Still Love You More Than Chocolate Mr. C. Happy Anniversary.

Hard to believe that 22 years have gone by. Time flies when you're married to your BFF. Laughter, tears, sickness, health, we've been through it all . Our amazing son. I still love you more than chocolate Mr. C. Always. 

BFF Open House Link Party #119

Another week has flown by already and this one was a super busy one once again so just the party this week. Wishing everyone a nice long Labor Day weekend! 

Just In "Time" For Back To School. Cool Clocks From Pick Your Plum!

Whether you've already sent kids back to school or are getting ready to, Pick Your Plum has a great way to show your favorite teacher some classroom love.

Wouldn't one of these brighten a classroom? Or for those of you sending kids off to college, wouldn't this be fun for a new dorm room? 

They come in 6 different designs and are  $12.99 each.  But once they're gone, they're gone. 

Spellbinders Die Winner

A big congratulations to Carolina Moore , creative craft genius behind 30 Minute Crafts  who is the winner of the Spellbinders die giveaway I hosted last week.

Thanks to everyone who entered and don't forget you can still get a gift with purchase of this exclusive die when you purchase any Spellbinders die at Hobby Lobby ( while supplies last)

BFF Open House Link Party #118

Happy happy HAPPY haPpY Friday Eve.  So excited because The Mumster is arriving tomorrow. Of course she's turning around and leaving in a couple of days for an Alaskan cruise! Poor baby. 

Thanks to everyone who linked up last week. Awesome ideas as always. Here are just a few features. 

It's back to school time . I miss shopping for back to school supplies so I live vicariously through other people. School supplies for College Boy pretty much boil down to pens but I miss the days of crayons and colored pencils Although as a crafter, it's a great time to stock up on things like white glue for crackling things.  

. Optimistic Mommy has a bright and thoughtful back to school Teacher Appreciation gift. 

Great crafting minds must think alike because I also love this Teacher's Gift idea from Just Dip It In Chocolate . I think I might have to make one of these to fill with malted milk balls for my desk. 

Any Mad Men fans out there? College Boy is addicted to the show. It's Always Ruetten  linked up her "Drab to Draper" chair transformation which turned out great. 

Warning. Serious Chocolate Ahead!

Yes you read that right. 2+ pound chocolate brownies! Yes please. Go visit True Blue Baking for the recipe. If. You. Dare! 

After that, head over to Cath's Cookery Creations for the details on these Cookies and Cream Cupcakes. Hey, if I'm tempted, you get tempted. That's the way it works around here. 

OK now on to this week's party! What's everyone been up to. I'm waiting for the first Halloween project to appear !

Cardmaking with Project Life and A Just Because Giveaway

You may recall the post I had up last week using the “Vintage Travel” Project Life scrapbooking kit. While it’s designed for easy scrapbooks, I decided to use it to make some cards. The great thing is, since the Project Life kit is  made by American Crafts, it coordinates with American Crafts papers! I love it when a plan I didn’t have comes together.

Here are some of the Project Life scrapbook cards I randomly selected along with a piece of scrapbook paper I had in my stash ( Fifth and Frolic collection).  I had fun using designs in the cards as inspiration. For example, I used a circle punch to punch out the middle of one card and used the punched out portion here:

I distressed the cut out circle with some ink, tore another card and adhered it to the “Thousands of Little Moments” 5x7 card and used the scrapbook paper as my background Finished with some coordinating baker’s twine and washi tape.

Here’s the negative from the PL card I punched out. I  trimmed it slightly and layered it over yet another card from the kit. Used more distress ink over the whole thing and used it along with a sentiment from another card to make the card shown at the top of the post.

I was having so much fun I couldn’t stop. So I grabbed even more cards from the kit and decided to make some 4.25 x 5.5  notecards.

Each of these notecards uses pieces from the PL kit, just randomly paired together, cut up, torn up, etc.

I finished some with glitter tape and others with washi tape and some with both. And guess what? I’m giving them away! Why? Why not.

Here's the Rafflectopter widget and entry is simple. Leave a blog comment telling me what your favorite back to school supply was as a kid. I loved school supply shopping almost more than back to school clothes shopping. From the days of sharp new crayons to fresh clean paper and notebooks. New pencils with unused erasers! A new box of pens. Nerdalert! 

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Spellbinders Gift With Purchase At Hobby Lobby While Supplies Last

Among my favorite words are "gift with purchase". Who doesn't love that? While supplies last, the wonderful team at Spellbinders is offering a FREE ( one of my other favorite words) crown die ( pictured above) when you buy one of their other dies at Hobby Lobby. 

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post by Spellbinders. Promotion is limited to US only.

If you're not familiar with Spellbinders dies, they are detailed metal dies that work with multiple die cutting machines. They come in countless shapes and designs providing clean edged cuts and can be used over and over again in your cards, scrapbooking, mixed media projects etc.  For example: 

"Romantic Rectangles" is one of the sets available at Hobby Lobby , perfect for framing wedding or vintage photos, or making special cards. These are "Nestabilities" which means that each die (4 in total) nests within the next biggest size and you can cut papers to use in combination with each other. 

Here's how the promotion works: 

• Shop IN STORE or ONLINE at Hobby Lobby for Spellbinders products.
• Scan your receipt or take a photo and email it to KTillman@Spellbinders.us
• Include your shipping address in your email.
• Excitedly wait for your exclusive Spellbinders crown die!

This promotion is only good while supplies last... so act fast!

How easy is that? 

Spellbinders is also offering one of my readers the chance to WIN ( yet another favorite word) one of the Crown dies only available through this promotion.  Here's how you can enter via Rafflecopter.  Giveaway will be up through midnight Friday! 

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