1000,000+ PageViews Giveaway WINNER!

Hello my wonderful followers!

I don't know if you remember since it has been awhile but

I've been working on a 100,000 PageView Giveaway & guess what?!

This past weekend while at my son's

TaeKwonDo  Team USA tryouts

I finally hit that magic number!

Time for that giveaway!

If you remember, I had rules to follow & a couple of people didn't

so I felt obligated to not add their names in the drawing.

Here were the official entries:

here is my winner

I am so VERY thankful to all the entries, I have a little gift for each of you that entered :-)

Which means everyone of you that entered needs to send me your snail mail info to

ScrapAddictsAttic at gmail dot com

for me to send that little something to you 

and THANK YOU so much for being a follower of mine!

Please contact me within ONE WEEK!

oh and the boy... well at Saturday's TaeKwonDo Tounament,

he took 3rd place in forms plus 2nd place in sparing in his division

(see pic below)

as for the Italy trip....

well he made it!

we are all so very proud & excited for him

MPC November blog hop

 November is the one month out of the year that many of us take the time to reflect on what we are thankful for.  Mountain Plains Crafters is so thankful to have The Unity Stamp Company and Tombow USA Adhesives as sponsors. One lucky fan will win the big prize from both Unity Stamps and Tombow!

I'd personally like to thank Angela @ Unity Stamp Company for emptying my spending money more often than not! I have a wonderfully large Unity Stamp collection. Give them a shoutout on their Facebook page here and visit their website here to see their amazing line of products,and thank them for sponsoring the giveaway at MPC!

Also, since being on the MPC Design Team, I have a new found love of Tombow USA... great adhesive products! Check out the Tombow Facebook page (give them a shout-out & thanks them for sponsoring the giveaway on MCP) and visit their website too.  There's lots of creating and inspiration going on over there.

Giveaway details are located on the Mountain Plains Crafters blog,
it is AWESOME!

Blog Hop Day 2 - Nov. 14th - THAT's TODAY!

Guest Blogger, Angeline Choo from Scrappy Scrappy

Christina Ramon

Debra Davison

MariLynn DeGroot

Paula McClane - -me!

Blog Hop Day 1 - Nov. 13th - just in case you missed it yesterday!

Terri Burson

Sheryl Kemper

Pam Stang

Jennifer Loftfield



And now for my project, I chose to make a piece for my fall wreath (I made the wreath a couple of weeks ago but it was kinda meh). I decided to do a monogram embellishment for it. Here's a little photo tutorial for you:

Step One:
You will need a plain, unfinished Letter
my last name starts with an 'M'

Step Two:
Choose your paint color
(I used acrylic paints)
and slap on a couple of coats.
My wreath will be on the front porch
under the roof, so I am not making
it weather or water proof

Allow to dry completely before proceeding.

Step Three:
Choose your accent paint color
and smear a very thin coat on
a craft mat or similar product

Step Four:
Using your selected image
{I used Unity Stamp Company Kit of the Month
love & joy for the holidays - October 2014
pinecone & leaf}
I stamped onto the paint
then did a sample image stamp on
my craft mat before stamping on my wood letter.
Luckily with acrylic paint, if you mess up
you can just use your base color again &
take another try at it. I got it right the first time!

Since this is a very thin layer of paint, the dry time should be fairly short.

Step Five:
Apply the Bling
I chose to use Stickles in Cinnamon
to really make the pinecone POP.










Step Six:
Using Tombow USA Aqua Liquid Glue,
I placed three brown dew drops along the bottom
of the 'M'

Step Seven:
Next up, Liquid Pearls in Avocado...
These I used to detail a few of the sprigs of leaves.
Be careful to stay away from the
Stickles as mine hadn't completely finished drying yet.

Step Eight:
Tie it on!
I found this great burlap ribbon at
CloseToMyHeart a while back and
don't use it nearly as often as I would like to







Finished Project

I hope you've enjoyed our blog hop!

Friendship Explored

Friends With Flair

from Unity Stamp Company

is something I look forward to each & every week.

This week, while I've got my project all ready to go

I'm posting it the night before.

You see this weekend my younger son (13yo right now)

will be competing for a spot on

TaeKwonDo USA Team going to Italy next summer!

yes, you read that right...

Italy!

and he's already told me I can't go... we will be speaking on the subject again

once we find out if he makes the team or not

I'm too excited

I'm too nervous

I'm extremely proud

*for the background, I created the grid with a ruler & pen

because I can't randomly do squares

*it's just not in me

*then I filled those squares with Galetos in Cotton Candy & Pistachio

blend blend blend

*then I applied Gelatos in Black Licorice using the wedge shaped Faber-Castell thingy

*using Unity's Donna Downey Stamp Imagine It flourish with Spearmint,

I applied the Gelatos directly to the stamp & spritzed with water

stamped on background 4 times, spritzing between each

*next I cut a piece of vellum & stamped the sentiment from Unity's The Right Words using Staz-On

*again using the flourish, I inked it up using Brilliance in Pearlescent Sky Blue and

dabbed a bit of the Staz-On here & there, stamped on vellum

*using UmWow Studio circle mask with the Brilliance, I applied using my fingertip

*I placed one tiny Zot in each corner and a few around the parameter

before adding Queen & Company's Washi Tape

*last I glued it all down to a green cardbase

Release Them

I am really getting into my Art Journal

kinda doing my own thing

learning stuff as I go

watching videos & experimenting.

Some supplies I just don't have

some are pretty expensive

so I'm looking for alternatives.

But here it is,

Page 3

Release Them

(aka butterflies, butterflies, butterflies)

all the butterflies you see are from Unity Stamp Company

that's not saying these are all of the Unity butterflies

(it's not, I have some I didn't use)

I colored it using Faber-Castell Gelatos

and some acrylic paints

a bit of Gesso

a smidge of Mod Podge

some fun Washi Tape

and a tiny bit of CloseToMyHeart create-a-shade paint in Pearl

Gelatos & Unity Stamps

to me, they are the perfect pair!

I spent much of last weekend in my craft room

watching YouTube videos & playing.

You see I'm very new to Gelatos

I know, I know... day late for that train

but I'm having so much FUN with them!

Here are the things I created last weekend,

I've already shared on my facebook page

Paula's Paper Playhouse

so you may have seen them already

but I wanted to share in the blogging world as well

Everything was made using Faber-Castell Gelatos & Unity Stamps

First Up: Moonlit Owls

Nanny

(vellum & dots, plus small dot embossing folder)

Aunt Leila

(brown & gold ribbon)

Wintery Mix

(silver metal snowflakes)

Art Journal Page 2

(butterfly & star chippies, plus diamond mask) from UmWow Studio

I hope you like what I've done

If you have any questions at all, please ask!

non-traditional Christmas colors

I really struggle using non-traditional Christmas colors

so when Unity Stamp Company introduced the current

Color Combo Challenge

it was really hard for me to make something

I did make a card using the card sketch

but I don't really like it

so I wanted a second chance

here it is

oh right, I made TWO cards

but I think I like the first one the best

since it works better for the Color Combo

Image & Sentiment - Unity Stamp Co. Ornamental Season

Heat Embossed using Zing in Gold

then colored with Gelatos (spritzed with a bit of water so they run some)

First card Paper Pack - Crate Paper Peppermint

Second card Paperr Pack (& bling) - My Mind's Eye 12 days of Christmas

Pink Snow!

well, I guess it's better than Yellow Snow!

LOL

can't tell I have two sons, can ya?!

I've yet again been in a crafty funk lately

just not feelin' it & who knows why...

certainly not me.

To help me out, one of my Design Team Sisters
{dEb}

over on Mountain Plains Crafters

offered up some challenge & I chose

Pink Snow

I'm also entering this in Unity's Friends With Flair

Several shades of Pink cardstock from CloseToMyHeart

Dressform Image & Sentiment - Unity Stamp Co. Santa Baby

Snowflake stamps - CloseToMyHeart Holiday Trinketes

Inks - Several Shades of Pink from CloseToMyHeart

Hexagon Punches - Creative Memories

Snowflake Punch - Stampin' Up

Pink Glitter Embossing Powder - Stampin' Up (very old)

Fluorescent Pink Copic Marker
Fuffy pieces - Liquid Applique