Paper Makeup Stamps Release in Review and my BLOOOOOG CAAAANDY

ETA: Blog Candy Winner Annouced Below!

Hey everyone! I know i promised my blog candy days ago! Shame on me! But this is my release burnout time, so i'm sorry about that! haha!

Today is a Release in Review day for PMS so I thought i'd share the card i made for one of the Release party Challenges (a sketch! - link up your card to this post!) There are prizes involved!

Here is my card!

I used Chatty Cathy and some super fun paper by My Mind's Eye that i snagged from my LSS the moment i saw it because i knew that miss Chatty Cathy was coming! It's perfect, is it not?

this post gives you the details about the release party challenges, the prizes and samples! You dont want to miss out on the fun.

I changed the square to a circle and cut Chatty Cathy out with a nestie before airbrushing some bright orange for an extra pop of color.

Ok ok ok, i know you are excited about this blog candy! Well, i've been gathering it all together and need to get a good picture of it all. Still, i suppose better get it posted already! For those who missed why i'm having a blog candy, i recently went over 100,000 hits on my blog! So i'm pretty excited and have been gathering "favorites" to put together in 1 big blog candy!

Here's some of my favs i've collected for you!

Paper Makeup Stamps! You know I'd have some PMS didnt you?!

Ok, so many of my followers have some paper makeup stamps in their collection, so i'm putting up a $50 gift certificate towards any stamps of your choice!

PLUS - The Will to Daydream Card Kit

Copics - My most everyday used colors... E00, E21, E25, Y21, YR23

Spellbinders BRAND NEW RELEASE of the Eyelet Square Die Set

(quite hard to find mind you!)

Rosary Bracelet from Arelia's Pretties in pink and grey! Made just for one of my readers and donated by Rachel. It is just GORGEOUS!

$5 gift certificate from My Time Made Easy so you can get yourself a fun new template to play with!

And now some other new stamp sets from some fav companies....

Boom Goes my Heart from Unity Stamp Company

Inspiration from Close to My Heart

Wishing you the Best From Verve Stamps

A Slew of embellies from PizazzaPlenty

A clear stamp set - super cute... wish i knew who made it. hahahaha

And i'll likely add more... but right now we're just under 200 work of goodies!!!

You know you wanna win this! Well... my blog is propelled by my followers! So leave a comment here telling me how YOU follow my blog. If you are already a "follower" then great. In you google reader? Subscriber? Blog Roll? I'm just very interested to find out how you guys like to see what i do! If you want to repost this candy on your blog... maybe help me find a new crafter who might like my blog, thats great! But not required. :D

You have until September 30th to enter!!!!

Have a wonderful day!!!!

AND NOW!!!!

The winner of the blog candy chosen by Random.Org is....

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SCAL winner announced!

Sorry everyone for the tardy announcement! On top of a busy week, we've all gotten sick! I had avoided the boys germs until yesterday when they finally got the better of me!

Luckily all of the packages i had to mail were already ready to go!

Unfortunately for me, it' means i still havent been able to craft much. My head just feels heavy and full of goo, so i've opted to lay down when i can. haha.

But i did want to announce the winner of the Sure Cuts a Lot Giveaway, so generously offered to me to give away from CandaCraft.com

Now i decided to write everyone's names on pieces of paper because some people had multiple views on Mr. Linky. This is totally fine that there were multiple views because it's great for Lauren to see the different views for her contest (which she is still carefully going over each entry and will be announced soon!) but I wanted to make sure that everything way fair for the random drawing. SO, here is the video (pay no attention to my snuffy nose!)

So congratulations Cindy Lee! Your project was so fabulous, and fun! I love the idea and might just have to CASE it! For anyone wanting to see her project, check it out HERE!

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My Time Made Easy and a chance to win SCAL2!

Are you looking for my special post from My Time Made Easy??? It's moved to the post just below this one or if you came here by a direct link, you can CLICK HERE to view my wall art frame and matching Baby Catch All project!

Now I want to tell you about the super special and fun giveaway happening on my blog!

Canda from Canda Craft is sponsoring my blog this month and letting me give away a Sure Cuts A Lot 2 program!!!! Holy cow right?! She's awesome! Not to mention that her site has the best prices around (should you not win, ;) ) Let me tell you, having the SCAL program has been a dream! These template cut perfect and you always have the perfect score lines (tic marks quide the way for where you should score). Not to mention how fast it goes, you are also able to resize with ease and since I have the circut expression, I can cut things much larger than my printer would print the template. So what do you have to do to win? Well, i'm going to make you work for it a little bit... I want you to make ANYTHING using ANY of the My Time Made Easy line. It can be a template, pretty printable paper, stamps, any of it. Even one of the freebies, so no, you dont HAVE to spend money to enter.

But wait, theirs more! Lauren has decided that she will browse all the entries personally and pick out her favorite! She's going to featured on the website as a sample AND is going to win the entire April release (valued at over $100!!!!) You can read all about Lauren's giveaway HERE.

ETA: We have extended the deadline! You now have until Wednesday march 10th!

You have until March 8th at midnight to enter using Mr. Linky below. If you do not have a blog you can always upload to a public gallery to link up. But if that is still something not of interest to you, you can email your submissions to makeupbykatie @ yahoo dot com.

The winner will be announced on march 9th right here on my blog. :)

Please feel free to show off this giveaway on your blogs as well! The more the merrier!

I do want to make sure that everyone knows this giveaway is for the software only which is still of a hefty value, but there is not a cricut machine being given away with this software. That you'll need to purchase on your own. ;)

Thanks so very very much for stopping by today! Be sure to check out Lauren's blog today as well! She'll have something for you everyday and each day this week a different design team member from My Time Made Easy will have yummies for you to see!

Don't forget to link up your creations!

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My Time Made Easy GIVEAWAY!

Scroll down for my Makeup 4 the Weekend Challenge post!!!

Are you wanting to win the next release from My Time Made easy?! It's valued at $108.50

There are super cute new papers! AWESOME stamps! Stunning and über cute templates!

Lauren even has a sneakie peekie on her blog! Go check it out HERE!

All you have to do is leave a comment on Lauren's Blog!

Stay tuned as we all have some fun and fabulous samples starting on the 1st!

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Ding a Ling we have a winner!

Quick post to announce my random stamp winner for this past week!

Random.org picked out daisey1977 with her comment from January 11th's post...

daisey1977, Monday, January 11, 2010

Oh my gosh!! I absolutely love this! I would have never thought about altering the colors like that. So glad you post the deets so I can try this out now. Beautiful!!

SO angie - you let me know which PMS stamp you want! :)

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Blog Candy Winner!

Holy cow everyone! My blog candy value went up to $250 worth of stamping and scrapbooking loot! Thank you very very much to my generous sponsors who helped to add on to my candy!

Stephanie White of Funkie Munkie Scraps and Lauren Meader of My Time Made Easy,

you ladies are both just such wonderful friends!

And also a big thank you to all the comments left! You guys are all fantastic!

And now... onto the winner! I used random.org to choose....

Congrats Kay! Please email me at Makeupbykatie at yahoo dot com

Everyone have a wonderful and fantastic day! be sure to tune in tomorrow! The first official My Time Made Easy release will reveal and go live tomorrow! I have 2 fun projects for you that i just cant wait to share!!!!!

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BLOG CANDY!!!!!!

WOW! This past week my blog hit counts went over 50,000!!!!! You guys like me, you reeeeeally like me! Hahahaha! BUt truly, i'm so so thankful for each and every one of my blog visitors. The comments and emails i get just make my day! Since i reached a bit of a milestone, and on top of that christmas is TOMORROW i decided to have a little blog candy! I love love love to give things away! Especially in the crummy economy we have goin on here!

SO - in my little giveaway there is going to be $125 worth of goodies! I will add an additional $25 worth of goodies for every 25 comments left! :)

NOTE: we are now at $250 worth of goodies!!!!

ETA: First 25 comments made the addition of....

Dahlia Nestabilities from Spellbinders

ETA: 2nd 25 comments made the addition of...

4 Copic Markers (i'm not listing colors yet because i'm going to check out my local store to pick some up! :)

ETA: 3rd 25 comments made the addition of...

Stamping Bella Stamp - Emmybella

American Crafts Birthday Clear Stamps

Circle Chipboard album from Funkie Munkie Scraps

ETA: 4th round of 25 comments made the addition of...

Stampendous Clear Stamps - Party Invite

Doodlebug Designs Clear Stamps - Wedding

ETA: 5th round of 25 comments made the addition of...

Glitz background stamps

Creative Imagination Rub On Pack (includes 28 pages of rub obs)

Mini Album Kit

Also included in the candy are...

Stamps by Paper Makeup Stamps (ok, you knew i'd put some of these in there, right?) How about $60 worth!!!

Melody Fairy

Fairytales are True word art

Buggy Sayings

Moody for Music

Plant Your Own Garden - wordart

Like Branches of a Tree - wordart

Swirlie Buds

Katie the Makeup Fairy

Emma Fairy

Swirlie Tree

The Cottage

A $15 gift certificate from My Time Made Easy (generously donated by Lauren Meader)

The Greeting Farm's Marlene Monkey stamp

Inkadinakdo wood mounted sentiment stamp (reads i'm only as strong as the coffee i drink, the hairspray i use and the friends i have; this is brand new and retails $8)

Cuddlebug Embossing Folder

Impressabilities Folder in paisley

Distress Stickles in Broken China

Stickles in Black Diamond

Smooch Pearlized Accent in Moonlight & Snickerdoodle

Shimmerz Spritz in Treasured Hymn

Magnetic 3D Dots by Ek Success

Atyou Spica pen in Sky Blue

SO, what do you have to do to be entered! Well, thats easy. Just leave a comment! You can share the info of the blog candy if you'd like! In fact i'd LOVE it! but it's not required to win.

I will pick a winner on January 2nd. The winner will be announced on my blog, and if they dont contact me, then i will draw again. Sorry that i won't go thru loops and scour the internet for you. hehe. This is actually to prevent those that only seek out ways to win and actually could care less about paper crafting! I want a paper crafter to win! :)

Some prizes generously donated from My Time Made Easy, Funkie Munkie Scraps and myself! hehe.

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Copic Coloring

This is a chart that was created for the Copic Club at Funkie Munkie last month. Rachel made a chart using all different company stamps. The layout was fantastic, But i wasnt sure on distributing other companies images, so I used digi images of different PMS fairies. I used the fairy heads mainly because I knew i could give myself permission to distribute the digi image in that way. I mean, who's gonna sue me, Me? hahahaha.

Here is my chart...
In Rachel's original chart, the space at the top is to showcase color collections suggested by the copic certified design team members of the store. Since for the class we were just focusing on hair colors, i filled that portion with the colors i used below in the chart, which is why there is blank boxes as well.



There is also an identical chart that shows specifically which colors i used per fairy head. I kinda forgot to take a picture of it. WOOPS! haha. I'll do that and edit it in later.

For those that are interested... here are the fairy heads square by square...

E25, E27, E49

Y21, YR23, E99

E33, E35, E37

E07, E09, E19

YR31, Y21, YR23

W6, W8, W9

E43, E44, E47

E15, E17, E18

E30, E21, E33

I'm very curious to know - what are YOUR favorite copic colors for hair? :) Leave me a comment! I'll draw a winner next wednesday and you could win a copic color of your choice. Ok, of your choice so long as i can get ahold of it, so give me some options! Between the PMS store and Funkie Munkie where i teach, i can get a lot of colors! Oh, and Hobby Lobby too! :)

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blog candy alert

i know i promised something pretty to look at... i know i did and it's coming. :) Finishing it up now, but THIS deserves it's own post! It's the bestest blog candy i have ever ever ever seen!

http://stephaniecastrodesigns.blogspot.com/2009/08/some-thank-you-blog-candy.html

i mean other blog candy's just pale in comparison!

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Blog Comment Winner

Sorry i have nothing crafty to post today (somehow i thought i was actually going to get one of the PMS release party challenges done... BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Thats me laughing my myself for that one!) But It was a ton of fun last night at the release party! Now these week i get to go back to some of my other neglected stamps. :D It's my rule after a PMS release.

BUT i do have a winner from my blog comment candy from the blog hop yesterday!

Random.org selected comment number 20 which was

LeAnne said...
Ohhhhh, Ahhhhh!!!! I am loving these great digi sentiments!


Yippie Skippie! Leanne, i actually dont have your email addie, so if you could email me at makeupbykatie @ yahoo that would be fantastic! I'll get your digis to ya!

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BLOG CANDY TIME

Wooo hooo!!!! I fianlly got my act together enough to post my 30,000 hits blog candy. Funny, i'm about 1000 hits over that now. Well, that doesnt take too long i suppose. Anyhoo - this blog candy will last until midnight on June 25th, then on June 26th (my BIRTHDAY!!!! WOOOT WOOOOOOOOT) I will announce the winner. I love giving away presents even if it is on my birthday! haha.

Ok, here's the LOOT!



I'll say it, i'm excited about all this goodness to give away! The retail is approximately $110 bucks!

Here's whats included...
Nestablities petite scallop circle set (large) value 25.00
Impressabilties paisley plate value 7.00
2 Copic Caio markers, BV13 and BV17, value 9.00
Paper Makeup Stamps...
Willow Tree, $4
Cottage, $5
Nature's Song, $8
Sprout Fairy, $6
Mary Fairy, $6
Swirlie Tree, $5
Spike, $4
Quotes, Home quote (sm), plate a garden, sorrow is the only truth, $6
Stamping Bella Quote - A girl should be 2 things, $4
Distress Embossing Powder in Tattered Rose (a new favorite color of mine!), $5
Adornaments Fibers in a beatiful orange, $3
Cuddlebug embossing plate, thanks, $5
Basic Grey chipboard $4
Heidi Swap Clear Stamp, destinations, $2
K & Company fabric covered buttons/brads - $5
Ribbon spools (3), $3


But there are RULES people! But they are simple rules. :) You dont have to spread the word, but i'd love it if you did, because i'm using the blog candy to get some good feedback about my blog. :) You do not have to become a follower or subscriber. If you want to, i'd adore it. but you dont have to to win.
What DO you have to do? Leave a comment. Easy peasy. But not just any comment. I want feedback! What do you like about my blog? What would you like to see more of! What stamps do you like best when i use, etc. If you arent someone you comes by my blog regularly, you can still enter too. Just mention what might entice you to come back again. :)

Thanks so much to everyone who has followed my blog this past year, either by subscribing, following, google readering, doin' the blog roll, or whatever it is that you may do. You all mean the world to me and have been my outlet since I've had bambinos, moved across the country and dove into this world known as paper crafting! Thanks again!

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Katie Fairy Winner!

No new creations to post today, and i may not have any for another day or so. My main focus right now is to get orders packed and shipped from the release party of Paper Makeup Stamps. It was a lot of fun, and thank you so much to my blog followers and supporters who put up with my mad release antics. :)

I do want to announce the winner of the Katie Fairy though!

Yes, I am holding MAC! Pretty much always and forever. haha. I do have other favorite companies (Bobbi Brown, Nars, Stila, to name a new) but my compact is always MAC. :)

So the winner is.......

LINDSY

Lindsy, if you would please email me your snail mail info, i'll get the stamp right out to ya!

Do keep your eye out for some fun blog candy i'll be posting probably tomorrow. :)

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A special Stamp for a Special Family

I really wanted to have my card done in time to post this... but oh well. Maybe you'll see a 2nd post from me later today because the image is colored, but other than that, the card is way from finished.

Fairly recently i came across this blog, http://kayleighannefreeman.blogspot.com, about a little baby girl, her struggle for life, and her family's struggle to stay afload thru it all. It struck a cord with me personally for many many reasons. A few days ago a friend of theirs posted on the family blog about the family's need for financial assistence. I knew immediately this was something I wanted to do. Something that I wanted to help others to do. I called up Diem (the illustrator for the Beautiful Day Fairies collection of Paper Makeup Stamps and asked how fast she could draw me up a new stamp. She loved the idea and we chatted a bit about what we wanted and today I can present to you...

A Fairy for Kayleigh from Paper Makeup Stamps

I am thrilled at how she turned out. Diem SO gets every word i say, it's incredible to have someone working like that on my team!!! All proceeds of this digi stamp (she'll be turned into a rubber stamp probably in June) will go directly to the Freeman family. You can purchase this stamp HERE.

But wait, there's more! PMS is not the only company helping this sweet baby girl and her very faithful family! Modern Sugar Blvd is also donating proceeds from Precious Prayer and Sweetnilla Collection will also be going towards the family.

And wait... thats not even all!

Go to THIS POST to see how you can enter to win a gift certificate to the PMS store.

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2nd post for the day...

Ok, nothing crafty in this post... so scroll down for that. :) But i just HAD to mention is blog candy!

its just about the bestest blog candy i think i've ever seen!!!!



I mean are you kidding me?! That is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!

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A bit of my wild side!

Hey there everyone! I get to show off a bit of my wild side today! I was asked to be the February Pin Up Girl (sassy talk for february guest design team member) for Bombshell Stamps. These stamps are seriously fun! There's a lot you can do with them too from sexy cards to some really pretty designs.

If you a Paper Craft Planet person (if you're not... where have you been?! Go there right now! You can join the Bombshell group here.

Onto the card...



This card was created for the Valentine's Bombshell Challenge. I cant wait to give this card to my hubby. I've made him lots of cards, but this one is a sexy card! :) Here's the challenge
february 18th - Bombshell Stamps
1. a Bombshell Stamp somewhere
2. rhinestones or pearl accents
3. a heart or broken heart
4. a ribbon

I cheated a weeeeeeee bit by using a fiber instead of a ribbon. But it was SO perfect for the card, i just had to use it!

But i'm going to do a little give away of my own! :) Including lots of RED embellishments! Bling, ribbon, glitter, lots of red red red! All you have to do to enter is leave a comment here telling me a bit of your own wild side. Whether it makes you blush or not... tell me something the average person doesnt know about you! I'll keep this open until February 9th and will post the winner on February 10th!

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29 Gifts in 29 Days & Blog Candy

So my friend Cheryl directed me to this website called 29 Gifts

It's a great idea and fantastic challenge. I've decided this will be my Cause of the Month for February. But, since there are more than 29 days in February... i'm started TODAY!

What do you do? Everyday you give away 1 thing. And your gifts can vary. You should really watch the video clip on the website. It will inspire you!

You can also sign up for the challenge which then has you join a NING group (same type of group as Paper Craft Planet as well as many others. I love NING groups!)

My very last day of the challenge (DAY 29) I will be doing a BLOG CANDY giveaway. It will be a $15 gift certificate to Paper Makeup Stamps. How do you enter to win? JOIN THE CHALLENGE! But you have to really join it. Go to the site posted above, click to join and then you'll be prompted to join the NING 29 Gifts group. So long that you've joined before my 29th day, you're eligible. How do i know you joined? You can leave a comment here, or you can leave a comment on my page in the NING group. :)
Here's a link to MY PAGE.

I'll also keep updates here on my blog of my gift for today.

And for my day 1 gift - i'll be taking 6 pairs of new socks over to the Funkie Munkie Scraps store. They are doing a Sock it to Poverty giveaway. For every pair of socks you give, you are entered to win a Rock Paper Trimmer. Very cool. I dont even know if i'm eligible since i work at the store, but I'm not really giving the socks to win the trimmer, i'm giving the socks as my first gift. :)


Remember - giving is the best way to bring abundance back into your own life!

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Blog candy Give Away

Here a FANTASTIC blog candy for you...

Crafting & Living in Japan

She's giving away 5 copic markers of your choice!!! How phenom! AND 2 Kodomo stamps.

Check it out! You have until January 31st!

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Very cool blog candy alert

2nd post for today! To see something crafty, scroll down, but WAIT! Read about this blog candy first! :)

Starving Artist Stamps is giving away their lastest valentine's day releases! (OMG i cant believe it's almost valentine's day already!) Go to this post to enter

Here's the stamps...





Now go check it out!

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Give some extra love this holiday season to 2 precious little girls

You know i'm all about causes... rak's.... give aways and blog candy.

I love passing forward! I just learned of 2 fantastic reasons to give away your love and talent!!! Please read these 2 worthy families of your care this holiday season...

FROM CRAFTY ENGINEERING
A little baby girl named Francesca is fighting for her life! Andrea does a great job keeping everyone informed and i highly suggest you just go directly to her site to stay updated. You can send cards directly to Andrea and she will get them to the family. Not that you should need any arm twisting, but there is some seriously fantastic blog candy for someone as well.

From Lauren Meader's blog
5 year old Hannah has been diagnosed with a rare brain tumor. Her wish for christmas to to see how many christmas cards she can get!!! How easy is that! just send a card to
Hannah Garman

704 Orchard Rd

Lititz, PA 17543

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blog candy alerts

you know i love blog candy! Here's a few for you! Also - i will be keeping a running log of current blog candy i know of in my sidebar. If you are a blog candy junkie like i am... check out my group on Paper Craft Planet! Blog Candy Eaters

Ok, here is some massive candy at Paper Monkey!

and then some at Corrosive Creations by Janet.

check by for more!

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