No Time To Stamp?

Hi everyone — I have nothing to show you tonight — I had a scrap class this evening and another one tomorrow morning — but I will have 2 new cards with some of the new sets from Flourishes posted either late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning!!!

But I’ve been thinking — I love to play the challenges at SCS — and I notice several Bloggers are running their own challenges — how fun!!!  I had a real blast doing the Dare to Get Dirty Challenge at SCS in July, and I’d really love to run a challenge here on my Blog, and I’m kind of wondering if anyone would want to play?  Here are my thoughts –

It would be a “Stamping Simply” challenge for the woman who has “No Time To Stamp” — get it — LOL!!!  It would not be a sketch challenge, or color, or anything consistent each week — it would vary — the only consistent thing would be that each week the challenge would be “simple” — something we can all do very quickly — perhaps with tips, pointers, suggestions, ideas — anyone would be welcome to play, upload at SCS and I’d come up with a common keyword to run a search to find all the entries.

This would be geared to a beginning/intermediate stamper, a busy woman who wishes to find time to stamp, or any stamper who wants to take a break and just get back to basics with some fairly quick and simple, but still lovely, cards.

Would anyone be interested in a challenge like this?  I’m anxious to hear your thoughts!  Please let me know what you think.

#39!!!!!!  I did use a random number selector (very easy to do — LOL!), and it came up with #39, who just happens to be Pam!!!  Here’s what Pam had to say about what she finds appealing in a Blog:

“Wow….I’m so excited to see that you’ve entered ‘blog-land’!! You are such an amazingly talented artist, and it’s great to know that now we’ll be learning more about your creative process. I just found you today, and I’m really impressed—talk about starting off with a bang!! You asked us to let you know what we like in a blog…so I’ll share some of my “hope-to-see’s”… If the quality & quantity of posts that you’ve done so far in your first week or so are any indication, your blog is going to be one of my daily “must-reads”!!
Blog ‘Wish List’….
1. Frequent posting–I love knowing that I have a few faithful bloggers that post daily with new creations…but at the same time, I know that we ALL have a life..so I don’t expect it from anyone either…make sense? It IS nice, though, even if you don’t have a creation to upload, to ’stop by & say Hi’ to your regular readers… (we all know that real life can throw a wrench in the best-laid daily plans & we do understand!)
2. I love knowing measurements of cards, layers, etc….in case I want to CASE….plus knowing what company/store an embellishment or DP came from. It’s really helpful for those times when you’re looking for just the right item for a project & come upon it a blog. I also like knowing what inspires someone…and the mishaps/twists & turns that often happen when we’re trying to make something. It’s nice to know that it doesn’t ‘only happen to me’!
3. I DO like the chatty types of blogs…it helps me to feel like I ‘know’ the person….and it’s great reading about their family, daily mishaps, etc… We’re all Moms, we work, we have stress, etc. etc. etc….and nobody’s life is perfect! We all try hard, though, don’t we?? It’s just fun reading.
4. Blog candy is wonderful…giving gifts to others is a very generous thing to do…but I’m never lucky (darn…)…and there are SO many who only go to a blog when they know there’s a giveaway anyway…so that’s not what draws me in. Generous, but not a necessity. (I AM happy for a blogger though when the milestones for hits go by though—that is so neat to see!)
5. Have FUN doing this! That’s what it’s all about anyway, isn’t it!! I wish you the best with this new venture…you’re doing a fantastic job already! “-)
Best wishes from a now-regular-reader!! “  Pam (SCS 4Hounds)

So Pam, if you’ll contact me with your full name and address your package is all set to go and will be in tomorrow’s mail.  CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

And a HUGE, HUGE thank you!!!!!! to everyone who played!!!  I was totally AMAZED, to say the least, by the number of responses — 141 in all!!!  And, oh my goodness, the information I have from you all as to what you like to read/see in a Blog — I find this all so very, very helpful as I’m trying to work out and put together my new Blog — THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for your valuable input!!!

And a special thanks to Jan Marie, Nancy and Sharon over at Flourishes for providing the Peace stamp set — I know Pam will just love it!!!

Again, thank you all for playing!!!  This was so much fun and truly helpful to me!!!!  I appreciate it greatly!!!