Blog Candy Winner

Hi there!  Just popping in quickly with the winner of my blog candy from CASology's 100th challenge celebration!

After adjusting for teammates and multiple entries the winner is Lisa of Lisa's Creative Niche!

Congrats, Lisa!  Please send your email to LilJen1 at northrock dot bm and I'll get your prize sent out to you!

CASology DT Feature

Hi there!  It's my turn to be featured on the CASology blog today as part of our 100th challenge celebration.  I hope you've all played along with us and our cue word Celebrate!  

I'm so proud to be a part of such an amazing design team.  It's a fabulous group of gals who are super supportive and seriously funny.  Love you, ladies!

I'm sharing a quick card that I made using random die cuts that have been sitting on my desk for ages.  Instead of decorating my trashcan they're providing a bright an cheerful hello!

I've got some blog candy to give away as part of our celebration.  Just tell me your current favourite product and I'll pick a winner!  You have until 10am EDT tomorrow!

Paper Smooches Winner!

Hi there!  Just popping in quickly with the winner for the Chit Chat set from Paper Smooches.  



Not sure I've ever seen a #1 before!  #1 is Joyce of Cards-by-the-Sea!  Drop me an e-mail with your address at LilJen1 at northrock dot com and I'll get them sent out right away!


Hope you all have a lovely weekend!

Gouda For You!

Hi all!  Just popping in with another entry for the CAS-ual Fridays Just for the Pun of It challenge.  I used the little mouse from Paper Smooches' Santa Paws set and balanced some cheese on his nose to make this congrats card.  I'm not a big fan of cheese but I just couldn't resist this little pun.  Tee hee!  


I also need to post the winner of my blog candy!  Thanks to all of you who suggested bloggers for me to check out.  I've had a blast discovering more fabulous cardmakers!  I know I've posted the actual random number generator before but it is not cooperating with me this time.  So drum roll please!!  The winner is:

#1 - Lindsey!    

Whoop whoop!  I've never had a #1 come up before.  Send me your snail mail address, Lindsey, and I'll get your package on it's way.  :)

*ETA:  Simon Says Stamp is having an Anything Goes challenge so I'm linking this up! 

Cardstock:  (White) Gina K
Stamps:  (Mouse, cheese & dotted line from Santa Paws, "for you" from Word Up, letters from Alphadots) Paper Smooches
Inks:  (Memento Tuxedo Black) Tsukineko, (More Mustard) SU
Copics:  C-5, C-3, Y38, Y17, RV10

Blog Award and Blog Candy!

I have been lucky enough in the last month to be gifted with the Liebster Blog Award by not 1 but 4 lovely fellow crafters!  What is the Liebster Blog award? Here is a quick explanation.   'Liebster' is German for 'dearest'. The award is a 'share-the-love' arrangement, given to inspirational bloggers with less than 200 followers (based on Google followers).

Here's the to-do list of any Liebster award recipient:
1) Thank the giver and link back to the blogger who gave it to you
2) Reveal your five blogger picks and let them know by leaving a comment on their blog
3) Copy and paste the award on your blog (see above)
4) Hope that those you award forward it to their favorite bloggers! 

A big thank you to the following lovely ladies who were kind enough to pass on the award to me.  If you haven't checked out their blogs before then you must - they are all super talented and super sweet and supportive.  

JJ of Ribbon Girls - I found JJ when two of her cards were winners in the Moxie Fab Championing Award Medallions Challenge - a Moxie Fab first!  She has a fantastic CAS style and a super cute pooch named Cooper!

Noelle of Paper & Ice - Noelle is on the DT of one of my favourite challenges - ColourQ - and I love her bright, cheerful cards and paper crafted creations.

Jen of The Sparkle Within - Not only are Jen's cards super cute but she has inspired me with her personal challenges such as not purchasing any new craft supplies until making 100 new cards.  She's also a huge supporter of Operation Write Home.  

Jane of Create and Show - Jane makes cards but is also an avid scrapper.  I love her fun layouts of her boys and especially the ones that are inspired by magazine ads - so cool!

There are about a million people I'd like to pass this on to but we're supposed to keep it to people who are relatively new to blogging or have under 200 followers.  Here are my Fab 5: 

Lindsey of Bashful Blogging - Not sure why she's bashful because her cards are gorgeous! She's also such a supportive bloggy friend and a fellow book lover.

Jessi of OneCraftyMama - Jessi is hilarious.  I always stop to read her comments on other people's blogs because I know I'll get a good giggle from them.  She is also the most prolific crafter I know and is the anti-Jen as she loves her patterned paper and isn't afraid to use it!

Joyce of Cards-by-the-Sea - Joyce has only been blogging since last August but you'd never know it's been such a short time given her gorgeous cards and many challenge entries.  I love that she's always ready to dive in and try something new!  

Michelle of Amusing Michelle & Happy Snap Michelle - You get double the creative fun with Michelle as she has a crafty blog and a photography blog both of which are spectacular!

Jackie of Rockwell Designs - I love Jackie's bright and cheerful CAS designs many of which have found their way into my CASE file!

And now onto the blog candy as promised in the title!  This week I reached 100 followers! Whoop whoop!  I remember when I started blogging and thinking of that as an unattainable number but here it is!  And I know it's not cool to care about how many followers you have but you know what?  It makes me happy.  So there.  :p  To celebrate I've got a little stash of blog candy to give away.  There are Hero Arts, Stampin' Up and Unity stamps and some Maya Road flowers.  In keeping with the theme of sharing the love, leave me a comment and tell me about a fabulous blogger that I should check out.  I'll draw a winner on Monday! 

Thanks to everyone who comes to visit!  I am so grateful for the wonderful friends this blog has bought to me and for all of the amazing inspiration I find from fellow bloggers.  Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!  

Blog Candy Winner!

Okay, as you can see above, Random.org is not cooperating with me today.  The Result number showed up when I was writing this post but when I went to preview it the result was blank.  Huh?  I'm assuming it's going to stay blank when I post this so you're going to have to trust me when I say that the winner is #16!

Congratulations to Robin from Bosenberries!  Please send your snail mail address to LilJen1 at northrock dot bm and I'll get these in the mail to you!  Have a great weekend everyone!

Winter Wishes

I wanted to have another go at one of the sketch challenges over at the Moxie Fab World so this is my entry for the Horizontal Sketch Challenge.  I'm also going to enter it in the Less Is More CAS Anything Goes challenge.  The LIM ladies are attempting to get 1000 entries so I am happy to lend a hand and help them reach their goal!  :)  This week's challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks is to use embossing so I am posting this puppy over there as the snowflake and sentiment are both heat embossed.  And, of course, I can't forget my friends at Use It Tuesdays - here's 5 more previously uninked stamps!

Also, today is Monday and time to announce the winner of my Unity blog candy!  (You thought I'd forget didn't you?)  Not too many comments on that post but I didn't really advertise the blog candy.  I wanted it to be for people who not only were followers but who actually look at my blog regularly.  I hate the idea of having a bunch of people suddenly become followers just do win some free stash.  I also enjoyed reading what products people are enjoying these days although asking for that was a bit of self torture given the shopping ban!!  :)  Okay, let's get to the part you really want to read - without further ado here's the winner!

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Commenter #2 is Jenny from Crafting in the Country!  Congrats, Jenny!  And thanks again to  all of you who stop by and say hello and who in turn inspire me with all your amazing creations.  :)  

     

Supplies Used:
Cardstock:  (White) Bazzill, (Black) Gina K Luxury Cardstock
Stamps:  (Flower, sun, leaf from Friendly Flowers) Paper Smooches, (Snowflake from Winter Swirls, Sentiment from Holiday Button Bits) PTI
Ink:  (Memento Tuxedo Black & VersaMark) Tsukineko
Embossing Powder:  (Silver & Seafoam White) Ranger
Gems:  Doodlebug

Punch:  (3/4" square) EK SuccessCopics:  R27, YR68, Y17 / Y08, Y38 / YR04, YR07, G99

Candy Time!

For any of you who read my last post you know that this post should have appeared on Friday.  Unfortunately work and life got in the way and I haven't had much quality time with my computer.  The card from the last post used stamps from Unity Stamp Company's August Kit of the Month.  Thanks to Emily I have become a huge fan of Unity stamps. Their stamps are fantastic quality, deeply etched red rubber and they have a huge range of images and sentiments.  As well as their own fabulous team of in-house designers, Unity co-brands with a number of other companies (such as Echo Park, Jillibean Soup, Bella Blvd and Cosmo Cricket) which brings even more diversity to the company.  I subscribe to their Kit of the Month program and have yet to receive a set that doesn't have at least one stamp that appeals to me.  There are regularly fantastic deals to be found in the Unity store and their customer service is outstanding.  If you've never checked out Unity before then today is the day to do it!  

So here's the candy part!  I recently ended up with 2 sets of Unity's August Kit of the Month and I thought that it would be great to share some Unity with my bloggy friends.  Also, this morning I was thrilled to discover my 50th follower!  So as well as just sharing the Unity love I want to celebrate that milestone with my first ever blog candy - Unity's August KOM. I am so grateful for everyone who has visited and supported me as I've learned more and more about this fabulous craft of ours.  This really is an amazing community of people that I'm thrilled to be a part of.  So, in order to receive this fabulous kit leave me a comment by midnight on Sunday and tell me about a company or product that you've been excited about recently ('cause we can never have too much on our wish lists right?).  I'll announce the winner next Monday - I promise!  :)