Posted originally on December 23, 08 : We did it! Today we hit 300K! Can you believe that? I know I can't…so just like I promised, howsabout a little blog candy? Is yer sweet tooth hankerin' for some goodies?
I will keep this post on the top until Friday January 2 at noon Arizona time, and then I will use random.org to pick one person to win. Please make sure to scroll down for my latest entry, so you don't miss a thing!
The Blog Candy Includes: a Snail refill, Sakura Quickie Glue Pen, a Stampin' Up! Decor Elements Applicator Tool (I love this for giving my cards a nice crease after I score and fold the card), Bold Bright Brads, a roll of Alpine Felt Ribbon, Assorted Die Cuts, Hand Stamped Cards, A pack of 6×6 Patterns Pack of DSP, plus 3 stamp sets: Organic Grace, Best Yet, and Spring Song.
How does that sound?
All you have to do to enter to win is answer this question on this post: What is your New Year's Resolution in regards to stamping, and what will you do to remedy it? For example: Mine is to be more organized with all my stamping tools and not procrastinate, so I will put my things away and make sure to have labels on baskets, boxes, jars etc. so everything has it's place, and then it will be easier to find (I think these go hand in hand, if you are not organized you tend to put off doing what needs to be done).
Only one entry per person please. I will contact the winner on the 2nd of January!
Thanks so much for stopping in and good luck!!
Hugs, Di
My new years resolution is to stop hoarding and use the goodies i have! I buy and buy and never use it. This has got to stop.
My new year's resolution with regards to stamping is learning how to color. I will remedy this by stalking blogs and actually reading the tutorials regarding coloring. Great Blog Candy. Happy Holidays, I hope your family is happy, healthy and safe.
my new years resolution is to stamp a card and put it right away into an envelope and mail it!!!!! for a girl who sells stamps, teaches it, shops like crazy for supplies i have to do a better job of actually mailing one out! I tend to hoard my cards like they are prized posessions instead of for the reason i started stamping- to share my art and gift it to someone lol.
I also want to be more organized and finish unmounting all my stamps for storage purposes. I also want to stamp more.
Happy holidays and Happy New Year!! Oh how time flies.
My resolution for stamping is to get an organizer book and continually jot down my ideas to do with classes. I have so many ideas but often they get pushed aside or forgotten. I also need to clean up the clutter. Egads!! Then I won't be able to find anything. Well, happy stamping.
Karen
My resolution is to get copics that I've been yearning for and color my images well!
I have so many I don't know which one to pick first. I guess first of all I really need to get my sewing craft room organized to hanlde my paper crafts. I know that is stifling the creative flow! As I'd really lile to be making and sharing more projects on-line using the website I have with Stampin'UP!
1. learn to use my Janome mini– I'll keep it out and plugged in and read and practice tutorials.
2. Improve craftsmanship of cards. If I don't like it, trash or save for recycling into another project.
Thanks for such a generous blog candy offer!
Oh…the millon dollar question.
OK..here I am puttin' it out there…
1) get my paperwork organised in my stamp room…I put one donw on the table and it grows and multiplys with abandonment. To achieve this I am actually hiring (have) someone to sort through all my boxes of papers and set up a filing system…this will be completed by mid january at the latest
2) I will make 10 Christmas card a month..to achieve this I am going to challenge my downline to join me as a challenge. I should have 120 cards by this time next year!
3) I am going to make 12 card a month that will be generic..and all I will have to do is to stamp the appropriate greeting when I need a Thank You, Get Well, Congrats etc card.
I will combine and use SCS's colour and sketch challenges as inspiration each week.
4) I will send above 12 cards each month to someone!! LOL
BTW…if I win the blog candy (don't worry..I NEVER win anything LOL) I will donate almost all of it to the Ronald McDonald house in my neighbourhood 🙂
Congrats on your 3ooK-th view!
Sue
My resolution is to get started making enough cards, (birthday, get-well, and sympathy), to last the year for my Scrapbook Club. I am the official club Sunshine Committee person, so I really need to get going on those cards!
I stopped making New Year's Resolutions but what I really would like to do is:
1) Work on using up my scraps. They keep piling up for some reason.
2) Give away cards I make instead of hoarding them.
3) Design and build a unit to organize my embellishments.
4) Get some scrapbooking done.
My New Year's Resolution for stamping is to learn more about it~ I've done a little stamping but it is a little intimidating to me as there are so many things you have to know. I only have a few sets but I want to learn how to use them and have fun with them.
Thanks for a wonderful Contest.
This gift pack is amazing!
((hugs)) Mechelle
My New Year's resolution is to stamp every week and let no holiday or birthday go by without making cards to celebrate the occasion.
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
Paula
Oh, I have so many! Definitely get organized! I too want to send more cards out this year instead of making them and letting them sit in a box. I have to get back to scrapbooking too.
Only one…oh gosh..my resolution is to MAKE more time to stamp. Find "me" time and make it happen. So, I am going to schedule it like a dr.'s appt. Nothing gets in the way, on this day at this time, I am STAMPIN!
Blessing!
My stamping resolution for this year is to buy some storage boxes and get organized.
Thank you for the chance to win the lovely candy and MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Well, I will start with trying to actually get my cards out on time instead of my usual procrastination. How to do this though?! I will probably need to stay a month ahead of things and have some cards ready for when I need them. Hah that sounds good!
congrats,di!! my resolution is like yours: to be more organized! i am going to be real good on it, too! yesterday i bought myself a ribbon organizer for christmas. so, that's a start. also, i plan on getting the ink pad holder from stampin up soon. i have to make a serious effort to put my stuff away after using it!!
First of all, congrats on your 300,000 hits…wow!
Honestly, I don't usually make New Year's resolutions but IF I were, it would be to learn how to watercolor. I have stamped countless images on WC paper only to toss them because I never like the finished result. Maybe some day…
Wow! This is a sweet treat! I don't usually make resolutions at the New Year, but as a fairly new recruit to the world of stamping I need to get my supplies organized into baskets, onto shelves, etc. so that I don't step on them on the floor anymore…:)
Happy Holidays!
lets see. . .my new years resolution is to actually finishing my "stamping room". . .i have this nice area set aside in my basement, but so far, all my stamping supplies are still in their boxes. I go down, pick out what i want, and then bring it up stairs to make a mess. i'd like to have everything organized downstairs so i can stay in my "area" and have "me time". 🙂
Congratulations on 300000 hits. . .your blog is my first stop every morning! 🙂
My new years resolution for my stampin is to find new ways to incorporate it into home decor.I have so much invested it stamps and stuff I would like to see it outside of the scrapbook and greeting cards that get sent away. what a great give away. Happy holidays!!
My resolution this year is to use the things I have! I keep buying and buying and using! I'm sure I'll still buy more, but I have to be more selective from now on.
My new years resolution is to find a permanant home for my stamping stuff. Right now it is piled up in the corner of my bedroom between a dresser and an end table/nightstand. There are tons of containers and baskets that i pull out and unpack to stamp. Even worse is when it's time to put it all away! Amazingly, I actually go to all that trouble for Stamping.
My resolution is to send out at least 2 cards a week. I make all these cards and they sit in a basket – not good! ~chris
My New Years resolution is to hold a few more classes, in addition to my monthly club, and get my customers and new customers excited about stamping and actually using their stamps. I also would like to scrapbook a little more. I'm not very good with picture taking.
I certainly have lots of ideas I would like to make for next Christmas and want to get started now!
Congrats on your hits. I check your blog everyday – thank you.
My New Years resolution is to make more time to stamp and be creative.
I want you to know that I love your site and check it out almost daily.
I hope you have a wonderful holiday season.
Janet
My new years resolution is to clear out all of the stamp sets that I have not used in the past six months. I will buy some new ones, and set out at least one day a month when my friends can come into my home and use my stamps, and to share what I have learned.
Sharon
I would like to actually stamp instead of collecting the stuff! To do that I need to become more organized, I mean, I have a whole room just for crafting, I need to get organized. Then, as Nike would say, just do it. Take the time and just play.
Thanks for the blog offering.
Di – what a great achievement! congrats. your candy is absolutely wonderful, and get's me thinking about what i really need to do next year. honestly, finding "me" time has been the most difficult, so next year i'm going to make a date for 8 hours each month just to CREATE 🙂 thanks!
My New Year's resolution is to actually send the cards I make! *L* In order to accomplish that I will make a large variety of cards to keep on hand in a basket so that I always have what I need and can't use the excuse,"oh I don't have enough time to make that person a card".
My New Year's resolution is to hoe out my craft room and get rid of everything NOT related to stamping. My craft room has turned into a catch-all. No more!! It's yard sales and the Hospice resale store for everything that has to go!
My resolution is to sell more SU! and reorganize also. I have a basement that no one else uses and it needs more storage and cabinets….
I will have to get hubby to help, but I'm sure I can sweet talk him into it.
Love your blog….
Crystal
My resolution is to use what I have on hand – instead of getting that "must have" item!
My resolution is to continue being organized and learn more new techniques.
For the New Year I resolve to make more cards, use up some of my stash of supplies and send more cards, plus give more cards to the Meals on Wheels. And to not buy any new stamps until I have used the ones I have already bought and not inked up!
What nice blog candy! I am going to keep my stamp room more organized, like you! I have recently moved to the dining room and taken over, which means it's so much more visible now to those who come in the front door. I really do have to be better about putting things away!
Boy, I DO need a New Year's Resolution in regards to stamping! One that pops to mind is to make more cards that are the same. I tend to be a "one of a kind" stamper & that's not good. Lots of times I send that card out & then I wish I had more like it. I guess I need to learn the art of assembly line organization. Thanks for the chance to win such wonderful goodies!!!
I have many but first and foremost is to organize my scaproom. Right now I am fortunate to have a room to use but everything is in totes or boxes. UGH!!!!!
I will not buy another thing until I am organized. Wish me well and thanks for the great blog Di . I learn so much from you.
WOW! That's some incredible blog candy! Congratulations on 300K hits! What an awesome milestone.
My New Years resolution is to finish what I start. There are sooo many projects that I only half completed. I have a "to do" list for stamping and have listed all of my half-finished projects. So before I start anything new, I'm going to make myself finish one of the projects on the list. These projects are cluttering up my desk and stamping space, so by finally finishing them, I'll also be cleaning up my space! Bonus! Wish me luck!
Mine will be to clean up as I work, to stamp a stack (min. of 8) each week and to scrap a page a month for the 7 ppl on my list that I've started scrapbooks for.
MMMMMMMMM what are the chances, eh? LOL
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Diana, to you and yours!!
(Lots of snow here in Ontario … ain'tcha missing it? hehehe)
My resolution: to actually use the stuff I have. To do this I have to stamp more, stay off the computer, and quit buying more stuff. . . that is until I've used it and need more! LOL!
Tracey Shaver
Happy 300k-th hit!
My stamping resolutions are:
– To be more organized and clean up after a crafting session (instead of waiting till the next time!)
– To actually GIVEAWAY the cards I make!
Thanks for a chance at some goodies!
Happy Holidays & Happy New Year 😉
I sell cards at work (just to my coworkers in the office area…a couple of people) So my resolution is to make more cards and keep my basket fully stocked….rather than having people look through and not find anything to suit their occasion. My card selling money goes back into supplies…I'm nowhere near making money…but it does take a bit of the bite out of the ridiculous amount that I have spent 🙂
To ink up and use more of my stamps! I am a collector first, scrapper next, and card maker third! Although it seems now I am a card maker more than anything! I read your your blog daily for inspiation!
Also, not to buy so many supplies, like that will ever happen!
My new years resolution is to spend what I make as a demonstrator and no more. That sure isn't a very fun resolution.
My new years resolution is to actually make cards in advance of events so that they can be mailed instead of rushing the last day and having to figure out how to get the cards out to the recipients.
Merry Christmas Di.
Love Cheryl in London (ON)
I resolve to create cards that people will want to buy, and I resolve to start after the first of the year to make this happen.
My resolution is to make 10-12 Christmas cards each month. I've already set aside the 4th Wednesday night of each month to do this. I also want to organize my stamp room and keep it organized and clean.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
My New Years resolution for stamping is to finally find a way to catagorize the stamps…words, Christmas, animals, etc. Don't really know how to do it..but I want to do it. I would have to break up sets. I get so tired trying to find a stamp I would like to use..I have to go through all the sets to find just one.
I would also love to start cards earlier and have them ready to go when needed. Oh, what a dream..but it could come true.