Just one more week…

Just one more week until…..World Cardmaking Day! Did you know that Saturday October 4th is World Cardmaking Day? WCD is a fabulous day to set aside to create cards for the holiday. Created by Paper Crafts Magazine…you can visit the WCD site for lots of great inspiration and activities. Make sure you read to the bottom of this entry but first…Here’s what Kelly has to say…

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Get ready to celebrate World Card Making Day!

Join in the fun with card makers the world over on Saturday, Oct. 4, as we kick off the holiday card-making season. Now in its third year, World Card Making Day is a day to connect with fellow card makers around the globe and to celebrate the creativity and joy of this craft! Hobbyists, beginning card makers, manufacturers of card-making products, retailers, and educators, are all making plans to share the excitement of World Card Making Day with workshops, online galleries, parties, contests, sales, and other special events.

Visit www.worldcardmakingday.com for ideas and unique ways to celebrate this holiday, including:

o    Creating your own handmade cards from the dozens of sponsored ideas in the Inspiration Avenue section

o    Sharing your unique designs with the world in the Creation Corner Gallery

o    Finding and visiting an Official World Card Making Day Retailer for classes and activities that will help you connect with other fellow card makers

o    Planning your own fun activities with friends and family with ideas from the Celebrate section

Join Paper Crafts magazine on this amazing day that brings card makers from all over the globe together in celebrating the joy of giving the gift of a handmade card.

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I’m excited to be part of  a WCD blog hop giveaway from Paper Crafts magazine. Papercrafts has given 50 designers a copy of their Cards, Gifts and More: Papercrafting 3 Ways special publication to share with you. I’m really excited to be one of them. For a chance to win my copy…simply respond to this post in the comments below. You can tell me what kind of card projects you plan to create for this upcoming holiday season or you can simply say hi! You have until midnight Saturday Oct 4th and then I’ll be drawing a winner here on this blog, Sunday October 5th. You can also check out the blogs of some great designers on their link list in their WCD blog post.

Good luck!