Holidays are Coming!!! More Giveaways too!!!

Hello Everyone:)

Ok, It may be only November 30th, 2011

But to me since  Thanksgiving is past,

that always means 

It's the beginning of the

Holiday Season

Yes I am shouting, doing a Happy Dance, and all

excited:)

Now as you know from the previous blog post I have

an Up and Coming Giveaway happening 

but have kept quiet on who it's going to be with so

here's the skinny:)

on 

December 5th, 2011

(That's just 5 days from today!)

Another Fabulous

Gift Certificate Giveaway

Co-Hosted with

Retro Cafe Art Gallery!

Yes with 

Kristin Hubick 

of

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

who I dub the 

'Queen of Contests'

and the 

'Woman who's gone Bonkers for Giveaways' LOL

We're at it again!

Kristin has come up with a 

Fabulous New Line of Products

for 

Coffee Break Design

So come Celebrate with Us!!!

So in the meantime since there's 5 days until the

New Gift Certificate Giveaway,

I realized that last Holiday Season I didn't have my Blog!

It's only since April 2011 that I started Blogging!

And look at all you 

Fabulous People 

who have

signed on with me for this Ride!!!

I am so Humbled and Excited that you are all Interested!

And I Thank You! 

Believe me, when I say I really Appreciate it!

I also have ideas 'cooking' for my 

1 Year Anniversary

So keep checking in, throughout the coming Months as

you KNOW my  

Anniversary is going to be 

Over the Top!

Anyway, since we have 5 days, I thought as most of you

have not seen what I made last year at Holiday time,

and to share a few of my Tags that I made last year,

(as I'm busy making this year's but won't get to post yet)

and some

'Shout Out's' 

for some of my other 

Favourite Graphics, Stamps and 

Arts and Crafts Supply Shops

I would post some of them for you now:)

The following Tags I made are produced using 

a plethora of Graphics and Stamps and Supplies from

the Following Favourite Shops!

Their Links are listed in my Favourites Listing.

Many Big Thanks to

Ceremony, Paper Whimsey, 

 Land of Enchantment, 

Tumblefish Studio @ Deviant Scrap, 

Art Tea Life,

and many more!

And Melissa Samuels, 

Shabby Cottage Studios,

French Kissed, Red Lead, 

Frantic Stamper,

Blue Moon Scrapbooking,

Blockhead Stamps, 100 Proof Press and

Many, many More!!

I hope they all have a 

Fabulous Holiday Season 

and

do check them all out for your 

Holiday Arts and Crafts Supplies!

So here's some eye candy to inspire you to go 

'Hand Made this Holiday Season'

And see you on the 

December 5th!!!!

Enjoy!!!

Shabby Cottage Studio Gift Certificate Winner!

Greetings Everyone:)

Hope you all had a Fabulous

Thanksgiving Holiday to

all of my Followers in

the U.S.!

And a Wonderful Weekend for 

all the Rest of Us! 

So here we are!

Well these are always the blog posts I love and hate.

I alway enjoy passing out the Giveaway Treats

but always hate to see a Giveaway come to an end

as I enjoy doing these Giveaways with such

Wonderful Shop Owners like 

Gail Schmidt

of

Shabby Cottage Studio!

And if you don't mind my saying again,

boy do I want that dress form in your shop!!! LOL!

So here we are, Announcing the 

Winner

of the

$25 Gift Certificate to 

Shabby Cottage Studio!

Aloha!

'Creative Grammie'

(Band is playing, confetti flying, dogs barking!! LOL)

Big Congrats 'Creative Grammie'!

All the Way from Hawaii!!!!

I'll be sending you an email with contact information

to put you onto Gail Schmidt at Shabby Cottage for

your Gift Certificate!

I am so pleased to see so many of you signing on as 

Google Followers from all over the World!!

I'm really humbled and excited!

( A weird combination for sure! LOL)

I'm doing Happy Dance's All over the Place!! (grin)

I want to Thank All of You so very much for 

Entering the Giveaway, 

and to also remind you to head over to 

Gail's Blog Post

at Shabby Cottage Studio to see who the

Winner is on her Blog Too!!!

But before you go.......

I have another 

Co-Hosted

Fabulous

 Gift Certificate Giveaway

coming on

December 5, 2011

And I'm not telling who with!!! 

Bwhaaaa!!!

For my regular Followers you'll know what the hint is

and for my Newbie Followers, you'll have to have to do

a little dig into past blog posts to figure this out....

Here's the Hint...

I've been 

'Baking'

Again!!!

Bwhaaaa!

LOL!

(So Now the Newbie's know what the rest of you

have been putting up with! LOL)

So between today and December 5th, 2011

Here's a couple of other Projects I've been

currently working on, some of my dabbling

in Journal Pages....

I am finding that I just love this medium as

it's something you can do at a spur of the moment or

to make it a major project. 

This one is 8 x 10 hand inked, used vintage dictionary paper,

water colour painted,

cut-paste, and loved using the tapes!

Had great fun with this:)

But next is someone I want you to meet:)

The Lovely

Dyan Reaveley

Creator of

'Dylusions' Stamps

and a Plethora of Other Exciting Products!

Art From The Heart

Is Her Shop:)

(Attached a link to my Journal Page)

http://shop.afth.co.uk/index.asp

I absolutely love her Stamp Line 

'Dylusions'

and here's an example of one of my Journal Pages

using Dyan's Wonderful Stamps

They are a Blast to Play with!!!

So there ya go Everyone:)

Giveaways! Winner's! and 

Eye Candy!

And New Friends!!!

Thanks so much Everyone!!!

And Keep an Ear out for the New Giveaway

on December 5th!!!!

Now get on over to Gail's and See Who Won!!!

Enjoy!

Wonderful New Giveaway with Co-Hosting Shabby Cottage Studios!

Hello Everyone!

And Welcome 

to the 

Lastest Wonderful 

New Giveaway here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media.

This time, it is my Great Pleasure to

Welcome a Newbie Co-Host 

to my blog for a 

Fabulous New

Giveaway!

Please Welcome Gail Schmidt

of 

Shabby Cottage Studios

( Can you hear the applause and see the confetti!?)

(I have an overactive imagination! But I'm excited!)

I've been a customer of Gail's for

quite some time, and from past blog

posts, you've seen her wonderful

body forms that I use in my arts!

I love these girls!

So I was thrilled to find out that

Gail would be interested in 

Co-hosting a Giveaway!

So here's the details!

Sign on as a Google 'Follower'

here on Birdnuts, and leave a 

Comment for your entry here to 

Win a 

$25.00 Gift Certificate to

Shabby Cottage Studios!

then pop over to

Gail's blog at 

and leave a Comment on

her 'Giveaway' Post and

you'll have a 

Second Chance to Win

another $25.00 Gift Certificate!

( I wonder if she'd notice my entry??? LOL)

Don't forget, if you're already

a 'Follower' here on my blog,

make sure you leave a 'Comment'

to tell me so you are Officially 

Entered into the Giveaway!

The deadline for the 

$25.00 Gift Certificate Giveaways 

on both 

Shabby Cottage Studios  

and

here on Birdnuts Mixed Media

is Saturday, November 26th with

the Winners on both blogs

being Announced 

Sunday, November 27th!

So come and join us and get a 

chance to Win!!!

So here's my latest project, as you all know I aways have something I've made to post with these wonderful Giveaways using a product from my Co-Host's Shops!

'Sometimes A Girl Just Has to Bee'

:)

I always have great fun with these 

Body Forms from 

Shabby Cottage Studios, 

and it's been such a pleasure as

I seem to be on a roll with them!

Using a vintage metal candle stick as the base,

And adding Graphics45 

wonderful papers from

their ABC Primer Collection

and using Crafters Workshop

Template 'chicken wire' to

cover the Body Form with,

a bit of 'fudging' with some

pens to create a 'bee hive' effect,

and a few brass charms,

and Walla!

Another 'Girl' to add to my 

ever growing Collection!

So thanks everyone for coming by

and get those Entries in for the 

Latest Fabulous 

Giveaway with 

Shabby Cottage Studios!!

Enjoy!!!

And Latest News!

My featured Body Form Project

'Sometimes a Girl Just has to Bee'

has been posted on 

Graphics45 Gallery!

Thanks Graphics45!

I'm honoured!

Now get those Giveaway 

Entries in!!

Cheers!

And the Winner is.........

Hello Everyone:)

Well the day has come!

to announce the 

Winner of the 

$50 Gift Certificate to

Melissa Samuels Shop!

and

for Melissa to announce

the Winner on her blog

of the Wonderful

7Gypsies Product Package!

Woo Hoo!!!

It's currently 3 a.m. here

in Victoria, B.C. and I just

couldn't wait until morning to

post, so if you go to Melissa's

shop to see the Winner, and it isn't

posted yet, give her time to get her

coffee into herself! LOL!

I sincerely want to Thank all of

you who have entered this

Giveaway!

The amount of new 'Followers' and

all the Fabulous Comments you

all have left are so heart warming

and I'm gobsmacked!

Who would have thought that

a couple of little clip-boards

would have generated so 

much attention!

I have with full appreciation

told Melissa to use my idea for

a possible upcoming UStream

class that she'll be teaching, so

for all of you who wanted to 

know how to make these for

either quick Christmas Presents

or for yourselves, keep an eye

on Melissa's blog for future details!

And I would also 'big time'

like to Thank Melissa Samuels

for all her 'fun' support of my blog

in Co-Hosting this Giveaway with me:)

So!

Who's the Winner???

(Drum roll please!)

The Winner of the $50

Gift Certificate to

MelissaSamuels.net is...

ferrellgraph-x !!!!

Congrats on Winning the $50 

Gift Certificate!

(I will be sending you a confirmation 

email, then after you contact me

I'll be sending you the Certificate!)

Yippie a Winner!!!

(Full discloser, 2 other entries were sent in 

by email as they had difficulty in posting a

comment, they were included in the Giveaway,

and a Random Generator was used to pick the Winner:)

Well there ya go!

Another Giveaway and Another

Winner on my blog......

but don't go away yet.....

there's news to come......

The 'Girls' and I have been busy

the past couple of weeks.....

On Wednesday, November 16th....

....yes, could it be....

Another Giveaway!!!

You all will have to check back on

Wednesday to see who is 

Co-Hosting here on my blog

and on my Co-Host's blog for a 

Dual Gift Certificates Giveaway!

That's right! I'm at it again!

And with a Brand New Shop

to Birdnuts Mixed Media's blog!

And I'll also be highlighting  a 

new project of mine

that I'm thrilled to be showing

you all! 

Well everyone, can it get any better!

Well, yes it can!

I have been currently working at many projects, and have arranged more

Giveaways for you all taking you

all the way to the Holidays!

I can't believe how many Fabulous

Internet Shops are going to be 

involved with Giveaways here on my blog right through to Christmas!

I will be highlighting an assortment of

Mixed Media Assemblages, Journal Pages,

and lots of other projects of mine as well!

Can you tell I'm excited! LOL.

It'll all make up for boring blog posts in

January! 

(Just kidding!)

But it will be a wonderful way to take us

through to the New Year!

So hope to see you all on Wednesday!

Enjoy!!

Fabulous New Gift Certificate Giveaway!!!!

Hello Everyone!!

Hope you all had a Wonderful and Happy Halloween!

It seemed like it took forever to get here and

now it's come and gone already!

Time flies!

But I still have candy to consume!!! LOL.

So before we get into the full swing of Christmas

(although, my projects in this post would make

some great quick Christmas Presents!)

I'M AT IT AGAIN!!!

I'm so very pleased to announce the latest Giveaway on my Blog...

(drum roll please....:)

Welcome to our Co-Hosted 

Gift Certificate Giveaway

with Melissa Samuels!

(YIPPIE!!)

As some of you know, Melissa and I have teamed up

before to Co-Host Giveaways on our Blogs and

have had such fun and enjoyed ourselves so much

we've decided to do it again!

So lets see what the prizes are!

First off on Melissa's Blog she will

be giving a wonderful prize of

A 7Gypsies Grab Bag!

(Picture is of the one I have so products may vary)

What a Wonderful Assortment of 7Gypsies Products!

And here on my Blog

The prize will be a

$50.00 Gift Certificate

To

Melissa Samuels Shop!

Yippie!!! 

( You have no idea how much I wanted to keep this one 

for myself, LOL!)

So here's what you have to do to be

entered into both of our Blog

Giveaways:)

First off, please sign on as a

Google Follower here on my blog,

and then leave a Comment on this post

to be entered for my Gift Certificate

Giveaway:) 

then

Pop over to Melissa's Blog Post 

and also sign on as a 

Follower on her Blog, and

leave a Comment on her Giveaway

Post as well.

Then you'll be entered in both Giveaways!

If you are already a follower on either

of our blogs, then please leave a

Comment to tell us, and you'll still

be entered into the Giveaway!

NOW ON WITH MY PROJECT!

Using Products from Melissa Samuels Shop!

Using The 'Printery Collection' by

Prima Marketing 

Papers, and

These Wonderful 

'Shabby Chic Treasures'

Resins

I came up with this as my latest project:)

Fancy Clip-Board:)

Using lots of the products that I purchased from

Melissa Shop, I embellished with pockets, and

flowers and bling:)

Even the back's have extra pockets for notes.

With this Clip-Board I used the

7Gypsies 'Aviary' Collection

Again with all the pockets and tags for notes:)

I love using the new 'Shabby Chic Treasures' Resins

They're so easy to use and so pretty in their details!

Melissa has a full assortment to chose from in her shop!

Flowers by Prima too!!

I even made a more 'masculine' version

using 7Gypsies papers and pockets and tags:)

I love the look of the Library Pockets by

7Gypsies, actually I like all of their products! 

Great fun to use!

So there you go! 

And After Halloween

and Before Christmas 

Giveaway!

With projects to boot!

Giveaway on both Blogs

deadline is Sunday,

November 13, 2011

With the Winner's being

announced on 

Monday, November 14, 2011!

Great Product Prize and

$50.00 Gift Certificate

what a great way to get

prepared for the Holidays!

Have fun and get those 

entries in by signing on

and leaving a comment!

Cheers!

Enjoy!