Quick post as our internet is not staying connected and we don't get a technician until Sunday

This week at Paper Cutz Challenge the challenge was to make something with a bow and three buttons. Post your name and a link to your creation in Mr Linky by midnight EST, Thursday, March 25th. If you're chosen as the winner by random.org, your name will be placed in the drawing for the March grand prize!+

As usual, my card used the sketch from Midnight Madness! This will be for someone for Easter- not sure yet who that is LOL-
I used paper from SEI and the Halen in Basket image at SMC






Don't forget about the Copic Giveaway and our Design Team Call.

        

This week at Paper Cutz Challenge it's anything goes! Make a card, LO or craft project using any theme or colors you'd like. Post your name and a link to your creation in Mr Linky by midnight EST, Thursday, March 18th. If you're chosen as the winner by random.org, your name will be placed in the drawing for the March grand prize! Remember...anything goes! So make sure to stop by there and enter your challenge.

As usual, my card used the sketch from Midnight Madness! I made this card for my brother-in-law. I asked Jeri what I should do and she suggested a new image of Toga with a cane, so I drew one up. This image will be in the store next week.




The inside of the card:





Now in the store today and at half price for a week: (Thanks for the great request Jeri!)



Don't forget about the Copic Giveaway and our Design Team Call.
I hope everyone is having a great weekend!

        

I have been having some crazy computer issues, so please forgive me if you have sent an email and I have not responded. I still have yet to get this weeks projects complete, but I think I finally got rid of the little pop-up virus I had-cross your fingers for me.


The theme for the Paper Cutz Challenge this week was (is) St. Patrick's Day and I usually try to incorporate the MMSC with the PCC and I had this great idea to use shamrocks around the outside for the sketch. I envisioned this really nice card in my head and then went to look at the DT cards on Midnight Madness and I saw that Priscilla already did one just exactly the way I pictured in my head-so I started over (again). I had such trouble coloring my little Miki the first day, and the second day, but then yesterday, I tried again and love how he came out. I guess practice does make things better. I am also adding this to a new site I found called One Stop Craft Challenge The theme this week is "Sew Simple".

I added some flower soft on the cloud and some stickles on the rainbows and used Six layers of card stock and two DP's.Added a couple shamrocks and some sewing around the edges. I changed the direction of the sketch and flipped the oval a little (hopefully you can still see the sketch in the card).

You can get this image in the SMC store

Don't forget about our Copic Drawing going on right now: purchase $10 worth of digital stamps in our store and you will be entered. Each additional $5 you spend will get you an additional entry. The more entries we get, the more Copics we will add. The amount right now is standing at 16 markers. Tell all of your friends so the count can go up.


This weeks challenge at the challenge blog  is "Lets Hear It For The Boys!!" That's right...a male themed project!! They so often get overlooked, so lets show them some love. It can be for a child or adult! Doesn't have to be a card, think outside of the box!!Be sure to check out Sew Many Cards for some fabulous images that you could use in your challenge this week!!


Last but not least, the winner for commenting here during the blog hop is: Dee
Make sure to claim your free image and congratulations to the other winners:


I hope everyone has a great week and please forgive me if I forgot to mention anything-it's been hectic on this end, so just shoot me an email -also, if you have wrote and I have not answered, please shoot another email. I lost a few things with the virus I was fighting off

        

It's that time again!!!

Design Team call for Sew Many Cards!

We would love to have you as part of the Sew Many Cards family!

Our new team will begin on April 19th and end on July 15th!

If you love to be creative and have fun at the same time then please email me for all the details at

Jeri@SewManyChallenges.com

Please put ~SMC DT CALL~ in the subject line.

You do NOT have to have prior Design Team experience to apply!!

We'll close this call on March 25th.

        

We have a lot going on right now- the blog hop, which starts at Sew Many Challenges, our Copic giveaway and also the March bonus Pack-  Be entered for the Copic giveaway and get the March Bonus Pack free at the same time- what a great deal!



The bonus pack featured this month is all about Sewing! First, is Eris on some thread with a needle and then there is Cammi on thread and also a sewing machine. On top of all of those, are a bunch of sentiments in two different types of fonts- ALL are FREE with any purchase over $10, but remember, they will disappear at the end of the month to make room for another pack. You cannot purchase these individually- To get this bonus pack, just add it to your cart with an additional $10 worth of items, use coupon code MARCHBONUS and apply so your total is lowered by $10- make sure it is applied prior to checking out--
You can click on any of the images to get to the store-

Here are the previews of the bonus pack:

        

Can you believe March is about here already???? It's been a crazy month and things have been a little more chaotic than I like, but here's to a new month and some new releases.
First, if you are looking for the blog hop start, it start at the Sew Many Challenges blog-

I got some new Copics this last week - 144 to be exact with a bunch more showing up tomorrow. I am horrible at them, but hope with a little practice, I will learn to use them as they should be used! Sew, my question to you is:

Do you want to win some Copic Markers?????
Sew Many Cards is giving you a chance to win from now and through the month of March!

• Any purchase in the Sew Many Cards shop of $10 will get you one entry
• Every $5 more you spend will get you another entry. No limit on the number of entries you get--
• Put the following pic with a link back here -

We will start of with a 12 color set of your choice and we will add more Copics as we get more entries. If you don't want the set, we can substitute the colors for ones you want in the same price range. MSRP for a 12 color set is $77.88 and all you have to do is spend $10 to have a chance at winning them!  Remember, by the contest end date, there will be more Copics added-the more entries, the more Copics, so tell all of your friends.


Contest ends April 1 and we will announce the winner April 15-Tax Day!

Now on to the blog hop!

I made my card using the Midnight Madness sketch and added a flower soft globe around it. I thought it would go well with the jar LOL. I also added some flower soft on the inside for some more texture and take away from the white. Flowers were added along the side and I sewed around the edges with pink thread. This image would be great for Easter or any time you have a sweet tooth

Don't forget to grab a badge here too:

                                                                 

 

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Your Next hop is with Cheri G -
I'm sure her project is spectacular-

Be sure to get your entry for the Copic Markers

        

Just a small warning- this post will be somewhat long....

First, tomorrow is my birthday, but that means you get to SAVE SAVE SAVE! Use the coupon code BIRTHDAY2010 and get 50% off - Cannot be combined with any other coupons.  We have some large stamp packs that are on sale for $10 -that means you can get them for $5, but the coupon is only good today AND tomorrow! Check out the STORE now -

In honor of my birthday, I made myself a card- I used the sketch at Midnight Madness- Oh and did I mention: SMC is the bonus sponsor for this weeks challenge over there?!?!! Make sure to stop by and say HI - There are lots of goodies to win!!!










I used Toga Birthday, which is available in a couple of the sale packs- Please bare with the coloring, it's my first time using copic markers and I am NO good at them-hopefully with a little practice, I will catch on.

And here is another card-This one is for the Paper Cutz Challenge. This week was to make a get well card. Be sure to check out the rest of the DT cards and join in the challenge over there. I also used the sketch for Sew Many Challenges-






This weeks Sew Special Spotlight is  Cabios Corner! 
Cabiohas done an amazing job with her projects and she also has a fewtutorials thrown in the mix. I just purchased a huge bunch of copicsand Cabio's recent tutorial on coloring hair, really helped me a lot!Thanks for a great blog Cabio!


I had a very hard timefinding just one this week, so if you did not get spotlighted, keepjoining our challenges and you could be next!


Do you want to be spotlighted? Just join one of our challenges at SewManyChallenges.com and you could be chosen!

Now, for the last of this long post: Next week, Sew Many Cards is having a new Release blog hop and at that time, we will be announcing a fun new prize that everyone will want to be a part of- Sew make sure to come back and join us for the great news!

        

Can you believe it--- Here, in Charleston, SC, we are expecting SNOW- and not just a dusting, but actual inches. I miss a day of snow here and there, but am very grateful we don't get it like the rest of the East has.

Don't forget, all of the 2009 images are on sale in bundles of 30 for only $10



On to this week's challenge at Paper Cutz Challenge. This weeks challenge is to make a teen birthday card. I used Hershey with Girl and added the bag that comes with the accessory pack, and wanted to try something new and not color it. I actually like the effect and may do it more. It's a pretty simple card-paper, bows, gems, punch and of course sewing.

Make sure to stop by Paper Cutz and check out the rest of the design teams designs.








This months free with purchase of $10 or more-

Sew Many Cards has a special bundle every month that is free with a purchase of $10 or more- 

        

As some of you know, my son has just recently been diagnosed with a speech disorder. In short-terms his brain cannot get his mouth to do what it says, so words do not come out like they do with us. It's been very difficult on me and also the family and he he is getting where he knows he cannot talk, no matter what he tries, so it's starting to take a toll on him now too. There are also other things that come with the disorder, but most of the other things are easier to manage. Anyway, because of this, he has therapy with someone who gets to play with him (what a wonderful job, huh) to help him with his social skills (also another symptom) and she also helps us learn to communicate with him-- and another that comes to help him learn to speak-at this point it is through sign-language. All of this has just started in the last couple weeks and has messed up my entire schedule.

 I don't normally discuss private family things on my blogs but it is because of all of these things, I will not be able to post new images on Tuesdays, but will be changing it to Wednesdays. I will still have the new images on sale for the week they are released and will do my very best to upload one every week, but in case I miss one or two, I hope you will understand. I have met some fantastic and caring people in this blog world and I don't want to let you down, but for obvious reasons, I have some new things to deal with at home.

Sew (I can't help it) on to this weeks new image.... I am NOT a frog person, but there are a lot of people out there that love frogs and I get several requests for them-For those frog lovers, Meet Freddy and Frieda- This set includes several sentiments that are "Frog" related. You can see them detailed below-All of this for $5 and this week they are on sale for $2.50 for all- Check out the other specials too: Tight now we have 8 packs that have 30 images in them for only $10 each. That comes to less than .35 cents per image. --- I made this card for the new Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge and will also be adding it to the Creative Belli Blog that I just found. Oh and I also found a new blog called Flutter By Wednesdays that I am entering this in- This card speaks love, doesn't it LOL...Well, if anything I love pink and green together I used a Martha Punch on the bottom and layered it and added a few butterfly Dazzles and added some stickles, but it's hard to see all that in the pictures. And last (of course) I sewed along the edges with some bright pink thread.

        

The winner I chose among the comments on the blog hop post is......

Gini Cagle

Congratulations Gini- You won the Zee Carousel stamp!!!!! I can't wait to see what you do with it!

Every week I will be on the search for some great blogs and they will be announced on here and the newsletter-






If you subscribe to the Sew Many Cards Newsletter, then you already have seen that we have started a new thing where we will be looking for fantastic blogs that we love. All you have to do is join one of our challenges so we can find you and you could be the next Sew Special Spotlight and get a badge just like this one. During my travels, I found Peggy R and her blog Colorful Designs Can you say "WOW!" Her cards are wonderful, bright, detailed, the whole shabang! Make sure to stop by and say "HI" - You will not be disappointed. Thanks for sharing your creativity with us Peggy- we appreciate it!

        

ERROR IN NEWSLETTER -
I apologize sincerely to Jeanette. I put the wrong name on her Toga card
Make sure to stop by her blog and give her a shoulder

For this week's challenge make a card, LO or craft project for Valentine's day using the colors blue, green, black & white only. Talk about hard for a Valentines card Leave your name and a link to your creation in Mr Linky  at Paper Cutz Challenge by midnight EST, Thursday, February 11th. If randon.org picks you as the winner, your name will be entered in the February grand prize drawing. We can't wait to see what you do with this color combination!

        

This months free with purchase of $10 or more-

Sew Many Cards has a special bundle every month that is free with a purchase of $10 or more- 

        

We've encountered a small problem with our links in the full DT blog hop list...we're working to get them fixed. Please check back later if you find you're having any problems as you're hopping.

Thanks!

Welcome to the Sew ManyCards New Release Blog Hop!! We’re so glad you could join us this week fora chance to see all the new releases and a chance at winning some great prizes!! We’d like to say hello and welcome to all our new followers, welcome back to all our supporters and to thank all of you for a wonderful first month at our new challenge blog! 

Remember, once we reach 200 followers, Jeri will be putting a coupon code on the Challenge blog for 45% off! So, make sure to tell all your friends! Check out our specials that are in the store now.

We are having a sale on all of the new releases in January and February: $25 for more than 80 images and sentiments- And for those that want the 2009 releases, they will be on sale for $35-there are over 250 images in that pack.  This will not last, so make sure to get your sets now!

Don't forget to grab a badge here too:

 

 

           Sign up for the SMC newsletter so you get first hand views of new releases, Freebie Friday and coupons - You may even get featured in the newsletter, so keep your eye out!

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 Our sponsors this month is  Wags N’ Whiskers and  Simon Says Stamp!

To win a $25 Gift Certificate to the Wags N’ Whiskers Store anda new release stamp from Wags N’Whiskers you MUST comment on EACH design team members blog. We know we have a large team, but it’ll be well worth the hop to see all of our teams great projects and our sponsors awesome prizes!

Would you like to win a $10 Gift Certificate to

Simon Says Stamp and the entire line of Sew Many Cards new releases…then we have a special challenge this week for you during our blog hop…You’ll find all the details on the last stop of our hop!

 Please stop by each of the Sew Many Cards design team members blogs and leave a friendly comment, and be sure to leave us an email or link to your blog when you finish the hop at our challenge blog!! There will be a lucky winner from each blog to receive the showcased image, so be sure to visit and comment on EACH blog!

This is your first stop--- Your next stop in the hop will be Jessica

Here is my sneak peak of Zee Carousel:

 If you lose your way the list for the order is here and at Sew Many Challenges.

Angela - Owner

Jessica K

Ceal

Nicole

Kim G

Mary D

Cheri G

Suzanne K

Melissa

Gwen H

Maria L

Deanette W

Jeri - SMC DT Coordinator

Gloria M

Jeanette C

Audrey E

Kym W

Amber H

Kym B

Mary S

Sarabeth - SMC LO Coordinator

Tink

Sherry L

Dawnn S

Michele L

Sarah

Patricia ST. M

Tammy M

Sew Many Challenges Blog

 

        

This weeks Sew New Tuesday Image is Miki the Cupid   This image is available in the store for 50% until next Tuesday  when the new Sew New Tuesday image is released.

So far, we have given away three extra digital stamps and we may give out more, but you have to hurry because they are only up for a limited time and then you will have to get them in the store. Sew, make sure you are following us to be sure to get your image before it disappears. Also, I will be giving a discount code for 45% off once we get to 200 followers!

        

Have you been to the new Challenge site? We are blown away at the amount of followers we have already. So far, we have given away two extra digital stamps and we may give out more, but you have to hurry because they are only up for a limited time and then you will have to get them in the store. Sew, make sure you are following us to be sure to get your image before it disappears. Also, I will be giving a discount code for 45% off once we get to 200 followers!
Come on by: www.SewManyChallenges.com


This week at Paper Cutz Challenge, the theme is to make a project with a farm animal. I made my card using Duncan-He qualifies for a farm animal right? Also, be sure to stop by Split Coast Stampers and join in the sketch challenge this week- Okay, every week, but this week I am the guest hostess and have a great sketch to use.

And last but CERTAINLY not least, I used the sketch at Midnight Madness. And I LOVE that they are doing sneak peaks for the next week. I was planning on getting my card done early for them this week because I had the sketch, but then got the "call" from Split Coast Stampers asking if I would be the guest hostess for the week and had to rearrange- I loved this sketch and knewthe perfect things to use on it.

The image I used was Duncan in the Tub- The flowers and gems are from HOTP and I don't know the paper- it was in my stash and I didn't note on it where it came from- the felt is from Reflections- I found this sticker in my stash too, and thought it was perfect: How cute is this face?