to wonderful you...from grateful me...

Happy Saturday!!!!

I decided to join our 365 Cards Saturday Gal, Heidi,  in her challenge...the recipe from all the bits for the 365 Cards Vintage Week!  It's a regular Martha Stewart recipe...meaning alot of ingredients:)

Here is the final recipe:

1) Pam - Piercing

2) ME - Stitching (real or faux)

3) Sophia - Button

4) Tesa - Die Cut

5) Rose - 5x5 Card

6) Gloria - Stick pin

7) Audrey - Stamp

8) Kim - Distressing

9) Hannah - Dimensional sticker

10) Sophie - Lace

11) Heidi - Card Recipe

Here's my card:

I have to be honest, the dimensional sticker threw me....but I found a fun crown sticker in my stash that I went ahead and distressed with Memento Rich Cocoa...the edges of the floral base have been distressed using my Heidi Swapp distresser {brownie points for both types of distressing?!}...you can't tell by the pic but the diecut has piercing along the edge...Here's a close up shot:

There are 3 prizes to be won this week, and there are 3 different ways to win.  The first is the usual way - just participate in the challenges and earn up to 7 changes to win the random drawing.  The second is to leave comments on each of the designer's blogs on their blog hop posts (but read carefully, you may have to answer a specific question to qualify).  The third is to participate in the Card Recipe challenge!

This is a multi-tasking card because I'm linking it to some other challenges out there in bloggie land...the first for Yvonne Yam's Guest Blogger's challenge by Julie Tucker-Wolek.  The challenge is to make a card with new and old stuff...The new stuff is all the G45 goodies that the fab Gloria Stengal shared with the 365 Cards Design Team {woot woot Gloria} and the old is that dimensional sticker... 

The next challenge is ala These Are a Few of my Favorite Things Challenge blog , Julie Tucker-Wolek is the hostess with the mostess!  There are a couple gals in need of thank you cards so the challenge is to make a fall colored thank you card...I decided to make one for Dolores {Julie's bloggie friend} who's best friend is fighting breast cancer on a very limited income being a teacher...the gals have asked for Thank You cards to be sent to them to have on hand for the many, many, many people that are assisting them in their time of need.  

Next up is my Mitten Weather Card!

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel peeps...it's almost been a whole month since I challenged myself to design a card with Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather paper/elements.  It all started because of the Cosmo Cricket December Guest Designer Contest...random draw...yadda yadda...BUT I've managed to learn some stuff about myself...I'm a tried and true Cosmo Cricket fan...seriously love their stuff...I've been averaging 2 projects a day on a daily basis since I started this self-challenge...I gotta tell you, if I didn't start the Mitten Weather challenge, I'd be a hurtin' unit for Christmas Cards...haha

A little bit of zig zagging sure does dress up a card:)  I used a bunch of the Mitten Weather stickers on this card...Sweater Weather...gotta love that...I'm such a sweater girl!

I was inspired by Laura's 2s4y sketch:

♥♥sneaky peek♥♥

Here's a sneak peek of my December Daily pages...

I thought I was being such a smarty pants by using the Making Memories Noel Advent Calendar for my December Daily....using that kit and teaming it up with the Noel 8x8's....plus all the other Noel goodies I have UNTIL I realized that my Advent kit is missing a '1'...grrrr...it is for day '19'....I've sent an email to Making Memories and to the store that I bought the kit from...crossing my fingers I get some type of help...seems silly BUT...come on...it's a kit...I'm into the matchy matchy thing...

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vintage goodness..

Hello!

Thanks for stoppin' by....we are celebrating Vintage Week over at 365 Cards with a HOP!

You should have arrived here from Pam's blog:

Mackenzie Mae Designs

If not, you'll want to start at the 365 Cards blog...you don't want to miss out on all of the fun and the PRIZES!!!

We are soooo thankful for our Design Team Member Gloria Stengal:

She is sooo kindly sponoring Vintage Week at 365 Cards...she is definitely the Queen of Vintage Style and is also a Design Team Member for Graphic 45.  Gloria provided some vintage goodies to the 365 Cards Design Team {including G45!!} AND she has also provided some prizes for the week!

Each of the gals on the design team will be revealing a 'recipe' for an ultimate card...There will be a prize for people that brave the ultimate card recipe {collect ingredients through the week} along with a drawing for everyone that participates in any/all of the daily challenges....There is ALSO another prize for a random draw on all the people that comment on all of the DT's 365 Cards Blog posts....Whew....chances at 3 fabbie prizes!!!

Okay, here is the Super Sunday Sketch:

Here's my take on the sketch....all the pieces {except the black cardstock} are compliments of Gloria...thanks sista!!!!

I also did another card...everything except the button/bling and green polka dot strips {Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather...I'm counting this as my project-a-day...I know...I know...it's just a smidge but...}

Can you guess what MY ingredient is?  It is stitching....Real OR Faux!

So hop along peeps...your next hop is the fun & sassy:

Sophia

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365 Cards Blog Hop Candy Winner!!!!

Remember this from last week?

Well, I had almost 100 comments on my Got Tunes post!

Congrats to:

Scrapaddict said...
Hi Amy, I can't say anything that has not already been said...great job on the b-day card, I'm sure he loved it, you know teenagers they surprise you sometime! My 16 yo nephew loves all his cards I make and takes them to school to put in his locker.

October 25, 2009 7:00 AM

A ginormous WOOT WOOT to Janice...she's been a long time 365'er and I am thrilled that she's won the blog candy!!

Now how SWEET is Janice's nephew??!!!

Send me your snail mail Janice!!!

I seem to be slinging out the candy like there is no tomorrow....guess what I seriously JUST double checked...my blogoversary is November 6th {hmmm..expect more candy slinging!}. I can't believe that it will be 2 years....wanna chuckle?

Check out my first post:

I did it...

Yeah, I know....LOL...here's the thing, I like to think that my style and my blog are continuously growing...isn't that what it is all about?

I'm so very thankful for each and everyone of you...seriously...I've learned a lot in the almost 2 years that I've been blogging. I've exposed alot of myself to the www.... I love that we're all sooo supportive of each other on accomplishments and well, non-accomplishments...more on the latter in the next couple of days....

Anywho's didn't mean for this one to be such a long post...sheesh, I've been sooo chatty lately...you all probably don't read it all anyways, right? {wink!}

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got tunes?

Hello!!!

Welcome to 365 Cards Super Sketchy Sunday! This is a bonus edition because we're teaming it up with a blog hop!! More deets on that and some blog candy in a smidge.

Let's first dive into today's sketch:

Surprise, surprise...Cosmo Cricket card..LOL. My boy went to a birthday party on Friday night and I made this for the 14 year old birthday boy.

I'm pretty sure that the birthday boy appreciated the iTunes gift card more than all that stitching on his card...not to mention that fabbie chippie:)

I can't wait to see YOUR take on the sketch...

Okay, here's how this blog hop works.....some of us will have our own individual blog candy offerings...Pam has one and has certain requirements:) You just have to leave each Design Team member a comment...you have until Saturday, October 31st at 11:59 PM EST to make your comments. Pam will draw two winners at random on Sunday, November 1st.

For my personal blog candy, you just have to leave me 1 comment on this post {that'll obviously count for Pam's blog candy too}. You have until Saturday, October 31st at 11:59 PM Pacific Daylight time to make your comments. I will draw 1 winner at random that I will post on Sunday, November 1st.

You should have come from:

Gloria

A fun thing that we'll be sharing are 7 fun facts about ourselves.

Here goes for me, they are in no certain order and not everything is crafty oriented:

1. I'm a 2006 graduate of the University of Washington...cripes, does that make me about 25 years old?! LOL....nah, I'm what I call a "late bloomer". I have an Interdisciplinary Degree in Arts & Sciences with a Concentration in Psychology.

2. My go-to kraft paper is from a company named Speckletone.


3. Lately I can't get enough of stitching on my cards...they almost seem unfinished without it...


4. My brown ink of choice: Memento Rich Cocoa.


5. This will not come as a shock to anyone, one of my favorite companies is Cosmo Cricket. Did you gals read Lindsay's post from Friday? Hee-larious!!



6. I'm Canadian. I grew up with both of my older brothers saying that I was adopted since they are Americans...brothers {rolling my eyes}




7. My adhesive of choice....3M Double Stick Tape. Seriously, I use the desk top dispenser and big rolls...I don't fuss with those plastic dispensers.

Okay, there you have it...7 fun facts about me..

I know...you're thinking Yadda Yadda Yadda...let's see your blog candy! LOL

Grrr....plastic wrap packaging makes photography very tricky...obviously the packaging won...this time.
Let's see, there is:

1. Rhonna Farrer Paris in Spring Chipboard Ribbon Charms Tags

2. KI Memories Juicy Summer Hip Chip

3. K&Co Urban Rhapsody Grand Adhesions

4. Heidi Swapp Dark Pink Florals

5. Love Elsie Gel Stickers

6. American Crafts Flair

Some of you ladies asked for a pic of my Gift Show table...It was a terrific venue...in a model home..every square inch had a vendor {except the bathrooms!}. There was a great variety and I'm trying to get into some future shows.

Okay....now it is time to hop to:

Kristie!

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