Thursday, August 12, 2010
Friday.... The 13th...
Ok... so things have been a little upside down these days... It seems that whenever our family goes through life changes... it is always a TON of change as opposed to something small and simple... Well we are working towards simplifying that. Part of that is spending a little more time here blogging and recording our events :)
So since today is Friday the 13th... I want to hear from YOU! We have been on vacation, I have come back from brave girls camp, we both (me and James) have recently returned from CHA and on top of all of this we are moving... so being that it is Friday the 13th... I want to hear from YOU what you want me to blog about next. whether it be Brave Girls Camp, CHA, new product, our family, home... YOU let me know... and we will try and get something fun up...
Leave a comment here with your blogging recommendations and I will have James pick the most creative (we will also do a random draw to keep it fair) that will win a fun Glimmery surprise from us. That is TWO chances to win. Leave your comment here before Sunday, August 15th, 2010 and we will announce a winner on Monday August 16th, 2010 (hopefully we will have internet, lol!).
Looking forward to hearing all of your creative blogging ideas!
~Liz
Monday, April 12, 2010
Winners, giveway and another blog hop
So with out further adieu...
Our winner IS.......
True Random Number Generator
53
Scrap Kia said...
So cool =)
April 8, 2010 10:01 AM
Scrap Kia if you could please email me your address, and I will get this prize package out to you :)
Sooooo if you are wondering just when me and Marion Smith are starting our little blog hop, we set the dates and have decided to do a two week blog hop featuring two projects a week. Here are the dates.
April 19th 22nd 26th 29th
Thank you all for participating. Details on what we will be sharing will be up this week and we have some very fun ideas that I think represent both me and Marion very well. I am very excited about this!!!
Also if you haven't yet... remember to hop on over to The Paper Life blog to see if you are one of their winners of the 9 bottles of "Piece of Heart" Autism Awareness limited edition Glimmer Mist.
And as an added bonus, I am going to giveaway one bottle here on my blog too! So even if you are not a winner @ the Paper Life.. you could win a bottle right here!
Just leave a comment right here on this post and I will pick a random winner on Thursday.
~Liz
Monday, April 5, 2010
A big THANK YOU Giveaway!!!!
Thanks again!
~Liz
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Wear your Adhesive on the Outside Part 5 RAK!
Today we are featuring two very specific products which are traditionally used for adhering paper. We are using the Vellum Tape Runner and the EZ Squares.
The vellum tape is not only a great adhesive to adhere vellum down seamlessly...it also makes a great resist agent when using Glimmer Mist!
Here is my project for the week... It is a 12x12 layout in which I used the vellum tape to create a free form heart with a grid pattern.
And here is my video demonstrating the resist technique and explaining the glittered tile technique.I recommend going slowly as you adhere your Vellum EZ runner so that you can get a full coverage application. If you go a little faster, you will find that it will not all come off of the runner, which makes for a fun distressed look too!
Here I went over the Vellum Adhesive with a Black Glaze Pen by Sakura. I did polka-dots and outlined the outer heart ♥ look at how BEAUTIFULLY the Glimmer Mist SHINE!
And just for added texture...I added some pink thread and some sparkly turquoise thread stitching.
Now using the EZ Squares... I ran some out on my pink Misting Mat. I then applied a drop of Alcohol Ink on each square and blended it in with a paper towel that was previously misted.
After applying the the alcohol ink, I then went over each square with tidepool Glimmer Glam and some chunky matching glitter for texture.
After they dried, I simply used my finger (you could use tweezers) to pick them up and apply them to my title.
Here they are under my sweet vanilla ice title, lol.
And just for fun I added some rolled sparkly tulle flowers with some Pink Paislee stitched border.
And as a bonus, I went over the edge of my photo with the vellum tape and up into my photo simulating icicles. I then sprinkled a few small portions of glitter on the adhesive before I covered it with UTEE (Ultra Thick Embossing Powder). I also went over the icicles with a silver stardust pen and a clear glaze pen by Sakura.
So thanks so much for joining us this month as we shared our adventures in using your adhesive on the outside.
Sooooo..... as promised we have a little RAK to give away. We would love to see you join in on one of our techniques that we have shared this month. You have 10 different videos and techniques to choose from. If you could try one of these out on a project and then link back to our blogs or tag us in facebook we will enter you in a very special giveaway featuring some of the great products we have used and maybe a little something (or a lot of something♥) extra!
You have until next Sunday April 4th. The winner will be announced on Monday April 5th as we wrap up our fun adventures.
Thank you all for stopping by this month. I am hoping to do this more often with some of my scrapbooking friends who love to stretch their products just as I do.
If you want to take a peek at the other weeks we have done take a look here:
Week 1: Adhesive Sheets and EZ Dot Runner (re positionable)
Week 2: Craft and Photo Tape and Photo Corners
Week 3; EZ Runner (red) and Keepsake Pockets
Week 4: CD Pockets and 3D Foam Squares
And of course, we couldn't do this with out the support of SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L. Be sure to sign up for their newsletter here. They have an AMAZING new product coming out very soon... you won't want to miss it, so sign up to be the first to hear about it.
Thanks for your support!
~Liz ♥
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Wear your Adhesive on the Outside Part 2
It's that time again! It is Monday and once again me and my dear friend Nathalie Kalbach are up to some crafty goodness! Although we have been sick (I KNOW, STILL!) here, I was able to get the assistance of my dear James to help me out with this video. Excuse the middle where it goes into song, for some reason this clip caught some static, so the music is actually a lot easier on the ears than the static that was there.
The SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L products that we are using this week are the Crafty Power Tape (although I called it Craft and Photo Tape, it has been re-named) and the photo corners. In the video I share a basket weaving technique, weaving the craft and photo tape into a nice little grid pattern. You can easily apply the adhesive to strips of paper if that would be easy enough for you to weave too!
Here are some up close pictures of the project:
Final Project: Sweetheart- Sawyer and Emma Culbertson (His little crush). I forgot to JOURNAL! LOL! I will add it in later :)

Here is the close up shot of the heart that I did the basket weave technique using Crafty Power Tape and Glitter. I then punched it with a Fiskars Punch (I believe it was the large scalloped heart)

This is the technique that Nathalie used last week where she used the Adhesive Sheets with Embossing powder. I laid the adhesive sheet on my black paper (Couture Cardstock) unevenly to give the black paper texture. I then laid my screen down and sprinkle UTEE over the top of the adhesive. I then removed my screen and heated the UTEE so it would crystallize. After it cooled down, I sprinkle red glitter into the adhesive that my screen protected to create this broken and solid image.
Ruffle made with misted paper towels and the Crafty Power Tape as seen in this video.
And here are a few ideas for using Photo Corners by SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L. I used the photo corners as texture to create the shingles on the house. I created a swirled pattern on the house.

And Here I cut out some wings and layered the photo corners on the wings to look like feathers. I also misted them with Marshmallow Glimmer Mist to give the a nice little glimmer.

Thanks for stopping by and REMEMBER to join in the fun and link back to our blogs of pics of your projects or email me at primadonnaliz@yahoo.com and I will enter you into a random drawing for a nice prize package. The more times you play along the more chances you have to WIN!
Thanks again and make sure to visit sweet Nat Kalbach to see what she did with her adhesives!
Thanks!!!
XOXO
~Liz Hicks
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Wear your Adhesive on the Outside
Here is my video:
As well you can check out Nat's blog to check out her video too! We are each doing a video every Monday for the month of March. These videos will share with you some awesome uses for SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L products.
Here are a few images of the techniques that I share on the video:
Using the Adhesive Sheets with Tattered Angels Glimmer Screens (Timeless Romance)

Art Journal that uses the Adhesive Sheets to adhere Glitter to the back side of a Prima Flocked Transparency and then another Adhesive sheet is used to adhere the Glittered Flocked Transparency to a clear acrylic album.
The back side of the cover
Here I used the extra pieces of the Adhesive Sheet paired with silver foil to create a distressed foiled look on my cardboard.

This technique uses the E-Z Dots runner with Flock to create this cute polka dot looking stripe. Kind of like a faux ribbon applique.

So be sure to check us out each Monday as we share our favorite techniques with SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L products. Next week we will be using the craft and photo tape which I absolutely ADORE! It is going to be AWESOME! Thanks to all of you who have signed up for "The Shape to Come" site. If you haven't yet taken the time, you will want to! The new product that SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L is coming out with is AWESOME!
And as promised I have a winner for this last months giveaway. And the winner is...
- Jamie the Smarty Pants said...
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I signed up :) Hugs Girl
- February 12, 2010 11:06 PM
And in the nature of our little blog hop, me and Nat will both be doing a giveaway on our blogs for all of you who join in through out the month on our little blog hop. Just take the techniques that we are sharing with you and apply them to on of your projects. The more times you try the more chances you have to win! Link back to your project on a comment here through out the month or you can tag us to your pic on Facebook, both will count. All entries will need to be dated March 1st 2010 or after and we will be picking our winners Monday, April 5th. The winners will be given an assortment of goodies from our stash (and are sure to include some of the wonderful products that we are demonstrating).
Thanks again for stopping by, I hope you will join us on our quest to Strut Your Adhesive!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Tap. Tap.Tap...is this thing ON?
There has been quite the adjustment for me and our family now that I work full time and my free time is few and far between, especially with CHA. I am working on some projects and videos to post and have asked my husband James to help me out from time to time with my posts. I hope you don't mind. Since he now works for Tattered Angels, he is getting pretty crafty :). We will be working together to make the blog a fun interactive experience and share some fun tips techniques or inspiration with you all.
I have some fun stuff to share with you all from CHA, but have been waiting for our new computer to edit and download my pics (our old one went kaput!) But for now I would love to share some exciting news with you all. As you know I absolutely LOVE SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L! I have thoroughly enjoyed working with them and well their adhesives just ROCK! Well they have some NEWS to share with everyone, and of course a GIVEAWAY!
INTRODUCING......

If you sign up, come back here and leave a comment on this thread and I will go ahead and do a personal drawing of SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVE BY 3L products here on the blog. I will pick a winner on March 1st so that everyone has time to play ☺.
Thanks for playing!
Friday, November 6, 2009
Birthday Giveaway!!!!
It started with the sweet chorus of my family singing Happy Birthday CHA CHA CHA to me. The more CHA's the better!
I was only suppose to work for three hours today, but as any job goes the hours were just not enough so James offered to take off early and pick up the kids so I could finish up. Although I didn't leave there till after 5:30, I was so blessed to have that time to catch up. What a great feeling knowing that monday I can start fresh and not feel the burden of lingering items.
Here are some shots of the sweet cupcake bash that Tattered Angels threw for me.
I had to run and grab my camera for this nice little shot.
Wendy took this pic of me blowing out the candle.
And of course digging into my cupcake.
Me and Michelle trading frostings, we had the most amazing cupcakes!
And the after math leftovers. We had chocolate with butter creme frosting, vanilla with chocolate fudge frosting and my favorite red velvet with cream cheese frosting!
After all of this I came home to a warm house with my kids screaming for me. It's doesn't get any better :)
So of course in honorary tradition... There must be a birthday giveaway!
I am thinking that I am going to dig into my Prima stash and find a nice little assortment of product to give ( I still have a TON of Winter CHA 2009 product that I have yet to open!) also some great adhesive from SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L and also your choice of 3 bottles of Glimmer Mist.
So here is the deal:
Post a comment to this blog post about what you have liked about my blog and what you would like to see in my blogs future. I am swirling with ideas on directions to take my blog and would love to hear feedback from all of you. Also with 31 being one of those non descript years, I really want to make this year count and what better way than to do so with my friends along side with me!
I will then pick a winner on Monday randomly from all of those who post a remark to this thread. If you post more than once it is ok, I am looking for ideas so the more the merrier!
Thank you all for your continual support and friendship and here is to making 31 COUNT!
Saturday, July 25, 2009
Happy Birthday Bad Girls!!!!!!! GIVEAWAY!

Thursday, July 2, 2009
The Glimmer Project Giveaway!!! plus new WHITE Glimmer Mist!
Arctic Blue, Pashmina and Candlestick
This beautiful water and dye based color will give you an absolutely STUNNING Glimmer, with a soft white base. This is a light white color, so to create the effect that I have here you will need to apply multiple layers, this is nice as it will help you get just the right coverage that you need and versatility as to how pronounced of a white you would like.Monday, May 4, 2009
You know you're tired when...
So anyways here are the winner for this weeks Autism Awareness RAK:
Here are your random numbers:
9
10
3
Timestamp: 2009-05-04 22:48:37 UTC
winners are:
Randi
Robin
and Lisa (Ceesa)
email me your addy's at primadonnaliz@yahoo.com also I have not heard from any of the winners this month so check and see if that winner was you!
And for the last RAK that I forgot to mention the winners name it was Kristi B.
All winners will win a little something from my own personal stash. Also make sure to check out the manufacturers blogs for the list of winners of their prizes (those were the pics I posted) I would love to see what you all come up with!
Also for the support your LSS RAK, the winner is Laurie Rush.
If you all could email me your addy's that would be great!
And remember to PLEASE email me your reciepts for May's support your LSS RAK.
Thanks!
~Liz
Monday, April 13, 2009
Tattered Angels- Prima blog Relay!
So this month Tattered Angels has teamed up with the ever wonderful Prima Marketing for a blog relay. Every monday we will be sharing tips on combining the products together to create kickin' projects:
This weeks peeps are:
Tattered Angels Designers:
Trisha Ladouceur
Sally Lynn MacDonald
Prima Designers:
Jen Jockisch
Jaime Warren
Be sure to check out the fun, the girls are sure to inspire you!
Also there is a giveaway on the Tattered Angels site throughout the month and one one the Prima site too! They will be announcing the details for that next week.
So to join in the fun I will be doing another giveaway of my own to celebrate Autism Awareness. Last weeks winner is:
Here are your random numbers:2
Papertrails by a paper lover
Timestamp: 2009-04-13 19:43:54 UTC
Please email me your addy @ primadonnalizz@yahoo.com
Monday, April 6, 2009
RAK- HOPE for Autism

I am very blessed to have a son that is on the Autism spectrum. And although he is considered to be on the spectrum, it is with a full and promised heart that I look at him and see potential. Sawyer is on the lighter side of Autism (he falls under the diagnosis of PDD-NOS) and as I look at him, I see future, promise, prosperity, hope. I can not look at my son and not wonder about his future, what he will endure, what he will face, but what I do know is that he is held in the hands of God, and I know that God never sets us up for failure and that through Christ, we can do ALL things. I love this boy, and he has shown me so much more about myself that I never thought I could handle, being Sawyers mommy has made me a fighter, and warrior, a conquerer and even more so an advocate, his advocate. This month being Autism Awareness month, I really want to share my blessings of being a mother of a child on the spectrum (believe me I am blessed, there are so many other parents of Autistic children, who NEVER hear I love you from their child) with you all, and I would really love it if you all could join in with me to offer hope to those who are effected by Autism.
This month (every Monday) I am offering a completly random RAK ( I will random.org one winner) of various scrapbook stash items to anyone who posts a reply to that mondays thread. When you post, I would love to hear a story of your own of how you are effected by Autism (just about everyone knows someone who is diagnosed with Autism), or if you would like you can add a link to an Autism site, or even give an Autism statistic. All the info is out there and all it takes is one moment of your time to google Autism, believe me it will be worth your minute of research 9your heart will thank you!). I will continue this every monday through April. my goal is to not only help all of my friends become more enlightened by info about Autism, but also to move in your hearts such a worthy cause.
I also have the winner to last weeks RAK for my first sketch over at Bad Girls Kits.
Timestamp: 2009-04-06 05:23:29 UTC
Friday, April 3, 2009
Chino Scrapbook Company and PRIMA!
Here is the info direct from Chino Scrapbook Company:
Business Hours: M-S 11-5 Sun 12-4
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Prima is a local manufacturer of Flowers and Scrapbooking Supplies Stampendous is a Rubber Stamp and Scrapbook Supplies manufacturer
This is a huge event for Prima if your looking for a bargain this is the time to come. Stampendous packed up their cutest un-mounted rubber stamps and brought them in they are also a great bargain . Card Makers and Stampers will love the selection.You will not be disappointed!
Click here to find out more.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Bad Girls sneak peeks!
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
My first sketch...and well another rak, why not?
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
RAK... Economic Stimulus, LSS style!
- Make a purchase at your LSS any time between now (March 24th- April 30th 2009) any amount, multiple reciepts will count for multiple entries.
- Subscribe to my blog via the feedblitz link to the left of my blog page (this is crucial so that I can email you when you win!)
- All purchases MUST be made at a brick and morter non chain store, sorry the idea is to stimulate the local LSS's and I really would like ALL purchases to be from this type of establishment. So no Michaels, Joanns, Archivers, Hobby lobby... and such
- After enjoying making your purchase please email me a copy of your reciept @ primadonnaliz@yahoo.com
- the reciept must be dated in between the dates mentioned
- I will then randomly pick a winner (maybe a few depending on the outcome)
- The prizes will be stuff from my Prima and Tattered Angels stash. So it will be some happy scrappy goodness.
- I will post the winners On May 1st (or by the 3rd since I am teaching that weekend) and email you if you are a winner.
- From there I will mail your prize within 2 weeks.
Sounds simple enough? I hope but if for some reason you have any questions feel free to ask, just email me!
Looking forward to helping stimulate the economy, one scrapper at a time!
Thanks!
~Liz
Friday, February 6, 2009
Sorry Jason...we need a break

To celebrate my new tunes and well hopefully getting my self back on blogger track... I thought I would do a RAK of the new Prima floral printed burlap. This is a brand spankin' new item that just arrived in stock. So if you are interested, I will be giving away one of these randomly. Just post to this thread, and to make it interesting let me know what is your favorite song on my playlist. Maybe Jason can make a visit over on your blog now that we are through.
I will pick a winner next thursday to give the lazy bloggers (like myself) time.
I am so excited about the new Prima releases, and especially the new Tattered Angels stuff too, so many new yummy colors... I will try and post samples this weekend.
~Liz
Monday, December 1, 2008
Winners!!!!!
Post-a-holic
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:13
Timestamp: 2008-12-01 22:05:57 UTC
Krazy Armstrong K's! wins!!!
and for the reffer a friend which we had such a great response from everyones sites, thank you!!!!
the winner is:
http://lisa-itsallaboutceesa.blogspot.com/
Here are your random numbers:95
Timestamp: 2008-12-01 22:58:58 UTC
and for the RAK for the post on my new classmates:
the winner is: Kristi B. (I don't count my posts)
Here are your random numbers:16
Timestamp: 2008-12-01 23:02:45 UTC
unfortunately, I didn't receive any reciepts for the support your LSS RAK. I may have to do it again, next month.
So winners, please email me your addy and I will send off your goodies!
primadonnaliz@yahoo.com
thanks!
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
RAK updates... WINNERS!
This week over onthe Primadonna blog, another So Cal Scrap girls won!!! This week it was Kristi B!!!! She won a set of 3 stamps. This weeks topic is all on Bling, so they will be giving away Bling as well! Check it out here~
Also have you taken a browse at the new Tattered Angels website???
It is totally amazing and to top it off, they are featuring one of my favorite glimmer buds Joe from Strictly Scrapbooking this month!!! To catch up with Joe check out his site, and check out the Tattered Angels site under featured artist. Here is there amazingly generous giveaway this month.
That is a whole lot of Glimmer Mist!!! Also they have my tutorial for Glimmer Glaze as a print up under the tattered idea tablet, so check it out!
Phew! I am tired just typing this!!!
Alright, I am off to bed, check out the sites and let me know what you think!
XOXO
Liz

