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Hi There (whoever is here visiting) !!

Last year I missed entering the 2011 World Card Making Contest because of the date.  I did not realize that the date stamp that was required landed on a holiday and the U.S. Post Office was closed.
It took me awhile to gather all the information that was required, like the paper companies of the designer paper's I was using, the stamps "name", the inks, etc.  Being a new stamper and a new contest submitter, I wasn't aware of all the little details and then trying to get that information and the instructions to fit on the back of the card.....WOW !!  That itself has to be a work of art !!  I was so distraught....I could not wait to find out when the next contest was going to be.  (Not soon enough !!) 
So onward I go, doing sketches and trying to catch up to that 1 card a day goal that I had set for myself, just waiting for the day when I could send in my cards.  Then when I looked at the rules, I saw that you could not submit any cards that were shown on any website, any gallery, any blog; well, as we live and learn.  Those rules already cancelled out one of my cards. 
Two weeks ago,  a magazine called "Card Maker" was sent to me because I had signed up for a newsletter somewhere.  I'll tell you what -- I love that magazine.  It had really interesting articles in it, tutorials, and techniques & tips.  It's really a great magazine for Card Makers. 
Then, THERE IT WAS !!!  A new contest -- Yay !!  I was ready now !!  The deadline date is March 20, 2012 !!  I already sent one card in.  On my desk, right now, is a card that I am going to mail in tomorrow.  (Can't even show it to you, darn !!)  It's like you are so proud of what you did and created, but you have to keep it under wraps until the contest is over.  I'm like jumping out of my skin -- because I want to show it....but I'll just have to control myself a little longer!!  Maybe it's the Polish side of me -- creative and over anxious with pride and just want someone else's opinion.  Oh well, I will learn.
I did a few things this month, I joined "Operation Write Home"  that'll keep me busy and designing in a simpler fashion.  I had a death in the family, so I made about 10 sympathy cards in three days, took the pictures, and then mailed them.  Now all I have to do is re-make a few of them, so I can enter them in the contest - my goal is to send in at least 10 cards - hopefully.  I need 8 more.  The one I really wanted to send I can't because it was for a sketch challenge on Splitcoast Stampers to use only scraps  ---  I am soooo proud of that one -- that one I could post here and I think I will right now!!

This was really a cool challenge on Splitcoast Stampers !!  I hear a lot of card designers keep all their scraps.  I laughed when someone said to me, " If it'll be big enough to punch something out of it, I'm keepin' it !! "  Well, that made me laugh because that is just what I do.  Notice those flowers that were punched and that flourish type punched things on the right hand side; when I have left-over paper, sometimes, I'll just punch flower shapes or that flourish shape, circles, and whatever punch I could use I'll punch out some shapes.  See that circle for the "i" ?  That, I punched but it had a flat side -- see how well that fit perfectly to the flat side of that square it's leaning on.  And  see that little heart???  That was leftover from a Spellbinder's Label.  The only thing I had to really make from my scraps was that heart and the "u" !!  Everything else is just as it was in my scrap pile.  I am very proud of this card!!
Now I am going to post a couple of pictures from the pile of sketches.  Enjoy!!

This card went to a special friend of mine for his birthday in November.  We were bus drivers together and we always had coffee on our breaks between runs.  This was also for a sketch challenge on Splitcoast Stampers; it was fun!!

This also was for a Splitcoast Challenge and it went to a friend in Massachusetts for her birthday!!  The large white flower and the strip band across the card is white glitter paper and the center of the flower is with navy blue tiny beads.  They're raccacolie beads ( I know the spelling is wrong, but I'm not taking the time right now.  I want to get this blog done.)  The 4 strips downward are of canvas textured paper.  It really looked nice together.

Now for the other big news.  I did the Blog Hop from Paper Crafts Magazine from the winners of the contest that I missed entering, the 2011 World Card making Day Contest.  Whoever wanted to had to go to all 20 blogs of the winners and leave a comment and you might get chosen to win "part" of their prize and another person would get a copy of the March/April 2012

PaperCrafts magazine.  Well, it took me two nights but I did all 20 blogs.

Winners would be announced today.  Shock of all Shocks, I SAW MY NAME!!!  A winner of a prize package.....WOW-WOW-WOW !!!  I sent

my name and address to her, so she could send me the package !!  It's almost

as good as winning the contest !!!!!  (Well, to get published, yes, it would

have been better, but this is a "STEP" in the right direction !!  I share in her

JOY !!!  (And I get to "follow" the "20 BEST" !!!)

I also do Pinterest  and FaceBook under my name -- Veronica Pozarvitz

SplitCoast Stamper i.d. is  Zbear1

Well, I hope you had a good read tonight and I am starting to get "mouse-hand"....so I will say Good Night, Sleep Tight and don't let the bedbugs

BITE !!

I'm new at this, so please forgive that I couldn't even fix this left alignment.  It just wouldn't go!!  I'll figure it out sometime or other.

Love to all and HAPPY CRAFTING !!!!!