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And it has FINALLY arrived…

October 1, 2007 contest, stamping and scrapping 10 Comments

The Christine-Murphy Dot Net Scrapbook/Paper Crafting Contest!

Now, this is pretty easy to enter, in that you don’t have to actually make anything to be eligible. You DO have to have a blog, though.

This is a contest for both seasoned crafters, and newbies who want to learn. I will be offering three prizes, which are as follows:

The main part of the prize package will be the Tag-A-Long Starter Kit, from Sizzix/Ellison Design. This will include all that you see here in this picture…the machine, a pair of cutting pads, a Thin Cuts die, an Easy Emboss folder, and a paper pack. I do not know what Thin Cuts die it is, you’ll just have to be surprised.In addition to this, I am adding a 4-pack of Sizzlits dies…the small tag set. I love this set, as it is so versatile. One thing you can do with it is to cut out the tags, and then either stamp or attach a die-cut letter on each…to make a title for a layout. But there are trazillions of other ways to use it, as well. Storage case shown in pic is NOT included.

 

I’m also throwing in one of my favorite dies, this Cat Face Thin Cuts die from Ellison Designs. The winner of this contest will also receive a couple of Sizzix Adapters, so if you have wafer-thin dies, such as those from QuicKutz or BossKut, you can use them in the Tag-A-Long machine.

I will also be throwing in an additional set of cutting pads for the machine, a wood-mounted rubber stamp of my choice, and maybe anything else I feel like throwing in.

But WAIT…there’s MORE!

There will be a second and third prize, as well, and they will both be the same thing. The winners’ choice of a one-year magazine subscription to Creating Keepsakes, Memory Makers, Paper Crafts, or Simple Scrapbooks.

So, whaddya gotta do to enter? Easy! All you have to do is write a blog post about this contest, and tell us why you want to win. Tell us why you love to scrapbook/papercraft, or why you’d like to get started. Put a sample of your work in your post, if you’d like (but this is NOT necessary).

Come back here and leave a comment in this post with a link to your post. You have until Sunday, October 14 to enter.

On Monday, October 15, all entrants will be up for voting…on a poll that will be posted here. People can vote once a day, until 11:59 PM, Eastern time, Wednesday, October 31. Winners will be announced on Thursday, November 1.

That’s it for now…any questions, just ask! Have fun and good luck!

I’m baaaack…

October 1, 2007 contest, just stuph Comments Off

…didja miss me?

Mike and I went to Old Sturbridge Village for the weekend. We had a nice time, and the weather was gorgeous!

We don’t have cable at home, so I like to watch it at night when we stay at a hotel. This past weekend was all about the Red Sox games, of course. But after the games were over, I’d switch over to the Food Network, and fall asleep with that on.

Sometimes I’ll wake up later, and they’ve switched over to infomercials. I’ll admit it…when I can’t sleep, I love to watch these things. Sometimes, I even want to buy the products advertised, especially if it’s kitchen stuff. I’m a sucker for kitchen gadgets.

But I never call the 800 number they give to order, and here’s why: the person in the other end of the phone is REQUIRED to try to sell you all sorts of add-on stuff. I saw this letter in Amy Dickinson’s column yesterday, written by a phone rep from one of these companies. It explains a LOT, go and read it if you like to order things over the phone.

There’s another way to avoid the sales pitch, though…order online! I love to shop online because I can get just what I want, with no endless, annoying sales pitches to buy things I don’t want. Many infomercial products have their own websites, but there are also “as seen on tv” websites that sell a variety of infomercial products.

Anyway, now I’m back and it’s October. The contest will be announced later today, so stay tuned!