October SktechMania Winner!!

The winner for the month of October and a great prize from BigScrapDeal.com is Stephanie Severin from Ingenious Inking!!



Such a great use of color and the sketch, email me with your shipping info and I'll get this out to you!!

2 Day Online Crop!

@ CropChocolate.com - Be sure to come play - they've got prizes like cruise tickets and cricuts... plus tons of others and gift certs to spend on their site - wonderful customer service and a great way to see what others are doing right now in the creative world!


I'll also be hosting a fun challenge - so be sure to watch out for that! =)

SketchMania #18!

Good Morning!

I've come up with a few fun sketches for the month of Nov - or so I think lol. The designers seem to be excited to try them out!

We haven't gotten the winner for last month figured out quite yet but keep your eye open for the announcement - I'll need to get the shipping info for our winner! and I do believe that I, myself, via UmWowStudio will be hosting this month - I'll figure out to a t what the prize will be and post photos later this week or next!!

Here is the sketch and 2 of the designer's examples!

DeeDee:


RachelMay:


Submit, as always, below in the Mr. Linky - you have until the 3oth of Nov for this one! Please link directly to your blog entry (CropChocolate, facebook, flikr, photobucket are ok too!) and make sure your name is the title of the piece, we'll need to be able to notify our winner!

Welcoming Baby Gabe ♥

We can't wait to have Gabriel home with us.. even though it's 12 weeks away. 12 seems short compared to the 40 we started at... but it's so far at the same time!

Here is the bassinet and welcoming area we have for the lil guy when he does come:



The bassinet was a gift from Tammy, my best friends mom. The crocheted blanket and matching booties from Jerry, she does gorgeous work! The elephant is of course from Gramma Kim, my mother, same as the little blue and white socks. The pillow is from the gal across the street, Carie, she's been so generous!! Tons of clothes and a baby swing and a super great little holding thing for giving baths are from her too! and it's kind of hard to see but if you look way down in there Lyle (William's brother) and his girlfriend MJ brought us a a thermometer binkie and some cute little blue socks.

We're so thankful for everything - everyone's been a big help, whether physically or mentally, and we really want to say a huge Thanks to all of our friends and family!

I'll be doing a SketchMania layout with this photo so be sure to keep an eyeball out!

I'd also like to redo the fabric on the bassinet, but not sure the time he'll be in it is worth the time it takes to redo something like that. What do you think?

Gabriel Decor

Here is the first part of our wall decor for dear Gabriel.


I made a banner out of the Cosmo Cricket double deck featuring "Earth Love" and "The Boyfriend"

Daddy made some paper airplanes and I made some of those cute scalloped clouds of vintage book pages!

So fun! Can't wait to incorporate tons more on the wall!

SketchMania #17

Alright here's the new sketch for November - we'll be posting about the sponsor later, but I promise it will be a great prize!

Don't forget you have FIVE days to finish October's (including today!) sketches for a prize from BigScrapDeal.com.

I'd like to say that AJ has taken a temporary leave of absence... and I may be looking for someone to fill her spot until the beginning of the new year - she has a lot on her plate and said she'd update me when the new year rolled around! We will miss her!

DeeDee:


Purnima:


Sarah Michelle:

Submit, as always, below in the Mr. Linky - you have until the 3oth of Nov for this one! Please link directly to your blog entry (CropChocolate, facebook, flikr, photobucket are ok too!) and make sure your name is the title of the piece, we'll need to be able to notify our winner!

SketchMania #16 !!

It's hard to believe that we've been doing this for 16 weeks.. You the players help make this possible, as well as our fantastic design team and the great sponsors that come each month! Be sure to check them all out!!

And don't forget that BigScrapDeal.com is October's Sponsor with a FANTASTIC Prize:

This week's sketch is based off of some of the layouts/cards I've seen floating around recently - Hope you have fun with it!

Examples:

DeeDee:


RachelMay:


Sarah Michelle:

Submit, as always, below in the Mr. Linky - you have until the 31st for this one! Please link directly to your blog entry (CropChocolate, facebook, flikr, photobucket are ok too!) and make sure your name is the title of the piece, we'll need to be able to notify our winner!