Artful Delight's Birthday Bash Blog Hop

Welcome to Artful Delight’s first blog hop.

You should have arrived here from June's blog.  If you didn't, please start at Artful Delight's blog.  

 There is a lot to celebrate this weekend. Today is Leeanne's birthday and what better way to celebrate than with games and prizes! Happy Birthday Leeanne!!!! We hope you can play along. For the next three days we will have a challenge each day. Play along with the challenges for your chance to win the GRAND PRIZE!!! Each day we will have some awesome inspiration, hop along with us and leave some comments. Random commenters will be chosen for a chance to win prizes. We will be also be announcing the new Delightful Designers today. We will end the weekend on Sunday with the October kit reveal and our final challenge.

The challenges will remain open to play along with until September 30. All winners and prizes will be announced on Artful Delight's blog the evening of September 30^th.

So who wants to know what the GRAND PRIZE is? Are you ready for it……..the winner of the grand prize will receive a 6 month subscription to Artful Delight kits!!!! All you have to do is play along with the challenges. You can play along with one or all three for more chances. Just upload your project in the linky tool on Artful Delight's blog (in the sidebar) for your chance to win. Please label it with the challenge you are playing along with and your name.
 For 1 week only Leanne is offering pre-payment on subscriptions. There will be an option to purchase a 3, 6, or 12 month subscription with a coupon code for 34% off.  The coupon code will be taken off just the price of the subscription and then the full shipping charges will be applied at checkout.

So just so you see the savings, there is a $9.35 savings per kit (off the 6 month subscription price) if you pre-pay and use the coupon code. It is only on pre-payment of subscriptions.

There will be a 15% coupon code for any purchase over $23.00.

The 34% off coupon code is BDAYBASH
The 15% off coupon code is BDAYBASH15

So who’s ready for some fun? Below is a list of participants for our blog hop. Hop along and meet our new designers and also see some great inspiration.

Leeanne - Delightful Inspiration

Julie – Life with the Tucker and Wolek clan

Courtney – Courts Crafts

June – Simply Elegant Paper Crafts

Debbie – Love Lifes Little Pleasures

Kelly – Scrappin’ Sisters

April - Scrapper Forever

Marlene – Scrappin’ Cookie

Here is today's challenge.  It is a sketch challenge:

 And here is my layout

My cute little kiddos from way back when they got along!  Everything on the layout is from the September kit.

Your next stop on the blog hop is a visit to one of the new designers, Kelly. You can visit Kelly's blog here.

Hello, My name is Kelly, and I first off want to say that I am SO excited to be joining the extremely talented group of ladies here at Artful Delight! A little about me...I am 24 years old, and I grew up in northern Minnesota, which is where I live now, right by the beautiful Lake Superior. I am engaged to be married to a wonderful man, Jeremy, and we have one beautiful daughter, Lilah Jeanne (15 months old). I work part time at an assisted living facility. I began scrapbooking shortly after Lilah was born, and fell in love! I have very quickly learned so much, and continue to grow in this amazing hobby! I have dabbled in card making, but I find it very challenging, and focus most of my creative time on scrapbooking. I especially love participating in many the great sketch/challenge sites out there, and I share a blog with my older sister, Erin, who shares the same passion for this hobby. I also enjoy spending time outdoors with my family, taking pictures, cooking/baking, reading, and shopping. 
Have fun and don't forget to check back tomorrow for the next challenge!
Thanks for stopping by!
. . . Debbie