Let It Snow

Hi guys!  Thanks to all who voted for me in the Practical Scrappers Card Making Contest - I made it to the Top 5, which is good when you think I started out in a group of 40.  Congrats to the girls who made it in the Top 3!  And I've got to announce the winner of the MyMemories Giveaway - Janet!  I emailed you. 

Now that I've got all my business taken care of, hehe....I can show you some of my latest cards.  As you know I'm now on the Inspired By Stamping Design Team and Joanna designs the most incredible stamps.  You've got to visit her blog and see all the tutorials and inspiration there!  Amazing.  I've been playing with her stamp set Winter Wonderland and I love it!  Visit the Inspired by Stamping Shop to see all of her stamps. 

Here's my first card.  I'm entering it in the following challenges:
1. Really Reasonable Ribbon #35
2. Winter Wonderland Challenge - Make your card sparkle.
3. Jelly Park - Non traditional Christmas colors challenge.

For this card I used small snowflakes and stamped them the same color as my paper.  I then added touches of Stickles to make my snowflakes sparkle.  My silver snowflakes are K and Co. and my lace is Really Reasonable Ribbon. 

My next card is for the following challenges:
1. A Gem of a Challenge 33 - Cold and Frosty
2. Digi Doodle Shop Challenge 81
3. The Paper Shelter Challenge 38 - Christmas Fun

Decided to go all vintage on this one and I tried a technique.  I took a paper towel (a sponge would have been easier, but I had paper towels on hand!) and sponged white ink onto the areas of the card I wanted to stamp with snowflakes.  I then let the white ink dry and stamped those areas with the snowflakes in darker ink.  My musical paper, candy cane, ribbon and bell are all Etsy. 

And last but not least, this little card. 
1. Paperminutes - Blue & White
2. Stamp Insanity Challenge 79 - Chill Out

 I simply stamped my white snowflakes onto dark cardstock.  I then traced areas of my snowflakes with Stickles.  Easy as can be! 

So there you have it, one stamp set with 3 different cards and completely different looks.  I've gotta tell you, the pink one is my favorite.  Who wouldn't like checking their mail and getting a pink "snowy" card!

Enjoy!!!

Southern Girls Challenge 31

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Hi all!  Today is my first challenge as a Southern Girl and I'm so excited!  Challenge 31 is to create a project that has a song as the theme.  I thought long and hard about this one....and I came up with...WILD THING!

My baby Jake truly is a "Wild Thing" in every way possible.  He's a 15 lb bully who hates chickens, ducks, all foul (mind you I live on a farm!).  He's got the attitude of a pit bull, but loves being called "baby".  He's my little man and I love him dearly.

These are some pictures I had from 2010 that I hadn't gotten around to scrapping.  The middle picture of Jake in action is blurry, but that's what's great about scrapbooking...it doesn't matter : )  Visit the Southern Girls to see the design teams takes on this challenge and which songs they picked.  And play along for your chance at a great prize!

Made Especially For You

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Hi all!  Today is challenge #1 at Made Especially For You...if you like getting crafty and winning goodies, it's your kinda challenge. 

This week's challenge is to make a creation and use PINK BLUE GREEN.  Our sponsor this week is Ready, Set, Create - the winner will receive a 1 year subscription.  The winner will be announced Monday, November 7th when our next challenge will be posted.  Here's my card:

My cardstock and stamp is Papertrey Ink.  My patterned paper is My Mind's Eye.  The little bit of lace is Really Reasonable Ribbon and my flower is Petaloo.  The leaf is from Etsy.  I wanted to use different shades of the challenge colors to mix it up and I love this flower! 

I'm also entering this card in the Ribbon Carousel Challenge 27:

CAS-ual Fridays Challenge 26:

And The Ribbon Reel Challenge 14:

I also have an exciting big of news!  The Sampler is looking for their 2012 Design Team!  Here's the compensation for being a member of the team:

1. Free monthly kit with no shipping charge.
2. 15% off any products in our online store including sale items.
3. Acknowledgement of your participation on our fabulous design team!

Such a great opportunity!  The Sampler Kits are amazing, can't say enough good things about them!  Visit The Sampler to check out the Design Team Application.

Thanks for visiting!!!

Spooktacular Giveaway

Hi all!  Hope you're having a "frightfully" fun Monday!  I'm having a giveaway today that might help with all those trick or treat pictures you have to scrap!  I was approached by Liz at MyMemories to try out their digital scrapbook software for free.  Let me tell you, it's fabulous!  I've often tried digi kits with my Photoshop program and failed, things were just too complicated and confusing for me.  MyMemories makes creating digitally EASY with prompts that guide you each step of the way. 

Want to see a LO I created:

Now keep in mind this was my first try at a complete page and look how it turned out!  Pretty good for a beginner!  And one of my favorite features of the MyMemories Suite is the options to share your album.  You can print yourself, have it professionally printed, made into a calendar, save as jpeg, and the list goes on and on.  The suite comes with lots of templates, backgrounds, and embellishments.  Plus you can always add more from the MyMemories Store. 

OK so here's the fun part of today's post....Liz gave me 2 MyMemories Digital Suites - one for me and one for you!  All you have to do is leave a comment here telling me what you think of digital creations?  Fear, fun, exciting???  Let me know! 

I also have a super coupon for those of you who want to do a little shopping!  Use my code to get a $10 discount off the purchase of the My Memories Suite Scrapbook software and a $10 coupon for the MyMemories Store ($20 value!)  The code is STMMMS34547.

I'd love for you to visit the following links where you can learn more about this amazing software:

• MyMemories Blog
• MyMemories on Facebook
• MyMemories Store

This contest will be open till Saturday at 11:59 PM.  I'll pick a winner on Sunday!  Good luck!

Little Bits of Life

Hi everyone!  Thanks so much for all your sweet comments on my blog, each one is appreciated.  And thanks to all who have voted for me in the Practical Scrappers Card Making Contest! 

Who wants to hear a little exciting news?  I am now part of the Inspired By Stamping Design Team!  Inspired By Stamping is a fabulous Store created by the talented Joanna Munster, who designs her own stamps!    You MUST check out her stamps, they are so detailed and just amazing.  Each month the Design Team will be sharing sneak peaks and new releases.  And talk about talent, it's an honor to be working with such crafty ladies. 

I have a few things to share tonite that I ADORE.  I'm so addicted to Pinterest!  My mind is constantly spinning with ideas!  Here's a few things I love:

Women's Woolen Winter Coat - Ebay

Is this not the cutest coat you've ever seen????  I NEED it!  I love pea coats, I love hot pink, I love bows!  It's perfect.

Hair Chalking - Erica Worzel

OK you've gotta read about the hair chalking!  I think it's beautiful and washes out in about 3 shampoos.  What will they think of next?

Ball Jar Sewing Kit - Frugalicious Me

I think these sewing kits would be perfect gifts.  Love the burlap pin cushions on top. 

Now I have a question.  How many of you use digital scrapbooking kits and software?  I recently discovered the MyMemories Digital Software and I'm amazed!  So much fun, I could play for hours.  Well I may be having a little giveaway this week!  That's all I can say.  I've been interested in digital crafting for years, but never had software I was really comfortable using, until now!  Will keep you posted.

And last but not least.  My doggies dress up each year for trick or treat.  This year my sweet Gracie is going to be a BEE.  She has a major bee phobia, terrified of the things.  If she hears any type of buzzing, from a stink bug to a hummingbird, she flips out.  We've talked about doggie Prozac, doggie psychiatric treatment....Summer's are rough in the Goble household!  When cool weather rolls in, she snaps out of it and is perfectly normal.  Here's a LO I did a few years ago dedicated to Gracie's fears:

And here is Gracie all dressed up for trick or treat 2011...we had a costume fitting tonite:

The cutest bee in town!  I'll share Jake's costume later in the week...

Sampler Sketch Challenge

Hi all!  How's life treating you this week???  Hopefully wonderful.  I have a 4 day weekend so I'm not complaining!  It's cold and dreary here, but perfect weather to craft and cook.  My animals hate the cooler temps...the chickens act like it's zero out! 

I've got 2 layouts to share with you tonite from The Sampler's October Kit - Mrs. Weasley.  First up is The Sampler's Sketch Challenge for the month:

What's up for grabs???  You could win a complete kit from The Sampler.  Check out The Sampler's Blog for more information.  Here's my take:

This is a LO of me and my cousin Jacob at the Kentucky Horse Park.  Such a beautiful place, especially for horse fans.  I'm loving these Thickers from AC and check out the little painted chipboard leaves, darling! 

Up next is a LO I made for Punky Scraps - Collage Challenge:

A quick recap of Summer 2011 on the farm.  As you can see my Silkie chickens were a new addition, plus 2 new ducks.  I also have a shot of one of the twin deer that is living in our pasture.  See my feathers?  I thought they were cute to add to the page, because they are my feather hair extensions that I had for 3 days this Summer and they fell out.  Hubby said he didn't know he'd married a chicken, so I thought it only fitting to add to the farm page. 

All of my goodies can be found in The Sampler Kit for October - Mrs. Weasley.  We would love to have you play along with this month's sketch challenge and good luck!

Pretty In Pink

Hi all!  I'm so excited to have made it to Round Three of the Practical Scrappers Card Contest.  I would be greatful for your vote!  To vote for my card all you have to do is visit this link and add a comment on which card you wish to vote for.  This contest has been great for me, really pushing my creativity each week.  Now for my card...I wanted to enter it in a few challenges:

First up is the Ribbon Reel Challenge 13 - Pretty Pastel Florals:

Isn't this a lovely picture?  Makes me want to drink tea and I don't even like the stuff, haha!  I'm also entering it in these challenges:

Jellypark Challenges - add pink and a ribbon
Raise The Bar #79 - Pink

Here's my card:

I made my card as shabby as possible!  The requirements for this card were to use a banner/flag and add the word "happy" to the sentiment.  My paper is The Girls Paperie - I could wallpaper my house in this stuff!  My cardstock, stamps, twine and ink are Papertrey Ink.  My lace is Crate Paper and seam binding is from Etsy.  The stamp set I used is "Love Lives Here" inspired by Melissa Phillips.  My banner is actually the roofs of the little houses in the set and the die cuts.  My pearls are Creative Charms.  It was fun thinking outside the box to make the banner! 

I've also got to thank a few challenges this week!  CardPatterns included me in their Sketch 136 Super Six.  And I made the Top 3 at The Ribbon Reel Challenge 12.  Very honored to be a part of their winners circle!

Stop by on Thursday to see this month's sketch challenge from The Sampler and my layout!  Have a great week!