12th Blogaversary + Giveaway!

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I can't believe it's been 12 years since I started my blog.  Check out my first post HERE.  It makes me cringe but also makes me realize how things have changed.  Blogging has definitely taken a different route in terms of social media.  I still try to visit blogs, I still use Feedly.  I'm not going to lie, it's been a struggle for me to keep up with social media in general.   I love being a part of the paper crafting community so I do the best that I can.

I'd love to hear from you.  What motivates you to visit blogs or have you given up on them?  I'd like to say that I'll keep my blog for as long as I can.  It's definitely my journal of sorts and although I've been posting my personal pics on FB + IG, I know now that I need to start adding them here too.

Here are just a few of my favorites from over the years starting with 2008 [left to right]:






Honestly I could have picked a caffeinated design for each year but I thought it would be better to mix things up a bit.

I'm doing a bit of a giveaway!  If you follow me on IG, you know that I regularly do Crafty Destash Giveaways.

How about a $50 Gift Certificate to Doodlebugs?  If you are an international it's a £50.00 Gift Card to Seven Hills Crafts.

 I'm going to have you do a bit of work for the shopping spree!  In order to be eligible, 
please link up your first blog post [or IG, flickr, SCS...you name it]. No social media 
account?  Let me know why you haven't taken the plunge.

 Commenting open until Saturday, November 9th at 7 am pacific'ish.  MAKE SURE 
your contact email is associated with your profile.  All NO-REPLY Blogger comments 
[see side bar] without email addresses in the comments will be disqualified.   I want 
this to be fun for everyone [including me!], I don't want to hunt down the winner, 
please, let's all be nice.

Comments

yyam said…
Congrats on 12 years! So many people have stopped blogging and just solely focus on FB and IG. You are still a production machine when it comes to paper crafting. And so active on social media. How do you do it? You are incredible!

I went to my blog archives and here is my first cringe-worthy blog post...https://yyam.blogspot.com/2009/01/mix-it-up-challenge.html
November 6, 2019 at 12:50 AM
Julie Tucker-Wolek said…
Awwwwww congrats on 12 years!!! And HOW IRONIC ... Mine was also 12 years ago this past September ...and a lovely gal NAMED AMY visited my first blog post and left me a COMMENT!!!!!! :) https://thetuckerwolekclan.blogspot.com/2007/09/here-we-are-in-sedona-az.html
November 6, 2019 at 6:03 AM
Macimbalo said…
It's hard to keep up with social media and have a blog, I agree. I do like the blog because often it has more details on how the card was made and it's fun to go back and see how awful some of my creations have been! hahaha! Well, here's the link to my first blog post...don't judge me! It's from 2015 (haven't been at this too long) and it's very short and has 1....yes, 1 comment - from my daughter! hahaha! Thanks for doing this, too fun!!!
November 6, 2019 at 6:50 AM
Macimbalo said…
Duh, here's the link: https://cimbacreativefun.blogspot.com/2015/05/working-with-new-stamp-tv-flowers-and.html
November 6, 2019 at 6:51 AM
New Creations said…
Oh My! 12 years, Congratulations!!!! Keep Progressing, I love your projects and love to visit on your FB page tome to time. I will just complete 6 years on coming December!

My first blog post link is https://madewithlovencare.blogspot.com/2013/12/about-me.html
Sending Hugs!
November 6, 2019 at 6:56 AM
Holly AKA KopyKat said…
Happy Blogaversary!!!! Yes, it is so hard to keep up with the blog/facebook, I have an IG account so I can comment, but honestly, I have no idea how to post on there or navigate around, lol. Life has taken me in many directions and my blogging has been on again/off again, but it was nice to come back to it.
https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=4581590403041852349#editor/target=post;postID=8335453461276433615;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=826;src=postname
November 6, 2019 at 6:58 AM
Fikreta said…
huge congrats on your 12 years of bloging!
I love all your projects!
my favorite is blog to post my projects.
my first blog post was in january 2012.
https://badkittyscraftroom.blogspot.com/2012/01/mini-album-hello-kitty.html
fikreta.posavec@gmail.com
November 6, 2019 at 7:20 AM
Karen Day said…
Luckily for all of us... you started blogging 12 years ago! It's 9 1/2yrs for me, and yes, my first post was a bit cringe-worthy, too. I do fb and my blog, and have an instagram acct that I can't post to (my phone is just a phone!)
https://kdaycreations.blogspot.com/2010/06/welcome.html
November 6, 2019 at 7:38 AM
whoistracy said…
Congrats on your blogaversary!!! Hard to think how we all found each other's blogs back then. I've been blogging since 2006 I think but moved to a new platform in 2007 so this is my first post on the current blog:
https://whoistracy.com/myhead/index.php?/archives/9-Be-the-Change.html
November 6, 2019 at 7:40 AM
Esther Asbury said…
Happy 12th blogaversary Amy!! So happy to have "met you" through the Coffee Lover's Blog Hop --- love your sweet cards and projects!
I just realized that it's been 10 years for me this past June....and wow, have I ever changed over the years! It's super embarrassing, but here it is, my very first card post: https://www.shoregirlscreations.com/2009/06/fathers-day-cards_18.html
November 6, 2019 at 8:02 AM
Lucy E. said…
Congrats on your 12th year blogging. I do still like to read blogs. I’m on Instagram and FB but find them a little impersonal. I don’t feel the need to share every aspect of my life, nor do I have time to look at every aspect of everyone else’s lives. I can barely keep up with my kids, grandkids, extended family and friends. Anyway, I’ve enjoyed Reading your blogposts through the years. Here’s a link to my first blogpost-not very exciting https://littlescrapsoflucy.blogspot.com/2012/10/to-blog-or-not-to-blog.html?m=1

My contact: 2 luwe zero 7 at gmail dot com
November 6, 2019 at 8:49 AM
Jeanne J. said…
Congratulations on 12 and to many many more! Yes lots of pretties here! I love your style!
November 6, 2019 at 9:53 AM
Betty J said…
What an accomplishment! Congratulations! And thank you for all your support and what you give to our card making community!
My first blog post was just over 2 months ago. http://creatingandconnecting.blogspot.com/2019/10/watercolor-essentials-by-ellen-mondo.html?m=1
November 6, 2019 at 10:32 AM
Sheryl said…
You have given us 12 years of delightful creativity, thank you!!! I started posting on Splitcoast and haven't kept it up since starting my blog. I wish I had, it's a wonderful site. My first SSC post was in 2008: https://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/974307?&cat=500&ppuser=84294 Got the courage to start a blog in 2014: https://sharpnotesbysheryl.blogspot.com/2014/05/ I blog mainly as an easy way to participate in blog hops and post Online Card Class cards. Thanks for sharing, Amy!
November 6, 2019 at 11:08 AM
Michelle Woerner said…
Congrats on 12 years! WOW! I admit I don't visit blogs as much as I used to. So convenient to scroll on IG. I started my blog in June of 2008 and I remember being scared to death. Social media was a huge deal back then! Here's a link to my very first blog post. Horrible lighting, almost no editing and only a card front. Oh how things have changed! https://stopandstamptheroses.blogspot.com/2008/06/fun-with-tilda.html
November 6, 2019 at 11:42 AM
Sandi said…
Congrats on your blogaversary. I was a little late to join the blog band wagon. Here is my very first blog post from February 6, 2011 http://lifeatthebeach51.blogspot.com/2011/02/welcome-to-my-blog.html
November 6, 2019 at 12:45 PM
Kelly Parker said…
Wow, i just looked i am at the 12 year mark also...here is my first post, it is really bad! :-) https://kparkerdesigns.blogspot.com/2007/03/new-beginning.html
November 6, 2019 at 12:50 PM
Marlena M. said…
Congratulations Amy! I'm glad you had me look back~I can't believe my first post was pic of a dolled up rat hahahaha!Even her sweet hands are crossed! I can't!!! ;) https://marlenaisfaithfullycrafting.blogspot.com/2011/04/what-am-i-doing.html
November 6, 2019 at 1:57 PM
JMN said…
Congrats on 12 years of blogging. Have not taken the personally plunge but I enjoy reading crafty blogs.
November 6, 2019 at 2:56 PM
Nora Noll said…
Congratulations Amy!! I personally like blogs better as I can see the projects so much clearer than on a phone or FB. I also like having my projects laid out with the directions and the links to supplies if I want to duplicate something so I am still all about the blogs rather then Social Media. This is my first blog post-and it doesn't even have any photos!! https://acreativetouch.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-year-new-adventure.html
November 6, 2019 at 3:13 PM
Beata (@craftybee34) said…
Congratulations on 12 years! that is amazing! My first blog post was in January 2019. So funny to look at it and read it. https://craftybee34.blogspot.com/2019/01/valentines-card-with-picket-fence.html
November 6, 2019 at 4:31 PM
Kim Klinkovsky.My Kraft Kloset said…
Congratulations on 12yrs! I admit it social media has made it easier to post quickly on FB or IG or Twitter or Snap Chat, but I still like to visit blogs for the details. The whole story behind the project, the emotion that went into the creation, the tutorials and supplies. And you just don't get that from the instant posts elsewhere, those are just little snap shots. I can relate with how far we've come...my blog is only 5yrs old...but here is my first post with a project in it's content: https://mykraftkloset.weebly.com/blog/denver-bronco-birthday-card

Thanks for all you do with the coffee hops and thanks for the constant inspiration!
November 6, 2019 at 9:28 PM
Anila Dikay said…
That's amazing... Congratulations Amy. And now thanks to you here I look back to my first ever blog post...It's been pretty 3years of blogging for me...
Omg I remember all the learning process🙈🙈
With no one who knew about it, it was full of trials and errors.

Thanks for bringing back those memories

My first blog post ever -
https://novelideas-gifts.blogspot.com/2016/08/hello-everyone-we-all-are-fond-of.html?m=1
November 6, 2019 at 10:37 PM
KT Fit Kitty said…
Congratulations, Amy! Way to go on 12 years of blogging! I enjoyed looking at your old cards! I've only been at it for just over 6 years and enjoying every moment! I hear you on the Social Media - there aren't enough hours in the day! I also have IG, Twitter, and FB, but rarely use them - I guess I'm old school because I prefer my blog. I've got lots of blog friends and we enjoy visiting each other.

I searched way back on my blog to come up with my very first post - it's definitely cringe-worthy - but, hey, we all had to start somewhere! Here it is:

http://ktdesigns2013.blogspot.com/2013/06/watermelon-girl-get-well-wishes.html

Thanks for the awesome giveaway! I wish you many more years on your blog and I hope you definitely keep it!
November 7, 2019 at 3:42 AM
MadeByMeghanK said…
Congrats Amy! I love reading blogs... I prefer to see the "How tos" on blogs vs. You Tube.... I know you know this but I love adding family pictures to my blog posts so to me my blog is like a scrapbook...I used to scrapbook everything but now I am obsessed with making cards so it's a way to combine the two passions... here is my first post.... it was during the 30 Day Coloring Challenge and you can see my ink blending is not great https://www.instagram.com/p/BjviV2KF6AO/

Thanks for the chance! Love you and your blog!
November 7, 2019 at 6:11 AM
Rosy Newlun said…
You've been blogging for a long, long time! Made me check to see when my first post was - 8 years 1 month! I forgot when I began. Thank you for all you do for cardmaking (and coffee)! Here is a link to my first post. Big hugs 💕 https://welcometomyperiwinklecorner.blogspot.com/2011/10/
November 7, 2019 at 11:58 AM
Anja said…
Happy Blogaversary, Amy! 12 years are quite an accomplishment! Big thanks for your inspiration and all that you do for the community!
I started blogging 8 years ago and this is the very first card I posted:
https://littlebutterflycreations.blogspot.com/2011/09/happy-birthday.html
November 7, 2019 at 7:10 PM
Arianna Barbara said…
Congrats Amy on your 12 years of blogging!!!
Thanks for the inspiration!
I'm not a good cardmaker at all but I love making cards, it's a beautiful way to relax!
I posted my first card on IG in September 2015
https://www.instagram.com/p/7TkEs7TIt0/?igshid=uq3wk2cclg7u
It was very simple but I remember it was very funny make it!
Thanks for this chance to win!
Ciao from Italy,
Arianna
raggiodiluce82@gmail.com
November 8, 2019 at 2:16 AM
Amy C. said…
Here's my first crafty IG post. Congrats on the anniversary and thanks for always inspiring me!
https://www.instagram.com/p/v4JuNoDTBT/?igshid=1uxtn9blirpio
November 8, 2019 at 9:51 AM
Helen F. said…
CONGRATULAIONS Amy! 12 years is quite a long time in BlogLand :-) Love the trip back in time with your card collection.
November 8, 2019 at 6:28 PM
stampfoldandrepeat (Jeanie) said…
Congrats on 12 years! Wow!! It's fun to look down memory lane :)
My first blog post: http://stampfoldandrepeat.blogspot.com/2014/12/im-new-at-this-so-please-be-gentle.html -- I didn't know about that if I left the title blank, the first line becomes the link lol!
November 8, 2019 at 6:37 PM
Sue D said…
Congratulations! I still love to visit blogs. I am slow to the social media arena. Here is my first post from Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/45732391@N06/4888805558/in/dateposted-public/

My email is either slrdowney at hotmail dot com or slrdowney at gmail dot com
November 8, 2019 at 6:49 PM
Tina Z. said…
wow, congratulations, I love your cards.
This is such a fun post. I have visited a few link in these comments, our beginnings are just amazing :).
here is mine:
https://www.treebug.org/2015/04/no-pa-zacnimo-s-prvo-objavo-na-svojem.html
thank you for the chance.
hugs xx
November 8, 2019 at 11:50 PM
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