Good Morning everyone!

First to announce the winner of our BLOG CARD CANDY contest: drumroll......

Ann!

I chose the 9th at noon and she was the closest commenter to that time!

She wrote:

 [01/09/2008 09:43:10 AM EST]

Morning!
I have a busy day ahead of me an wanted to calm down before I jumped into it, so I thought I'd check for anything new on your site.  Love to faux silk - I printed it out and will keep it with the other ideas I have printed from your site.  Thanks for another wonderful card.
Have a great day!

 Thank you Ann for visitng my site and sending your comment in. Congratulations! And you will be receiving your CARD CANDY in the mail shortly!

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I have updated the workshops for Feb and March.  All the information is current and correct. (Until now I didn't have a cost...) So be sure to check them out and sign up soon!

I have also added another link on the left menu for ongoing projects and swaps. It's called JOIN THE FUN!. There you will see ATC swap info and other ongoing projects as I start to incorporate clubs and such. Hope that makes navigating a little easier!

Well. Have a great day and Happy Stampin'! 

I'm sorry I haven't written in a couple days. After the last big additions to my site, I have been hard at work trying to make more tutorials. I will have some up very soon.

IN THE MEANWHILE...

Who doesn't love CARD CANDY? That is premade (handmade in this case) embellishments to  use for your cards and pages.

To win this "batch" of Card Candy, please send me a  comment on what you think about my site. Leave me some suggestions on what types of things you want to see and what you like/dislike about my site. Or anything you want to say. Your comments will not automatically show here, but the winner's comment will be posted.

Please be sure to send along your email address (will not post).

I will choose the winner (closest to the "time submitted" that I have picked) by Friday morning.  

 Also, don't forget my monthly ATC swap going on. Sign up if you want to swap!

I am updating this post...:

I just added a new TUTORIAL. Faux Silk. (I found this on Fresh and Fun.)

I will be adding another tutorial this evening (I hope) on Faux Speckling! 

UPDATING AGAIN:

I added the FAUX SPECKLING tutorial!

I love it. Works great for Valentines and Easter! Think of all the eggs (real and paper) you can speckle! 

I haven't been feeling extra creative lately... but this morning I was able to eeek out a few cards that actually made me smile!

Since Valentine's Day is coming up, I have been in the "love" kinda mood and I really love the new Spring-like miages in the new catty! I am still waiting (thumping fingers on desk) fo my order to be picked and shipped! Feels like it's taking forever.

So I wanted to share a couple cards from this morning... all use "A Little Birdie Told Me" set from 2008 Spring/Summer catalog.

And congratulations to Rene' who was the first person to visit my site this month! You will be receiving a card from me! Thanks!

Also, you will notice I added a visitor counter to my site (on the right side). When that gets to 5000 hits, I will hold a small BLOG CANDY contest where you can win some really cool stuff!

Make sure you sign up and log in to participate!

The Altered Paint Can workshop is on for the 18th (Friday) at 6:30pm.

Well, That's it for now. I can't believe it's going to be 71 degrees tomorrow. (January in Maryland is not supposed to be this warm!)

TTFN 

Just a short one this morning.

First off, Happy New Year to everyone! Thank you for visiting my site and sending me so much encouragement over the past 4 months! So far, I have been learning so much about site maintenance and the cyber world! 

I would like to wish you all a New Year filled with lots of love and good times!

I am so excited to ANNOUNCE:

Starting in a week or so, I will launch my new ONLINE Store and Catty Store. You will be able to log on and order directly through me on this website.  (I will also, from time to time, be selling other items that are made by me or are needed for certain projects that Stampin' Up! does not sell!) Once you log in , you will see a catalog link on the left menu where you can enter the item number and then you will be able to add it to your cart. It will calculate the total for you so you will know, right away, your total amount. 

Quick note, as of today, Maryland State Sales tax has risen  1% - now it is 6%.

Also, for the MONTH OF JANUARY, I am offering DOUBLE ENTRY REWARDS! Check out the "MY SPECIALS" link on the left to view my current specials! 

This morning I added a new tutorials on Perfect Scalloped Edges. You need to log in to view the tutorials. Please remember to update your subscriptions as I have added many things to the site in the last few months! 

I have some other news up my sleeve, but I think I will save those for other days! 

Until next time, Happy Stampin'!