Sites of the week

Saturday, already? Halloween, still? WOW, this week went by fast and I love Halloween, but I can’t believe it’s not over yet! LOL! Ellie had a Halloween party at school on Thursday, one today and, of course, Halloween Trick-or-Treating tomorrow. She is a mermaid this year and Nic is going to be her crab{by} friend. I hope the both of them will cooperate for a few pics!

I want to give a BIG THANK YOU to Laura Pryor of Lil’ Inker Designs for sponsoring us last week! I hope you enjoyed seeing all the fun stuff you can do with that die/set combo. It is a lot of fun! The random participant from last week that wins this die/set combo is {insert drumroll here ;)}…

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Heather, email me {link over there under my pic} and I will get you taken care of.

This is the last sketch for this month, but I am keeping the entries open until the end of November in case you want to link here and be considered for a future Designer of the Month position. Have I ever mentioned how much I love introducing each new Designer of the Month??!!

Here’s my take on the sketch using new The Cat’s Pajamas set, SHEEPISH along with this week’s TCP Tuesday Challenge colors. You can read all about the challenge and how to enter to win some CAT CASH {Moolah for stamp on The Cat’s Pajamas site} HERE on the TCP blog.

Designer of the Month, Lesa Smaligo has created some FANTABULOUS cards with this month’s sketches and this one is no exception…

The SFYTT Sisters have lots to show you, too! Check ‘em out…

Susan Liles
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Megan Lock
Amber Hight
Sony Christoph
Jodi Collins
Jenn Diercks {taking this week off, but will be back next week!}
Carole Burrage {taking a little time off}
Kelly Lunceford {taking a little time off}

Want to play along? Just link your creation to the link system below. When uploading to online galleries, please use the keyword SFYTT.

Happy Saturday Friends! This week we have yet another GREAT sponsor for SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY..Laura Pryor of Lil’ Inker Designs. She has created a darling stamp set with a matching flag die {check it out HERE!}…so cute!

Here’s this week’s sketch! It’s based off of THIS card that I did a little while back. I have to say that this is one of my faves of all time and this will certainly be a “go to” one for me!

Here’s my second take on this sketch, using the flag die in banner form…

Detail shot {Stickles are still wet here}…

I used some “old” alpha stamps from Making Memories to create the sentiment on the banner. This came together so quickly and easily. I will definitely be keeping this die close at hand to make more of these!

Lesa Smaligo, this month’s Designer of the Month, created this cutie patootie sample…

Be sure to check out more great samples from the Sisters…

Susan Liles
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Megan Lock
Amber Hight
Sony Christoph
Jodi Collins
Kelly Lunceford
Jenn Diercks
Carole Burrage

Want to play along? Laura of Lil’ Inker Designs has a sweet prize {a stamp/die combo!} for one random participant ! Happy Stamping!

Just link your card below and if you upload to an online gallery, use the keyword SFYTT, please.

Whew…I survived this week! Between taking and picking up Tony from the airport, meaning I played single mommy for a couple of days, and taking care of 2 kiddos with the stomach flu…and meetings…and deadlines…not to mention 7 blog posts… I would say that just surviving is the perfect description! After Project House Disinfection, I got some time to stamp and craft…thank goodness!!

Here’s the sketch we get to play with this week…

Yesterday, I promised a card that is matchy-matchy to my file folder project. This card features stamps from the new Verve set, Bountiful Harvest, Autumn Splendor and Happy Fall…

Lesa, the Designer of the Month, came up with this not so sspppoooooookkkyy creation…

The SFYTT Sisters have great samples for you to check out …
Susan Liles {Out for this week due to surgery on Tuesday. Be sure to stop by and give her some love!}
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Megan Lock
Amber Hight
Sony Christoph
Jodi Collins
Kelly Lunceford
Jenn Diercks
Carole Burrage

Leigh O’Brien has been a wonderful part of this team and I thank her thank her greatly for her FANTABULOUS contributions. Unfortunately, she has suffered an injury that has kept her from stamping for the past few weeks and she will be out for several more to come. She has chosen to step down from her current commitments so that she may properly take care of herself. Please stop by and give her some love and let her know that she will missed! Thank you, Leigh!!!

Come play along with us! When uploading to online galleries, please use the keyword SFYTT and don’t forget to link your card here…

Happy First Saturday of the Month!! We’ll get to that in a minute.
Happy World Cardmaking Day!! Lots going on over on SCS, including challenges from My Favorite Things and The Cat’s Pajamas.
Happy start of MFTeasers for the release on Wednesday! Lots more to come, too!
Happy OU/Texas Game Day!! BOOMER SOONER, Baby!! Our very own, Carole, is enjoying game day festivities at the Cotton Bowl {lucky ducky!!}

Being that it is the first Saturday of the month, I get the honor of introducing October’s Designer of the Month. Please give a warm welcome to the wonderful LESA SMALIGO…

A little about Lesa in her own words…
Having been a long time fan of Jen’s SFYTT, I was thrilled when she asked me to be her guest designer for the month of October. Checking out her sketch every Saturday morning has become as much a part of my routine as stopping at Starbucks! I had the pleasure of meeting Jen in person a few years ago (along with a couple of her stamping partners in crime) for some lunch and a little stamp shopping. I wish we were able to get together more often! Since October is my birthday month, being the guest designer is the coolest gift ever! Thanks Jen!
I am a WFHM (work from home mom) who owns a firm in the political and association management arenas. I was born and raised in Oklahoma and am blessed to have a wonderful family. My husband is also in politics and my 14 year-old daughter is in the 8th grade. Two days ago we added a new little blessing to our family – a Yorkshire Terrier - named Marlie.
In addition to paper crafting, I enjoy reading, Starbucks coffee, college football, baking, old movies and all things politics. I am looking forward to meeting all the SFYTT gals this month!

Here’s this week’s sketch…

Here’s my sample, using the to-be-released {THIS WEDENSDAY!} die and stamp set from My Favorite Things, POLKA DOT GREETINGS…

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There are a lot more MFTeasers to peek at today! For a full list of players, see the MFT/Kim’s blog. A full list will be posted by 11am EST.

Here’s Lesa’s {the almost-birthday-girl} cutie patootie sample, using Taylored Expressions’ stamps…

All the SFYTT Sisters have great samples for you to check out …
Susan Liles
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Leigh O’Brien {give her some love about her ouchie shoulder}
Megan Lock
Amber Hight
Sony Christoph
Jodi Collins {give her some NEW BABY love!}
Kelly Lunceford
Jenn Diercks
Carole Burrage {will be back next week}

Won’t you come play along with us? I’m on the lookout for the next Designer of the Month from SFYTT participants. When uploading to online galleries, please use the keyword SFYTT.

Autumn greetings! They say fall is here, but as I type this on Friday afternoon it’s about 88 degrees with some terrible humidity smothering the air. The weatherman says a cooler week is in store for us next week…promises, promises!! Today we are going to a 1 year old birthday party and hopefully relaxing the rest of the day away. Well, as much relaxing as one can do with a CRAWLING BABY {yep, he’s on the move} and an active pre-schooler. At least it will be fun!

This week’s sketch has so many possibilities! A sentiment can play the lead, or you can choose to put a image front and center. Whatever you choose to do, have fun and just go with it! Here’s the sketch…

My sample…

This card uses A BUNCH of My Favorite Things products! Can you spot all five of the Die-Namics that I used? Yep, FIVE! I used the Rolled Flower, Jumbo Scallop, Perfect Petal Trio, Flower & Leaf Trio and finally the Framed Greetings die that comes with the Framed Greetings set.

Thanks to Tori Wild for being this month’s Designer of the Month. Here is her fabulous card using this week’s SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY…

All the SFYTT Sisters have great samples for you to check out …
Susan Liles
Amy Rohl
Amy Sheffer
Leigh O’Brien
Megan Lock
Amber Hight
Sony Christoph
Jodi Collins
Kelly Lunceford
Jenn Diercks
Carole Burrage

If you upload to any online gallery, please use the keyword SFYTT and don’t forget to upload here!