ONE YEAR BLOGAVERSARY!!!

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Hi There
I hope you are all enjoying a lovely day. 
My birthday, Mother’s Day and our Anniversary all fall in May and spring has sprung, it’s been a busy month for me so I am running very late in celebrating my 1^st BLOGAVERSARY!!! 

I can’t believe it’s been a year already! When my sweet friend Di helped me start up this blog a year ago I had no idea what I was getting into, no idea it would take me around the world where I'd me the most wonderful, kind and creative people who are willing to share so much. Thank you ever so much Di, this has been so much fun.  Thank you to everyone for your encouragement and inspiration. I love all your comments and I appreciate every follower!

To celebrate I am having a GIVEAWAY!!

One lucky person will get this little stash of goodies that includes: Stampendous Cling 'Jumbo Thank You' and Jumbo Clear Handle, two Sizzix embossing folders (I believe these are by Tim Holtz), Hero Arts cling 'Snowflake Circle', Great Impressions 'Snowflake Swirl', Inkadinkado 'Baby Animals', Fiskars 'Girls Night', two sets of Studio G Adhesive Gems and a pack of clear acrylic half marbles.

There is only one rule to win my candy; leave your name on this post. Easy Peasy! On June 15th I'll write down your names, toss them in a bowl, and draw one at random. I'll post anywhere. Although it’s not necessary to win, if you have a blog I would appreciate it if you would spread the word by posting a picture of this blog candy on your blog and link it back to this post. I’d love for you to followed me but only if you want to and again it’s not necessary to win.

Whatever you have planned for the weekend I hope it'll be fun.  To my US friends have a safe Memorial Day weekend.  I hope you will take a moment to remember all those who gave the ultimte gift for our freedoms.

Blessings
Bernie Click here to give --- It’s Free

Congratulations ~ 100th Post Winner

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No, I didn't fall off the face of the earth.  I've had a bit of a bug but I'm feeling just fine today.  I do hope you are all well and enjoying spring like weather.  Spring and Winter are having a battle here.  I am always fascinated by how different the weather can be just a few short miles from one place to the next.  We live very close to the foothills of the Cascades.  In the higher elevations it is snowing gang busters.  It keeps trying to snow and hail here but gentle rains are winning and I am sure before long Spring will win out.   We are still experiencing strong winds and although we are damp here, just a few miles down the road it is very dry and the winds are causing dreadful dust storms.  Visibility has been so poor there was a 20 car pile up on Sat.  There have been several other accidents since then so the powers-that-be have been closing roads off and on since the weekend.  Thankfully no one has been injured.

I can’t believe this is my 100^th post!  I really can't believe you are actually sitting there reading what I have to say.  As promised I have a small candy to celebrate.  Truth be told I don't know how to use Mr. Linky and Random whatever,  I don't have the time or inclination to learn how they work at the moment.  Besides I wanted one of my followers to win, not someone who only stops buy when a candy is offered and I don't think you can stack the deck if you employ those.  Anywho, I've decided to simplify things and go old school.  I put the names for all my lovely followers in a bowl and had my grandson pull out a name. The winner is:

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Carys!

of CarysL Cards

Carys is only 14 years old and although my candy isn't very big I am thrilled to help fill her craft space with a few stamps, ribbons and a little flower punch. 

Congratulations sweetie. If you will send me your snail mail address at berniescraftcloset@gmail.com I’ll get this off to you as soon as possible. 

 

With all the weddings and graduations coming up I’ve made a number of these simple Congratulations cards for the craft fair. Isn’t this a fabulous stamp!  It is another well loved stamp found in a thrift shop. I suspect it is rather old, save for the manufactures name, Rubber Stampede, I could not find any other information about it.     

Cheap Trick:  Although some of the stamps I find in thrift shops are new or clean, most are not, actually some are incredibly dirty.  I give those a good scrub with Dawn dish soap and warm water then let them dry completely, usually over night.  I then use my adhesive eraser to erase the remaining ink then wipe with a baby wipe.  This almost always gets all the ink off the image and gives it a bit of 'tooth' as well.  It even gets off StazOn ink.  I've been doing this for years and can't remember who to give credit to for this great tip.  

Have an Amazing Day!

Blessings
Bernie

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