Check out this cool stamping system + a GIVEAWAY!!

Hey hey!!

OK I have something fun to share today!
{and i have one to giveaway too}

Creative Memories has a cool new stamping system!

And let me tell you...I am NOT a stamper!

I've always just thought it was too much work.

But this little system I can do!

It is super easy!!

And it stamps so nice & crisp!

This is the basic system that comes with a black ink pad and a cute little "hello" stamp.

Here is a card I made using the Reflections line and the cute "hello" stamp that comes with the basic Stamper System.

There are 4 fun sets of stamps that you can get to use with the stamping system.

This is the "Birthday Wishes" stamp set.

This next one is called "Be Young".

Here is a fun one called "For Her".

And if there is a "For Her" set there has to be a "For Him" set too!

Fun stuff, huh?!

Would you like to have one??
Well it is your lucky day!
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I have a whole Stamper System Bundle to giveaway!
That includes the basic system plus all 4 stamp sets plus some extra ink pads!!

That's an $81.00 value good people!

Awesome!!

OK so here are a couple ways you can win:

1). Leave a comment on this post. Any comment...just be nice! :)

That will put your name in the hat one time.

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2). Go check out the Creative Memories Traditional 911 blog, leave a comment on something you see there that you like, and then come back here and leave another comment telling me what you liked over there.

That will put your name in the hat a second time.

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This week I will be sharing some more things that I have made with the Stamper System so I will give you through the weekend to leave comments.
I will pick a winner on Monday.
Hopefully that will get somebody's week off to a good start!

:)

Now get to leaving those comments!
Good luck!!
:)
gretchen

More shares

Happy Friday good people!

And welcome to the long holiday weekend!
Before I head out on a mountain biking trip {my first one!} I have a  couple of layouts to share.
I made both of these with the May kit from Midnight Rooster.
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I took advantage of a free 8x10 offer from Walgreens a couple weeks ago & printed this picture I took at one of the highest points at Oak Mountain {which is where I do most of my local mountain biking...the trail system is awesome!}.

This picture is actually looking back down a part of the trail called Red Road.

And it is not actually the best scenic view in the park.

There are much prettier places.

Red Road is a 2.5 mile rocky, torturous uphill climb.
I hate it.

But I love it when I conquer it and get to the top!

That is a great feeling!

And that is why looking back down Red Road from the top is the best view in the park to me!

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Now this next layout is of my friend Lindsay's babies and their 2 grandmothers.

I got a little scissor happy and cut all those flowers out of a sheet of October Afternoon patterned paper.

I mean, who needs fancy embellishments when you can just cut your own out of pretty paper!
:)

OK that was a lot of talking/typing from me.

I'm done!

Happy Friday!

Enjoy your long weekend!

Remember to check back next week for 2, yep 2, giveaways here!
:)
gretchen

Summer Wind

I am lucky enough to already have my June kit from Noel Mignon!

This one is called "Summer Wind" and it is packed full of all kinds of goodies!
There are products from My Mind's Eye,

Pink Paislee, Hambly (**sniff**sniff** that they are going out of business),

American Crafts, Queen & Co., We R Memory Keepers, etc.
Fun stuff!!

Here is a picture of "Summer Wind" that completely does NOT do it justice!

Trust me...this is a great kit!
I've made a couple of things already and I hope to get a chance to dive into it a little more over this long holiday weekend!

Here is a pretty simple layout about the minor league baseball games that my husband & I go to on Thursday nights in the summer and fall.

The Thickers in this kit are raw chipboard and a super fun font.

I just kept them raw and used them as is...no ink or paint or anything!

And I like them that way!

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Here is a fun card using mostly Pink Paislee stickers and patterned paper from the kit.

That's all I've got...for now!

:)
gretchen

P.S.

I know I mentioned earlier this week that I would have a giveaway for you later this week.
BUT I got my dates confused so really that giveway won't be until next week.
On the flip side, though, that means that there will be 2 different giveaways next week!

WHOOP WHOOP!
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Priorities

It is "Flower Week" over on the Pebbles blog!

I will admit that I have been hoarding 3 packs of the super cute chipboard flowers from the Fresh Goods collection.

It took "Flower Week" to finally get me to use them!

I used those chipboard flowers to embellish this layout.

And then because I thought it needed just a few more flowers

(I mean, can you really ever have too many??!)

I cut a few small flowers out of the "All Mine" patterned paper from the With Love collection to add also.

Check out the Pebbles blog this week to see all kinds of fun ways to use flowers!

Happy Wednesday folks!
:)

gretchen

Sharing

Morning!

Just sharing a layout I made about my cousins wedding this past December.

My baby cousin is all grown up and married now!

I used the April kit from Midnight Rooster to make this 2-pager.
And I have figured out how to make my own "collages" by using 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock and just cropping my pictures to fit.
I mean, I could figure out how to use Photoshop for collages but where would the fun be in that?!

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OK that's all I've got!

Happy Monday!
:)
gretchen

P.S.

I've got a fun giveaway coming up later this week!
Check back!

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Another giveaway!!

There is a giveaway on the Pebbles blog today too!
Go leave a comment over there on {this post} for a chance to win some Pebbles loot!

Great giveaways!!

To wrap up the fun week with The Twinery, Bella Blvd is doing a big ole giveaway!
Well 2 giveaways actually!!

All you have to do is go to the Bella Blvd blog and leave a comment on {this post} for a chance to win one of these awesome prizes!!
Good luck and have a great weekend!
:)
gretchen