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Pat

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Miranda

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Kelli

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Karen

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Lynn

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Marjo

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Sara

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Kristy

Monday, December 19, 2011

"Challenge #15 Something Old / Something New"

Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to Challenge #15 "Something Old / Something New"! Since this is our last challenge for 2011, we decided to make it an easy one! You are probably wondering how "Something Old / Something New" could be easy... Well it is ALL in how you interpret it! We were thinking that you could make it what you wanted or needed, such as wedding, anniversary projects, or as a reflection on the passing year and a new outlook for the coming year, or maybe dig out those old tools, notes on older techniques and give them a try with something new! Just a quick reminder, you are only limited by your imagination! You can use any image for this challenge! We would LOVE to see all types of creations, whether it is a Card, Scrapbook Page, Fat Page, Tag, ATC (Artist Trading Card), Box, Bag, 3D ~ Altered Art, or Other Crafting Projects that has some form of paper on it!

All of our Design Team's inspiration is listed above, along with Inlinkz. This challenge will run until Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 6pm CST. Please be sure to check the challenge tab for ALL the guidelines that we have set for our challenges! And for an added bonus, we will be looking for some works of art to be Spotlighted!

Our Sponsor for this challenge is Floppy Latte Designs  Jessica the owner/artist of Floppy Latte Designs has so graciously offered a $10.00 Gift Certificate for her online store! Isn't that an awesome prize for one lucky person? She also allowed our Design Team to have several images and digi papers to create with! We hope that you like our creations! 



 Now here is a some information about Jessica and Floppy Latte Designs!

What a name, Floppy Latte:  There is a story there!  Anywho, My name is Jess and I have been drawing and crafting as long as I could hold a pencil and scissors!  I love to draw and sketch and decided to share my creative talents with you all.  The story behind the name stems from a fantastic Christmas Gift I got from my Significant Other, Mark.  An espresso/capp machine.  Since he is not a true coffee house guy, he just called all the coffees Floppy Lattes, and now you know.....the rest of the story (courtesy of the great Paul Harvey!)  I do hope you enjoy my images and designs!

Our MONTHLY sponsor is Crop Stop! We are so excited to share with you the wonderful prize that Crop Stop has offered to ONE lucky winner, a $30.00 gift certificate to their online store! How cool is that? In order to be eligible for this wonderful prize, you must enter BOTH December Challenges to win! (We wanted to extend a HUGE "THANK YOU" to Haylie-Jo owner of Crop Stop!)

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Now for some information about our MONTHLY sponsor Crop Stop!

If you’re passionate about scrapbooking your memories or making cards, CropStop is your one-stop solution. We offer an extensive selection of dies, embossing folders, stamps and punches by all the popular manufacturers and the CropStop die and embossing folder storage solutions Pocketz Pages™ to keep everything organized.  Our selection of embellishments and adhesives is continually expanding and we are excited to be the home of the colorful Ribbon Candy™. 
We know you need to stretch your crafting dollars, so visit our newest store addition – the Bargain Basement! There’s always something on sale at CropStop.
In need of inspiration? Visit the CropStop Gallery, Blog or Message Board and participate in a competition or class. If you have questions concerning your machine, we have a team of experts waiting to help you. And be sure to check out YouTube for the latest CropStop videos. 
CropStop ships internationally as well as domestic. Our personalized customer service is only one of our strengths. Come visit us at www.CropStop.com and see what’s new in the world of scrapbooking.

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions feel free to leave us a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!
Have a Happy And Safe Holiday Season From the whole Paper Creations Ink Family!

Sunday, December 18, 2011

"Winners For Challenge #14"

Good Evening Everyone! Wow, we had such wonderful participation for our fourteenth challenge! "THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US AND SHARING YOUR TALENTS!" 79 total entries and all of them were beautiful and very creative, such a hard decision for the "Spotlighted Creations"! The Winner of The Three Beautiful Digi's by Miranda van den Bosch was easy, Mr. Random did that job for us! So without further a due, I will start announcing the winners!

Our winner for the Three Beautiful Digi's my Miranda van den Bosch is...

# 9 Ike

 

You can visit Ike's blog anytime at http://suzy-ikesworld.blogspot.com/!

Ike, Please email me at artsbysara@gmail.com to get your beautiful Digi Images and your blinkie to add to your beautiful blog!


Now for the Spotlighted Creations...

# 3 Lori


You can visit Lori's blog anytime at http://justsoducky.blogspot.com/!


# 10 Romina

 

You can visit Romina's blog anytime at 
http://rominascreativecrafts.blogspot.com/!


# 53 Lalkygirl


You can visit Lalkygirl's blog anytime at http://lalkygirl-my-creative-place.blogspot.com/!


We have decided to make a change to our Guest Design Team Position Schedule! Please watch the Site/Blog for the upcoming details!

Ladies, Please email me for your Spotlighted Badge at artsbysara@gmail.com.

Thank you again to everyone who joined us for challenge #14! 
Have a wonderfully creative day!
Happy Creating!
Sara

Monday, December 5, 2011

"Challenge #14 Bling It Up"

Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to Challenge #14 "Bling It Up"! Wow... It is the beginning of December already, where did the time go? Do you have all of cards, creative holiday projects, decorating, and baking done? Everyone at Paper Creations Ink is still working hard at all of these stressful wonderful tasks! LOL! We hope this challenge will help you out with some of those last minute projects that you need to get finished! Just a quick reminder, you are only limited by your imagination! You can use any image for this challenge! We would LOVE to see all types of creations, whether it is a Card, Scrapbook Page, Fat Page, Tag, ATC (Artist Trading Card), Box, Bag, 3D ~ Altered Art, or Other Crafting Projects that has some form of paper on it!

All of our Design Team's inspiration is listed above, along with Inlinkz. This challenge will run until Sunday, December 18, 2011 at 6pm CST. Please be sure to check the challenge tab for ALL the guidelines that we have set for our challenges! And for an added bonus, we will be looking for some creative talent to add as our Guest Design Team and works of art to be Spotlighted! So be ready, just in case you are picked!

Our Sponsor for this challenge is our very own MIRANDA VAN DEN BOSCH. Miranda has drawn 3 wonderful fairy images for Paper Creations Ink! These beautiful images that the Design Team has created with are going to be given away as our prize for this challenge. Please see the slide show above for these amazing images.
 Isn't that an awesome prize for one lucky person? We hope that you like our creations!


 Now here is a some information about Miranda!


My name is Miranda van den Bosch and I’m 46 years old. I have been drawing nearly all my life. At the age of 4 I was making drawings on a blackboard, but because my parents thought it was a pity that I had to erase all my drawings they got me paper and colour pencils. And I’ve never stopped drawing since. When I was little I used to draw portraits and Disney characters. After that I started to draw fairies and dragons. In time, I joined an art group and learned to draw nudes and still life portraits too. When I was in my 30ties I became interested in birds and started to draw them as well. And last year I published my first children’s book. It’s an ABC of birds and 26 birds tell you about birdlife in general. A good friend of mine wrote the text. About 2 years ago, I discovered card making and how I could use stamps with my colouring technique and style. I really enjoy colouring up all the cute images with watercolour or with regular colour pencils. Every week I discover new brands of stamps and I just decided to draw some digi stamps to see if other people liked them. A new world of being creative is opening up for me.

Our MONTHLY sponsor is Crop Stop! We are so excited to share with you the wonderful prize that Crop Stop has offered to ONE lucky winner, a $30.00 gift certificate to their online store! How cool is that? In order to be eligible for this wonderful prize, you must enter BOTH December Challenges to win! (We wanted to extend a HUGE "THANK YOU" to Haylie-Jo owner of Crop Stop!)

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Now for some information about our MONTHLY sponsor Crop Stop!

If you’re passionate about scrapbooking your memories or making cards, CropStop is your one-stop solution. We offer an extensive selection of dies, embossing folders, stamps and punches by all the popular manufacturers and the CropStop die and embossing folder storage solutions Pocketz Pages™ to keep everything organized.  Our selection of embellishments and adhesives is continually expanding and we are excited to be the home of the colorful Ribbon Candy™. 
We know you need to stretch your crafting dollars, so visit our newest store addition – the Bargain Basement! There’s always something on sale at CropStop.
In need of inspiration? Visit the CropStop Gallery, Blog or Message Board and participate in a competition or class. If you have questions concerning your machine, we have a team of experts waiting to help you. And be sure to check out YouTube for the latest CropStop videos. 
CropStop ships internationally as well as domestic. Our personalized customer service is only one of our strengths. Come visit us at www.CropStop.com and see what’s new in the world of scrapbooking.

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions feel free to leave us a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!
Have a wonderfully creative two weeks!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

"Winners For Challenge #13"

Good Evening Everyone! Wow, we had such wonderful participation for our thirteenth challenge! "THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US AND SHARING YOUR TALENTS!" 182 total entries and all of them were beautiful and very creative, such a hard decision for the "Spotlighted Creations And Guest Design Team Positions"! The Winner of Four Single Digi's of your choice from Sassy Studio Designs was easy, Mr. Random did that job for us! So without further a due, I will start announcing the winners!

Our winner for the Four Single Digi's of your choice from Sassy Studio Designs is...

# 101 Anita M.



You can visit Anita's blog anytime at http://anitasdesigns.blogspot.com/!

Anita, Please email me at artsbysara@gmail.com to get all the details for your prize and your blinkie to add to your beautiful blog!


Now for the Spotlighted Creations...

# 10 Judy


You can visit Judy's blog anytime at http://inkypinkydelights.blogspot.com/!


# 46 Joanie



You can visit Joanie's blog anytime at 
http://craftietimes.blogspot.com/!


# 127 Lisa S.


You can visit Lisa's blog anytime at http://craftybunny.wordpress.com/!


# 129 Olivia

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You can visit Olivia's blog anytime at http://ormcraftydesign.weebly.com/!


Last, but not least... Our Picks for Guest Design Team Positions are Judy, Joanie, Lisa S. and Olivia !


Ladies, Please email me for your Spotlighted Badge, Guest Design Team Badge, and Guest Design Team Information at artsbysara@gmail.com.

Thank you again to everyone who joined us for challenge #13! 
Have a wonderfully creative day!
Happy Creating!
Sara

Monday, November 21, 2011

"Challenge #13 Christmas Theme"

Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to Challenge #13 "Christmas Theme"! Wow... The holiday season is upon us; Are you ready? In all honestly, according to the talk around Paper Creations Ink... the answer is NOPE! It seems to have snuck up on us again this year, so we decided we needed to have another challenge to help us get more holiday creations done! How does this sound to all of you? Just a quick reminder, you are only limited by your imagination! You can use any image for this challenge! We would LOVE to see all types of creations, whether it is a Card, Scrapbook Page, Tag, ATC (Artist Trading Card), Box, Bag, 3D ~ Altered Art, or Other Crafting Projects that has some form of paper on it!

All of our Design Team's inspiration is listed above, along with Inlinkz. This challenge will run until Wednesday, November 30, 2011 at 7pm CST. Please be sure to check the challenge tab for ALL the guidelines that we have set for our challenges! And for an added bonus, we will be looking for some creative talent to add as our Guest Design Team and works of art to be Spotlighted! So be ready, just in case you are picked!

Our Sponsor for this challenge is Sassy Studio Designs! Lindsey the owner/artist of Sassy Studio Designs has so graciously offered 4 Single Digi's of Your Choice from her online store! Isn't that an awesome prize for one lucky person? She also allowed our Design Team to have a couple of images to create with! We hope that you like our creations!
 Now here is a some information about Lindsey and Sassy Studio Designs!


Sassy Studio Designs is a fresh new company. We have been designing and selling for a year now, and we have been kindly received into the community of digi stampers and crafters. I started designing images shortly after I started stamping, reason being...I didn't hardly like anything else out there I was a young adult woman at the time I was engaged, had no kids, I wanted fun sexy images that I would enjoy using and my friends and hubby would enjoy receiving. I designed images for 2 other digi stamp companies when my wonderful hubby kept trying to get me to go out on my own. So in June 2009 thanks to the few faithful followers I had, Sassy Studio Designs was born!  It has been a wonderful journey starting my own store. We have just grown so much these past months.I still try to keep

Lindsay Dyer: keep with my original philosophy and reason for designing stamps, make them fun and keep them sassy...and yes sometimes even sexy!
Lindsay

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions feel free to leave us a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!
Have a wonderful and safe Thanksgiving week!

Sunday, November 20, 2011

"Winners For Challenge #12"

Good Evening Everyone! Wow, we had such wonderful participation for our twelfth challenge! "THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US AND SHARING YOUR TALENTS!" 28 total entries and all of them were beautiful and very creative, such a hard decision for the "Spotlighted Creations And Guest Design Team Positions"! The Winner of $10.00 Gift Certificate from Digi Doodle Shop was easy, Mr. Random did that job for us! I wanted to take a moment to say "THANK YOU" to everyone for checking out the SAS4KIDS Cause! So without further a due, I will start announcing the winners!

Our winner for the $10.00 Gift Certificate from Digi Doodle Shop is...

# 15 Cathy Lee



You can visit Cathy's blog anytime at http://creativecathy.blogspot.com/!

Cathy, Please email me at artsbysara@gmail.com to get all the details for your prize and your blinkie to add to your beautiful blog!


Now for the Spotlighted Creations...

# 6 Sammibug


You can visit Samantha's blog anytime at http://sammibugscrapshack.blogspot.com/!


# 17 Lisa Minckler



You can visit Lisa's blog anytime at 
http://minkimpressions.blogspot.com/!


Last, but not least... Our Pick for a Guest Design Team Positions are Sammibug & Lisa!


Ladies, Please email me for your Spotlighted Badge, Guest Design Team Badge, and Guest Design Team Information at artsbysara@gmail.com.

Thank you again to everyone who joined us for challenge #12! 
Have a wonderfully creative day!
Happy Creating!
Sara

Monday, November 7, 2011

"Challenge #12 Holiday Wishes For Kids"

Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to Challenge #12 "Holiday Wishes For Kids"! We have partnered up with SAS4KIDS for this challenge! We would like to share some information about SAS4KIDS with you today...

Send A Smile 4 Kids is a charitable blog created for the purpose of collecting donated handmade cards to be distributed to children while they are inpatient at Children’s Hospitals. Currently SAS4Kids is donating them to the Children’s Hospitals in Neenah and Milwaukee, WI, University of Iowa Children's Hospital, Iowa City, IA,  Blank Children's Hospital, Des Moines, IA,  Sandford Children's Hospital, Sioux Falls, SD  and to the B.C. Children’s Hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia and the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton , Alberta in Canada.   On any given day, there are many children inpatient in these hospitals, so SAS4Kids would love to receive as many cards as you can send to cheer them and their families. The kids may also use your cards as Thank You Notes to the nurses and doctors and to give to parents or relatives on special days like birthdays or Mothers or Fathers Day.
At this time SAS4Kids is hoping to receive enough Holiday cards so that every child in these hospitals on or around Christmas will receive a card to cheer them and their families. Please do not make your cards religion specific as the nurses do not always know what religion the child’s family is.  Any cheery winter or holiday card would be great!  
Send a Smile 4 Kids is going to be the featured charity in CardMaker Magazine’s January issue (on stands in December) in their Readers Reach Out section. We are thrilled to be helped by card drives such as this one at Paper Creations Ink and in the Cardmaker Magazine and look forward to receiving your cards to help cheer our kids. 
The addresses to send your cards to are:
SAS4Kids c/o Sarah Taylor, 3419 7th Ave, Sioux City, Iowa 51106     OR
SAS4Kids (Canada) c/o Shelley Dureau, 2525 Cable Court, Coquitlam, BC V3H 3G1 Canada    OR
SAS4Kids (Canada) c/o Lynnette Pinno, Box 1256, Camrose, Alberta T4V 1X2  OR
SAS4 Kids c/o Karen Hasheck, 5507 Hickory St, Schofield, WI 54476
Please refer to the blog at http://sendasmile4kids.blogspot.com/ for card guidelines and any other details you may need as well as information on the Send a Smile 4 Kids twice monthly challenges. 

We would be very honored if you could help out this wonderful cause by sending your holiday cards or other child friendly cards to the shipper in your area! They would like to have ALL holiday cards by December 1, 2011... so that they will have time to get them distributed to as many of the hospitals as possible! Also they are having the same challenge theme... so be sure to head on over and link up your cards with them, they would LOVE to have you!

Just a quick reminder, you are only limited by your imagination and for this challenge we would really like to see your CARDS; but you are not limited to just cards! You can use any image for this challenge! 

All of our Design Team's inspiration is listed above, along with Inlinkz. This challenge will run until Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 7pm CST. Please be sure to check the challenge tab for ALL the guidelines that we have set for our challenges! And for an added bonus, we will be looking for some works of art to be spotlighted! So be on the lookout, just in case you are picked!

Our Sponsor for this challenge is Digi Doodle Shop! Judy and Joy the owners/artists of Digi Doodle Shop have so graciously offered a $10.00 gift certificate to their online store! Isn't that an awesome prize for one lucky person? 


 Now here is a some information about Judy, Joy,and Digi Doodle Shop!

Digi Doodle Shop is the results of a mother and daughter’s love for the arts and crafts.  It was started just a couple of months ago with a little more than 100 stamps, and has since then grown to over 250 stamps - now available. 
Joy (the mother of this team) designs realistic images, while I (Judy aka/daughter) love the “fun side of life”, and create images with cartoon flair.  Having these two complimenting styles have enabled Digi Doodle Shop to offer just about any type of stamp.  Plus, we also offer “custom made stamps”, and blog designs.  Our best work comes from request, so if you don’t see what you’re looking for, just send us an email and before long you’ll see it in the shop. 
It is a real honor and pleasure to sponsor this challenge, and we look forward to seeing all the amazing creations.  We thank the design team for their incredible creations, and wish all the participants the very best of luck in this challenge.
Thank you so much for having us, and again the very best of luck to all of you.
Sincerely,
Judy and Joy

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions feel free to leave us a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!
Have a wonderfully creative week!

Sunday, November 6, 2011

"Winners For Challenge #11"

Good Evening Everyone! Wow, we had such wonderful participation for our eleventh challenge! "THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US AND SHARING YOUR TALENTS!" 140 total entries and all of them were beautiful and very creative, such a hard decision for the "Spotlighted Creations And Guest Design Team Position"! The Winner of Four Single Digi's of your choice from Delicious Doodles was easy, Mr. Random did that job for us! So without further a due, I will start announcing the winners!

Our winner for the Four Single Digi's of your choice from Delicious Doodles is...

# 135  Cindy Pointe



You can visit Cindy's blog anytime at http://creativepointe.blogspot.com/!

Cindy, Please email me at artsbysara@gmail.com to get all the details for your prize and your blinkie to add to your beautiful blog!


Now for the Spotlighted Creations...

# 22 Robin C.


You can visit Robin's blog anytime at http://robins-reflections.blogspot.com/!


# 78 Juelmarie



You can visit Juelmarie's blog anytime at 
http://jandjsyummycreations.blogspot.com/!


# 123 Kristy Lee

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You can visit Kristy Lee's blog anytime at http://kristyleesworld.wordpress.com/!


Last, but not least... Our Pick for a Guest Design Team Positions are Robin C., Juelmarie, and Kristy Lee!


Ladies, Please email me for your Spotlighted Badge, Guest Design Team Badge, and Guest Design Team Information at artsbysara@gmail.com.

Thank you again to everyone who joined us for challenge #11! 
Have a wonderfully creative day!
Happy Creating!
Sara

Monday, October 17, 2011

"Challenge #11 Halloween Theme"


Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to Challenge #11 "Halloween Theme"! Only 14 more days until Halloween! So we thought that a Halloween challenge was in order! Just a quick reminder, you are only limited by your imagination! You can use any image for this challenge! We would LOVE to see all types of creations, whether it is a Card, Scrapbook Page, Tag, ATC (Artist Trading Card), Box, Bag, 3D ~ Altered Art, or Other Crafting Projects that has some form of paper on it!

All of our Design Team's inspiration is listed above, along with Inlinkz. This challenge will run until Monday, October 31, 2011 at 7pm CST. Please be sure to check the challenge tab for ALL the guidelines that we have set for our challenges! And for an added bonus, we will be looking for some creative talent to add as our Guest Design Team and works of art to be spotlighted! So be ready, just in case you are picked!

Our Sponsor for this challenge is Delicious Doodles! Teri the owner/artist of Delicious Doodles has so graciously offered 4 single Digi's of Your Choice from her online store! Isn't that an awesome prize for one lucky person? 

Another Banner, but more elegant!

 Now here is a some information about Teri and Delicious Doodles!



Delicious Doodles is a relatively young company with myself, Teri, as the Sole Trader. I have doodled and sketched all of my life, but only started selling my images in the Autumn of 2009.

I design and hand/mouse-draw all of the images that are sold in the Delicious Doodles Shop. Some are cutsie animals, some are sketched flowers, there are a few men's images, some fantasy items and also some 'darker' images featuring Vampires, skulls and Gothic stuff, something for everyone!

Delicious Doodles also has its own Challenges on blogger and a shop blog page featuring inspiration from the Design Team.

And now you can find my images at Sweet Pea Stamps as Rubber Stamps too!

I hope you enjoy using your Delicious Doodles images!

Hugs,
Teri xx

Delicious Doodles Shop: http://deliciousdoodles.blogspot.com

As always thanks for stopping by, if you have any questions feel free to leave us a message with a way to contact you (email or blog address)!
Have a wonderfully creative week!

Sunday, October 16, 2011

"Past / New Team Member"


Hello Everyone! We sadly are saying goodbye to one of our team members, Melissa. She will be dearly missed and all of her beautiful creations! From the whole team we would like to wish you all the best in your future endeavors!!

We would also like to introduce you to our NEW team member... 


Marjo, we can't wait to share all of your beautiful creations here at Paper Creations Ink as inspiration for everyone!! To all of our visitors... if you have a chance, please pop in and say "Hello to our NEW team member, she would LOVE to hear from you!!!"

Have a wonderful Labor Day!
Happy Creating!
Sara

"Winners For Challenge #10"


Good Evening Everyone! Wow, we had such wonderful participation for our tenth challenge! "THANK YOU ALL FOR JOINING US AND SHARING YOUR TALENTS!" 67 total entries and all of them were beautiful and very creative, such a hard decision for the "Spotlighted Creations And Guest Design Team Positions"! The Winner of Three Single Digi's of your choice from Stamp Insanity was easy, Mr. Random did that job for us! So without further a due, I will start announcing the winners!

Our winner for the Three Single Digi's of your choice from Stamp Insanity is...

# 36 Susan G



You can visit Susan's blog anytime at http://piecesoffatesusan.blogspot.com/!

Susan, Please email me at artsbysara@gmail.com to get all the details for your prize and your blinkie to add to your beautiful blog!


Now for the Spotlighted Creations...

# 10 Deonna B


You can visit Deonna's blog anytime at http://ilovetomakecards.blogspot.com/!


# 28 Ike



You can visit Ike's blog anytime at 
http://suzy-ikesworld.blogspot.com/!


# 44 Tanya S


You can visit Tanya's blog anytime at http://obsessed-crazymomma.blogspot.com/!


Last, but not least... Our Pick for Guest Design Team Positions are Deonna B, Ike, and Tanya S!


Ladies, Please email me for your Spotlighted Badge, Guest Design Team Badge, and Guest Design Team Information at artsbysara@gmail.com.

Thank you again to everyone who joined us for challenge #10! 
Have a wonderfully creative day!
Happy Creating!
Sara
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