Guess the Feet Winners

We have a winner! Thank you all for playing along. It was sooo much fun reading everyone's responses even if nobody got all the answers right. I thought maybe you all would switch up answers from blog to blog, but you didn't have to be right to win the candy.

I hope you all had a great weekend. My was super busy starting with Friday. We had our front door replaced on Friday(now I have some painting to do), I had a beginners digital photography class on Saturday, and then Sunday is always household chore day. I did manage to get a bunch of coloring done over the weekend. So once I get my images to cards I should pretty much caught up from what has been a very busy summer. And hear I thought I was going to be taking it easy. LOL. Of course now all the fall activities are just around the corner. I will be glad when fall gets here because I'm tired of these muggy 95+ degree days.

Well back to the winner of the blog candy from my blog:  Spicy Cat Chick(doesn't that screen name just bring a smile to your face?) had this to say "What a FUN time, thanks for sharing. I love your card and think it's a hoot about the matching toes. As they say, great minds....okay, here's my guess to the BEAUTIFUL women to match up with their super cute feet:

1 – Kadie
2 – Mary
3 – Sandra"

Please contact me by clicking on that "Contact Me" link in my left side bar. You win the classic set of large and small oval nesties. Woohoo! I hope you all had fun. Tomorrow I'll have a sweet Sparklie challenge for you. Have a fabulous day!

I'm a Farmer Blog Candy - Now Closed

This drawing is now closed...winners will be announced shortly in a new post.

Good morning all! As promised I have some super sweet The Greeting Farm candy for you. This is to celebrate me becoming a Farmer design team member for The Greeting Farm blog and to share my absolute love of The Greeting Farm lines. Marie offers such a great variety that is sooo much fun to color. I have a great sampling here from the early days, the first paper pack, critters, tots, sprouts, sentiments, etc. SO if you are new to The Greeting Farm or should I gasp and say you don't have any...here is your chance to own some or add to your collection.

What is in this candy: Sweet Message, Princess Ava, Dahlia, Flapper Anya Limitd Ed., Anya Says, Cute Troop, Fancy Fleurs, TGF Sunny Glen 6x6 paper pack, and K&Company paper lace. There will be other goodies thrown in too that is yet to be determined. I'll add to the list as I figure that out. Updated: Geisha Anya and Cheeky Glamour will be joining in on the Candy. Also 5 lucky other winners get the Showtime set.

So what do you have to do: Link this Blog Candy up in your side bar and if you want to...follow this blog, but the candy does needs to be linked. My followers will get an extra chance in the hat. Also leave a comment letting me know if you are a newbie to The Greeting Farm stamps or a long time follower. That is all and Good Luck! You have until February 28th.

Blog Candy Winner!

Good Morning all! We have a blog Candy winner and that is Stamin Mindy. This is what Mindy had to say...

"Happy Blogoversary! My Favorite Stamp Company has to be Magnolia, I started blogging when I became a SU! Demo I'm not a demo anymore it's so funny to go back on my blog and see how much I have improved. Have a great day! I will link your candy on my sidebar!"

Congrats Mindy! Please email me your address and I will have your goodies out to you right away. You can find my email in my left sidebar under my picture.

Please join me tomorrow for a Fresh Brewed Designs new release blog hop. It is a short and sweet hop. There will be prizes and one grand prized picked from each blog by Heather.

Last Day For Blog Candy

If you haven't put a comment in yet...then go to this post. You can also follow the picture in my right hand side bar. End time is 6pm EST tonight. Good luck and I have enjoyed reading about all of your comments about how you got into blogging and about your favorite stamp companies. I will be having my 3 yo DD draw a name shortly after 6pm. I will post the winner tomorrow and hopefully have a couple cards to share.

One Year Blogaversary!

I can hardly believe that it has been a year since I started blogging and that was due to many of the gals in the Sisterhood swap group had started them. I couldn't be left behind and I was very curious about this blogging stuff. OMGosh! I was blown away at how easy it was to get started and the friendly interface. Back when I was in college the whole internet thing was just starting to boom and they called these sorts of things homepages. Every detail had to be coded. I remember looking up color codes to give my page some pizzaz. Now all you have to do is pick from a color box. That is sweet. BUT for those that want special features...you are still able to get your coding fix.

Anyway...onto the candy...my first post used Hanna Stamps that is why I included the adorable fall Hanna. My first design team experience was The Greeting Farm, therefore the Limited Edition Hippy Anya. My title revolves around coffee and stamps "A Latte Inkin' Fun" so what better than to add a coffe themed stamp set. Some of my initial favorite papers to use were K&Company and Basic Grey(this has since expanded to Sassafrass Lass, Cosmo Cricket, and October Afternoon). I've included a 6x6 Indian Summer BG pack and a 4x6 Citronella K&C pack of paper. There's a cute little Sarah Kay stamp. A Studio G $1 stamp(For some reason I kept thinking about Homer Simpson and that donut). There is also a weathered wood distress ink that is good for adding a little dimension around the edges of cardstock(a technique I need to work on). Plus a few other goodies will be thrown in. I'll let those be a surprise.

So what do you have to do to have a chance at this Candy? Just leave a comment telling me what your favorite stamp company is and how you got into blogging. I would appreciate it if you linked my candy on your blog, but it isn't necessary. My daughter will draw a name November 4th around 6pm EST. The winner will be announced the next day. Good luck and thanks for visiting my blog.

Trick or Treat Smell my Feet...Give me some Candy!

No card today, but if you love Doodle Factory like I do and you want a chance to win free stamps then go check out the Blog Candy details at Starving Artist. This is the set that they are giving away to two randomly lucky people...I wonder if 13 will be one of the lucky numbers given this is a fabulous Halloween set. How spooooky would that be...how even spookier would it be that I mentioned it ahead of time...we shall see. Now go leave a comment on the Starving Artist blog and spread the word. Tomorrow I will be back with some more Halloween fun.

Blog Candy Winner is...

Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:106
Timestamp: 2009-06-26 14:46:38 UTC

Chrissy's Creations said...
Hi Mary, great blog and fab candy!! My favorite would have to be inking. Ink can always add some flair and pop to a card. I've added your candy to my sidebar. Thanks for the chance to win! Hugs and happy scrapping, Christine
June 25, 2009 4:24 PM

Chrissy please email me (marygiles@md.metrocast.net) your address by July 1st so that I can get these goodies out to you. I will draw another name if I don't here anything by July 1st. Congratulations and I hope you enjoy the goodies.

Blog Candy

Update:
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:106
Timestamp: 2009-06-26 14:46:38 UTC

Chrissy's Creations said... Hi Mary, great blog and fab candy!! My favorite would have to be inking. Ink can always add some flair and pop to a card. I've added your candy to my sidebar. Thanks for the chance to win! Hugs and happy scrapping, Christine June 25, 2009 4:24 PM

Chrissy please email me (marygiles@md.metrocast.net) your address by July 1st so that I can get these goodies out to you. I will draw another name if I don't here anything by July 1st. Congratulations and I hope you enjoy the goodies.

Good morning all! Are you all ready for some blog candy? Up for grabs is a small bag of flowers from Hero Arts, a nice tin of primas, 4 Versa Color stamping spots that coordinate with the flowers, 12 vials of doodlebug sugar coating glitter, a set of my favorite stamping blocks by Inkadinkado, a Wild Sprouts Annika Stamp from The Greeting Farm, and for making perfect bows a Bow Easy that you can see behind the stamp. So what do you need to do in order to get a chance at this yummy candy?

1. Leave a comment in this post answering the following question by midnight EST June 25th: What is your favorite card technique and why?
2. Spread the word on your blog

Easy peasy, yes? I will draw a winner through random.org sometime on June 26th.

Flutter Blog Candy Winner is ...

Catherine(PaperAddict)! Congrats on winning TGF Flutter stamp. I let the birthday girl pick a name out of a hat. It has been a fun filled evening that has just left me exhausted. I will have my Farm swap cards done and show them to you tomorrow. For now bed...ZZZZZZZ.

TGIF and Blog Candy

Well I had originally meant to play along with the Taylored Expressions card sketch, but didn't finish my card until yesterday. Oh well, maybe I'll be more on top of things this weekend. Anyway here is the card that I made for TECC64. The stamps are from The Greeting Farm and it is going to be for my daughter's three year birthday at the beginning of May. Sniff, sniff...sorry, I just needed a moment to wipe my eye at the fact that my baby is growing up. I love being a mom and my daughter is definitely the best part of me.

I also had planned to play along with the Case of the Curious Card III over at the Greeting Farm, but I couldn't get my layout to work so I just went and did my own thing. When I saw this stamp I immediately thought of this butterfly paper from Basic Grey. So that was the color inspiration. Both cards were colored with copics and use Susie Surprise and Flutter from TGF. Thanks to the skin coloring tutorial from Janna on the Club Anya blog, I think my skin colors look much better. Thanks Janna, you rock! Now I need to work on getting better effects on other areas. Oh and now I know the markers are pronounced as cope-icks instead of cop-icks. At least I was getting the ick part right.

So how would you like to have a TGF Flutter Butterfly stamp of your very own? Just leave a comment on this post and spread the word on your blog. Drawing will take place via Random.org at 10pm EDT on May 6 my daughter's birthday.

Here is a pic of the soon to be birthday girl. She is sporting her Ariel Tiara, fairy wings, chapstick that she applied herself, and you can't see in the picture but 3 tu tus. She must wear them all for extra fullness. Ahhhh...to be three again.

Please come back tomorrow and join in on the Dog Gone Stamps blog hop where I will be a stop. I have a pretty funny one for you to enjoy.

TGF Blog Candy Winner

The lucky winner of The Greeting Farm Blog Candy is Diana! Thanks to every who played and thanks for all of your tips. Diana please email me your address and let my know what single stamp you want or if you would like the Hero set.

The Greeting Farm Blog Candy and Need Winners

While I don't have any cards to show today, I do have some blog candy for you. I'll have several cards to share with you this week but they need to be assembled from Hanna Stamps and Doggone Stamps. So be on the look out for those.

Many of you know how much I love creating with the Greeting Farm's stamps. Here is your chance to try them out for yourself or to add to your collection. I do not work for TGF, I just really love their products and costumer service. You may pick out any single stamp($8) from the Greeting Farm's site or as a tribute to our military you may pick the Hero($15) stamp set. A winner chosen with random.org will be picked on March 16th after 9:00pm EST. So you have until then to do the following...

1. Make a comment to this post including your best stamping tip.
2. Make a link back to this post in your blog. (if you don't have a blog just state that).

The winners of a handmade scarf by me are Karen and Susan. That was easy since you two are the only ones who posted, I got the yummy yarn this weekend and I think you two will love it. Don't worry Susan...the colors are not bright.

Things I Need and Blog Game

So I have been following Karen's and Susan's site on a fun little journey of finding out what they need and a blog game that offers your blog followers a chance to get a little something for following you.

So what does Mary need? (go to google and type in your name followed by needs i.e. "Jane needs")
-to determine a day to work my magic (hmmm...this could be good)
-more exercise (but if I have magic can't I just poof myself skinny?)
-a booking agent (I guess once I poof myself skinny, I'll be ready for movies...maybe the next Bella)
-sleep (must be from long hours on the movie set)
-numbers (I guess I'm in high demand so the pay has to be good)

Blog Game:
Back to the blog game. The blog game is that you make and share things with 5 people who post to your blog.There are rules, but like Karen and Susan, I've tweaked the rules a bit:
1 - I make no guarantees that you will like what I make.
2 - What I create will be just for you, but you can give it away if you choose.
3 - It'll be done around the end of March up to Mid-April.
4 - You *can* choose what you want it to be.
5 - Share the love!

What do you get? :
A handmade card OR a hand-crocheted scarf both made by me (stamps and colors used are up to me but hints can be given)

To enter, just post a comment to this post on what "(your name here) needs" and whether you would like a card or scarf. Post by Friday, March 6. I'll draw 5 winners on Saturday, March 7.

Oh and it is snowing here! We have 5 inches so far. I'll try to take a picture before/if I go to work tomorrow. Ohioans would laugh at this snow, but for Southern Marylanders it is going to shut down the city. I'm not kidding.

Blog Candy Winner

I think next time I won't make my blog candy so hard to win. I thought it was a good idea at the time, but now given my own chaotic pace lately it was just too hard for people to find the time to participate even though they would have wanted to. Well one person did take me up on my challenge and got 9 cards done. That is impressive indeed and that person is the sweet Miss Kelly who has been dealing with her own chaos of construction, sick babies, the passing of the family's beloved pup named Lady, and swaps out the ying-yang. You should check out this chicks card count in her siggy on SCS sometime. Unbelievable I tell ya. She is definitely woman of the year in my book! Enjoy your blog candy Kelly. I know you will put it to good use. It will be in the mail to you this week.

Blog Candy Challenge

Since all of my other girlfriends have created their blogs and given out blog candy I think it is about time that I post some blog candy, BUT I am going to make you work for yours. What do you have to do you ask? Well I really liked challenging myself with using three 12 x 12 designer papers to see how many cards I could make with them trying to use up as much of those papers as I could. Sooo...that is your challenge. Pick three DPs, make as many cards as you can(adding base and layer card stock as needed), leave me a post with how many cards you came up with and post a sample to your blog or on SCS. If you post on SCS please let me know what your username is so I can take a peek. You can make them all the same design(good way to get a swap out of the way) or you can make them all different designs to get ahead on future needs. Of course you can use stamping on the cards too. One lucky winner will be chosen at random. The blog candy came from Archiver's. Yes I know it is Halloween, but it all coordinates. Sorry for the dracula googlie eye sticker. I tried to remove a price tag and more than just the tag came off so I had to embellish the boo-boo. Oh and a due date of February 16th. Winner to be chosen that evening.

Talk about Candy...

I just popped over to my friend, Kadie's blog (as I try to do every time she posts something new--she's SOOOO talented) and I saw Debbie's generous blog candy. Here's a link to her blog. Go check it out and check out her awesome cards as well! (Okay so I stole most of the wording from Kadie...she always knows what to say.)