Raising Awareness of Premature Births!

Yesterday my family and I all went to the Life's Little Treasures Foundation - Walk For Prems. Which was a fun run/walk to raise money and awareness for Premature Births. My hubby did the 10km run with the girls in the Pram. Here is a Picture of them just as the run was about to start and the bottom picture is of them once they had finished.

I am so Proud of him for running with the girls. There is no way that I could even run 1km, so I just wanted to say a Great Big CONGRATULATIONS to my amazing Hubby and Girls for a job well done, or should I say well run...hehe! Love you!

 Life's Little Treasures is a charity that I volunteer with and they are a fantastic support group for Families who have had a Premature baby, which is something that is very close to our hearts!

I also want to give a big Congratulations to all the Life's Little Treasures Girls and Guys who put together a fantastic event yesterday! Well Done!

Chapter 39: Nothin' but Tea and Time...

"Alice felt dreadfully puzzled. The Hatter's remark seemed to have no sort of meaning in it, and yet it was certainly English. `I don't quite understand you,' she said, as politely as she could. 

`The Dormouse is asleep again,' said the Hatter, and he poured a little hot tea upon its nose. 

The Dormouse shook its head impatiently, and said, without opening its eyes, `Of course, of course; just what I was going to remark myself.' 

`Have you guessed the riddle yet?' the Hatter said, turning to Alice again. 

`No, I give it up,' Alice replied: `what's the answer?' 

`I haven't the slightest idea,' said the Hatter. 

`Nor I,' said the March Hare. 

Alice sighed wearily. `I think you might do something better with the time,' she said, `than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.'

`If you knew Time as well as I do,' said the Hatter, `you wouldn't talk about wasting IT. It's HIM.' 

`I don't know what you mean,' said Alice. 

`Of course you don't!' the Hatter said, tossing his head contemptuously. `I dare say you never even spoke to Time!'"

Greetings friends in Wonderland!

Today we have a fun challenge for you based on a lovely inspiration piece that the Mad Hatter herself just might "need" one of these days!

But first, a BIG warm WONDERLAND welcome to Tracy Evans, our November/December Guest! Tracy has wow'd us with her projects for a while and we are thrilled to have her here at our Twisted Table.

This week, we have an inspiration piece, again from one of Jess's favorite designers,Tarina Tarantino (Shown above).

It LOOKS like a watch, but in this case, the face of "Father Time" is the Mad Hatter himself. We can just see him, shouting out from this beautiful piece and startling it's owner "YOU HAVEN'T EVEN MET TIME!". Boy, it sure feels like that some days..time simply moves TOO QUICKLY to catch!

Make sure you pop past the Oh Alice Blog to see what the rest of the DT have created!

It's a Beanie Kind of Day!

Today's FFF is our Scrapbook Challenge. The lovely Melyssa has put together this fantastic sketch for you to get creative with! Make sure you pop past the TGF blog to see all the other DT's gorgeous LO's

Now it has been a while since I scrapped a LO, I used to be a scrapper before I was converted to cards...hehe, but I really enjoyed scrapping again. This is a picture of my girls with their Daddy on their 4th birthday. They just love the park and they love chips and gravey, so on their birthday we took them to the park and had chips and gravey for lunch. As their birthday is in July it is right in the middle of winter so of course we needed the beanies, so what better TGF stamp to use then the brand new Beanie Anya. I even managed to get her beanie like Miss Lily's...hehe!

Copic Colors Used

Skin- E11, E00, E000, R20

Beanie - G02, G00, G000, RV14, RV13, RV29, RV25

Hair - E50, E51, E53

Scraf - RV29, RV25, RV23

Jacket & Boots - E39, E37, E35, E33

Now you have one week to play along with this sketch and be in the running to win the new "I heart Sweaters" set!

Now don't forget that over on the new Mad For Markers Challenge Blog you still have one more day to get your entries into our 'Anything But a Card' Challenge. I have to say that those who have entered have done a fantastic job!

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend! We have our big Run For Prem Babies on Sunday and are hoping like mad that the whether holds out, it is supposed to rain...arrrgh!! So my lovely Hubby and the girls might get wet as they do their run, oh well, it's all for a good cause!

Hoppin into the holidays with TGF!

"The Greeting Farm will be HOPPIN' into the Holidays featuring our December release! 

 Please join us on TUESDAY, NOV. 30th at 7pm CST on the TGF Blog for an ALL-CUSTOMER and DT blog hop, featuring HOLIDAY cards that use TGF stamps!  The DT will be premiering some December releases, there will be prizes, chit chat on our PCP page from 7pm CST to 8pm CST, and the winner of our Ugly Sweater Inspired contest will also be announced!

Prizes will be awarded in the following categories: 

 "Let it Snow"  (use snow in creative ways on your card)

"Santa, Baby" (cute Santa-inspired cards)

and  "Holiday Treats" (incorporate some kind of treat/goodie theme into your cards!

  (this was edited from "It's a Wrap" in case you saw that on anyone else's blogs, fyi)

You  may enter one, two, or all 3 categories, but must create a separate entry for each category and you MUST USE TGF STAMPS!  

What's more? There are even MORE ways to win!  You do not have to create for one of the three challenges, unless you WANT TO, because in addition, ONE lucky hopper WHO PARTICIPATES in the Blog Hop will receive the ENTIRE DECEMBER RELEASE just for making it through the hop and commenting.  In addition, another lucky NON-participant will also win this prize.

More information will be released as the weeks move on, but to sign up, you need toemail Jessica at yeahshestamps at gmail dot com NO LATER than TUESDAY, November 24th-NO exceptions, sorry.  With the holidays approaching and lots of family in from out of town, Jess will need the list by then at the latest.

PLEASE put "TGF HOLIDAY HOP" as your subject line-this is very important!   ETA:  PLEASE INCLUDE the FULL URL of your BLOG ADDRESS!  We've already had a few signups that didn't include any blog info ;)  Thanks!


We can't wait to hop into the holidays with all of our friends on the Farm!

Feel free to grab the above badge and DIRECT-link to this post-the more the MERRIER this season!  :)

Oh Alice Chater 38: Tickets Please!

`Tickets, please!' said the Guard, putting his head in at the window. In a moment everybody was holding out a ticket: they were about the same size as the people, and quite seemed to fill the carriage.

`Now then! Show your ticket, child!' the Guard went on, looking angrily at Alice. And a great many voices all said together (`like the chorus of a song,' thought Alice), `Don't keep him waiting, child! Why, his time is worth a thousand pounds a minute!

`I'm afraid I haven't got one,' Alice said in a frightened tone: `there wasn't a ticket-office where I came from." And again the chorus of voices went on. `There wasn't room for one where she came from. The land there is worth a thousand pounds an inch!'

-- Chapter 3, Through the Looking Glass
Greetings friends in Wonderland! We are FULL STEAM AHEAD into November and today's challenge is JUST the ticket! 

But before we get started, there are some changes at our twisted tea party table!  We are bidding farewell to longtime design team members Jen and Suzi, so please leave them some extra love as you visit their last Oh, Alice! DT posts. We will really miss their superb talents! Donna, our amazing October guest designer, is stepping up to the table so we are back to our twisted thirteen. Welcome Donna, we are so glad you are staying where it's always time for tea! Be sure to check back next week for to find out who our guest designer will be for the holiday season!

So, do you have YOUR ticket ready for a ride on the Wonderland Express? Our twisted sis Lynne is the conductor this week and she says you can't travel with Oh, Alice! if you don't show us your ticket! You can make a ticket, use a ticket stamp, use a real ticket. Use one ticket or a whole row of tickets! So hop on it and get ready to take a journey through Wonderland!

It's time for you to get those tickets ready so you can travel with us on the Wonderland Express! You don't want to be left behind as this train leaves the station, so enter your new creations using the InLinkz tool below. There is no time limit this week, and we can't wait to see where your creations will take us! Make sure to pop past the Oh Alice blog to see what the rest of the DT have created for you!

TGF Farm Fresh Friday!

Welcome to another TGF Friday, and you know what that means! Yep it's time for another Farm Fresh Friday Challenge, this weeks FFF Challenge is to use Hemp, Floss or Raffia on your card!

Ok, so onto my card! I have used Ian from  I Heart Sweaters. He is just sooo adorable!

Copic Colors Used:

Hair - E79, E39, E35, E31

Scarf &Boots - R59, R37, R35, R32

Jumper - BG78, BG75, BG72, W5, W3, W1

Pants - C10, C8, C5

Skin - E11, E00, E000, R20

Make sure to get your entries in as the winner of this weeks FFF will win their very own Oliver & Amelia - Just for You!  How cool is that!!!

A Bookmark for Brody!

Hey there Copic Lovers, it's Mad For Markers Friday and our current challenge is 'Anything But a Card'.  Now last time I made a bookmark for my Daughter Ella, well my son Brody saw this and of course, you guessed it, he wanted one...hehe! So now I have a bookmark for Brody to share with you!

I just love this Creeper Jack from The Greeting Farm. Boys images are so hard to find and Creeper Jack is just perfect for that Pre teen, which Brody is and of course for teenage boys! So anyway I made this for Brody and he was just wrapped! These bookmarks are such a great little pressie!

Copic Colors Used:

Hair - E79, E39, E35, E31

T-shirt - R59, R37, R35, YG17, YG13, YG11

Jeans - C5, C3, C1

Shoes - R37, R35, R59, C3, C1

My card uses Copics and X Press It blending Card

So if you haven't already entered our challenge you still have time, so get coloring and get your entry in!

For all your Copic needs make sure to hop on over to The Mad For Marker Store!