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This weeks sketch card

I am lovin this stamp set - so much fun to color!  I had to use it for the sketch this week.  If you give this weeks sketch a try (anytime even months later is ok!) be sure you post a linky here so we can all check out your creation.  Also please leave a link back to THIS POST - so that others who see YOUR creation can also see what everyone else did.

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Like what you see? Click these links to shop my secure TAC website - and don't forget you can get ANYTHING for half price as a hostess with $100 in orders from you and your friends!

Stamps: Winter Flurries and Merriest Wishes stamp from The Angel Company
Ink: Burnt Umber and Noir Palette Ink Pads
Papers: Brown Cardstock and Kraft Cardstock, White cardstock
Accessories: Pop Dots,  Paper Piercer, Colored Pencils

Be sure that if your order totals $30 or more you take a look at the Purchase with Purchase stamps!

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See I told you I kept it simple!  Very minimal coloring and embellishment.    It works - I know it is hard though too!

I have TONS of catching up to do - I was supposed to be in my studio Monday night but ended up at a JV football game instead!  Good thing though - we got to see DJ score the only touchdown and extra points of the game!  So that was cool.  Bad news is it put me even further behind than I already am.  So I have a LONG list of projects for tomorrow.  FUN projects - but hopefully the mojo will be a flowing!  That is also why I am posting this tonight instead of Wednesday morning!  Check that off the ole list.

last day for the September specials people! 

Get your wings for only $50!

Monday sketch 89

If you give this weeks sketch a try (anytime even months later is ok!) be sure you post a linky here so we can all check out your creation.  Also please leave a link back to THIS POST - so that others who see YOUR creation can also see what everyone else did.

I kept this one simple - with very little embellishments.  Sometimes it is hard not to junk everything up!  

I am holed up in my studio today - ALL DAY!  I might break for bathroom cleaning I suppose.  Stamping Night Out is this Thursday - so I have make and takes and card kit and Demo stuff to prepare. 

These are the last few days for the September specials!

Get your wings for only $50!

I had a moment of happy tears this morning - and I just have to tell you all how proud I am of my daughter!  Some of you might know of the trouble I have had with her and the power struggle we have been going thru since she was probably 2!  She is 8 1/2 now - and I am SO afraid of what life will be like with her at 16 if it is this hard right now!  I pray every day for strength and wisdom in raising her.  Well today I got a glimmer the fruits of my labors.  How very divine that in the Beth Moore study I am doing that this mornings topic was vain labor.  HA!  Thanks Lord I needed that!

Our School has an alliance with an arts program and they offer after school programs a few times a year.  There is limited spaces available so we know we have to return the slip with payment right away otherwise the kids do not get in.  SO last night i filled it all out wrote the check and sent both kids slips in with Laney this morning.  So the phone rings about 15 minutes after the kids left for school and it was the secretary.  She says "no one is sick - I just wanted to share with you how Laney broke my heart this morning!"  She went on to say that she had been working on the list of particpants for the Wonder Workshop.  She was down to 29 out of 30 on the list and she looked up and Laney was next in line.  Laney handed her both her and Logan's Slips and the check.  Lynn said to her "Oh sweetheart, I only have room for one more."  Laney's heart sunk, she looked down at the floor and swallowed hard.  Lynn said her face turned red and she looked up at Lynn (with the biggest sweetest brown eyes you have ever seen I might add). 

She said "Let him go."  

I cannot even tell you how HUGE this is!  Lynn said she was so selfless and giving to her brother it really moved her.  She wrote to Laney's Teacher and she also said she was going to make up a certificate or something for her.  I was sobbing of course because I am just a big softy and I cannot imagine how hard that was for Laney to do.  They both missed the last workshop because we had a doctors appointment to go to.  And the topper was that Logan came all the way back home this morning to get Laney's Basketball that she forgot.  When he went back out the door I told him what a good little brother he was for doing that for her and to tell her that she owes him big time!  I guess she paid up huh?

Christmas Countdown Clipboard Kits!

Gearing up for the holidays yet?  I know I am already planning my gift giving ideas and decorating strategy.  I will be offering the Christmas Planner kits next - so be watching for those too!  But for this week I have some kits available for this fabulous Christmas Countdown Clipboard.  It was inspired by a creation by my upline JoAnn Cisneros.

It is a 6x9 clipboard - and the places you check off or write on are Dry erasable.  So you can use this over and over again, year after year.  Featuring the Reece Collection from The Angel Company.  Clipboard has a standard clip at the top - making it easy to hang on a hook or nail on any wall.

I have 8 of these available - ready to ship out on Monday.  All pieces are stamped and cut - you just have to stick it all together!  Kit includes:

Painted clipboard
Ribbons
Cardstock and pattern Papers cut to size
Eyelets
Stamped elements with Transparency
Printed picture and step by step directions

Receive your Kit for just $10 plus $4.95 priority Mail shipping to you!

Choose One

Clipboard $10.00 Clipboard and Zip Dry $19.00

You may wish to distress clipboard further by sanding edges. You may also wish to edge the cardstock and papers with brown ink for a more distressed look as well.  I recommend Zip Dry Glue or YES glue for attaching papers to your clipboard.  Add a bottle of Zip Dry on to your kit for $9 (shipping and tax included).

We had SO much fun at our Crop and Christmas Card Camp yesterday - serious good times!  I got a jump start on more Christmas cards, got a set of swap cards ready to go, and put together those clipboard kits.   I think I even got a card for this weeks sketch and a start on the October Card kit done too!

I am in my studio today for a bit and then have to go play softball.  Fun stuff!

More Halloweenie - Card for Sketch 88

I had fun with this weeks sketch and more of my new Halloween stamps!  If you give this weeks sketch a try be sure to leave a linky and link back here too!

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Stamps: Spookalicious, Love Blooms stamp from The Angel Company
Ink: Noir Palette Ink, Orangerie, Violette, and Sunflower Palette Ink
Papers: White Cardstock and Bazzill Oranges Cardstock, Black Cardstock, Apple Green Matchmaker from Brites Collection
Accessories: Black Scrappers Floss, Gelly Roll Glaze Pens, Stipple Brushes, Scallop Scissors, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Folder

Be sure that if your order totals $30 or more youtake a look at the Purchase with Purchase stamps!

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I love the trees - from a Valentines/Love  set no less!  I really like it when I am able to use stamps fromoff the wall stamp sets for a holiday they do not even relate to - makes them more versatile.  I went Stipple crazy to achieve the sky/background.  I was going for a sunset look with purple halloween tones too it.  I used the glaze pens on the spiders eyes and on the Halloween word.   The scallop scissors transition well to halloween if you just use them upside down - don't you think?

Well I am late for my walk for the day - my phone has been ringing and my computere has been continuing to give me fits while trying to write this post up!  UGH!   So anywho - I am off!

Today's Sketch #88

Off and running for another busy week!  Starting off with my Monday Sketch!  If you give the sketch a try be sure to add your linky and link back to here too! 

I am off to run Laney to the doctor - just a routine visit!  Then we will have lunch and get her back to school.  Nice rainy day - calls for lots of studio time (or bathroom cleaning - which one would you choose???)

Halloween card for sketch

I got some new Halloween stamps from the Inspiration Avenue Fall Supplement and they are super cute!  I set a few of the images up in a scene and colored them with my prismacolored pencils.  If you have a chance to give the sketch a try be sure to leave a link and link back to here so we can see all the takes on the sketch!

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Like what you see? Click these links to shop my secure TAC website - and don't forget you can get ANYTHING for half price as a hostess with $100 in orders from you and your friends!

Stamps: Spookalicious stamp from The Angel Company
Ink: Noir Palette Ink; Cloud White VersaMagic Ink
Papers: Reece cardstock, White Cardstock and Orange Matchmaker Cardstock
Accessories: Black Scrappers Floss, Scallop Scissors, Buttons

Be sure that if your order totals $30 or more youtake a look at the Purchase with Purchase stamps!

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I Added dark and highlights to the cat - even though it was a solid image stamp to make it match the pumpkins a little better.   I really like the color combo - green orange and purple really say Halloween!

I have been having internet issues as of late - so frustrating!  I am not sure if it is me or my provider - but i get knocked off every 5 minutes or so.  Makes posting and working on things difficult!  Hopefully it clears up soon so I can get my next coloring video up!

Monday Sketch #87

So here is this weeks sketch.   Have fun with that circle element - cut out something or use a flower or design element.  If you do give the sketch a try leave your linky and link back to here so we can all see your take on the sketch. 

 

I cannot tell  you how HAPPY I am to be home this morning!  First things first - I was able to get caught up on my bible study - getting back on track always feels SO good!  We started Beth Moore's Stepping Up: Psalms of the Ascent last Tuesday - man is it off to a GREAT start!  After week 1 I am feeling like this is going to be another good one!   God is GOOD - and he is with us every step of the way.   I can say I highly reccomend any and all of Beth Moore's books - be ready for homework though! (which is my FAV part!)

Now if I could only get up just a little earlier to take that walk I want to be taking every morning!  Last week was chaos so I have a TON of housework to do.   TACnique Night is this Thursday and I have some good ones up my sleeve!   

Also later in the month - the 26th is my Creative Escape and Christmas Camp!   4 designs with envelopes and idea sheets for $10.  Additional sets are $7.  I will send out an e-vite at the end of the week (so no one gets confused on the dates) So be sure to RSVP to it when you get it! 

Only a few more weeks for these great promos :

Get your wings for only $50!

 

Vintage Christmas card for sketch 86 x2

I finally got a chance to work with this weeks sketch this morning - I actually got up at 5:30AM so I would have time to stamp while everyone was still asleep! If you have a chance to play with this weeks sketch be sure to leave a linky and link back here too!

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Like what you see? Click these links to shop my secure TAC website - and don't forget you can get ANYTHING for half price as a hostess with $100 in orders from you and your friends!

Stamps: Swirly Seasons and Sincere Sentiments stamp from The Angel Company
Ink: Burnt Umber and Burnt Sienna Palette Ink Pads
Papers: Willoughby Collection Pattern paper and Cardstock, Ivory cardstock
Accessories: Corner Rounder, Organza Ivory Ribbon, Scor-pal and Scor-bug

Be sure that if your order totals $30 or more you take a look at the Purchase with Purchase stamps!

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I made that card took the picture and while editing it decided it was too plain and needed something. (let alon that the pic looks HORRIBLE - but is was 6AM!) SO I grabbed my Fancy Curls stamp set (the images from that set are subtly included on the strip of the Penelope papers) and I stamped the card with it and burnt umber ink. Which way do you like it better??

 

I am off to a football game tonight and hoping that my son does not injure himself again. He has been plagued with a "turned ankle" which is not hurt bad enough to call a sprain - but it keeps him out of the game. Big bummer! So hopefully tonight he will play and not turn it again. I also have to get my hiney to our Wamego crop - at the Middle School. I have TONS of stuff I need to get done - I just hope that getting up so early makes me lose steam and want to go home ealrier than midnight!

Working woman - HA!

This week I am pretending to work - at my husbands office no less.  There are usually 3 secretaries here - and 2 of them are gone this week.  So I am filling in at the front desk.  Talk about fun stuff!  Now I see how people can get addicted to FARMTOWN!  LOL!!!

I got all my new rubber cut out - I had a pile of new stuff from cashing in 2 $100 gift certificates I earned from TAC .  I was able to get ALL the stamps I wanted out of the Inspiration Avenue!  Whoo Hoo!  Now of course that is a preliminary wish list of course - and I am sure I will be wanting to add more to my collection as I see them used more and more.

My hope is to be able to shoot a new video this week!   I keep thinking I want to but time has not been on my side.  Maybe tonight since NFL football starts tonight right?  I know my hubby will be watching - so I will be able to get some studio time in with my new stamps!

Monday Sketch #86

This weeks sketch was inspired by one of my favorite stamping bloggers - Jennifer McGuire.  I love her style!  You can check out her card here.  If you have a chance to play with the sketch be sure to leave a linky and link back to this post too so everyone who sees yours can check out what everyone else did with the sketch!

I have had a wonderful extended weekend with my family - just hanging out!  I have actually been working madly at making jewelry for some upcoming craft shows.   I have been working pretty hard at that recently - so my posting here has been more sparse than normal!  I actually wanted to shoot a new coloring tutorial this weekend but I forget to have my hubby bring home a camera for me! 

This week I will actually be working!  Ya a real job no less - playing secretary!  HA!  It is kind of funny - my husbands office needs some one to fill in for 3 days while 2 of their secretaries are on vacation/having surgery.  So lucky me!   I am sure it will remind me of how grateful I am to be able to stay home and not work a traditional job.  So this post and my actual card post may just be the sole posts this week.  I know though recently that is all I have been able to squeeze out!

I will keep you psted though - and hopefully will have a chance to do that coloring tutorial soon!

Don't miss out on these good thru the end of September!