All the players who participate by leaving their comments on each blog will receive a free digi-stamp of their choice. Yes! Only leave a comment on each blog and win a digi-stamp! Write to Elizabeth at elizabethpujalka@hotmail.com to let me know you commented on all the blogs. 
• And there is a "mystery blog" so all the girls who leave a comment on that blog will be entered on a drawing to win a digi-stamp... and a little surprise too! 

So be sure to leave a comment at each stop and leave 2 comments back at the Softpencil Blog! 


Now, onto my projects.  For this hop I made two cards - one using Easter Sunny, the other using adorable Lilly.

I colored Easter Sunny with Prismacolor colored pencils and cut it out and embossed it with my Scalloped Squares Nestabilities and my Cuttlebug.  The sentiment is from Stampin' Up, "Spring Fling".  The words had little stars in it, but I didn't care for them so I put yellow flower brads over them :-)  

I colored Lilly with Prismacolor colored pencils and used Circle Nestabilities and my Cuttlebug to cut her out.  For the background I just layered three papers - I couldn't decide which color to go with so I used them all!  The flowers (SU "Close as a Memory") are stamped using SU craft ink in white and then embossed with white powder.  On Lilly, I added glitter to her bow, a brad for the center of her flower, and black glossy accents on her buttons and shoes.  Below is a close-up to try and show the details on her :-)

That's all I have for today!  Don't forget to leave a comment to be entered into the drawing!

Happy hopping!

1- Annette Bowes 

2- April Lower 

3- Stephanie Serrano 

4- Julie Masse 

5- Farida Rone 

6- Monica Torres 

7- Melissa Craig 

8- Carole Rinear Chesser 

9- Michelle Quinno 

10- Debra Miller  (you should have come from here)

11- Heather D ---  This is me!

12- Pauline Guttrey 

13- Cyndi Kim 

14- Mervi 

15- Lola 

16- Jessica Shelton 

17- Monica Flores 

Share the Memories ~ Freebie

Following last week's bookmark freebie is another fabulous bookmark.  Remember that these are examples of what you can create with the files...you can always add or take away features in your product.  Be as creative as you want!  And have fun with it :-)


(If you missed last week's post, it has the tutorial for making bookmarks, not that you really need a tutorial for it lol).


Today's freebie:

Share the Memories ~ Freebie

This week (and next) the freebie is a bookmark!  And along with the freebie is a tutorial to tell you how to create your own using the MyMemories software.  These would make great gifts :-)


STEPS:  Open MyMemories Suite software and choose your album size (I chose 8.5 x 11 for a printable project).  Add the papers and elements you wish to use to create your own printable project (I made these Bookmarks), and when you are finished, click: SHARE ALBUM ====> EXPORT PAGES and save as a .jpg!  The new .jpg papers you created are now usable as stand alone printable projects to use and reuse anytime!  The Freebies enclosed are just samples of the printable projects you can make!  Just print, cut and use!  I just added a little ribbon fringe, and voila!!  What better little "extra" goodie when giving a book?  What about making these for your child's class?  Sunday School?  So many great uses - so easy and fun!



Remember, you can use these files in other programs.  Not that you'll like them as much as you would MyMemories, but you could use them elsewhere :-)

Today's freebie:

Softpencil Blog Hop this Month!!!

Mark your calendars!  Softpencil is having a blog hop to celebrate an anniversary and the unveiling of her new stamps!  Below is the info...and I'll be in the second blog hop :-)  I do hope you hop through all of the great blogs....you never know what you might find! :-)

Liebster Blog Award

I'm sending a thank you shout-out to my friend Diane! She awarded me the Liebster Award :-)

What is the Liebster award? Liebster means "favourite" in German, and the award is given by peers to fellow bloggers who have been able to inspire despite their small following. Once accepted, an award recipient must "pay it forward" by completing the following steps:

1) Post the award to your blog. 
2) Link back to the person's blog who gave it to you and thank them. 
3) Give the award to five bloggers with less than 200 followers that you appreciate and value. 
4) Leave a comment on the five blogs you chose to let them know that they have been given the Liebster award.

Here are five blogs that I feel deserve to receive the Liebster award:


1.  Regan - Charmed Stamping
I 'met' Regan through Sassy Studios Designs - they have some fabulously sassy images!  I think we are long lost sisters LOL  Love her style and creative thinking when it comes to making cards and being crafty.

2. Elizabeth - Softpencil Studios
 Elizabeth, the owner and designer of Softpencil Studios, makes adorable stamps! She started with digis, and then moved on to have rubber and clear stamps of her digis, and now has a whole line of products from stickers to rub-ons to decals.  (oh, she's having a blog hop coming up soon! Watch her site for details!)

3. Kelly - Finding Time to Create
Want to check out some really cool ideas for using your Silhouette (or Cameo) cutting machine? This is THE place to look!  Kelly has such fantastic ideas, and she often has tutorials so you can create your own masterpieces!  Thank you Kelly for all your inspiring ideas! :-)

4. Chris - Visual Designs by Chris
More Silhouette (and other cutters) designs!  Chris does a great job creating new files all the time! Plus she's got a slew of other creators at her shop, so you can find any design you're looking for!

5. Diane - My Useless Crafts and Such
Ok, so technically, Diane can't really get this award from me since she's the one who gave it to me, but she'd be the top of my list if I had received the award first!  Diane and I have been friends forever!  We have very similar likes/dislikes when it comes to crafting, although I'm way less OCD! (right Di?? lol)  Love ya!

Share the Memories ~ Freebie

Following  last week's freebie, this week's is also a paper/background.  If you missed how to create your own paper, please read last week's post.

Please note that all of these are .png files only, not MyMemories Suite Templates. They are usable in any software and are for everyone!! This freebie includes all of the papers and elements used in creating the above. The elements are.png and the papers are .jpg format. These  will not autoinstall into the software itself, but are used by adding to your project as you would a photo, and then layering your photo behind the open box. From there you can add journaling, embellishments and more to truly personalize!! 

Have fun with your freebie! If you post about your creation, please leave a link to your post in the comments section so I can check it out.  Happy scrapping!

p.s. If you're having fun creating these pages, why not check out the software package that mymemories offers?  Use my code for a great discount: STMMMS72517 - you can click the link on my sidebar.

Share the Memories ~ Freebie

This week's freebie is a paper/background freebie.  Creating your own background papers is easy in My Memories software! Whatever you create can be saved as a jpg which means you can use it time and time again! All you have to do is export to jpg format and voila! you've created a background paper!  How fun and easy is that?!  Here are the steps, in case you need them:

STEPS:  Open MyMemories Suite software and choose your album size.  Add the papers and elements you wish to use to create your own digital paper, and when you are finished, click: SHARE ALBUM ====> EXPORT PAGES and save as a .jpg!  The new .jpg papers you created are now usable as stand alone papers to use and reuse anytime!  The freebie below is just a sample of digital papers that you, too, can make!  All of the elements used to create these two papers are included in this week's freebie - use them any way to want and create your own!

Please note that all of these are .png files only, not MyMemories Suite Templates. They are usable in any software and are for everyone!! This freebie includes  all of the papers and elements used in creating the above. The elements are.png and the papers are .jpg format. These Quick Pages will not autoinstall into the software itself, but are used by adding to your project as you would a photo, and then layering your photo behind the open box. From there you can add journaling, embellishments and more to truly personalize!! 

Have fun with your freebie! If you post about your creation, please leave a link to your post in the comments section so I can check it out.  Happy scrapping!

p.s. If you're having fun creating these pages, why not check out the software package that mymemories offers?  Use my code for a great discount: STMMMS72517 - you can click the link on my sidebar.