FREE GIVEAWAY!

Well, as I was busy making a card the other day I was thinking about how much I LOVE my edge punchers and if I love them so much I should give my current favorite one away. Off to the store I went and pulled one of the last ones off of the shelf at Heartland and purchased it to give to some lucky person! The punch is a Martha Stewart brand and is a fun butterfly punch where every other butterfly has pop up wings. I love it and it is perfect for spring which I need to appear here in Utah. (It snowed really good on Monday -boo hoo) Here is the deal, press the Home button at the top of my blog and choose your favorite card and then come back to my blog and comment on your favorite card. If you want additional chances, tell about the giveaway on your blog and send me a link through the comment area (then I get to see all of your fun blogs) and also everyone who is a follower on my blog gets an additional chance. Yeah - I am so excited, I will have to figure out my next favorite item for another giveaway. The winner will be announced next Friday, Apr. 16. Good luck my friends!

On to another item - I just made my first you tube video for my makeathomecards.com site. My husband (who was the cameraman with his Iphone) kept wanting to make it fancy and I kept saying no - I'm a real person with faults and weaknesses. (Yes, I'm heavier than I've ever been) It was exciting and frightening all at the same time. I'm sure my sisters and good friends will get a good laugh - which we all need! I have to admit, I was shocked by how old my hands looked! Better start using all that lotion I have around.

Scrapbook Page for our great retreat!

This is a fun page layout I did for our scrapbook retreat coming up April 22. I haven't scrapbooked any pages for awhile since I have been busy doing cards and classes, but I enjoyed putting this layout together. I like to leave a lot of room for pictures and made sure that the pictures will be the centerpiece of this page. I am really looking forward to our retreat - we have a lot of fun things planned and the food and treats will be just delish! (Is that a word?) Our retreat is just a couple weeks away and we are scrambling around trying to get ready. This will be the last kit that we post at Patreskapapers.blogspot.com for out guests to purchase.

New Cards

What a nice relaxing Easter weekend. Today I feel like I am off and running! Here are 2 new cards that I made for the store this last week. The birthday candles are a die cut that I have used before - I forgot how much time it takes to cut and piece the candles together for 40 kits!!! I guess I'll never learn. Anyway, I found this cute stamp and couldn't resist making a card for the dog lovers out there.

Recipe for a Happy Birthday

I am always looking for individual, meaningful birthday gifts for friends and designed this cute little chipboard book using a little poem based on a poem titled "Recipe for a Happy Child". I changed the words to read - 1 full cup of friends

2 full cups of family

3 tbsp of wishes

a dash of candles

sprinkled with laughter

topped with love

I used the Maya Road small box with the 2"X3" chipboard book inside. It was a lot of fun to make and I was able to use the new Cosmo Cricket line. It was great fun to make. I am using this for a kit for our Scrapbook Getaway at a cost of $15. A perfect little gift for that great friend or family member. If you are interested in a kit, email me at thewrightteresa@mac.com.

We do have 3 more spots for our scrapbook retreat taking place Apr. 22-25th. It is located in Eden, Utah with beautiful accommodations and a large clubhouse where we scrapbook. If you are interested please email.

A beautiful day and a fun card

Today is a beautiful day! It is sunny outside and the mountains are crystal clear with snow along to ridge. It is suppose to get up to 50 degrees today - hurray!!! I love the sun and warmth. This last week and weekend was very busy with a lot of company in town. Last week was especially great because my dear friends came into town and we scrapbooked and made cards all week long. This was a card I made for card kits at Heartland Paper and I really liked how it turned out! This cute bunny is a Sizzix die and I cut it out of felt. I love having the ability to cut shapes out of different products - chipboard, fabric, corkboard, paper, it provides such a variety of textures. The inside of the card is blank so it can be used for a birthday card, thank you and Easter. Great card for the grandchildren or friends. If you are interested in ordering a 4 pack, either completed or in a kit form, please email me at thewrightteresa@mac.com and I can get it out to you asap!

Cheerful Cherries

I love how this card turned out! It is so cheery and it was great fun finding this card shape on one of my cricut cartridges. I have made it for my Make At Home card business. This week has been filled with creating with my greatest of friends from California. We have laughed, stayed up late, viewed all of our favorite BBC's, caught up on each other's lives and eaten chocolate. We normally scrapbook at a beach house overlooking the Northern California coastline, but this year with the economy affecting each of our lives we decided to change our venue to my home. There is nothing as great as true friends. They love you despite your weaknesses.

St. Patricks Day

Happy St. Patty's Day! Well, not quite yet but I thought better early than not at all.