1000th Follower Giveaway Results!

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway.  The winner (chosen by random.org) was:

#62: Virginia Bell said... I love making distressed tags. Thanks for that tutorial! 

 

Congratulations Virginia!!  Send me an email at burstsofcreativity(at)yahoo.com with your address to claim your prize!  I need to hear from you by Monday  December 19th!

1000th Follower Giveaway!!

I was so excited to reach my 1000th follower a couple weeks ago!  I am super grateful that you all seem to enjoy the blog and keep coming back!   So as promised let's celebrate with a giveaway!!

GIVEAWAY
Win a the ultimate Bursts of Creativity Etsy shop grab bag!  Includes 1 of each of the following: 25 Piece Vintage Ephemera Grab Bag, International Travel Grab Bag, Child's Play Grab Bag, Christmas Grab Bag, Vintage Photo Grab Bag.  Value of $30 (grab bags are already discounted so actually the value is much more!!)  Giveaway is open to everyone!!

Required Entry: Leave me a comment on this post telling me your favorite post from this blog in 2011  (1 entry) - need a reminder of what was posted on this blog?  Check out the tutorial section here

Additional Entries:

• Follow Bursts of Creativity blog, current or new (1 entry)
• Become a fan of my facebook page - Melissa Thiesse, current or new (1 entry)
• Purchase something from my Etsy shop (1 entry)
• 1 entry for each of the following you to do to spread the word about this giveaway - tweet, blog, or facebook status (feel free to copy and paste a link)

** Leave a separate comment for EACH entry and your email address in one of the comments unless it is linked to your account. **

Giveaway ends at 11:59 PM EST Thursday December 15, 2011. GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!!

Giveaway Winner

#4 Liberal Sprinkles: Hi Melissa, congratulations on your shop sales! I would love a kit for Italy, France or Europe. best wishes,Grace

Congratulations Grace! Please send me an email with your address to claim your prize.  I need to hear from you by Monday July 25th!

Etsy 500th Sale - Giveaway!

I have been itching to do a giveaway - and have been looking for an excuse to do one.  I thought i would wait until I reached 1000 followers - but that wasn't looking like it was going to happen soon enough -so then I thought Aha! I will do when when I reach 500 sales in my etsy shop!  And last week I reached that milestone!

I opened my little etsy shop in the beginning of February this year and have been lucky to see it grow so fast. The shop reflects my love of all things vintage paper and I have been having a blast seeking out special finds and creating kits to sell in the shop.  I am grateful to have people out there willing to support me - so to thank my customers and my loyal blog readers I am doing a giveaway!  So what do you have a chance to win?

GIVEAWAY
Win a custom ephemera kit created by me!  Kit will be worth at least $25 and will include at least 50 pieces.  You get to choose the theme of the kit - Want a travel kit based on your family vacation to California?  Or maybe a dream kit of Paris with touches of blue?  Maybe a kit based on your favorite color red?  Or maybe a back to school kit - ready to scrap memories of your childhood?  You choose! Feel free to look through my shop to get an idea of the types of kits I have created in the past - or challenge me and come up with something completely different!!

Required Entry: Leave me a comment on this post telling me what the theme of  your custom kit would be if you are lucky enough to win! (1 entry)

Additional Entries:

• Follow Bursts of Creativity blog, current or new (1 entry)
• Become a fan of my facebook page - Melissa Thiesse, current or new (1 entry)
• Purchase something from my Etsy shop (2 entries - leave 2 comments - purchase must be made after this blog is posted - 6am EST Monday July 18th  - cannot get credit for previous purchases)
• 1 entry for each of the following you to do to spread the word about this giveaway - tweet, blog, or facebook status (feel free to copy and paste a link)

** Leave a separate comment for EACH entry and your email address in one of the comments unless it is linked to your account. **

**Everyone is invited to enter the giveaway - this means you international readers!!**


Giveaway ends at 11:59 PM EST Thursday July 21, 2011. Giveaway is closed!

Giveaway Winners

Thank you to everyone who submitted ideas in last week's giveaway.  I think - and I could be wrong here - but you want tutorials???  haha - I'll keep that in mind! Now on to the winners:

#51 Katie who said: also, are there items/supplies/trends you don't understand/don't like to work with? everyone has a different style and it's always interesting to me to learn what people don't like. personally, i am not a glitter kind of girl! not a very girly scrapper.

#23 Simpson Home/Kathy who said: I love your blog. It inspires me to see how you use recycled or up-cycle things to make treasures. I would like to see more examples of what you put into your journals- especially the art journals. The idea intrigues me, but I don't know where to start. Please keep doing the tutorials too.

Send me an email at burstsofcreativity(at)yahoo.com to claim your prize.

Spring Cleaning and a Giveaway - CLOSED

(picture is from a year ago - but basically it looks like this at all times)

So I have dedicated this week to spring cleaning.  My studio is such a mess I haven't used it in over a month and the rest of the house has slowly become covered in craft supplies.  I thought it would be the perfect time to do a little cleaning in other aspects of my life as well - including the blog.

***GIVEAWAY - EXTENDED AND UPDATES***

Because Blogger went down for much of Thursday 5/12 and Friday 5/13 I will be extending the giveaway through the weekend.  Additionally if you left a comment on Thursday it was deleted (by Blogger not me!) Luckily I had all the emails saved and I posted each of them again.  

Each person can enter TWO times (please do not leave more than two comments!) To enter leave a comment telling me:

1. What you would like to see more of on the blog.  I have been getting TONS of responses for tutorials so would love to hear more ideas!

2. Leave a second comment asking a question - could be question about me, blogging, crafts, anything - I might turn it into a Q&A post.   

I will be picking TWO winners on Monday and giving each one of my Ephemera Kits. 



GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

What's New in the Shop and Giveaway Results!

I spent yesterday adding all sorts of vintage goodies to my Etsy shop including:

 

25 Black and White Photos from the 1940s/50s - $8.50

Over 100 Piece Ephemera Pack - $19.50

And if you are sad you didn't win the giveaway (see results below) you could always check out the the journals I have for sale in my Etsy Shop or check out the wide variety of journals in Karen's Creations Etsy Shop. 

GIVEAWAY WINNER:
And now what everyone is waiting for - the giveaway winner! (drum roll)

#14 Ashley who said "Blogged: http://ashleycreations-a.blogspot.com/2011/04/memories-journal.html"  

And just in case you were wondering what she will use it for(because it was so much fun finding out what all of you would use the journal for!) She also said: I would use this journal for my college adventures!

Ashley - Send me an email with your address to claim your prize.  I need to hear from you by Monday May 2nd!

Giveaway on the other Melissa's Blog

Just a quick post to let you know about a giveaway on my friend Melissa's blog. ("the other" Melissa for all you Memories Galore students out there... hmm or maybe I'm the "other" Melissa - either way two Melissas - I'm one and she's one - confused yet? LOL!) Really all you need to know is Melissa Samuels wants YOU to follow her! And when she gets 500 google followers (and knowing how talented she is that shouldn't take too long!) she will be doing a fantastic giveaway! Seriously look at it - it's fantastic -
Drooling? Don't delay hop on over to her blog and follow her! BUT WAIT! While you are in the "following mood" why don't you follow me too! Go ahead... it's easy just click on the "follow me" button right there on your right... yep right there.. go ahead .. you can do it! And who knows.. if I reach 500 followers I might just be convinced to do a giveaway of my own...

And just in case you didn't catch the link before you can get to Melissa's blog by clicking here!