Happy Valentines Day gone goth!

Thursday.....is it Thursday? I swear since the kids and I have been on break, I have no sense of what day or time it is. So, what have I been doing with all my time? Well, we have been doing a lot of relaxing, so much needed cleaning, I have been actually been pretty craft as well. I have stamped the last 3 days in a row. I even cleaned my craft room, all I have left is some paper organization.....which I find very scary. I could get lost in DP for years. I feel like I should just get rid of 50% off it. My friends Mary and Peggy had a great idea, they cut up their 12x12 paper into 6x6 squares. I bet I would use more if I did that as well. I could organize it so much easier. I actually may do that, a little at a time. Hmmmm.....Micheal's has all their organization things on sale this week. I may take a trip...(like I need a reason). I also have a ton of 6x6 paper pads that I have 1/2 the paper left that I either didn't like, or couldn't get to work. I have always said I should host a swap for all the paper I have left over in those packs. Maybe some day.

I told you I think I have a inner goth girl, and today's card is another example. I actually made this card a few months back and I decided to embellish and finish it today. I had this fabulous scrap paper left over and wanted to use it. As the new year rolls around, I am going to try to use my scraps and paper, and NOT buy anymore DP. DO you think there is a 12 step program for DP addiction .....hehehe! I used this fabulous Kenny K image and went girlie goth !

Well, I am off to continue crafting. I hope you have a fabulous day, and get a chance to get inky. Thanks for stopping by today!

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations Challenge: Ring in the New year!

Happy Tuesday! Did you have a wonderful holiday? My family and I had a great Christmas. It was really nice to spend some much needed quality time with my family and friends.



So, it has been a little over a week since I have been out of school, and I am happy to announce, I am completely relaxed. I am really enjoying this muched needed break. Yesterday I sat and actually stamped for a few hours and today I did the same. It has been so ong since I have actually stamped without a purpose. Just for me and fun :)





This week we have another fantastic challenge for you....We are ringing in the New Year! I have decided not to go with your "typical" New years card. When I was choosing a image for this weeks challenge, I came across this fabulous image, and digi paper from Tiddly Inks. I just can't resist these goth girls. I swear I am a goth girl deep down, and I just loved the sentiment. Every year I make the same New Years resolution.....Lose weight, and every year I blow the resolution, so this year, I am resolution free, and yes, I am always on a diet, so maybe one day I will lose that weight, or not! Sometimes we just have to except ourselves for what we are, and just do the best we can....right???



So last week the DT and I took a holiday break, and I ran a recipe contest. All you had to do was tell me your favorite thing to bake on the holidays, and it was so nice to hear all your yummy recipes. I also said I would be sending one person a surprise gift, so using random.org the winner of the recipe givaway is :

Mamichelle
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Congrats...Please e-mail me your mailing address, and I will get your surprise package out to you!

Do you need a little inspiration for this weeks New Years challenge???? Check out these amazing cards by the DT.

Jackie:

Peggy:
Kristine:
Lorie: Marie:

weren't those fabulous? Don't be afraid to head to their blogs and leave them a little love. You will have until next Monday @ 6pm to get your card in for the challenge. We only allow 2 entry's per person. Also, we have new Blog Badges, please feel free to take one and post on your blog. I will be picking the top 3 next week, and I will award 3 people with the new top 3 badge! When posting to a gallery's, please use the key words GGSC44.......Have a great day and happy creating

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations: Merry Christmas!

Happy Tuesday! and happy it is...I finished my first first semester of nursing school, and finished it with pretty good grades :) I finished last Thursday, and I have been enjoying every minute of my freedom! I would like to tell you that I have been relaxing, but it has been far from it. I have been catching up on my cleaning, and I have been wrapping, and finishing up on my holiday shopping. I am hoping to be done shopping tomorrow and almost done wrapping by Thursday and the I shall get my fingers inky again!

So this week on Going Grey with Scrap-Creations we are having a holiday break.....with Christmas on Saturday we are catching up on last minute errands and enjoying our families, and we are hoping you all can do the same. So instead of crafting this week, I have been baking. I don't know about you, but we have so many teacher gifts to buy, and when I sat down to plan, I decided instead of spending a ton of money, I would bake gifts this year, and after seeing my good friend Kim Howard's cake balls, I decided to go with them. They are super fun to make, they look fabulous, and they are yummy too! If you are not familar with cake balls, you can check them out here at bakerella.

So, in the spirit of giving, I am offering up some goodies this week. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post with your favorite thing to bake or cook on the holidays. The goodies will be a surprise package, but well worth it. I will announce the winner on next Tuesdays post!

Ahhh....and now onto last weeks amazing TOP 3 and winner of Character Cafe's $10.00 GC!

Peri

Rachel
Wendy

Fabulous cards Ladies, and great use of the tag challenge!!!....The winner of last weeks challenge is PURPLE CRAZY
Here are your random numbers:

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Timestamp: 2010-12-22 03:07:55 UTC

Please e-mail me with your e-mail address and I will forward your e-mail on.

Thank you all for joining us in our challenges! We have really enjoyed all you amazing creations. Have a wonderful holiday and I hope Santa is good to you!

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations Challenge: Make it a Tag!

Happy Tuesday! Wow can you believe how fast the weeks are going. The Holidays are almost here. I am really looking forward to getting into the holiday mode. I am in the last 2 days of classes and then I will get my "party face" on.

This week we have another super fun project for you! I have tried to work the challenges around useful items for upcoming events and, or holidays. So, this week we are making it a tag! For this weeks challenge we want you to interpet our tag challenge. With Christmas fast approaching, I went with a winter themed tag, and how cute is this image????? That's right, we have another great sponsor with super cute images this week. This weeks sponsor is Character Cafe, and they are generously offering the winner of this weeks challenge a $10.00 Gift Certificate to their store. So, what do you say, have a tag or two to make????


Wowwww, Woww, WOW....the creations last week were amazinggggg!!!! I swear it gets harder and harder to pick....you all are some seriously creative people! So without further adu, the TOP 3 for last weeeks "make it a gift" challenge are:

Cheryl Walker:

Risa:
Mandy:
Great gifts ladies.....I loved them all!!!!

Are in you in need of some "tag" inspiration??? Check out these FABULOUS tags by the DT:

Peggy:
Kim:
Lorie:
Jackie:
Kris:
Marie:

weren't those fabulous? Don't be afraid to head to their blogs and leave them a little love. You will have until next Monday @ 6pm to get your card in for the challenge. We only allow 2 entry's per person. Also, we have new Blog Badges, please feel free to take one and post on your blog. I will be picking the top 3 next week, and I will award 3 people with the new top 3 badge! When posting to a gallery's, please use the key words GGSC43.......Have a great day and happy creating

Going Grey with Scrap-creations challenge: Make it a gift or wrap

Happy Tuesday!!!! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I know I sure did. We spent most of the weekend together as a family, doing Christmas stuff. It was a great weekend. I am sad to see it gone. As monday rolled around The week start with my second to last week before I am FREE from the semester. I seriously can't wait for it to be over, I am desperate for a break.


The challenge today: Make a gift or some kind of wrapping.

For this challenge, I made a matching bookmark and name tags for their tote bags for some of my friends in the nursing program. I used on of the Prairy Fairy stamps, to make my projects. I hope they like their gifts. ......of course, I had to make myself some too.

Going Grey with scrap-creations has hit a all time high!!!! We had over 110 people playing with us last week. Wahoooooo......and each and everyone created such great projects. The 3 that sttod out to me were this weeks TOP 3: and they are:

Tracy Payne

Karen B

Renee M
Ladies, Your projects are fabulous. Thank you for sharing with us. Please feel free to grab the TOP 3 badge on the right side of my blog.

The winner of ;ast weeks challenge sponsored by Digis with attitude is:

Here are your random numbers:
the crafty den
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Now, for the DTs amazing creations this week. They are always amazing!

Kim Howard

Kris Breach
Mary Castonquay
Lorie Ames
Peggy regan
Jackie Randolph

weren't those fabulous? Don't be afraid to head to their blogs and leave them a little love. You will have until next Monday @ 6pm to get your card in for the challenge. We only allow 2 entry's per person. Also, we have new Blog Badges, please feel free to take one and post on your blog. I will be picking the top 3 next week, and I will award 3 people with the new top 3 badge! When posting to a gallery's, please use the key words GGSC42.......Have a great day and happy creating

Going Grey with scrap-creations challenge: Anything goes

Happy Tuesday !!! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. My family and I spent the day with my parents and my aunt and uncle (who we don't get to see often), and had a Fantastic family day together. That is my favorite part of Thanksgiving. So, did you venture out for BLACK FRIDAY? Not me, I was snug as a bug in a rug, and I loved it.

Well, I managed to take 1 hr for myself and made a card for this weeks challenge. I have been bogged down with school ,work and family comittments, and crafty time is so hard to come by,b but I was needing to get inky!

This weeks challenge is a simple one, ANYTHING GOES!!! This week we are being sponsored by Digis with atittude. They are generously offering a GC to there store for this weeks winner.

Again, we had a great turn out last week. We just love it when you all come and play with us,and you all make such gorgeous projects!!! So it's that time, time to pick TOP 3: (in no order)

Great cards ladies. Absolutely stunning! Please feel free to grab the top3 badge!

Now, onto our DT's FABULOUS creations! Did I mention how talented and amazing the are?

Mary:

Peggy:
Kim:
Kris:
Marie:
Jackie:
weren't those fabulous? Don't be afraid to head to their blogs and leave them a little love. You will have until next Monday @ 6pm to get your card in for the challenge. We only allow 2 entry's per person. Also, we have new Blog Badges, please feel free to take one and post on your blog. I will be picking the top 3 next week, and I will award 3 people with the new top 3 badge! When posting to a gallery's, please use the key words GGSC41.......Have a great day and happy creating

Going Grey with Scrap-creations Challenge: Blue for You!

Happy Tuesday!!!!! I can't believe another week has gone by. Where does the time go? I would like to tell you how cute my image is, or how much I loved to color my card, but I have nothing :(, nothing but a stack of books I have been studying. I had a exam on Monday, and two on Tuesday, and last week I had a exam on top of a ton of school projects. This nursing school business is not working out with my crafty time. Actually, it doesn't allow me anytime. My picture, is only showing you the books I needed to study for Tuesdays test. Some times, I don't know how I manage. Actually I think I question myself everyday. It is all so much. I keep telling myself it will all be worth it in the end. Any nurses out there............Please tell me it will be!!!! :)



Tuesdays = Going Grey with scrap-Creations challenge, and this Weeks challenge is Blue for you. Make a card or project that is Blue & white/or Silver. I promise to have a blue card after these test are over.

As always, we had a fabulous turnout last week, and you all made gorgeous cards and projects inspired by a song. I swear, it is always so hard to pick Top 3. You all are so talented. Last weeks Top 3 are:

Christine
Kaia
Marilyn:
FABULOUS cards ladies!!!!

The DT and I would also like to give a big THANK YOU to Prairie Fairy for sponsoring last weeks challenge. The images are just wonderful!!!!! This brings me to the winner of last weeks Prairie Fairy winner (randomly drawn):

The winner is TINA!
Here are your random numbers:

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Please e-mail me with your e-mail address, so I can get you your prize:)

Ok, without further A Du, let me show you this weeks DT's amazing creations: They always inspire me:)

Kristine:
Peggy:
Mary:
Kim:
Lorie:
Marie:
Jackie:
weren't those fabulous? Don't be afraid to head to their blogs and leave them a little love. You will have until next Monday @ 6pm to get your card in for the challenge. We only allow 2 entry's per person. Also, we have new Blog Badges, please feel free to take one and post on your blog. I will be picking the top 3 next week, and I will award 3 people with the new top 3 badge! When posting to a gallery's, please use the key words GGSC40.......Have a great day and happy creating