Fun with Scrap FX Lanky Alphas!

Hello!
Saturday was World Card Making Day and I celebrated by joining participating in the A Flair For Buttons blog hop.
My winner is Scarlett!
Scarlett please send along your addy to my email address (posted in the "about me" section above right) and you'll get the "In The News" set direct from the shop.
Congrats and thanks for your thoughtful comment!
   
I also want to share a card I made for Scrap FX using my absolute all time favorite alphabet set EVER- Lanky Alphas (item number 2007012).

Materials: Pink Paislee Nantucket paper, Jillibean Soup alphabet paper, Maya Road star straight pin,
Prima chalk ink in Teal, Sakura "Souffle" pen in white, red washi tape 

I'm painting the first alpha when I realize I REALLY like the partly raw look.
"Dipped" furniture was a trend this summer with table legs getting dipped in neon or
metallic paints while leaving the table top (or sometimes just half of the top) in it's original state.
 I added the white highlight as a fun experiment and
LOVED the final result. Teal and red KILL together! LOVE that combo!

I love this set because it's 2 inches tall and about 1 third of an inch thick- great for cards or scrapbook pages as it takes up less space on the page while also making marquee statement impact.

The size also means you can dry emboss on these- they take patterns beautifully.

I love this set of cute cartoon Kitty Cats (item number 2012226) from Scrap FX.
I colored the tongue as a joke to the receiver who loves her pet cat.
Sakura Souffle pens cover dark chipboard perfectly. 

I have several thank you cards that need to get made and go out but my craft time seems to be shrinking- could it be the holidays approaching?
I already hear the incessant jingling of bells.

It's the most wonderful time of the year...

Lola's "cheese" face.
I do not ask that she do this- she learned it from someone else.

Michelle

Scrap FX Blog Hop Winner and a page for Cocoa Daisy

Hello!
The winner for the Scrap FX goodies is Paula of My Creative Ramblings.

UPDATE- May 8th! Paula DID follow my blog but for some reason I didn't get a notice so disregard yesterday's note. Sorry Paula- you got back to me right away- thank you!

It sure was a crazy weekend. International  Scrapbooking Day had me jumping from Cocoa Daisy to Scrapbooks and Cards Today (a Canadian Magazine) trying to finish challenges on time.

Here is a page for the graffiti challenge over at Cocoa Daisy- have you SEEN the Graffiti Bridge kit?
It's SO AWESOME!!!

I made this for for the Cocoa Daisy Kite Strings challenge in which you had to use more than 12 inches
of string. The chipboard is from Scrap FX.  The washi tape is from Gauche Alchemy which has some fantastic color and print themed combos- check the out HERE.  

Naturally the kit already sold out. I am a stamp subscriber so I at least got my hands on their FABULOUS stamps!

Some detail shots!

The photo is printed on the back of the paper

by mistake giving it a painterly look. 

It took 4 days to dry so I couldn't touch it much...

which is why it's wonky on the page.

I used watered down cream colored acrylic paint and washi tape to alter
this chipboard title- one of my all time favorites from Scrap FX.

Gauche Alchemy washi tape- get some!
The black staples are from Making Memories
love how rock and roll they look!

Side note!
This:

Miss Lola does ATTITUDE in the BEST way!

Much love mi gente!
Michelle

Everyday Stories blog hop WINNER

HIYA!!
I'm SO evil!
I'm forcing you to read my actual blog post to find out who won the Everyday Stories blog Hop e-book prize.
Don't worry- it's a short post.

It's a crazy week around here!
Tomorrow Wednesday, May 3rd starting at 6pm I am part of the SCRAP FX blog hop! 
Woo hoo!
You'll have 2 chances to win scrappy goodies if you follow or leave a comment.

Some photos:

GRAND PRIZE- what you get if you follow each blog in the hop
100 dollars worth of chipboard goodness, most not available in the US yet.

Wedding Theme mini pack
What you get if you are a followers (new or old) of My Analog Life

SNEAKY PEEEEEK!
I'm so in love with my project- it's meant to be a gift for Mother's Day- I may have to keep it.
I am a Mom after all!

 Miae is the lucky winner of the Everyday Stories e-book prize on this blog! YAAAYYY!

To everyone who swung by for yesterday's Everyday Stories blog hop- THANK YOU!
I hope to see you again!

MuChoS SmOoChEs!
Michelle

Mini give-away WINNERS!!!! SNR FEATURE!

Lots of stuff happening all at once in my life right now- most gratifying is my Featured Artist piece for Scrapbook News and Reviews this week. Please swing by and check it out when you have a moment.

Without further delay- there was a 3 way TIE in my Xoxo Girls give away! TeenaBugg, CurlyMosaics AND Lisa F all got 5 guesses correct!!!

Here was the list:

Black and white stripes, border punch, pearls, stitching, nature theme, green, ribbon, flowers

lace, Masking Tape, Transparency, animal that IS NOT a butterfly OR a bird (they GOT me on that one!)

Eiffel Tower (raaandom!!! I didn't even know owned an Eiffel Tower sticker!)

Winners- please email your addys and fave scrappy item to: hernandm1 at sign yahoo dotcom   and I will send a lil something your way. THANK YOU for reading! I love writing this silly blog and I deeply appreciate every single one of you- I know how busy you are! (insert lots of eager punctuation here)

But WAIT- there's MORE!

Materials: Crate Paper Snow Day collection- Flakes, American Crafts Hello Sunshine
Blithe paper, K & Company Anna Griffin Sierra paper, Glitz woodgrain alphas

These are 2 pages of a pretentious triptych I was going to submit to Scrapbook News and Reviews where I am featured starting today. (WOO HOO!!) Luckily I was SAVED from scrap folly by best friends Gia and Dawn who agreed these were.... empty. Thank you guys- sometimes a girl can get too ambitious for her own talent. I still like the idea I tried to scrap so here are the 2 pieces I did not submit. For the third (and best looking) piece please check out SNR:

Materials: Scenic Route waves paper, American Crafts Zing in Rouge and Black,
American Crafts Boutonniere stamps, Glitz alphas, DCWV tatami print paper

Waddaya think? Like it? Think it lacks that certain something (talent/content/insight)? Don't worry I will not get offended. I must learn and you all are helping!!!! Please swing by SNR and check out my article on the iPod app Hipstamatic- unlike pages the above, it's chock fulla content.

HUGS and MUAH MUAH MUUUAH mi gente!

Michelle

Blog Hop WINNERS- yes there's TWO

Last week's winner did not contact me and has a private blogger account so I can't contact her so I will do a redraw. Sorry about that- not sure how else to go about it!

The 2 winners are:
Jacque4u2c

aaand

Khristen

YAAAYY!
Ladies please send your addys to: hernandm 1 at yahoo dotcom. If you have trouble contacting me just leave me a comment- I'm also on facebook so you can send me a message if you'd like. You can look me up: Michelle Hernandez

Wish I had a project to show off but I spilled my bottle of Mister Huey Schoolhouse red all over my page last night and was so annoyed I went to bed early.

Thanks for everyone who made the first Paper Issues blog hop such a great success. We had a lot of fun discovering new crafters as we also visited your blogs- it's all about connections people!

MuChOs SmOoChEs!
Michelle

Paper Issues Blog Hop Give-Away WINNER! Week 1

Ok I had a VERY HARD TIME with this. 

1. I wanted to be super fair and impartial.

2. I tried and FAILED to learn how to use random.org to pick from both my followers AND the comments.

What to Do?

Daddy-O and Miss Lola came to my rescue.  As truly impartial pickers (neither reads my blog) (ZING!) they volunteered (were cajoled) to pick one of you wonderful readers as the winner for my first give-away ever!

Some pix:

The names all get written on a piece of paper- new followers get 1 extra name in the mix. 

Lola's Easter basket does double duty. (Try to say THAT twice)

Trial run with Kashi so Miss Lola gets into "picking mode".

She's going in!

AAARGH! Several names are chosen- DISASTER!
Daddy steps in for final pick (he put all the names back in except one).

We have a WINNER!

Congratulations VANILLA CARMEL!!!!!!! Please email me your info: hernandm1-at-yahoo-dot-com (had to write it out because- get THIS- I'm now getting spam email from dating services all over the world! WOO HOOOO!) and the package will be on it's way over to you. If you choose to make your own mini (or any other type project using this stuff) please send me pix and I will feature your project here and link back to your blog.

You win THIS!!!!

Vanilla's prize YAAAY!!!
I want to see what you make with this!!!!

Ok that was THIS week's winner- 1 more drawing will happen next sunday with all the same names and any new followers or commenters that happen by. A lucky commenter/new follower will win THIS:

Second week prize still up for grabs! Drawing April-2-11

Please tell all your friends to swing by Paper Issues and participate in the blog hop. If they link up their own projects and leave comments they are eligible for the main prize (a wonderful kit of Crate Paper Neighborhood goodies- YUM! Photo Below). You also have a chance to get featured on our blog! PRESS- it's GOOD! You can start the hop and link your projects HERE: http://www.paperissues.com/2011/03/welcome-to-paper-issues-blog-hop.html

Paper Issues Main Blog Hop prize- drawing on April 2nd.

MuChOs SmOoCheS!
Michelle