The Diedrich Dare

It's Wednesday so that means it's time for The Diedrich Dare. This week 7 year old Jack gave us a fun sketch to use. What's even more exciting is Club Anya is sponsoring our challenge this week. Jack's Mom, Jessica, will pick a winner. The winner will choose an Anya or Ian stamp from The Greeting Farm's in stock inventory. Thank you Marie for such an awesome prize!! If you want to play along, upload your project to an online gallery and use keyword DDSC12.

I made this card for my husband to make him smile! I haven't talked about this but my husband was in a serious accident on 8/19/09. It's a long story but basically he was working on a pipe and touched the outside of a light fixture with his elbow and got shocked. Turns out someone wired the light fixture incorrectly. My husband received burns in his arm where the electricity entered his body. The power of the electricity threw him from a ladder down 2 flights of stairs. He blew out his ACL and Meniscus along with a lot of other things in his leg. He had 3 months of PT to strengthen the other things. On 11/19/09 he had surgery to reconstruct his ACL and Meniscus. He started running a fever of 102 Tuesday night so we have to bring him to the doctor this morning. It never ends!!

Shortly after the accident, my husband was upset that he had to cut his boating season short 2 months. Such a guy!! :-) I made this card for him to make him smile after his surgery (hopefully not depress him, LOL). I colored it similar to the color of our boat. I hand wrote the boat's name, Calypso, on it. The image is from Hanna Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a Healthy and Happy Thanksgiving!!

The DAREDEVILS
Darla Wilson
Heather Schlatter
Jacquie Peifer
Jessica Diedrich
Kim Ross
Lisa Hjulberg
Lisa Slusser
Randi Wall
Rebecca Ednie
Sandra McLean

Sneak Peaks Day 2

Today is DAY 2 of The Rusty Pickle sneak peaks. It has been so much fun being a part of this group. I am previewing a pair of baby shoes. As soon as I saw this one I knew I had to have it. It reminded me of my girls first pair of shoes. Sooooo cute!! I used MOJO Monday sketch for my card.

Please stop by the rest of the team. There are 3 different images being previewed today!!

Make sure you leave a comment on my blog as well as the other design team members. Also, start following The Rusty Pickle's Digital Delights Blog for your chance to win a prize. Wednesday night each design team member will pick TWO PEOPLE to win one of the stamps we are previewing.

There will be one GRAND PRIZE winner that will win the entire release PLUS 3 images of your choice from the store. The RUNNER UP will win the entire release.

In order to qualify for these amazing prizes, you need to:

- leave a comment on all design team members blogs all THREE days

- leave a comment on The Rusty Pickle blog all THREE days

- start following The Rusty Pickle Blog

The Design Team

Ali

Billie

Heather DT Coordinator

Jacquie

Jenn

Nancy

Rachel

Tracy

Good luck!! Please come back tomorrow for more sneak peaks. Thanks for stopping by!!

The Rusty Pickle Sneak Peaks Day 1

I am so excited to be a part of The Rusty Pickle Digis first big release. This is a first release for me too. I love all the digis they have. I am new to digis. They are so much easier to work with than I thought. The best part is that you get to pick the size you want your image to be. You have more options with them.

Today is DAY ONE of the big release. I get to preview an adorable bunny. It is so cute. I decided to make this in shades of purple. I popped up the bunny's stomach and feet. I don't know if you can see it in the picture.

Make sure you leave a comment on my blog as well as the other design team members. Also, start following The Rusty Pickle's Digital Delights Blog for your chance to win a prize. Wednesday night each design team member will pick TWO PEOPLE to win one of the stamps we are previewing.

There will be one GRAND PRIZE winner that will win the entire release PLUS 3 images of your choice from the store. The RUNNER UP will win the entire release. In order to qualify for these amazing prizes, you need to:
- leave a comment on all design team members blogs all THREE days
- leave a comment on The Rusty Pickle blog all THREE days
- start following The Rusty Pickle Blog

The Design Team
Ali
Billie
Heather DT Coordinator
Jacquie
Jenn
Nancy
Rachel
Tracy

Good luck!! Please come back tomorrow for more sneak peaks. Thanks for stopping by!!

My First Easel Card

I had a nice week. I hope you did too. My 7 year old daughter and I went on a field trip for Brownies. We went to a museum for a sleepover. Friday night we got a tour of the museum, did craft projects, a scavenger hunt, played games and shopped. Then we were able to pick any space in the museum to sleep. Our entire troop stayed together so we could hang out. It was such a great bonding experience for us!!

Now it's time for The Diedrich Dare. Sweet little Madelynn challenged us to make an easel card this week. I now know why Jessica is so excited about them. I had fun making this!!

On my card I used a super cute snowman from The Rusty Pickle digi store. They have so many cute images!!!

Make sure you stop by the rest of the team to see what they created!!

Cassie Larson
Darla Wilson
Debbie Lee
Heather Schlatter
Jacquie Peifer
Jessica Diedrich (a.k.a.Mom ;)
Lisa Hjulberg
Lisa Slusser
Randi Wall
Rebecca Ednie
Sandra MacLean

I hope you have a wonderful week. Thanks for stopping by.

Exciting News!!!

I'm so excited!!!!! This week I was asked to be a Design Team member for The Rusty Pickle digital stamps. I quickly went to their site and fell in love with their digis. They are so cute. I wanted them all!

The first stamp I picked was a girl carrying cookies for Santa. This one was perfect for me. It made me think of my girls on Christmas Eve. They love leaving cookies and milk for Santa.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you check out the cute digis at The Rusty Pickle!!

It's a Whimsical Wednesday!

I had such a good week!! I feel like I got a lot accomplished around the house. That's always a good feeling. Also, my Mom and Dad surprised us and took the girls for the weekend. Yes, the entire weekend! We were so excited. My husband and I saw a movie together. We saw The Box. It was better than I expected. Then we went out to dinner. We went to a place that didn't serve macaroni and cheese or hot dogs! Of course we missed our little angels but it was nice to have to time to ourselves.

This week I made this card for two challenges. The first is for the Diedrich Dare. We were given an inspiration challenge by 7 year old Jack. He picked these pretty mugs to inspire us. The second challenge is for Club Anya. We were asked to make a card without using pattern paper. So, I was able to combine both. :-)

Here is a list of the other daredevils playing this week.

The Diedrich Dare
Cassie Larson
Darla Wilson
Debbie Lee
Heather Schlatter
Jacquie Peifer
Jessica Diedrich
Lisa Hjulberg
Lisa Slusser
Rebecca Ednie
Sandra Maclean

Mojo 111

Phew! I finally finished this. I think I have 30 mins to spare before I missed the deadline! I'm not sure I like the way the snowflake on the left looks but I'm happy I finished! I made this card for Mojo Monday 111.

One More Halloween Card!

This week, I made my card for The Diedrich Dare and Crazy 4 Challenges. Sweet Madelynn gave us a fun sketch to follow. Over at Crazy 4 Challenges they wanted us to make a Halloween card. So I was able to combine both.

I am posting my card late today. Yesterday I went to Football 101 at Soldier Field. I'm not a football fan, actually, I really don't like football. I'm not sure why I went!! LOL!! I'm so glad that I did. I had such a great time. I went with 2 of my good friends. We got a tour of the Chicago Bears locker room and we saw the field. It was so impressive. We got autographs of 7 Bears players. Sorry, I don't know who they were! Then we had a 2 hour question and answer session. For about 30 mins I wanted to lose my mind. They were talking about football plays. I had no idea what they were talking about. The rest of the time was so enjoyable. I'm so glad I went and am planning on going again next year.

So enough about me!! :-) Hope you enjoy my card!

Club Anya Mystery Monday

I was so excited when Jessica, my cousin/BFF (that's what we call eachother), asked me to make a card for the Club Anya Mystery Monday Challenge. I couldn't believe she asked me. It is such a great opportunity. The more I thought about it the more my nerves started to set it. I didn't know what I was so going to make. There are so many talented people that visit the Club Anya blog. I didn't want to embarrass myself. LOL!! Thankfully for me, I am happy with how it tuned out. I hope you enjoy it!