Whatever the Holiday is that you celebrate this month may it be one of great joy to you and your family!

Thank you all for being such loyal readers and encouraging me all this past year. 

Huge Hugs!

Michelle

Supplies used on this card:

Links to all my tutorials can be found here:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

Frequently asked questions answers:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/

Wow! there were 477 entries for the Katzelkraft Full Sheet of “Birds” Blog Candy.  But we all know there is just one to be given away and the random number generator stopped on number 144.  That lucky winner is. . . . . . . . .. . .

BettyAnn Arrasmith who wrote “Another gorgeous card. Surprise, surprise! I am such a sucker for birds! I would be soooo very excited and honored to win your blog candy! Thank you for the opportunity.” 

BettyAnn, please send your address to mzindorf@aim.com and I will pop these beautiful stamps in the mail to you.

As for the rest of you, thanks so much for playing along.  If you want to order these beautiful stamps the fabulous owner of Katzelkraft, Beatrice is giving free shipping to my blog followers on “Stamp orders only” from her online store in France.  You will need to put in “Zindorf” for the coupon code when checking out.  Here is the link to the online store:  www.katzelkraft.fr

Hugs,

Michelle

Links to all my tutorials can be found here:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

Frequently asked questions answers:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/
 

The Basic Grey Blog Candy winner is . .. . . . . . .

Veee (vlstrs)who wrote:  “This one is fantastic – too! LOL Love that snowman and YES, you are an enabler! AND I am so weak. BAD, BAD, BAD.
Include me in the pot for the blog candy. It is so nice of you to share.”

Congratulations Veee, please e-mail your address to mzindorf@aim.com and I will put these stamps in the mail to you.

Thanks everyone for playing along.  🙂

I’m putting together workshop projects so I don’t have any tutorials for you right now.  I will try to put one up tomorrow morning. 

Hope your weekend is one of leisure.

Hugs,

Michelle

Links to all my tutorials can be found here:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

Frequently asked questions answers:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/

Sorry Folks, no tutorial today.  I just have a little blog candy for you.  My Sister is in town, visiting from Colorado, and so I’m stamping with her, so therefore no tutorial.  I didn’t want to leave you with nothing though, so here is a bookmark I made this morning and I’m giving it away as blog candy. 

If you would like to be entered for a chance to win this bookmark, please leave a comment on this post.  If you are getting this blog update by e-mail you will need to click on this link and then leave a comment on this post   http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/11/14/just-a-little-blog-candy/

I will select the winner on Monday, November 17th using a random number generator.  Good luck to all!

Supplies Used:

May your day be filled with the sweet sounds of singing birds and a stunning sunrise to boot!

Until my next post. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Michelle

Links to all my tutorials can be found here:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

Frequently asked questions answers:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/frequently-asked-questions/

Times Up!  A winner has been drawn.

No stamping tutorial today, but I have blog candy instead.  To enter to win this great set of 12 stamps titled “Thinking of You” by Rupa Shevde and Manufactured by Gina K. Designs leave a comment on this post.  🙂

If you are getting this blog update by e-mail you will need to click on this link to leave a comment on the post:   http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/10/17/3483/

I will use a random number generator to select the winner tomorrow, Saturday, October 18th.  Good Luck!

Have a Super Friday!!!!

Hugs,

Michelle

Yikes! I totally forgot to announce the Blog candy winner yesterday from the previous Saturday’s post.  The winner is. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . .  

Phyllis who wrote “Its always a good day when one learns a new technique. Today you showed me how to use plastic wrap other than in the kitchen! And what a beautiful touch it adds too. I’m trying this right after the Cowboy game today. Thanks and have a wonderful day yourself.”

Phyllis, please e-mail your mailing address to me at mzindorf@aim.com and I will put this in the mail to you.

Thanks to everyone that enter.  I wish I had something for each and every one of you.

Hugs,

Michelle

AND THE WINNER OF THIS FRAMED WINTER PIECE OUT OF 184 ENTRIES IS . . . . .. .. . . . .  . . . . . . . .

Linda Watts who wrote, “Hi Michelle, Cardinals are one of my favorites. I love this framed art. My husband and I just scored a ton (well almost a ton – a lot anyway) of fabric and wall paper samples from a closed factory here in our little town. We are both looking forward to all the interesting things we can make with someone else’s trash!”

Linda Watts, please e-mail your address to me at mzindorf@aim.com and I’ll put it in the mail to you.

Thanks to all who played along!  Wow, you all have some great ideas of re-purposing things.  If you want to read all of the great ideas for re-purposing that everyone left,  here is a link back to the post for you to read the comment section:    http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/09/27/winter-cardinal-tutorial-124-and-blog-candy/

Hugs,

Michelle

  Well I’m back from the Great State of Texas!  I had such a blast meeting everyone and they were so very warm and welcoming.  These ladies welcomed me with such fun treasures to bring back with me.  I knew instantly I was in a super wonderful place when my Fabulous Hostess, Lydia of www.understandblue.blogspot.com   met me at the airport with a goody bag to tie me over in the hotel that included chocolate brownies that I swear the angels themselves made.  Definitely, this trip was off to a great start, lol.

Oh! and then the fun really began with my brayer workshops.  By the way my beginning brayer workshops should come with this warning “you will definitely leave with ink on your hands”!

Anyway, we got a little dirtier when a couple of my fellow Split Coast Stamper Dirty Dozen Alumni (Joan & Jeanne) attended along with Jenn, SplitCoastStamper Royalty.  If you haven’t met these ladies in person your missing out.  They are a real HOOT!  My sides hurt from laughter after the workshop was over.  🙂

Every single person I met on this trip was an absolute delight!

  My Hostess, Lydia and Me

I’m not the only one that went home with treasures.  When you attend one of my beginner workshop you also go home with some terrific items (brayer, Innovative Stamp Creations stamp set, stamping mat, finished projects etc., etc. ) and the mastery of brayering.  🙂

Thank you so much to all of the workshop attendee.  Stampers in Texas are the BEST!

On another note, as promised we have a blog candy winner! 

Out of 643 entries the random number generator picked, drum-roll please. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .

 Joy  who wrote, “As a child I remember looking forward to Halloween every year. We didn’t get store bought costumes though. With 9 kids, it was homemade all the way. I don’t think I ever wore a store bought costume ever in my childhood. I remember mom cutting up some of her old sheets. She cut holes in them for our arms and heads so we could be ghosts. One year particularly, we didn’t have plastic bags to use for candy, we had paper ones and it started raining and I remember trying to keep my bag from getting wet. I slipped and fell and my bag was all wet and the bottom fell out. I lost all my candy on the ground. I cried then, but when we got home, all my siblings shared their candy with me. Those were good ole’ memories. Halloween,falling, lost candy and all..Thanks for bringing this back to the front of my memory Michelle.   Love your collection of cards you have done for the fall. BTW.. I got my first BRAYER today..wooohooo… I can’t wait to try something like yours.”

Joy, please e-mail your address to mzindorf@aim.com and I will get this stamp set in the mail to you ASAP.

Thanks everyone for playing along!

May your Monday be full of fun, laughter and special memories.

Until my next post. . . . . .. . .

Michelle

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar

Links to all my tutorials can be found here:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Times Up I picked a winner!

How about a chance to win a new set of “Fall Season” Stamps by Inkadinkado?  I know you all love new stamps.  All you have to do to enter for a chance to win this great set is leave a comment on this post telling me your favorite Autumn image.  If you are getting this blog update by e-mail you will need to click this link to be able to leave a comment on this post:   http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/2008/09/18/blog-candy-time-inkadinkado-fall-season-stamps/

A winner will be selected by a random number generator when I return from Austin, Texas on Monday, September 22nd.

By the way, this is a stamp set just like the one I used in my tutorial yesterday.  🙂

I’ll start by saying my favorite Autumn image is the tree dressed in it’s Autumn colors of Orange, yellow and Green.  Heck, I love trees in every season!  Oh, you probably guested that already if you follow this blog and my tutorials, lol.

May your day be filled with fun and laughter.

Until my next post. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle

Note:  Links to all my tutorials can be found here:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/tutorials-ive-written/

Here is a link to my workshop calendar if you want to get info on beginner and advanced Brayer workshops:  http://zindorf.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/workshop-calendar/

I sure hope everyone survived Hurricane Ike.  It swept through Ohio Yesterday afternoon with winds as high as 78 miles per hour.  On it’s way through it took our power for 12 hours, deck cover and our neighbors roofs.  It also left us with our neighbor’s field of corn stalks in our yard, lol.  What a mess!  So today I will be cleaning up the yard before and after work, so no stamping for me today, sigh. . . . .   It’s amazing how very much we rely on electricity.  We had no way of cooking, since I have an electric stove.  Our cars were stuck in the garage since we have an electric garage door.  We have well water here and so we had just a drizzle of water coming out of our faucets since our well pump is run with electric.   So we sat around looking at each other eating chips and pretzels, the only things we had in the house that was consumable that didn’t need cooking, lol. 

I will leave you today with a link to my all time favorite blog CONFESSIONS OF A PIONEER WOMAN.  Check it out!  http://thepioneerwoman.com/confessions/

She won blog of the year last year and well deserved it. 

Hope everyone is safe and sound.

Until my next post. . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hugs,

Michelle