Just a little update on me :)

In case you are wondering why I have such little posts recently, I have been madly working away on the World Card Making Day card contest.  I made three of them, and I would loove to show you guys and get some feedback on it, but as part of the requirement, you cannot post anywhere public.  It's hard to know what the judges are looking for - there's just too much talented people out there, and wouldn't have a clue how they are going to judge that.  However, if any one of you are interested, it is sponsored by Paper Crafts Magazine, and more info can be found here.  All the submissions (that are not winners) are sent to the troops through Operation Write Home.  So, just making them made me happy to know that I'm doing this for a good cause.  After the deadline has passed, and assuming that I'm not one of the lucky people, I'll post them at that time.

My reno has been pushed back and I'm still at my parents till mid October.  I don't have any problems with that - actually, I think that I've got it pretty good right now.  It's going to be hard to go back to doing everything myself :)  How spoiled am I?

Here's some simple cards again that I made that I'll share with you:

And - my three winners from my blog candy - I just sent it in the mail today, so hopefully it won't take too long to get to your mailbox.  Let me know when you get them!  Have a great evening!

My blog giveaway winner!

Hello!  I couldn't wait to see who the winner was, so I decided to pick the winner tonight!  I didn't realize that random.org requires membership, and I would've, except that I had such a small turnout (which is awesome for the followers - more likely chance to win!), so decided to use a free service online.

The number picked for me was:
2
Random numbers generated Sep 25 2010 at 0:12:34 by http://www.psychicscience.org/

The winner of this challenge goes to:  Flamenco92627 who said "Ooh, how sweet, Thienly! Thanks. One interesting thing about me is I have been doing flamenco dance for about 16 years. I'm still amateur though LOL!

My favorite project you've done so far SO hard to pick, but I loved your dates to remember book. It is recent so it popped into my head, but seriously, I could name a ton. Thanks again! "  Congrats!  E-mail me with your address along with which blog candy you want and it'll be in the mail on Monday!

Thanks again for following my blog girls! 

A friend that has made the most comments on my blog is...

Oh gosh, this was such a close one.  I had to count it twice to make sure that I got it correct.  It's just so close that I think that I'm going to send out something to both of these people.  I've gotten to know both of them personally and those two are really good friends, too!  So I just can't choose - they both make my blog life so fun!  So, you must be wondering who these two are - they are Bee Burg (24 comments) and Bee's Hive (23 comments).  Come on girls, you know how these things work - get your address to me, and I'll be mailing something in the next few days!  As for what - since there's two, I'm going to give the random winner the chance to choose, and I'll divide the other into two, and will most likely be adding a little more :)

I made more of these favorite cards with Stretch your imagination cart:

My little giveaway.

So as I promised yesterday - I put together something "little" to give away to my friends.  I hope you didn't expect a Cricut cart or something like that - I'm only starting out, and if, one day, I become famous, I'll get some sponsers...hahaha :)  But for now, I was just going to bundle them up together, but decided to break them in two, and give it to two friends instead of one!

To make things a little fun, all you need to do is to leave a comment here on this post and I'll pick a random winner, using random.org n.  The comment must be of two things - tell me one interesting fact about yourself (so I can get to know you better :)) and tell me your favorite project out of everything I've done so far.  I'll leave people to post comments for 3 days (til Friday night), and I'll pick a winner on Saturday.

Notice I said "a winner?" - the other one, I decided to give it to the friend that has left me the most comments and feedback on my blog up til now.  I can only do this, cause my blog is not that big, but I need to count up the comments.  I'll post this winner in the next few days, and she (perhaps he?) can pick which of the two they would like. 

A gift from Cely - Creating Carolina.

I just found a surprise packet in the mail today, and it was from Cely!  Cely is the wonderful SVG artist from Creating in Carolina.  She makes cool cards with the designs either from SVG Cuts or her own SVGs.  She makes the funnest SVGs that you can download (for free!) few times a week, so if you haven't been there already - make sure that you check it out, cause you're missing out!

So here's the goodies - Hallowe'en stamps, paper clips (so cute!) and papers (I commented on one of her cards that I like the paper she used, she told me that she got it from Hobby Lobby, and when I told her we don't have that store in Canada, she sent it to me!).

Thanks so much Cely!  You made my day!

I've hit my first milestone - 100 followers!

I just checked my blog today, and I'm at 100 followers!  I've started in May - that's not too bad, if I say so myself :)  I initially started a blog, only to keep track of everything I do, and to share my creations with families and friends.  Who knew that all along this that I would make so many online friends?  It's made my life so much fuller and I've gotten so much encouragement from these "friends" that share similar interests as me.  It's been so fun to inspire each other and to learn new techniques.  Thanks to those who often leave comments on my posts - any feedback or just to say "hi" - they all mean a lot to me.

One special thanks goes to SVGCuts - Leo and Mary - for providing me the opportunity to challenge myself and become a part of their design team.  I was so ecstatic when they approached me after my third monthly challenge win if I would create things for them on a regular basis.  It's always been my dream to do what I love, which is papercrafting, and be acknowledged and appreciated for what I do.  Although it's been crazy busy (3 kids, me living at my parents (still) and madly painting my house away for the reno) and I only get to do my crafts in the evenings, I wasn't going to give up that chance.  Since then, I've been plugging away on each project, one at a time, and I'm sure you all see - this is where I am right now.  I've met tons of wonderful people, which are all my friends now, many of them through SVGCuts and can't thank Leo and Mary enough!

To celebrate my 100 followers - I've decided to put up a little blog candy with some goodies stashed away in my drawer.  I'll be putting that together tonight - so check back tomorrow for details and see what I'm going to be giving away to a lucky winner :) 

Thanks again, everyone.  I love you all :)

Holiday Cosmetic Gala Advertising.

My husband owns two Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacies in Calgary, one being a big box format with cosmetic department as well.  They are putting on a gala in November and was asked if I could do the advertising.  So, since I've finished my SVGCuts project, this is what I was working on.

I used the graphics from The Lettering Delights, O Tannenbaum collection. Then I took these graphics into Scrapbook Factory program and created store ads, 130 tickets, and bag stuffers. My favorite is the ornamental ad with sparkly ribbons. The tickets were backed onto metallic paper.