Trick-Or-Treat Halloween M.S. Punch and Jolee's Blog Candy Give-A-Way

Happy Halloween and Happy Harvest! I wanted to have a fun little giveaway to honor the fall, one of my favorite times of year. The winner will be picked via random.org and will be picked on
                                                         October 27.
The winner will recieve a brand new Martha Stewart Jack-O-Lantern punch and a package of dimensional Jolee's Boutique Parcel Candy shop candy.

In order to be entered, please place a comment in the comment area about your favorite sort of Halloween Activity... Good Luck!!! Have fun and be safe.

Altered Toilet Paper Gift Card Holder

It seems to me that there is always an abundance of empty toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls, and I hate just throwing them away. So, I was needing a gift card holder one day to give to a family friend. I decided to try my hand at making one. I pressed a toilet paper roll down flat which fit a gift card perfectly. I distressed the TP roll and punched holes on one end and threaded a twine rope through and tied little knots on either end. I attached a piece of scrap cardstock all the way around it with a glue gun. I took a bunch of my old postage stamps and scanned them in a row to resemble a border. I printed it out and cut out the row of stamps and distressed the edges with some Cat's Eye Distressing Chalk. I printed out one of my favorite quotes out onto a cream cardstock which I distressed again. I used a blue paperclip to close the top but make it easy enough to open. The reciever of the gift card said that she loved the holder almost as much as the gift card.

Shabby Chic Distressed Scrapbook Pages

If you came to my house, you would see that my design is definately "shabby chic." I love older things and what can be done to give that object some new life. I have applied that same concept to my scrapbooking. Some pages are a little more "girly" or feminine, but I love the charm of yesteryear. My normal scrapbooking style is 1-2 pictures per 12"x12" page that way it seems to give the attention to detail for that specific picture.