Christmas Card and Last Call for the Christmas Giveaway!

I made this card for the aunt of a friend of mine who loves cardinals. I used Distress Inks and a glossy cardinal sticker as well as the Winter Doves stapm from Stacey Stamps. I cleaned off the ink from the doves before actually stamping the image!

Also just a reminder that I'll be drawing the winner for my giveaway today (Dec 15th) at 9pm eastern!  I hope to get the goodies out before the weekend.  I'd say tomorrow, but as luck would have it we are expecting another storm, so it might be a couple of days before I can get to the post office! Good luck to one and all.  Remember, it was not enough to subscribe/follow my blog/YT channel, you also had to comment!

Good luck to one and all!!!

Coupons for the Week of December 13 to 20, 2010

AC MOORE
Click here for your AC Moore coupons! The weekly coupon is 50% off again!

ARCHIVER'S
If you haven't used this coupon yet, do so by the 15th. It has been up for a couple of weeks now.

HOBBY LOBBY
Here is the main link that will get you to the weekly ad, 40% off coupon and everything HL you need! BTW, the Cinch tool and accessories and Cricut catridges and accessories are on sale this week at 30% off.

JOANN'S
I didn't receive any new coupons via email.

MICHAEL'S
Michael's coupons, and there are quite a few are right here. There is a 50% off one regular item that expires tomorrow (Monday the 13th).!

Be careful out there!

Additional Christmas Giveaway to Celebrate my 100th Blog Subscriber!!

I am so blessed! So I want to share a few more goodies with you, my blog subscribers!  This second package will be open to my blog subscribers only and will be based on your comments! Because I am a funny lady, I will draw the second prize first from just my bog buddies. I will then add the YouTube commenters and the winner of the 2nd prize and draw for the first prize.  Both winners will have to contact me with their snail mail address within a week.  In addition, the winner of the first prize will have to tell me which prize package they want!.
There are only 3 days left to comment.  Bear in mind that you must be a subscriber to win, but that you get extra chances for each comment, for reposting my giveaway to your blog, facebook page, on a forum or  for tweeting about it! Oh and BTW, the tags are not included in the prize packages!

Good luck!

Christmas Craze and Giveway Update

Twas 14 days until Christmas and all through the house, every creature was stirring, yes even the mouse. The mother was tearing the hair from her head, knowing well that by Christmas her sanity would be shred! The children were acting all silly you know, looking out through the window and hoping for snow.  The father was hoisting the tree up the stairs, to be set by the window for the neighbors to share. And so they all waited for the most wondrous night, when Baby Jesus was born and the North Star shone bright!

OK, pretty lame, but I'm trying to find my Christmas spirit.  Have you seen it?

One more thing, only 4 days left to enter the December Giveaway! And for the record, you have to comment, not just subscribe! I've seen a lot of people added, especially on YouTube, but they don't always comment! Every comment you make between December 1 up until midnight on the 15th count as one entry for you! I guess I better make a video and make sure everyone knows!  Because I've reached 100 subscribers on my blog, I will be adding a second prize that only my Blog subscribers who leave a comment will be eligible for... what have you got to lose? Nothing!!! What is it? Maybe I'll tell you tomorrow after I post the coupons!

That's me with Santa and St Nick! I'm so little!

Another Christmas Mini Album

I posted this on YouTube a couple of days ago and thought I'd share it here too! I hope you enjoy it and that the recipient will fill it with Christmas pictures that they love! For those of you who don't know, you can enhance your viewing experience by changing the numbers to the left of the YouTube Logo in the viewer and you can even watch full screen by clicking on the 4 arrows to the left of the YouTube logo. Please do leave a comment if you enjoy it...and only if you enjoy it, LOL!

The Value of Friendships

Would you believe!  I just reached 100 subscribers! Thank you everyone for coming in to visit!  I hope that you will continue to stop by from time to time! To mark the event, I'm going to add a second prize to this month's giveaway!!! Stay tuned!

As I've watched the number of subscribers to my blog jump in the last few days, I've wondered how many will become real friends. Real friends are not always the people that you interact with everyday. Often, they are people that you used to live close to and that you have been separated from, as your life or theirs, required a move. There are times when you cannot keep up with them the way you would want to, for any number of reasons. I wonder if anyone else has, from time to time, withdrawn from a friend for a while, because it hurt too much to talk to them. The hurt of the move was too raw and the loneliness caused by it was chocking up all the oxygen in the air around you. I must admit that I've been there far too often over the last 12 years. I miss being able to hug the friends I've left behind, while feeling blessed to have made new friends where I live now.

Real friends also come via the Internet these days, much as they might have been far away pen pals in days gone by. I am blessed to have those kinds of friends. Some are newer, some have been close for many years. Sometimes, make that often, I wish I had the time and money to bring all these wonderful people who have befriended me, who have loved and supported me through thick and thin, together. I would put them in one big beautifully decorated room that reflected their beautiful souls and celebrate the wonderful gift they have given me, their friendship. Since I obviously can't do that, (though that will change if I win the 74 million powerball), my beloved friends will forever remain safely in the chambers of my heart. My blog is dedicated to those friends and here, on my blog, they will be hono(u)red always!

Mega December/Christmas Giveaway!

I hope that a lot of you will enter! The giveaway is open to all my M-C's Friendship Corner and YouTube subscribers, old and brand new, who comment on either my blog or my YouTube channel between December 1st and 15th! You  get one entry for each comment (only one comment per post allowed). You also get an entry for posting my giveaway to your blog/Facebook/Twitter/Forum  etc  and letting me know about it.

For those of you who can't view the video, here are a coupld of pictures!  You get the choice of either the Cricut package OR the Paper Package!  Enjoy!  I can't wait to see who enters and who wins!

Paper Package

OR

Cricut Package



It's Coupon Time - December 5 to 11, 2010

AC MOORE
Click here for your AC Moore coupons! If you have one near you, now is the time to head off, right now..LOL!  They have a 25% off everything including sale items good from 6-10PM TODAY (Sunday, Dec 5th). The weekly coupon is 50% off again!

ARCHIVER'S
Yeah, I am back on the Archiver's coupon list!  Thanks again to Charlene to for fillingin the gap! So go ahead and click here to see their latest ad and get the latest coupon. This one is good until December 7th only.  There is also one good until the 15th here.

HOBBY LOBBY
Here is the main link that will get you to the weekly ad, 40% off coupon and everything HL you need!

JOANN'S UPDATED!
Just found a coupon in my mailbox, woohoo! Here you go people, go forth and shop!!!!

MICHAEL'S
Michael's coupons, and there are quite a few are right here. One is for this weekend only!

Happy shopping!

New Christmas Mini Album

I just loved making this project! This is a Christmas gift so the nameplate is empty! What would you put in it? The family name, Christmas, Joy, something else? Your comments on every one of my December posts will count toward my December/ Christmas giveaway!

M-C's November Blog Giveaway Drawing

Hi Everyone, you will need to watch the video to find out who won!  Aren't I the meanie!  The winner needs to contact me within the next week with their address and also which prize they want, the cricut cartridge OR the scrapbook papers and embellishments!

Tune in tomorrow to find out what I've got up my sleeve, or shouls I saw in my bag for the December/Christmas giveaway! You do know I love Christmas, right?

Coupons - Sorry I'm Late!

I hope all my American friends and family members had a great Thanksgiving and that everyone had the kind of weekend that you can be thankful for!

Oh and you have till the end of today to sign up for the November giveaway!!! I'll be drawing someone's name tomorrow morning!

Sorry that I'm late with these!  It has been a very hectic few days, but I wanted to make sure you got these, even if it is a day or two late! I'll try to do better next time!




AC MOOREClick here for your AC Moore coupon! One 50% off for today (Tuesday 11/30/2010) only and a 40% off for the rest of the week!

ARCHIVER'S

Thanks to Charlene for the link to thead and coupons! Remember, Archiver's will take the coupon right off your smart phone! As for me, I am still not getting their coupons. Have they blacklisted me for sharing? Coupons may only be used one and are good until December 15th!

HOBBY LOBBY

Here is the main link that will get you to the weekly ad, coupon and everything HL you need!

JOANN'S

Sorry, I don't have a link this week!

MICHAEL'S
Michael's coupons are here.

If you didn't spend all your money Black Friday or cyber Monday, then enjoy shopping some more!!!'

Happy Thanksgiving -

Thanksgiving is such a wonderful holiday.  What could be better than getting together with your family and counting your blessings? I am so fortunate that my son, Shaun was able to join us in Northern Kentucky again this year.  There was a time when we celebrated every Thanksgiving with Hubby's family, but now that my mother-in-law lives away from a readily accessible airport, it is a lot more difficult. That is something else I am blessed with, a really nice set of in-laws.  Though I do wish that I lived within an easy comute of all my wonderful nieces and nephews! So I'd like to spend a big hug to all of them, here in the order that they came into my life, Michael, Melanie, Sebastien Stephane, Catherine, Christopher, Rachel, Lindsay, Zachary, Charlotte and Sweetpea, who is already loved and expected to make an appearance in May, know that I think of you and love you, despite

I am also truly blessed in my friends, the new, the old, the young, the cyber and the RL ones! And yes that includes you Shirley up in Ottawa, who I have sadly neglected recently! Miss you girlfriend! So to all of you that I hold dear, I hope that whether you are celebrating Thanksgiving today or not, that your life is as blessed as mine and that you cherish today for the love and the laughter that surrounds you!

To my brother and beloved sister-in-law Elisa, happy birthday!  I love you guys!

Busy Bee Buzzes in - Nov 21, 2010

I'm betting that all my crafty friends are seeing Christmas looming and going oh my gosh, I am so not ready!  I've been working like a crazy woman. I made another 18 pages yesterday, finished one of my Suncatcher albums to send off to my friend Janie, and also finished a special Christmas card for the aunt of a friend of mine. In addition, for some creative fun, I started a Christmas mini for a family member. Would you believe all that in 36 hours and I blogged the coupons for the week, did some shoping and had a nice lady come over to pick up the six 12x12 scrapbook pages she ordered from me! I think this qualifies as a pretty productive day! 

Below are some of the things I can show you without spilling the beans completely! By the way I spent from 11am to 4pm at Archivers, did some shopping and then scrapped at Scrap Paper Scissors from 5 to 8pm. Met some nice ladies at SPC! Thanks ladies if you are reading this for sharing your table.  I enjoyed getting to know you a little!

The Family Christmas layout uses a lot of papers from the My Mind's Eye Lost and Found Collection. This is actually a modified version of the original layout I made in September which my customer say and wanted a Christmas version of. The flowers are all hand made my yours truly.

Family Christmas 2 page Layout

The Deck the Hall and the Tis the Season layouts also include flowers that I've made. By the way the colors seem a little off to me, but maybe when I post them they will look OK! Well now, it is getting late and I'll do my best to post the card tomorrow, or at least take a picture before I mail it off!

Coupons for the Week of November 21 to 27, 2010

So have you started Christmas shopping yet or are you making gifts this year?  Well if you have any crafting gifts to give out, perhaps this week's coupons will help some!

AC MOORE

Click here for your AC Moore coupon!

ARCHIVER'S
Would you believe I'm getting the ad emails, but not the coupons?  I was over there just yesterday scrapping, I also went to Scrap, Paper, Scissors and scrapped there for 3 hours from 5 to 8pm.  SPS is a very pretty shop and I thought I'd try scrapping there too.  Anyhow, while at Archiver's, Michelle and I talked and she reenterred my email as if it were new.  Hopefully that will fix my problem.  I'm afraid that unless I get an email forwarded, I won't be able to share!

HOBBY LOBBY

Here is the main link that will get you to the weekly ad, coupon and everything HL you need!

JOANN'S
Thanks to Teela for passing these on so that I can share them with all of you! Here are the coupons good both online and in store, but only until the 24th!

MICHAEL'S

Michael's coupon is here. The 40% off coupon is, like JoAnn's, only good till Wednesday the 24th!

Have a great shopping week!