So Long So Sketchy!

Sadly I have decided to close So Sketchy!'s doors at the end of December.

I take a lot of pride in my work but with So Sketchy!, I have decided to end it. I have loved creating sketches and sharing my work but I feel that my time is no longer needed in created these images. I have been humming and haaing over this decision but a phone call yesterday has sealed it's fate for me and made the decision for me.

We will have one more month of sketches and inspiration from my current DT and then I will physically remove the blog. I'm finding that a lot of people are re-posting my sketch images without my permission (one of those things with a website... I know!). I'm sad to see the site go but maybe I will feel better about my use of time on other projects now.

So long So Sketchy!.... on to bigger and better things... maybe...

Please note that November's blog candy will be the last monthly blog giveaway for me as well.

As you can tell... I'm feeling very defeated today and I don't know how much longer I will continue to scrapbook or to create or to share projects with you here outside of my WeScrap, LCTS/LCOM and myStamp BOX assignments. I think my crafting days are sadly numbered....

Little Angels

A received a wonderful package from The Little Paper Shop last week as part of their sponsorship of So Sketchy! next month, they provided me with a number of stamps for the design team and the So Sketchy! contest prize too!

So I thought I would give my little Angelic Jena stamp a try....

Thinking of You Angel


So I was visiting the Little Paper Shop Blog and combined my creation to fit the Color Challenge for today too; pixie pink, brilliant blue and real red!

**Only a few days left to leave comments for my July Blog Candy! Click the banner above for details.**

A Giveaway!

I'm giving away a copy of the newest release, the summer issue, of Scrapbook and Cards Today magazine on the So Sketchy! blog today! Why not go and check it out!

A Birthday Celebration with Gifts for YOU!

Over at So Sketchy this month we're celebrating our 1st birthday with a fun birthday themed blog hop and a chance to win some fun prizes! Hope you will join us this evening at 5pm EST to join in the fun!

We're Celebrating on Tuesday!

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Around the Web

Here are some fun things you might want to investigate this weekend around the web....

Tara Thynne and I have a design call up for our CCAS blog. See details here.

The Scrapbook and Cards Today blog is giving away a copy of Kimber McGray's new book "Scrapbook Secrets". See details here.

weScrap is having a month long Crop Hop. See the online crop details here.

My scrappy pal Tara at Thynner... all Tangled Up! is having a blog celebration. She has a bingo game up and is giving away tons of cool prizes in celebration of her blog receiving 10,000 plus hits.

So Sketchy! is having a design team call for July - December '09. To see the call details, see the So Sketchy blog here.

Have fun hopping around the web!

Happy National Scrapbooking Day!

Come and celebrate National Scrapbooking Day with the myStamp BOX designers. Each of the designers will be showcasing a project and a sketch to inspire you!


Visit the myStamp BOX blog at 5pm EST tonight to join in the fun! You can earn ballots towards two chances to win some free myStamp BOX stamp sets of your own! Comment on all of the designer's blogs for one chance to win and also create a card or page using one of the designer's sketches for a second chance to win.


Jump on over to the Scrapbook & Cards Today blog today and check out all the cool inspiration they have to offer... including a new sketch for May from yours truly!


And one last hooray! In honour of National Scrapbooking Day today, I'm offering up a copy of the Simply Cards Today book for one lucky winner. See the post for today on my sketch site, So Sketchy! Good luck!

Cyber Fun!

I'm off to has some fun in Ontario this week with my family and friends. So here's a few fun places to visit today:

Check out Molly Peckham's blog "Life is What Life Does"!

It's my turn to post on the CCAS blog this week so make sure you check that out all week.... HERE. I'd love for you to play along!

Make sure you keep checking out all the amazing inspiration by all the myStamp BOX designers this week on the mSB blog.

If you are new to my blog, make sure you check out my BLOG CANDY that I'm offering up this month. Just click the red banner at the top pf the page for details.

I'm also having a Guest Designer Call on my sketch blog, So Sketchy! For details and check out this post.

Make sure you check out the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog this week. It's filled with lots of cool inspiration and also Freebie Friday... a cool kit from Studio Calico!

I have a few cards that I have created in the last few weeks that I will be sharing with you this week. So stay tuned for those!

Have fun hoppin' around the net!

Sketchy Saturday

My "Embrace" layout is being showcased on the Scrapbook and Cards Today blog today as an example of one of my sketches.

I love this page!

Don't forget to check out my blog candy and don't forget to comment during all my posts throughout the month to get more chances to win.

Design Team Call

I have a design team call up for the So Sketchy! blog. Make sure you check that out!

COUNTDOWN.... to the BIG REVEAL...

2 days to go!!!

Some of the guesses have been hilarious! Nope.... no babies! DS is enough for me!

Celebrations and Introductions!

So I managed to have a pretty good birthday yesterday. It was basically a simple and normal Monday except for eating chocolate cake for breakfast....YUM!

Most of my celebrations actually took place in the last week or so. My parent's took me and my entire family out for lunch last weekend. We went to Jack Astor's and I had the most amazing chicken dish. I got a summer clothes shopping spree and some good ol' cash from my parents and I got a delicious stamp set and some new scrapbook albums from my little sis and her boyfriend.

My darling husband took me out for dinner, just the 2 of us on Saturday. He managed to ask our friend next door to look after Spencer for the evening so we could go alone together... SO sweet. He asked me where I wanted to go to celebrate and I stated to him, "No KFC, no McDonald's, no Wendy's, No Harvey's, no drive through's, no pizza.... I want a sit down dinner with at least 2 courses. And I want it to be a surprise.... don't tell me." So he managed to surprise me and take me to a great restaurant in Erieau called "Molly & OJ's". We had the most delicious meal of my life... 3 courses.... We had the Seafood Platter for Two. I had shrimp cocktail (he had escargot), a seafood ceasar salad (crab meat & shrimp) and our main entree consisted of a baked potato, mixed vegetables, filet mignon with peppercorn gravy, 2 HUGE snow crab legs and a lobster tail with drawn butter for dipping!!! We ended up taking the filet mignon home for lunch the next day!

I got a few phone calls to wish me a happy birthday too. One from my Mom, who's in Newfoundland taking a quilting course this week, one from Dad and one from my best friend in Barrie. So nice that everyone called.

And the exciting part of the day was that I started a new business venture with my sketch blog, So Sketchy!. Check it out here.

Overall, a pretty good day!

Been Busy.... but here's Sneaky Peaky's....

I've been scrapping away but most of my stuff can't be revealed since it's for contests or design team reveals.

Here's a little sneak peak of the page for Random Chaos for tomorrow....


Here's a sneak peak of my page for Valerie Salmon's next "Got Sketch?".....


This is a sneaky peaky for a blog that I have been asked to submit a sketch to... more to come in June for this one....


This is a page I created for Scrapperie's "The Ghaunlet" contest for round three. I moved on to round four and it's going to be a great challenge to work on this week.

I hope you'll continue to check out "So Sketchy" as I have some news coming up soon! The contest for May is still going on. Check out the details here.

Have a great Sunday!

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