Stephanie Howell

Sponsor/Small Business Spotlight and Giveaway | Travel Turtle

We are HERE! To say I'm jet-lagged would be a MASSIVE UNDERSTATEMENT. I had this post drafted- I just had to add the Gossamer Blue winner...and I don't think I can handle much more typing than that today.

But I do want to share our first photo in Italy!

Okay. Now back to the regularly scheduled posting. :)

xo

 

Happy Tuesday y'all!

I have a bunch of winners to announce today and I want to do that before I get to the feature.

Monica Bradford/Scrap Inspired-
julie e said...I'd love either proze - thanks for the chance. Hope your grand adventure is staying grand.

 

Scrapbook and Cards Today subscription and Card Maps issue-

Brenda said...I feel the same way about magazines! I absolutely adore SCT (such a high quality feel) and their blog so inspirational. Thanks for the chance to win from them!

 

Gossamer Blue 3 month Life Pages Subscription-

Jennifer Holowaty said...I've been keeping my eye on this club - would love a chance to test it out for a few months... thank you for the awesome giveaway chance!

Congratulations ladies! Email me your info at harpersmama8(AT)gmail(DOT)com.

Ann at Travel Turtle is excited to announce that she will soon be rolling out more free products to her website. These will aim to help include children in all aspects of travel: the planning stages, while there, and upon return. It will include free downloads, printables, and projects that allow you to use tools you already own. Don't travel too often? No worries, many of these products can be used while exploring your own town.

She is also launching a new Google Plus community for memory keeping moms who travel. She'd love to have you join in so we can all learn from and share with each other.

Travel Turtle will continue to encourage families to explore and engage in their travel destinations.

Ann will soon be heading home to the US for a short vacation. She's ordering the popular Melissa and Doug Trunki suitcase for her son and has kindly decided to order another one for a reader.

If you'd like a chance to win, please leave a comment below letting me know what encourages or discourages you from traveling with your family. This offer is only available to someone with a US mailing address.

Good Luck!

xo

S

Sponsor/Small Business Spotlight and Giveaway | Gossamer Blue

Coming August 1st is a brand new kit from Gossamer Blue called “Life Pages”.

If you love using 3 x 4 and 4 x 6 cards in divided page protectors, on scrapbooking layouts or in card making, then you will love the Life Pages kit!

The August kit comes with twenty-four 3×4 cards and six 4×6 cards exclusively designed for us by talented designer, Traci Reed.

The cards are designed to coordinate perfectly with the main and add-on kits.All cards are double-sided with the designs flipped on the back making your choice of vertical or horizontal a snap.

We are excited to announce that Elle’s Studio will be designing and manufacturing our exclusive Life Pages stamp sets. Concepts for our stamps are created by Michelle Wooderson and brought to life by Elle Price. Elle’s Studio is known for their high quality stamps and we are thrilled to be able to bring them to you each month.

The new Life Pages kit will include the following each month:
* 24 – 3 x 4 cards designed exclusively for us to coordinate with the main and add-on kits.

* 6 – 4 x 6 cards designed exclusively for us to coordinate with the main and add-on kits.

*A stamp set designed and manufactured exclusively for us by Elle’s Studio.

*Embellishments

Subscriptions are just $19.95 plus shipping. You can subscribe HERE.

Bonus: Receive a free set of Skipping5′s Gold Foil Letterpress Journaling Cards when you subscribe to the August Life Pages kit while supplies last.





Leave a comment here to win a THREE MONTH SUBSCRIPTION to the Life Pages Kit.

This is an amazingly generous prize and anyone would be super lucky to win. I hope you'll all enter!

And make sure to stop by Gossamer Blue's FB page and say hi! Lori is the best and I want you all to tell her so. :) :)

I'll be back soon with the winners from the giveaways a couple of weeks ago.

xo

S

Sponsor/Small Business Spotlight and Giveaway | Scrap Inspired and Scrapbook and Cards Today Magazine

 

Happy Tuesday Y'all!

Today I have 2 amazing spotlights and giveaways. Please take the time to read each spotlight and visit these sponsors via social media and say hi.

I've said it a million times already, I'll say it a million times more. I love supporting and spotlighting women and small businesses I believe in. And I love that this blog gives me that opportunity. To share things like this.So thanks for reading. :)

Scrap Inspired is where you can find inspiration guru Monica Bradford.
Monica loves finding and sharing all kinds of inspiration. Whether it's scrapbooking, photography, or Project Life ideas you are looking for, she shares it all…with a few silly scrappy music videos tossed in just to make you smile.

Speaking of inspiration, Monica's newest class "Your Summer Inspired" is chock full of scrappy inspiration to help you tell the story of your life. You will discover how the warmth, the fun, the joys of summer can easily inspire your scrapbooking!

In this fun online class you will receive 2 weeks of daily inspirational emails with actionable prompts to get you inspired. Monica, along with two guest designers, will share original layout ideas based on the prompts. There will be scrapbook process videos, a live chat, AND an exclusive bonus interview with Stacy Julian on the topic of inspiration!

Make sure to visit Monica on Facebook and say I sent you!


And one of you can enter to win this class absolutely FREE!

But Monica doesn't want anyone to feel left out, so she is also offering $10 off the purchase price of "Your Summer Inspired"using the coupon code STEPHANIE at checkout. But class begins on July 1st! So go ahead and grab a spot now. If you win the giveaway Monica will refund your money!

Register today and enjoy your most inspiring summer ever.


Okay, y'all. Listen. I'm about to go off on a little bit of a tangent. But I tend to do that about things I'm passionate about.

This industry is struggling a little bit. And every few months a publication I love to read either folds, or goes to digital only. And that makes me sad.

I love magazines. LOVE. I love the feel of them in my hands. I love to flip through them in the bath. I am especially a fan of scrapbooking magazines. And it breaks my heart that there aren't many left.

You know what is left? My favorite. Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine. You are missing out if you don't subscribe to this magazine. It is fabulous. The women behind this publication are fabulous, the content is fabulous, the contributors are fabulous...I could go on and on. Did you know Ali Edwards recently started contributing to SCT? Yep. Fabulous.

Oh...did I mention it's FREE?

You can download/view the latest issue of Scrapbook & Cards Today HERE.

SO...

Subscribe.

Read the blog.

Follow SCT on Facebook.

You won't regret it. I promise. What do you think I've been
reading on this road trip? :)

Scrapbook & Cards Today are thrilled to offer a lucky reader a one year subscription along with a copy of their latest special issue CardMaps Vol 3.

 

If you'd like to win either of these super fun giveaways, leave a comment here (specifying a preference, if you have one) and I'll post the winners with next week's sponsor spotlight.

Good luck!!

xo

S

Camp Scrap Giveaway

note: since there is no sponsor spotlight/giveaway until next tuesday, the southill designs/papertemptress giveaway will remain open until then. you can enter HERE.

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today I have a fun BPC workshop giveaway from my friend may flaum. it's called club scrap and it looks awesome.enjoy!

may's fun description:Ok so what the heck is Camp Scrap? Basically, I envisioned a creative retreat that was based on crafting + fun. Lots of options, lots of inspiration, zero pressure. You could crop, take mini-classes, just chat… whatever strikes your fancy. That is what Camp Scrap is all about. It’s summer so there is no pressure to do a certain amount. No order you have to go in. No rules, baby! Just pure crafting fun. Lots of layouts, also some cards, tags, mini books, and other projects. I’ve created more than fifty new/exclusive projects for this class – it’s going to be BIG fun!

official class description:

Runs:6/6/2013-7/3/2013

Cost:$29

Camp Scrap 2013 is the place to be this summer! Spend the entire month of June scrapbooking with May Flaum and hundreds of her closest friends in an online, choose-your-own-adventure paper crafting camp. You'll enjoy more than 40 new and exclusive projects from May, a dozen "mini class" videos with accompanying handouts, daily emails, a bustling student message board and gallery, and more!

This 4-week workshop includes all the fun, instruction, and inspiration you'd find at an in-person scrapbooking retreat. But you get to participate entirely from home in your shorts and flip-flops (or whatever counts as your comfort gear for summer).

You can read rest of the description here!

if you'd like to win a spot in club scrap, just leave a comment here!

i'll draw a winner and post it this weekend.

good luck!

xo

S

Sponsor/Small Business Spotlights- South Hill Designs and PaperTemptress

Elle's Studio May Kit winners:

49 Yaritza said...Too cool! I love her stamps. Thanks for the chance to win.

Reply May 21, 2013 at 03:11 PM

73 Elizabeth W. said...I adore this kit!!

Reply May 21, 2013 at 11:37 PM

way to go, y'all! please email me at harpersmama8(at)gmail(dot)com.

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This week is extra fun...it's a double whammy!

First we have Paper Temptress!

PaperTemptress.com set out 5 years ago to visit all of the card stock manufacturers in the world and offer the best they carry all in one place for an affordable price with no minimum purchase of 25 sheets or more.

PaperTemptress will sell just one sheet if one sheet of that color if that is all you want. PaperTemptress.com offers many variety packages where all papers are colors coordinated which takes all the difficult decisions out of the process. There is card stock at PaperTemptress.com that you just won't find anywhere else. 

note from stephanie: papertemptress sent me some sheets of their GORGEOUS colored vellum and i am having so much fun playing with it. so pretty!

 

Just found out that vellum is 25 % off right now!!!

PaperTemptress.com stocks all of the Hambly Studio Overlays and Screenprints that were available when Hambly Studio closed their doors. Ribbon including May Art ribbon and embellishments are available too.  

You can also visit PaperTemptress's Community Blog for endless inspiration!

Stop by PaperTemptress.com and receive a 15% discount by adding steph15 into the discount code box at checkout.  Enjoy!

PaperTemptress is giving away TWO $25 Gift Certificates! Leave your comment below to enter!

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Create your own beautiful story to wear with a locket from South Hill Designs. We have a large selection of charms, coins and droplets to make your locket complete.  You can create a locket to tell the world what matters to you!  Your family, your hobbies, your next vacation.... it’s up to you!  With so many options available, your locket designs are endless!

note from stephanie: this is my locket from south hill. i just love it and seriously get compliments every single time i wear it!

Visit HERE to create your story to wear.  Do you need some locket ideas?  Visit Sandy's FB page.

Can you use a little extra cash? South Hill Designs offers great products, superior customer service and a generous commission plan.  These March Bonus Checks do not include commission on personal retail sales. These numbers were shared by a Senior Director with South Hill Designs. It's amazing how much you can earn by being a part of this amazing company!

Team Builder: $849 monthly = $10,188 yearly
Team Leader: $1,400 monthly = $16,800 yearly
Director: $4,298.78 monthly = $51,585.36 yearly
Senior Director: $14,164 monthly = $169,968 yearly

The best part? No wait list! Start making money as soon as you join Sandy's team today! 

One person will win a $30 gift certificate from South Hill Designs by Sandy Burns. 

**All are welcome to enter.  International winner is responsible for shipping charges.  

Here is a special for all of Stephanie’s readers!  Get a free charm with all orders of $30 or more.  You must email your order to [email protected] with STEPH’S CHARM in the subject line to receive a free charm.

 

Since there are TWO businesses featured today...please let me know if you have a preference as to what you would like to win!

Good Luck y'all!

S

Sponsor/Small Business Spotlight and Giveaway- Elle's Studio

First- Here are the South Hill designs winners:

27 Kelly G said...

What a fantastic prize, Steph! I always adore gorgeous jewelry! :)

Reply May 14, 2013 at 11:22 PM

14 Pam Ballard said...Count me in! Thanks for the chance at this lovely giveaway!

Reply May 14, 2013 at 11:07 AM

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I'm so excited to welcome Elle's Studio as a sponsor this month. I've known Elle for a long time. I actually created some layouts for her very first CHA booth this past winter!

It was been so much fun watching Elle grow and nurture her business and I couldn't be happier to feature her on the blog.



I started Elle's Studio in 2007 when I was scrapbooking and couldn't find special tags in the stores for writing my story on. The first batch of cards I made for myself, but after a ton of encouragement from my family and friends I opened up a little online store and Elle's Studio was born!

We specialize in journaling and embellishment tags - our goal is to make journaling fun! Journaling is such an important part of your layouts - it's what tells the story behind your photos, to generations to come! We are also very proud to say that everything we make is printed and manufactured right here in the USA!

Elle’s Studio is excited to announce that they now have a monthly kit full of exclusive and limited edition tags! The best part about this kit is that it will work for you, no matter what you enjoy making. Each kit will include tags that you can use for layouts, mini books, cards, and of course, Project Life! You’ll get a mix of tags that you will not find anywhere else, or in any of their collections. Most tags will be tags you can use for everyday themes, and there will even be some seasonal and monthly tags in the mix, too! Each month look for a mix of sizes and shapes, and anywhere from around 20 to 25 tags – the perfect amount to keep you busy all month long!

Each month, the limited edition kits will go on sale on the 10th at 8:00 am PST, at their website, and their very first kit is available now! These kits will be able to ship first class: shipping for USA residents will start around $2.00 and go up from there, depending on the weight of what is in your cart. For overseas, it will run about $6+ depending on your location.

Once these kits sell out, they will not be restocking, so make sure you mark your calendar or join their newsletter list to receive a reminder of when they go live each month. And, don’t forget that their brand new collections, Cameron and Saltwater! They have already started shipping to your local scrapbook store and are also available (or will be soon) online at Two Peas, Blue Moon, A Cherry on Top, and Simon Says!

You can also visit Elle’s Studio blog, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram.




TWO lucky winners will receive Elle's May Kit. Internationals welcome!

Leave a comment here and I'll announce the 2 lucky ladies next Tuesday!!

xo

S

Sponsor/Small Business Spotlight and Giveaway (GIVEAWAY plus a DISCOUNT CODE)- Chic Tags

 

First-

Here is the winner from last week's Freckled Fawn giveaway:

100  stephanie said... I've been dying to buy some of their washi tape so I hope I win! : )

Reply April 30, 2013 at 02:42 PM

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And now for this week's spotlight! This one is near and dear to my heart. I've known Veronica for years and it's an absolute joy watching her business succeed.

Hello everyone! I'm Veronica...mama of 3 and wife of one! I'm the owner of Chic Tags-delightful paper tags.

I started this business with a couple of circle punches and a HUGE heart for this hobby. My husband Albert is not only my better half, he is the graphic guru behind the brand! Together we have made this once small etsy shop into a brand.

Chic Tags are perfect for all your crafty needs.  There are several styles and themes to choose from, I just know you will find something you love in our shop!


I would love to personally invite you to follow us on Instagram, Facebook and our craft loving blog.

Something fun we just started on the blog  is FREEBIE Fridays with Albert. These freebies are pretty rad! Each week Albert makes a free cut file or printable perfect for anything your heart dreams of! Here is an example of a recent freebie and a project to go along with it. (click on link to download file for personal use)

As a huge supporter of my dear friend Stephanie, I would love to offer her readers a 20% off coupon to our shop. Please use: Steph20

How awesome is this prize? If you'd like to be entered for a chance to win these four collections, just leave a comment here.

I will announce the winner next Tuesday.

Good Luck!!! And please make sure to stop by Chic Tags FB page and tell Veronica I sent y'all over. The inspiration is nonstop, you won't want to miss it.

xoxo

S

Sponsor/Small Business Spotlight and Giveaway- Freckled Fawn

Happy Tuesday, y'all! You know what Tuesday means around here...learning about a small business I love and (of course) a GIVEAWAY!

First things first, here is the Gossamer Blue subscription winner from last week:

96 Jessica said...

love this kit - would be so fun to play with it all summer!

Reply April 23, 2013 at 12:13 PM

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And now for this week's spotlight!

Today I am going to tell you about Freckled Fawn!

Hello lovelies! My name is AesaLina Compton, my customers call me "Doe". I am the owner of Freckled Fawn.

We opened the store in January 2012 and we were just a little shop, only 20 styles of washi and same paper doilies and such. But since then, all your little washi addictions have been a catalyst to our growth and manufacturing of Freckled Fawn products (e.g., Wood Chips, FF washi, Dew Drop Stickers).

We pretty much love, LOVE this industry. I have been reading Stephanie's blog for yearrrrrrrs. I got the chance to meet her at CHA in January and she is adorable. Stephanie was actually our first customer ever!! It is an honor to sponsor and support her blog.

I love Freckled Fawn. I love the products, the shipping is always timely and reliable, and the owner is just lovely.

I think their products are just perfect for Project Life...and that is my favorite way to use them!

Another reason to love FF?

They want to give one of you a $75 gift certificate!!!!

Leave a comment here if you are interested and I'll draw a winner next Tuesday.

A couple more things.. If you get a chance, make sure to check out FF on social media. I love showering my sponsors with love.

Like Freckled Fawn on FB. And tell them I sent you! And stop by the blog for endless inspiration and product sneaks!

And make sure to check the shop on this Friday (May 3)...these awesome wood veneer frames will be in stock then! How cute are they?

Good luck, y'all! One of you will be very lucky!

Have a beautiful and blessed day.

xo

S

 

Sponsor/Small Business Spotlight and Giveaway- Gossamer Blue

Okay, so the official blurb is below, but I want to add my own two cents on today's spotlight. Gossamer Blue is amazing. Lori is amazing. She is genuine, kind, and the real deal.

She has some of the best customer service I've ever come across. Truly. And her kits are the ones I keep ordering and will keep ordering when we move to Italy.

Located in California, Gossamer Blue is a monthly crafts club dedicated to inspiring and motivating memory keepers and crafters alike. Not only is a fabulous box of well-coordinated crafting products shipped to your door each month, you will also find valuable, exclusive resources and incentives for inspiring and motivating you all month long.

The club is subscription based. The main kit is discounted and shipped to your door once a month.

above is the May sneak peek.

It is a non-commitment club. Cancel when you want.

Each month the main kit and the add-on kits are built around one color scheme. This helps ensure that everything coordinates and can be used together.

You can even earn a free album just for using your kits.

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Twitter
Pinterest

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Incentive - Sign up for a subscription starting in April and receive a $25 goodie bag (includes papers and embellishments) while supplies last. Link

What you will win:A three month subscription starting with the April kit.

this is the april main kit. i used it on the layout in my blog post yesterday.

If you'd like to win the subscription, please leave a comment here. I'll post a winner before next week's spotlight.

And please go give GB some love! Tell Lori I sent you. :)

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Happy Tuesday!

xo

Sponsor/Small Business Spotlight- Stuck on You ( big GIVEAWAY)

Hey y'all! We just got walked in the door from a quickie trip to Maine (I'll share photos and words later this week) but I wanted to share my first spotlight with you.

In 1995, as a busy mom of 3 boys, Carrie Felton discovered the need for gorgeous name and clothing labels for children and founded Stuck on You -  little did she know, it would grow to be one of the worlds favorite children's labeling companies.

Stuck on You now sends personalized labels and gifts to over 120 countries with tens of millions of labels sold every year! With a huge range of personalized products, from labels and tags to wooden puzzles and stationery, it seems their creative spirit will ensure Stuck on You continues to be "Trusted by Moms and loved by kids.”

You can follow Stuck on You on:

Facebook
Twitter
Instagram

Stuck on You has been my favorite label/personalized item store ever since Harper was a newborn.

I bought some name labels for her, and I swear those suckers are still stuck to EVERYTHING I put them on.

Everything I have gotten from Stuck on you is well made and durable. They are dependable and honest, which is so important to me.

Here are some goodies that my friends at Stuck on You sent to the girls for our big trip to Italy.

Personalized Toiletry Bags, Travel Bottles and Personalized Journals for Harper and Sadie. They are DYING to use these and are so mad I'm making them wait for Italy. HA!

Library Bags, Art Pencils, HB pencils, and Sketchbooks for Cate and Lucy.

 

Awesome. I truly mean that. Everything they have ever sent me, everything I've ever purchased...has been awesome.

And every piece of it has held up. And that's saying a lot in this family. :)

Now for the fun part.

Stuck on You is giving away FOUR $25 gift vouchers. Also use promo code HOWELL13 for free shipping for 1 week only (until Monday 22nd April 2013.)

If you'd like to win a $25 gift voucher, leave a comment here. Internationals welcome.

I will announce the winners next week before I share the next spotlight.

Good luck!

xo

S