SOA ROCKS!

Hey there Friends! Do you see how close we are to reaching our SECOND goal for Stamp Out Alzheimer's??? Less than $500 away! Amazing! I am so happy that so many people have participated in this event. And to think it went from a handful of stampers last year, to a whole community of stampers this year is Great! I haven't heard from any of you as to whether or not you have been participating. If you've joined the SOA site, have you done any of the challenges to win any of the prizes? There are SO many prizes to be had, both from the challenges and the daily giveaways! And there is free stuff too! I plan on using one of the freebie templates today to make a cupcake box. Hopefully I will find the time.
On a different subject, I have two cards to show you that I made for some challenges with TGF stamps. First up is the card I made for the Case of the Curious Card Challenge on Splendid Stamping with the Greeting Farm blog: This card came together quickly, once I got the image colored. I wanted the colors to be a little "off" and not to realistic (for me anyway). And the embellishments were fun to make. I colored a SU! crocheted flower to make it greyer and sewed a little button in the center. Then I threaded some little Prima flowers with (uh, what's that stuff called?) knitting floss or something? Anyways, after those, I punched out a heart for above the crochet flower. Also,I cut a design out of patterened paper for the scalloped edge behind the image. Here is a totally different style of card for another TGF challenge:

This summery mermaid card was for the "I wanna be like..." Ohio Mary challenge on the Club Anya Blog. Ohio Mary's card was bright and summery so I used those colors as well. Mermaid Anya has been stamped and waiting for a card, so I finally colored her in an "orangey" color palette for this card. I didn't win either of the challenges, but that doesn't bother me much since I love participating in TGF events! Speaking of which, Marie is having anothe design team call right now for The Greeting Farm. This time around she threw in a twist to use Orange or Yellow on the cards! I am definitely going to be trying out the for team. One of these days I WILL make a DT, hopefully Marie's!

Until next post, be blessed.