Christmas Card Swap!

I absolutely love this time of year!  It's an especially fun time for crafting!  As a lot of you know, I have discovered crafty happiness with all of you on youtube!  It's been such a breath of fresh air in my life and the creativity out there is endless!! 

One of the great discoveries I've found since I've been on youtube is the wonderful world of SWAPS!!  I have recently joined my first swap hosted by Mel on youtube.  Here youtube channel is hearts1217 and can be found here.  There were 20 of us in the swap and there was also a really fun spin to it!  We each had a secret santa!!  So, we sent a card to each of the 20 ladies in the swap and then we also had were assigned a secret santa person to send a RAK to.

It was so much fun and I just wanted to share the cards I made for the swap.  I mailed them all out about a week ago and I finally mailed my big box of goodies to my secret santa person!  It was so much fun. :) 

My Giveaway Winners!

I just wanted to say thank you so much to all of my blog and YouTube subscribers!  My first giveaway was a complete success and it was such a joy to host!  All of your sweet comments really made this fun and worth it and I can't wait to do another giveaway soon!  Congratulations to all of the winners!! 
Here they are (listed by YouTube name:)

Grand Prize:  Ronisuescrapper

2nd Prize:  rosiecooper1261

Bonus Blog Prize (Hello Kitty stuff):  Mkayob

Bonus Video Response Prize: LaSoCrafts

Again, congrats to all of the winners and thanks to everyone who entered!

Amber :)

 

My First Crafty Giveaway!

I'm so excited to be hosting my first giveaway here on my blog and on YouTube!  Thank you so much for stopping by and checking it out!  Here are the rules and prize info:

Rules:

1.  Open to U.S. only (sorry...I will host another one for everyone later on!)
2.  You must be a subscriber to my YouTube channel:  Lyriclover810  (for extra entries, also please subscribe to my blog.  Details below.)
3.  I will close the giveaway at midnight (Mountain Time) on December 14, 2012 and the winners will be announced on December 15th!

Entries:

1.  Leave a comment on my YouTube Video Part 1- 1 Entry
2.  Make a video response and link it to my Video Part 1 on YouTube- 4 Entries
3.  Subscribe to my blog and leave a comment on this post including your YouTube name.- 5 Entries
To subscribe/become a follower to my blog, click on "Join This Site" at the bottom of my blog on the left. :)
NOTE:  You must subscribe to MY BLOG to be eligble for the additional 5 entries.  Just commenting will not get you the entries....you must become a follower/subscribe to my blog by clicking on "Join This Site" at the bottom of my blog on the left. :) 
Thanks!

Prizes:

There will be 3 winners!!  Check out my YouTube videos titled "My Crafty Giveaway" to check out the prizes!!  Click here for the videos!

The bonus prize will only be offered to those who subscribe to my blog.  So leave a comment here for your chance to win!!

Thanks so much and good luck!
Amber

My first craft fair of the season!

My mom, sisters and I had a craft show this past weekend and it was so much fun!  We all did really good with sales and really enjoyed ourselves.  Here are some pictures of our booths!

Thanks so much for stopping by!!  We will be at the Imagine School's Winter Wonderland Craft Fair on December 1st!!  Stop by and see us!!

More Craft Fair Items!

I will be in my first craft fair this season on November 10th!  I have been working, when I have time, on some cute projects that I will be selling and I have had so much fun.  I truly wish there was more time in the day when it comes to crafting.  Here are a few items that I have made and I plan to work on some more this weekend.  Thanks for stopping by....here they are:

 

Mini Holiday Planners



2013 Altered Pocket Planners

Teacher Gifts!  These are art pencil packs with a skinny notepad and eraser.

Skinny Notepads

Fun Tag Project!

I had so much fun making these coffee stained tags!  I just went to my local office supply store and bought a package of plain white shipping tags.  (They were very inexpensive...I think I got 150 for like $2.99!)  I like tags with a vintage, aged look, especially when I stamp beautful images on them.  That's why I decided to make coffee stained tags!  Check out my pictures and easy steps below!

 

I just took my leftover morning coffee and poured it into a large paper plate. 

Next, I put about 15 tags into the coffee and let them sit for about an hour.  I made sure they were all covered in the coffee. 

Then, I layed them out to dry over night on some paper towels. 

They turned out so great!  They have an aged look to them with a slight brown tint, which makes them perfect for stamping vintage images!  I hope you give it a try too!

My Recent Projects!

I have been stuck in an extended stay hotel in Northern California for 2 weeks now and I've completely taken over half of the room with my crafts!  Here are some of the items I've been working on for my upcoming craft shows!

These are some shopping list booklets I made!

These are the insides of the shopping lists!

Some cute Chrismas List Notepads!

The inside!

I made these Mary Engelbreit pencil packs!!