NEWS – Animal Crackers

October 7, 2012 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 31 Comments

I’ve been meaning to come in here for a while to get the next blog candy or freebie up but have been thwarted by the time it takes to boot my kids off my computer and work on the graphics! LOL But today is Sunday and I’ve proclaimed the computer for myself. Muah ha ha ha Which means you get the benefits too as I’ve had plenty of time to get this post put together. 😀

Thanks to all my followers and for all the lovely comments you’ve been leaving. I’m sure you’re all wondering who is the lucky winner of my forgotten scraps? So let’s get to it! Using random.org on the comments, the winner is #2, who is …

Leah Ann Gast

“Oh my word! What a awesome candy :O) Wow!!! Crossing my fingers :O) Hugs! Leah Ann”

Congratulations Leah Ann!! Email me with your mailing address and I’ll get your loot shipped out to you sometime this week. 😀 Thank you to everyone who participated and I’m sure I’ll have another large loot in the future!

Now onto the next offering. I have to admit, rather grudgingly, that I am an image collector. I have so many stamps and digi images that there is no way I’m going to get through using them all. Last year I went through my stamps and organized everything – it actually took me several month – but my stamp corner is now clean and I feel better about browsing the lot. However, I found that I have many duplicates and sometimes triplets in that collection! Just don’t tell my hubby! LOL So this is what I’d love to share with ya’ll… FOUR Animal Cracker Circus clear stamps by Imaginisce!

Here’s the regular details and how to participate in this blog candy. As a huge thank you to my Followers, I’m going to regularly post freebies, blog candies and give-aways right here on this blog!! I don’t know exactly when the next NEWS will be posted so your time limit will be variable and between posts. For example, on this offer here, you will have until I randomly post the next offer. So what do you have to do to take advantage of these offers?? All you have to do is …

Note: This offer has expired.

You can click HERE to see the most recent News.

~~1. Be a Follower of this blog~~

~~2. Leave a comment below~~

If you would like to post the NEWS Badge on your sidebar then that is optional, however, it is a great tool to be notified of the next freebie. Sounds impossible? Na, it’s simple and similar to the way I do the Little Miss Muffet NEWS Badge which has worked great! (P.S. There’s freebie opportunities over there too so be sure to add that badge while you’re at it.) Here is the code and details on this badge…

NOTE: This is important … make sure you use the code above when grabbing the blinkie as it’s the only way it will be will update automatically. Once it’s on your blog, the blinkie will change when I post another offer and you’ll get to see the latest news right from your sidebar! It’s a great way to get alerted whenever there is another freebie, blog candy or giveaway posted!! 😀

For freebies, I’ll email out the image in a couple days and it will be in a PNG format. For blog candies and give-aways, winners will be randomly selected and announced in the next NEWS post. Then you can send me your mailing address and I’ll ship out your goodies as soon as possible.

I think that about sums it up and thank you for stopping by! *Hugs
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Monarch Magic

October 5, 2012 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 3 Comments

It’s been longer than planned but I hope you didn’t forget that my daughter and I were doing the Monarch Butterfly Fund. She and I had drawn the 5 stages of the butterfly images in Hola Butterfly at Little Miss Muffet Stamps. Here she is with the book, Monarch Magic! by Lynn Rosenblattand her card she made, which we’ll be sending in this weekend. (Not the book, of course.)

The message she wrote inside was “Dear People who save butterflies, I did a fund raser for the monarch butterflys. I hope the butterflys are safe. Love, Cassandra.” She’s so sweat! We sold one image plus she contributed $2.00 and I also contributed $2.00 so we’ll be sending $6.00 in to Monarch Butterfly Fund. We’re sending the envelope on Monday so if you decide you also want to contribute you can purchase the image this weekend and I’ll include it with the rest.

Update: We sent in $13.00 – Thank you Paddi, Nana Donna and Trina!

Yvonne

October 4, 2012 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 7 Comments

It’s another project day at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and this fortnight it’s all about “Simplicity!” However, remember, that if you use a LMMS then you can always submit an “Anything Goes” project, which is what category my project falls into today. 😀

For my project I created a birthday card using Yvonne from Little Miss Muffet Stamps and some of that neon blue that I just “love!” I have colored all four of these images with this paper as inspiration and little did I know how bright the colors would photograph. LOL Ah, well, it’s a bright and cheery card which is just perfect for birthdays! The sentiment is from Penny Black and is such a fun way to bring a little bit of “geek” into the card.

A little something I did different with the banners this time is wrapped ribbon around the paper banner to create a layered effect. Then I cut the bottom of the ribbon to match. The silk ribbon was a little slippery at first but I like how it turned out… don’t you?! Anyway, thanks for coming by today and be sure to head on over to the Little Miss Muffet Challenge Blog to see all the wonderful projects the DT has created for you today – they’re awesome!!

Winter Friends

October 4, 2012 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 24 Comments

This is it, my last post in pending state and now soon to be scheduled and posted. What does that mean? Well, I’m going to have to start crafting again!! Well, that sounds like a good excuse – do you think my school teachers will mind? He he he

This is another card I made using Winter Friends from Some Odd Girl which includes the polar bear, scarf and sentiment stamp. It’s a simple card layout but I think works really well to give the impressing of a cold blistery day. Plus the polar bear was a cinch to color – just a little bit of gray for shadows (I didn’t even bother blending it) and some pink for color. Hope you like it and hope you have a great week too! xXx

Winter Friends

September 29, 2012 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 11 Comments

Just a quick post here to start the weekend off and hopefully bring in a little chilly temperatures to cool down Texas for a while. Not winter winds but I’d like to order a little cool breeze for great weekend play! Now wouldn’t that be awesome – to order up the weather! LOL Anyway, I wish I was crafting but here’s another card I made from the summer months that I can still share. I think I have about 7 more hiding in “draft” mode so I can at least keep ya’ll inspired!

The image on this is from Some Odd Girl called Winter Friends and I used the two penguins (of course you can see that) and the fun accessories that come with it to dress them up. These cuties were quick to color up and so satisfying to finish. Then I use my Nestabilities and assembled it with a simple layout – voila, another holiday card to use this year! Hopefully I’ll have enough by time December comes around. 😀 How about you… getting close to reaching your goals?

Luna Bitterfrost Stars Rock

September 27, 2012 ~ sproatmeyer ~ 5 Comments

This is such an exciting week and there is just so much going on that I feel like I’ve been writing posts every day! LOL But that’s great and really keeps me on my toes. 😀 What’s more is I have finally updated and released a whole bunch of new stamps at Little Miss Muffet Stamps today!! (You can read more about it below.) I wish I had a card using one of the new images but instead I’m sharing an older one I created during the summer.

The image I used is Luna Bitterfrost Stars Rock by Little Miss Muffet Stamps which was drawn by Pollycraft. This girl reminds me so much of my daughter because she is currently “into” double braids, just like this image, and she asks for them every day! I’ve been creative enough that I have about 4 different styles so her fashion statments isn’t quite to monotonous. She’s happy and I’m happy. LOL

Anyway, now back to the New Releases today at LMMS… I’m so excited to announce a whole knew set of images called Build-a-Monster!! There are over 90 elements to play with and an endless number of monsters you could create. It’s been so much fun that I’ve created several monsters myself!

Take a look at What’s New…

The Complete Mega Pack includes the whole kit and caboodle for endless fun – it has all 90 elements to play with PLUS 10 different monsters that are already completed!! However, I’ve also created two mini packs that have a selection of the elements into a small package. Each of the combo packs include the elements in PNG format with transparent background for easy merging. It will keep you busy for hours!!