Sissy's Scrap Challenges Farewell Giveaway!

Sissy's Scrap Challenges is have a Farewell Giveaway!!!

On behalf of my lil sis and I, we would like to shout out a HUGE thank you to all of our faithful followers, supporters and participants!!!
Sara and I have been super busy with everyday life and also, all of our new scrappy adventures, that we are no longer able to keep up with Sissy's Scrap Challenges like the way our hearts wanted it to be...

To show how much we value all of peeps ;) We are doing 1 last challenge and 3 winners will be receiving a grab bag of scrappy prezzies ;)

All you need to do is...

1. Show us a favorite sibling moment! This can be very simple - a picture, written memory, already made layout or card - completely up to you and what you are comfy with :)
If you do not have siblings, perhaps something based on someone that you are close to or choose a funny sibling duo from a TV show or movie, etc.

2. For an additional entry, stop by our personal blogs and leave us some love!!! and/or become a follower!!!
For each time we post from now through 08/26 you will have the opportunity to earn an extra entry each time you comment!!! There is a lot of opportunity with this option, LOL!!!

3. Also earn extra entries by posting this on your blog and linking back to us!

To visit Sara's blog, click HERE.

All participants will have until Wednesday, August 26th to submit their comments with their entries so lets get 'er done!

Thank you :*)

Sissy's Scrap Monthly Challenge & Cards For Heroes!!!

All of us at Sissy's Scrap Monthly Challenge Blog are celebrating Christmas in July with Cards for Heroes!!!

This month's challenge is to create Christmas Holiday & Winter Cards& 3-D Holiday Gifts.
This can be an early head start for your very own Christmas cards
AND you can make a few extra to support those who protect our country!

Also, we are excited to announce our sponsor for this month's challenge is:
Stamping Bella has graciously donated a $20.00 gift certificate to their shop!

*Deadline for challenge submissions: 07/31/09.

*Cards being donated must be received no later than 08/03/09 to be sure they get handled timely.

Here are a few ideas for cards to create:
- Secular (snowmen, Santa's, etc with Happy Holiday type messages)

- Religious (Merry Christmas, religious imagery - nativities etc)
- General Winter (love you, miss you, birthday, thinking of you - that have a wintry imagery)
- Special Holiday (specifically Hanukkah!)

***Please keep in mind that our Heroes will be sending cards to Children, Parents, Friends, etc... so you can send a general card with a note of thanks, but be sure to leave most of them blank!***
You can earn entries by:
- Creating a Card and linking back to us.
- Adding an additional post to your blog about Cards For Heroes Christmas in July.
- Mailing us your Cards For Heroes to be donated.

Our goal is: 100 Cards!

So let's start scrappin'!!!

Here are our kick-off cards:

Created by Sara of Scrap Happie!, the little sissy...
Created by Sandy of Crafty Nanny Designs, our adopted sissy...

Created by ME, the big sissy ;)

My Xmas Card Details:

Paper(s): Stampin Up "In Color" CS; American Craft White CS.

Stamp(s): Hero Arts "Joyous Christmas Greeting" stamp.

Ink(s): Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: K&Company Rhinestones; misc. adhesive crystals; Shimmering Crystals Ribbon from Michael's Stores; and Fiskar Lace Corner Punch.

To join in:
-Create Christmas Holiday & Winter Cards.
-Link us up and leave a comment here or at our PCP group.
-If you are using SCS or another forum...please use the tag: SSCJulyCFH.
-Creations are due no later than July 30th.
-Cards For Heroes are due in hand no later than 08/03/09, please email scrap4ubysb@yahoo.com or mescrap@rocketmail.com for the address.
-The winner will be chosen randomly and posted 08/01/09.

Hope you will be able to join in on the fun with us!
Have a Happy Wednesday!!!

Sissy's Scrap Anything But A Layout/Card Challenge #3

Finally - it's a beautiful day! No rain! Not a cloud in the sky! :)
It's a wonderful Wednesday in the neighborhood! Yea!!!

Here's this week's Sissy's Scrap Anything Except a Layout/Card Challenge #3!!!
Our Adopted Sister for the Month of June...

Donna of Donna's Diary

... came up with a brilliant challenge for us:

Create/Alter Home Decor

I decided to alter another dollar frame from Michael's!

... and I finally caved in and sacrificed some more of my special stash dp!!!

{sniff, sniff} It was sooo hard to cut into it! LOL!

This is one of my fave frames! I really love how it turned out ;)Cosmo Frame Details:

Paper(s): Cosmo Cricket's "Mr. Campy" DP

Ink(s): Stampin Up Chocolate Chip Ink for Distressing.

Accesories: Cosmo Cricket's Die Cut Stickers; Making Memories Vintage Findings Trim; Prima Nursery Tales Collection Vintage Style Flowers; Making Memories Slice Wedding Cartridge.To join in:

-Create an altered project for your home.
-Link us up and leave a comment here or at our PCP group.
-If you are using SCS or another forum...please use Sissys Scrap and/or SSAELC3.
-Creations are due no later than Tuesday, at 8pm EST.
-The winner will be chosen randomly and posted Tuesday, by 9pm EST.

Thanks for stopping by!
I hope you decide to join in this week!!!

Pile It On!!!

I think I did it!!! I think that I was able to Pile It ON!!! ;)

There's a new challenge in town! It's called Pile It On! The main challenge is to combine as many challenges as you can together, including Pile It On's challenge of the week!

So, here are the challenges that I tried to combine onto my lil card :)

1. Pile It On Challenge: Non-stamped sentiment

2. Sissy's Scrap Card Recipe Challenge: Stamped Image, Flower, Distressing

3. Banana Split Sunday Challenge: Pattern Frenzy (use 3 different dp's)

4. The Pink Elephant Challenge 18 - Pink, Brown and White

5. Cute Card Thursday Challenge 63 - Nip and a Punch

6. Card Patterns Sketch 18

I LOVE my Spica Glitter Markers!

They add just the right amount of bling ;)

My non-stamped sentiment is in the bauble, it says Happy...Happy Miss Anya Card Details:

Paper(s): Stampin Up "Sweet Always" DP;

American Crafts White CS.

Stamp(s): The Greeting Farm Miss Anya Collection

Ink(s): Stampin Up Chocolate Chip Ink;

Stampin Up Markers: Pretty In Pink and Basic Black;

Spica Glitter Markers: Pink and Black;

Copics: E00, E51, E37, E31, RV42, YR07 and G07.

Accessories: Fiskar Lace Corner Punch; Creative Memories Corner Rounder;

White Dew Drops; Creative Imaginations Creative Cafe Chocolate Felt Flower;

K&Company Bauble; Brown Ribbon.

This was a ton of fun!
Thanks for stopping by ;)

Jillibean Sprout Contest and Sissy's Scrap Challenge

TGIF!!! Even though I sometimes don't look forward to Saturday mornings 'cause we have to get up early for T-ball! ;) I'm still happy it's Friday! it has been a very rainy Friday, but I've been too busy to dwell!

Well, actually, not 100% true - I did dwell on it for about 20 minutes this morning when I got stuck under a downpour holding big bag of dog food, broken umbrella and car keys lost in the bottom of my purse :) Good times! lol

Ok, moving on ;)

Here's this week's Sissy's Scrap Challenge! A Layout Sketch made by little sissy, Sara (of Scrap Happie!).

And, I finally decided to use my Jillibean Journaling Sprouts that I received in one of my Memory Works kits!

Jillibean is having a Journaling Sprout Contest!!! Winner will receive a $100 cash prize! How awesome is that! (The contest deadline is June 15th.)

... and here's what I finally created!

There isn't much to it! I flipped the sketch around a bit! I wanted all of my pics to fit on one layout!

This was Nicky's first bus trip to his first field trip to a local farm! We had so much fun!

He was suppose to go on his second bus trip to his second field trip to a local small zoo, but was cancelled because of the rain... there were a lot of sad lil faces sitting in class this morning!

I made a second layout to save the rest of the trip stuff (permission slip, etc.)...

Details:

Paper(s): Colorbok Friendly Forest Photo Mats and DP.

Stamp(s): StudioG Alphabet Stamp Set.

Ink(s): Stampin Up Basic Black Marker and Spica Glitter Marker.

Accessories: Colorbok Friendly Forest Chipboard, Alpha Stickers and Flower Brad; Jillibean Journaling Sprouts; Stampin Up Corner Punch; Creative Memories Rounder Corner Punch.

Thanks for looking!

Can't wait to see who joins in with us this week :)

Sissy's Scrap Free For All Themed Challenge#2 and Cards For Heroes

We at Sissy's Scrap Challenges have 2 separate challenges to announce today!!!



First - this week's Free For All Themed Challenge is a color themed challenge (preferably a card)...

Red White Blue

To join in:
- Create anything using the colors Red, White, and Blue.- Link us up and leave a comment here or at our PCP group with your link.
- If you are using SCS or another forum... please use SSFFATC2
- Creations are due no later than Tuesday, at Noon EST.
- The winner will be chosen randomly and posted Tuesday afternoon.

Here are my cards:

I spotted this hilarious stamp online and just had to have it!!!

This is a stamp from Jessica Lynn Original stamp called "Punny"... it says,

"I couldn't figure out why the baseball was getting bigger and bigger.

Then it hit me."

LOL!!! Love it!!! Perfect! Especially since this is what happened to my poor hubs when he played T-ball and then he never played again! ;)

Details:

Paper(s): Bazzill

Stamp(s): Jessica Lynn Original "Punny 003" Stamp

Ink(s): Stampin Up Basic Black Markers; Copics

Accessories: Stampin Up Buttons; Misc. Ribbon.

Here's another stamp that I purchased from Jessica Lynn Original!!!

My very own personalized stamp!!!

It looks almost exactly like my very own handwriting :)

Thank you Jessica!!!

**Our 2nd challenge will start today and end July 4th!!!**

Inspired by last weekend's Cards For Heroes Memorial Day Weekend Blog Hop :) We would like to help Cards For Heroes by having you create card(s) (preferred size is 4.25" x 5.5) for our troops! You can create/submit as many cards as you like! and mail them to me and I will forward them all to Cards For Heroes!!!

For each card that I receive in my hands you will earn an entry to win a prize!!!

Here's some basic info for the kind of cards they would like to receive :)

What kind of cards do service members prefer?
"We're told that general cards are in greatest demand since they are not time-sensitive: miss you, love, birthday, thinking of you, hello, thank you. They send cards to husbands and wives, mothers and fathers, children and friends, so any of these themes directed to any of these audiences are fabulous!"

What kind of cards should I avoid sending?
"No glitter that will flake off the card—it is a safety hazard; it can make a mess on a uniform and make a hero visible to night-vision goggles! Please do not send suggestive or risqué cards; we do not wish to offend any of our service members. Funny cards are okay, but keep them positive and upbeat. "

If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to leave a comment at Sissy's Scrap Challenge and/or email me, Margie (mescrap@rocketmail.com)

Let's get creating for a great cause :)

Imagine how happy you will make not only the service person that will be using your cards, but the person that he/she sends it to! Their parents, spouse, kids!!!
You have until the 4th of July!!! Plenty of time to create and/or dig in your stash and send some cards in!!!

Thanks!!!

Sissy's Scrap Challenge #7 and Flowers

Hi there!!! TGIF!!!

Have y'all been having Blogger/Explorer problems too??? This is the first time that I have been able to log on without any problems - sheesh! So sorry to be posting my stuffs so late, but here it is ;)

Challenge #7 for Sissy's Scrap is to create a project that is NOT a layout or card inspired by... FAVORITES!!!

... it can be a compilation of personal favorites, someone else's favorites, whatever you'd like, just remember, no Layouts or cards!

I hope y'all can make a lil time over this holiday weekend to join in and play with us!!! :)

Let's see... I have sooo many favorites things - it's too hard to narrow it down... so, I'm using my #1 inspiration, my boys! and another fave - Cosmo Cricket DP to help!

A new fave of mine is altering anything that I can get my hands on ;)

... AND as long as I stay away from bows - ribbon is really working for me too!

Sooo, here we have to gorgeous lil boys sitting in some very plain shadow box frames...

... and look at them now!

I think that they look a bit more cheery now :)

Frame Details:

Paper(s): Cosmo Cricket Lil' Man DP

Accessories: We R Memory Keepers 'White Out' Layered Chipboard Words; Me & My Big Ideas Soft Spoken 'Oh Brother' embellishments; Stampin Up Ribbon; other misc. ribbon.

I also wanted to share the details to the pic I showed y'all the other day - when Blogger/Explorer were behaving ;)
This was an idea that I had for Nicky's PreK Teachers for Teacher's Appreciation Week, but never got to it... last Monday, I got a class note from his school stating that on Wednesday they were going to do a ceremony in honor of Memorial Day - the students were being asked to bring in a flower to place at the memorial/flag and to wear red, white and blue... I just knew that I had to make this! and it took me 4 hours! LOL!
I overworked and overheated my poor lil Slice machine, lol! It made 42 individual flowers - creating 2 of the first flower, 8 of the second flower and 10 of the last flower = 20 in total!!!

I attached a tag to each flower - each one of his classmates and teacher's received their own personalized flower. That was the hardest part - stamping their names onto the tags and then tying the tags onto the flowers! Next time, I'll scribble the names on ;) LOL!

It made me happy to know that every kid in class was able to participate and enjoy the festivities!

Details:

Paper(s): Creative Imaginations

Stamp(s): Stampin Up 'Short & Sweet' Set; Hero Arts Clear Stamps; K&Company Alpha Stamps.

Ink(s): Stampin Up Basic Black Markers; Spica Black Glitter Marker

Accessories: $1 dollar 'House' pencil holder from Michael's; Red Chenille Stems; Stampin Up Bold Brights Buttons; misc. ribbons; All Natural Accents Red Hibiscus Flowers; Dew Drops; Making Memories Slice Wedding and Basics 1 Cartridges.

... and thanks to y'all for stopping by :)

Enjoy your loooong holiday weekend!

Happy Memorial Day!!!