Monday challenge #17 - Thankful

Good morning ladies! Another Monday, ha? Can't believe that time is just flying and flying. This Thursday is Thanksgiving and Christmas is right around the corner. Sigh! Too much to do, so little time...right?

Well, today's challenge has to do with Thanksgiving. It's an easy peasy because you can do with this challenge whatever you want. You can scrap pictures from past Thanksgiving like I did, you can do a thankful/grateful LO, you can make a thank you card, you name it....anything goes as long as it's a thankful/Thanksgiving LO or card. Here's my take:

Remember, you have until Sunday evening to upload your creation to the group or link it in the comment section here....for a chance to win a cookie jar treat...that as you can see from yesterday's post there are yummy-licious. :-)

Now on to last week's winner...and random.org says that it is: Hazel. Thanks for playing along, and a cookie jar treat will be on its way. Here's is her card:

Thanks to everyone that played along...there's is so much inspiration from you ladies, its amazing. Until next challenge!

Bessie

Fat-Free Yumminess!!!!

Take a look at this.....

Isn't all this yummy and delicious?....those are cookie jar treats and the big prize that I received for playing along in the croptoberfest. Yummy treats like these are waiting for you to play along with our challenges, so there can find a lovely home.

See ya tomorrow with a new challenge,

Bessie

Friday? Really?

It's been one of those weeks where you go to bed on Monday night and wake up Friday morning and wonder, "what the heck happened to the week!?"

I feel like I'm falling off the track; the holidays are rushing in, Christmas shopping, that I was so good at starting a couple weeks ago, seems to be coming to a crashing halt and there's still SO much to do. Too much.

BUT there are some good things too -- November kits are out the door and should be on your doorsteps, or being used, by now. December kits are all here and half are waiting to be sorted - the other half are done! (big WOOHOO on that one); peeks will be up next week -- probably on Friday because of Thanksgiving and associated prep work. January kits are all ordered and oh, my they are gorgeous, if I do say so myself. You'll be singing a "Serenade" while dreaming up "Colorful" layouts. (Was that a hint? Naw, I don't do hints.)

SUPER BIG for all you Black Friday shoppers, I'm working on special sales and goodies for Apron Strings own Black Friday shopping. Things like, oh -- gift with purchase, return rewards, Black Friday discounts. We'll see what else shakes loose from my head. :D So be on the prowl for stocking stuffers for yourself, the good present under the tree, or maybe a good croppin' buddy needs to learn the joys of an Apron Strings kit club membership; there are prepay gift subscriptions for just such occasions.

Next -- 5 on Friday. Last week's winner, thanks to Random.org is Nitasha! Congrats! I think I still have your shipping address - Arlington? Pop me an email to confirm that. So, what do I have up my sleeve today? Hmm, let's see. . .

• 2 sheets of cardstock
• 1 set of handmade items (make your own blossoms, handcut a scroll, use someone else's handmade goodie, etc.)
• 1 length of ribbon
• 1 frame

Outside of title and journaling, that's it! Link up your layout by Saturday night to be eligible for your own Cookie Jar Treat. They're good, right ladies who have received one? Not a stitch of fat in them!

I'm off to do a multitude of mini things; load some inventory to the site, double-check some goodies, do a little inventory countinbg, fold some laundry, download some pictures, get potato soup in the slow cooker for dinner, maybe work on one of my two projects (this would be the best!), do some planning for Black Friday and a 25 Days of Christmas challenge for the blog -- lots of little things. I'm hoping you'll be enjoying your weekend, too.

Monday Challenge #16 - Ad Inspiration

Good morning, everyone! How was your weekend? Was it a wet one? Over here in NY has been raining all weekend. Sigh! Its been so dreary...so that's what brings me to this bright challenge. I came across this ad and fell immediately in love with the colors...it sure cheered me up a bit.

So, you already know the deal...let this ad inspire you in any type of way you like. That's what creativity is all about. It can be the colors, the tree in the wall, the stripes in the rug, you name it.



I went for the colors, like I said...I fell in love with the cheery colors; and here is my take.

Digital stamp: Mo's Digital Designs

Well, like every week, you have until Sunday evening to upload your creation in the group or link it in the comment section here for a chance to win a delicious cookie jar treat. Now on to last week's winner. Not before mentioning that I loved every entry and interpretation of these sketches. You ladies are so talented. Thank you so much for all the inspiration and for sharing your talent with us. Ok, so this past week's winner is Molly again. :-) You really rock that sketch girl...and I, like you loved the vintage feel to it.

Hope you have a great week,

Bessie

Space Cadet

I totally spaced out giving credit back to Nuts About Sketches for the sketches in the 5 on Friday challenge. Dang, where is my mind.

Thanks to Nuts About Sketches for again providing great inspiration.

5 on Friday

Hope everyone had a great week. This week was the shipping of the November kits and they are all out and heading your way. If you were lucky enough to win a treat during Croptober-fest, those are included in your kits. If you aren't a member, yours are winging their way toward you, too.

No spoilers, but if you didn't play along in October, you NEED to join us the next time around, because (if I do say so myself) there are some delish Treats out there. There were: TV Dinners, Specialty kits, full-sized monthly kits and the Grandaddy of all Cookie Jar Treats, the Grand Prize. I can't say what it is, or it'll ruin the thrill of opening it for Bessie.

So here we are, definitely slowing down from last month's free-for-all-challenges, and I think in general as people start to get ready for the holidays. We have a winner from last week's 5 on Friday, and it was Linda R. Super layout Linda; I'm really enjoying your work! Your Treat will be included with your next shipment (not this month's).

Anyway, we need to get going on this week's Challenge. Here we go:

• 1 Sketch (pick one from the two below)
• 1 Sheet Cardstock
• 1 Sheet patterned paper
• 1 Set of brads
• 1 Set of Chipboard embellishments

Now remember, you can create elements for your layouts using the ingredients above, but you can't add any other items. Layouts are due, with a link to your completed work, by Saturday evening. So, come one ladies -- grab a little time for yourself and earn the chance to win something non-fattening. Heaven knows I could use some non-fattening. Stupid Halloween candy!

Monday Challenge #15 - Sketches

Good morning, ladies! Hope you all had a great weekend. We know how much you love sketches so this week we bring you two amazing sketches from Valerie Salmon. A one pager and a double pager...of course if you do both you will get two chances to win. Great, ha??? So here are the sketches:

TOU: Valerie Salmon's sketches are for personal use only and not for the purpose of publication submissions, contest entries, design team projects, and design templates. For more amazing sketches from Valerie feel free to go here.

And so you can see how versatile these sketches are, I made a card instead of a LO with the above sketch. Sorry for the blurry picture...it was dark already when I took the picture. :-)

Now on to last week's winner...but first let I have to say that all the LO's on this previous challenge were amazing, so if you have a chance go take a look. :-) That being said, Molly is our winner for this past week and her LO is amazing...don't you think? Thanks for playing along.

See ya next week,

Bessie