Burst of Colors

 *********** SOLD *********** Thanks so much! Hello Everyone! I have no card to share today but I want to offer some of my stamps for sale. I put together a 'Grab Bag'. It contains 28 stamps from different companies. Some of the stamps are mounted on EZ-mount, some are unmounted and there are some clear stamps as well. I'm asking $25 for it plus shipping and PP fees (if applicable). If you are interested please email me at: cocoacrafts(at)gmail(dot)com. (first come first serve basis) Here is another shot of the LOT Thanks for visiting! Hugs, Iris

Hello everyone ! As promised I'm back with my second posting for today! For info on the Belles 'n Whistles 'Progressive December Sale' please scroll further down! Because today is the 1st of December and the first day to open a door on the Advent Calendars I'd like to show you the decorated Advent Calendar I made. It was published in Whimsy's Inspirational Magazine , Issue 4 and has a new home now in Germany! Thank you Dagmar! :-) I used the cute 'I'd follow you anywhere' stamp from Whimsy's Crissy Armstrong collection. This stamp was already released last year and is available HERE . I colroed the image using my Copics and then cut it out. The trees in the back are cut with a die from Marianne design and the snowflake border is a die from Memory Box called Frostyville. DP is from Basic Grey's collection Eskimo Kisses (2010). I distrssed the paper with white acrylic paint. On top of the Advent Calendar I used Aleene's True Sno

Hello Everyone and sorry for being that late with posting my winner today! I had lots of errands to run and just came home. Well, I promised I'll announce the winner today and it still is Thursday here (and this for over another 4 hours...LOL) ;-) Ok and now without further ado....my randomly chosen winner of my secret birthday candy is..... .........TADAAAAAAAAAA No. 22 Sharon Peele Edited to add the photo - finally *sigh* And here's the candy: Included is: 1 x Whimsy Autumn Letter Seals 1x Belles 'n Whistles 'Belinda with Teddy' from the SweetArt Girls Collection 1 x satin ribbon 1 x lace 1x small border punch different buttons different rhinestones 1 x bag mixed embellishments paper doilies mixed paper flowers and 40 6x6 inch sheets of DP from Recollections 'Sugar Plums' pad (20 different designs 2 of each, includes glitter paper!) Congrats sweetie! Please contact me at cocoacrafts (at) gmail (dot) com with your shipp

Hello All! As I promised on Monday I'll be back today with posting my candy :-) 500+ followers, 500+ blog posts and my birthday today...that's for sure enough to celebrate with a candy, isn't it?! Ok onto to the details....well it is going to be a surprise candy. I'm not telling exactly what's included, just a few hints.... there will be stamps, paper, embellies, flowers, a punch.... I can tell ya it's a yummy candy! ;-) I'll reveal the candy here on the blog the day the winner is chosen. The candy is open to everyone and will run the whole month of September. I'll choose a winner randomly in the first week of October. Now to the rules, well it's pretty simple....spread the word about my candy on your blog! No need to follow my blog. (Well if you must, sure go ahead ;-) ). Just enter your name in the inlinkz tool at the end of this posting. Important: One entry per person please! Multiple entries will disqualify you! I will also dele

Hello everyone and Happy Wednesday! Today is a special Wednesday! You know why? Because it's the 4th Wednesday in a month and that means it's Candy Time!!!!!!! The Whimsy DT is giving away a surprise stamp every Wednesday and my turn is the 4th Wednesday of a month. The candy will be open only for 24 hours!!! Everyone can enter and it starts today at noon EST here on my blog! So make sure you come back here at noon to enter my Whimsy Wednesday Surprise Candy Giveaway! I'll be giving away a stamp from the Meljens Designs Collection ! Woohoo! :-) As it is a surprise the stamp will be revealed not before the winner is announced! *************** Ok onto to my card for today! Wednesday means also it is time for another Pixie Cottage Challenge ! This week the theme is Flowers and of course a sketch. You'll find the sketch at the Pixie Cottage Challenge blog   as well as all the details for entering the challenge!  This will be my last card as a guest for the Pixie C

Merry Christmas! Sorry for posting this a little late but actually this post was scheduled for yesterday but never went up . I wish all of you a Peaceful and Merry Christmas and a Happy and Crafty New Year!!! I hope you'll have a wonderful holiday season to enjoy together with family and friends. Here is my Christmas card for you: Tilda is colored with Copics and the DP is from BG's Wassail collecetion. Ribbon and lace are from my stash and the flower is made by Petaloo. Dies used are from Magnolia (Doo Hickey). I also used Stickles to add some sparkle.  The sendiment is SU! I destressed all papers with Walnut Stain. I used Stickles Frosted Lace around the image. It was still wet when I took the photo...sorry   ************************************ Whimsy Digi DT Call Do you like digi images? Then this is your chance! Whimsy Stamps is looking for new members for the Digi Design Team!!! To read all about the DT call please click HERE . The call is open until Fr

As it is official now I can share the news with you! :-)  I've been selected as one of Peachy Keen Stamp s Guest Designers for 2011! Woohooo!  I am very excited about the news and look forward to my week as GDT End of May/Early June! This is fabulous! Peachy Keen Stamps has a very cute, adorable and whimsical line of stamps. Super versatile and for every occasion. For Peachy Keen inspirations and challenge fun check out the Peach Keen Stamps Challenge Blog  HERE ! Congrats to all my fellow GDTeamies for 2011 and thanks to Peachy Keen for this great opportunity! A special thanks to Angelica fore her hard work in coordinating all this!!!!  Hugs,

Hello all! Wow I can't believe it's been a week already since my last posting here. Phew it was a busy week but what am I telling ya... I guess that's the way it is everywhere around this time of the year.  Ok I have a winner to announce, don't I? ;-) I don't want to keep you any longer ins suspense though.....the winner (randomly drawn) of the Love Letter Seals (designed by Raindrop Echo Designs) is...drum roll please.... Janette of Stampin With Style Congratulations sweetie! Please contact me with your shipping information at cocoacrafts(at)gmail(dot)com Oh and I also have some BIG news for ya tomorrow! :-D Make sure you stop by my blog tomorrow after noon! You wont regret it, I promise! ;-) Hugs, Iris

Hello all and sorry for being a little late announcing my winner. But the day today did not go as I had planned...lol what else is new ;-) Ok here it comes without further ado: The randomly drawn winner of the newly released Belles'n Whistles 'Merry Sledding' stamp is: Carissa Huge Congratulations hun!!! :-) Please contact me with your shipping info at  cocoacrafts(at)gmail(dot)com You have until Monday December 6th, 8 am to contact me. If the prize is not claimed until then I'll redraw a winner. Have a wonderful wekend all and don't forget our Advent Calendar Celebrations HERE ! Hugs,

Hello everyone! This is just a short posting today announcing my winner of the cute Belles 'n Whistles Snowbabies stamp 'Snow Gear Snowbaby' from our new release blog hop! I used random.org to draw the winner and of course excluded all the DT comments. So without further ado the winner drawn from my blog hop entries is... Riet Congratulations!!!!! Riet please contact me (cocoacrafts(at)gmail(dot)com) with your shipping information so we can get your prize out to you asap! Wishing you all a wonderful weekend and I'll be back tomorrow with my posting for our new 'lovely-hAnglar-only' challenge! See ya tomorrow! Hugs, Iris

Hello friends and happy Saturday! It's time now to reveal the winner of our Belles 'n Whistles blog hop DT giveaway. You know every DT can pick one winner from their blog hop entries.  :-) And because I don't like to make that decision I let random.org do that for me :-) Ok now and without further ado here is your winning number: 5 (I did not count entries from my fellow DT sisters!) Ulla - Stempelhexe Congratulations Ulla! Herzlichen Glueckwunsch Ulla!   Please contact me at cocoacrafts(at)gmail.com with your choice of one stamp from the new Changeabelles Collection and your contact information!!! --- Ulla bitte melde Dich bei mir unter oben angegebener email mit Deiner Wahl eines Stempels aus der neuen Kollektion Changeabelles und Deiner Kontaktinfo!!! Please come back tomorrow for the start of a new Lovely-Hanglar-Only Challenge!! Hugs, Iris

Hello everyone and Happy Monday! This is my first post for today (a second one with my ISB Challenge card will be up later today/evening) and I like to announce my candy winner! The randomly drawn winner of the 2 Belles 'n Whisltes stamps is: Farina Congratulations!!! Farina please contact me with your mailing info at (cocoacrafts(at)gmail.com) If the candy is not claimed by Thursday July 22nd 6 pm EST, I will redraw the winner!!! Thanks for stopping by and I'll be back later! Hugs,

Hello friends and Happy Wednesday! Now the wait is over and it's time to reveal the winner of my candy! YAY!!! But before I do that I like to thank you all for entering my candy and some of you also entering our first 'lovely hAnglar only challenge'.     Ok I went through all the comments and inlinkz entries here and list of followers on our LHO blog. I did not count double entries and 'candy only' blogs. Then I used random.org to chose my winner and here she is, the winner of my blog candy:    Nr. 43 Gini Cagle beadz said... Hi Iris! I have added your candy to my candy roll and added the Hanglar challenge onto my challenge page. I would love to play in this challenge, but don't have any Hanglar stamps (yet!) They do look very cute. hugs, Gini June 12, 2010 10:23:00 PM EDT YAY! Congratulations Gini Please contact me at cocoacrafts(@)gmail.com Sorry I don't have a card to show today, I did not have time to be in my craft room the last few days bu

To enter my Candy please click here ! The candy has been extended until Monday June 21st!!!   For newer posts please scroll down!  

  Happy Memorial Day Weekend if you are living here in the U.S. and Happy Sunday to everyone else! I hope your weekend was as fabulous as mine so far and that you can also enjoy nice and warm weather! First I like to share some news with you, for my card scroll a little further down! I have some GREAT news for you today. My DT sisters Ilona , Marina , Nicolchen (from ISB-DT) and I have decided to start a new challenge blog. Well, yes I know there are a lot of challenge blogs out there already! BUT this one is a special one :-) This is going to be a Hänglar only challenge blog. Because we like these cute images and I know a lot of you do too we thought they need to have an own challenge blog dedicated to them.  And here it is, may I present to you: Our first challenge will be starting very soon, on Wednesday June 2nd! So check out our new challenge blog for all the details and challenge rules.  Rules and blog postings will  soon also be available in English. I hope you like

Hello everyone!!!!! Yes it's true another beautiful Elisabeth Bell digi stamp will be released tonight at 6 pm Arizona time. Yahooo! :-) This will be 9 pm Eastern and for you folks in Europe it will be 3 am Saturday morning! So you definitely don't want to miss this. The Belles 'n Whistles DT was given the opportunity to work with that wonderful digi already and we are presenting it tonight at release time to you. So make sure to check out Elisabeth's blog and the Belles 'n Whistles DT blogs (see sidebar) for some excitement!!!!  I can tell you that much.... it was soooo much fun coloring and I know you are going to love it! :-) Sorry that's about all I can say for now ;-).........see you all tonight!!!!!!  I hope I aroused your curiosity a bit ..... And today is also the day to reveal the winners of our Belles 'n Whistles DT call.....who will it be???? You still have to wait a little bit longer and keep checking our Belles 'n Whistles blog. The w

Hello everyone and Happy TGIF!!! Have you heard? Summer from Belles 'n Whistles is looking for new Design Team Members! There are 4 DT positions available ! The call is open to crafters worldwide! Always wanted to be on a DT? Come an d join us! That's your chance now come and apply for one of the available spots HERE . And because we want our new DT sisters to join us pretty fast the call is only open for a few days. You can apply until next Wednesday evening! How to apply and for the conditions of application please visit our Belles 'n Whistles blog! We are looking forward to your stunning creations! What are you waiting for start crafting and show us your creativity, won't you?!   Hugs,