First Saturday of the Month…

Posted by Jen | The Cat's Pajamas, cards, challenges, designer of the month | Saturday, October 3, 2009

As you read this, it’s possible that I am further punishing myself by taking part in Day 2 of our very own garage sale…as known as my own personal hell. Yesterday went well, but of course not without event. My dear sweet friend Susan {Sus Sus…as Ellie affectionately calls her} came over to help with the madness. We had price switchers, a lady who swore that the somewhat giant earth worm writhing in the heat of the sun on my driveway was a baby snake and I needed to do something about it {yes, seriously} and a lady who asked me to “bag this stuff up” while she continued to look around. Oh, the restraint I showed not retorting to that…Hello, it’s a GARAGE SALE! Ellie came out to help for a little bit. I don’t think that she realized that we were ditching some of HER toys, because she went up to a little kid carrying around her old doll and said, “I have that toy, too!” Priceless! I hope to gather up a few more stories today! I can only image what people will come up with!!

Well, enough of my oh-so-eventful garage sale blabber. I have a few announcements to make in regards to the SFYTT line-up…

First, Carole has chosen to exit stage right on the DT biz and as a SFYTT Sister. She is an incredibly talented stamper and a wonderful friend of mine and I sincerely hope that one day she will find her way back into all things stamping. I wish her well on her personal endeavors.

I wasn’t planning on “replacing” Carole {she can’t really be “replaced” anyways!}, but a little birdie told me that there was interest from a certain someone to jump on board. I asked. She said “Yes,” so I welcome Leigh O’Brien to the SFYTT Sisters. She just hopped on our team yesterday, so be looking for all her great SFYTT creations in the future, so you can always check out her talents on HER BLOG.

Also, it’s the first Saturday of the month, so I get to welcome a new Designer of the Month!…I love being able to do this each month!! This month, I introduce LORELIE KIM!
lorelie-kim

Here’s a little about Lorelie in her own words…
I’m Lorelie Kim and I’m a soon-to-be 36 year old wife to a wonderful man name Danny and mom to two wonderful sons, Marcus and Evan. I’m also a Rubber Stamp Junkie and Paperholic - two of the best addictions! I was in retail management for several years before becoming a SAHM. Soon after having my children I discovered the creative world of rubber stamping and scrapbooking, which was over 10 years ago. My first passion was scrapbooking (I still do it when time permits…I have 15 scrapbooks to prove it!) but cardmaking has become my main focus. I have my own craft room filled with all kinds of supplies and tools (my “creative arsenal” if you will). I practically live in in there! I’m currently on two design teams and have recently started to design stamp sets for Our Daily Bread designs.

It was a wonderful surprise to receive an e-mail from Jen inviting me to be October’s Guest Designer. I’d like to extend my sincerest thanks to Jen for allowing me to grace her wonderful blog with my cards!

Here’s this week’s SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY…
sfytt100309

Here’s my card using the upcoming alphabet release from The Cat’s Pajamas. LOVE this alpha set…
sfytt1003091

Here’s Lorelie’s beauty of a card…
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Want a few more samples? Check out my Sketch For You To Try Sisters…
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Kelly Lunceford
Susan Liles

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  1. Comment by Amy — October 3, 2009 @ 8:37 am

    Lorelie–what a sweet, whimsical card and the layered die cuts are just perfect!

    Jen–I am in LOVE with this card!

  2. Comment by Lori M — October 3, 2009 @ 9:38 am

    I love this sketch Jen, thanks!!! Good luck today, I’ve never had an interest to have a garage sale!! LOL!!!
    Here is my card: http://smilingwhilestamping.blogspot.com/2009/10/world-card-making-day.html

  3. Comment by Kelly Lunceford — October 3, 2009 @ 10:50 am

    How cute are these? I love them both! Good luck with the garage sale! I am envious of your purge! I love getting rid of stuff i don’t need anymore!

  4. Comment by Carla (cmsuto) — October 3, 2009 @ 11:53 am

    Great sketch, Jen! Your Halloween card is super cute! Here is a card I made with today’s sketch:
    http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1497958?&cat=500&ppuser=143903
    Have a great weekend!

  5. Comment by Mona L. Pendleton — October 3, 2009 @ 4:03 pm

    Both of you girls did a super job with the sketch! Love the punched bats on the first & the colored image on the second! :) TFS

  6. Comment by Amy Sheffer — October 3, 2009 @ 5:12 pm

    I enjoyed this week’s sketch, Jen! Love your Halloween sample - so bold and fun! Welcome and congrats Lorelie!! I’m so excited to have you as part of the group this month! Your holiday card is precious! Love that darling image!

  7. Comment by Tanya — October 3, 2009 @ 11:48 pm

    Loved this sketch!!! Thanks so much!
    http://tanyastampsnthings.blogspot.com/2009/10/world-card-making-day.html

  8. Comment by Mary J — October 4, 2009 @ 2:26 am

    I love that little choir - sooo cute! Great sketch too!

  9. Comment by Pam Varnell — October 4, 2009 @ 4:18 pm

    Loved this sketch this week. Awesome!! Hugs, Pam

    http://stampingpam.blogspot.com/2009/10/love-this-new-image.html

  10. Comment by Robin Kirkpatrick — October 4, 2009 @ 9:08 pm

    Fun sketch! Here’s my card:

    http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1500135?&cat=500&ppuser=167704

  11. Comment by Gardenia — October 5, 2009 @ 6:49 am

    I love the sketch, very pretty and great examples. here is my attempt at your sketch.
    http://alittlelessuseless.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/i-heart-2-stamp/
    Have a great day and happy crafting

  12. Comment by Kimberly O'Rosky — October 5, 2009 @ 1:25 pm

    Such a great sketch. I really enjoyed this one. Wonderful samples too. Thanks for the inspiration!

    http://sunshinydayswithkim.blogspot.com/2009/10/pumpkin-challenge.html

  13. Comment by Chandra Hough — October 5, 2009 @ 1:48 pm

    http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1501673?&cat=500&ppuser=197763

    Here’s my take on this week’s sketch!

  14. Comment by Dawn Easton — October 5, 2009 @ 7:59 pm

    Hey Jen! Hope the garage sale went well in the end!

    Loved the sketch! Both the samples are wonderful too!!
    Here is my card on SCS:
    http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1501698?&cat=500&ppuser=93708

  15. Comment by Mona Pendleton — October 6, 2009 @ 2:11 am

    Thank you for the inspirational samples & fun sketch to play with! Here is mine:
    http://cupcakescreations.blogspot.com/2009/10/from-our-house-to-yours.html
    Hugs,
    Mona

  16. Comment by marti {pezadoodle} — October 6, 2009 @ 1:34 pm

    hi jen!
    fanTASTic sketch as always and super cute samples from both of ya! i played along here:
    http://pezadoodle.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/cc239-vintage-christmas/

    i hope you are feeling good!
    hugs
    M

  17. Comment by Susie — October 6, 2009 @ 2:37 pm

    Hi Jen,
    HERE is my take on the sketch!

    Susie xx

  18. Comment by Lori Kalus — October 6, 2009 @ 3:07 pm

    Such a fun sketch! Thanks :-)

    Here is my card:

    http://afternoons-delight.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/10/happy-birthday-mom.html

  19. Comment by Makeesha Byl — October 7, 2009 @ 1:44 am

    Hey Jen, thanks for a fabulous sketch this week, I had fun playing along!

    http://www.makeeshabyl.com.au/index.php/2009/10/07/a-set-of-sketches/

    Love Keesh x

  20. Comment by Lisa Kind — October 7, 2009 @ 5:00 pm

    Loved the sketch once again! Here’s mine.

    http://kindcreations.blogspot.com/2009/10/color-throwdown-guest-designer.html

    Lisa

  21. Comment by Jen Tapler — October 8, 2009 @ 9:33 pm

    Fun sketch Jen!! Here’s mine:
    http://jentapler.blogspot.com/2009/10/sfytt-and-some-verve.html

  22. Comment by sarah — October 9, 2009 @ 12:37 am

    fun sketch jen, here’s my card…
    http://sarahkahikilanisays.blogspot.com/2009/10/craft-day.html

  23. Comment by SouthernScraps — October 10, 2009 @ 8:55 am

    I’m a week behind! Great sketch. Here is my card

    http://southernscraps.blogspot.com/2009/10/more-halloween-challenges.html

  24. Comment by Shannon Ketchum — October 11, 2009 @ 12:30 pm

    Once again I’m playing a little late on this one. Will I ever get caught up? I am planning to be on time for this week’s sketch 1) because I hate being tardy and 2) I don’t want to miss out on the chance to win some blog candy.

    Thanks again for another AMAZING sketch. I know you don’t have to provide these fun sketches for us, but you do and it’s very much appreciated. Here’s my card.

    http://ketchumclan.blogspot.com/2009/10/jens-sketch-challenge-100309.html

  25. Comment by Toni — October 11, 2009 @ 3:04 pm

    Super sketch - and although I’m a week behind, I still wanted to share my card:

    http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1507494?&cat=500&ppuser=131556

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