Oh We Are Merry! FMS 101

It's a bit early for me to be thinking Christmas right now but when this delightful single stamp arrived this week I had to use it!  But it has been a very merry week around here starting with a two cake anniversary gathering for me and my husband and ending with a trip to the county fair where Emma got her first taste of fried dough, french fries and vinegar and soft swirled ice cream!  Hey I didn't say it was a healthy week - just a merry one!

Here's Emma tasting that ice cream cone.....and you also get a sneak peek of me and my new all natural gray hair!

               I am hosting this week at Freshly Made Sketches - hope you join us!

                      

                                   

100 Sketches! FMS100

There is a big celebration going on at Freshly Made Sketches this week in honor of our 100th challenge! Besides a wonderful sketch, there are giveaways and extra inspiration from past designers!  It has been so much fun designing with this team for the past 100 weeks and I am looking forward to the next 100!  

I used Smoky Slate and Crushed Curry together on my card today.  And I am thinking Smoky Slate could be my favorite new color - it definitely resembles my hair color these days. My hair has finally grown out and is all natural - time for a new profile picture!  And yes I am all gray but it's much more fun to say that my hair is Smoky Slate............might have to get a Crushed Curry sweater for the fall!

Thought you might like to see the very first card I designed for Freshly Made Sketches....way back when.....

                            

Our 100th sketch is actually a flashback to our very first sketch!  Hope you join us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

                                                           

Sweater Weather....PPA168

Sweater Weather Designer Paper quite possibly could be my favorite item from the new Stampin' Up Holiday catalog.  The designs are warm and comforting like any good sweater should be.  I am a cardigan fan  - especially if it has big buttons or toggles - and definitely pockets.  Now that it is cooling down here I have dragged a few sweaters out of the closet recently.  Always fun to see what was left behind in a pocket last spring.  This week's find was one earring.......no clue where the other one is.  Here's hoping the next sweater I pull out has the other one..........or a five dollar bill......

                                              Join us at Pals Paper Arts this week!

                                   

It's Your Day.......Almost.....FMS99

It's almost time for the big day around here!  Miss Emma is headed for her first birthday in four short weeks.  She is almost ready to walk and talk.  So we await the first official step and that first official word.  Right now her major talent is to mimic laughter. When she hears someone laugh she copies it and then laughs herself!  In the meantime we are all coaching her trying to get her to say something.  And of course we all have our own agenda as to what word we are practicing with her.  My daughter has a busy day of meetings tomorrow so I will have Emma for ten hours.......wonder how many times I can say Grandma in ten hours.........

                 Rita designed a sweet sketch for us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!