Winner! & a couple of Halloween pictures!

Just a quick post today to announce the winner from yesterday and share a couple of pics!
Important things first....using random.org, the winner of the Cosmo Cricket Friends Chipboard kit is....

#15 -

JazzyH said...

Great card!
October 30, 2009 9:34 AM

Congrats! Please send me your mailing address so I can get this prize out to you! charlene@sweetscrapdeal.com

And here is a picture we took last night when we were carving pumpkins. Can you tell which one mine is above? I had to use a pattern, no way could I do that freehand! LOL
These will surely be scrapped soon!!
Hope everyone has a very SAFEand HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!! :)

First time flyin a kite!!

**Scroll down for the Friends with Flair post &

Breast Cancer Blog Hop(e)**

Yep, that's right, 34 years old and I had never flown a kite! So, here is my experience I had on Tuesday and a nice little video for you to enjoy LOL. Hope you can hear it, it was CRAZY windy, as you can see from my hair. I look terrible LOL.
Anyway, about my page, I don't know if I like the ribbon on it, but too late HA! I used the sketch at Apron Strings that Lori posted, it was perfect for these pics! I also used the Scraproom Challenge which was to use different fonts in the title. And if that wasn't enough I used Scrap & Stamp's open challenge and used stamps on my page. (Stamps used: Heidi Swapp Alphabet & Banana Frog Arrows - which I won on Mary Macaskill's site!)

Breast Cancer Awareness Blog Hop & Friends with Flair Friday!

Michelle at Inside My Own Private Idaho started a Blog Hop(e) for Breast Cancer Awareness month! Isn't that perfectly delightful? :) I'm happy to be apart of it! If you're here for the hop, you should have come from sweet Sunshine's blog. If you just happened upon my blog, head on over to Michelle's blog to start the hop! I am giving away this Cosmo Cricket Friends chipboard kit (new in a box) to one lucky commenter from this post! (because we should all cherish our friends!) *must comment on 10/30/09, winner will be announced on 10/31/09*
When you're done checking out my card, head on over to Keri's cool blog to continue the Hop(e)!

If you're here for Unity Friends with Flair Friday, you're in the right spot! You are also eligible to win, just comment on my post! Be sure to check out all the talented Friends with Flair on Unity's Blog HERE.
I made this card using Unity's stamps from the Oct KOM. I love the quotes they come up with! This card is honor of Breast Cancer Awareness of course, but I also chose to use the card sketch from Sweet Sketch Wednesday and their color challenge.

Then I decided to kick it up a notch (thanks Emeril!) and add some sparkle because that's what the challenge is all about at Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog! I added some gold stickles to the sunshine and rock candy stickles(----> very cool!) to the pink ribbon.

...and a close-up...


Whew! That's it for today! Don't forget to sign up for my BLOG CANDY HERE, and also check out my SPECIAL DEAL for the OCT UNITY STORE KIT HERE!---->only good until 10/31!
Have a blessed weekend! :)

Fight Like a Girl

I used the sketch from 2 Sketches 4 You #38 and also incorporated the Just Us Girls Challenge by using a "tissue paper flower".

I loved the video by Mona on the Just Us Girls Challenge site. It was very helpful, although I didn't have the Spellbinders flowers, so I improvised and used my scallop punch...it sort of worked! :)
I used a very cool digi set that I got from Whimsie Doodles that celebrates Breast Cancer Awareness which I think is a wonderful cause! This stamp was only $2.50 and the proceeds go to Breast Cancer Research, how awesome is THAT?! :) (they also have a little boy and a princess girl now along the same lines, SO cute!) I used paper piecing with Cosmo Cricket Girl Friday, which is the cutest paper!

Sketchy Thursday 10.22 Challenge

I created this layout for an awesome new sketch challenge I found, Sketchy Thursday.

This picture was taken of me when I was 14 and just about to go meet a boy. :) I fell for him over the summer of '89 when parachute pants and big hair were in. Although, I was never much for big hair. ;) It was funny because I just started making out with this boy and my brother came to his house and was banging on the door. He told me that I had to come back to the lakehouse! What timing LOL.
Anyway, I love this mix of paper that seems to go along with my flirty attitude. Oh and the pompom ribbon and tulle! The patterned paper is KI Memories and American Crafts. I sprayed the ink on the background using my color spritzer tool from Stampin' Up and my pink Marvy marker. First time I used this tool and I've had it since my sister in law gave it to me LAST Christmas! I guess I just wasn't aware it was SO cool. LOL
I loved this sketch, very fun...

And a close-up so you can see the marker splatter...

Card: One Love One Life

Good Afternoon All!

I made this card for a couple challenges. First up is the Apron Strings color challenge which is to only use the colors in this picture:

The 2nd one is for the Etsy Inspired challenge #59, which is to be inspired by the shop called The Little Red Door. I picked one of their items for sale and got inspired! I picked this charming little country house.


The colors were perfect for my challenge and it reminded me of a shabby little church. So, that led me to my Unity Oct KOM stamps! I used ink distressing because the house looked a little like that with all the speckles. I created a "door" on the front of my card just because I was inspired to do that! :)Hiding behind the door is the church and inside the card I stamped one of Unity's sentiments, perfect for a "wedding" card.

Unity Bachelor Bro Challenge Week #6

It's the Unity Bachelor Bro Challenge Week #6!
This week’s CHALLENGE details:
Sweet Themed - Use anything you think is sweet - but let's keep it manly!
• use ONLY PINK & BROWN in your project
• MUST include Unity Stamps
• Upload your project to the Splitcoast Gallery with keyword: UBBRO6 {using the letter O, no zeros!}
• Project must be posted by Monday, Oct 26th by 5 PM CST
{challenge winner/runner up will be posted on Thursday Oct 29th}

I'm entering this all PINK & BROWN card for the Unity Bachelor Bro Challenge #6. I used Core'dinations pink paper and ran it through with a cuttlenbug folder, then sanded it and distressed it. I used DCWV Sweet Stack papers, inked and distressed. Using Marvy markers, I stamped my Unity cupcakes and sentiment from the August KOM. I added a cute wooden heart button to keep it "manly". ;) Hope I win...fingers crossed...would love to win 25 Unity stamps!! :)