Welcome back to my weekly challenges.  I am happy to be home although I had a great vacation with a whole bunch of really fun scouts and scout leaders.  We spent 12 days in Washington DC and believer me there is not much we did not see--our schedule was so grueling I had to sleep for two days to recover, lol!   So fun though, would do it again in a heart beat.  We slept in tents and cooked on camp stoves.  Good times.  Then we came home and got two (yes two) new puppies so I have not done any stamping at all in a full two week's.  Crazy.  I will share a picture of the puppies later in the week as this is always a long post as it is.  With that being said let's get right to it.....

Here is this week's sketch....

Mary Brown

Tanya

Robbie

NicoleTugrul

Jonia Smith

 Carolyn Bennett

Sue Root

Eileen LeFevre

See I told you they were great!

Now it is your turn to play along. 

 Here are a few basic rules for participation...

1. You have a full week to play along!
2. Create a new card using the sketch as your inspiration.
3. Use any products you choose.
4. Add your card to your blog or other on-line spot and link back to this challenge.
5. Come back here and add a direct link to your sample for the challenge and NOT you home page of your blog--people will not look for your challenge card--trust me.
6. And this one is not really a rule but a request--get rid of that word verification!  It makes it hard for us to comment on your samples.  It is easier for you to delete the spam then for us to jump through tons of hoops to comment.  If your put your comments on moderation you do not have to worry about spam--you will have the option to delete it BEFORE it ever goes on your blog so you will ALWAYS be safe!
7. Have fun and tell you friends to play too!
   
   

    Thanks for stopping by--Mary Jo 

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The two week challenge on Latenight stampers has been to use lace on your card.   I was away the first week of the challenge and it took me all day to get the desire to go into the studio and make a card for this week of the challenge.  I don't have any lace stamps, I don't really have anything lace at all so I did not have a clue what to do--but then I decided to use my lacey ribbon punch, a doily (non-SU) and lacey Beautiful Baroque background embossing folder.  I couldn't find a current set to match so I just went with a bowl of cherries and decided to be done with it, lol.  Did you ever feel like that???  Anyway here is the card....

Before I get to the cards can I tell you something else that makes me "giggle"?  I have been asked to be one of the guest designers on the fabulous Create with Connie and Mary blog!  I am honored to say that both of these ladies have become on-line friends and they are both crazy talented.  But that is not the best part--they have a bunch of really talented designers besides themselves that all join forces to bring you at downloadable collection of step by step tutorials all for one low price!