Blog hop Major prize

Our major prize winner for Our Craft forum's blog hop is TraceyDK. Tracey's prize is making it's way to Tracey as you read.

I am 18 posts away from 400 posts so keep an eye out as my 400th post WILL be another giveaway, also I think April might be my blogiversary so that's another reason to celebrate.

And the WinNers are .........

Firstly i would like to thank everyone who supported out craft forum blog hop. it was a wonderful weekend of sharing our joy of craft. All of us were very happy with the response, I for one am very excited that so many people were interested enough in my little blog and life to comment. Any with any further ado

The winners courtesy of random number generator


The winner of my altered tin full of craft goodies
is

number 20 - nanny moos (one of our hoppers)










The winner of a set of my handmade cards is

number 53 Karen - Karen is a new member so I am looking forward to getting to know you Karen.













The winner of the Whimsy charm pack is

number 10 - Quilter in the gap - who is also a new member of our forum.







Can you all please email me your address (in my profile) and I will get them all in the post by Friday. If I haven't heard from you by Friday I will redraw.

Our Craft Forum Blog hop

Thank you for joining Our Craft Forum’s blog hop. So what is “Our Craft Forum” a craft forum for like-minded people who love crafts. Mostly patchwork, stitching, quilting and the like. It’s a safe place to make new friends who share a love of craft & to have some fun and a little bit of laughter along the way & to join in on swaps of all types.
This week end is designed to tell our blogging friends about our wonderful forum and to invite you to be a part of our forum.
Several of our members will be offering tutorials, giveaways and some tips of the trade.
The blog hop starts at my blog (here) if you want to join us on the whole journey please follow the links at the bottom of each post to find the next blog along the way.

Each person who joins our forum from this blog hop will go in the draw for a craft pack (picture above shows some of the giveaway, including fat Q's, ribbon, handmade goodies and lots of other sewing supplies).

So to join our forum, please go to http://ourcraftforum.freeforums.org/ and register. Once you have been activated please leave a message in "Blog Hop Giveaway". Entries close at MIDNIGHT EDST (Sydney time) Sunday 27 February.
So join in on the fun and maybe find a new forum, new blog and new friends along the way. You never know you may even learn something new or win a great prize.

Now to my giveaways, I have 3 giveaways a Whimsy charm pack, 6 handmade cards and an altered tin filled with 1/2 m of Picnic Parade fabric, bright & funky buttons, wall hanging pattern and melts for your incense burner. All you need to do to enter is to leave a comment on THIS post. If you join the forum come back and let me know and I will give you a 2nd entry. Entries will close mindight Sunday 27 February.

The next blog is one of my favourite blogs to visit The Pickledish Patch . Pop on over to see what my gorgeous & very talented friend Vicki has in store for you.

Giveaway closed please come back this evening to see if you are a winner

Our Craft Forum Blog Hop

This weekend Our Craft Forum is hosting a blog hop, from Noon Friday 25 to Midnight Sunday 27 February EDST . So what is “Our Craft Forum” a craft forum for like minded people who loves crafts. Mostly patchwork, stitching, quilting and the like. It’s a safe place to make new friends who share a love of craft & to have some fun and a little bit of laughter along the way & to join in on swaps of all types.
The week end is designed to tell our blogging friends about our wonderful forum and to invite you to be a part of our forum.
Several of our members will be offering tutorials, giveaways and some tips of the trade.
The blog hop starts at miss~nances blog so if you want to join us on the whole journey please go to http://missnance.blogspot.com/ and follow the links at the bottom of each post to find the next blog along the way.
Each person who joins our forum from this bloghop will go in the draw for a craft pack.So join in on the fun and maybe find a new forum, new blog and new friends along the way. You never now you may even learn something new or win a great prize.

Stay tuned

next week I am participating in a blog hop with my craft forum friends. There will be tutorials, giveaways and a lot of fun so stay tuned for more details

It's about time..........................

I showed you the pics of the Mini album I made for the blog hop in November. Grace won this and it made its way over the ocean to her in the States.

Thankful for Friends Blog Hop

Welcome to Scrapbook News and Review Magazine's A Faith Perspective Thankful for Friends Faith Blog Hop. Today, we're out in force on the internet -- showing our faith and giving the glory to God. United, we stand as Christian paper crafters and blog owners to make a presence on the internet for all to see. We're celebrating the theme of friends and we're happy to share our projects with you based on the verse:


"Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their work: If one falls down, his friend can help him up. " Ecc4:9-10a

If you're just joining in on the fun, you can find the start of the train here First, we would like to take a moment to thank our generous co-sponsors: Layers of Color Stamps, Gina K Designs Stamps and Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps. Together with Scrapbook News and Review Magazine, these companies have donated some wonderful prizes for today's blog hop.

Prizes? Oh, yeah! There will be three lucky grand prize winners for today's event.

To enter, simply hop to the blogs of all of the participating staff members of Scrapbook News and Review Magazine, take note of the staff member's name, and leave a comment on their posts. Then send us an email at

games@scrapbooknewsandreview.com listing each of the staff members who participated in today's hop. It's that easy. All entries must be received by Monday, November 16, 2009 at 12 noon, EST and three winners will be randomly chosen to win.

What are the prizes?

One $100 gift certificate from Layers of Color Stamps AND a 6 month subscription to Scrapbook News and Review Magazine.

One basket of goodies -- four stamp sets from Gina K Designs and a 6 month subscription to Scrapbook News and Review Magazine.

One set of digital stamps from Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps and a 3 month subscription to Scrapbook News and Review Magazine.

In addition, every participating staff member of Scrapbook News and Review Magazine will offer a free one-month subscription to the magazine to one of their lucky visitors by simply leaving a comment on their blog. That's a lot of chances to win, so let's get to the Hop!

I really am very thankful for the friends God has blessed me with. One wonderful lady really stands out, I would not be the person I am if not for the friendship of this beautiful lady Esther (& of course Gods saving grace). She has been my steadfast supporter, encourager, teacher, spiritual mentor & prayer warrior for many years but has really become a great, close & fun friend in the last 18 months. We have supported & cried with each other through some pretty trying times and of course have laughed and joked with each other in the good times. She has taught me so much about God's love and his goodness to us (especially in the hard times). She has a gentle & beautiful spirit and a way with words. I truly love this lady and am very thankful that God has blessed my life with her Friendship.

To celebrate our blog hop I want to share my a tutorial of my Bouquet of friends with you. This is a great way of showing all of your friends of faith off in a fun and (I think) very pretty way. To download the instructions click

here .

I am also going to have a little giveaway of one of my fibre bookmarks and a mini book of bible verses (see post below for a photo of the book and bookmarks). All you need to do is leave a comment for an entry (I am happy to post anywhere), dont forget to leave me a way of contacting you if you are the winner or makes sure you come back Monday evening.


The next stop on this blog hop is: Liz at Right Brain Madness

Blog Hop Giveaway

These photos are to show you the giveaway for the above post. One of my fibre bookmarks and this mini book of Bible Verses.

Please only leave a comment on the above post to enter this giveaway.

Sneak peaks

A little sneak peak at whats to come on my Thankful for friends blog hop post.

My Layout

OTP Tutorial.

So don't forget the blog hop starts 10am Sat 14 November(Chicago time so 17 hours behind us).

This weekend Friends of Faith Blog Hop

This weekend I am participating in the Thankful Friends Blog Hop run by Scrapbook News & Review & A Faith Perspective. It is going to be huge. There are over 80 blogs involved - WOW.

There will be lots of projects shared as well as a giveaway.

So from 10am (US time) Saturday until 10am (US Time) Monday you can join in the fun.

My project is almost ready to go - just tweaking it now.