Internet Issues

Hello All!!! This is Melissa's sister, she wanted me to go on here to let you all know that she is having internet issues and has been unable to connect. As soon as she can get this resolved she will be back to update her blog.

She wanted to make sure everyone knew that everything is ok, just the lovely internet :)

Spread the Love Blog Hop

*This post will remain at the top of my blog until the 9th at the end of the prize giveaway.  Also remember you can send Jaimie a card at anytime.*

Happy Monday!!!  I hope everyone had a great weekend and a wonderful and safe Halloween.  I will do another post about Halloween.  I want to make sure that this blog hop gets the notice it deserves.  Here is a snippet that explains most of it.

"On October 4th, 4 teenagers armed with knives broke into a home in a small town in New Hampshire. Alone and sleeping inside were a mother and her 11 year old daughter. These 4 boys broke into this home with the intent to rob and kill anyone inside. They stabbed the mom, Kimberly Cates, to death and left her daughter, Jaimie, for dead in their driveway. It was a completely random act, their home was chosen only due to its secluded surroundings."
Our hope is that everyone hopping around today will stop for a moment and think about Jaimie and her father and what life must be like for them now. One moment in time has changed their lives forever. We are asking that everyone reading this message please take a moment to make a card and send it off to Jaimie. You can make something very simple or much more involved, but please share some words of hope and love and let her know that people do care and want the best for her.

The address to send cards to Jaimie is on my sidebar with the button about the blog hop.  There has also been a special blog set up and Jaimie and her story.  Please go here and check it out.  I know they are doing some special giveaways with some great sponsors.

If you came here first please go to Katharina blog here.

The card I made for Jaimie is in conjunction with the Whimsy stamp challenge for this week.  The challenge is round and round.  Use as many circles as you can or want to.  I have also added a heart for Jaimie as requested by Denise.  Here is my card.

From here you will want to go check out Leslie's blog here.  Thank you so much for taking a moment to look here and hopefully you can continue the blog hop and join in on the festivities.  This is a sad thing that happened and cards are a small gesture but they really do mean a lot in uplifting spirits.

Thank you for stopping by!!!

Coming Soon, blog candy

I have been slacking on my duties as a blogger.  This week has drove me crazy and nothing is going to change in the upcoming weeks and months.  With more holidays coming up and 6 birthdays and other personal stuff I am just going to do my best to get what I can done so you have something to see.  But in between those occassions I will be posting some minor blog candy.  So keep a look out for those.  I hope to have the first one posted very shortly.  Plus, Monday is another Whimsy challenge so please come back for that at the very least.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Coming Soon

Happy Friday everyone!!!  I hope you have wonderful plans for this "holiday" weekend.  I am so excited that my parents will be making it up tomorrow to help with the boys to go trick or treating.  It will be the first time that my parents have gone with us and I think it is great.  My boys are so excited to see Grandma and Grandpa again.  I am also hoping that  my sister and her family will be able to make it up as well.  There is nothing like celebrating the holidays with family.  Even a simple one as Halloween.

If you haven't guessed yet, I do not have something crafty to show you today.  I did want to come on here and entice everyone to come back on Monday.  I am going to be participating in a special blog hop in conjunction with another Whimsy challenge.  It will also explain in more detail about the button that I have on my sidebar.  It is important and special so I sure hope to see everyone back here on Monday.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

SNR Whimsy Challenge

Can you believe it?  I was actually able to finish the project that I mentioned yesterday.  This may be a first but my memory is so shot that I wouldn't even know for sure.

This is a challenge that they do once a month over at the SNR Card Universe/Whimsy message board.  I think I am late in getting this project done but I just took the time to get over there and get registered.  Yes, it is free to register, honestly, I am too cheap to do it otherwise.

the stamp you need to use for these challenges does need to be a Whimsy stamp, unlike the weekly challenges we have on their blog.  I decided on the hippo.  I am not sure what look I was going for.  I kinda just grabbed things as I went.  The colors are all weird and not sure if they "match", as well as all the patterns and elements I used. 

In fact, my husband was joking with me last night when I showed him the finished project.  He couldn't figure out what a hippo from Africa has to do with snowflakes.  I am not sure either.  I just loved the elements and put them together.  Without further ado:

 

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Another Whimsy group

You would think being a part of the Design Team for Whimsy challenges I would have already figured this out but I haven't.  I just finally decided to check out this other group that the DT members have been talking about.  It is SNR Card Universe.  In this group we can talk about Whimsy stamps and on goings as well as enjoy a special monthly tutorial challenge.

Right now they are having a challenge to make a image swap holder.  It looks easy and fun to make and is so much better than the plastic bag I have my images in right now.  If you haven't been there yet I would suggest you go check it out.  I will be sharing my image swap holder tomorrow, I hope.

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Monkeying around

Hello everyone!!!  It is another Monday.  I am determined to make this a good week.  The weekend was wonderful.  I got to spend another weekend with my parents and some shopping with my mom, sister and my niece.  It was really fun and I hope to do it again very soon.

Well, as some of you may have guessed it is the week that I get to participate in the Whimsy challenge.  I am excited about this one because it is a sketch challenge.  Sketches can be difficult for me to come up with.  That is why I always have Friday sketchers and CPS sketch blogs on my favorites list.

This card is made using the Whimsy monkey that is absolutely adorable.  I colored in some of him with copics, kohr-i-noor pencils and some sparkly fluff.  I just love it.

As always we would love to see what you can come up with this sketch.  And as always, we do not require you to use a whimsy stamp but if you have it we would love to see it. 

Have a great week.

Thanks for stopping by!!!