And the Winner is....

Hey Everyone...

Well it is finally time to bring this

Fabulous Tag Swap and Giveaway to

an End...what a Wonderful Swap 

this has been!!!

I first want to give a Huge 

Thank You

To Both of my Wonderful

Co-Hostesses this time round!

It was a First here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media

to have Two Co-Hostesses at once

and believe me, it's been a blast

working with both

Nancy Baumiller 

of Crowabout StudioB 

and 

Marsha Sayler Jorgensen

of

Tumble Fish Studio

From DeviantScrap.com

Two of the most Creative and Generous Women I know!

As you know, 

both Nancy and Marsha

have 

Donated $25 Gift Certificates 

each to their shops for the 

Prize Drawing

but also Nancy's sent 

a little Embellishment Kit 

for an extra 

Runner Up Prize, 

and 

Marsha has sent a Post Card 

of one of her

Fabulous Creations 

for Each of You to be

tucked into your 

Swap Envelopes

and for another 

Runner Up Prize one of her

Wonderful Original Prints!!!

Wow!!! So let's get this

going!!!!

Using the Random Generator Site

to Pick the Winners.....

We'll start with the 

Embellishment Goodie Pack 

from Nancy at 

Crowabout StudioB! 

And the Runner Up Winner is....

Jackie PN!!!!

Congrats Jackie, I'll be tucking in the

goodies from Nancy to you in your

Swap Envelope!

Now Next...

The Lovely Original Print of

Marsha Sayler Jorgensens'

from

Tumble Fish Studio

and the Runner Up Winner is....

Larry Hnetka!!

Woo Hoo Larry! Congrats!

Marsha's Print will be mailed out

in your Tag Swap Envelope!

...Now the Big Prizes!!!

The Winner of the

$25 Gift Certificate to

Crowabout StudioB 

from the Lovely 

Nancy Baumiller

(a.k.a. Ms. Fancy Pants)

is......

Big Congrats to

Bevlea Ross!!!!

Woo Hoo!

Congrats Bevlea! I'll give

Nancy your contact info to

get the Gift Certificate to you!!!

And Nancy's Just Released a 

Brand New Kit!!! Perfect time

for a Gift Certificate!!! Woo Hoo!

And Last but certainly not least...

 Marsha Sayler Jorgensen's

$25 Gift Certificate to

Tumble Fish Studio

And the Lucky Winner is....

Jaci Swarts!!!

Woo Hoo Jaci!

And great timing Jaci, as Marsha

has a New Kit just about to be

released! Congrats!!!!

Wow! Like I said before, 

What a Blast 

I have personally 

had with this Swap!

With these Two Fabulous Shops

Graphic to work with, I've had

so much fun making all the Tags 

that I will be Swapping with you all,

And the crazy idea that I'd make all 

the Swap Envelopes to send to you All!

And I've put together Goodie Packs 

of my own to send to each of you as

well, just a little Thank You

to All of You Fabulous Swap Artists!!!

Big Thanks Everyone!!!

Hate to see this Swap come to an End..

but you Never Know what is coming next!

GRIN.....

So stay tuned...info coming soon!!!

Until then...

Congrats to the Winners!

Enjoy!!

Quick Note!!
Huge Thanks to All of You Entering!!! Wow!
(Don't forget to Email your Mailing address to me and I'll get mine to you for the swap! Or you can PM on Facebook to get the Info to me! Thank you!!)

And A New Season Begins......

So I did some checking, as I tend to not keep track of these things..and it's my 

4th Season 

of Hosting Giveaways and Swap 

here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media 

and my 5th Anniversary 

is coming later this year!

That woke me up faster than my cup of coffee this morning :)

It's been an Amazing Journey, and so

many of you have stuck with me all 

these years, and I THANK YOU!!

So here we are about to start 

2014's

New Season of Swaps

and I couldn't be more excited 

asthis Season, it's a First!

Birdnuts Mixed Media

has 

TWO Fabulous Co-Hostesses!!!!

Woo Hoo!!!

That's Right, Two!!!!

Ms. Nancy Baumiller

of Crowabout StudioB

at Deviant Scrap.com

..and you KNOW I love Ms. Nancy

and her Graphics being a long time

Swap Hostess here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media

and for the First Time the 

Wonderful

Marsha Sayler Jorgensen

of

Tumble Fish Studio

at DeviantScrap.com

(I attached links to their names to their

wonderful blogs and you can find them

both on Facebook to boot!!!)

Both Nancy and Marsha

just did a Collaboration of Kits

that I just fell in love with!

Nancy's Funky Dream Fairies

Collab with Tumble Fish Studio

and

Marsha's 

Tumble Fish Studio Dream

Funky Fairies Kit

Both these kits set me off the last couple of weeks producing a Goal of a Tag a Day

Which we'll get to in a moment....

as Both Nancy and Marsha have

News!!!

Today Both

Crowabout StudioB and 

Tumble Fish Studios

Released Brand New Kits!!!

along with all the other

Fabulous Designer Shops at

Deviant Scrap

Crowabout StudioB's 

C.Y.O.C.Museum-Curiosity Gift Shop

With Coordinating Papers Kit to boot!

and 

Tumble Fish Studio

C.Y.O.C.

MUSEum Kit!

Plus All of the Wonderful Designer's at Deviant Scrap

are Participating in this C.Y.O.C. Category 

and there's a Freebie for Purchasing!

So here's what's going on

here on 

Birdnuts Mixed Media

and

These Two Fabulous

Deviant Scrap Shops!

2014 Tag Swap

and

Gift Certificate Giveaways!!!!

Something a little different to start out the Season a Tag Swap!

Using Standard Size Shipping Tags

( 6 1/4" x 3 1/4")

and using one or the other or both

Tumble Fish Studio and Crowabout StudioB

Graphics from their 

Fabulous Assortment

of Kits!

You'll be making 3 Tags.

2 of the Tags will be swapped out 

with the other participating Tag Artists

and 1 Tag will be swapped with me :)

When you've Entered the Swap

you'll be 

Entered to Win one of the

Giveaway Prizes!!!

Crowabout Studio B and Tumble Fish Studio

both have Donated $25 Gift Certificates

( with some Surprise Extra Prizes)

so there will be 

2 Winner's of $25 Gift Certificates!!!

with some extra Giveaways 

for more of you in the Drawing!!

Woo Hoo!!!

What a Great Way to Start the Season!!!

Here's the Detail on 

How to Enter The Swap

Please send a 

PayPal Family and Friends Gift Invoice

for the amount of $6.00

for the 

Return Postage and Handling

(tucking in of 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)

(If you're unable after sending the 

Invoice to Participate, I will refund

your Return Postage amount up to 

February 21, 2014 as the preparations

of envelopes and tag making will be

effected if cancelled.)

I am setting a limit of

30 Participating Artists for this

Swap Round.

(I'd better get busy, that's 30 Tags 

I have to make! LOL!!!)

Next

Leave a Comment 

on this

Blog Post after you've sent the 

PayPal Invoice for Return Postage

( and if you aren't a Follower I'd

love to have you sign on either

Network Blogs or Google's Widgets

on the Sidebar!)

Here's the Deadlines!

The Swap starts Today!

so get those Entries in!

The Deadline to Receive your

3 Completed Tags is 

March 14th!!!

The Drawing for the 

Gift Certificates and Prizes

will be 

March 21st!!

Now with all the issues with the Postal Service in the U.S. and Canada and Internationally, please get your Tags

mailed out giving at least 2 weeks delivery time to arrive!!!

With the storms in the States and the grounding of planes, this could effect the delivery, so please give yourselves plenty of time getting them mailed to arrive before the March 14th Deadline!!

So there you go!!!!

2014's Tag Swap is Under Way

GET BUSY!!! LOL!!!

So Sorry I'm Late...

but we have a Winner!

Hey All, I had expected to have

this blog post done by early this 

morning, but forgot I had an

appointment this morning...so I'm

a little late with announcing the

Winner...but better late than never!

And by the way...

Happy Valentines Day!!!

I've just spent the last 2 weeks tag making

with two of my 

Favourite Graphics Company 

Designers Kits

from Deviant Scrap

Crowabout StudioB 

and

Tumblefish Graphics!

Links attached so you can find their

New Kits!

Anyhoo......

Hope you have a Brilliant

Valentines Day!

I've also been playing more with the

VerDay Paints I purchased from

Retro Cafe Art Gallery!

Retro Cafe Art has these 

Fabulous Santos Doll Kits

made by Coffee Break Design

in 3 Different Sizes!

Great fun to play with, and 

using the VerDay Paints 

gave it a whole different

process! Great Fun!

The VerDay Paints worked great

on the different surfaces, even the

metal!

You'll love using these Paints!

So I guess we'd better get down to

why we're all here today...

the Winner!

Using the Random Generator

The Winner

 of the 

VerDay Paints Set

is......

( drum roll.........grin)

Selah Gay!!

Woo Hoo!!!!!

Congrats Selah Gay, I will get them

popped into the post!!

So Thank You All for Joining

in and Entering the Giveaway!

So appreciate it....and stay tuned...

more coming!!!

Enjoy!!

How about a Giveaway????

We could all use a treat :)

I know I'm a little late to the party,

but better late than never!

Over at Kristin Hubick's 

Retro Cafe Art Gallery

I came across this Fabulous Paint

Called VerDay that is Amazing stuff!!!

( And it's on Sale right now over at

Retro Cafe Art!!! Link Attached!)

I know! It's been around for quite some

time, I told you I was late to the party!

(tee hee)

But it has been a wonderful process working with this paint set and got my mojo back on track after a long quiet spell :)

so just playing around with it to get

my ideas flowing I did this mini canvas collage with my 'Oh Deer' Bubbie

Only a 2 x 2 inch canvas but it was

a great starting point!

Which led me to this.....

Using Retro Cafe Art's 

ATC Shrine Box 

as the base I just grabbed

bits and bobs of left over pieces from past projects to create my latest

ATC Shrine Box creation....

...loved using the VerDay on it...

So thinking to myself, what else can it do...

and since I took the 

Online Workshop of

Mary Jane Chadbourne's 

Desert Dream Studio 

1st Workshop at 

Artful Gathering

I decided to start making my bracelets again

using the VerDay as the background and

I'm thrilled with how it turned out!

This one is a size small, but doing up

an assortment of them for my Etsy

shop soon, so let me know if you're

interested!

....and since I was on a roll with the 

VerDay....

...my favourite :)

8x10 Canvas with a bit of 

Itkupilli Graphic and one of

my new Christmas present stamps

by Lynne Perrella

this was the most fun, and I'm 

currently doing a series of these

to go into my Etsy shop so do

let me know if interested :)

So anyway, being almost the end

of January, and with Valentine's 

just around the corner in a few weeks.....

I decided I'm having so much fun

with the VerDay that I needed to share.....

so.... I purchased an extra set 

from Retro Cafe Art!!!

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so I know you are Entered

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Your very own Set of 

VerDay Paints!!!

On February 14th, 2014

On Valentine's Day

a Gift From Me to You

I'll pick a Winner 

and Announce here on the Blog!!

Well there you go!

VerDay's Paints Giveaway 

for Valentine's Day :)

So I'm off to do a bit

of catch up for the upcoming

tax season, ( sorry to even mention),

and free up some of my time 

to get another ATC Swap in order

in the coming weeks....

So let me know if any of you are

interested in any of my pieces as

most of you know you can also find

me on Facebook :)

In the meantime....get 

Entered to Win!!!

Cheers!!!