Grape Vine Birthday Card

Inspired by Sonya at Appel Quilling Garden I have come to love making cards with grape vines!

I made this card for my aunt for her birthday. She loves different kinds of wine and I thought this would be a nice card for her.

By the way... Sonya is giving her Twirled Paper class again at My Creative Classroom. I would highly recommend it! It was an awesome class.

And... don't forget to enter my giveaway for a personalized fleece stadium throw! Enter here: Out of the Box Sampler Giveaways

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Leo in Red!

Well, Thanksgiving is over and the kitchen is clean! Yay! I hope everyone had wonderful holidays, and just the right amount of turkey!

Leo has arrived! He arrived just in time to help me out with some projects!

He helped me finish this quilled poinsettia paper clip book mark. I am entering this in Pritesh's giveaway!

Leo did love wearing it!

Here are some other things Leo helped me finish.

I think I'll put him to work while he's here! He sure makes a good model! I will post more of Leo's visit next week!

My First Giveaway!!! My Memories Digital Scrapbooking Software!

Entries are now closed! The winner has been chosen and is being emailed! Thanks!

Yay! My first giveaway! And for an awesome product!



Ok... so I am soooo not a scrapbooker! I have a love hate relationship with scrapbooks. I love to look/receive/have them, but I hate to make/design/compile them!

In comes this cool digital scrapbooking software! This software has so many features, is very easy to use, lots of ways to share, and best of all,  new and different layouts all the time! With this software, I will be making scrapbooks galore! Right off the bat, I did these two pages!

I downloaded some of the amazing free kits and background papers to do these, but there are lots of papers, embellishments and pages already included.    There are also lots of kits available on the My Memories website at very reasonable prices. And.... you can add music and videos to your scrapbooks with one click!


There are  lots of ways to share your book once it is finished. You can print it, export it to a jpeg, have a professional printed and bound scrapbook, calendar, dvd, movie, just any way you like it. You can turn your scrapbook into an interactive album on a disc that will automatically play on a computer!

I also love the fact that on their blog at http://www.mymemoriesblog.com/ they have weekly challenges and tutorials. If you 'like' their Facebook page, they have giveaways and you can get free stuff there too! There is so many amazing features included in this software that I cannot fit in one post, so check out all the features by clicking on the pic!



Now for the amazing giveaway!  MyMemories.com has given me one copy of  My Memories Suite to give away! That's a $40 value!

You must do this for your required entry:   visit My Memories and take a look at all their amazing kits. Come back here and leave a comment telling me what your favorite scrapbooking kit is.  

For extra entries:

• Follow Not Just Embroidery and leave me a comment here that you are following.
• Follow MyMemories.com Blog and leave a comment here that you are following.
• "Like" MyMemories.com Facebook page and leave a comment here that you are following.
  
  
  That's a possible 4 entries! This giveaway will close at midnight October 21st and the winner will be posted on October 22nd. Good luck everyone! 

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Hooo Are You!

It's that time again! I know I don't play every week, but some weeks are busier than others!





This weeks questions:

1. What are your favorite 3 things about fall?
2. Are you a football fan and if so who is your favorite team?
3. What is your favorite fall scent?
4. So you have seasonal allergies?
5. Have you started Christmas shopping yet?

And my answers: 

1. Everything about fall is my favorite! After living in Arizona for 15 years where we didn't have fall, I am loving it in Wisconsin! The colors, the smells, the crisp air, just all of it!

2. We are not big football fans around here. We pretty much only watch when it hits playoff time. 

3. Hmm.. my favorite fall scent would have to be apple cinnamon! Apples pies baking in the oven (not me, I can't bake pie for nothing!)

4. I DO have seasonal allergies and since moving to Wisconsin they are much much worse!

5. I started my holiday shopping oh, about June. I like to buy things online when they are on sale (woot.com, we love you) and save them the holidays.

Now click the button above and go over to Night Owl Crafting and play along!

Hoooo Are You!!

Wow, I haven't done one of these in a while!!







Here are this weeks questions!

1.. Have you ever attended a professional sports game?

I have been to Chase Field in Arizona to watch the Diamondbacks lose! The venue was more amazing than the game! LOL

2. Have you ever been to a concert and if so which one was your 

ultimate favorite performance?

I've only been to a few concerts, and I have 2 favorites for different reasons. One is Elton John, I saw him in concert a long time ago and he was great! My second favorite is the Tracey Lawrence concert I saw last year at the 4H fair. It was free, the weather was perfect and he was great!

3. Have you ever been to Disneyland or Disney World?

I've been to both. When I was a kid we lived in the LA area so I went to Disneyland 13 times by my 13th birthday! My first time to Disney World was this year. I liked it, but I guess Disneyland is ingrained into me because it's still my fav! Now if you wanna talk Epcot... that was fab!!

4. What is your favorite theme park?

I think after my vacation this year to Epcot I would have to say that is my favorite. The few rides they have are amazing and I loved all the little countries and their re-creations. And oh........ the food!!!!! Anybody have a recipe for Scotch Eggs? And why are they called Scotch eggs if you get them in London?

5. Do you have a favorite vacation spot?

Hawaii... is there any other place to vacation?

So hop on over and play!

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