Envelope Cards

Hey Everyone:)

Boy have I been busy. I thought I would have more time to craft with school out, thinking my older ones could help with my littlest, but I have even less time now that school isout. These boys sure keep me crazy.

I just got their report cards and I am so relieved to say that my oldest (Z) passed. By the skin of his teeth but he passed. N passed too. He did real well this year.

We are getting our housed painted too. And it is coming along great. This week I will post some pics:) It is a pretty old house and it really needed it:)

Are there any CNYers out there that follow my blog? I am thinking of having a get together very soon. Like a crop/scrap what ever we wanna call it. Just for fun party. If you wanna shoot me your email here in the comments I will send out info on when. I would really love to meet and hang out with other peeps in my area.

So here is my projects I wanted to share today:) I got the idea for these envelope cards from another Demos Blog. Can not remember her blog addy but when I come across it again I will come edit this post to put the link in. I think her name is Angie (Scrap Chic). Thanks for the great idea Angie:)

I will write a brief recipe on how I did them:)

These are perfect for gift cards and little notes:)

The paper I used came from Stampin up. It is Dusty Durango designer series paper.

The link to my SU Page IS http://www.papercraftingmom.stampinup.net

The base is cut at 7 5/8 x 4 3/4

Scored at 1 3/8 and 4 1/2

Strip across top is cut at 4 1/2 x 1 1/8

The three layers in front are cut at

3 3/8 x 2

3 1/8 x 1 3/4

2 7/8 1 1/2

When adding these to front use pop up dots only on bottom so you can slide card closed on top.

The inside is an envelope cut and half.

You seal envelope (medium size) and fold in half and cut it down middle.

Then you glue the two parts together to create that accordion look.

And then glue whole piece inside base of card.

I purchased my envelopes medium size from SU.

The butterfly and flower stamp are from SU For All You Do Set.

And the happy birthday is from SU Family Phrases Set.

The ink was SU classic Dusty Durango:)

Thanks for looking:)

I have a couple more projects using the same paper I will post tomorrow:)

If you are looking for my Blog Candy Post Go Here:

http://chatterscene-mom.blogspot.com/2011/06/blog-candy-300-follower.html

And of course I can not close this post with out inviting you to my message boards.

They are fun and Free! Hope to see you there:)

http://www.chatterscene.com/csboards/index.php

Blog Candy 300 follower

I was so excited to make it to 300 followers:) In celebration I am doing a blog candy giveaway:)

I am giving away a cricut cartridge:)

Since it is summer I chose to do the Block Party Lite cartridge:)

If you want to win this cartridge you must:

1. Be a follower

2. Leave a comment on this post ( leave a way I can contact you )

For an extra chance to win post about this giveaway on your blog and come back and leave a comment saying you did.

For yet another chance to win sign up on my message boards link at top of the page. Make at least two post on them ( any where on them ) come back and leave a comment that you did that.

http://www.chatterscene.com

For yet another chance to win put this button up on your blog side bar and make it link back to my blog. Leave it there the duration of the giveaway:)

Once you have done it come back and comment that you did:)

I am gonna leave this giveaway open for two weeks:) On Monday July 11th I will go to random number and choose a winner:)

I also wanted to thanks every one for the blog awards. I am working on getting them up today:)

Blog Awards

I was given two blog awards last week.

I wanted to say TY for thinking of me.

I havn't had a chance to create a side bar for these but hope to soon.

First I wanted to Thank Brenda For This award. Check out Brenda's Blog to see her fun projects:) It was very sweet of you to give it to me:)

And I wanted to thank Kim for it too. Check out Kim's Fun Blog. They both gave it to me right around the same time:)

To accept this award- I gotta list 7 random things and pass this award on to 8 people..

1. My favorite Color is Pink

2. I have 3 sons

3. I hate snow and cold weather

4. I am scared of the dentist

5. I love scrapbooking and card making

6. I am addicted to Starbucks

7. I have the greatest online friends:)

I would like to pass this along to:

http://mycuriouscrafts.blogspot.com/

http://bljgraves.blogspot.com/

http://www.stamperosity.com/

http://stampinsweetstampin.blogspot.com/

http://smallbitsofpaper.blogspot.com/

http://cokiepopaper.blogspot.com/

http://indymermaid.blogspot.com/

http://sherriescraps.blogspot.com/

Second I wanted to Thank Kim for this award. Ty for thinking of me:)

Thanks again Kim:) Check out Kim's blog to see all her wonderful projects:)

What is nice about this award is there are no rules:)

I wanted to pass it to a couple of blogger friends:)

http://stayingcrafty.blogspot.com/

http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com/

Blog Hop Winner

Good Morning:)

I just wanted to pop by and announce the winner of the blog hop. The winner of the Bow Easy:)

Jessica said...

Just did a shout out for the Hop and your Message Board!
:O)
Jessica
http://jessicascraftshaque.blogspot.com/2011/06/fathers-day-blog-hop-at-chatter-scene.html

Congrats Jessica:)

And I had my son draw a name out of a hat for the blog artist participant reward:)

The winner is

http://happyscrapper64.blogspot.com -- Brenda ( Happy Scrapper )

Ty everyone who played and who became a follower:)

Get Whale Soon

Happy Tuesday Everyone:)

First I wanted to say thank you to those who participated in the blog hop. The artists and the hoppers. Thank you so much:) On Thursday's Post I will announce the winner of the Blog Candy (bow easy) as well as announce the Artist who won as well. So Tune in Thursday to see:)

There is still time to try and win before Thursday just go to Fathers Day Hop post below:)

Also I wanted to say thanks to all of my followers:) I reached my goal of 300! On Friday I will do a post to celebrate my reaching my goal and will do a giveaway of a cricut cartridge:) So don't forget to come by on Friday to try win the cart! The Cart I will be giving away will be announced Friday too:)

And I wanted to make a promise that once I reach 400 I will do a giveaway then as well. Not sure what the prize will be for 400 so tune in:)

Sign up by email so you dont miss all the fun:)

As usual I wanted to get a plug in for my message board. It is free and we have a bunch of wonderful ladies. We have scrappers, crafters, readers, and other hobbies. As well as a lot of different mommy areas. If I can get the crafting/cardmaking/scrapbooking sections and other sections busier than they are now I plan on do monthly contests there where peeps can win prizes as well as the fun I already do on my blog.

It would truly delight me and make my day to have you all on the boards.

http://www.chatterscene.com

Oh and I have lost one pounds! Between the Zumba, Treadmill, and Ab Glider Pro I am finally starting to see results! I know only one pound. But I am syched. Now to keep it up and learn how to tone up.

It isnt gonna be easy now that school is out and the boys will be home eating all the time in front of me. So hopefully I dont lose my will power as they tease me with thier yummy treats:)

Now onto my project for the day. I used my cricut imagine and the Imagine More Cards Cartridge. The sentiment is one of MPS's fun stamps. I did two and dressed them up a little different. One with just ribbon and the other with twine and a button:)

I want to add a special Thanks To Crafting Katie For helping me see the potential in this cartridge:)

I'm entering this in the 'Made It Myself Mondays' weekly linking party on You Had Me At Craft, so you should do the same with your projects this week!