Arched Window, Poinsettias and Anniversary Blog Candy

Good Sunday morning and happy anniversary to me. Today I am celebrating two blogging milestones.  My article today is blog post number 1,000 and My Very First Blog Post ever was published five years ago on November 9 2007.  It is amazing to look back on my original posts and to browse through the years to see all the twists and turns my stamping style has taken.

To celebrate I am offering several nice items for blog candy.

Letraset Aqua Markers Set 1 and 2, Memory Box Ornament Border Die and retired unmounted 2007 Stamping” Up! Keep Christmas stamp set. 

All you have to do to qualify for my gift is leave a comment telling me how long you have been blogging and or paper crafting.  You will have until 5:00 pm on Wednesday, November 14th to leave respond. 

I love making flower cards and especially poinsettia Christmas cards during the holidays.  For this project I paired the Poppystamps Blooming Poinsettia and Grand Madison Arched Window.  

I created my poinsettias by using only the smallest flower die section.  I wanted them to be small enough to arrange on the arched window.  Check out my Poinsettia Tutorial for step by step photos of how I form my flowers.

 

I attached the window to the card base with mounting tape to add dimension.  I applied the poinsettias with glossy accents. Adding the pine branches around the poinsettias created a touch of softness to the arrangement. Here are a couple close up pictures to give a closer view of how the flowers and foliage was arranged. 

I thought the poinsettia and window was perfect layered over the Tina Wenke poinsettia paper. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you have a wonderful Sunday.

 

 

Paper:  Tina Wenke Holiday Card Making Paper, White, Olive, Red    Accessories:  Poppystamps Blooming Poinsettia, Grand Madison Arched Window, Martha Stewart Branch Punch, Mounting Tape, Glossy Accents, ATG, Big Shot, Stylus, Mat,

Comments

[Jean L.]

101.

I have been a crafter for most of my adult life, various kinds. I started scrapbooking in 1998 and that led into cards, which I started about five or six years ago. Love making cards. I do not blog but love finding others and seeing their works. I have just found you in the last month and love what you do. Thank you for sharing your talents with others, and also for the chance to win the blog candy.

[Amy W]

102.

Happy Anniversary!

I've been scrapbooking for 10 years
and card-making for about 6. I found
your blog this year by way of the
Ellen Hutson tutorial, and now your
blog is the first one I check in the
morning. I'm thrilled to hear I have
so many past blogs of yours to go
back through!

Amy

[Michelle Poston]

103.

I don't have a blog but I have been papercrafting for about 20 years. I started with rubber stamps and then it just went from there. Love your blog!

[Earline]

104.

Well Well Well what a beautiful card simple and loving it I have been cardmaking for about eight years praise God I get in spire by so many thing and items including your work of art. I don't blog but do admit I need to learn. Happy Anniversary and Happy Thanksgiving to every one.

[Karen G]

105.

Your work is amazing! Every morning I check your blog to see what beautiful creation you have created. I have been stamping for about 5 years and I am just starting to consider starting a blog. Congratulations on your 5 years blogging. You are an inspiration to so many!

[conniecrafter]

106.

Wow 5 years, Happy Bloggversary.... Beautiful flowers on your card!
I have been blogging for almost 2 years now, it took me awhile to jump on the band wagon :) I have been paper crafting for many years

[Emily]

107.

So fun to have the two big milestones coincide like that! Congratulations! I have just started blogging within the last few months but I've been paper crafting for around 15 years. Thanks so much for a chance to win...love your work!

[Patricia Foit]

108.

1000 posts is truly a monumental milestone, Kitty. Congratulations! I am so glad I discovered your amazing work. You are such an inspiration to me & to many others. Your level of craftsmanship is what I strive for in my own work. I have a long way to go, but you encourage me each & everyday. I have been into crafts since I was a child, but only into card making for about 3 years. My son helped me create my own blog just last year, but I have a lot to learn when it comes to blogging! Thank you for a chance to win some blog candy & here's wishing you another 1000 posts plus many many more!

[Sue]

109.

Congratulations, Kittie, on your 5th blog anniversary and your 1000th post! Those are great milestones to celebrate. I do not have a blog but have been making cards for approx. 6 years now. I am so happy to have this hobby (just wish I had more time and money!). I have so much more to learn and your site helps me do just that. Each day I look forward to seeing what delight you have created. Thanks!

[KellyRae]

110.

It is interesting to see how styles and techniques have changed through the years. I've been papercrafting for 10 years and blogging for just over 4 years - love the sharing and networking that ensues in the blogging world in general. Thank you for sharing your creativity!

[Monica]

111.

Congratulations on such a super job!! I've been papercrafting for more than 10 years but just recently found your wonderful blog! You have such fine intricate workmanship!!! A joy to look at and to try out some of your projects!!

[Linda Bell]

112.

Oh my word Kittie, I love your work so much..You really inspire me..They are beautiful!

[karen day]

113.

I have been crafting for many years, but started scrapbooking about 5 years ago. Now, after being inspired by your fabulous cards, I'm trying my hand a card making. Thank you!

[Linda Bell]

114.

Oh and I forgot to say I have been paper crafting for 13 years...

[Sandi N.]

115.

I have been making cards for about 10 years. My daughter took me to a Stampin Up party, I bought a lot that night
I was hooked! I too have noticed the difference in my first cards and ones I make now. Thanks for you post and a chance to win blog candy.

[mary lewis]

116.

Congrats on your 5th annivesary. I have been making cards off and on for a couple of years now. Thanks for the chance to win

[Lori Gauerke]

117.

I have been stamping for 14 years and I am still as excited as my very first day! Thank you for the chance to win..

[Mary Smith]

118.

I have been paper crafting for about nine years. I started with scrap booking and refused to look at rubber stamps because I had a feeling they could become an addiction. Boy was I right about that! I started making cards because the are more instant gratification than scrapping.i have never blogged, but I think I would like it. I absolutely love your cards, Kittie.

[JULES]

119.

I have to say i just love your blog and this card is so gorgeous!!!
i love the candy thanks so much for a chance to win.
I started crafting in 2007 i had to leave my job which i loved as a health care worker, as i had a heart attack, it left me with angine.
I started making cards with some stuff my daughter was throwing away and i was hooked, it helped me so much and specially when my dad passed away in 2009.
Sorry to go on lol!!!!! bless you.

[Nancy]

120.

Best wishes on your anniversaries. I have been paper crafting/crafting for most of my life. I have made cards for over 20 years and have enjoyed watching the changes in styles and techniques. I found your cards on SCS a few months ago and have been enjoying seeing your beautiful creations. It is fun to see how you use some of my favorite dies. Thanks you for sharing your creativity with us.

[Shirley L.]

121.

Congratulations on your anniversary! I love your blog and look forward to your fabulous creations each day with my morning coffee. I purchased so many products from your inspirations. I have been crafting all my life and used my skills in the 37 years that I taught elementary school. I began crafting cards about 25 years ago when my husband was working on his doctorate at BYU in Provo, Utah. It is my passion and so relaxing for me now that I am retired. Don't have a blog but enjoy reading them. Thanks for the chance to win the goodies!
Shirley
Roseville, CA

[Janice]

122.

Congratulations to you on your anniversary. I have been scrapbooking for 12 years now, and decided to start making cards with left over product about 5 years ago. When I saw one of your creations a couple of years ago, I challenged myself to rise to your standard. Of course, I will never be a wonderful and creative as you, but I have certainly learned to make 3-D cards as gifts. The most recent one was a 50th wedding anniversary card, and I made the box to hold it too. Thank you for all the wonderful inspiration you are giving to a great many crafters.

[Donna]

123.

Love the poinsettia you make, and of course that makes this card beautiful, i have all the same stuff you do, but my flowers just don't look like yours, especially the tiny ones!!! You are just so talented, I look forward to your blog every day, such a pleasure to read and see. So much wonderful inspiration!! Thanks kindly for all you do, it is not easy doing a daily commitment like you do. I have been crafting for oodles of years, but of recent about 4 years ago, I got into scrap booking, and bought a few stamps for that and before I knew it, I was loaded with stamps, and got into card making and all is history, card making now is mostly all I do, and along with that I do blog occasionally, but only once a week or so, and no followers to speak of, I used to belong to a flickr group, and I have a lot loaded on that site, but have not been on there much of late. There are only so many hours in a day!!
Thanks for sharing with us, and also for the chance at your blog candy.
hugs Kitty,
Donna

[Bonnie]

124.

Who knew you'd end up being so successful with your cards!! You never stop to amaze us with your creations. Hope you enjoy the next 1,000 as much as you have the last!!

[Bernice pega]

125.

Kittie, Wow.. 1000 posts.. I can't even imagine.. Congratulations! I don't blog.. but I have been stamping and papercrafting for about 8 yrs now.. Thanks for the chance to win some 'blog candy'

[Mary Esther]

126.

Congratulations, Kittie! I am not a blogger but I have been stamping for over 20 years. I have enjoyed paper crafting even longer than that. :-) Your cards are such an inspiration to me. They are beautiful! I have purchased some of the punches and dies that you create with to make my own cards.

[Kathy]

127.

Hi Kitty,
I've been making cards for about 6 years when a friend gave us a tutorial on cardmaking at our church. Since then the group of us has taken up the hobby and we meet every Thursday evening. When I was first introduced to your blog, I thought your cards were just my style! Beautiful, and full of flowers!! I've used many of your ideas. Thanks, Kathy

[jane.kennedy@flhosp.org]

128.

I went to your first "stamp camp", sometime before Christmas in 2004(?), knowing full well that I would not be able to do it! Just fell in love with it to the point that my daughter knows that a nice chunk of her inheritance would be lost if she just pitched my stamping area!!! LOL. I remember the Christmas card I made that year, a Christmas tree in forest green, using a blender pen. I remember you demonstrating the magic of embossing powder in our little lunch room at work. Stamping kept me content at home during my mother's final years and continues to give me great joy (and some frustration) when time and energy allow me to "play" now. Thanks for sharing you amazing gift!

[Barb]

129.

You have the most beautiful cards. I have been cardmaking for about 20 years. Have just got into die cuts and copics over the last year. So love that you show all the products you used. Thanks for the Glossy accents tips, never used it as a glue before, but have that past weekend (and now I know how to make my flowers more dimentional. Don't have my own blog but follow yours and a copic one in Europe.

[Rosetta Jenkins]

130.

God Bless you on your 5th Anniversary! I have been so fortunate to have been following you. Although I do not have a blog, I am such a fan. I have been paper crafting for most of my life. As a child, I loved paper and fabric. The ability to create a work of art only my mother loved (and still has) left me with such joy, and a feeling of accomplishment that has lasted a lifetime. I still get that feeling. In the past six years, paper crafting has become an all consuming passion whose joy I have shared with severely mentally ill adults. They were able to accomplish what they thought was the impossible. What a gift to be able to create change in another person's life.
That's what you do for all of us. You have been inspiring and generous with your sharing through your daily tutorials. You are our candy sweet Kittie. Please continue to bring joy on our lives.

[Rosetta Jenkins]

131.

God Bless you on your 5th Anniversary! I have been so fortunate to have been following you. Although I do not have a blog, I am such a fan. I have been paper crafting for most of my life. As a child, I loved paper and fabric. The ability to create a work of art only my mother loved (and still has) left me with such joy, and a feeling of accomplishment that has lasted a lifetime. I still get that feeling. In the past six years, paper crafting has become an all consuming passion whose joy I have shared with severely mentally ill adults. They were able to accomplish what they thought was the impossible. What a gift to be able to create change in another person's life.
That's what you do for all of us. You have been inspiring and generous with your sharing through your daily tutorials. You are our candy sweet Kittie. Please continue to bring joy on our lives.

[Rosetta Jenkins]

132.

OOOPs! Got carried away. Sorry for the duplicate!

[Cari Thomas]

133.

Congratulations on five fun years of blogging! I have ben making cards for about 12 years. I like to use a combination of stamps, dies and fun paper. I am working on my Christmas cards at this time. I love to see what wonderful ideas you come up with.

[Pamela]

134.

Congrats on your anniversary! You're an inspiration to so many of us, thank you. I've been crafting all my life but my favorite is stamping and all the various techniques that we employ! Thanks for the opportunity to win some blog candy! Enjoy your day!

[Thea]

135.

Hello, Kitty,
I have absolutely loved your blog since I became aware of it maybe a year ago. Your work is absolutely beautiful! Would love to achieve this kind of level in paper crafting some day... I have been paper crafting for 4 of 5 years now. I love making cards! I had a blog at one point, but deleted it. I need to start again someday! Congrats on your anniversary!

[Carol Stelzer]

136.

Hi Kittie,

I do not have a blog, but I have been stamping and making cards for 20 years. I just recently noticed how many of your cards I put into "MY Favorites" so I looked up your gallery (which I usually don't do, usually only looking at cards recently posted) and have been mesmerized with them ever since. I am using your inspiration for my Christmas card this year and plan to send a post when finished. Love, love, love your cards! Keep 'em comin'!
Carol S. in Illinois

[Mike Bizup]

137.

Congratulations Kittie!!!! You should be proud of yourself. You are such a giving person. Poinsettias has always been a part of my life being I was born in December. I've been card making for just over 10 yrs. now and you inspire all of us each day. Thank you so much.

[Funsunsue@gmail.com]

138.

Hi Kittie, I read your blog daily. As I've told you before- your cards are a gift to the eyes- your photography is the best I've seen on any blogs. I do not blog but have been paper crafting for over ten years and card making for one year. I guess the cards have won out. Thank you for answering questions and for your love of crafts!
I've been following you for about a year- I see lots of your cards on Pinterest
Susan

[Colorado]

139.

Congratulations on your blogging milestones, Kittie!! May you keep blogging for many years to come! I don't comment as often as I used to, but I'm still reading every post you put out. Thanks for the chance to win your blog candy!!

[Kim Lemke]

140.

I have been paper crafting and stamping for about 5 years - recently started doing some vinyl and want to purchase a Silhouette Cameo!!

[Jo4Him]

141.

Congratulations on five years of blogging. I have been stamping for about 9 years. Had to laugh at your comment, because when I look back at my early creations I see how far and different I have traveled. Found your blog about 2 years ago and really enjoy your creations and tutorials. Thanks for sharing your amazing talent.

[Jennifer E.]

142.

Congratulations on 5 years of blogging and 1000 posts! Wow! I have been paper crafting/stamping for about 6 years now. You have been such an inspiration to me and I look forward to seeing each new project. Thank you!

[Larie Manning]

143.

I have been a cardmaker since 2006 and love it. I was a quilter before which I still do some what since I found card making was a faster gratification. I can get so involved with cards I forget time and my poor husband will remind me we do have to eat! Since I found your blog a few years ago I check it daily. You blow me away with your cards and creative mind, I do barrow some of your ideas. I also like the way you show everything you use and where to find it. Thank you for being so generous.

[Veronica]

144.

Hi Kittie,
I love your blog and look forward to seeing your creations every day. A friend told me about your blog a few months ago and I've been following ever since. I've been stamping and papercrafting since 2003. I've learned so much from your tutorials and designs. Thanks for the inspirations!

[Starqueen]

145.

Hi Kittie,
Congratulations on two wonderful milestones! We are all blessed by your generous, creative sharing...it is so inspiring to see your beautiful work. I am truly amazed and awed by your diligence to blogging. Thank you so much!

[rethajhaddock@msn.com]

146.

Congratulations. I have been paper crafting for at least 10 years. You are truly an artist and your work is beautiful. Retha

[gostamping@gmail.com]

147.

I absolutly love your work & only wish mine looked as good. Thank you for always telling us how! Congratulations on a wonderful blog & gorgeous cards! I look forward to your posts and always open it! Thank you for inspiring us!

[Hertha]

148.

I am not a blogger, but I do follow your blog. I am always up late, and before I go to bed I check to see if I have an email from Kittie Kraft. If so, I can go to bed. If not, many times I will wait until your email arrives. Your cards are such an inspiration to me, and I am sure to all that see them. Congratulations on your anniversary, and I hope to keep "receiving cards" from Kittie Kraft for a long time.

[Lisa]

149.

Happy anniversary Kittie. That is a lot of cards! You inspire me daily. I have been paper crafting my whole life, card making about 18 years on a regular basis. It's hard to remember when time down here just flies by! I do not blog, I work out of the house and drive a ways to ge there, just no time left in the day after I get my four hours of sleep I seem to need! Thanks so much for sharing all your time and hard work daily with the rest of the world. Blessings always, Lisa

[tabitha grace jones]

150.

Congratulations on 5 years & 1000 post - that's an amazing milestone. Your card is gorgeous - you have a beautiful creative style that I find so inspiring. Thank you for all you share.
I don't have a blog yet - however, I've been creating for as far back as I can remember & I've been creating cards for about 7 years now - it is such a joy to make special cards for others.
Thank you for your generous blog candy & wishing you an amazing next 5 years.
Blessings-
tabithagrace

[Johanne Limoges]

151.

Congratulations Kittie for this great achievement! I love your blog and visit it regularly. I have started card making about seven years ago and have been teaching it for almost three years now. This is also when I have started blogging. But I have to admit that I use it rarely more than once a month to announce my projects. I wish I would be more skilled in it. Kittie, you are a great inspiration to me. Thanks for sharing your passion and talent like you do!

[Glenda]

152.

I've been crafting with paper since 1996 when I got into it to save money by doing my own wedding invitations. Boy did that idea backfire!! You've inspired me to do much more with dies. I marvel at your ideas! What a creative mind you have!!

[Millie]

153.

Congratulations on sharing 1000 different ideas with us all everyday. Such talent is God given and you are special. I have been paper crafting since our store closing and business, selling at craft shows. I love your designs and thank you so much for endless hours of joy.

[Diane L]

154.

I love card making and collect all of your awesome posts. Have been paper crafting about 20 years - stamping maybe 10-12 and love it so much. Thank you for this great opportunity

[Sharon Clabaugh]

155.

Blog never got off the ground..might try it again sometime. Been making cards and mini books for over 7 years. Found you a little over a year ago and learned a lot from you. Thanks for a chance to win!

[Sheila Tatum]

156.

Hi Kittie, I check your blog every day to see what beautiful creation you've posted that day. Although I've loved crafts all my life, I've only started making cards in the last year. Yours are a true inspiration. Thank you!

[Lori Reinholz]

157.

Happy Blogaversary!!! This post inspired me to check to see how long I have been blogging. I started in February 2008. Isn't it amzing to see how much we have grown in 5 years! Gosh I will have a 5 year blogaversary too! Guess I will have to do some Candy too! :)) Love your card! The Poinsettia are just beautiful. I just got the Spellbinder Poinsettia & Haven't used it yet. I love the Letraset ProMarkers & Don't have any of the Aqua Sets. Thank you for offering the great Blog Candy!! Hugs Lori
stamper572000@yahoo.com
http://stampninklady.blogspot.com/

[Vail]

158.

Congratulations on the 5th anniversary of your blog. I always look forward to viewing your post to see what you have created. We are all so blessed that you share them with us. I have been blogging for about 2 1/2 yrs and started scrapbooking about 14 yrs ago.

[Laurie]

159.

I'm loving all your wonderful ideas for Christmas cards - very beautiful and very timely!! I have been papercrafting for about 14 years, but do not blog at this time.

[Rebecca]

160.

Happy Anniversary. I have been paper crafting for about 10 years. I have tried scrapbooking, quilling and cardmaking. In the past couple of weeks I have been trying out some dies with my christmas cards. Somebody in my local craft shop recommended your blog for ideas. Im so glad they did because I cant wait to look at it in the morning for my inspiration. Keep it up

[Barbara G]

161.

Hi Kittie, Congratulations! I don't blog and I have been doing cardmaking for about 2 years. I love your site - your cards are incredible and have given me so much inspiration. Thank you for taking the time to let us see your creations and how to make them. You are much admired and appreciated.

[Jocelan Perry]

162.

Congratulations on your blog posts anniversary.Your creations are awesome.I have been crafting about 8 yearsI don't have a blog but I enjoy looking at lots of blogs.
Thanks for the chance to win blog candy.
Jocelan

[annette stafford]

163.

I have been paper crafting for almost ten years. Started off very slowly while still working. I have been retired for a year and have spent many enjoyable hours perusing your blog and others to find great ideas. Recently I have started teaching a class or two at my local stamp store. I'm having a fantastic time. I love your blog and all your helpful information. You are a really wonderful artist! I hope to have a blog of my own in the near future. Thanks for a chance at your giveaway. Looking forward to many more wonderful ideas from you.

[M.A.]

164.

Congratulations on your anniversaries! Your work really stands out and is a great inspiration to me. I've been papercrafting for 14 years. Wow! Time flies.

[Renee Foulks]

165.

I have been paper crafting for about 8 months. I started when I purchased my Silouette Cameo, for vinyl, and started playing around with paper. Turned out I don't use the vinyl much anymore. I discovered the joy of card making and am trying to get supplies gathered. Thank you for the chance to win a few supplies.

[Lesley at Grenouille]

166.

Your flowers (I can never spell the "P" word without going back to check) are gorgeous Kittie, and look lovely with your window and that pretty paper. I have been card making for several years now - I don't really remember when I started and all of my early cards were just word processed and punched. I have been stamping for about 4 years and blogging for three. I love being inspired to try new things. I am working on a project currently that has been wholly inspired by you! Thank you for the candy opportunity - it's very kind! Hugs, Lesley

[Kym Weber]

167.

Congratulations on blog anniversary! How wonderful! And of course may more years to come of your continuing to post your absolutely amazing cards!

I've been blogging since November 2008. I created my first card making project when my son graduated from school and was enlisted into the US Marines. I never imagined that I would become so addicted to creating cards! But, also thanks to people like you for your inspirations.

Congrats again! Definitely well deserved!

Hugs, Kym

[Marian B.]

168.

Congratulations! Your cards are beautiful and an inspiration. Thanks for the tutorials. I have been stamping for about ten years but have not started a blog yet. Maybe when I retire I will try that.

[Colleen]

169.

Kitty,
Congrats on 1000. I love your blog.
l have been scrappin' and stampin' for a very long time.
Over 15 years. Dont ever stop craftin'.
Colleen

[Barbie]

170.

Happy Holidays & Congrats on your Blog Anniversary! I have been making cards & scrapbooking for over 29 years (age of my oldest daughter). I had some of the original rubber stamp sets from mail order catalogue from 30 yrs ago. My children would stamp cards and colored them to gift their relatives at a young age. Now I prefer many layers. Your blog makes my day to read, learn and put my own spin on final layouts! Thank you from Wisconsin!

[Linda R.]

171.

Congratulations on your milestones! Wow! Great card. Those poinsettias are beautiful. I've been papercrafting off and on for 20 years, but at first it was strictly digital...I've expanded my horizons ;-) I've only been blogging for about a year.

[Cheryl First]

172.

Simply fantastic poinsettias, Kitty! Like everything else you create, it leaves me ith some great inspiration......and style to aspire to!
Happy anniversary to you!
((HUGS))
Cheryl First
aka Cafexpressions

[Ashley Shatto]

173.

Dear Kittie, I am just amazed at all that you can do with your paper card designs. When I went back to take a look at your work it is evident that you are a superior artist as well as having a unique creative eye for placement on paper. Your compositions are so realistic, that they become life like on your cards. The way in which you create things inspire people to go beyond what they would normally create. I am so blessed to be able to know you as well as your work even though we have never met it is so rewarding to view all your creative work. Congratulations on your 1000th blog. You are one terrific lady,Kittie. God Bless.

[Bjslasky]

174.

Love your style and creativity. I found you through Pinterest and am so glad I did. I have been paper crafting for about ten years and love, love, love it. It causes me to ignore other things in life such as cooking, cleaning, etc. LOL

[MaryAnn]

175.

I just started card making about 10 months ago and I love it...My daughter got me started...Don`t have a blog but love following have been learning very much...Congrad!

[Lilia]

176.

Congratulations, Kittie!! Those are great reasons to celebrate!
I don't always have time and opportunity to go online, but I always read your posts through my email. Thank you so much for great inspiration and tips!!
All the best!!

[ChrisAndCat]

177.

Happy Blogaversary Kittie! I first started papercrafting in 2008 but in a very basic way. I gradually progressed to stamping then I learned to shape diecut flowers and leaves with the help of your fabulous blog and tutorials. You once said in an email that dies and punches were addictive - you are right! My favourite techniques now are diecut cards and Lili of the Valley stamped images which I usually colour with copics or promarkers. I'm just learning watercolouring with reinkers but I'm not very good yet.

[Laura]

178.

Thank you Kittie, for all of your time, energy, and talent you share with us. Your cards are absolutely a work of art, and just beautiful! Your tutorials are THE best!! I've only gotten into this creative and therapeutic hobby of card making the last two years, and I learn something new everyday and am inspired everyday, love it! You are such an inspiration to me and all who visit your blog! Thanks again!

[Karen]

179.

I don't have a blog - probably because I spend so much time looking at other peoples' blogs!!!!! I have been papercrafting forever, though, and my supplies tell that story. Thanks so much for the chance to win and more importantly thanks for all the inspiration you share with us!

[karenladd]

180.

congrats on your 5 years of blogging! I still remember when I first discovered your blog and was absolutely floored by how beautiful your projects are! You have such an amazing design sense...color, composition, and those little extras that make a card just stand out. I have been paper crafting in one way or another since my teen years and am both a scrapbooker and card-maker. I love to work with paper and stamps especially...love to get inky! No blog so far....I'm intimidated by the whole thought and I just enjoy the creative transfer that I get from blogs like yours. Thanks so much for your awesome candy and for bringing so much beauty to my life!

[shartl]

181.

How wonderful to have reached the 5 year mark! I always just love your projects and your blog is like eye candy to me! I am not a blogger but I have been paper crafting for much of my adult life. I love making 3-D paper projects for party and holiday decorations and have recently gotten into card making. I have a 2 year old so not much time to craft but I love it! Thanks for the chance to win some goodies!

[S Overdier]

182.

Kittie, I have a question for you. I have been only scraping/crafting for a few months and would like to know-- If you could only have two punches, and two embossing folders, which ones would they be? Thanks

[Angelic C.]

183.

Congratulations! Love the window card. I don't have a blog, but I have been crafting for about 4 years. Thank you for the chance at your giveaway.

[Betty]

184.

Congrats!!! I actually stumbled upon your blog by way of pinterest and what a find it is..I have been paper crafting since about 2004 and love it all!!!