Freebie Friday with Sew Many Cards!

Be sure to grab the new cutie while you can! It is only available as a Freebie Friday for a limited time over at Sew Many Cards! Try using it in this week's challenge! I won't tell you what it is - but it is perfect for the holidays! :)

Also, there is a new networking forum over at Sew Many Cards, too. You will find info about upcoming releases, digis, challenges, and papercrafting in general. Love to see you there! :)

Look at what Angela has snuck into the store just in time for Halloween..... isn't it adorable? Tayla has an entire digi pack just waiting for you!

Just a happy little bunny!

Coffee of the Day - a Pumpkin Spice Latte from Dunkin Donuts in bed! what a treat from hubby! :)

Good morning! Dave surprised me with a Dunkin Donuts Pumpkin Spice Latte this morning he picked up after dropping off the guys at school! man oh man, what a treat!!! that, my friends, is the way to start a morning!!! He said that pre-dawn is way too early to be thinking about coffee, but I told him that it is the PERFECT time to be thinking about coffee! of course, ANY time is the perfect time to be thinking about coffee imo, but that is another story entirely........

so that makes me A HAPPY LITTLE BUNNY! just like this cutie little guy on my card.................

Today marks the beginning of a new challenge over at Sew Many Cards. This week the challenge is to use a sketch - I happened to turn the sketch over. The circle on my card is a chipboard coaster covered in dp. The papers are by Making Memories. The tiny buttons are also MM. The large button is from my vintage stash. The wings on the dragonfly are painted with butter cream shimmerz.

Be sure to play along with us! and check out the other DT members for some more inspriation! you know they will have some fabby samples on their blogs! Don't forget to pick up that adorable little Freebie Friday kitty that Angela has up for grabs for this week only!!!

Also, check back this afternoon for a special blog post! :)

Kitty Kisses for a Cause! :)

Coffee of the Day - Creme Brulee

What a glorious day - we are supposed to have SNOWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!

yipppeeeeee!!!!! can you tell I'm excited?!?!?!? not so great for tonight's Homecoming football game, but wonderful for the season!!! :)

Today is a very special Freebie Friday over at Sew Many Cards. Angela has designed this adorable cat in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month. and notice the FREE part!!! :) but only for the week, so run run run and grab it!!!

I made this simple, but fun card using the new Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses papers. I waned the focus to be on the cutie patootie kitty! I shaded the cat with several colors of inks and then sponged white craft over the top to add some extra dimension. The collar and ribbon charm have been painted with pink shimmerz.

don't forget to play in this week's pink, green, and white challenge with us this week!

Love ya! Jennifer

Merry & Bright Penguin

Coffee of the Day - French Vanilla

Wouldn't you love to be greeted by this cutie little penguin from Sew Many Cards outside your door?!?! Well she is all wrapped up snug as a bug in that sparkly pink scarf ready to pop over to your house to say hello! Join in the fun of this week's challenge - use pink, green, and white papers only on your creation! How fun is that?!?!?! And you know that the DT has some perfectly pink-a-liscious inspiration to tantalize you even further, so be sure to visit their blogs to gaze upon their beauties, too! Leave them a little comment love, 'cause we all know that just makes our days whistle right along! grins!

I used Basic Grey Sultry papers with this fabby pink and white pomp pom ric rac. Both the card base and main image have been edged in clear chunky glitter. For a touch of whimy, I added this amazing bright pink hibiscus from Prima. it is so not in keeping with the snow and cold, but it is just as colorful as can be and brought a fun touch!

I have to share a little sneaky secret with you - I got a peeky poo at the new Freebie Friday yesterday. whoa baby, are you ever gonna be impressed with what Angela has come up with! I will tell you that it is in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness month. and it is purrrrrrrfect!!! you are soooo gonna wanna snag this one for your digi collection! come back Friday and I will have a sneaky sample featuring this cutie!!! but for now, get going on your new challenge project! can't wait to see what you come up with! :D

Freebie Friday Scarecrow

It's time for a Freebie Friday digi over at Sew Many Cards! You can get this cutie little scarecrow, who really isn't all that scary, now is he?, for FREE!!!!

My card is made to fit in a legal size envie. The decorative papers are Making Memories. I added some fun little buttons to his suspenders & hat and then a stack of vintage buttons to the silk leaf. I used a white gel pen to add polka dots to his shirt to match the papers.

Race on over to get your free digi now!!! watcha waitin' on?!?! :D

This flower is for you, my friend!

Coffee of the Day - Pumpkin Spice

Good morning! I have a special treat for you today - 2 projects with these adorable digis from Sew Many Cards! We have a brand new challenge - create a friendship card using the colors red or yellow. easy peasy right?!?! Don't forget that there is a cutie pie freebie for you just waiting over in the Freebie Friday bin for you to use if you would like.

My card uses the adorable elephant, Eris, holding a flower for YOU!!! the flower has been painted with lots of shimmerz paint so it really shines! I added a flocked die cut from My Mind's Eye that I highlighted with more shimmerz paints. I used my precious stash of Daisy D's papers, 'cause after all this card is for YOU, and YOU are worth it!!! :) A few tiny buttons & a little piece of grosgrain ribbon, and I just need your addy so I can get it in the mail to ya!!! :D

My next project features digis from the Fall pack that Angela is offering up for Free if your purchase totals over $10 or you win one of the fun challenges. I love this pack, so get your hands on this one!!!! I made a candy bar wrapper treat using the cute scarecow and corn images. Let me tell you, the guys have been fighting to get ahold of this one! The papers are Basic Grey Indian Summer. I wrapped a piece of parchment paper around this neat Reese's bar I found - it's the same size as the big Hershey's bars we all see, but it's a Reese's! perfect colors for Fall! Added some May Arts ribbon and rustic ric rac from JoAnn's. Each image got a little button tied with linen thead, popped them up on foam tape, and the project is just waiting for the SWEETEST person I can find to pass it along to! would that be YOU!?!?!

check out what the rest of the DT has created to entice you to play along this week! and have a wonderful day! :)

A Glittery Donkey?!?! a Free Seal?!!?

World Card Making Day ~
Sew Many Cards is celebrating World Cardmaking Day with some great giveaways and challenges. Later in the day, we will announce the winners of the blog hop that ended Thursday. And, remember, if you spend $10 in the store, you will get a free fall bonus pack of images - Check out this post. You can visit the Sewn Together Store HERE If you have a special request, let Angela know and she will see what she can do to help.


Okay, now for the fun, I know you have been waiting for.
There are several things you can do to win, so fasten your seat belts and get ready for the ride:

1. One person in random conversation will all of a sudden win a free digi- this can be any comment on any of the blogs, the group at Paper Craft Planet, or this blog- the more you are "talking" the more chances you have to win. -- So visit the DT blogs and start talking

Paper Craft Planet
Deanette Wooster
Donna Hurst
Georgia Smith
Jennifer Scull (me - you are already here! :) )
Jeri Moody
Kim Greenlee
Sarabeth Burke
Sheila Currie

2. Join the Sewn Together Group at Paper Craft Planet for an entry into a drawing for TWO free stamps of your choice. If you are already a member, just let me know-

3. Complete a project by creating a holiday card or project using the following recipe: (see my sample to the left)
•a Sew Many Cards digi image (freebies are found HERE) or visit our store using the coupon code above for 50% off
•Something with Glitter (this can be shimmerz, glitter, stickles, glimmer mists...)
•any kind of ribbon
•2 patterned papers
This challenge is due 10/04/09 by 12pm EST. Enter link into Mr.Linky or leave a comment if he is not working.

The free image this week:



4. Subscribe to the Sew Many Cards blog for a chance to win a free digital image of your choice. Subscribe to SMC by Email - if you are already a subscriber, let me know.

Harvest Stair Step Card

Coffee of the Day - Hazelnut

Good morning! It's a Sewn Together kind of day with Sew Many Cards! I love this challenge for the week! I must admit that I really was hesitant over the challenge - make a stair step card. now usually I jump right into new challenges and techniques, but this one really intimidated me. how wrong was I!!!!! these cards are soooo easy to make!!! and oh, so much fun!!! I found my instructions on SplitCoast Stampers in the resource section. thanks to Beate for the great detailed instructions!

I used the cute digis from the Fall Bonus Pack - do whatever you can to get this pack, friends! it is great fun, and the digis are super!!! I also added my new fave papers from the Basic Grey Indian Summer collection. Buttons are from my vintage collection and trims are all from JoAnn's. We've had rain for several days, so I wasn't able to get a good photo of my card open. I show the scanned closed version instead. I really do love the way it turned out! Please play along with us in the challenge this week! and check out all of the awesome creations by the rest of the DT! Sewn Together will also be participating in a World Card Making Day blog hop on Friday, so check it out! See the new digis Angela has just released for the week - so cute, as always! :)

Howdy Cute Donkey!!

Coffee of the Day - Almond Roca

Good morning! or should I say, 'Howdy'!!! I am so lovin' this little donkey from Sew Many Cards! He is my most fave of the critters that Angela draws. They are all adorable, but there is just something about this little guy that takes me back to my Texas roots. And the challenge this week is to make anything using a donkey image - so was I ever doin' the happy dance! :) The winner gets free digis from the store, so be sure to play along! New images were released yesterday and new ones come out next week, too! I happen to know that there is a precious freebie up for grabs RIGHT NOW in the Freebie Friday link, so race on over before it's gone for good.

My card uses papers by Flair Designs and Making Memories. All coloring is watercolors with some accents done with my white gel pen. I added some sponging and extra inking on the main image, as well as vanilla craft ink on the card base. The fun trim is from JoAnn's and buttons were some great clearance finds from there, too! 10 cents and 25 cents a card can't be beat!!! and they add such a cute element to any project! a little linen thread bow completes the card! don't ya wanna just rub his ears??!?!

come play along with us! and be sure to check out the rest of the DT projects! you are certain to be in for a treat! :)

A Fishy Snow Shaker Challenge :)

Coffee of the Day - Vanilla Biscotti

A happy Tuesday morning to you! It's time again for the Sew Many Cards Challenge of the week! This week you can pick any image you would like and use it on a sketch. I chose this cutie little Fawn Snowglobe digi.

My image is watercolored and highlighted with crystal stickles to simulate the snow in the shaker. (hubby's idea!!! wooo hooo! go Dave!) the snow on the bottom is also covered in glitter. the star on the tree is painted with beeswax shimmerz. Those gorgeous poinsettias are from Making Memories. the brads are coated with the new distress stickles. this stuff is so cool! you've gotta try some if you get the chance! :)

So please play along with us this week! :)

and thank you to everyone who has asked for Wesley's address. If I haven't sent it to you yet, I'll try to get it to you today. I have been feeling sick since Sat. night and am still not on top of things too well. sorry.

A Christmas Elephant?! :)

Coffee of the Day - Almond Roca (now have to start rationing the Pumpkin Spice.......)

What a happy morning it is over here! Just because the clouds are a weeee bit grey doesn't mean it can't be a happy day! But I am one of the weirdies who happens to love the rain. When I was in school at Oxford, there was only 1 day the entire summer that the sun shined. Didn't bother me a bit. I loved the rain as it hit those old cobblestones. Even walking around in it every day didn't give me a moment's hesitiation. Maybe I really am an anglophile at heart........ :)

Anyhow...... on to today's wonderful new challenge over at Sewn Together! This week we are to use one of the Christmas images on our project. I saw this cute little elephant, Eris, and knew just exactly how she felt! how many times have I looked at that tangle of lights and ended up right in the middle of them all?! :) So on my card she went!

The lights are covered in crystal effects and the star is painted in beesax shimmerz. The entire image was watercolored. The scalloped doily border is actually the bottom of the card front. The lower ornament paper is on the inside of the card. I really like doing this lately with my cards. Just a little something different. The flower trim is from Prima, the ribbon is May Arts, and the papers are Basic Grey and Daisy D's.

Be sure to play along in the challenge with us this week! More free digis are up for grabs!!!!! ya gotta love the chance to win free digis! and always check out the Free Digi Fridays that Angela has. such cuties are sittin' over there every week just waiting for you to take them home! Be sure to wander around the store, too. She has added some cutie pies that have jumped from the shelves right into my shopping cart. Had to take them home, of course!!! :D Check out the other DT's projects! What a talented group of chicas!

Have a great day! Make the most of it! and look for God sending you His very own special 'hello'!

Sewn Together Challenge 2 - Halloween

Coffee of the Day - Pumpkin Spice of course! :)

Good morning, everyone! What a glorious day it is over here - the sun is shining, the birds are tweeting, and it is a cool crisp Fall day! truly lovely! one of those that just puts a smile smack dab in the center of your soul!!!! Hope yours is just as joy-filled!

Today brings the new challenge for Sewn Together - to create a card/project using a Halloween image and any or all of the following colors ONLY: purple, yellow, neutral (black does not count, but white does), pink, or red. Do you have any idea just how tough it is to color in a pumpkin and a tiger without using orange?! grins! but this old gal was up to the challenge, 'cause I had to use that cute little Tayla the tiger.

I pulled out my handy dandy SU! inks and watercolor brushes and went to town. I used some of the new crushed curry on the pumpkin and highlighted certain areas with rose red. For Tayla, I used summer sun, covering her with a wash of sahara sand. Her stripes were done in cocoa. Facial highlights were done with more of the rose red. The main cs piece was sponged in curry and then edged in eggplant to match that wonderful Basic Grey Wisteria paper. It was matted onto a piece of Daisy D's red and golden flourish paper. Because the colors of Tayla and the pumpkin were so similar, I covered the pumpkin in a heavy layer (hint - do not pour directly from the bottle - yes, this is another 'ask me how I know') of Crystal Effects. It really helps add another dimension to the card. Spritzed my card base with my SU! ink squirty tool and eggplant, added some precious little Prima flowers with a dew drop, and tied a bow with some vintage seam tape and linen thread. So my Halloween challenge card shows that you really can 'step outside the box' of standard colors and do something a bit different. Plus this can be used for a Fall card, since we don't really do Hallween. I might just have the perfect 'sweetie' in mind to send this to.............. Why don't you join us for the challenge and make one for your sweetie, too?!?! You could win 5 free digi images!!!

check back later today for an announcement. you might just find a hint on my sidebar if you look....... ---> AND GO GET YOUR PUMPKIN SPICE LATTES TODAY!!!!! Yummmmmmm............... :D

Sewn Together is HERE!!!

Coffee of the Day - Creme Brulee

Welcome to Sewn Together digital images! These little critters just make me smile! They are a lot like me - kinda pieced together with bits of scraps and sewn with love by a Creator's hand! :)

To introduce everyone to the images, there is a creative challenge - make something using one of their images. Check the blog for a free image to use if you would like, or feel more than welcome to purchase any of the cuties for your very own! Link your creation back to the blog and one winner will receive 3 FREE images of your choice as the prize! how cool is that!?!?!

Now on to my guy ~

as soon as I saw this little donkey, I knew he was the one for me! There are several images of him, so you will see more of him in coming posts! Being from Texas, there's a bit of the western gal still hanging around in me. yep, tough for all of you who know me only as the Princess of Sassiness, but it's true! :D

The paper is from Cosmo Cricket & flowers are Prima with stickles in the centers. The card base was first sanded and then inked with vanilla craft and choco. The ribbon was some I salvaged off of a gift basket I had received a while back. Recycling at its best!!!

Have a great day! Smile at someone you don't know today!!