GIVEAWAY! LIBRA De-stash! FREE Giveaway! Deadline: Extended! More pix! More Info!

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes  

You could win these supplies!

Sample journal of what you can make with the mixed media supplies in this huge Giveaway!

Sample of what can be made with Giveaway supplies!

Is your birthday coming? Have you had a birthday? Post a comment - you could win!

LUCKY LIBRA LADY FOLLOWER - BIRTHDAY FREE GIVEAWAY!

September is my birthday month and I'm celebrating with my Followers by offering a FREE giveaway! 

So if you are a Libra lady celebrating your birthday on Sep 27th or celebrating your birthday on Sting's birthday Oct 2nd, indicate that in your comment and you could win!

I have put together some HAPPY MAIL / de-stash items for one lucky Libra (or other) birthday girl! See list of free GIVEAWAY goodies!

ELIGIBILITY

Any LIBRA lady in continental USA is eligible over 18 years of age. If your birthdate is Sep 27th or Oct 2nd (or close to those dates) you could be the winner! You must have an email address.

You do not have to be a Follower to enter.

But there is a Bonus for FOLLOWERS! Followers get a extra little something-something!

See below if your birthday is in September or October!

WHAT IF MY  LIBRA BRITHDAY IS NOT YOUR'S OR STING'S?

A birthdate on, or closest to, either of these 2 dates (9/27, 10/2) will be the lucky winner! Up to two winners - one lady born Sep 27th and/or one lady born Oct 2 (or closest birthday).

WHAT IS INCLUDED WITH THE GIVEAWAY?

Giveaway de-stash items will be a grab bag of new and gently used mixed media supplies selected from my various studios. These supplies are ideal for creating junk journals / smash books / glue books / flow-ish journals / bullet journals / art journals.

Giveaway Includes:

Update: (a $450 value)

1. ·          A5 bullet journal - partially prepped/setup/page numbered by me with pen test pages, index pages, Key / Icon / Color Code page, plus stamped page title borders, and page title cartouches (ESSENTIALS, 8”x5.5”, dot grid, archival, acid free, ribbon bookmark, back pocket),A5 calendar / journal  – dated, obsolete, blank, twin-wire,
2. ·        junk mail journal – ready to paint and embellish (wirebound by me),
3. ·        Tote - 18 pocket tool tote – foldable,
4. ·        Tote - crocheted hobo purse (thrift store find),
5. ·        Adhesive - glue stick,
6. ·        adult coloring pages – assorted sizes (owls, nature, mandalas, etc.),
7. ·        book pages (vintage, old, foreign, dictionary, etc.)
8. ·        colored pencils (in repurposed marker tin) – warm tones,
9. ·        craft mat – new (RANGER), 
10. ·        embellishments (metal, resin, paper, TIM Holtz, and more),
11. ·        embroidery floss on bobbins – wound by me (primary colors),
• NEW! Embossing supplies for heat embossing,
12. ·        envelopes - assorted sizes, types, materials 
13. ·        Fabric - Designer upholstery fabric samples,
14. ·        fabric scraps -  quilter’s cotton,
15. ·        Fiber - Twine (striped),
16. ·        file folder -decorative for coloring,
17. ·        lace seam binding,
18. ·        markers - STM, FINELINE + MORE (assorted warm & cool tones),
19. ·        papers - deli paper (plain and painted),
20. ·        Papers - gelli print papers, 
21. ·        papers - painted wax paper,
22. ·        Papers - scrapbooking papers - patterned scraps, 
23. ·        papers - vintage sewing patterns,
24. ·        pen - fountain pen with refill cartridges (JINHAO),
25. ·        pen - FRIXION erasable pen with refills,
26. ·        pen pouch - clear with elastic divider loops (KAREN FOSTER),
27. ·        pens – glitter gel, black gel,
28. ·        Post-its – 2”,
29. ·        Ribbons - assorted lengths,
30. ·        Rub-ons with craft stick - Asian style alphabet,
31. ·        Scissors – one pair micro scissors,
32. ·        Stamp pad - STAzON permanent ink pad,
33. ·        stamp pads - Dye ink pads – assorted minis,
34. ·        stamps - clear with acrylic block – assorted themes,
35. ·        Stamps - Rubber stamp set – mini alphabet in Mimi pouch + divider tray,
36. ·        Stencil – mini alpha-numeric,
37. ·        tabs – adhesive back,
38. ·        tins – Altoid tins - empty,
39. ·        Tool - water brush,
40. ·        Tools - watercolor brushes – assorted tips/sizes,
41. ·        washi tape rolls – partial,
42. ·        washi tape sample cards – wound by me,
43. ·        yarn samples – super bulky,
44.          plus more mystery goodies [not shown],
45.          plus free complimentary shipping.

HOW TO ENTER GIVEAWAY

 

Leave a comment on this post only with your name and birth date - birth year not needed.

WHEN IS EXTENDED DEADLINE?

EXTENDED Deadline is 12:00 midnight CT on Nov 30, 2020.

WINNER ANNOUNCEMENT

I'll announce winner's name during the week of Dec 15th on this blog, in a new  post.

HOW DOES WINNER GET PRIZE?

INFO NEEDED FROM WINNER in DECEMBER 2020 - 2 IMPORTANT DATES

          Before midnight Dec 22, 2020 CT, Winner must email me (use the 'Contact' form in right           sidebar) with their email address.

          I will contact the Winner via email  requesting the following info that Winner must email           to me before midnight Dec 27, 2020 CT.        

1. copy of their ID (see below) - in body of email,
2. their snail mail address (no P.O. boxes)

About COPY of ID  

To claim your prize, winner must email me a photo copy (in body of email - not as an attachment) of their ID  showing your name and your birthdate.  ID copy can be your state D/L, your real ID, your passport.

IMPORTANT: (On your copy, be sure to mask out/cover your SSN and address and any other private/confidential info before uploading to body of your email).

WHEN WILL WINNER GET PRIZE?

After I get the above info by the deadlines.

          I'm planning to ship the Winner's prize around Dec 31, 2020. I'll email tracking                         number to Winner.

FREEBIES and TUTORIALS

Also, check out all the Freebies and Tutorials while you are visiting my blog.

Thanks for stopping by - Happy Birthday and GOOD LUCK!

'Free!!!! Vintage Ephemera! Free!!! Plus Giveaway reminder!

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Howdy and welcome,

If you want some yummy ephemera for your glue book, junk journals, art journals or scrapbooks, just right click  to Save on your computer. You have my permission to copy these photos. 

These are photos of my own ephemera that I inherited from my grandmother's hoard plus pix of  'Instant Ancestors' that I bought at a local antique store.

Permission granted by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes to copy the following pictures.

Enjoy!

Thanks for stopping by - please comment - and don't forget to check out my current Giveaway!

Peace,

LuLu

'7th Blog-O-Versary Giveaway is ending soon - who will win!? Deadline extended!'

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Last chance to win!

I'm giving away a slew of art supplies to 1 lucky winner! Everything you see in the photos + MORE to 1 lucky winner.

This GIVEAWAY is to celebrate the 7th anniversary of my blog PLUS over 110,000 views!

You will love these Giveaway prizes!

 

In this prize package you'll win:

 

a top zip tote bag with pocket and removable shoulder strap, a scoring board, Strathmore sketch pad, background stamp, adhesive backed foam, multi-tool, tape, die cuts, stickers, embellishments, Ranger blending tool, and MORE!

 

This fun prize package also includes a small cosmetic bag - I use mine as a mini Art Journal Travel Kit!

Open to my Followers worldwide!

 

  

HOW TO WIN - IF YOU HAVE A BLOG:

1. Become a follower AND
2. leave a comment on this post - that comment must contain 

• the link back your blog post about this giveaway AND that comment must contain
• what kind of posts you want to see here in future.

HOW TO WIN - IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BLOG:

1. Become a follower AND
2. leave a comment on this post - that comment must contain 

• your email address AND that comment must contain
• what kind of posts you want to see here in future.

Extended Deadline: March 27, 2017

I will select one winner from those eligible entries on March 27, 2017 from the comments on this post. Winner will be notified via email by March 31, 2017 and I will get your postal address. So your blog must contain your email address for me to be able to contact the winner.

If no one meets the eligibility requirements, the prizes will be awarded in a subsequent Giveaway.

 

  

 

Thanks' for stopping by and following my blog. I l-o-v-e your comments!

 

GOOD LUCK!

Peace,
LuLu

'FREEBIE - Background Text for Art Journal and Altered Books!'

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Howdy and Welcome!

Here is a FREEBIE to use in your personal artwork only.
Do not use it an any work that you sell.

 Collage text background -

antique book page, clip, printer symbols dump paper -

created by LuLu Haynes

 

 

Enjoy!

 

Please become a Follower - and comment on this post - or any of my other FREEBIE posts!

 

Peace,

LuLu

'Freebie! and - It's Official! I'm a Celebrity! Well, sort of....Art Journal Class I'm Teaching!'

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Howdy and Welcome,

'Globe on Steroids' -

architectural building sculpture digitally enhanced by Mary Lou Haynes

Photograph by D. C. Daruszka

Used with permission from the photographer

I'm in the newspaper! I'm officially a celebrity!
well, sort of a celebrity...One of our local newspapers here in Chicago, featured an article about me and the mixed media Art Journal class I'm teaching next week at the Beverly Arts Center in Chicago, IL.

We'll be using all sorts of goodies, including washi tapes, scrapbooking paper and doing all sorts of techniques including: collage, frottage, laminating, doodling and more!

Would love for you to join us if you are in Chicago, Illinois the week of  June 23 and June 25, 2015!

Click here for the article.

Click here for the workshop info (Adult Mini Camp by Mary Lou Haynes) scroll to bottom of page.


Meanwhile, here's a freebie background I created. This is a black-and-white version of an excerpt from a tangle/doodle I drew in one of my sketch journals. You have my permission to use this in your artwork - for your own personal art, but not to sell. Enjoy!

 'Moisture on Mars (BnW)' -

by Mary Lou Haynes

 

Please become a Follower and comment. I love to see your comments. SPread the word about the fun Freebies you find on my blog! Come back soon.

Peace,
LuLu

'Freebie Collage for Scrapbooking, Art Journals, ATCs - plus Retreat Info!'

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

Greetings!

I found a sponsor for the meetup.com groups that I founded for scrapbooking and crafting.
Did not have to close down our 'Scrap-A-Holics of Chicagoland' groups, thanks to new sponsor 'HP Dance Fitness'!

FREEBIE

Freebie (vintage ephemera)
ok to use - with permission from LuLu Haynes 2014

RETREAT INFO

• 2014 Crafting and Scrapbooking Retreat - Nov 28 - 30, 2014, near Chicago, IL, USA
• 3-day weekend retreat, $50 through Nov 21, 2014. Lodging extra.
• Late Registration fee is $70 USD processing fee) after.
• Details at www.scrap-a-thon.com
• 2015 Retreat scheduled for Oct 30 - Nov 1, 2015.
• Early Bird registration for 2015 retreat coming soon!
• Mark your calendars now.

YOUR WASHI TAPE STASH?

What's your washi tape collection count/inventory to date? How do you organize/store your tape stash?

Thanks for visiting! Come back again soon!
LuLu
www.lulu-too-beaucoup.blogspot.com

'GIVEAWAY - plus Texture Freebie for Your Art Journal!'

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes


Howdy and welcome!

To celebrate my 4th anniversary on blogger, I'm hosting a long-overdue GIVEAWAY for you! My Blogoversary was in October, but I've been swamped and then had camera glitches.

If you are a scrapbooker or mixed media artist you will love this Giveaway!

GIVEAWAY GOODIES

GIVEAWAY GOODIES

GIVEAWAY GOODIES 

 

  

HOW TO ENTER

LuLu's 4th BLOGOVERSARY GIVEAWAY!

• Join this site to become a Follower. Now open to everyone!
• Post a link on your blog titled
  'LuLu's 4th BLOGOVERSARY GIVEAWAY'
  with a link back to this post.
   
• Add a comment on this post including,  the Title of a 'LuLu-Too-Beaucoup' post  that you enjoy OR the Title of any sidebar link on this blog that you enjoy.
• Enter as often as you like by adding as many comments as you like. But every comment you add must include a different LuLu-Too-Beaucoup post 'Title' OR a different link Title  on this blog that you enjoy.
• Include in your comment (s) the link back to your blog post.

 

ELIGIBILITY

• Open to Followers  everyone worldwide with a postal address.
• You must have a blog to enter.
• Previous giveaway winners are not eligible.

  

DEADLINE

• Midnight CST Dec Jan 20, 2013.2014

 

HOW TO WIN?

 

• I will choose the winning comment on Dec 20 Jan 21, 2013. 2014
• There will be one winner.

  

RESULTS POST

• Results announcing winner's name will be posted by Dec Jan 21st.
• Winner has until Jan  Feb 3, 2014, to contact me via email with their postal address.
• Winner forfeits prize if I don't get an email by midnight CST Jan Feb 3, 2014.
•  In case of forfeiture, another winner will be chosen.
• If no forfeiture, prizes will be shipped by Jan Feb 17, 2014.

LuLu's 4th Blogoversary GIVEAWAY - PRIZES!

• v 1 pre-prepped art journal (4 1/4" x 8 1/4"), 8 folios/16 pages,   (bound by me including a variety of papers - scrapbook, designer, craft)
•  
• v 1 original stamp "LuLu's Lunas" - carved by me exclusively for the winner
•  
• v 1 hardcover book - journal pages altered by me with original tape, washi and masking tape
•  
• v 3 original 3-pocket journal pages (designed  & assembled by me from double-sided pattern cardstock
•  
• v 3 original acrylic charms - painted by me with alcohol ink
•  
• v set of original tabs - cut by me from pattern scrapbook paper 

•      1 Strathmore  'Drawing' paper pad

 

·       1 Basic Grey paper stack, 6" x 6")

 

·       1 border sticker sheet 

 

·       2 original dominoes - altered by my artist friend, Maria Garcia

 

·       2 vintage dice (great for Steampunk assemblages!)

 

·       2 foam stamps

 

·       2 hanks of ruffle yarn

 

·       2 sheets of vellum sentiments

 

·       2 storage tins

 

·       3 monopoly game tokens (great for Steampunk assemblages!)

 

·       5 foam sheets - assorted colors

 

·       5 keys (great for Steampunk assemblages!)

 

·       6 double-sided embossing/texture plates – plus embossing tool (Fiskars)

 

·       misc. goodies (not shown)

 

·       misc. stickers

 

·       misc. die cuts

 

·       misc. die sheets

 

(Basket not included)

 

 

BONUS ENTRY!
For another chance to win, include in your comment the one-word name of a 16 time Grammy winning musician who shares the same birthday week with me. Hint: he's coming to Chicago for a few months for his musical starting in June 2014!

EVERYBODY WINS FREEBIE!
Even if you do not enter the 4th Blogoversary Giveaway above, you can still take this freebie. Great for adding texture to your art journal or altered books! Permission granted to right click and save picture 'Moisture in Mars' - an excerpt of 'Doodles Deux' - to your computer.

'Moisture on Mars'

Freebie -

permission granted by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes for you to copy

COMING SOON!
A new FREE Tutorial is in the works and coming after the holidays. Stay tuned!

As always, I'd love for you to comment on any of my blog posts.

Thanks for stopping by - and good luck!

Peace,
LuLu

'FREEBIES! Art Journal Page Backgrounds / Textures - celebrating 100 Followers in 2012!'

by Mary Lou 'LuLu' Haynes

 

Howdy and welcome,

 

As part of the celebration for attaining 100 Followers of my blog , I'm offering this mixed-media collection of  backgrounds - FREE! FREE! FREE!

 

These FREE backgrounds are from my art journal (a giveaway prize) that I created using custom designer tape, custom labels, custom stamps, patterned scrapbook papers, die cuts frames, tissue  papers, painted wax paper, deli papers, custom embossed metal tape, copyright free images, Rollagraph stamps, Stampin' around stamps, printed tissue paper, Tim Holtz tissue paper, ink, acrylic paints, custom glazes and gessos (clear, black, white, custom tinted) using a wide variety of mixed-media techniques.

 

Yep! You read it right - these backgrounds are FREE for you to use in your artwork!

 

So...
how will you use these FREEBIES?

 

• Will you create textures by printing a page for your art journals, altered books, visual journals and assemblages?
• Or will you make image transfers by inkjet printing onto deli paper, copy paper or transparencies - and adhering with soft gel medium?
• Or how about dishing up some digital layers by using these FREEBIES in Adobe Photoshop or in Microsoft Digital Image Editor?!

 

All I ask is that you:

1. please give credit to  'www.lulu-too-beaucoup.blogspot.com' when you use these in your art work.
2. please send me a link to your blog post of any work you create using these  FREE FREE FREE backgrounds. I'd love to see what specatacular stuff you come up with!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Small journal from Staples Office supply store - lined paper.
• Pages glue laminated together for strength.
• Pages 'under journaled' (a Pam Carriker term) with pencil resists (graphite and colored pencils).

 

Thanks for visiting - please leave a comment while you're here - and come back soon....My GIVEAWAY for 100 Followers Giveaway will start this summer 2012 - with fun and artsy prizes for one lucky Follower's creating pleasure!

Peace,
LuLu