The Sampler Card Challenge 2

Hi all!  Time for a new card challenge from The Sampler.  This month we want you to think mustaches!  You either love them or hate them, but they are so trendy in the crafting world!  Take a look at this month's inspiration:


Photo Via Etsy

 Here's my card:

My cardstock is Papertrey Ink.  Everything else is from The Sampler's February Kit - Oh Penelope.  To enter visit The Sampler Kit Club and link directly to your card via Mr. Linky.  You have until March 9th at 11:59 pm to play along.  One random winner will receive a goodie package from The Sampler! 

Visit The Sampler Kit Club to see the Design Teams adorable cards for this month's challenge!

My Heart

Hi guys and gals!  I feel so sorry for my poor neglected bloggo.  It's been a VERY busy Summer.  The last of this years hay was put up today, we've still got new chicks everywhere, and my little duck is doing great.  I do believe he's a boy and I've decided to name him.....drumroll please....Bubby Quackers. 

I also have another new addiction:

Love the definition!  So true!  When I'm pinning I want to run to my craft room and make something or run to the kitchen and cook.  It's nice to get soooo inspired!

Got a LO to share tonight using goodies from the newest kit from The Sampler.  This month's kit is fabulous with all kinds of goodies.  My favorite thing in the kit is the POW!  Glitter Paper from AC.  Wowzers is it beautiful.  Here's my LO:

My preciously cute Gracie Goble!  Love this little fat fluff ball dearly!  This darling Webster's Pages paper was perfect for my doggie theme.  I also adore the Hambley Banner rub-on.  Visit The Sampler today to get your kit.  I also have a mini album tutorial at The Sampler's new blog, so stop by!  And Holly from Experience Life Wisely is having a giveaway at her blog, just follow the link for your chance to win!

The Sampler

Hi all!  The Sampler has a fabulous new kit for August that is beeeautiful......Take a look:

I'm already in love with this kit, can't wait to see it in person!  I have a LO from last month's kit to share with you tonite.  Here it is:

Logan wanted to go fishing while we were on vacation.  People all around us were catching baby sharks.  He threw his line in and a few minutes later he had a bite, a shark!  Definitely a memory he will always have.  Matt and I had run out shopping, so Logan insisted on waiting till I got back to go fishing so I'd have my camera ready, hehe!  He knows me well!  I loved the July Sampler Kit, it had all kinds of goodies perfect for Summer scrapping.  The Sampler Kit Club also has a new Typepad blog where you can keep up with the latest news, we'd love for you to become a follower! 

We spent the week in Tennessee enjoying the Smoky Mountains.  It's such a relaxing vacation and Mom went with us.  It's close enough to Kentucky, that we can be there in a couple of hours.  Here's the view from our cabin:

There is a fabulous Scrapbook Superstore there that I love.  We shopped till we almost dropped!  I'm thankful God gave me such a great peaceful week relaxing with nothing to do! 

The Shoe + The Sampler

Hi everyone!  Got 2 projects to share with you today.  First up it's Friday and that means a new Fashionista Friday Challenge at If The Shoe Fits...Scrap It.  The FF Challenge 80 is:

Create a C.A.S.  Clean and Simple Card, LO, or Craft.

Seems like a simple enough challenge, right?  Well undoubtedly I can't make a simple card.  Took a lot of brain power!  Here's my creation:

I used the latest  kit from The Sampler (by Scrapbooking Supplies R Us) to make this card.  My patterned paper is Peebles, lace is Crate Paper, and beads are Prima.  I added a sentiment from Papertrey Ink.

Up next is the latest sketch challenge from The Sampler.  Take a look:

And here is my LO:

This is my nephew Logan.  He's amazed by all of my craft goodies.  Nothing would do him but to have a few of my jewels...and look at what you get...a jeweled boy : ) 

I used May's Sampler Kit to create this LO.  I also used my Sew Easy to stitch around the edges.  My Patterned Papers are American Crafts and Little Yellow Bicycle.  I also used AC alphabet and trim. 

Visit Holly's Blog - Experience Life Wisely to play along with this month's challenge.  The winner will receive their very own Sampler Kit for May! 

Visit The Shoe to play along with the Fashionista Friday Challenge 80 and stop by Scrapbooking Supplies R Us and take part in our sketch challenge. 

The Sampler's April Sketch Challenge

Hi all!  Time for a new challenge at Scrapbooking Supplies R Us.  This month's Sampler sketch is fabulous:

So adorable!  This month the challenge is being played from Holly's Blog at Experience Life Wisely.  And up for grabs, the April Sampler Kit!  Here's my LO:

All of these goodies can be found in this month's Sampler Kit.  I used my Fuji Instax Camera to take a few polaroids of the farm. 

To enter this challenge, just leave a comment at Experience Life Wisely with a link directly to your blog or gallery where you posted your take on this challenge! You have until 10pm(central) on May 20th, 2011 to leave your comment to be eligible to win an April Kit from The Sampler!

I also want to let you know about an upcoming blog hop from Creative Charms:

There will be plenty of chances to win goodies during the hop!  There will also be a Grand Prize Giveaway! 

The Sampler Sketch Challenge & Giveaway

Who wants to join a contest?  It's time for the monthly sketch challenge at Scrapbooking Supplies R Us.  This month The Sampler Kit is amazing, take a look:

The March Sampler Kit is full of the latest and trendiest goodies from the crafting world.  Take a look at this month's sketch:

Such a fun sketch and different.  Here's my LO:

I might as well grow old gracefully!  Honoring my 31st birthday (or the second anniversary of my 29th birthday).  This LO was made with goodies from the Sampler. 

Now who would like to win a prize from Scrapbooking Supplies R Us.  Just leave a comment on my blog and I'll pick a winner by Monday, March 28th. 

Visit Scrapbooking Supplies R Us and The Crop Spot to see the DT's beautiful takes on this month's sketch challenge. 

Doily Love

I have a couple of challenge cards to share with you tonite.  The weather in Kentucky is so nasty that it's a joy to stay inside and craft.  The barnyards are so muddy and you have to wear layer after layer of clothes so you can stay warm!  Can't wait for Spring!

Tonite my cards both feature doilies.  I'm so addicted to using doilies on my cards and LO's!  They are just so dainty and added a frilly touch.  First up is a card I did for this week's Twisted Sketches card challenge - the twist is to use bling.  I also used the Moxie Fab Trigger Tuesday picture as inspiration:

And here is my card:

I wanted to make a Valentine, but use nontraditional colors.  So I added touches of yellow and blue.  I also added this card to the Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge 16, make a heart themed card using ribbon and Get Sketchy Card Challenge 71.

Next up is a little card I made for this week's The Play Date Cafe Challenge #66.

Here's my card:

I love this little card.  I used all neutral colors and splashed some lilac ribbon and stamped my sentiment in lilac.  I also inked the edges of my paper with lilac.  I usually don't do neutral with a splash of color, but really enjoyed the technique!  Will have to use it again!

And who would like to win a free kit?  Just visit Creative Charms to see this week's giveaway - the January Kit of the Month. 

Plus I have a new blog post at Scrapbooking Supplies R Us showing you how to make this using The Sampler January Kit - A Bright New Year:

So much fun using ATC trays for altered projects!  And guess what's in the mail and making its way to my house:

Can't wait to get my Project Life 2011 by Becky Higgins!  OK that's enough information and cards for one nite!  Enjoy!

A Bright New Year

It's challenge time at Scrapbooking Supplies R Us.  Take a look at this month's darling sketch:

This month The Sampler DT used the beautiful January kit, "A Bright New Year" to create LO's using this sketch.  Here's another picture of the kit:

This kit is just fabulous!  Love all the earthy colored papers and fun embellishments!  It really makes you want to start creating and gets your crafty mojo going for the new year! 

Here is my take on the sketch:

This is Big Red.  No doubt you can tell which one she is, hence her name.  She became great friends with my little chicken Black Gold last Summer.  So Black Gold decides to go and hatch some chicks.  Big Red started sitting in the nest next to her.  Big Red's eggs didn't hatch, but Black Gold's did.  Honestly I wasn't sure what to do, so I took them both off the nests at the same time and Big Red decided to play Nanny to Black Gold's chicks.  They both took care of them, watching them and teaching them to eat and play.  It was the cutest thing I've ever seen.  Big Red would let the little one's sit on her back and she would cover them to keep them warm.  So we decided the perfect name for her is "The Nanny".  And I thought in honor of all her hard work, she deserved a LO telling her story! 

Here are links to The Sampler's Design Team Blogs and their fabulous takes on this month's sketch:

Rochelle Spears

Sandy Tanaka

Sarah Swann

Diana Fisher

Diana Gonzolas

Holly King

Letty Lucero

Jules Dix

Monique Liedtke

Visit Scrapbooking Supplies R Us to play along with our sketch challenge and to purchase your kit today!

The Sampler

I wanted to share some creations today made with the December Sampler Kit.  The kit was beautiful, one of my favorites.  I love the cool wintery colors and embellishments. 

Isn't it just darling?  Each month The Sampler has another great kit full of the latest and greatest trendy products.  It's also cheap!  The best of both worlds!  Check out The Sampler kit for January - A Bright New Year - still available at Scrapbooking Supplies R Us.

Here are some of my favorite creations from the December kit:

I had so many things to share, I decided to make a collage, for free!  Thanks Picnik!  Greatest place in the world for editing photos.