Belli Challenge #27

Every Wednesday Chris Dickenson has a Belli Challenge on her blog. She has asked me to be a part of her Belli Design Team, YAY! But more wonderful news than that, Chris has become the next stamp designer for Sweet N' Sassy Stamps. Woo Hoo! I have seen a preview of her work and let me tell ya, you are going to love it! It is due to be released soon. Congratulations Chris!

This week's belli challenge is "Anything Birthday Related" so I made this birthday card I used Ribbon, Dew Drops, Pearl Paint, and Stickles as my belli's along with the happy birthday cuttlebug embossing folder. I am going to enjoy working with this great group of ladies on Belli DT
here they are so go see what they have created
Holly Brown: http://glitterstampsandink.blogspot.com
Rochelle Wick http://impressionsbyrochelle.blogspot.com
Debby McGivillary http://debbysstampinheaven.blogspot.com
Laurie Serino http://www.stampingforgodsglory.blogspot.com
Shelly Koskinen http://shellysstamping.blogspot.com
Jennifer Greco http://glitterinmyhair.blogspot.com
Chris Dickinson www.chrissyd723.blogspot.com
Christi Thorsen http://cici510.blogspot.com
Lorie Ames http://www.live-love-laugh-create.blogspot.com

I won!

The card I entered on Stamp Something WON! YAY!!!! I will be a guest designer for them next week! so go check it out on Friday...just click here. I am doing the happy dance!!!

2Sketches4You Design call cards

These are a couple cards I made for the design team challenge over at 2Sketches4You. Unfortunately I did not make the fall team but there is always another chance. These were fun sketches to play with. I always enjoy the sketches Kazen and Laura come up with.

Friday Sketchers #12

Great Sketch once again from Friday Sketchers. Stamp is Rachelle Anne Miller "For You" paper is from K&Co.

can't believe the time how it flies when you are having fun!

Kazen's Sketch 5

Finally getting around to posting my card for the challenge at 2sketches4you it is a fairly new card challenge blog that has become one of my faves. They are in the midst of calling a design team also. I applied and I will post the two cards I created for it after they announce the DT.

I am looking forward to hearing who made the team. This was a fun challenge once again

FINALIST

WOO HOO ...my card made the finalist for a guest designer ...please go over to Stamp Something and vote!

Another Post It Note holder

This one is using the Owl Occasions set at Sweet N' Sassy. Her name is Olivia and she is adorable! The paper is Wild Saffron by K&Co. My DH surprised me with a Bind It All tonight and I had to give it a try!

The Sweetest Thing

The challenge at Stamp Something is to create something using sweets. So I did a favorite recipe chocolate pudding cake yummy! Who doesn't love chocolate. The paper is CTMH and the stamp set is Chocoholic from Sweet N' Sassy stamps.

Please continue to pray

This is cut from Korin's (Owner of Sweet N' Sassy stamps) blog. It is her 19 month old niece who has downs syndrome and is also battling leukemia, she is such a sweetheart you can follow her journey here I am asking everyone to pray for little Janessa and the entire family they have been through so much already and have more to go but God is in control and will see them through! . Korin is also having a fundraiser for her at SNSS to help out the family if you would like to donate


Janessa's Journey Continues
I was hoping to tell you that the Joseph's are home today, but unfortunately they have had another set back. Janessa went in for her Broviac system replacement surgery yesterday morning. Her counts were up and she was making platelets on her own so they were hoping to go home last night some time. However, this is the update I just received from Julie...
"Sorry for not letting you all know sooner, but there was more to the puzzle than just the surgery. It went well and her new line works just fine. She had no effects from the anesthesia and all of her counts were looking good. This morning when they checked, all of her cell counts had dropped. The white went from 1.7 to 0.4 (very significant drop) and her red cells are also dropping. If they drop another 0.5 they will need to transfuse her. She has a slight fever as well. We don't know yet why all of this is happening and if the fever continues she will be started on a second antibiotic. Not the news we were hoping for as we really wanted them be going home today. It will probably be a few to several days yet until we find out what's going on and the numbers start going up again. Please keep lifting our little girl up in prayer.
For now,
The Joseph Family"Please, please, please keep praying for Janessa and her family. I know so many of you are and I can't thank you enough. She is a trooper and so are her parents and siblings, but this is all very tiring for them and they still have so far to go. God will continue to give them the strength they need to get through this especially with so many uplifting them in prayer! Pray that the doctors can find out why she keeps getting these fevers and why her counts dropped again. Pray that her white cell count goes up instead of dropping again. And pray that the family can get the rest they need through all of this. May God's comforting arms hold them close.... Thank you for praying...from the bottom of my heart! Korin

ohhh Sandy has Blog candy too

go check out Sandy's blog she has some Sweet N' Sassy candy! Yummy!

Korin has Blog candy

Korin has some blog candy up for grabs also some books for sale and a magazine giveaway you just pay shipping. Go over to Inkydoodle and check it out and don't forget about her fundraiser at Sweet N' Sassy Stamps for little Janessa. 50% of each SNS stamp sale goes to Janessa

Katharina's Sketch #23 Guest Designer Call

Katharina is making a new career venture by opening her own online store, A Whiff of Joy. You can go over to her blog and see a sneak peek of her lovely stamps! I made this card for A Whiff of Joy Guest Designer Call over on her blog. She always has some great Sketches and this one is no exception. The paper is My Mind's Eye, Sentiment is CTMH and of course the stamp is Cosmobella

Friday Sketchers 11/ASFOS

This is another great Sketch from Friday Sketchers but also is "one for the girls" which is the challenge over at A Spoon Full Of Sugar. The image is a Rachelle Anne Miller "Lily-My Little Friend" the paper is Daisy D's . Used a cuttlebug embossing folder and border punch for the lace.

Laura's Sketch 4 { 2 Sketches 4 you}

Finally got around to getting this sketch done at the last minute but better now than never. It was a fun Sketch from the fabulous sketch blog 2 sketches 4 you where Laura and Kazen take turns giving beautiful challenging sketches every Monday. If you haven't yet you should try them out!

Andrea's got blog candy!!

Go check out Andrea's blog here for some great blog candy Magnolia stamps up for grabs!!

Triple Play/ A Little Sketchy

This first card is for two different challenge blogs. Sarah Kay and Stamp Something. The sketch is a challenge from Sarah Kay "A Little Sketchy" This is a new challenge blog for Sarah Kay stamps. Which are adorable! It's their 2nd week. Did not get to play the 1st week because my stamps did not arrive in time :(

This card also qualifies for the challenge over at Stamp Something "Triple Play" to use 3 layers, 3 colors and 3 embellishments. This is the 2nd week of their guest designer challenge. One of my cards is a semi finalist from last week but I am entering two more in case I don't make it. I would love to be their guest designer for August!

The second card is for the guest designer challenge Triple Play also. The sketch for it is Ismaki #27. They have some great sketches you should check it out!

Top Five !!!

This card is the one I entered for the Stamp Something Dazzle us challenge. The challenge was to make a card that glitters, shimmers or shines. The top 5 of these will be voted on for one to go forward for a chance to become a guest designer on their blog the month of August...well I made the top 5! YES ...I am doing the happy dance! I am so excited to know that one of my cards made the top 5! I am sure there were a lot of entries and I made it! sorry but I am so excited! even if I don't make the finals to make the semi finals is wonderful!

So please go over to Stamp Something and vote on the card you think should go forward!

Thanks so much!

Fundraiser/Sweet N' Sassy Stamps

Korin the owner of Sweet N' Sassy stamps is having a fundraiser to help her 19 month old niece, Janessa, who has MDS (pre-leukemia). Starting today through July 31st she is donating 50% from each stamp set sold (not including Sarah Kay and Rachelle Anne Miller) to help with the medical bills. So if you've been thinking about getting some stamps sets, NOW!! is the time to do it! Not only will you be helping little Janessa, but at the same time you will get to be the owner of SNS stamps. I have several sets as you can see by my cards, I love them all! Korin has some great sets especially her scripture sets, so head over to Sweet N' Sassy stamps and purchase some today!
To follow along Janessa's journey visit her Caring Bridge page.
Janessa has finished round two of her chemo treatments but it's been a roller coaster for the whole family as you can imagine. She has 3 older brothers and 1 older sister but they are all under the age of 12. She has at least 4 more treatments to go so they still have a long way ahead of them.
This is a precious little Girl! you can see a picture of her on Korin's blog Inkydoodle or her Caring Bridge page. If all you can do is pray, then please pray for her and the family! God is good and he WILL get them through this!!!

Stamp Something/ Ismaki #26

Stamp Something challenge is to Dazzle us with something, something that sparkles, shines, shimmers, or glitters!! This also a chance to be a guest designer for their blog in August. I would love to be a designer on a card blog, a dream of mine since I started doing challenges. The sketch is from Ismaki #26. Ismaki has some great sketches using alot of layering.

The supplies I used are:

The butterfly from Stampin Up, the paperpack is "paper Garden from CTMH, the flowers are K&Co, and the ribbon is American Crafts. I also used Stickles on the striped paper along with the Butterfly to give it plenty of sparkle. I hope you can see all the sparkle on the card. It was hard to get a picture that would show it.

Friday Sketchers #9 /CCT /MTTC

I love trying to put more than one challenge into a card, not only does it save time, but trying to see how many challenges you can put into one card is challenging in itself. This one is a triple challenge card. The sketch is from Friday Sketchers they have some great sketches you should try them if you haven't yet. The challenge this week on Cute Card Thursday is the great outdoors and My Time to Craft has Seasons for their challenge. One of my favorite seasons is fall so I made a fall card using some bright summery colors to match the sentiment "A fallen leaf is nothing more than a summers wave goodbye." It also fits the outdoors theme challenge of CCT.

The stampset, buttons are CTMH, and the papers are from MME.

Papertake Weekly/CPS #71

Finally got around to posting this card for the Papertake Weekly Challenge. The challenge this week was Thanks A Latte to make a thank you card. they post a new challenge every Monday and I think I made this card Monday night and just never got around to posting it. The Sketch is from CPS #71. They have some great sketches each week also. Every thing is CTMH with this one.

Post- A- Prayer

Made this for a challenge for SweetNSassy Stampers a yahoo group which I am a member of. Each month there is a new challenge and this month is a post-it holder. The paper is Crete Paper "Blue Hill" and the stamp set is "Pray without Ceasing" a Sweet N Sassy Set of course! Korin has lots of scripture sets at SNSS and I love them all. The holder is made out of coasters and I also stamped on each sheet of paper to give it an extra touch. This was a fun challenge.

Claudia has Blog Candy!

You have to check out Claudia's blog she has some fabulous blog candy up for grabs! you can check it out for yourself here

Laura's Sketch 3

If you haven't yet you should check out this new challenge blog 2 sketches 4 you! Kazen and Laura have some great sketches. They take turns each week posting sketches and this week is Laura's

Not sure about the patterned paper just some I had in my closet. The sentiment, ribbon and cardstock are from CTMH. Great Sketch!