Do you miss me?

I hope you have noticed that I am missing. Do not fret. This next month is SUPER CRAZY for me. Work and moving have me neglecting my creative endeavors. So sad. Fear not, I have recipes from my recent book club to share with fantastic pictures of the final dishes. 

Also, when you move, you purge. I have soooooo much stuff collected for an out of this world blog candy spree. Pretty sure we are talking more than one chance to win some goodies. The Light the Night walk is coming up in October. I will use some of the most prized blog candy items (hint PTI CHA stamp set) to raise some money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. My parents are both survivors and I do this walk every year. More about that coming soon. 

Just a reminder that I am still around, just a little behind on blogging and creating. Things will stay pretty slow until late September. I leave you with this thought. When I walk in the mornings, the acorns are crunchy under my feet. A true sign that fall is just around the corner!

 Happy Day!

LWID and Preserves

Hello happy readers!

It is time to share my LOOK WHAT I DID. Last weekend, I went strawberry picking with some friends and I wanted to show you the fruits of my labor. Get it?! Sometimes, I am so funny. You are looking at this year's strawberry preserves. I have not made strawberry preserves since I lived in California. I was making them on Mother's Day because I was so far away from my mom and her mom taught me to make the preserves so it was a connection of some sort. I lived in the center of strawberry field heaven and I had a lemon tree in my front yard. Really, it would have been a violation of some law of nature had I not made preserves. 

Well, it just so happen that my kitchen in Cali was smaller than my current kitchen which translates into creative storage and balancing of tools, pans, bowls, etc. Towards the end of making the batch, I stood up to get something out of a cabinet and POP! the corner of the cabinet cut my forehead. After one failed attempt to close the wound using a butterfly bandage and some medical attention at the local emergi-care office, I have a small Harry Potter scar and a great story about how I gave up blood, sweat and tears for my mom's gift.  The weekend's batch was much easier to make.

Edited: I used the Joy of Cooking recipe as the starting off point for the preserves. I decreased the sugar by a 1/2 a cup, used the juice of 2 1/2 lemons and only plumped for half a day.

So what have you been working on or accomplished lately? I said I would post pictures of the LWID Candy and forgot. This is the paper pack and the scrapbook. 

We already have one adventurous artist willing to share. Check out who posted for LWID  here and make sure to share your latest endeavor. 

I'll hope to post a small tutorial and a new card later today.

Thanks for stopping. I'd love to hear from you so leave a comment or ask a question. 

Happy Day!

Blog Candy Winners

Congratulation Blog Candy Winners!

1. flutefish said... Would love to add some stamps and other goodies to my collection
2. Maria Turd
3. sandyh50 said... I just found your blog and became a follower! Thanks for the chance to win!

Please send me an email with your mailing addresses  so I can get these boxes out of my studio and into your craft space. Hope you have fun with your new goodies. Do not forget to submit your LOOK WHAT I DID. Also, I'll give away the PTI stamp set when I have 50 followers so spread the word.

Happy Day!

Moxie Fab Package and one Card three ways

Howdy all,

I hope everyone had a fantastic weekend. The highlight of my weekend was sushi and a pedicure with my friend, Kate.  Nothing like a full belly, a massage chair and a hot stone foot massage. Wish I could do that every weekend. 

Actually, that was not the only highlight of my weekend. On Saturday when I returned home, under my welcome mat was a package of goodies from Moxie Fab World! I won one of Cath's drawings. Oh, my, she sent me a a bunch of craft stuff. Look at the American Crafts package of FUN! Of course, I will pay it forward by keeping some in my "To Be Blog Candy Pile", but the rest I will have a blast figuring out how to use in upcoming cards.

Also, this weekend, I spent some time working on a new card. I spent a good amount of time trying to decide where to place the elements. As you can see below, I moved the little witches hat and pumpkin around about 50 million times. OK, a slight exaggeration, but I did struggle with where they should land. Finally, I just said, "Enough." and stuck them down on the card. I'll share the final card in a later post with much better pictures.

Remember my blog candy and challenge (See the top of this page). April 1 is just around the corner and I said I would give the PTI stamp set away if I have 250 followers. As you can see, I am no where near 250, but I do loooove my 21 (at last count) Followers. So, I might drop it down a little. Spread the word and tell your blog friends to sign up as a follower. 

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my latest creation. I'd love to hear from you so leave a comment or ask a question.

Happy Day!

Links:

Moxie Fab World

American Crafts

Floral Fusion, anyone?!

I know I promised this last Friday, but this is as soon as I could get it posted. I already posted here about the boxes of goodies. I have THREE boxes full of stamps, stickers, ribbon, embellishments, storage tools, buttons, etc. Now, I am adding... drumroll, please....  

CHA Summer Papertrey Ink stamp set, Floral Fusion!

Now that the stakes are MUCH higher, I have a new set of guidelines.

1. Submit a comment to enter on this post. If you have commented since the original post, I will include you and feel free to comment again for a second chance. Please only one comment per person.
2. Complete a card using the sketch or color combo and link to it using the Inlinkz a the bottom of the page to enter again

These are all Papertrey Ink colors, but any versions will do, just keep it in the same family. 

3. Become a follower of Asleep on the Couch to enter again. 

4. If you have a blog, post about the give away and link back to Asleep on the Couch. Please note this in your comment so I can give proper credit for multiple entries. 

Here is the catch, I will do the drawings on April 1 only if I have  250 followers. Now, I know that is a lot of people, but you cannot buy this stamp set and I am excited to share it with someone who is willing to help out my cause by spreading the word about Asleep on the Couch and participating in the fun.

Props to 1. LInda Lynch and 2. Robin Kirkpatrick for submitting challenge cards the first time around. Of course, they will get credit for those efforts. 

I'd love to hear from you so leave a comment or ask a question.

Happy Day!

Happy Birthday to Me! So, I mentioned some fun stuff and some blog candy earlier this week. I want to give birthday presents to celebrate my big day. I created a sketch and a color combo. Remeber this is my first attempt at any of this blog interaction, so be patient. The main goal is FUN!

These are all Papertrey Ink colors, but any versions will do, just keep it in the same family. The details go like this,

1. Submit a comment to enter once.

2. Complete a card using the sketch to enter again.

3. Complete a card using the color combo to enter again.
4. Now, you can also be entered for being a Follower.

Please note in the Mr. Linky submission if your card is for the sketch or color combo. You can link to your own blog or any number of sites where you publish your cards.

Ok, so I hope to increase my readership by providing some fun, so please share this with all your friends.  You can see the goodies in this post. All submissions are due by February 28.

Thanks for stopping by and checking out my latest creation. I'd love to hear from you so leave a comment or ask a question.

Happy Day!

Birthday Month Blog Candy

I promised pictures of the selection last week, but this is when I could get the pictures uploaded. SO, look at all that stuff. Believe it or not, I actually have more candy not in the picture. I will post on the 12th telling you how you can win some birthday blog candy. Like they say on the commercials, "If it fits, it ships." I am pretty sure I'll have a sketch and maybe a challenge plus incentive to comment and/or follow my blog.  So, check back on Friday, and tell all your friends to stop by to see what I have planned. I know it is not as exciting as the big anniversary happening at Papertrey Ink, but still fun.