..Wee Memories..

CAS card!

2012-02-11T03:51:00.000-08:00

Happy Saturday everyone! (: Hope you are enjoying your weekend!

This week I am joining in for the CAS-ual Fridays challenge this week sponsored by The Craft's Meow. This weeks challenge is CAS creations - Clean and Simple Paper Piecing.

And here's my card for the challenge:

I used my set I designed for THE CRAFTS MEOW - Happy Owlentines Day! Do you LOVE this set? I hope you do! If you haven't gotten it yet, head on over to TCM. It's not only for Valentines Day but for any "LOVE" creations. And the patterned paper I used is from My Minds Eye Lime Twist.

Thanks for peeking in and letting me share my creations with you today!

Don't forget to mark your calendars for February 16th for our start of the sneak peeks from TCM!

I will be back with the winner of my Craft Room purge giveaway in a bit!

(: (: (:

My Studio Tour

2012-02-09T01:33:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! By many requests I have had, I am doing a little tour of my studio.Click on pictures to see a larger version. If you have any questions about any of the items in my studio, just shoot me an email at weememoriesblogATgmail.com
This is my studio now:

Here is the before EEK! I really didn't like the wall color at all. And the carpet was in bad shape.

The start of the remodel of my room, and my helpers who did it all (: Already painted and new carpet. I painted the walls by taking a sheet of my Papertrey Ink Hawaiian Shores paper and had them match it. That is my FAVORITE color ever!

This is one of the 3 IKEA Expedits I have in the room. My room now only has 2, I moved one into my daughters room to make room for a sitting/reading area.

This picture is sitting at the main desk looking out. That is my previous Copic holder. Also my ribbon holder that I got from Homegoods.

This is my main crafting table. Almost everything in this room is from IKEA. I just LOVE the picture fram shelves, they are perfect for wood stamps. My husband built me the twine rack. And you can see my cute Pomeranian Prince smiling over there.

Here are the stamp shelves up close and where I store allot of my Hero Arts stamps. And my beautiful new flower painting from Homegoods.

Just below that now is my holder for more of my clear stamps and loose stamps. LOVE this desktop organizer, its from Homegoods ;) And the little tin desktop organizer holds all my distress inks.

This is turning left a little more, showing the table my Mac used to sit at. I have now moved it to the main table. Much better for watching Netflix while I craft. And behind the Mac is my Making Memories shelf and ribbon holder.

Turning left a little more, you can see the MM shelf up closer holding all my PTI buttons and ribbon.

Keeping left, my first Expedit. I LOVE Ikea, and these cubby shelves are perfect for crafters because each cubby is 13x13. I got my cubby bins from Target, they have ones to fit the expedit perfectly.

Picture of the same shelf standing back more.

After moving the Mac, this table is now my sewing table.

Here's a little more updated photo removing the other Expedit shelf and adding a chair that I LOVE, I got it from Homegoods. The chalkboard with the basket, Table, Pillow, Apocrathy jars and chest is also from Homegoods.

My pretty chair and pillow up close. And you can see on the right, my Grandmothers typewriter that I cherish.

The pretty table from Homegoods, isn't it cute? I love how it is distressed. And you can see my Grandmothers antique camera. I love old cameras.

I will spare you looking at the closet LOL, its a little messy. This is by the entryway. The floor card stand is from Pottery Barn and the tabletop card stand is from the thrift. The adorable owl print is from Target. (:

Here is some further updated pictures:

I added another table next to my sewing table. This is my cutting table and where I store my Twine on my new twine rack that my husband designed (we will be selling them soon) (: And I also pin my creations to my blinds, it brings color to the boring white blinds LOL.

This is my workspace. The big spinning organizer is from Michaels. The smaller one is from Pottery Barn. And the Copic holder is a picnic condiment holder from Target, best to look for them in the summer.

A few more things I added to my shelf. Some Apocrothy jars and Owl bookends from Homegoods.

Here I added this cute Owl canvas print, pillows, owl, more Apocrathy jars and a basket from Homegoods.

And the lastest picture of my whole Studio!

I hope you enjoyed the tour of my studio. My FAVORITE place to be. I just LOVE my room after the remodel. After allot of sweat and tears (and blowing my budget lol) it was SO worth it. And yes, it is always this clean ... even after crafting all day. I have very bad OCD, I have to clean after each card LOL!
On a personal note. I don't remember if I have mentioned about my Anemia, but I am doing allot better now after all the Iron supplements I am taking. Finally, I am getting my energy back slowly but surely. It's nice being able to do lots of things instead of just sleeping all the time. Its been a bad few months dealing with this and my back on top of it all. My back is also doing much better after getting the steroid shot in my back, it was a God send. So I want to say thank you to all of you who sent prayers and many wonderful notes. I appreciate them so much!
Have a wonderful day!(: (: Jenny

Craft Room Purge GIVEAWAY!!

2012-02-08T12:02:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Happy hump day! Hope you are having a great week!!
I am doing a clean up and purge of my craft room. I will be selling allot of my items and will list them on my blog soon! I hope to get rid of them all. But I do want to giveaway some of them!
So! I am giving away a SURPRISE CRAFT ROOM PURGE PRIZE!With stamps, ribbon and lots of goodies!! Worth over $50!!
Want to win?All you have to do is:1. Share this on your blog, facebook or twitter. (Leave a comment, 1 entry)2. You must be a follower here on my blog, I would really love to have you! (Leave a comment, 1 entry)3. Leave a comment here letting me know you share and also answer this question: What would you like to see for future stamp sets (excluding holidays), I would really LOVE to hear your ideas!! (1 entry)
You have 3 chances to win!You can do one or all 3, your choice. #2 is required.
GOOD LUCK! I will draw our winner on Saturday Morning. The giveaway will end Friday at 11:59 PST.
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And did you know? I design for Unity Stamp Co.! Are you a KOTM (Kit of the Month) member? Be sure to sign up so you can get my designs in the KOTM's!! You can sign up HERE! You will LOVE getting LOTS of yummy red rubber each month!!
Here is the latest KOTM for February:

Isn't it awesome!? Its by me, Tanis and Joselyn! Don't you just love it?

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I would also like to share a little tag I did playing around with some new stamps from THE CRAFT'S MEOW, Twine is from The Twinery and PP from MME Love Me Collection. And to hold everything together, I used some craft dots from GLUE DOTS.
Also did you check out the grab bags over at TCM? You dont want to miss out on them! Get yours while you can!!

Thanks for stopping by! (: Have a great week!

WINNERS!!!

2012-02-04T01:04:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Sorry for the delay, been so tired after CHA (: And trying to catch up on everything and family time. I have missed my baby girl and my hubby AND my furry kids.
Our GRAND PRIZE WINNER of my giveaway HERE is.....
drumroll please....
APRIL!!

April said...

Awesome giveaway Jenny!! I've posted about it on my blog in the sidebar and I've been a follower for quite a while. ;) Thanks for the chance to win!
- April
http://scrapperforever.blogspot.com

January 23, 2012 6:43 AM

CONGRATS APRIL!

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And our other random winner for a small surprise pack is ...

ANNETTE

Annette said...

already a follower and liked on Facebook...woohoo...love a good giveaway... Have fun at CHA..

January 19, 2012 4:05 PM

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Congrats Ladies! You have 72 hours to claim your prize.

Email me at weememoriesblogATgmail.com to claim your prize!

Please let me know in your email what you are claiming, I get allot of emails. Also if you don't hear from me your email may have gone in my spam so keep trying. Thank you.

I will have another giveaway really soon. I made some great contacts and CHA and some have given me prizes to giveaway! (: (: (:

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!! I am off to do more cards for Papercrafts Magazine submissions!

CHA pictures!

2012-02-03T00:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! I am back from CHA! I had the best time EVER! Now that I have had a couple of days rest, I can share all the fun!! I met some GREAT people, even celebrities - Tori Spelling and Vanna White.
Here are some of the pictures I took from the show!
Sweet Teri Anderson (:

Tim Holtz

Sweet Tracy from Helmar

sweet Kim Kesti (:

adorable Kim Hughes of Paper Smooches

Paper Smooches booth (: so cute!

Market Street Stamps

The DCWV booth

sweet Jessica (:

cute Kelly Purkey (:

one of my favs - Doodlebug Designs!

Sweet Jill Foster!

Me just playing around with the Lawn Fawn props (:

From left to right, Ashley Newell, Vera Yates, Ayana Posadas and Laurel Beard (:

At dinner at Buca Di Beppo (: YUM!

sweet Nancy!

adorable and fun Emily Branch (:

sweet Shermaine Smith (:

sweet Julia Sandvoss

PC gals Julie Campbell and Windy Robinson

Sweet Susan Opel of PC Magazine (:

beautiful Angela Magnuson

the Papercrafts Magazine meet and greet! (:

sweet Lori Craig

Papercrafts Editor in Chief - Jennifer Schaerer

Little Ham (:

Flat Cath (: had to get her to CHA somehow hehe

The cutest pregnant woman Jennifer McGuire

Yummy Hero Arts!

Sweet Jessica and Vera (:

More Doodlebug Designs!

My favorite little owl

At the Doodlebug booth

Cosmo Cricket

Sweet and adorable Elizabeth Kartchner - Dear Lizzy

Dear Lizzy goodies, LOVE!

adorable Kelly Marie

Yummy ribbon from Amy Tangerine

Jillibean Soup

Basic Grey booth - LOVE!

Dear sweet Julie Tuker-Wolek

sweet Katrina Hunt

Adorable Nikki Sivils - Nikki Sivils Scrapbooker

Theres more pictures on my Facebook if you want to check them out. Was great fun, but I am so glad to be home and see my family and my furry kids. It was just so great to meet everyone in person and put a real face to the names of all my crafty friends. I cant wait till next year.

Ok im off to rest more, I am still pooped out from all the walking and talking at CHA. It's time for some R&R. (:

PS: Will post the big giveaway winner later today!

Have a great day friends! (:

CHA and News!

2012-01-26T14:13:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Hope you are having a wonderful week :) :)
It's that time. I will be leaving on Saturday to head up to Anaheim for the Winter CHA show. I am so excited to go and meet allot of my friends that I have only talked to online but never met in person - Vera Yates, Laurel Beard, Kelly Marie Alvarez, Chari Moss, Ayana P., Jessica Deidrich, and so many others. I cant wait to see all the new product lines that will be coming out, its so exciting and fun to see.
It's an exciting time for me too as I will be going to CHA under my own CHA Designer membership which is very exciting to be able to walk the floor and enjoy the show. I will be doing LOTS of updates on my Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. If you dont follow me yet and would like to, here are the links: My Twitter, My Facebook and my name on Instagram is weememories.
I also have Facebook page for my Illustrations and Designs - Jenny Suchin Designs, I would love if you followed my page. And I don't know if you have been to my ETSY shop, but I also sell my designs as prints. They are ADORABLE! Check them out HERE in my ETSY shop.
Also I know have over 1740 friends (followers) here on the blog. I know its a stretch but when we hit 2000 I will be having one BIG AMAZING giveaway. So if you can help spread the word to get me there I would appreciate it. We also hit over 1000 followers on my Facebook page, if you haven't gotten over there yet head over and like my page. I am doing some giveaways there right now too!!
And for the winners of our final challenge I will be posting those tonight. Thanks for being patient, been very busy getting ready for CHA.
Thanks again for all of your support! I appreciate it so much! :) :)

Cards and Tags, oh my!

2012-01-24T12:56:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Hope you are having a wonderful week!

Wanted to share some cards and tags I did over the weekend. I was really on a roll this weekend, cranking out some cards for the PC Magazine Stamp It call. Fingers crossed!

My first card and tag I did for the current contest over at Hero Arts: Love, Hugs and Kisses!

No sentiment card, I really liked it without one. On this card I used the Patterned Heart from HA. I LOVE this stamp! I stamped it with Distress Inks and finished it off with some twine from The Twinery.

For my tag, I used 3 stamps - Hero Arts Newspaper Background, Old Letter Writing Background, and Heart Winged Butterfly. I distress the background with Distress Ink Evergreen bough and colored the butterflies with copic markers. Finished this off with some twine from The Twinery.

And for this tag, I used some Unity Stamps. I just got the bees and love them! Finished it off with some twine from The Twinery. As you can tell, I love twine! This card is for the Ribbon Carousel challenge, non-traditional colors.

Thanks for peeking in today! Have a great week!

I will be at CHA from Sat-Wed, if you want updates from CHA join my twitter - the link is on the sidebar.

:) :) :) Jenny

HELP ME!

2012-01-23T13:17:00.000-08:00

I only need 4 more WEE MEMORIES FACEBOOK friends to get to 1000 followers! Can you help me? When we hit 1000 I will be doing ANOTHER giveaway on my Facebook page only.
And did you see the giveaway that is happening now HERE. I am giving away a HUGE prize pack!! Don't miss it!!
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I will be gone Saturday - Wednesday this coming weekend for CHA (Craft and Hobby Assoc. Show)!! I am so excited! If you are going be sure to be on the lookout for me! AND if you want to get my updates for CHA, join me on Twitter. The link is on my sidebar.
And welcome to all the newest friends (followers) here on my blog! Thank you for joining my blog! I will be back with some cards to share with you! :) Have a great day!

A HUGE GIVEAWAY!!

2012-01-19T14:20:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Hope you are enjoying your week! So close to the weekend! Cant wait!!
As you know I am going to CHA (Craft and Hobby Association show) next weekend (Jan 28 - Feb 1) and I will be Tweeting, Instagraming and Facebooking all through the show, so if you dont follow me be sure you do. See the links to all my accounts on the sidebar over there ------>You wont want to miss all the fun!!
AND I thought since I have some extra goodies to clear out of my Studio I would do a giveaway for all of you!!
I haven't had one on here for awhile. I DO have ALLOT of giveaways of my stamp designs on my Artist FACEBOOK page HERE, if you become a fan I would LOVE you for it!
SO here are the GIVEAWAY details:
I am going to be giving away:1 of my new stamp sets from The Crafts MeowA HUGE paper stack from Graphic 451 stamp set from Graphic 451 stamp from Unity Stamp Co.1 stamp set from Your Next Stamp1 PRINT of your choice from my Etsy ShopSome twine and misc. embellishmentsand some surprise goodies!!
A HUGE prize worth over $80!!
And all you have to do is:You MUST be a follower of my blog! I would LOVE to have you if you are not! You can just click on the follow button on the sidebar ---->
Share this giveaway on your blog. If you dont have a blog, share it on your networks (Facebook, Twitter and anywhere else)
Leave a comment letting me know you have done these 2 requirements, and leave a link to your blog, facebook or other network you posted on.
I will draw one winner before I leave for CHA next Friday the 27th of Jan. AND I will draw one additional RANDOM winner from the comments for a small prize pack. So you have TWO chances to win an awesome prize!You have until Thursday, Jan 26th at 11:59pm to enter!
Thanks for being wonderful friends and supporting me here! Thats why I love to do giveaways and the more followers on my blog the more giveaways I will be having! And when we reach 2000 followers, there will be one AMAZING giveaway!!
Have a great week everyone! :) :)

Challenge 82 Top Hoot, Hoolalas and Honorable Hoots

2012-01-16T20:35:00.000-08:00

It is time for the winner of our Mini Card Challenge sponsored by My Favorite Things

A big thank you to My Favorite Things for sponsoring us!

Angi B!!!

CONGRATS !

Please contact Jenny at weememoriesblogATgmailDOTcom (change AT and DOT) to claim your prize and please grab the logo above for your blog! You have 72 hours to claim your prize. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, EMAIL, CHALLENGE #, SPONSOR AND PRIZE YOU ARE CLAIMING! THANK YOU

Now the Hoolalas for this week are:

Thank you so much everyone for playing! Be sure to join us for this weeks Sketch Challenge!!! :) :) :)

Have a great week!!

Hero Arts Video Tutorial :)

2012-01-14T20:28:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Happy Saturday!
From my Hero Arts Catalog Hop post on Friday, I got allot of requests for a tutorial on the Hero Arts Large Flower Background stamp. So since I haven't done a video in a long time, I thought I would make one. But I couldn't find my FLIP camera so I had to use my phone. So the videos are a little jumpy but if you have any questions about any of the instructions I give, just send me an email :)
Here is the card I designed that I am using for this video tutorial:

This stamp is the Hero Arts Large Flower Background stamp. It's a GORGEOUS stamp!

Here is a close up of the flowers:

And a straight on view:

Sorry the video is narrow, I took it on my iPhone.

Here is PART 1 of my video tutorial:

And here is PART 2:

I am also entering this in the current HERO ARTS contest - LOVE & HUGS & KISSES. And the Moxie Fab World Challenge - The Cutting and Trimming challenge.
Hope you enjoyed this video tutorial, sorry I get nervous when doing a video LOL.
CHA is getting SO close!! I hope to meet some of you there! I will be there Sun-Tues. If you're not going and would love updates from CHA, follow me on Twitter and Facebook, I will be doing lots and lots of FB & Tweeting. The links are on my sidebar ---->
If you have any questions about this tutorial, shoot me an email.Have a wonderful weekend! :) :) :)

Challenge #83 - Our Final Challenge!

2012-01-14T05:00:00.000-08:00

Well, this is it. Our final challenge. BUT THIS WILL STILL BE MY PERSONAL BLOG to share my designs and illustrations and life!! My girls and I will miss it so much, but it's time to say goodbye to the challenge. I know I am going to miss it allot but I have to do whats best for my family and my life and right now this is it. Of course this is still my personal blog and I WILL BE DOING GIVEAWAYS OFTEN from my blog sponsors so be sure to stay tuned!
Thank you for the wonderful ride over these past 2 years. It has been great! I hope you enjoy our final challenge with 3 PRIZES and 3 SPONSORS!
:) So as I sit here writing this with tears, I hope you all understand sometimes you have to do whats best in life and it was time for me to do that. Thank you for being loyal players all these years! :)

This challenge will be sponsored by 3 sponsors and 3 prizes - A stamp set from There She Goes, A sampler pack of twine from The Twinery and a Sampler of ribbon from May Arts!
I really want our last challenge to be a great one so I hope ALL of you will play along!

Please visit our wonderful sponsor - There She Goes Clear Stamps!

Please run over and check out the best bakers twine around - The Twinery!

And run over and check out the BEST RIBBON ever - May Arts!

MY GIRLS ARE USING STAMPS COURTESY OF THERE SHE GOES CLEAR STAMPS!
Angie

January guest designer - Jen C

Laurel

Amy

Laurel B

Rachel

Stehanie

Vera

Giovana

Cathy

Anita

Well are you inspired after these fabulous projects?! Please go and leave them some love on their blogs, I am sure they would appreciate it!! :) :)

Thank you!

Be sure to check out our wonderful FLICKR GALLERY to see all of these creations and more, and also discuss paper-crafting, challenges, and more. :)

Your challenge: This weeks challenge theme is a SKETCH challenge!! Follow the sketch on this weeks badge!!

How to play: Just link your project below via Inlinkz, on SCS or any online gallery using WMC83 or to the new Wee Memories challenge gallery on Flickr, HERE.

My Design Team and I will select THREE grand prize winners, our "Top Hoots"!! And our Top 4 "Hoo-lala's" and our Honorable Hoots after the challenge ends. Our winners are announced every Monday following the new challenge!!

Rules:

Become a follower, we would love to have you but it is not required to play.
Please only submit creations that were made after the time this challenge was posted, links posted from old blog or gallery posts will be deleted.
Please use keyword WMC83 in your gallery posts.
Maximum number of times you can enter the challenge - unlimited.
Your welcome to combine your entries but we must limit the maximum number of combined entries to 4 and Wee Memories challenge badge or name mentioned with it linked back to Wee Memories Challenge blog. Please abide by these guidelines to be fair to everyone who plays, or your entry will be disqualified and will be deleted.

Deadline: The deadline for this challenge is January 20 th at 11:59 PST. The winners will be announced on Mondays to give more time for the design team to pick our winners.

AGAIN THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING THE WEE MEMORIES CHALLENGE SO AMAZING!! :) :) :)

Hero Arts 2012 Catalog Blog Hop - Day 5!

2012-01-13T05:50:00.000-08:00

Hello, stampy friends! Welcome to the last stop on the week-long Hero Arts 2012 catalog blog hop with the Hero Hostesses! I hope you have enjoyed hopping with us all week long. You should've arrived here via Kryssi. If not, or if you happen to discover any broken links, you can always find the master link list for the hop HERE. Also, please be sure to report any broken links to Tami by clicking HERE. Thanks!

And don't forget..! Hero Arts will be awarding prizes from randomly drawn comments! For a chance to win, simply comment on any of the stops along the hop on any day, including each day’s starting post at the Hero Club Blog. The more comments you leave, the better your chance of winning!
Now I want to share my cards with you today!My first card is with the SUPER SUPER CUTE Newspaper Owl! I LOVE OWLS and this little guy is SO cute! And for the background I used Newspaper Background all from Hero Arts!

Newspaper Owl

Newspaper Background

I stamped the newspaper background on Kraft cardstock using TH Distress ink. And for the owls I stamped them using different colors of Memento ink and finished them off with some Twinery twine in matching colors. I love the little owl peeking out hehe :)

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For my next card I used this beautiful background stamp from Hero Arts called Large Flower Background.

Large Flower Background

Don't you just LOVE this stamp? It's so beautiful and there are SO many beautiful uses for it! I colored this stamp using Copic Markers. Did you see it used this week by Kathy, Sharon, Sarah and Barb - just gorgeous use of this stamp!

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Thanks so much for joining me today, and thanks to Hero Arts for inviting me to play along! I'm your last stop on the hop today, be sure to head back to the Hero Arts blog and check out the new catalog and if you missed the hop this week, check out Day 1-4 on the blog.
BE SURE AND DONT FORGET: Hero Arts will be awarding prizes from randomly drawn comments! For a chance to win, simply comment on any of the stops along the hop on any day, including each day’s starting post at the Hero Club Blog. The more comments you leave, the better your chance of winning!
I am also entering my Large Flower card in the MOXIE FAB WORLD Cool Tools Week Challenge: Embossing and Debossing!
Have a great day! :) Hope you will visit again soon! :)Jenny Suchin

New Release FULL REVEAL Blog Hop for YNS!

2012-01-11T00:00:00.000-08:00

Welcome to our January New Release Blog Hop!!!

HOOT HOOT!!!

Blog Hop Starts: Wednesday, January 11th

Blog Hop Ends: Monday, January 16th at midnight

Today is the official release day of our brand spankin' new stamp designs by me, Jenny Suchin Designs, for Your Next Stamp!!! I hope these stamps become YOUR next stamp! hehe :) YIPPEE!!! I am SO excited to bring these to you!! :) :)

I have designed these 4 adorable sets for YNS!

AND I have another card to share with you today!!

Using the super cute Giraffe from the new sets!

Isnt she a cutie? Notice the little heart on her bum? :)

To adhere the ribbon and Giraffe I also used some Glue Dots. I colored the Giraffe and hearts with Copic Markers.

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The YNS Design Team and YNS guests have put together an amazing hop for you filled with inspiration and adorable designs!!!

I'm your first stop on the hop so its time for you to head over to PEGGY'S Blog HERE and see what she has cooked up for us!! :) :) I cant wait to see all the wonderful creations today! And I want to say A BIG HUGE THANKS TO ALL MY YNS DT SISTERS FOR MAKING THIS WEEK VERY SPECIAL!! They are so talented!! xoxo!

Here is the entire hop list just in case you get lost along the way...

Jenny S. - http://suchins.blogspot.com

Peggy- http://cardcrazy.wordpress.com

Kerri - http://cardsbykerri.blogspot.com

Maylee - http://mayleescreativecorner.blogspot.com {YNS Guest}

Jen R. - http://www.tennisgirl27.blogspot.com

Dana - http://gotjoycreations.blogspot.com

Carole - http://motherslittlehelper.typepad.com

Jenny P. - http://mylittlestampinspot.blogspot.com

Amy - http://inkaboutme.blogspot.com

Jen D. - http://iheart2stamp.com

Diana - http://doodledeedesigns.blogspot.com

Maureen - http://mycasestudies.blogspot.com

Veronica - http://lk2thestarz.blogspot.com {YNS Guest}

Karen - http://yournextstamp.blogspot.com

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Are you interested in winning one of my new stamp sets???

Of course you are! Be sure to leave a comment on all the hop blogs for your best chance to win! Karen will pick a random winner from one of the DT blogs and she will announce the winner on January 17th on the YNS Blog.

All the new stamps are now available over at the YNS Store and the best news is...

You get 15% off your entire order!!!

Online Code is YNSJAN2012

Sale ends January 17th

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy the hop!! :) :) :)

Lots of things to share with those who care :)

2012-01-10T03:00:00.000-08:00

Morning everyone! Hope you are having a wonderful start to your day! :)

We are sharing more sneak peeks of my new stamp designs for Your Next Stamp and today I would like to share with you a card I did using some of these images.

Isnt she adorable? Reaching for the clouds!

I used some Echo Park 6x6 Dots and Stripes to paper piece the balloon and clouds. I just love EP papers.

This screams happiness and cheerfulness! I love bright colors.

I hope you will run over to Your Next Stamp blog HERE and see more previews from my fellow DT members.

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I would also like to share this card I did for the Papercrafts call but didn't have time to submit it. I try to do cards then I get caught up with things and before you know it the call has ended. LOL! Oh well.

A sweet little birthday card using my stamp set "Whoo's Birthday" designed for The Craft's Meow! I used 4 colors of twine from The Twinery for this card. And copic markers to make the background and color the images.

Here's the whole set:

One of my favorites I have done for TCM, especially the owl whos upside down hehe.

Hope you love this set!! :)

See all the sets over at THE CRAFTS MEOW!

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Be sure to join me on Friday, I am joining up with HERO ARTS and my fellow HERO HOSTESSES for a Catalog Blog Hop! The party has already started so if you would like to check out all the beautiful designs by my sisters please visit the Hero Arts Blog HERE.
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MORE fun news, my stamp designs will be featured in IPPITY by UNITY! So excited! Be sure to check out the previews on the UNITY STAMP CO website HERE. Also you can see ALL my stamp designs for Unity on their website, be sure to look for the Unity Artista logo and check for my name. I have some Itty Bitty stamps, KOTM stamps and now Ippity stamps featured with Unity and the sweet Angela!
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AND thank you for stopping by! I appreciate all of you and your kind words! Heres to a GREAT 2012!!! :) :) :) :)
-xo Jenny

Challenge 81 Top Hoot, Hoolalas and Honorable Hoot

2012-01-09T19:44:00.000-08:00

It is time for the winner of our New Challenge winners sponsored by Graphic 45

A big thank you to Graphic 45 for sponsoring us!

Nina!

CONGRATS !

Now the Hoolalas for this week are:

LisaTammyAudreySara LDewi Jani

Thank you so much everyone for playing! Be sure to join us for this weeks challenge Mini Card Challenge!!! :) :) :)

Have a great week!!

More Sneak Peeks and a WINNER!

2012-01-09T12:36:00.000-08:00

HI EVERYONE!! Happy Monday, (not lol) im not a fan of Mondays.
Got more little sneak peeks to share with you today of my new stamp designs coming to Your Next Stamp this week!! :) :)

Isn't Elle Phant (lol) adorable? Perfect for baby cards like this:

Isn't this so cute?! This is by YNS DT member Amy! LOVE it!
and this super cute card by Maylee:

and one more super cute card by Jen D.:

I just LOVE all the sneak peeks by the YNS Design Team ladies! They really showcase my new stamp designs well!!

Be sure to head over to Your Next Stamp and watch for all the sneak peeks and full reveal this week!!
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And now for our WINNER!!
Here's our winner from my stamp giveaway last week!
CONGRATS TO JESS!!

Jess said...

Good to hear your back to yourself again, I hope your dd is feeling better soon too.
I'd love to see stamps for masculine projects.... Thanks
Jess

January 2, 2012 4:02 PM

Email me at weememoriesblogATgmailDOTcom to claim your prize.You have 72 hours to claim it or I will draw a new winner.
Thank you SO much to everyone for your support and wonderful comments on my givaway post. Your prayers and kind words meant allot to me. Really helps lift a girls spirit. I am feeling so much better and I am SO happy I didn't loose any of my readers! That makes me so very happy!! :) :) thank you!
I will be hosting another giveaway for Lifestyle Crafts - so stay tuned because you don't want to miss this one!!
Have a wonderful week!! :) :)

My New Stamp Designs sneak peek!!

2012-01-07T21:53:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! Hope you are having a great and enjoyable weekend!
Do you know about Your Next Stamp? A great stamp company ran by my dearest friend Karen. We got together and decided that I would start designing stamps with her.
Have you seen the previews on Your Next Stamps BLOG and FACEBOOK pages?If you have I hope you LOVE them! If not, please run over to FB or the Blog and check them out!
I also have a little preview to share with you today.

Isnt he the CUTEST? Just having fun in his little balloon! This fox steals my heart! And in this set coming to Your Next Stamp, my little fox has LOTS of friends!

And heres some previews from the YNS DT, Peggy and Wendy!!

This one is by Wendy - SO CUTE! Shes using the little Bear! :)

Peggys card she is using the little Koala! :) :) Love this!

And just to tease you, here are more previews:

If you haven't heard about my Stamp Illustration, please visit my Facebook Page HERE. Currently I am designing for Unity Stamp Co., The Craft's Meow and Your Next Stamp.

Have you seen my new OWL sets over at The Crafts Meow? I previewed it last weekend and I am drawing a winner tomorrow for a stamp set from TCM from the giveaway I had. ALSO over at Unity Stamp Co. I have new stamps in the December and January Kit of the Month. Are you a KOTM member over at Unity? Check it out if you have time, its a great monthly stamp kit club!!

Again, thank you for stopping in and peeking at my new stamps! I am SO excited to share them with all of you!

Have a great weekend!! :) :)

Challenge 82 Sponsored by My Favorite Things

2012-01-07T07:49:00.000-08:00

We have a mini challenge for you this week! This week we want to see your Minis. Nothing bigger than 4 X 4!

Our fabulous sponsor this week is My Favorite Things. Be sure to check them out. They have a wide assortment of stamps dies and accessories for all your crafting needs!
Thank you to My Favorite Things for sponsoring this challenge!

Angie

Jen C

Laurel

Amy

Laurel B

Rachel

Stehanie

Vera
Brandi

Giovana

Cathy

Anita

Well are you inspired after these fabulous projects?! Please go and leave them some love on their blogs, I am sure they would appreciate it!! :) :)

Thank you!

Be sure to check out our wonderful FLICKR GALLERY to see all of these creations and more, and also discuss paper-crafting, challenges, and more. :)

Your challenge: This weeks challenge theme is "Mini"

How to play: Just link your project below via Inlinkz, on SCS or any online gallery using WMC82 or to the new Wee Memories challenge gallery on Flickr, HERE.

My Design Team and I will select one grand prize winner, our "Top Hoot"!! And our Top 4 "Hoo-lala's" and our Honorable Hoots after the challenge ends. Our winners are announced every Monday following the new challenge!!

Rules:

Become a follower, we would love to have you but it is not required to play.
Please only submit creations that were made after the time this challenge was posted, links posted from old blog or gallery posts will be deleted.
Please use keyword WMC81 in your gallery posts.
Maximum number of times you can enter the challenge - unlimited.
Your welcome to combine your entries but we must limit the maximum number of combined entries to 4 and Wee Memories challenge badge or name mentioned with it linked back to Wee Memories Challenge blog. Please abide by these guidelines to be fair to everyone who plays, or your entry will be disqualified and will be deleted.

Deadline: The deadline for this challenge is January 13 th at 11:59 PST. The winners will be announced on Mondays to give more time for the design team to pick our winners.

Clarifying!! :)

2012-01-05T13:21:00.000-08:00

This blog will still be my personal blog! Please keep following me if you would like to see my creations and stamps!! :) :) So many exciting things to come very soon!!!
And I will still continue to have sponsors on my blog and do LOTS of giveaways of my stamp designs and prizes from my sponsors!!
Im so looking forward to taking the next step into my future!Thank you for being so supportive!!
:) :) :) Jenny

A Hard Decision - Wee Memories Challenge

2012-01-04T14:30:00.000-08:00

Hi Everyone! Happy Wednesday! Hope you all are having a great week!

I have made a hard decision regarding the WEE MEMORIES CHALLENGE. Now that I am illustrating I am finding it so hard to keep up with the challenge each week. It's become more of a job than fun for me and it takes allot of time away from my family. After 2 GREAT years its time for it to come to an end.

This economy has made it really hard to get new sponsors and keep the regular sponsors as well. Everyone is doing budget cuts in these tough economic times. Plus the added cost of mailing prizes keeps going up and international postage costs are very expensive for me because I pay them out of my own money.

I just feel like the challenge has run its course after 2 years. I am having such a hard time keeping up especially because I work full time, have a family and illustrate now plus my design team commitments. I also can never submit to magazines cause I dont ever have time and I would really like to start doing that too. 2012 brings new goals for me and letting go of Wee Memories was the toughest ever!

January 28th will be our final challenge as we say goodbye. Please know this wasn't easy for me at all, but I must think of my health and my family. I prayed and thought about this long and hard and talked to some friends about it too and I just think it is whats best. I really need to focus on my health as well, with the Anemia and my back issues, I really want to get myself healthy again.I really really HOPE you all understand the need for my decision.

And I want to say a BIG, HUGE THANK YOU to my Design Team for their amazing creations and hard work each week. They are an AMAZING group of ladies!! :) :) And I love each of you!!

I WILL STILL BE DOING LOTS OF GIVEAWAYS from my sponsors and my stamps still so I hope you will continue to follow me and stick around for the AMAZING things coming SOON!

Thank you all for your support of Wee Memories and making it such a great challenge! My girls and I will miss it so much! But I am looking forward to a great future with my Blog!!

HUGS and LOVE to you all!!

Thank you for understanding and your support!

Happy Owlentines Day

2012-01-03T05:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone! :)
It's so nice to be posting again!!Today I want to share with you some projects using my favorite adhesive, Glue Dots!Our projects for December are to share some Valentines Day/Wedding projects. I choose some Valentines Day cards!

Aren't they cute? This stamp is from my new set HAPPY OWLENTINES DAY over at The Craft's Meow!
On my cards I used Glue Dots craft roll to adhere the owls and Glue Dots pop up roll for the balloon and envelope to give them added dimension. You can see all the adhesives Glue Dots carries HERE.
I hope you like these cards im sharing with you today. If you want complete instructions, visit the Glue Dots website and look under Crafts for my project!
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I would also like to share another card I did while I was working on my set of cards.

This is my FAVORITE of all the stamps in my new HAPPY OWLENTINES DAY set over at The Craft's Meow!

Thanks for visiting and I will be back soon with more projects to share!

Be sure to check the post 2 posts below this one for my giveaway.

Have a great week! :) :) :)

CHallenge 80 Top Hoot, Hoolalas and Honorable Hoots

2012-01-02T19:50:00.000-08:00

It is time for the winner of our Anything Goes winners sponsored by Unity

A big thank you to Unity for sponsoring us!

Ruza!!!

CONGRATS !

Now the Hoolalas for this week are:

Marion

Emily

Laurie

Chunuyan

BarbKelly BKarinVenusAmyRegina

Thank you so much everyone for playing! Be sure to join us for this weeks challenge 'New' Challenge!!! :) :) :)

Have a great week!!

News on the Home-front and a GIVEAWAY!

2012-01-02T05:00:00.000-08:00

HI EVERYONE!!
Its SO nice to be back!!
If you follow my Facebook, you will know that I have been having MAJOR blogger issues for 3 weeks. I am FINALLY back in and able to make a post! I am SO glad to be back. I have missed doing my posts and visiting blogs and commenting!!
During this time I also have been having some health issues along with my daughter. I was extremely tired for over a month now. I finally went to the doctor and found out I am extremely anemic. Now that I am on Iron supplements I am feeling like myself again. All I was doing was sleeping and eating and thats about it. I wasn't living at all. I am so glad to finally get an answer and be able to get back to LIFE! Then this past week my daughter came down with a terrible cough. I took her to the Urgent care to find out whats going on, the DR said she has Croup. She is now on two inhalers and is doing MUCH better. So with that said I am looking forward to a much better 2012!!!

Isn't it CUTE! Just in time for Valentines day! What do you think?

If you haven't seen, I have had new sets release over at The Craft's Meow!! I hope you love them and will check them out!! We will be releasing another batch of new stamps in February!!! You are going to LOVE them!! So head over to TCM HERE and check them out. Shes also having an inventory clearance sale on non TCM stamps and other goodies. Check it out!
I can't wait to get some posts ready and share what I have been working on!! Be on the lookout!!
----> Plus I haven't had a giveaway for awhile and thought, what a better time than NOW to have one to ring in the New Year!!! Leave a comment and let me know what you would like to see for NEW stamps in 2012 and I will draw one winner on Friday for a SURPRISE PRIZE PACKAGE that will include some great stamps!!! ;)
----> PS: If you help me reach 1000 Wee Memories Facebook Fans I will be doing another HUGE giveaway!!! Spread the word!! Thank you!
Thank you for stopping by!! I can't WAIT to get back in the swing of things and I am hoping and praying for a great 2012!!! I hope you all had a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!! Many blessings to you and yours for a great 2012!!!

Challenge 81 - Sponsored by Graphic 45!

2012-01-01T14:00:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone!! Happy New Year from all of us!! So sorry this is late again. Jenny is still having blogger issues so she asked me to post for her.
Are you ready for a new and exciting challenge? This week it is a 'New' challenge. We want to see your creations with 'new' as the theme. It could be using some new product (did you get some for Christmas?), a new technique for you or just a new theme (baby, house, job, New Years...).

Thank you to Graphic 45 for sponsoring this challenge! Please visit G45 HERE. :)

The DT really had fun with 'New' this week.

First off, we have our special Guest for this month Jen Carter!

I am a stay-at-home mom and have two children. We live in a small rural town in Kansas where my husband is the Lead Pastor at our church. I have been paper crafting since Junior High School and have loved every minute of it! I scrapbook from time to time but most of my projects revolve around card making. I am a Design Team member for Lil’ Inker Designs and have served the last year as a design team member for The Twinery as well. I am very excited to be a guest designer for Wee Memories this month and can’t wait to play!

Welcome Jen, so glad you could join us!

(did you notice this card featured on the Paper Crafts blog? yay Vera!)

Anita

And for our Altered Art project this week, Amy has made a beautiful frame for us.

Amy

Well are you inspired after these fabulous projects?! Please go and leave them some love on their blogs, I am sure they would appreciate it!! :) :)

Thank you!

Be sure to check out our wonderful FLICKR GALLERY to see all of these creations and more, and also discuss paper-crafting, challenges, and more. :)

Your challenge: This weeks challenge theme is "New"

How to play: Just link your project below via Inlinkz, on SCS or any online gallery using WMC81 or to the new Wee Memories challenge gallery on Flickr, HERE.

Our grand prize TOP HOOT will receive a Stamp Set from Graphic 45!!

Rules:

Become a follower, we would love to have you but it is not required to play.
Please only submit creations that were made after the time this challenge was posted, links posted from old blog or gallery posts will be deleted.
Please use keyword WMC81 in your gallery posts.
Maximum number of times you can enter the challenge - unlimited.
Your welcome to combine your entries but we must limit the maximum number of combined entries to 4 and Wee Memories challenge badge or name mentioned with it linked back to Wee Memories Challenge blog. Please abide by these guidelines to be fair to everyone who plays, or your entry will be disqualified and will be deleted.

Deadline: The deadline for this challenge is January 6th at 11:59 PST. The winners will be announced on Mondays to give more time for the design team to pick our winners.

Challenge 79 Top Hoot, Hoolalas and Honorable Hoots

2011-12-19T20:17:00.000-08:00

It is time for the winner of our Holiday Challenge winners sponsored by Sister Stamps

A big thank you to Sister Stamps for sponsoring us!

Lisa!!!

CONGRATS !

Now the Hoolalas for this week are:

Yainea

Chunyuan

Kali

Shanna

AlisonRuzaStempelgedonsMarionKarinChariDanielleKellyLisa

Thank you so much everyone for playing! Be sure to join us for this weeks challenge Anything Goes!!! :) :) :)

Have a great week!!

Challenge 80 - Sponsored by Unity

2011-12-19T07:11:00.000-08:00

Hi everyone, so sorry this is late again. Jenny is still having blogger issues so she asked me to post for her. At least this week is a 2 week challenge, so you will have lots of time to play along! It is another easy challenge for you during this busy time.

Happy Saturday! Welcome to this week's Scrappy Saturday Challenge!

Are you ready for a new and exciting challenge? This week it is an Anything Goes challenge! How easy is that! We are sponsored this week by Unity!

The DT really have an assortment of projects for you this week! Our challenges are not just for cards only and this week other projects are really showcased!

Amy

Angie

Well are you inspired after these fabulous projects?! Please go and leave them some love on their blogs, I am sure they would appreciate it!! :) :)

Thank you!

Be sure to check out our wonderful FLICKR GALLERY to see all of these creations and more, and also discuss paper-crafting, challenges, and more. :)

Your challenge: This weeks challenge theme is Anything Goes

How to play: Just link your project below via Inlinkz, on SCS or any online gallery using WMC80 or to the new Wee Memories challenge gallery on Flickr, HERE.

Rules:

Become a follower, we would love to have you but it is not required to play.
Please only submit creations that were made after the time this challenge was posted, links posted from old blog or gallery posts will be deleted.
Please use keyword WMC80 in your gallery posts.
Maximum number of times you can enter the challenge - unlimited.
Your welcome to combine your entries but we must limit the maximum number of combined entries to 4 and Wee Memories challenge badge or name mentioned with it linked back to Wee Memories Challenge blog. Please abide by these guidelines to be fair to everyone who plays, or your entry will be disqualified and will be deleted.

Deadline: The deadline for this challenge is December 30th at 11:59 PST. The winners will be announced on Mondays to give more time for the design team to pick our winners.

Challenge 78 Top Hoot, Hoolalas, and Honorable Hoot

2011-12-12T09:00:00.000-08:00

It is time for the winner of our Free For All Challenge winners sponsored by Artful Delight

A big thank you to Artful Delight for sponsoring us!

Marion

CONGRATS !

Now the Hoolalas for this week are:

Thank you so much everyone for playing! Be sure to join us for this weeks challenge Holiday!!! :) :) :)

Have a great week!!

Challenge 79 Sponsored by Sister Stamps

2011-12-10T15:42:00.000-08:00

Sorry this is late. Jenny is having blogger trouble and I have been busy with a basketball tournament and cleaning my house as I am having my staff party here tonight.

Happy Saturday! Welcome to this week's Scrappy Saturday Challenge!

Are you ready for a new and exciting challenge? This week it is a Holiday Challenge! How easy is that!

And we are welcoming our new sponsor Sister Stamps.

First up is an Altered Art projects. Our challenge is not specifically for cards, we love to see other projects as well.

Vera

Amy

Angie

Laurel S

Laurel B

Rachel

Stephanie

Cathy

Giovanna

Well are you inspired after these fabulous projects?! Please go and leave them some love on their blogs, I am sure they would appreciate it!! :) :)

Thank you!

Be sure to check out our wonderful FLICKR GALLERY to see all of these creations and more, and also discuss paper-crafting, challenges, and more. :)

Your challenge: This weeks challenge theme is Holiday

How to play: Just link your project below via Inlinkz, on SCS or any online gallery using WMC79 or to the new Wee Memories challenge gallery on Flickr, HERE.

Rules:

Become a follower, we would love to have you but it is not required to play.
Please only submit creations that were made after the time this challenge was posted, links posted from old blog or gallery posts will be deleted.
Please use keyword WMC77 in your gallery posts.
Maximum number of times you can enter the challenge - unlimited.
Your welcome to combine your entries but we must limit the maximum number of combined entries to 4 and Wee Memories challenge badge or name mentioned with it linked back to Wee Memories Challenge blog. Please abide by these guidelines to be fair to everyone who plays, or your entry will be disqualified and will be deleted.

Deadline: The deadline for this challenge is December 16th at 11:59 PST. The winners will be announced on Mondays to give more time for the design team to pick our winners.

Challenge 77 Top Hoot, Hoolalas and Honorable Hoots

2011-12-05T09:00:00.000-08:00

It is time for the winner of our Woodland Animals challenge winners sponsored by The Craft's Meow

A big thank you to The Craft's Meow for sponsoring us!

Lea

CONGRATS !

Now the Hoolalas for this week are:

Thank you so much everyone for playing! Be sure to join us for this weeks challenge Free For All!!! :) :) :)

Have a great week!!