Sites of the week

Greetings all! It’s been a wonderful week in the del Muro household. Tony’s mom and grandma are visiting from San Diego and we are having lots of fun! Ellie adores them. She keeps asking if they are going home yet, which makes it sound like she wants them to leave. In reality, she wants to make sure that they aren’t going anywhere yet. It’s real sweet that she asks a few times a day! We went to Sam Moon sans Ellie yesterday and I got a GREAT new purse. I will have to share pics later. As I type this, I am being waited on hand a foot and am being brought a brownie a la mode…YUM-O! Of course, it’s not for me…it’s for the baby!

Let’s get rollin’ on the Lulu blog hop with a Sketch For You To Try…
If you hopped here first, you might want to start at the beginning on the Stamping Bella blog. Otherwise, you should have come here via my friend, Debbie. When you are all done here, be sure to hop on over to Tiffaney’s blog!

How about a prize? In addition to the fabulous eye candy, we have decided to hide a prize somewhere along the hop! One pre-selected blogger will draw a random winner from the comments on her post, and the winner will receive a $25 Gift Voucher to Stamping Bella!!! The fun part is…we’re not telling you who it is! So as you hop, make sure you leave comments on every post so you have a chance to win!! We will announce the winner on Monday in the Splitcoast forum. MWAH!

Here’s the Sketch For You To Try this week…

Here’s my card using Henrietta Lulu from Stamping Bella…

Gretchen, this month’s Designer of the Month, created this fabby card. Thank you Gretchen for playing along with us this month!!

Want a few more samples? Check out my Sketch For You To Try Sisters…
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Kelly Lunceford
Susan Liles

Carole is currently taking a leave of absence, but should be back soon!

If you upload to SCS or PCP, please use the keyword SFYTT. I can’t wait to see all the creations!

There’s a lot going on today! It’s the first Saturday of the month, which means I get to introduce a new Designer of the Month who will be joining the SFYTT Sisters for the entire month of August. It’s also Verve Stamps’ ANNI-VERVE-SARY Blog Hop!

If you are hopping along, be sure you started on the Verve blog, came from Teresa’s blog and when you are done here, hop along to Jackie’s blog. And to make this party a real shindig, there’s a mystery jackpot hidden at one of the stops along the hop. One lucky commenter on that blog will win Verve’s entire August release! But of course, it wouldn’t be a mystery if you knew which blog, would it? So if you’re feeling the love, give a little shout out to the bloggers in the hop and you just might have a reason to jump for joy!

Since this is a blog hop, the normal layout of this post is a little different. Scroll down to meet this month’s Designer of the Month.

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

Here’s my sample, which happens to be a super sneaky peekie of a new Verve set {coming out mid-month}…

Now, let’s give a huge round of applause to MEGAN LOCK, this month’s Designer of the Month…

Here’s a little about Megan in her own words…
Hi, I’m so excited to be part of the fun Jen provides with the SFYTTs! After I got the email, I explained to DH what had just happened, he said, “ah, you’re moving up in the world!” Ha. Men, especially my kind of husband, are funny. I have been stamping since I was a little kid, but have really gotten into it (aka addicted) about a year ago. My most favorite designers are on this team and it’s a pleasure and joy to be with y’all.

I’ve been married for a little over a year. We were married on the island of Kauai, Hawaii and now make our home in Oklahoma with our two Boxer babies, Emmitt and Ellie. I am a Registered Dietitian and I work for a dialysis center, constantly telling people what to eat, while I sit in my office and eat Starbursts. And cookies. And Starbuck’s biscotti. I also enjoy cooking, wine tasting, reading, beading, and knitting. I pretend to like gardening so my DH thinks I like helping him outside. I’m thrilled to be working on these sketches and look forward to seeing what everyone comes up with!

Check out her darling card using Bella stamps…

Want more samples? Check out the SFYTT Sisters…
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Susan Liles
Kelly Lunceford
Carole Burrage