Thursday, December 29, 2011

Something New from 4 Crafty Chicks!!

Happy Thursday PEEPS! How was your Christmas? Ours was filled with wonderful friends and family and lots of fabulous dinners and get-togethers! My hubby, the kids and I have had a nice, relaxing week this week so far - but now I will be running around the house frantically getting everything ready for our New Year's Eve party here on Saturday night! I can't wait - will be a lot of fun celebrating with my Dad, baby sister Jackie and her family and my Aunt and Uncle....

Alrighty - onto this week's challenge from 4 Crafty Chicks! This is a Crazy Egg week as there are 5 Thursdays this month :) For this week's challenge, we want to see "Something New." It can be a new project (kit), embellishment, stamp, paper, spellbinder - you name it, you can use it - AS LONG AS IT'S NEW! 

It is my turn to offer the prize for this Crazy Egg Challenge and here is a picture of what one lucky participant (chosen by Random.org) will receive:


For my project, I made a chipboard picture album called Holly Jolly Christmas and it uses the Bo Bunny line called St. Nick....I had a lot of fun creating this album for someone special this holiday season! I hope you enjoy it too:








Please take some time to hop on over to the challenge blog site HERE and see what the other Chicks and our Guest Designer, Dee, have in store for you! Grab some cocoa, tea or coffee and sit for a spell and create with us this week...we'd love to see what "NEW" goodies you have to create with!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! CHEERS!!

Thursday, December 22, 2011

4 Crafty Chicks #69 - Anything But a Square or Rectangle

Good morning everyone!! Are you ready for the big day? Only 3 more sleeps!!! I do believe I am ready - believe it or not! :) This year is not all crazy and busy...we're taking it easy and going to try and squeeze in as many visits as we can with friends and family we don't see very often!

This week's challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks is being hosted by myself and I wanted to try something new (for me anyways).  This week, I want to see any project that is NOT a square or rectangle. I have seen so many cool cards made with nestabilities and so I decided to give it a try. My fold at the top of my card is a bit off, but not too bad for my first attempt at it! It was super fast to make and it's adorable!


It was fun doing something a bit out of the ordinary! I cannot WAIT to see all the neat, funky projects that will come out of this challenge! Please check the right-hand sidebar for links to the other Chicks blogs - I know they have some really gorgeous projects to show you!!

 I would like to take this time to wish all of my followers a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May you be blessed this holiday season with good health, prosperity, friends and loved ones. See you next week!

Monday, December 19, 2011

Winter Wishes from Scrapmaster's Paradise!


Welcome back!! Are you ready for the last color combo of 2011? This one was a lot of fun to work with - I "knew" I could pull off a Christmas card with these colors - I really love it! 

Thanks, Samantha, for all the wonderful color challenges for the past year - some of them were easy, peesy...others were a tad challenging! I guess that's why we have them right?! I hope you are all as excited as we are over at SP & Co. - we have some HUGE changes coming in the new year, so please stay tuned!!

For my card this week, I inked up the snowflakes from Falling Snow and made my own background paper. I added gems to the middle of each snowflake for extra sparkle :) 


Stamps: Falling Snow (SP & Co.); Paper: Very Vanilla, Wisteria Wonder, Real Red; Ink: Real Red, Wisteria Wonder; Accessories: swiss dots embossing folder, wisteria ribbon, pearls, gems, dimensionals, scallop edge punch

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Scrap-Creations - Snow
Paper Sundaes - Celebrate!
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Anything Goes and Ribbon
Stampin' for the Weekend - Christmas
Charisma Cardz - Last Minute Xmas Makes

From all of us at Scrapmaster's Paradise, we wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Enjoy the holidays with family and friends and take some time to get crafty :) See you in 2012!

OOOOH! I See Something Shiny at Totally Stampalicious!!



Hi everyone! The theme this week over at Totally Stampalicious is "SPARKLE" - so that means bling, glitter, etc. I couldn't wait to ink up this pair of cutie-patooties and "bling 'em up!" I colored my image with Copic markers and then used my liquid glue to attach some Dazzling Diamonds glitter to various spots on the image. I also drew in a few snow mounds on the bottom of the image to add more glittery snow! I hope you can play along this week!!


Stamps: Deacon and Ava HoHo (Totally Stampalicious); Paper: Riding Hood Red, Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Jovial DP (Basic Grey); Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: copic markers, lace ribbon, nestabilities, snowflake punch, circle punch, gems, dimensionals, dazzling diamonds glitter, glue pen

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

JUGS - color (red/green/kraft or white)
Scrap-Creations - Snow
Catch the Bug Creations - Baby it's Cold Outside
Cupcake Inspirations - photo inspiration (I used the colors)
Paper Sundaes - Celebrate
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Anything Goes & Ribbon
Stampin' for the Weekend - Christmas!
Charisma Cardz Challenges - Last Minute Xmas Makes

The rest of the gals have created some SUPER DOOPER gorgeous creations for you all this week - hop on over to the TS Challenge Blog to admire them - links are on my right-hand sidebar!

See you soon for another color challenge from Scrapmaster's Paradise!

Thursday, December 15, 2011

4 CCC#68 Christmas Card Extravaganza......

Welcome back to another challenge from 4 Crafty Chicks! There are only 10 days left until the big guy arrives - are you READY?!? If not, this week's challenge, hosted by our wonderful Tamie, will be sure to help you out! Our theme this week is CHRISTMAS CARDS...be it traditional colors, non-traditional colors, gift cards, gift card holders, you name it - if it is some sort of Christmas card, we wanna see it! :) 

This is a picture of the Christmas cards I am sending out this year....(sorry for those folks who will be receiving one - this is a spoiler post!) and I found the layout on Splitcoaststampers but cannot remember who the original person was who had this wonderful idea...if it is you, please let me know so I can give credit where due. I altered the colors and papers and added some DP from last year's SU! Christmas stash....


Stamps: The Sounding Joy, Serene Snowflakes; Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Very Vanilla, Stampin' Up! DSP; Ink: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake; Accessories: scallop edge trim punch, early espresso ribbon, corner punch, gems

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Clearly iStamp: Christmas
Fresh Brewed: Christmas
Creative Card Crew: Tis the Season
Creative Belli Challenge: Winter or Christmas
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges: Christmas
One Crazy Stamper: Christmas
Papertake Weekly: I'm Dreaming of a (insert fave color here - I chose brown/red) Christmas

The other Chicks, along with our new Guest Designer, Dee, have some gorgeous creations for you to drool over...click HERE!

Monday, December 12, 2011

SPCC #130 - Sending Holiday Joy


Hi all! This week's color challenge from Scrapmaster's Paradise is definitely a Christmas combination! I have been waiting for a time to use my new-to-me set from Papertrey Ink called 2008 Holiday Tag Collection. The colors have definitely WOW factor and it didn't take long for my card to come together:


Stamps: 2008 Holiday Tag Collection (PTI), Snow Wonderful (Verve); Paper: Sahara Sand, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Lucky Limeade; Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Momento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Nestabilities, circle punch, scallop trim border punch, cobbler seam binding, dimensionals

I am adding my card to the following challenges:

Clearly iStamp: Christmas
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes
Crafty Creations: a Card with a Sentiment
Fresh Brewed: Christmas
Creative Card Crew: Tis The Season
Creative Belli Blog - Winter and Christmas
ABC Challenge: E is for Embossing
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges - Merry Christmas
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Phindy's Place - clean and simple
Paper Sundaes - Anything Christmas
Tuesday Throwdown - Celebrate the Season
One Crazy Stamper - Christmas/Holiday theme

Thanks for stopping in - be sure to check out what the rest of the team has created for you (links are on the right-hand sidebar). Cheers!

Eat, Drink & Be Merry at Totally Stampalicious!!

Happy Monday! Twelve more days until the "big day." Seems like every year, Christmas sneaks up on me quicker and quicker - thank goodness we have challenges like this one over at Totally Stampalicious, to help me get my cards done! This week the theme is "EAT, DRINK AND BE MERRY." We want to see some sort of food or drink on your cards, scrapbook pages or 3D projects :)

The image I chose was Poppi Cocoa because I love this little penguin hugging this HUGE cocoa mug - reminds me of cold winter days, snuggled up by the fire watching Christmas movies :)


I am adding my card to the following challenges:

Clearly iStamp: Christmas
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes
Crafty Creations: a Card with a Sentiment
Fresh Brewed: Christmas
Creative Card Crew: Tis The Season
Creative Belli Blog - Winter and Christmas
ABC Challenge: E is for Embossing
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges - Merry Christmas
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
Phindy's Place - clean and simple
Paper Sundaes - Anything Christmas
Tuesday Throwdown - Celebrate the Season
Cupcake Inspiration - Photo Inspiration (I used the colors)
One Crazy Stamper - Christmas/Holiday theme

I do hope you take some time out of the hustle and bustle of the holiday preparations to sit and be creative with us! Be sure to link up your creation HERE for your chance to win some awesome stamps! Cheers!!

Thursday, December 8, 2011

Getting Colorful at 4 Crafty Chicks!

Welcome, welcome!! There is a color challenge happening over at 4 Crafty Chicks this week! Our "hostess-with-the-mostess" this week is Melissa and she has made this gorgeous color combo:

I have been doing pretty good with making Christmas cards for all my Design Team commitments and this color combo had my creative little wheels turning...I was bound and determined to make a holiday card! So, I scrounged around through all my stamp sets and came across an oldie but goodie from Verve called Pointsetta Christmas and got to work. This CAS card came together rather quickly:


I am entering my card in the following challenges:

Party Time Tuesday - Holiday Greetings
Raise the Bar - Christmas
Clearly iStamp - Christmas
2 Sisters - Punches &/or Dies
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
The Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes
Bling It On - Christmas
Fresh Brewed - Christmas
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenges- Merry Christmas
Pixie Cottage - Last Minute Gifts and Cards
Creative Card Crew - Tis the Season
Crafty Creations - A Card with a Sentiment

Thanks for stopping in today! Click HERE to see what the rest of the 4 Crafty Chicks Design Team has created for you...we realize that the holiday season is upon us and we're all in the midst of Christmas parties, school functions, work parties, etc. but if you can, please find some time to sit and craft with us - we'd love to have you join us! Happy crafting!

Monday, December 5, 2011

SPCC #129 - Celebrate the Season

Welcome back! This week's color combo from SPCC helped me get yet another Christmas card completed and out of the way :) Gotta like it when that happens. Like I've mentioned in past posts, I am attempting to make all my Design Team commitment cards into Christmas cards (no matter what the challenge/color is) and so far, so good!!! Here's Samantha's color palette for the week:


For my card, I inked up Ornamental Trees from SP & Co. in Chocolate Chip ink and stamped them on Pool Party then cut them out and "popped up" the middle tree with dimensionals. I wanted to make the background look as if it was snowing behind the trees, so I used Swiss Dots embossing folder for that effect...The sentiment is from Cutest Gingerbread Man (also an SP & Co. stamp set).


I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Raise The Bar - It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas
2 Sisters - Punches/Dies
CropStop: Punching your way around the holidays
Stamp, Scrap & Doodle: Holiday card
Secret Crafter: Inspiration Photo (I took the tree theme!)
Bling it On: It's Christmas!
GingerloftChallenge: Christmas
Clearly iStamp: Christmas
Scrap-Creations: Christmas

Thank you for stopping in this morning and please be sure to click HERE for more wonderful projects made for you by the Scrapmaster's Paradise Design Team. Enter your project at the SPCC Challenge Blog for your chance to win some amazing stamps from the SP & Co. store! Happy crafting!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

Snow is Glistenin' at Totally Stampalicious!


 Happy Monday! I hope your weekend was a good one - we had a very busy weekend with Kim swimming in our hometown "Cookie Classic" Swim Meet. She did amazing and beat all her times once again! I am so proud of her...

This week the girls over at Totally Stampalicious are looking for SNOW on your cards, scrapbook pages or 3D projects...wheeeee! I decided to have fun with Winter Bird Snowman and the sketch is from an older i{heart}2stamp challenge - I hope you enjoy it as much as I did making it!



Stamps: Winter Bird Snowman (Totally Stampalicious); Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Tempting Turquoise; Ink: Momento Tuxedo Black; Accessories: Copic markers, Nestabilities (Labels 22 and Fancy Tags), SU! border punch, gems, dimensionals, assorted embossing folders, SU! Dazzling Details, paper piercer

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Pile it On - Bling it Up!
2 Sisters - Punches &/or Dies
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes
Gingerloft Challenge - Christmas/Winter
One Stop Craft Challenge - Let it Snow
The ABC Challenge Blog - E is for Embossing
Charisma Cardz Challenge - Spots
Crazy 4 Challenges - Let's go to the MOVIES! (my card reminds me of Frosty the Snowman!)
Cupcake Inspirations - I used the snowmen as my inspiration!
Totally PaperCrafts - Snow
Sweet Stampin' - Snow (snowmen, snowflakes, snow people or just snow!)

The rest of the Totally Stampalicious Design Team will be sure to knock your creative socks off - be sure to click HERE to check 'em all out! Leave your project on our challenge blog for your chance to win some oh-so-cool stamps! Happy crafting!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

4 CCC#66 Happy Birthday!

Happy Thursday crafty PEEPS! Miss Leanne is our "hostess-with-the-mostess" this week over at 4 Crafty Chicks and she has issued a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" challenge (it's her birthday this month, don'tchya know?!?) to all of you! It can be a card, scrapbook page, 3D project...the list is endless!

For my card, I decided to dig out some neglected Verve-a-liciousness and found a card on their gallery to CASE. Thank you to Jackie Pedro, for the awesome idea! When I came across her gorgeous card, I immediately thought of my beautiful daughter, who's birthday is at the end of December...so this one is for her:


Stamps: Bloom & Grow, Love Deepens (Verve), Stitchery Doo (SP & Co.); Paper: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Life of The Party DP (Lime Twist); Ink: Chocolate Chip, Lucky Limeade, Poppy Parade; Accessories: Verve dies, nestablilties, brad, dimensionals, sponge

This month, we have a new Guest Designer, Dee, so be sure to check out her wonderful creation along with the other 3 Chicks HERE....we'd love to have you join us this week so dig out those birthday stamps, pictures, pennants, balloons, candles, cakes or whatever you've got to make a birthday project for us! Happy crafting!


Monday, November 28, 2011

SPCC #128 Peace, Joy, Be Merry!



Welcome back! Samantha at Scrapmaster's Paradise has issued yet another awesome color palette for this week! I found this combo rather "Christmas-y" so I decided to use the Mojo Monday sketch from last week and the SP & Co. stamp set "Cutest Gingerbread" for the sentiments




Stamps: Cutest Gingerbread (SP & Co.); Paper: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Real Red, Lucky Limeade, Stampin' Up! DSP; Ink: Momento Black; Accessories: Ornament dies from Whimsy, silver brads, baker's twine, snow dots embossing folder

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenges - Christmas or Winter
Little Red Wagon - Christmas
Pattie's Creations - Christmas
Friday Mashup - Sugar and Spice Make Christmas Nice
The Poodles Parlour - Christmas
2 Sisters - Holiday
Sweet Stampin - Dies/Punches
Craft Your Days Away - Buttons or Bows
Aud Sentiments - Winter Holiday Sentiments
PaperCrafting Journey - Anything Goes
Simply Create Too - Christmas
TotallyPaperCrafts - Christmas
Stamptacular Sunday Challenges - Anything Christmas

Please check the right-hand sidebar for the other members of the SPCC Design Team and be sure to hop on over to see their wonderful creations using this week's color combo! Happy crafting!!

Sunday, November 27, 2011

Non-Traditional Christmas at Totally Stampalicious!


Happy Monday! Welcome back to another challenge from Totally Stampalicious...can you believe that we are less than ONE MONTH from Christmas? EEEK!!! I'm so not ready...cards to finish, shopping to do, baking to start...but, it will come together - always does, RIGHT?!? *wink*

Our challenge this week over at TS is a non-traditional Christmas colors card or project. I decided to use one of our newest releases, Margaret December for my card. I always get such a chuckle out of Margaret - she's a hoot! And the sentiments that come with her set are awesome!


Stamps: Margaret December (Totally Stampalicious); Paper: Whisper White, Concord Crush, Pretty in Pink, Cheerful Treat DSP (Stampin' Up!); Ink: Momento Black; Accessories: copic markers, nestabilities, concord ribbon, dimensionals, scallop border punch, dazzling details

Thanks for stopping in today - be sure to check out the other creations from the uber-talented Design Team HERE! Happy stamping!!!

Friday, November 25, 2011

Black Friday sale at Totally Stampalicious!

Totally Stampalicious is wishing all of our American Friends a very Happy Thanksgiving!!!

We are having an AWESOME BLACK FRIDAY SALE!!! 



You can now SAVE 25% off your ENTIRE purchase at Totally Stampalicious!!!!


This INCREDIBLE SALE is on now and available until midnight tonight EST so head on over to Totally Stampalicious Now!! Use Coupon Code BLACKFRIDAY25  Coupon can not be combined with any other offer. Happy shopping and Happy Thanksgiving!

Thursday, November 24, 2011

4 CCC#65 - Snowflakes


Good morning!! The challenge this week at 4 Crafty Chicks is my choice and I decided to do "SNOWFLAKES!" I love snowflakes and snowmen, so I did a card that has both :) I hope you enjoy him!!!


I had so much fun creating this card - there is so much going on with it and I LOVED IT!! The pleated ribbon was awesome to create, all the bling and snowflakes are fun! Be sure to check out what the other CHICKS created and leave them some love! Their links are on the right-hand sidebar :)

Have a super weekend and enjoy your crafting time!

Monday, November 21, 2011

A Monday 2-for-1

Hello crafty PEEPS! Welcome back to MONDAY! Boy, did central Alberta ever get hit last Thursday/Friday with a winter snowfall! First major one of the year - we should be used to it by now you would think :) My daughter had a competitive swim meet in Edmonton this past weekend and she did phenomenal - I am so proud of her!! 

Now, it's back to routine and another week - and you know what that means, right? Another challenge from Totally Stampalicious and Scrapmaster's Paradise! Today I decided to create a card with BOTH CHALLENGES...Totally Stampalicious wants you to use 2 different stamp sets when creating your cards or projects (I used Scarlette Mistletoe and Pimp My Ride Stella

The color combination at Scrapmaster's Paradise is:


...and here's my card using both challenges:


I just love these new releases from TS...I think you can prolly tell that though, hey?!? I sure hope you get a chance to play at both of these wonderful challenge sites this week! I'd love to be able to come visit your blog and leave you some comments!

Don't forget about the awesome promotion happening over at Totally Stampalicious:



Stampalicious Dessert Menu
Level 1 - Vanilla Ice Cream - Buy 5 Get 1 Free
Level 2 - Strawberry Shortcake - Buy 8 Get 2 Free
Level 3 - Triple Layer Chocolate Cake - Buy 11 Get 3 Free


Happy crafting!!!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Scissor Time at 4 Crafty Chicks!


Happy Thursday! Well, as I type this, the snow is falling - HARD! We are under a winter storm warning all across northern/central Alberta with amounts of 10-20 cm of snow expected. Of course, it wouldn't be "too bad" if it was just snow, however, that nasty thing called WIND is scheduled to show up today too! UGH! Visibility will be next to nothing. Stay safe out there PEEPS!

OK...onto this week's challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks...Tamie is our wonderful hostess-with-the-mostess this week and her challenge for us is PAPER PIECING. Fun, fun, fun! For my card I decided to use Going to Town Gus from Totally Stampalicious and I paper pieced the tablecloth! Isn't he just HILARIOUS! I love Gus....


Thanks for stopping in today and please take some time to check out the other wonderful projects created by our Design Team. I hope you find some time to sit with a cuppa hot chocoloate, coffee, tea or whatever your warm drink of choice, and craft along with us this week. Click HERE to link your project! Happy crafting!



Monday, November 14, 2011

SPCC #126 - Winter Wishes!


Good morning crafty PEEPS! After a lovely week off of school, the kids are back at school today and I'm glad to be back into my routine...although, it was really, really nice to sleep in and not worry about lunches etc. Approximately one month to go, and then we're on Christmas break! :)

This week, Samantha has given us this wonderful, Christmas-y color combo for us to work with (at least, that is what *I* saw - Christmas) LOL! I am so happy to be making Christmas cards - a challenge to myself is to use all color combos in the next little while as Christmas cards - maybe I can get a great jump start on them :) Pretty soon, the big day will be here and we will wonder where the time went....


For my card, I decided to stamp and paper piece one of my Pure Innocence winter cuties and cut her out with circle nesties, layered on scalloped circle...I added some texture with a snowflake Cuttlebug folder and then some wonderful bling and dazzling diamonds! This combo is such a pretty Christmas palette - can't wait to see what you all come up with - Christmas or not! Be sure to link up your creation HERE! Happy crafting!

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Totally Stampalicious goes 3D!


Hello everyone! Are you ready for an exciting challenge from Totally Stampalicious? This week, we want to see your 3D projects :) How cool! I had a ton of fun making my gift box using the Winter Bird Snowman stamp set. The kraft boxes are from Stampin' Up! and I used some older DSP - hope you enjoy it!




I know this challenge is going to bring out all the coolest projects!!! I cannot WAIT to see them all :) Please link your creation back to the Totally Stampalicious Challenge Blog HERE....happy crafting!!

Thursday, November 10, 2011

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #63 - BABY

Happy Thursday everyone! The kids and I are thoroughly enjoying "Fall Break" as we sleep in, no lunches to pack, no homework and I can craft at night - LATE! :) This weekend is hopefully just a chillaxin'-at-home with some baking and meal preparing for the week ahead.....how about you? Need a challenge to do this week? Our wonderful Melissa has issued a BABY challenge this week - you up to it? Here's mine:


I loved making this card - I borrowed a Stamping Bella stamp from Melissa and sat down to create one evening while I cyber crafted with Leanne. This card came together rather quickly - I just love this DP! It fit the bill perfectly!

I am entering my card into the following challenge:

CCEE Stampers - 3 different shapes (I did oval, circle and square)


Please check out the other CHICKS blogs for more "cute" BABY creations:

Melissa - My Paper Obsession
Leanne - Banking of Crafts
Tamie - Paper Infusions and More

Link up your creation HERE and we'll be sure to pop on by and say hello :) Happy crafting!

Monday, November 7, 2011

SPCC #125 - Crafting with Jackie (and a DT call!)


This week at Scrapmaster's Paradise, our color combo is a soft, pastel-y one :) My sister was here for the weekend and when I asked her "what should I stamp with these colors?" she promptly said, "ornaments!" Ohhhhh....so I ran to my stamp cupboard and grabbed my stamp set of fancy ornaments and my snowflake embossing folder - here is the finished product:

I had a lot of fun crafting with my sister this weekend - she doesn't get much free time to do it and my kids helped out a lot so that she "could" stamp with me :) Thanks again, Jackie!! 

Samantha is looking for some new Divas for SP & Co. Stamps - click HERE for more info :)

Please take some time this week to sit and get inky with us - it can be a 3D project, card, scrapbook page, you name it, we wanna see it! Link up your creation HERE so we can leave you some luvin's too :) Happy crafting!

Sunday, November 6, 2011

Anything Goes at Totally Stampalicious!

Hello everyone! I have had such a great weekend...my DH surprised us and came home for a couple days (was supposed to be gone for a month), my youngest sister, Jackie, and the kiddos are here for a visit and we got to do some much-needed Christmas card making! :) She is bathing the kids now and after they go to bed, we will commence the crafty-ness and see how many more we can make! YIPPEEE!

This week, the challenge over at Totally Stampalicious is an open, free-for-all type challenge - ANYTHING GOES....how fun! For my card I decided to ink up the cutie patootie Ava Fairy:


Isn't she just the sweetest thing?!? You can't see it very well in the photo, but I added some glitter to her wings - what's a fairy without glitter?!?

Don't forget about our delicious Dessert Menu that is going on. Haven't heard about it yet? Well let me fill you in on the details:

Stampalicious Dessert Menu

Level 1 - Vanilla Ice Cream - Buy 5 Get 1 Free
Level 2 - Strawberry Shortcake - Buy 8 Get 2 Free
Level 3 - Triple Layer Chocolate Cake - Buy 11 Get 3 Free

Added bonus: Our 4X6 stamp sets are now only $8.95! 

I am so excited to see everyone's creations with this challenge...there are so many different creations submitted and the talent out there is amazing! Link up your creation HERE so we can stop by your blog and leave you some warm and fuzzy LOVE! Happy crafting!






Thursday, November 3, 2011

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #62 - Die Cuts

Good morning...happy Thursday! Can you believe that it's NOVEMBER already?!? OMGOSH where is the time going? Pretty soon that big, jolly man in the red suit will be visiting us and I'm not sure I'm ready for that quite yet! LOL.....it's coming fast - that's for sure!

Our challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks this week from our wonderful hostess-with-the-mostess, Leanne, is DIE CUTS. Easy peezy, right?!? For my card, I colored up Deacon Elf from Totally Stampalicious and used a couple different nestabilities to cut him out and mat him.


Please be sure to check out the other Chicks' creations:

Victoria (Guest Designer) - Victoria Lavender
Melissa - My Paper Obsession
Leanne - Banking on Crafts
Tamie - Paper Infusions and More

...and then link up YOUR creation using die cuts at our challenge blog! We cannot wait to see what wonderful masterpieces y'all come up with! CHEERS!

Monday, October 31, 2011

SPCC #124 Celebrate the Season


Welcome back PEEPS! Are you ready for another AWESOME color challenge from Scrapmaster's Paradise?! I am gearing up for Christmas and I'm *trying* to make as many Christmas cards as I can from now until the end of November - and this color combo fit the bill perfect!!! I decided to ink up Samantha's lovely Ornamental Trees, Falling Snow and The Cutest Gingerbread sets to make a scene for Christmas.....


I also embossed the background with the snowflake embossing folder from Stampin' Up! and added glitter to the snow, and outlined the trees. You might have to click on the picture to see it better.

I hope you find some time this week to play along - this is a PERFECT Christmas combo, thanks Samantha!

Happy Halloween from Totally Stampalicious!!

Happy Halloween from us at Totally Stampalicious! Any big plans for tonight?! My kids are getting to that age where they don't "trick-or-treat" anymore so I think they are just planning to stay home...We live quite a ways out in the country and we don't get many kids (if any), so I don't even have to buy a lot of candy! Lucky me ... LOL.

Our challenge this week is, of course, HALLOWEEN! We would love to see your creations for this fun holiday....for my card, I decided to ink up Ava Fairy and go with an orange/black/white theme....I think she turned out fabby!


Materials used:

Stamps: Ava Fairy, Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU); Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Basic Black, Whisper White, various DP; Ink: Momento Black; Accessories: copic markers, pearls, spider web embossing folder, black satin ribbon, word window punch, modern label punch, nestabilities, dazzling details, dimensionals

The gals over at Totally Stampalicious are offering up a wicked-deadly promotion that you will NOT want to miss:


"Let Us 'Treat' You Right!" A brand new promotion designed to reward you for your AWESOME taste in stamps!

Stampalicious Dessert Menu


Level 1 - Vanilla Ice Cream - Buy 5 Get 1 Free
Level 2 - Strawberry Shortcake - Buy 8 Get 2 Free
Level 3 - Triple Layer Chocolate Cake - Buy 11 Get 3 Free 



Hop on over to the store by clicking HERE!!

Thank you so much for stopping in today - be sure to enjoy all those goblins, ghosties and witches tonight!!! If you have some time this week, get inky with us and link up your creation at our challenge blog HERE. Cheers!