Promoting Creative Friends Team Treasuries

I participated in a treasury making thread on Etsy to help promote for the upcoming holiday season.
Here is the treasury I put together: Gift Ideas for Under $20 from PCFTeam.

Other shops will be putting together treasuries of their own, featuring my shop.
Here they are:

1. Fall Colors by Jewelry by AmyT with my Boo Halloween Card. Here is the pin.
2. Blue and Beige Gift Ideas for Fall by Cindy from Panchos Porch with my Happy Day Heart Card. Here is the pin.
3. Wonderful Fall Treasury 3 by Isle Of Craftin with my Sunflowers Thinking of You Card. Here is the pin.
4. Fall Giftgiving by Linda from Treasures of Jewels with my Sending You Happy Everything Card. Here is the pin.
5. Naturally Pretty with PCF Team by Corky Crafts with my Riding By to Say Hi Card. Here is the pin.
6. Aqua Gold in PCFTeam by Roxanne from Watercolors N More with my Happy Travels Card with Travel Marci. Here is the pin.
7. Saying Good-Bye to Summer by Donna from Ageratum with my Riding By to Say Hi Card. Here is the pin.
8. Fall Gems :) by Laura and Kim from  CwtchBugs with my Choose Your Sentiment For Your Watercan Marci Card. Here is the pin.
9. Blue - T- Full Creations by PCFTeam by Corky Crafts with my Choose Your Sentiment for Your Mermaid Marci Card. Here is the pin.
10. Holiday Shopping Guide by Denise from Gulf Coast Laser Graphics with my Kraft A Very Merry Christmas Card. Here is the pin.
11. Creativity with Basic Black by Cindy from Panchos Porch with my Hearts Card. Here is the pin.
12. Swirly Rainbow by Maya from BK Inspired with my Purple Butterfly Card. Here is the pin.
13. Falling Leaves by Roxanne from Watercolors N More with my Sunflowers Thinking of You Card. Here is the pin.
14. You Rock by Bob and Pam from ZZBOB's with my Riding By To Say Hi Card. Here is the pin.
15. 76 Days Until Christmas by Corky Crafts with my Pack of Four Small Snowman Cards. Here is the pin.
16. Autumn Gold Festival by Cindy from Panchos Porch with my Sunflowers Thinking of You Card. Here is the pin.
17. Trick or Treat by Linda from Treasures of Jewels with my Pack of Three Little Halloween Cards. Here is the pin.

And a treasury made by Lacote Kids - LAC 2159 with my Choose Your Sentiment for Your Mermaid Marci Card. Here is the pin.

Thanks for looking!

PCF Team Fall Finds and Halloween items

Here is the link to the first Fall/Autumn Finds from the Promoting Creative Friends team on Etsy:

http://pcfteam.blogspot.com/2013/09/autumn-has-arrived.html.

Go and check it out and all the shops that are being promoted from the Promoting Creative Friends team.

You can also check out the Halloween items in my shop: JemLou Productions.

Here are some of the links....

• http://www.etsy.com/listing/112100146/pack-of-three-little-halloween-cards
• http://www.etsy.com/listing/82021139/have-a-wicked-halloween-card
• http://www.etsy.com/listing/82308377/little-witch-halloween-card
• http://www.etsy.com/listing/82021545/boo-halloween-card

...more items to come, as I have been colouring in the La-La Land Crafts stamps from last Halloween and the new ones will hopefully be available soon.

Thanks for looking!

PCFTeam Christmas Bells Scavenger Hunt

I am one of the participating shops in the PCFTeam Christmas Bells Scavenger Hunt. Here is the link to the blog describing the event: http://www.pcfteam.blogspot.ca/2012/11/christmas-bells-scavenger-hunt.html.

The Hunt will begin on Saturday, November 17 at 6am EST and will run until Saturday, November 24th at 3am EST.

Here are all the rules you need to know for a chance to win fabulous prizes from the participating shops.
There are 28 shops in the hunt (please see the list below). You will search through each shop to find the graphic above in one of their listings. Each listing description will have a link to the next shop in the hunt. 
Keep a list of each shop in the hunt in the order you are sent to them. When you reach the last shop of the hunt submit your list to Maya at bki[at]hotmail.ca.
This will give you one entry to win one of 6 prize packs (each containing 5 prizes, a $50+ value ). If your submission is incorrect you will be notified for a chance to re-do it and try again.


Not satisfied with just one little entry?? Here’s how you can earn more!
Add each shop to your Favorites as you go through the hunt. (You need an Etsy account for this) You must Fav all the shops to earn this extra entry. 
Fav at least one item from each shop in the hunt to earn another entry!
Post about this event on your Blog to earn 5 more entries!Tweet about this event to earn 5 more entries!Post about this event on Facebook to earn 5 more entries!
That means you could earn up to 18 entries!!


For these entries to be valid, email that you have Fav’d the shops and listing(s) and send the appropriate Blog, Twitter and FB links to Maya at bki[at]hotmail.ca.


Not enough??? Still want more??? 
Well there’s a Super Duper Grand Prize Pack to be won as well! One lucky person will receive a prize from each of the participating shops…that’s a prize pack valued at over $300!!
How do you enter? Well, that’s simple. Each purchase you make from a PCF team member (www.etsy.com/teams/10036/promoting-creative-friends/members) will earn you one (1) entry for each dollar amount you spend. And each purchase from a shop in the scavenger hunt will earn you two (2) entries for every dollar spent. The more you shop, the more chances you have to win!
For each entry to count, please send all purchase transaction links to Maya at bki[at]hotmail.ca.

Winners will be chosen on Sunday, November 25th and will be notified by email a day or two after. They will be given the link to the shops and the prizes they have won. Details on how to claim their prizes will be in the email. Shops will be notified of their winners also so there will be no confusion when prizes are claimed. No personal information will be given to the shops, just the prize winner names.
A winners list will be post on www.pcfteam.blogspot.ca and on the team FB page, www.facebook.com/pcfteam


If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Maya at bki[at]hotmail.ca


CHECK the PCFTeam Blog: www.pcfteam.blogspot.ca ON NOVEMBER 17 FOR THE STARTING SHOP!
List of participating shops:
1) bkinspired.etsy.com
2) SandrasCardShop.etsy.com
3) AlwaysPrettyPaper.etsy.com
4) CreationsByJanetUSA.etsy.com
5) duchando.etsy.com
6) ageratum.etsy.com
7) supercraftylady.etsy.com
8) accrochet.etsy.com
9) buffalocreekcrafts.etsy.com
10) WendysWonders127.etsy.com
11) ThisandThatCrafter.etsy.com
12) toppytoppyknits.etsy.com
13) rocknbeads.etsy.com
14) gumpastegarden.etsy.com
15) KatKeRosCorner.etsy.com
16) JemLouProductions.etsy.com
17) LadyBugCo.etsy.com
18) ceraminic.etsy.com
19) posiesandpoppies.etsy.com
20) TexasLils.etsy.com
21) reddragonapothocary.etsy.com
22) GoviGirl.etsy.com
23) susansbeadhappy.etsy.com
24) mightymadgecreations.etsy.com
25) TheColorfulClover.etsy.com
26) ILovedClover.etsy.com
27) pigswife.etsy.com
28) icancu2.etsy.com

Mighty Monday 17 - Treasuries

I put together a treasury for the PCFTeam Mighty Monday 17:
More Autumn Finds.
The other shops will be putting together treasuries of their own, featuring my shop.
Here they are:

1. Promoting Creative Friends October 15 by Theodora with my Reindeer Card
2. Totally Autumn by Coral and Coral with my Reindeer Card
3. Purple and Orange by Carole with my Purple Heart Card
4. Autumn Hues - Mighty Monday 17 by Kim with my Have a Wicked Halloween Card
5. Fun Fall Finds by Karen with my Reindeer Card
6. Orange You Glad It's Autumn? by AMarigoldLife with my Have a Wicked Halloween Card
7. Monday Managerie by Pat with my Happy Birthday Dinosaur Card
8. The Seasons; they are a' changin'! by Angie with my Have a Wicked Halloween Card
9. Mighty Fine Treasures by The Barrett's with my Ohhh Christmas Tree Card
10. Christmas Gifts by Fuesun with my Pack of Four Small Reindeer Cards
11. Etsy Artisans Love Purple by Denise with my Thank You Card
12. Mighty Mighty Earthy Monday by Heather with my Pack of Five Christmas Gift Tags
13. Fun Fabulous #8 by Audrey with my Pack of Four Small Snowman Cards
14. BeautiFALL by Shoshi with my Another Merry Christmas Card
15. Shades of Autumn by Scotti with my Happy Birthday Dinosaur Card
16. I wish I had these by Amy with my Bee Happy Card

Thanks for looking! :)

Christmas in July Scavenger Hunt

CHRISTMAS IN JULY SCAVENGER HUNT!
Over $360 in prizes to be won!
The contest will begin at 9:00am EST on July 21st, and will run until midnight July 31st
There are 34 participating shops, and all will have a hidden picture, in one of their listings, that you will have to "hunt" to find! Each of these shops has donated a prize worth at least $10; that is a minimum of $360 in prizes!!! There are 7 prize packs available to be won, each worth a minimum of $50. Winners will be chosen at random by random.org, based upon the number of complete entries received.

********************HOW TO ENTER*******************
First go to: pcfteam.blogspot.ca and look for the link for the starting shop. Find the candle image in one of the listings and then follow the link to the next shop on the scavenger hunt list! Every time you find the hidden picture, that item description will give you a link to the next shop. As you go through the shops, make a list of all shops in the order that you are given them. At the very last shop, you will be given an email address; you will send your completed list to this address. If anything is incorrect, you will be notified, and given a chance to re-do the hunt again to get it right!

***********WANT MORE CHANCES TO WIN? READ ON!!!**************
Everyone who sends a complete shop list, in the correct order, will receive one entry to win a prize pack.
If you "FAV" all the shops in the hunt, you get another entry.
If you "FAV" one item from each of the shops in the hunt, you will get a third entry.
If you promote the event on your Blog, on Facebook, Twitter, etc, and send Nichole (kidd.robin [!at] ymail.com) a link to the promotion, you will get 5 extra entries!

****SUPER DUPER PRIZE PACK DETAILS- MINIMUM $360 VALUE *****
In addition, all the participating shops have donated second prize! All 36 prizes have been combined into one HUGE prize pack. This pack is valued at a minimum of $360!!! The winner of this super duper prize pack will be drawn from entries made by shopping at PCF Team (Promoting Creative Friends Team) shops during this event. Each dollar spent at a PCF Team shop during this event will earn you one entry...each dollar spent at one of the 36 shops in the hunt will earn you 2 entries. The more you shop, and the more you shop the more chances you have to win! Please send transaction links of all purchases to Nichole at kidd.robin [!at] ymail.com. Please include the transaction links, dollar amounts for each purchase, and the shop name you purchased from.

Winners will be chosen on Aug 3rd :) They will be announced on Nichole's blog at: ciaraandcompanybowtique.blogspot.com/, on the PCF Team blog at: http://pcfteam.blogspot.ca/ and on the PCF Team Facebook page at www.facebook.com/#!/pcfteam, and will also be notified via email.
Good luck and have a very Merry Christmas in July!
Go to www.pcfteam.blogspot.ca to learn the starting point.

***** all entries and PCF shop purchases must be submitted by midnight July 31st....and NO entries will be accepted after this time***

Christmas in July and another Scavenger Hunt

In the Promoting Creative Friends Team on Etsy, we are doing Christmas in July....we are also doing another Scavenger Hunt, amongst other events.
Here is a cute picture of a pig, advertising the Scavenger Hunt:

More details to follow.....I need to finish off my gifts and send them first! :)
My shop will be participating in the Scavenger Hunt event.

Hopefully I will post something over the next couple of days with some new items for the Christmas in July event!

PCF Team May Flowers Scavenger Hunt

The PCF Team on Etsy is having a great event for May! It is called the May Flowers Scavenger Hunt! This hunt will run exactly the way the April Flip Flop hunt was ran; so if you joined in on all the fun of that one, you are one step ahead of the competition….woohoo! 

There will be 33 shops, and all will have a hidden picture that you will have to "hunt" through their shop items for! Each shop has donated a prize worth at least a $10 value; that is a total of $330 plus in prizes...woohoo!!! There will be a total of 7 prize packs given out (winners will be chosen at random by random.org, based upon number of entries correct and complete entries we have)...each prize pack will consist of 5 prizes...so each winner will get a prize pack of at least an incredible $50 value…how about that? The contest will begin at 9:00 EST on May 21st, and will run until midnight June 4th!

***** all entries and PCF shop purchases must be submitted by midnight June 4th....and NO entries will be accepted after this time***


********************HOW TO ENTER*******************
Go to: CiaraCompanyBowtique.etsy.com and look for the listing that says “Starting Point.” This will give you all the details..and the first shop on your hunting adventure!

This is the starting point for this event!!! From here, you will then follow the links to the next shop on the scavenger hunt list! Every time you find the hidden picture, that item description will give you a link to the next shop. As you go through the shops, make a list of all shops, in the order you are given them. At the very last shop, you will be given an email address; you will send the completed list to this address. If anything is incorrect, you will be notified, and given a chance to re-do the hunt to get it all right! :)

***********WANT MORE CHANCES TO WIN? READ ON!!!**************

Everyone who sends a complete shop list, in the correct order, will receive one entry to win a prize pack. 

If you "FAVE" the shops as you go through (you have to fave every single shop...this means having an Etsy account, and adding each one of the 40 shops to your "favorite shops" list…simply click on the tab to the left that says ♥add to favorites), then you get another entry.

If you "FAVE" one item from each shop as you go through (again, you have to fave an item from every single shop...to do this...when you have a single item from a shop pulled up…look to the right, and click the ♥icon that says "favorite"), then you will get a third entry.


If you BLOG about the team event, and send Nichole (info above) a link to the blog post, you will get 5 extra entries!

So, you have the opportunity to receive a total of 8 entries to win a prize pack in total!

****SUPER DUPER PRIZE PACK DETAILS-$330 VALUE AT MINIMUM*****

In addition, all shops are donating another prize...all 33 of these prizes will be combined into one HUGE prize pack. This pack will be valued at a minimum of $330!!! The winner of this super duper prize pack, will be the drawn out of entries from shopping with PCF Team shops during this event. Each dollar spent at a PCF Team shop during this event will earn you one entry...each dollar spent at one of the 33 shops on the hunt list, will earn you 2 entries. The more you shop, and the more you shop with the 33 shops on the list, the more chances you have to win! Please send transaction links of all purchases to Nichole at kidd.robin [!at] ymail.com...thanks! Purchases not submitted will not be counted! I cannot calculate your entries, if you do not send me purchases...I need transaction links and dollar amounts for each purchase, and the shop name you purchased from.


Winners will be chosen on June 11th :) They will be announced on Nichole's blog at: http://ciaraandcompanybowtique.blogspot.com/, on the PCF Team blog at: http://pcfteam.blogspot.ca/2012/03/pcf-team-spring-promotion-event.html/, on other member's blogs, on the PCF Team Etsy Group: http://www.etsy.com/teams/10036/promoting-creative-friends and on the PCF Team Facebook page. You will also be emailed for shipping information if you are a winner! You can join us on Facebook to keep up to date on this event, plus all of our ever-so-cool upcoming events...we always have something in the works! :) Our PCF Team Facebook page can be located at: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pcfteam


If you love this event, let us know...we are thinking of doing them often...let us know you want us to! :)


Good luck; and we hope to see you there! 



PS: my shop JemLou Productions is one of the shops that is participating in the May Flowers Scavenger Hunt, so if you win, you will receive something from my shop!!! Go check it out now!!! :)
The starting point is CiaraCompanyBowtique.etsy.com. 

Hearts Card

Here is another card for this weekend!
I have used two challenges:

The Play Date Cafe Challenge #125

Card Positioning Systems #258

Here is my take on the two challenges:

I have used:

• a white card stock card
• three black card stock hearts and a red card stock heart, all from Rainbow Lollies
• a piece of brown card stock, inked with black ink

The card is blank inside, except for the red heart.

A white envelope is included.

This card is for sale in my Etsy Shop: JemLou Productions. Click here for the link.

Thanks for looking! :)

Valentines Cards and SOTD

I have been MIA for a few weeks, as I have been getting my nearly 5 year old ready for school! She had her first full day today and was so exhausted she fell asleep in the car as soon as she got in! :)

Anyway, I have a few things to mention/show in this post.....

1. I am Shop of the Day on PCF Team - you can get 10% off your order if you use SOTD10OFF.
   
2. I have been working on some new cards. Here is a photo of the beginnings:

Here is the listing for the 6 cards I have available at the moment: Choose Your Sentiment for Your Valentines Card! There are also some other Valentine's Cards: Be Mine Valentine Card and More Valentines Cards.

I will post tomorrow regarding the cards featured in the Choose Your Sentiment for Your Valentines Card!

Thanks for looking! :)

Two sales from the PCFTeam BNR

I had two sales from the PCFTeam BNR - so I was bought and replaced twice! I reduced my shipping for the sale...which reminds me, I should increase it back!

So now I am up to 7 sales! :)

Need to find some time to create some Valentine's Day cards.....I started before Christmas, but I really need to knuckle down now!

I'll be back later this week with some progress photos.

Have a lovely day!

:)

Treasuries!

My XOXO Card has been featured in this beautiful treasury "I'm nuts and bolts about you" by Sandra of Sandra's Card Shop.

My Pack of Five Christmas Gift Tags in Red or Green are featured in four treasuries so far:

1. Rolling Meadows by GratefulBeads of GratefulBeads
2. PCF Team - Shop till you Drop, You know you want too!!!! by Pam of The Home Art Store
3. Just a few ideas by Carole of Creatively Carole
4. ROYGBIV by Maya of BK Inspired

My Pack of Two Hand Painted Cards - Butterfly with flowers are featured in five treasuries so far:

1. So nice to meet friends at Christmas! by Angie of Foxfragaria
2. Colorful gifts and ideas from PCFT shops by Coral of Toppy Toppy
3. Shop Til You Drop - PCF team by MissE of Miss Elany
4. Pink & Purple Gifts for Christmas by Audrey of Buffalo Creek Crafts
5. My Lovely Lady.....Gifts! by Collette of Just 4 Bub

I think there are more treasuries featuring my cards.....I will post them at a later date!

Thanks for looking! :)

LOU