500 Followers Giveaway - Still time to follow and enter!

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Winning Wednesdays & 500 Followers Giveaway Announcement

Hi Everyone!

We did it!  Candy to be won soon!  Time still to follow/comment....

 I've decided my blog has been a little sparse lately because I'm always so rushed.  I want to do a few things to revamp and I hope you'll hang in there with  me while I get some of the details sorted out and the bugs worked out.  First off, as some of you have noticed, I've been on a super lucky streak with blog candy winnings lately!  I'd love to take the time  and write thank you cards to everyone who has sent me blog candy and while that might still happen, I figured I really need to acknowledge them in someway so I decided to do a regular post, hopefully every Wednesday (if I feel well) and show you all what I've received as it comes in! I will call it Winning Wednesdays for now, and we'll see if I can keep my own deadline. LOL The first one will be in a separate post.  Also, I would like to post any fun hauls I've made for the week and any fun sales, etc. so I can pass them on to you all!  I hope that sounds like fun to you and occasionally I will be doing RAKs for people who leave me comments guiding me to blog hops or other places to enter to win cool things or special sales that I may not know about.  As you all are aware, it's hard impossible to catch everything that's going on all the time and I miss out on a lot of stuff.  Sometimes I don't catch items I've actually won because I don't get an email or someone misspells my user name so when I search, it doesn't show up.  Anytime anyone catches something I've won that I'm not aware of, I will send you a little RAK such as a stamp set or card or ribbon, etc.  I need some little elves, so I'm asking you, my friends and followers to be them for me and you will be rewarded! :0)

Staying at home, living with fibro, not much comes into the day to cheer me up a bunch and that is one of the reasons why I love doing blog hops and especially winning! LOL ;)  Who doesn't love winning? Every single time I win something or get something cool in the mail, my spirits just boost and I'm a happy camper!  I'm really not trying to sound shallow or materialist or ungrateful for all the other wonderful things in my life, but those little things really can pull you out of a rut when you're having a pain-filled, unproductive day.  Getting little things here and there just keeps me motivated.  I can't help it!  I'm a Material Girl! LOL

The other thing about this is it works both ways for me.  I love to give as well as receive and that makes me just as, if not more, happy!  SO with that being said, I am going to hold a giveaway when I reach 500 followers!  I'm not sure what the prize I'm giving away yet will be, but I can promise you it will be fun and a variety of things!  I will post a picture before the actual winner is picked.  In the meantime, here's how to get some extra entries.

1.  +1 Mandatory - Must be a follower.  Everyone, old and new, who wants to be entered must leave one comment on this post stating their status and if you have any sort of Cricut machine.  I need this info for prize purposes. (Can someone show me how to keep this post always at the top?  I haven't looked into it yet.)  I'd appreciate it!

2.  Extra Entries: (Please post each entry separately and do the +1 at the bottom so I can properly add your entries)

• +1 Post a great sale that is going on or a new site you found that sells great scrapbooking products
• +2 Post about this giveaway on your blog, linking back to my blog
• +2 Inquire here about any of the companies I am affiliated with or the products I sell by going to my website at www.amyjrockstar.com  and let me know if you'd like any of my catalogs (please only ask for catalogs if you're truly interested in my products)  I am a Personal Consultant/ Independent Business Owner for Memory Works, Be Young Essential Oils, Amway (including multiple affiliated companies such as Artistry, Nutrilite, and Joann's), and I do Custom Creations of course (including cards, business cards, fliers, brochures, etc.)! :0)  Please note:  if you shop Joann's through my site, you will get special incentives rather than going straight to their site!  Discounts may be given and or RAKs! 
• +1 Add your entries for me in your final comment, including the final +1 for this (ask if you have questions)

Ok!  Whew, that was a lot of work on this end, but hopefully not too much work on your end and I promise, it will be worth it!

Thanks as always for visiting and good luck to you all on the drawing!  Let's hope for 500 soon!

XO ~ Amy Jo

Blog Candy to win at Scrappin' Mama's

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Hi all,

One of my sweet friends, Deb, is having an AWESOME blog candy giveaway!!!

If you are the lucky one, you will win all this...

Be sure stop by her site for your chance to enter to win!

She will be choosing a winner Dec. 20th.
Good luck!

XO ~ Amy Jo

Candy's Candy

Hello my lovely friends and followers!  If anyone is interested in some AWESOME blog candy, be sure to stop over at Candy's Craft Corner for your chance to win one or all three of these Cricut cartridges!!!

Enjoy!

Blog Candy Winners Please Claim!

Hi All,

I have been very behind in sending out my blog candy so if you have won something from me and have not yet received it, please let me know so I can get back on track and get it sent right out to you!  I apologize for my tardiness, but hope you all understand.  Also, I need to announce that Gen, the Diversified Scrapper has also won some candy for correctly guessing my announcement from way back win.  Amanda, your winnings are on the way!  Gen, please contact me with your address and I'll get something out to you on Monday or Tuesday.  Thanks everyone!

Hugs,
Amy Jo

Spring Forward Blog Hop

Hi Everyone!

Welcome to the Spring Forward Blog Hop, jointly hosted by Celeste at Touched by a Butterfly and Lora at Notes from the Scrapbooklady - Thanks for stopping in to see the great spring themed projects designed by all the talented participants.  I was lucky enough to be allowed to participate along with these talented bloggers!  You should have arrived here from the talented Sue but if you just happened upon my blog and want to start from the beginning, check out the list below!

This blog hop will offer one lucky blog hopper a TWO PART blog candy.  Celeste and Lora have both put together prize packages and will each mail their prize package to the ONE LUCKY WINNER!  The rules are pretty simple - visit each participating blog and leave a comment - a winner will be chosen from among all posts left at Notes from the Scrapbooklady blog and then we will verify that the winner has visited and commented on each blog.  The winner will be posted at both Notes from the Scrapbooklady and Touched by a Butterfly and will have one week to contact Lora or Celeste with a mailing address for their prize packages.

Some of the participants may also be offering their own individual blog candy (including me!)  - please note their terms and conditions. 

This is too funny... So, I've known about this hop forever right?  Well I just realized at 9:00 my time that it starts Friday, not Saturday and HELLO, I'm supposed to have made something for the hop!!!  I mean, what's a hop without a project?  Our challenge was to make a Spring themed project and of course I hadn't made a single thing!  Oh no, right?  Well, I technically had one hour to get it done so this is a little late and I'm sorry, but late is better than never!  Good thing I'm one of the last on the list.  :0)

Spring Card

Butterfly Closeup

Flag Closeup

For this "spring" card, I cut a 5x7" piece of cardstock from my stash and then used a cute mushroom background paper from K&Company for the front of the card.  The butterfly and trail are stamps from Sandylion and the trail has some K&Co. pearls and some Pearl Stickles for the smaller areas.  I faux stitched around the edges with my black Zig pen and then used the leftover strip of cardstock for the sentiment, which is from My Pink Stamper (Buggy Punnies).  Lastly I adhered a flower from Bo Bunny to fill up that last little corner.  And of course I inked the edges of the card and the background paper.  I think it turned out pretty well for being a super quick job!

Now, naturally, I am giving away some blog candy, but unfortunately I did not have time to get a picture up.  I promise though, it will be worth your time.  I will send out a grab bag of random goodies like I usually do.  :0)  There is a catch to be entered to win though... You must be a follower and you must leave a comment.  There now, that's not so hard is it?  I will announce a winner on Monday and the winner will have 72 hours to get back to me.  Please be sure to leave me a way to get in touch with you so I can let you know if you're the winner!

Onto the next and final stop which is the lovely Yolie.  Don't stop here, you've almost made it!  Go on over and show her some love!  Be sure to leave her a comment too so you can be entered for the grand prize.

1. Lora at http://scrpbooklady.blogspot.com/
2. Celeste L. at http://touchedbyabutterfly.blogspot.com/
3.Brandi  at http://joyfullycreative.blogspot.com/
4.Carrie at http://doubleclickconnections.blogspot.com/
5.Celeste B. at http://ccscards.blogspot.com/
6.Karel at http://karelj.blogspot.com/
7. Kacee at  http://www.youhadmeatscrap.blogspot.com/
8. Melanie at  http://www.arkmom-scrappilyeverafter.blogspot.com/
9. Michelle at  http://peanutbutterandjellydesigns.blogspot.com/
10. Patti at http://lilbitcreations.blogspot.com/
11. Sue at http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/
12.Amy Jo at http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com/ - - That's ME!!!
13. Yolie At http://www.justyolie.com/ - Next Stop.

Thank you all for hopping along!

XO ~ Amy Jo

Getting Cricky Across the 50 Blog Hop

A Big Cricut Hello & Chirp to each of you! Welcome to the Cricky Across the 50 Blog Hop hosted by K Andrew of Getting Cricky! If you are here from Jennifer Anderson of Scrappin Lil Turtle then you are in the right spot. If you just arrived here and would like to start from the beginning please go to K Andrew of Getting Cricky! For this blog hop K Andrew is celebrating her big move across the country with a big road trip, and of course this hop across the 50 states! It is an honor to be in such an awesome hop and she has worked so hard putting this all together so be sure to send her lots of love and appreciation!  She has asked us all to post a little bit about the state we are representing, and then to post our Favorite Craft Project. I am representing the state of Colorado!

Colorado is an amazing place to live.  That's why I've been here my whole life (just different areas).  The picture above is of Telluride.  I used to live about an hour and a half from there and Tom Cruise and Oprah are just a few of the celebrities that have homes there.  Very cool place to visit! 

Currently I live in Fort Collins and we were voted #2 in the US for best city to live in 2008 from Money Magazine.  How cool is that?  I moved here about five years ago or so and am so happy I did.  We have a fabulous "Old Town" with all kinds of great little shops and awesome free events in the summer, but we also have everything else you could imagine to do, as well, and we are only an hour from Denver and the awesome zoo and botanical gardens!  I'm very fortunate to live here!

As far as states I've visited, Maine and Hawaii are my two favorites.  Very different yet I want to live in both states.  I also love Arizona cause it's so warm and some of my family live there.  We will be going there in April (I hope) to visit them.  The next states I want to visit are Georgia, Virginia, Oregon, and Alaska.  They all are appealing to me for different reasons, but I love road tripping it and seeing all there is to see!  If anyone has any great ideas of places to go in these states, please leave that in your comment!

Now onto the project.  We were asked to post our favorite creation of the past year and while it was hard to decide, this is my favorite one.  For those of you who already follow my blog, I apologize for reposting this as you've most likeley already seen it, but for newbies, this is the one I had the most fun with.

I was supposed to be making a card for my friends who hosted an awesome Halloween party, but I couldn't get everything I wanted onto a card so I decided to make a little hanging sign from chipboard.  The tag, as you can see, is removable and that's where I put my sentiments to them.  I just loved the way it turned out and it was such a fun Cricut project!  I think it ended up being 8" x 8".

Supplies I used were:

• Gypsy Wanderings Cart. for "Thanks"
• Mansion and Fence from Happy Hauntings Cricut Cart
• Ribbon from Offray Spool O' Ribbon
• Metallic Brads from We R Memory Keepers
• Background Paper from Recollections from Michaels - Ravenhead Manor
• Bat Epoxy Sticker from Creative Imaginations
• Tag from full sheet of paper from my stash - purchased at Capture, Inc. http://www.shopcapture.com/
• Cardstock from my stash
• I backed the sign with chipboard from scrapbook.com
• I inked all the edges wit Blackbird Cat's Eye ink
• "Memories Like These" stickers from my stash

Tools Used:

• Cropadile bought at Capture, Inc. http://www.shopcapture.com/
• Scotch adhesive clear glue
• This to That strip glue runner from American Crafts

Now if you've been following the hop, then you know we are all giving away blog candy!  These are some items I've collected from kits and thought I'd share with you.  It's quite a random variety, but there's something in there for everyone so if you would like to be the winner be sure to 1. Become a follower and 2.  Leave a comment to enter to win!  The winner will be posted on Monday, Feb. 14th and will be selected by the Random Generator so be sure to check back and also please leave me your email in your comment.  I want to make sure I'm able to find you if you win!  The winner will have 72 hours to respond or I will have to pick another winner. :(  Good luck to you all and thanks for following! :0)

Please make sure to visit ALL the blogs, as EVERY single blog will have fabulous giveaways (cricut cartridges, paper packs, copic markers, yourstory bundle, clear stamp sets, and tons more). Each blogger was extremely generous with their own personal giveaways

Also, please make sure to leave comments on all of the blogs for a chance to win a ton of different Grand Prizes on Getting Cricky's blog, from these great companies:Scrap N Tote, Scrap N Easel, Cri-Kits, Creative Charms, Memory Miser, Scrappy Chic Cafe, Loralie Designs, My Pink Stamper, Peachy Keen Stamps, Cricut Town, The Scrappin' Table, Piktails, and Pink by Design

How cool is that?  I will be hopping right along with you all! :0)

Next stop on the hop is DELAWARE! Meagan Jarjabka of Beyond Paper Designs http://beyondpaperdesigns.blogspot.com/


Here is the complete blog hop lineup in case you got lost!
 
BEGIN: Getting Cricky With K Andrew http://www.kandrewdesigns.blogspot.com/
ALABAMA
Tanya of Scrappy Scavenger http://www.scrappyscavenger.blogspot.com/
ARIZONA
Renee Kowalchik of KoolChik Crafts http://koolchikcrafts.blogspot.com/
ARKANSAS
Teela Young of Coffee24Tea http://coffee24tea.blogspot.com/
CALIFORNIA
Jess Marin of My Scrap Diary http://www.myscrapdiary-jess.blogspot.com/
Nicolette Simpson of Beyond Scrapin http://www.beyondscrapin.blogspot.com/
COLORADO
Jennifer Anderson of Scrappin Lil Turtle http://creativearmywife.blogspot.com/
Amy Courchaine of Scrapbooking, Card Making, and Living with Fibro http://lv2scrapandfibrofacts.blogspot.com/ --- THAT'S ME!
DELAWARE
Meagan Jarjabka of Beyond Paper Designs http://beyondpaperdesigns.blogspot.com/  - NEXT
Peggy Brustman of CeltikGirlCreations http://celtikgirlcreations.blogspot.com/
FLORIDA
Stephanie Hedderick of Always Crafting http://www.alwayscrafting.com/
GEORGIA
Brenda Haskin of Simply Bren is Having too much fun http://simplybrenhavingfun.blogspot.com/
ILLINOIS
Lori Brown of Saving My… http://savingmine.blogspot.com/
INDIANA
Angela Urell of Creative Crafting http://creativecraftin.blogspot.com/
LOUISIANA
Darlene Saucier of Simple Southern Blessings http://www.talesoftayandbay.blogspot.com/
MAINE
Karen Madden of Lilac and Lupines http://lilacsandlupines.blogspot.com/
MARYLAND
Karen Turner of Midlife Mysteries & Masterpieces http://www.midlifemysteries.com/
MASSACHUSSETTS
Andrea Fogleman of Scraplity http://www.scrapality.com/
MINNESOTA
Krystal Gibson of Krystal’s Kreativity http://www.krystalskreativity.blogspot.com/
Jenny Johnson of Paper Crafting Crazy Me http://www.papercraftingcrazyme.blogspot.com/
MISSOURI
Kathy Northup of I Love My Crazy Life http://ilovemycrazylife.blogspot.com/
MONTANA
Kathy Floen of The Beautiful Life http://kathy-thebeautifullife.blogspot.com/
NEBRASKA
Gloria Sleeper of Oma’s Crafts http://www.omascrafts.blogspot.com/
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Kristal of Getting Cricky http://www.kandrewdesigns.blogspot.com/
NEW MEXICO
Brynn Thornburgh of Flair and Frills http://www.flairandfrillscreativity.blogspot.com/
NEW YORK
Erin Span of I am SpantastiKreations http://www.spantastikreations.blogspot.com/
NORTH CAROLINA
Amy Westray of redwolfSCRAPS http://www.redwolfscraps.com/
OHIO
Patricia Logan of MDN Creates http://www.triciatreasure.blogspot.com/
Joe, Carol, Joe, and Betty of CreateNCraft at http://www.createncraft.com/
OREGON
Rebecca Maddux of Crafting with Becka http://www.creationswithbecka.blogspot.com/
PENNSYLVANIA
Midori Vasquez of Scraps for Me http://www.scrapsforme.blogspot.com/
RHODE ISLAND
Karel Jennings of One by One the Flamingos are Stealing my Sanity http://karelj.blogspot.com/
SOUTH DAKOTA
Brenda Burffrau of Creativity is a State of Mind http://createbyburffrau.blogspot.com/
TENNESSEE
Shannon Lefew of My Scrappy Creations http://shannonleffew.blogspot.com/
TEXAS
Kista Orr of Scrapaleupagus at http://scrapaleupagus.blogspot.com/
UTAH
Kathy of Creative Cutter at http://www.creativecutter.org/
VIRGINIA
Chris Hanselmaan of Chris' Crafty Creations from the Corner http://scrappinchris.blogspot.com/ WASHINGTON
Mariam Satchell of Purple Lily Studio http://mariamsatchell.blogspot.com/
WISCONSIN
Janice Wilson of Stamping with Janice http://www.stampingwithjanice.blogspot.com/
WYOMING
Jamie Larsen of Baby Jayden’s Mommy http://babyjaydensmommy.blogspot.com/
Lindsay Loo of Lindsay Loo Designs http://www.lindsayloodesignz.blogspot.com/
END: Getting Cricky with K Andrew http://www.kandrewdesigns.blogspot.com/

Thanks for hopping along and hope to see you all back here on my blog real soon!

XO ~ Amy Jo
http://www.amyjrockstar.com/

Guess What??? Winner has been chosen!!!

Finally!  I have added up all the entries including all the extras for the gals who went above and beyond and the random generator came up with number #75 (isn't that super ironic?), which is Sweetsue!  Sweetsue, you are the winner!  Please contact me within 48 hours or I will have to pick again.  Congrats and I hope you enjoy your goodies.  I will need your mailing address please and I'll get them out to ya right away.  Shoot me an email at amyjrockstar at gmail dot com.  For the rest of you who have played along and became a follower/friend, thank you sooooo much!  I appreciate each and every one of you!  Now that this blog candy has been completed, I'm SURE ;) there will be more to come!  Just give me a lil bit to come up with a new goal or a new RAK.

XO ~ Amy Jo

I've won candy!

Just wanted to say a quick thank you to the sites I've won blog candy on so far.  Be sure to check them out!

Upstate Ramblings - there is a button on the left side of my page to get to their site.

Jill Stamps and

Fantabulous Cricut

These are some super fun blog sites to check out and I'm thrilled to be a winner!  Check em out and maybe you will win some candy too!

XO ~ Amy Jo

Blog Candy Coming Up from Me!!!

Hi everyone!  Help me reach 75 followers and I will be giving away some awesome blog candy. You automatically get one entry just for being a follower.  The second way to earn extra entries is by referring your friends to my site and for each referral you send that becomes a follower, you will get one extra entry.  Please tell your friends to mention you in their comment that way you get the extra entry. The winner (after 75 has been reached) will be picked randomly so the more entries you can get, the better your chances are!  I don't care if you just email your friends or post this on FB, twitter, or your blog, whatever it takes to get ya there! ;)  I would so appreciate your help with this!  All you have to do is send or post my link and tell people why they should check out my blog.  Candy is always great incentive. LOL .  The winner will have a choice of either scrapbooking items or if they are not a crafter, they can choose a $15.00 gift card to Amazon instead!  Thanks friends and good luck!!!

XO ~ Amy Jo

Ok, here are the pics!