Blog Candy Questionnaire Responses

A huge thank you and a big hug to my blogger friends Carol, Valita, Carla, Linda, Anne, Emily, Heaney, Zlatina, Lisa, Neha, Helen, Diane, Duendes, Dorcas, Rhonda, Paola, Kimberly, Jill, Megha, Maggie and Jamie for taking the time to respond to the questionnaire! Your input was so insightful and helpful to me and now, as promised, I share the results with all of you.

Blog Candy Questionnaire Response to Question #1

Why Do You Have A Blog?

To share my creative impulses; :<) It’s like show and tell – and hopefully to get some feedback.

I started my blog to share my talents with the wider world.

For personal satisfaction and to try and make me create a bit more often.

Because I want to share my creations with other people, so that they maybe will be inspired.

To share my work, to enter challenges, to show off DT stuff.

I started my blog as a way to share my cards and Los with other paper crafters. I was so shy at first I didn’t want anyone to know I had even started it. Not a great way to share, was it? :<) After having it now for a couple of years I have found it a great way of journaling and watching my progress as a crafter.

To post my papercrafting creations, to participate in challenges.

In my blog I post things that I do.

I don’t but I really appreciate those who take the time to do it.

I have a blog because blogging is the best way to show yourself to the world.

I created my blog a little over 2 years ago to share my creations and to communicate with other ladies who have the same interest.

To share my creative ideas and hope someone gets inspired.

It was a gift from my sister, she wanted me to share my work with others.

I have a blog because when I first started learning to craft I like that people were sharing with each other and wanted to make new friends.

I mainly started a blog because I wanted to share my love of paper crafting.

Initially I started my blog to just have somewhere to share what I spent most of my time doing and what I enjoyed, so I guess it was just the idea of sharing a few of my ideas.

I originally started a blog to get more traffic to my website.

To engage with friends and fellow crafters. I also want it to help build my business, but I’m not there yet.

As I gave title to my blog “Imaginatons of the mind go to this blog”.

I was encouraged to start by a good friend and family member. I then found it so fascinating and helpful to see what other people are doing, and pick up ideas and clever tips from them.

To share what I create and hopefully attract customers.

Tomorrow's responses are to the question: What Motivates/Inspires You To Create?

I am happy you stopped by today! Wishing you a good Sunday afternoon!

Barbara Diane

Know What Day IT IS!

Hello!

I LOVE this image! LOVE it! From the first time I saw it I wanted to use it on a card but until today I did not know how to do it other than in the "I forgot" sense. It was this morning when I realized it was Friday the 13th - that I knew that this was the card I would make using this image. This cutie is called "Whoops!" and is one of Sassy Cheryl's digital images. Isn't she great?

I saw on a challenge blog that they were doing paper piecing and as I love detail and 'fussy cutting' as most of you know, I started with the idea to enter this challenge using this sweetheart as she was a perfect image to use for this technique - BUT today when I went to enter my card on that blog I saw that it had 'expired 78.5 minutes ago'! Oh No!

Well, I missed that one - but it was great inspiration for my card and I still could enter it in the other two challenges that I had created it for! Sassy Cheryl's Blog "Show Me" was one and Simon Says Stamp! challenge of "Spots &/Or Stripes" was the other one. I had such fun making this - as I was in my element! I started out to just make the one card but of course could not waste the reverse images when I could cut out more pieces! So here it the second creation.

Isn't it amazing how the identical image can look so different with a change of colors/papers? (Good thing to keep in mind that one printing of an image on your patterned paper can be used to make two different looking cards!)

You can see Cheryl's challenge blog here: http://sassycheryls.blogspot.com/ and you can see Simon's challenge here: http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/ Have fun looking at all of the wonderful entries and be sure to enter your own creations! I forgot to tell you that last Thursday, January 5th, I was one of the lucky winners on Cheryl's blog! It was so exciting to see my name and I can tell you that I lost no time at all collecting my image! :<)

Wishing you a great weekend! We have snow and more snow here in this part of WI - as do so many states with their first real snowfall. I am late today because of the cleaning off my car, moving it, etc. but we are to have some warm days next week! After a very gloomy morning (explains dark photos) we now have sunshine so that is good! Take care!

Barbara Diane

Clean & Simple with a Super Simple Sketch

Hello!

It's a new challenge at Mo's Digital Challenge blog with a theme of "Clean & Simple" and that fit in perfectly with the "SUPER SIMPLE sketch" challenge at Just Us Girls! So I entered this card in both! I used Mo's digital image 'You're My Best' and she is so sweet!

Mo's Digital Challenge at http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/
Just Us Girls at http://justusgirlschallenge.blogspot.com/

I am happy that you came by to visit today! We are having SNOW here in thid part of WI - 2" so far and another 2" to go. It was 52 degrees yesterday! I just came in from cleaning off my car, moving it for the plow and then moving it back. Here we go again! I'm getting too old for this!

Barbara Diane

WOYWW Share - A Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Entry

Hello!

Today my WOYW Wednesday share is a card that was created using the sweet "Sally And Her Bluebirds" - a Sassy Cheryl digital image. I submitted the card on the Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog, where the challenge is 'Let It Snow with a SKETCH' - which was great fun! I have discovered that I love having a sketch for inspiration! Go to http://sassycherylschallenge.blogspot.com/ and add your card! And don't forget to check out the Stamping Ground blog to see all of the wonderful creations on What's On Your Workdesk Wednesday at http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/


I'm happy that you stopped by today! It was 52 degrees again here in this part of WI and beautiful - BUT - we have snow and wind expected tonight and a winter warning for the next 24 hours! When I was at the grocery store today it was packed with shoppers! Parking spaces were few and far between and everyone getting supplies 'before the storm' - is it really supposed to be that bad or are we a bit spoiled after all the nice weather? I'm hoping for the best!

Wishing you good weather where you are!

Barbara Diane

Have A "Micey" Nice Day!

Hello!

Today's card is my entry into the "Penny Black Saturday Challenge" - the first challenge of 2012 - where we are asked to CASE-IT from the design team member's card. I love having a sketch to go by or some direction given, especially if I am needing the push. This sketch was great fun to follow and the entries are great! Go to http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ to see for yourself and enter your card!

I'm happy you stopped by today! Wishing you a happy one! We are having unbelievably mild weather here in this part of WI - in the 40's every day and it is January! I guess in a day or two it is to end and snow flurries and colder weather are forecast. I look at the photos I took of past blizzards and it seems unreal.

Take care. Please do come back again! Hugs and Thank you! to all of you who leave me your comments! I know how difficult it is to have the time to do this and I appreciate the kindness!

Barbara Diane

Sophie in Colored Pencil

Hello!

My sight is really bad today so very late in getting a card posted. I have not used my colored pencils for months so decided to create this card with them today. I used a marker to make the dots and outline the papers but the coloring of Mo Manning's "Sophie" is done with the pencils and will be entered on Mo's Challenge blog http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/ where this week it is "Anything Goes" - see you there!

I am happy that you stopped by today - wishing you a happy evening!

Barbara Diane

Make A Tag and Love And Hearts

Hello!

This week on the "Penny Black's Saturday Challenge" blog the challenge is to "Make A Tag" - so check it out at http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/ the designer team's creations are awesome!

On the Penny Black "Allsorts" blog the challenge is "Hearts and Love" and the Design Team has some wonderful creations! Go to http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com/ for inspiration!

This is my entry into both challenges. I love this little guy from Penny Black's "Critter Party" transparent set - he is so cute! How could anyone resist him!

I'm so happy you stopped by today! Wishing you a happy day!

Barbara Diane

WOYW? Wednesday - The Finished Stationary Set

Hello!

It's the first What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday share of 2012.

I can finally show you the photos of the finished stationary set as it has been received by the person it was created for - so I no longer have to keep it secret! When asked for her preferences she sent me her color choices and said that she is often late with her correspondence. She sent me Mo Manning's "Sorry Shanna" image to use and she is perfect! This little cutie says so sweetly, "Im so sorry to be late!"


The stationary set includes four 5 1/2" x 8" cards with envelopes, four 3" x 3" cards with envelopes, four bookmarks and a address book.

Thanks for stopping by today! It's time again to see all of the creations on work tables everywhere! Go to http://stamping-ground.blogspot.com/ to check them out and add your own link to what you are working on!

Barbara Diane

Set of 3" x 3" Thank You Cards

Hello!

I have been making sets of little 3" x 3" thank you cards using different designer papers. Easy to make and look great! This is one of my favorites.

Thanks for stopping by today! Wishing you a good one!

Barbara Diane

My Five Favorite Cards of 2011 Challenge Entry

Hello!

My friend Debby of Scrap Journey fame is having a "Best Five Cards of 2011 Challenge" on her blog with an option to win some great blog candy. She will be drawing a winner on Friday, January 6th, so you still have plenty of time to add your link to the list! So many wonderful creations by all of you over the past year - let's see your best five! Be forewarned, it is very hard to choose just five - even Debby found it difficult! :<) http://debby4000.blogspot.com/

Here are my five choices - they all have special meaning to me.

Thanks for stopping by today! Wishing you a great first week of 2012!

Barbara Diane