While I was sleeping I passed another milestone! Those of you who know me, know that I don’t take anything for granted – I would not be here save the readers who asked me to “carry on” and the Good Lord who whispers in my ear when I pray about what my next step is. I’ve enjoyed over 11 million page hits on my blog and I still have a hard time getting my mind around it and it’s definitely something that doesn’t happen every month or couple of months. I owe the thanks to you, the great readers who click through here every day when they have a free moment. True to form (and even though we’ve had a few little blog candies recently) I want to celebrate – that means blog candy!
For this blog candy I’m sharing some of my favorite things (pulled from my Blog Candy Closet – kind of like your gift closet). Have you all tried out the Grand Calibur? Talk about a dream machine and the Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities Dies are an amazing product for both Card Makers and Scrapbookers. Go ahead and enter even if you have a smaller die machine because some of these will work with the smaller format. I’m also including some Prima goodies and some Recollections (which suspicously look like Prima to me).
To enter simply leave a comment on this post. Comments will close some time on Saturday. I’m going to go waaay back in time to dig out one of my favorite games that I thought up in 2008 called Share the Comment Wealth – it was ultra fun back then. Remember THIS post?
To Be Eligible for Blog Candy…
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Starts: 1/25/11 Ends: 1/29/11 at Midnight CST
1. Before you post a comment here on this post, go back through any of the comments I have on any of the posts on my blog.
2. Search for a comment that has a name link that is clickable, in other words their name is highlighted in grayish blue or their name will let you click through to their blog site.
3. Pick one of those comments and preferrably someone you don’t know and have never left a comment for before – not your own and not a webstore or retail entity.
4. You guessed it!!! Leave a comment, but be sure to say: “Becca at AmazingPaperGrace.com is Sharing the Comment Wealth and I picked you” then leave them some kind words on their post.
5. Then come back and leave a comment on the Blog Candy post telling me who you Shared the Comment Wealth with BUT please, please, please don’t leave a URL in your comment on my blog or it will get eaten up by my spam software. Sorry about that but I’m a target for spammers so my software locks that down.
6. You can leave a comment once a day and if you leave one for each of the five days, there will be a good bonus thrown in the box. Hint: these blind bonuses are good.
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Thank you for helping to give back to the people who always have a kind word to say here!! I’ll pick a winner using Random.org, will verify they left a Share the Comment Wealth Comment that day and give them 48 hours to snag their goodies. The winner simply needs to reach out to me on my contact page to send me an email. Good luck, and thanks for every second you spend with me here on Amazing Paper Grace.
A Note to Email Subscribers
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Even though on some days you get more than one post from me, I want you to know that I’m working on a monthly something that can only be had through an email subscription. Please don’t be frustrated if it seems like I’m filling up your box and please don’t unsub if you held on this long, lol!!! I’ve been trying to get the new format of my blog in place for almost a year. Once I’m closer to that goal, things will settle down a little bit, I promise it won’t always be this way.
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Goodness, I thought I would have project done today, but it was not to be. Tune in tomorrow, okay?
What a great idea, I’m thinking Mothers Day gifts and little just because gifts, now if you could just blow a smidgen of your design talent my way, I’ll be all set.
Beautiful and love the sentiments you choose.
Blessings, Lori m
Absolutely terrific idea! I have got to remember this when I walk through those stores. Just beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
Oh, how totally sweet & thoughtful is this little treasure? I’ve never seen these, so much be sure to check the 3 Mike’s closest to me! TFS, Becca! Love you papers/embellishments too!!!
Beautiful gift! TFS!
Totally fun idea. Wonderful cards and project.
Becca –
This is just beautiful. What a great gift for someone! And guess what? I just picked up 2 at Michael’s the other day! So I actually have some to play with! Thanks for the great idea.
Elaine Allen
Wow! What a neat gift! This is one I would like to have in pastels. Heehee!
thanks for sharing.
A nice gift item. If you were really busy, Michaels might have gift cards already made to put inside.
Very sweet. And now I must make a trip to Micheal’s this week. :)
BECCA BECCA WHAT A CLEVER IDEA. GUESS I WILL HAVE TO SEE
WHAT I CAN MAKE AS ITS A VERY HANDY GIFT TO HAVE READY. ALL
THESE CLEVER IDEAS JUST COMING OUT ONE AFTER THE OTHER.
NO WONDER YOU GET HEADACHES.
CYNTHIA
OMGosh….we do an altering class in the Stamping club I belong to and this is one thing we have to alter this year! What a great idea to make mini cards to include! I may just have to go and get more of these for gifts! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your creativity and inspiration!
Oh Becca!
You box is beautiful and so are the gift cards!!
What a fantastic idea :o)
Hugs, Candy
I bought one of these boxes 2 wks ago and covered it with paper and embellished it as a holder for stickles to give as a gift – these things are addicting. Love your idea as always
Hi Becca,
What a lovely gift. You’ve done it again sweetie!!!
Thank you for sharing your talent with us, you’re the best!
Have a beautiful day.
Hugs,
Deb
Becca,
what a neat idea, I love it! And I think i could actually afford those dollar finds at Michaels. I also check the dollar bins at Target and JoAnn stores for some goodies to use!!
~Gin~
Oh, I love this! Now you will have me cruzin’ the $1 isle to see if little wood boxes are still around in my local Michael’s store lol!
Really lovely gift set and these would be great to make and keep on hand as you suggest.
I love the little box you made and the little cards, too. Thank you for sharing.
Delama
Oh My!!! What a cute little gift set!
How adorable! I must get to Michael’s a little more often. Thanks for sharing.
Becca!
I forgot to mention that I ‘Shared the Comment Wealth’ with Michelle from
‘DaydreamsbyMichelle’
Sorry about that……
Candy
Becca, what a lovely gift and a great, great inspiration. I was also inspired by a gal who’d left a comment in 2010 for you…. Her name is Monique and her blog page is For the Love of Paper. I’m sure she would agree with me, what an inspiration you are. Have a WONDERFUL week.
Adorable!!!! I have never seen these boxes. But I don’t go shopping often either! lol Thanks for sharing Becca! I really love your style!
Hi Becca,
I don’t usually write any comments for anything, but I have to tell you……..First, you are suchhhhhhh and INSPIRATION!!! I wish I lived near you so that you could teach me first hand. I love your work, it’s just so unbelievable. You have such a gift, and I know that gift is from God and what a wonderful blessing that is. Just keep doing what you are doing, keep on lifting HIM up the way you do, because you just never really know how your cards, with the words of the Lord and the inspirational words, can truly touch someone to make a different in someone’s life, including mine.
Thank you for all the inspiration and all that you do!
Blessings ~
These are just gorgeous, and what a fabulous idea with that wooden box.
Oh my goodness, this is sooo cute, and what a great idea for those, we never seem to be able to find a gift for. But everyone uses cards from time to time, so this is just perfect and as you say, it don´t break the bank either. You´re amazing to get all these awesome ideas always ha ha ha. Wish I had that talent too.
Have a wonderful day hun.
Becca, this is really sweet and a wonderful idea. Guess I will have to check out those boxes!
What a great idea! I guess I’m going to have to make a trip to Michael’s very soon! Thanks for the idea! You are an inspiration!
This is absloutley beautiful, your hands is a creation from God that puts togther master piece of perfection. I love it.
Those boxes are great ! Great idea and terrific cards.
Wow! Your creativity just never ceases to amaze me — and you make it look so easy. You are truly an inpiration – in papercrafting and in life.
Great idea! I must try that–thanks for the heads up!
Becca, I love these little cards. Last night I rec’d a call from one of my best friends, she just found out she has cancer. The FAITH card is something I need to try to make and get in the mail to her ASAP. Thanks for your inspiration.
Your ideas just “blow me away”! I would never think of something like that. That’s why I LOVE your blog so much — such wonderful, beautiful ideas!! Thanks so much for sharing your creativity!!
Absolutely gorgeous! You are so talented and all your creations are beautiful and inspiring!
Thanks for sharing :-)
What a wonderful idea. Love the finished box. Gorgeous as usual. Thanks for sharing.
DawnW
Love your ideas. What kind of glue did you use to make sure the designer paper would stick well? I’m off to Michael’s!!
Ooh ooh ooh – I have one of these too. What a great idea. Thank you
GORGEOUS!!!
Such a wonderful idea, I just love the
elegance of your work!
Karen x
Gorgeous, stunning and it’s bound to delight the lucky recipient x
Hey Becca, today I shared with Dawn at Lime Scraparita…your project today would make a really nice “pick me up” gift for a friend! Thanks for sharing.
Wow, what a great project…as usual, beautiful.
God Bless you,
Tina
Such a beautiful set Becca, you have done a wonderful job on the whole gift set. Whom ever gets this will be thrilled. As always Becca, TFS!!! :-D
Hi Becca,
Another lovely gift.
I wish I had a Michael’s near me,I will have to check out the Dollar stores near me, for I know they carry boxes .Did you make envelopes to go with them ?
Becca I see you found them too. I made one with pointsettia paper and a big paper pointsettia on top for my MIL for Christmas but put a check inside instead of cards. She loved it (more the check than my creativeness) but oh well! I got lots of oohs and aahs from everyone else though. Loving your work. Look forward to it every day!
Beautiful. TFS
Oh how beautiful and I love that box it works perfectly! This is a lovely gift.
love this as i love everything you do. you are in my prayers still.
What a darling little idea.
I love the box and to think you made cards to go out as a gift. They are gorgeous. What a blessing you are to all of us. Thanks for sharing your precious talent.
Hugs and God bless,
Jeanielou
I shared some love today on Michelle – daydreams505’s blog.
Wow….the wooden boxes work great!
Love it!
Phyllis
Ramstein AFB, Germany
Love the box and cards. This is such a nice gift, not expensive, yet one that you have thought about before you give it.
Thanks for sharing.
Becca! This is just exquisite!!! I love it when you make something from the $1 bin at Michaels. I hope you don’t mind if I steal your idea. Mine won’t be anything near as adorable as yours are, but I need a project for later in February. Do you mind? Do you know how much of an enabler you are! I just have to have this fabulous set of dies…maybe after I get back from CHA!
Be blessed,
Barb
Adorable and I just seen these again at Mike’s – I WAS trying NOT to buy any but NOW may have to go pick up a few………….:)
i have the same question as bonnie – what type of adhesive did you use with your paper? i have tried a number of glues but the paper bubbles sometimes. i guess i will have to try a spray adhesive.
Such a beautiful idea for a special gift. I’m so glad I have these stamps.
You did a terrific job Becca.
Today I share the comment wealth to Teela from Coffee24Tea. I pray her friend gets well from cancer.
Hugs Maz
this project is fabulous… I have loads of boxes and drawer sets – a bit larger but I never get round to doing them. This is so inspirational, it makes me want to do mine now.
TFS.
Paula, Derbyshire, UK x x x
your cards and blog are a constant delight to me .I look forward to seeing what new inspiration you have each day.Pamela
Again, I wish I lived next door to you and could craft with you. OMGoodness, this is just exquisite. I will have to go to my Michael’s and check it out. I have made note cards, but mine look elementary to yours, lol. You must just have a whole lot more love in your hands because you are just amazing. And, of course, that bow just tops it all off. Great job, Becca.
what kind of glue to you use to attach the paper to the wooden box?
you are amazing!
Sandra ltb
How PRETTY!!!!! I’ll have to look for those once my spending freeze is over!!!! :)
Becca, you amaze me. I saw those boxes and didn’t pick any up. Of course my grubby little paws were full of other $1.00 wonders. Hmmm, maybe I need to go back, lol. Thanks so much for sharing your creativity.
Gorgeous Becca, really pretty.
Anne x
Just simply divine,
Nothing else to add. speechless xxxx
I love this idea. What a wonderful gift idea. Beautiful as usual Becca!
I left my comment with bonnie32002 at the Craftiblog. She and her daughter Lynn are a team! I love your “style” Becca. Always clean and simply beautiful.
Thanks for the chance to win some candy. Iris, Saved by Grace
Absolutely magnificent!!!! How did you go around the knob? Did you take it off and reglue it?
You are just so smart girl. This is just tooooo cute. Wish I had a Michaels close by.
How darling!
Becca, what a neat idea and it would make a good gift to give to a teacher. I always feel so much better after I visit your web “home”. Everything you make is so beautiful. Look forward to seeing you tomorrow. Thanks for sharing.
As usual, more stunning creations. Knowing the wood boxes are back is an extra bonus, I love them too.
I left blog love on Jerrikay’s blog, ‘A Touch of Grace’, for her lovely card.
~C8>
Goodday Ms. Becca,
A good rest Priceless… I visited Tina
” Live, Love, and Stamp” here blogspot “livelovenstamp”
Thank you for sharing your candy. This is what I wrote on Ms. Tina spot.
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Becca at AmazingPaperGrace.com is Sharing the Comment Wealth and I picked you! Hi, there we have a couple of the same interest! Crafting and visting Amazing Paper Grace. This is my first time to your site. I will be back! SaBrina Bradley.
Lovely gift set, such a special gift!!
Love the box!! When I saw the little boxes at Michael’s I bought a couple because I knew you would make something wonderful with them and I wanted to be prepaired!
I just love this idea! You’re creativity is incredible!
So very pretty Becca, I love the box…going to have to get a few of those for gifts! Your cards are so elegant. TFS
HUGS!
Vicki
Becca,
I’m off to Michaels to find boxes before they’re all gone — too cute. Still sharing the wealth — today with Marge at Maricopa Stampers.
Becca, What did you use to adhere the paper to the box and how did you work around the button and elastic? Thanks so much. I have enjoyed your blog immensely.
Love this idea. This gift box with the matching cards is so elegant and beautiful. Love the Faith stamp set you have been showing to us.
Becca, you are soooo creative/talented! I saw these little boxes but didn’t get them as I couldn’t think what to do with them. Needless to say, I’m going to have to run out and get a few! LOVE the set of cards you made to go with the box! I so appreciate you sharing the treasures you create out of ordinary finds!
Becca,
This is adorable! What a cute idea! I am off to Michael’s tomorrow. LOL
Hugs, Lisa
Another work of beauty + art + function!!!
I have left a comment for Maz Carter on her blog – Only By His Grace.
She also has mad talent skills. I had no idea there were so many talented and dedicated artists out there sharing their hearts with the world.
Speaking of sharing…I would be willing to share the blog candy if I win ;-)
Hugs
So beautiful! I love note card sets for little gifts. I am, by my own admission, a Michael’s dollar bin junkie! You make the most incredible things Becca, checking your blog is always one of the highlights of my day.
What a beautiful gift!! Your friend is sure to love it.
You are brilliant! I am scheduling a trip to Michael’s tomorrow in the hopes that I can find some wooden boxes. Thanks for the nugget and thanks for the blog. I left a comment wealth on Sharon Harnst’s blog.
How heavenly this card set is. What a beautiful box. Love your Michaels $1.00 bins. I never seem to find nice treasures like this in ours. Love all the beautiful dies you used to create this. I pre-ordered mine, but probably wont get them until March. No grands yet except the one I got with my Calibur. I left a comment for Mary on her blog: Glitter Grammy Plays with Paper.
Marcie
Love your gift set! I left a message for Olga over at
Oops Becca, I made a mistake. The person whose blog I made a comment for “share the comment wealth” on was Heidi Blankenship not Sharon Harnst. I have no idea why I wrote down the wrong name, sorry.
I left a share the wealth comment on Maz Carter’s blog. She had a really nice little easel card & box so I was happy to comment! I wonder where you get all of your inspiration, I get mine from blog hopping! I really like your box and gift card set, what a great idea (as always). Don’t mind leaving you a little love, either! Thanks for all your great ideas!
These are just beautiful, the design the colour theme everything. Hugs xx
Hi Becca,
I love those little boxes! I will be going to my local Michael’s to see if I can find them.Yours is soooo cute!
Donna G
Hi Becca I left a comment on Lisa D Atha (inspired by purple) wow another site to visit more often. Good luck to all who enter.
Beautiful and useful too! You never seem to run out of ideas, and I am glad because it is such a joy to see your creations. You must have lots of happy friends and family who are the recipients of your talent.
Hugs, antonella :-)
How lovely this turned out!!!! What a great idea to give as a last minute gift!!!
How cute! You always have the most creative ideas. I love how you can take just about anything and turn it into something so artistic and useful!
Thank you for sharing! :o)
Gorgeous~gorgeous gift…anyone that would receive this would be very excited!!
Wonderful idea! Wish we had a Michael’s but I will just have to improvise! Thanks for the great idea. Beautiful cards too.
Love what you did with that cute little box. I use to pick things up that I thought would make great gifts and have stopped for some reason. This turned out fabulously. :)
Hugs~
Beautiful gift set, Becca! I love the small cards and lovely decorated box!
OhmyGosh! You are amazing, they’re gorgeous.
What a nice gift. Am always looking for cute gift ideas. I hopped over to Simply Handmade by Heather and left a comment on her blog. Enjoy looking at other blogs. Thanks for giving us the opportunity.
Becca, what a beautiful gift. I love the idea, and these little cards are just perfect. I love the flourishes behind the sentiments. The butterfly is so elegant looking with it being just a little see through, and the added pearls are the perfect touch. This is one project I will remember and try for myself…lovely project!
Love this idea! I’d be thrilled to receive this from someone! You are so clever!
Thanks for sharing, Becca!
What a great bow. I’m sure I will be using that idea. Thanks for the video.