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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Amelia

Hi everyone,
Hope you all had a wonderful holiday.
Mine was fantastic but ended much to soon. 
I think I need a vacation to recuperate from my vacation, lol.

I did learn that pretty much all toddler toys seem to require assembly. (at least all the ones that we bought did) We spent nearly the entire day on Christmas putting toys together.
 I think next year I'll assemble everything as I buy it. That way it's all ready to go.    

Even though we had so much fun I'm glad life is getting back to normal now. Which means playing with the little man and squeezing in a bit of art while he's napping.

Amelia Cuddlebug Cuties


Amelia Cuddlebug Cuties


Enjoy coloring and crafting with Amelia but please give me, Anna Stillwell at Cuddlebug Cuties, credit for drawing her.
 
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There's 2 days left to enter for the December blog candy

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.
 
Hugs,
Anna

Sunday, December 16, 2012

Christmas Candy Round 2 Winner!!

Hi everyone,
I have a Christmas Candy winner for you.



 
And the winner is:

Congratulations!!!!
Send me an email with your address and I'll get your new goodies on their way to you.
cuddlebugcuties@gmail.com 
Have a wonderful week everyone
Hugs,
Anna

Thursday, December 13, 2012

Stella New Years Digi

Today has been such a wonderful day. 
My husband left for a business trip right after Thanksgiving and today he finally came home. It was a pretty long trip and right in the middle of the holidays...but the bright side was I didn't have to feed him and gas up his car for the last three weeks. (<-- I'll give you guys one guess how I was able to buy the extra candy this month, lol)
We actually put up our Christmas tree together over Skype. (well, I put it up and he watched) It was so funny, but it was the best way we could come up with to still spend the event together as a family.

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This is Stella, my little sassy New Years party girl.
Doesn't she look spunky? I just love her.

Stella Cuddlebug Cuties

I haven't got her colored yet, but she was so cute I wanted to go ahead and post her. 
I'll post her finished colored illustration in the next few days.

Enjoy coloring and crafting with Stella but please give me, Anna Stillwell at Cuddlebug Cuties, credit for drawing her.

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There's only 2 more days left to enter in the More Christmas Blog Candy

Hugs,
Anna


Wednesday, December 12, 2012

More Christmas Candy

Good morning,

I thought since it was Christmas, and I really want to celebrate, that we should do one more candy for the holiday.
There's only two weeks left till the 25th so this is going to be a quick contest. It'll run from today through Saturday December 15th. I'll announce the lucky winner on Sunday the 16th.

More Christmas Candy Cuddlebug Cuties

Goodies included:
1 package Martha Stewart sleigh and presents stickers
1 die-cut mat pad (this is some of the prettiest paper I have ever seen)
1 package The Paper Studio flower brads
1 Martha Stewart tag pad
1 Recollections santa sticker pack
1 Recollections reindeer sticker pack
1 Martha Stewart die-cut package
1 Martha Stewart tag package
and 
3 spools of holiday ribbon

If you want to be entered in the More Christmas Candy Drawing all you have to do is be a follower and leave a comment below. Everyone is welcome to enter.

I'd love it and would be very grateful if you post a pic of it on your sidebar, but it is not required to enter.


 Good luck everyone.

Hugs,
Anna

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Christmas Candy Winner

Hi,

I have a Christmas Candy winner for you.


And the winner is:

Linda K. from Lady Bug Stampers 

Congratulations!!!!

Send me an email with your address and I'll get you new goodies on their way to you.

cuddlebugcuties@gmail.com 

Have a wonderful week everyone

Hugs,
Anna

Saturday, December 8, 2012

A Christmas Donation and a new digi

Good afternoon everyone,
I'm so glad the weekend's finally here. Today is my day for Christmas shopping. I'm running on 3 hours of sleep and enjoying every moment of my purchasing gifts, two weeks before the holiday, adventure. 
My little guy was starting to get sleepy in the last store, he was asleep before we could make the 15 minute drive home. So, we're taking a little mid-day break. While he's napping I thought I'd pop in, say hi and pass out my latest illustration.

Before I get to the newest digi, I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who has made a purchase from my Etsy store this year. All of the proceeds have been donated. I wanted to make sure that the group that I choose would have their fundraiser this year before I told everyone my intentions. 

Every Christmas my favorite book store does a book drive for a local orphanage. Every year I buy a few books but I always feel like it's not enough. I want to do more. I love to read. (I have three books going right now) I couldn't imagine not being able to go the library or the store to get books, or not have a family that would go out and pick up goodies for me.  

So this year every stamp that was purchased was going to be for those children (as long as the book store had the drive again this year and luckily they did)

I want to thank you all for your purchases.
You have blessed many children this Christmas.

Donated Books, the first handful, Cuddlebug Cuties


 I showed up at the store during story time. The childrens section was packed. I grabbed several handfuls of books and sat at kids table that was about a foot off the ground; reading the back of every book. Trying to make sure they looked fun and interesting, and that I had a good variety for all ages.

I made my selection and jumped in line. The line wrapped around several times and as I stood waiting I couldn't help but over hear the checkout clerks. Over and over for every customer they would say; "would you like to donate a book to the orphanage?" Over and over the most common answer was; "no, not today."  There where a few yeses but the noes where winning.

When it was my turn, I walked up to an older male associate. He's worked there for years. He looks slightly defeated, dreading asking his donation question, so I spoke up before he could. I lifted a stack of books that went up past my elbows on the counter and said, "these are for your book drive"

I was met by silence. He was just standing there looking down at the books. Finally he looked up at me and I was surprised to see that he had teared up and started to cry. He patted the area above his heart and said, "that is so nice, you have no idea what this means to those little ones." He smiled at me and for a moment I wasn't sure if he was going to climb over the counter and hug me.

It was a wonderful experience. I wish that all of you could have been there to share it with me. 
 Today all of you helped make a difference is someones life. Thank you.


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Ok, now on to your new digi. 

Ty Cuddlebug Cuties


Ty Cuddlebug Cuties



Enjoy coloring and crafting with Ty but please give me, Anna Stillwell at Cuddlebug Cuties, credit for drawing her.
 
Here's my marker list:
Copic

Skin: R00, R01, E50, E51
Hair: E30, E31, E33, E53
Clothes: R20, R21, R22, R14
B91, B93, B95


And just two more things,
Today is the last day to enter my Christmas blog candy giveaway. If you haven't entered yet you can find the post here

And Chris from  My Inspirational Journey, you've won my November candy. Send me an email and I'll get your goodies shipped to you. 

cuddlebugcuties@gmail.com

Hugs,
Anna 


Saturday, December 1, 2012

Angel

Hi everyone,
I have all kinds of stuff for this post;
we'll have a Nov. candy winner
new Dec. goodies
and
a new digi

But first I want to welcome all of our new members.
I'm so happy each and every one of you stopped by and joined.
Feel free to stop in anytime and say hi.
Big hugs to all.


Now the moment you've all been waiting for.
November's Winner

#31 Chris from My Inspirational Journey
Congratulations!!!!!!

You are the winner!!! Send me an email with your address and I'll get your new goodies shipped off to you.

cuddlebugcuties@gmail.com


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Now for Decembers blog candy. 
I went out shopping for some goodies. I kept thinking that I wanted something big, a nice assortment of toys to celebrate my 6 month blog anniversary. I found a great set of Basic Grey items and bought one of each and then a few other items that I thought would look great with the collection. 

Completely ecstatic over my find; I went home, sat at my art desk, glanced up at my wall calendar and realized something

It's my 5 month anniversary, not 6. Whoops...

I don't really want to wait until next month to start this giveaway, so instead of celebrating my half a year of blogging we'll have to pick something else.

How 'bout this: 200 members
Yay!!!!

Cuddlebug Cuties December Candy

Here's what's included:
  • 1 paper pad (6X6, 36 sheets)
  • 1 set of layered trims
  • 1 package fabric and button stickers
  • 1 package felt cupcake stickers
  • 1 package layered stickers
  • 1 package journaling cards
  • 1 package rhinestone accents
  • 1 rickrack ribbon 
If you want to be entered in the December Candy Drawing all you have to do is be a follower and add your name to the link below.

I'd love it and would be very grateful if you post a pic of it on your sidebar, but it is not required to enter.
 Good luck everyone.


 And now for the new digi.

Five months ago when I started my little art blog, one of the first thoughts that I had was; oh I can't wait to draw an angel. Christmas will be prefect and it'll give me time to decide exactly what I want her to look like.

I knew I wanted lots of flowing hair. Something that looked like it defied gravity.
And then the wings. So many possibilities. Lots of feathers, bubbly, tucked in, huge and fanned out, my list goes on and on.

Angel Cuddlebug Cuties
In the end I chose lightly feathered and curved. I love the dimension of them.

Angel Cuddlebug Cuties

Enjoy coloring and crafting with Angel but please give me, Anna Stillwell at Cuddlebug Cuties, credit for drawing her.
 
Here's my marker list:
Copic
Skin: E50, E21, E51, R00, R01
Wings: BG70, B41, B93
Hair: E41, E42, E43, E44
Dress: BG70, BG10, BG72

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.
Hugs,
Anna