Winner Shower Flowers Giveaway

You may recall that on May 5 I posted how to be entered to win this stamp set from me:

The stamp set is My Acrylix™ Shower Flowers (C1612). It debuted in Seasonal Expressions 2 (link opens in new tab) on April 1 and can be viewed on page 11.

I was lucky enough to attend a Close To My Heart event and I received a duplicate copy of this stamp set. I wanted someone else to be able to enjoy using this set too and that is how we got here today.

Drumroll....

And the winner, determined by the True Random Number Generator at random.org, is....

Heather

Congratulations! Please email me by midnight on Thursday, June 4 (as per the May 5 blog post) with your mailing address so I can get this stamp set to you.

Thanks to everyone who entered. Feel free to follow my blog. As I reach milestones, followers, FB likes, etc., I will have similar events.

Improvising and Blogoversary Blog Candy

When preparing my project for my Blogoversary I could not put my hands on my stamp positioner tool. I knew if I tried to find it I might be pulling an all-nighter. You see, I craft either on a folding table in my unfinished basement or on my living room floor (as the distressing ink stain on the carpet shows) and most of my supplies get boxed back up and put on industrial-like shelving when not in use. Since it has been some time since I used the tool, well, let's say I'm not sure which box it ended up in. I plan to finish my basement and have an awesome craft room as soon as possible; maybe the budget will allow this year. :-)

Since I could not find that tool, I had to improvise. I knew I wanted to stamp a one line stamp on two lines. What I ended up doing is stamping on a scrap piece of paper and then centering the die-cut I wanted to stamp on above the word (or words) I planned to stamp. I also masked the actual stamp with a different scrap of paper (just by wrapping the paper around the stamp) so I would be certain to not get any ink where I did not want it; I have viewed blog posts where people have masked with tape.

Viola. I hope if you lose your stamp positioner tool on your desk (or your kids or dog take off with it - my kittens will take anything if they can fit their jaw around it - I have to watch them like a hawk), you will find this helpful.

On to the blog candy winner from Julie's Blogoversary Blog Hop. Random.org selected the 8th comment on that post which is..... 
by belle who left this comment on March 1, 2013 at 11:51 AM:

Beautiful flowers my friend!!! I love seeing your work!!

I'll keep the actual contents of the blog candy a surprise (don't you love fun mail?), but will say there is a stamp set in the envelope. I hope by belle will like her package.

Thanks again to everyone that took the time to hop and leave comments along the way. I am hearing rumors we will hop again in 2014 (unless we can find a reason to hop sooner).

Blog Candy Winner

Drum roll please........................


The winner of the blog candy from post New Projects & blog candy is

Congratulations Corrie! Please send me an email with your mailing address.


Thank you to everyone that stopped by and left a comment. It is on my "To Do" list to take more photos of the backpack and share them with you.

I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of two things:

1. There are other opportunities to win blog candy. See the Sweet Surprises post on my other blog. Comments close on that post at midnight EDT on Wednesday, June 6.
2. Two Close To My Heart promotions end today. The Dotty For You and May 2012 Stamp of the Month Friendship Bouquet promotions end at midnight tonight. Do not forget that you can double-dip on these CTMH promotions - if you qualify for the SOTM for $5 you also qualify for the Dotty paper pack for $5. Click on the links to get more information.

If you would like to schedule a CTMH Home or Online Gathering do not hesitate to contact me.

Pebbles Inc winnings...

During the month of December many manufacturers and bloggers had amazing giveaways. I was lucky enough to win the Pebbles Prize Pack giveaway on Facebook (if you would like to "Like" Pebbles on Facebook in anticipation of a future giveaway, head over to https://www.facebook.com/pebblesinc).

The collection I was lucky enough to win (with all of these wonderful embellishments) is called Pebbles Inc With Love. Perfect for upcoming Valentine's Day cards or layouts. I had a hard time getting everything in one photo but managed after overlapping several items.

Everything that was in the box

Here are close-ups of the embossed paper.

front of the embossed paper

back of the embossed paper

I particularly love this paper called Sweetheart. Depending on the angle that you look at it the hearts printed in white look different.

Here are some of the embellishments that were included:

stickers

stickers

 

clothes pins

button candy dots

dimensional flowers

clear stamps

Kraft tags & envelopes

dimensional hearts

paper clips

5 ribbons

If you would like to see better images of the With Love collection, head over to Pebbles' website. There are several posts on the Pebbles' blog in case you need some inspiration using the With Love collection. Reach the "home" page of the Pebbles' blog at http://pebblesinc.blogspot.com/.

Good luck to you when you enter some of the many giveaways found online. Thanks for stopping by! And many thanks to Pebbles Inc for sponsoring this amazing giveaway!