New Giveaway Art, Alice with Tulips - ends 8/13

Welcome back! If you are looking for the winner of today's noontime drawing (for the craft supplies tote bag) click HERE. If you'd like to enter the new random drawing, you've come to the right place. If you want to go directly to the prize & rules, scroll to end of this post.

Had a some time to play this morning with a few stamps I bought at the The Queen’s Ink booth last Friday.

I’d popped into the booth to ask a question about Judikins Diamond glaze and found myself in stampers heaven! (By the way, click HERE to order a sample of Diamond Glaze.)

The selection & quality of designs were truly amazing!

some The Queen's Ink project samples

So was the booth staff. I enjoyed a great demo on embossing. And got answers to all kinds of questions on stamps, glazes & adhesives. But since you are probably here to find out about next week’s prize, I’ll save most of that info for another day.

Next Thursday's Prize was made using a print of my original tulip painting and an Alice in Wonderland stamp from The Queen’s Ink.


The tulips were printed on textured paper & then enhanced with watercolor pencil for some extra pop. I then added Alice, colored her in a bit & sprayed the whole thing with a UV resistant finish. This piece is signed, dated and matted. It fits in a standard 5 x 7 frame.

TO ENTER: Simply comment on this blog before noon (EST) 8/13. It is that easy! 1 lucky winner will be randomly chosen. Drawing is open worldwide with free shipping.

By the way, for those of you into the online Art Challenges this week’s Mix it up with Melange prompt is Archetype. I’m having fun with this one!

Notes from CHA & Today’s Winner

Oops –meant to put up some pics of the craft show last night but fell asleep while reading the little guy his bedtime story. Guess I was more tired than I realized.

The show was full of crafting “personalities”. I confess that I know nothing about the crafty celebrity stuff so it was interesting to go home & Google some of the cool people who took the time to talk to me.

1st person I talked with was Suze Weinberg, of Schmooze with Suze. She was demonstrating her Hot Wax Stylus at the Kandi booth. I’ve been interested in playing with encaustics for a while. Suze kindly answered my questions & I ended up with a great deal on the stylus & several packs of colored wax. I can’t wait to pencil in some playtime with this! You can read more about Suze at SuzeBlogz.

Tandy Leather Factory had some amazing samples of leather work. Loved the intricately carved patterns on the purses. I learned that there was a Tandy Leather Factory Store near me and that they have free classes. Lucky me! Learning more about working with leather has been on my to do list forever, so I’m pretty excited.

The Plaid booth was getting a lot of attention. They were promoting several products including Simply Screen & Extreme Glitter.

The Simply Screen Make & Take was hugely popular with long lines at all times. I watched a couple of people creating some really fun T-shirt designs. Literally just position the stencil, paint & voila. Clicking the pic will take you to the promo page. There you can download a flyer with more info.

The Extreme Glitter was really cool. My photo & the ones on their site don’t really do it justice. Just paint it on to get a sparkly metallic sheen without the crumbly clutter of glitter. I immediately saw the steampunk potential. Also great for holiday decorations. They were offering make & takes of glass ornaments. You simply pour a bit of the paint into the ornament & then swirl until the inside is completely coated. Once it dries, you get a great sparkly look.

Donna Dewberry arrived to demo painting on the outside of the ornament. The crowd started to get a bit thick for me so I moved on. You can read more about Donna & her painting techniques at Donna Dewberry Crafts.

Well, I’ve got lots more to share, but I bet you guys are really here to find out who won Today’s Random Drawing. Random.org has spoken & the lucky winner the Super show swag tote bag is Moni !

Congrats, Moni!
I’ll contact you today for your shipping info.

Many thanks to all who left a comment. I love hosting these giveaways – You guys are so much fun!

Next Thursday’s prize is posted HERE. Click through & then leave a comment anytime during the week to enter the next random drawing.

This week's Prize: Craft supplies swag! plus it's Musical Monday

Hey There. I'm back from a fun weekend. Finally have an inventory of next Thursday's giveaway items.

But First, according to Diane over at Good Mourning Glories, it is Musical Monday once again!

Friday's craft show was a lot of fun. I enjoyed many demos, talked to manufacturers & picked up some cool stuff for myself & for 1 lucky winner. Here are the items that will be in this Thursday's Prize package:

8 Rubberstamps from mncstudio

May & June issues of Art Calendar Magazine

1 lb of assorted buttons from Blumenthal Lansing Co.

Show Guide (lists exhibitors websites) & dry transfers from Woodland Scenics

assorted bits, including a Judikins color duster

and a roll of Glue Arts Glue Ring

plus a show tote bag to hold all your new stuff

It is sooo easy to enter. Just leave any old comment on this blog before noon (EST) on Thursday (8/6). 1 winner will be picked by Random.org. Contest is open worldwide with free shipping.

I should go away more often!

Hey there! Back from Orlando. The CHA Craft Supershow was a blast on Friday! Saw lots of demos, talked to some fascinating people, took lots of photos & got some great supplies swag for this week's giveaway. I also took lots & lots of notes so I'll be reporting on my finds all week (with links) for those who are interested.

Took the family to DisneyWorld yesterday & returned to some great news last night. Had an etsy sale, 1 piece included in a treasury and got some pieces accepted to a local art show. Needless to say I'm pretty stoked.

But living in a state of perpetual procrastination, I need to finish framing a couple of the pieces for the drop-off today. Then family needs. Sooo... sometime tonight I'll upload the convention pics & and let you know what great stuff will be included in Thursday's random drawing. Gotta run - catch you later!

To read about the giveaway & how to enter, Click HERE

New Prize for Next Thursday's Giveaway

Congrats to Jamerican Spice, the lucky winner of today’s drawing. For details click here.

Now on with the show!

The next random drawing will be at noon (EST) Thursday August 6th. The Prize? Good question. Time to spice things up a little, so next week's prize is a bit of a grab bag . . .

I’m off to the CHA Craft Supershow in Orlando tomorrow. I haven’t been to a craft show before but I saw that some of my favorite shops & vendors will be there. Lots of demos, some contests & a rumor of swag got me thinking. I’m going to see what cool stuff I can collect for next Thursday’s Giveaway prize.

Any of you planning to attend? How fun it would be to meet you guys!

I may not pop back online until Sunday. I'll let you know then what stuff I've found for next week’s random drawing.

How To Enter: Just leave any old comment on this blog between now & noon (EST) next Thursday (8/6). Yes, it’s that easy! Please make sure I can track you down if you win. No email necessary as long as I can contact you through your blog or profile. Contest is open worldwide. Free shipping.