Southern Scraps

Hehe, my craft closet that is. I spent several hours today cleaning up my office and scrap/stamp room. Since my craft work space is literally in the walk in closet, I now have things back in place and the table cleaned off so I can work in there. After I finished cleaning, I made another card for the Jacksonbelle Embellishments New Years Eve Challenge . #4 was to make a birthday card. Great for me, I will need two birthday cards by the end of this month, so I now have one of them done. I used Jen's Sketch For You to Try . There I was organizing my scraps and purging what I decided was too little to keep or that I am so uninspired by and dang, if she didn't post a sketch that was perfect for those scraps! Stamp: cupcake by imaginisce Patterned Paper: Doodlebug Accents: Stickles Tools: Nestabilities scallop circles

Paper crafts by Rach is giving away some cool stuff. Check it our HERE. Leslie's Loft has some yummy stuff HERE . Karin has some cute stuff HERE . She's also created a group at Paper Craft Planet to help keep up with challenges. Starving Artist Stamps has some new releases and they are giving them away! Check it out HERE .

I've got just a couple of cards to share. My Christmas rush hasn't stopped yet and I haven't had as much time to play as I'd like. Hopefully by the end of the weekend, I'll get the house back in order and I'll be able to play. I squeezed in Laura's Sketch 16 at 2sketches4you. Here's my card: It's also doubling as my card for the Jacksonbelle Embellishments New Year's Eve Challenge #2. The challenge was to make a card using black, white, or vanilla and shiny. My pic doesn't really show you how shiny my card is but the silver is metallic paper and I have some rhinestones on there. I couldn't help but add that pop of red! That is a felt heart I cut with my new Big Shot! Hubby got me just what I asked for as a Christmas gift. Here's another shot of the card: I love Jen's Saturday sketches so I got in a card for that one too. I moved the accent piece to the right side. I thought it just went better there on my card. The dog and the ...

Happy New Year! As we move forward into a new year, I wish you all much happiness and prosperity. Purple is often used to symbolize wealth and prosperity, so today's feature is on some great "purple" finds from etsy. 1. Purple Velvet Swarovski beaded necklace with pendant and earrings by mamakcrafts 2. owls pillow in plum by modernradar 3. LAVENDER VANILLA - 8 Scented Paraffin Wax Votive Candles - by SimplyClassyToo 4. Purple Orchids original watercolor painting 8x10 inches Affordable Original Art by karenfaulkerart 5. Quilted purple tote by HappilySewingDiane 6. Flower Bird on Half Sleeve Blouse by bhivedesigns 7. Purple Paisley, Bajidoo Bangle Designs by Bajidoo 8. The Lady Bug Corsage by lovethatjewellery

Pretty Pressings has some adorable stamps up for grabs. Check it out HERE . Happy Thoughts and Inkspots also has some candy, and note the sidebar about some upcoming releases! A new challenge blog and candy can be found HERE at Sketch and Stash Challenge. I can always use the movivation to use my stash and a good excuse to buy new. You can work it how you want to for this challenge.

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Okay, okay, am I beginning to look like a cheapie or what? Do I look like I'm just out to get all the free stuff I can? Yep, but I promise to start returning the favor. Maybe when I hit 5,000 views I'll have my own blog candy. In the meantime, here's another fabulous blog candy offer. This one is from Toni at Whimisical Thoughts. Look here. And this one is for a good cause. You have to do something in order to be entered, but I promise it's well worth it. Details here.