~HAPPY ANNIVERSARY & SEW MANY CARDS BLOG HOP~

I hope everyone has had a wonderful weekend! It's been pretty windy and cold here in Arizona, so perfect weather to sit in my room and craft a bit. The card I have for you this week is one that I made for my husband for our 18th Anniversary. He likes to put the cards I make him on his side table next to his side of the bed, so I figured what better card for that than the easel card. Hopefully he'll like it when he wakes up!

For this easel card, I used the Owen & Grace Wedding image from Sew Many Cards. I thought this image was perfect and tried to color it to reflect us 18 years ago, as well as our wedding colors. If you think this image is as cute as I do, then head over to Sew Many Cards and grab it for your next project!! If you'd like a chance at winning this image, then join us at Sew Many Challenges for our May New Release Blog Hop going on NOW!!  
Our May Blog Hop is being sponsored by.....

Head on over to win a chance at a $10 Shopping Voucher for Simon Says Stamp, random comment winners, discount at the Sew Many Cards store, and the complete line of new releases this month!!

~Supplies Used~

Grace & Owen Wedding Image by Sew Many Cards

GinaK Luxury Cardstock

DCWV The Luxury Stack

Martha Stewart Heart Border Punch (I just won it in a blog candy giveaway from Stephanie and I LOVE IT!..was perfect for this card I think) 

Prima Flowers - Botanical Mix

Sentiments from Colorbox and DCWV Vellum Quote Books

Kaisercraft - Half Pearls - Yellow

SEI - Pearl Brads - Citrus

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:
Pile It On -- Make It Sweet (How "SWEET" is that Image?)
The Crazy Challenge -- Buttons, Brads & Eyelets (Brads in my Flowers) 
Simple Doodles -- Not a Spring Chick anymore (Vellum Quotes and Paper Stack are OLD)
Secret Crafter -- Friendship (Not just a husband but a friend too)
Daring Cardmakers -- Easel Card
Sentimental Sundays -- For that Special Someone (My husband is that someone Special)
Bee Crafty -- "Hole" Lotta Fun!! (Holes in my punched hearts)
Annabelle Stamps Blog -- Say it with... PEARLS (Pearls on my sentiment and my pearl brads)
Dutch Dare Card Challenge -- Easel Card w/ Repeat Something (Repeated the heart border and the flowers)
Creative Inspirations -- Easel Card 
A Spoon Full of Sugar -- Something 3D (Flowers & Sentiment is popped off card)
Creative Craft World -- Primas 
One Stitch At a Time -- Children Theme (Children Image used)

~SEW MANY CHALLENGES..WK#6..LETS HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS~

Ok so I finally got my challenge project finished for Sew Many Challenges. Our challenge for this week, is to make a male project using a Male theme. It could be for a man or a little boy. The bear I used came from the Sew Many Cards store. Our sponsor this week is KLM DESIGNS. The winner of this weeks challenge will win a 3 images of their choices from KLM DESIGNS! How awesome is that!!We hope you can join us this week!!
My project is an additional gift for Angela's son. It goes with the name sign I posted last week. I had Angela send me a few pics of her son, daughter and husband. I wanted one of Angela but she wouldn't come off of one lol So I decided to go with this picture.

~SUPPLIES USED~

Sew Many Cards -- Bear with Kite

Cut Card Stock -- Cryogen White-Curious Iridescent #89

Michael's -- Wood Frame

Folk Art Acrylic Paint -- Metallic Blue Sapphire #656

Ribbon -- Yellow Ric Rac from stash

Acrylic photo cover -- cut from stash pieces

Chipboard Letters from stash -- colored with Copic R29

Grey Fiber thread for Kite String

Copics Used...... I'm also entering this is the following challenges....

Double Dutch -- Boys Only

Ooh-La-La Creations -- Anything Goes

Delightful Sketches -- Theme of kids

Hand Full of Stamps -- Let it Shine -- what you think of when you hear the word shine...Flying kites on a shiny day with a great breeze

PaperPlay Challenges -- Just Because

Pixie Dust Studio -- 3D Creation

All Sorts -- Just For Men

Die Cut Dreams Challenge -- No Flowers Allowed

Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays -- Open Challenge

The Crazy Challenge -- Show Me Anything

Simple Doodles -- Paper Piecing & a Digi Stamp

Frosted Designs -- Favorite Technique(Paper Piecing is mine)

Creative Inspirations -- Anything male

ABC Challenge -- Paper Piecing

~SEW MANY CHALLENGES WK#6...FREEBIE FRIDAY AND BLOG HOP WINNER~

Lot's of news to tell you about from Sew Many Challenges and Sew Many Cards!!!! So be sure to read through so you don't miss out on any of the fun and goodies!!!!

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My random comment winner from the March New Release Blog Hop is ....

MARY C

Please contact me at Jeri@SewManyChallenges.com to claim your Baseball Bear Digital image set!!! Congrats!!

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This weeks challenge at Sew Many Challenges is ... LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BOYS!!!

That's right. Make a project with a male theme. It can be for a young boy or an adult male!! Our generous sponsor this week, KLM Designs is offering 3 Digital images of the winners choice from the KLM Designs store!!! How awesome is that!!

I'll be back later in the weekend with my project. I'm getting over a sinus infection that ran down into my wisdom tooth, but wanted to post all the details so everyone will hurry over!!

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Don't forget our DT CALL that we have going on right now!! For all the details, email me at Jeri@SewManyChallenges.com

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Also don't forget about the great Copic Giveaway happening at Sew Many Cards. You can find the image with link in my right sidebar!

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FREEBIE FRIDAY

Click the link above or the picture below to take you to the sweet image that Sew Many Cards is offering this week! Get it before it's gone!

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SEW MANY CHALLENGES SPONSORS

A special thank you to our weekly sponsor this week...KLM Designs and our monthly sponsors, Soft Pencil and Simon Says Stamp!

KLM Digi Stamps (KLM Designs) was started by a Mother & Daughter team. Kathryn (owner of KLM Digi Stamps) and Sue (Company’s artist) started designing digital stamps for their own creations. After much response & excitement to their designs they formed KLM Digi Stamps.

KLM carry’s a large selection of designs from clowns, which are the company’s signature design to digital sentiments. All images are delivered ZIP format. Each image file contains JPEG and PNG format files. Images can be resized, reversed and altered to your likings.

"Hello everyone! my name is Elizabeth Pujalka and I´m the illustrator and designer behind Softpencil - Digital Stamps, home of Michu and his lovely friends, where you can find cute illustrations for your crafting needs.
My illustrations are a homage to the Nature and their creatures, where a sweet child, a simple flower or a fragile animal become protagonists.I invite you to know my whimsical world plenty of gorgeous characters and to enjoy creating with them!"

~SEW MANY CARDS MARCH NEW RELEASE BLOG HOP~

Hey there!!! I'm so glad you're able to join us for the Sew Many Cards New Release Blog Hop!!

Our sponsor this month is Simon Says Stamp and

We can't thank Soft Pencil and Simon Says Stamp enough for sponsoring us this month!!!

You should've arrived from CHERI's blog!

If not, please go to the Sew Many Challenges blog to start the hop.

We would hate for you to miss any of the great new images!!!

Please be sure to leave a comment at all of our design teams blogs at your chance of winning the images that you'll see us showcasing and a chance at winning a Gift Certificate from Simon Says Stamp!!

We've also got a great blog hop challenge going on at Sew Many Challenges with a chance at winning a $25 Gift Certificate to Soft Pencil!!!

Your next stop on the hop will be JEANETTE!

My new release image this week is the baseball bear!! It comes with soooooooooo many different images. Today I'm showcasing the Baseball bear image and the bats/ball image. I made this for Angela's son, Stryder. Hope it brings a smile to his face!!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

Sew Many Cards -- Bear Baseball Image Pack

Gina K -- Pure Luxury Cardstock

Copic Markers

Coaster Font

Expression and SCAL

Board Slat I had in my alter pile

InkEssentials Glossy Accents

I'm also entering this project in the following challenges:

Lexi's Creations -- Anything Goes

Quixotic Challenges -- One for the Boys

Creatalicious Challenges -- Create a lil something

Pollycraft Monday Challenge -- Double Up

Quirky Crafts Challenge -- Something Cute

~SEW MANY CHALLENGES..SKETCH CHALLENGE~

This week at Sew Many Challenges our sponsor is

This winner of this weeks challenge will win a $10 Gift Certificate to

Inktegrity Designs!!

About Inktegrity....

Hello fellow crafters! My name is Joni Wilson and I am the owner of Inktegrity. As a mother of 6, I wanted to create images that every age could enjoy working with. This past summer I debuted my line of digital images and have enjoyed every minute of it.I am inspired by personal experiences, suggestions from friends, and the everyday goodness in life. Please visit our blog at Inktegrity.blogspot.com for wonderful ideas and inspiration.I am so happy to sponsor this fun site, thank you to this wonderful team for letting me be a part of Sew Many Cards!

Hope you'll join us this week for our new challenge and as well as pick up your Freebie for Friday!! Don't forget to check out Sew Many Cards for some awesome images to use along with your challenges this week!!Phew!! Do ya ever get this sketch or idea in your head, but you just can't get it to cooperate on paper!! That's what happened to me with this one. I had this vision in my head, but I just couldn't get it to work. But I think it turned out alright. I was trying to make it look like a window and we were looking in at her praying. Maybe I pulled it off a little bit lol

Thanks for looking!!

~SUPPLIES USED~

Sew Many Cards Digital Images -- Hershey Praying

SU! Whisper White Cardstock

DCWV Tahiti Beach Stack

DCWV The Stack 6

Copic Markers

Sandylion Essentials -- Religion

Colorbok -- Metal Gift Tag

CTMH Ribbon Rounds -- White Daisy Collection -- Natural

Metal Photo Corners

Hortense B Hewitt -- Tulle Circles

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges....

Cute Card Thursday -- Metal Mania

Cupcake Craft Challenge -- Keep It Simple

The Character Cafe -- Recipe Challenge-(1 Digi Image, 3 papers, 5 embellishments)

Paper Cutz -- Get Well Card, LO, or Project (I think this would be a nice card for someone sick or in the hospital, maybe just received some bad news from a doctor)

Allsorts -- Recipe Challenge -- 1, 2, 3 (I chose 1 Image, 2 Photo Corners, and 3 Different papers)

Our Creative Corner -- Something Old That's New (I pulled out my glass mat and Cutter Bee Circle Scissors Plus that I got 2yrs ago for my Bday and never opened)

The Pixie Cottage -- Love Theme

Little Red Wagon -- Ribbon

The Pink Elephant -- Recipe Challenge...Ribbon

Don't forget to grab the Freebie Friday over at Sew Many Challenges!!

~SEW MANY CHALLENGES...RED, SILVER & BLACK...& FREEBIE FRIDAY~

CONGRATULATIONS KAZZY73!!!

You were chosen at random from my blog comments to receive the new release image that I showcased during the Sew Many Cards blog hop... Tayla Fishing! Please contact me so that I can get you your image. Thanks for joining us!!!

Jeri@SewManyChallenges.com

Be sure to check out Sew Many Challenges this week!!

Our challenge this week is a card or project using the theme VALENTINES and using the colors ---

Silver, Black & Red! I'll be back later today with my project. Our sponsor this week is The Cutting Cafe...Regina is generously giving the challenge winner their choice of 3 stamp sets!!

Also on the Sew Many Challenges blog, you'll find out if you won one of our prizes from our awesome monthly sponsors, Stamp and Create and Wags n' Whiskers, as well as Simon Says Stamp!! Did you win??? Hurry up and go find out, and while you're there, be sure to grab the Friday Freebie!!!!