Blogaversary Winner

Many thanks to all those followers who have supported me and left comments on my posts during the last 12 months.

I wanted to say "Thank You" by giving you all the chance to win a few goodies - and following the comments left on my Blogaversary post I have a winner.

Using my Random Number Generator (otherwise known as DH) the winner was comment Number 5...

This was a comment left by:

Gilly of Just Crafty Stuff

Congratulations Gilly.

Please send me your address to my email (found in my Profile) & I will send your goodies out to you.

1st Blogaversary

This is a sticky Post... Please scroll down to find recent posts.

Well I can't believe that 1 year ago today I dipped my toes (or should that be fingers) into the world of Bloging.

Since then I have created 327 Posts and Helen's World has been visited 11,587 times!  As a thank you to all those who have followed by Blog over the last year I have put together a little package of thanks...

Promarker Summer Set; Forever Friends card pack & toppers; Cuttlebug 'Bubble' embossing folder; Papermania Toppers; Rhiannon Rubber Stamp; Woodland Folk Clear Stamps; Colour Connection 3D Flowers.

To be included in my Thank You draw you will need to be a follower of my blog and to have left a comment on this post.  The draw will close at 3pm on Saturday 7th July, the winner will be picked at random.

Good Luck.

Blog Candy - My Memories Suite v3

This post will remain at the top of the page until 8.30pm on Sunday 18 March 2012.

As you know I enjoy my Scrapbooking as well as card making, in fact until June 2011 I had hardly made any cards at all.  My first love was Scrapping!

After our holiday in 2009 to Africa I found that traditional scrapping was becomming a chore and not something that I enjoyed - I was creating layouts for the sake of it and not because I wanted to capture a memory.

I had investigated Digital Scrapping before but the software I had looked at did not give me the same amount of flexibility as you get when traditional scrapping.  Now I have found a piece of Software which gives me this flexibility , I am able to create quick layouts & albums based on templates or I can start with a blank piece of paper and get creative.

The best news is that the various digital elements I already have can also be used in the new software.  So what is the software I hear you all asking....

My Memories Suite version 3!!!

I had already started to create a digital 8x8 album using our photos from Florida 2010 (I know I am a bit behind in the scrapping time scale LOL) but this software is so easy to use I created another 3 layouts in about 1.5 hours!!!!



This layout was created using a template &
will be the front page of my Album when printed out



Another layout using a template, all I had to do was add 3 photos and think of what to write (that was the hardest bit LOL!)



This layout was created from a blank screen & I have only
 used elements which were included with the software.

 I have a copy of this software to give away FREE to 1 lucky Winner, all you need to do is to follow the 3 steps below:

1. Follow my Blog
2. Visit the My Memories web site and have a look at the various Products available
3. Leave a comment on this post sharing your favourite product

One winner will be chosen at Random on Monday 19 March 2012

Blog Candy Winner

Good Morning All

Many thanks to all those who asked to be in the draw for my box of Blog Candy.  I forgot to do the draw last night so as I don't have a Random Number thingy, I decided to ask DH to select a number between 1 & 16...

The reply I got was that he asked his cleaner at work to choose :-)

So the winner is.....




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Fatmonica

Please drop me an email (owl.helen@gmail.com) with your address & I will send you the box of Blog Candy.

Post Number 200

This is a Sticky Post and will remain at the top of my Blog until 5pm on 1st February 2012.  Please scroll down to view my newer posts.

I can't believe that I have reached my 200th Post...

My first post was back on 23 June 2011 and since then I have continued to regularly add posts each week.  I have found that I am now addicted to Blogging and get withdrawal symptoms when not able to view the Blogs I follow or post to my own Blog.

Thank you to all of those who Follow my blog and add comments, they really mean a lot and I enjoy reading them.

As a celebration of my 200th Post I have decided to give away some Blog Candy.  Included in the box shown below are: Stamps; Embossing Powers; Embellishments; Flowers; Blank Cards & More... and I nearly forgot - Chocolate!!

If you would like to win this Blog Candy you will need to Follow My Blog & Add a Comment to this Post.

 (due to the cost of postage this Candy can only be sent to UK, or BFPO addresses)

I will pick a winner at random on 02 February 2012

Everything is packed into this A4 Craft Box as it will be easy to post.

Once I knew that everything would fit in the box I unpacked it to give you an idea of the contents.

Lili of the Valley - Blog Candy

I can't believe how many Posts I have made today, but after ordering my first Lili of the Valley (LOTV) stamps I think that I am hooked, and the chance to win 12 more for free is just too good to miss.

So, click here to find out more and how to get your name added to the draw.

Win 20 ProMarkers from Handy Hippo

As you know, I love my ProMarkers, so when I found this Blog Candy I just had to join in.  The chance to win 20 ProMarkers (of my colour choice) was just too much to resist!!!!

Don't they look Fab :)

So if you want a chance to win 20 ProMarkers then pop over to 'Always with a Heart' and follow the instructions.

Blogaversary - I won the goodies

Earlier this month over on 'Crafty Sams' Blog I added a comment to her 1st Blogaversary ... and I won the goodies:

Shown in the picture is the Dairy Milk Bar - however by the time I took this picture the content was long gone :)

I'm now looking forward to using the stamps and the pens in particular, however I'm sure that all bits will be used.

Deborah's Gems - Blog Candy

Over on Deborah's Gems Blog she is offering some Blog Candy...

I thought that a great way to celebrate my first anniversary would be to offer some candy which I am happy to ship world-wide.  While you don't have to be a follower - I'd love it if you decided to become my Blog Friend, and if you'd like to put a picture of my candy in your side bar - that'd be super too.

I've got together quite a selection of goodies to share with you - here are the details:

Dovecraft - 12" × 12" Christmas Papers

Papermania - Happy Birthday Peel Offs

Papermania - Skeleton Leaves

Papermania - Chipboard Letters

See-D's - Swirl Letters & Numbers Stamps & Acrylic Block

Glue Dots - Magic Motifs Snowmen 1

WHSmiths - Jewelled Sentiments - Ho Ho Ho

WHSmiths - So & Sews Cross Stitch Kit

Papermania - Metallic Ink Pads

Habico - Pearls in Gold & Silver and Black & White

Elusive Images - Creative Acrylics

My Mind's Eye - Leaf Rubber Stamp

Set of six rubber stamps wood mounted - flower designs

Set of green embellisments - ribbons, beads, buttons

This post is going to stay at the top of my blog until 8th September.  The winner will be selected randomly and announced on 9th September.

 

Blog Candy - A Thousand Sheets of Paper

Over on the 'A Thousand Sheets of Paper' Blog they have blog candy available:  This is what a Thousand sheets of paper looks like - AMAZING.



In addition to the Paper there is all the stamps shown in the image below...


I have never taken part in a Blog Candy draw before, so this is something new for me.  However as I am now creating more cards than Scrapbook pages at the moment (more about why this has changed for me later) the idea of 1,000 sheets of paper would be fab :)

Well I can hope, can I LOL.