Follow Your Bliss…

Thank you all for your questions! I will be answering them in the next several weeks, so be sure to check back often!

The random number generator chose number 101: Lilian!!!!
hi trudee~
i am a subscriber through google reader and i LOVE reading your blog everyday. thanks for offering such great treats for us!
what is your favorite technique and can you do a tutorial on it?
Thanks!

Lilian, please click on the “Contact me” link in the sidebar below my picture and email me your address! I will get this out to you ASAP!!

And for the next winner, who won the subscriber prize:

Liane Tatum!!!!!!!!!!!

Liane also left this comment:

Your work is amazing !! I especially love your pomegrante poppies !! question :are your cards available for sale ? thanks for the beauty and inspiration !!! Liane

Liane, please email me as well with your address so I can send your winnings!

I will answer these two questions tomorrow! Hope you all have a great evening! I will be having another giveaway most likely next week. Trust me, you won’t want to miss this one!! WAHOO!!

As promised, here’s my next giveaway! I am approaching 50,000 hits, and thought we should celebrate! We’re going to do that in two ways.

These first two Treats up for grabs are for one of my lucky subscribers! Do you subscribe to my blog by email? If not, it’s not too late! You’ll double your chances of winning! Click on the green and yellow Feedburner box over in the right sidebar just below the Stamping Top 50 to subscribe!

One lucky winner will receive 12 sheets (6×6) of the GORGEOUS, NEW SU! Brocade double sided designer paper, and two unmounted stamp sets: Too Terrific Tags, and Alphabet Soup!

The second Treat is for everyone! Just leave a comment on this post entry and ask me a question! I will save your questions and answer them in the next several weeks The lucky winner from this drawing will receive an assortment of punched scallop circles, squares, rectangles, and ovals! Plus two unmounted stamp sets: Best Blossoms, and Gently Falling.

Only one question/entry per person, please!

The two lucky winners will be chosen at 9:30 pm Eastern time on Tuesday June 19th!

I will also be adding some other random goodies to these packages…things like Primas, Ribbon, embellishments, etc and of course a thank-you card from me

Can’t wait to read all your questions! Have a great weekend!! Hugs~

WOW!! Y’all are so fabulous!! What an amazing number of comments for the giveaway!! 245!!

I used the random number generator, and it chose number 148!!!! Congratulations stampnthyme !! Here’s what she said:

Holy Cow! What a terrific prize package you have put together for us Trudee….Uddery Fabulous! And I just LOVE, LOVE, LOVE pinks and purples…so this give a way tickles my fancy! My favorite girly thing is shoes and lipsticks…all shades, all kinds of styles, but especially in PINKS! Thanks for the fun time! Hugs, Barb g

Please email me your snail mail address, by clicking on the “Contact Me” link over there——–>

I will get your yummy prize package out to you ASAP!!

Thank you all so much for sharing a little piece of you with me. I really enjoyed reading every one! Many of you made me bust out laughing, too! LOL! It’s fun to be a girly girl sometimes, isn’t it?

I made this sketch for Roxie’s sketch challenge on SCS this week. I rarely use my wheels, so I thought it would be fun to wheel this image and use it for the focal point.

I wheeled it on PaperTrey white cardstock, and colored with Prismacolored pencils and Gamsol. The hubcaps and bumpers are colored with a silver sharpie. I matted it with black, then added Fun Flock (white and caramel latte tan) to the little doggies with a Sakura quickie glue pen. That seriously made me squeal!

Next, I stamped the real red panel with the flannel plaid bg stamp. I dunno why, but photographing red ink on red paper is pretty stinkin’ difficult. You can just *barely* see it in the photo! Then, I pierced all around the edge and faux-blanket stitched using the fine tip end of the black marker.

I tied the black gingham ribbon using Val’s method seen on her blog HERE . (Val, I can’t tell you how much time you have saved me by teaching us that trick!! Seriously *perfect* every time!! Thank you!) Then, I stamped the “friend” sentiment in Memories black ink, and adhered the little Jesse James paw print button with a glue dot.

I adhered this entire panel to my white card base (PaperTrey–have you bought it yet? no? what are you waiting on, missy? *wink*), and then attached the focal image on dimensionals.

Stamps: tailgaiting wheel, flannel plaid, paper tray

Ink: memories black, real red

Paper: white (papertrey), real red, black

Accessories: prismacolor pencils, gamsol, stumps, gingham ribbon (michaels), fun flock, quickie glue pen, jesse james button, mat pack, paper piercer, black marker, mini glue dot

WOO HOOO!!!!!!

You know that saying, “It’s better to give than to receive”? Well, I couldn’t agree more!!! I just received my designer copies of the newest PaperCrafts special issue, “You Go Girl”—and I couldn’t WAIT to share it with you!! My card is featured on page 120. This issue is chock full of fabulous, talented designers!! Julie Ebersole, Lisa Strahl, Ellen Hutson, Jessica Witty, Lisa Johnson…perhaps you know them?

So, in keeping with the girly theme, I thought I’d also give away a Basic Grey “Perhaps” 6×6 paper pad, 6 yards of matching grosgrain ribbon, a Prima paint can full of huge, gorgeous flowers with a pack of bling, and matching rickrack, and last but not least, a pack of My Mind’s Eye “Bohemia”embossed chipboard letters!! How do ya like THAT?!

So, here’s what you need to do. Leave a comment and let me know…what is your favorite “girly” thing? It can be anything from lip gloss, to pedicures, shoes, to bubble baths! My favorite has to be skincare and makeup. I *LOVE* my philosophy products!!

I will be choosing *one* lucky winner on Thursday, May 24th at 8pm EST (My 2 month blogging anniversary!!)

Thank you so much for coming to visit my blog on a daily basis. You all have really blessed me in so many ways!! Can’t wait to read all your responses!!

First, I want to thank all of you for sharing your favorite part of Spring with me! I truly loved reading every single comment. We all love this beautiful season filled with new life!

OK on to the winners!!!!!!!! Using the Random Number Generator, the following numbers were chosen:

The winner of the Basic Grey Scarlett’s Letter pack is:

Number 18: Bev!!!! (bjbarton) Her comment was:

My favorite part of spring is when I see the blossoming apricot tree outside my kitchen window. When I see the buds………it is a surprise every year…it reminds me that Spring is springing!!
I live in a suburb of Chicago..so to see this makes what always feels like a LONG winter.. a little shorter and brighter.

and the second winner, of the Basic Grey Blush pack is:

Number 173: Eleanor Jenkins!!! Her comment was:

Just love everything about spring! (except the allergies)! — being outside, playing in the garden, seeing all of that luscious green — everything! Your give away is so neat — love Basic Grey. Congratulations on your one week!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! Ladies please click on the “Contact Me” link on the right sidebar and email me your snail mail address!! I will get these out to you this week!

Hope you all have a great evening! This was so much fun…I feel certain I’ll be doing this again SOON!

Does anyone here like Basic Grey, Primas, and ribbon?

NO?

Well, OK then….I was thinking of doing something, but if no one here likes that stuff, I guess I will just forget it….

BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!!!!!

Today is my one week anniversary of opening my Blog!! So, what better way to celebrate, than to give away some treats!! Here at my house, we’re callin’ ‘em Trudee Treats!!! If you see a post with that as the title, you *know* it’s gonna be good!! I’m going to randomly choose TWO winners. Each winner will receive a Basic Grey 6×6 paper pad, 3 yards of co-ordinating grosgrain ribbon, and a buncha co-ordinating Primas!

Now, you can’t choose which one you win. I have Scarlett’s Letter and Blush. Are ya bouncin’ yet? Feelin’ kinda giddy? I AM!! Spring has sprung here, and I love seeing the trees pop open with their flowers and leaves. I love smelling the hyacinths in bloom. I love hearing the birds sing in the morning.

So, here’s what you need to do. Leave a comment on this post, and tell me: What is your favorite part of Spring? I will randomly choose TWO winners at 8pm EST Wednesday April 4th.

Ready? Set? GO!!!!!!!