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!

A Non-Halloween Break!

Hello Everyone:)

Well it's been an exciting couple of weeks

on my blog with the Co-Hosted Giveaway

with Kristin Hubick 

of 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

which both of us enjoyed so much!

So I thought, I would give a little break

to all the Halloween 

colours and projects, for all of our eye's 

to have a rest, 

So, I took on another 

Project Challenge 

from Kristin and

it's in conjunction with her latest 

Giveaway

on Retro Cafe Art Gallery in 

Celebration 

of her 

New Venture with

Land of Enchantment

Graphics Sheets by

Debrina Pratt!

I have been a collector of Debrina's Graphics

for a couple of years now, so I was thrilled

to see that she and Kristin have this 

New Venture together and

with this 

New Giveaway 

on

Retro Cafe Art Gallery's Blog

You all can Win too!

So here's my answer to Kristin's Challenge:)

This is my 

'French Peacock Shrine'

(and as some of you know from pictures of

my Art Room on Facebook, this is right

up my alley! LOL) 

( If you'd like to see, send me a 'Friend' Invite

on Facebook/Denise Phillips:)

I made this from 

Kristin's Coffee Break Design Kit

ATC Shrine and Land of Enchantments Graphics Sheets :)

(Background sheet to display also one of

Land of Enchantments 

Graphics Sheets:)

I love these colours and graphics!

I also used Coffee Break Design's 

Arch Trinket Shrine and Fancy Brass 

Feather Crowns and of course

Mr. Tim Holtz Hitches as feet!

(Becoming a regular feature on my pieces!)

I so much enjoyed making it that I decided to go

a bit further with these wonderful graphics sheets

and Kristin's Coffee Break Design Kits.

Of course for me, it's all about the Birds! LOL!

Debrina's Graphics of her birds have always

been a Favourite of mine!

But check out those mini crowns!

Teensy Tiny Brass Crowns from

Retro Cafe Art:)

I loved playing with this little kit of Mini Stand-Up Houses,

and my ideas are 'flying' 

on how to use more of them!

But until then, 1 more project I finished this

week, which I used some of Land of Enchantments

Graphics, and a Vintage Photo from my own

collection, 

a few extra vintage goodies I've collected 

from Kristin along the way and 

also of course my favourite

Alphabet Beads!

This is an 8 x 10 Collage piece I'm calling

'Thrill Seeker'

( I just love that woman's expression!)

I photographed it before framing...

I mounted it in an 8 x 10 Shadow Box frame:)

So there you go!

I've had a wonderful week of being creative thanks

to Kristin's Challenge! 

Non-Halloween!

So I hope you all will pop over to Kristin's 

blog at

and get your entries into her latest

Giveaway! Kristin is giving away FIVE Land of Enchantment Collage Sheets to FOUR lucky winners! All you have to do is leave a comment on her blog post!

And just a head's up....

more Giveaway's to come on my blog from

some more 

Wonderful Shops all in the works!

So hope you've enjoyed my latest flurry of

creativity, and hope you'll sign on as a 

Google Follower if you aren't already one,

and do come by and send me a Friends 

request on Facebook too!

It's isn't quite Halloween yet, so there's at 

least another blog post in the works to

Celebrate!

So until then, as ever

Enjoy!

AND THE WINNER IS!!!!!!!

And the Winner is in the

$25.00 Retro Cafe Art 

Gift Certificate Giveaway 

is......

.....Well, (don't think you all are getting 

off that easy do you! LOL)

It's been a long two weeks!

But a Fantastic Experience!

With my Artist Heart, I want to give a Big Thank You

to

Kristin Hubick

of 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

who has been my Co-Hostess

with this Wonderful Blog Giveaway that

she and I both have enjoyed!

The amount of Wonderful Comments, 

New Followers, and for Kristin 

New Customers

has been amazing!

We both Thank you all so very much!

So Thanks again, and I'll keep in touch!

....oh I think I forgot something:)

And the Winner is!

Robin!

(Horns blowing, confetti flyings, dogs barking, 

husband yelling...whoops, you didn't need to know that! LOL)

Congrats Robin on being

the Winner!!!

I have passed along to Kristin your name and email and

she will be sending you your $25.00 Gift Certificate!

Thank you all so very much for entering!

There's more posts coming up with new eye candy of

projects I've been working on

And I'll even be sharing a few pictures of

a Halloween Project that my

Art Pal Leslie has made for my 

husband and myself that

I just have to share with you all!

There's also more Giveaways and a possible

Contest all coming up over November and

December here on my blog so

stay tuned, check in, and sign on if you've

just found me:)

Till then, Congrats again to Robin our Winner!

and as ever...

ENJOY!

P.S....if any of you think I should do another 

cake, maybe for Christmas leave a comment....

and please take your dirty forks with you!

LOL!