Happy New Year! We need a giveaway…

Happy New Year, my fellow stampers!  I hope you all have a blessed year.

A few things I wanted to tell ya about.

If you are in the Cincinnati area, you gotta go to Stamp Your Art Out on Saturday between 10-5.  Connie is having a Hero Arts handmade card sale.  When Hero moved, they found TONS of handmade samples that were no longer needed.  Sweet Carol (from Stampers Corner in CA) boxed them up and sent them to me.  MANY went to the Cards for Heroes.  But there were so many that we have hundreds and hundreds and hundreds to sell.  Stamp Your Art Out will have them on sale for 50 cents each.  ALL the money will go to cover the costs of shipping cards to heroes and others who need them.  So it all goes to a good cause!  (And, I am launching and new card drive soon…)  So be sure to stop by.  There are some amazing ones.  I also added tons of my own to the stash to sell.

Also, Connie from Stamp Your Art Out is collecting Peeps to send to heroes overseas.  Fun, huh?  Be sure to drop them off to her soon.  Thanks, Connie, for always doing so much good.  You have one of the most generous hearts I know.

Oh, and Connie has LOTS of the new Hero Arts.  🙂

Next, how about a quick share. This was a baby gift I put together for the gal down the street.  It is the most impractical gift ever.  Ha!  But Colin saw these baby girl shoes at Target and thought Avaley would like them.  I couldn't argue!  So I made a box for them, along with a note that said "a girl can never have too many shoes."  I tied it with some soft ribbon and added a K&Co die cut butterfly with Hero Arts gems.  I put the same on an embossed card and it was ready to go!

Baby Gift

Baby Gift 2

Baby Gift 1

Supplies:
K&Co Butterflies – these are incredible!
Hero Arts Pale Pink Gems
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing

And, in celebration of a new year, how about a giveaway?  Just leave a comment here by Saturday night at 11:59pmEDT telling me what you did for New Years Eve.  If I randomly pick you, you will be the lucky winner of these fun American Crafts rub-ons (my FAVE brand and a generous company)…

Prize

Have a great night.  See you tomorrow!


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499 thoughts on “Happy New Year! We need a giveaway…”

  1. Nancy L. says:

    Happy New Years!! I had to work on New Years Eve til midnight! But got a chance to be home minutes after! Work again on New Years day. Oh well! Thanks for the great wishes and the chance to win!

  2. Novalen says:

    I got up really early on the 31st (3.30 am) to go to work… So I spent the second part of the evening (after 10 pm) in my bed to catch up the sleep!

  3. Angela says:

    I spent the evening with family and my BF who has been a missionary serving at a boarding school for Missionary kids in Germany. A very low key evening, but fun none the less.. Happy New year to you!

  4. elizabeth says:

    new years eve is also our anniversary (31 years). we stayed in with wine and appetizers. happy new year!

  5. kicken says:

    You have so much giveaway, where do you get all things from? Anyway, verry nice card!
    i love it!
    //Kicken 13 years from sweden

  6. Alison G. says:

    My family stayed home by ourselves for the first time in 5 years. We watched Nim’s Island with my daughter, ate snacks, and watched Rockin’ New Years’ Eve only to fall asleep about 11:30. Thank goodness for DVR and a rewind button…LOL

    Love the bootie gift!!!!

  7. HeatherC says:

    Part of the fun of being a girl is pretty shoes! You are starting her off right!

    We watched home movies on New Years with the kids and then put them to bed and just hung out and watched TV — we had been busy this holiday season and it was nice to have a quiet night at home.

  8. Michelle Jadaa says:

    first of all i love the baby gift!
    As for New years and even christmas ..we kept it very low key.Just stayed home with my lovely hubby of 20 years.We decided to just concentrate on us this year and have some quiet time just enjoying being together:)

  9. Jazzy says:

    We stayed in on New Year’s because my DH has been having health problems but we did
    toast the New Year in with a glass of bubbly
    to celebrate starting a new year together.

  10. Lynn Judge says:

    I did what i normally do and went to bed around 10 pm. Living on a farm in Kentucky you have to get up early to feed the livestock – so we dont party a lot!!

  11. Pat says:

    I visited my dad at his senior living apartment and went to their New Year’s Eve party that started at 7:30. Loved watching all of the great dancing to the big band music. Then off to bed at 10:30… guess I’m not too far away from living in a senior Center!! 🙂

  12. Dorthy Thompson says:

    I was asleep at midnight. My Father-in-Law lives with us and I make him breakfast and walk his dog every morning at 6:15. He’s almost 90 and more important than ringing in the New Year.

  13. {vicki} says:

    My evening was spent at home with my husband and son.

    {vicki}

  14. Joyce says:

    We spent the evening with good friends. Had dinner and great conversation. Played games with the kids. It was a good time with people we love!

  15. Amy Dow says:

    We went to my sisters and hung out with family…played Rock Band 2 (FUN)! and played cards and ate pizza…we were home by 10pm and asleep way before midnight…HAPPY NEW YEAR! It was a good night, hope you enjoyed your New Year’s Eve! Love the rub-ons and the cutie baby shoes…you need to start a girl off on the “right foot!”

  16. Karen Raymond says:

    We spent the early part of the evening celebrating our daughter’s birthday-she is 27! The rest of the night was spent quietly, we just enjoyed each other’s company and went to bed early.

  17. africanfootprint says:

    Happy New Year Jennifer… wishing you a year of amazing creativity to share with all of us.

    New Year’s Eve was spent with the singles group from church… enjoying each other’s company, watching the ball drop.

  18. Cara says:

    Oh, I love the little shoes gift! That is so adorable.

    My husband and I went to my Uncle’s house and then a close friend’s house for New Years. Pretty laid back for us; I think we must be getting older!

  19. Samantha says:

    My husband and I stayed in and played Wii Bowling most of then night. We both woke up with sore arms the next morning. 🙂 Happy New Year!

  20. Joyce M says:

    We went out for a nice dinner at a local restraunt. We were home by 6:30 and had planned to watch the ball drop so that my son could watch Taylor Swift and Kelly Pickler, but I was sound asleep by 9:00. I was so tired that I didn’t even hear that my husband and son still watched in our bedroom until Taylor Swift fininshed performing.

  21. Lisa says:

    We celebrated with family and a potluck dinner. We were in bed before midnight!

  22. Jennifer C says:

    We planned on having lots of friends over, well they were not able to make it… so my husband, 2 kids and I had a blast. We danced to “Tooty Ta” (Dr. Jean favorite), acted out “There is a Spider on the Floor”, and “Bear Hunt.” We all went on a bear hunt around the house, climbing big mountains (stairs), etc. We found my daughter’s bear pillow in her “cave.” We never laughed so much in our lives. We ended the night playing bowling on Wii. Oh, I didn’t mention that we ate so much snack food… Happy New Year, hopefully your night was as fun as ours!

  23. Ginny H says:

    We spent the night with some dear friends. We are gettng so old we celebrate around 10:00 and go to bed early! Then on New Year’s Day we have a huge lunch with all the works – black-eyed peas, collard greens, pork roast, mac & cheese and champange. We have done this for the past 10+ years and hope for many more.

  24. Jill says:

    We watched movies (Hancock and Sydney White) and watched the ball drop. We don’t need no fancy parties! 🙂 (But I could use these rub ons!)

  25. Katie says:

    I took my three kids out to the local County Park to see their Festival of Lights. We drove through, looked at all the wonderful lights, drank hot chocolate and roasted marshmellows, and then each of the kids got to pick out a new stuffed friend from the Gift Shop. We are going to make it our new tradition. It was so much fun.

  26. Linda Roberts says:

    Can you believe its 2009!!! I spent the evening at home with the family and sadly enough didn’t even make it up to bring in the New Year…oh well, at least I’m well rested. Have a great year ahead.

  27. Angie says:

    We stayed home and watched the ball drop on tv in Times Square…ok, that’s a lie…the family watched it and I fell asleep! Thanks!
    – Angie ([email protected])

  28. Rosemary says:

    My oldest son and I went to a friend’s house for a few hours of fun and then came home. He tried to stay up until midnight, but pooped out at 11:05! That was our fun.

  29. Heather says:

    It was a quiet New’s Years at home. We watched a movie with our kids which was a big deal for them as it was their 2nd movie. We just moved into a new house right before Christmas so we recovered at home from the whole whirlwind of everything, and my husband and opened a nice bottle of wine.

  30. Dolly/scrapthat says:

    Happy New Year Jennifer! I love that butterfly on your card! Such a cute gift!
    What did I do for New Years Eve? Well I have a 2 month old baby so when I got her to sleep I was in bed about a half hour later…about 9:30 LOL! That’s what we did :0)
    Have a great year!

  31. Mary Kunze says:

    We had a house party with friend. Good food and fun. Thanks for the opportunity to win. Happy New Year

  32. Colleen says:

    MY husband and I went to our good friends’ open house in the late afternoon, then out for a late dinner at a fantastic restaurant. We headed back home just before midnight to watch fireworks from inside our cosy warm home. A perfect way to end one year and start another, with good friends, good food, and a good home.

  33. Penny says:

    I stamped and went to bed early. A very low key New Year’s Eve! I love your blog–thanks for the chance to win.

  34. Kim Smith says:

    Happy New Year! My family (hubby and 2 Boys) had our own new years party at home! We ate and watched movies and just had a good night together. Unfortunately, none of us made it until midnight….but that’s ok! it was a fun night!!!

  35. Erin Bohland says:

    What a great thing to do. I wish I wasn’t three hours away.. Can’t make the trip this time. But hope to soon.

    New years eve was pretty low key. Just went to dinner and went home and watched a movie…

    Happy New Year

  36. Helen says:

    We had a fabulous evening with two families we were at theological college with. We don’t see them very often as we are scattered around the country, so it was wonderful to all be together, especially as we are all godparents to one another’s children. Such a special time 🙂

  37. We went to dinner with friends and back to their house for cards and some other fun games with our adult kids. It was great to have all of them with us when they could have been out with their friends!

    Teresa

  38. VivianneP says:

    Happy New Year!

    We stayed in, our little girl has been sick since the day after Christmas so we have been home bound.

    Blessings, Vivianne

  39. Nancy Hyland says:

    super cute gift – our New Years was boring, we created our budget for the next year and dreamed of life with the upcoming new job, by then it was 8:53, I said Well it’ll be midnight on the east coast in 7 minutes. then we went and snuggled in bed. lights out, LOL!!

    Happy new year
    Nancy

  40. Paula says:

    New Years Eve with Mr and Mrs Boring! That’s us! Fell asleep; woke up at 11, got to see the ball drop, gotta have Dick Clark for New Years Eve. But our NYE dinner was great; a big antipasta platter, yum.

  41. Kate says:

    had a little crop party with some friends while the rest of the family did their own li’l karaoke competition.
    hilarious AND loud!!

    Happy New Year!! *huggies*

  42. arimacias says:

    we watched movies in bed and did nothing else:)
    the best NYE ever!!!!

  43. Christa H. says:

    went to a 6 pm wedding, out to dinner, grocery store, then home and watched the ball drop

  44. Stacy M says:

    That baby gift is adorable…you are so creative! As for New Years Eve, we invited some friends over…made peach & strawberry daquari’s(sp???), played “In a Pickle” and just enjoyed each others company…we actually made it to 1AM! Thanks for the chance to win!

  45. Summer Braxton says:

    I spent New Year’s Eve fishing with my husband off the dock of the house we’re renting while my husband is home from his year-long deployment. He leaves again in another week, so I was happy to share his favorite hobby with him before we’re apart again.

  46. Rachel says:

    cute shoes! love the fonts on those rub-ons!

  47. Jamie says:

    We went over to friends and had a potluck supper! My two girls, age 4 and 2 had a blast playing with their 2 year old (and all of her toys). It was a mini blizzard here that night so we came home really early…and didn’t make it until midnight:(

    I love your girft!

  48. Lisa L. says:

    We rented movies and had a cheese & veggie platter with my boys. We stayed up until midnight too. It was a fun family night for everyone.

    Lisa L.

  49. fran heupel says:

    Happy New year to you and your family.
    We had a quiet new years eve at home with my two girls and just had a great dinner, played some games and stayed up until midnight to ring in the new year. Family time at it’s best.

  50. Jess Hess says:

    What cute rub-ons. On New Year’s eve we put the kids to bed as usual and then watched a movie. It was the first time that we ever ordered a pay per view movie. We saw Hancock with Will Smith. It was a nice relaxing and quiet evening, which is just what we wanted.

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