Some News...

How's everyone doing?! It's been rainy and cloudy over here but the sun peeks out now and again!!

Next week is my spring break so hopefully I get some crafting in!

I am taking writing classes and today I got back one of my personal narratives from about two weeks ago!! My teacher loved it and showed it to one of the other teacher that I don't know! I wanted to share it with you since my writing rarely is really good to the teacher! Our topic was to write about a time when we made an important discovery! Tell me what you think about it!

Grapefruit

    I scanned the aisle again. There were bananas, apples, and grapes. I was to pick which I wanted for my snack next week. I decided to see which I would enjoy the most throughout the week. It was a tough competition between the apples and bananas, so I took the sack of grapes.

    As I headed for our shopping cart, I noticed my mom holding a bag of "oranges". I soon read the label and knew it was grapefruit. My mom insisted that grapefruit was tasty and good for my health. I had never tried grapefruit, so I loaded it into our cart and kept on shopping.

    This fruit seemed oddly peculiar. It did not look like a grape, but it was still a fruit! It also was shaped and colored very similar to an orange. I guessed that it would be in the orange "family" because it looked similar, but I also thought it might taste similar too!

    When we arrived home, the first thing my mother did was open the pack of grapefruit. She took out a knife and started to cut slices of grapefruit. Then, when she offered me a slice, I was shocked! Inside, the fruit wasn't orange like I predicted, but pink! It seemed very mysterious, so I took an enormous bite out of my slice. A sour taste flooded my mouth. No matter how hard I tried, the sourness was still unwilling to leave my taste-buds! I sat down, not taking another bite. "Doesn't this taste great?" asked my mom after she ate a few slices.

    I tried to register her opinion but I couldn't get myself to agree. Then, surprisingly, a tiny bit of sweetness appeared in my mouth but as fast as it came, it went. Now, I have a new food to my list of foods I don't like. I had made an important discovery; I don't like grapefruit!

Have a great weekend!

Challenge 16 {winner} plus Challenge 17!

 Oh, I hope you're enjoying yourself! We've got another challenge for you and a winner too! The winner of our paper challenge is....

 Miria!!!

 

Yay! Email me so I can get you to you prize of 5 digis from Whimsy Stamps!

Now for our challenge! This challenge is simple and doesn't require anything but a...

Punch!

I want all of you to make a card/layout/etc. with the use of punches!

With every challenge comes a sponsor and this time the sponsor is...

Lauretta's Digital Stamps!

And their awesome prize is...

So here are the amazing creation by our team!!!

Sammi:

Denise:

I:

This challenge will last through April 24th and the winner will be announced the 25th along with the next challenge!

The Week-endness of Weekends

Hope your having a fabulous day! I haven't been posting much but I'm still creating!

Before I talk about me, I wanna wish a fabulous birthday to Patti J.!

She's turning "29" and she's been a fabulous blogging friend especially when I first started cardmaking! Another year of awesomeness!! Happy Birthday!!

Now, yesterday, I had a trip through my city of Seattle! I've been here before but love it every time!

Here's one of the photos I took of the amazing Cherry Blossoms in the UW:

 

And this is the awesome Pike Place  Market at our Downtown!

I just learned that at the Pike Place Market, there's the first Starbucks there so for all you coffee lovers, it's a really cool place!

And they sell amazing flowers there too! They're all blooming and super pretty too!

Well that was my Saturday! I also have a little bookmark out of some scraps.

The only ingredients I know that went into this was a "hello" stamp from Hampton Art's Kelly's Sentiments!

Have a great day!

Challenge 15 {winner} + Challenge {16}

 Hard to pick the winner once again as all of your creations were awesome and I love every one of them!But the winner is...

Yogi of Art with Yogi!

Congrats! Email me so I can get you to your prize!

This time, the challenge is a simple one! Use...

At least 2 Patterned papers!

And our prize for the winner is pretty awesome! Our wonderful sponsor is....

Whimsy Stamps!

They will be giving the winner...

 So here are the amazing projects created by the team with their stamps!!!

Denise:

Sammi:

Me:

This challenge will last through APRIL 10th and the next challenge will be on APRIL 11th!

Challenge 14 {winner} and Challenge 15!!

Hey everyone! Have you turned you clocks yet? :)

Now once again picking the winner is HARD! So this time I went to random.org so they could pick it for me! Your creations were all so amazing that I just couldn't decide but random.org did it randomly so......

the winner is

Hazel!

Congrats Hazel! Please email me and I'll get you to your prize!

 This challenge we're challenging you to use

Glitter!

So this weekend has been a total crazy one but we managed to get these creations done!

But before we get to those cards, the amazing sponsor we have this time is...

CocoDingo!!

They will be giving the winner 4 awesome images!

Here are the projects by the DT:

Sammi:

Denise:

Me:

This challenge will last through MARCH 27th!!!

Challenge 13 winner and Challenge {14}!!

 Thanks to all that joined us and it was once again really hard to pick the winner! But without farther ado, the winner is......

Stephanie!!!

 Please email me and I'll get those images to ya!

This challenge is going to focus on one of the most basic things........

Buttons!

Use and many buttons as you want! Just make sure we can see it!

Our wonderful sponsor this time is.....

 Ellephantastic!

 

The prize is.........

 

4 digis!

Here's a little info about them:

Ellephantastic is very honored to sponsor this challenge.

Hi I am Helen. I suffer with CFS/ME & found a few years ago I could no longer work due to my illness.

To give myself something to do (when feeling well) I decided to go back to my roots....crafting!!

I grew up drawing, knitting & 'Cutting & Sticking'

Now I like to do all kinds of paper crafting, card making, altered art, knitting & sewing.

I also design & draw my own digital art.

My fun hobby has unintentionally grown into a li'l crafty business for me which I am loving.

There is nothing I like better than to put a smile on someone's face because of my crafting :0)

You can order & buy a lot of my work from my shop. You can also now buy some crafting products.

Here are the Team's projects:

Denise:  

Sammi:

Me:

This challenge ends on March 13th! And the

winner will be announced the 14th along with the next challenge!

The newest and greatest invention... CIRCLES!!!! And colorful too!

Scroll down for current challenge or click HERE!

The long winter days are over for us here but it's still cold! We haven't had much snow, but they say we might have a big one tonight!! Anyone have any free snow?! :D

At our local art store, my dad and I bought two stretched canvases and some Tombo Mono adhesive. I'm hoping  to try out painting but don't be expecting a masterpiece!! Just something fun to do but I haven't even decided what to paint yet but I'll keep you updated on that!

So, as you all probably must be waiting for, a card!!!

Mainly, the circles in the background took the most time on this card! I have these templates for different sizes of circles and colored them in! Stuck a DP on there and later, lots of time thinking. I adhered the DP on and I couldn't think of a sentiment! I was thinking of some small, white letter stickers to spell out something but I didn't have any so... I trimmed off a piece of CD and it look good. I wrote a simple "hello" and colored it. Cut a little triangle off to get a 'banner' look and adhered it on. I watched a video that said that clustering your embellishments would give them more potential so I tried it out! I think it looks pretty good! What do you all think?

Also, added some circles inside with the card but forgot to get a pic of it. I'm also hoping to get a stamp that says "Handmade by Iris" so I can stamp it on the back of all my cards! Any of you out there have any preference for a good, solid ink?

That's all I've got to share today! Have a fabulous one!

p.s. This card goes with ths challenge:
 I DID IT CREATIONS- Anything Goes

Challenge 12 Winners & Challenge 13!

Happy Valentine's Day! Hope you're all doin' something lovely {or at least eating boxes of chocolates}!!

We had great creations this first challenge and you all did a fabulous fabulous job with your new thing! Hard picking this winner as all these have been! So.........

Mandy from Made by Mandy!

Congrats! Email wwisponsor@gmail.com and they'll get your prize to ya!!

This challenge, I'm trying something new......... A Photo Inspiration!!

© Snerkie

You've seen these before but if you haven't, make a creation/project of any sort with your inspiration as the photo above and post a comment to this post right here with a link to your project!!

Aren't they cute?? Before we get to the Team's projects, here's this challenge's sponsor:

Daisy Doodles!!!

They will be giving the lucky winner a $10 certificate to their fabulous shop!

Now, the Team's creations:

Sammibug:

Denise:

Me:

This challenge ends on February 27 and the winner will be announced with the next challenge!

The First of the Year!! { Challenge TWEL-VE! }

We all hope you had a terrific first month of the new 2011!! So we begin this year and end this month. with the challenge....

IN WITH THE NEW, OUT WITH THE OLD!

We want you to create a project with new things! It could be new paper, DP, stamps, image, etc.!!!

And along with first challenge, we have the first sponsor!!

*Wink *Wink Ink!

Here's a little background:

*Wink *Wink Ink is a digital stamp company that specializes in cute images of children, animals, and other fun creatures. In addition to the well drawn detailed style of our images, the thing that really sets *Wink *Wink Ink apart is the pre-colored images that are included with every stamp you buy!  These are great for doing quick projects when you don't have time to color or for use as a guide for coloring your own.  You get a colored jpg, a black and white jpg, and a transparent png file of each image for one low price. You can also get free sentiments to go with some of our images at our brand new store!

They will be giving the winner $15 in images!! What a fabulous prize?!

And to add onto that, an awesome new DT!!

Here are their creations:

Denise:

Sammi:

Me:

This challenge ends on the 13th of February!!  Right before Valentine's day!!!! Please leave a comment with a link to your blog post!!

Last one!

.. for the week!

Well, the hop's almost over and this is my last inchie for the week! I'll be enjoying the weekend although it plans to be busy!

This is one of my favorites cause it's mixed media!! So, here's a few of the things {out of tons!} I used cardstock, wrapping paper, ink, some stamping, acrylic paint, stickers, and that's all I can think of right now! So, a whole lota stuff!! The challenge is anything goes so I think this'll fit right in!!!!! :)

See ya next week!! {hopefully!}

{p.s. The first challenge of the year will start on the 31st!}