My Memories Giveaway Winner!

I was recently provided with an AMAZING opportunity to use and review the My Memories Suite version 2 software designed for digital scrapbooking.  My Memories is a complete digital scrapbooking solution that provides a powerful set of creative tools and multiple sharing options that no other software can offer, for instance, you can even add AUDIO AND VIDEO to your layouts and other projects!  Its intuitive workspace and enhanced time-saving features are perfect for a beginner to build an entire album in minutes, or to empower the design pro to build a scrapbook album masterpiece.

With My Memories Suite you can even create and share professionally printed and bound calendars, send greeting cards to all your friends, make posters or trading cards for your child's sports team, post a movie of your scrapbook on your Facebook page-all with the click of a button. If you are serious about creating the ultimate scrapbook that preserves and shares your memories with a serious amount of "wow" factor, then My Memories Suite is the one-stop solution for you!

Now, My Memories is giving one of my readers their very own copy of the My Memories Suite Digital Scrapbooking Software Version 2.0! It's a $39.97 value for FREE!  The winner was chosen from entries received earlier this week by Random.Org (see below) and the winner is... Tracy MacDonald!  I'll be contacting Tracy today via email on how she can download her new software from My Memories!

I just know you will be delighted with My Memories, so if you didn't win but still want the program for yourself, ... you can use this special coupon code to purchase a copy of the My Memories Suite for $10.00 off the retail price. My Memories loves my followers so much that the coupon is good indefinitely! 

Your special coupon code to instantly receive $10.00 off the My Memories Suite is:  STMMMS8380

BIG Giveaway: My Memories Suite Version 2 Software!

I was recently provided with an AMAZING opportunity to use and review the My Memories Suite version 2 software designed for digital scrapbooking.  My Memories is a complete digital scrapbooking solution that provides a powerful set of creative tools and multiple sharing options that no other software can offer, for instance, you can even add AUDIO AND VIDEO to your layouts and other projects!  Its intuitive workspace and enhanced time-saving features are perfect for a beginner to build an entire album in minutes, or to empower the design pro to build a scrapbook album masterpiece.

With My Memories Suite you can even create and share professionally printed and bound calendars, send greeting cards to all your friends, make posters or trading cards for your child's sports team, post a movie of your scrapbook on your Facebook page-all with the click of a button. If you are serious about creating the ultimate scrapbook that preserves and shares your memories with a serious amount of "wow" factor, then My Memories Suite is the one-stop solution for you!

I'm still in the middle of my bathroom re-model project (yes, STILL!) and haven't had as much time as I would like to try all the great features included in the My Memories Suite.... but I did have the two minutes that I needed to create this quick and cute layout of my youngest daughter. Now just imagine how totally adorable it would be to add audio or even video to this page, or create an entire album just of that pretty face that was surely .... Meant for the Bright Lights!

Now, My Memories wants to give one of my amazing readers their very own copy of the My Memories Suite Digital Scrapbooking Software Version 2.0! It's a $39.97 value for FREE! 

To Enter, it's simple: Just visit the My Memories website, check out their digital scrapbooking kits, and leave a comment with the name of your favorite kit or layout!

For Extra Entries (Leave a comment for each one you do):

Like My Memories Suite on Facebook

Follow My Memories Suite on Twitter

Consider becoming a follower of Runs With Scraps (but it's not required to win!)

(Of course, if you already do any of these things, that counts too! So please leave a comment. :)

This giveaway will end on Thursday (July 28) at 11:00pm, and I'll announce the winner on Friday!

But Wait!!

I just know you will be delighted with My Memories, so if you just can't wait to find out if you won ... you can use a special coupon code to purchase a copy of the My Memories Suite for $10.00 off the retail price. My Memories loves my followers so much that the coupon is good indefinitely! 

Your special coupon code to instantly receive $10.00 off the My Memories Suite is:  STMMMS8380

To enter the giveaway for your own FREE copy of the My Memories Suite, follow the directions I included in this post and leave your comments below.  You have until Thursday July 28 at 11:00 p.m., Eastern Time to enter and I'll announce the lucky winner on Friday!  Good Luck!

Papercraft Star's First Anniversary Blog Hop Sponsored by Tradefish Designs!

Welcome to Papercraft Star's First Anniversary Blog Hop sponsored by Tradefish Designs. In celebration of our First Anniversary and in honor of Father's Day as well, our theme for this Papercraft Star Hop is "For The Men We Love".  You should have arrived to my blog from my pal Regan's blog.  If you didn't, I suggest you start at the beginning over at Papercraft Star so you don't miss a single stop on the hop... go here now to start. (I'll wait :-) )

Our Design Team has created some fabulous projects that feature stamps from Tradefish Designs, a company devoted to creating stamps with masculine themes, imagery and sentiments. We are especially happy to partner with TradeFish Designs for our Anniversary Hop as both the company and stamp designs are owned by our very own Cecilia Stephens too! We have a fabulous prize for our Blog Hop randomly selected winner as well; the entire May 2011 Release Bundle of Tradefish Designs Stamps
(a $55.00 value!).... to qualify for the prize do the following:

Be a follower of Papercraft Star.

Be a follower of Tradefish Designs.

Leave a comment at every stop along the hop.

You have the entire week, June 19 through June 25, 2011 to participate in the hop and leave all your comments (that's plenty of time to visit all the stops along the way!!) Here is the list of the hop stops - just in case you get lost...

Papercraft Star

Jan

Kim

Regan

Beth (You are HERE!)

Tradefish Designs

Papercraft Star

I created this fun card using masculine stamps from our sponsor, Tradefish Designs.  There has been a real niche open to stamps that are specifically designed for the men in our lives and I can't tell you how excited I am to have an opportunity to showcase these new stamps in the projects I have created this month for Papercraft Star.

Now, with regard to the hop...don't forget to leave a comment at every stop and to qualify for the great prize from Tradefish Designs, you must be a follower of both Papercraft Star and TradeFish Designs too!

Your next stop on the hop is TradeFish Designs

I've also entered this card into these fun challenges...

Wags and Whiskers: One for the Boys

Glitter Geeks: Male/Father's Day

Secret Crafter: Something From Around the House

Simply Stamped: You've Got Male

Paper Creator's Crafts: One for the Men

Bugaboo Stamps: It's a Man's World

Blog Hop Winner and Kraft Holiday Challenge Announcement too!

I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving Holiday and thank you for joining us in the First Annual Papercraft Star Thanksgiving Blog Hop.  We've drawn a Grand Prize winner (for the $25.00 gift certificate to My Favorite Things, our generous sponsor for the blog hop)  over at Papercraft Star right here.  (Check it out... it just might be you!) Now it is time for me to draw the randomly selected winner here at Runs With Scraps for the $15.00 gift certificate to My Favorite Things! The winner is...

Melissa Bove (SCS ~ Melissa1872) Melissa said... "Wow! How gorgeous is this?!! ♥ it! Love the bottle idea and your beautiful card! I am a new follower of your blog! Happy Thanksgiving!"  

Melissa, please contact me by email, bethcat at sbcglobal dot net. I'll need your email address to have your gift certificate emailed to you! Congratulations on your win!

If you missed out on our Thanksgiving Blog Hop... or even if you didn't.  There is a chance to win more prizes!  Just hop on over to The Kraft Journal, the blog for the Kraft Outlet and join in on the Kraft Holiday Challenge for a chance to win one of two (2) $20.00 vouchers to the Kraft Outlet online store!  Entering the challenge is EASY.  Just link up one of your holiday projects that you've created within the last month that features Kraft paper somewhere in the design.  There are lots of other ways to win too, so please be sure to visit The Kraft Journal today and check it out!

First Annual Papercraft Star Thankgiving Week Blog Hop

Welcome to the First Annual Papercraft Star Thanksgiving Blog Hop Week sponsored by My Favorite Things. Our Designers have come together to celebrate this special holiday by creating projects inspired by Thanksgiving and all that we are thankful for in our lives, including you!

You should have arrived here from Jennifer's blog.  If not, please go to Papercraft Star to start from the very beginning of the hop, because you don't want to miss a single thing and to be eligible for the Grand Prize you must comment on all the blogs.  Not to mention that many of us are also offering prizes at the blog stops as well.

During this special week of Thanksgiving we hope that you'll find a wealth of inspiration among the beautiful projects our Designers have created especially for you! To add to the fun, we've got fabulous prizes along the way at many of our Designer's blogs and you'll be entered to win our fantastic $25.00 Gift Certificate by our generous sponsor My Favorite Things, if you visit every blog and leave a comment with all of our Designers! You have until midnight (Eastern Time) on Saturday November 27, 2010 to leave all your comments and be entered to win the Grand Prize. We'll draw the winners of the prizes and announce them beginning Sunday November 28, 2010.

This is the first time in more years than I can count that we'll get together with extended family in my hometown to celebrate Thanksgiving. My Aunt Sally is hosting the event for our family and I decided to create a small Hostess gift for her as a way of showing my appreciation for her efforts to ensure we could all celebrate together this year. As my way of thanking her, I'll present this bottle of sparkling wine and thank you card to her on Thanksgiving Day. I created the bottle wrap in a snap with my Cricut and the Plantin Schoolbook Cartridge, and used matching products to create both the thank you card and envelope as well.

Please note: Some crafters have asked me how I created the bottle wrap with my Cricut. It was so easy with instructions I found in the November 2009 issue of CardMaker magazine. I have re-typed those instructions from the magazine for you right here just in case you don't happen to have that back issue you can refer to. The design is by Kimber McGray. Thank you Kimber! If you would like to create your bottle wrap... here is a mini-tutorial that I made to get you started...

I also plan to cook up some favorite family dishes to pass at the dinner as well. 

My Aunt isn't the only one I want to thank this holiday season however, I also want to thank you! So, in addition to having the opportunity to win the Grand Prize (as well as prizes along the hop), I am offering a $15.00 gift certificate to one follower who comments here at Runs With Scraps during the hop. For a chance to win this randomly selected prize, just make sure you are a follower of Runs with Scraps and leave me a comment before the end of the week! I'll draw a winner on Sunday November 28 and announce the winner soon after.

I do so hope you enjoy the hop! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours and thank you again for joining us for the Papercraft Star Thanksgiving Week Blog Hop, your next stop on the hop is Catherine.

Bitten by the Bug Blog Hop Winner!

It's Halloween Night... the siren is just sounding now to signal the end of Trick or Treating and I just selected the winner of the Bitten by the Bug2 Blog Hop Winner the $15.00 gift certificate to the either Papertrey Ink or My Favorite Things (Winner's Choice).

And the winner is... Rexann (aks Craftaholic), she said, "  What a pretty LO and love the colors!! TFS!!". 

Rexann provided me with her email address with her comment, which worked out swell, as I am going to send her an email (right after I finish this post) to ask her which certificate she wants me to send to her via email!

Congratulations Rexann, an email is on the way to you.  And thank you to everyone who joined us for the Bitten by the Bug blog hop this past week!

Better Living Through Scrapbooking Blog Hop

It's the super awesome, first ever Better Living Through Scrapbooking Blog Hop and you won't believe the fabulous prizes and blog candy you can win during this event!  If you arrived here from Angela's blog then you are on the right track... but if not, go right here to the Better Scraps blog to begin so you don't miss a single post.  You must comment on all the blog stops along the way to be eligible to enter the grand prize and you have from now until Saturday, October 2 to comment!

For this event, the Designers at Better Scraps were given the opportunity to create whatever our crafty hearts desired, so I'm betting that you'll see a wide variety of projects sure to inspire you all along the way! 

Left to my own devices, I decided to create this Ashley Newell inspired card with the new Fine Linen cardstock and ribbon that was released by Papertrey Ink this month. The richly colored cardstock coordinated perfectly with the sweet Old World Cabbage Soup by Jillibean Soup.  I used my Gypsy with the Gypsy Wanderings cartridge to create the leaves and flower center for the accordion flower. I bent the small petals for dimension and ran the leaves through my Cuttlebug and an embossing folder to add texture.

Better Living Through Scrapbooking has a fabulous prize pack up for grabs during this hop, thanks to Plaid! We will be giving away a Mod Podge starter pack, plus a selection of FolkArt paints, stencils and some Extreme Glitter as well! This prize pack is worth $50 retail, and we'll award this fabulous prize to one randomly selected blog hop participant that comments on ALL of the blog posts during the hop.

 
Okay, so here's the deal, make sure you comment on this blog post before you leave, become a follower here too if you would and then make your way to the next stop on the hop by visiting Brenda's blog right here. Don't forget, you have until Saturday October 2 to comment on all the blogs along the hop! (In case you get lost along the way, here is a list of all the blog stops.)

BetterScrap
Angela
Beth (you are here!)
Brenda
Candy
Chelsea
Kas
Kim
Katie
Michelle

Have fun on the hop and do enjoy the rest of your weekend!

(P.S. I also entered this in the Tuesday Morning Sketches challenge this week for handmade flowers and http://crazy4challenges.blogspot.com/ for some bling, and the Anything Goes Challenge at  http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/ and http://www.charismacardz.blogspot.com/, the Flower Power challenge at  http://scrappyfrogschallenge.blogspot.com/, the Dimension Challenge at http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.com/, the Embossing challenge at http://stampinsanity.com/blog/ The Color Throw Down challenge (although I opted to use only two of the colors.)

Supplies Used:
Cardstock: Fine Linen, Ripe Avocado (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: OldWorld Cabbage Soup (Jillibean Soup)
Fibers: Rustic Cream Button Twine, Fine Linen Twill Ribbon (Papertrey Ink)
Stamps: Mega Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink), Flourish background Stamp (Hero Arts)
Ink: Coffee Archival Ink, Antique Linen Distress Ink, Big & Bossy Embossing Ink (Ranger),
Embellishments:  Craft Tags Brown Bag2 (Paper Accents), Pearl (colored with E35 Copic Marker (Hero Arts)White Doiley (Wilton)
Other Tools: Gypsy, Gypsy Wanderings Cartridge, Cricut Expression (ProvoCraft), Crop-a-Dile Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Distress Tool (Tim Holtz), Clear Embossing Powder (Ranger), Scallop Punch (Paper Shapers), Cuttlebug with Embossing Folder (ProvoCraft)

Blog Candy Winner!

Don't judge me, I have yet to figure out how to copy a screen shot of the Random Generator! :-) Never the less, comment #6, Michelle is the winner of my blog candy from our BBTB2 Blog Hop.  Michelle please email me  bethcat at sbcglobal dot net with your name and address and your blog candy will be on the way to your doorstep!  Michelle has one week from today to claim her prize. If the prize is not claimed within that time, I will draw another number so these pretty Dear Lizzy papers find a home!  Thanks for hopping along with me and the Design Team at Bitten By the Bug 2!

Bitten by the Bug2 Blog Hop and Sentimentals Cart Challenge!

It's another weekly challenge (and a Blog Hop!) over at Bitten By the Bug2 and our Designer Donna selected a cut from the Sentimentals cartridge.  She chose the bee (3rd row down, 2nd cut over). It just so happens that I don't have this cartridge (yet).  After all the inspiration from our team at BBTB2 however, I think I just might have to buy it soon! Never the less, since the Sentimentals cart is so new Donna wanted to make sure that everyone could play along so if you don't have that cart... just find a bee on another cart that you own and play along anyhow!

I mulled over this challenge in my mind for several days and had an idea to do one of those "BEE Happy" type of layouts, but I just couldn't make it work for me, however I was so "trapped" in my mind about that style layout, I couldn't seem to come up with anything else. In frustration (I mean I am new to the BBTB2 Design Team and I didn't want to submit anything for "inspiration" that wasn't inspirational to me as well, right?) I finally decided to text my BBF (Best Blog Friend) Kristina at Kristina's World who threw out some fantastic ideas that finally helped me with my Mojo for this challenge (Thanks again Kristina! xoxoxo).

For this challenge I chose to use the bee from the brand new "Just Because" Cards Cartridge. (You might be tempted not to buy this cartridge if you already own Wild Card, like I do...but I'm so glad I changed my mind and bought it anyhow, it has so many FABULOUS images, I think it could turn into one of my favorites by far!) Anyhow the bee cut is on page 56 of the manual.  I used Layer 1 as well as Layer 1 with the shift key selected and Layer 2 to create two bees.  I also used the honey pot on page 53, Layer 1, Layer 1 with the shift key and Layer 2.  I cut the images twice to make a double-sided honey pot and sewed them together, leaving the top open to make a pocket for my pull-out tag.

I have the tag pulled out quite a bit for the photograph, it actually can slip all the way in leaving just the "Thank You" and ribbon showing. The bees are embellished with pearls and I also sprayed them with Glitter Mist (although you can't see it in the photo).

I've included a photograph of the honey pot with the tag removed so you can see the cute little tag that I cut with the Sweet Treats cartridge (another favorite cart of mine!).  I used Dear Lizzy patterned paper in Honey Bee to help dress the tag up and some pearls from Hero Arts.

I hope you are inspired by the Bitten By the Bug2 blog and all the other Design Team creations... so much so in fact that you decide to pull out your beloved Bug and enter the challenge to play along with all of us!

Now to enter to win some sweet blog candy here at Runs with Scraps during this week's blog hop sign up to follow this blog (if you are not already a follower) and leave a comment on this post to enter to win some beautiful Spring Dear Lizzy 12 x 12 papers as well as some other goodies I'll throw in the package! Then  hop over to Donna's blog by clicking here for your next stop in the blog hop. 
Good Luck and Have Fun with This Week's Challenge!

Supplies List:
Patterned Paper: Dear Lizzy, Honey Bee (American Crafts)
Cardstock: Softstone, Smokey Shadow and Lemon Tart (Papertrey Ink)
Stamps: Hero Arts and Papertrey Ink
Ink: Archival Ink in Coffee
Embellishments: Pearls (Hero Arts) Glimmer Mist in Old Lace (Tattered Angels) Rick Rack (Ellen Hutson)
Tools: Sewing Machine and White Tread

Mini Blog Hop and a couple of Giveaways too!

It's tax day today...so in case you have to pay in (or even if you don't) here's a little something-something to take your mind off taxes for a moment..

It's a GIVEAWAY here at Runs with Scraps and at Kristina's World too! I am so excited to tell you all that I have partnered up with my BBF (Best Blog Friend), the beautiful and extremely talented Kristina for this mini-blog hop and double giveaway! You won't believe what she's got for you on her blog too, so as soon as you are finished here, be sure to visit Kristina to enter her giveaway as well!

There are several ways to be entered to win, so let me 'splain...

To enter my giveaway all you have to do is sign up to follow my blog (if you are not already a follower), link this post on your own blog (if you have one), and leave me a comment on this post telling me that you did. That's it.

Then hop on over to Kristina's blog to sign up for her giveaway, become a follower and leave her a comment on her post. Make sure you tell us in your comment that you have been to both places and your name will be entered again for both prizes!

The giveaways and mini blog hop will be open until midnight Wednesday the 21st. The winner(s) will be announced on Thursday the 22nd.

Now, on to the best part...take a look at the giveaway package here at Runs with Scraps:

Included are:

Assorted Buttons

Black and White fabric flowers

Assorted Ribbons

6 x 6 assorted paper pack ( a mix of brands)

6 x 6 Nerdy Bird patterned paper Wee Bundle

16 pieces of 8 x 8 patterned paper in black and white patterns

12 pieces of 8 1/2 x 11 chipboard (perfect thickness for use with your Cricut or other Die cutting machine)

1 Textile Cuttlebug Embossing Folder

1 Fiskars Embossing Stencil

1 Zutter Display-it-All

1 alterable clipboard

1 sheet Dear Lizzy (American Crafts) adhesive backed 12 x 12 fabric

15 sheets of the newly released 12 x 12 patterned and glitter Dear Lizzy (American Crafts) paper

Okay, so remember to follow me, leave a comment here and then put your rabbit ears on and hop on over to Kristina's blog right here, as fast as you can!  Oh yes and Happy Tax Day!!

Olive Blog Contests...Don't You?

Actually I do like blog contests (even though I have never won one yet! LOL)... and I am writing about this particular blog contest not only because I would like to win the great prizes... but because I also want you to know about the Olive Juice Studio blog itself.  If you haven't visited Olive Juice Studio yet... it's time you did...so go here, enter the contest.  It's easy, just leave a couple of comments, become a follower and make your guess as to the number of eggs in the basket.  That's all there is to it!  But... before you leave the blog make sure you take a few moments (or more) and enjoy all that Olive Juice Studio blog has to offer including yummy weekly tips, juicy tutorials and lots of other treats as well!

Here is a favorite direct from the Olive Juice Studio blog that shows the wonderful prizes you can win!!  Enjoy!