Some Halloween photos, Blog Awards and a ODBD card!!!

Happy TGIF!!!

Oh my - I have so much to show and tell!!! Hope you can make it to the end????

First I want to show you a *Holiday* card I made for the Mojo111 Sketch. It came together very quickly. This layout is perfect if you need to make lots of cards!!!















First I added the sparkly DP from S.E.I and it's called *Frosty the Snowflake* - it's available at the ODBD Store. Next I scored the lines on the side. Then I added the Bible Verse from the new ODBD Set - Luke 2:11.

My next step was to punch out the *Snowflake*. I inked it in the Glue Pad and bedazzled it with Glitter. At last I added the Silver Pearls.

Make sure you stop by the ODBD Blog today to find out *who* won the entire November Release!?!?!

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Here is some fun stuff......I received these two Blog Awards a few weeks ago from Liz Williams. Thank you Liz for thinking of me and for giving me these Awards. Sorry it took me forever to post this!!!


After accepting these Awards I am to share five things *I love to do* and then pass them on to five other people.
1. I love to eat Italian Cuisine.
2. I love to bake good old traditional German cakes and cookies.
3. I love to hang out with my family and friends.
4. I love to stamp.
5. I love to go on date nights with my hubby!!!

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My next Award was given to me by my sweet blogger friend Cheryl Croppin.....thank you for thinking of me and I'm so happy you like my blog!!!

These are the rules to play along:

Pass this award on to 5 people, post on their blog to let them know they won, and then answer the following questions in ONE word:

1. Where is your cell phone? Table
2. Your hair? Straight
3. Your mother? Ursula
4. Your father? Erwin
5. Your favorite food? Chocolate
6. Your dream last night? none
7. Your favorite drink? Peach-Ice-Tea
8. Your dream/goal? retire
9. What room are you in? Kitchen
10. Your hobby? Stampin'
11. Your fear? Spiders - yikes!!!
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Texas !!!
13. Where were you last night? Home
14. Something that you aren't? Patient :(
15. Muffins? Pumpkin
16. Wish list item? Pool
17. Where did you grow up? Germany
18. Last thing you did? Walk
19. What are you wearing? Cloth :)
20. Your TV? Off
21. Your Pets? Dog
22. Friends? Lots
23. Your life? Blessed
24. Your mood? Happy
25. Missing Someone? Sisters
26. Vehicle? Nissan
27. Something you're not wearing? Shoes
28. Your favorite store? Archiver's
29. Your favorite color? Red
30. When was the last time you laughed? Today
31. Last time you cried? Not sure???
32. Your best friend? Hubby
33. One place that I go to over and over? Target
34. Facebook? yes
35. Favorite place to eat? Olive Garden

And now I need to pass this on to 5 blogger who I visit daily and I am always inspired by...I could actually make a longer list....unfortunately I have to narrow it down :(.... I also combined it with the first Awards!!!

Carol - *Our Little Inspirations*
Denise - *The Paper Landscaper*
Kathy - *Inspired to Stamp*
Makiko - MakInk Studio
Betty - *Stamping to the Wright*

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Finally......I would like to share some of my favorite *Halloween* photos from my girls....I know I'm so behind...!!!

We had a wonderful time trick or treating this year. Some of our neighbors did *hay rides* -which came in handy after awhile...when our little Miriam ran out of steam walking!!! The weather was perfect too and afterwards we hung out with some of our neighborhood friends.

All three of my girls decided to be *Witches* this year.....Rebecca my middle daughter decided to go the *Gothic* route....which totally surprised me, because she is such a girly girl - LOL!!! She is a blondy and we sprayed some of her her black...it looked really cool, but you can't really see it really good in the photos. I l.o.v.e the last photo of my oldest daughter Sarah....she put on her *mean* witch face!!!

Thank you so much for stickin' with me to the end!!! I hope you enjoyed the photos as much as I did??? Don't the girls look AWESOME in their costumes???

Have a wonderful weekend and if you can.... I hope you'll come back tomorrow for the OCC Challenge?!?

Until then.....

~Hugs Silke~

Blog Award

Hey you all!!!

I took a few days off.....I really needed to clean up my stamp room and prepare for the upcoming There She Goes Sneak Peek this Saturday!!! Plus the girls have their last few days at school and we are hopping from one party to the next!!!

Since I don't have a card for you all I wanted to share this wonderful Blog Award I received from Diane Stader - also known as *lost in the 60's* over on SCS.

"The Exalting Christ Blog Award" is given to bloggers who consistently exalt the name of Christ on their blogs. What a joy to see crafters blend their passion for Christ and paper crafting. This award is given to bloggers who share Christ through their posts or through the design of their artwork. We are commanded in Scripture to be ’salt and light’ sharing the Good News of Jesus no matter where we are (Matthew 5:13-16). This award is just a way members of Women to Women: Sharing Jesus can say thanks for exalting Christ with us!" We are asked to "pass it on" to others who share our passion for Christ.

I'm awarding this badge to

1. Sabrina Jackson
2. Connie McCotter
3. Amy Sheffer
4. Tosha Leyendekker
5. Cindy Motherway

Here are the Rules:

Post the blog award in a regular post on your blog with the explanation, including the original link to WTW and the rules for passing the award along
1. Name five people to whom you want to offer this award and link to their blogs. The blogs need to obviously exalt Christ in some manner.
2. Contact the bloggers you have named to let them know they can pick up their blog award from you.
3. Invite them to permanently display the WTW blog badge and/or the award on their blogs. The badge can be obtained on the WTW site."

Thank you Diane for thinking of me!!!! Ladies I hope you'll play along???

Some Awards

Hey you all it's a busy week at the Ledlow house.

Miriam had her last day of Preschool yesterday and I had to make some more Teacher's Gift...Sarah and Becca have only one more week to go - help!!!

Rebecca is having her 8th Birthday tomorrow and we have a Pool Party planned for her on Saturday...plus we are invited to a Wedding on Sunday...WOW - I'm already tired, just typing this - LOL!!!

Since I didn't have time to stamp I thought I'd share some Awards with you that I recently received. Thank you Linda, Sandy and Nancy for thinking of me :)

This Award was given to me by Linda


This Award is from Sandy

This one is from Nancy Morgan

Don't be shy and stop by these lovely ladies - click on their name and it will link you to their blogs!!!

Since I'm a little pressed for time - feel free to grab these and post them on your blogs - you all are just awesome readers and deserve them too!!!

Have a great day!!! Hugs ~Silke~

I've been tagged a few times......

Hi everyone!!!

Sorry - I'm such a bad blogger....some of you have been so sweet and awarded me with some different Awards over the past few weeks....I went back and found these....if I missed some - my deepest apology I can't keep up - LOL!!! If I forgot you....pls let me know and I'll add you to this list just e-mail me at silkeledlow@yahoo.com

Here is a fun challenge by debhorst - *Sendable Sentiments* - Go to where you store your photos on your computer. Go to the SIXTH folder and pick the SIXTH photo. Post that photo on your blog along with a SHORT story about it.

Well - this is our Boxer *Luke* when he was almost 3 months old. He was sooo darn cute and you should see him now - he is huge - LOL!!! Matter of fact it's time for some more photo's soon.
He still is very playful and loves our girls so much!!!

This one came from Glenda - *Glenda's Papers, Scissor & Rocks*

I received this Maria Antoinette Award from Jodene - *Did I say that out loud?*

Another tagging Award came from Lori - *The Paper Yard*.

The last one and most current Award is from Carrie - *Stamp with Carrie*.

Thank you ladies for thinking of me!!! If you want to play along feel free to do so...you all rock.!!!

Hugs ~Silke~

Brilliante Blog Award

Hey you all!!

I'm so flattered that so many of you have thought of me when you gave out this *Brilliante Weblog* - Thanks guys!!!

All these talented ladies below have nominated me for this Award and please take a minute to stop by their blogs to check them out!!!

Toni Santanello - I'll Be Stamped

Jackie Pedro - The Scalloped Edge

Denise Bernardoni - Luv to be by the Sea

Kim - Basement Stamper

Kendra - The Dog Ate My Stamps


The rules for this award are:
1. The winner can put the logo on her blog.
2. Link to the person who awarded you.
3. Nominate at least 7 other blogs.
4. Put links to those blogs on yours.
5. Leave a message on the blogs you nominate!!!

Here are my seven picks - You all rock and deserve this Award!!!

Chat - My, My Stamps and I

Mary Fish - Stampin' Pretty

Renee Van Stralen - Stampin For Sanity

Julia - Addicted to Paper

Janette - Stampin with Style

Judy - Joy in a JAR

Pam Varnell - The Stamping Addict

Have a great day!!!

AWARD TIME AGAIN!!!!

Hello again!!! Just wanted to *thank* every one for tagging me and giving me Awards!!!
I have received most of them already and I'm so grateful that you love my blog and keep giving them to me!!!

This *Art Y Pico Award* was given to me by Kim Gasper aka *Stampin in the Rain* - thank you Kim!!!

I have received the *Kreative Blogger* Award from Chat aka *nightstamper* - thank you Chat!!!

I have been tagged by my friend Denise aka *peanutbee*
- thank you Denise - but you already know how weird I am - LOL!!!

You can read seven weird things about me right here.....!!! Sorry - I could not think of any new ones!!!

I'm gonna award these two wonderful and talented ladies right here:

1. Angela Jones - An Ink and a Smile
2. Savitri - Scappin and Stampin with Savitri

If you feel like playing just let me know I'll add you to the list!!!


Have a great day!!!

You Rock my Sock's Award

Look at what I have gotten....
I can't believe how many fun Awards are out there!!!

Well, this one was given to me by Wendy "Wee Bee Stampin"

If you don't know Wendy yet please go and checkout her awesome blog and I promise she'll *ROCK YOUR SOCK'S* too - LOL!!! Thank you Wendy for giving me this fun Award - you have made my day!!!

I'm passing this one on to Laura Fredrickson for blowing me away with her totally awesome creations - she definitely is *ROCKING MY SOCKS* lately!!!

More Awards!!!

This wonderful Award was given to me by two great blogger's

Denise aka "The Paper Landscraper" and
Nancy aka "Paper Smiles" .

Please go and visit Denise's and Nancy's blogs and you will be very impressed with their awesome creations!!!

Here are the *kreativ* blogger's I'm awarding...

Jessica - "Can you say addicted to stamps???"
Mary - "Stampin Pretty"
Kay - "Speedystamper"
Jackie - "The Scalloped Edge"

Thank you Denise and Nancy!!! You have both made my day!!!

AWARD Time again!!!

Guess what I have gotten another Arte Y Pico Award....this time Judy Rozema aka Joy in Jar was so sweet to give it to me!!! Thank you Judy!!!

I told Judy I was excepting it again, because I have some wonderful - new to me - blogs that I wanted to share with you and some blogs I have been visiting for a while and these stampers deserve it as well, since they have not receive it yet!!!

Of course I want to follow the rules which are:


1. You pick five blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contribute to the blogging community, no matter what language.

2. Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.

3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and the link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.

4. Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of Arte y Pico blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.

So here we go with my five picks:

1. Jackie Pedro - "The Scalloped Edge"

2. Denise - "The Paper Landscaper"

3. Wendy Aungst - "WeeBee Stampin"

4. Sarah Gough - "thInking Stamps"

5. LeAnne - "Wee Inklings"

Hope you will have time to visit these talented ladies and maybe you will discover some one new you can stalk - LOL!!!

Look at this!!!

I have received two "You make my day"Awards.

The first one is from Beate and the other one is from Joann and Amy!!! Thank you ladies - you know you are making my day everytime you visit!!!

Here are some wonderful and talented ladies I'm sending this Award to - please visit if you have time and hopefully you'll enjoy them as much as I do!!!

1. Denise - The Paper Landscaper
2. Riley - Stamp and Dance with Riley
3. Judy - Joy in a Jar
4. Kay - Stamping to Share
5. Laurie - Inspired Designs

ARTE Y PICO AWARD

My wonderful and super talented blogging friend Jessica Rone aka "Can you say addicted to stamps???" awarded my with this noble piece.....

It is given to bloggers who share their art and creativity making their contribution to the blogging world.

Here are the rules:
1. You pick five blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contribute to the blogging community, no matter what language.
2. Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.
3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and the link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.
4. Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of Arte y Pico blog, so everyone will know the origin of this award.

So in keeping with the rules, I am awarding this to some wonderful and superb bloggers

Nancy Riley - "I Stamp"
Chat - "Me, My Stamps and I"
Michele Force - "The Stamp Link"
Beate Johns - "Fresh & Fun"
Angie Kennedy - "Chic' N Scratch"

They all deserve to be mentioned, because they inspire me dailey!!!

YOU MAKE MY DAY AWARD!!!

How fun is this.... Jessica - Can you say addicted to stamp????nominated me with this wonderful "You Make My Day" award!!!

She really made my day yesterday....I'm just a little bit behind with everything today!!!

If you have not discoverd Jessica yet please hop over to her amazing blog gallery - she makes the best "Easter" cards and of course other beautiful creations, but right now I'm *hopping* over her stunning "Easter" cards!!! You can find her under my favorite bloggs....

I'll nominate a couple of my wonderful participants who played in my Blog Candy Givaway!!!


1. Christine Kane - http://www.stampinwithsugar.blogspot.com/
2. Savitri - http://www.scrapbit.com/
3. Susan Roberts - http://www.rainy.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
4. Catherine - http://www.inksomia.blogspot.com/
5. Lisa - http://www.blessedalatte.blogspot.com/
6. Sarah - http://www.creationsbysarah.blogspot.com/

I guess it said 5 nominee's but I hope one more is still okay...?!?

If you have not met these ladies yet - please look them up!!! Maybe you'll meet someone who inspires you with their beautiful creations!!!