Challenge 19 ~ Thinking Of You

Good morning and welcome to the 2 Sisters Challenge Blog for our 19th challenge.  This is the final challenge of 2010.  First we would like to thank Tracey Malnofeski of The Stamping Boutique for sponsoring our challenge last week.  We would also like to thank all of those who entered challenge 18.  There were over 100 entries.  You do an amazing job creating your projects.  I really enjoy seeing all of the different styles. 

Now I would like to explain our next challenge.  This week's challenge is a very special one for me.  Thirteen years ago I was diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and two years ago this coming February 6th I had a bone marrow transplant and had to be away from home for a month.  What we would like to do is collect cards for the patients at the Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston MA (this is where I had my bone marrow transplant).

To enter this challenge we are asking you to create a card that has a theme of THINKING OF YOU.  You can also use HELLO, JUST FOR YOU, & JUST A NOTE as sentiments on your cards.  We are asking that you refrain from using the sentiment of get well.  Once you have your card(s) made and posted to the challenge we are asking that you write an encouraging note in the card and address the envelope to "ANY PATIENT" and then place the card(s) in a package addressed to me at

STACY WALKER
15 WILLOW WAY

SWANVILLE, MAINE O4915

USA

When your package is on its way to me please e-mail me at twosisterschallengeblog@live.com to let me know so that I can keep an eye out for it.

Once I have collected the cards I will deliver them to the volunteers at the Brigham & Women's Hospital on January 30th (my next visit) to be handed out to patients in their transplant wards. It is our hope that when the patients receive these beautiful handmade cards and read the notes of encouragement it will brighten their day a little.

This week there will be a prize package for the winner of the challenge.  I will  post a list of the contents of the package by Monday.  If you would like a chance to win the prize package this is what we are asking you to do...

1. Create a card that has a theme of THINKING OF YOU, HELLO, JUST A NOTE. or JUST FOR YOU (please refrain from using "get well")

2. Write an encouraging note in the card and address the envelope to "ANY PATIENT"

3. Place the card(s) in a package addressed to me (at the address above)

4. E-mail me at twosisterschallengeblog@live.com to let me know that the package is on its way.

Here is what the DT has come up with to inspire you....

STACY

(Stained Glass Butterfly ~ Cuddly Buddly)

MARY

Ballerina Doggie ~ Karen's Doodles)

DONNA

Now it's your turn.  You have until 11:59pm on Friday December 31st to enter for a chance to win.  Remember as always if you have a problem with the linky tool you can enter your card/project in the comments section. 

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Winner & Top 3 ~ Twas The Night Before Christmas

Good evening! We want to thank everyone again who joined in with our Twas The Night Before Christmas Challenge.  The cards were all amazing! We would also like to thank Tellen's Place again for sponsoring us. The winner of the $10 gift certificate from Tellen's Place is.......

JOANNA

Congratulations Joanna! Please email Stacy at twosisterschallengeblog@live.com for information on how to claim your gift certificate. Our winners badge is in the sidebar if you would like to add it to your blog.  

The Top 3 in no particular order are.....

SUE

NETTY

TRACY

Congratulations Ladies! The top 3 badge is located in the sidebar if you would like to add it to your blogs.

Our current challenge is being sponsored by The Stamping Boutique and the theme is Christmas.  You have until Christmas Eve at 11:59pm EST to enter for a chance to win.

Mary 

Challenge 18 ~ CHRISTMAS

Good Morning and welcome back to the 2 Sisters Challenge Blog.  We are on our 18th challenge, but before we get to that we would like to say a big THANK YOU to Tellen's Place for sponsoring our last challenge.  Don't forget to come back on Monday to see who the winner and top 3 are for challenge 17. 

Now on to the challenge...

For this week's challenge we have kept it fairly simple... we would like to see anything CHRISTMAS.  For this challenge we are being sponsored by Tracey Malnofeski of the Stamping Boutique.

I'm Tracey Malnofski, the artist and owner of The Stamping Boutique. My team and I are very happy to sponsor Twosisterschallengeblog. My store has been oped open since September 2009. I am currently a stamp artist for UnityStampCo. and I've worked for InStyleStamps, Squigglefly, and TheDigiShack in the past. I'm a professional artist and an active member of the Artist' Guild in my community. I have quite a busy household with a husband, 3 teenagers, 5 mini-dachshunds and an Appaloosa mare. It's noisy, but I love them all. I'm truly blessed.

 

"The Stamping Boutique" is dedicated to quality products and original artwork. We not only provide wonderful digital images in our store, but also several lines of red rubber images. Our designers are chosen for their character and personality,as well as, their beautiful designs. We work hard to give you our very best. Thank you so much for having us as your sponsor this week.

Store: http://thestampingboutique.com/
Challenge Blog: http://thestampingboutiquechallengeblog.blogspot.com/


Tracey provided our DT with an image called The Fairies Frolic and this is what we came up with to inspire you...

MARY

STACY

DONNA

PAT

 

Now it's your turn.  You have until 11:59PM Eastern Standard Time on Friday December 24th to enter for a chance to win.  If by chance the linky tool is behaving badly again please post your entry in the comments section.

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Winner & Top 3 ~ Sparkly Christmas

Good evening.  We are back to announce the winner and top 3 from the Sparkly Christmas challenge.  First, we would like to thank Robyn's Fetish for sponsoring us.  We would also like to thank everyone who joined us for the challenge.  There were some really sparkly entries and as my mother and sister can tell you I REALLY LOVE the sparkly stuff.

The winner of last week's challenge is...

DONNA

CONGRATULATIONS DONNA!!!  Please contact me at twosisterschallengeblog@live.com for information about how to collect your prize.  Our Winner's badge is in the sidebar if you would like to place it on your blog.

The Top 3 in no particular order are...

TRACY 

 

 

 

 

JULIE 

 

 

 

 

MANDY

CONGRATULATIONS LADIES!!!  Our Top 3 Badge is in the sidebar if you would like to place it on your blogs.  

 

Our current challenge is being sponsored by Tellen's Place and our theme is 'Twas The Night Before Christmas.  We would like to see your creations using something from the Christmas poem.  You have until 11:59pm Friday December 17th to enter for a chance to win.

Challenge 17 ~ Twas The Night Before Christmas

Good Morning and welcome to the 17th challenge here at the 2 Sisters Challenge Blog.  Before we tell you about the challenge we would like to thank Robyn's Fetish for sponsoring our Sparkly Christmas Challenge.  Next we would like to thank all of you who enter our last challenge. We had an amazing 133 entries.



Now on to the next challenge.  For this challenge we have chosen the theme of...

TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS

What we would like to see during this challenge is a card/project using something from the poem.

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.

The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.
And mamma in her ‘kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled our brains for a long winter’s nap.

When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.

The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tinny reindeer.

With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name!

"Now Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! On, Cupid! on, on Donner and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! Dash away! Dash away all!"

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky.
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of Toys, and St Nicholas too.

And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St Nicholas came with a bound.

He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot.
A bundle of Toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler, just opening his pack.

His eyes-how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow.

The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly!

He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself!
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.

He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings, then turned with a jerk.
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose!

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ‘ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!

 Our sponsor this week is Tellen's Place

About Tellen’s Place Designs: I started this challenge blog in November of 2009 with the hopes of sharing my son’s art with the rest of the crafting world.  These images are hand drawn with signature characters, Edward and Allison (Ally) and their friends.  We then developed Divas, Moms and Teens and our latest addition is our dark character images, as there was a specific request for these from bloggers.  We really enjoy seeing our images come to life on paper and how other crafters utilize them in their crafty projects.  Our design team cannot seem to get enough of these wonderful images that are designed for everyone to use.  We really enjoy them and hope that you will too!

Take a moment to stop by Tellen's Place to check out their line of digis.  Terry of Tellen's Place was very generous and gave our DT some images to showcase this week.  Here is what the DT has come up with to inspire you.

 STACY

 (CHIMNEY SANTA)

 MARY

  (PJ EDWARD)

DONNA

(WREATH RUDY REINDEER)

Now it's your turn.  There are many things that you can take from this poem and we can't wait to see all of the creative interpretations.  You have until 11:59pm Friday December 17th to enter this challenge for a chance to win a $10 gift certificate from Tellen's Place.

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Winner & Top 3 ~ Nontraditional Christmas Colors

I apologize for the lateness of this post with the holiday season upon us things are getting a little crazy.  We are now ready to post the Winner &Top 3 of our Nontraditional Christmas Color challenge.  We would like to say a huge thank you to Glitterbabe's for sponsoring us during that challenge.  We would also like to thank all of those who entered the challenge we really enjoy seeing all of the different styles.  Keep up the great work.  Now onto the Winner & Top 3.

The Winner is...

LISA

Congratulations Lisa!!  Please contact me at twosisterschallengeblog@live.com for information about how to collect your prize.  Our Winner's badge is in the sidebar if you would like to place it on your blog.

The Top 3 in no particular order are...

HEIDI

LISA HAINES

DEE

Congratulations Ladies!!  Our Top 3 badge is in the sidebar if you would like to place it on your blogs. You still have until 11:59pm this Friday to enter our current challenge which is being sponsored by Robyn's Fetish with the theme of A SPARKLY CHRISTMAS.

Design Team Call

Our design team call is now closed.  Please keep an eye out for a list of our new DT members.

Challenge 16 ~ Sparkly Christmas

Good morning and welcome to the 16th challenge here at 2 Sisters.  Thank you to everyone who played along with our nontraditional Christmas colors challenge.  Be sure to come back on Monday to find out who the winner and top 3 are.  This week we are challenging you to create a card or project using the theme....

SPARKLY CHRISTMAS

So grab your glitter, gems, stickles, etc.. and make it shine!  This week we are being sponsored by the amazing...

ROBYN'S FETISH DIGITAL STAMPS & MORE

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is proud to sponsor this challenge. 

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More, a division of I Did It Creations, was created and is owned by Robyn Weinrib.  Robyn offers a wonderful variety of digital stamps and digital papers, designed to meet the needs of all digital paper crafting addicts for every occasion.

Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps And More is happy to offer the winner of this challenge 5 digital stamps or digital paper sets of their choice.

Here are the amazing creations by the DT using the images that Robyn gave us to play with this week.

MARY

(Bella Da Snowlady)

STACY

(Frosty Da Snowman)

DONNA

(Chester Da Snowman)

PAT

(Bella Da Snowlady)

Click on the DT names under each photo to be taken to their blogs.  Now it's your turn.  Show us what you can do with this week's theme. You have until Friday, December 10, 2010 at 11:59 pm EST.  Just add a link to your post (not your entire blog) in the linky below. If the linky is missing please add your card to the comment section below.

Mary


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Winner & Top 3 ~ Snowflakes

Thank you again to everyone who entered into our snowflake challenge.  We had just over 100 entries.  We want to appologize for not commenting on everyones post.  But we did look at each and every entry.  Which by the way were all amazing! We wish that we could pick each and every one of you but unfortunately we can't.  So for our winner and top 3......


The winner of last week's snowflake challenge is.....

 

DEBBIE

Congratulations Debbie.  Please contact Stacy and she will get your images right out to you.  Please grab the winner badge if you would like to add it to your blog.

Now for the hard part as there were so many gorgeous cards and I wanted to choose them all.  But I needed to narrow it down to just 3.  So here are the top 3...

DOREEN

CHRIS

SILKE

Congratulations and please grab the top 3 badge if you would like to add it to your blog.  

Just a quick reminder that our current challenge, NON TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLORS, is open until Friday, December 3rd at 11:59pm.  We are being sponsored by Glitterbabe's Art. 

Challenge 15 ~ Nontraditional Christmas Colors

Good morning and welcome to the 15th challenge here at 2 Sisters.  We are pleasantly amazed by the number of entries each week.  We love seeing all of the projects that are entered in the challenges.  Our sponsor this week is the amazing Glitterbabe's Art. 

If you haven't seen her art you should stop by her shop and check it out for yourself.

Hi.  My name is stef h.  I am owner of GLITTERBABE'S ART SHOP.  I am married to a wonderful man going on 20 years and we live in sandwich, Illinois ñ a funny little place right after plano and bologny, Illinois!  Which gives youÖ. Plano bologny sandwich!  JUST KIDDING ñ about the bologny part anyway!  I really do live in SANDWICH and it really is right after PLANO! 

i have been a crafter ñ mostly cardmaker - going on 10 years and I have been drawing images for a little over a year.  Actually, it was my hubby who encouraged me. When he heard all the talk about digital stamps he talked about my doodling and suggested I give digi images a try.  After many hours of practice I decided to put my ìdoodlesî out there and opened my shop and, as they say, the rest is history!  I strive for quality product and work hard to give my very best.  I have tons of fun with it and I hope you do too!




The theme of our challenge this week is NONTRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLORS.  We want to see projects in colors other than red, green, gold and silver.  Stef H. of Giitterbabe's Art has been very kind and provied our DT with some images to showcase this week.  Here is what the DT has come up with to give you some inspiration.

MARY

(MISTLETOE)

STACY

(HARK THE HERALD)

DONNA

(WINTER HOME)

PAT

(HANGING ORNAMENTS)

Now its your turn.  Show us your NONTRADITIONAL COLORED CHRISTMAS cards/projects.  You have until 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time on Friday December 3rd to enter your project.  We are still having trouble with the linky tool so if it shuts off before it is supposed to just enter your project in the comments section of this post.

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Winner & Top 3 ~ Christmas

Good evening and welcome back to the 2 Sisters Challenge Blog I apologize for the lateness of this post.  First of all we would like to thank Stamp N Doodle for sponsoring our 13th challenge.  We have chosen the winner and top 3 so with out further delay here they are.

The winner of the Stamp N Doodle Christmas challenge is...

LISA

Congratulations Lisa!! Please contact me at twosisterschallengeblog@live.com for information about how to collect your prize.  Our winner's badge is in the sidebar if you would like to place it on your blog.

The Top 3 in no particular order are...

JEANET

SCRAPPY

SILKE

Congratulations ladies!! Our Top 3 badge is in the sidebar if you would like to place it on your blogs.  Our current challenge is SNOWFLAKES and I have the honor of sponsoring this challenge.  I will be giving 2 digis that I have created as the prize.  One will be the image that the DT showcased and the other will be a surprise.  You have until 11:59pm on Friday November 26th to enter. 

Challenge 14 ~ Snowflakes

Good Morning and welcome to the 14th challenge at 2 Sisters. Before we get to our next challenge we would like to thank Stamp N Doodles for sponsoring last week's challenge. We would also like to thank everyone who played along with our Christmas challenge.  We had over 200 entries!!!  Please be sure to come back on Monday to see if you are the winner or top 3. 

We are currently holding a design team call. You can find out more about it here.

This week we are challenging you to use.....

SNOWFLAKES

We are being sponsored this week by our very own Stacy.  Stacy created the snowman image that we used on our cards this week.  The winner of this week's challenge will receive this snowman digi and one more surprise image created by Stacy.

Here's what the DT created using this adorable snowman....

Mary

Stacy

Donna

Now it's your turn.  Show us your snowflake cards/projects. You have until Friday, November 26th at 11:59pm EST to enter your card/project into the linky tool below.  We have been having trouble with the linky tool disappearing early. If this happens again please be sure to add your card into the comment section. Please link to the post and not your entire blog. Thank you.

Mary

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Winner & Top 3 ~ Birthday Challenge

Good morning, first of all we would like to thank Digi Doodles for sponsoring our Birthday challenge last week.  They have some amazing images in their store you should take a moment and stop by and check them out for yourself.  Next, we would like to thank everyone who entered the challenge all of the entries were amazing.

One more piece of information before we announce the Winner & Top 3 from our last challenge.  We are currently holding a Design Team Call so if you would like to apply for the position please read the requirements below.

DT Requirements:

1. Be willing to create and post a project for each challenge.

2. Be willing to serve on the DT for 6 months.

3. Be willing to comment on entries.  You will be assigned a number that you will be responsible for. For example if your number is 3 you will be responsible to comment on entries ending in the number 3 (3, 13, 23, etc..)

Part of our challenge blog is to showcase images for our sponsors.  So as part of the design team you would receive a free image from our sponsor.  If you are interested in being part of our design team please email us with 3 cards/projects that you consider to be your best work.  You can also create a post showing these 3 cards/projects on your blog and email us a link to your blog post.  Whichever is easiest for you.

Now onto the Winner and Top 3.  The winner of this challenge and the $10 certificate from Digi Doodles is...

JULIE B.

 

Congratulations Julie!! Please contact me at twosisterschallengeblog@live.com for information on how to collect your prize.  Our winner's badge is in the sidebar if you would like to place it on your blog.

The Top 3 in no particular order are...

MARIA PATRIZIA

KATHLEEN

JOVITA

Congratulations Ladies!! Our Top 3 badge is in the sidebar if you would like to place it on your blogs.

You have until 11:59pm Eastern Standard Time on Friday November 19th to enter the current challenge.  Our challenge this week is being sponsored by Stamp N Doodle with the theme of CHRISTMAS.  Hope to see you all there.
 

Challenge 13 ~ CHRISTMAS

Good morning and welcome to the 13th challenge at 2 Sisters.  Before we get to the specifics of the next challenge we would like to thank Digi Doodles for sponsoring our birthday challenge.  We would also like to thank all of those who participated in the challenge the entries were great. Keep up the good work.

We want to say thank you to Tina for her hard work on our DT.  Tina has decided to step down due to other obligations.  We will miss her here at the 2 Sisters.

We have a Design Team Call which is open until November 30th.  If you are interested in applying here is what you need to know.

You must:

1. Be willing to create and post a project for each challenge.

2. Be willing to serve on the DT for 6 months.

3. Be willing to comment on entries.  You will be assigned a number that you will be responsible for. For example if your number is 3 you will be resposible to comment on entries ending in the number 3 (3, 13, 23, etc..)

Part of our challenge blog is to showcase images for our sponsors.  So as part of the design team you would receive a free image from our sponsor each week.  If you are interested in being part of our design team please email us with 3 cards/projects that you consider to be your best work.  You can also create a post showing these 3 cards/projects on your blog and email us a link to your blog post.  Whichever is easiest for you.  twosisterschallengeblog@live.com

Now on to Challenge 13.  Christmas is approaching fast so for this challenge we would like to see your CHRISTMAS projects.  Our sponsor for this challenge is Stamp~N~Doodle.  You should take a moment to stop by their shop and check it out.



Here is some inspiration from the Design Team

STACY

 

MARY

DONNA

PAT

Now it's your turn.  Show us your CHRISTMAS cards/projects.  You have until Friday, November 19th at 11:59 pm EST to enter your project into the linky tool below.  For some reason our linky tool seems to be disapearing on us early each week.  If this happens again this week please add a link to your entry. Please link to the post and not your entire blog.  Thank you.