Friday, October 4, 2013



Woo Hoo!!!
It's Friday....and you 
know what that means....





That's right!!!!
We have a 
Winner of the Giveaway 
to Announce!!!


Morning Everyone!
I'm so excited to be 
announcing the 
Winner this morning
of the 

Fabulous Dylusions
Mini Journal Giveaway!!!
I'll tell you, it is such a well made,
full of fabulous paper great for
altering and working with
that it's like pulling teeth
to give this one up.... 
( grin ) 
Luckily, I have the one I already
drooled on to keep me busy for
a while, so it's all good!

I was so excited that I got
up extra early for this posting
as I know you all can't wait
to see who wins!


So I've downed a pot of coffee
and had breakfast..... grin

And I want to Thank all of
you New Followers!!!

How Fabulous to have
You All come join in the fun!!
Thank you!!!

So let's get on with the
Announcement!!!



So using the 
Random Generator Site
to pick a 
Winner 
from the 
Fabulous Turnout of 
All of You
Entering the Giveaway 
for the
Dylusions Mini Journal

And the Winner is.....

Woo Hoo!!!

Dee Ryder!!!!

Yay Dee!!! Congrats!!!

I'll pop it into the mail
this weekend to you Dee!


Well there you go!
Another Wonderful Giveaway
here on 
Birdnuts Mixed Media!
I'm always so thrilled that you
all participate in my 
Blog's Swaps and Giveaways
and I just love hearing from 
You All on 
Facebook and here on the Blog.

So Stay Tuned more to come soon!!!
Congrats again to the Winner!!

Cheers!!!


Enjoy!!!



















Friday, September 20, 2013

Just as you thought we were
going to take a little break.....grin.....


Thought I'd do a Shout Out
post and a Quickie Giveaway
while I'm finishing up 
the last Fabulous ATC Swap
with Tracey from
Hidden Vintage Studios at DeviantScrap.com
and getting prepped 
for the next ATC Swap
that is coming up soon!
First off.....
Had a Great Mail Day today!

All the way from England....

This Fabulous Handmade 
Bird Watcher
came from a Great Artist I 
came across on Facebook
Jane Ryan OPI (Opiworks)
you can find her here
on Facebook and
here on Etsy and
here on Her Blog!

Being a Birdnut I'm thrilled
to have a piece of Jane's works
and it'll be next to my own 
Butterfly Garden Assemblage in
the Art Room.
Thanks Jane!! Love her!!

Then as if the mail day 
wasn't cool enough...


Goodies from 

Kristin Hubick at Retro 
brought in some of my fav goodies
Mr. Tim Holtz's New Tag Stencils 
and 


Not easy to get yet, so having 
bring in a few I immediately grabbed 2 of them! GRIN


These Mini Journals are the same as
Dyan's Fabulous Large Journals
right down to the storage envelope
inside the front cover, ( such a handy
thing for storing stencils and paper bits!)
The Mini Dylusions Journal is
8 3/8" x 5 5/8" a great size for some
quick or detailed journal art! 
And the paper inside it! Oh man
it's like silk to work with!

So I got to thinking as I sat drooling
over my new Mini Dylusions Journal
that to have 2 of them right now might
be a bit of overkill, as it's going to take
me some time to fill 1 up with all
the projects on my plate.....

So I'm putting up the 2nd 
(the one I didn't drool on......LOL)

as the Prize for a 
Quickie Giveaway!
That's right! 
Here on 
Birdnuts Mixed Media
I'll give this one away!

All you need to do to 
Enter to Win
is Leave a Comment
if you're a Follower of 
Birdnuts Mixed Media
on This Blog Post

If you aren't a Follower yet,
then there are two choices
on the Right Side Column 
to sign up as a 
New Follower
Google or NetworkBlogs
and Leave a Comment on this 
Blog Post and
let me Know you've sign up!
It's that easy!
On Friday, October 4th
I will Announce the Winner!!!

Woo Hoo! GRIN

In the meantime...I'll be busy
getting set up for the next
upcoming swap here on 
Birdnuts Mixed Media!
Rumour has it that a certain
(Ms.Fancy Pants) of 
could be
involved....grin


I've been playing with some 
4 x 6 art cards using some of Nancy's Fabulous Graphics
along with my own, a size that I haven't
played with before with all the ATC 
making I've been doing, so to get the 
hang of it ...

I love making up Nancy's Girlies
from all of her Fabulous Kits!


They always set the tone...


...even if the tone is a little odd....grin...


As you can see, 4 x 6 is a fun
size to be working with!
Hmm......maybe a 4 x 6 swap? grin....

So that is enough of a tease,
I'm off to pack ATC's and get them
out into the post to you....in the 
meantime, 
Leave a Comment 
to Be Entered
to Win!!!

And on a personal note
September 10th was our
Oliver Howard's
12th Birthday :)


He had a day full of treats
including a new sweatshirt
for rainy days....
the boy's in the hood....grin
Luv my boy 

Thanks All :)


Enjoy!
















Thursday, September 19, 2013


Greetings All 
We have a Winner!!

What a Fun Swap we've
had this last month
with



So many Fabulous ATC's
arrived from You All from
all over the Globe!
I so much appreciate all of
You taking time and participating
in my Swaps here on 

Wow!!!

But I have to tell you, 
a really Wonderful package 
arrived from Tracey herself!
She's made 20 different ATC's
for me to tuck in for each
one of you!!!
With a little 
Halloween Goodie
tucked in!

Thank you so much 
Tracey for participating making
so many ATC's for Everyone
on top of 
Donating the 
$25 Gift Certificate
for the Drawing!
to 


Don't forget to check out

There's even more 
Brand New Halloween 
Graphics Kits!!!!


So here we are.....

About to 
Announce the
Winner 
of the 
$25 Gift Certificate
to 

Using the Random Generator
I'm so please to announce that
the Winner is.....

Woo Hoo!!!

Virginia Smith!!!!

I was particularly jumping
up and down for Virginia
as she's one of 
Birdnuts Mixed Media's 
longest participating 
ATC Swap Artists and
I don't think she's ever
won before!
so there you go girl!
Your number came up!!!
Thanks so much for 
participating Virginia!
And Big Congrats!!

So Now that we've made
it to the Deadline, and the Drawing
I'd better get packing and mailing
all the Wonderful ATC's and
the Extra Goodies tucked in
to you all!!!
Big Mail out from here
in Victoria, B.C. Canada
on Saturday so with the Post
the way it is, should be about
10 working days to 2 weeks to arrive 
( I'd say sooner by what the heck,
it'll be a surprise if it does! LOL!)

Big Thank you's again to 
Tracey Parker
and 

And a Huge THANK YOU
to All of You
Wonderful ATC Artists
for Entering the Swap!!!

And stay tuned!
Will be announcing another
Fabulous Swap coming up
very soon!
( Will announce both here and
on Facebook :)
After I catch up with the mail outs
and take a little breather!!!
Whew.... grin.

Enjoy!!!










Thursday, August 15, 2013

Update!!!
due to the mail service being
it's usual late.....and more
than a handful of your
ATC's haven't arrived for
todays intended deadline,
I'm postponing the deadline to
Wednesday, September 18th,
with the Prize Drawing
for the $25 Gift Certificate
from 
Hidden Vintage Studios
Winner to be Announced
here on
Thursday, September 19th!
So sorry for the delay, again!
See you back here
on 
Thursday, September 19th!!!
Good Luck in the Drawing!!!


Are you ready? 
(tee hee)


Hey All You Fab ATC Artists...
are you ready for another
ATC Swap?
And another Fabulous Prize Drawing?????
(grin)

Well guess what!
You've got it, and....
a Newbie 
Co-Hosting 
with me this time round!


Another Wonderful 
Graphics Company
with

A Wonderful Selection
of Graphics at
with a Brand New Kit
just released


'Teacup Tricksters'

There are some really 
Wonderful examples
of Assemblages made 
with this kit on their

Facebook Page

So please do go check
out their Facebook Page
and give them a 'Like'
as they were very kind
in donating a

$25 Gift Certificate
to
Hidden Vintage Studio

for the 
Prize Drawing
here on 
Birdnuts Mixed Media
for this Month's ATC Swap!!!

Woo Hoo!!!

See! I've already been playing!

The Graphics Kit
Teacup Tricksters
has some Deliciously
Halloween Graphics!


It's certainly put me
into the Spirit!
LOL!





So here we go!!!
Details on 
How to Enter! 
( If you dare....bwhaaaa!)

Thought you'd like to get a little
Art Going for the upcoming
Holiday 
and to 
Celebrate
Hidden Vintage Studio's 
New Kit

So this time round
the ATC Swap Theme is
Halloween!
Although if you'd like to 
use any of 
Hidden Vintage Studio's
Kits in making your ATC's
that would be Great too!!!

In this ATC Swap
you'll be making
3   ATC's
2 ATC's will be Traded with
2 other ATC Artists in the Swap.
And 1 ATC will be Traded with me!

Next
I will start a Photo Album
on my Facebook Page
Denise Phillips
to Highlight all of your ATC's
as I receive them so we all
can have a boo!!! (grin).

Deadline
As it is August 15th Today
I'll be running the ATC Swap
to the 
Deadline of 
Thursday September 12th, 2013
with the 
Announcement of
the Winner of the 
$25 Gift Certificate to
Hidden Vintage Studio
at
DeviantScrap.com
on
Friday, September 13th!!

LOL! How appropriate!
Friday the 13th!!! 
GRIN

To Enter in the ATC Swap
and Gift Certificate Drawing
Please send a 
$5.00 PayPal 'Gift' Invoice
for Return Postage and Handling
to
Birdnuts Mixed Media
Email  GIMPY@telus.net

I will be limiting to only
20 ATC Artists in this months
ATC Swap
so if you aren't able to participate
after Entering please let me know
asap so I may let another Artist
participate.
I will gladly refund your 
Return Postage and Handling 
within the first 2 weeks of the Swap
but after that there will not be
a refund.
( I have found some to want a refund after finding
out they were not the Winner for the Drawing
so this seems to be the best way to stop that issue).

Because I am up in Canada, and
many of you are Global
you need at least 2 weeks from the
time you mail your 3 sets of
Halloween ATC's to me to get them
to me in time for the Deadline...
All Entries no matter where you are
mailing from should be in the Post
by no later than 
September 2nd, 2013

And if possible please
try to make your ATC's
as easy to put into a Standard
Sized Envelope to save on
mailing costs, anything oversized
will cost twice as much in returning.
(Thanks to the Canadian Postal Service!)
Much appreciated.

So there you go!
So get your Entries in
while there's room with
only 20 Artists Playing!
And go forth and get those
Halloween ATC's Made!!!

And
Big Thanks to 
Hidden Vintage Studio!
at
Deviant Scrap.com!!!

Thanks All!!!
Enjoy!!!