Thanks so much for celebrating National Scrapbooking Day with us this weekend.  We had 190 correct responses to our weekend long trivia contest event.  For each correct response, commenters received one entry.  We tallied all the entries, giving each person a number in the order they were received, entered into randomizer.org and came up with:

 

#21 Denise Bryant

Congratulations Denise!  Please visit lawnfawn.com and choose the stamp set you want, then email us your choice at mountainplainscrafters@gmail.com , along with your mailing address and we will forward that to Lawn Fawn.

Please respond within 7 days or another entrant will be chosen.

Thanks everyone for playing along!

#nsd2015 #winner #nationalscrapbookday

Celebrate National Scrapbooking Day With Mountain Plains Crafters!

We're so excited to celebrate National Scrapbooking Day at Mountain Plains Crafters.  All the action is happening on our Community Facebook page here:

Mountain Plains Crafters on Facebook

We have a wonderful prize sponsored by Lawn Fawn, a stamp set of your choosing!  How awesome is that?  You get to pick the prize!  So what do you have to do to qualify?  First, be sure you "like" us on our Facebook page, then head over to Lawn Fawn on FB and tell them MPC sent you (not required but they'd love to hear from you!)

Be sure and comment on one or all of our trivia questions throughout the weekend.  Please only comment once per question, however each question you answer, earns you an entry!  Our design team has chosen the theme, "Creating with Paper Bags".  Yes, we're doing a little upcycling and making fun things with paper bags.  Be sure and visit their blogs below and show a little love.

 Check in throughout the day Saturday and Sunday, answer the questions and we'll announce a winner on Monday.  The contest ends Sunday, May 3rd at midnight ET.   OPEN TO INTERNATIONAL! YES! 

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Happy NSD!  I've made a set of ATC cards for those of you who scrapbook "Project Life" style with pocket scrapping.  My theme is Garden and each one is different, but they are all made using paper bags (even the quilled flowers!)  So check out my blog if you'd like more details, by clicking on my name:

Terri

Happy National Scrapbooking Day to everyone !! I have been wanting to start journaling, so what better time than NOW !!  Small lunch sacks were the perfect paper for me to use because it gives me a great medium to emboss, distress, color on, paint etc.without adding too much thickness to a journal... One of my favorite papers is Kraft so this was a great theme for me. Check out my BLOG for some of the other pages I made..

dEb

I made assorted paper bag flowers! Check it out on my blog!

Pam

I made a paper bag album. It was a lot more work than I expected but I love how it turned out.

MariLynn

I made a paper bag album for my nephew.  These take such a long time but are so much fun to make.  Come check out my blog to see more pages.  Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

Sheryl 

Springtime Flowers Appreciation Creation

Happy April and end of tax season! 

Do you ever need to thank so many people you seem to lose count? Has somebody done something nice for you and you are past due thanking them? Past due showing your appreciation?

We are challenging our designers this week to make a card with Springtime flowers showing their appreciation to someone. The kicker...telling us the recipient and why they appreciate that person and lastly, PUTTING IT IN THE MAIL TO SAID PERSON.

So, to participate, share your appreciation creations on our Mountain Plains Crafters FB page here. You have until Thursday, April 23rd, at noon EST to upload your creations there. The winner will be picked at random and will receive a Unity Itty Bitty~Undies in a Bundle and one other little surprise.

A friend of mine who also happens to be my boss will be retiring next month. She is an amazing person and has helped us implement many positive changes in our department. Penny goes above and beyond to be fair and kind to everyone.She is looking forward to spending much more time with her family. And although I will miss her, I wish her all the best... I used a Sizzix Alterations "On the Edge" die by Tim Holtz for the border and a Spellbinders "Laurel and Bee" D-Lites die. The floral and woodgrain papers are from the My Mind's Eye "Howdy Doody" collection. I finished the card with a sentiment from the Stampin' Up "Pursuit of Happiness" set after sponging the edges of the stamped image with Color Box Turquoise ink. I will be sending this card to Penny to tell her how much I appreciate all that she has done for us in our department.

dEb

Trying to decide who to send my card to?  A tough decision.  But, I finally chose a friend and her family who are dealing with the medical needs of their sweet child on a daily basis and recently found out that on top of everything else, this precious 2 year old girl was just diagnosed with cancer, as well.  I appreciate all the loving mothers and fathers in this world who are granted the task of raising up the children that the good Lord has given us.  I especially want my friend to know how appreciated and loved she is for being such a wonderful mother in spite of the circumstances that have been handed to her.  We can take nothing for granted in this one life that we are given.  I've created my bracket display card using Graphic 45 papers and my Cricut Explore.  You can see all the details with additional photos, plus a link to my file to create your own bracket shaped card, which is FREE (to Cricut Design Space Subscription users) or a nominal fee for non-subscription Cricut Design Space users.  Click on my name to visit my blog with details.

Terri

I have several thank you cards that need to go out. This one will be given to my best friend's daughter. She watched our pooches while we were out of town. I need to make one for my gf, too. She stayed the night one night. Our Nike is afraid of coughing and Jayme was coughing like crazy. So silly. I used Unity KOTM from January 2014 for my flowers. To see more detail, click on my name below and it will take you to my blog. 

Pam

Quilling takes a long time and therefore this card will go to someone truly special in my life, my Aunt.  She has filled the void of the loss of my mom and I don't know what I'd do without her.  She gave me advice that, at the time I thought was wrong, I have learned to appreciate and accept and understand...I and told her that she was right all along.  I love you Auntie Pat.

Sheryl



 I'm not mailing my card! Nope, I'm gonna drive 2 hours to see one of my best friends and hand deliver this to her. You see I was planning on driving up there to teach a Fund Raising Art Class (money goes to my son's trip to Italy) and she is the hostess serving light snacks & wine! Now doesn't that sound like the best fund raising plan you've ever heard? So she truly does deserve this Appreciation Card! You can go check out my Blog (trust me you REALLY want to do that)

Paula

I made this card for my friend Brenda. She is an amazing lady who always brings a smile to my face. Like Paula, I am not putting mine in the mail, but I am planning on giving it to her at church on
Sunday. This isn't for any specific reason, Just because she is my friend kinda card. You can read more about my card on my blog.

MariLynn

With spring finally happening around here, I'm on a flower kick! I pulled out these gorgeous Altenew stamps to make a CAS card for my Gram simply because she is awesome. Even though she lives close by I'm going to mail it, because who doesn't love happy mail?? You can see closeups on my blog!
Jennifer

Design Team Wrap Up and Winners!

Thanks again for celebrating National Craft Month with Mountain Plains Crafters.  We would like to welcome our new followers as well!  By random draw, two winners (a tagger and friend) will each receive a grab bag of 25 random stamps from the Unity Stamp Company.

If you missed our Design Team's Easter creations with Unity Stamps, scroll down further for another peek.  But first.....who won?

Congratulations to

Holly Tondre Barnhart 

and

Sher Brown 

Ladies, please send your contact information to mountainplainscrafters at gmail dot com

and we will forward your mailing address to Unity Stamps.  Please respond within 7 days.

Now, here's one last peek at our Design Team creations.....

Terri

Paula

Jennifer

MariLynn

Pam

Debra

Sheryl

#nationalcraftmonth #unitystamps #mpc #mountainplainscrafters #easter

National Craft Month celebration with MPC and the Unity Stamp Co

We are so excited to celebrate National Craft Month.  As if we need an excuse to get crafty?  Well, we'll take it!  In honor of this event, we are having a tag-a-friend event at our Facebook Community page.  Head on over to our FB page and be sure to "like" us, then look for the pinned post so you can comment and tag your friends.

Mountain Plains Crafters FB Community page

The ever-so-generous, Unity Stamp Company is offering not one, but two fabulous prizes!  A grab bag of 25 random stamps will go to one random tagger and their friend.

This event begins at 6:00 am on Monday, Mar.23, 2015 and ends Wed. Mar.25, 2015 at midnight ET.  The 2 winners will be announced on our blog and our Facebook page on Friday.

Due to the high cost of shipping, this is for US residents only, so sorry.  We do offer giveaways on occasion Internationally, so check back.

Be sure you follow all the guidelines on the pinned post to qualify for the giveaway.  Good luck!

Give Unity Stamps a little love while you're at it.  "Like" them here on Facebook and tell them MPC sent you!  Check in Monday through Wednesday to see the fun Easter projects that our design team cooked up with Unity Stamps!

#nationalcraftmonth #cre8time #unitystamps #mountainplainscrafters #easter #spring

Mountains Plains Crafters and Fancy Pants Designs sponsored sketch challenge

Happy Monday!  We are excited to be hosting a sketch challenge that is sponsored by the wonderful Fancy Pants Designs! All of the designers are using the nautically themed products from FPD and one lucky participant will win the Nautical prize package. All you need to do is create a fabulous card using our sketch and link it here. The challenge is over on Friday, February 13th at 6 PM ET.

Be sure to check out our design teams' cards! Just click on their individual names to go to their blogs and leave them some love <3

Paula

Pam

Terri

Sheryl

dEb

MariLynn

Jennifer

Prize package below from front and back!

An InLinkz Link-up

Sisters United...

dEb here  ~~~ Just a quick post to share a little card made for my "sisters". I was looking through some "vintage" Unity Stamp Company stamps and came across these 3 gals. This was among some of the first stamps I bought from this awesome company !! I made the card to celebrate all of my sisters who are on this creative journey with all of us at MPC.

Supplies: Craft Smith card base, Unity Stamp Company girlfriend image & sentiment, 

envelope stamp ( origin unknown ), Ranger Distress Markers

We are looking forward to a fabulous year at Mountain Plains Crafters. Come along with all of us. 2015 is going to be fantastic !!