12 weeks before Christmas contest week #4

Over at THE MOSY SCRAPPER there is a contest going on. If you haven't checked it out you should!! It's week #4's challenge for 12 WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS! Here are the details:


Week #4 (Oct 27th - 31st):



"On the 4th week before Christmas TMS challenged me...
4 arrows on a layout,
with 3 black cats,
2 silver charms,
and a picture that's not too Spooky!"

Deadline: October 31st, 11:59pm ET

Judging: Final entries can be seen here and in the TMS message board on November 1st and voting takes place, all day, until 11:59pm ET. You can cast your vote (1 per person...AND PLEASE...DO NOT VOTE FOR YOURSELF!! ALSO...must be a member of TMS and active on the board for the weeks on) and send it to mosyscrapper@hotmail.com (Subject line: Week #4 vote.) Have fun creating! Can't wait to see these!

Check it out!! http://themosyscrapper.forumakers.com

Sketch Contest at THE MOSY SCRAPPER

Do you like sketches? Do you like to make sketches?



Well, THE MOSY SCRAPPER is looking for 4 sketches to be included in their December Monthly Kit insert sheets!! Any size sketch!! Yes, that means it can be for a card or for a layout!! Are you the sketch artist TMS is looking for??



What do you need to do?



Email Christa at THE MOSY SCRAPPER (mosyscrapper@hotmail.com) with the following by November 8th, 2008 (11:59pm ET):



1.) Up to TWO sketches of your choice (please include the type of sketch it is w/ the proper labels...i.e. photo, sentiment, title, etc)

2.) Your name and contact information

3.) Your DT/GDT that you are currently on (with username)



***REQUIREMENTS***



1.) Sketch MUST be NEW and NEVER BEFORE SEEN OR USED.

2.) Message Board participation is a must in order to be considered for contest (please have at least 25 posts).

3.) ALL SCRAPPERS ACCEPTED!



Winners will be notified no later than November 10th and will receive 10% OFF a $10+ order from the TMS store!! Recognition on the TMS blog, message board and on the kit insert sheets will be given.



Contest starts: October 25th - November 8th, 2008

Mom-preneurs!!

Go to Tip Junkie to see a list of "Mom-preneurs" and shop at these awesome sites for Xmas this year!! THE MOSY SCRAPPER is listed under Paper Crafts/Scrapbooking!! If you come upon something neat on this list...please post it here! There are so many on this list it's amazing!!

Make your vote count!

Come on down to the TMS Blog and make your vote count (http://mosyscrapper.blogspot.com)!! Week #2's challenge just ended and you have 24 hours to go place a vote on your favorite cards!! Just send in your vote to: mosyscrapper@hotmail.com and in the subject line put: Week #2 vote.

**Please only vote once and do not vote for yourself (if your card is featured).

Good luck to all the entries and hope that we can gather more entrants Monday when we start Week #3 of 12 WEEKS BEFORE XMAS CONTEST!! Yes, you can just jump right in on this contest...still have 9 weeks left of challenges!

Week #2 Judging and Sale at THE MOSY SCRAPPER!!!!

Come check out the TMS BLOG (http://mosyscrapper.blogspot.com/) to see week #2 of the 12 WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS contest!!! Still taking entries till 11:59pm tonite!! Place your votes starting tomorrow...anyone can vote!!!

Also...there is a SALE going on at http://themosyscrapperstore.com/ this weekend!!!

25% OFF Project add-ons

Who needs to make something for Xmas?? Now is the time. Great little gifts for family, teachers, friends, you name it!!! Come on down to see what there is left!!!

December GDT Call on TMS!

THE MOSY SCRAPPER is looking for a Guest Designer for the month of December 2008. In order to be considered as TMS's guest designer you must complete a layout using:

*Basic Grey

*3 photos (can be any color or size)

*glitter OR flocking

*and any theme and size LO

Please submit this creation to mosyscrapper@hotmail.com by November 3rd, midnight ET. Judging will take place by the TMS Designers and will be announced no later than November 9th.



The winner will receive a December kit of their choice. The winner will be required to complete projects as directed. As a GDT, you will be required to post one challenge and participate on the message board. You must have at least 50 posts before submitting entries for this call.


All scrappers are welcomed. If you have been a TMS GDT in the past 6 months you are not able to participate in this call.

Come visit the message board: http://themosyscrapper.forumakers.com

Buzz-buzz and 12 tequilas!

Well...on Saturday it was time for Colton to get his first hair cut!! NOW HE LOOKS LIKE A LITTLE MAN!! :( I thought he'd freak out with the sound of the buzzers so Neal made sure he heard the clippers before doing anything and viola...surprise, surprise...he's such an awesome baby!! He just sat there! We didn't want to do anything fancy w/ his hair do for the first time...just a regular trim on the sides and back. He still needs to fill in the front areas (thanks Dad! Love ya!) ;)

This weekend we had a fun time spent with Neal's co-workers at a house on the water. It was so nice! It was almost like a mini-vacation. The kids had fun, even though Colton was sporting a low grade fever...nothing big...I think teeth are next! But the girls had fun with Neal's co-worker's little girl and big sister. The adults managed to go out to eat with more co-workers and bring the "party" back to the house. There I had a total of 12 shots only because 2 of Neal's co-workers thought I couldn't hold my tequila. WELL...I did! HA! I may have been buzzing after the 12th shot, but hey...what do you expect. Everyone left and Neal and I decided to go into the hot tub and that's where I really don't remember much! I just remember being in my PJ's and then waking up the next morning feeling like I needed to eat something FAST!

When we left the girls remembered (of course) that we mentioned putt-putt golf on the way home and Neal was trying to talk them out of it because he new that I was going to get sick. Well...I did. Poor parking lot at some building! YUCK! But I felt so much better once I picked my head up and closed the car door. Then I said...let's go play golf! Well...I didn't, neither did Colton. In fact, he and I sat in the car at the golf place while Neal took the girls to play. Colt was sleeping and I was, well, resting. I felt so much better by the time we got home! Needless to say...I can take the tequila, just not that much in that short of time. Although...I did pretty good for myself considering one of the guys taking shots with me was a pretty big guy!

Anyways...back to the grind here. Doing laundry, chores and taking care of my scrap business! It's doing alright I guess. It could be better, but it's only the beginning. ***There's a "12 weeks before Christmas" contest at THE MOSY SCRAPPER...click on the link to the left for details!***

Okay...off for now...gotta feed these kids some dinner!

Who likes a sale?

I do! I do! I do!!


Come on down to THE MOSY SCRAPPER STORE (click link to the left) and see what's on sale!!

Columbus Day Weekend Sale ---> Oct 10th-14th!!

12 Weeks of Xmas Contest at The Mosy Scrapper!!!

Over at my Scrap site we are having a contest...a 12 week contest!!! If you visit PubCalls you will see it listed every Monday from October 6th thru December 28th!! Here is the contest (as seen on the TMS blog, message board and Pubcalls!)

12 WEEKS OF XMAS at The Mosy Scrapper

When: Entire contest lasts October 6th-Dec 28th, 2008. Each week a new contest is given. You will have 5 days to work on each contest and one day for open judging. At the end of the entire 12-week long contest all points will be added up for a GRAND PRIZE!!!

Grand Prize: A FREE JANUARY MONTHLY KIT OF YOUR CHOICE!! (two to chose from).

Deadlines: Will be stated on each contest. All entries must be uploaded to the TMS gallery and in the correct forum post. YES, you do have to be a member of TMS (go get yourself registered now!) All scrappers welcome! International winners are responsible for actual shipping charges.

Link: http://themosyscrapper.forumakers.com

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Okay...here is week #1 (Oct 6th - 12th):

"On the first week of Christmas, TMS challenged me...
create a layout with a birdie!"

Deadline: October 10th, midnight ET

Judging: Entries can be seen on the TMS blog and in the TMS message board on October 11th (all day) until midnight ET. You can cast your vote (1 per person) and send it to mosyscrapper@hotmail.com (Subject line: Week #1 vote.)
***BONUS: I will give each entrant 5 points due to a late start on PubCalls!!***

Good luck!!

Where have I been??

I can't believe 2 weeks have flown by since I last posted. I've been one busy woman!! Let's back track...



Two weeks ago I had a baby shower at my house for a friend, Amy. It turned out to be a GREAT shower! She had an awesome turnout. 19 ladies showed up and I believe they had a great time! Here are some pix:

the cake my sister-in-law made...isn't it awesome!! It was sooo yummy too! Thanks Andrea for doing this! {hugs}

One of the games that we played...bottle sucking! The mommy-to-be in the middle between a co-worker and her mom. She didn't win this game though. (only water in the bottles for this party!)

This is the diaper cake that I made for the table decoration/part of a shower gift. Of course I made her a scrapbook too!

Then the next day we went to her in-laws (Amy that is) and went ATVing. We had a great time spent w/ family and friends. Found a new place to ride every now and then. I did a lot of riding so I didn't get any pix of me.


Then in the week soccer started. Both girls had practice. I can't wait till the games start! It'll be a hectic Saturday, every Saturday till the end of February but it'll be fun!

This weekend I just spent some time with my folks. It was a much needed visit!!

Okay...until the next time!

Looky - looky...what's in THE MOSY SCRAPPER store?

These yummy page kits. Meet "HOOTIE"! She's there while supplies last. Come down and get you one! "Hootie" has a project add-on. This is an 8 page chipboard book that would be great to use those Pink Paislee Vinatage Moon paper son it! And the embellies???
Now the 2nd October kit is yet to come in. Still waiting on a couple of items. But I assure you...the wait is worth it! I can't wait to get these pages in and start putting the "TRICKSTER" kit together. But for now...meet the "TRICKSTER" add-on.
See you in the store!

RAK Contest over at The Mosy Scrapper!!

Do want a chance at receiving some scrappy goods?

Head on over to The Mosy Scrapper Blog (http://mosyscrapper.blogspot.com/2008/09/rak-anyone.html) by October 2nd to be entered into the drawing!!

Brilliant Blog Award!

My good scrappy friend, April Driggers, just sent me a "Brilliant Blog Award" for my THE MOSY SCRAPPER blog!



THANKS April :) http://mamadriggs.blogspot.com/

If you are one of those that do not know what the "Brilliant Blog Award" is, you're not the only one! I have never heard of this and as I was reading April's blog (after she was awarded one too) it started to make sense.

It basically is a way to promote other blogs out there in the blog-world and help it (the blog) get it's name out...sort of networking or doing a little "PR" work. I say....GREAT! Here are the rules:

1.)Once you receive the award you have to post about it showing you received the award, what it is, who gave it to you and a link to them....yada, yada, yada. You catch my drift? Okay...

2.) Choose a minimum of 7 blogs, or more, that you feel should be awarded the Brilliant Blog Award.

3.) Show their names and links and leave them a comment informing they were prized with 'Brilliant Weblog'.

4.) And then pass it on!

So...now that I have laid out the rules...here are my top 7 picks who I think deserve the "Brillant Blog Award"


1.) Dirty Shanks...http://dirtyshankcardchallenges.blogspot.com/Dirty - for those oh so funny cards that I wish I could have thought of making, but just to darn scared to! A great place to check out to get a snicker out of ya!

2.) Janet...http://myunorganizedwonderfullife.blogspot.com/ - well...because she's a Jon Bon Jovi fan!! hahaha That's not all...I think that Janet is not only talented (and was born to scrap) but I feel like we could be really great friends if we lived close by! She's a sweetheart!

3.) Melissa...http://melissapriest.blogspot.com/ - simply because she's just down to earth and her creations ROCK! Love reading your blog girl!

4.) Pink Sketches...http://pinksketches.typepad.com/pink_sketches_blog/ - love getting inspiration from sketches and seeing how some scrappers interpret the sketch!

5.) 2 Sketches for You...http://2sketches4you.blogspot.com/ - Did I say that I like sketches?? This is a great blog for inspiration!

6.) Heidi...http://seesterk.blogspot.com/ - a.k.a. SeesterK...what a scrapper! She's the "new" scrapper in town and boy is she scrapperific! She ROCKS. You should go check her out! I'm just so happy that I snagged her first for my DT before she get's all rich and famous! Hey Heidi...can I get your autograph??

7.) Make and Takes (http://www.makeandtakes.com/)- this blog for those cool ideas of crafts for the home or anywhere!


Okay...now I have to let my picks know. Thanks for reading!

Where have i been?

I have not been on here for a LONG time! EEK!

Let's see...what has been going on??

*OH...my website/store had it's 1/2 Birthday Bash Cyber Crop. THAT was a ton of fun!! Lack of sleep and scrapping...couldn't ask for more! I can't believe my message board is 6 months old already. Lots of talented and sweet ladies on there! You should come join and just chat with these ladies!

*I went to my niece's wedding, Jody, in Chicago. What a beautiful weekend! The weather was awesome too! Gotta love the grass up in Illinois...so not like the grass here in Florida. And there was no humidity! The fall is here! :)

*Now I'm back home and trying to get back on track with the daily chores, errands and trying to manage my message board and getting my store in line. Which I need to make changes to. That will all be in the coming weeks. I will have my October Monthly Page Kits and Project Add-ons in the store shortly...stay tuned!

*I changed the title to my blog...figured it fit! ;)

*Soccer practice starts today for my youngest daughter. She's soooo excited! I have to remember to bring my camera and post on here.

AND to post more often!

I have my friend's baby shower this Saturday at my house and then nothing until next weekend.
So, that's my month of September. October weekend's are already booked. So crazy I tell ya!