Update

The weather has been playing games with us here in South Dakota. Missed 2 doctor's appointments out of town because the roads were so bad. I have appointments on Monday and Tuesday (7&8), so I will try my bestest to get something good out tomorrow or Monday. Please stick with me on this crazy ride !!

A post or two or three

It's pretty early here, and I'm going back to my warm bed soon, but since I couldn't sleep, I decided to drop in another post. Still alot of work to do on the blog - most of it is slogging thru the Blogger help files and trying to understand how everything works. It's a real brain drain. So, here's what I have for you today, please leave a comment here or in the NEW chatbox (so I can see if it works!)  If it's cold and snowy and the roads are bad where you are, please stay at home if you can, if you have to fo out - please be very careful.

Echo Park Paper  Win it before you can buy it ! For the Record, a fun bright set, contest ends 02/07, FOUR winners ! It's supposed to hit stores the week of Feb 14.

HELMAR  Tell them what your favorite Helmar moment from the show was by posting a comment on their FB page. Random winner will be selected! (let me just say, if you win an adhesive runner from them, it is MAGIC ! That stuff makes paper stick like crazy !)

For my Canadian friends, or other friends who want to go to Canada for this, it's almost time to register for ScrapFest Canada in Kitchener (somebody tell me where that is) ScrapFestCanada  sounds like a scrappin' good time. If you go, how about a report when you get back ? This info came from Scrapbook and Cards Today, probably one of the best magazines around ! Yay Canada !

Imaginisce  is having a February challenge, AND a blog hop ! Big prize for the challenge ( you have to submit a project) and for the hop (9 sites), which you have to finish by Feb 3, the prize is a cordless iBond glue gun ! They've got some cool inspiration for the challenge, and they're also going to be looking around for people who are using Imaginisce in their projects. Hop winners will be announced Feb 4.

Still Alive, a couple of links

We're having a good snowstorm here, around 6 inches at noon yesterday, now comes the wind and the drifting. I have the camera battery charged up, but I don't know if I'm going to get much good light tomorrow, but I finally have several cards to show you that we've been making in the CTMH card club I go to on Saturdays.

I'm also making two tri-shutter cards I am making for my sons. Christmas cards. Yeah, I know.... The tutorial for that is on Splitcoaststampers.com . It looks a little intimidating, but once you get going, it isn't so bad. I had some troubles cutting the design paper the way the tutorial said, so I looked at the gallery there, and got lots of good ideas.

I was supposed to be going to pick up my new Sew Easy stuff today, but the roads are awful, and even the plows aren't out. They had an accident between a plow and a tractor trailer yesterday, no one was hurt, but when it's like this, you just need to stay home if you can. The Sew Easy is by WeRMemoryKeepers > They are also the folks behind the Cropodile - in versions 1, 2, and now 3 ! They have great paper collections and embellies, so go take a look ! There's a link at the top of the page that tells you where you can buy them. There's even a special program if you are a retailer.

Paper Grace designs is having a birthday giveaway, with 4 ways for you to enter. She's giving away a great selection of Baker's Twine, which is one of the hottest things for embellishing your projects. Go visit Lisa, and leave her some love after you look at the site.

You have to be under a rock if you haven't seen or heard about CHA - Winter, being held in Los Angeles. (I think if it's winter, they should have snow). There have been several giveaways on the spur of the moment, so if you have been following them on Facebook, you may have seen them. There have been alot of new products revealed there, and most will start shipping in the next couple of months. Seriously, so much pretty paper, embellishments, Sizzix and Tim Holtz, I think we're going to need to save our pennies for this new stuff.

I'll get back to posting as usual in the next couple of days, so I hope you'll stick with me. Remember, when I get to 25 followers on Google Friend Connect, I will have my own little sack of blog candy ! So, please tell your friends about me and ask them to join too !

xoxoLiz

Still kicking it around

I'm desperately trying to learn how to make my tabs work, and how to unclutter my blog. Does anybody have anything they would like to see me do here ?

Monday, Just Popping In

If you stopped by the blog and it looks kind of wonky, it's still a work in progress. I'm also pretty busy at home this week, so I may not be posting as much as I'd like...but I won't disappear completely !

Really Reasonable Ribbon  is offring a really great pack of prizes to celebrate their blogoversary. Drawing is on Jan 26.

KinderStampO  Today is Jess' birthday ! You'll want to watch her videos today as she shoes how to make a beautiful embellishment that takes just a few minutes, and it really shines on the card. This is day 24 of her 34 days.

Maya Road  Day 4 of their release party, go look at their pretties and enter your comment

Websters Pages  Keep an eye out for them....should be a prize filled week. Haven't seen anything yet, but it's still early.

Pardon My Dust (Again)

I have some things I need to do this weekend with the blog, so it's going to take me away from my regular posting. Hopefully I will come back with a better organized blog, that functions the way I want it to.

I see there's been a few new folks signed up as followers, and I really doo appreciate your support. I hope the blog is helpful to you, and for all my followers, I'd really enjoy hearing from you, so leave a comment as you pass through. If you like the blog, pass it on to your friends and ask them to follow with the Google Friends. It makes it much easier to see who is following.

Finals for Friday

WendySueSweatAnderson  has a copy of The Organized and Inspired Scrapbooker to give away. A Random winner will be chosen Monday Morning.

CreatingKeepsakesBlog  Has a copy of the same magazine.

create:   has 3 sets of Bazzill's NEW printed paper to give away. They are also providing you with all of the goodies from last year’s Creative Escape, valued at about $450 !!!!

Roberts-Arts-and-Crafts  It's Freebie Friday, run over and see what's up for grabs. Lots of ways to earn extra entries.

Scrapbook and Cards Today  Prizes from a new company, Your Next Stamp.

Making Memories  Slice Design Card

happynscrappin  Lots of goodies ! Scroll down a ways to see them

Glue Arts  says "You can win a sweet Valentine selection of our Accent It All vinyl (red, pink, white and silver) and let's tuck in our Ribbon Adhesive and how about a roll of our Adhesive Squares too. {you'll LOVE them!! We promise!} We'll select a random winner and announce their name here on the blog on Monday. "

FancyPants  I'm not sure what, but there's a prize in there somewhere. Leave a comment after looking at their post

CraftySteals  has some Maya Road to give away. Contest closes Sunday morning, winners announced Sunday night.

Finally Friday

Bella Blvd  You'll defintely want to sign up for this. Winner today.

Peachy Keen Stamps  Second chances...read the post

Scrapbooks and Cards Today  more than one chance to win !

KinderStampO  Day 21 of 34
 Go On and get moving !

Why in the middle of the night ??

Well, it all started with a question from Core'dinations on their FB page. They wanted us to guess who they were core'dinating with next. They were going to have the answer set to post at 12 AM EST, and I knew I couldn't stay up that long, but I also knew I'd wake up in the night and have to know.  Hence, this post.
Core'dinations is giving away 40 packs of their newest, unreleased assorted packs of TIM HOLTZ and RANGER !! One pack is called Distressed, and the other is Adirondack. Now when you go to their blog, it flips between the Tim Holtz and Ranger screen and Stacy Julian screen. Click towards the bottom (where it says "Click Here") and it gives you an entry form. NOW...what is VERY important to remember is you only get ONE entry into this contest, so if you run across this offer in another link or another post somewhere, do not enter again. Entering again on a one entry contest will usually get all your entries voided (my words). So, find the entry form, fill it out ONE time, and then cross your fingers that you are one of the lucky 40. This is going to be a great release, especially when you can win it before it's even released ! Good Luck ! The bad news is this : you must be 18 or older and you can only enter if you are from the US or Canada. Winners will be picked at random for the 40 prizes and will be notified by email.

Thursday Night

Fancy Pants Sneak peek - to the moon

Bella Blvd  Sneak peek cardstock stickers

Helmar  The first 5 people who refer 10 or more people (who actually become fans) will get a great prize of Helmar goodies - one person has already won.

Moxie Fab World  Stamp of approval goes to Inkadinkado - you could win 5 stamps

Scrapbook and Cards Today  Nikki Sivils giveaway

Imaginisce  Day 4 of Animal Crackers Release Party