Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #33

Happy Labor Day to all of you! I am so sorry to see our short Summer come to an end already. The kids go back to school on Thursday and then it will seem like a couple of weeks and BOOM! it will be Christmas! How crazy is that. I wish the kids had just a little longer of a break from school, it goes so darn fast. But of course I will have a wee bit more stamping time during the days. Anyway, here is this weeks sketch....

I really like the sketch and think it is a easy one to work with. There are so many possibility with it. I was quite a lazy stamper and did not even get up from my chair for this card. All of the stamps and paper were within reach of my spot! The only think I had to move for was the cuttlebug bubble type embellishment. I have not been able to put down these new in colors - insert "no kidding, Mary Jo" here, lol. It seems like every card I make has this Kiwi Kiss color on it. The colors this year are really fun. So here is my very un-traditional Halloween card, which by the way hubby hates!

I didn't think it was so bad, different yes, but not really bad?!? What do you think?

Stamps: Haunting Halloween
Paper: Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red Basic Black, Whisper White and Bella Rose DP
Ink: Basic Black
Other: cuttlebug, white gel pen, colored pencils, gamsol, faux brads, stampin sponge.

Feel free to play along we would all love to see your creations so after you make your card leave a comment here with a link that I can share with my readers!



Thank you so much to all who have already made a donation to my CROP walk efforts. With this new hurricane coming in the CWS people may have to use up a lot of money that is on hand. You see they not only aide in hunger relief but disaster relief too. Won't you consider making a donation today! Remember you can win over $200 in brand new stamps sets just for helping others! Click HERE for more details and to see ALL 21 stamps sets and a link to MFT where you would have a shopping spree!

Happy Birthday FS82 and another sketch player too.

Isn't this little guy cute? It is from Inky Antics. I used it today to play along with the Featured Stamper Challenge. Here is the card that was the inspiration for this one. It was a nice quick cute card.

Stamps: Daisy Turtle's Balloon (Inky Antics), Think Happy Thoughts (SU)

Paper: Tangerine Tango, Chocolate Chip, Whisper White and Bella Rose DP

Ink: Basic Black, Tangerine Tango Kiwi Kiss

Accessories: colored pencils, gamsol, Sizzix embossing plate, Big Shot, circle punches, baubles, bling

Here is another sketch challenge player for this week. I will be back later with my very non-traditional Halloween card and the new sketch for the week. But for now enjoy this wonderful sample using sketch 32.

Tamarra at Tamarra's Stamping Spot

Thanks for the great card Tamarra!

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I am SOOO bad! And so sorry too.

Thank you so much

Kerry from Three Clovers Designs

and Lori from Lori's Stamping Spot

for this sweet award!

These two ladies were so kind to award me with this adorable award quite a while ago and I keep forgetting to post it. Please take a few minutes or an hour or so and check out their blogs -- lots of inspiration on both.

The rules are as follows:

I have to pick 7 of my favorite blogs and…

1. The winner can put the logo on their blog

2. Link the person you received your award from

3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs

4. Put links of those blogs on yours.

5. Leave a message on the blogs of the girls or boys you've nominated.

So here I go!

Charlotte at Charlotte's Web
Now Charlotte does not post every day but when she does they are worth the wait. And she also has one of the best blog names -- just too cute.

Lori at Inking Aloud
If you follow my sketch challenges you know that Lori very often plays along so you have seen here wonderful creations before but have you really looked at her blog? There is lots of great stuff on there and she uses stamps from lots of fun companies.

Kim at Paper in the Works
Be ready when you enter this blog. Her creations are incredible. So much detail. You really need to click on each and every card to see all the details. I hesitate to share this one with you for fear you will no longer enjoy my work, lol. I am way to lazy of a stamper to take it to this level!

Barb at Barb's Stampin Spot
This woman is one of the nicest people I have met in along time. I had the opportunity to meet her a little over a year ago at a stamping get together and she is just so darn sweet I fell in love with her instantly. And she has a really super blog with lots and lots of wonderful SU ideas. Check it out -- I do all the time.

Kathie at Just an Inkling
Kathie has such a fun creative way about her. I love her designs and think you will too. She is also a fellow member of the Blogger's Challenge group.

OK -- I have so much to do for the CROP walk getting things together and putting together stuff for the local folk and I am having a hard time finding blogs that I love that have not already been given this award. So please forgive me for stopping at 5 it is 7 if you count the 2 that awarded me, right?

Thanks again Kerry and Lori for so kindly awarding me with this.

More Sketch #32 players for this week!

Here are a few more cards using this weeks sketch challenge 32 to inspire you!


Lori at Inking Aloud


Marti at Pez-A-Doodle Designs Studio

Thanks so much ladies, fun cards.

Let it SNOW?!? And it's a slow go!

Look close at this background. Isn't is so cool. This is the new CORE'DINATIONS CARDSTOCK It is so cool! I used my snowflake cuttlebug embossing folder and then just sanded the raised images a bit. Looks really cool in person. And so easy too. You can purchase and see all the wonderful colors at Storage Units Inks & More.




This was just a fun card to make. It is much more fun to play with snow stamps than to deal with the real stuff! Of course that is coming from a Western New Yorker and we get a lot of that white stuff around here -- most years.

Stamps: Big on Holidays, retired Snow Much Fun
Paper: Corde'dinations card stock, Baja Breeze and Whisper White from SU
Ink: Basic Black
Other: markers, white gel pen scallop edge punch

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IT'S A SLOW GO
(but I am on my way to my goal.)

My goal both on-line and off this year for the CROP hunger walk is $1000! I know I set my sights high but I am enthusiastic and know that this is a super worthy cause.

So I am asking that you go ONE day with out your cup of coffee or diet pepsi or what ever it is that you spend money on every day to think about all the people who could not even thing of these types of luxuries and donate it to hungry people all over the world.

If everyone one of my readers donated just $2 I would more than surpass my goal and so many people would be helped. And on top of that you would all be in an the wonderful prize package.

You can win over $200 in brand new stamps!

What are you waiting for you can win

21 stamps sets (from SU, Unity Stamps and Our Daily Bread Designs)
and a $25 shopping spree at My Favorite Things stamps!

More details can be found HERE!

A sincere THANK YOU to all of you who have so generously donated already. You have made a difference in someone life!