100 Followers! Come Celebrate with Me!

Happy 100 Followers Decosse's Dynamite Doodles!

Yup!  Today I celebrate me!

In less than five months I have reached the 100 follower mark through Google Friends Connect!

This may seem like small potatoes to some people but it is an incredibly big deal to me.  In my wildest dreams I never expected to reach this milestone so soon.  It is fitting that we celebrate this today.  After all, Thursdays are for giving thanks over here!  So on that note, thanks to all my wonderful readers who have made this new experience of blogging such an incredibly fulfilling one.  I have grown as an individual and am focusing on the 'what is possible' more and more these days.  As many of you know, I have certain physical limitations and medical conditions that greatly affect what it is I can and can't do.   It also greatly reduces the number of people that I come in contact with in my physical world.  However, through the creation of this blog and my foray into card making and digital design, I have been warmly welcomed into a whole different kind of world and not only am I able feel once again like a contributing member of society but have also developed some true friendships along the way.  What started out as a place to post cards has developed into something so much more.  My goal has always been for my blog to become a place of inspiration on many different levels and through your acceptance, I believe that I am well on my way to achieving it.

I am so honored and humbled to have friends and followers like all of you.  It is amazing how we all can communicate and support one another in this creative world of ours.  Thanks to everyone who follows, reads, checks-in, comments, visits, etc.  I appreciate it more than you will ever be able to understand.  Hopefully both this blog and I will continue to grow together.  As always, it is my hope that my writings will inspire you to see the joy, the possibility and wonder that life has to offer by providing you with a perspective that you may not have thought about before.  I also hope that you will continue to walk with me as I journey down the road of card making becoming better at the craft as I learn and grow, taking inspiration from all of you.  Finally, I hope that you will continue to enjoy the creations that I freely offer up as thanks for making this new route I'm travelling, such an incredible road to be on.

So, it is time to party and what is a party without  party favours????!!!!!

First off, I have some freebies to share with all of you.  Several of the sentiments that I have used over the past couple of weeks have been so well received that I have decided to make them available to all of my readers!  Additionally, how about a couple new papers to help you get ready for spring?  But first, let's start off with some words to get us in the mood!

 Let the freebie parade begin!

Words to get you in the mood:

 Font:  Trash Barusa

  Font:  Nocker

  Font:  Nocker

Sentiments for cards or other projects:

I've offered the first line in two different formats, choose the one you'd like. 
  Fonts:  Grutch Shaded & Prism

Offered in two different formats, choose the one you'd like. 
 Fonts:  Jenna Sue & Impact Label

  Fonts: Easter Bunny  &  Vanessa* 

  Fonts: Bunnywunny  &  Mountains of- Christmas 

Font: Arizonia  (this one is new and will be on a card posted tomorrow)

Popping Papers:

That is TEN, count'em TEN FREEBIES, for any one of you popping by.  One for every ten people that signed up to follow me.

Now some goodies for ALL my followers.

  Email me with "DDD-100th follower" in the subject line and I will email you a special treat.  This way all of my followers get an extra bonus from today's celebration!

And now for some extra special goodies for my wonderful followers! 

If you are one of my followers (i.e. your picture/name is listed over in the side bar as part of Google Friends Connect) or sign up now to become a new follower, you will be eligible for the special draw that I am about to announce.  However, PLEASE only become a follower if you truly plan to stick around.  It would make me rather sad knowing that you became a follower solely for the purpose of this draw.  Due to the large number of prizes being offered, the draw will remain open until 12:00 pm EST on my birthday which is a little over a month from now.  I want as many of you as possible to have the time to see this post and sign up for the draw.  Even though it will be my birthday, you might be the lucky one to get a special gift.  I will announce all of the winners in a special post that will appear later that day.  I will put a sticky note up to let people know about the draw in case they miss this post.

Throughout my journey these past few months, I have made some extra special friends and five special ladies have generously offered to sponsor my special celebration.  The following prizes are up for grabs.  In alphabetical order of the sponsor, here is what you have to look forward to in this draw.

 One prize of three images AND one prize of two images from Creative Bug Digitals

 

  One prize of three images AND one prize of two images from
Digi Darla Designs 

 

 One prize of three images from Fresh Brewed Designs

One prize of three images from Limited Runs

One prize of two images from Scribbles Designs

I also have three special prizes available:

Win a specially designed phrase or sentiment of your request...
Whether it is a general phrase like 'happy birthday' or 'best wishes on your retirement' or if there is a special quote that you have always wanted to see done up as a sentiment, the choice is yours!  You provide me with the phrase of your choice and I'll come up with the design.  If you can't think of anything specific, then that is okay too, you can just provide me with a 'category' or just be surprised.  It is entirely up to you!

Win a paper of your request from a group of offered choices... 
Whether it is stripes, circles, stars, plaids, argyle, dots, floral, arrow...you get the picture; the choice of shape and colours is yours.  I'll provide you with a complete list of designs you can choose from and then make your pick, let me know the colours you'd like it to be and I'll create a special paper based on your request.

Win a specially designed 'Motivational Graphic'...
You choose the tone.  Do you want a quote on happiness, on getting through a difficult time, one about generosity or one about kindness?  The choices are many.  You already might even have a quote in mind that you'd like to use.  It is up to you.  I'll match your choice with an appropriate picture and together we'll create a 'poster'.

THAT IS TEN SEPARATE PRIZES FOR THE DRAW!
For a total of 32 goodies being offered up in this celebration!

Instructions for Entering Draw

Remember, in order to win you must be signed up with Google Friends connect as a Follower.  The only other thing you have to do is add your name to the linky list at the bottom of this page.  Easy Peasy!

Thank you so much to Naomi, Kim and Karen, Heather, Nikki and Sandy for their incredible generosity.  Without all of them, this celebration would not be possible!  Please show these ladies some love and visit each of their stores!

Image Details:

• Please note that some of these sentiments may not look exactly the same as the originals.  When I originally did them, some had fonts that were PUO only.  I always try to provide you with sentiments that you can use on cards that you hand make and sell.  
• If anyone would prefer the original, drop me a line and I'll send it you with the understanding that it will be for PUO.
• *The Vanessa font is considered free but with no additional license info.  Therefore I'd use caution if selling something with this font on it.
• The same font size was used in each grouping.  I'm hoping that it only looks different here.  Sentiments are also larger than they appear. 
• Papers were created in Photoshop Elements using templates I picked up at Pixel Scrapper.  Each is 3600 x 3600 pixels and 300 dpi.

  
Good luck everyone!

p.s. if you've made it this far, the banner at the the top of the page is also up for grabs but is PUO.  The background is a freebie from Sweetly Scrapped.

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