It's JUNE, and you know what that means!

That's right! It's time for the ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CARD CONTEST!

Now, I don't want anyone to think I'm perfect at sending out stuff. HA! Our winner from LAST year is finally notified that I've sent her prize. ::::::::::::SIGH:::::::::: But I'll do better, I promise! THIS year, your prize(s) will come out of my stash! :D So I won't have a HUGE reason for not sending them. LOL!

Since I usually start this contest earlier, I'm giving you until the end of the month - JUNE 30!! - to get your cards to me.

There are TWO categories this year: popular vote and MY vote.

You may use whatever you wish to create your birthday card for me. HOWEVER, for My Vote, all Stampin' Up! counts more. :D

All cards must arrive at my house by June 30, 2011. If you need my address, please email me!

Anything goes! I can't wait to see what you create for me. :) On the 1st of July, I'll put up a gallery where you will vote on your favorite by leaving a message. I will announce the winner on July 11, giving you 10 days to vote!


Get creative - and INSPIRE ME!!!!!!!! Here it is, the beginning of June, and we've got less than 28 days until the new Idea Book goes LIVE! Give me something to start thinking how I can copy without being obvious. ROFL!!

Have a WONDERFUL day! And please, take the time to stamp something. I promise I will, too. :)

Fourth Annual Birthday Card Contest!

Yup, I have a birthday this month - so YOU get a chance to win GIFTS. :D I know, it's kind of backward, but that's the way I like it! (Uh, huh! Uh, huh! ROFL!)

ANYWAY. There are TWO categories this year: popular vote and MY vote.

You may use whatever you wish to create your birthday card for me. HOWEVER, for My Vote, all Stampin' Up! counts more. :D

All cards must arrive at my house by June 20, 2009. If you need my address, please email me!

Anything goes! I can't wait to see what you create for me. :) On the 21st, I'll put up a gallery where you will vote on your favorite by leaving a message. I will announce the winner on July 1, giving you 10 days to vote!

Now, GET TO STAMPIN'!!! :D

Blog Candy Week! :D

WOW. I've been blogging since - well, I'll let that be one of the ways you can get an entry. :D Let's just say it's been a LONG time. I've met a lot of great people along the way, and I count MANY of you as dear friends. Thank you for being along for the journey!

Since I turned over 10,000 hits on my blog last week - and that's since I restarted the counter earlier this year!!!! - I wanted to give you a chance to win some blog candy. To enter, you can do one or all of the following! :)
1. Leave me a comment!
2. Leave me a comment telling me the date of my FIRST POST. :D
3. Leave me a comment telling me the date of the journaling in that first post's scrapbook sample - click on the picture to get the larger file. :)
4. CASE (copy and steal everything) one of the samples on my blog, and post it and leave the link for me, or send me a scan at poohisstampin@aol.com. :)

The prize package will be a $25 gift certificate for Stampin' Up!, redeemable ONLY through me! :) Sorry, ladies, but I can only do this if you live in the States. Open to demos AND anyone else! :D

Now, for my sample! This is my FIRST page from playing with the new MY DIGITAL STUDIO, available OCTOBER 1!!!!! It's an AWESOME program, very intuitive and fun. You can use other things you upload, and there are templates or do-it-yourself pages. There are multimedia capabilities, and you can also do CARDS with it! It's REALLY rockin'. :)

Don't tell anyone, but I'm making a holiday book for my parents. :D The holidays are really special around here! (Some of you are saying, "DUH!!!":D)


It was FUN to do this page! :D I can't wait for an opportunity to show it off to you!

OK, I'm off. I will draw for the winner of the blog candy on SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4!!!! I'm turning on comment moderation, so you have to do your own homework! :D Have FUN, and take the time to look around my blog some more while you're here. HOPEFULLY, you'll be inspired to STAMP SOMETHING!! :)

TIME TO VOTE!!!

Edited to add: THESE ARE NOT MY DESIGNS. :) These are entries into my THIRD ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CARD CONTEST, which others have submitted (really, it's my excuse to get extra birthday cards. :D).

OK, here are the entries! We need to pay for the gallery I normally use, so until we get that done, I've got to post them all here. If you want to get other people to vote for your card, get them to come here!!! :)

I didn't put the copyright on all of them, because a few of them I didn't know. Just assume that most of them are Stampin' Up!. And assume that ALL of them are copyrighted by SOMEONE. :D Also, they're not posted in any order, except the one I scanned them in Sunday night.

YOU HAVE NINE DAYS TO VOTE!!! Popular winner at that time will win a prize, and I will announce MY choice then, too.

Thank you ALL for playing! I hope you had a good time, too, and that we'll have more participants next year!! :)

Now, VOTE. LEAVE A COMMENT, telling me which number you're voting for! GOOD LUCK! :)

Quick blog recommendation!

Hi, y'all. I know I usually don't post on Saturdays, but my friend, Elaine, has some blog candy up - and some really pretty cards to show you. :) She does a GREAT job! Just CLICK HERE to go to the entry with the information on it!
And don't forget to get your entry to me for the THIRD ANNUAL BIRTHDAY CARD CONTEST!!!!

Don't miss out on the contest!!

You only have ONE WEEK to get your birthday cards here for the challenge!!!! Wow, I don't have a lot of entries yet - your chances of winning are AWESOME!!! CLICK HERE to read the rules!

Enter the Third Annual Birthday Card Contest!

Yup, I have a birthday this month - so YOU get a chance to win GIFTS. :D I know, it's kind of backward, but that's the way I like it! (Uh, huh! Uh, huh! ROFL!)

ANYWAY. There are TWO categories this year: popular vote and MY vote.

You may use whatever you wish to create your birthday card for me. HOWEVER, for My Vote, all Stampin' Up! counts more. :D

All cards must arrive at my house by June 20, 2009. If you need my address, please email me.

Anything goes! I can't wait to see what you create for me. :) On the 21st, I'll put up a gallery where you will vote on your favorite by leaving a message. I will announce the winner on July 1, giving you 10 days to vote!

Now, GET TO STAMPIN'!!! :D And keep watching for another post, telling you about the LAST CHANCE LIST coming out today, too!!!

Blog Candy Drawing POSTPONED!!!

OK, everyone, I'm going to be SUPER busy this weekend. SO, I'm going to give you until MIDNIGHT SUNDAY to enter the drawing. Just CLICK HERE TO ENTER!!!

It's BLOG CANDY TIME!!!!!

And not just on this blog, either! Click on the button below and find LOTS of people who are playing!!

All you have to do to win is tell me your favorite project I've posted lately - but I'll KNOW if you stayed just on this page. ;D

We'll all be picking winners by FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12!

If you want to send it to someone as a gift, just let me know when you win - and I can even include a gift card. :)

U.S. only, please - can't afford international this year.

HAVE FUN, and be blessed!!!

Easy WOW card!

This card was one of the two projects we did tonight at the Chocolate Party. We had a small turnout, but we had a GREAT time!

We stamped the largest image from LOVELY AS A TREE in Chocolate Chip Craft Ink on the Very Vanilla card stock, then stamped it in Very Vanilla Craft Ink on the Chocolate Chip card stock - and embossed with clear embossing powder. Next, we cut both pieces of card stock on the diagonal, and mounted one piece of each color on the Ruby Red mat. The next step was to emboss the "thank you" from WONDERFUL WORDS with the Chocolate Chip Craft Ink and clear EP, and inside we put "from the heart" from HUGS & WISHES. Then we put the image on the Creamy Caramel card stock. Voila! And EASY.

Quite a stunning presentation, isn't it? It's beautiful with any detailed stamp! Here's a challenge: do the same technique, and either mail it to me or scan and email it. We'll have another contest!!!!

The NEXT post will probably be another contest, too! We're almost at 5000 hits, and that means BLOG CANDY!!!!!!! :) So, go STAMP something - and share it!!!

HAPPY NATIONAL SCRAPBOOKING DAY!!!!!

I'm SO GLAD you dropped in today! :) This is a sample scrapbook page I did about a year ago; the subject, in case you couldn't tell, is my husband as photographer. I had him write the journaling; it's an essay on why he loves photography. I THINK you can read it if you click on the picture to see the larger version, if you want to!
I WANT YOU TO ENTER MY CONTEST!
Email me a scan or photo of the page(s) you are doing today (OK, I'll give you this weekend. :D). We'll have a vote, and whoever wins will get a great PRIZE from me! You can email me at poohisstampin@aol.com. I can't WAIT to see what you enter!
Rules: All scrapbook pages must be done by YOU. Any size is allowed. Winner will be chosen by popular vote! :) Entries MUST BE RECEIVED by MIDNIGHT Pacific time, Sunday, May 6, 2007.