Its been a while since I've done a give-away so how about it... are you ready for a PRIZE?
Usually I make you complete a challenge for a chance at a prize, but its summer, and I know your crafty time is at a premium with the kids home, or possibly off on vacation.... I'll start back up with prizes for a challenge once school starts up again!
Every once and a while, while I'm picking up my essentials at MFT,
I pick up a little something for my prize box....for my sweet blog readers.
I pick up a little something for my prize box....for my sweet blog readers.
Today I have an extra a la modes: I've Met My Match an extra Die-namics Hearts A Plenty (one of my favorites) and this fun new File Tab (an essential if you ask me)
I've put them together in this sweet little sample featuring paper from My Mind's Eye
Here's all you have to do, is leave a comment on this post... I want to know what your favorite memory is of this summer? I've had such a great summer with my boys, they both swim like fish and I've been loving watching my six year old work so hard on learning to ride that bike! My older son has a real love of reading, I adore watching him grab a book and head out to my chaise lounge and tackle a few chapters. This summer has been the best one yet, I'm in FULL denial that we've got only three weeks left till school begins!
What's YOUR favorite 2011 summer memory? Leave me a comment for your chance to win. The winner will be selected from all the comments at random on Monday, August 15th.
**Please leave your email address within the comments if your profile isn't already linked to an email address. Because, if I can't FIND you, I can't reward you with a prize!**
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My favorite summer memory is having fun wth my children swimming in our little pool!
Love your card! What a sweet giveaway! My favorite memory from this Summer might sound strange. My grandpa passed away and the whole family gathered together for his funeral. We are a large family and don't always get along. We hadn't all been together in a very long time. Although it was a sad occasion, we managed to make it more of a celebration. It was so nice to be together and I cherish the memories that we made. :)
Possibly having my daughter's 16U team qualify for nationals...it was so exciting.
Thanks for the chance... :) x
My favorite memory-bringing the kids to the beach, my son loved combing the rock pools with his grandad while my 1 year old daughter who had just started walking was very annoyed with the sand dirtying her feet :)
Awesome candy Joanne! Thanks so much for the chance to win!!
I am so enjoying my summer this far!! I am lucky to be able to have my summers off to spend with my daughter. So far, I think my favourite memory has been the week My girl & I spent at the cottage with a friend and her daughter. So much fun!!
Perfect card - love her! Hmmm, fave memory?? Taking the boys tubing down the Comal River and watching as my hubby did a back flip (in what seemed like s-l-o-w motion!) out of his tube when he first got in! Everyone cracked up!
I have two favorite memories:
1) Enjoying pizza for lunch on the boardwalk of Ocean City with my sisters family, my whole family and my dad.
2) Watching my mom's face as she sang 'summertime' during her 75th birthday party this past weekend in Maine. She was so happy. It blessed my heart to share her joyful day with her.
Thanks for the chance to win blog candy. This set is darling and your sample card is perfect.
awwww...I don't know, dinner with you might be one, everything about Chicago, Tiffany's with Jenn...hot dogs, the beach, my new black rhinestone flip-flops...and it's not over yet!
What an amazing card! I really love those dies too!
I have loved spending time with my boys this summer! They're both in this in-between stage, my 5yo bounces between being a 'big boy' and then snuggling on my lap. My 7yo bounces between being a big/little boy! It's been wonderful just seeing every moment this summer... I don't know what I am going to do this fall when they are BOTH going to be in school ALL day, sniff!
Thanks for letting me share! and for the chance for some awesome stuffs :)
hugs, margie
What a great card and prize. My favourite memory of the summer so far is spending the day with our friends and their children at the scitek adventure playground - great for the kids to get rid of a little energy in the sunshine.
Our summer is over in 2.5 days as the kids head back to school. We didn't really take a vacation this summer at all, but my kiddos enjoyed a week down with my parents, and I think a favorite memory every year, is that they are building such wonderful memories with their grandparents as my husband & I did with ours during the summers.
Can't wait for your challenges to start up again ;-)
My favorite memory is of watching my son in the 9yr World Series with hs baseball team!! They got runner up! Beautiful card!!
Great giveaway! I think that I haven't made my favorite memory of this summer yet. Lol. DH and I are planning our vacation for the end of August and I'm REALLY looking forward to it!
wow how generous!!
my favorite memory this summer was seeing my baby enjoying watermellon for the first time and chasing her older brother around trying to smear him with it
My favorite part about this summer has been our trip to Port aransas, Texas. The beach and family fun!
Hmm, my favorite summer memory has to be having all 3 of my kids home and together for the weekend. I have 2 in college and they live away from home, so to have all 3 at home is wonderful. We had a big, wonderful dinner and then played a Cranium game. Thanks for the chance to win this wonderful Blog Candy!
audrey
I love your card - awesome pp, and your colouring always rocks!!
My favorite memory this summer is taking my oldest son to a special exhibition soccer game in the USA for his birthday - Seattle Sounders vs. Manchester United from England. My son just turned 12, and trying hard to be way too cool for me, and this was a great bonding experience for the two of us!!
margojsmith@hotmail.com
Wow....very generous candy,how kind!
Have to say that my fave memory of this summer was having all 17 of my grandchildren putting on a talent show for my 60th birthday! I laughed until my sides ached....4 and 5 year old cousins, Henry & Spencer breakdancing...7 years old Alexandra and Taylor dancing and singing like Kylie....17 year old Hannah playing "Moonlight Sonata"....8 year old William telling parrot jokes....and so it went on....happiest day of my life!
Lovely candy! Thanks for the chance! I've a Birthday on August 15th, so If I win, it'll be a great B'day gift.
The card is amazing like always :-)
The whole summer was wonderful. I lost my job, so that was the first summer in last 10 years I'm not at work. :-)I had time for rest, for my family and for my friends. I had enough time to organized my husband's Birthday party, to made homemade B'day cake, to travel in the country, one amazing trip in Romania....This summer makes me so happy and it's full of lovely happy memories.
Your card is just perfect - love the softness to it and the little heart to bring it all into perfect synch! Too cute! My favorite memory of summer has been our time at the beach - I'm amazed at the beauty around us and the extra fun of the sandcastles we build and gorgeous ocean water is just as close to perfect as it gets :) Thanks for the chance - sweet of you! x0x0
Joanne this card is so sweet - I can't believe I won't be flying to your hood anymore!!
Favourite memory of summer would be the summers I sent at our summer cabin living on the water!!
My 6 day vacation without my family. Selfish, but wonderful, and very, very needed.
My favorite memory of this summer is July 15th! It is the day my brother, a United States Marine, returned from one year deployment to Iraq. I have prayed everyday since he left in 2010 for his safety and the safety of all our servicemen and women. And on July 15, 2011 he put his feet back on American soil and my prayers were answered.
Thanks for the chance to win! I don't have any of these goodies and would be in heaven to win! :)
Karen
My favorite memory so far is spending a day at our gym/tennis club; I played tennis for the 1st time this year with my hubby then had lunch and hung out at the pool; had a fun, relaxing day with my sweeyheart! That adorable stamp would make for some cute tennis-themed cards! Thanks for the chance to play along Joanne!
Kathy
I'm just happy to have my boys home with me this summer..so everything we do is special.
I love summer, I love the sunshine and the 4th of July and fireworks:) Your card is super cute!!!
As always, I adore your cards! They are the best. This summer we went to MFUGE in Nashville, TN with our youth from church. We went to serve those who are less fortunate ones, the lost and the homeless, but I must say, we were served and humbled in return. What a life changing memory for me and my 2 kiddos, ages 11 and 14. Thanks for asking Joanne - I love sharing about our mission trip!
My favourite memory is spending long days on the beach at the cabin. Now, we're making memories doing whatever we feel like doing on our summer days!
:)
my favorite summer memory for 2011, it puts a smile on my face already :)
going on a picnic with my kids, then going on a bike ride. My son on his bike with training wheels and my baby girl on her tricycle on a walk path and them having the time of their lives. then after a hard peddle , playing at the water park to cool down and just listening to their laughter. A day I will never forget :)
Adorable card Joanne and incredibly generous candy! My favorite memory this summer has to be planning and surprising my grandma on her 95th birthday! She was so happy and smiled the whole day! It totally melted my heart...
Hugs,
Candi
Going to Hampton Beach and watching my daughter play in the cold Atlantic ocean. To find that much joy in a boogy board and waves!
We went to the Cape on vacation and rented a house with my sister and her family. My niece and nephew are 7 and 4 respectively and my children are 19 and 21 and they brought along their significant others. It was wonderful to see the 4 young adults take their young cousins under their wings and show them how to play croquet, ladder ball, wiffle ball, and collecting rocks and shells at the beach. But my favorite memory is of all of them building sand castles!
My favorit memory is our wonderful trip to Italy and Tuscany, the sun and the food!
walking down a hill with my 3 year old granddaughter,she said to me "thats my balance nana do you hear it I'm holding my balance" as her footsteps became louder and louder as she tried so hard not to tumble down the hill !
nana220@aol.com
I've been enjoying my summer spending time with my mother who is here in the US visiting from France. I don't get much time to be with her because of the distance between us. It's hard not being close to family and as we get older it becomes harder and harder having her so far away. This summer my favorite memory is that she's been enjoying watering my plants and we just realized the other day that she's been watering a couple of my fake plants as well. I laughed so hard when I saw the pots were saturated in water - obviously those very expensive plants I purchased from Crate and Barrel were worth the investment since they looked real enough to water - LOL!!! Thanks for the wonderful giveaway opportunity. Enjoy the rest of your summer!
tina.lisenby@aecom.com
I will remember this summer as the one when my dear hubby got a new hip and is no longer in pain. Looking at colleges with Coll has been fun too.
What a beautiful card and great blog candy! My favorite summer memory is watching my son go from a little boy to a boy. He's 8 and he's good at it. lol. I love watching him change.
My favorite just happened last week, when my son came home from 2 summer sessions at college!! We hadnt seen him since may and that was omly for a week before he had to go back to school. Your card is so pretty~
What a great card - love that al la mode. We've had such a great summer so far, its hard to pick one favorite moment. There was the family reunion, my niece's wedding, more family . . . but I think my favorite is just hanging in the back yard with my two kids and the hubby.
That file folder die sure is handy! I might have to pick one of those up! My favorite moment was the look on my mom's face as she turned around and realized that my 12-year old stands nearly eye-to-eye with her! (We were in the baggage claim at DFW. We only get out there once a year.)
My favorite summer memory was last weekend on our first camping trip to western Michigan with both of our sons and our DIL. We swam in the Eagle Lake and had a special family time away.
What a terrific Blog Candy treat someone will be enjoying from you!Thanks for the opportunity to win.
My favorite summer memory this year would be our family trip to Maine. It was so wonderful being able to teach my son to swim by himself. He is so proud of himself. The prize is awesome, I hope I can win it:)
What an awesome giveaway! My favourite summer memory is spending time with my grandson -- he is only 19 months old, but he is very active. It keeps me feeling young just trying to keep up with him. I love to hear him laugh and smile - it feels great when he comes running to you with a great big hug and kiss. Love it!
Thanks for the chance to win some cool stuff - have a great day!
Fun, fun blog candy! MFT is one of my favorite things!! My favorite memory this summer would have to be the week I spent on a youth group mission trip with my 15 year old daughter and 6 of her friends (along with 60 other kids and chaperones). We had a great time serving others and just spending some good times together!
I moved this summer so most of my summer 2011 summer memories will be of the warm muggy evenings I spent packing. However my move has brought me closer to my family, including my 2 1/2 year old niece and treasure every little moment I get to spend with her!
Another recent mover! This is the summer of firsts, including learning how to deal with an actual garden after 20 years in a city condo. Thanks for the chance to win!
My favorite 2011 summer memory will be in the process of being made during the week of your drawing - that's when I'll be at Cape Cod!
My favorite summer 2011 memory is deciding to start a family and making the decision to move to a place that will help with that.....unpacking is a huge hassle though but I can't wait for hubby and I to get our family!
Hi Joanne,
It sounds like you've been having a great summer! Enjoy what's left of it...my children are starting back to school this week, if you can imagine.
My favorite 2011 summer memory is...well it's probably a tie between flying my son's kite on the beach in San Diego (made all the more special, because we had tried flying it in the heat of L.A. for over an hour the week before without any luck-lol!) and the fact that despite all the amusement parks, museums, and fun outings, my son & daughter enjoyed spending time with the extended family more than anything this summer (we live 6+ hours away, so they REALLY enjoy just hanging out with their cousins, aunt & uncles, and grandparents)!!! :)
Thank you so much for the fun and generous giveaway! I just recently discovered My Favorite Things, so it would be ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL to win!!!!!!!!!
Crafty hugs,
Jennifer
partridgelu at yahoo dot com
aren't you sweet?! and what a fun creation!
my fave memory this summer- it's been great so it's hard to pick- probably seeing my 6 yr olds happy face when she was playing in the slip & slide with her cousins!!!
This summer has been busy. My favorite memory is my son ice skating and my daughter who is five learning to swim, she could not stop describing whoever was willing to listen about her blast offs. Awesome candy.
My fav summer memory is having BBQ's with my small family every weekend during the summer. Great homemade food...yummmmmmmmm. My Aunt and her coleslaw, my other Aunt her cheesecakes and my mom with her potato salad. Just hot dogs and hamburgers but to this day they were the best tasting. Thanks for the chance to win. ekciampo@yahoo.com
What a great card and an awesome give-away, thank you. My favorite memory of the summer is taking my 5yr old nephew to the zoo. He loves animals and reptiles...anything with fur, scales or feathers.
Whoo hoo- don't have any of these mft goodies!! Awesome candy joanne! my fave 2011 summer memory would have to be taking my 3 landlocked boys to the coast, watching them play with jellyfish, feed seals (which my 2 yr old calls 'water-puppys'), build sandcastles and watch chocolate ice cream run down their bare tummies;)
Beautiful card and a great giveaway. My favorite summer memory is having my grandchildren come over to visit and they love swimming in our pool. I even got in with them and we had a ball playing.
It's hard to choose just one but I think my favorite summer memory was taking my kids to Jamaica. We had great fun at the beach and pool. The kids ate ice cream all day and played fun games.
My whole summer has been wonderful...we've had playdates with friends that we do not usually get to see much during the school year, my little one took golf lessons...too cute, we've been building fun LEGO creations, and a family trip to Disney! This summer has been a blessing! Thanks for the chance to win, Joanne! :D
My favorite summer memory is the time I spent on vacation with my hubby, just relaxing and unplugging from the real world. Then to top it off our son joined us for a few days and it made this momma very happy and content.
My son was was on the baseball travelling team this summer! He travelled a lot and had so much fun!
We also started our little garden - cucumbers, tomatoes, some herbs - what a difference it makes when it comes fresh!
I was a great summer and I am glad that we now have something to remember!
Thank you so much for sharing your summer memories!
Love visiting your blog - you are an INSPIRATION to me, Joanne! Thank you for this give away!
My favourite summer memory was having our dil and 2 grandchildren to stay. Granddaughter (age 4) loves crafting, so every day after lunch we would spend a very happy hour together in my craft room
This is really generous of you! My favorite summer memory is the nights my parents would take us to the beach after dinner. It was so quiet and relaxing! And then we'd come home and get hosed off (the water was COLD) before we could go in the house!
Beautiful Joanne!
My favorite summer memory is a reunion picnic we attended...so good to relax & catch up with friends!!
Thanks so much!
hugs
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