MMSC55 Awww Adorable!!

Greetings everyone and welcome to the last week of our month long Midnight Madness Blogaversary celebration. The Design Team has had a blast with you at the Dance Party and the barbecue and now we have one more surprise for our final festivity.

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For the last week of our gala event we are rolling out the Red Carpet and are about to embark on a yearly Blogaversary tradition. In honor of the person who started the Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge.  The design team unanimously chose to name this very special award the "Priscilla Award".   Priscilla has inspired, encouraged, motivated, and stimulated everyone of us in our crafting endeavors. She has been our friend, our mentor, our confident, our sister in crafting. She is tireless in her efforts to bring you the best of the best each week and to challenge each and everyone of us to achieve greater heights than we ever thought imaginable. She was humbled by the idea of us coming together to call it the "Priscilla Award", but we as the Design Team thought it was only fitting for the highest honor that someone could achieve on Midnight Madness to be named after our founding individual.

We would like to present to ONE outstanding card/craft person who is represented amongst our GOLD STAR winners of the past year, the coveted "Priscilla Award".  Not only that, but it is going to be the "PEOPLES CHOICE". What does that mean - click here to find out!

We will be Announcing the PEOPLES CHOICE next week along with our weekly and month end winners. 

The voting will last all week, so tell your friends and family to come vote too.

Voting closes Monday May 31st at 8pm PST

PLEASE VOTE FOR ONE

Like the Oscars, we have to have 'the dress.'  All of the 'who's who' of the MMSC crafters will be there and you KNOW - it's all about the dress!  I have searched tirelessly to find the perfect one - and here it is....

Talking of dresses - how adorable is this hedgie from Penny Black's Tiny Wishes - she is dressed for the Big Event as well.  No pretence here, just straight out earthy goodness. 

I won this gorgeous image in a Blog Candy from the lovely Pauline.  I love hedgehogs - we have them in New Zealand and used to feed them as kids - there are some that live under my Mum's house - I hope I get to see them...but as adorable as they are, unfortunately they are full of disease!

I stamped 3 images and  have coloured her with SU Chalks/Pastels and a Blender Pen

You can see the dimension here, the head has been cut out and coloured separately, making a third layer and then a final layer of the rose, which has had some Kindy Glitz added.

I have also used some of my favourite Stampin' Up DP, which, typically has been discontinued.  I have added some gorgeous lace - you know I love lace, and inserted some under the inked slits.  I am keen to see what you so with this weeks sketch....speaking of it...here it is

You can check out the CAS Sketch here - it is as Easy as 1-2-3

The MMSC54 Gold Star Award goes to:

#45 Bonnie O'Clair

The Remarkables Award goes to:

 #6 Christina C

#7 An

#8 Chris Olsen

#9 Karen Wallace
24 Gini Cagle

#37 Nancy Bush

#56 Gry-Beate

A big Thank You to our May Sponsor

PB Stamps

and our Bonus Weekly Sponsor

D'Amour Allure

This week's Sneak Peeks (last week) for special

Blogaversary celebration.

The Design Team have had a lot of fun over the past year, I have had a pleasure of being a player, Guest Diva and a permanent Design Team member and I agree with Priscilla when she says that  that this Design Team has been the most fun to play and create with and we are better people having known each and everyone of them. It is with a heavy hearts sharing that two of our wonderful MMDT “originals” will be stepping down to spend some much needed quality time with their families and perusing other avenues this summer. Michelle and Jeni, you will be missed, but I know you will only be a click away.  You know by now for me, I don't say goodbye - 'I will see you when I am looking at you girls and you KNOW I will be!' BIG{{{hugs}}} - I {{{heart}}} you!!

So we hope you will have a glass of Champagne - the Design Team will be showing off their RED CARPET DESIGNER DRESSES and we invite you to join in. Who will you be wearing?   Be sure to check back on Monday to cast your vote for the "People's Choice Award".  

I am linking this to:
Papertake Weekly - Say It with Flowers
Doodle Palace - Pop It Up
Pixie Dust Studio Challenge - Add a Pearl
Practical Scrapper - Felt, Fabric or Tulle - the lace
Charisma Cardz - 3D
Your Next Stamp - Cut It Out & Pop It Up
The Crazy Challenge -All Things Girly
Spoonful of Sugar - Celebration
Stampavie - Flower Power
Totally Gorjuss - Bling it On

Thank you for looking and for your encouraging comments, you make my day!  My Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge post for next week will  prescheduled as I will be in New Zealand with my eldest daughter, we are visiting family there....I can't wait to see everyone - my Mum's family is very close and we all grew up together -so it is very special to me, especially taking my DD2, she has not been there since she was 4 - and only 2 sleeps until I go.  So please know that I may not be able to visit you while I am away as Mum is on dial up (painfully slow) but I will do my best to get across and see you as soon as I come back - I will look forward to seeing you - you know I will be going through 'withdrawals' - I may even have to sneak to McDonald's to use their WIFI occasionally - LOL!  God bless you!

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