Fabulous Friday Freebie #43

I am going to leave the Fabulous Friday Freebie posts at the top of my blog so they are EASIER to find for everyone!!! PLEASE scroll down to see my newest posts!!!! THANKS!!!

(yes, I know the date is wonky...it has to be that way to keep this post at the top!!)

The lucky winner of last week's Friday Freebie of the Pirate charms and Pirate Riley stamp is......... Annette & Morgan for their joint effort card!!!

Congratulations Annette (& Morgan)!!! Please email me with your snail mail address so I can get Simon to send you your goodies!!!

This week you can win BEACH TIME FUN - a Gruffies stamp! Perfect for the summer!!!! Isn't it cute???




Requirements: All you have to do to enter is

1. play along in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog (this weeks theme is FRIENDS (furry or not!!! - go check it out!!! )

2. leave me a comment here with a link to your post that states you've entered it into the SSS challenge

3. add my blinkie to your sidebar

(I CHECK!!!!)


4. COME BACK next Friday to see if you are the lucky winner!!!

& you can WIN these goodies!!! (includes shipping!!) !!!!!! Tell all your friends too!!!!

Thank you to Heidi, Steph, & the girls at Simon Says Stamp for being SO AWESOME to work with!!! You all work SOOOO hard to provide us with EVERYTHING we need for our crafting addiction, so I just wanted to say THANKS one more time!!!! LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
Good luck!!!!
Chris

Family Portrait

I just got my Magnolia Ink magazine and in the back I noticed a Contest! The contest is to use Magnolia stamps to make a portrait of your family! I thought...oooohhh how fun!!!! I knew right away which image I would use for me, because I am a teacher & I wear glasses...and I used to wear pigtails when I had long hair, so this Tilda reminds me of ME!! Tim loves to fish, so I used this older image of Edwin fishing - only thing is, Tim is BALD, but that's OK!!!! Then I added our "kids" - Brick (on the left), Minty (white dog- she should be smaller but couldn't figure out how to do it), and Tux (our black & white diabetic cat!). You can get all of these images at Simon Says Stamp!!! They have a HUGE selection!!!

I think it is a pretty accurate family portrait, although I'm sure Tim would rather have Edwin racing RC cars...since that is his NEW hobby!!!! LOL

I cut out our name with my Cricut machine, added some ribbon and a flower! I am pretty sure it won't win, but hey, it was totally FUN to make!!!! I think I will try to find a long frame and frame it for our office wall!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!! If you've made a family portrait for this contest, I'd love to see them!! So leave me a link in the comments so I can go have a peek!!!!!

Chris

Simon Says....Furry Friends!!!

This weeks challenge at Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog is FRIENDS - furry or not! The Design Team are showcasing Penny Johnson images or any image from Stampavie. You don't need those to play along, but we like to showcase different artists so you can see the WIDE variety of artists and stamp companies that Simon Says Stamp sells!!! You can get the flowers, the MS Branch punch, the buttons, and this image from Penny Johnson at Simon Says Stamp.

Here is my card using Bird & Bear by Penny Johnson. Isn't she adorable?

I hope you will head over to the challenge blog to check it out, see what the DT has created for you and to play along!!!! Always GREAT prizes!!!






AND remember, if you play along there, come back here on Friday to play along in my Fabulous Friday Freebie!!! MORE prizes to win!!!!!

Have a great week!!
Chris

Designed2Delight challenge.....

Here is my card for this weeks challenge at Designed2Delight. We were given this beautiful bird and 4 sentiments to use for this weeks freebie! How lucky were we??? Faith is amazing, so generous and these challenges are SO much fun!!!! Head over there to read the rules and see how to play - everyone who plays gets a free image to use the next week.

The DP is my new Tim Holtz Vintage Shabby paper I got from Simon Says Stamp - it is such yummy paper.... I LOVE IT!!!! I got the gemstones there too...they are from Hero Arts! The crocheted flower is from SU! and the swirls are a punch from EK Success. I coloured the bird with Copics.

Thanks for stopping by! Have a beautiful day!!!

Chris

Karen's Doodles USA Challenge - Sketch

Here is my card for the challenge this week on the Karen's Doodles USA Challenge blog! It was such a fun sketch! I love doing tall cards and this sketch is perfect for them!!!!

I used Crushed Curry CS (SU!) and some SU! DP (can't remember the series!). The flowers, buttons and dew drops are all from my stash and amazingly matched the CS!!! I used Thank You - Boy image from Karen's Doodles. Isn't he great? I coloured him with Gamsol & my Koh-i-noor pencils!!!!LOVE THOSE!!!!! The sentiment is from a sentiment set from Simon Says Stamp. The flowers and dew drops are from Simon Says Stamp too!!

Head on over to the Challenge blog to see what the other DT members have created, they certainly are a VERY talented group!! I don't feel worthy!!!! I hope you'll join us this week for the challenge!!!!

Have a great week!!!! This is my 2nd post for the day, so please scroll down to see the other post!! THANKS!!!

Chris

Fabulous Friday Freebie #42

I am going to leave the Fabulous Friday Freebie posts at the top of my blog so they are EASIER to find for everyone!!! PLEASE scroll down to see my newest posts!!!! THANKS!!!

(yes, I know the date is wonky...it has to be that way to keep this post at the top!!)

The lucky winner of last week's Friday Freebie of the 2 packs of Magnolia Paper Flowers is.......DOT


Congratulations Dorte (Dot)!!!! Please email me with your snail mail address so I can get Simon to send you your flowers!!!

This week you can win a pack of Blue Moon metal PIRATE charms and a Pirate Riley rubber stamp!!!! Perfect for those little pirates in your life!!!!












Requirements: All you have to do to enter is

1. play along in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog (this weeks theme is PIRATES - go check it out!!! )

2. leave me a comment here with a link to your post that states you've entered it into the SSS challenge

3. add my blinkie to your sidebar

(I CHECK!!!!)


4. COME BACK next Friday to see if you are the lucky winner!!!

& you can WIN these goodies!!! (includes shipping!!) !!!!!! Tell all your friends too!!!!

Thank you to Heidi, Steph, & the girls at Simon Says Stamp for being SO AWESOME to work with!!! You all work SOOOO hard to provide us with EVERYTHING we need for our crafting addiction, so I just wanted to say THANKS one more time!!!! LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
Good luck!!!!
Chris

Incy Wincy Designs Challenge.....Music

This weeks challenge at Incy Wincy Designs Challenge blog is MUSIC! It is a fun challenge - open to SO many different interpretations!!!

This is my project for this week, a CD envelope. I got the tutorial from Splitcoast Stampers. This is the front, decorated with UKELELE from Aspire To Thrive Children's Charity shop, drawn by our very own DT member, GREG!!! I have it popped up on top of another one to give it some dimension. I should have taken a side view pic......sorry!!!

Here is a closer view of the front. The sentiment is from a Simon Says Stamp sentiment set called "Simply the Best" Sentiments.

And a view of the inside pocket with a CD in it, ready for giving!!!

I hope you will head over to the challenge blog and see what the rest of the DT have created for you!!! AND I hope you will join us this week!!!! GREAT prize this week - $10 to spend at Aspire To Thrive shop!!!!

The Corrosive Challenge Blog....

The theme this week at The Corrosive Challenge blog is Black, White and one other colour. I made this card for my nephew to welcome his new dog that we rescued (I helped him get him!) I found this image online and decided to use it. I coloured his colour CAMO cuz that is what Bobby's collar looks like - Shawn got a kick out of that!!! The paw paper is digi paper I got from a free site ages ago and for the life of me, can't remember where! (ETA: The paper is a Freebie from Squigglefly!!!! Thanks Stef & Holly!!!)
I hope you'll join us this week!!

Here is a picture of my nephew Shawn and Bobby! Bobby is actually the dog we were going to rescue in November (remember me telling you about that?) but my friend wasn't ready to get rid of him yet, she had a hard time!! But when she was finally ready, we had already adopted Minty, and Tim wouldn't let me have 3 dogs!!! MEANIE!!!!! LOL Bobby looks a lot like Brick, just a lighter colour, and they have very similar personalities too!! Bobby is a little calmer though!!!! LOL


Chris