Every Saturday night my MIL, SIL Hubby and I get together to play cards.  We have a blast playing Shanghai Rummy.  We were keeping score on scrap paper but since we are all so competitive – well at least my Hubby and SIL are – I made an altered journal for us to keep our scores in.

I didn’t have spare cards so I made my own using a Studio G stamp set and cover a composition book.  We are now serious gamers.

This weeks challenge was hosted by Jessie F.  She provided us with a sketch.

And here is the cute card I made from a card kit I received from a swap.  Thanks 5treasures for the great kit.

Here is a new layout using the November Scrappers Guide Premier Kit.  I love there kits and you get soooooooooooo much in the kits to use.

I used a photo of my sisters and their kids.  They have the girls in the family.  What a great celebration of family.

I have been following Kevin & Amanda’s blog for a few months now and they have some amazing Digital Kits to give away.  Check them out!!!

Here’s a preview of the October Spooky & Sweet Collection:

See what I meant by JUMBO kit??

Yes- you get ALL that!! Check it out closer at Crystal’s store to see what all you could be winning!

And the November kit?? Well, I can only show you a teensy-weensy *super secret sneak peek* of the November kit.

Here is a tiny sample of the huge November paper pack…

And okay… *whispers* Want a sneek peek of some of the elements in the November kit?? *looks around*

Check out these layouts

So that’s a pretty sweet giveaway right!

Amazing Kit’s right.  All  you have to do is head on over to there website and leave a comment.  Pretty simple.  Digital Scrapbooking is so much fun and easy to get started.

P.S. Want another chance to win Crystal’s November kit? She’s running a giveaway on her blog right now- go on enter there too! AND… If we can get Crystal’s followers on Blogger up to 200 by the end of the month… She’ll make a FREE mini kit!! Just for us!! So go ahead and follow… You’ll be glad you did.

This weeks challenge is hosted by RDH and the challenge was to make a card White with one other color.

The colors I chose were white with black.  I used the snowflake cuttlebug folder to emboss the black card stock.  Whisper white ribbon from Stampin Up, Fiskers edge punch and a stamped image I received from a swap.  To add a little sparkle to the card I used Diamond Stickles.

This is my first CardPatterns sketch.  They have a great site and I love there sketches.  I decided to do this weeks sketch 39:

I went for a 6×6 pale blue card base, blue handmade paper, cream card stock, Snowflakes Cuttlebug folder, blue ribbon, white snowflake embellishment.

I love using foam adhesive to make things pop on my cards.  Here’s a close up:

Stamping 411′s SSC123 challenge this week is:

I had fun putting this Birthday Card together.  I love purple and butterflies.  It’s a simple but beautiful card.

I used a tan card base, purple sparkle card stock, Top Note die cut in half, ribbon and a paint chip Butterfly.

Today I tried Techno Stampers – Monday Lunchtime Sketch Challenge.  Here’s the sketch:

I really like how my card came out.  I used a 6×6 lilac card base, added some white card stock, packing foam, butterflies cut from paint chip samples and this is what happens…

Don’t forget to carry the design inside the card!!!

It’s here, Inspire Swap Chat’s first official blog hop. Along this journey you will be introduced to some amazing Birthday Themed projects. Hopefully you just arrived here from Inspire Swap Chat!  If not, I’d like to guide you back to the beginning at Inspire Swap Chat so you can hop along, and enter to win an adorable birthday themed basket filled with goodies to make scrapbook pages or cards!

I will have different projects for each day of the blog hop from the 27th – 29th, so don’t forget to come back each day to take a look.

Today’s are projects are from a Birthday Card Kit Swap I did.  We were partnered up and sent the supplies to each other to create the cards.  Here are my two cards I made.

I love how you can take a stamped image and make it pop by cutting it out and using foam adhesive to raise it up.

I hope you are enjoying the blog hop so far.  The ISC members are so creative that I know you must be. But it is not over yet–you still have 6 more stops and then the final stop at Inspire Swap Chat!  Next is Sara aka Austinmom.  Believe me you will be happy you stopped by to see what she created.  Enjoy the rest of the hop and don’t forget in order to be eligible for the great prize package you will need to leave a comment on all the members blogs along with a final comment on the Inspire Swap Chat blog letting us know what your favorite project was.

It’s here, Inspire Swap Chat’s first official blog hop. Along this journey you will be introduced to some amazing Birthday Themed projects. Hopefully you just arrived here from Inspire Swap Chat!  If not, I’d like to guide you back to the beginning at Inspire Swap Chat so you can hop along, and enter to win an adorable birthday themed basket filled with goodies to make scrapbook pages or cards!

I will have different projects for each day of the blog hop from the 27th – 29th, so don’t forget to come back each day to take a look.

Today’s projects are birthday cards for Youth – keeping it young and fun.  I also wanted to use minimal supplies – take a look at what I used:

White base cardstock, black and red accent papers, cream “Top Note” centers, various stamps and Tim Holtz Grungeboard – Harlequin Elements.

Here are my creations:

I recently read some Do’s and Don’t of cardmaking…One of the top items was “Don’t forget to carry your design to the inside of the card”.  It doesn’t have to be fancy you just need to add a little something to the inside.

I hope you are enjoying the blog hop so far.  The ISC members are so creative that I know you must be. But it is not over yet–you still have 6 more stops and then the final stop at Inspire Swap Chat!  Next is Sara aka Austinmom.  Believe me you will be happy you stopped by to see what she created.  Enjoy the rest of the hop and don’t forget in order to be eligible for the great prize package you will need to leave a comment on all the members blogs along with a final comment on the Inspire Swap Chat blog letting us know what your favorite project was.