And the Winner is!!!!!!!

Hello Everyone!

Well today is the day!!!

I'm announcing the Winner of the

$25 Gift Certificate to

Melissa Samuels

Wonderful Shop!

Drum roll please!!!!!!!!

The Winner is

'Cindy'!!!!!

(Streamers and confetti flying!!! grin)

So Cindy, please email me at GIMPY@telus.net

with your email address and I will send you

the $25 Gift Certificate to Melissa's Shop

as soon as I hear from you:)

I have confirmed with Melissa, that she is up

and running after the terrible effects from 

Hurricane 'Irene' 

that hit her region, so I have confirmed that

you will be a able to use your Certificate immediately:)

I want to give Big Thanks!

To all of you who participated in my 1st ever

Co-Hosted Giveaway on my blog!

You all have made the experience so much

fun for myself and for Melissa Samuels!

And please stay tuned in the next few weeks,

as I will periodically be doing Giveaways 

again with some of my other Favourite

Shop Owners highlighting 

some of my favourite products from them:)

That all being said.....

Here's a little sideline project I've been working on..

I've never made a journal from scratch before

but have watched many wonderful tutorials

on the net, so this is what I came up with:)

Great pad of wonderful water colour paper...

And a pizza box, cut down to size....

Hand sewn in my 'signature' packs of

the paper in groups of 4 sheet per,

folded in half and pierced the 

fold with holes for sewing..

I took a old 1980's National Geographic map on

Earthquakes

and wrapped the pizza box with it, and proceeded

to paint, stamp, ink and cover it all with these

great cogs from Retro Cafe Art 

(Link in my Favourite's Listing:)

and

Tim Holtz Grunge Lettering

Back of the cover:)

And I'm using a 7gypsies 'Book Bra' to hold

it all together....

Don't know if it is a 

true journal, but it's certainly going to

end up being an 'encyclopedia' of my pages

when it's finished being filled up with my

art on the pages:)

So that's it for this week, and what an exciting

time it has been for me! I so appreciate you

all coming and participating in the Giveaway

and signing on for being a 'Follower' on my blog!

Lot's more to come to participate in and in turn

anyone you'd like to pass on my blog address to

so they can participate is much appreciated!

Have a great Holiday Weekend to both

my U.S. and Canadian Friends 

this Weekend, and to all my

other Global Friends Thanks so Very Much!!!!!

Look forward to you email Cindy!!

The Winner!!!

Enjoy!