My 1st You Tube Give Away!

Alll righty guys.....I am going to my first give away over on my
You Tube Channel....
Up for grabs is a SILHOUETTE/GRAPHTEC Sticky PickMeUp Pen ...listen, I never knew
how handy this little number is until I had one. If you deal with a lot of little pieces of paper while making your projects....this thing is a must have! It looks like a pen, but at the tip it has this "sticky" substance and if you touch it against your paper  it will hold it while you move your tiny piece of paper to where ever you need it!

What a thing of the future - right?
Anyway here is the picture of the Sticky Pen

Now...you wouldn't think that is all would you ? Well heck no - the second item (and both prizes go to the same person) is a Prima Garden Train Clear Stamp - now truth be told, this is as cute as can be but I thought it was a bit bigger when I ordered it :( ... overall size is 2.5 by 3.0....but it is Prima and as you see, it is purtyYYyyy.... and it even little blingies on the bottom!

Remember....this is on my You Tube Channel ---
and if you click on this link  - click here ...in one moment you will be transported away and voila' - you are on my You Tube channel - just hit the SUBSCRIBE button....and when I hit 100 subscribers...I will go to random.org to pick a winner!
YOU MUST BE A SUBSCRIBER TO MY YOU TUBE CHANNEL TO WIN --
I would love if you subscribe to my blog too - but only the You Tube is necessary to win.

Sorry - winners are limited to the United States Only ---
I have heard that shipping outside of the U.S. is horrible :(
Now I could be wrong, and I am going to check on this personally Monday.
And maybe this will change but as things stand now - U.S. Mailings Only ...

Good luck to everyone ... and believe me, I wish I could send everyone something....
I have met such amazinggggggggg people between this blog and YT...I really have.
But listen - God willing and if the creek doesn't rise ;) there will be more give aways.
I love shopping ... and can I tell you something?
I don't care if it is for me or someone else! In fact, I LOVE to give a gift...

especially when you know its something that someone would like.

When I won the Sunday Challenge over on GettingCricky.com I tell you the truth -
I could have won 2 rolls of 1 ply toilet paper and I would have been so dern excited...
I would have needed those rolls! LOL
Really - its just fun to win - its fun to get good mail (Not bills - yuk)

so hopefully, eventually everyone who plays along will win something.

Thanks to all and good luck!

Look at me, now I do "annimations" (rolling eyes)

Oh guys...help me - help me. I realllllllllllly think I am something here becasue I can edit a video and throw together a cartoon - LOL ... Who would have ever known that young woman (well I WAS younger then!) who could barely turn on a computer back in 1995 would be making movies...WATCH OUT Steven Spielberg..I'm coming after you....

I did this little ditty the other night when I was trying to load up a You Tube video (but then for some reason it said it would take 1134 MINUTES to upload - to which I figured something was wrong and deleted it)

But the whole night was not wasted...as I was able to create this Public Service Announcement for all us scrappin girls who have hubbys who just don't understand shopping hauls! LOL

My "Camp" layout for guest designer spot on www.gettingcricky.com

Well...this is the layout that is responsible for the new holes in my hiney (okay...thats verging on TMI) and if you don't know what I mean by this - you can view the blog titled "Is Papercrafting Hazardous?" and it will explain in detail...perhaps TOO much detail ;)

It is a 12 x 24 double page layout - my favorite thing to do...the thing I do most often.
If you are interested in any details of what I did - or what I used....leave me a comment and
I will gather the information for you...I actually plan to do some tutorials with all of this information
included - but something always "thwarts" my attempt! LOL (Thwarts....what a word that is - right?)
but trust me - after my stabbing incident - I understand what "thwarts" means! LOL

Anyway this is my hubby, myself, 2 of my 3 step kids and my son yearsssssssssss ago...It must be 94 to 95 ... the little girl in the pic is now 31 years old! Wow - it seems like yesterday this was taken...
but the theme was camping on Miss Kristals page this week...and where we have camped....once again
the first thing that came to my mind when I read "camping" was our living room/family room camp outs.

We would get some movies from the video store, make mucho snacks and treats, pull out our pillows and blankets to the living room - and just spend time together...watching kid movies or scary movies...one of my favorites was "When a Stranger Calls" and "When a Stranger Calls BACK!" LOL
By the time that came on, the boys were all asleep and just my step daughter and myself watched it!
* funny how you remember specifics like that BUT you can't remember where you have parked
your car after being in the grocery store for an hour...right? ;)

I never liked the slasher type movies ... (hey maybe I was already having some kind of premonition
of my own scissor incident?!?!? LOL) ... but we did like a good old scary movie that had some backbone to it....

Anyway --- thats the story behind the pictures....
and here is the layout --

You know...I have issues with my handwriting...
HOWEVER...years & years ago I found a letter
written to my mom from my grandma (she passed
when I was only 8 years old) and that letter means
so much to me - thank Heavens - we didn't have
email back then - and that she didn't "type" her letter...
Next time you hesitate in using your own handwriting....
think - will someone see your project in 10-20 or even 30 years..
and wish you had handwritten the words?

I actually did the tree by inking inside the paper left
from cutting out a tree, using my Cricut. Sometimes
you just want to do something different...and I kind
of like how this turned out...you know what that means?
Now...I HAVE to buy some of the masks you
see used so often on layouts! LOL
I mean is it is a shopping sickness when
you HAVE to purchase it? I think not -

I hope there is something here that inspires you...or gives you a whole new idea...
so many of you have inspired me ... its what gets me going ;)
Love to you xoxoxo
Vicki