Going Grey With Scrap-Creations: First Snow!

Happy Tuesday!  I hope you had a great weekend! Mine went by way to fast!  Sat we had our annual family Yankee swap, and Sunday, my daughter had her first gymnastics competition of the season. Both went wonderfully and were lots of fun! 
  As you all probably know, this is my last week of the semester I have my last "graded" exam on Thursday and I cannot wait for it to be over. The anxiety is killing me.  I am not a good test taker, and this exam covers 3 subjects....ahhhhh.....like I said, I need it to be over, and then I can get my Christmas on...LOL
  This week we have another great challenge for you, this week we want to see your SNOW cards....I decided to get one last Christmas card card, and combine it with "snow".  I used another fabulous Whimsey Star Studios image, and some new paper I bought today (yeah, because I need more paper....) and came up with this oh so very simple Christmas card. 
   Again, fabulous cards last week,but we can only have 3 TOP 3.....So, last weeks fab TOP 3 are:

Archi:

Deborah:

PinkY:

Fabulous cards ladies, Please feel free to grab the I made TOP 3 Badge on the right side of my blog .

Are you ready for some serious "first snow" inspiration ??? Feast your eyes on the DT's amazing cards

Peggy:

Kim:

Tanya:

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 GGSC94......Have a great day and happy creating

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations Challenge: Christmas

Happy Tuesday! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  Did you attempt any shopping on "Black Friday"?  I actually slept in and headed out at 9am.  I didn't really go out with any great deals in mind, I just went shopping because my Dad asked me to go and help him out with his shopping. It ended up being a great day. We shopped most of the day and only stopped for a short time for some lunch.  Most of the stores and malls were crowded, but manageable. The worst store we went in was Kohls....The lines formed at the front of the store and went all the way around the back.  Yeap, I stood in line for my 2 items...hahha....it moved pretty quick.  The best part of the day, was spending it with my Dad!  Did you find any great deals???? Did you buy anything for yourself:)?

See this date...12/5/2011...This is my magic date! On this day I will take my last nursing exam of the semester...and let me tell you, I cannot wait.  I don't get out of school until 12/17/11, but everything after the 5th is cake....I seriously can't wait!  You see, I love school, I love the learning part, but I hate taking tests. I hate studying and all the anxiety that comes with it, so if you happen to look at your calender on the 5th, and think of me (after 2 pm), smile and know I am smiling with you :)
So this week, we have another super fun challenge for you....This week we want to see your Christmas cards or projects. Should be easy right, seeing we are right in the middle of the season.  I of course waited to the last minute to make mine, but I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I used one Whimsy Star studios images and combined it with some of my new Authetinque paper and here you have it!  A very traditional Christmas card.
   So, last weeks "Thank you challenge" entries were gorgeous., and as always, it is so hard to pick the weeks TOP 3....but a girl has to do what a girl has to do, so last weeks TOP 3 are:
Gro:

Judy:

Stephanie:

Fabulous cards ladies, Please feel free to grab the I made TOP 3 Badge on the right side of my blog .

Are you ready for some serious Christmas inspiration ??? Feast your eyes on the DT's amazing cards
Fances:

Jackie:

Jovita:

Kim:

Peggy:

Tanya:

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 GGSC92......Have a great day and happy creating

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations Challenge: Thanksgiving

Happy Tuesday! Hope you all enjoyed your weekend. I know I did...Got lots done and spent some time with the family. I love low key weekends! So, I have been doing a little Christmas shopping, and trying to decide on what I may ask for hehehe....So, the one thing that has caught my eye is the new copic marker case:
I have tried so many different storage arrangments with my markers and I am still not happy with what I have. So, my question to you all, does anone have this, and if so do you like it and what do you like or not like about it? Should this make my Christmas list???? What is on your Chistmas list???

Well, we have approx a week and and a couple of days till Thanksgiving, so it seems only right that we should have a Thanksgiving themed challenge this week. I am not sure about you, but I have found cute Pilgrim images are hard to come by. The good news, I found this super cute Whimsy Star studios image by Mabelle R.O. If you are not familar with her images, you should check them out,super cute and way fun to color! I believe the saying is a SU saying, and the DP is Basic Grey. I have decided not to go over board with embellishments because I would like to mail this card! So, if you can find the time to play with us this week, we would love to see your Thanksgiving themed card or project!

Last week we had some fantastic entries for our "Sentiment as main focus" challenge, but as always we can only have 3 TOP, so last weeks TOP 3 are:

Sarah:

Stephanie:
Vicki:
Fabulous cards ladies, Please feel free to grab the I made TOP 3 Badge on the right side of my blog .

Are you ready for some serious Thanksgiving inspiration ??? Feast your eyes on the DT's amazing cards !

Jackie:
Peggy:
Jovita:
Tanya:
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 GGSC90......Have a great day and happy creating

Going Grey With Scrap-Creations Challenge: Doing it Digi!

Happy Tuesday! I hope you enjoyed your weekend. Did you do anything FUN??? I have to admit, since the semester has started, my time with my family and for my self has been really limited. I mean REALLY, limited, but this weekend was one of the best weekends I have had in a LONG time. Friday night I hosted a Arbonne party, and the demonstrator was a friend, so it really was a girls night, with a few drinks, great conversation and lots of laughs. Then on Saturday, I spent the day stamping with Mary, Peggy, Pia, Michelle, and Donna, and as always that was SUPER fun.....even with the 11/2 (personal joke), and then Saturday night, Hubby and I went to a Haunted House, and the kids got to spend some time with my parents and some extended family, that was a great evening for all. Then on Sunday, we hosted our annual neighborhood Halloween party, and then we took the kids to our Karate pumpkin tournament, where they got to go trick-or-treating. As you can see, we had a action packed weekend, but a wonderful one, and best of all, I gave myself the weekend off, and I didn't pick up one single book wahoooo.......
Ok, I am super excited about this weeks challenge, as it has become my favorite way to create, and no, it's not Halloween (even know if I coud, I would make every card Halloween LOL). This week, we want to see what you can do with your Digis.....Digi image and Digi paper! I know some of you still use rubber, but I have to admit, I am mostly a DIGI girl. I would say that 98% of my images are digi. It is extremely rare, that I will buy a rubber stamp. Why you ask? Well, with so many amazing artist out there sharing there artwork, I can't image being limited to to just rubber stamps. Also, there are so many reason to use Digi: storage, sizing, access ability, not to mention the amount and different styles available. So, not only did I use a Digi image, I also used digi paper. I bet you couldn't even tell it was digi paper! The Digi image I used on my card is from Whimsy and Stars Studio, and the AMAZING paper I used is from Bearly mine, and it was FREE!!!! Now if you take a close look to Mary, Peggy and my card, you will notice that we ALL used the same DIgi paper...hahahaha....and none of knew that each other was using that paper until we all sat together on Saturday and made our cards...LOL, BUT, I bet you didn't even notice, because our cards are all so different!
So, with this weeks challenge being all about DIGIs, I think it would be fabulous if we could all share 3 of our favorite Digi companies, AND there will be a prize! I will randomly choose I person from our comments section and give them a $10.00 GC to their #1 digi company. SO when you are commenting and leaving your list of 3 store, please be sure to have your #1 store in your #1 spot!

So, I Will lead off and share my favorites (sorry, I can't limit to just 3)!

1. Tiddly Inks

2. Prairy Fairy

3. Paper Shelter

4. Whimsey Stars Studio

5. Kenny K

Oh my gosh, I am going to stop, as I could go on forever!

Okay, I have rambled on enough today, so lets get this party started. Last week we had a great challenge tag challenge. The TOP 3 from last weeks challenge are:

Tracy:
Maria:
Dorte:
Fabulous cards ladies, Please feel free to grab the I made TOP 3 Badge on the right side of my blog.
Are you ready for some serious DIGI inspiration??? Feast your eyes on the DT's amazing cards !
Frances:
Jackie:
Kim:
Mary:
Peggy:
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 GGSC87......Have a great day and happy creating

Want a FREEBIE?????

WOW...Friday already..This week has absolutely flown by for me. Kinda scary to think it is already the middle of July. It has been a pretty good week though, so I shouldn't complain. Abbey has started at a new Gymnastics school after 7 years at her previous gym, so that was a bit hard, but she has settled in nicely and is loving every minute of it. Ryan has started Ice skating lessons, and after a VERY timid start, he ended up just loving it (phew). So with all the driving lately I officially feel like a TAXI CAB! We did take a break and join some great friends for a day at the beach, and we had a FABULOUS time. We are so blessed to have such wonderful people in our lives! Now here I sit on a Friday night writing My post and dreaming of Sat night......what happens tomorrow night you ask.....Pat Benatar concert, and yes, she is still alive...LOL! The reason I say that is, I was chatting with my younger brother (34) and he had mentioned that he was going to see Kid Rock, and I said "oh, really", I am going to see Pat Benatar, and he said "oh....silence.....she still alive?" Seriously, I am only 38, and he acts like I am elderly! Anyways, I can't wait to see a oldie but goodie!!!

So, anyone interested in a FREEBIE????? Starting today, Mabelle R.O, from Whimsey and Star studios is hosting a challenge over at Crafters Digital Art Center from July 15-July 27th . Use this fabulous sunflower image ( which you can get a CDAC), create a card following this sketch and color palette and link up,and one random winner will win 2 FREE images of their choice from Mabelle.:

If you're not a member of CDAC, no worries, you can sign up and it's FREE, and they host all kinds of Digi challenges. One more place for you to explore your creativity!
I used mabelle's image and followed the challenge, and I dug through my paper and viola, I found this great DP my friend Kim Howard had given me. Thanks Kim, it's perfect for my card!

Well, that is all for me today. I am off to color 30 digi images. Last fall I was chosen to be the Vice President of my nursing class, and as VP, I am responsible for various responsibilities, and one of my responsibilities is helping out with the incoming freshman nursing students. I volunteered to make 30 tote bag name tags for the freshman class.....YIKES....what was thinking :) Anyways, I have been doing coloring a little bit each night hoping to have them all colored and made in time for freshman orientation. So, that is how I will be spending my Friday night...getting inky! I hope you all have a fantastic weekend, and happy crafting friends!

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations Challenge: Summer

Happy 4th of July (a day late)!!! It is so hard to believe that it is already July! Summer is in full force. I can't help but to think that I only have 2 months left of freedom, before I return to my last year of nursing school.... I need to enjoy every minute I have, and this past holiday weekend was a good start! Friday was my son Ryan's 8th birthday, and we spent the day in Wells Maine, and took him mini golfing and swimming, followed by a barbecue and a camp fire. We then spent the rest of the weekend with my parents, at their place up in Wells. We enjoyed the beach, did some crabbing, went out for ice cream, cooked out and had a FABULOUS time.....Topped it off with frireworks in our town. It truly was a great holiday weekend!

With summer in full speed ahead, we thought we would celebrate this weeks challenge with just that in mind...This weeks challenge is Summer...We want to see your summer projects! I decide to go with the July 4th theme, seeing I just purchased this new Bo Bunny paper, and I wanted to to use it. I combined my new paper with this super cute new Whimsey and Star Studios image, and I think it makes a great summer card! I also used this week MOJO monday sketch.

p>All I can say is WOW....you all fabulous "anything but a card" projects last week, but the TOP 3 that really caught my eye were:

Stephanie:

Mandy:
Tammy:
Great cards ladies, Please feel free to grab the "I made Top 3" on the right side of my blog!

The winner of last weeks anything but a card, and the Wee stamp images is
Here are your random numbers:

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please contact me ,so I can get your prize to you!

Tanya:

Frances:
Jackie:
Jovita:
Peggy:
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 GGSC71......Have a great day and happy creating !