CLP July Sketch Challenge

Hello And welcome to the CLP Challenge for July! It's another fantastic sketch (see below). 

After last months entries, I'm not sure it can get much better....but how about we try! 

As you read this I am off to my brother & sister in law's cabin for some much needed R&R! 

Although my card resembles patriotic colors of other countries, this wknd I am celebrating CANADA DAY and our colors are RED & WHITE! LOL ah, close enough to my card eh!? (that's what we say in Canada.....eh?- Eulanda you can relate I'm sure! LOL)

And here's my take using a Saturated Canary image Baby Jake! After I colored him up, I realized how much I missed the Saturated Canary images so I went on a bit of a shopping spree! LOL

I went with the Red, White & Blue theme to suit the Saturated Canary challenge . 

I snuck a little wee tag in the top there with a SU sentiment on it. I used some beautiful flower dies that I got from the amazing Julie, & I used some of my twine stash. Let's not forget about that cute lil hand charm! 

Please hop over tothe CLP Challenge Blog & take a look at the other girls' inspiration! You surely will not be dissappointed!

Challenges for my card:
Stamptacular Sunday- Red, white & blue and a little sparkle too
Cupcake Inspirations- photo

Midweek Magnolias- Anything but.....

Welcome Welcome to another fantastic week here at the MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  challenge! We've got , as my title says.............a theme that is ...........

ANYTHING BUT A CARD!

OH , but wow, you must pop over to the challenge blog to see what we've come up with! Come meet the new DT members and drool over all of the creations! We all came up with something different and it wasn't even planned! LOL 

I made a picture frame with three Tilda's! 

I had a little girl in mind, a specific little girl who hasn't met the world yet.........she should be born any day now. Thought this picture frame would be perfect for a cute baby picture!

I got the frame & a bunch of others at Micheals for a dollar! Yup a dollar each! OMG! 

I painted it with multiple colors of acrylic paints & used many different ribbons from both Really Reasonable Ribbons and The Ribbon Carousel! The leafy flourish is a Cherry Lynn Designs freebie I got from some online store when I made a purchase! Pearly stamens are from Bizzy Becs and flowers are from I am Roses! 

And now for a few close up shots!!! 

We can't wait to see what you come up with  this week at the MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  Challenge! 

{{Steel Magnolias}}

Challenges for my frame: 
Papertake Weekly- BINGO (ribbon, die cut, button)
Crafty Cardmakers- anything but a card, ATC or tag
365 cards- little girl
Magnolia Down Under- BINGO (cheesecloth, die cut, Tilda)

Clear it out- use more than 1 ribbon from your stash- my hoarded supplies ARE my ribbons
Simon Says Stamp- anything but a card
Simply Magnolia - garden blooms
Magnolia-licious Challenge blog- photo inspire

Anything Goes at Midweek Magnolias

HELLO and WELCOME to another week here at the MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  Challenge!!! 

Yup, you guessed it, I'm late!! But not by much!! 

But oh it is soooooooooooo worth the wait! LOL

Because not only do we have a theme that makes everyone happy, but I also used a couple of my newest stamps.....and that makes ME happy!! 

It's ANYTHING GOES week here at the Midweek Magnolia challenge!! 

ANYTHING AT ALL. 

Make it big, make is small...make it shimmer, make it tall!?>!! (I just made that up, pretty good hey). 

Colored with copics from my fave online store Oozak,com, this little Pearl Tilda & Oyster with Pearl are also from Oozak!!!! I added some seashell type buttons from my stash and some of my favorite flowers from I am Roses.  And of course, can't forget the cheesecloth and Magnolia papers! 

You want to make sure you are following the MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  Challenge blog because we will be announcing the new DT members on the 10th!! Oh the excitement!! That means more lovely crafters to add to this fantastic lineup!!! 

Anne

Suzi

Julie

Vicky

Penni

Becky

I'm off to post this at the Steel Magnolias blog, where Wheeza, my alter ego, gets to show her crafty side too! LOL

Challenges for my card: 

Oozak Challenge- 2 patterned papers & more than one embellie

Cute Card Thursday- water water everywhere

Play Date Cafe- color challenge

TOMIC- anything goes with a whooping celebration!! YAHOO! 

Magnolialicious Highlights June Challenge- water water everywhere

The Sketchy Colors- sketch 

June Challenges- CLP sketch meets LIIU !

Welcome to another fantastic month at the CLP Challenge Blog !! 

This month's sketch is just as wonderful as last months! 

They seem to just get better & better!! 

I also wanted to let you know that this creation is for the JUNE challenge at LIIU which is to:

USE YOUR FAVORITE EMBELLISHMENT. 

Our sponsor at LIIU this month is a fabulous Aussie company

Kitty Lane Stamps

With this amazing prize. 

Included in this fantastic prize package are the following items:

4 Fab Kitty Lane Rubber Stamps

2 Packs Design Paper pack

Bone Folder

1 Pack Tombow Markers

Stickers

Stamp Blocks

1 Pack brads

1 x Pack Cardstock

For my card, I have chosen to use a cute little WOJ rubber stamp that was given to me by a wonderful friend, for my birthday. 

I had to pair him with some clouds of course & flags, why not!! The sentiment stickers are from my scrapbooking stash. If you hadn't guessed, my fave embellishment is ribbon. Followed by everything else that can fill up a card.

I also want to say a big thank you to Suzanne for having me on the LIIU team. It is time for me to step down and this is my final month with them!  

Take Care everyone.

Challenges for my card: 
Fun with shapes & more- pennants
Secret Crafter- Saturday Challenge
Pattie's Creations- father's day/male
Daring Cardmakers- photo inspire

Bling It On at Midweek Magnolias

Hello. Long time no see, my fellow bloggers.
 I do apologize for being an absent blogger lately but my Scentsy business has totally taken off !!
 I have been doing trade shows with Velata (chocolate fondue- a new line Scentsy has come out with.....) as well as home parties, basket parties & fundraising events with Scentsy!!
 I just finished a VERY SUCCESSFUL fundraiser for my sons preschool class with Scentsy. Happy customers, happy parents, happy teachers and a very happy consultant (that 's me) to hand over a nice cheque to them!! Gosh I love this stuff. 

Check out my Scentsy BLOG HERE for updates, specials and news! 

In the midst of all of this, I have slightly neglected my MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  Challenge blog duties, therefore I am posting this creation a bit late! 

Our challenge currently underway is :

ADD SOME BLING!! 

I was so excited when my new stamps & copics from Oozak came in I just had to color her up right away! 

Meet Summer Flower Tilda! Cute right? Now if you clicked on the link back there <--- you will notice that Summer Flower Tilda is facing the opposite way of which I have her on my card. Nope, it is not magic, it is actually the work of the Large Solid Palette Rectangle; which is made of rubber that allows you to stamp & restamp a stamp (have I confused you yet)....thereby giving it a completely different look. 

Very neat. 

I purchased this block from theStampTrap probly 2-3 months ago and this was my first time using it! And it won't be my last. I was introduced to this item from Debbie back in this post of hers.

Can you spot my bling?

Come on over to meet the other MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  & see their creations! 

Anne

Suzi

Julie

Vicky

Penni

Becky

Challenges for my card:
TOMIC- sketch & summer holidays
Magnolia Stamp Lovers- square card
Just Magnolia- anything goes
Magnolialicious- photo inspire

Chic & Romantic at Midweek Magnolias

Hello MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  FANS! 

If you have come in search of my Chic & Romantic card, well, you will have to keep lookin'!lol

Unfortunately I don't have a card to share this week, but we do have some very exciting news happening over at the 

MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  

blog. 

Aside from all the great DT creations, we are also having a 

DT CALL!!

If you can fit yourself into each and every one of these categories (listed below) then we want YOU!!

Right then, we are looking to add some new members to our team so that we can offer lots more inspiration and motivation. Any of the girls will agree that we are the friendliest team in blogland and we have a great rapport. We don't believe in getting stressed over anything to do with blog challenges, we support one another all the way, and we have great respect for everyone who joins in our themes. Backstage we like to organise swappies etc... amongst ourselves and we do share a giggle or two - mainly about life in general!

If you think you would like to join our merry little band for the next 3 months you will be someone who can put ticks in the following boxes:

• I am a great team player with a good sense of humour
• I can create a brand new project each week based on existing themes using Magnolia Stamps, Papers, Die Cuts, Flowers, etc. and post sample onto the main blog by no later than Tuesday evening (GMT), and post to my own blog to show on Wednesday am (GMT)
• I can take fairly decent photographs of my work to showcase my projects in a way that will inspire others to want to join in with our weekly challenges or try something new for themselves
• I have an active blog which I update on a regular basis
• I am happy to leave sincere comments on players blogs having been allocated numbers to ensure all players get some appreciation from the Midweek Magnolia team (we don't mind if you are on other DT's, even other Magnolia DT's, but where a crossover occurs, we would expect you to leave a comment on behalf of Midweek Magnolias as well as the other team(s) that you are a member of)
• I am happy to take responsibility of selecting the Top 3 (this may be changed to more if numbers of players continue to increase) on a rotational basis
• If for any reason I am unable to participate at any time, I will give the team enough notice in order that my responsibilities may be covered

So if you feel that this is you we would love to hear from you. When posting your entry for this week's theme, please include DT alongside your name. If you are not participating this week but still wish to be considered, please leave a comment in the box below.  You can leave comments up to Sunday 3rd June, after this date, your application may not be considered.

Anne

Suzi

Julie

Vicky

Penni

Becky

Big White Space at Midweek Magnolias

Welcome! 

Wow. It's been a long time since I've sat at my craft table with the way my Scentsy business has taken off..I've been busy doing trade shows, home parties, fundraising events, packaging up orders....shipping off orders....adding new members to my team! It's been great so far! I'm so lucky to have found Scentsy. If you are interested in knowing more about Scentsy just HOP over HERE to see what it's all about. That's my Scentsy blog. 

OH AND 

The winners of my blog candy are announced at the top of my blog. 

This little creation was made a couple weeks ago in preparation for our  MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  challenge this week which is 

BIG WHITE SPACE. 

As long as you have some BIG WHITE SPACE somewhere on your creation & only combine our challenge with 4 others, then you are in the running for the amazing prize from Magnolia Sweden!

 How awesome is that! 

I've used  a couple different wee pieces of DP behind my Tilda and my hearts embossing folder to match the hearts that she's holding. I stamped my sentiment right on my embossed cardstock. The sentiment is from Some Odd Girl! 

I am soooooooooooo excited to see all your white spaces this week at MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  challenge! wooohooooo!! 

{{ Steel Magnolias}}

The other Midweek Magnolia girlz! 

Anne

Suzi

Julie

Vicky

Penni

Becky

Challenges for my card:
Simon Says Stamp- clean & simple
365 cards- sketch
Kaboodle Doodles- clean & simple
Top Tip Tuesday- clean & simple

Monotone at Midweek Magnolias

AAAHHH!! I love that we are getting so many entries at the MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS Challenge! Keep it comin' crafters! spread the love!! 

We have an other fantastic challenge lined up for you this week! 

MONOTONE/MONOCHROME

Whatever you want to call it. Just as long as it's shades of one color.

I went for the black and white monotone feel. With my very favorite man EVA!! 

EDWIN!! 

For the design on the black background paper I used one of my SU stamp sets with versamark ink and clear embossing powder. WOW...I haven't embossed in foreva!!!! 

The sentiment wee hand stamp are form Tickled Pink Stamps. Feathers are from Dollarama! 

I can't wait to see your monotone creation over at the MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  challenge this week! 

Anne

Suzi

Julie

Vicky

Penni

Becky

Challenges for my card: 

The Sweetest Thing- Sweet Sunday Sketch- sketch 

Craft Room Challenge- emboss it

Crafty Cardmakers- for the boys

Cutie Pie Challenges- monochrome

SCENTSY ANYONE!?>!

Hello Everyone! 

Here in Canada, Mother's Day is May 13, 2012.....

......and we had a local Mother's Day Spa in the small town of Pine Falls, where I live.

 Local artists and vendors are displaying their tables  full of goodies &  I was there

 with my Scentsy Table! 

It was so fun!! 

SEE PICS BELOW

My daughter, Hannah, was my sidekick at the trade fair! She did a great job!  !

AND HERE ARE PICS OF MY SET UP!

What cute stuffed animals with little scent packs tucked in their backs! 

They smell awesome! 

Look at all these beautiful warmers! 

And below is my plug in display box..........isn't it just FABBY!! 

Yup, those are little night light Scentsy warmers that plug directly into the sockets! 

My kitchen smells like cafe for 4 days with one little wax scent cube in it! 

I LOVE IT! 

I never have to bake again! LOL

I'm always so excited to introduce more people to Scentsy.
It makes me happy!! 

Scentsy is something EVERYONE needs in their lives !!!  

Yes, even those of you in UK can have Scentsy! 

It's over there already. 

There are distributors there.....

... & if you don't know one, then YOU could be that "IN" that people are looking for!! 

AWESOME OPPORTUNITY!! 

I love it! 

I'm totally addicted, scouring the internet for the next trade or craft show!! 

Don't forget to sign up to be a follower at my SCENTSY BLOG for a random chance at a prize when I reach 100 followers!!! 

As well, you want to be a follower in order to get amazing updates.....

UPDATES- like this..............the warmer for June........Perfect for Father's Day!!! 

AND like this.....Scent of the month for May!!! 

CHERRY VANILLA

Can't you just taste it.......er........smell it!! LOL 

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ONE LAST THING-   my  son's preschool is doing Scentsy as a fundraiser, so if you want some Scentsy in your life, all you have to do is hop over to the link just under my name at the bottom here, and simply place an order!!! 

 (I am donating 50% of my commission from this fundraiser to them)!! 

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Thanks for stopping by today..............

Corry

https://corrysmyrski.scentsy.ca/Scentsy/Home

Let's Ink It Up- May

SCENTSY BLOG UPDATES- & a chance at a prize CLICK HERE & become a follower

MY CANDY- only 6 days left to enter

Welcome to my  Let's Ink It Up Monthly Challenge Blog post for May.
This month we have a challenge that is going to get you feeling all shiny & new!

 Our challenge is to : 

BLING IT ON

REMEMBER: You must use rubber stamps here at Let's Ink It Up! 

Our sponsor for this challenge  is WHIMSY STAMPS STORE offering up 

This sponsor is soooooooooooo appropriate as I have made my creation with a Kenny K rubber stamp that was FEATURED in the WHIMSY INSPIRATION ONLINE MAGAZINE!!  (pg. 91 to be exact). WOWZERS!! 

 When I saw this steampunky girl, named Scarlett West..I knew I had to have her!! Like HAD to have her, like something awful. I knew exactly how I wanted to do her up, with what embellies and such.....layout was a mystery but WOW!! When I finally got around to  inking her up....I was soooooooooooooo excited!



Thanks so much for stopping by today. 

And thanks so much to the Whimsy Girls for accepting my submission!!! 

And I hope to see you at the Let's Ink It Up challenge this month! 

Challenges for my card:

Crafts4eternity- ribbons

Stampin for the wknd- 4 or more layers

Challenges for my card: 

May Flowers at Midweek Magnolias

Well will you look at this! My post went live and I didn't even have anything written here! 

That's right if you're looking at a blank post with pictures, pls refresh your page NOW! 

That is a true sign of being tooo oooooo busy! BWWAHHHAA! 

(ok, enuf laughing!)

This week at MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  we want to see your 

FLOWERS! 

Now some of you will hate this challenge. 

Others will love it! 

Me.............I was on the fence until I got my ginormous shipment of I AM ROSES flowers in the mail! 

Will you get a load of these!! 

The oval behind Tilda & the heart in the corner are from Dora, as are the white leaves (as a RAK), which I still love to pieces and will be buying this die one day real soon!! LOL 

The paper behind the oval is actually a fabricy feely paper with some stitching on it! OMGOSH i bought this when I first started scrapbooking AGES ago!! WOW! I almost forgot about it! 

Let's see i've got some lace, some ribbon, some sprigs, some sparkle....and the sentiment....that's from SU! 

Pls come visit the rest of the girls over at the MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS  Challenge blog. 

I promise there is actually something written there! LOL 

{{Steel Magnolias}}

Anne

Suzi

Julie

Vicky

Penni

Bettina

Becky

Challenges for my card: 
MDU- Bon Voyage
Creative Card Crew- ribbon
Oldie but a goodie- die cuts & punches
Papertake Weekly- anything goes