End of the Summer Contest!! Sketch-a-thon

Hey everyone, we're having an End of the Summer Sketch A Thon over at Sketches4All.  It should be a lot of fun, runs from Sept 8th until Sept 25th so come on over and show us what you got.  Hope to see you there.  There will be one 1st place winner "Queen of the Crop"  followed by a 2nd and 3rd place, also some of the design team are offering raks for completing their sketches.   Some of the prizes are:
 1st prize will beFALL goodies from bella boulevard!
2nd prize is a 10 dollar certificate.
3rd prize is an embellishment Kit!(MME ribbon, BasicGrey Fall stickers, Treehouse chipbaord, Handmade flowers from Etsy shop, and Mod podge glue!)

Good luck to you all!!

Back to School and I get to stay on for another term as a member of the Design Team at Sketches4All

Well, it's that time of year again for us here on the West Coast, back to school.  My daughter was super excited and ready to go this morning for her first day of 8th grade.  I am so lucky and glade that she looks forward to going to school, I'm super proud of her.  Here's a couple pics of my 8th grader!!

I'm excited to say that Fia over at Sketches4All has allowed me to stay on the design team for another term and boy do we have some exiting stuff coming up in September.  If you haven't been over to the site and checked it out, I highly recommend it.  Right now there are several challenges being offered by the design team in the groups area, I currently have a challenge for a e-gift card going on until August 28th. Here's a link to sketches4all come on over and check out my challenge it's a sketch challenge (one of Sarah's sketches).
Hope to see everyone there, if you do come over, stop by my page and say hi. 

Checking in, a few pics, and an Exciting Event coming up.....

my handsome little nephew Shane.

his beautiful little sister (about 6wks) Brynn

My brother and sister in law with their little pink bundle of joy, Mr. Shane decided he didn't want to be in family photos at the moment.  lol.  I don't have any of my other niece saved to the computer, they're all on my phone and facebook but I will share her pics at a later time.  Thanks for looking.  Hope you all have had a wonderful summer. 

Now that schools back in, are you ready for some crafty inspiration to get your mojo working again?  Well check out the upcoming contest over at Sketches4all, there will be a lot of sketches to inspire you, raks, fun, friendly people and a grand prize winner.  So follow the link provided and check it out see if it's something you're interested in.  Hope to see you all there.

Sketchy Thursdays: August GDT Challenge

The above sketch is for Sketchy Thursdays GDT Challenge. Also include:  a summer topic, the colors red, orange, and/or yellow, and a journaling spot.

You still have time, you should click on the link and go give it a shot.

Here's my take below of my nephew in June at the discovery center playing in the dino dig.  TFL.

Random Winner, baby showers and more......

Sorry it took me so long to update, it's been a hectic couple of weeks.  The end of DD's softball season, make up games, tournament, parties and then we had company from out of town staying at our house and two baby showers.  Whew...but we had fun at all things, I'll share a couple photos and reveal the my comment winner too.

And the winner so delicately drawn from the little pink dixie cup by my dd is.........................

Michelle H. said...
Very pretty and love the hearts!
May 12, 2011 11:00 AM
 
Congrats Michelle, PM me your address over at sketches4all and I'll get something out to you in the mail.  Thank you everyone for participating in the Blog Hop, hope to see you around sketches4all!!

Spring is in the Air Blog Hop

**Spring is in the Air**

May 11th - 18th



Hi there and welcome to my blog, I'm super excited to be participating in this hop as a member of the DT at sketches4all!!  This should be your 6th stop on the journey through the Spring is in the Air Blog Hop from sketches4all.  If not you should hop on over to Stacy's blog where all the fun begins.  If you arrived here after visiting Doris then you're in the right place and lets get down to business.  
We have a bunch of springtime inspiration and activities planned for you beginning with the blog hop where there will be a total of 12 stops, along the way you will be looking for 5 key words(items) to use on your layout which is inspired by the sketch below. Remember, DO NOT list the words any where along the way, email them to Fia at scrapmiep2@hotmail.com for a chance to win a $10.00 gift certificate to ScrappyJo store. You can just email the 5 words to Fia for a chance for the gift certificate or you can complete a layout inspired by this sketch including all the items but don't list them ;0)  for a chance to win..........

The Sketch

Here's my example of the sketch:

don't you just love the BLING in the hearts?  :0) 

This AWESOME grand prize

which contains a few things to get you ready for the summer including:

1 Pink Paislee Hometown Summer Collage Paper Pack of 24 dbl sided cardstock papers

1 Maya Road Sheer Scroll Frame Album
1 pkg of Prima Marketing E Line Flowers in Yellow
1 pkg of Doodlebug Design (2 yards) of yellow rick-rack in Bumblebee yellow
3 homemade crocheted yellow flowers
red/white bakers twine - approx 2-3 yards
1 pkg S.E.I Designer Brads - Mimosa
1 pkg of Studio G i-chear stamps
1 sm roll of lime green polka dot ribbon
1 pkg Pink Paislee Hometown Summer Punchouts (20 pieces)
1 pkg Pink Paislee Hometown Summer Rubber Charms (6 pieces)
1 pkg Prima Marketing Arco Iris Flowers

Post your finished layout is this thread over at sketches4all so it can be found easily.

Now, I hope all that got your creative juices flowing and full of springtime joy, there will be lots more challenges and inspiration along the way, remember you're half way there and check out the challenges from myself and the other members of the DT at sketches4all now you better be on your way, you have some more hopping to do before you get to creating so go visit Kim and see how she can inspire you.

Just in case you lose your way here's a list of your stops, have fun.

Stacy
Fia
Khristen
Nicolle
Doris
Rebecca <-<-<- me you're here now
Kim <-<-<- your next stop
Erin
Christy
Michelle
Jessica
Fia and finish it up back at Fia's blog

Oh, and did I mention I will send out a RAK to one lucky person who is/becomes a follower of my blog and leaves a comment.  Thanks happy crafting and good luck.

Big Giveaway at Khristen's Craft Room and a blog hop coming up On Sketches4All!!

Big GIVEAWAY over at Khristen's Craft Room!!  click on one of the easy links I've added for you!!!   Hurry, she's giving it all away when she hits 100 followers and last time I was by there she was at 81.  Check it out!!



Also, don't forget about the blog hop coming up May 11th thru May 18th at sketches 4 all! There will be some great challenges and inspiration.  Hope to see you there.