Welcome to Wednesday! Today's blog candy package includes a Happy Haunting set from Whipper Snapper, and I thought I would share a card I made using the set. The owl is stamped on a light kraft colored paper and colored with markers. I used a circle punched out of scrap paper as a mask and inked around the circle mask to create the moon. When I removed the circle mask, I was left with a beautiful glowing moon! A few spots on the image are accented with a white gel pen to add a bit of moonlight glow to the owl.
Birthday Celebration: Day 4
Continuing with this week's birthday celebration, here's another set of blog candy goodies! Fun for me, fun for you! Today's packet includes 36 sheets of 6x6 paper (Melissa Frances and Provo), a Happy Haunting cling set (Whipper Snapper), a pumpkin themed clear set (Stampendous), a journaling block clear stamp (Fancy Pants), a "Believe" cling mount (Dee Gruenig, Posh Impressions), and a paper distresser (Making Memories).
If you would like to be entered into the drawing for this set of goodies, please leave a comment on this post. I'd like to know, what's your favorite crafting tool?
I'll be choosing one name from the comments on Thursday, October 7th at 9:00AM! Central -- be sure you leave your name!
Birthday Celebration: Day 3
One name has been selected from yesterday's blog candy drawing -- you have great organizational ideas, and I enjoyed reading them all! As one commenter mentioned, I too would love to see photos! If you haven't read through the comments, do! Great ideas to be found there! You will find some photos of my space on the posts in the "studio" category here on my blog. Like many of you, I LOVE drawers, open shelves, and jars!
The winner of the Birthday Celebration: Day 3 package of goodies is Rebecca Ednie!!
Rebecca says:
"I've learned the hard way that standardizing the boxes I use makes the best use of my space. I use photo boxes from Michaels and CD boxes from IKEA for most of my storage. Everything from 6x6 paper to bling to Stamps in CD cases all fit in one or the other and they are very reasonably priced. I also keep my boxes neutral; black, chocolate, kraft or white, so my decorative items really shine. My shelving is restaurant kitchen style metal shelving which makes stuff really easy to find. If anything falls behind something else, I can peek under the shelves and see through the wire to see where it went. I store my ribbon in glass jars wrapped with twist ties. It holds the ribbon securely without creasing it and doesn't take up any room like wooden clothes pins."
Get in touch with me Rebecca, and I'll get your goodies out to you right away!
Now, go read all of the ideas shared! Great stuff!
Awwww, my favorite little owl! He's adorable all dolled up with his vest and hat sitting in front of the big full moon. Sooo cute! Awesome coloring!
Posted by: Shellie Daniel | October 11, 2010 at 12:16 PM
my favorite tool???? wow, I guess that would have to be my paper cutter... sounds simple, but i use it constantly!
Posted by: Yvonne | October 07, 2010 at 07:39 AM
Mt Hoot is a HOOOOT :) he is sooo cute. My favorite tool(s) have to be my nice sharp fiskar embroidery size scissors for cutting around stamped images and my embossing stylus because it has the smaller ball end as well as a larger for moving little pieces to their resting places. The only other favorite is my fingers! I am a hands on person for sure!! ..lol
thanks for a chance for some candy, Yummmmmm
Tina Foley
Posted by: Tina Foley | October 07, 2010 at 06:56 AM
I love my punches...
scallop circle, dotted border
thanks!
♥anne
Posted by: annemk | October 07, 2010 at 06:36 AM
My favorite would be my heat gun. I just love how embossing can step your projects up to a whole new level!
Posted by: Laura Howell | October 07, 2010 at 06:32 AM
The owl is so cute!
favorite tool would be the cuttlebug, or maybe my new ATG gun. I would love to have stock in adhesive considering the amount I go through in a year, lol.
Posted by: Sally | October 07, 2010 at 06:21 AM
My favorite craft item would be my glitter, baby! You can't have enough bling!
Thanks for a chance to win your speical gift!
Posted by: Paula Bloom | October 07, 2010 at 06:15 AM
Happy Birthday! What a cute set - love the hats! So many tools to choose from, hard to choose a favorite, but I couldn't craft without my tweezers. An extra hand always helps. Have a great birthday!!
Posted by: Carrie C | October 07, 2010 at 05:52 AM
My favorite tool would be stickles. I love you can take a stamped image and make it look so much different and so sparkly. I love your cards and your creativity is amazing. It would be really neat to win this set. I could do so much with it. I hope you have a great Birthday.
Jennifer Wheeler
Posted by: Jennifer | October 07, 2010 at 05:27 AM
Eek! What an adorable card and stamp set you have today! Would be awesome to win that!!! My favorite tool right now is my Wizzard die cut machine. I use if for almost every single project! So perfect for cards!
Posted by: Kathy Martin | October 07, 2010 at 04:59 AM
Happy Birthday!!!
My favorite crafting tool? SU snips. I can't make a card without cutting something.
Happy a super day! Hugs.
Posted by: Mel | October 07, 2010 at 04:17 AM
Happy Birthday! I love your cute owl card! My favorite crafting tool is my Cuttlebug and embossing folders. I love adding texure!
Posted by: Su C. | October 07, 2010 at 02:13 AM
My favorite tool is my Big Shot. Love to use my nestabilities and textured plates.
Posted by: Mary Lou Kemp | October 07, 2010 at 02:13 AM
It's just a few minutes after midnight here in Ontario Canada and we want to WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANNA. We hope your day is filled with lots of fun, love, hugs and kisses. Love your Whipper Snapper Designs.
Huggins
Pat
Posted by: Pat Mossgate | October 06, 2010 at 09:14 PM
OH I love your Halloween set - particularly the mummy chicken -- I LOVE chickens. My favorite tool would be my Cuttlebug - I use is all the time for embossing and die cutting. So much fun in such a tiny machine!
Posted by: carol fun | October 06, 2010 at 09:14 PM
Could an owl be more adorable? Love the look of the kraft paper. Love your card!
Only one tool? I use my ATG gun all the time but I also use my rotary cutter, clear ruler and self healing mat every day too. Don't you just love well made tools?
Posted by: Martha | October 06, 2010 at 09:09 PM
Your owl card is Adorable! My favorite crafting tool is my Spellbinders dies. They're so versatile..layered to frame a stamped image on a card, make tags, shaped card bases. I love it!
Have a fabulous birthday Anna!
Posted by: Vina | October 06, 2010 at 09:03 PM
Please enter me in your drawing. I LOVE your illustrations!
Posted by: Laura M. | October 06, 2010 at 08:53 PM
After seeing all of your wonderful cards, I bought a tracing wheel and love it. I can't justify sewing on my cards when I don't make time to sew clothes, so the faux stitching is great!
Posted by: Terri W | October 06, 2010 at 07:51 PM
Hi Anna,
I am still chuckling about my comment yesterday - totally NOT reading the whole blog entry that day and just jumping ahead to answer the daily question. Thanks again for letting me know that I won! LOL BTW, my fave tool(s) right now are my dies(Nesties, etc.) along with my Wizard. :D
Posted by: Janet Sisk | October 06, 2010 at 07:50 PM
Love your card - soooo cute. I think my favourite tool is my paper piercer - probably sounds silly, but I can use it for so many things, not just poking holes. I spread Stickles and Crystal Effects around with it, can add a wee bit of glue where it needs to go, pick up a piece of fuzz from an inkpad ... it has so many uses!!!! It's probably my cheapest tool too. LOL.
Posted by: Debby Watkins | October 06, 2010 at 07:23 PM
EEK, I love when you get your crafty on!! That owl card is amazing!
I have to say my favorite tool is the sponge dauber, hee! Pair one with Tim Holtz Distress Inks, and I can almost fake coloring! I love the ones that you buy that have the little plastic handles...big, small, medium, I don't care, those things are great!
Posted by: Kelly Schirmer | October 06, 2010 at 07:22 PM
Oh man, this is the cutest Halloween set ever! I LOVE mummy chicken!!
My fav crafting tool is my pattern tracer! It makes the best faux stitch edges! That baby stays right on my work table.
Posted by: Carol | October 06, 2010 at 07:10 PM
Paper Piercer paired with a White Uni-ball Pen. I love my holes!
Hey, I found a new pattern for another cute wallet, today. I'm about half way through. I'll have to send you a review when I'm done!
Posted by: Jacque | October 06, 2010 at 06:25 PM
I love the cute little goblins in that stamp set! Great idea for masking the moon. My favorite tool is my Big Shot. I use it for almost every card. I use it for die cuts and embossing folders.
Posted by: Michelle | October 06, 2010 at 06:17 PM
Only one more night!! Happy Birthday Eve!
Adorable card! I love this set of yours. I think my favorite tool is my cuddlebug - I use it all the time to die cut and emboss. At least right now. That could change in the near future though. I tend to go in spurts and use one thing all the time for a while and then something else grabs my attention.
Posted by: Anette Eakins | October 06, 2010 at 06:07 PM
My favorite tool is my corner chomper! I love that thing, it adds a nice touch to my cards when I want to add a little something special
Posted by: Jennifer R | October 06, 2010 at 06:02 PM
My favorite crafting tool has got to be the cuttlebug. I use it on almost every card someway or another. I love the Halloween stamp set!! Just adorable. You are a fabulous illustrator!! Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Connie Gregoire | October 06, 2010 at 06:00 PM
That card is so cute!!!! I would love the set...I am especially in love with the mummy chicken..lol
My favorite tool is my tweezers....I use them to pick up all kinds of bitty doo-dads and bling! I also use them to position the images on the card before I stick them down for good to make sure everything is straight! I was going to say my favorite tool was my reading glasses...lol....but I thought that might be showing my age!
Posted by: Melissa Edwards | October 06, 2010 at 05:40 PM
My favorite tool is my tweezer Bee. Happy Birthday. Thanks for chance to win some fun blog candy.
Posted by: Judy Inhoff | October 06, 2010 at 05:22 PM
Oh my goodness this card is soooo cute!
My favorite crafting tool is my Cuttlebug. I use it on almost every card I make in some way or another.
Have been enjoying your B-Day posts a great deal this week.
Posted by: Ida | October 06, 2010 at 05:17 PM
Hi Anna!
Happy Birthday Week! My favorite tool would have to be my cuttlebug! I love all the different disks and all the embossing folders.
Lisa
Posted by: Lisa Dahlseng | October 06, 2010 at 04:57 PM
Hi x Lovely birthday candy x My favourite tool has to be an old dentists tool I use as a pokey type tool, I use it all the time x Leigh x
Posted by: ♥♥ Charity Crafter! ♥♥ (aka Leigh Jones) | October 06, 2010 at 04:52 PM
Listing my favorite tool is super easy! It is my piercing tool! I call it my third hand, because i use it for everything. When i can't find it in my messy mess, I freak! My fingers don't always want to work, and that sharp little point is such a help!
Posted by: Mary Anne K. | October 06, 2010 at 04:40 PM
Hi Anna,
I'm in awe of the cards you create...I tend to more of a scrapper than a card maker, so everycard I see is truely amazing. My favorite tool... um well for crafting it's my Pazzles, i can customize my pages in a snap... and if I can say my 2nd fav tool is my camera. I love to take pics of my grandbabies.
Posted by: gail | October 06, 2010 at 04:34 PM
Hi Anna! That owl is super cute!! Being able to list just one of my favorite crafting tools is a toughie as I seem to be a collector of tools. I guess I would have to say my go-to tool is Perfect Layers. I purchased it years ago and it is one I use time and time again. Thanks for offering this sweet giveaway!! dee marie
Posted by: dee marie | October 06, 2010 at 04:34 PM
I'm a tool freak and it's hard to pick just one ... but I use my ATG tape gun on every project, so that's my pick for fav! I picked mine up a few years ago and paid only $35 for the tape gun (now avail at Mike's where you can use a coupon - even better!). After the initial payout, the savings are great - I only pay $1 per tape refill. Amazing deal since they're 36 yds in length!
Thanx for the inspiration and t'riffic blog candy opp!
Posted by: SueB | October 06, 2010 at 04:18 PM
Love the owl!!! Just too darn cute!! Favorite tool...tough question! This is going to be strange but I love the aqua painter. I find it extremely relaxing to water color images. Yep, that's my favorite!!
Posted by: Lori G in PA | October 06, 2010 at 03:47 PM
My favorite crafting tool would have to be my cuttlebug. I love being able to cut, and emboss using all the different dies and folders available!
Posted by: Tanya Caudill | October 06, 2010 at 03:28 PM
This week my favorite crafting tool is my Big Shot...If bling counted as a "tool", I would be forced to say BLING!!!!!
Posted by: Theresa Grdina | October 06, 2010 at 03:15 PM
My favorite crafting tool is my cuttlebug. Couldn't live without it. Thanks for the giveaway and Happy Birthday.
Posted by: Janet B | October 06, 2010 at 03:09 PM
Like most of us crafters, so many of my tools are important. I have to say that my Copic markers are really incredible. I discovered them at a time when I was getting a little bored with crafting. They re-energized me! I always liked coloring when I was a kid, but now I like it as an adult, too!
Posted by: Cindy J. | October 06, 2010 at 02:38 PM
I am a huge fan of owl stamps, I love,love this card. I would be happy to win the card!!! My favorite tool is my Cuttlebug. I use it for almost every card I make.
Posted by: karen q | October 06, 2010 at 02:36 PM
This is such a hard question! But if I had to choose, I would say my paper cutter. I hate crooked layers, and having my paper cutter makes it so easy to make everything straight and even...
Posted by: Carmen | October 06, 2010 at 02:34 PM
Outside of my paper cutter my most used tool may be my paper piercer. I don't do a lot of piercing but use it to help line up mats, pick up and place bling on cards as well as small drops of glue and it is always on my desk!
That owl card is a hoot-very cute!!
Posted by: Bev J. | October 06, 2010 at 02:33 PM
That is one precious little guy, Anna and a darling card.
My favorite tools of all are my paint brushes.
Posted by: Kittie Caracciolo | October 06, 2010 at 02:14 PM
LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your owl card!!! The whole set is adorable! I guess my favorite tool is my Cuttlebug. I love the versatility - embossing, die cuts, etc.
Thanks for having such an awesome blog!
Chris Pierson
Posted by: Chris Pierson | October 06, 2010 at 02:07 PM
What a great card!!!! Your images are so much fun and the coloring & detailing that you've added just bring it all together. Another inspiring creation Anna!
My favorite tool? Gosh, it seems to change from week to week. I love using my Cuttlebug with either embossing folders or Nestabilities fo give my cards a "professional" look. My Scorepal gives me crisp folds and neat backgrounds. I'm crazy about the Martha Stewart border and edge punches. And for the very basics, my Cutterbee scissors and a good sharp paper trimmer are essential. Did you really ask for just one? ......
Posted by: Mary Ferris | October 06, 2010 at 01:52 PM
HAPPY ALMOST bIRTHDAY!!!
Chose one? My 'Bug. Chose two? My Scor pal and ATG! (oops that was 3!)...
Love your moon on that card!!!
What generous gifts for YOUR birthday!
Best wishes!
Posted by: Diane Cooper | October 06, 2010 at 01:38 PM
Oh Anna, your HOOOOOTY Owl is SOOOO cute! :D I love the moon, and the limb, and the sentiment! It's just a GREAT card! :D
Oh, I love my tools...SO MANY to choose from!
Since I love embossing folders, the tool would have to be my Big Shot. I love the Cuttlebug too, and I LOVE my Stampin' Up guillotine paper cutter. NEVER a ragged edge, and perfect cuts! It's so much better than the sliding blade ones.
Thanks for another chance to win your celebration candy! I hope you have the BEST birthday tomorrow, EVER! (Your card is going to be late; I didn't get it mailed in time) :(( Sorry!!!
Posted by: diane mcvey | October 06, 2010 at 01:36 PM
Love your blog a lot! Right now my favorite tool is my Glue Glider Pro. I have not looked back after finding this one. Right size and best holding glue.
Happy bday to you.
Posted by: Dianna S | October 06, 2010 at 01:33 PM
Love your cute owl in the moonlight! My favorite tool is pretty boring, but I couldn't make cards without my fiskars paper cutter. I notice a few other people listed that too. I also love my big shot & dies. What a great prize package - you're too sweet!
Posted by: Troy Louise | October 06, 2010 at 01:27 PM
Cute card! I think my favorite crafting tool is metal dies. You can do so much with them!
Posted by: annheidel | October 06, 2010 at 01:26 PM
THere are many crafting tools that I couldn't live without. I have to say the one that is a must have is my Score Pal.
I love having a crisp score and having the ends match when folded!
Have a Happy Day!!!
Posted by: Teresa Blue | October 06, 2010 at 01:16 PM
I love your illustrations and your coloring is so wonderful - oh to have that kind of talent.
Posted by: katie | October 06, 2010 at 01:12 PM
Love, Love, Love Mr. Hoot Owl and his hat! Just adorable. That big moon behind him. Makes me think of the woods and the scary noises you hear at night, great for Halloween.
My favorite tool is my Cutterbee Scissors. I would be lost without them. Next would be my Fiskar paper cutter.
Posted by: Stacy Morgan | October 06, 2010 at 01:06 PM
I couldn't craft without watercolor paper since that is my favorite "coloring" technique. Happy Birthday!
Posted by: Colleen | October 06, 2010 at 12:58 PM
I confess...I am a marker JUNKIE!! I love markers, crayons, colored pencils. I am a child at heart. I love to color.
Posted by: Amy D | October 06, 2010 at 12:49 PM
Another fantastic and fun design, Anna. I love the effect that masking off a moon gives to an image, and I love the trademark cuteness of your fat branch and leaves. I guess my favorite tool would be my blending stumps and gamsol. Prismacolors and gamsol have become the color medium I reach for most often and that I keep closest at hand, but we all use soooooo many tools since this trade is so diverse. I am a short attention spanned gal so I tend to try and move on after each card. I love my spellbinders and my embossing folders but am glad to reach for my heat gun and powders from time to time and I also ADORE Tombow Mono Multi glue because it allows me a bit of time to reposition my design if it is off (and I am a little anal about that). It also dries flexible and strong so no stiff or crunchy cards. Your day is getting closer. I hope it is awesome for you.
Posted by: Michele Ghent | October 06, 2010 at 12:41 PM
Mr. Hoot Owl is a hoot!!!! What a cute card.
I love my Cricut!!! Well, mine and my mom's! It was much cheaper when the cost was shared. Now we are getting into trouble with the cartridges. Opps!!!!
I hope your birthday week is going great!!!!
Hugs, Manetta
Posted by: Manetta Deggelman | October 06, 2010 at 12:31 PM
Anna, you are seriously my favorite stamp artist ever. That owl is just to die for!
My favorite tool are my Marvy Punches. . . still can't live without them!
Posted by: Rachele | October 06, 2010 at 12:24 PM
Hi Anna! I love this witchy owl! How cute!!! The mummy chick is adorable, too, and I would love to put some ink on that gal!
My favorite tool?? Gosh - I LOVE them all so much! I guess I'll have to say the new little Scor-Pal - my cards fold perfectly now (and they never did before!). I also love my Nesties, Scor-Tape, and the new Corner Chomper (never thought I needed another corner rounder but this one is amazing).
Hugs!
Posted by: Sharli | October 06, 2010 at 12:16 PM
There isn't a question in my mind which is my favorite tool.....Cricut!! I scrapbook alot and the money I save on letter stickers is huge. Any size or font imaginable!
Posted by: Mecah Dow | October 06, 2010 at 12:06 PM
Great card Anna!!
My best tool is my very sharp pair of scissors!!
Posted by: Janine | October 06, 2010 at 11:59 AM
This is owl card is just darling!
I have to say that nestabilities is my fave tool...right above my scorepal. Can you tell I like nice straight and even cards? LOL
Posted by: Sue from Oregon | October 06, 2010 at 11:52 AM
Have a tricky Birthday ;-) I guess my favourite crafting tool must be my Cuttlebug machine and my Spellbinders dies...
Posted by: RitaK | October 06, 2010 at 11:42 AM
I have a cutting mat on my desk that was designed for quilters... the grid markings and angles come in so handy. And it wipes clean easily, too! Thanks for another great giveaway!
Posted by: Amy | October 06, 2010 at 11:38 AM
Happy Haunting is the cutest set yet! My fave tool is my paper trimmer for sure. I couldn't live without it and am constantly replacing the blades because I use it so much! Thank you for the chance to win!
Posted by: Michelle Martin | October 06, 2010 at 11:31 AM
this card is my fave this week! love the way you did the sentiment.
I am not sure if it's my favourite but I use my cuttlebug the most of all my tools.
Posted by: Kelly Bee | October 06, 2010 at 11:31 AM
Happy Birthday week, Anna
I just love your card....absolutely adorable!!
My favorite tool is my Zutter bind it all...love adding rings and ribbons to booklets and journals!!
Karen x
Posted by: Karen | October 06, 2010 at 11:29 AM
OOOH! Adorable card!!!!
My Favorite tool(s) are my dies! I LOVE using my MFT Scallop Edge Die!
Posted by: Rachel Hope | October 06, 2010 at 11:21 AM
How cute is that card! Love it. My favorite crafting tool would have to be the cricut, I use it very time I craft... it is so versatile and fun.
Posted by: Gaby | October 06, 2010 at 11:01 AM
My favorite crafting tool . . . .stamp a ma jig! It can be used during the design phase and well as for proper placement. I love most of my tools, but the stamp a ma jig really doesn't have another tool I can use in it's place!
Posted by: Pam J | October 06, 2010 at 10:59 AM
The tool I use over and over and just love is my Scor-Pal/Scor-Buddy. I just love those for making my scores so nice and crisp and easy to do. Love your give-away prizes today--thanks so much for the chance to win. Wishing you the very best of birthdays!
Posted by: Darlene L | October 06, 2010 at 10:51 AM
I think my favorite tool, having to pick just one, is my cuttlebug. I use it all the time with my Spellbinders and embossing folders. It just adds so much to my cards.
Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Catherine
Posted by: Catherine Kraft | October 06, 2010 at 10:46 AM
Thanks for the fun give-aways!
Die cutting machine-awesome tool!
So many tools, so little time!
Jan
Posted by: Jan Elmore | October 06, 2010 at 10:42 AM
How cute!!! Happy birthday week again!
My favorite tool? Wow, how does anyone pick just one? I guess my Making Memories paper cutter is the one thing I HAVE to have! There's no card with no cutter, and this one never fails me. Always straight cuts, Always! I have a pile of cutters that have disappointed me through the years.
Posted by: Toni K | October 06, 2010 at 10:38 AM
I love this little guy!! My favorite tool is my stamp-a-ma-jig. I use it on almost every card for one thing or another. I like things to be straight :)
Posted by: Jennifer K. | October 06, 2010 at 10:37 AM
Favorite crafting tool hands down has got to be my Cuttlebug, although my Stamp-a-ma-Jig comes in at a close second. Your little Halloween owl is adorable!
Posted by: Gabriela | October 06, 2010 at 10:35 AM
Think my favorite tool is my paper cutter.....it's definitely a must have. Thanks for the chance for such an awesome prize.
Cindy C.
cac1957@hotmail.com
Posted by: Cindy Coffman | October 06, 2010 at 10:34 AM
Your Halloween owl is just too stinkin' cute! Oh my...hard to pick just one tool. The first one I thought of is my Stamp-a-ma-jig. It's a necessary tool for the perfectionist in me. And like others have said, I love my Cuttlebug and Prismacolor pencils. One more day til your big day! :)
Posted by: Mary H. | October 06, 2010 at 10:33 AM
My favorite crafting tool is definitely my Cuttlebug. I love the textures and die cuts that are so easily achieved. My second favorite is my Copics. They're just fun! Love your card!
Posted by: Lorraine M. | October 06, 2010 at 10:29 AM
Oooh, owl card is my favorite yet--I like how you made a little fringe come out from the button!
I reckon my favorite tool has become my Cricut, which my hubby totally surprised me by getting me for Christmas. Haven't gotten to buy many cartridges for it yet, but sure enjoy cutting out letters and things for my sons' school/PTA-related events. Happy early birthday -- looks like the weather will be beautiful!
Posted by: Renee | October 06, 2010 at 10:14 AM
So many to choose from, it's hard to say . . . my Cuttlebug with folders and Spellbinder dies. I love using ribbon and buttons. I love the self-adhesive crystals and pearls. Thank you Anna! Happy Birthday week!! ~ Melissa T.
Posted by: Melissa | October 06, 2010 at 10:12 AM
My favorite and most used crafting tool is a Stamp-a-ma-jig. I don't know what I would do without it! I love, love, love that cute owl!
Posted by: Adair | October 06, 2010 at 10:00 AM
My favorite is the cuttlebug, then the cricut, all the dies, buttons and bows and the list could go on & on. My husband says I have too much, I say I need a bigger room!
Posted by: Kathryn Scaletta | October 06, 2010 at 09:57 AM
Love Mr. Hoooot Owl - so cute. My cuttlebug is my favorite crafting tool... it has so many uses. I use it for my Nestabilities, embossing, cutting... LOVE IT! Thanks for the many chances for blog candy. I hope you are enjoying your birthday week as much as we are!! ~Suzy Gloth
Posted by: Suzy Gloth | October 06, 2010 at 09:49 AM
Lately, my sewing machine is my most used and favorite tool. It was passed down from my Grandmother, and I'm busy making fabric flowers, skirts, pants, etc, for my 18 mo. old daughter!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Amy L. Weber
Posted by: Amy L. Weber | October 06, 2010 at 09:39 AM
Happy Birthday Eve! Thanks so much for gifting US in celebration of YOUR birthday; so very generous of you!
I have to say that for now, my Turkish spindles are my favorite crafting tool. Beautiful wood, ingenious design, fun to make yarn with.
Posted by: michelle | October 06, 2010 at 09:37 AM
My cuttlebug is my favorite tool and then my cutterbee scissors. Those scissors are the best!
I have to say I'm enjoying a card every day this week from you, Anna. Hope you enjoy something you love doing on your birthday tomorrow!
Posted by: Tricia | October 06, 2010 at 09:31 AM
Love your owl card! It is so hard to pick one tool, but I guess I would say my Big Shot Express. It is so easy to use and since I have trouble with my hands at times- it is a hand saver as well as a time saver.
Diane
Posted by: Diane | October 06, 2010 at 09:31 AM
Cuteness!! I love the little owl, and how you made the moon behind him.
My favorite crafting tool is ink. It gives everything a nice finished look. :)
Posted by: Dee Dee | October 06, 2010 at 09:30 AM
I adore owls. This would be a really fun set to own. My favorite tool would be a toss up between my Cuttlebug and my Scor-Pal and Scor-Buddy. I just got the buddy and it's great! Now I'm off to read all the organization tips. Once can never have too many ideas for that.
Posted by: Susan G | October 06, 2010 at 09:29 AM
My favorite tool is my BigShot, by far! I often tell people that I'd marry it if it would have me. :) I love that it cuts all sorts of dies. It can be used to make embellishments, cards, boxes... and with a myriad of materials. For versatility, it can't be beat.
Once again, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! Thanks so much for the chance to win! :)
Posted by: Kim Ross | October 06, 2010 at 09:25 AM
Fun card! I really like the fall colors. I'm ready for the leaves to change.
Fave tool? hmmm, I guess that would be my ScorPal. It helps me make 3D items, add decorative lines, and makes my folds nice and crisp.
Posted by: MichelleH | October 06, 2010 at 09:23 AM
hmmm . . . it's tie between my Cuttlebug and my Fiskers paper cutter . . . hard question!!
I really admire the way you colour in your stamps!! I've been practising this skill and often refer to your work for inspiration.
Posted by: Jo-Ann | October 06, 2010 at 09:22 AM
Great Halloween card - I love that Whipper Snapper set! I'd have to say that I use my Nestabilities more consistently than probably any other craft tool I have. A close second would be my Copic markers and Prisma pencils - I love to color :-)
Posted by: Barb S | October 06, 2010 at 09:18 AM
This card is amazing and so inspiring. Love the colors and that adorable owl. I love so many tools, but I would say that my Sizzix or Big Shot. Cuz I can use them to emboss and cut. Thanks for a chance at this awesome birthday celebration giveaway. Happy Birthday!
Posted by: StampinCathy | October 06, 2010 at 09:11 AM
I LOVE heat embossing, so I'll go with my heat gun! My Big Shot is in a close second!
Thanks for the chance to win!
Posted by: Susan Spears | October 06, 2010 at 09:11 AM
My favorite craft item(s) are adhesives. I love all adhesives, but I am particularly fond of brads! They are so versatile. If you have a brad and you don't like the color, you can change it by heating it with your heating tool (use tweezers!) and then dipping it in embossing powder.
Posted by: Shala | October 06, 2010 at 09:05 AM