WINNERS and some News!

I have had a busy blogiversary week because I was at CHA!!  This was my first time going to CHA and I have to give a HUGE thank you to Kim at the Cutters Creek store for inviting me to go with her and her design team.  I had a blast!  Over the next few days, I will be sharing some pictures and sharing some of the new things coming out that I find very exciting!

Since I know you are all anxious, I will find you in on my visit to the Craftwell booth...can I say that I am REALLY excited about some of the great things that Craftwell has in store for us?!?!?  Ok, I am saying it....WOW!  We are all going to be in for a BIG treat!  Craftwell is working on adding features to the eCraftshop Pro software and probably the biggest thing that they are adding is something that will help us *BLING* ourselves out!  Their vinyl is right around the corner from being released and they have some really cool ones coming out that instantly got me thinking of all the projects that I can do with them!  eCraftCentral is going to have some big changes to it too!  They are partnering with some amazing people to bring more and more images to the site (they plan on having over 1200 available soon) and they are going to do some re-designing to the site to make it easier for us to search for the image that we want.  AND on top of all of that, the eBosser is coming really soon!  Right now, they are saying November.  If you are not aware of the eBosser, well let me fill you in!

The eBosser is an electronic die cutting/embossing machine that can take ALL types of metal dies.  Craftwell just re-designed the machine so that it can take the thick metal dies all the way down to the wafer thin dies.  This re-design also allowed them to reduce the footprint of the machine so it will be easier to fit in your craft space.  Since it can cut 8 1/2" wide, it will take even those huge Spellbinders dies.  Yippee!  For me, the most exciting part, is that they are going to be making several large embossing folders to go along with the machine so that we can emboss both front and back of cards.  The embossing is beautiful and I can't wait to get my hands on this bad boy.

Tomorrow, I will share with you some more CHA fun, but now lets announce the WINNERS of my Blogiversary giveaway!

First off, I have to say thank you to everyone for all the compliments and great suggestions!  Between all of you and all the wonderful things that I saw at CHA, I feel super inspired and I am hoping to gets lots of time to craft this weekend!  I think all of you are amazing and I love you all!

In 3rd place, the winner of a $10 gift certificate to Lettering Delights....Ginger Claire

In 2nd place, the winner of a $15 gift certificate to Lettering Delights...faithfulecreations

In 1st place, the winner of a $25 gift certificate to Lettering Delights...Stephanie K

Winners, please send me an e-mail and let me know what e-mail address you would like your prize sent to and CONGRATULATIONS!  You gals are awesome!

Last day for the Giveaway!

Don't forget today is the last day to enter for the giveaway!

Just go HERE and enter in a comment telling me what you would like to see me do in the future!

Have a great day everybody and I will pick the winners tomorrow!

This week is my Blogiversary!!

Things have been so busy this summer!  I have done so little crafting the last few weeks because I am making the most of the summer before my son goes back to school, so I apologize for not having more on the blog here for all of you!

This coming Thursday is my blogiversary, so the best way to celebrate is to have a giveaway!!  I have three great prizes for the winners.  If you have been following my blog then you know that one of my favorite places for SVG files is Lettering Delights.

I will be giving away three gift certificates to Lettering Delights so that you can add to your collection any way that you want!  The Grand Prize winner will get a $25 gift certificate, 2nd place will get a $15 gift certificate, and 3rd place will get a $10 gift certificate.

To win, simply leave me a comment on this post letting me know what you would like to see me do in the next year on my blog.  This can be videos, techniques, certain types of projects, etc.  You need to leave me a comment before the end of the day Thursday, and I will post the winners on Friday.

Good Luck everybody and have a great day!

Giveaway!

Hi everybody!

I finally decided to start a blog!  I plan on showcasing my whole learning process through learning different techniques for hybrid scrapbooking and cardmaking.  Not all of my stuff will be hybrid, I will have plenty of traditional methods as well.  For those of you that don't know very much about me, I am currently a Cricut user, most of my creations utilize Make the Cut!  Love that software!  I am also in the process of learning Photoshop Elements 8 and everything that I can do with it.  Why PSE8?  One answer....I got a copy for work so well it was free to me!  I am always looking for a bargain :)  I don't plan on doing anything that is 100% digital because I personally think that something is missing with all digi pages.  There is no dimension and you lose that homemade feel.  I think I will mostly use digital paper and digital stamps, but then again we will just have to see what I come up with.

On another note, I have pre-ordered an eCraft Personal Cutter made by Craftwell.  Kim Bush over at Cutters Creek has been a doll to deal with and I have found out that my eCraft will come either early next week or mid to late the following week as she will be at CHA so if the cutters get to her too late they would not be available to ship until she returns.  Here's hoping she gets them soon.  I plan on doing a video when I get the eCraft on my very first cuts with the machine.  I am making a list of various different things that I want to cut.  Stay tuned and get a peek at what this cutter can do, and I will also give you my honest and true first opinion of the machine.  I am not affiliated with Craftwell or Cutters Creek or anyone else for that matter so I will tell you EXACTLY what I think!

Now on to the fun stuff....I HAVE A GIVEAWAY!!!! 

I am looking to send all of the items shown in the picture above (as well as maybe a few surprises!) to one of my first 100 followers!  So please sign up to be a follower and leave me a comment on this post.  Once I reach 100 followers, I will use that random number picker thing to choose a winner.  You MUST leave a comment here and be a follower to be eligible.  Spread the word and join me for this adventure!