Nothing?

So I don't do a give away today? Weird! You know how ya get into habits and can't stop, right? Okay, one more! I want to re-name my blog candy. My blogging friends have things like JoAnna's Jems and Naptime Nuggets. How about you guys help me pick out a new name. The person that comes up with the one that I like the best will get a little something from me. So...Lorie's ????

My card today is a sympathy card that I made for a family here in town whose 4 year old son died in a sledding accident last week. I do not know the family but Todd works with the mom. Todd's department provided some traffic control for the funeral procession and he said there were many people there as I imagined there would be. Having been through losses of my own I can sympathize with the grieving process they have entered in to. I have not had a child die though and cannot imagine that in any way, shape or form. All I can do is pray a lot for that family. If you'd like to see what I used to make this card just click HERE.

Talking about all of this reminds me I need to ask for your help with something. Next month marks the 10th anniversary of my mom's death. The thought of this just amazes me and greatly saddens me as well. I would like to put a poem or something like that in the paper as a memorial type of thing but just don't know what to use. If you have something that has touched you in the past will you please pass it along to me? Just e-mail me or if it is short place it in the comments section. I really appreciate your help!

One more plea for help. I was going along just fine with my new Photo Shop Elements and my watermarks when all of a sudden it doesn't work the same way. I can't get them onto my pictures like I did yesterday morning with today's card. I was starting to like the program but that feeling is quickly going away! Please let me know if you can help! Thanks!

Have a super fabulous Saturday!

Final Days Winner(s)

Alright, the final day of give aways is over. Thank you so much for playing along with me and I hope you continue to check out what my blog has to offer! I decided that since I don't have to spend the postage on yesterday's winner (yay! Debby lives in town with me and will be at my house tomorrow!) I would pick TWO winners for today...are ya excited? Okay...the winners are...

Sara said...

Nov. 12, 2006! Congratulations!
Sara

AND

Melissas said...

Sunday, November 12, 2006 was your first post. thanks for sharing with us for so long!

Sara will receive the now retired but new and unmounted Noteworthy stamp set and Melissas will receive the new retired but new and unmounted Burst Into Bloom stamp set! I just need Sara and Melissa to e-mail me with their snail mail addresses so I can get these out to them!

The final day

First, a card. I've been playing with my Happy Heart Day bundle all week and I saw this layout on another blog only as a bag topper. I liked it enough to turn it into a smaller note card. I love the nice clean layout of this card and the smaller size makes it perfect for your child to write a note in to his/her teacher for Valentine's day.


Now for the last candy of the week. I would like for you to tell me the month, day, and year that I started my blog after all that is what my excitement is about! I'm not completely sure what the prize will be today but you know you'll like it! Now, don't just guess what everyone else is guessing. Take some time to look for it on my blog and maybe you'll just find something new about my blog that you didn't know! Today's fun ends at 8:00 p.m.

Have a super wonderful Friday and I'll see you all back here at 8 tonight!

Day 4 Winner!

It is that time again...time for a winner! My birthday is Oct 9 and I was born in 1969. I am a very proud 38 year old and I'm looking forward to being 40! Jon picked a number between 1 and 12 and it was 3. Number 3 is...

Anonymous said...

You were born on Thursday, Oct 9,1969 in Burlington Iowa :o) to Cheryl and (can't remember your dad's name sorry) Brookhiser (sp)
Debby

So...do you think Debby knows me? And, no it is not rigged! Congratulations Debby! I'll get your goodies to you on Saturday. Just remind me if I forget...you know how I am!

See you tomorrow for the last day of goodies!

Day 4

Whew! Yesterday was a weird day for me! I woke up just feeling awful! I had a horrible headache and a tummy that did not like food sitting in it. I felt much better around 8:00 p.m. which was nice because I was NOT looking forward to going to bed and I was TIRED! I'm feeling much better now though! Still tired and will take it easy today but much better.

I just thought I'd show you a Valentine's Card. Isn't it cute? I wish I could take credit for it but it was a card that a fellow SU! demo sent to SU! and they put it on their Demo website. So it is (almost) a total CASE. I used my Spica glitter pen on the butterfly and elephants heart to jazz it up a little and the butterfly's wings are cut out and popped up a little. Anyway, super cute, super easy!

Hmmm...did you come back to see about Day 4's give away? Okay, okay...here is your question and this one is easy! When is my birthday? I would like you to give me the month, day, and since I am not ashamed of my age...the year. . From all of the correct answers ('cuz I know you guys know this answer) I'll have Jon pick a number and if you are the winner you'll receive 3 sentiment wood mounted stamps. These are VERY cute, ladies! I may even throw in some embellies so...go to it...when is my birthday?

I hope you all have a super Thursday...check back after 8:00 p.m. for today's winner!

Day 3 Winner

Wow you guys are good...almost! Seems that most everyone thinks that Jon is 16 when in fact he is 15 with his learner's permit and will be 16 at the end of February! The correct ages are:

Scott - 20
Jon - 15
Kyler - 9
Todd - 41

Today's winner is....

Kathy H said...

Hi! It's so neat that you son is into stamping. My little 5 year old son loves it to. Thanks for the chance for your awesome candy. Kathy... jellychick@yahoo.com

Here is my guess:
Kyler 9
Jon 15
Scott 20
Husband Todd 41

Congrats Kathy! You even got Todd's age correct! You have 48 hours to get back to me with your address!

Thanks for playing everyone and come back tomorrow for day 4!

Day 3

Before we get into the blog candy for the day I thought I'd show you my son Jon doing some stamping and his finished card. He is going on a mission trip over spring break this year and we both felt it is important to send thank you notes to those that contribute monetarily to the trip. Of course, that meant he thought I was going to stamp some but it really meant that he was going to stamp some! Together we chose this simple card and I showed him how to stamp them (which is easy schmesy 'cuz these are wonderful clear stamps from Papertrey Ink called Out on a Limb...nice, huh?). He chose the Real Red for the flowers and I talked him into the wide grosgrain by telling him it finishes the card and I would tie them...LOL! Anyway, don't you think he's done a great job?!

Speaking of my boys...wanna win some candy today? Alright! Just comment and tell me how old each of my boys is. Easy! It is up to you whether or not you add Todd into the mix of my boys! Tee Hee! All answers that have all three ages correct will go into the hat for a new, unmounted Around The Block stamp set. You can click on the set name to go to the SCS gallery for that set. The cut off for today's candy will be 8:00 p.m. again. Good luck!

If anyone has any general tips about Photo Shop Elements 6 would you please e-mail me. Just tips that you find really helpful would be nice! The photos here are cropped and re sized in my new program but I know it can do more than that...just don't know what! Thanks! Have a super fantastic Wednesday everyone!

And the winner is...

Alright ladies...the correct anniversary date is July 27, 2001. Todd and I will be married for 7 years this July. I have put my husband through hell from time to time but he loves me anyway and I'm so grateful that I have him!

There were nine correct answers and I had Jon pick a number...he chose #4...the 4th correct answer is...

Annelies said...

I also think 27th July 2001!

Congratulations Annelies - you have 48 hours to get back to me and claim your prize! Stay tuned tomorrow for prize #3!!!

Day 2

Good morning! Today is day two of my celebration. Today you will win one of my Stampin' Round wheels. I have several sitting here (hence my not listing as several is a lot!) that I don't use a lot. The winner for todays little contest will receive the wheel of their choice from my pile! There are both Jumbo and Standard sized wheels and your selection will be good I assure you!

So...how do you win today? All you have to do is be the person that guesses closest to my anniversary date. I would like Month, Day, and Year Todd and I were married. If two (or more) people guess correctly I'll assign numbers to ya and then pull one from a hat. Fair? Good! Now...what is your guess? Oh, and this round will end this evening at 8:00 p.m. Pacific time.

I won't have a picture for you today BUT I am going to purchase Photoshop Elements today from Costco soooo I should be back to regularly posting pictures starting tomorrow! Yay! Don't forget to go to my post below to check out Quilt Nut Creations blog give away!

Do you like to quilt?

Do you like to quilt? Would you like to try quilting? If you do or would like to try hop on over to Quilt Nut Creations to win this great Quilted Table Runner Pattern and CUTE fabric! I asked if I could get a personal lesson included in the win! LOL! Now, go! Enter!

I know...I know...

I said I wasn't going to post this type of stuff anymore but my results have never been so good before either so I had to post it! LOL!

Your IQ Is 100

Your Logical Intelligence is Exceptional Your Verbal Intelligence is Above Average Your Mathematical Intelligence is Above Average Your General Knowledge is Average

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Winner...Already!

Holy cow you guys! I already have a winner for today's blog candy! It is...

Cathy M said...

I just think your card is just to cute! Congrats on 50,000 hits.
Count me in on this sweet SU candy.
Thanks for a chance.

Cathy - Just e-mail me your snail mail info and I'll get the set out to you!

Everyone else...check back all week for more candy!

Sad and Glad!

I am SO sad the Packers lost last night in the NFC Championship game. They so totally should have won but alas...it didn't happen.

On the glad side...I made a Bella card for the birthday swap that I'm in. I'm not sure I'm totally in love with this and may make a couple of changes but I like the overall card and the layout. I used Cakeabella along with a happy birthday sentiment from Bella. The designer paper is the new Berry Bliss from SU! and it is just to die for! The colors are Purely Pomegranate, Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa but for some reason my PP Copic isn't even close to the color of the paper. I'm going to have to check the numbers again. What I do like is how the ribbon is under the sentiment this time. I think that is different. I so love that PP satin ribbon and truly wish SU! would have kept it current especially with paper like this! Anyway, I think she is a good start towards the card I will send.

For now I have to put Bella away though and concentrate on making some great stuff for my Sweet Treats stamp camp this weekend. I have the bonus project all set to go but I'm lacking on oh, I don't know...everything else. I'm sure it will all come together just fine though.

Did you notice my hit counter? Only 78 more hits til 50,000. How about a little blog candy? The person who posts a comment with the hit counter number closest to 50,000 will get the first bit of blog candy I'm going to give away this week. They will receive a Small Script stamp set...brand new, unmounted! Even if you already have this set I'm sure you know someone who doesn't and you could gift it to them. I'll be giving away more blog candy each day through Friday!

RAK from Katie

Okay, is this not an amazing Bella card? YEAH!!! This is the RAK I got from Katie Skiff (click her name to go to her blog) who is the moderator of the Bellaholics Anonymous group. Katie does a fantastic job and I think I can speak for everyone on that group that Katie is just the nicest, most encouraging person. I think when I opened this up and put it on my stamp table that I accidentally marked the wonderful main image. I hope she will forgive me...both Bella and Katie...LOL!

Thanks for making my day and welcoming to the moderator group Katie!

Oh, and I just noticed I'm nearing 50,000 hits on my blog...wow! When I get there be ready for some blog candy give aways!

I'm here!

Just a little note to let you know that I haven't fallen off the earth. Yesterday just got away from me and I didn't get a chance to edit any pictures. I will be editing two pictures this afternoon so I will be back later. Only two more days until I get my new software...woohoo!

Oh, and GO PACK!!!!