Club Anya & Friends Saturday Sketch and Another PREVIEW

Hello and welcome to preview day for Club Anya & Friends. We are at day three of our March previews and we have another AWESOME digi going to rubber. It's one you have been begging to be turned in to rubber. Are you ready? EBONY will now be available in rubber starting Monday, March 1st. Yay!!!! I LOVE Ebony. She is so cute. Here is a pic of the sketch along with my card.

Make sure you head over to the Club Anya & Friends blog today and you can see all the cards by the DT and please head on over to their blogs to leave them some love.

Jessica

Amy

Kelly

Kim

Pam (me)

Lysa

Thanks for joining me today and I'll see you right back here Monday for a couple of posts. I'll talk to you soon.

Hugs,

CHAPTER TWO: Running in a SKETCHY circle...

CHAPTER TWO: Running in a SKETCHY circle...

"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?"
"That depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don’t much care where--" said Alice.
"Then it doesn’t matter which way you go," said the Cat.

We have a fabulous sketch challenge today designed by our own TWISTED Tea Party member, Mary Giles!   Here is the sketch: 

We are VERY honored to be introducing our first sponsor to you today. Kathy from Pixie Dust Studios has VERY generously let us work with her new Digis from her "Down the Rabbit Hole" collection debuting March 1st!   What's more?  ONE LUCKY WINNER will be chosen at random from this week's participants to choose THREE FREE DIGIS of their choice from Pixie Dust Studios!  Thank you Kathy!

I used the Queen of Hearts image for my card today and colored her like she is in the NEW Alice in Wonderland movie.

You have until FRIDAY, March 5, 2010 at 10pm CST to upload your card or project using the above sketch as your muse!  Upload to your blog or public gallery (please use keyword OAC2) and LINK your name below using Mr. Linky!  We can't WAIT to see your creations!

Hugs,

Let's Have a Peek at Oliver and Amelia

Well let's at least have a peek at Amelia cause she is the one I used on my card today. You saw a preview of this adorable set from The Greeting Farm a few weeks ago, and some of you even purchased it on that one special day when you could buy it early. If you didn't get it early I know where you will be at midnight March 1st, at TGF getting this adorable set. LOL. These two little people are so cute. Amelia looks like a little sassy baby doll. Here is my card using this sweetie pie.

Can I just tell you peeps that this set is on the top of my fav list? She is so cute and sassy and Oliver is so sweet I just want to pinch his cheeks off. LOL. Make sure you head over to the CA&F blog to check out all the other girls cards and then please visit their blogs and leave them some love.

Jessica

Amy

Kelly

Kim

Pam (me)

Lysa

We have one more peek for you of another awesome single that I KNOW will make you very happy. It is also Sketchy Saturday tomorrow too and we want you to play along with our challenge. Take care and I'll see you very early tomorrow.

Hugs,

Little Paper Shop's Friday Featured Stamp Set

Just a quick post peeps to let you know that our Friday Featured stamp set on the Little Paper Shop blog is Beautiful Things. This is a gorgeous set that is very versatile for many occasions. Head on over to the LPS blog to see the cards that are being shown that use this set. There's lot of inspiration floating around over there. Here are a couple of cards I have made with it.

Thanks for stopping by and for heading over to the LPS blog to check out the inspiration.

Hugs,

Edward ..... Here She Is!!!!!!

Welcome back to my blog this gorgeous Wednesday morning. Are you ready for some awesomeness from Club Anya & Friends? We have a preview of another stamp that was a digi that you have been wanting to have made into rubber? Guess who? Step over Edward, here is your soul mate Bella, I mean Camille.Yes, Camille will be available in rubber on March 1st. Woohoo!!! I love Camille. Here is my card.

We are combining this preview with our Wild Card Wednesday challenge. Our challenge today is "Embossing". Embossing of any kind will work. I ALWAYS emboss my images that I stamp and also all of my sentiments so this was an easy challenge for me. I stamped both the main image and the sentiment with Black Brilliance ink and embossed them with Clear Embossing Powder. I really like the way this makes your image stand out. Check out the CA&F blog for the officials rules for today's challenge. 

Now head on over to the CA&F blog to see all the gorgeousness from the rest of the DT and check out their individual blogs and leave them some love please.

Jessica

Amy

Kelly

Kim

Pam (me)

Lysa

Thanks for stopping by and make sure and come back tomorrow, very early, for a sneak peek of another new set. I'll talk to you soon.

Hugs.

Flutter by Bunny

Hello and how are you on this wonderful Wednesday? It's time for another Flutter By Wednesday challenge. Are you ready? Our challenge this week is open. All you have to do to qualify for the challenge is make sure your card/project has a butterfly, angel or fairy. I decided to use a new image from All That Scraps Sweet November line. This stamp was designed by my awesomely talented friend Amy Young. It's called Baby Bunnies Butterfly. What a cute line of stamps Amy has designed. I used some Pink Paislee patterned paper and some Zva Creative Crystals. This card is for Monday's challenge at The Pink Elephant Challenge blog. Here is my card and the sketch.

Isn't this just the sweetest image? Make sure you load your card to Mr. Linky on the Flutter By Wednesday blog and when you upload to SCS and PCP please use the keyword FBW98. Check out what my sister DT members have as inspiration for you today.

Ann

Cassie
Christine
Danni
Debby
Harriet
Heather
Jeanette
Jodi
Karen
Kimberly
Kris
Kristie
Lelia
Michelle
Nancy
Nicola
Pam
Shana

Guest Designers:
Suzie 
Alex

Brandi

Randi

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you right back here shortly with a special CLUB ANYA & FRIENDS Preview post.

Hugs,

Jacksonbelle Tuesday JBE094

Hello and welcome back to my blog. I am so glad you came to visit. It's time for another Jacksonbelle Embellishments Tuesday Challenge.

Before I get to the challenge I want to let you know what's going on over at the store. There are 5 NEW MFT stamps ready just for you. Pure gorgeousness. Run over there and check them out now. You don't want to miss out on these cuties. 

Our challenge today is "Flowers". Oh my, I LOVE flowers. You can use flowered paper, floral stamps, flower embellies, etc. I used several on my card. I have Flowers on my Imaginisce 12x12 Lucy Bird patterned paper, Flower embellies cut out with a punch, and a Flower on my stamp image from MFT's Pure Innocence Line called Blooming Good Day. Here is my card.

Isn't she just precious? When you play along with our challenge make sure and leave a link to your card in the comment section on the Jbelle blog. When you upload to SCS and PCP please use the keyword JBE094. Now check out what my DT sisters have as inspiration for you today.

Amy Tsuruta

Carly Robertson

Dawn Lusk

Heather Lee-Reppen

Heather Pulvirenti

Jill Dunn

Julie Lacey

Lynda Benden

Pam Varnell (me)

Shemaine Smith

Stephanie Severin

Tobi Crawford

Windy Robinson

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you with another post tomorrow. Have a great day!!!

Hugs,

Mercy's Sketch MTSC62

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for another awesome sketch from my sweet friend Mercy. Don't you just love having a sketch to get your card started with? I know I do. Takes a little of the thinking away for me and sometimes (well, most of the time) that's a good thing for me. LOL. I used a new MFT Pure Innocence stamp called My Umbrella. She is such a cutie pie. I paper pieced her umbrella with some of the My Mind's Eye Love Me Do patterned paper. Here is the sketch and my card. 

This little girl was so much fun to color. When you make your card for our challenge please load it on Mr. Linky on Mercy's blog and when you upload to SCS and PCP please use the keyword MTSC62. Check out what my Muse sisters have for you today.

Mercy Kerin (The Head Muse)

Pam Speidel

Cindy Haffner

Julie Lacey

Crystal Birr

Jessica Diedrich

Shannan Teubner (please remember our gal Shannan in your prayers)

Anya Schrier (Feb. Guest Designer)

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you back here shortly with another post. Talk to you soon.

Hugs,

Little Paper Shop Color Challenge

Hello and happy Monday. How are all my peeps today? We have an awesome challenge for you today from the Little Paper Shop, color challenge LPSC56 of Chocolate, Kraft and Kiwi. BUT wow did I ever mess up with this challenge. I got my card 95% complete and went "wait a minute". Guess what I did? I forgot to use the colors in the color challenge. Can you say "What an idiot?" LOL. Well I am going to show you my card anyway because I do not have time to make another AND I'm actually very proud of the card I made, even if I didn't follow the rules. Wow, I feel so stupid. The set I used Floral Frenzy, is the set that we will be giving away to one random participant in this week's challenge. Gorgeous set my friends. Here is the cutsie Color Challenge pic that Julia made and my card.

I colored my white pearls with a V12 Copic Marker to make them match the card (thanks Mercy!!!). I just know you want to win this Floral Frenzy stamp set. Just play along with our challenge this week and your name will go in to the drawing. Add you card to the Linz program on the bottom of the LPS post (yes, I'm sorry I forgot to add the Linz program last week, I apologize). It will be there this week. Now check out what my sisters have done.

Julia (owner)

Cindy

Allison

Bonnie

Heather

Ann

Julie

Silvia

Jen

Pam (me)

Thanks friends for visiting me today. I'll see you back soon with another creation.

Hugs,

CA&F's Saturday Sketch #7

Hello again and welcome back on this wonderful Saturday. It's time for Saturday's sketch from Club Anya & Friends. Sorry but this post will be short because it's 1:15am my time and I am tired. I've been up since 6:15am this morning.

We hope you can play along with us this week. Please load your card to the Galleria per the instructions on the CA&F blog. Here's the sketch and my card. AND you can see gorgeous cards by the awesome DT on the CA&F blog too.

The gorgeous patterned paper is the NEW Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety paper I got at Jacksonbelle Embellishments.

Thanks for stopping by and I'll talk to you soon.

Hugs,

Oh, Alice! - Chapter One

CHAPTER ONE: DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: THE BEGINNING...

"The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. "Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?" he asked.

"Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop."

ALICE GETS GLAM: INSPIRATION CHALLENGE

In anticipation of the upcoming Tim Burton remake, let's GET GLAM with Alice!   Jessica recently scored this UBER fab makeup palette by Urban Decay and fell in love with the awesome colors, the NAMES of the eyeshadows (all after Alice, of course ;) and the pop-up mushroom mirror!   

We wanna see how YOU get Glam using this amazing little piece as your inspiration!   Show us your style, put on the glitz, and GET GLAM! Here is my "Glamed" up creation. What do you think?

And WHAT would our first Challenge be without a PRIZE?!  Now, normally we'll be (hopefully) sponsored on the 1st Sat. of each month, but for today's FIRST Fall Down the Rabbit Hole, we thought we'd give away a little something!   ONE LUCKY WINNER will be chosen at Random to WIN a stamp single of their choice from THE GREETING FARM (in stock items only).   So, GOOD LUCK and here's how to play:

You have until FRIDAY, February 26, 2010 at 10pm CST to upload your card or project using the above inspiration photo as your muse!  Upload to your blog or public gallery (please use keyword OAC1) and LINK your name using Mr. Linky on the Oh, Alice! blog.  We can't WAIT to see your creations and THANK YOU for your support of this CURIOUS new venture!

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Hugs,

Let's Get Our Verve On

Hello and happy Thursday. I have a card to show you today that I made for this past Monday's MOJO Sketch MOJO126. I used the Verve set Beautiful You to create my card. You have to read the sentiment I used on my card because this is exactly how I feel about my hubby. He is the absolute love of my life and I don't know what I would do without him. OK, here is my card using the Basic Grey Ambrosia Paper Pack.

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you right back here tomorrow for another creation.

Hugs,

CA&F Wild Card Wednesday

Hello again my friends. It's time for this week's Wild Card Wednesday from Club Anya & Friends. I am bringing the challenge this week on the CA&F blog and it's to use Paper Piecing on your project. I used to do a lot of paper piecing and had a really fun time doing it again on this card. Isn't it funny how you will get hung up on a certain technique, do it all the time, and then when you stop you don't ever do it again. Well, I'm not going to let that happen to me with Paper Piecing because I love it so much. I have colored all of Glamour Anya except for her clothes which are paper pieced. Let me know what you think please.

Now head on over to the CA&F blog to check out all the details of how to play along. I'll see you back here tomorrow with another card.

Hugs,

Hearts are a Fluttering

Hello and happy Wednesday. It's time for our Flutter By Wednesday challenge that I love so much each week. Our challenge this week, FBW97, is to use Hearts on your project, in addition to a Butterfly, Angel or Fairy, which is always required. Our challenge this week is sponsored by Susana of SCACD (Susana's Custom Art & Card Design). Here is my card using a Pink Cat Studio stamp from the set Enchanted Lily.

Come on out and play along with our challenge this week. Upload your card to the Flutter By Wednesday blog and when you upload to SCS or PCP use the keyword FBW97. Click on all the DT members links on the sidebar of the FBW blog to see the wonderful creations they have for you today.

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you back shortly with another challenge post.

Hugs,

Oh Alice! Where's Wonderland???

Hello and happy Tuesday again. I have some WONDERFUL NEWS to share with you today. My friend Jessica Diedrich has started a new challenge blog called Oh, Alice! in honor of the new Tim Burton movie Alice in Wonderland. She has chosen 13 ladies to be on her DT and has named them the "Twisted THIRTEEN". I am so honored to have been chosen as one of here Twisted THIRTEEN and so very happy!!!! So it's the Mad Hatter (Jess herself) and her Twisted THIRTEEN. We will be a WEEKLY Challenge blog posted EVERY SATURDAY. We will be featuring  inspiration challenges from Alice-inspired memorabilia, jewelry, and other hand-made items from places like Etsy shoppes and vintage collectibles. We will also incorporate Color-inspired challenges from certain scenes from the movie, inspiration from items like teacups, teapots, flowers, and hearts (a few of the major components of the movie!), and even some sketches along the way! It's going to be FUN, FUN, FUN!

Here is a blog list of The Mad Hatter and her Twisted THIRTEEN!!

Jessica Diedrich (The Mad Hatter)

Natasha Beasley

Samantha Betbeder

Catherine

Margie Cortina

Mary Giles

Lisa Hjulberg

Jimmi Mayo

Peggy McCurry

Betty Roberts

Kyra Sanders

Jen Shults

Pam Varnell (me)

Kristy Young

Make sure you head on over to the Oh, Alice! blog and click the link on the sidebar to "Follow" the blog. Our first challenge this Saturday, the 20th, will have a PRIZE. Can you say Woohoo???

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you right back here tomorrow for a couple of Challenge posts.

Hugs,

Jacksonbelle Tuesday

** Edited: Jacksonbelle Embellishments has NEW PRODUCT in stock. Go check out the MFT Pure Innocence Line and the new Cosmo Cricket paper. 

Hello again on this wonderful Tuesday and how are you? It's time for another challenge from Jacksonbelle Embellishments and our challenge today is called "Try a New Fold". It can be a pocket card, criss cross card, tri-fold card, gift card holder, easel card, etc. I chose to do a criss cross card. You can find the directions at SCS here. Very simple and I love the end result. I used some patterned paper from the October Afternoon Hometown pack. Love this bold bright paper. Here is my card.

I stamped some words on the inside of the card and added some primas, rhinestones and a label punch for the top of the card. What do you think? When you play along with our challenge this week add your card to the comment section on the Jbelle blog and when you upload to SCS and PCP please use the keyword JBE093. Now check out what the DT has for you today.

Amy Tsuruta

Carly Robertson

Dawn Lusk

Heather Lee-Reppen

Heather Pulvirenti

Jill Dunn

Julie Lacey

Lynda Benden

Pam Varnell (me)

Shemaine Smith

Stephanie Severin

Tobi Crawford

Windy Robinson

Thanks for stopping by and I'll talk to you soon.

Hugs,

Sketchy With Mercy

Hello and welcome to my blog. It's time for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge, MTSC61. For my card today I used Topiary from the Little Paper Shop. I could not wait to use this set, as it's new to me, and when I saw it the first thing I wanted to do is put bling on the tree. Let me know what you think please.

We sure hope you can play along with our challenge this week. Just add your card to Mr. Linky on Mercy's blog and when you upload to SCS and PCP please use the keyword MTSC61. Now check out the other Muses.

Mercy Kerin (The Head Muse)

Pam Speidel

Cindy Haffner

Julie Lacey

Crystal Birr

Jessica Diedrich

Shannan Teubner

Anya Schrier (Feb. Guest Designer)

Thanks for stopping by and I'll see you back in a few with another post.

Hugs,

LPS Challenge and Another Sneak Peek

Hello my friends. Are you ready for another sneaky peek of another stamp set from the Little Paper Shop? We are combining today's preview with our Monday challenge, LPSC55, of "Distressing". Our challenge this week is from our precious DT girlie Ann. I just loved this challenge because I love roughing up the edges of my paper. My card uses the new set Tweet Wishes Lucy and it is just the cutest and most precious set. If you have not been introduced to the new Lily and Lucy stamps from LPS you need to head on over to the store now and check them out. Here is my card using our "Distressing" challenge today. It also uses the sketch from Stamp TV's Sketch Challenge 2/11 (STVSCJH11).

So what do you think? A cutie, huh? Wanna win this set? Play along with our challenge of "Distressing" this week and your name will be entered in to our random drawing. Please have your card linked on the LPS blog no later than Sunday, 2/21/10, at 10:00pm EST to be qualified to win. Now check out with the rest of the DT has for you today using this new set.

Julia

Cindy

Allison

Bonnie

Heather

Ann

Julie

Silvia

Jen

Pam (me)

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget tomorrow is Release Day for February's new sets Moments and Tweet Wishes Lucy. I'll see you soon.

Hugs,

My CHEEKY VALENTINE Blog Hop

HELLO and WELCOME to our highly anticipated "My CHEEKY VALENTINE" Blog Hop!

We are SO excited to finally celebrate the release of The Greeting Farm's BRAND NEW stamp line, the Cheeky Cherry Sprouts!  You've seen the previews, and we're so happy you agree that Rockabilly, Shooter, and Glamour have found a home on the Farm and in our hearts!

Today we have a SPECIAL surprise for you...the ENTIRE TGF DESIGN TEAM, both current AND ALUM were asked to participate in this event!  We are THRILLED to be back as one big team and are prepared to ROCK THE FARM tonight, so sit back, grab some tea or maybe some of that Valentine's chocolate, and ENJOY! Here are two creations from me, both using Shooter since I have not showcased her yet. These are two totally different cards and I hope you like them.

Now, what would a hop be, especially on Valentine's Day, without PRIZES???  Well, there are PLENTY of them hanging around, and for our overseas friends, fear not, you will have until 9am CST TOMORROW (Monday, 2/15) to enter your comments to WIN the new stamps!

ONE GRAND PRIZE WINNER will be chosen from the Club Anya & Friends Blog to WIN ALL THREE Cheeky Cherry stamps!  In addition, Jessica has "hidden" SIX Cheeky Cherry singles on certain team member's Blogs, both PAST and PRESENT, and those people will be able to CHOOSE which Cheeky they want to take home!   That's 9 singles being given away today, everyone!  Can you say AWESOME???

Well, let's get started then!  Here is the OFFICIAL "My Cheeky Valentine" Blog Hop order:

Club ANYA & Friends Blog

Randi Wall 
Tammy Maxvill
Melyssa Connolly

Mary Giles 
Elena Joldersma 
Maria Bell 
Tori Wild
Sparkle Smith 
Traci Porter
Lisa Futch

Cheryl Walker
Cindy Haffner
Kadie Ensley
Kim Nath
Lynda Nielsen 
Mercy Kerin 
Sandra MacLean

Lysa Rohrer
Kelly Booth 

Kim Costello 
Pam Varnell 
Amy Young
Suzi McKenzie 
Janna Hull 
Jessica Diedrich

back to CA&F Blog to let us know you've completed the HOP!

THE CHEEKY CHERRY stamps will be released Monday 2/15 at 12AM CST, in just a few hours!  We anticipate that they will go fast as these sweet and sassy little bombshells have been quite well received from what we've been hearing, so scoop yours up ASAP!   ALL winners will be posted on the Club Anya blog on Monday morning shortly after the 9am deadline.  GOOD LUCK!

Thanks so much for participating and for stopping by today, and be sure to stop by the amazing Amy Young's blog now...she's the NEXT STOP on the HOP!   

Have a VERY Cheeky Evening, everyone ;)

Hugs,