$25 Gift Certificate to Retro Cafe Art Gallery Winner!

Hello Everyone:)

Can you believe it?

It's already December 18th!

Only 7 more days until Christmas!

But also, it's the day I'm 

Announcing the Winner

of the

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

$25 Gift Certificate Giveaway!!!

But first I want to 

Thank all of You for

Signing on as New Followers

and Entering the Giveaway 

as well as all of my 

Regular Followers who

know I adore them already!!!

So here we go!

The Winner is!

'Jenny'

(Confetti is flying all over the place!)

(Hip, Hip, Hurray!!!)

I will be Emailing 'Jenny' to tell her the wonderful

News that she is the Winner of the

$25 Gift Certificate to 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery!!!

Big Congrats Jenny!

As always, I Thank and Appreciate

Kristin Hubick

at 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

for all her Wonderful Support and Friendship!

So it's only 7 More Days Until Christmas!

and I've been floundering all this past

week in the Art Room!

Hard to concentrate when you're excited about the upcoming

Holidays! And in my case a Monumental Birthday too!

It's my 55th Birthday on the 22nd, and I'm relishing

the fact that I may be becoming a 'Senior' on that

Day, but I will Never Grow Up! LOL.

And here's some proof of that point! LOL!!

Here's an Christmas Ornament 

I made of Kristin's wonderful dog

Zeus:)

What a fabulous little face!!!

Couldn't resist even though I have no idea what

Zeus's take is on the whole Holiday situation! LOL!

And also a Project I made from one of Kristin's

Fabulous Paper Mache Hands!

Everything I used in this project came from

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

All the graphics, alphabet beads, paper mache hand,

trims, tapes, and butterfly die-cuts!

The 'house kit' was so much fun to play with

that as you can see, even the inside has been

all embellished with Kristin's Graphics!!

And I love the little Masonite Windows

made by Coffee Break Design at

Retro Cafe Art!

I had a Fabulous time making this project, and

as with the Paper Cakes, plan on making some

more of these hand projects in the future!

They lend themselves to so many ideas!!!

And as you all know, I'm full of those! LOL!!

So before I let you go!

On January 6th, 2012

Big News here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media!

But here's some hints, (grin).....

also.....

and of course, a little cake maybe?

January and February 2012

are Jam Packed with

more 

Fabulous Giveaways and Fun!!!

With lots of Surprises in store!!!

So here's to you all, hoping you have all of your

Holiday Arts and Crafts Projects all finished,

and ready for the Holidays!

This is one of my Christmas Season Projects

that I was thrilled to have finished to use

for my Facebook Profile for the Holiday Season

(check it out, and send me a Friends Invite! Denise Phillips)

I call it 'Oh Deer, Tiny Dancer'

This Journal Page I used the Fabulous Graphics from

Marsha Salyer Jorgensen 

of 

Tumble Fish Studios

at

Deviant Scrap. Com!

(Link attached to the photo:) and in my Favourites List)

and my Original Photo of my favourite deer Bubbie:)

So there ya go!

Proof I'll never grow up! LOL

Listen Everyone,

I wish you all with all my heart a

Fabulous Holiday Season

to you and yours!

And don't forget to check back often as

you never know what's going on here on

Happy Holidays!!!

and 

Hugs!!!

Enjoy:)

Happy Holidays Gift Certificate Giveaway!!!!

Happy Holidays!!!!

Hello Everyone!!!

(Can you tell I'm excited! LOL)

As I told you before, here's another 

Fabulous Gift Certificate Giveaway!

Hook up those Reindeer, get that sled, and we're off!

Lets get the Holiday Season under way!!!

Here we go again!!!

Kristin Hubick

of 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery 

and

Coffee Break Design

Has again Honoured me with another Wonderful

$25 Gift Certificate Giveaway!!

I always enjoy doing these Giveaways with 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery!

And here's some 

Fabulous News!

Kristin, the absolutely Clever Girl that she is,

has created an entire 

New Product Line of

Coffee Break Design Products!

She's added over 100 New Products to chose from

all before the Holidays!!!

So do go by 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

and check out the Fabulous Selection of

New Goodies!

So to Celebrate the Latest

$25 Gift Certificate Giveaway

I just had to do something to Celebrate, so

I Baked Cake!

Yup! That's right, I baked another Paper 'Cake'

in Honour of 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery!

Using many of Kristin's Fabulous Products:)

(Front View)

( Happy Holidays Side:)

With all of Retro's Ballerina's, (which were a blast

to repaint and glitter:), German Dresden Foils,

Stand-Up Number Cut-Outs, 

Masonite Window Frames:), (a personal favourite!),

Mini Light String, Alphabet Beads,

(and you all know I'm all about the Beads! LOL)

Even used No-Prep DecoArt Metal Paints 

from

Retro Cafe Art:)

(Back View)

And I always have to incorporate somewhere

in my Paper Cakes

Bus-Stop Lady!

(Halloween She was 'Victim':)

Now she's 'Sugar Plum":)

( Back View)

Seasons Greeting Side:)

I just love making these cakes!

But then, when it was all 'Baked',

I just couldn't stop there!

So I made a matching

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

Shrine Kit too!

Had an absolute blast making this with some

of Kristin's Fabulous New Products!!!

Check out those feet!!!!

As you can see from previous posts, these

kits are so much fun to be creative with!

Any idea can be used with them!

And again!

Bus-Stop Lady! Ha Ha!!

'Stage Mother'

( I never seem to run out of ideas for her!! LOL)

So here's the skinny on how to 

Enter the 

$25 Gift Certificate Giveaway!

Sign on as a Google 'Follower' here on my blog

and leave a 'Comment' telling me that you're

signed on and that's your Entry!

But wait!

That's your Entry on my Blog 

Here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media

to

Win the $25 Gift Certificate to 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

Then.....

Head over to 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery and

Leave Kristin a 

'Comment' on her Blog Post

and you'll be 

Entered to Win

another

$25 Gift Certificate Giveaway!!

That's right!

2 Chances to Win!!!!

Deadline for Entries is set for

December 17th with the

Winner Announced 

December 18th!!!!

So there you go!

2 Chances to Win

Wonderful 

Gift Certificates to

Retro Cafe Art Gallery!

And 'Cake' to Boot!

LOL

Bring your own Forks!!!

(GRIN).

I wish you all a

Fabulous Holiday Season!

Now get those Entries in!

Enjoy!!!

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!