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Giveaway: Colortime Crafts and Markers

May 19, 2012 By Tamera 36 Comments

My kids are very much little artists (as my walls can attest to), so I was excited to let them try out this canvas bag to color!

About Colortime (from their website):

Hi – We’re Colortime Crafts and Markers™. Many of you know us from our days at the Cotton Warehouse on Long Island in the early 90′s. Our Warehouse was a gathering spot for Wearable Art creativity. In addition to offering garment blanks and trimmings, our classroom hosted Colortime Crafts and Markers™, which we developed for birthday parties, scouts, and camps.

Our customers were always asking if they could take some Colortime Crafts and Markers™ with them when they were visiting. We realized we had a wonderfully creative and positive wearable art concept that children and adults can do and enjoy anywhere. Our customers kept coming back and telling us how easy, clean and fun it was to create Colortime Crafts™.

The rest is history. Since 1990 over 2 million children and adults throughout the country have enjoyed Colortime Crafts And Markers ™ and proudly display their keepsakes. So make your next event one that will be seen and talked about for a long time. Explore our website or give us a call to find out more about our programs.

Giveaway: Colortime Crafts and Markers

The coupon expires on August 25, 2012.
The Free Shipping: Free ground shipping on orders over $60. In the continental US. Only for retail, web-based orders, placed on our website. Not to be combined with any other offers and discounts.

To get the free shipping, use code FRSH11W.

The giveaway: Colortime is doing a giveaway via our Facebook page. It is a weekly fan giveaway. Here are the instructions:
Each week Colortime Crafts and Markers will randomly draw 3 lucky FANS who will receive a special craft package, which includes a Colortime color-your-own “Recycle Tote Bag” and three special permanent Colortime FABRIC MARKERS. All you have to do to be eligible is to “like” and become a fan of Colortime Crafts and Markers on Facebook.
The winners’ Facebook name will be posted each Monday on the Colortime Crafts and Markers Facebook page. We will send you a message on Facebook informing you that you won. Look for it, and if your name is a winner, you can also send us an email message to info@colortime.com with your full name and address and in either case we will ship your prize within 2 weeks.
Rules:

1) You must be a fan of Colortime Crafts and Markers Facebook page.

2) Once you win a prize, you are not eligible for additional prizes for this promotion for 12 months after the prize has been awarded.

3) Prizes not claimed within 2 weeks will be forfeited.

My Thoughts

My kiddos absolutely LOVED this! They took turns using the fabric markers on the Recycle Tote and had a blast! The picture is of my almost 5 year old! My three year old preferred drawing on her own canvas bag (I had some small ones from a craft store) and the fabric markers worked great on it too! Even my toddler was able to take the marker lids off and color on the bag! It was so much fun! I think I’ll have to use them as crafts/goody bags for future birthday parties! My kids even used them to draw on paper and that worked fine too! Now if only my kiddos didn’t use them as regular markers and draw on their clothes…

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CONTEST ENDS: at Midnight CST on June 2nd

OPEN TO: USA Only

*DISCLAIMER: I was sent items by Colortime Crafts and Markers to help facilitate my review. Any opinions stated are strictly my own.*

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Giveaway: Picture Collage Maker Pro Giveaway {$39.99 value – 20 winners}

April 24, 2012 By Erika 26 Comments

Picture Collage Maker Pro has to be one of the easiest digital scrapping softwares I’ve used in a long time. I normally like to do free form digital scrapbooking because it’s super fun for me but lately I’ve noticed that my pictures are still hiding in my computer and my time is super limited (more than normal). So I decided to use their templates and wizards instead of being completely creative about this and I was super impressed with the results:

They have TONS of templates to choose from and you can change the background, add pictures, add clip art (which I did with the flowers and clouds)…it was easy-peasy! Just select, click, drag and drop! My only initial complaint with the wizard was that I wasn’t able to add text to it BUT I finally figured it out…so my suggestion would be to make it easier to add text to the picture but it really wasn’t too hard to do that. If you can’t read the poem, it says:

“Children are like flowers,

Water them with love,

and they will bloom!”

Then I saved my picture collage and wanted to see if it would fit on the header of my new Facebook timeline as a cover foto and it was pretty close to being perfect (minus the flowers that didn’t show, but that’s okay)….it’s adorable anyway…so I was able to add my little poem when I posted it on Facebook instead, which made me happy. :)

Since I wanted to create more projects and noticed that it had a “download more templates” link, clicked it and a bunch of NEW choices were available on their website online…so I downloaded some for Mother’s Day! This time I played with the template lots more…it is super easy to change things too, this one had four photos originally but I only wanted two, so I deleted them and voila! I created for my mom for Mother’s Day!

Using the program was easy, quick and I can see me taking advantage of their templates and wizards to blow the dust off the pictures hiding in my computer and start sending updates for my mom and other family since we’ve moved to the North East. So what else can Picture Collage Maker do? In just minutes (literally) you can create more than just photo collages:

greeting cards
photo calendars
scrapbook pages
and other art work

All in all, it’s a great program to have if you have children and your time is limited but you want to create cute picture collages and look like you are a professional digital scrapbooker….shhh…no one needs to know you used the template and wizard! :) Download now for FREE! (15 day free trial)

Ready to order? You can do it online right now for only $39.99 (or if you want to go Pro with it, it’s a little more) by visiting Picrture Collage Maker’s website.

Want to win it?
Twenty (20) friends of 3 Boys and a Dog will receive (winners will receive the license code and download link), here’s what you need to do:

Required: Go to the Picture Collage Maker website and leave a comment with a project you’d like to do if you win.

Bonus #1: Follow @momof3boys3702 on Twitter and RT this contest. The easiest way to retweet is to simply click the green ReTweet on the top right of this post. YOU MAY TWEET ONCE DAILY

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Other bonus entries:

#1. Spread the word about this review by: email, forums, blogging, Digg, or putting the link in a meme. (one entry per thing done)
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CONTEST ENDS: at Midnight CST on May 8th

OPEN TO: USA Only

*DISCLAIMER: I received a copy of this software for free from Pearl Mountain to help facilitate my review. Any opinions stated are strictly my own and the gift received does not weigh in on my honest review of this product.*

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Review: Doodle Roll

March 31, 2012 By Tamera Leave a Comment

What a great idea! Paper and crayons together in an easy to carry container that can go anywhere!

About Doodle Roll

The Doodle Roll® is the most versatile & portable arts & crafts activity kit! This all-in-one kit contains a roll of paper and crayons in a compact package, perfect for creative fun on the go anytime, anywhere! The Doodle Roll® is available in two sizes with a safe ez tear edge.

About the Coopers

Marc Cooper Founder/Chief Doodle Officer Imagination Brands Co., LLC founder and Doodle Roll inventor Marc Cooper started his career in the recycling business for a division of The Newark Group. He honed his skills as a successful paper broker and established The Fiber Resource Group, Inc., a small brokerage firm buying and selling many types of paper both in North America and overseas. The company is successfully celebrating its 15th year in business in 2011. Marc has become known within the paper industry as a successful, entrepreneurial, creative and knowledgeable professional.
Marc and his wife Diana are the proud parents of three children ages 11-15. An avid skier, he’s seen “heaven” from the tops of the Chugach Mountains in Valdez Alaska; Marc longs to return to the snow covered glaciers and hundreds of miles of untracked snow. But for now he’s happy to help kids let their imaginations run wild with Doodle Roll!

Diana Cooper Director of Creativity

Diana has had a lifelong passion for art and other creative activities. She originally studied architecture and landscape design but then changed her focus after graduating from New England School of Art and Design. Diana helped co-found Freehand Designs and used her artistic talents as a decorative painter, creating beautiful scenes and stylish faux finishes on walls in homes and restaurants. She has also used her tasteful skills to provide interior design consulting for clients in the Boston area. Diana has been an active member of her community, participating on many boards and organizations. Diana is the wife of Imagination Brands Co., LLC founder and Doodle Roll inventor Marc and proud mother of three wonderful children.

My Thoughts

I think this is great for an on-the-go coloring solution, for a boredom buster or for a party or craft activity! I was able to get four of my kids coloring at the same time (I couldn’t do all five, because there are only four crayons). They liked the size (the 6″ version and the 3″ version), but I hope they come out with an 8 or 10 inch version! That way my kids could color from different sides! A great idea, and we all love it! You can vote to Get Them On the Shelf here.

Buy it!

You can buy it here.

*DISCLAIMER: I was sent items by Doodle Roll to help facilitate my review. Any opinions stated are strictly my own.*

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Last Minute Printable Valentines: Weekly Favorite Pins

February 11, 2012 By Kelli Leave a Comment

Yep, I know… everyone is behind! Valentine’s Day is Tuesday and many of you don’t have a clue what you are going to do about Valentine’s Goodies for the kids’ classes! Here’s a list of free printable ones that I found on Pinterest. It’s ok, you can thank me later

I have teamed up with Susie QT Pies and Crystal and Company to bring you this weekly linky.

Since this post is all about pinning, be sure to pin this post and a few of the posted linkies. Choose your favorite and click to your heart’s content.

So, what can you put in the linky? You can put any or all of the following items:

1. Your Pinterest Board Link
2. A few of your favorite links
3. A blog post of your own Pinterest Favorites or round up post!

If you aren’t on Pinterest and would like to be, simply email me with your email address in the body and I will send an invite right on over!

My Favorite Pins From This Week:

1. Valentines For Boys – great list with printables!

2. Sweet Valentine’s Day Bark

3. Will you o’fish’ally be my Valentine? CUTE!!

4. “Police” Be my Valentine

Go visit my faves and then, link up below!

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Pinterest Favorites with linky 01/28/2012": Valentine’s Day Crafts

January 28, 2012 By Kelli 1 Comment

I am loving the Pinterest Linky and teaming up with Susie QT Pies and Crystal and Company! Since this post is all about pinning, be sure to pin this post and a few of the posted linkies. Choose your favorite and click to your heart’s content.

So, what can you put in the linky? You can put any or all of the following items: