Yes, I Believe

Hello and happy Saturday. I have a quick post for you today using Verve's new stamp set Believe. This card is close to my heart. I made it in honor of my SIL Stacey, who is a 3-Year Survivor of breast cancer. Breast cancer is an awful disease that affects so many women in our world today.   For every one of these Believe stamp sets that Verve sells, they are donating $10 to Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. Go check out this great site and help in the drive to cure breast cancer. Here is my card ......

Thanks for stopping by on this Halloween Saturday. Please have a safe and fun spooky day. I'll talk to you again tomorrow.

Hugs,

Snuggle Up

Hello and welcome to Friday and the weekend. Woohoo!! I have a short, quick post for you today as I am getting ready to go over to my precious friend Mercy's house to spend the day with her stamping. Oh yeah, we'll probably go eat lunch too. Does it get any better than that? Stamping and lunch with a great friend.

I made this card several months ago and had forgotten all about posting it. It is a very plain, straightforward card using Snuggle from The Greeting Farm. The sentiment is from the set Butterfly Wishes which is also by TGF. Love both of these stamps as I do the whole TGF line. By the way, have you checked out the new Twinkle Tots line that is being previewed this week over on The Greeting Farm blog? If not, go check out these new images that Marie has come up with. Love, love, love them!!! Now, back to my card and here it is ......

Thank you so much for stopping by my little 'ole blog today. I hope that you have an amazing weekend. I'll talk to you soon.

Hugs,

Treehouse Thursday

Hello and happy Thursday and welcome to our Treehouse Thursday Challenge THT021. Our challenge today is a "Fall Color Challenge" and you are to use Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango and Soft Suede; or similar colors if you don't have these. I started with the set Simple Wishes from Treehouse Stamps and paired it with some paper by K&Co. The main focal panel was stamped and then sponged with Certainly Celery and Soft Suede. Here is my card .....

So, what do you think of my card? It's a little more "shabby" then I normally make but I'm kinda liking it. It's good to get out of our comfort zone sometimes, isn't it? I hope you can play along with us on the challenge this week. Make sure and use the keyword THT021 and add your card to Mr. Linky on the Treehouse Blog.

Thanks for stopping by today. I am so glad you came to visit. I'll talk to you soon.

Hugs,

Christmas Card for Mercy's Challenge

Hello and happy Tuesday. It's time for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC45. I have been dying to use this Vivi elf stamp from The Greeting Farm. She is such a gorgeous little elf, huh, and I just had to give her some girlie pink eyeshadow. What do you think? Here she is ......

and here's the wonderfully awesome as usual sketch from our host Mercy ......

Now I know you can't wait to play along with this sketch. When you do please use the keyword MTSC45 and don't forget to add it to Mr. Linky on Mercy's blog. Now go look at the wonderful eye candy by the other DT members ......

Pam Speidel

Cindy Haffner

Julie Lacey

Crystal Birr

Jessica Diedrich

Pam Varnell - Me

Silke Ledlow (Oct. Guest Designer)

Thanks for stopping by today. I'll see you right be here tomorrow with another creation. THANK YOU again for visiting.


Hugs,

Little Paper Shop Monday

Hello and welcome to Little Paper Shop Monday. We have a sketch challenge for you today, LPSC39. You are going to love this sketch today as it is a different shaped card, round. I really enjoyed making it. I used Katie Caroler and Christmas Tags from the Little Paper Shop. I just love this cute set. It reminds me of going caroling when I was a teenager. Katie has been colored with Copics and cut out and popped with dimensionals in front of the fence. I'm really getting a good start on my Christmas cards this year. Woohoo!! Here is my card ......

and here is the sketch ........

We hope you can play along with our sketch this week. When you upload to a public gallery make sure and use the keyword LPSC39. And don't forget there is a prize again this week. One lucky random winner will win the Christmas Tags stamp set. We all like to win free stuff, right? So come on out and join us. I know you are going to have fun. Now check out what the other DT members have come up with...........

Julia Betemps - Owner

Jessica Diedrich - Design Team Coordinator

Allison Filo

Jennifer Greco

Cindy Haffner

Mel McCarthy

Heather Lee-Reppen

Julie Lacey

Silvia Mabie

Ann Kranitz

Bonnie Sharp

Pam Varnell - Guest Designer - me

Thanks for stopping by today. I'll see you tomorrow with another card for Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge. I'll talk to you soon.

Hugs,

MOJO Sketch

Hello again. I made this card earlier in the week for this past Monday's MOJO Sketch MOJO109 and for some reason forgot to put it on my blog. Yeah, that happens sometimes. You may have already seen it on the Club Anya blog. Here it is ..........

This is another one of the images I colored while we were on our camping trip. I also used some ribbon I have had for a while but have never put on a card. It's black organdy twisted with small white pearls wrapped around. It adds a nice touch, doesn't it?

Thanks for stopping by again today. I love all my readers. I'll see you tomorrow.

Hugs,

Jen's SFYTT With a Cutsie Polar Bear

Hello and happy Sunday. Today is going to be a family day for me. We are going to play Phase10, go to a Corn Maze this evening, play football, and then watch Flash Forward from this past Thursday since we missed it that night. Is anyone else as addicted to this show as we are? I can't wait for it to come on each week. It is definitely keeping me on the edge of my seat.

I made a card for Jen's Sketch For You to Try from this weekend using two $1 Spot Stamps that are sold by Treehouse Stamps. This Polar Bear is just the cutest image!!! You really need to go check out their stamps cause this is a nice, big image for just a dollar. The sentiment, Merry & Bright, is also a $1 stamp and it's nice and big also. The stamps are made by Imaginisce and are called Snag 'em Stamps. Go to the Treehouse Stamps store and snag you some. Here is my card .......

I told you he was precious, didn't I? I think this little Polar Bear is just a cutie patootie. The patterned paper matches this stamp and I got it a local scrapbooking store. It's made by Imaginisce too.

Thanks for stopping by today. Make sure and come back tomorrow for our sketch from the Little Paper Shop. I'll talk to you soon.

Hugs,

Taylor's Sketch

Hello and happy Saturday. I hope you are having a wonderful weekend. Mine has been great. Watching college football games, my hubby smoking ribs, my hubby and son home with me, life just doesn't get much better. Especially, when our team (Roll Tide!!!) won by the skin of their teeth against the Vols, but a wins a win, right?

I have a card for you today using Taylored Expressions Sketch Challenge TESC88. I used a new stamp set I received a couple of weeks ago that is made by Taylored Expressions called Wings of Joy. I saw some amazing cards made by Taylor's design team and knew I had to have this set. It is so cute. I also put the main image on a new Nestie I just received called Peony. I colored the main image with my Copics and then added some Liquid Applique for snow on the birdhouse. Looks like winter time, doesn't it? Here's the card .........

I have another card that I made this evening for Jen's Sketch For You to Try so check back in the morning to see it. Thanks for stopping by today and THANKS A BUNCH FOR YOUR SWEET COMMENTS. They mean the world to me. I'll see you in the morning.

Hugs,

Treehouse Thursdays

Hello and happy Thursday. It's time for another challenge from The Treehouse Blog and our challenge today is THT020. Our challenge today is to use some form of embossing. Easy peasy for me since I emboss on every card I make. I always stamp my main image with either Black Brilliance or Brown Momento ink and emboss them with Clear Embossing Powder. Love the way it makes the image pop and it's much easier to color also. I used the stamp set Autumn Blessings from Treehouse Stamps for this card. This set, along with several others, is on sale so make sure and go check it out. I just love the feel of fall: leaves, pumpkins, fall colors and this set covers it all. Here is my card .....

We hope you can come out and play with us today. When you upload to a public gallery make sure and use the keyword THT020 and don't forget to add your card to Mr. Linky on The Treehouse Blog.

Thanks for coming by today. I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Hugs,

Missing in Action and Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge

Hello and happy Tuesday. You may not have known but I have been missing in action since last Wednesday afternoon. We went camping for six days and were without cell phone and internet service. YIKES!!! I did have some posts automatically scheduled while I was gone but not for Friday, Saturday or Sunday. I hope you missed me as much as I missed being here and talking to you and reading your very kind comments. This camping trip of ours had been planned since the Spring so when I made the Club Anya Design Team it did not dawn on me at first that our trip would be on the same week as my first release with The Farm. Do you know how sad I was to not be there for the Release Party over on PCP? I was actually very upset because I was really looking forward to chatting with you guys. My precious husband even asked me if I wanted to cancel the camping trip. He really loves me!! But I couldn't do that as my son was really looking forward to his fishing time. On that note, I want you to know that I WILL NOT miss the next five releases while I am on this team. This is a dream come true for me and I don't want to miss a thing. Note: I want to thank my most bestest (southern slang inserted here LOL) friend Mercy for taking care of my blog last Thursday during the Blog Hop and picking the winner for the stamp set from the contest we had. Hugs Mercy. Love you girl!!!

Now, on to Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC44. Since I feel like I missed so much with Club Anya this past week (bless me, LOL) I made another card using the Xmas Sweeties set from The Greeting Farm. This is such an adorable couple, don't you think??? I paired it with some candy cane patterned paper from their Merry Merry Paper Pack. If you get this stamp set, and believe me you will love it, then you have to have that paper pack too. They go together like "peas and carrots", isn't that what Forrest says? LOL. Kidding aside, I love each and every piece of this paper to use with my Christmas cards. Look for more of it from me in the near future. Now, here is my card .......

I used the Dots embossing folder on the background panel behind Mr. and Mrs. Claus and then added some Liquid Pearls to the dots to make it look like snow. I used the snowflake and sentiment from the Keep Cozy set, I love pairing stamp sets up. The couple have Diamond Stickles on the fur of their coats for some added sparkle and of course if you saw my "Signature Style" from the Blog Hop you will see that I used "my Copics, my Nesties, a Border Punch, and Rhinestones. I LOVE bling!!! Now, here is a pic of the sketch ......

We hope you can play along with us this week. When you upload your card to a public gallery please use the keyword MTSC44. And don't forget to upload it to Mr. Linky on Mercy's blog too. Now go check out the other DT Member's blogs ....

Pam Speidel

Cindy Haffner

Julie Lacey

Crystal Birr

Jackie Pedro

Jessica Diedrich

Shannan Teubner

Pam Varnell - Me

Silke Ledlow (Oct. Guest Designer)

Thanks for stopping by. I missed everyone, oh yeah, I already told you that. LOL. Take care and I'll see you back here tomorrow.

Hugs,

Little Paper Shop Monday

Hello and happy Monday. That means it's time for another challenge from the Little Paper Shop blog. Our challenge this week is a sketch and the challenge is LPSC38. I used the Merry & Bright set. This is a small set and it has so many possibilities. Go check it out at the Little Paper Shop store and all the other amazing Christmas sets. Now here is my card ......

and here is the sketch .......

We hope you'll get out those sets and play along with our challenge this week. When you upload to a public gallery make sure you use the keyword LPSC38. I can't wait to see what you create with this awesome sketch.

Thanks for stopping by and I'll talk to you soon.

Hugs,

"Guess My Signature Style" Reveal

Welcome back to the full reveal of my card. Before I show you my card, I want to tell you who was showcased here on my blog this morning. Did you guess correctly that it was our very own Club VP and DT Coordinator Jessica Diedrich? Yes, she truly has an amazing style, doesn't she? Go check out the full reveal of her card on her blog.

Now, did you guess me from the snippet of my card and the answers to my questions on Suzi's blog? This game was so much fun!!! Well here is my whole card .....

Here are the answers to my questions .......

My signature clothes: Capri pants, jeans, short sleeve shirts.

My signature shoes: flip flops for summer and any clog type shoe (preferably with lining) in the winter.

My signature accessories of choice: a different handbag every month and earrings (always).

My signature addiction: coffee. CHOCOLATE, coffee and Coke.

My signature stamping style: Copics, Nesties, Bling in the form of rhinestones and designer brads, and Border Punches.

Now, are you ready for the winner of the Mom and Dad set from all the comments entered on my blog? The winner is CRAFT PRINCESS. Congrats and a big Woohoo!!! Now head on over to the Club Anya blog to see who the other winners were from all the DT members blogs. Prizes raining down everywhere people. Watch out!!! LOL

What an awesome Blog Hop and fun day, right? Lots of prizes and lots of fun. Thanks to all my readers for your sweet comments. 30 more days and we can do it again!!! LOL

I'll talk to you soon.

Hugs,

Club Anya Blog Hop!!!!!

Hello and ...... WELCOME TO RELEASE DAY!!! Can I get a big "WOOHOO???

Here we are at the Club Anya Blog Hop! Before we start our fun game I want to show you two more projects I made. The first one is from Xmas Sweeties (and look at the cute DP on the Christmas card, way to go TGF!!!) and the second one is from Mom and Dad. Here they are .......

and this one is a Baby Shower Gift Card Holder.

Now to the game. We are switching it up on you this month by playing a fun little game called:

"Guess My Signature Style"

Each Club Anya DT member's blog has been overtaken by another team member! Gasp! Your mission? Figure out WHO's signature style we are talking about on each DT members blogs! Think you know the answers? Well, leave a comment on our blogs and a random winner will be chosen at 8pm CST tonight for a PRIZE!

What's the Prize you ask? Well, that's the fun part :) You'll have to come back tonight at 8PM CST to see MY Signature style, the full reveal of my card, and find out who's blog I was featured on today. Oh, and the best part? The stamp I used on my card is the stamp YOU'LL WIN!

HOW fun does this sound?! You in? Good. Let's get started!

Here are the details of a CADT member....let's see if you can guess who I'm talking about:

My signature clothes: jeans and cute, boho-chic tops in the summer, and soft, fuzzy sweaters w/ the sleeves that are almost too long for your arms in the winter ... love it!

My signature shoes: my extensive collection of havaiana flip flops

My signature accessories of choice: well, I have a few signature handbags, but I never take my silver Tiffany necklace off...

My signature addiction: coffee. TONS of coffee. and an occasional cherry limeade :)

My signature stamping style: I can't live without my paper piercer, Copics, and lifetime supply of flowers!


Now, here is a snippet of their card .......

Can YOU guess WHOSE SIGNATURE STYLE I'm taking about?

Leave a comment on my blog today and ONE RANDOM WINNER will be selected to WIN the stamp set used on the card that I reveal at 8PM CST! So you have until then to get your guesses in....so start investigating and get those answers in!

Haven't a clue? No worries! Leave a comment on the Club Anya blog today and ONE random winner will be selected to win the ENTIRE October Release! Winner will be announced tomorrow along with each individual winner on the Club Anya blog so stay tuned!

Good luck today and we'll see you back here at 8PM CST! Don't worry if you don't live in the US, you'll have plenty of time to get your guesses in and you can find out the answers in the morning :) Be sure to stop in our PCP page today to chat with the DT from 7PM CST to 8:30 PM CST...there MIGHT be a few more prizes given out there, too!

One more thing, don't forget the New Beginnings Contest. You can find the official rules on the Club Anya blog here. Get those entries in.

HAPPY RELEASE DAY, everyone!! Now it's time to hop over to Amy Young's blog to continue...and if you get lost along the way just go the the Club Anya blog to catch up!

Hugs,

Treehouse Challenge - CASEing Neva

Hello and happy Thursday. It's time for another Thursday Treehouse challenge and today's challenge is THT019. Today's challenge is to CASE one of our DT members and the lucky gal today is our very own DT coordinator Neva McMullen. I used the newly released set Simple Wishes from Treehouse Stamps. I made my normal bright and cheery card. Hope you like it. 

This is the awesome card of Neva's that I CASEd ......

We hope you can play along with us this week. Make sure and load your card in to the Mr. Linky on the Treehouse blog and when you upload to a public gallery use the keyword THT019.

Thanks for coming by today. I'll talk to you soon.

Hugs,

Sneak Peek #3 - CLUB ANYA

Hello and happy Wednesday. We have made it to our final day of sneak peeks from The Greeting Farm.  So, are you ready for the last wonderfully awesome set? It is unbelievable and here is my card .......

So, what do you think of Mommy Anya and Daddy Ian? Aren't they incredible? The releases this month are just over the top in my opinion. How can they just keep getting better and better each month? But every month I'm just more amazed. I just adore this set. It comes with 3 sentiments, "New Parents", "Mommy", and "Daddy". On my card I used the sentiments "Congrats" and "It's a Girl" from the Oh Baby set.  This is an awesome addition to that cute baby set.

Alright, head on over to the other DT members blogs and check out their wonderfulness. These girls I get to work with are just amazing.  Go give them some love please.

Amy Young

Kelly Booth

Kim Costello

Pam Varnell (Me)

Suzi McKenzie (Guest Designer)

Jessica Diedrich (Club VP/DT Coordinator)

Are you ready for the Blog Hop tomorrow? Be back here in the morning when the Blog Hop goes live for a FUN GAME. YES, there will be prizes and YES, each DT member will be giving away a stamp set on their blog. The one thing you have to do is play the game and leave a comment on each DT Member's blog that you want to win a prize from . You can't win if you don't comment. LOL. Check back tomorrow for the all the FUN!!! I can't wait, can you?

I'll talk to you soon.

Hugs,

Sneak Peek #2 - CLUB ANYA

Please scroll down to the next post for a look at Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge.

Hello and happy Tuesday. Are you ready for Sneak Peek #2? Well get ready for more absolute cuteness from The Greeting Farm. Here is my project and I have 2 different pics of it. One is the front of the card and the second pic is the back of the card. One more time, ARE YOU READY????? Here is the card and a cute Lollipop gift to go with it .....

and the back of the Dorothy card .......

Today's set is Club Anya's Signature set. There are 3 of TGF's first digi images that they have turned it to rubber and they are about half the size of the regular Anya's. The one on my project is Dorothy. The other two are Red Riding Hood and Alice in Wonderland. You can probably see the other two Anya images on the other DT members blogs. I want you to notice the back of my card. This stamp set is so awesome. See the stamp that says "handmade by:"? Love it for the back of my cards. And look at the Club Anya Crest image. Oh my!! I am so excited to have this Signature set and to be able to personalize my Anya/Ian creations. Don't you love it? Also included is a TGF logo stamp that you can probably see on one of the other DT member's blogs also.

This set also has the sentiments "to:" and "from:" that I used on my Lollipop gift. What a cute way to make a gift tag, project, etc. The sentiment on the card "Member of the Lollipop Guild" is computer generated and was thought up by one of my bestest friends and DT member for TGF, Mercy Kerin. I know you all know this gal. LOL!!

Now go check out the other DT members blog for more scrumptious eye candy.

Amy Young

Kelly Booth

Kim Costello

Pam Varnell (Me)

Suzi McKenzie (Guest Designer)

Jessica Diedrich (Club VP/DT Coordinator)

One more sneak peek tomorrow. I know you wished it was tomorrow already. LOL. You are so going to love this last set. TOTALLY AWESOME is all I have to say. See you in 24 hours for the last sneak peek and then our awesome Blog Hop with tons of prizes on Thursday. Woohoo!!!

I'll talk to you soon.

Hugs,

Verve and Mercy's Sketch

Hello and welcome to Tuesday and Mercy's Tuesday Sketch Challenge MTSC43. Mercy has another fab sketch for us this week. Here is my card .....

Here is the wonderful sketch ......

We hope you can play along with us this week. When you upload to a public gallery please use the keyword MTSC43. Now go see what beauties the other DT members have for you.

Pam Speidel

Cindy Haffner

Julie Lacey

Crystal Birr

Jackie Pedro

Jessica Diedrich

Shannan Teubner

Pam Varnell - Me

Silke Ledlow (Oct. Guest Designer)

Thanks for stopping by today. I'll see you back here tomorrow with another sneak peek from The Greeting Farm. Woohoo!!!

Hugs,

Sneak Peek #1 - CLUB ANYA

** Please scroll down to the next post for today's Little Paper Shop Sketch.


Hello and happy Monday. ARE YOU READY? I can not wait to show you the first sneak peek from The Greeting Farm for our October 15th releases. This set is called Xmas Sweeties. Get ready to be WOWed, I have two samples for you.


PLEASE CLICK ON PICS TO SEE A LARGER VIEW OF STAMP IMAGES.

and

So what do you think about Ian and Anya as Mr. and Mrs. Claus? Don't you just love them? I was totally floored when I got these sweeties in the mail. They come as a set along with 6 sentiments. You are going to love it. Each project features the new Christmas paper pack that will also be available for purchase on October 15th along with 3 stamp sets. Isn't this first set just GORGEOUS?

Go check the other DT members blogs.  They have some awesome eye candy for you.

Amy Young
Kelly Booth
Kim Costello
Pam Varnell (Me)
Suzi McKenzie (Guest Designer)
Jessica Diedrich (Club VP/DT Coordinator)

There will be a CONTEST FOR FREE GOODIES

After you finish reading my post, head on over to the Club Anya blog for all the official details and rules. There will be THREE winners for this contest. FIRST PLACE will win the ENTIRE RELEASE on the 15th, and 2nd place will win two of three sets. Third place winner will win their choice of ONE of the new releases. The winners will all be announced on OCTOBER 15th during our BLOG HOP with the new TEAM ANYA! Mark your calendars! That's right! On THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15th at 8:00am CST our Blog Hop post will go live...with PRIZES!

Then, join us in the PCP Club Anya chat room at  7:00PM CST to 8:30 PM CST for a brief chat and some more fun ... the Blog Hop contest will close at 8PM CST and winners will be announced shortly thereafter. 

OK, see you back here tomorrow for sneak peek #2. Have a great day!!!

Hugs,