Better Late Than Never? November Giveaway

I know, I am late with this. I hope you will all forgive me and still participate in the drawing!  This time you will have a choice between:

A. The Cricut Seasonal Pumpkin Carving Cricut cartridge;

OR

B. The following Studio Calico prize package.

I have changed the rules to allow people who do not have blogs, Facebook accounts or Twitter to participate. You do not have to live in the US or Canada, but it sure helps with shipping costs if you do, LOL!

Here are the rules:

A. You must be a follower of this blog.
B. You must leave a comment below telling me about a special friendship that came about as a result of being a scrapbooker/crafter.
C. People who re post and leave a link in the Mister Linky box will get an additional entry.
D. The winner must contact me within 7 days of my announcing them as the winner.
E. Any item that is not claimed within the 7 day period will be added to the December Holiday Giveaway!

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I hope many of you decide to enter this month! Have fun!

Coupon Post - Week of November 7-14, 2010

Another week has come and gone and we are getting closer and closer to Christmas!  Have you started your wish list yet?  Last year I let my family know about Amazon.com's universal button.  It allows a person to add items from all sort of different websites to your Amazon wish list, which in turn allows family members to know what you really want and make sure that you don't get duplicates, or clothing in the wrong size.  Here is the link: http://www.amazon.com/wishlist/get-button

Now for this weeks coupons:

AC MOORE
No real good crafty deals at AC Moore and for some reason, while they had a coupon good Saturday only, they do not have any coupon for this week other than on framing. Their weekly ad can be seen here.

ARCHIVER'S
No new emailed coupons this week.

HOBBY LOBBY
HL has a 40% off coupon this week. Their ad is definitely worth a look too. Amongst other things, 40% off punches, page kits and packaged cards, and envelopes!

JOANN's
Apparently I'm not the only person that can't get JoAnn's to add them to their email list! I'm still waiting for those to show back up! If you read this and are getting the JoAnn's coupons, please will you send me the link when you get them?

MICHAEL'S
Michael's is definitely the coupon king this week!  They have a 50% off one regular priced item good Sunday to Wednesday (Nov 7 through 10, a 20% off your entire purchase good Thursday and Friday (Nov 11 &12), a 40% of one regular priced item good Thursday and Friday (Nov 11 &12) and an Extra 25% off all week on wall & tabletop frames, framed art and display cases!

Have a great shopping week and let me know if you get some real savings! Teela, thanks for letting me know that you were able to save money this week! It is the comments that makes it worthwhile for me to spend the time to make this post every week!

What a Wonderful Crop!

Tina Rouse has done it again!  Dedicated to raising funds to help find a cure for Alzheimer's, Tina and her family and friends put together another great crop!  The crop, held yesterday at Ryle High School in Union Kentucky, was another huge success. 150 people prepaid to attend the crop! So, since Alzheimer's has also touched my family directly, I'd like to thank Tina and her helpers not just for myself, but on behalf on my brother Richard and his wife Elisa, whose mother Cécile Pescadore was one of the victims of this memory stealing disease.

150+ scrapbookers, that is a lot of paper in one room!

It was my privilege to be one of the sellers at the crop.  Thank goodness for my friend Celine!  She helped me set up and take care of the booth. Celine also created some lovely layouts for us to share with the many ladies who attended the crop. Here is Celine, with her coat on, ready to go home! It was pretty cold yesterday, but not that cold, LOL!  Celine a recent arrival from France, is still getting used to our weather!

Thank you Céline for your friendship and hard work!

Here is a view of our booth. I think we did an awesome job making it look presentable. 

We were worked hard to make it look presentable!

And yes for once, I have a picture of me to share!

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the booth!

Thank you to my fellow sellers, you are all such a wonderful group of people and a special thank you to everyone who stopped by the booth!  Nina, thank you so much for all your help taking the whole booth down and helping me load everything back into the car! You made the end of the evening a special time! I truly had a wonderful day!

Cards I Made

I made all these cards, plus 3 2-page layouts and an ATC during my stay at the retreat! I made about 20 more since then.

Hope you like them!

Shabby Chic Mini Album

Wow, another post???? I've been working on these for a while now, and am learning how to share, LOL!This video is unedited, so I hope that you will enjoy it!




Hopefully the person who will get this one for Christmas, will not figure out that it is for her!

Scrapbook Retreat at Lake Cumberland

We had a truly magnificent time at the retreat in Lake Cumberland.  Kim was a thoughtful and kind hostess who made sure that everything was just right for us!

Please forgive the quality of the video, I am still a newbie at taking them and editing them!  I hope to do better in the future, but for now, this is it! If you are interested in joining me and my buddies for a retreat in May or June, please do not hesitate to contact me! Right now I'm thinking of the last weekend in May for our next retreat! I'm sure we'll have a blast!



Click here to go directly to my friend Kim's website.

And the winner is...

Which would make our winner for this month Teela!  Teela, you have one week from today to get in touch with me and email me your address and your choice, will it be the cartridge or the $25 in scrapbook products?  Inquiring minds want to know!!!

Have a great evening/day and please stay tuned for my next giveaway!

Coupon for the Week of 1 to 7 November 2010

AC MOORE

AC Moore has a 40% off bonus coupon here, good all this week! You will also see they have a 50% coupon good next Saturday! Their complete ad is here.

ARCHIVER'S
No new emailed coupons this week.  However Archiver's has sent out a new flyer with coupons via snail mail!
HOBBY LOBBY
HL has a 40% off coupon this week. Their ad is definitely woth a look too.  Amongst other things, 30% off all Tim Holt's products and deals on cricut machines and cartridges!

JOANN's
I'm still waiting for those to show back up, :( Seems like I may never get those again, LOL!

MICHAEL'S
You can find Michael's new ad here and two coupons here. One for 40% of any one regular priced item and a 20% off coupon on all Martha Stewart items. Both are good until October 23rd.

Have a great shopping week and let me know if you get some real savings!

I should be posting a couple of more times in the next few hours, including the announcement of the winner of the October giveaway and a review of last week's retreat! More soon!

Coupons for the week of October 25-30

I'm sorry I'm late with the coupons this week!  I was gone on a wonderful scrapbook retreat all weekend and yesterday i had another dental appointment, hopefully the last until April! So here you go:

AC MOORE
Click here for this week's coupons!

ARCHIVER's
Go here for their new ad and a 30% off coupon good until October 31st!

HOBBY LOBBY
Here is this week's ad and the link to the 40% off one regular priced item coupon!

JOANN's
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MICHAEL's
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Coupons for the Week of October 18-23rd, 2010

AC MOORE
AC Moore has a 50% off bonus coupon here, good all this week!

ARCHIVER'S
Archivers came out with a new ad and a new 30% off coupon good until the 19th only.
HOBBY LOBBY
I guess we have to get used to HL not giving us weekly 40% off coupons anymore.  This week we have a 30% off stained glass, really? What it really means is that we have to take a closer look at their weekly ad since it usually does contain some good bargains, including on scrapbook paper and ink sets this week!
JOANN's
I'm still waiting for those to show back up, :( Seems like I may never get those again, LOL!

MICHAEL'S
You can find Michael's new ad here and two coupons here.  One for 40% of any one regular priced item and  a 20% off coupon on all Martha Stewart items.  Both are good until October 23rd.


Have a great shopping week and let me know if you get some real savings!

Also remember there are only a very few days left until my next giveaway!!!! Have you registered for your chance at winning a Cricut Cart or $25 worth of scrapbook supplies???

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving and COUPON Time!

Hello everyone!  Hope you had a great week and are looking forward to all the beautiful fall weather! Though in my neck of the woods we are expecting a record high of 89 today! I'd also like to wish my Canadian family members and friends a very Happy Thanksgiving! You know with the colder weather up in Canada, they celebrate the blessings of a good harvest earlier than is done in the US.

 

AC MOORE
AC Moore has a 50% off bonus coupon here, good Monday (it was good Sunday but I missed it). If you scroll down that same link, you'll also find a 40% off coupon!

ARCHIVER'S
Archivers came out with a new ad and new coupons, 40% off any item and the buy some cardstock, get some cardstock free. The are good until Wednesday the 13th.

HOBBY LOBBY
In addition to a 40% off coupon, HL also has 40% off all Paper Studio Scrapbooking supplies and Stampabilities! Check out the entire in store weekly ad for more info!

JOANN's
I'm still waiting for those to show back up, :(

MICHAEL'S
Like AC Moore, Michael's has a 50% off coupon that is still good Monday. Under the same link you will find a 40% off anything coupon good through Saturday and a bonus 40% off coupon on Artist paints, pencils, pastels and markers!

A Twist a Turn and the Long Awaited October Blog Candy!

First, I'm sorry that I'm a day late with posting the giveaway!  I admit it, I've had my mind on things in the real world of my life and not on updating the blog!  I do make sure that I get something posted on Sundays, no matter what though! It's been a bit of a difficult week, with a root canal on Monday!  Because of the damage that had been done by a previous dentist not removing all the decay, my primary care physician and dentist both felt I had to be on antibiotics for the root canal, cleaning and restoration!  Four tablets one hour before the appointment!  Seriously, it made me fuzzy and nauseous for at least three days! Sucked, LOL!

So this week, I'm helping out at the local YMCA, they are having their art week and I'm going to be doing a make and take in the lobby!  Because my project has to be doable by 4 to 99 year olds, I've chosen to do a small card. Both are meant to be notes to or from a little girl or boy, so there are two versions, one with butterflies and flowers and one with trucks and trains! They will get to use two stamps and play with glue and I so hope that we are going to have fun! BTW the flowers above are so pretty and are the inspiration for a new project I've got in mind!  I plan on using my YouTube channel a lot more in the future!

Well that's it for the mundane!  Now for the stuff that really interests you, LOL!

The new giveaway is the Cricut October 31st Seasonal Cartridge!!!

OR

Yes you get another chance at this, since the paper is so beautiful and appropriate for this time of year!$25 worth of Scrapbook Supplies including but not limited to -

2 sheets each of the following Best Creations paper released at CHA Summer 2010:

Now the important stuff, how to enter! You must be or become a follower of this blog, and post a link to this giveaway on your blog, tweet or on facebook. You must enter your link in the Mister Linky and post a comment telling us where you've posted and confirming that you are a follower. Here is the Mister Linky box.

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The winner will be announced on this blog on October 31st!  Good luck and please spread the word! Remember, you must come back to find out if you've won and to claim your prize.  Unclaimed prizes will be added to my Holiday Giveaway!

Coupons - Week of October 3 to 10, 2010

Here are the coupons for this week that have hit my inbox!

AC MOORE
IF you live near an AC Moore, start thinking now about what you want that is expensive and go and use that 50% off coupon they are offering you! You might also want to take a quick look at their ad for this week.  Some very interesting stuff on there!

ARCHIVERS
New 30% off one item coupon good until October 6th.  Here is a glimpse at their latest ad!

HOBBY LOBBY
Hobby Lobby disappoints again with a 25% off one item coupon this week.  BUT... and it is a big but for us paper crafters, their are a lot of good things at 50% off in the scrapbook department!  Have a look at thier in store ad!

MICHAEL'S
So how about a nice coupon and an ad to look at?  Enjoy!

And The Winner is...

The winner of the Sept giveaway is...drumroll please...
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And who is number 6, you ask? congratulations, Tabitha!! You have one week to email me, with your address and which you want, the cartridge or the supplies! After one week, the cartridge will be added to the Xmas giveaway as unfortunately was last months!

What am I giving away next month? I'll be posting that tomorrow!