JUGS 50 - Technique Challenge

Can you believe that us JUGS gals have been at this now for 50 weeks! We have another great challenge for the week, one that I have never tried before! Andrea chose this technique, Cracked Glass .....it's a really neat way to accent your projects. Click on the link for how to instructions. Be sure to stop by the JUGS site to see what everyone has in store this week! BIG THANKS to JustRite for sponsoring us this week. They are having a "HUGE" giveaway too! So be sure to stop by JUGS to play along. The wonderfully generous folks at JustRite have offered up the following prizes to one lucky, randomly selected participant this week...

•2 JustRite Christmas Collection stamp sets of choice
•2 JustRite coordinating stampers/mounts
•5 Copic Sketch markers of choice, from JustRite’s offering
•2 Memento full-sized ink pads of choice

I have used two of their new Christmas sets, "A Merry Little Christmas" and "Christmas Nested Sentiments". Love them both! I added some greenery from PTI and my paper is all from SU. I'm loving this new Cherry Cobbler color! Hope everyone is enjoying the wonderful fall weather we are having here in the midwest. Have a great weekend!

"Purrfect" Friend and my kiddos

My friend had a birthday over the weekend so I made her this card using PTI's Tiny Treats Valentine! The background paper is new from SU! I got dobber happy too and distressed all of the edges! Hopefully she likes it....it should have come in the mail yesterday or today!My little Kale....he loves to play in his swing! Ava girl is my little dare devil! She started gymnastics and is really loving it!

Here are my sweet little ones posing for Mama! Ava forgot her baby doll, but she is all excited because her outfit matches her baby doll's outfit! Kale loves sitting in the grass, but I have to be quick before he starts to eat it!

They are both getting so big! Ava is already 4 1/2 and is still really into her baby dolls, but just this week she has started to play a lot with legos! She was building a house....hmm, wonder why! Kale has his two bottom teeth and is working on a couple more. He is into EVERYTHING! He climbs up steps, walks around furniture and crawls really fast! He loves to play peek-a-boo and has this wonderful little laugh! They are both such fun! Hope everyone has a great week! I'll be back Saturday for a great challenge with JUGS!

JUGS 49 - Sketch Challenge

This week I am the hostess for JUGS....unfortunately my dsl wasn't working last night/this morning so I'm late posting! None the less, here is my sketch for the challenge and my card! I'm going to be short and sweet as I need to get outside to help my DSH set blocks for our new home. You can check out our progress here: Home Sweet Home

We have a new featured designer this month too. Lynn has a wonderful blog and has great creations so be sure to check her out too! I'll be back later this weekend with a lot to tell about ETHAN's RODEO! It was a huge success.

My Sweet Baby Kale!

Now how cute is this? Kale is wearing an outfit that I had for Ethan when he was little. Isn't he adorable! The older he gets, the more he looks like his big brother! He did really well sitting on his bike. Kale is growing up so fast. He is 9 months old already!

JUGS - 46 WILD WILD WEST

Today's JUGS challenge is a technique and Pam has chosen a "Wild Wild West" theme in memory of my son, Ethan. We lost our Ethan to neuroblastoma cancer last June and today we are hosting a blood drive in his memory from 10 to 4 at the Red Cross in Quincy, IL and then next weekend, August 20th and 21st, we are hosting Ethan's Rodeo. The proceeds from the rodeo will be going to neuroblastoma research. We are very excited to do this in Ethan's memory. If you have been wondering why I've been away for so long, I've been quite busy behind the scenes gearing up for the big event. I know many of you don't live near us, but if you would like to donate to the event you can "donate a ticket" on the website.

Theresa Momber (from Gina K) is our special guest designer http://craftingtheweb.blogspot.com/ She will also be donating one of her stamp sets called "Out West" to one lucky winner. (Thanks to Theresa for her generosity.) Here's a link to the set Out West.

Here are some other links to digi stamps from Pink Cat Studio that were originally released in memory of Ethan to raise money for Make-A-Wish.

Cowboy "Ethan"
Cowgirl "Ava"
Cow Poke

I decided to use my new canvas that I purchased from Archivers last weekend and make a piece for my living room. I LOVE how it turned out. I used the Out West Set for the cowboy hat, several embellishments from Jolee's Boutique, and then I stamped the penants from Stampin' Up's set, Party This Way. The letters were just printed from my computer and punched out with a circle punch. Hope you enjoy all of the creations the JUGS team has for you. Have a great weekend! Here is Kale at 8 months (although he turned 9 months old yesterday)

Here is my Ava Girl just after her 4th Birthday!

JUGS 40 - JustRite Sketch

Don't miss out on today's sketch, designed by Pam, that is being sponsored by JustRite Stampers! Check out the details on JUGS to see how you can win! They are giving away some fabulous sets. I love their stamps!

The set I used was the Beautiful Blossoms Borders and Centers. It is sooo pretty and easy to stamp and color! I'm sending this card to a very dear lady that just had us as a guest at her ranch in Missouri, Blue Springs Ranch. We had a wonderful time and it was nice getting away with my husband for a couple of days!

Here's my JUGS challenge card from last week. I never got my post up since we were away. My Mom actually made this for me because I ran out of time to make my card too. Isn't it great. It's made using an apron template. Check out JUGS for the link.

Hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July weekend!

JUGS 38 Color Challenge and my kiddos!

It's Saturday and I'm the hostess today for JUGS! It's a color challenge and I thought it would be perfect for an ice cream card.

We had a very busy Friday, but it was very fun. I took Ava girl to the movie Toy Story 3. It was a really good movie except she fell asleep half way through! She didn't take a nap so that is what happens! I enjoyed it though and so did my nephew and Ava's friend Andrea. My friend Nicole was a trooper.....8 months pregnant and sitting through a movie! I have to tattle on her a little though because she sent me to put extra butter on her popcorn! (She'll kill me for saying that!)

Here's Ava and Kale.....he is 7 months old already!

Here's my take on this week's sketch! Don't you just love it! I can't wait to send it to my friend that watched Kale today while we went to the movies! Hope everyone has a great weekend! We have a fun one planned!