10th Anniversary Blog Celebration -- Day 3

Welcome to the 10 year anniversary of my blog!


 

(Note: the anniversary celebration started on Sunday, so scroll down or click here & here
to leave a comment to be entered to win one of my fabulous giveaways!)

As I mentioned yesterday & on Sunday, I started my blog almost ten years ago, on Dec. 30, 2005.

What began as a place to share photos and thoughts has become such a big

part of my life, seeing as I post almost daily.

Here's one of the first photos I posted on my blog:

It's of Sage on New Year's Eve 2005.
Every year, our church goes skating on New Year's Eve.
How can this have been 10 years ago? Crazy!

So, to celebrate TO THE FULL's 10 year anniversary,

I've been doing a series of posts over the past three days.

Now, while I was mainly a scrapbooker when I started my blog,

I can't deny that the frequency of my posts greatly increased when

I started stamping and making cards.

So, today, I'm sharing my 10 favourite stamp sets and some cards where I've used them:

#1. Reverse Confetti's Lots to Say:



This one of my first Reverse Confetti stamp and it is such a perfect sentiment set!
I use it all of the time!


Originally posted for CAS(E) This Sketch #104


 #2. Altenew's Painted Flowers:

This set is so sweet and fun to play with!
I often use the stamps and layer the flowers, but I've also enjoyed watercolouring them!


Originally posted for CAS(E) This Sketch #121


On my next card, I've combined two sets...
#3. Mama Elephant's Three Amigos

This sweet set is so fun!
I've surprised myself at how often I reach for this set.

#4. Papertrey Ink's City Scene

Although I originally bought this set because of the Eiffel Tower,
but that is one stamp in the set that I haven't used that much.
I really like making skylines and cities with this set.



Originally posted for CAS(E) This Sketch #124 


On my next card, I've combined two sets...
#5. Papertrey Ink's Twig Wreath

This set is so pretty and makes such lovely cards, with or without the wreath.


#6. Papertrey Ink's Choose Joy

This sweet sentiment set makes me happy every time I use it!

I used #5 & #6 to make this card:


Originally posted for Papertrey Ink's Stamp-a-Faire


#7. Papertrey Ink's Songbirds

 My favourite stamp from this set is the leaves.
They are so fun to use -- either with the coordinating dies or without.
For this card, I coloured the stamp with Zig Clear Brush Markers and spritzed
it with water before stamping it onto my card.

Originally posted for the October Pinterest Inspired Challenge 


#7. Papertrey Ink's Guiding Lights

A wonderful set for making masculine cards or faith-based cards.
And the layering is so fun!


Originally posted on November 11

#9. Wplus9's Fresh Cut Florals

This sweet set is so fun to play with -- I love making little bouquets with it!


Originally posted for the Pretty Pink Posh March Blog Hop
 

#10. Reverse Confetti's God is Good



This set is wonderful for making faith-based cards!
Walk By Faith is also wonderful!


Originally posted on June 6th

And, it wouldn't be a celebration without some giveaways, right?

I have four prizes to give-away:

1. a $25 gift certificate to Reverse Confetti (generously donated by Jen Del Muro)

2. a $25 gift certificate to Pretty Pink Posh (generously donated by Paulina Nakamura)
3. a $20 gift certificate to Butterfly Reflections Ink (generously donated by Vanessa Middleton)
4. a $25 gift certificate from me to Papertrey Ink

 

All you need to do to enter to win is to leave a comment here in this post by 9pm CST tonight.
I will draw four names and announce the winners tomorrow (December 30th),
the 10th anniversary of my blog.

*Note: If you would like to become a follower while you are here, I welcome you to do so,

 but it isn`t necessary to be eligible to win.

Be sure to check back tomorrow to see if you're a winner!

Thanks for looking!