Mandy's beautiful cards and a sneak peek!

Mandy created a couple of stunning cards with this months kit!

Wouldn't you love to receive a flawlessly beautiful card like this?

 and of course if it was your birthday.....

This sweet card would be excellent to get in the mail!

Wouldn't it brighten your day?
And this month we are featuring Gelatos and guess what?
she used white gelato over the embossing and around the edges!

Mandy also posted a wonderful sneak peek of an off the page creation

she is in the process of making

I am so intrigued!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mandy's Charismatic `Stunning Layout`

Mandy's interpretation of This months SOE sketch 

is 'STUNNING'

So rich in color and texture and shine,

it is simply dazzling!!!

the details lend to the elegance of this layout!

she used two embossing powders on the 'stunning' chipboard (from the kit)

she made the beautiful small roses and she red gelato over the textured/stenciled flowers and rubbed in at the bottom left of the page.

The ribbon and gem are part of the embellishment add on

 Her attention to details is  Exquisite

Thanks for stopping by!

Sarah's Yummy Recipe Book!

When I saw Sarah's recipe book I was so intrigued with all the details!

This book look just amazing!

Sarah created using this month's Creativity Add-On and using techniques

she learned in one of the classes she was lucky enough to take with Finnabair. 

She used Luminarte Silks Acrylic Glaze for the paint colours and a combination of embellishments from the Creativity Add-On and from her stash to create the collage. The chain on the 'spine' of the book is saved from a purse she had- now thats upcycling!

she even added beautiful details to the back!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you were inspired too!

Winners!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We would like to thank everyone

who took part in our challenges this month!

There were so many gorgeous entries!

The winner of the ATC challenge is

Marci Bensing with her creative and so FABulously done entry #2!!!

 And thewinner of the texture it challenge is 

LISAMOM90240!!!

Congrats ladies!

Remember you do not have to be a kit subscriber to win!

Marianne will wow you.....

with her beautiful creations

from this months SOD kit!

Check this out!

 The details are amazing......

I love how the flourish draws your eye to the flowers and butterfly

and all the background mixed media work is phenomenal!

Cathi's Gorgeous September creations!

Our Guest dt this month

Cathi O'Neil

created some really outstanding projects!

This first one is gorgeous!!!!!

I love the little bricks!

and check out what she did with this months sketch!

she created a beautiful background!

and then she created this stunning work of art

with an aptly named title!

 I love how she used the tags!!!!

I love all the details she put in!

Thanks for stopping by!

September Kit Premiere

Our September kit is here!

Simply Shabby Chic

We're bringing you some gorgeous, brand new Prima, some oh-so-shabby Fabscraps, and lots of other sweet goodies in this kit.  If you'd like to see the full list of kit "ingredients" and our coordinating add ons, stop by our website or our store!  We have just a few left, so you won't want to miss out...

Along with the new kit, we have a new sketch, and a new sketch challenge.  Suepup has created this beautiful sketch to inspire you, and our September sketch challenge will be based on this sketch - the only rules to the challenge are to use the sketch, and have your layout submitted in time (don't worry, you have a whole month to complete it!).  And as always with our challenges, you don't have to use our kits to enter, you can use items from your own stash.  Here's the link to enter!  Simply Shabby Chic Sketch Challenge.  And here's the fabulous sketch for this month:

We know you don't just want to see a kit and sketch, you want some eye candy, and we surely have some of that this month!  I thought I'd share a few projects from the ladies on our design team, and if you want to see more, just visit their blogs, you kind find links to all of them on our sidebar...

Cathi O'Neill - our Sept. Guest Designer!

Lisa Nazario-Gregory- her 1st layout as an SOE Sponsored Designer!

Mandy Zimmerman

Nadia Cannizzo

Romy Veul

Kathy Mosher

Keren Tamir

Helena Johansson

Renea Harrison

And we'll have more inspiration coming throughout the month, so be sure to check back!

Thank you for stopping by, we appreciate it and always love your comments!

~Melinda~