MMSC GUEST DESIGNING DIVA! SKETCH CHALLENGES WITH LOADS OF PRIZES

Our August Guest Designing Diva!!!

We are so excited to announce our very first Guest Designer. Our August Guest Designer is Melissa Bove. Many of you may know her from Splitcoaststampers. She is currently one of the “Dirty Dozen” girls. We are so honored to have her joining us for the next month. She is extremely talented and her work will bring so much inspiration to the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenges each week. She lives in Whiting, NJ, down near the Jersey Shore, with her hubby, Robert and her 3 ½ yr old son, Antonio who keeps her on her toes. She loves doing all kinds of paper crafts and her main passions are making cards and altering anything she can get her hands on, especially boxes! She loves to incorporate some type of stamping in almost everything she does. She started stamping about 3 years ago and it has quickly become an obsession for her. I am sure we can all relate huh? Melissa will be helping us choose our September Guest Designing Diva, so keep those creative juices flowing and be sure to let us know you are interested in being our SEPT Guest Designer. Please stop by her blog and give her a big shout out!

MMSC12 Sketch Challenge! Loads of Prizes!

Well it is already Tuesday and time to reveal our design take on this weeks sketch challenge. I borrowed a floral stamp & butterfly stamp from a friend of mine (they are by stampin up but I have forgotten the name!) The images were heat embossed watercolored,handcut,handpieced & layered with liquid lacquer for lots of dimension. I have layered 3-4 images on top of each other. In the centers of the flowers and butterflies I used tiny clear crystal seed beads. The background papers were embossed with my cuttlebug and the scallop border was created by using one of stampin up's border punches. I found these rhinestone butterfly brads several years ago and finally found a home for them too! I just love bling!

Make sure to enter into this week's challenge! Refer a friend! There are lots of opportunities to win lots of blog candy as well as PRIZES! From sponsors to the generosity of our DT, there are loads of prizes!

WOW Thanks so much for giving me this week's DT award:
This is what was posted! It is such an honor to design with some of the nicest girls!
MM DESIGN TEAM AWARD
This person gets the Midnight Madness "Friendship" Award. Her gracious friendly personality allows her to make friends with such ease. As long as I have known her, she has be able to make and maintain so many friends via the internet. As you may know, keeping up with blog comments and keeping that personal contact can be a huge undertaking. She makes it look so easy and obviously knows the importance of what being a friend is all about. Her friendship is cherished by so many of us. Thank you for the incredible talent that you bring with your sample cards each week as well.

I just love the little girl in the middle with the blond hair!
Thanks for this honor! Check out all of the design cards at Priscilla's blog! Check it out here!

MIDNIGHT MADNESS MASTERPIECE AWARD
Each week we 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.....
#24 Carol H
Enjoy your award and please display it proudly!



Thank you so much for leaving your comments! They are so much appreciated!

MMSC11

See more of this card on ebay

For sketch #11 in the MMSC, I chose to do another vintage lady in browns and blues.
Image was printed on quality photopaper several times and then cut out and layered for lots of dimension. Papers are by minds eye : wild asparagus and bazzill. Check out all of the wonderful sample cards by the design team! They are very inspirational!

Congratulations to Grace for winning MMSC10 challenge. Each week we 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.
Congratulations to Kimmie on the Design Team for winning the Midnight Madness Mischief award! Make sure you check out her blog! She does take risks with her cardmaking!

We have a very special treat for the Bonus Winner of MMSC11. We would like to introduce you to, the very talented Michelle Perkett. Michelle Perkett is an artist who believes that the world can always use more happiness, innocence, color and inspiration. Each of her enchanted and inspirational fairies, mermaids, goddesses and angels share these wonderful things with the world.
Michelle started her "World of Enchantment and Inspiration" in 2004. Before that she began her art career working as an active duty graphic artist in the United States Air Force and then in the corporate world for 10 years. Since it's beginning, her enchanting line has continued to grow and make people smile all over the world! I am so excited to share with you that coming soon, Michelle's enchanting designs will be made available as rubber stamps and digital stamps! I for one, will be first in line to get some. You can see her line at her Etsy Shop. Thank you so much Michelle for being our sponsor this week and your very GENEROUS prize give away of your
“Enchanted Inspiration Fairy Collection Set”

MMSC10

This is my card for the MMSC10 challenge. This stamp is from Penny Black and features some cute girls dancing. I have done alot of machine stitching as well as embossing of papers with my cuttlebug.
Check out everyone's take on the sketch for this week. Priscilla is giving away lots of wonderful prizes. Check it out here

Winner of MMSC9 is Connie Her winning card is just fabulous!

This weeks DT winner is Jessica. She is so artistic! She draws many of her images herself! Check out her blog here!
Congratulations Jessica!

Thank you for leaving a comment. The comments you leave are so inspirational!

Making Lemonade Design Group Challenge

This has been a pretty rough week. This week a good friend passed away at only 44. It was very sudden. Tammy was part of my monthly euchre group. We had been playing euchre as a group for over 14 years. I am still in shock. So needless to say, I have been behind in listing this 2 page layout in celebration of our MLDT second anniversary. In addition to this we have also had alot of storms in Indy and our cable went out for all of Friday. Well here it is :

MMSC9

Here is my take on sketch #9. I just love this stamp set from stampin up. It is called See With The Heart. Papers are by The Minds Eye.

Thanks for all of your comments. They are very much appreciated!
Don't forget to check out the blog candy that we are offering this month. There are lots of prizes too!MMSC9

MIDNIGHT MADNESS MASTERPIECE AWARD
Each week we 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.....
Kathy J

MM DESIGN TEAM AWARD
This week the MMDT has nominated this person for the “Midnight Madness Tecnical Wiz Award" She is always so knowledgeable about computer issues. It seems as if she is the first to offer up a helping hand and walk you through the ever changing and confusing computer world. Thank you for being out "Computer Smarts" Girl. Not only is she a Wiz at the computer, she is a Wiz at card making. Be sure to stop by and check out all that she has going on over at her blog. She has recently announced some very exciting things and Just opened up her new Online Store.

This week we would like to honor.....
Sue
Stop by and check out her Blog and NEW STORE!
Thank you for all your help and for being our Tec WIZ Gal!!