Another Blog Candy Alert! (not mine)

Check it out: http://keepsakesbymelissa.blogspot.com/2009/06/blog-candy-anyone-big-giveaway.html. It includes a Big Shot! Wowza!

While you are there, also check out her creations - VERY nice. And she uses ... RIBBON! :-)

Blog Candy Alert! (not mine, so it will be good stuff)

June (not the month, but the person) over at Simply Elegant Paper Crafts is celebrating her 2nd Blog-iversary with a huge giveaway! So head on over to her post and enter to win!

Blog Candy Alert! (Not mine)

Check out this post over at Stephanie's blog for a sweeeeeet giveaway!

ETA: LOVE her blog's name!

Milestone Challenge - We Have A Winner!!!

A heartfelt THANK YOU to everyone who played. Who knew I had the power to make people do something? :-)

I loved all the entries, and making a decision on one winner was tough. So tough, in fact, that I picked TWO! Yes, TWO! Why? Beacuse I had to think too much at the Day Job, and my brain is just tired. THAT's why!

And the winners are:

Jennifer Love with her Just Because entry ... AND ...

Mary Dawn with her Party Time entry (the fourth card posted here).

Congratulations, ladies! Please email me your snail mail address at LQHanna@gmail.com and I'll get your goody packs right out to you. I am going through my stash, and so far I have a stack of embellishments all picked out. Next I'll add some paper and maybe some other goodies. Thanks for helping me clear out in there! No, seriously, I am sure you will actually USE the stuff, not hoard it for some other time ...

Thanks for playing, everyone!

You Did It!!

My counter went past 10,000! Woo-hoo! You guys are the greatest! Who knew so many people (that would be 3, maybe 4) cared about a crooked stamper!?!? As I've said before, if I can show you crooked stuff and I make you guys feel better about what you do, or if you just enjoy reading about my crazy life, then I feel reeeeal good. ;-)

So here we go! I have thought and thought about what to do for a contest, and what to give away. Do you think either one might involve ... ribbon? Maybe? Ya think?!

I have no pictures of what I'll be giving away, because I have not finalized those plans, yet. But since my Nestabilities are due to arrive any day now, the list o'stuff just might include some card candy! Undoubtedly it will also include ribbon (!), paper, and any other stuff I decide I really do not need and would be better-loved in someone else's stash. Trust me - it will be worth it. :-)

How to enter? Make a card a la The Crooked Stamper*, upload it somewhere, and post the link back here in a comment on this post so we can all see it. If you do not have a blog or an SCS gallery, or you otherwise have no place to upload to, email it to me at lqhanna@gmail.com and I'll post it for you.

*What is a card a la The Crooked Stamper? No, it does not have to be crooked! Please no! Nor does it have to have a mistake that has been cleverly disguised to make it look like you meant to do it that way. Although, if that happens (totally by accident, of course!) it just might get you extra points! The only two requirements I have are :

1. You must use green somewhere.
2. You must use ribbon.

That's it!

Here's one I made today to remind you of how basic my cards are. This one is not even irreverent! Hey - this one would even qualify to enter! It's got something green and ribbon - a green ribbon! :-)


Oh, and how will the winner be selected? This will be by a non-scientific method, maybe even by me just picking my favorite. So see, you have a shot, so make it a good one! And unlike most contests and give-aways, you can enter more than once! But you do have to make a different card or project for each entry. ;-)

Please post your links and comments by Midnight EDT Tuesday night/Wednesday morning. I'll pick a winner and post back Wednesday evening. Plus, I hope to have a clue by then about what you'll win!

So c'mon! Show us your stuff! Stamp on!!!

I had to do it ...

First, a bit of business: I have made contact with Nicole and her package of Blog Candy goodies will go out to her tomorrow! Congrats, Nicole!

Back to the matter at hand...I had grandiose plans to be good this year. By 'good' I mean I was going to be much more selective about what I bought as far as stamping supplies, and I also planned to sell off all the retired SU stamps and accessories I had to have but rarely used (that part is going quite well, thank you!). With less buying and more selling, and add to that more new customers for the SU side of the house, so far so good. :-)

Yeah, yeah, I know, we are only three weeks into the new year, but overall I think I have done fairly well in the Not Buying part of this agreement. I have yet to hit the LSS to 'check out' the new stuff, I have only caved to tempation once and bought ribbon outside my regular monthly sampling from Really Reasonable Ribbon (I think I spent $10), and I have only spent, er...okay, but all the SU stuff I've bought was for Demo purposes, ya know? :-)

Aaaaand, I have been to the Papertrey Ink site two or three times this week and filled up my shopping cart and ... abandoned! (That's Web-speak for leaving the site without completing your transaction.) Abandoned!!! Me, with a full shopping cart! Whazzup with that!?!?!? Then I sold a few more SU sets and I felt better. Stay in the black ... stay in the black ....

However, when I saw this set at GinaK's, well, given my love for all things irreverent, what else could I do - I BOUGHT it! I cut the stamps last night and this evening I created this:


Recipe: Stamps - GinaK Designs; Paper - Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, More Mustard, Whisper White, Misc purple paper; Ink - Basic Black, Basic Gray, Going Gray, Blush Blossom; Other - Key Tag punch, misc big brad, misc gingham ribbon, dimensionals.

I have a rule that I almost never put anything on the inside of cards. I sell Note Cards, which means YOU have to write the note! So I tried and I tried, but I could not get all this to fit on the front of the card, so I gave in and stamped the second half of the sentiment on the inside. Then I went all out and added the Happy Birthday, too.

This is on Pale Plum, but ... just blame the photographer and the bad light...

I just LOVE this font! But I also love all the sentiments in general, so I can see me having a ton of fun with this set! I may have to start a line of cards with insides, but I'll have to think up a clever name for them. I have a few months to work on it. :-)

BTW, this card totally counts for my Stash Dive challenge with (1) the brad, (2) the patterned purple paper, and (3) the ribbon. Yay!

Gotta go finish the laundry I started this weekend ... oh, bother.

We Have a Winner!!!!!

We have a winner for my Blog Candy! Random.org selected #14, which is .... NicoleL! Congratulations! Please email me at lqhanna@gmail.com (that's LQhanna, but the letters are hard to see in lower-case) with your snail mail address so I can get your goodies in the mail.

Thanks for playing, everyone! I am still cleaning and organizing, so I am sure I will have more to offer some day. :-)

Blog Candy Reminder

This is my lame excuse for a Blog post on a Sunday evening. I created nothing today but clean tabletops all set up as stampin' stations, a clean bathroom, some clean laundry ... heck, I even ran the dishwasher last night so I guess I also created clean dishes. I also managed to brighten the day for 12 stampin' customers who created 5 cool cards and found they, too, could do this stampin' thang. I love making people happy! :-)

The rest of this lame post is a reminder that there are only a few days left to post a comment for a chance at my Blog Candy. Make sure the comment lands on this post, and you'll be in the running! And I PROMISE to not make you wait so long next time! :-)

The winner will be selected in a super-secret process on Wednesday morning (I even have the day off!), and I'll post the winner shortly after that.

Thanks for reading!

What was I thinking?!

Two weeks! What was I thinking when I posted my Blog Candy offer then made you wait TWO WEEKS!? This is just soooo unfair. For some reason my brain thought the 15th sounded like a good day...dunno what prompted that idea, though.

So NEXT time - and there will be a 'Next Time' since I am still cleaning ;-) - I promise not to make you wait so long for your goodies.

Thanks for reading! Now I need to get back to work....

Time for My First Blog Candy!

I am one of The Little People. By this I mean I am someone who blogs for fun, I love the expressive outlet it gives me, and I am not famous in the stampin' bloggin' world. All this means is I can blog when I want to. ;-)

I see all these people offering Blog Candy, and personally I never thought I'd do it. But here I am! What can I say. I actually do have an alterior motive. Since I am mid-purge, trying to find some sense of order in my condo, I am rethinking all the must-have or must-keep items, and I am selling or giving away most of it. It is very liberating!

So the other night I found these stickers I got free (it is even marked FREE) in a magazine, and I do not do Valentine's cards, so why I thought I needed to keep them is beyond me. Also pictured is some of my December shipment of ribbon from my Really Reasonable Ribbon Club, which I joined in an attempt to curb my ribbon weakness. This was a pack of pink, hearts and everything-Valentines, some of which I know I will never use. Put it away - nah! GIVE it away!

Looking for an excuse, I checked my blog counter. My faithful 2 (or maybe 3) readers have pumped that baby up to 4000+ ... woo-hoo! And I thank you! So I have decided to offer this candy in time for you to use for Valentine's Day.















All you need to do is post a comment telling me (us) what you hoard. Oh, wait a minute, I think we all hoard everything. Okay, tell me what your BIGGEST weakness is. I will select the winner at random (I'll pick a number out of a hat - the cat will help me). Please post your comment by Midnight EST, Jan 15th, and I'll do the drawing on the 16th.

Thanks for playing!