BIG National Scrapbook Day Giveaway @ Everyday Cricut!!!

WOW! Are you dreaming of a Cricut Expression but can't afford it right now? Well you are in luck, Everyday Cricut is having a giveaway for one!!! You better hurry up and sign up for it because this giveaway ends May 9th!!! Click HERE to go to their blog!



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January's Giveaway Winner is....

Michelle A.! Congratulations Michelle A. on winning the My Acrylix® Stamp Tender Tags (D1350)! Thank you everyone for entering in this month giveaway!




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You don't want to miss out on...

... my giveaway!!!! There is ONLY 2 more weeks to enter it! See the post below on how to enter.



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January’s Giveaway

I’m going to try something new and starting this month! I will try to have a giveaway every month for Close To My Heart products (CTMH). It might be a My Acrylix® stamp one month and a My Stickease® stickers the next. You have a chance to enter for the whole month and at the end of the month I will draw a winner and he/she will be announced here and notified via email. So PLEASE provided you email so I can contact you when you won something! Also I will tell you how to enter each month for the giveaway. And of course, there are BONUS entries that you can qualify for.

For this month’s giveaway I’ll be giving away a My Acrylix® Stamp Tender Tags (D1350) It has a value of $22.95. It is a versatile stamp that you can use the tags on almost anything!




And now how to enter the giveaway. Just post a comment to this post to tell me one Close To My Heart product you think you can't live without. Click HERE to go to my Close To My Heart website. There is no obligations & it is FREE! (You can't bet FREE! Right?)

For a GREATER chance to win there is extra ways to get MORE entries. Don't forget to place a comment to this post telling me that you fullfill one or all of bonus entries!

1) Every $5 you spend (before s&h) at my CTMH website you get 1 entry
2) Get the Stamp Of The Month (5 extra entries)
3) Buy or qualify for the Felicity Collection (5 extra entries)
4) Email some Love. Share this Giveaway with friends and family via email and cc leapinforstamps@gmail.com for 2 bonus entries per email (I will never ever contact your email recipients)
5) Blog about this Giveaway with links back to this post as well as the leapinforstamps.blogspot.com homepage. Please provided your blog so I can see where you blogged about the giveaway (1 entry)
6) Tweet about this giveaway using and @leapinforstamps after following me (daily Tweet, just post link here) (1 entry)
7) Follow my blog (1 entry)

On January 30th at 9:00pm Alaska Time a winner will be drawn, announced here and notified via email



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Caboodle Cardmaking & Scrapbooking Workshop On The Go (WOTG) for ONLY $29.95

Caboodle Scrapbooking WOTG

The Caboodle Scrapbooking Workshop features the whimsical my acrylix®
This Way B-size stamp set. The playful images and sentiments paired with
the Caboodle Level 2 paper packet and coordinating accessories create a
cheerful setting for all your happy events! Buy it today to create a whole
Caboodle of memories! Caboodle Scrapbooking WOTG FLYER

Caboodle Cardmaking WOTG

The Caboodle Cardmaking Workshop features the whimsical my acrylix®
This Way B-size stamp set. The playful images and sentiments paired with
the Caboodle Level 2 paper packet and coordinating accessories will cheer
and brighten your loved one’s day with these clever cards! Buy it today to
create a whole Caboodle of cards! Caboodle Cardmaking WOTG FLYER


Caboodle Basic Kit
G1004 Retail Value: $32.85 / You Pay: $29.95
My Acrylix® This Way Stamp Set
My Refl ections® Caboodle Level 2 Paper Packet
Dimensional Elements Booksmart
Workshop Guide


Caboodle Best Option
Order the Basic kit then add these accessories:
Z1271 Tiny Tabs $3.95
Z1125 Designer Ribbon Rounds™
Sweet Leaf Collection $7.95


Click HERE to order your Caboodle Workshop On The Go kit today!
Tax and shipping/handling apply.




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True Friends, January Stamp of the Month

Available January 1–31, 2010 only.
With a minimum qualifying purchase, get your Stamp of the Month set at a great discount or FREE!

Click HERE to see how you can get it for FREE!


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Celebrate National Papercrafting Month with Felicity!

The Felicity Collection features decorative die-cut paper, three gorgeous color schemes, and a D-size stamp set that includes flowers, flourishes, argyle patterns, birds and an entire alphabet! The retail value is $34.95 US/$40.95 CAN. You can buy it outright or get it for FREE!

There are 2 ways to qualify for a FREE Felicity Collections:

~Place an order of $60 US/$70 CAN or more in full-retail priced stamp sets (A, B, C, D, and E-size. Excludes: stamp of the Month, Art & Soul, Workshop on the Go, and customizable (K) stamp sets.

~Place an order of $125 US/$145 CAN or more in full-retail priced Close To My Heart products.

The campaign also has enticing opportunities for hostesses and new Consultants. Hostesses get the collection FREE with a Home Gathering sales total of $400 US/$470 CAN or more, and new Consultants who join Close To My Heart between January 1-31 will receive the collection FREE in their New Consultant Kit.

START SHOPPING HERE



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I found another ZHU ZHU Pet contest!

Go to http://goodgollymissblondie.com and enter the contest!She is giving away 2!!!

~Angela

Another Zhu Zhu Pet Giveaway

I found another Zhu Zhu Pet giveaway at http://raveandreview.typepad.com I can't believe on how many drawings there is for these CUTE little hamsters!!! So go over to her blog and sign up!!! You have nothing to lose!! :o)


~Angela

Zhu Zhu Pet

People are going CRAZY over Zhu Zhu Pets & I had no idea what they really were until my sister mentioned them to me the other day. Today I was on a website and my daughter was in the computer room with me and she saw one and she said that she wanted it. (She called it a mouse) So I searched and searched on where I can buy one for the normal price and not one that was marked up. Then I decided to just type in "win a Zhu Zhu pet" in the google search engine. Will there was a few of them & I came across on from chattygal.com. They actually have not one but TWO to giveaway!!! I sure hope I will win just ONE of them for my daughter. :o)



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More Recipe Cards

This is a spoiler for a recipe swap that I'm hosting. The cards are 8x8. What do you think?









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It's a Stampaganza!

FLYER


WHETHER YOU’RE A LONG-TIME FAN OF STAMPS OR ARE just venturing into this fun hobby, now is the perfect time to grab some My Acrylix® decorative stamp sets! From November 3–30, 2009, when you purchase any two stamp sets (sizes A, B, C, D, and/or E only) at full retail price you will receive a third stamp set of your choice FREE (of equal or lesser value)— a savings of up to $22.95! Choose from any stamp set offered in any 2009 Idea Book or the current Product Review. Take advantage of this month’s great offer to add to your assortment of these innovative stamps. Click HERE to start shopping!


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November Workshop On The Go ONLY $29.95

Jingle Scrapbook Workshop On The Go

Jingle Cardmakin Workshop On The Go



The jingle scrapbooking & cardmaking workshop features the cheerful my acrylix® Somethin’ Special B-size stamp set available only through this workshop.The fanciful celebration images paired with the Jingle Level 2 paper packet and coordinating accessories will make your holiday memories come alive! Catch some “Jingle fever”and get yours today by clicking here!


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D1377 Around The Block, November 2009 Stamp Of The Month

Available November 1–30, 2009 only.
With a minimum qualifying purchase, get your Stamp of the Month set at a great discount or FREE!

Click HERE to see the flyer.

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Generation Stamping

I'm going to show you how to do generation stamping (It is REALLY easy!) & making a card using the new technique that you learned today. I just LOVE Close To My Heart (CTMH) Creative Basic Paper Packets because it come with 12 B&T Duos paper and PLUS ribbon! You can't beat that price! This paper packet, Creative Basic Jingle Collection is ONLY $7.95 plus S&H. Anyways I will stop rambling on about how I LOVE the CTMH Creative Basic Collection & show you how to do generation stamping! :o)

Here we go! Using the CTMH Exclusive Inks Tulip Stamp Pad (Z2166)(You can use any Exclusive Stamp Pad but this is what I used for this card.), stamp the CTMH Holiday Trinkets (D1366) ornament stamp two to three times without re-inking, creating a first, second, and third generation image.


Using the same CTMH Exclusive Inks Tulip Stamp Pad, stamp a decoration from the CTMH Holiday Trinkets (D1366) stamp set directly over the second generation ornament. Choose one of the ornaments to cut out. I cut out the second generation ornament.


Cut CTMH White Daisy Cardstock (1385) to 5 ½” x 8 ½” then fold in half to make a 5 ½”x 4 ¼” card base, Cut CTMH Creative Basic: Jingle strip paper (X5808) 3 ¼” x 3 ¼”, and Cut CTMH White Daisy Cardstock (1385) 3 ½” x 3 ½”


Cut CTMH Juniper Cardstock (X5752) 4 ¼” x 1 ¼” and cut CTMH White Daisy (1385) 4” x ¾”

Using you CTMH Shining Star My Acrylix Stamp (D1320) stamp two stars (Here there is three because one of the stars is a little light due to I didn’t ink it that well.) on CTMH White Daisy Cardstock (1385) using CTMH Exclusive Inks Crème Brulee Stamp Pad (Z2167) & cut out the two stars.



Using your CTMH Holiday Trinkets My Acrylix Stamp (D1366) stamp the ornament string using CTMH Exclusive Inks Black stamp Pad (Z2105)


Now assemble your card. Attach your ornament and stars to your strings. By using 3-D Foam Tape (Z1151). Cut off a little bit of CTMH Juniper ribbon (which comes with the paper packet) and tie a knot in it and attach it by using Glue Dots (Z341) to your ornament. Distress the edges with your CTMH Exclusive Inks Tulip Stamp Pad. Attach this to your CTMH Creative Basic: Jingle strip paper (X5808) 3 ¼” x 3 ¼”. Attach it to your card base, placing it ¼” from the top and left edge. Attach the CTMH Juniper Cardstock (X5752) 4 ¼” x 1 ¼” to the CTMH White Daisy (1385) 4” x ¾” & stamp Merry Christmas from your CTMH Holiday Trinkets (D1366) stamp set. Then attach it to the bottom of your card. Distress the outer edge with CTMH Exclusive Inks Tulip Stamp Pad (Z2166).


Items I used:

CTMH Holiday Trinkets My Acrylix Stamp Set(D1366)
CTMH Shining Star My Acrylix Stamp Set (D1320)
CTMH White Daisy Cardstock(1385)
CTMH Juniper Cardstock (X5752)
CTMH Creative Basic: Jingle Paper Packet(X5808)
CTMH Exclusive Inks Crème Brulee Stamp Pad (Z2167)
CTMH Exclusive Inks Black stamp Pad (Z2105)
CTMH Exclusive Inks Tulip Stamp Pad (Z2166)
Glue Dots (Z341)
3-D Foam Tape (Z1151)


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Paper Bag Album

Today we'll be making a paper bag album. It is REALLY simple and fun. You can whip one up in a jiffy!

1. Take 2 paper bags (you can do more if you would like more pages) and lay them on top of each other alternating the ends.
2. Fold them in half to create a book. Notice how the two open ends each form a pocket. Punch three holes along the spine. Set an eyelet in each hole & thread a couple of ribbon in each hole and tie off.

3. Decorate your album as desire. I just LOVE Let's Get Together Paper Packet from Close To My Heart so that is what I decorated my paper bag album with!
Front Cover with two tags for the pockets:

1st & 2nd page

3rd & 4th page

5th & 6th page



For my paper bag album I used:
2 white paper lunch bags I got at a local store
Close To My Heart Let’s Get Together Level 2 Paper Packet (X7083B)(Retired) :o(
Close To My Heart Exclusive Inks Buttercup Stamp Pad (Z2110)
Close To My Heart Exclusive Inks Cranberry Stamp Pad (Z2116)
Close To My Heart Exclusive Inks Garden Green Stamp Pad (Z2120)
Close To My Heart My Acrylix Stamp Card Commentary (C1281)
Close To My Heart My Acrylix Stamp Gratitude (C1322)
Close To My Heart Clear Sparkles (Z1104)
Close To My Heart Cranberry Grosgrain Ribbon (Z1103)
Close To My Heart Colonial White Grosgrain Ribbon (Z1102)
Close To My Heart Garden Green Grosgrain Ribbon




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Be the talk of the town by…..

…putting some PIZZAZZ in displaying your recipe cards! My family got together and did an ABC recipe book (a recipe for every letter) & a recipe for each month another time, all 7 of us. We have a REALLY nice recipe book and everyone that sees it LOVES IT! This is just a fun way to display your recipes. Here are two recipe cards that I did for a Close To My Heart Swap that I hosted. These cards are 6 x 6 recipe cards. But I prefer to do 8 x 8 recipe cards because you can scrap a little more then what you can do on a 6 x 6 card.

Recipe Card #1

Recipe Card #2

After seeing this go ahead and get a group of friends together and scrapbook your own recipes! You guys will have a LOT of FUN & be the talk of the town with your really AWESOME recipe book!


Recipe Card #1
Close To My Heart Aspen Level 2 Paper Packet (X7103B)
Close To My Heart Colonial White Cardstock (1388)
Close To My Heart Colonial White Grosgrain (Z1102)
Close To My Heart Metal Brad Assortments (Z1217)
Close To My Heart Twilight Cardstock (X5666)

Recipe Card #2
Close To My Heart Colonial White Cardstock (1388)
Close To My Heart Colonial White Grosgrain (Z1102)
Close To My Heart Enchanted Level 2 Paper Packet (X7087B)
Close To My Heart Exclusive Ink Garden Green Stamp Pad (Z2120)



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Canned Salsa

Today my mom & I canned salsa for the first time. I just wanted to share the recipe that we used. It is VERY simple & not that many ingredients!

Canning Chili Salsa

5 lbs tomatoes, peeled, chopped
2 lbs chili peppers, peeled, chopped
1 lb onions, chopped
1 cup vinegar
3 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper

Combine prepared tomatoes, peppers, onions, vinegar, salt and pepper in a large saucepan. (See Mexican tomato sauce for information on peeling chili peppers.) Heat to a boil and simmer 10 minutes. Fill jars, leaving 1/2-inch headspace. Close jars and process. Caution! Wear rubber gloves while handling chilies or wash hands thoroughly with soap and water before touching your face.
Process at 10 lbs (PSI) in a pressure canner only. Process pints for 20 minutes (0-8000 feet elevation) Process pints for 25 minutes (8001-10,000 feet elevation) Dial gauge: 10 lb + 1/2 lb/1,000 ft.; weighted gauge: 15 lb at 1,000-10,000 ft.

Note: For a milder sauce, use substitute poblano peppers (or use fewer chili peppers).

Yields 6 to 8 pints.

This recipe is from Colorado State University Cooperative Extension

To make my salsa tag I used:
Close To My Heart Cranberry 3/8" Grosgrain Ribbon (Z1103)
Close To My Heart Exclusive Inks Cranberry Stamp Pad (Z2116)
Close To My Heart My Stickease from Perfect Day Level 1 Kit (X7100A)
Close To My Heart Juniper Cardstock (X5752)
Close To My Heart My Acrylix The Works Alphabet Stamp (D1195)


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Tip Of The Day: Changing Brad Colors

If you don't have the right color of brad for your project use StazOn Ink Pad. Just rub the top on the pad and now you have a color that you can use!


I didn't have any black brads so I used Black StazOn Ink Pad (Z888) to make my Close To My Heart Colonial White brad (Z1219) black! This is a recipe card that I did for a Close To My Heart Recipes Swap that I hosted.

Close up of the brad that I turned black.


Items that I used:
Close To My Heart Black Cradstock (1386)
Close To My Heart Sunkiss Yellow Cardstock (1240)
Close To My Heart Sunkiss Yellow Exclusive Stamp Pad (Z2151)
Close To My Heart White Daisy Cardstock (1385)
Close To My Heart Essential Brad Assortments (Z1219)
StazOn Ink Pad (Z888)

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Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

Halloween is almost here and that means curving pumpkins! This is the pumpkin that my daughter & I carved. After we carved the pumpkin we toasted the pumpkin seeds. Below is the recipe that we used.


Toasted Pumpkin Seeds

Ingredients
One medium sized pumpkin
Salt
Olive oil

1 Preheat oven to 400°F. Cut open the pumpkin and use a strong metal spoon to scoop out the insides. Separate the seeds from the stringy core. Rinse the seeds.

2 In a small saucepan, add the seeds to water, about 2 cups of water to every half cup of seeds. Add a half tablespoon of salt for every cup of water (more if you like your seeds saltier). Bring to a boil. Let simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and drain.

3 Spread about a tablespoon of olive oil over the bottom of a roasting pan. Spread the seeds out over the roasting pan, all in one layer. Bake on the top rack until the seeds begin to brown, 10-20 minutes. When browned to your satisfaction, remove from the oven and let the pan cool on a rack. Let the seeds cool all the way down before eating. Either crack to remove the inner seed (a lot of work and in my opinion, unnecessary) or eat whole.

This is the Toasted Pumpkin Seeds that we made. YUMMY!



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