{ And the winner is...}

First off, I apologize for the late post. I know this was suppose to have been posted yesterday. But it was kinda of a busy day yesterday and then the girls and I spent a little bit outside...had dinner...had a fire...then fell asleep. Yada yada yada...

Okay it is with great pleasure that I announce the winner of this months challenge. None other than

Miss DottieK!!! Woohoo!! Here are Dottie's 3 entries...can you tell what we might have in common. ;0)

Altered letter "D"

Boo Scrapbook page

Pooh and Piglet card

Congrats Dottie and thanks for playin' along. I will get your goodies off to you by the start of the week. :0)

And thank you to all the other entries. Check these out!

First off is from Carol(my Mom). This was Mom's first attempt at a scrapbook page. Her two Happy places/things/people...My girls and Christmas. Thanks for playin' Mom. :0)

Next up is Melissa. Melissa's Happy Place...the men in her life and camping. I just love these new Riley stamps. We are big camping lovers here too, so I will definitely have to be getting these ones myself. Thanks Melissa. :0)

Next up...JoAnn and her Mom book. This book is so beautiful. Her Happy Place...her Daughter and Grandkids. Beautiful job, JoAnn. I am sure your daughter loved it!:0)

Next up is Alex. Alex says that Food definitely makes her happy. I hear ya there, Alex!! ;0)

BonAppetit card

Lastly is NormaJ. Norma's Happy Place...her Hubby and Hawaii. I just love these Penguins. Great job Norma! :0)

Anniversary Scrapbook Page

Penguins card

Thanks again everyone! I will be back soon with something new and I am thinkin' up something for next months Challenge too!

Have a great long weekend to all the Canadians out there!! Hope your weather is as beautiful as it is here in Calgary. It is suppose to reach 29C(84F) today!! Woohoo...another day in the pool for us! :0)

{ New Happiness Challenge }

**Note: this post will remain sticky until the end of the challenge! **

Okay, so here it is...the new Challenge for you. Since I am on my way to my 'Happy Place' in 2...or rather 1 1/2 more sleeps...I thought this months challenge should reflect your 'Happy Place'. I want to you to think of what your 'Happy Place' is or what makes you happy and create something in that theme. Could be a place, a food, a smell, a person...anything at all. Then create some type of papercraft in that theme. You can either post on your blog or an online gallery. If you do not have any of those you can email me a pic. You have until 9:00pm MST May 15th to get your entry in. And you can do as many as you like, but they have to be a different project. So if you do a card, the next one has to be a scrapbook page or other item. Got it? The giveaway will be a surprise. I have a few items already, but I am planning on buying a few more while we are in Disneyland. I have been told they have some scrapbooking supplies for sale in Downtown Disney!! ;0)

Hope you all have a great week. Disneyland here we come!!! :0)

{ And the winner is...}

First off...thank you to everyone who played along this month. I love to see all your wonderful creations! I did this the old school way and pulled a name from a bowl...well actually hubby did. And the winner is..

Melissa Fincham!! Woohoo Melissa! Check out Melissa's entry here and here. I have your address already Melissa, so I will get it off to you this weekend or early next week.

Now onto all the other awesome creations!

Jacqueline

Tania

Parauscircle

Melody

Ros

Yosha and Yosha

Kimberly

Debby

Stephanie

Amy

Shannon

Angel

Myriame

Allison

Nancy

Julie

Kim

Melissa

Maria

I also had an entry from Jennifer Hodge...but I can not get onto your blog. Jennifer if you could please send me a pic of your entry I will add it in for everyone to admire!!

Lastly here are the non-bloggin' entries. These first entries are from the lovely miss DottieK...7 of them!! And I know that I have said this before, but...you really need to start a blog!!! ;0)

And finally these last 2 creations were sent in by JoAnn Burnham.

Thanks again to everyone who played along and I will be back soon with February's Challenge!

{ January Happiness Giveaway Challenge }

**NOTE: This post will remain at the top until the closing of this challenge. Please scroll down for new posts!**


That's right! It's that time again. I was so lucky myself last month with my blog candy winnings that I wanted to make this month a good one. I was out today at Michaels and picked up some yummy candy...at least I hope you think so. So onto the challenge...



Your challenge is to make something with a new item you received for Christmas. It can be a new stamp set, Designer Paper, Embellishments...whatever, but it must be a new creation with something new! Got it?



You have until 9:00pm MST January 31st to get your entry in. You can enter as many times as you wish, but you must use something different eachtime. You can post a link to your blog or email me a pic of your creation. I will make a random draw from all entries received.



Now here is what you are playing for...

* 1 K & Company 4 X 6 Scrap pad

* 1 K & Company Rub ons

* 1 K & Company 3D Alphabet Stickers

* 1 K & Company 3D Flower Stickers

* 1 K & Company Ribbons

* 6 Acrylic Michaels Stamp sets - Series 7

Okay now...get your groove on...

p.s. you can see my creation below on my Hanna post.

{ And the winner is...}

I would like to thank everyone who played along with the Mystery Challenge this month. Great job everyone! I had hubby pick a winner from all those who sent in their completed entry and the winner is...

Chris! Chris had the challenge of a Christmas Tri-Fold card...Congrats Chris!! I will be send you an email soon.

Here are all the other great entries and their challenges...

Jacqueline - Cut out a photo from a magazine and use it as your main focal piece

Cheryl - Sewing or faux Stitching

Maria - Gel Card JoAnn - Color Challenge - Always Artichoke/Really Rust/Barely Banana

Norma - No stamping

Kim - Shadow Box Card

Carol - Color Challenge - Purely Pomegranate/Night of Navy/Sage Shadow

Julie - Use buttons as main focal pointFlorence - Christmas Nugget Box

Denise - Spinner Card

Debbie - One Layer Masculine Card

Cresta - Color Challenge - Elegant Eggplant/Old Olive/More Mustard

Nancy - Star Box

Melody - No Stamping - Masculine

Kelly - Shaker Card

Thanks again to those who played along! I will be taking a break from the Challenges in December, but will be back at it in January!! :0)

{ November Mystery Happiness Challenge }

I have decided to do something a little different this month. I hope you like it and have fun! This months Challenge? It is a 'Mystery'. That's right. How you ask? Well, if you are up to the challenge this is what you do...

1. Email me and tell me that you are up for the challenge.
2. I will email you back with what your challenge is...that's right...each person will have a different challenge...could be sketch challenge, color challenge, technique challenge etc.
3. You will have until 9:00pm MST November 30th to complete your challenge
4. You will then email me a photo of your completed challenge...you will NOT post a photo on your blog or SCS gallery...it will remain a 'mystery' until the end of the challenge.
5. I will draw a random name on December 1st and post the winner and all other entries here on my blog.

What are you playing for?

* 1 brand new unopened(and corrected) package of SU Holiday Harmony DP
* 1 blank CD tin for you to alter
* 6 Square Chipboard Coasters
* Various 'Mystery' stamped images

So are you up for the Challenge??

{ missed one entry! }

Just wanted to share one more entry that seems to have been missed...again I am sorry for missing you Norma!!

NormaJ - Disney entry

{ And the winner is...}

Are you ready? Thanks again for everyone who played along with me this month! Okay here we go...

The random winner chosen by my DD Elizabeth...

Maria Dusenbery!! Here is Maria's entry...

Maria please send me an email with your mailing address and I will get your goodies off to you this week!! Congrats!

Check out these other great entries:

JoAnn Burnham - Disney entry.

JoAnn Durnham - Hawaii entry

Melissa Fincham - Disney entry

Carol Jonasen - Disney entry

Dottie K - Disney entry

Flossie - Hawaii entry

Stampin-mami - Disney entry

Deb M - Disney entry

Melody - Disney entry

Maria - Hawaii entry

Angel - Disney entry

Jodene - Disney entry

Misplaced Texan - Disney entry

Angel - Hawaii entry

Deb M - Hawaii entry

Elaine - Hawaii entry

Cheryl - Disney entry

Allison - Hawaii entry

Joani - Disney entry

Aimeslee - Disney entry

Laura - Disney entry

Crestajune - Hawaii entry

Thanks again ladies! Be on the look out later next week...I have my next challenge in the works and it's gonna be a fun one!! :0)

{ October Happiness Challenge officially closed }

Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter into this months Challenge. I will draw a name tomorrow and announce the winner tomorrow evening. Good luck everyone!! :0)

{ October Happiness Giveaway Challenge }

Today is the day. Today is my bday, but more importantly I am going to announce this months Challenge! Since it is my bday month I have decided to make this challenge all about me!! Yup, that's right.

Your challenge is to create something with some of my favorite themes:

*Disney
*Hawaii

It can be anything...get creative. With Disney, it could just be a Disney quote with Disney colors...cause I know not everyone has Disney stamps. ;0)

And as for the winner? I will be collecting all of my favorite things over the next month and adding it to the pot! So far I have a box of brand new Prisma pencils and also plan on adding some glitter pens, glue pens, bling, stamps, stamped images of my favs and lots of other yummy stuffs. I might even take pics this time too! ;0) Trust me you will want this box of yummy stuffs!!

You have until 9:00pm MST October 31st(Halloween) to get your entry(only one entry per theme) in. You can leave me a comment with a link to your entry or you can email me with your entry.

Now...go create!!

{ And the winner is...}

Thank you to all who played along with my Challenge this month! I had Elizabeth pick a winner from a bowl and...

The winner is...

*JODENE* Here was Jodene's entry...

Jodene, please send me your mailing addy and I will get your goodies off to you this week!

Here are all the other great entries...

*Michelle

*Betty

*Kimberly

*Maria

*Cheryl

*Deb

*Flossie

*Catherine

*Lacyquilter

*Cindy

*Cindy

*Jenny

and of course Miss Dottie...

Thanks again everyone for playing along this month! Stay tuned for next months Challenge...October is my bday month, so I am working on something extra special!! ;0)

{ September Happiness Giveaway }

**This post will remain the first post until the deadline of this months Challenge. Please scroll down for new posts**


I have finally got around to deciding on this months Challenge. It struck me the other day when I sat down to stamp. I have soooo many stamps that I bought cause I liked or loved and had to have them and then...nothing...they have been sitting in the box never to be used. Well it is high time I start using some of these stamps...don't ya think? Well for this months Challenge I want you to create a card using a stamp or stamp set that you bought and have not used in 'forever' or have never picked up since you bought it! Yup, time to pull out those neglected stamps and show them some lovin'.

Deadline is 9:00pm MST September 30th. You can enter as many times as you like, but you MUST use a different stamp set with each entry. Entries are to be added to the comments of this post with a link to your creation or email me a photo if you do not have a blog or gallery. The winner will receive a SURPRISE package of various items from my stash, including stamped images, Designer Papers, Primas, Ribbons and embellishments. To get you started here is my own creation. This stampset was a Hostess set from last years SU catty...Two way blossoms...I really liked this set when I saw it and thought there were so many great things I could do with it...yet it has been sitting in my stash of about 5 months and never inked!! I must say now that I have used it...I LOVE IT! I will definitely be using this set more now! Hope you like it...now go show those stamps some lovin'!

{ And the winner is....}

First off thank you to everyone who took the time to create something for this months Challenge. Now are you ready??? I put all the names into a bowl and had hubby pick out a winner when he got home from work. And the winner is...

Flossie aka Flossiefollies. Check out the cards she made...I know only one entry...well it was one blog entry for her and I only put her name in once. :0)

Now for the other entries...

Cheryl

Jodene

Esther

Jen

Monika

Lorie

Debbie

Ginger

Normaj

Barb

Cindy

Dee

Nancy

Crestajune

Melody

Mary

Cheryl

Allison

And these entries are for the ladies with no blog or gallery...

Entry by Deb Miedema

Thanks again to everyone. Flossie please drop me an email with your mailing address and I will get your winnings off to you this week!