Blog Candy: Some of my Halloween Favs

This post will remain at the top of my blog until 9/14.

Wahooo....I have some candy for you!!!! Anyone who knows me, knows that I absoultly LOVE Halloween. I love the colors, the costumes, the descorations, the candy, THE HALLOWEEN DP, STAMPS, PUNCHES, and EMBELLISHMENTS......I just love it!

As some of you know, I run Going Grey with scrap-creations weekly challenge here on Tuesdays, and recently the DT and I decide that we would open up our challenges to ALL DESIGNER PAPER!!!!! So, I am trying to get the word out there in BLOG land about our change!!!! So, in celebration of the change, and the approach of Halloween, I am giving away this fabulous halloween loot!

The contents of the blog candy is some of my favorites :)

* one Marta Stewart Goo dripper edge
* 1 pack of Recollections screw brads
* 1 package of Halloween Theme Recollections Brads
* 1 Package of assorted Halloween Recollection Brads
*1 Package of Recollection specialty brads

Wanna know what you have to do to win? All you have to do is help me spread the word about Going Grey challenges here every Tuesday!!! OH, and don't forget to mention about the blog candy, you wanna make sure to share the chance with your friends .....heheehe................after you do that, make sure you leave a comment on his post with a link to your blog. I will draw the winner on September 20th

WaHooo....Good luck, and thank you for Helping us spread the word!!!

Going Grey with Scrap-Creations Challenge & DT announcement

Happy Tuesday....I hope you had a fantastic holiday weekend. Today is my first day of nursing school, and I am a bit like a little kid with the butterflies in my stomach (yikes). I know once I get there, I will be fine, it's just the thought of the adventure that is about to beginning. You know, the the unknown can be very scarey, but I am so excited to get started.

We have so much to share with you today. First let me start by sharing my card with you today. This very sweet image is by The Wild Flower Patch, which happens to be our fabulous sponsor this week. I used this weeks Mojo Monday sketch, and I used this Imaginece DP that I have had in my stash forver. I am trying to be good and use what I have, before I buy more. Like I said "trying" LOL! My friends Mary and Peggy had a great idea about cutting my 12x12 paper into 6x6 and some how, I think that if I precut my papers, I would be more likely to go for them. Has anyone done this before? Hmmm....I need to try this I think.

BIG DT NEWS!!!!! I first want to thank everyone that applied, you all are so amazing, and it was tough to narrow it down. I wish you all the luck in the future. Without further a du, our 2 new DT members are Kristine Breach of Ink Something 2 & Marie Bridgeman of Cardmaking Bird. I am so excited to have them and WELCOME to the team ladies!

Before I show you the Amazing DT's cards, I wanted to show ou last weeks TOP 3! WOw, so many great cards, but I can only pick 3. This weeks TOP 3 are:

Kate Tate

Piali
Jan Hannicutt

Congrats ladies, you cards were fabulous.Please feel free to grab the Top 3 Badge on the right side of my blog!

Now, onto this weeks challenge. This week we have a fabulous sponsor. We are extremly luck to have The Wild Flower patch sponsor us this week. They have the cutest images. They are offering one random winner 5 FREE digi images of their choice, and this weeks challenge is......A Children Theme card!

Without further A du let me show you this weeks amazing DT cards!!!!

Lorie Ames
Peggy regan
Mary Castonquay
Jackie Randolph
Kim Howard
Kristine Breach
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 GGSC26 .......Have a great day and happy creating .

Good Luck with School Megan.......

Wow....It's Monday already, and the three day weekend is coming to an end (sad face ). I did have a great weekend though. Saturday the hubby, the kids and I had hung around and did errands, and then we went to dinner. Sunday, We went to The Parker River National Wildlife Refuge in Plum Island, and had a FANTASTIC time. Hurricane Earl just passed us by and with it's passing it brought the shore some treasures (for us anyway). Usually, at the beaches up her in the NorthEast, we have your average clam, and snail shells, and sometimes if you're lucky, you will find a small sand dollar, but yesterday, we hit the mother load (as my kids would say). We found HUGE snail, Giagantic clam shells, and TONS of sand dollars, along with a few washed up lobster traps. The water was calm, and the weather was gorgeous, and because the weather man have scared the pants off people up here about the water being rough and all, the beach was EMPTY!!! Lucky us! Today, my hubby to the kids to go visit his parents, and I stayed behind to get caught up on things. You know, laundry, and cards (hehehe), and tomorrow is my 1st day of Nursing School (GULP), so I need to get my stuff together!

My card today is for a friend of mine that I met in college, and she is a amazing person. She is a single mom of two girls, works full time, and is just starting nursing school full time. Like I said, she is amazing, and such a sweet heart of a person. The sad part is, we have had a bunch of classes together, but this year, we are going to different schools, both in pursuit of our nursing degree. I am going miss her. I can still hear her saying "Dude, relax, you're crazy, ad your starting to freak me out"!...So Meg, if you're reading this, I am going to miss having classes with you, but we'll always have Applebee's! Good Luck with school girl!

For my card today, I used Pinky from Tiddly Inks, AND for the first time ever, I used Digital paper. You know whats fantastic, Tiddly Inks sells Digital paper that matches perfectly with their images. I LOVE IT!!! I need digi paper to match everything (hehehe). I have also made this card to fit into their challenge this week, Their theme is Goodbye summer! Nothing says goodbye summer like the words "Welcome back to school".

My card today is also designed for this weeks Critter Sketch Challenge! The sketch was wonderfully designed by Melanie, owner of Critter Sketch, and they are being sponsored by Sew Many cards this week.

Well, that is all for me today. I guess I should do some laundry of something (hahaha). Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful day! I am going to leave you with some photos of the beach yesterday. Have a great day!

Plum Islad

Some Exciting News To Share!!!! and a little Sparkle!

Happy Saturday! I hoping you are enjoying your long weekend. The weather here has been SOOO HOT & HUMID! Living here in the Northeast, we are used to having pretty cool weather, but this summer has been super HOT, and this weekend, the weathermen have been going crazy with Hurricane Earl heading up the coast. Thankfully Earl has decided to down grade to a tropical storm and head out to sea!!! So, as September continues, I am hoping that Mother Nature decides that she is done with hot flash, and throws some cooler weather this way!

Sooo...I told you I have some exciting news for you, and I do. I have been chosen as Wags N Wiskers guest DT this month....Wahooo...I am SOOO excited. The have fantastic images, and they have a amazing team of creative ladies. I am so excited to play with them :)

Wags N Wiskers runs a weekly challenge, and this weeks challenge is Glitter! I used this sweet little fairy Hannah from Wags N Wiskers, and because I wanted to play in WNW challenge this week, I used stickles on her wings and shoes. Can you believe you are seeing Purple on one of my card? Purple is not a color I ordinarily use, but I was at Stamped Designs (one of my LSS), with Mary, Peggy, and Pia, and one of the owners had just taken out this new Bo Bunny paper, and I loved it! I also told Mary & Peggy (who use purple all the time), that I was going to shock them with a purple card! Well, M&P, Do you like it????? Did I do a purple card justice??? hahaha......

Today is a day of first for me, along with posting my first Wags N Wiskers Challenge card, I am also joining Copic Creations Challenge for the first time. This weeks challenge is Pleats and folds. I figure Hannahs dress had this covered. I am always tryingto improve on my coloring, and have been watching a bunch of Suzanne Deans tutorial videos. It has been a huge help. If by small chance you have seen these, you should check them out. They are a MUST SEE!!! She is amazing!

Well, I am off to clean and get my house organized today. I hope you are enjoying the long weekend, and hopefully time allows you to get a little crafty. Have a great day, and happy Creating!

My Card qualifies for the following challenges:

A Crafty Little Place Challenge #54-This week their wonderful challenge is "Anything Goes".
A Pocket Full of Posies Challenge #5-Their challenge is "Winged Things"!
The Craft Den Anything Goes Challenge Week 14-This is a challenge I love "Say It With Flowers" is their theme. I love using flowers on my creations!
Oh, Alice Challenge Chapter 29-This fun challenge this week is "What makes you shine or sparkle?" I love glitter and Stickled my fairys wings and shoes.
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge #37-This week their challenge is perfect "Happy Birthday"!!!!
The Creative Cottage Challenge 22-This week their challenge is "Celebrations". A birthday is a perfect reason to celebrate!

The Stamping Bazaar Blog Hop Day 3

Happy Friday!!!! Welcome to day 3 of The Stamping Bazaar Blog Hop. Today I have the honor of introducing you to Marvin Trick or Treating....Again, isn't he so super cute. I am a huge Marvin fan, and If I didn't already have them, I would be heading straight to the Stamping Bazaar store tomorrow and I would be purchasing all three of the Marvin Images. Marina Neira (owner & artist) draws the sweetest images. Don't you agree!!!!
So, what do you think???? Do you love Marvin as much as I do?

For my card today, I used the New Stamping Bazaar: Marvin Trick or Treating, and I used this weeks Mojo Monday sketch. I also used some new DP i just purcased last Saturday, and for the third day I have added my black web ribbon to my card.

So, what do you think? Which Marvin is your favorite?

with tiday being the last day of the hop, you want to make sure that you have gone through and commented on The Stamping Bazaar's blog for your chance to win.. Each day, one lucky winner will be chosen to win to win that day's featured digi. So, what do you have to do to win???? All you have to do is participate in the blog hop and make sure you comment on all three stamping Bazaars Blog post, which you can find here. The Stamping Bazaar post will close on Saturday 12:00am EST

and that's not all............

There will be one grand prize of all three Marvin digis given to ONE Facebook fan chosen at random. You can join the Stamping Bazaar Face book page here!

So, if your hopping through the TSB blog hop and you arrived from Kellie Winnell's blog, you are in the right place. If you would like to start at the beginning you can go to Barbara Sproat's blog and hop along. If have the time, be sure to check out the amazing DT's creations. The are all so very talented. From here, your next stop on the blog hop is Kylie Kueter's blog.

Barbara Sproat

Emma & Susan

Kellie Winnell

Kristen Catalano (me)

Kylie Kueter

Marley Van DerHeijden

Penni Vickers

Peta DeViscentis

Piali Biswas

Stephanne

Tina Guigui

Tori Wild

The Stamping Bazaar Blog

The Marvin Images will be available for purchase starting on Saturday at 12:00 am EST

Thanks for stopping by today. I hope you have enjoyed The Stamping Bazzar's blog hop!

The Stamping Bazaar-Blog Hop Day 2

Welcome to Day 2 of The Stamping Bazaar Blog Hop. I have have the pleasure of showing you Marina Neira's new Marvin image. Let me introduce you to Marvin Eating Candy Apple.

I have to tell you, when I first saw this image, I was jumping up and down. It is the cutest image EVER! How stinkin cute is Marvin Eating the Candy apple. I freakin love him. I also had a great time making this card. I feel like the red in the midst of a black and white card, really makes the card pop. On the apple, I applied a glaze to give the apple a shiney, sticky appearence. I am not
sure if you are able to tell this from the pic, and because I love my Martha stewart Goo Punch, I add it whenever possible :)



So, what do you think???? Do you love Marvin as much as I do?

With today being day 2 of the 3 day hop, we still have one more day and one more SUPER CUTE MARVIN TO GO. . Each day, one lucky winner will be chosen to win to win that day's featured digi. So, what do you have to do to win???? All you have to do is participate in the blog hop and make sure you comment on all three stamping Bazaars Blog post, which you can find here. The Stamping Bazaar post will close on Saturday 12:00am EST

and that's not all............

There will be one grand prize of all three Marvin digis given to ONE Facebook fan chosen at random. You can join the Stamping Bazaar Face book page here!


So, if your hopping through the TSB blog hop and you arrived from Kellie Winnell's blog, you are in the right place. If you would like to start at the beginning you can go to Barbara Sproat's blog and hop along. If have the time, be sure to check out the amazing DT's creations. The are all so very talented. From here, your next stop on the blog hop is Kylie Kueter's blog.

Barbara Sproat

Emma & Susan

Kellie Winnell

Kristen Catalano (me)

Kylie Kueter

Marley Van DerHeijden

Penni Vickers

Peta DeViscentis

Piali Biswas

Stephanne

Tina Guigui

Tori Wild

The Stamping Bazaar Blog

Thanks for stopping by today. We would love for you to join us tomorrow for the last day of The Stamping Bazaar blog hop!!!! Happy Creating!

The Stamping Bazaar by Marina Neira first ever BLOG HOP!

Hey their....thanks so much for stopping by on this very exciting Tuesday. I am so excited that I get to share with you one the NEW images by Marina Neira who is the owner of The Stamping Bazaar. The Stamping Bazaar is a fairly new stamp company, but "I" think they have the cutest stamps EVER! Just take a look at "Marvin the Bat". Isn't he cute.....I had a fabulous time coloring him, and how cute would he make for a kids Halloween card, or even as a scrapbook embellishment. I just can't help but look at him and smile!

If you are a reader of mine, you know that I LOVE Halloween. Halloween to me is a time when the leaves are changing, apple picking has started, the kids get to pick their favorite costume, and Halloween is the one time of the year, when adults can get really silly with decorations and costumes, and OH, lets not forget the CANDY!!!! YUM!

The Stamping Bazaar Blog hop is a 3 day hop. Each day with a SUPER cute new image. Each day, one lucky winner will be chosen to win to win that day's featured digi. So, what do you have to do to win???? All you have to do is participate in the blog hop and make sure you comment on all three stamping Bazaars Blog post, which you can find here.
The Stamping Bazaar post will close on Saturday 12:00am EST

and that's not all............

There will be one grand prize of all three Marvin digis given to ONE Facebook fan chosen at random. You can join the Stamping Bazaar Face book page here!


So, if your hopping through the TSB blog hop and you arrived from Kellie Winnell's blog, you are in the right place. If you would like to start at the beginning you can go to Barbara Sproat's blog and hop along. If have the time, be sure to check out the amazing DT's creations. The are all so very talented. From here, your next stop on the blog hop is Kylie Kueter's blog.

Barbara Sproat

Emma & Susan

Kellie Winnell

Kristen Catalano (me)

Kylie Kueter

Marley Van DerHeijden

Penni Vickers

Peta DeViscentis

Piali Biswas

Stephanne

Tina Guigui

Tori Wild

The Stamping Bazaar Blog

Thank you again for stopping by. Hopefully you will get a chance to check out part 2 of TSB's blog hop tomorrow. Have a great day and happy Creating!

My card qualifies for the following challenges:

Digi Doodle Shops Best - Distressing
Gingersnap Creations - #67 Go 3D
Totally Stampalicious - Textures
CES - Anything Goes
Christmas Stampin' All Year Long -Anything, but Christmas
Cupcake Craft Challenges: challenge 106 - let's get digital