New Monthly Challenge Twist!

Boy oh! Boy! May's Monthly Challenge 
sure was a lot of fun!

Several of our winners were actually "first-timers"

and it is SO exciting for us to be the place they won their first challenge!

Congratulations to ALL our winners and THANK you to all our sponsors and participants!

June's Monthly Challenge is shaping up to be a GREAT one!

We chose the theme

"Nature and Outdoors"

and for Week Two

we have decided to add a new element

to our recipe!

Starting TODAY!

We would like to see your projects 

that feature "Nature and Outdoors"

AND we want you to 

ADD BROWN!!!

and our sponsors this week are

The Stamping Boutique 

and Digi Design House

and Stampin' With Brenda

and In A Scrap Creations

ALL of them have active Groups here at the "Lounge" and we would love for you to stop in and give them a little "thanks" for offering up AWESOME prizes for this month's challenge!

Our team wants to help you get started by offering up some projects they created following the "Nature and Outdoors" theme with the Added requirement to ADD BROWN!!

Here is Jen's.

Looks like Little Audry is fixin' to hook the big one!

What pretty roses those are, Jen!

Stacie used the "Girl Waling on the Beach" image from The Stamping Boutique

and colored the sunset with Oil Pastels. Not much embellishment, but with an image this striking, does it really need more?

Melissa used the "Summer Laundry Line" from the Stamping Boutique.

This image has got to be one of the all-time best!

Nothing says summer quite like this!

Yep! Life IS good!

Sara used the adorable "Audrey the Farmer" from the Stamping Boutique

That background is SO cool, Sara! 

Ribbons, bows, buttons, punches, Nesties...

Sara threw the whole kitchen sink into this one!

AND there's brown on it!

What an accomplishment, Sara!

Miranda (from the TSB Design Team) created another

work of art for us.

The image is from the Stamping Boutique.

The BROWN shading and sponging

really makes this one POP!

See!

Nature and Outdoors is E-A-S-Y!!

and adding BROWN really makes for some GREAT inspiration

from our team!

Post your creations HERE for a chance to win some GREAT prizes

from the Stamping Boutique, Digi Design House,

Stampin' With Brenda and In a Scrap Creations!

This challenge runs ALL MONTH!!

Every week, we add a new "Twist"...

get ready for some fun!!

This week we would like you to

Create ANY project with a Nature/Outdoors Theme

and ADD BROWN!!

Next week, we'll add more sponsors (and more prizes!!)

and we'll add to the challenge theme in some way!

You'll have to come back next week to see the new theme!

At the end of the month, we combine ALL the entries and have drawings for the winners!

Last month, there were 5 sponsors, 5 prizes and FIVE winners!!

Saturday: Kids Challenge Reminder

Our Kid Designers have been hard at work this week!

There are LOTS of new entries in our

KIDS' CHALLENGE

We decided to keep the freebie there for you!

Grab the Angel Cake Sunny Day image

and create a project with her.

You will get another free image emailed to you!

Plus, you are entered for a chance to win a prize from

Fresh Brewed Designs

Our Sponsor!!

We're all Dreaming of a Sunny Day!

Let's see your  projects!!

Enter our Challenge TODAY!

Just click HERE and post a picture!

"Friday Updates and Special Surprise"

Good Morning Everyone! It's Friday and I am here to post in the morning, isn't that awesome? Normally I get here around lunch time! LOL! Well lots to do today, so I thought I would get out and about early! I have a few updates to give you today and a "Special Surprise"! Yes, you have to WAIT for the surprise! LOL!

First Up... You have ONE more day to snag the Freshly Brewed Digi Image for the "Kids Challenge", so if you have NOT picked it up... You better hurry and get it by tomorrow! After tomorrow it will no longer be available. Also a quick reminder, if you use the FREEBIE IMAGE and submit your creation here in the kids challenge... Stacie will email you another Freshly Brewed Image to use for the next twist of the challenge! So be sure to snag it and get creative!

Second... Our June Month Long Challenge is underway and it is almost time for the next twist in the challenge to come, so be sure to get your Nature/Outdoor Cards created and added to the discussion here! Monday, June 13, 2011 is when the new twist is coming and I am sure you will LOVE it, as I did when I got the details!

Third... Today is the first day of the Digi Design House Fancy Folds Blog Hop! The hop will run until Sunday, June 12, 2011 at 6pm CST! I was just over there and took a peak and WOW, there are some awesome creations! If you have a few minutes, be sure to pop on over and hop with the ladies on the Design Team! 

Oh lets see... what am I missing? Hmmm... I am sure I am forgetting something! 

Oh Yeah, I almost forgot... my "Special Surprise"! LOL! Whew... the other Design Team Members for sure would have been on my tail... LOL!

I have a special creation to share with you today... Our own Amanda from IN A SCRAP CREATION is now selling La La Land Stamps! How cool is that? As soon as she told us that she was getting them in, I just had to order some! (Psst... She has another shipment coming in soon! Hee-Hee... I have 2 more beauties on there way!) Ooops... got sidetracked, that happens to me when I see shiny things or start to think about NEW goodies that I am waiting for! LOL! Okay, please forgive me, I think I have drug this out long enough... I will share my creation with y'all...

This is Sweet Dreams Marci from the La La Land Stamp Line! Isn't she just adorable? Now you know why, I just had to get it! Isn't her panda bear the cutest? (Hee-Hee) Yep... I had to create her in purple my favorite color! So, be sure to head on over to Amanda's Store, IN A SCRAP CREATION to see all the different goodies she has, including the La La Land Stamp Line!

And of course, I had to share the inside of my card! I always have to finish off the inside, if I don't it just doesn't feel right to me! 

I think that is all I have for y'all today!

Have a Wonderfully Creative Weekend!

Happy Creating! 

Sara

June Month Long Challenge!

Boy oh! Boy! May's Monthly Challenge sure was a lot of fun!

Several of our winners were actually "first-timers"

and it is SO exciting for us to be the place they won their first challenge!

Congratulations to ALL our winners and THANK you to all our sponsors and participants!

June's Monthly Challenge is shaping up to be a GREAT one!

We chose the theme

"Nature and Outdoors"

and our sponsors this week are

The Stamping Boutique 

and Digi Design House

Both of them have active Groups here at the "Lounge" and we would love for you to stop in and give them a little "thanks" for offering up AWESOME prizes for this month's challenge!

Our team wants to help you get started by offering up some projects they created following the "Nature and Outdoors" theme!

Here is Jen's.

Don't you love those quirky trees and this happy color scheme!

Those beautiful papers are from the

JLJ Designs new pack of Back to Nature digi papers

and they look perfect with this image!

Stacie used the "Coreopsis" image from The Stamping Boutique

and two more papers from the JLJ Designs

Back to Nature Digi Papers.

Rhonda used Prince Lonnie, from the Stamping Boutique.

He's Princess Jennifer Latte's Man!

When you think "Outdoors", cooking on the grill

sure is high on the list of things to do!

These awesome blue papers

are from JLJ Designs Dad's Day Pack

Sara used the adorable "Sunflower Girl" from the Stamping Boutique

and even MORE JLJ Papers.

Her marbled yellow-orange paper is from the Back to Nature Collection.

Yep, right after cooking on the grill

working in the garden is high on the list of things to do

Outdoors!

Miranda (from the TSB Design Team) created this incredible 

work of art for us.

The image is "An Uncommon Friendship"

from the Stamping Boutique.

You have GOT to click this picture to see the larger version

to soak in all it's beauty!

Thank you Miranda for sharing your gift with us!

See!

Nature and Outdoors is E-A-S-Y!!

Post your creations HERE 
for a chance to win some GREAT prizes

from the Stamping Boutique and Digi Design House!

June Kids' Challenge and May Winner!

WOW! WE HAD 28 ENTRIES IN THE MAY KIDS' CHALLENGE!

I THINK THAT'S A RECORD FOR US!

I MADE A LIST OF EVERY ENTRY:

AND OUR WINNER IS:

CONGRATULATIONS, AJ!!
You have won $10 to spend at the Stitchy Bear Shop!

Thank you Stitchy Bear Stamps for sponsoring us for May!

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Thank you ALL so much for all your beautiful entries!

And thank you SO MUCH to Jenn Zeeb for posting all the creations

from your after school group!

Ladies, even tho school is out soon, we hope you'll continue to join us

over Summer Vacation!

We LOVE Junior Crafters!

And we LOVE to give out prizes!!

We are ready to start our JUNE challenge!

We have chosen a theme of 

Dreaming of a Sunny Day

We know that while school is out for summer

most of our young artists have other things to do

and like to play outside and run around!

But there are rainy, yucky days

when you get SO BORED!!

Instead of saying there's "Nothing to do"

why don't you make a card or art project?

Post a picture of your project in our

June Kids' Challenge

and you'll have a chance to WIN prizes!!

Our sponsor for June is Fresh Brewed Designs!

Some of you have already made projects 

using some of the images from Fresh Brewed!

Now you'll have a chance to win your own!!

We are going to give the winner their choice of

THREE images

from the Fresh Brewed Shop 

PLUS!!

We have a fun change this month!

We are going to give you a FREEBIE to get started!

IF you use THIS FREEBIE and enter our challenge

we will email you ANOTHER FREEBIE

to use next week!

The catch is, you HAVE to use the FREEBIE

in order to get another one!!

But you have a chance of collecting FOUR free 

Fresh Brewed Designs Digis

just by using the FREE ones we send...

Every time you use an image, we send more!!

Here is the one to get you started:

Her name is "Angel Cake" and the image is called "Summer Days"

Isn't she CUTE?

Go ahead and grab her!

We can't WAIT to see your

Dreaming of a Sunny Day Projects!!

Just go to the Latte Lounge June Kids' Challenge

and post pictures for us!

Our Kid's Design Team made some great projects!
You can read more about them at the June Challenge!


Peanut:

AJ:

"Friday Catch Up"

Good Morning Everyone! TGIF!!! I am so happy the weekend is here! How about you? I only have a couple of things to update you on today, so I will keep it short! (I know you're all rolling your eyes... Short, Yeah Right! LOL!)

We would like to Welcome... Digi Design House to The Latte Lounge! Michelle would love for you to become a member of their group! She is the group coordinator for The Digi Design House, which is a new company branch of The Angel Company! The cool thing is they carry only Digital Images and let me say, they are awesome! You MUST stop by the store and take a look for yourself! (I have a wishlist a mile long already! LOL!)

Next topic... The Stamping Boutique will be having a One Stop Blog Hop this weekend! Be sure to stop in and vote for your favorite creation! They will all be unmarked, so you will not know who the creator is, but be sure to leave a comment with your vote! They will be picking a commenter randomly and the creation with the most votes will win the prizes!!! So I hope to see you over at The Stamping Boutique Challenge Blog this weekend between 12am EST Saturday and 6pm EST Sunday!

Last topic... Freshly Brewed Designs will be having a Week Long One Stop Blog Hop to show off the NEW release images! What you will need to do is on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 stop over at The Freshly Brewed Challenge Blog to see who the DT member is with that specific creation, then hop to their blog. Be sure to leave a comment at both the challenge and DT member blogs! Then you must return each day and do the same until Saturday! On Saturday, Heather has a big surprise for all of us! (I don't even know what the surprise is... Can you believe it? LOL!)

Can you believe it, that's all I have today! (I sure hope I have not forgotten anything!) LOL!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Creating!

Sara

NEW FUN AT TLL!!!

We've decided to make TLL a little more fun this month. We are going to have 2 fun new contests this month. The best part - they are super easy to enter.

BIRTHDAY CONTEST --
If your birthday is this month be sure to stop by and enter the Birthday Contest thread!! We will be randomly drawing a name from all who place a little note on the thread to win a prize!!

NEW MEMBER CONTEST --
Join TLL and post on our Welcome New Members thread to be entered in a prize drawing!! We hope you'll come by and introduce yourself!!

Our next monthly challenge is going to be a cool one!! Stacie will be announcing the first week's challenge on Monday!!

As always we are so grateful to have each of you following our blog, joining our challenges, and stopping by to chat!! Have a wonderful day!!

Blessings and Hugs,
Melissa