Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Midnight Madness Week #20 (MMSC20)

(posted 9-23-09) The weekly BONUS WINNER for MMSC19 is
15. Terry D.

The MMSC19 bonus gift is being donated by "62 Cards" Terry please email so I can connect you with Sammy Jo and she can hook you up with your goodies as seen on the MMSC19 post :) You have 3 days to contact me or I will have to generate another winner.
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:15
Timestamp: 2009-09-23 06:55:04 UTC
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Hope you're happy and healthy today and thank you so much for stopping in for a visit today. We want to let all our followers know that effective Oct 1st, our very own Jessica will be leaving us as a Design Team member. After much deliberation and thought she has decided to leave the team. Although we are saddened with her departure, Jessica has been pursuing her talent with her graphic arts and has been working on designing her own line of rubber stamps. Check them out HERE and HERE. With her upcoming wedding and being a young mother with many demands, she has only so much time in her day. We wish her many successes as she explores other avenues of her creativity, we will miss her unique style of her handmade cards, but she did say she would come back as a special guest sometime :) With Jessica departing, we had a position open on the Midnight Madness Design team. Carol our Sept GDT has become very involved with multiple projects including our coming Blog Hop on October 16th. So we have asked Carol to stay on board with us till the end of the year. Together with our team, we are planning some amazing things to come to the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenges and blog for your enjoyment. We will be announcing our October Guest Dive on Thursday and will then be on a search for our November Diva. Midnight Madness will always need new monthly Guest Designers and we look forward to continuing to enjoy all the talent out there. Here are a few reminders for our future Divas. Here is what you need to do if you are interested.1. Leave us a comment on the current challenge post stating that you are interested 2. Enter as many MM challenges as you can.3. take note of what we are looking for ..
CONSISTENCE WITH WEEKLY ENTRIES
QUALITY WORKMANSHIP
CREATIVITY AND A TOUCH OF MADNESS (we are a fun group ;) for more info click HERE

MARK YOUR CALENDAR :)
~Tutorial post =Wednesday Sept 23rd
~MMSC19 Bonus Winner =Wed Sept 23rd
~ "October Guest Designing Diva" to be announced =Thursday Sept 24th

~Stampers United Blog Hop personal Blog candy winner announced = Sept 27th
~MEGA contest give away with a chance at a prize worth of $1295.00! Yes you heard me right!! $1295.00 Details posted on =Monday Sept 28th
~ "Charlottes Blog Candy" month end give away =Wednesday Sept 30th
~ "DRS Designs" monthly sponsorship give away of $50 shopping voucher =Wednesday Sept 30th
~ “Prowling with the 1st Midnight Madness Blog Hop” =Friday Oct 16th


You have till Midnight EST 9-22-09 to get your MMSC19 entries in. Our weekly winner will be drawn on Wednesday, so be sure to check back for that. If you miss the deadline, you are still welcome to link up to Mr Linky, but any entries after the "LAST CALL" will not be in the drawing.
MIDNIGHT MADNESS MASTERPIECE AWARD
Each week we are awarding a special Badge Award to one person for their outstanding sketch submission. If you would like to be considered for this award, please make sure your card link is posted to Mr. Linky by Sunday of each week. This is our way of let you know how wonderfully talented you are and how much we appreciate you sharing your craft with us. This week we are proud to say the“MIDNIGHT MADNESS MASTERPIECE” Gold Star Award goes to.....

32. Rosette
Enjoy your award and please display it proudly!
(if you would like the blinkie code, just email me ;)
Sketch Challenge Star Award MMM



The MM REMARKABLES WEEKLY AWARD!!
The Midnight Madness Team has created a very special award called The “Midnight Madness Remarkables” Award !! We would like to acknowledge those entries that are just exceptionally Remarkable!! During our voting each week, due to the caliber of the cards entered in our challenges, we end up with so many ties and close votes, so this Fairy logo is for those recipients to display proudly. If you would each like to take our fairy logo for your side bar, she would love to come stay with you.


Thank you all for playing and please help me in congratulating our “Midnight Madness Remarkables” award winners…..

51. Sandee

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Continuing to their Sponsorship this month is....


Drawings for month end are coming up, just take a look at what is up grabs this month HERE. This is the last week of our our wonderful monthly sponsor DRS Designs . We hope to have them sponsor us again real soon :) You can find them at http://www.drsdesigns.com/ and http://drsdesignblog.blogspot.com/ The Midnight Madness team has had a lot of fun crafting with their wonderful stamps. Just take a look at our sketch example cards this week. Thanks DRS Designs.

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We are so lucky to have
"Michelle's Scrapbooking & More"
as our Weekly Bonus Sponsor

Michelle’s Scrapbooking & More carries everything a stamper would need, including all the latest Basic Grey, Spellbinders, Copic Markers, Flowersoft and stamps from such great companies as Magnolia, Whiff of Joy, Alota Rubber Stamps, Stampavie, CC Designs, House Mouse and more. They recently introduced The Pixie Cottage stamps to the paper crafting community. If you haven’t seen these adorable stamps stop by and take a look. The first batch is arriving in their store in mid September, with more to soon follow!
Michelle is offering our MMSC20 Bonus winner the two stamps shown below from the Pixie Cottage line and a 10.00 off coupon code for her store. Thank you Michelle for your wonderful prize this week.




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NOW FOR OUR WEEK #20
SKETCH CHALLENGE

Below are the Design Teams samples this week and most are made with *DRS Designs images. Be sure to click on them to find out all the details of each.

Here is Week #20 sketch (MMSC20)

*Michelle - Daydreams by Michelle

*Kimmie - kimmie kaye's designs


*Sue - McMahon Five Designs

*Chris - Twinkles Glow with Stamps

*Carolyn - Creative Card Corner



*Carol-Chocolate, Crafts, & Bears, Oh My!



*Charlotte - Designs From Within



* Jane - The Paper Affair



*Jessica - solocosmo



Sonya - The Pink Paper Penguin

*Jeni - Jeni's Custom Cards



*Denise - kc242 Designs by Denise



*Phyllis - SparklePlenty1000

Shawne - Paper Art from Studio 313




YOUR REMINDERS!!!....

1. You need to be a “FOLLOWER”
2.
The “Midnight Madness LOGO BADGE/LINK” should be displayed on your blog
3. Your card post needs to have a Hyperlink back to this blog.
4. Tag with MMSC20 when uploading to galleries.
5. Only ONE entry per person per week please (If you choose to enter more than one, ONLY your FIRST entry will be judged and entered in the drawings)
6.
Enter your project to Mr. Linky below

7. Leave a Comment below.
8.
***Read the General Rules**

IT'S THAT EASY!!
Note: if for any reason, Mr. Linky is not displayed directly below, please just add your link address for your project when you comment. If Mr. Linky is not here when you are, you could also check back again in a little while.

MMSC20 ENTRY DEADLINE Sept 29th MIDNIGHT EST
When you add your name to Mr. Linky, some how add an initial or make your name distinguished..(ie Lisa A. or Lisa B.) this will be very helpful with the more frequently used names so we can differentiate the players for our Mad Money Drawings.


Monday, September 21, 2009

Midnight Madness by Priscilla MMSC20

Midnight Serenade









click the pictures to enlarge if you like :)

Thanks so much for stopping by today. This card was made for the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge #20 (MMSC20) I used a stamp call L605 Midnight Serenade I turned the sketch to fit my image. I also used some real wood paper that I got from McMahon Five Designs. I embossed it and then highlighted the swirls so you could see the texture better. I finished the inside and made a matching "Thinking Inside the Box" envelope. The brooch is working and can be removed for use. Two gifts in one :) I hope you are enjoying the Midnight Madness blog and we have a lot going on. If you ever have any questions please feel free to email me. We have some very big events coming up and I would love for everyone to be involved. I know navigating through blogs can get confusing! LOL As always, I would LOVE to hear from you. Any question, comments or concerns you have are welcome. I hope you enjoyed my card today :)

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Stamper United Blog Hop

9-28-09** The of my personal blog hop candy is
WINNER IS DAWN**
Dawn said...
Love your tutorial for the spider card, what a sweetie you are, loving the blog hop.
Random Integer Generator
Here are your random numbers:123
Timestamp: 2009-09-28 18:24:33 UTC
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Dawn you have 48 hours to email me to claim your prize.
***BLOG HOP IS NOW CLOSED***
Be sure to check back here Monday for the winner of my personal hop give away and then check Claudia's blog for the Grand Prize Give away winner.

Hello and welcome to the "priscillastyles" blog, (aka "The Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge Blog" and if you are looking for the current sketch challenge click HERE)


A group of us got together and thought it would be fun to introduce you to different stampers, their styles and blogs. Perhaps you’ll find an exciting new artist that you would like to visit again! We are called, Stampers United and today we are having a Blog Hop! Not only will you be able to visit some hopefully unfamiliar blogs, but there are prizes along the way with a fabulous Grand Prize at the end! In order to have a chance at winning the Grand Prize, you must gather a phrase along the Blog Hop. Each stamper will have a particular word listed on their blog and as long as you visit them in order, you will have the phrase at the end. Claudia will pick the Grand Prize winner, then announce the winner Monday on her blog. Once the winner has contacted her, she will ask for the phrase. If that person has the phrase correct, then they win the prize, if not , she will pick a second person until the phrase is correct. so don't tell anyone ;) To start off, you must begin at the Stampers United Blog! If you have not started there, I suggest you go back and begin again . . . you don’t want to miss out on that fabulous Grand Prize! The blog hop ends on Saturday, Sept. 26 at 6:00 AM EDT and the Grand Prize winner will be drawn on Monday, Sept 28th and announced on Claudia's blog. If you have arrived from Leslie's blog then you are on the right course. Before I reveal my own personal BLOG CANDY give away, I would like to share my Halloween Stand up Card and Envelope with you. I have even done a mini tutorial for you because I was so thrilled with the “PAPER CLAY” that I used on this card to make the spider, so I just had to share it with you. It is just like clay and when it dries, it is super lightweight and just amazing. Ok, lets start with some pictures of my finished card and envelope. Please feel free to click on any of the pictures to enlarge them for a closer look.


Front View of the "Stand Up Card"

Top View

Back View

View from the front when completly opened

View from the back when opened

Thick Style "Thinking Inside the Box" Envelope

Card folds down flat and fits nicely in the Envelope.
(the kit allows you to adjust the thickness if needed)

Here is a picture of the Paper Clay

I used wax paper to protect my work space and just rolled
out the clay just like I was a kid again. I pressed the clear acrylic cabochon in the body of the spider to create a spot to glue it in later.

Let dry over night. It is "PAPER" clay, so it is SUPER LIGHT when it drys. Add a couple rhinestone eyes.......

Created the picture Cabochon. Click here for
more details on creating with Cabochons

Create the stand up card with the swing out arms as desired.
Glue your piece on the hanging element and let dry.


"HAPPY HALLOWEEN"

I hope you have enjoyed the card I made for you today and before I send you off to the next blog and reveal the code word, I would like to invite you all to "follow" my blog, because we always have tons of give aways, fun sketches, tutorials and we are even doing a special event that will give a chance for someone to win a prize worth $1295.00 The details will be posted on Sept 28th right here on my blog, so be sure to check back for that Huge Exciting Announcement . Last, I would like to offer anyone who leaves me a comment on this post a chance to win one of my "priscillastyles" products. Just click and scroll down to view the items up for grabs. So be sure to enter my personal BLOG CANDY by leave me a comment. A very special Thank You goes out to Claudia for constructing this Blog hop, all the awesome bloggers involved and to our wonderful sponsors. All the items in the Grand Prize have been donated from the wonderful companies listed on the Stampers United Blog, and that is one

HUGE GRAND PRIZE!!!! WOWZER!!!

We hope you are enjoying this special Blog Hop and that you are finding something new along the way.
Thanks for joining us today!