It's time for a little give away!

Hey everyone! I'm so excited to have reached 1,000 followers!!! I'm truly amazed and blessed for all the wonderful friends I've made over the past years! You have shown me such kindness and support, and I will be forever grateful!   So I've decided since I've reached that milestone and since September is my birthday month,  that it's time to share some calorie free candy with you!! WOOHOO!!! I love giving fun stuff away!!  I've been collecting some things in anticipation of doing this, so keep an eye out! There is definitely more to come!   If you want to enter for a chance to win, just click on the blue frog below! You do NOT have to have a blog to win, and you do NOT have to be a follower.  You have one week to enter for this one.  Now here's what's up for grabs this time:

Two adorable Wags 'n Whiskers stamps, Hannah and Bedtime Story.
15 yards of purple twine from The Twinery (perfect for the Halloween cards you'll be making soon!)
one pack of Kaiser half backed pearls

Thanks again for all your kindness and support and good luck! Don't forget to check back to see if you've won! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Hugs!

A fun little bit of blog candy and a HUGE new contest at Magnolia-licious!!

I've got some really exciting news for you!! The "Oh so generous Diana" from Magnolia-licious is having an amazing contest!!! 

 Here is all the information as stated on the Magnolia-licious Highlites blog:

Happy March all you Magnolia Friends! Yes Spring is finally on it’s way and we want you to celebrate the Spring Season with us! Magnolia-licious is having a fabulous EASTER-SPRING EXTRAVAGANZA CONTEST that you will NOT want to miss out on. The prizes will make you sing “spring” all day long and you can use all of those magnificently cute Magnolia Spring/Easter Images on your creations.

The winners will be chosen by VOTING this time---so there will be a voting poll for each project entered and the top votes will be the winners based on the rules below. Make sure to follow the directions correctly or you will be disqualified and not entered to win any of the challenges.

Both the Magnolia-licious DT and the Challenge DT will be providing inspiration for you during the contest to keep you motivated and playing along so stay tuned for those projects! A Blog Hop for the DT’s will be on March 21st!

All the Contest Details are on Magnolia-licious Highlites!!



So RUSH over to Magnolia-licious Highlites and enter your project!! I am sooo excited and can't wait to see what all of you come up with!!! Good Luck and have tons of fun!!!!

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Now for my little bit of candy

Isn't she adorable? She's #252 Tilda with Hanging Rabbit and she's available right now over at Magnolia-licious! I ordered some of the new stamps and somehow I clicked on her twice and got two of her. Anyway, I have no need for two of them, so I'm offering her up to one of you! All you have to do is enter your name in inlinkz below. That's it, no other pressures to do anything else for it! Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today and hope to see you back again soon! Have a fabulous weekend!
HUGS!

My mistake equals your good fortune! Blog candy time....

This is now closed. Thank you!

Watch for the winner to be posted tonight!

This post is pinned to the top, so please scroll down for recent posts. Don't you just love it when a mistake turns into something really good? Well, that's exactly what's happening here. I ordered two Magnolia spring club kits by mistake, so I decided to put together some blog candy! A lot of this candy represents the companies I design for and is valued at around $100.00 US dollars. Here's what you can win:

Magnolia Spring Club kit
Two Wags 'n Whiskers stamps courtesy of Lacey from Stamp and Create
Your choice of two pages of cut outs, courtesy of Peggy Loves Vintage
One set of your choice from The Cutting Cafe'
Two sets of Autumn Leaves clear stamps
a container of paper lace
some lovely silk ribbon
an assortment of beautiful flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

To win, please comment on this post before midnight Pacific time on Monday, May 17th. Please link this post to your blog, but you don't have to have a blog to win. If you don't have a blog and participate in a crafting chat site, I would love it if you'd spread the word that way. I will post worldwide. Any duty fees will be the responsibility of the recipient. One comment per person, please. If you post as anonymous, please make sure you leave a way for me to be able to get hold of you in case you win! I will pull a winner on Tuesday, May 18th, so be sure and check back to see if you won! Thanks a lot for all your continued support. Good luck and have fun! Hugs!

Blog Candy - Blog Candy - Blog Candy!!!!

This blog candy closed at 11:59 pm PST on 01/30/10. Thank you so much for all your kind words and support!! Best of luck to all of you!!! I will be announcing the winner sometime today! HUGS!!!




I am going to attempt to keep this at the top until the blog candy is over. :)
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Happy Sunday everyone! I hope you are enjoying your weekend! I have recently reached two huge milestones on my blog. First, I now have over 150,000 hits. Second, I have reached over 400 followers. I'm still amazed!! And it's time I showed how much I appreciate your visits, your friendship, and your wonderful support! You give me joy with each visit and comment, so now it's time for me to give back to you! This blog candy will remain open until 11:59 PM on Jan 30th. Please leave a comment on this post before that time, and I will pick a winner on Sunday, January 31st via random.org. I would greatly appreciate you spreading the word by either posting this on your blog, or putting it on your sidebar, but having a blog is not a requirement to win. I will ship anywhere, so please be sure and enter. One entry per person, please! Here is what you will win:

1 pkg of 3-d Dots dimensional squares
1 adhesive pickup 2" x 2"
1 pkg Valentine Epoxy Stickers by Samantha Walker
1 pkg Valentine epoxy stickers by Phrase Cafe
1 pkg Valentine 3-d stickers by Cloud 9
1 pkg Easter Metal Style stickers
2 bottles of stickles (one each - copper and platinum)
1 Zig squeeze and roll 2 way glue
1 Copic marker E47
1 pkg Basic Grey glazed brads Granola
1 pkg assorted charms
1 DCWV 8" x 8" Citrus stack paper
1 Martha Stewart Border Punch - lace heart
1 set of stamps from Our Craft Lounge - Pat the Dog
1 Whipper Snapper snowman stamp
1 stamp from Wags 'n Whiskers - He Loves Me (donated by Lacey with Stamp and Create)
1 Magnolia stamp - Cupid Tilda
3 sets of cut outs from Peggy Loves Vintage (donated by Peggy from Peggy Loves Vintage)
A stamp set of your choice from The Cutting Cafe'
One of my handmade cards

Please be sure I have a way to contact you if your email is not attached to your blogger account or if you're commenting as misc! You will probably not remember to check back on January 31st, and I'd HATE to have you lose out if you're the winner!
Again, thank you so much for all your wonderful support and friendship! Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again soon! Good luck! HUGS!

The Cutting Cafe Nesting Boxes and a giveaway!

I totally and completely love Regina's cutting files and downloadable stamps over at The Cutting Cafe' , and now she's letting me give away a free set!! WOOHOO!!!! Thanks so much Regina! This set of nesting boxes is a brand new release for Regina, and we're celebrating by giving away a free set of them!! You receive the file in both WPC format as well as a PDF file. So if you don't have a cutting machine that can utilize the wpc file, then you just run your printed paper through your printer and cut the boxes out. Doesn't get any easier than that! Aren't they just the cutest?! There are a set of three boxes and lids that will nest inside one another (without the lids of course). But I love them just like this. Stacked on top of each other as a little tower of presents! How cute to give jewelry in this. Necklace in the larger box, bracelet in the center box, and earrings in the top! Or you can just cut one box out if you just need a quick little gift box!

The printed papers I used are from the spring printable papers on cd from Wild Rose Studio. I truly love this cd! A huge thank you to "you know who"! I will be forever grateful! The ribbon is from PTI, flower is Prima, and the button I have no idea. Might be Bo Bunny, but not sure. Anyway, it didn't take me any time at all to put this adorable set of boxes together, and they are going to be filled with yummy goodies for someone special.

Now for the giveaway info! If you would love to make a set of these boxes yourself, and I might be wrong....but I can't imagine not wanting to make a set of these..., just leave me a comment on this post, and I will randomly give the Three Nesting Boxes Cutting Files / Templates away sometime Friday after work. While you're waiting for Friday, please be sure and visit The Cutting Cafe' for a HUGE variety of downloadable stamps from Regina. Thanks for stopping by to see me today, and good luck!!! HUGS!

check out this awesome blog candy!

Wowsers! I have been seeking some of these stamped images, and here's a chance to actually win some of the stamps!!! Carole is offering up some really YUMMY blog candy for her blogaversary. It's running until the 14th, so be sure and sign up for it! Thanks for the fun Carole!!

It's time for FUN!!! It's time for VALENTINE BLOG CANDY!!!! (I think this is even better than chocolate!!)

Blog candy is now closed! Thanks for playing!


It's been a LONG time since I've given away blog candy, and I just feel the need. *smile* I think you're gonna like this one, so hold onto your bootstraps!! I have fallen so much in love with these Tilda stamps, that I feel the need to get someone else as hooked on them as I am. So here's what I'm going to do.....

On February 14th, Valentines Day, I'm going to show my blogging friends a little love by giving some lucky winner TWO Tilda stamps. Here is what someone is going to win!

Ice Princess/Balet Tilda

Fence with summer background. Perfect for the sitting Tildas!!

Now, here's what you have to do.

1. Leave a post here and on Feb 14th, I will use Random.org to choose the number of the lucky winner.
2. Post a link to the blog candy on your blog. If you don't have a blog, that's ok, you can still win.

3. Blog candy is open to anyone, no matter where they live. So please be sure and enter.

4. One post per person please. We'll try and make it as fair as possible.

5. Watch my blog for the winner! I will post the name and you have until 11:59 PM on Feb 17th to claim your prize. If you don't send me your information by then, I will pull another winner.

So....Best of luck to all my blogging friends! Thank you so much for coming by to visit me today, and I hope to see you back again real soon!! HUGS!!

Go check out Kim's blog candy!!

Want a chance to win some blog candy? Then don't wait another second. Hop over to see Kim's blog! She's giving away some FAB blog candy, and don't forget to do yourself a favor and look at all her beautiful creations too! So whatcha waitin for??? *smile*

Hope you had a wonderful Monday!! I'll be back in just a bit with a new post! HUGS!!!

New tutorial posted over at Hallmark Ladybug blog by Nancy

If you haven't seen Nancy's work, you are in for one heck of a treat. This lady does some fantastic work! She's a sister ladybug designer for Hallmark Scrapbook, and she just posted a new tutorial over at the Hallmark Ladybug blog for a really cute Christmas jar. So run (don't walk) over to take a peek at it! Then do yourself a huge favor by taking a peek at her blog too! Awesome stuff!!!

Also, my friend Michelle is having a birthday today, and she's offering up some YUMMY blog candy! Be sure and go check it out!