winner?

Chosen by random.kyler we have a winner for the sketch challenge I issued on Wednesday! And the winner is....Christi! You can see her card HERE. Christi...e-mail me your address and I'll get your Glory from Lorie out on Monday!

Want to see all the entries? I thought I'd make it easy for you by listing them below.

Laurel
Melissa
Martha
Berenice
Sarah
Jen
Cyndi
There is one more from Debby but she doesn't have a blog. Trust me...it is cute!!

Aren't they all great! Thank you, everyone, for participating! Okay, I've been tagged several times this week for the new round of blog tags so I thought I'd go ahead and try to list 7 things about myself...

1. After working full time this week...I'm not sure I could do it all the time. My goodness I was tired by the time I got home. Remember I was getting up at 5:30 a.m. to exercise before the kids got up, getting Kyler to school, then to work from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. I was on my feet almost all day. Very tiring! I have had fun at it though and have two more days this next week then I'll be done for the quarter.
2. I have a tattoo. It is a rose vine kind of thing around my left ankle. I got it during what I'm calling my mid-life crisis (when I turned 30). I still love it though and I'm glad I got it.
3. Growing up I lived in 4 different cities between being born and 3rd grade. We did move more after that but just from house to house...not school, city or states.
4. My trip to Hawaii will be the first time I've flown over a major body of water...now that is a little scary to me!
5. I played clarinet from 5th grade all the way through a senior in high school. I haven't picked it up since then though.
6. In case you didn't know...my favorite color is pink!
7. I have way to many stamps that I don't use and really need to put some up for sale but haven't because it will be a very LARGE project to attack!

I am supposed to tag some more people but I'm just not going to do it. If you'd like to play though...go ahead. Also my blogging friend Kristine gave me a One Sweet Blog award this week. You can go HERE and see what that is all about. I would like to tag all my wonderful readers on this fun award as I really appreciate everyone that visits and participates in my little contests!

Today should bring me some time to stamp and that is good as I have a couple of cards that I need to make. I hope you all have a super Saturday and I'll see you tomorrow!

a challenge

I am SO happy that it is Wednesday! Yesterday I told you that I'd have a little challenge for you and here it is! I would love for you all to try this CPS sketch. It is the same sketch I used for my Whiff of Joy card HERE.

So, make a card with this sketch, link it to my b log (and CPS, too!), and then on Saturday morning I will choose a random winner for a little Glory from Lorie. So...who is in? Come on...you know you wanna! LOL!

Work is going well. It has been many years since I've worked full time so I am quite tired but it has been fun!

I hope you have a !!!

you guys are great

I just want to all for your wonderful support! I appreciate you all understanding about my being gone the next few days. I hope to have a fun challenge for you guys tomorrow and what do you get out of it? Oh, yeah...Glory from Lorie!

Okay, and I have a video for you. This is a tough video (especially for some) to watch and listen to but I think the message is an excellent one!



See you tomorrow!

whiff of joy

Happy Monday!

I'm so thrilled to have a card for you today! I got some new stamps last week and just now have had a chance to try them out. They are from Whiff of Joy and, I think, are super cute. I, of course, got all boy images but they do have some super cute girl images too! This cute guy is named Charlie and there are several fun winter scenes with him. I love how happy the dog looks!

Anyway, I used this week's layout from CPS. I'm not sure I love the angle of this shot as sentiment circle looks funky but in real life it is kinda cute. I do really like the snow with fun flock but would love to try some of the 'faux snow' from CHF. I think that would look really neat. The patterned paper is from previous years winter paper from Basic Grey. The sentiment is from PTI. Oh, and the size is 5" x 5" so you can tell how large the image really is.

I hope you like this little glimpse into how much fun winter can be...minus the cold weather and tons of snow that can come with it, of course! LOL!

I'm not sure how the rest of the week will be when it comes to posting so, again please be patient with me! I'm actually thinking that tomorrow there may not be a post as I have to work at church in the morning and then work at the Wildcat shop until 6:30 p.m. and then back to the church at 7:00 p.m. for a meeting. Yeah...wish me luck for staying awake until that meeting is over! LOL!

Catch ya later!

very first card...

I thought it would be fun to flashback to the beginning (well almost the beginning) of my stamping career. This is the very first card that I uploaded to SCS. It is from September 14, 2004. I used to have an obsession with Passion Pink. Today, I haven't used Passion Pink in ages! Anyway, I hope you get a little laugh and enjoy my blast to the past!

I have been stamping cards but I can't show them to you as I have submitted them for a card layout design team...something I said I wasn't going to do. Submit to a design team that it. I did get my entry at the very last moment and that will probably be looked at in a not favorable light. I don't blame them a bit if that is the case. The submission is at Page Plans. I love their sketches, and their designers are fantastic! You should really go check them out and add their blog to your reader (or subscribe to the feed in a different way). I just got a look at this week's sketch and it is SO cute!

Anyway, I know I will have something for you for sure tomorrow and depending on how my stamping goes today for a least a couple of more days this week. I am working all week this week at the Wildcat Shop on campus from 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. so you can see that I will have to pre-post most of the week. If I don't have something new for you each day please keep checking back!

I have a little sale for you guys to go check out! Amuse is currently selling downloadable 2009 calendars in three different sizes for your holiday crafting needs. I bought two sizes...both square (to use on altered coasters) and 4-bar. The best part about these calendars would be that the proceeds from the "sale" of these calendars will all be donated to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. There are actually 3 different donation levels, $4, $10, and $20 per calendar. Now, I'm sure you are wondering why I would be mentioning this and besides the fact that the calendars are way cool and it is a great cause...both my grandmother and my mom died of Non-Hodkins Lymphoma. They both valiantly fought their diseases for over a year but ultimately were overcome by them. My grandmother was 69 when she died and a year and a half after grandma died my mom died at 49. I know they are both waiting for me in Glory but I still miss them both...a lot. Why not take a moment to check out the links I gave you above and and donate to the LLS by purchasing a 2009 calendar or two!

I hope you have a super Sunday!