That said, we’re going to do a boring, random name generator. Not as much fun as a video, but still, nice if you win. Two of you have won a very cool prize – the Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 2009.

And those two winners are…

Numbers 12 and 3. In case you didn’t memorize your comment number, this would be readers Sara and Carla.

Sara’s family is keeping it green this winter by, “Making some organic treats to give as gifts to our friends and neighbors! Oh, and lately we’ve been making peanut butter/birdseed pine cones for all of our furry friends!” Carla says, “We aren’t using our heater or watering our grass. We bought extra blankets to keep warm and we will let the rain keep our grass watered!”

Very nice green tips, as were everyone’s actually. I may have to create a link love post of everyone’s comments because you’re all doing some very cool green things this year.

Congratulations to both Sara and Carla, I’ll email you asap, so be sure to check your spam filters. Thanks to everyone else who entered and left green tips. Big hugs to our prize sponsor Hallmark Software – I’m sure our winners will be able to make some amazing projects all year long thanks to this family friendly prize.

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To learn more about this cool prize, read, Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 2009 – A Great Family Time Product.

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The prize, in case you forgot, is a copy of the #1 card making software, Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 2009. I’ve got two copies up for grabs.

The only downside I see to this product is that system requirements are Windows XP or Vista – sorry Mac lovers Other than that, if you happen to be a PC user, this product is way cool.

Perks of the Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 2009:

Easy as pie – if you visit the Card Studio website, you’ll see that kids, non-computer savvy adults, and anyone else can easily learn to use this product. There are just three simple steps from start to completed project…

1) Choose from one of over 9,000 projects – holiday cards, invitations, stickers, 3D cards, scrapbook pages, calendars, envelopes, gift tags, mini albums, photo cards, photo frames, postcards, and lots more.

2) Incorporate your own unique messages, photos, colors, fonts, or images into your chosen project.

3) Print that project out. You can also directly email your project or create a PDF of it.

Lots of great clip art – Included with the software is this amazing array (16,000+) of clip art graphics; way better than the basics that come on most computers. Look how cute these sample images are:

Fix your photos – This version of the software comes with a nice Digital Photo Editor. You can crop, remove red eye, and more.

Here are some project samples that I think are extra cute: 

What’s green about this? 

Being that this is a green blog, I like to do green and family product minded giveaways. At first glance I wasn’t thinking this was an especially green prize, but then after thinking about it some more, I realized the following:

1. This product encourages family together time – something I push, push, push here at THF.  I like that you and the kids can get together on a chilly winter day and have some fun making special projects.
2. You can use the materials you choose. While recycled greeting cards get more and more expensive, recycled paper in bulk, is not all that bad. You can use recycled paper and recycled embellishments to make a truly unique green gift for someone.
3. You can save some cash AND make homemade gifts that are more personable, extra special, and fun to create.I am always saying going homemade is best – you save gas, save product resources, and save money. This software allows you one means of doing all this.

All in all, a great family-minded prize. If you haven’t entered to win this software yet; what’s stopping you (besides the Mac issue).  Click the penguins below to learn how to enter.

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What you can win:  Two lucky Tree Hugging Family winners will win a copy of the #1 card making software, Hallmark Card Studio Deluxe 2009.This software is super slick, full of features, and family friendly. (Watch for my upcoming review of this software’s full features).

Who can enter: Not me. If you happen to be a girl named Jennifer who blogs here at Tree Hugging Family; well, don’t enter. Are you someone else? You’re good to go.

Giveaway duration:

• Starting… now (go)!
• Ending December 7th, 2008 at midnight Pacific Coast time.

How to win this giveaway:

What I like best about this software is that it promotes family together time and allows you to make some great projects at home using recycled materials if you so choose (recycled paper, buttons, and more) plus your own creativity. In that spirit, if you’d like to win this software, head to the comment section of this post, and tell me one green activity your family will be doing together this holiday season.

Will you be having an organic cookie baking day or will you be taking a nature hike in the snow? Are you all making homemade eco-gifts?

Additional rules: 

I’ll be randomly drawing and posting our winners by the afternoon of December 8th.  If you win, I’ll be sending you an email that day. Please respond within 3 days, or I’ll draw another winner. I know that’s a short time frame for responding, but being that this is a holiday project gift, I’d like the winners to get this before mid-December (plenty of time to make cards).

Also, please note that sometimes b5media emails go to spam. If you’re listed as a winner on the 8th, and you don’t have an email from me by that evening, check your spam or toss me an email at jennifer.chait@b5media.com.

Good luck! Don’t forget to watch for a post that discusses this nifty software’s features.

November current events at Tree Hugging Family – themes, reviews, news, and more…

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