Sunday, May 17, 2009

Blog Candy Alert!

ETA: I have also thrown in a CTMH stamp set but it will be a surprise to the lucky recipient!

This post will remaim at the top until May 17th, you have until then to enter the blog candy draw. Scroll down to see my new projects.

As I said earlier, I am so honored that I have 100 followers and so many hits to my blog that I am offering up some blog candy. I appreciate every who visits me and always enjoy the comments. In this candy you will find:

- 8 X 8 pages (lots!) of SEI; K & Company (Amy Butler); Making Memories (Sabrina); Cosmo Cricket (Sugared)
- 6 X 6 pages of Basic Grey: Sugared; Bittersweet; Granola
- some chipboard items
- some prima flowers
- some puffy epoxy embellishments
- stickers
- mini stamps from Imaginisce

How to enter? Easy just leave me a comment here telling me what you love about card making or scrapbooking and then link me to your blog. I will use Rangom Generator to determine a winner. Good luck everyone and thank you again for visiting me!

86 comments:

Creative Heart & Hand said...

Hi Laurel! I am a fellow CTMH consultant. I love your work!!!
I really enjoy cardmaking/scrapbooking because it is a nice escape for me. I love to see something when I am done and know that I made that, that I put my own personal touch on it :) I can truly say that I am passionate about papercrafting! Have a wonderful Mother's Day!
My blog: http://creativeheartandhand.blogspot.com/

Lori said...

Hi Laurel,
Congratulations. Your blog is so awesome that it's no wonder that you have 100 followers. I love coming to you for inspiration. I like to make something each day to wind down from work. I am heading over to my blog now to link you. Oh, and by the way, that's the yummiest looking blog candy.
Hugs,
Lori

KanataNewf said...

Hi Laurel, again, congratulations. What I love about the whole papercrafting hobby is when you give these cards/memory books to others and they express delight over receiving something handmade, knowing how much time you put into making something just for them.

Candy said...

Happy Mother's Day, Laurel!

I love my card making and scrapbooking because I think of the person I am making the card for the whole time I am working on it. It is also the best way to keep my mind working - trying new ways to do things.

Your blog inspires me a great deal! Your work is so wonderful.

Thank you for the chance at your fantastic blog candy.

Hugs, Candy

Unknown said...

What great candy Laurel. Papercrafting is both therapeutic and fulfilling. It gives me that time every day to unwind and be creative.

Anonymous said...

Ohh, what yummy candy Laurel! What I love? It used to be the satisfaction when you have finished something you have mede yourself, but now it it jiont with the lovely people I have met since I have started sharing my crafting online! Such a huge and friendly community!
Congrats on reaching 100 followers, here's to the next 100! Cheers!
Lou XX

Lou Sims said...

Fab selection of goodies Laurel. I am a dedicated follower even if I don't always comment, I have to pop over and have a nose at what you have been upto ! !

What I love about card making is that you can never really make a mistake. Everything you make suits a purpose or person & that makes your card or project very special indeed. Card makers are such a warm, inspiring & encouraging bunch - big businesses could learn alot from us guys & gals !

Thanks again for such scrummy candy and I have left a link on my blog.

Lou
x

Tamikko said...

Hi Laurel. I'm a CTMH consultant and a follower of yours. Love your art.
Congrats on over 100 followers. I never miss a post because your added to my Google Reader. :)
What I love about scrapbooking is the freedom to do what I want to do. I really just love to put colours together with patterns and embellish to my hearts content. It makes me so happy to play with glitter and paper and I'm proud of myself when I'm done. Such a good feeling.

Heather said...

Hi Laurel!

Thanks for all the great stuff you post. I love scrapping and card making because it helps me relax. Now if I just had my own scrap room again so I could leave all of my stuff out. LOL.

www.creativecoconut08.blogspot.com

Sarah said...

Laurel Congrats on the 100!!! and the nearly 70,000 hits.
I love working with paper scrapping and cardmaking as it gives me a creative outlet! I loved art but was never good enough.. Making beautiful cards and scrapbook LO's is my way to be an 'artist'. I find it so fullfilling and rewarding.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful art with us..and thanks for a chance at your blog candy!

Nellie Mae said...

Congratulations on the 100 followers! I love your work!!

Scrapbooking and card making feed my creative addiction. Sometimes I would rather be 'scrappin' than doing other things. I love patterned paper and stamps...they make me feel good!

Thanks for the chance at the blog candy!!

Nellie

http://nelliemaeii.blogspot.com

Homemade Heather said...

Laurel!
I love your blog and check out your latest projects often! We're now 'linked' LOL Take care,
H

Ksenia said...

hello! Nice candy! My link is http://miawoo.blogspot.com/2009/05/blog-candy-1705.html

I love making cards for my friends and love the joy in their eyes they receive from my creations.

Anonymous said...

Great candy! I put a link on my sidebar.

Love scrapbooking because it calms me down and makes nervous my hubby because of the mess i make in the room. lol

Karen said...

Love your blog!

My favorite part of scrapbooking and card making is all the great friends I've made through my hobby and the fact that there are no rights and wrong - everyone has their own style and anything can work!

My blog is mostly just a family blog, but I've been toying with the idea of putting some of my creations on there...

www.eggersfamily.blogspot.com

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Savitri said...

Congrats on your followers and hits! How exciting!!!

I LOVE papercrafting cause I get to buy lots of pretty things and make fun things out of them to either give or hoard :) It's probably why I love to scrapbook and plop lots of stuff on it cause I know I'd get to keep it and later give to my M.

Anonymous said...

Congrats on achieving over 100 followers, you deserve it, your creations are truly inspirational.
I love to create cards and memory books to declutter my brain after a day at work,I can shut the door on my craft room and have some quiet time.
Sue C

Crafty Jenn said...

Yeah Laurel! Congrats from a fellow CTMH consultant. Love to see successful women!

Papercrafting is such an experience for me. I love to create based on simple inspiration; be it a color, a blog, an object, a word. Anything can inspire greatness in all of us!

Vicki Burns said...

What do I love the most? I love all of the new friends I have made on SCS!

Vicki Burns said...

Oops...forgot to say I linked you on my blog. :)

Anonymous said...

Fantastic blog candy! What I love about scrapbooking and card making is that it satisfies my creative cravings:) With two little ones at home I have lots to scrap about!!

Denise said...

Hi Laurel!!! What a yummy prize you are giving away!!! I see now you have 102 followers!!! Congrats!!! Love your blog, you are such an inspiration,,, everyday!!!

Zolotce said...

Hello! Your candy is so cute!! I like scrapbooking & cardmaking becouse it brings in my inner life harmony :) here is my link http://zolotcee.blogspot.com/2009/05/1.html

Lynn Everett said...

Laurel: I, too, am a fellow CTMH Consultant, and have been for quite a few years now. I love both scrapbooking & cardmaking. However, my true love is the cardmaking. I could sit for hours designing cards. It just seems as though everyone you give a handmade card to REALLY appreciates it. I have even had a few friends frame their cards. It just gives me great joy to see the face of a recipient of one of my cards.
Hugs, Lynn Everett

Carolyn said...

Congrats on 100 followers/friends...I love your blog. Your work is so inspiring!
I love paper crafting. It's relaxing and addicting.:)
Thanks for the chance to win!

Bananastamper said...

Yeah! Blog candy is so fun! Thanks for the chance to enter. Your blog was one of the first ones I started following when I was introduced to blogging and I always enjoy my visit. I am also a fellow CTMH consultant. :) What I love about scrapping/card-making is that it allows me to get "lost" and forget about everything else that is going on for awhile. Have a great day!

Shanna

Danderella said...

Laurel, Congrats on 100 followers! I love your blog and your cards. I too am a fellow CTMH consultant, which is where I first saw your work. I love scrapbooking because it relaxes me, and helps me forget all the chaos that is sometimes life. I'm adding you as a blog that I visit regularly on my blog at www.danderella.blogspot.com

Chelsey said...

My favorite thing about scrapbooking is that years down the road, I can pick up an album and look back on all of the big moments in my life. I can read about the photos and remember stories that I would have forgotten had they not been written down. I am in it for preserving memories! Thanks for the chance to win! My blog is http://scraphappychelsey.blogspot.com/

Jess said...

wow awesome candy Laurel! other than loving scrapbooking for the reason of capturing those memories, i have also made some wonderful friends through scrapbooking! my blog is http://jessicahagland.blogspot.com
thanks Laurel!!

Frances said...

Loving that candy and your blog is awesome! I love scrapbooking because I love reliving the memories of my family. Thanks so much...and check out my blog http://francessylvia.blogspot.com/

Mouse40 said...

Congratulations Laurel!!
I love сardmaking and scrapbooking because it calms me and I like to make beautiful gifts for loved ones.
I'm your folower now and I posted a link on my blog: http://mouse40.blogspot.com/2009/05/1-8-clare-11-8000-24-38-angi-31-debbie.html

O'Shelli said...

I love my card making and scrapbooking because it is cheerful and very fascinating, to sit and think out something new.
http://prokonfeti.blogspot.com/2009/05/25-24-1-17-23.html#comments

Chelsea said...

Hi Laurel, I can't get enough of those beautiful scrapbook paper. Like most of us, I could open up a store with my collection of papers. LOL :)

I love the everything about scrapbooking, from the draft idea to the finish product. It's very rewarding! :)

I've linked you on my blog
http://craftinglifespieces.blogspot.com/
:)Chelsea

Eulanda said...

Congrats on having so many followers!! It's a great blog to follow because you have so many great updates. I have no idea how you find time with the kids, a husband and a job. Amazing!!

Roshni Patel said...

Congrats! Your work is amazing and I love to see the new things you come up with! I love scrapbooking / card making because of the ability to use your imagination and creat something different each and everytime! I just love that! No one project will ever be the EXACT same and thats what you call handmade!

my blog is VERY new but have a few things up on it.. feel free to stop by!

www.roshnispapertrail.blogspot.com

Merry said...

I just love grabbing blank card and paper and turning it into a wonderful picture....I love cardmaking. Also love the looks on the recipients faces. Thanks for a chance in your candy. I have added a link here

Melanie said...

I love the memory keeping, but most of all I just like working with pretty things in artsy ways

Marit said...

Hi there Laurel! What a wonderful goodies you are giving away... for someone who's addicted on scrapbooking (like me) it's almost too much to just look at it... and why do I scrap? It's making art and letting out emotions at the same time, it's photography, create, write... everything I like combined. And sharing it/getting compliments on my blog in return just makes it addicting!

Amy said...

Laurel,
First off... LOOK HOW MANY HITS YOU HAVE!!! :) congrats girlie!!! also... wanted to tell u that u make the CUTEST stuff!!! thanks for the great blog candy opportunity!! :) im doin one here soon too so be sure to stop by and check it out!! hava a great weekend!!
hugs
Amy

Tracey said...

I love everything about card making (apart from the mess & the expense lol) but the best thing has got to be getting lost in a project & forgetting all your worries :o)

Thanks for the chance to win your fab candy.

I've linked you to my blog candy list.

Have a good weekend:o)

Hugs
Tracey
x

Memories By Me said...

Laurel I love your blog I check it daily thank you so much for the inspiration!! I am venturing to start my own and was wondering how you keep a post at the top of your blog??? like you've done with this post?????

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!

Mina said...

gorgeous yummy candy...thanks forthe chance to win...i have linked you on my blog xxx

ambertrue3 said...

Laurel, I am a fellow CTMH Consultant, and I regularly check your blog for a little inspiration to get my "mojo" going!! The candy looks delish!!!! Congrats!

Anonymous said...

Hello there, i love scrapbooking because i get to capture those memorable moments of my girls. And nothing can top that! here is my link ( i am new at this so please forgive me if i dont do it right)
www.cherishedmemoriesbydani.blogspot.com

raindropecho said...

Wow, I just stumbled into your blog and I love what you've done! Everything is so beautiful.

Thanks for the chance to win, and I've put up a link to your giveaway from my blog.

http://raindropechodesigns.blogspot.com

Christina said...

Hmmm....what do I love about scrapbooking/cardmaking??? So many things but I'll try to narrow it down! Cardmaking has become my latest obsession. I've always enjoyed sending cards because nothing brightens a day like a really cute card given for no reason other than to show love. Sending a handmade card is even better because the reciever knows that time and effort and thought were really put into making that card! Anyone can pick up a card from a store! Congrats on the 100+ followers, I'm adding myself to that list! Love your blog! I'm off to post a link on my blog to yours! :)

Carolina said...

What generous blog candy!!! I'm not surprised that you have so many followers...you're so talented!

Amy Giddings said...

Hi Laurel, congrats on the 100 follower mark and all the hits. I hope my blog will be that successful someday. I enjoy card making because I love the look of homemade cards and I love receiving them so I only hope other people love receiving cards that I make. I enjoy scrapbooking as a way to relax and enjoy some me time, but I also love to see my 4 yr old son look through all the books with such excitement. It makes it all worth while.

Esme said...

Hi Laurel

Lovely blog candy!
I love cardmaking as it gives me some relaxation after the stress of work everyday. And I think people appreciate the personalisation when you give them a homemade card.

I've put a link to your candy on my blog.

Esme x

Agus said...

Hi! lovely blog candy!! thanks for the chance to win :) Im going to link your blog right now! I love card making because is like a very sweet way of comunnication and also is very enjoyable!

Here is my blog.

Hugs

Agus

Jaime Benavides said...

LOVE your blog and your artwork...It's very inspiring. I love both cardmaking and scrapbooking because I love gift giving and having such a wonderful creative outlet. It makes me very happy. I also love the fact that I'm leaving a legacy for my children;) Thanks for the chance to win your gracious candy!

Katje said...

Hello,

I am glad that i find your beautifful blog.
I just could leave it to drop by, i just started my own blog because all my cards dissapears in boxes.
It's a fantastic way to let people see what i have made.

I love being creating off it and love to try new and differt things together.

I put your link to my sidebar and keep my fingers crossed for that lovely candy.

Hope you get the chance off come visite my blog too.

XXX Katje

Michelle said...

Love your blog... I will be back often to see what's new!
Great blog candy too! Enter me!!

ladynurse4 said...

very creative! love your blog. i am a fellow CTMH consultant from Texas. I love to make scrapbook pages that document the moments that make up our lives, believing that sharing the way God has blessed us will be a positive influence on the future generations of my family.

Annelies said...

Congratulations Laurel! I like cardmaking/scrapbooking because it's fun to give something personal and I've also met so many great people through it! Here's my link . Thanks for a chance to win! Greetings from Belgium, Annelies

Jamie Harder said...

Of course you have over 100 followers...you are so incredibly talented!!!!! I look forward to looking at all of your new creations!! The best part of scrapbooking is of course to capture all of the precious moments of my daughter's lives and to document it for them. The more I scrapbook, however, the more i am enjoying the creative process...such a great creative outlet. And now scrapbooking has gone to another whole level of opportunity to meet new people through this amazing craft! So fun!! Thanks for the chance to win such an enormous amount of goodies...WOWZERS!!

Syme Family said...

I have you on my google reader, but I'm not listed as a follower, so you probably have more fans than you know.

I love scrapbooking because it is somethings I enjoy to do. I also love it when my little ones look at their pages and get so excited!

Marimer said...

A veces no hace falta hablar el mismo idioma para conectar con una persona y sore todo para admirar su trabajo. Esto me pasa con tus trabajos que me parecen espectaculares y muy creativos, te seguiré siempre.

Karen said...

Wow, what a sweet offer! I have never seen/used Close To My Heart so would love to win! Thanks for the chance! I {{love}} your blog!

Carla D said...

Hi Laurel,
I admire your gorgeous work! I came here by way of an other blog... Really amazing... Your cards are so much different than other cards

Also a very nice candy!
Thanks for sharing this with us!
There's a link in my 'Candy bar' on my blog.

Hugs,
Carla xx

Anonymous said...

OOH HOw sweet of you to offer this amazing blog candy! Thank you so much!

I love card making/scrapbooking because well it helps take me away from stress or anything around me that is not good at the moment if that makes sense!! Helps to relieve me and its fun to make things for others !!

I will add this to my blog so others can come here and see your amazing work and enter in the awesome blog candy!

www.lifestylesofascrapper.blogstop.com

Jen said...
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Jen said...

Hi Laurel,
This is gorgeous candy, thanks for the chance to win it. Fingers crossed!
My favourite thing when it comes to card making is blogging, I have made so many wonderful new friends through blogland and I am constantly learning new things.
Congratulations on having so many followers, I hope you don't mind having another one!
Hugs
Jen x
sorry had to delete that post - I forgot to leave a link to my blog
here

Anonymous said...

I love your candy!
What I love about cardmaking is everything! I love how it calms be down, how you can create pretty things, make other people happy by creating something for them...
It's just a wonderful hobby!
Thanks for the chance to win.
I added a link to your candy on my blog!

Beth said...

Congrats on all of your followers and blog hits. I know you definitely inspire me. I personally like card making because it's something I can share with others. Thanks for the chance to win.

Jennifer said...

What I love about this hobby is being able to creat one of a kind masterpieces and then giving them to someone special and knowing that they love it and will cherich it forever. It's the feeling of accomplishment when you have just finished a page, card or project and knowing that you did that...
I don't have a blog but thanks for a chance to win some great blog candy!!!

Gosia said...

Hi Laurel!
Congrats on celebrating your 100 followers! Making a cards makes me relax I love the look to the people's smile whenever they receive cards I made for them.
Greetings from Poland!

Mama Tuttle said...

I love meeting so many new and talented people through cardmaking and papercrafting!! Your cards are BEAUTIFUL!! Here's my blog: http://mamatuttle.blogspot.com/ . Thanks for the blog candy!!

Crystal said...
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Crystal said...

Hi Laurel! Looks like I stopped by on just the right day ;)
I started with CTMH this fall....as a scrapbooker...but I have found that I LOVE making cards. It is relaxing for me, and with the CTMH Originals book, I really can't mess it up! Even my kids (all boys) enjoy making cards with me.
Thank you for sharing all of your beautiful work! You inspire me!
My blog is www.1scrappychic.blogspot.com

New Beginnings with Budhi and Cyndi said...

OH, WOW..........look at your blog Candy....and today is the last day, oh wow, I have to start off by saying thank you to Olenka for posting on her blog........now what a fabulous deal for us..........I haven't done one of these before so let me see........I might just be able to express my thoughts.............HUMMMMMMMMMM



WHY DO I SCRAP? It is relaxing for me, it is one of my outs. I am able to travel back in time and so many wonderful memories are brought to the surface as I go through my family photos. I have been able to share this wonderful hobby with some amazing and talented scrappers via the internet, and have had the opportunity to meet some of them in person. It is a feeling of real accomplishment when one of these talented individuals compliment you on a page you have just finished, and the chest pokes out with sinful pride to know that "yes I did that". I love to see the excitement on my children's faces when they look at a page that I have done and there are little notes of things that was going on in their lives as a wee one. Here again a memory and a joy all expressed out of a combination of papers and embellishments. Scrapbooking is a wonderful way to capture all the precious moments in our lives and to document the happenings. This is something I am only just now learning to do though, journalling that is.



I want to close this by saying thank you for offering such a wonderful blog candy and thank you for giving each of us the opportunity to win it. I did add your blog to my side bar before I even wrote this note. Thank you for all the inspiration, although I personally am not much of a card maker I have made some wonderful layouts based on the way a card is layed out. Now.......Wish me luck!

Inviting Style by Pick Me Paper Designs said...

Wow congrats on so many followers! And now I am one! :) Scrapbooking/card making etc is such a stress reliever. It's amazing to look at what you've created and say, I did that???

my blog: http://pickmepaperdesigns.blogspot.com

Char in So Cal said...

Paper crafting for me is theraputic. I XOXOX giving people things that I have made especially for them!

CONGRATS on all your followers and thanks for the op to win some YUMMY blog candy!

I don't have a blog of my own but I do have e-mail and I have sent a link to your site to all my crafty gal pals!

Thanks for the op to win some YUMMY blog candy!

Char in So Cal
{scrampaddict} {at} {cox} {dot} {net}

Anne said...

Congrats with all your follower!
I make cards because it makes me happy. I feel I do something positiv and can make someone happy with my cads.;-)

Char in So Cal said...

LUCKY ME! I am now a follower of your blog!

Char in So Cal
{scrampaddict} {at} {cox} {dot} {net}

Just call me G said...

Hi Laurel,

Congratulations!

I'm a follower now and will be back time and time again ... thats one of the things as well as the chance to win scrummy candy that I love candy links, it means I get to go to blogs I might never have caught up with..

Though I do end up reading and not crafting... still its all a learning curve.

What I enjoy most is probably a bit like everyone else.. creating something personal for aomeone.. and of course it means that if I am feeling a bit yuck... it can calm me right down. I have had a few years of not having good health and I'm sure paper stroking has helped the stress!!

I've linked you to my blog..

Gina xx

Megan Duarte said...

What I love about scrapbooking and cardmaking is that I get to share my passion with the people I give my gifts to. I have also had so much fun with my etsy shop too being able to share my craft. I love your blog and am now a follower. Thanks for the chance at a giveaway.

My blog is www.withlove-and-affection.blogspot.com hope you will become a follower of mine too.

Sarah said...

Congrats on all your followers!! Thanks for the chance to win this blog candy...it's fantastic!! What I love most about card making is that it's my time for me to relax and unwind from everyday stresses and make something unique and one of a kind for someone who I know will enjoy and cherish my creation. Off to add a link to my blog and become a follower of your blog!!

Linda said...

The think what I love most about making cards is how rewarding it is to take a few pieces of paper and some embellishments and create little original piece of art. Thank you for the chance to win your lovely package of blog candy.
Here is a link to my blog
http://cardchallengesandmore.blogspot.com/

nicole said...

I love scrapbooking because it allows me to leave memories for generations to come.

Meche said...

wow lovely blog candy! i dont have a blog yet (i can wait to start one..) but i will tell my friend about your blog candy :)
Hugs,
Meche

p.s: this is my mail if you need something: mecheche@gmail.com

Alanna said...

Congrats on your hits and followers Laurel. You are so talented and I love how much you share with the rest of us.

For me, scrapbooking and cardmaking is an escape from the rest of my life. As an accountant by day, I need a creative outlet at night. For my scrapbook pages, I love that I can tell a story and that someday, my grandkids and great grandkids will be able to see what went on in mine and my family's life.

Thanks for the chance to win this candy. I've linked you on my sidebar.

Kristyn said...

Love your blog! Congrats on such a popular blOG :)

check out my sweet tooth here

Lauren said...

Hi Laurel,
What lovely candy that you are offering :) I have added a link on my sidebar.
Thanks for the chance to win.
Lauren

Agus said...

Hi! lovely blog candy!! thanks for the chance to win :) Im going to link your blog right now!

Here is my blogHugs

Agus

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