Craft Test Dummies

Whee! This week we chose winners for the CTD 4th Blogiversary Giveaway! Our winners were chosen at random from the folks who are subscribed AND CONFIRMED members of the CTD email list. (If you didn’t confirm your subscription, you email didn’t get added to my list.) But anyway, here are our big winners: Michele from [...]

In September, we hosted a Sewing Crafts Linky party & offered some SWEET Westcott Scissors and holsters as a giveaway! I’m pleased to announce that the “top 3″ links were: Jen Goodie’s T-Shirt & Button Skirt Niki’s Embroidered Hoop at 365 Days of Crafts Haley’s Fabric Roses Tutorial Now, since Haley reviewed the scissors for [...]

Thanks to all who commented on the “Stained” Sharpie Fabric Marker review last week-and I’m happy to announce we had 78 entries. Our winner, chosen at random, is: maria soto Says: 11. September 2011 at 10:56 pm eOh I would love to win this my son make his own characters – he made some for [...]

Thanks to all who entered! We had a 70 comments- a nice, round number- and here’s the comment I chose at random: Trexxann Says: 29. August 2011 at 9:09 am eI would love to try out the paint with the stencils – so much fun to be had!! So congrats to Trexxann- and you have [...]

Well, all my kid-craftin’ pals must be on vacation this month, because we only had 8 links in the July Kid’s Crafts Linky Party! However, the ones we had were good ones- and I’m truly grateful for those of you who took time to share your creations and ideas. After taking a look at the [...]

Thank you BUNCHES to all of you who left comments for a chance to win the PSA Essentials Stamp set. So many are you are enthusiastic about this product- I know I am- and I wish that we had enough goodies to give everyone a custom stamp. Sadly, thought, we don’t….so ONE lucky persons name [...]

Happy Independence Day, America! I know you are all out and about today watching parades, eating barbeque, and taking in fireworks, but I wanted to feature our Patriotic Linky Party winner. We had some amazing crafts linked up, but the one with the most click-throughs was this one by Holly Simoni….and frankly, it was one [...]

Thank you to everyone who entered the giveaway on Friday- I mean, who WOULDN’T love to whip up these super-cute baby crafts by Martha Stewart Crafts? I’m pleased to announce the winner is….BROOKE! She said: Brooke Submitted on 2011/06/26 at 12:58 pm I love Martha Stewart punches. I would really like to learn how to [...]

So… I took a look at the projects in our “Man-Stravaganza” (Crafts for guys and boys), and the company I use “Inlinkz” gives you the option of seeing how many clicks each link-up recieves. This month, there was a tie…. for my necktie coffee cuffs and these awesome personalized key fobs by Girl In Air: [...]

Thanks, everyone, for weighing in what your favorite stamping technique is…AND you enthusiasm for stamping! I loved reading your comments. In case you missed it, the giveaway was for a set of Inkadinkado Sketches stamps I reviewed….. And our winner is…..drumroll….. #1 !! Cori Berg Says: 13. May 2011 at 8:55 am eOH Inkadinkado! I [...]

Thanks to everyone who left a comment on my review of “The Big Book of Scrapbook Pages” – it really was fun to review and get back in touch with scrapbooking. I had 16 comments, and Random.org picked the winner for me: True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 8 (Yes, I put in “16″ [...]

As promised, we have a lovely prize pack for our #GoGreen Linky party!! First off, thank you to everyone who linked up! We had 96 awesome recycled craft products. I LOVE that we had so many ec0-friendly crafters out there who were happy to share their creations. Secondly, I really think that this collection will [...]

Thank you all so much for linking up your great projects on my National Craft Month Linky Party- I had such a fabulous time visiting all of your blogs (and even adding great number of them to Stumble Upon- follow me there if you’re signed up.) I was blown away all of the fun crafts, [...]

Sorry I’m  a day late, dear crafty folk, but I had a busy time trying to get home before the next big winter storm hit Cleveland. Fortunately, I caught the red-eye home and avoided disaster. SO. We had 43 comments on the Armour Etch review post, and I used Random.org to pull a winner: Min: [...]

In three words: OH. EMM. GEE! I never thought I’d have so many comments to win the Hot Glue Gun Helpers! WOW! I really had no idea that there were so many hot glue gun afficionados out there. There were 166 comments, and the trusty Random.org generator looked like this: (max # was 166, of [...]

Thank you all for playing along- I really appreciate your ideas and comments! We had 58 comments on our Powder Puff Chalking Inks review, and I used Random.Org to select a number. (Remember, the default says 100, but trust me, I entered 60 as the “max:” Min: Max: Result: 56 By my count, that’s HEATHER! [...]

Wow! We had a lot of great responses for the Bic Mark-it Tin Ornament Craft & Giveaway post. Thanks so much for sharing. As some of you commented, I drew my inspiration from tin work ornaments and art I’ve seen in Mexico. So, out of 43 comments, I used Random.org to pull a number—and it [...]

Thanks to all who read my review of Glamour Dust Paint by DecoArt and left a comment for a chance to win! We had 23 comments, and I drew lucky number #3!! Kelly Says: 10. December 2010 at 6:19 am eI love painting everything. In fact, that was really what started my passion for arts [...]

Thanks, everyone for leaving comments about the Precision Point Adhesive Pen by Creative Memories. I got only 25 comments…everyone must be in their studios or something! Anyhoo, the winner is: Kara Says: 6. December 2010 at 9:12 am eOhhh how I would loveeee to have this! I’m in the look out for new adhesives at [...]

First of all, let me again say how thankful I am to be able to be here, writing and crafting my little heart out, and that you all are here to read my crafty ramblings. I am also filled with wonder and gratitude at the comments that you all left. Reading what others are grateful [...]

Thanks, everyone, who read my review of the ecosystem notebooks and went over to be “friends” on the ecosystem Facebook page. I used Random.org to pick the winners…and first number to come up was lucky #9! That’s…RICKI! Ricki Duke Says: 3. November 2010 at 3:54 am e Cool journals. We be an honor to win [...]

So…after reading the comments, the consensus is that we ALL have eleventy-gajillion photos that need to be backed up. (And that was a precise, scientific count, folks!) What can we learn from this? Everyone should have the Picture Keeper on their holiday wish-list….and or buy an extra for your mom. Just sayin’. BUT, one lucky [...]

Wow! What a fun, whirl-wind giveaway! I got to choose 3 lucky winners, so I used Random.org to pick them for me. We pulled…. #5, #12, and #8! They are… Kelly Massman Says: I like the glittered Christmas ornaments she shared on one of her programs! The colors were fantastic! Thanks for a chance to [...]

What do you get when you add vintage post card images from Dover, Mod Podge in 4 formulations, and some Plaid Extreme Glitter paint? A cool door decoration, of course! I started by printing out some copyright-free images from the Dover Halloween Collection that I reviewed a few weeks back. Then I gave them a [...]

Thanks, all who read my review of ” Witch Craft: Wicked Accessories, Creepy-Cute Toys, Magical Treats, and More!” by Margaret McGuire and Alicia Kachmar. It was a fun book to review, and frankly, I’m still not done with it. I pulled a pair of pumps out of my closet to glitter-up- another project in the [...]

Hooray! I love it when I get such great response to a giveaway- and judging from the comments, I’d say Drew Emborsky’s book is a HUGE hit. We had 87 comments, and we used Random.org to pick a winner. True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 54 Number 54…by my count…is: Connie Fish I love [...]

First of all, thanks to everyone who read my review and left a comment. I’m always so thrilled to get comments, and  you can leave one anytime- even if I’m not having a giveaway! *wink* SO, we had 18 comments, and I used Random.org to select a number- which was NUMBER FIVE! Thien-Kim Lam Says: [...]

I posted my review of the ArtTerro Bubble Wand Kit on Friday, and decided to have a little Labor-Day fun! I’ve got a spare kit to giveaway over on the CraftTestDummies Facebook Fan Page…so if you’re “FB Friendly,” head on over and leave a comment for a chance to win. I’ll pick a winner tomorrow [...]

Thanks to all of you who read and commented on my post about Westcott at CHA- and I’m so pleased to be giving a pair of these awesome scissors away! So…with out further ado…. our winner, chosen at random via Random.org is…. KIMBERLY!! She says: OOOOH! I desperately need a pair of new & good [...]

Thanks for leaving comments… yes, some of you are “GREEN” with envy…but…at least one of you will be seeing green in the near future. The winner of the Cricut Imagine sunglasses is…. LISA ANN! She said, Oooo, I would love to win the glasses! I am SO jealous that you got to go, got a [...]