Sites of the week

It’s Saturday…already. I swear the days are going by too fast! Did you all watch the opening ceremonies? I actually haven’t yet. We DVR’d {greatest invention EVER} them and I hope to speed watch later today. Ellie {now 2} has seen the advertisements for the gymnastics team and I actually think she gets excited about it. She loves seeing them do all their flips and twirls. Yesterday she saw one of the commercials and said, “Oooh…dancing, forward rolls, big bars {i.e. high bars}.” We go to Little Gym every week, so she knows what she is seeing, just not exactly what is going on.

Like I said, it’s SATURDAY. You know what that means around here…SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY! I **really** like the sketch for today! Being that I like it so much, I hope you will play, too. Each person that links their creation to this post will be entered to win a **little something** from me. I’ll draw a random participant on Friday morning. Good luck!

Here’s the sketch…

My sample using one of the latest releases, Totally Witchin’, from My Favorite Things…

The web paper is from DCWV and the other DP is from K&Co. I wanted to do something other than the traditional Halloween colors and I thoughts these, along with the patterns are just perfect for this card. I put some black Stickles on the hat and their boots. It looks really cool in person, but didn’t come out as cool in the pic. Oh, well! The little bat is from a sticker pack that I picked up at Wal-Mart last year.

Bonnie Sharp is the Guest Designer for this month and she has created the cutest card {you know I love those chichiboulie fairies!}…

More great samples from my buds…Amy R., Amy S., Carole, Shannan and Susan. Just click on their names to be whisked away to their creative havens.

Tony, a.k.a. i{heart}thestamper, will be here tomorrow. Be sure to show him some LOVE!

It’s that time of the month again…no, not that! It’s time for My Favorite Things‘ new release sneak peeks, or as we like to call them: MFTeasers. On Wednesday MFT will be releasing a handful of new sets, including 2 new Halloween sets…YAY! I think I have said this before, but Halloween is not my favorite holiday for celebrating, but I love all the decor and crafting that goes along with it! On Saturday I showed you two of the stamps that are in the new MONSTER SQUAD set. Today I am showing you the other two stamps AND giving you a chance to win the set!!

HOW DO I WIN? Leave a comment on this post telling me what your favorite Halloween costume was when you were a kid. I will announce a winner on Wednesday morning. I think I was either 5 or 6 when I had a plastic CareBear costume. I LOVED that thing! I laugh each time I come across those pictures. That year my best friend was Wonder Woman, so we were quite the pair!

Here’s the squad…

Good luck and hope to see you at the release party on Wednesday night from 9-11 EST in the MFT forum on SCS!

It’s Saturday!! WaaaHooooooooo!! That means a few things to me today. First, Susan and I are going to the Great American Scrapbook Convention and will hopefully scope out and return with some cool products. Also, I have a SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY and last, but not least by any stretch of the imagination, there is a new Guest Designer to introduce. So, let’s get on the with the show!!

Drumroll, please…

For the super sweet and talented DAWN EASTON, June’s Guest Designer. Dawn will be creating Sketch For You To Try samples that will be seen exclusively on iheart2stamp.com for the month of June. YAY!!

From Dawn, a little about herself…
Wow! Was I shocked and delighted to be asked by Jen to be Guest Designer on her blog this month. I’ve been busting at the seams to let this secret out for over a month!! Anyone who knows me, knows I’m not good at keeping secrets. Not that I LIKE to tell them, I just seem to let them slip out
I’ve only been stamping seriously for about a year and a half now. I signed up as a SU! demo in August of 2006 but only to get the discount. I hadn’t learned a whole lot up to that point but once I found SCS and the blog world, I couldn’t get enough.
I’m lucky to be married to a wonderful man, Brian, who supports my addiction 100%(yes financially too)! We have a fantastic daughter who is nearly 9, named Chloe. I’m a SAHM who does some volunteer work at the school.
Quite often I am asked how I get so much done in a day. Well when you only have one child and you are a SAHM, you seem to have a lot of extra time. I always get my daily chores out of the way first THEN I begin my stamping day! I am currently on the All That Scraps Design Team and previously was a Guest Designer for Paper Pretties.
Thanks so much Jen for this wonderful opportunity!

Now, here is this week’s sketch…

My sample, using a Rachelle Anne Miller designed Stampavie stamp…

Dawn’s darling sample…

You can also see great samples from my buds Amy, Carole and Shannan. No, I didn’t forget Susan. She doesn’t have a pic of this week’s sketch up because her computer recently took a trip to computer heaven. R.I.P. Susan’s computer, although from what I have been told it is undergoing some surgery and may make a miraculous recovery. Cross your fingers!

Also, don’t forget to use the keyword SFYTT on SCS and link your creations here BECAUSE…

All participants will be entered into a random drawing to win some goodies from me. Like what, you ask? Some bling, a handful of ribbon, maybe some chipboard stuff…I dunno, whatever floats my boat the day that I throw it all together.

ETA: Winner will be drawn on Friday morning

Ohh…don’t forget…VERVE is having an awesome sale!! Check out the deets HERE!!

WOW!! I guess a **few** of you wanted to win this LOOT!! I can say that I was a bit shocked when the entries topped 550 yesterday…WOW! THANK YOU ALL FOR MAKING A 400K GIVEAWAY POSSIBLE!!!!!

Let’s roll out the red carpet and have a drumroll please- The LUCKY winner is…

259 COLLEEN {kroppycat}

My biggest indulgence is Pepsi. I should say Pepsis (plural), because I drink them all day. Not diet Pepsi (bleh!). . . . regular Pepsi.
Congrats on the hits! Amazing, but not surprising. You go girl!
Hugs,
Colleen

Now, I know the real reason that you are here isn’t to see if you won, but rather to see what today’s SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY is. Right? Well, good news…I have a great Sketch For You To Try this week. It’s very versatile and you can “read” the layers as you wish. When I drew out this sketch, my mind’s eye say the top and bottom layer on top of the middle layer; however, you can layer them as your little heart desires. Also, the heart merely represents some sort of embellishment. Have fun with this…there are endless possibilities!

More SUPER DUPER samples on the blogs of my buds…Amy, Carole, Shannan and Susan {Susan even did TWO!…ambitious, aren’t we, Sus?}.

The sketch…

My sample, using the C.C.Designs set, “It’s My Birthday”. It is available at All That Scraps. The ribbon idea is compliments of Pam Bassett.

Here is the sample from this month’s Guest Designer, Sarah Green…

ETA: I was writing this post late last night and forgot to add that if you if upload to SCS, use the keyword SFYTT and please link your posts here! I wanna be sure not to miss any of them!! Thanks for playing! You gals {and guys} ROCK!!

I want to say a HUGE thank you to YOU for getting me to 400K!! It’s been a little over a year since I started blogging and I have certainly enjoyed the journey, and I hope you have as well. Also, THANK YOU to my stamping DTs {My Favorite Things, The Cat’s Pajamas and Verve Visual} for donating to this GINORMOUS blog tart. I don’t have a pic of all the goods, but here’s what may be coming to a mailbox near you…

*Stamps from My Favorite Things, The Cat’s Pajamas and Verve Visual…as well as a few other added stamps!
*Ribbon
*Package of Swarovski Crystals
*Coasters
*Primas
*Designer Paper
*Various Other Embellishments and/or Alterables

Here are the deets:
1. I love sweets. In a comment on this post, tell me what your favorite treat is. It doesn’t have to be sweet, just something in which you indulge. If you say carrots {or the like}, you are disqualified…LOL!
2. You can enter only once.
3. I have my comment moderation turned ON. If you don’t see your comment immediately, it’s only because I have to approve it.
4. I will draw a random winner on Saturday morning. Be sure you enter before then

Have a WONDERFUL day!!