Woo Hoo!!! Are you Ready??

Hey All! 

Are you ready for another swap?

I've checked the calendar, as 

Canada Post states that to be

delivered by Christmas packages 

and such must be mailed out 

by November 15th.....crazy isn't it?

Hence why I don't receive Christmas

cards from Family and Friends until

January most years!

So that all being said, I've 'plotted' 

the calendar, so if you're into jumping

in and joining in another swap,

we'll do a quickie swap hoping for a 

quick mail turn-a-bout!

And Guess Who's Co-Hosting???

Woo Hoo!!!

Our Own 

Nancy Baumiller

of 

Crowabout StudioB

at

Deviant Scrap.com!!!

And I keep forgetting to give 

You All a Link to

Nancy's Wonderful Blog!!!!

You can see Fabulous Examples

of Nancy's work as well as an 

occasional Freebie!!!

So's here's the Skinny for the New 'Quickie' Swap!!!

Triptychs!!!!!

Yay!!!!

But a Twist!!!!!!

They are only 

2 inches x 2 inches!!!!

That's right, 2 x 2's x 3....grin

That's confusing isn't it?

Use a 2 inch x 2 inch

base, ( I cut chipboard)

Use 3 of them to create one

picture ( that's the triptych)

and

make 3 different sets of them

for the swap!

2 sets will be swapped out with

the other Participating Artists

and 

1 set will be swapped out with me :)

AND....

Nancy's so Kindly Donating

a $25 Gift Certificate

to 

Crowabout StudioB

for the 

Giveaway Drawing!!!!

AND!!!!

There's no Theme!!!

Can be anything you'd like, just

use 

Crowabout StudioB Graphics!

Here's the Details on 

How to Enter!

First

To be Entered 

in the 

2 x 2 Triptych Swap

Please send a 

PayPal 'GIFT' Invoice 

(Family and Friends 

Section on Paypal)

for the amount of $5

for the 

return postage and handling

( tucking in extra goodies)

to

Birdnuts Mixed Media

at

GIMPY@telus.net

(By sending the invoice to me as a 'Gift'

it saves both you and I the fee's and

charges Paypal would be charging

either of us. )

(I am limiting to only 

20 Participating 

Artists in this Swap

(so that way I have the time 

to make the 20 sets of

the Triptychs for the swap and to

have all the envelopes ready to get

posted at the Giveaway Deadline Date)

Next....

The Deadline 

to actually have your 

3 Sets of Triptych's 

Made and Mailed out

on their way to me is

October 26th!!!

I Know!!!

I can hear you all saying 'but that's

only a week away!!!' LOL!

That's right, you have 1 week to have

them made, and mailed out, as it will

take up to 2 + weeks for them to

arrive here!!!

So no feet dragging in this swap! LOL!

And the Deadline to

receive them all is

November 7th!

As the 

Drawing for the Giveaway

of the $25 Gift Certificate

to Nancy's

Crowabout Studio B

Will be Announced on 

Friday, November 8th, 2013!!

Told you this was a 

Quickie Swap!! LOL!

With the Christmas Season just

around the corner, this will very likely

be the Last Swap for this year here

on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media

due to the slowness of the Mail Service

until Year's End....

So hope you'll all jump and and go for it!!

( I will still have a Giveaway or two

before Year's End, so do check in 

occasionally so you don't miss out :)

Oliver Howard says 'Get Going!!' 

GRIN

Thanks All!

And Big Thanks to 

Nancy Baumiller

of

Crowabout StudioB

at

Deviant Scrap.com!!!!

Enjoy!!!

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!!!

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 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery!

Kristin Hubick at Retro 

brought in some of my fav goodies

Mr. Tim Holtz's New Tag Stencils 

and 

Dyan Reaveley's 

Dylusions Mini Journal!

Not easy to get yet, so having 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery 

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 

Mini Dylusions Journal

(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

Nancy Baumiller 

(Ms.Fancy Pants) of 

Crowabout StudioB 

at DeviantScrap.com

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!

Greetings All 

We have a Winner!!

What a Fun Swap we've

had this last month

with

Hidden Vintage Studio's

at DeviantScrap.com!

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 

Birdnuts Mixed Media!

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 

Hidden Vintage Studios!

Don't forget to check out

Hidden Vintage Studio's

DeviantScrap Shop

There's even more 

Brand New Halloween 

Graphics Kits!!!!

So here we are.....

About to 

Announce the

Winner 

of the 

$25 Gift Certificate

to 

Hidden Vintage Studios!!!

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 

Hidden Vintage Studios

at

Deviant Scrap.com

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!!!