Here By Grace

Win TWO stamp sets!!

Alright! Here's another chance to win a fabulous stampalicious stamp set from Unity Stamp Co.! Check out this rockin' stamp set!  It can be yours along with another stamp set of your choice if your number is chosen!  That's right! You can win two stamp sets this week!  All you have to do is follow these steps:

1.  Go to Unity Stamp Co.

2.  Browse around to pick your favorite kit.

3.  Go to the Unity Stamp blog and let Angela know your favorite kit by posting in the comment section.

4.  On April 1st wait for your name to be announced as the winner on the blog!

**This will qualify you to win the "Gift of the Week" and your favorite Kit Pick!

Besides this giveaway, it's been a pretty calm week except for one thing. Now, I'm not a material girl at all, but last weekend my beautiful daughters, Erica and Brittany bought me this divalicious Coach bag!! Do you love it or what?? I'm just so excited about this!  I tell ya, every now and then my sweet children surprise me by doing something special for me. I think this is their strategy to help me forget about all the crazy stuff they do!(LOL!)

Well, that's it for now. Tell someone you love them today, take care and Be Blessed!

Some Cards Today!

Okay, after being on spring break for over a week, I must say that yesterday I was pooped when I got home from work! Wow! It's so easy to get used to not working! I think I probably was born to be a woman of leisure, not a working woman! (LOL!) Anyway, I made a few cards using Scrap-Tastic's up and coming April kit, which is fabulous! The paper here is by Kaiser and it's incredible!  You can get a huge assortment HERE. You'll definitely not want to miss out on this one! On the birthday card, the cake is a Cuttlebug die that I absolutely love.  On the friend card, I used the Flower Parade stamps from Unity Stamp Co. . It's just so stampalicious! Well, I've gotta run, so take care and Be Blessed!

Happy Easter Everyone!

 

I'm so glad it's Easter! I love this holiday and everything that it symbolizes! Everyone's coming over to my house after church for an early family gathering. I've got my yummy Easter dinner in the works right now!

I'll be serving: honey glazed ham, baked chicken, fresh string beans and potatoes, baked macaroni and cheese, candied yams, an okra, corn, and tomato mix that Gregory absolutely loves, fresh baked rolls, and pineapple upsidedown cake! C'mon over if you're in the neighborhood!

I had some fun last night finishing up a layout for CreativeXpress and making a few Easter cards.  I just love these projects because I used Making Memories' beautiful Garden Party Collection! Isn't it the prettiest?  Honestly, I don't think Making Memories can make a bad product! It's all just so darn pretty!

Alright, Unity Stamp Co. is having it's weekly stamp giveaway and this weeks set is truly a sweet one! You have a chance to design Unity's next stamp set! Unbelievable I know!! You don't want to miss out on this one, so get on over to Unity's blog  for more details and leave a comment so you can win! Here's the set you can win this week. Isn't this set adorable? Run, don't walk on over and post now for your chance to win!

Well, that's all for today! I hope you have a wonderful holiday and you and your family take time to enjoy it together! Take care and Be Blessed!

Finally!!

So, I'm finally on Spring Break and boy did it come in a nick of time!  The way things were going, I didn't think I could make it one more day! It seems like for the last month whatever could go wrong, did go wrong! Have you ever had a month like that? Well, I certainly am thankful that these types of months only happen about twice a year, because it just wouldn't be good thing if it happened more often, you know?  Anyway, things are calm now, so I've decided to paint my living room and dining room this week.  That's a pretty easy task, except I have this one huge wall that's covered with the ugliest plastic type wall paper ever! No, I didn't put it up. It was here when we bought the house, and it's past the time to get rid of it!  And let me tell you that this paper does NOT want to come down either! Michael wanted to help me, so I took a photo of him working on the wall.  I hope the authorities won't get me on breaking child labor laws!(LOL!) You can view the color HERE.  The furniture, curtains, and paintings of my room have variations of rich browns and beiges, and warm reds. I think I'm really gonna like it when I'm done.

The layout I'm sharing today is a fun one done for CreativeXpress. It's kinda fun and crazy just like me! Well, that's all today! Take care and Be Blessed!

Unity's At It Again!

Alright Everybody! Unity Stamp Co. is at it again! They're giving away another fabulous stamp set and one of my favorites, Butterfly Beauty, on the Unity Stamp Co. blog! All you have to do to for a chance to win is answer this question in the comment section of Unity's blog:

Where is your favorite store/website to get your scrapbooking/stamping supplies?

That's it! It's that easy to win! And better still, 

If they get 500 comments they're going to DOUBLE the prize! There will be TWO winners instead of one this week! So get on over there and leave a post! Take care and Be Blessed!

19 Years Ago...

I had a beautiful baby girl! She entered this world weighing 10 pounds, 2 ounces and measuring 28 inches long! Yep, she was the biggest, prettiest baby you've ever seen!  I can actually say that this child has never given me a bit of trouble her entire life! She's always been respectful and gotten straight A's all the way through school! (She didn't get that from me!LOL!)  And she's as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside.  I'm so proud of her and truly blessed God gave her to us. So, today is dedicated to my fabulous daughter, Brittany! Take care and Be Blessed!

You Don't Want To Miss Out On THIS!!!!

Unity Stamp Co. will be doing a weekly give away till the official release of their line of stamps and handles. Their "Gift of the Week" will be kits of un-mounted red rubber stamps from their "Only Me" sets. These un-mounted red rubber kits will work with your current acrylic blocks as well as their new handles debuting in May. Each week Angela, from Unity, will post her "Gift of the Week" kit on their blog. If you would like to be considered for the drawing you simply need to leave a comment on the "Gift of the Week" blog entry. You can qualify for the first "Gift of the Week" starting tonight. Angela will post Gratitude = Joy set on her blog at 5:00 Central Time. The winner will be chosen at random Tuesday at 5:00 pm central time.  They will ship your product directly to your door. BONUS! Between now and April 30, if you subscribe to Unity's blog you will also be added to a large drawing being given away May 1st that will include a full set of their handles as well as 3 Unity Stamp Kits.  To get in on all of this, go HERE!!

Since the weekly contest is open to US/Canadian addresses only, we will offer a separate, international ONLY, winner on Thursday April 10th.

Good luck everybody! Take care and Be Blessed!

Easy Stamped Invitations

Yep, another snow day.  Not real happy here, but what can you do?  Well, I did make good use of my time by stamping some bridal shower invitations for my cousin.  I just love to stamp and I love the ones I used today, which happen to be from Unity Stamp Co. .  If you'd like to view the tutorial for how I made these, just go to my sidebar and click on the Scrappy Tutorials section.  You know, I liked making these so much that I'm gonna have to start making them more often! Well, that's all for today! Take Care and Be Blessed!

I Spoke Too Soon!

Yep! I spoke too soon about the beautiful weather we've been having here because today we got 10 inches of snow!!  It really is quite beautiful, but what a pain in the patootie all of this extreme weather is becoming! And because of the snow storm, school was closed...AGAIN, which means we're probably gonna be adding another week on to our school year. What a wasted day! That's a bad thing cause I reserve my summers for total scrapping!(LOL!) Anyway, I hope all is well with you because my crew is great! 

I did have fun today playing in my scrap stuff!  The first thing I'm showing you is a fun, fun project I made for Say It With Letters.  It's a scalloped square that measures about 6.5 x 6.5.  I just loved making this because basically it's a 3-dimensional mini-layout (and you know how I love making layouts!) that goes on the wall!  The paper and embellishments are Making Memories Garden Party and the lace ribbon paper is by K & Company.

The card was also super-fun and quick to make! All of the paper I used comes from Scrap-Tastic's "Spicy" March kit.  That huge butterfly was cut with my beloved Cricut machine and the Walk In My Garden cartridge, which I just love!  And I did a little flocking on the butterfly tail which was really fun!

So I guess this day wasn't a waste after all!  I got to stay in my pajamas all day, I made a yummy pot of chili, and I got to play with my favorite scrappy toys!  Take care and Be Blessed!

 

Oh what a beautiful weekend we're having here in St. Louis! We're actually  wearing jackets instead of winter coats! The change is wonderful, but I know it can change back in the  blink of an eye! 

I'm beginning to get that itch for spring cleaning, and let me tell you that's soooo unlike me!(LOL!)  I'd rather do anything in this world but clean, but I feel like re-organizing and buying some new furniture for my house, so I've gotta clean and get rid of the old stuff first. I'll let you know how that goes.(LOL!) 

The layout I'm sharing today is a simple one featuring me! I used the scrappilicious March kit, Spicy, from Scrap-Tastic along with one of my favorite stamps from Unity Stamp Co. on the tag. I usually scrap about everyone else in my life, but today it's just me! Sometimes I have to remember to give myself a little attention too! You know how we women forget to do that!  That's it for today, so take care and Be Blessed!