Sketches by Carly Day!

Good morning friends!  I know, it has been a long time or at least it feels like it!  I'm back today to share a fun card and sketch from Sketches by Carly.  I made this card before I left to go see my son and I still love it today as much as when I made it!

Our sponsor for the month long challenge is Paper Shelter and we were provided with some super cute images to use.  I chose Santa Cute Helper.  I did NOT color this image but instead took advantage of the pre-color version that Paper Shelter offers.  I used MME 12 Days of Christmas pattered papers on this card and then just added all sorts of fun embellies.  I love it when Carly's sketches has lots of little pieces to it as it if fun to be fussy sometimes!

Here are the details of this challenge:  This challenge will go for the entire month of December (Dec 9 - Jan 5) so you will be able to enter as many times as you'd like.  The random winner will receive a $20 Paper Shelter gift certificate! 

Here are the rest of the design team gals. Make sure you check out all of the amazing work they've done!

Jerusha

Julie 

Danni

Ceal

Margreet

Genevieve

Sarah

Shakira

Kathy

Kris

Carly

I will be back probably tomorrow to share a photo or two (or maybe a digi scrapbook page) of my boys.  It never gets old thinking your kids are the most handsome around!  See you then!

Thought of the day:  I'd rather be a Proverbs 31 woman than a Victoria's Secret model!

Black Friday/Cyber Monday Challenge

*This will be at the top until 12/9.  Please scroll down to see my most recent blog update.*

Good Black Friday morning friends!  How many of you were out and about to brave the crowds last night/this morning?  Not me!  I prefer to to shop Black Friday from my computer and have found that I can get just as many good deal online on Black Friday as I could at the store.  Add that to Cyber Monday and I'm one happy person!

I thought it would be fun to have a little challenge this week to celebrate the great deals you get on your crafting goodness either today, Black Friday or Monday Cyber Monday.  Okay, so you can use anything new, that you have never used before for this challenge.

Here are the guidelines for this challenge...
1.  Your creation must have one brand new, never used by you before element to it and it should be one of the main elements to your creation.  
2.  You must link back to this post in your blog post.
3.  You must link your card up to the inlinkz tool at the bottom of this post.  Please link to the blog post itself and not just your blog or your link will be removed.
4.  For each place you share (your blog, Facebook, etc) this challenge (and come back to tell me about it...one comment for each share) you will get an extra entry into the challenge.  However, you must link up a creation for your extra entries to count.
5.  If you don't have a blog just e-mail me a photo of your creation.
6.  you have two weeks to participate in this challenge.  The inlinkz tool will close on 12-8 at midnight.  

Now, what do you have the chance to win if you follow all 5 of those rules?  Well...the fabulous Laurie, from Doodle Pantry has graciously donated a $5 gift certificate to her store!  I'm so excited for the person who will win as you know how much I love Doodle Pantry!

Well? What are you waiting for?  Get shopping and creating ladies!  Let me know if you have any questions!

Brave

Good morning!  Remember I told you that I was going to be absent from my blog quite a bit this month, right?  Well, this is part of the reason.  My son is home on mid-tour leave and we are enjoying spending some time with him!

This is the very first page I have made in my new digi scrapping software called MyMemories Suite.  I have never been a digi scrapper before as my brain just cannot wrap around Photoshop but this MyMemories Suite?  So intuitive!

I've actually had the program for about a month but I've been working on a couple of things before using it.

One, I wanted to purchase some digi kits so I had plenty to chose from when I started.  I was VERY successful at that thanks to Black Friday weekend.  Next, I wanted to be sure to have a list of all the sets I bought so I made an Excel spreadsheet, alphabatized the kits, and listed who the designer is.  Finally, because I am a visual person I needed to have a photo of the kits that I had purchased so I could see all the elements in the kit in one place. So...I now have about 23 pages of colored collage sheets in a 3-ring binder that shows what is in each kit/quick page/or whatever.  It is perfect for me! 

So, when I decided it was time to play with the program this picture of Jon seemed perfect.  The MyMemories Facebook page has something called a Speed Scrap every Sunday.  One of the DT members posts the elements that she would like to see on the page and then we take it from there.  Now, mine does not fit the speed scrap exactly but I think it is a pretty good first page.  I see some things I'd like to fix on it so I will go back and do that or I may just start all over again...who knows.  The point is I can do either and it is okay because it is all digital and I've not wasted a bit of paper or embellishments...yay!

If you are interested in checking out the program for yourself I have a link in my left side bar for ya.  If you decide to purchase it and use the code that I have (STMMMS8) you will even get $10 off the program!  Let me know if you decide to give it a try!

Thought of the day:  Class is about know what to say, when to say it, and when to stop.

Beary Merry Christmas

Good morning friends!  Are you having a great weekend?  I hope you are getting lots accomplished.  I can hardly believe we are only about 3 weeks away from Christmas!

Today is Sweet Stop sketch day and it is a wonderful one!  I chose to use candy cane Rhubarb this morning and pair it with papers from MME Holly Jolly which had that perfect candy can paper in it!  I love peppermint so the candy cane theme is right up my alley!

I think this card will be so cute to send to a family that has little kiddos as they are sure to love Rhubarb!

Well, that is it from me today.  Make sure you head on over to my design team sisters blogs to see their creations and leave 'em some love!

Cathy

Chris

Janice

Kim

Monika

Shannon

Shelby

Wendy

Thought of the day:  It's a good day to have a good day!

I'll be back again Someday!

Good morning!  No, I did not disappear...this has just been an incredibly busy week so far!  I have two bits of VERY exciting info.  One crafting related and one personal.

First, up crafting related very exciting announcement.  I am, officially, a member of the Meljen's Designs DT..  I am SO excited!  I applied thinking I would never be selected so I put it out of my mind.  And then, an e-mailed arrived that I had been chosen for the team.  I am so thrilled!  I love the cute, whimsical images that Meljen's has and am excited to share them with you!  That said...today is my first challenge with them. The theme is Inspired by a Christmas Song and the newest set, 'Christmas Carols', is so perfect for this challenge!  There is something about Frosty the Snowman that is so endearing so I had to chose this image.  I added it to MME Be Merry papers, snowflakes, and a lovely bow to make this card.  I hope you'll play along with this fun challenge!  I'll be checking, and commenting, on the entries for the challenge so I'll see ya there!

So, what is my other bit of exciting news?  Well, my son, Jon, is back int he states for his mid-tour leave!  Woohoo!  This blog will be pretty silent for the next week as I spend some time with him.  I don't even feel like I need to 'do' anything with him.  Just being in his presence will be more than enough!

Thought of the day: Yeah, my son's experience is way more like the one on the right.  Please pray for our soldiers!