a.sprinkle.of.this.and.a.dash.of.that: June 2011

Monday, June 27, 2011

Winner Winner Spaghetti Dinner + a few extras

I've got my BlueBird Chic winner!!
(from the post below)

told me to pick #12...so I did:

come on down, Wendy...you're the winner!
Just email me your address at leslieashe(all.one.word) @ gmail(dot)com
so I can get you taken care of :D
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Just a short post today...
I'm on a marathon creating spree this week
(CHA is just around the corner, eek!)

I want to leave you with 2 things I've recently done for Glue Arts:
first up, a Kaiser Craft card:

for step by step directions & more photo's of this card,
just visit the Glue Arts Blog

and then there's this Crate Paper banner
that I also did for Glue Arts:

for more pictures & info on how to recreate this banner,

simply visit the Glue Arts Blog

thanks so much!

Have a great night...

I personally can't wait for tonights:

xo.

Friday, June 24, 2011

Giveaway Friday

Today I am so excited & quite honored to share
a fabulous & fun giveaway by one of my sweet friends, Leah:

Leah has a new Etsy shop called Bluebird Chic

It's the cutest shop around!

She's sells super FUN accessories (with more coming soon!)

& I got the priveledge to try out this gorgeous ring she made:

I've worn it several places already & have gotten sweet compliments on it!

Duponi Silk Ring Coral Blush

It's made with such tender loving care & of the highest quality!

Leah knows what she is doing...that's for sure...

Isn't it gorgeous?

I love the fine details & how dainty and girly it is.

It's very comfy too!

Exactly what a girl needs for the dressiest days

or most casual of days....

this ring is the perfect touch!!

Make sure you go to Leah's Etsy shop:

Bluebird Chic

and her Facebook Fan Page

to keep up with all the latest & greatest!

Now...would you like to win one of these lovelies for yourself?

All you have to do is leave me a comment here

telling me what is your favorite

the dressy days or the casual days?

I will choose a winner & post the lucky girl(or guy?)

Monday evening, the 22nd

have a lovely day!

back soon...

xo.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Margarita-ville

I'll admit it.
Margarita (s) make me giddy.
Especially the American Crafts kind.

I'm apologizing profusely in advance for the awful colors
of everything you're about to see.
I must have touched a setting
on my camera (that's now been fixed, yay!!)
and couldn't get these to edit just right...
but my motto is: once the photo's taken, let it be.

So here you are...
my June American Crafts creations, featuring Margarita:

(Galveston...gosh I loved it there.

Weird..I'm FROM Texas and before these photo's..

I'd NEVER been there. What!?~)

(I cheated...I added some Hello Sunshine to this card...

which, btw...was super easy to make!)

that's my cabana boy...

jk jk...

it's my hubba hubba hubby!

That's our trip to South Padre a few years back....

(my FAVE Texas beach! Too bad it's only what...10 hours to get there! yuck...)

hope you've enjoyed this little sip of Margarita!

when I first received it,

I hoarded it to no end.

I wouldn't let myself use it because it was so pretty,

I didn't want to cut into it!

Not to mention...when you receive AC goodies?

THEY SMELL DIVINE.

no lie...

anyway, I finally cut into it

and used some of our family beach pics

which I still have 3847383783738738373 more...

Hope you're having a lovely day!

Come back tomorrow for yet...another FABULOUS giveaway!

This time from one of my dear sweet friends!

see you tomorrow!

xo.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Just Tell Me...HOW?

Yes please...
time - you need to have your brakes adjusted.
I mean really...

I made this layout with the June kit

from Little Black Dress

The journaling had to stand out on this page - I just took a series

of these photo's of my daughter and when I saw them..it made me

want to tell her how I can hardly believe she's GROWN.

Anyway...without getting all mushy - mushy...

you can click the layout to read the journaling up close.

I love that girl - truly, madly, deeply!

Here's more of my creations I did for LBD

A snapshot of my husband after his big race this past fall -
He does do it all. Rides, runs, even cleans and cooks!
He's a keeper! His resilience amazes me.
I'm one lucky lucky girl ♥

the girl as she headed to her first year of college at Baylor University

she loved her year there...we did too!

but her heart led her further south to College Station

where she is now ...gosh I miss her!

that she is....when I saw that girly silhouette - I immediately knew what photo's to

use and I already had the Kobi Yamada quote handy so it made for

the perfect page!

I made this little card with my dad in mind for Father's Day.

I love how it turned out!

just a simple little card with some paper pleating.
that's all my June LBD projects!
Go get that kit. Really. It's JAM packed with fun goodies.
Enjoy it!

Before I go...
I wanted to leave you with a little snippet of something I have
up at the American Crafts blog
using more POW! Glitter paper.
I'm telling you - you MUST have some of this stuff...it's the best!

have a wonderful day!
xo.

Monday, June 20, 2011

Inside & Out + a Shabby Apple winner

Hi everyone!
Happy Monday!

I hope your weekend was as nice as ours was...
Savannah came in from College Station for Father's Day
weekend (Shaypher's here for the summer) & we got to spoil
their daddy and mine too! It was fun...♥

Speaking of Savannah:

this is one of my first Prima layouts up on the blog...

Prima Supplies:

Innocence Collection 2 Flowers (545963)
Symphony Blend -Amoroso Pink (537852)
Symphony Blend -Andants White (55350)
SIIP Swirls & Fimo- Lt. Pink (53559)

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also, today....
I have chosen a winner for the Shabby Apple dress give away!
Thank you to all who entered!
I used Random Number Generator to pick my winner:

who could that be?

That's our winner!
SO Nams...email me: leslieashe(all one word) @ gmail(dot)com
with your information and address. I'll send it over to Shabby Apple
so you can get your dress!
Congratulations and I hope you enjoy it ♥

I'm ending today's post with one of my favorite shots from FD yesterday:

I ♥ my life....

Thanks everyone...
back tomorrow with a few fun things.
enjoy your day!
xo.

Friday, June 17, 2011

Shabby Apple Giveway plus a Winner

Hi friends!!
WOW...thank ALL of you for your comments on the Echo Park giveaway!
I picked a winner and can't wait to share who it is....

but before I do, I wanted to share another fun giveaway....
This one's from a FABULOUS online dress company I've been
eyeing for quite some time.
A company called Shabby Apple
I've seen the giveaways before on friends blogs, like Paige Evans...
and thought to myself..OH HELLO cute dresses!

In case you haven't heard of them, they are an online boutique
featuring dresses for women and little girls.
They also have great accessories like jewelry & shoes.
Not to mention FUN swimwear!
They're designs are unique, fun and just beautiful!!

Like for instance, here's a Little Girls dress I adore:

Hibiscus:

this dress called Girl Next Door:

and I think every girl needs a sailor dress:
Admiral

Shabby Apple is very generously sponsoring this post
by not only offering a giveaway to one lucky person,
but also 10 % off to all the readers of this blog.
Thanks to you, Shabby Apple!!
all you have to do is enter this code when you check out:
"sprinkleanddash10off"
you will get 10 % your order!

what's fun about this giveaway is I got to choose a dress I wanted
to give away to you...my readers. I love that!
Here's the dress I chose...
Lighthouse:

to enter the giveaway - all you have to do is
leave a comment here on this post.
You can also enter twice by liking their

Facebook Page - Shabby Apple

(click that link)
then come back to my blog and tell me
you "liked" them...
I will pick a winner and be back to post
on Monday!
Good luck to you!

(this contest is only open to U.S. residents)
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ALSO....
I have a winner for you from the Echo Park giveway!
First I want to thank ALL of you for your comments about what I did
for Echo Park & telling me what your favorite line is!
And now my winner:
Random Number Generator gave me:

which happens to be:

so, mimisimon: you're the winner of all 3 Echo Park kits!

Simply email me: leslieashe(all one word) @ gmail(dot)com

and I'll get this to you next week!

be back soon!

Thursday, June 16, 2011

POW!

Let me tell you something...

American Crafts is GENIUS!

They came up with this gorgeous glitter paper.

Glitter paper that DOES NOT RUB OFF and

works GREAT in die cut machines!

It's POW! Glitter Paper week on the American Crafts Blog:

these are just a few of the cards up today on the American Crafts Blog
to see them in full & to check out what I used and how they were
created...go check out the blog!

***JUST A NOTE...
the giveaway (see post below) is still open...
(please comment on that post to be considered for the drawing, thank you!)
you have until midnight tonight (~~Thursday~~ well technically Friday)
I will pick a winner and post sometime Friday!

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Echo Park and a HUGE Giveaway

I ♥ Echo Park!

I absolutely love Echo Park.

To me, each of their designs scream: create with me!

I was so excited to be asked to Guest Design for June!

Excited, honored & did I mention excited?

It was so fun to create with their gorgeous products!

here's some of the things I did:

I found an old frame, took out the glass & used "For The Record"

to create this frame of my 2 gifts ♥

have you seen the super CUTE line "At The Playground?"

I LOVED each and every playful detail in there...

I made this card using the line .

I am in love with that tree with the swing on it!

"For The Record" is one of my very favorite lines,

I played on the "title" of the line

for this layout of my daughter and husband

Again, I used "At The Playground" for this friend card.

I had such fun putting it together!

and the first layout above of my son was made using

"Dots & Stripes - Metropolitan"

I thought it was PERFECT for some of his SR. pictures .

and finally...this little card:

made with For The Record...

Thank you SO MUCH Echo Park

for having me as your June guest!!

I can't even begin to tell you how much fun I had!

Be sure to check out the Echo Park Blog today

Now, how about....

A GIVEAWAY!!

How about a giveway with the papers I got to work with?

That's right!

I have THIS for you:

the very lines I got to use for my creations!

A lucky winner will get all 3 of these fun collections...

now if you love Echo Park like I do..

I know you're excited about this giveaway!

Just leave me a comment and

tell me what your favorite Echo Park line is

and does it just happen to be one of the lines I used???

I will choose a winner this Friday!

Winner will be notified by email and will be posted

on my blog Friday by midnight...

thank you so much

and have a wonderful day!

xoxo.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Life Lines

You know, I was born to do this.
Be their mom.
this is the most fun I've had my entire life.
I don't consider this a job.
I consider it a GIFT
and with this gift...I cherish.
I'm doing the best that I possibly think I can.
I fall...but I get right back up...
There's days I don't get out of my jammies and have bed hair
(did I really just admit that? HA!)

the bright and sunny days totally outnumber the falling on my butt days...
and I'm lucky...
all because I got to do this.

Be THEIR mom....

they are my life lines.
it's so hard to believe that in the blink of an eye, they're ADULTS.
what the what!
gosh i love those 2 silly kids!

but enough of the mushy...
I made this layout for Glue Arts.
Clear Scraps was our sponsor & I had so much
fun using this bracket acrylic sheet...
I stamped and painted it :D

To see the complete directions and some up close shots,
just go to the Glue Arts blog to check it out!

and just wanted to say...

(via: Pinterest)
for the congrat's to me for making the Prima team...
you are the SWEETEST friends a girl could have!
Thank you so so much.
I'm STILL on clouds.

Have a lovely day...back soon!

Friday, June 10, 2011

Prima?! ME, a Flower girl?! PINCH ME!

Umm....
seriously?
ME??!!
A flower girl??!

I really get to display that blinkie!
I am so excited!
I mean really...I'm so excited I can't sit still!

This is a DREAM come true!
I honestly, seriously, really, truly ...
CANNOT believe my name is in that list of extremely talented ladies!

I'm not seeing things, am I??!

Thank you Prima, thank you!
Check out the BLOG for the announcement
and....
Just LOOK at this list of inspirational girls:

When I got the news from Sharon that I made the
team, I was just like a little girl who'd just woken
up to see the gift of her dreams on Christmas morning.

I ran through my house literally jumping up and down,
screaming with joy.
The dogs were barking & I watched as my husband
looked at me with bewilderment.
you know, that deer in headlights look?
yeah. He had that. ha!!

When I finally stopped jumping up & down,
he looked at me & said
"Congrats, let's go celebrate!"

We went to dinner with friends
and it was a LOVELY evening.
just what I needed.

this has been such a wonderful week.
a week I TRULY needed.
I feel quite blessed.

Have a beautiful day!
xoxo,