Category: Old & New Giveaways

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Giveaway: Multi-Coloured Xmas Lights Worth £17.99 – 2 Sets to Give Away – Ends 15th Dec 2012

Who can resist the lure of pretty lights when it’s coming up to some lovely time off work, and the planning for Christmas and all it’s celebrations?

There is just something magical about seeing lots of different coloured lights twinkling away in windows on the cold wintry nights.  They bring thoughts of warmth, cheer, and the excitement of Christmas yet to come.

How many kids eyes pop open in wonder as they see the pretty light strung up?  I know I still love to come home and see lights showing me the way home.

I quite like inspirational ideas, and Xmas Direct has a nifty way of decorating stairs that I wouldn’t have thought of.  It just makes me wish I had a power socket in a handy place to be able to copy this idea.

The giveaway announcement today, is for two lucky people to win a set of multi coloured Xmas lights from Xmas Direct each.

To enter, simply follow the rafflecopter steps, and give yourself higher chances of entry by completing each step.  If you are already doing one of the steps, that’s fine, it still applies.

The lights on offer are multi coloured battery operated LED fairy lights in the traditional colours of red, blue, amber and green.

The lights are set on green cable that means they can blend into dark backgrounds.   Xmas Direct suggests winding them through a wreath or a garland, which seems a fairly neat thing to do.   With a small battery pack that takes three AA batteries, these lights could well last up to 100 hours if you use high-powered batteries.

The two sets of lights on offer are the 5 meter lengths, which are valued at £17.99 each.

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Terms and Conditions
The promoter reserves the right to change or cancel this giveaway at any time.  The winning selection will be made by random selection. Winners will be notified after the end of the entry period. If the winners don’t claim their giveaway after 48 hours, it will be redrawn. While we will try to deliver the winners goods by Christmas, we cannot absolutely guarantee that the giveaway goods will arrive in time for Christmas Day. While we will endeavour to get the lights to the winner on time, the delivery time will be dependant on how long it takes to be claimed and delivery schedules.  Giveaway open to UK entrants only.

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Giveaway – 5 Sets of More Big Machines DVD & Activity Book – ends 15th December 2012

Perfect for Christmas presents, and up for a lovely giveaway is 5 sets of More Big Machines (the DVD) and an activity book from Tractor Ted?  Follow the rafflecopter instructions on this post to submit your entries and be in with a chance of winning.

This Christmas Tractor Ted has lots of new products and ideas to delight and inspire two to six year old tractor fans.   No self-respecting toddler will want to get out of their Tractor Ted bed (£370) which even has its own steering wheel, especially if it comes with the new Tractor Ted duvet set (£35) comprising a pillow case and duvet cover. And the Tractor Ted pencil tin (£8.99) makes an ideal stocking filler.

With lots of gift ideas to consider, the site is really worth a look.  Along with breakfast sets, lunch boxes, jigsaws and wellies, any child can really feel at home in the countryside with Tractor Ted goodies.

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The new range complements the much-loved existing Tractor Ted DVDs, books, clothes, toys and gifts.   There are now more than 15 DVDs featuring big machines, how our food is made, the seasons and looking after animals.   The latest is Tractor Ted, and the one up for giveaway on Scottish Mum Blog is More Big Machines.  Each copy retails for £9.99, so it would make a perfect stocking filler.

For all tractor fans, there is also a fan club that children can join, they can play games on the website.

So what do you have to do to enter?

Check off your answers on the rafflecopter widget and check back on the 16th December to see if you have won.  Remember to leave a comment so that I can get in touch with you if you win.

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Funky Foodies November 2012

STAR RECIPE WINNER – for October is Recipe Junkie, with the attack of the custard creams, and her Rum Brownie Recipe.  Lush rum brownies that look to die for are last month’s irresistible food.

THE NOVEMBER FUNKY FOODIES LINKY IS OPEN AND THERE ARE ONLY 9 DAYS TO GET YOUR RECIPES IN THIS MONTH. 

  • Is a monthly linkie, which will close on the last day of the month.
  • A medal will be awarded for the Star Recipe every month, and the fabulous trophy in the blog badge will be awarded at the end of a whole year of the Funky Foodies.   If you want to find out more about it, read here.
  • All you have to do is share as many recipes from your own blog a month as you’d like.  If you struggle to add your recipe, send me your link and I’ll add it for you.
  • Try to pop around and share the comment love with other funky foodies.  We all like a little love and might come across some fabulous recipes.
If you want to host the linkie on your own blog as a blog hop, get the code here :

Simply add the link to your recipe on your own blog, and share your latest recipe with everyone taking part.  If you don’t want to miss the linkie being opened, subscribe to RSS or by email in the blog header.

I’ll add recipes of mine to share, although I don’t count in the recipe challenge.

Feel free to copy the badge or use the html in the widget at the bottom of the page to add the small blog badge to your own blog / post.  It makes finding you easier for other funky foodies.

Funky Foodies

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If you want to add the blog hop to your own website, get the InLinkz code get the InLinkz code and add the monthly code to a text widget or a post in html.


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Win 2 Kids Films as Xmas Stocking Fillers Courtesy of Scotty Brand – Ends 30th November 2012

Update: The winner is Rhiannon Alwen @HouseholdHorror

Scotty Brand sent me two films to giveaway on my blog.  All you have to do is follow the steps below to enter, and on the 30th November, I’ll pull a winner out with the random generator in the programme.  The films up for grabs are The Incredibles and Ratatouille.  Scotty Brand teamed up with Disney for the Brave Premier in Glasgow earlier this year, and the films are part of an ongoing relationship.

If you are already following me on any of the two methods, just leave a comment to say so, you still get the entry, even if you’ve been following this blog for years.

How to Enter

  • Like Scottish Mum on Facebook if you haven’t already and Leave a comment on this post to say you have done so.  Scottish Mum Facebook or on the sidebar at the right.
  • Tweet the following and leave a comment here to say you have done so.  “Enter to win a Ratatouille & The Incredibles DVD with @scottish_mum at http://scottishmum.com/2012/11/win-2-kids-films-as-xmas-stocking-fillers-courtesy-of-scotty-brand-ends-30th-november-2012/”
  • For an additional entry, follow my blog by RSS, and leave a comment here to say you have done so.  Scottish Mum RSS

Each comment equals one entry.  Each person can earn 3 entries.  Simple.

Conditions

  • The winner must be contactable within 7 days of the end of the giveaway closing date, or the prize will be reallocated to the next randomly generated winner.
  • Terms and conditions are subject to change at any time.

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Good luck to all.

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Funky Foodies October & WINNER for September 2012

STAR RECIPE WINNER – for September is a tie.  I let my kids choose their favourites this week, and they pondered for a while, before saying they couldn’t decide between Foodie Quine’s Cake Pops and Susan Mann’s Patatas.  In the end, I have to declare it a joint draw, and they both get a mention (and a medal).

What the kids said..

Foodie Quine (Twitter @foodiequine) “Her cake pops are better than yours mum, because she used Dairy Milk”  

Susan K Mann (Twitter @susankmann) “They look like fine stovies”

THE OCTOBER FUNKY FOODIE LINKY IS OPEN

  • Is a monthly linkie, which will close on the last day of the month.
  • A medal will be awarded for the Star Recipe every month, and the fabulous trophy in the blog badge will be awarded at the end of a whole year of the Funky Foodies.   If you want to find out more about it, read here.
  • All you have to do is share as many recipes from your own blog a month as you’d like.  If you struggle to add your recipe, send me your link and I’ll add it for you.
  • Try to pop around and share the comment love with other funky foodies.  We all like a little love and might come across some fabulous recipes.
If you want to host the linkie on your own blog as a blog hop, get the code here :

Simply add the link to your recipe on your own blog, and share your latest recipe with everyone taking part.  If you don’t want to miss the linkie being opened, subscribe to RSS or by email in the blog header.

I’ll add recipes of mine to share, although I don’t count in the recipe challenge.

Feel free to copy the badge or use the html in the widget at the bottom of the page to add the small blog badge to your own blog / post.  It makes finding you easier for other funky foodies.

Funky Foodies

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If you want to add the blog hop to your own website, get the InLinkz code and add the monthly code to a text widget or a post in html.


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Funky Foodies September (Month 4) & WINNER for August 2012

STAR RECIPE WINNER – for August 2012 is My Darlings and Me, who was chosen by July Winner, The Vegetarian Casserole Queen.   This months winner was a recipe for decadent Caramel Dime Bar Cupcakes.

Here’s what The Vegetarian Casserole Queen had to say about the Star Recipe for August:

“This recipe is packed with caramel goodness – from the frosting to the filling – punctuated with chocolate in the cake and the Dime bar topping.  I can’t wait to give it a try!”

THE SEPTEMBER FUNKY FOODIE LINKY IS OPEN

  • Is a monthly linkie, which will close on the last day of the month.
  • A medal will be awarded for the Star Recipe every month, and the fabulous trophy in the blog badge will be awarded at the end of a whole year of the Funky Foodies.   If you want to find out more about it, read here.
  • All you have to do is share as many recipes from your own blog a month as you’d like.  If you struggle to add your recipe, send me your link and I’ll add it for you.
  • Try to pop around and share the comment love with other funky foodies.  We all like a little love and might come across some fabulous recipes.
If you want to host the linkie on your own blog as a blog hop, get the code here :

Simply add the link to your recipe on your own blog, and share your latest recipe with everyone taking part.  If you don’t want to miss the linkie being opened, subscribe to RSS or by email in the blog header.

The code is below if you want to add the badge to your post or your blog.  I’ll add recipes of mine to share, although I don’t count in the recipe challenge.

Funky Foodies

Feel free to copy the badge or use the html in the widget at the bottom of the page to add the small blog badge to your own blog / post.  It makes finding you easier for other funky foodies.

If you want to add the blog hop to your own website, get the InLinkz code and add the monthly code to a text widget or a post in html.


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Funky Foodies August (Month 3) & WINNER for July 2012

STAR RECIPE WINNER – for August 2012 is The Vegetarian Casserole Queen, who was chosen by June Winner Mama Cook.  The recipe was for a gorgeous peach salad.

Here’s what Mama Cook had to say about the Star Recipe for July:

“Interesting ingredients for a start but the photography has been thought through.  Texture in the mat and plate, the depth of field set so the background is slightly out of focus.  Definitely a cool shot and I am intrigued to taste what peach, honey, feta and mint tastes like all together!”

THE AUGUST FUNKY FOODIE LINKY IS OPEN

  • Is a monthly linkie, which will close on the last day of the month.
  • A medal will be awarded for the Star Recipe every month, and the fabulous trophy in the blog badge will be awarded at the end of a whole year of the Funky Foodies.   If you want to find out more about it, read here.
  • All you have to do is share as many recipes from your own blog a month as you’d like.  If you struggle to add your recipe, send me your link and I’ll add it for you.
  • Try to pop around and share the comment love with other funky foodies.  We all like a little love and might come across some fabulous recipes.
If you want to host the linkie on your own blog as a blog hop, get the code here :

Simply add the link to your recipe on your own blog, and share your latest recipe with everyone taking part.  If you don’t want to miss the linkie being opened, subscribe to RSS or by email in the blog header.

The code is below if you want to add the badge to your post or your blog.  I’ll add recipes of mine to share, although I don’t count in the recipe challenge.

Funky Foodies

Feel free to copy the badge or use the html in the widget at the bottom of the page to add the small blog badge to your own blog / post.  It makes finding you easier for other funky foodies.

If you want to add the blog hop to your own website, get the InLinkz code and add the monthly code to a text widget or a post in html.


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Funky Foodies July (Month 2) & WINNER for June 2012

STAR RECIPE WINNER – for June 2012 is Mama Cook with her recipe for :  Spanakopita (spinach and feta pies) for the whole family.  Congratulations.

JULY FUNKY FOODIE LINKY IS OPEN

Apologies for being a couple of days late with the start of the linky.

  • Funky Foodies is a monthly linkie, which will be opened on the first day of the month and will close on the last day.
  • A medal will be awarded for the Star Recipe every month, and the fabulous trophy in the blog badge will be awarded at the end of a whole year of the Funky Foodies.   If you want to find out more about it, read here.
  • All you have to do is share as many recipes from your own blog a month as you’d like.  If you struggle to add your recipe, send me your link and I’ll add it for you.
  • Try to pop around and share the comment love with other funky foodies.  We all like a little love and might come across some fabulous recipes.
Simply add the link to your recipe on your own blog, and share your latest recipe with everyone taking part.  If you don’t want to miss the linkie being opened, subscribe to RSS or by email in the blog header.

I’ll add recipes of mine to share, although I don’t count in the recipe challenge.

Funky Foodies

Feel free to copy the badge or use the html in the widget at the bottom of the page to add the small blog badge to your own blog / post.  It makes finding you easier for other funky foodies.

If you want to add the July blog hop to your own recipe, get the InLinkz code and add to the html.


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Apetina Cheese – Summer Suncatcher Salad, with a Chance to Win a Fabulous Hamper

 

Apetina is a new cheese to me.  

I was delighted to be asked to make a new salad that would help our family nutrition by keeping the kids happy.  Looking for the cheese to buy, I was quite surprised to find they also have gorgeous little snack pots.  

The lovely looking Apetina Sun Dried Tomato Snack Pack and the Garlic and Olive Snack Pack also made it into my shopping trolley, along with a classic block.  It really is worth a try, and also suitable for vegetarians.

The cheese crumbles with ease when it is being eaten and seems to absorb flavours well.   Arla also make a light variety which I would have loved to try, but my local shop didn't have any left.

To keep my kids happy, a sharing dish is usually the best option, especially if I can put together all the ingredients that I know my kids love.  They always pick from the big help yourselves dishes on the table.

Apetina Cheese – Summer Suncatcher Salad Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 x 200g tub of classic Apetina cheese
  • 1 chinese leaf lettuce
  • 150g grapes
  • 200g strawberries
  • 4 apricots
  • 10 cherry tomatoes
  • 15 cherries
  • croutons
  • olive oil
  • sour cream

Method

Salads are just so easy to make.  The first step is washing all salad ingredients and placing the lettuce in the bottom of the bowl, to make a bed for the rest of the salad to sit on.

  1. Drizzle a little olive oil onto the lettuce.
  2. Spread a little sour cream over the surface.
  3. Cut strawberries into quarters.
  4. Half the cherry tomatoes.
  5. De-stone the apricots and cut them into quarters.
  6. Sprinkle the fruit and tomatoes onto the bed of lettuce.
  7. Drain a tub of Apetina cheese and place on the salad.
  8. Top with cherries and croutons.
  9. Serve with sour cream as a side dish.

In our house, this was a success as I used the fruit that my kids love to mix with the cheese.  I like mixing fruit and veg where they work well together and salads are perfect for that.  We had a suncatcher that we made a few weeks ago on the window, so my boys named the salad the suncatcher as it had such lovely colours and looked spectacular on the table.

My Apetina recipe will be entered into the contest over on the Apetina Facebook page.  It will also be featured in the Recipe section of the website.

If you like the Facebook page, and vote for your favourite salad of the week, you'll be entered into a prize draw to win this fabulous picnic hamper.  Inside the basket, there will be a salad bowl with servers, and a dressing bottle.

The final week prize will be a BBQ, so head on over using the Apetina link to vote.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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COMPETITION : A bloggy chance to win £100 from Appliances Online closes 6th April

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UPDATE:  The winner was @jaxbees with the caramel shortcake that my youngest chose as the winner.

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Coming home from school today, we decided to stop off past the local shop and buy a few treaty things for the boys.  Instead of buying sweeties, we bought some meringue nests, chocolate and fudge icing in a tub, and some mini chocolate Easter eggs.

To say that the boys enjoyed their messy making of things was an understatement and Appliances Online liked the idea so much, that they have offered a £100 prize for a blogger who enters the linkie on this blog and includes a recipe or a foodie picture of their own.   The rules are simple and are at the end of this post.

Back to the meringue nests:  the pictures tell the whole story on their own, with lots of mess to clean up afterwards.

Competition rules: A simple food picture or a recipe post will do the job.

  • Post a picture of a meal, or a recipe of your own and link it up to this blog below.
  • Pop the words and link in this sentence into your post.  “My entry for the Bosch Dishwasherlink up”
  • The competition will close on the 6th April 2012.
  • Leave a wee comment please to say how to contact, ie your email address in the comment or your Twitter id.

Good luck everyone, and if you struggle with the in-link, please just send me a message or a tweet.


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Lucky Winner of the LG Washing Machine……………..

The appliances online staff read through all the comments, and the winner is the lady who wrote this lovely poem.  A fabulous prize for anyone to receive.  I hope you enjoy it.

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Five minutes peace and what would I do?
well honestly talking from me to you,
these moments are hard to grab
You will know this if you a Mum or A Dad
Ironing , cooking cleaning the lot, a parents job will never stop
theres homework, reading and dance class
and theres always cutting the grass
and dont forget washing and theres loads of that
With 5 little kiddies and one on the way
I use my washer at least 3 times a day
But this LG your showing to me would chop this in half
its got a massive load you see
And then I might grab that bit of peace
Omg that would be a release
I could take five minutes to sit and think
I could even grab a little drink
oh my god it makes my heart miss a beat
how nice it would be to have a little treat
just the odd five minutes just for me

Natelle Arnold

The washing machine is yours.  Please DM me your contact details, including a telephone number for the representative to get in touch with you.

Congratulations, and well done.

Lesley
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UK – Competition / Giveaway – Win an LG 11kg Steam Direct Drive Washing Machine worth £876 !!!!!!

If you are anything like us as a family, finding new things for children to do can be daunting and very difficult at the same time.  Lots of us try to think up new ways to keep our children happy, and to give them the opportunity to have fun while making lovely new things that actually mean something to us for the future.

Crafty things get the thumbs up from almost any child of every age, and I asked my three children to draw pictures of us as a family.  As with all children, when they make messy things, or even if they are simply playing outside in the dirt, they can get themselves into so much mess, that we find ourselves looking at the piles of laundry lying on the floor and wondering where on earth it all came from.

One child didn’t want his picture on the Internet, but two of them are proud to show you their creativity.

 

This is where Appliances Online can help.  As all mums and dads know, five minutes of peace and quiet is a blessing when you are a busy parent.  The new LG Direct drive washing machines feature the latest technology, leading the way for a quieter and more peaceful wash.

I actually have the 9 kg version of the Direct Drive washing machine which means this is an easy competition for me to host.  I can vouch for how quiet the machine is, and for how little water is actually used, which never ceases to amaze me when the clothes are washed so thoroughly.

The programmes include a very fast 45 minute wash which I find myself using more than any other programme.  There is also the facility to be able to increase the spin times on each setting.  I can say without a doubt that it is the best washing machine that I have ever owned, and the size of wash is fabulous for us as we have a family of 6 to do washing for.

I can only dream of having the 11kg Direct drive washing machine from LG to wash big duvets.  I am going to be very jealous indeed of the lucky person who gets this beauty delivered to their doorstep as the winner of the UK based competition.

To be in with a chance of winning this lovely machine, all you have to do is use the rafflecopter widget below to enter and officially check off your answers.  You can sign in with Facebook, or by using your name and email address.

  • Leave a comment on this blog, to tell me the answer to this question  “When I have five minutes peace and quiet, I like to…….”
  • Tweet the following :  “I entered to win an #LGdirectdrive 11 kg washing machine with @scottish_mum and @apponline”
  • You need to comment on my blog AND tweet for your entry to count.
  • Appliances Online will pick the winner from their favourite of all the lovely stories I hope we are going to hear as entries.

It’s simple, and it is a fabulous competition and I am going to shout this out:

THIS IS A FABULOUS COMPETITION

The closing date is: 27th February 2012 so get your thinking caps on.

Good luck to everyone entering and I am going to be cheering you all on.

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