KITCHEN DRAWER MINI COOKBOOK PROJECT AND A BLOG HOP WINNER!!!

Happy Monday, everyone!!!  I sincerely hope you all had a wonderful and creative weekend!  I finally finished cutting all those little Mickey Mouse treat boxes for my niece, and I even cut out an addition 11 of the turkey treat boxes.  I have to admit though that as much fun as they were to put together, I don't care if I ever cut another pattern/template again for a very, very long time!!!  LOL!!!  I don't even want to look at a pair of scissors right now!  HA!

To my new followers, thank you so much for deciding to join my family and I look forward to our visits together!  I'll be around to see you soon!

Before I announce the winner of the "Gobble Til You Wobble" blog hop prize,  a wonderful friend sent me the most adorable little silverware set stamp that I wanted.  I know this cute stamp will get a lot of use, and the first project I've used it for is this little mini cookbook which you can keep in a kitchen drawer:

When you unfold the top cover, it looks like this:

When you unfold the bottom cover it lays flat so this is what you'll have:

Or, if you fold back the top cover, the book will stand alone on a table or counter top like this:

Either laying flat or in it's standing position you can flip thru the recipe cards like this:

I'd like to say thanks again to my friend for this wonderful little stamp!!!  And..., SURPRISE!!!  If you like this little mini cookbook, it's a giveaway!!!  To be eligible for it, just leave me one of your wonderful comments on this post letting me know you'd like to have it!  No, you do not need to be a follower to win!  I will announce the winner on Saturday, November 26.  The winner will be selected by Random.org. and you will have 3 days to claim it.  (Sorry, will only mail within U.S.)

Now for the blog winner!!!  Random.org. selected number "19":

LISA808, you are the WINNER of the matching vellum and paper set!!!  Please email your mailing address to me at audreyfrel@sbcglobal.net. 

Well, I'm off to play!!!  Thank you all for taking time from your creating crafting to stop by!

Hugs, and I'll be seeing you!!!

A BLOG CANDY RAK AND A BIRTHDAY PROJECT FOR A FRIEND!

Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a beauttiful weekened!!!  I most certainly did, and I thank you all for the wonderful birthday wishes!

I have a little RAK giveaway today to say "Thank You" to all my wonderful  412 followers!!!  To those of you who are new to my family of friends, Welcome!!!  I love having you here and I look forward to getting better acquainted!  In honor of reaching/exceeding 400 followers, here's my giveaway -- a little Tim Holtz package:

As this RAK is a result of my celebrating my followers, and to show my appreciation of your choosing to follow and support me, only followers are eligible this time around for this RAK -- sorry!  However, all additional new followers are welcome to participate as long as you're a member by the RAK deadline.  (I will have more giveaways which will include all my non-member friends again soon!).  The only rule to be eligible for this gift is to just leave me one of your wonderful comments!   The drawing/deadline will be Thursday, October 13, no later than 5 p.m. CT.  Good luck!!!  And, thanks so much again for following me!  I hope to never disappoint you!

Now I have a belated birthday project to share that I am sending to a wonderful friend.   She'll know who she is, I'm sure, when she drops by for a visit...lol!!!  But it's okay, I want her to see it!

I started this project as a card; however, when I looked at it, I decided to leave it blank because my friend has grandchildren and I thought this might even be better as a little card album.  So I've left it for her to fill in as she pleases.  Here's a tour of the project:

Here's why I especially thought this would work best as a card album instead of just a card -- it stands alone as a display for whatever is on the pages.  That says, to me, "ALBUM":

I hope my friend likes this, and I hope you do too!!!

Well, I'm off to do some lite chores, run a few errands, and I'll be back later to visit!  Thanks for taking the time to stop by to see me, love you all, hugs, and...

I'll be seeing you!

MY "BRENDA'S BIRTHDAY BLOG HOP" RAK WINNER!!!

Happy Sunday, everyone!  And what a beautiful day it is here again today!!!  The temperature is in the lower 80's, and it's a bright, sunny, gorgeous day!  I hope your day is wonderful too!

I'd like to take this moment to thank all my wonderful new following family-friends!  I am so happy to have you here and very much appreciate your choosing to be a part of my great family circle!  I hope you enjoy your stay, and look forward to visiting with you also!

To you all, I apologize for being a bit late with this RAK announcement; I hadn't planned on anyone deciding to take me out so early in the day to begin my own birthday celebration.  I hope they didn't think me rude for rushing to get back home get this posted... lol!!!  I did have a wonderful time and once I'm done here, I have other birthday celebration engagements, so I won't be back until much later this evening, if I get an opportunity to visit at all.  Okay, enough said, the winning number selected by Random.org is:

Number 28!!!  The 28th commentor for the hop post is Marlene of Uniquely Ella Blogspot!!! 

Congratulations Marlene!!!  Please email me at audreyfrel@sbcglobal.net  an address for you where I can send your blog candy by no later than Friday, October 14.

 Again, I thank all of you who hopped with us and/or took the time for stop by for my project.

Now, very shortly I'm off  but don't forget I'll have blog candy again tomorrow in honor of all my wonderful new followers -- you won't want to miss it!!!

Love you all, hugs, thanks for dropping in, and...

I'll be seeing you!

UNCLAIMED PAPER STACK RAC RE-RAFFLED! COMMENT TO WIN!!!

THIS POST IS NOW CLOSED TO COMMENTS!  WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED AT 5 P.M. (CT.)  THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS AND FOR PARTICIPATING!  GOOD LUCK!!!


Hi, everyone!!!  Unfortunately I'm still on a roll and running, so I'm going to be in and out as quickly as I can -- sorry!!!

I promised I'd be back today with the Paperstack Pack that went unclaimed for McVic's 36th Birthday Blog Hop.  If you're interested in the chance to win this stack of paper by Colorbloc, please leave me a comment on this post only!  You will have until Tuesday, September 13, to post and a winner will be selected by Random.org.  To increase you chances to win, post as often and as many times as you'd like.  This RAK is open to everyone!!!  Good luck!!!

Hopefully, unless I'm absolutely just toooo tired when I get in later, I'll see you then; however, it will be rather late.  Otherwise, I will be back tomorrow with a project to share!!!  Thanks for stopping by and thanks so very much for your patience!!!  I've haven't forgotten about you!

I'll be seeing you!

RAK WINNER FOR "IT'S EARTH DAY/GABY'S BIRTHDAY" BLOG HOP

Good afternoon, blogging family!!!  I hope you all had a wonderful Easter holiday!

I'm juggling several things this afternoon, so I'll have to make this quick!  The Random.org number selected for the winner of my "It's Earth Day / Gaby's Birthday" blog hop RAK is:

CONGRATULATIONS to Tanya of ScrappinKYmomma Blogspot!

Tanya, you have until Friday, April 29, to claim your candy package.  You can email me your information to:  audreyfrel@sbcglobal.net.  If the package is not claimed, another number will be selected.

Again, thank you all for joining me on such a fun hop, and I'll be back as soon as I can!

Hugs!  And... I'll be seeing you!