Rough Week!

Hello to my friends and followers!

This will be a short post, as I have just returned to NC from our Thanksgiving trip to Rochester, NY.

It was a LONG drive (12 hours one way!).

The trip was difficult and we do not plan to stay home for long. It is only a matter of time before we will have to go back! :-(

My husband's father has Kidney Cancer and has been placed in Hospice Care.
That means that he has opted to refuse all hospital tests and treatments and has decided to go home for his Final Journey!

They have set up a temporary hospital bed and breathing apparatus for him in their living room.

The nurses project that he won't make it thru this week!

We are hoping he can hold on long enough to see his sister, who is flying in from Las Vegas.

Our boys are confused and sad and it has been hard for them to see him laying there all broken and worn out!
And DH accepts that it is beyond his control to "fix" it, but losing his father is very hard for him!

We appreciate all your kind words, phone calls and prayers!!

I will try to "re-focus" and put up MUCH more cheerful news over the next few days.
But using my blog seemed to most efficient way to reach everyone...

Wacky Wednesday Challenge #3: Trim My Tree!

The "Show Me the Money" Challenge

seemed a little too tough, eh?

We didn't get many entries,

but the ones we DID get were AWESOME!

Thank you for playing with us at the Wacky Wednesday Challenge!

This week, the new challenge is:

Trim My Tree

Here's how it works!

Use THIS picture!!

Download it. 

Print it any size you like. 

Decorate it!

Click here to

Post it at the Latte Lounge!

That's it!!

I hope you'll have fun with this one!

Because I am going away for Thanksgiving

and will be travelling tonite,

I won't be able to see the final entries

in Challenge #2.

So, I will announce the winner

of Challenge #2: Show Me the Money

by next Monday

when I get back!

Fresh Brewed For You!!

I know! The lighting in this one is TERRIBLE!!

Hello and thanks for visiting!

Hopefully this post goes up on time.

I am travelling for Thanksgiving and have scheduled my posts for this week ahead of time!

Unfortunately, this means I won't be able to enter this lovely lady into any of this week's challenges!  (boo-hoo!)

Her name is "Meet Me Under the Mistletoe" and she is one of the fantastic creations you'll find at Fresh Brewed Designs!

Our challenge at the Fresh Brewed Blog is:

Christmas/Winter


If you haven't started your Christmas cards yet, better get a move on!! There's only about 35 days to go!

We love when you use Fresh Brewed Designs images! If you don't have any, jump on over to our Group at Papercraft Planet and snag a FREEBIE or two!!

While you're there snagging freebies, take a minute or two to play along in our Friday Challenge!
It's an awesome color combo!

You'll have to jump over to the Challenge Blog to see all the wonderful creations by the Fresh Brewed Crew!!

Hope you have a wonderful THANKSGIVING!! Save a piece of pecan pie for me!!

Amber Ink InKredible 21 Day Challenge~ Runs Nov 23-Dec 13!!

See! I told you yesterday I had a goodie planned for today!

Don'cha just LOVE the pattern on this project?

It's called: "Spin Pin Holly Berry" and is a BRAND NEW iPaper release from Amber Ink! There are close to 20 new iPapers which coordinate PERFECTLY with the new image releases! No more fussing thru drawers of papers trying to find the right one... just click and print! YAY for EASY!!

Yep, I'm Brilliant, not Patient! (-:

The tag is actually an image in the new set called: "You're the Perfect Package"... the same set I used for my card yesterday!!

I used the 2-5-7-10 Box tutorial from Splitcoast stampers for this gift bag. Super-simple and ultra-cute!!

This gift bag is PERFECT for little Mexican Wedding Cookies (thanks for the suggestion, Incredimombo!)  (-:  Y-U-M!!

So, here are the details you've been waiting to hear:

Welcome to Amber Ink's InKredible 21 Day Challenge!

This is the time of year when the bar is set high!  Family and friends, neighbors and teachers all know that YOU are the one who has such a wonderful ability and flair with paper and markers and cutting instruments with unusual names.  YOU are the one that can put things together in such delectable ways.  You give a gift and people tell you "Oh, it is just too pretty to open!"  Sound familiar?  Then this challenge is for YOU!
Avoid the crunch and start your wrapping early.  You may even win a prize!

THIS MONTH'S THEME IS:  WRAP IT YOUR WAY, with Amber INK!

We like to leave room for the artist in all of you, but we will be looking for taking a gift or a food item, decorating a candle, a hostess gift etc. and decking it all out with Amber INK!

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The Rules are Simple:

Use at least ONE AmberInk product in your entry

Wrap a gift item your way!


Blog about it and tell us who/what/where...we want the deets on EVERYTHING!

Add your linky.

You can enter as many times as you'd like, but only one prize per person.

Come back and vote for your favorite entry December 14th, 15th or 16th.

Please be sure to check out our IDEA page to speed up the MOJO FLOW
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Wanna see something REALLY, REALLY cool???  Then check out the projects that our Torchbearing Babe-a-Roo's wrapped their way!

ANGELA!

KERRI!

STACIE! (that's ME!!)  (-:

JULIA!

JULIE!

JULIE!

Top three vote-getters will be in the top 3, but Our current AmberInk(TH)ink tank will award the final place settings. Second and Third prize winners will receive gift certificates to the AmberInk store.  

And the WINNER of AmberInk's InKredible 21 Day Challenge?  The most AMAZING, AWESOME, ASTONISHING prize in blogsville!  Check under Winning Developments.  

Karin Martin was our winner for Challenge #3.  Watch as her ideas develop!

You could win it too - a set that YOU create with Amber. Dream BIG ladies.  All you have to do is Enter and Win!!!! 

Now that's a WRAP!

Fun with NEW Amber Ink Sets!

Oh my Gosh!!
Being a Torch Bearer for the Amber Ink (Th)Ink Tank is a RIOT!!! Every day, I just laugh and giggle at all their shenanigans!

Today is a New Release Day at Amber Ink!

For my debut card as the Representative of Team Purple, I have actually used 4 (yes, FOUR) digis from the new set You're the Perfect Package.

AND!! I also used one of the brand new iPapers!!

I'm tellin' ya, these new Amber Ink products are "da bomb!!"

The "You're the Perfect Package" set comes with 15 (yep, FIFTEEN!!) images in one pack!! C'mon, where else can you get 15 awesome images that all go together and coordinate so perfectly?!?

You'll definitely want to jump right over to Amber Inklings to check out the entire new release and see all the lovely work all the Torch Bearers have done... I'm so proud to be part of such a creative group!!

Unfortunately, you won't see my lovely lady in the collection because I had printer issues and had streaks thru all my prints... changed the cartridge and ran a clean cycle and all seems to be better! So, I missed the deadline to submit this project for the Blog Post... I'll be back tomorrow with something else for you that you won't want to miss!!

**ETA** I will be visiting relatives for Thanksgiving and won't have internet access for most of the week! I am writing up all my blog posts for the week and scheduling them to post on the day they're due. I am HOPING that Mr. Blogger is kind and cooperates... If you don't see anything from me this week, we all know what happened!