Say Say Oh Blogger Mates....

I can not play with you, my family has the flu, boo hoo hoo hoo hoo hoo, aint got no samples, cuz I've had no time to play, but I'll be back again to play some more to play some more!

How many of you remember those hand clapping games we used to play as kids? We would play for hours and create our own versions, well here is my adult version.

It is official (word from doctor) we have the flu! Yikes, no wonder we can not stay awake. My over active 8 year old son has not been out of bed in a FULL 5 days! Only to go to the bathroom and that is it. If you knew him you would not believe me, but it is true.

But the good news is that we are all starting to feel a little bit better, I am even able to do a bit of surfing (on the lap top in bed) and I plan to check out all the samples for the bloggers challenge as well as catch up on the sketch challenge for the week. So I am off to check out both and post the new samples for this weeks sketch. Got to hurry before I run out of energy!

Sketch Challenge Card 8 cards.

I am gonna try to post the sketch challenge cards if I can. I am soooo sick that I can barely keep my head up. But I don't want to fall back to sleep right now because my son is throwing up and I need to be here for him. Our whole house is sick and it is a bad one. I have absolutely no energy at all so instead of wasting the little I have with this silly typing I will try to put the links in. Sorry nothing from me --haven't stepped foot in the studio since Monday!

Karen at Krafting with Karen


Pat at the Eagles Nest


Colleen at Colleen Benedetto's Weblog


Amber at Ramblings of a Sassy Stamper!


Valerie at Picture Perfect Past


Linda on Splitcoaststampers


Jennifer at Glitter In My Hair


Stamp Queen


Hetty at Craft Chaos



Lori at Inking Aloud



Gerri at Iwork4stamps she has a giveaway too

Ladies I can not possible post comments on you card right now, my head is gonna BLOW! Yikes this took all I have, if I get another spurt of energy later I may try again, lol.

Your a Blast and a Monday Sketch card from Brenda.

OK, I am such a dork! I was originally going to post this with my sketch today since I used my sketch for inspiration when I did this. But when I went to post the details I thought -no way- it it too far off from the sketch I better wait, plus it is for a swap that has not been sent to all the participates yet, but being the dork that I am I accidentally hit a hot key that I have now learned is a short cut for posting! I hit edit post immediately but did not realize that while I was editing the post it showed up on my blog and on the various readers. So when I finally re-published the post I guess I made a few people feel like they were loosing their mind, so I decide to post it again! (since I was gonna post Brenda's card anyway -- see end of post for her link) Clear as mud? So here is the card (again, for some).........




It is another Pun Fun card. It uses the embossed marker/chalk technique where you stamp the image--color it in and then go over the parts you want embossed with a Versa Marker and clear emboss. So the rocket is shinny in real life. This was such a fun card to make.

Stamp Set(s): Pun Fun, In the Stars

Colors Used: Blue Bayou, Real Red, Yo Yo Yellow and Whisper White

Accessories: chalks, clear embossing powder, versamarker, star punch word window punch small hand held star punch

Technique: Embossed Markers and Chalks

And new here is Brenda's Card too.

Brenda at Memories by Brenda


Come on this one is soooo easy I expect a ton of people to play! Are you up to the challenge?

Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge #8

Wow! Can you believe it has been eight weeks already! Time flies when you are having fun and I am having fun with these. It has been wonderful to see everyone's creations and as usual I thank you for participating. Hope you have fun with this one.


I made two cards for todays sketch and kept them both quite simple actually. This one uses the new set in the Occasions mini catalog called For Father. Is that dog not the most precious thing you ever seen? The inside of this card says ALREADY, because I am giving it to someone who is moving away. Other supplies used are: Chocolate Chip, Creamy Carmel and Whisper White card stock. Outlaw paper (retired), black brads, small and large oval punches, colored pencils and blender pen. Basic Black and Chocolate Chip ink.




This next card is of course my favorite set -- Pun Fun!. This is just such a useful set. I have made quite a few cards with it and have not even come close to running out of ideas. The base of this card is Basic Black followed by Whisper White, Basic Grey and then some dark Grey paper from Scrap in a Snap (yikes, that is a blast from the past). The "stink" is from the Bronc Buster set! I think it is so cute. I went over it with a clear gel pen to make it stand out more. The little flowers in the corner are pearly sequins with red brads in the middle. Other items used: Real Red card stock, small and large oval punches, word window punch, square scallop punch, ric rack ribbon, half pearl and Prima flower.





And now on to the other participants for this weeks sketch. These guys rock! You will want to check out each and every one of their blogs to see what they have in store for you this week.

Claudia at Stamping in Columbus, GA


Kerry at Three Clovers Designs


Lisa at Splendiferous Creations


Bev on Splitcoaststampers


Adair on Splitcoaststampers


Pat on the Technique Trail


As always I encourage you to play along. You can post it anywhere you want, you don't have to have a blog to play. If you post on Splitcoaststampers please use the keyword TSSC8. Don't forget to leave me a comment with the link so I can post it on here too. Can't wait to see what you come up with. And most importantly have fun.

Last few for Luchtimetime Sketch Challenge #7

Here are a couple more for last weeks sketch and this week is due up in about an hour. I am loving this week's sketch so be sure to stop back and check it out.

Jennifer at Glitter in My Hair


and


Terri at Life with Terri

Thanks Ladies!