Blog Candy Winners

I probably won't have a card for you today, as I'm going to help my mother-in-law start cleaning out her mother's house. It will be going up for sale very soon, as grandma needs to start staying in assisted living.

So, the winners are:

For the first prize package with PaperCrafts and an Abundant Blessings stamp set:
#23
Holly Jordan said...
Hi Bethany!! Thanks for the chance to win somw awesome goodies. I love your blog. Very inspirational to me :) Congrats on the baby news <3
MARCH 5, 2010 10:45 AM

And for the second prize package with PaperCrafts and a spring mix of stamping goodies:
#27
Mandy said...
Thanks for sharing! How sweet of you! :)
MARCH 6, 2010 7:43 AM

Thanks to all who entered and follow along with my little blog. If you're a winner, please email me as soon as you get the chance with your mailing address. I'd love to get your package in the mail ASAP.

Blog Candy

Hello! I have a couple of extra copies of the latest PaperCrafts magazine, so I put together some blog candy for all of you. I'll try to keep this post at the top of my blog until Sunday, and I'll pick a random winner (or two, actually) and let you know who that is on Monday.The first name drawn will get the magazine (March/April issue) along with a Tips, Tools, and Techniques CD, and this Papertrey Ink Autumn Abundance stamp set.
The second name drawn will get the magazine and CD, as well as a few spring themed items, including an alterable notebook, blue heart and green balls straight pins, and a bottle of my favorite Star Dust Stickles.

Please leave only one comment by Sunday night. You must leave a way for me to contact you and respond within a couple of days, or I'll pick a new winner. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Parka Penguins For You!

ETA: Random.org chose number 34. Sooooo, the winner is Nicole! Congrats! I'll be in touch shortly!

Check them out! Just how cute are these peguins, all bundled up for winter? Read on for details on how you can win this Our Craft Lounge stamp set, called Parka Penguins.They just keep remindig me of Chilly Willy the Penguin and I can't get the theme song out of my head. Do you remember that cartoon? "I'm Chilly Willy the Penguin. I'm frozen through and through..." So anyway, my chilly little guy is doing a little winter fishing in his purple parka and cap.

What's In It?

Stamps: Parka Penguins (Our Craft Lounge)

Paper: white (PTI), turquoise, black (SU), Blitzen's Jack Frost and Skate Shoppe's K-Stall (Basic Grey)

Ink: black (memento), old olive (SU)

Other: Copic markers, SU oval punch, ribbon, EK Success wavy punch, SU brads, sponge dauber, pop dots

Now for the fun stuff! I have one Parka Penguins set to give away. Leave me a comment on this post between now and Sunday, August 9 at 9 pm Eastern, that's 6 pm Pacific time. How about letting me know what your favorite cartoon was growing up? You MUST leave me a way to contact you in your post or I'll move on to the next winner. I'm sorry, but I won't have time to track you down otherwise.

More good news! The entire OCL release, all 31 stamp sets are now available for purchase at retail locations, including some online stores. So check out the Our Craft Lounge website for participating retailers, right here.

Yet more good news! There are thirty more OCL stamp sets being given away this weekend. The list of blogs for you to visit is on the OCL blog. Each person can win only one set. Have fun hoppin' and good luck!

Blog Candy Winner

Thanks to all of you for entering the Lizzie Anne blog candy drawing. I enjoyed reading about your favorite seasons and the whys. Now, I'm not sure of my favorite season, you make them all sound so good! LOL.

And the winner is:

Here are your random numbers:137
Timestamp: 2008-07-12 11:29:19 UTC

Number 137 is:
Kelly Jo said...
My favorite thing about summer is that fall is right around the corner!Thanks for the chance...

Yay Kelly Jo!

I'll be contacting you right away for your address, but just in case it goes awry, you can drop me a line, too. Thanks.

There's still more blog candy to be won, through July 14. Stop by to say hi to Kendra today.

Lizzie Anne Blog Candy Bash

The anniversary celebration continues as Lizzie Anne Designs turns TWO! And today I've got the candy. As a matter of fact, so does Joslyn. So when you're done here, head to her blog, what i do, for another chance to win. You may also want to go to the Lizzie Anne Anniversary Celebration page, where you can check out all the happenings for the celebration, like the sketch challenge contest where you can win THE ENTIRE SUMMER RELEASE COLLECTION. Oh yeah, and the schedule for all of the remaining blog candy give aways.

So, how do you win?
Leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite season of the year. Be sure I can get hold of you! Leave an email address. If I can't contact you, I'll pick another winner. You have until midnight tonight to enter. I'll choose a winner and post by tomorrow morning.

Me? I LOVE SUMMER!!! More comfortable and relaxed clothes, flip flops, and sunshine!

So, what do you win?
A surprise gift from Lizzie Anne Designs.

Storage Units, Ink & More Winner

I used random.org to pick a winner for the Boys 'n' Bugs set from Storage Units, Ink. Here's what it came up with:

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:7
Timestamp: 2008-06-26 10:54:22 UTC

And, I can't complain about only having to count down to number 7. Thanks to all of you for sharing about the boys, both big and little, in your life. I enjoying reading your comments. The winner is:

Scrappinangler said...
This is so cute! Can't wait to see the rest of the set!! I have 2 little boys that would love to receive this card as well as plenty of little playmates of my boys that they would be perfect for as well!!Thanks!Tori

I'll be trying to get a hold of you Tori. If you don't hear from me today, or if you just get to me before I get to you, drop me an email with your address. Denise will be sending the package directly to you once I give her your info.

There are still more SU Ink giveaways going on as well. Today, Kathie Bailey has a card and blog candy using Get Your Goggles On! Check it out on her blog, Just an Inkling.

And the Blog Candy Goes To:

Thanks so much everybody for stopping by and entering for these great new Verve Visual stamp sets. Without further ado, your winner is:

True Random Number ServiceRandom Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:3

Timestamp: 2007-12-31 13:05:02 UTC

Wow, it pays to be early for once. The third comment was Michelle's:

How exciting! I hopy you had a wonderful Christmas! Happy
Boxing Day! I think it's actually bigger in Canada than the US
though!
Michelleblog.michellescrapbooking.com

I'll try to get in touch with you Michelle, so I can get your package out right away.

My blogging will probably be sporadic at best for a little while. My husband, Josh, and I and ten other friends are leaving today for Buffalo, NY where we'll be attending the NHL Winter Classic, an outdoor hockey game between the Penguins and Sabres. WooHoo! GO PENS! Don't worry, I have lots of thermal clothing packed. Brrr, it's going to be cold.

We'll get back tomorrow, in time to get ready to leave for two separate week long vacations during January. Cancun with friends, then Fort Myers, Florida with Josh's family. YAY!!! I'll try to pop in whenever I can. {HUGS} to you all.

Blog Candy!

I know everyone is so busy this time of year, myself included! But if you've got a moment, just leave a comment, any old comment you'd like, to be included in this blog candy drawing. Verve Visual released some great little sentiment sets earlier in the month, and I've got two of them just for you.

Flirty Phrases and Uplifting Phrases

I love the fonts used in these sets, and they're sized perfectly to fit onto just about any card design.

You have until Sunday night, December 30th to leave your comment. I'll pull a name sometime after midnight (Eastern time). Be sure you leave a way for me to contact you. Stop by to visit the other Verve designers as well. I think most of them have give aways too. Here's a list of blogs.

Blog Candy Winner

Just a quick post. I put numbers one through 118 into random.org and it spit out #77. JULIE MASSE. I'll drop you an email for your address Julie and get that in the mail right away. Thanks so much everyone for entering, and I can't wait to do it again.

Share the Wealth Blog Candy

(Hopefully this will stay at the top until Sunday, so you'll have to scroll down for newer posts.)

I passed 30,000 hits on this l'il ole blog! Can you believe it? It gives me the warm fuzzies.

AND, I am so stoked about my design team gig with Verve Visual. <---That's the Design Team page. Julee will be having the grand opening on August 1st. I can't wait to see my stuff on a real manufacturer's site. WooHoo!

AND, I made my own blog banner! It's the first thing I've made with my Photoshop Elements 5.0. I used a free kit from Shabby Princess called Sun Porch by Amy Teets and a font called Bleeding Cowboys downloaded from Scrapbook Village. I'm sure it's not much to most of you, but I'm just thrilled with my little creation.
ETA: Well, it seems my blog banner could be considered in violation of Shabby Princess's terms of service. Figured my first Photoshop experience was just going too smoothly. I do thank the person who kindly pointed it out though. So, I'm back to one Amy Westerman made for me when I started my blog, which is quite purdee.

AND, I just love y'all! Thanks so much for stopping by.

So, here it is. I'm sharin' the wealth of a recent online shopping excursion. Up for grabs is:
*12 sheets (6x6) Making Memories Boho Chic embellishment paper (two each of six designs)
*1 package Basic Grey [un]dressed chipboard mini monograms
*1/2 package (approximately) Quick Pick Hydrangea Strawberry Primas
*1/2 package (approximately) Carribean Collections St. Martin Primas
*4 Heidi Swapp ghost shapes flowers
*1 Studio G clear stamp set

U.S. and Canada only please, due to shipping costs. So sorry. Only one comment per person. Thanks!

Just leave me any comment you'd like. If you prefer a topic for discussion (as I do on blog candy posts), let me know if you scrapbook. Hands-on or digital, or a bit of both? What do you scrap? Any scrapping info you feel like sharing is fine by me. I'll do the online random number choosing thing on Sunday night and post the winner by Monday.

Candy Winners

Hello! Thank you all so much for entering my blog candy give away. TONS of you said not to bother buying a paper crafting magazine, just surf SCS and the blogs. Yep, I do that already, and I love it. I sort of want the reading material as much as the ideas, something to curl up on the couch with.

Here's what I learned from reading your comments:

1. You ladies LOVE your PaperCrafts.

2. There are A LOT of paper crafting magazines out there! I got recommendations to 17 different mags.

3. Cheryl has found an awesome deal for PaperCrafts, which I'll be taking advantage of. Her comment:

"I like Paper Crafts also. I don't subscribe to it because my sister does. I just read hers and save my money for supplies. The best deal for Paper Crafts that I have found, you can get through Ebates (http://www.ebates.com/rf.do?id=24202062) which is free to sign up for. Then if you go to Magazines.com through Ebates, you can get 8 Paper Craft issues for $11.92 and get $2.62 cashback on your Ebates account AND Ebates will credit your account for $5 when you place your first order through them. So really, you are getting 8 issues of Paper Crafts for only $4.30!I have you in my favorites so I will definitely be back to check out your artwork.

I used random.org to pick a winner of the blog candy.

And the winner is: Adelina, who said: "Happy Anniversary! I really like all the cards that you have on your blog. I check it often and enjoy your ideas. I subscribe to Creating Keepsakes because I really like Ali Edwards. Her ideas work great for cardmaking and scrapbooking."

Adelina, send me an email with your mailing address and I'll get this right to you.

Also, Cheryl, I'd love to send you a little thank you package for your great idea. Email me with your address and I'll send you a few goodies. I had in mind primas, ribbon, etc.

Thanks again. I stalked Papertrey Ink last night to buy the new release Little Lady, along with a few other goodies. Now I have to go back to browsing today's Dirty Dozen unveiling. Have you seen the new designers? They ROCK!

Happy Anniversary To Me!

And "THANK YOU" to you! Today is my one month blogging anniversary. I'm so glad I started blogging a month ago. It's given me a little bit of focus for my stamping, a reason to stamp, a place to share just a little bit more of me and my creations than at Splitcoast.

I feel like I've joined a fabulously friendly community. Bloggers really band together, don't they? And I have so much appreciation for my readers and especially those of you who leave comments. You all ROCK! And so, I'm giving away my first blog candy to celebrate my anniversary and your kindness.

You'll get this thank you card and the stamp set pictured here. It's by See-D's. There are 23 die-cut rubber stamps on two (approx. 4.5" x 5.5") sheets of rubber. So, these are pretty big stamps. It even includes a CD-type storage case. I was kind of excited when I saw these in the store today. And they're even a fun, beachy theme for the upcoming summer. The stamps can just get stuck (I use temp. two-sided sticky tape) right to an acrylic block or you could mount them on cling foam.

How can you win? I'm thinking of subscribing to a stamping / card making magazine. Give me your recommendation. What do you like to read, whether you subscribe or just pick it up at the store? Thanks for visiting during this first month of blogging. It's not required, but if you'd like, let me know what you like, dislike (kindly please), might improve, etc. about my blog. I'll pick a random winner from your comments sometime on Tuesday, probably in the morning.

Here are some details on this card. I finally bought my Versafine black ink pad. And I really do like it a lot better than StazOn for stamping on paper. It's more crisp, darker, and stays wet on your stamp longer. I stamped these poppies by Stampendous, then colored them with markers, including a sahara sand shadow and bashful blue outline. I also edged them with my Sakura gelly roll glitter pen. The papers are from the Dutch Girl line by Crate Paper, as well as basic black and ruby red. The "thank you" and the polka dots on the thank you are from the Paper Tray set by Papertrey Ink (see link on right). "Thank you" is layered on the back of the red Crate Paper, then on a ruby red 1 3/8" circle with white dots from the signo white gel pen. I finished with some paper piercing in the top right corner.

Supplies:
Stamps: Stampendous, Papertrey Ink
Ink: versafine black, sage shadow, markers: real red, ruby red, mellow moss, sage shadow, sahara sand, bashful blue
Paper: Dutch Girl by Crate Paper, basic black, ruby red, whisper white
Other: paper piercer, circle punch, sakura glaze pen, signo white gel pen