Stampin' Up Marker Club

I'm looking for 4 people that would be interested in taking part in a marker club that will run for 4 months. Each month members will receive the following:

One Marker Collection (Subtles, Regals, Brights, & Neutrals by the end you will have all 4)
One 8 1/2 X 11 Smooth Assorted Card Stock (matching the marker Collection you get each month) 

4 individual Markers: ( 1 each month)

Blush Blossom

 Basic Black Stampin Write Journaler

White Uni-Ball Signo Gel Pen

Versa Marker

In addition one month you will be named Host and will earn:
The Many Marvelous Markers Storage Case
At least $25 in host dollars

Each month a total of $45(this includes shipping and tax) will be due by the 15^th. If you’re interested please email me at ashleymcallise@yahoo.com or call me at (419)704-0848 for more details.

*Sale-A-Bration Special…just add $12 or more to your order and you get to pick something from the sale-a-bration catalog (valid until March 31, 2012)*

•If you choose to gather outside orders or schedule a workshop when it’s your turn as hostess, you can get even more free merchandise. 

the pink elephant challenge :)

It has been a long time since I have posted but I finally had time to play with paper and that makes me happy!!!

I created this card for the pink elephant challenge which was snowflakes and sparkle and for the cardmaker weekly challenge which was to use red, grey and white.

Summers End Blog Hop

WELCOME, you should have arrived here from Jane's blog...she always makes the most beautiful cards!!! I'm so glad you joined us on the CardSwaps blog hop. At the end of the hop, be sure to hop on over to the forum for more fun, games, challenges, and.... PRIZES!! The crop is going on from August 10-13, 2011 and you have until 11:59PM CST on August 16, 2011 to get your projects uploaded.


But, you aren't here for all that... you are here to hop along and get inspired, right?

The theme of our crop and blog hop is Summer's End. We have hostesses that are going to help you spell out SUMMER'S END in products, techniques, embellishments, or anyway they can.  For this fun awesome blog hop I was assigned the letter "M"
I made a "M"ini card that is for the most part "M"onocromatic :)

Your next stop is Meredith's blog and i'm sure that she has something amazing prepared for you!!!
Just in case you get lost along the way, here are all the hostesses for the blog hop. I hope you have fun. Please leave some love for our hostesses and I hope to see you in the forum for the crop.

S - Lora: http://craftsaremything.blogspot.com/
U - Jane: http://jane-notsuchaplainjane.blogspot.com/
M - Ashley: http://handstampedbyashley.blogspot.com/
M - Meredith: http://whatsnextma.blogspot.com/
E - Ana: http://anaggarciam.blogspot.com/
R- SusieQ: http://lilbitofme-susan.blogspot.com/
S -Tina: http://tina-craftingkewpie.blogspot.com/
E- Angelina: http://angel-artdesign.blogspot.com/
N - Jeanette: http://jeanette9677.blogspot.com
D - Golda: http://goldapete.wordpress.com/

Favorite color combo, polka dots and ribbon oh my...The pink elephant 100

The challenge this week over at the pink elephant was to use your favorite color combo, polka dots and crinkle ribbon.  Well I didn't have any crinkle ribbon so I just used normal ribbon(hopefully thats ok).  One of my favorite color combos is green and brown :)  Plus how can you go with polka dots.  Awesome Challenge!!!

Sunny Days "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" blog hop

Welcome to the Sunny Days "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" and the last stop on this stellar Blog Hop. I hope you had a fabulous time hopping along and seeing the gorgeous creations from our hostesses.  You should have arrived here from Angelina's blog...she makes some really amazing stuff and she always has great information for us about Russia :)  If you didn't start at the beginning you should check out Lora's blog because the hop starts there http://craftsaremything.blogspot.com/

Since I am last, I decided to make a "thank you" card to thank everyone for hoping along with us :)  The color that I was assigned was white...at first I wasn't sure what I was going to do because I love to use color on my cards and thought that it would be difficult to just use white.  After thinking for a little while I decided to make this card using my cuttlebug, some ribbon, embossing folders, a stick pin and some pearl accents.  If you have never made a stick pin I highly recommend that you try it, they are super easy to make and add a lot to a card(all you need is a coursage pin, some beads and adhesive...glossy accents works well because it drys clear)  To see the dry embossing better click on the picture...you can barely tell its there if you dont :(

We aren't doing prizes on the blog hop today, because the real prize is seeing great ideas and 

filling your mind with mojo kicking fuel. However, I do hope you leave a comment and let me know what you think. There is also a post in the forum where you can post any cards you make that are blog hop inspired. I do hope to see you there.

I hope that you enjoyed the hop...now that you are done we would love it if you would join us over at the cardmaker forum, we have challenges and games going on :) http://www.cardmakermagazine.com/cardswap/index.php/board,61.0.html

In case you lose your way, here is a full list of blogs on the hop. 

Lora: http://craftsaremything.blogspot.com/2011/05/sunny-days-blog-hop.html 

Susan H. http://lilbitofme-susan.blogspot.com/2011/05/over-rainbow-blog-hop-sunny-days-card.html

Golda  http://goldapete.wordpress.com/2011/05/18/somewhere-over-the-rainbow-blog-hop/

Jane http://jane-notsuchaplainjane.blogspot.com/2011/05/sunny-days-somewhere-over-rainbow.html

Ana http://anaggarciam.blogspot.com/2011/05/somewhere-over-rainbow-blog-hop.html

Meredith http://whatsnextma.blogspot.com/2011/05/somewhere-over-rainbow-blog-hop.html 

Laura http://ljjonescircus.blogspot.com/2011/05/somewhere-over-rainbow-blog-hop.html

Angelina http://angel-artdesign.blogspot.com/2011/05/somewhere-over-rainbow-blog-hop.html

Ashley http://handstampedbyashley.blogspot.com/2011/05/sunny-days-somewhere-over-rainbow-blog.html

-- This is me and after me you can go to http://www.cardmakermagazine.com/cardswap/index.php/board,61.0.html to check out the challenges and games :)

Want the chance to win some awesome prizes?!?

Hey everyone...I just thought that I would let you know that DCWV has a chance for people to win some awesome prizes.  All you have to do is go over to their blog and you can enter for your chance :)

http://dcwvinc.blogspot.com/2011/05/happy-nsd-giveaways-galore.html?showComment=1304701357625#c7259187390522787515

DCWV Sketch Challenge

I created this scrapbook page for the DCWV sketch challenge...I used the baby boy stack(which I LOVE).  This challenge was perfect for me because I already have tons of pictures of Andrew and I needed to start his scrapbook or im pretty sure that I would end up with so many pictures that I would know where to start!  The sketch is from sketch savvy(I checked out their blog...awesome sketches that I will defiantly be using!!!)