catching up

I wanted to make a separate post to address a few things that have come up over the course of the last couple of weeks or so.

First off, I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who participated in my blogaversary giveaways. I read and appreciated all of the comments, even if I didn't say anything at the time so that I wouldn't throw off the numbers for the random drawings. :-) You all made the celebration a lot of fun, so many thanks to you all.

Crystal Joy, you'd commented in one of the giveaway posts that it looked like I'd done something to alter my ATG. Yes, you're right. I did. I added a comment to that post earlier, but I thought I'd address it here, too. I use the Scotch 714 which is red. I have nothing against the color red. I just wanted my ATG to look a bit more unique, so I altered it. I painted it, added rub-ons and bling, and basically just changed its look. I can say, now that I've looked up the old post (HA!), that after two years of steady use it is holding up nicely.

I've also had a question come up a couple of times now with regard to the Scor-It ruler. It's one that hadn't crossed my mind, but apparently others had thought about it, so I thought I'd bump the discussion to a more prominent spot. The question is whether the Scor-It ruler could be used with the Scor-Pal. Well, the Scor-Pal is about 1/2" wider than the Scor-It board. The ruler is metal and does bend, and it's possible that it could be manipulated so that it could fit on the Scor-Pal, but I didn't try it. First of all, I don't want to mangle my ruler. I like it too much! But here's my other reason, 'cuz you all know that I'm willing to sacrifice stuff in the interest of "science" (LOL!)--I don't think that even if you could fit the ruler to the Scor-Pal that it would help all that much. The tools are too different. The Scor-It and Scor-It ruler have zero centering marks and very precise measurements that correspond quite nicely to each other. So moving an inch at the top and moving the card stock the same amount at the bottom of your score is easy. By the same token, you can move 1/8" without any trouble if you want to. Can't really do that with the Scor-Pal because it has set grooves at specific and irregular increments, so it's hard for me to see that this would be nearly as helpful for Scor-Pal users as it is for Scor-It users. That was my main reason for not trying to force the ruler onto the Scor-Pal. Plus, I like it too much! Yeah, I know. I'm repeating myself. But it's true! I didn't want to hurt it and to have to live without it.

A few folks have also written to ask where these Scor-It rulers can be purchased. The easy answer is at the Scor-It site at their online store. There are other online vendors though, some of whom I've done business with and been a satisfied customer. They include Ellen Hutson, Bonnie's Best, California Paper Goods, and Innovative Stamp Creations.

I think that covers the issues that have come up but that may have been buried amongst the giveaway comments. If there are more, I'll just edit to add or post again, eh?

Hope you've all enjoyed a great weekend!

Winner of my Day 3, three year anniversary giveaway

I won't keep you in suspense. The winner has been chosen by the random.org random number generator.


And the comment that corresponds to this selection is....


Congratulations, Sandi! It looks like crossing all of your fingers worked! LOL! I'll be in touch so that I can get your mailing information and get your prizes sent off to you.

Thanks so much, everyone! It's been fun to spend some time celebrating this milestone. Thank you for the lovely comments and thanks so much for coming by here, taking the time to read, ask questions, or leave feedback. I started this blog for myself, but it's turned into more as time has gone by, and I appreciate all of you who take the time to stop by here and visit or who read via subscription. It's been a fun three years and I'm looking forward to continuing the crafting and the blogging. :-)

Celebrating 3 years with a giveaway - Day 3

This is the third of the three giveaways that I'm hosting to celebrate IndigoInklings' three years on the internet. This package includes: a QuicKutz A2 rings embossing folder, Spellbinders Blossom Nestabilities, Marieke's Flower Set #3 (unmounted red rubber stamps) from Cornish Heritage Farms, Kaleidacolor Melon Melody ink pad, Hero Arts ClearDesign: Friendship Messages clear stamp set, Hero Arts Sparkle Clear: Love That clear stamp set, Cornish Heritage Farms sunflower stamp, Ellison Design Friends Simple Impressions folder, a white Signo Uniball pen, and 1 yard each of 3/8" and 5/8" white grosgrain ribbon.

The rules are the same as before. Anyone is welcome to enter. Just leave a comment on this post and a way for me to get in touch with you if you win. Anonymous posts are fine, but please leave a name or an email with your comment, or email me and let me know what the number of your comment was when you posted so that I'll have a way to tell which Anonymous comment belongs to whom. One entry per person please, to be fair to everyone. I'll use a random number generator to pick the winner. I'll keep this contest open through the weekend until Sunday, August 2, at midnight my time (CDT).

Good luck!

Winner of my Day 2, three year anniversary giveaway

Okay, it's time to get things back on track here. The girls and I had our fun out of town. Did lots of shopping and ate plenty of good food. Going cold turkey with no internet connection was kinda rough though. ;-) It's good to be back. :-)

Before I announce the winner for the day 2 giveaway, I want to clarify a couple of things. I receive notices of all of the comments that are posted to this blog, so I have copies in email form. I still have this record even if comments are deleted. I mention this because I deleted a couple of comments last night before plugging the numbers into the random.org widget. One comment had been deleted by its author, but it was still numbered as a separate comment. Another was a comment where someone had added email info--that was fine, by the way :-)--I just deleted it so that it wouldn't count as another entry. I still have a copy of that info. So, if your number isn't what you remembered it to be, that would be the reason, but rest assured that even if you were an Anonymous commenter who emailed me with a comment # so that I'd know who you are, I can still pull that information out even though the numbers changed, okay? :-)

That said, here's the winning number....


And here is the winning comment....


Congratulations, Sue! You are the winner of my day 2 celebration prize package! I'll be in touch to get mailing information from you so that I can get your prizes sent off. :-)

I'll post the third installment of my tri-fold, three year celebration giveaway a little later. Don't worry. I have no plans to head out of town or to go without an internet connection so this one won't drag out. :-)

Celebrating 3 years with a giveaway - Day 2

In honor of my three years of blogging, I wanted to host some giveaways. It just seemed right to have three of them to celebrate properly. The first of the three prize packages has been won. Congratulations, Jean!

Here's what I have up for grabs for this second giveaway....


Pictured above are: QuicKutz A2 diamonds and dots embossing folder, Heidi Grace Designs Dreamer clear stamp set, Cuttlebug A2 Swiss Dots embossing folder, Cuttlebug Stamps die set, Martha Stewart Flourish edge punch, 4 sets of smaller clear stamps by Hero Arts, Imaginisce, Studio G, and Inkadinkado, and a yard each of 3/8" and 5/8" white grosgrain ribbon.

The rules are the same as before. Anyone is welcome to enter. Just leave a comment on this post and a way for me to get in touch with you if you win. Anonymous posts are fine, but please leave a name or an email with your comment, or email me and let me know what the number of your comment was when you posted so that I'll have a way to tell which Anonymous comment belongs to whom. One entry per person please, to be fair to everyone. I'll use a random number generator to pick the winner. I'll keep this contest open through the weekend until Monday, July 27, at noon my time (CDT).

Good luck, and enjoy your weekends!

Winner of my Day 1, three year anniversary giveaway

Congratulations, Jean! Random.org has declared you the winner. I'll be in touch with you soon so that I can get your mailing info and get your prizes out to you. :-)

Stay tuned, everyone! I'll be posting another giveaway package in celebration of IndigoInklings' three years on the net.

Celebrating 3 years with a giveaway - Day 1

I wanted to celebrate today with some fun, and what better way to have fun than to give away some crafting stuff! This is today's prize package: 24 Prismacolor colored pencils & Goo Gone Mess-Free pen, Cuttlebug Houndstooth A2 embossing folder, QuicKutz stripes label embossing folder, a set of Autumn Leaves clear stamps - Flowers by Rhonna Farrer, 2 sets of Imaginisce clear stamps - one Christmas & one spring themed, Brides flowers, 1 yard each of 3/8" and 5/8" white grosgrain ribbon (which take inking nicely), Stampendous Hazy Gray Fun Flock, and Ruby Red Liquid Pearls.

Anyone is welcome to enter. Just leave a comment on this post and a way to get in touch with you if you win. One entry per person please, to be fair to everyone. I'll use a random number generator to pick the winner. Easy enough, eh? I'll keep this contest open until noon (CDT) my time on Thursday, or about 48 hours from the time of this post. And if you don't happen to win this one, stay tuned. I have two more prize packages ready for more celebrating. :-)

celebration giveaway winner

Ahhh, peace and quiet. I love it. It's the first day of school here. It was a good summer and I always enjoy my time with my girls, but I also relish these quiet times when I have the house entirely to myself.

I made a visit to random.org earlier this morning. Without further ado, this is the number that was generated....

It's number 63, and according to my spreadsheet (easier to keep track that way since the individual comments aren't numbered), that makes Jodi the winner of the celebration giveaway!

Congratulations, Jodi! I'll be emailing you so that I can get your info and mail your prize package out to you.

Thank you to everyone who came by and left comments or dropped me email about my milestones. I've had a lot of fun with this and might have to do another giveaway in the near future, but I'll try not to wait another 100,000 page hits before I do. :-)

A few things to celebrate

It's milestone time here again. Two I knew were coming up. The other took me a bit by surprise.

The first I'll mention is the 2nd blogaversary for this blog. I made my first post on July 21, 2006. Little did I know that I'd still be here blogging two years later. I hadn't been sure what blogging was about when I first started.

I also celebrated my birthday last week. It wasn't a milestone birthday, but still, it was a fun day.

The milestone that took me by surprise was reaching and quickly passing the 100,000 page hit mark on my blog counter! (Yes, I know it's at 56,000+ on the main page of my blog, but I'd had to do a reset. I can still see the "real" number behind the scenes.) I'd known that it was coming up. I'd even planned on maybe doing something a little special for it. What I didn't realize was that the counter would be spinning like crazy these last couple of weeks and that it'd get here so soon. Getting rid of those embossing folder lines has been a popular topic!

So anyway, I'd like for all of you to join in the celebration, and I'd like to show my appreciation for those of you who visit here and read, write, comment, and just generally make blogging fun.

From my stash, I have some items that I'd like to give away. These are all things that I've used to make cards that I've posted here. These aren't used items though!


This prize package includes a new set of 24 Prismacolor colored pencils, a Goo Gone Mess-free pen, a set of clear stamps by Heidi Grace, a white Signo Uniball pen, some iridescent Brides flowers, and an assortment of "faux" dew drops.

All you need to do to enter is add a comment to this post. It doesn't have to be anything specific. It can be anything from a simple Hello, to a suggestion for other issues to address regarding the Big Shot or Cuttlebug, to your philosophy on life and the place of crafting or blogging in the universe. :-) I'll run this contest through Tuesday night at midnight my time (CST), and on Wednesday I'll use a random number generator to decide the winner and post it. If you don't leave me an email address so that I can contact you if you win, you'll have a week to check back and get in touch with me with your contact info so that I can mail out your prize. Otherwise I'll pull another number. Okay?

Thanks, everyone, for coming by and helping me reach some neat blogging milestones. :-)

Addendum: Okay. I'd tried to anticipate where things could go off track. Forgot about the anonymous posts. I don't mind them. I like for everyone to be able to comment. If you're interested in the prize and you post anonymously though, either include an email with your post, or drop me a line via email claiming your post if you don't want to put your email in the comments. (See my profile for my contact info.) I just want to make sure that the prize would go to the right person in the event that the random number generator chooses an Anonymous post. Sorry about that oversight. Carry on! :-)