My Memories Suite Giveaway

I was recently contacted by Liz from My Memories asking if I would like to host a giveaway for the My Memories Suite - a piece of digital software designed to help you create the most fantastic Scrapbook pages, cards, DVDs, calendars etc and comes highly recommended by Amazon. It is a fun and easy to use product and one of you could win the software free.

OK so here are the rules that have to be followed in order to be considered for the prize.

1.Please visit the MyMemories site and choose your favorite digital paper pack or layout, then comment on my blog telling me about it.

2. Please mention this giveaway on your blog with a separate post or a link on your sidebar using the following picture..... If you don't have a blog mention on Facebook or twitter and let me know you have done that in the comments.

3. The closing date for my giveaway will be 22nd November 2011. The winner will need to contact me by 30th November 2011 so that I can let Liz know and so you can receive the code to download the full My Memories Suite.

Here is something I have made using the My Memories Suite.

This after I had dowloaded the suite and played for 5 minutes with my daughters having a fight in the background!!!!! Just with what you receive in the suite plus of course my own photo!
Now for some more play - this was after downloading a kit ....

and another 5 minutes play. You will love the results and can easily share them, print them or make them into DVDs - more play required for this!!
 
If you are interested in purchasing the software here is my code.......

STMMMS97169

this code entitles you to $10 off the price of My Memories Suite  plus a further $10 to spend in the store where there is a large choice of kits from many different designers and also some freebies too.

Here are a few links you may be intrested in and for more information.........

 My Memories Blog

 Facebook

 Twitter

Good Luck everyone.

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Die Cut Dreams Challenge # 103 Thank You with Circles

Hi everyone and welcome to another fabulous challenge at Die Cut Dreams. Firstly, thank you to everyone who joined in with our recipe challenge and blog hop last fortnight. It proved to be a bit more challenging for you but those that took the plunge were fabulous. Onto our challenge for this fortnight which is.............................

THANK YOU WITH CIRCLES. 

This weeks Prize is from,  Lynne our Lovely friend and owner of the great on-line craft shop Crafts 4 you is sponsoring this challenge and the prize is................

Here is my card to help inspire you - I hope.....

I have used shaped white card blanks purchsed at the NEC earlier this month - brilliant day I had with my bestest crafting buddy Dawn AKA Craftykitten and fellow DT member. I have around all the edges with TH Distress Ink Walnut Stain - fast becoming my favourite I must add. The papers for the flower came from a Polka Doodles CDrom called All Around and everywherre. The butterfly is from another Polka Doodles CD called Sundae of Seasons .....here is a closeup

as you can see I have added some gorgeous pink glitter and at the centr of the flower a pink button with red bakers twine. the background has been stamped in brown and pink using a set of stamps I bought at the NEC again!!!

Ok so now it's over to you oh and before I forget please check out my team mates for some more inspiration - their links are on my left sidebar.

Thank you for visiting me.

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I am entering the following challenges:-

Catch The Bug - thanks/Thanksgiving,

Little Claire's Shaped cards,

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Thanks/Thanksgiving,

Pile It On - Anything with a P (mine is is pink and petals),

Totally Gorjuss - Swirly Whirly,

Clearly Inspired Challenge - Flowers,

Paperplay - Shaped card,

Flutterby Wednesdays - Open but must have a burtterfly, Angel or fairy,

Whimsy Inspires - Flower Power, and,

Tuesday Throwdown - Lots of circles.

The Stamping Boutique is sponsoring Tuesday Morning Sketches

Hi everyone, Tuesday morning and I should be on a training course so hope blogger plays nice and posts this on schedule.

The Stamping Boutique is sponsoring....

 this week and the winner will receive 5 digis. 

I am using the digi image called Whimsical Bird....

and here is my card using the sketch.......

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges:-

Tuesday Morning Sketches - Sketch plus Give thanks/thanks,

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge - Anything Goes with a digi,

Lawnscaping Challenge - Thank You,

The Corrosive Challenge - Give THanks,

Scrappy Frog Challenge - Kraft card stock,

2 Sisters Challenge - Anything Goes,

Card Makin' Mamas - Thanks, and,

Crafty Catz Challenge - Use a digi.

Thanks for popping by and don't forget to have a go in my giveaway.

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The Stamping Boutique Blog Hop winner

I am just quickly posting to let you know who the lucky commenter was on my blog.

Thank you to everyone who visted me during the hop.

My winner is .....Carla S

who said

"Gorgeous card, Ali! I love the rich color and the beautifully colored image! Wonderful sparkle!"

Thank you Carla.

Congratulations!!! Please contact Christy at micahzane@yahoo.com with your image choice.

Have a great day.

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My Memories Giveaway reminder

Hi everyone, I just wanted to remind you that I have a giveaway of the full MyMemories Suite digital Scrapbooking software.

The picture above is one my seven year old daughter did using the software - yes it is that easy to use. She really enjoyed creating with it and didn't have to ask for my help at all.

If you would like the chance of winning the software please check out my Giveaway post.

If you would like to purchase a copy then please use my code

STMMMS97169

to save $10 - just copy and paste the code at the checkout.

BUT why buy when you have a chance of winning just check out my Giveaway post.

Good Luck.

The Craft Barn 600 Follower Candy

Check this candy out at The Craft Barn - £200 worth of goodies because they have reached 600 followers.

So off you go to check it out and have a play.

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The Stamping Boutique Free Style Blog Hop 11th to 13th November

Hi everyone and welcome to The Stamping Boutique Blog Hop which is being run for the entire weekend to give you plenty of time to hop!!! You will have lots of lovely inspiration from the team using the wonderful images from Tracey. So you have from 12:01 am EST on 11th until November 13th at 11:59 pm EST .

You should have arrived here from the wonderfully talented Sandy.
Here is my creation using The Fairy Serenity

and here is a closeup.........

I have coloured the fairy with Promarkers and a little sprinkling of glitter!!! The paper is from K&Company but not sure of the name of the pad. The card I have embossed with the large polka dots and cut  a border with my recently purchased Martha Stewart punch was from Create and Craft. The tag was made using a Marianne die cut inked with distress inks, sprayed with glimmer mist and stamped with an Inkadinkado sentiment stamp. The ribbon is recycled from the ribbon you get on some tops you buy to keep the tops on the hangars!

Now more about the hop........

Each one of the team will be allowed to randomly pick one commenter from our blog to win (1) FREE image from TSB. The winner will be selected on Monday, November 14th and posted on my blog and

The Stamping Boutique blog.

The GRAND PRIZE will be a set of the newly released Smoochies - that's 11 images and you can see them here. In order to be in with a chance of this prize you must comment on every DT members post and the blog post. So what are you waiting for here is the order and have fun!!

Blog Hop Order if you get lost...

Christy D

Jessica

Sandy

Ali AKA Dragonlady you are here

Lawren

Rhonda

Miranda

Stacie

Melissa

April

Julia

Ali AKA Aqualeiga

Rene

Jerusha
Arielle
Sue

The challenge blog The Stamping Boutique will be last stop on hop, so you now should hurry on over to another talented lady Lawren to check out her wonderful creation but remember to leave a comment before you go for a chance to win an image.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges....

Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - Use Orange,

Dutch Dare - Punches,

Paper Crafting Journey - Embossing,

Flutterby Wednesdays - Friendship plus a butterfly, fairy or angel,

Daisy Doodles Challenge - Anything Goes with a digi,

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge - Colours of Fall, and,

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Recycling or upcycling.

Have fun everyone

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Aud Sentiments Challenge #41 Thanks

Wow these weeks are flying by and it is time for another challenge at Aud Sentiments. Thank you so much to everyone who joined in with our make us laugh challenge - there were some corkers!!

This fortnight we would like you to use a sentiment to say thank you.

We are being sponsored by

and I have used Silver Fairy isn't she cute.

and here is the inside (yes you read it right - I don't often do this!!!)...

The papers are from the SWALK Winter collection CDRom from Crafters Companion. I have used water colour crayons and large amounts of glitter for her wings!!!!! I have done a bit of freestyle doodling to frame the image - must say I am enjoying this and I feel it is so effective. I have distressed and inked the edges of the DP and image and the ribbon has been coloured with TH Distress ink too!!   

Please check out my team mates for some more inspiration - their links are on my left sidebar.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges....

Crafting For All Seasons - Texture,

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - With Gratitude,

Inky Impressions - Glitter it up,

Penny's Paper-Craft Challenge - Give Thanks,

Ruby's Rainbow Challenge - Something with wings,

Truly Scrumptious - Bingo (bottom line glitter, die cut, ribbon),

Digital Tuesdays - Anything Goes,

Party Time Tuesdays - Bling It On,

The Crazy Challenge - Something with Wings,

Dream Valley Challenge - Anything Goes, and,

Pile It On - Thanksgiving or Give thanks.

Don't forget to enter my giveaway here.

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Die Cut Dreams Challenge #102 Recipe and Bloghop.

Hello everyone.

Monday again and that means time for another new challenge at Die Cut Dreams.

Now this fortnight is a bit special for us here at Die Cut Dreams because not only do we have our beloved Boss Lady Susie Sugar back with us after her house move, the Die Cut Dreams shop has re-opened and the Challenge blog has also surpassed 700 followers - how cool is that??

So to celebrate we are having a BLOG HOP.

You should have arrived here from Crafty Chris's blog but if not please go back to the Challenge blog and start from there.

So in order to qualify for the main prize which is:

"A Pizza Box full of Mixed Theme & Mixed Shape Die cut Dreams Designer Die cuts worth over £25 !!!"

you will need to stop by each of the Design Team members blogs and leave a comment on their challenge creation. As an added bonus some of the Design Team are also offering Candy on their blogs but you won't know which blogs the candy is on until after the Hop when we announce the winners.

So onto the challenge

The theme this time is:

  Recipe ; 2 Brads, 3 Gems, 4 Flowers .

And here is my card:

The papers are from Tim Holtz - Vintage Shabby 12" x 12" , the flowers are a stamp from Hero Arts, the Die cuts are from Spellbinders and Mariannes designs. the brads and gems are from my stash and the sentiment is from Lili of the Valley.

Remember to leave me a comment before you go just in case I have candy on my blog.

Don't forget you have several choices, you can enter the challenge, do the hop and leave a comment on each DT member's blog in which case you could win several times or you could just do the hop, it's up to you.

From here you will need to go to the talented Christine L's blog.

Have fun on the hop which lasts for the next two weeks along with the current challenge.

Winners will be announced on the Die Cut Dreams blog when we post the next challenge.

Have fun everyone.

I am also entering the following challenges:

Card Makin' Mama's - Die cuts,

Crafty Ann's Challenge - Floral Frenzy,

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes,

Our Craft Lounge - Distressed and stressed,

Addicted to Stamps - Shabby, shabby chic or vintage,

Fashionable Stamping Challenge - Time Goes By (dare to dream is my inspiration),

Penny Black at Allsorts - All creatures great and small,

The Hybrid Chick Challenge - Homemade flowers,

The Squirrel and the Fox - Hats or Flowers (I've gone for flowers)

Meljens Designs Challenge - Brads, and,

Freshly Brewed - Anything Goes.

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Guest Bartender - No Embellishments.

Hi everyone, and yes last week my card was picked in the top three at Raise the Bar. As a result I am one of the Guest Bartenders this week along with one of my Stamping Boutique team mates Jennifer.

This was a rather difficult challenge for me............No Embellishments.

I have used an Inkadinkado stamp set Flower Sentiments on watercolour card distressed with TH Tea Dye ink then the paper behind is also distressed and edged with distress ink too - simple really!!!

I would like to enter the following challenges.....

Stampavie and More - Anything Goes,

Little Darlings Challenge - Not Square,

Scrapbooking Sisters - Anything Goes,

Creatalicious Challenge - Distress your edges,

Bows and Berries Challenge - CAS,

Pollycraft Monday - Anything Goes,

Stamps R Us - Masculine theme,

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle - Monochramatic, and,

Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes.

Hope you like it.

Don't forget I have a MyMemories Suite to give away just check out the post here.

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