Blog Candy Winner!!!!

Thank you everyone who is following this humble little blog and who checked in on, blogged & tweeted about, and linked up my fun blog candy!    I'm one of those people who thinks nothing I do could possibly be interesting to anyone else so I am always so overwhelmed with the kind and encouraging comments I get from you wonderful people every day.

Of course, some of the reason I offered up this little blog candy challenge was to increase the number of my readers.  (I'm growing quite fond of the feedback!) 

MOST of the reason, though, is the hope that I can expose every person who checks out the happenings on this blog to all the other blogs and sites that I enjoy.  Gotta spread the love! 

So, I'm guessing you're getting a bit impatient with me at this point, huh?  You wanna know who won the blog candy?  LOL.

I employed the help of my little friend Random:

There were 65 comments and 99 followers at the close of the candy last night...





I started counting from the first comment...comment #25 was:


S said...


Congrats, your hit counter is just spinning like crazy!

November 14, 2009 2:43 PM
 
Congratulations S!!!!!!  Email me at heidi at heidimyers dot net to claim your prize!!!!   See this post HERE to check out what you won!
 
Thank you again to everyone who participated!! 
 
I can't wait to see how December shapes up.  Lots of fun holiday projects and challenges coming up.  
 
Which reminds me...Tim Holtz started his 12 Tags of Christmas today!   Have you ever seen this?  This man is the most creative person and his tags are AMAZING!  Every day he's offering up prizes AND gives the step by step instructions on how to make the tags!  Check it out!!!!!  LQQk at day 1:
 

 
Have a great Tuesday!
 
Heidi

17,000!!!

Well, would you lOOk at that!  I've had another 1,000 hits which means I need to add to the blog candy!!!

2 Epoxy Sticker Sets...I got these in a huge set and can't remember who made them.  They're so stinkin' cute!!!! 

I'm also getting close to 100 followers, too.  If I hit 100 before 11:59pm on Monday night, I'll add ANOTHER item to the pot, too!!!

Make sure you comment on THIS POST HERE for your chance to win and to see everything that's in the pot so far.  If you're a follower, you'll also get another chance.

Thank you so much to everyone who visits and comments and inspires me! 

- Heidi

Deanne has BLOG CANDY (and it's Cosmo Cricket!)

Deanne of Three Trees {paper} Creations has some super YUMMY blog candy up for grabs until the end of the week! 

The Cosmo Cricket Boyfriend/Earth Love double stack!!!! 

AND there's a runner-up prize:  a Colorbok chipboard snowman book plus 5 studioG Christmas themed stamps!!! 

Head on over to her blog for your chance to win!  And while you're there, check out her amazing creations!  This girl has some talent.  (Oh, p.s. - she's also one of our newest SP Divas!!!! Woot!  Woot!)

- Heidi

The Candy Is GROWING!!! + I'm Being LIFTED + GDT Challenge, + Scrap For a Cause! + A Torendi Sale

Looking for Unity Friday Friends With Flair? 

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BLOG CANDY IS GROWING!!

My visitors counter just tipped over 16K!!  Which mean MORE CANDY added to my blog candy pot.

How about a retired Stampin' Up! stamp set this time?? 

All I Have Seen

This is a set of 4 wood-mounted rubber stamps (brand new, unmounted) that is no longer available.  These would make GREAT layout embellies or beautiful cards.  Silhouettes are so hot right now!

So, what're we up to now?  A 147-pc scrapbook set, a beautiful Stampin' Up! Designer Series 12x12 Paper pack, and now a 4-pc stamp set.

Great for family layouts!

Just in time for the winter holidays!

A reminder on how to win this candy:

I will give everyone who comments on THIS ORIGINAL POST by 11:59pm EST November 30 an entry to win this candy, which will be drawn randomly on December 1.

Everyone who is a follower will get an entry also.

And, everyone who posts about my blog candy will get another entry. Please make a unique comment to this original post with the link to where you posted. If you post more than one place (your blog, a forum *where allowed*, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) make a separate comment for each link. I'm leaving it up to you guys to a) give yourselves as many entries as you want by commenting on separate comments - as in, I'm not going to comb thru looking for comments that should count as 2 entries, and b) I'm trusting you guys to not "cheat" for entries - but none of my followers would do that because you are all a great bunch of people, so this is a moot point! LOL!

If you post about my blog candy in your sidebar, come back and comment AGAIN with the link for another entry.

And remember, I'll keep adding to the blog candy pot until 11/30. 

For every 1000 hits, I'll add something else!!  (So at 17K, 18K, etc.)


Aaaand, if I hit 100 followers, I'll kick in something else!

AND, for every 25 followers after that I'll kick in more!!!

CRAZY I tell ya!!

See, the way I see it, yes it's fun to see hits and comments and followers, but for every person who reads this blog I'm also exposing them to all the Design Teams I'm on and great sites and blogs I've got listed in my sidebar so it's a virtual lovefest for everyone involved!!!

So, come one!  Help a girl out helping my favorite blogs and challenges and sites out!!  Spread the word!!  Remember that 70s shampoo commercial?  You tell 2 friends, and she'll tell 2 friends, and she'll tell 2 friends, and so on, and so on, and so on...

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I'M BEING SCRAPLIFTED!!

Jen over on Challenge U 2 is hosting a SCRAPLIFT OF ME this weekend!!

This Layout!

Click for Details.

I'm so excited!!  I am so HONORED!  Pop on over there to play along!! 

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SKETCHY THURSDAYS DECEMBER GUEST DESIGN TEAM CHALLENGE IS UP!

Come, play along with us!!!

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THE STUDIO charity:water WEEKEND EXTRAVAGANZA IS UNDERWAY!!

Challenges posting every 2 hours from now until 2pm EST Sunday!!  EVERY SINGLE CHALLENGE has an unbelieveable prize (that's 25 prizes up for grabs) PLUS there will be a couple overall winners!! 

See THIS POST for details about the amazing charity benefitting from this scrapfest. 

Hop on over to The Studio to begin playing along. 

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TORENDI SALE

The Torendi store is having an awesome sale going on now through 11/16!! 

Japanese imports are 15% off and Japanese stamps are 30% off!! Killer deals!!
 
Look at some of these adorable goodies just waiting to come home to you:
 

Birthday Cake stamps

 

"Fuss" tape - it's almost 2" wide!!!

A Taste of Torendi

And Torendi always offers $5 shipping on all orders.
 
(Psst!  Check out this week's sketch challenge on Sketchy Thursdays...Torendi is our sponsor and they're offering all Sketchy Thursdays followers a 15% of their entire order coupon code!!)


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Whew!  Lots going on!  Thanks for hanging with me to the end of the post! 
 
Have a great weekend! 
 
Heidi

Well, would you look at that?!!

Woohooo!!  15,000 visits!!!

That is just amazing!!  I am so humbled that so many people actually want to see my creations and read my ramblings! 

And, as promised if I hit 15,000 visits, I'm adding to the blog candy!

You can never have enough paper, right?  Especially coordinating paper.  Especially holiday paper with those just around the corner...

This is the retired Stampin' Up! 12x12 Designer Series Paper Collection "Holiday Thyme".  It's 12 sheets of double sided, heavy-weight, coordinating paper.  This is by far one of my all-time favorite Stampin' Up! paper collections. 

And keep in mind, this blog candy can continue to grow and grow until 11/30!!  I'll add something more for every additional 1000 hits.  And I'll also add something if I hit 100 followers and then something more for every 25 followers after that. 

Sooooo...if you want to see this candy GROW spread the word!! 

For info on how you get entries into the drawing, SEE THIS POST. 

For your entry into the drawing, please be sure to leave your COMMENT ON THIS POST. 

BLOG CANDY!!!!!!

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Thank you to all who participated!!

So, I noticed I'm quickly approaching 15K hits and was thinking it's about time I offered some blog candy!!!

So here's what I'm gonna do...

I'm going to start with some candy...

It's a beautiful 147 pc set of coordinated patterened papers, stickers, chipboard, and alpha stickers with a family theme.

I will give everyone who comments on this post by 11:59pm EST November 30 an entry to win this candy, which will be drawn randomly on December 1.

Everyone who is a follower will get an entry also.

And, everyone who posts about my blog candy will get another entry.  Please make a unique comment to this post with the link to where you posted.  If you post more than one place (your blog, a forum *where allowed*, Facebook, Twitter, etc.) make a separate comment for each link.  I'm leaving it up to you guys to a) give yourselves as many entries as you want by commenting on separate comments - as in, I'm not going to comb thru looking for comments that should count as 2 entries, and b) I'm trusting you guys to not "cheat" for entries - but none of my followers would do that because you are all a great bunch of people, so this is a moot point!  LOL!

If you post about my blog candy in your sidebar, come back and comment AGAIN with the link for another entry.

Now, I'm guessing the blog candy posted above isn't a TON of incentive to keep coming back soooooo...tell ya what I'm gonna do...

As soon as I hit 15K hits, I'll add something to the pot.  What is it, you say?  You'll just have to stay tuned...

For every 1000 hits after that, I'll add something else!!

Aaaand, if I hit 100 followers, I'll kick in something else!

AND, for every 25 followers after that I'll kick in more!!!

CRAZY I tell ya!!

I'll keep adding per the criteria above until we hit 11/30!!!

See, the way I see it, yes it's fun to see hits and comments and followers, but for every person who reads this blog I'm also exposing them to all the Design Teams I'm on and great sites I've got listed in my sidebar so it's a virtual lovefest for everyone involved!!! 

World Wide Hug!!

Heidi

Well, would you look at that!  The first milestone has been achieved:  15K hits.  As promised, here's the addition to the candy pot:

Stampin' Up! 12x12 Designer Series Paper "Holiday Thyme" (retired!)

See this post for the candy details.

And here's the addition for hitting 16K views!!!  Click here for info...

All I Have Seen Stampin' Up! set

Aaaaaaand, the addition for hitting 17K views!!!!  Click here for info...

2 epoxy sticker sets

Only a couple more days left...we're getting really close to the 100 followers mark.  Will I be adding another little somethin' somethin' before 12/1??  We'll see...

I'll keep adding to this post as the candy grows! 

Wanna Win Some 7 Gypsies??!!!! I do!!!

Check out the 7 Gypsies Week festivities over on Blue Moon Scrapbooking!!!!! 

Every day they're giving away some 7 Gypsies and showing off some amazing samples.  They're also having awesome sales on 7 Gypsies stuff in their store!!!

Look what you can win if you give a shout out to their 7 Gypsies fest today!!!

O.  M.  G.  That's unbelievable!!!!

So, head on over to Blue Moon Scrapbooking NOW for your chance to win!!!!!

- Heidi

I'm a Winner!!

Just realized I didn't share with you that I won the August drawing over on Category Stories!!!

I was alerted to this fact by a beautiful, cardboard box lounging on my porch yesterday to my surprise.  What's this??  Oh, yeah!!!!!!!

The sponsor was Fiskars.  And, holy crow, look what they sent:

Yummy!  Can't wait to get playing!! 

Thanks Category Stories & Fiskars!! 

Heidi

Sketchy Thursdays Giveaway for Today

Yep, we're still giving away daily prizes on the Sketchy Thursdays challenge blog.  Jump on over there today to win this awesome stamp set by Unity Stamp Company:

Folk Inspired

Have you played along with this week's sketch yet??  It's a good-er:

Get yourself linked up to Mr. Linky in the Sketchy Thursdays sidebar for your chance to win a yummy prize from Evalicious!!

Ta!

Heidi

It's Monday!

Good Monday morning everyone! 

No projects to share with you yet today (I have a few in the hopper that just need photo editing, etc.) but lots of beginning of the week "business" to disseminate.  I'll do it in a couple of posts since not all of it has been revealed online as of writing this...

SKETCHY THURSDAYS Grand Opening Giveaways continue...

Today's is sponsored by Unity Stamp Company again.

Click HERE to leave a comment or become a follower (if you're not already!) on Sketchy Thurdsdays to win this adorable and huge Unity Stamp Company set "Little Me":

Aaaand, since we know it's sometimes hard to get online on the weekends (I have this problem) we wanted to give our Sketchy Thursdays friends just one more chance to win the amazing double Cosmo Cricket prize revealed as Sunday's prize:

Jolly By Golly

Mr. Campy

Sooooo, we're extending the giveaway for that prize through TODAY!!  Click HERE to leave a comment, become a follower, etc, etc. on Sketchy Thursdays for your chance (or another chance) to win the CC prize!!

See how much we love our followers??!! 

I'm so excited for how well received our Grand Opening has been going.  I can't wait to see all the creations from this week's sketch!!

Get 'er hooked up to Mr. Linky in the ST sidebar by Wednesday night for your chance to win a great prize from Evalicious!!

OK, off to work on some new fun stuff to show y'all soon!!

Heidi

Sketchy Thursdays Giveaways Continued...Cosmo Cricket!!!

Good Sunday Morning!

Scroll down 2 posts for the Unity Friends with Flair post.

We're in week 2 of the Sketchy Thursdays Grand Opening Giveaways Extravaganza!!!! 

To start the week off right, we've got SOME MORE Cosmo Cricket.  Can you believe it??!!

Jolly By Golly kit

~AND~

Mr. Campy kit

Yes, you read it right...the winner of today's drawing gets BOTH kits!!!!! 

Head on over to the Sketchy Thursdays blog to enter for your chance to win. 

And PLEASE, don't forget...play along with us on our sketch challenge.  Just look at the amazing sketch Miss Diana has created for you this week:

Link your creations up to Mr. Linky in the Sketchy Thursdays sidebar by midnight Wednesday, September 23 for your chance to win a gorgeous prize pack from Evalicious.

Don't forget...daily giveaways on Sketchy Thursdays through 9/24!!  (Psssst...more Unity Stamp Company to come!!)

OK, off to recover from The Boy's birthday party yesterday.  Then life can get back to "normal".  Today's his actual birthday.  I can't believe my baby is 6-years-old!! 

Heidi

Jump!!

Happy Sketchy Thursdays!!!!

Congrats to the winner of last week's sketch and the Precocious Paper prize!  And, we starting up something new this week:  DT Faves.  Every week, in addition to the randomly drawn winner, the DT members choose those creations that caught their eye and those are displayed on the Sketchy Thursdays blog.  PLUS they all get to display a cool new "I'm a Sketchy Thursdays fave!" blinkie on their blog!!  Check out the post HERE for this week's winner and faves.

Although the "official" design team sketch layouts reveal isn't supposed to be until next Thursday, some of us played along with this week's sketch reveal. And, here it is...





Be sure to check out the Sketchy Thursdays site to see what deliciousness was created with this sketch to inspire you!

OK, so by now you know me...just can't take a sketch at face value. Gotta Heidi-ize it a bit. But, again, isn't that what sketches are for? They're a jumping off point...

Ha! Ha! Ha! Jumping off point. Jump! layout. Get it??!! I crack myself up. (It's late.)

So I have a sizeable stash of "old" Cosmo Cricket collections (this one's from *gasp* 2007!!) and figured I need to just use them. That's part of my new scrapping philosophy - JUST DO IT!! Use it, don't save it for that "perfect" layout. Place it then stick it, don't futz around. If an idea strikes, take the bull by the horns and GO FOR IT! Most "mistakes" can be salvaged, and sometimes the "mistakes" turn out to be the best discoveries!

So, OK. I had these pics of The Boy jumping on the trampoline so I got my borders all torn to size and immediately stuck them down. Then I placed and stuck the pics and letters quickly. Get 'er done! Of course, THEN I decide to simulate the inset patterned paper on the sketch with a stitched frame.

~stitching detail~


Okey dokey. Well...everything's already stuck down so, ok, I'll just stitch around it. So, I don't know if you can see it on this pic very well but everywhere you see the stitched border "go behind" a letter, border, or pic, I've actually stitched up to one edge of the element and started up again on the other edge. So, sometimes the "just do it" philosophy causes you some extra work.  LOL!



~p detail~

So, then I decide it'd look fun to stitch "jumping" marks. Here's where the "just do it" could have possibly caused some trouble if it didn't look right. I'd have ruined my pics, letters, and paper. But, I think it came out pretty cute.

At this point I was going to leave the layout as is, but it just didn't look quite right, so I added some "western" looking elements which I thought went with the feel of the CC paper (which is Halfway Cafe, btw).



~flip side detail~

Did you notice I used the bar code border (or whatever that's called) from the bottom of one of the CC papers? They always put such cool little phrases or pics at the bottom and bleed the pattern down onto it, too, so they just BEG to be used. I strategically covered up the CC logo with one of my pics.

Details: Paper and cardstock alpha - Cosmo Cricket; hardware and linen thread - Stampin' Up!; thread; unknown button.

So, what are we playing for this week on Sketchy Thursdays, you ask??? An amazing prize from our wonderful sponsor Evalicious!!!

Link up your creation to Mr. Linky on the Sketchy Thursdays sidebar by midnight, Wednesday 9/23 for your chance to win the cool Evalicious prize!!!

Oh, and of course, we're still having our Grand Opening celebration, so there's a random drawing prize up for grabs today, too! It's from one of my FAVORITE stamp companies, Unity Stamp Company!!!





(I still haven't figured out how to link up a pic with this new "improved" Blogger editing so you can't actually click on the logo to go to the Unity site. I apologize PROFUSELY to Unity. You can instead CLICK HERE to go to their site. And go you must!!! They make the most scrumptious stamps!!)

 I can't believe how generous they were in helping us out with our Grand Opening prizes!!! There are SIX Unity sets or singles that we'll be giving away in the coming week, so be sure to check back again and again this week for you chances to win.

Oh, did I forget to tell you WHICH Unity stamp is up for grabs today?? It's actually TWO!!!

You're a Star




AND
Feel the Joy





Two classic and gorgeous Unity singles. (OK, so Feel the Joy is technically not a single - there are 2 stamps in thet set.)

So, whatdaya gotta do to win these? You get one entry for being a Sketchy Thursdays follower (although you are perfectly welcome and encouraged (ok, begged) to become one of MY followers, too!!), one for commenting on the 9/17 post on Sketchy Thursdays, and one for blogging or otherwise shouting about us and letting us know in a comment what you did. That's THREE chances to win these amazing stamps.

And, let me tell you, if you have not ever used Unity stamps, you are in for a treat. They stamp so beautifully!!!

OK, enough already today, Heidi! Let these poor people get on with their day.

Peace out!

Heidi

Sketchy Thursdays Grand Opening Celebration Day 3!!!

I am so overwhelmed with the response we've received so far on the Sketchy Thursdays grand opening!!  You guys ROCK!! 

Today's prize is our regular weekly prize given out Thursdays for the previous week's sketch participants.  This week's sketch:

To get in on this week's prize action, link up your gorgeous creation based on the sketch above to Mr. Linky in the Sketchy sidebar by midnight tonight!

BUT WAIT!!! Don't fret! Since it's our Grand Opening week, we have not one, but TWO prizes to give away today. Just leave a comment on THIS POST over on Sketchy Thursdays for another chance to win!!! That's TWO chances to win the gorgeous prizes today!!!!

Oh, did I forget to tell you what the prize is??

This week's prize is from Precocious Paper, which just happens to be owned by one of our new Sketchy Design Team members Tessa Buys.





You will win an assortment of her beautiful handmade embellies!  Take a look at a sample of her handiwork...some of the yummy goodies she has available in her store right now!! 

Make sure you check out the Precocious Paper store to see all she has to offer. I just love the hot pink zebra fabric & felt flowers and the Basic Grey Sultry fabric and felt flowers. YUM!!

So, head on over to the Sketchy Thursdays blog again today for 2 chances to win some yummy Precocious Paper goodies!!

I sure hope to see your sketch creation!!

Heidi

Some Stampin' Up! Blog Candy to Win - Stamper on the Shore

My fellow SP Diva Sandra is celebrating 10K blog hits with some yummy Stampin' Up!  blog candy:

Head on over to her blog Stamper on the Shore for your chance to win!!

Heidi

p.s.  I, too, have been intending to celebrate my 10K hits with blog candy...look for that soon!!!!

Sketchy Thursdays Grand Opening Giveaways - Day #2

Holy canoli! You are not going to believe the giveaway prize today over on Sketchy Thursdays!! It's from Flamingo Scraps!





They went above and beyond when putting together a prize pack for us:











See what I mean??!! Holy canoli!! And that adorable little flamingo ornament!!! I want it!!!

Wanna win it? Head on over to Sketchy Thursdays to enter. Every follower on that day gets one entry and then an additional for a comment left on that day's post AND another entry for commenting about posting about the giveaway and ST site!! Easy peasy!

And, of course, the whole point of us bringing you the Sketchy Thursdays challenge blog...the sketch!!





You have until Wednesday night to enter into this week's drawing for an awesome prize from Precocious Paper (see THIS POST for more info). Enter your creation in Mr. Linky on the ST sidebar.

Don't forget to join us again tomorrow (and the next day, and the next day...until 9/24) for another amazing Grand Opening prize drawing!!

Heidi

Weekend Shout Outs

Hey there out there in virtual world!  Hope you all have been having fabulous weekends!

Nothing new to show you today but I have a few shout outs. 

First of all, I am so honored and surprised to have won the Artist of the Month blog giveaway on Susan Z's gorgeous blog Imagine. Create. Express.!!!  

Look at this adorable haul I won!!!

I've come to know Susan through SPCC and she has been the super Guest SP Diva this month.

And did you know you, too, can be the next lucky winner of this wonderful blog giveaway?  How, you ask?  Head on over to Susan's blog and make a comment.  You will go into a draw to win a monthly prize which will be drawn at the end of every month. Also if the winner has a craft related blog or website they will be featured as as the "Artist of the Month"!  Cool, eh?

And truly, I'm not sending you to just any old blog to win some candy.  Check out Susan's art.  She really is a great scrap and card artist as well as a genuinely sweet and wonderful person!

PLUS, Susan also has a special giveaway every other month just for becoming a public follower!  On the 29th of September, November, January, March, May and July the names of five new followers will be drawn to win a small prize.

AND, just when you thought there couldn't be any more goodness from this wonderful little lady, for every comment made on her blog, 20c will be donated to World Vision Australia http://www.worldvisionaustralia.com.au/!  I'd say Susan deserves a standing ovation!!!

Thanks Susan!!

Some other really cool news this weekend...Sam from SPCC has started up another challenge blog. 

Just Buggin' is a weekly Cricut challenge blog. Every Wednesday you will find a new challenge to help inspire you to use your Cricut machine.  At least one die cut from the Cricut must be used for each challenge entry.  You may enter the challenge as many times as you want. 

Yippee!  I feel like I've been neglecting my Cricut lately.  This is going to be so fun!!

They will be mixing up the types of challenges they are going to be posing -sometimes the challenge will be a word inspiration, sometimes an ABC inspiration, sometimes a color, sometimes a material...you just never know what they will have in store for you!


The first challenge is the word "serene".  The word "serene" doesn't actually have to appear on your project...it's just a starting point.


OK, well, that's all I have for you tonight. 

Be sure to check back here periodically this week.  There's the new SPCC color challenge and the Spunky Scrappers challenge on Monday, I'll have a new Tuesday Techniques challenge for you over on Memories Always-Forever for you on (you guessed it) Tuesday.  The Pink Ninjas "concerts" challenge is due on Wednesday.  Sketchy Thursdays' sketch challenge is due on Thursday.  Friday is the first Unity Stamp Co. Friends with Flair Friday, which is replacing the much beloved Hip Hop Hangover.  And, I'm sure, I'm forgetting plenty of other fun, fun, fun challenges for the week.

Happy Sunday evening!

Heidi