500th Follower Giveaway - CLOSED

I was so excited to reach my 500th follower last week!  I'm still amazed that people actually come back and read what I have to say - well... maybe you don't read it maybe you just check out the pictures but I'm still amazed and grateful! So as promised I will be doing a giveaway of goodies from my Etsy shop!

If you haven't guessed it already - I LOVE to collect paper!  All types of paper - new paper, scrapbook paper, vintage paper - postcards, text, game pieces - EVERYTHING!  I have a whole room at the house FULL of paper.  That's what my etsy shop is all about - sharing my love of collecting bits and pieces of everything paper related.  So what do you have a chance to win?


GIVEAWAY
Win a bundle pack of some of my favorite etsy shop ephemera packs: 60 piece variety ephemera pack, 60 piece world traveler ephemera pack, 10 vintage europe postcards,  Tiny Ephemera Kit - A bit of this A bit of that, Tiny Ephemera Kit - Child's Play, and 50 vintage international postage stamps.

Required Entry: Leave me a comment on this post telling me something you love to collect. (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)
• 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 March 10, 2011. Winner will be announced on Friday!
Giveaway is now closed

Halloween Tag Giveaway Winners!

Thanks to everyone who participated in my halloween giveaway and suggested my blog to their friends. The winners of the giveaway are:

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#11 Jackie said...i love day one and three. spooooooky!

Jackie has won Day One's tag and some scrapbooking goodies!

#4 Karen said...I love them all....but than again how could I not? :-)

Karen is my mom - so I will be sending her Day Four's tag (because it's my favorite) and some goodies but to be fair I went ahead and picked a third winner:

#5 Anonymous said...day 3! day 3! and i love that you put some "how to's" too....you're the best....lynda p

Lynda has won Day Three's tag and some scrapbooking goodies!

Congratulations Jackie, Lynda... and mom! Send me an email with your address to burstsofcreativity@yahoo(dot)com and I will get your prize out in the mail! ... except you mom... you don't need to send your address - I know where you live! LOL!

I LOVE Cosmo Cricket

I was super excited to check the Cosmo Cricket blog today and see this Halloween tag posted on their blog! Seriously SUPER excited! You can check out their post and see lots of other wonderful inspiration here.

Also if you love the Halloween tags make sure not to miss out on my Halloween Tag Giveaway - two people will win their favorite tag as well as some goodies from my stash. All you have to do is leave a comment on the giveaway post. (Make sure you leave it on the actual giveaway post and NOT the post of of your favorite tag ) You have a couple of hours left!

And you may remember the other Melissa and I talking about a finale/special post on Saturday to end our week of Halloween tags - well sometimes things take a little bit longer than you expect so look for those posts TOMORROW - and to prove I am working on something here is a sneak peek:

Halloween Tag Giveaway!

So last night I was driving home from my fabulous class when I thought - Hey! I should do a giveaway!

So here is my giveaway: TWO people will win their favorite Halloween tag from my week of Halloween tags AND a couple of goodies from my ever growing and much too big stash of scrapbook stuff! And don't you worry I'll give you something new and good - no crap from 10 years ago!

To enter here is what you need to do:

1. Recommend my blog and facebook page to your friends - pick 5 (or 10 or 15 ....) people you know and send them an email or a facebook suggestion or something but let them know about this blog and tell them to become a follower! (this is on your honor - I can't track it but help a girl out!)

2. Follow me on either facebook or google friend connect or both (this I can check!)

3. Leave a comment on THIS post and tell me which of the halloween tags is your favorite! You can see all of them here.

Entries end at Midnight EST Saturday October 16. I will announce the winners Sunday! Good Luck!