Thursday, October 25, 2012

Happy Halloween at 4 Crafty Chicks!!!


This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks, it's is my turn to bring you this week's challenge. Seeing as how it's the last week of October, I figured that this would be the perfect challenge:

4 CCC #113 - "HALLOWEEN!!"

I went and dug through my stamp cupboard and dug out this oldie but goodie from Stampin' Up! and went in search of a sketch to use...now you will also see on Leanne's blog that her card and my card look A LOT alike! No, we did not stamp together and no, I didn't see her card first before making mine hahahha...funny coincidence is all that is!

I saw on Splitcoaststampers that people were adding Stickles or glitter to the raised embossing area when using the spider web folder. I thought I would give it a whirl and I think it turned out really good! The glitter is a bit thick in spots, but I really like it - it sure shines in real life!! :)


Stamps: Batty for You - SU! 
Paper: Concord Crush, Basic Black, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
Ink: Momento Black
Accessories: Perfect Dots and Spider Web embossing folders, circle punches, dimensionals, glue, glitter, pearls

Please be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog and load up your creation for us! I'd love to see what you make using our HALLOWEEN challenge this week :) Happy crafting!!

Monday, October 22, 2012

Colorful Week at Totally Stampalicious!


 Happy Totally Stampalicious Monday! The challenge this week is a color combo:

PURPLE, GREEN with WHITE &/or BLACK! 


For my card, I decided to ink up this recently released cutie, Balloon Kidz Girl since she hasn't seen my stamp pad yet! ACK! I know - how could I NOT have inked her up yet?! Well, life has been extremely hectic for our family these past few weeks...so, hopefully things will start to calm down a bit over the next month or so and life will resume back to what I call "normal" LOL....


I stamped the image and colored her with Copic Markers and paper-pieced the balloon...then cut out the whole image and popper her up on top of all the yummy layers! :)


Don't forget about our on-going contest:



We figured it was time to rev things up a little with a new contest!! We are offering up FREE STAMPS for an ENTIRE YEAR!!!! We're talking ALL NEW RELEASES for 2013!!! (approx 40+ stamp sets) And it's soooooooooo easy to win!! Your name will automatically be entered once for EVERY SINGLE stamp set that you buy!! So if you order 5 sets, your name is in 5 times (plus you would get a free set of your choice from the Dessert promo!)

Contest runs until Dec. 28th and the winner will be announced Dec 31! (what a great way to bring in the New Year!!) Click here for the complete contest rules....

Thanks for stopping in today and be sure to hop on over to see what other yummy, delish creations the rest of the DT has for you! Happy crafting!

Thursday, October 18, 2012

4 CCC #112 - Dry Embossing!


This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks, it's is Tamie's turn to bring you this week's challenge. This has to be one of her favorite things to do on a card .... can you guess?!? :)

4 CCC #112 - "DRY EMBOSSING!!"

Yep, you got it! Tamie {hearts} to use embossing folders, that is no secret - and ... so do I! I used some patterned paper and a new Spellbinders embossing folder for this challenge. My apologies on the coloring of my poor Riley (or the photo)...she is a bit dark but doesn't look that dark in person...:(


Stamps: Riley Moose
Paper: Whisper White, Regal Rose, So Happy Together (EP) DSP
Ink: Momento Black
Accessories: White satin ribbon, gems, Spellbinders EF, Copic Markers, dimensionals

Please be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog and load up your creation for us! I'd love to see what you make using Melissa's "Tag, You're It!" challenge this week :) Happy crafting!!

Thursday, October 11, 2012

4 CCC #111 - Tag, You're It!!


 This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks, it is Melissa's turn to bring you this week's challenge. Are you ready to have some fun?

4 CCC #111 - "TAG, YOU'RE IT!!"

Let's see whatchya got folks! This challenge is open to any interpretation you want as far as TAGS go...you can make a tag, use tags, tag punches etc. A couple months ago, I came across these uber cool fabric tags that I wanted to use for a project - and lo and behold - a tag challenge has come up :) Yay me!! I stamped the "boy" with Staz-On ink.



Here is one more shot of my card:

 
Stamps: Baby Prints - SU!
Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Bashful DSP
Ink: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Black Staz On
Accessories: Navy ribbon, dimensionals, fabric tag, twine, pearls 

Please be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog and load up your creation for us! I'd love to see what you make using Melissa's "Tag, You're It!" challenge this week :) Happy crafting!!

Monday, October 8, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving from Totally Stampalicious!


 
Happy Totally Stampalicious Monday! The girls decided that our challenge this week will be in conjunction with our Canadian Thanksgiving and would like to see some THANK YOU CARDS!

For my card, I left it as a Happy Thanksgiving card to give to some great friends who had us over for turkey dinner and pumpkin pie over the weekend :) Trust me, I was VERY thankful for that! lol



I stamped Dottie Desserts and colored her with Copic Markers. The paper line is from my older stash of Stampin' Up! DSP :) I added some delicious chocolate stitched grosgrain ribbon and chocolate pearls for the finishing touches ....

Don't forget about our on-going contest:



We figured it was time to rev things up a little with a new contest!! We are offering up FREE STAMPS for an ENTIRE YEAR!!!! We're talking ALL NEW RELEASES for 2013!!! (approx 40+ stamp sets) And it's soooooooooo easy to win!! Your name will automatically be entered once for EVERY SINGLE stamp set that you buy!! So if you order 5 sets, your name is in 5 times (plus you would get a free set of your choice from the Dessert promo!)

Contest runs until Dec. 28th and the winner will be announced Dec 31! (what a great way to bring in the New Year!!) Click here for the complete contest rules....

Thanks for stopping in today and be sure to hop on over to see what other yummy, delish creations the rest of the DT has for you! Happy crafting!

Thursday, October 4, 2012

4 CCC#110 - Thanksgiving

 
Happy Thursday! It is Leanne's turn to be hostess-with-the-mostess over at 4 Crafty Chicks this week! She is issuing the following challenge for all of us this week: 

4 CCC #110 - "THANKSGIVING"

I was going to create your typical Thanksgiving card with pumpkins, or turkeys or leaves...but I decided to create a card focusing on the meaning behind the holiday - to give thanks. I got some new dies from Stampin' Up! so I wanted to give them a try - I really like the design of them :) And, of course, the sentiment is from none other than, Verve.....



Stamps: 1st Chronicles 16:34 - Verve
Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Autumn Splendor (Memory Keepers)
Ink: Chocolate Chip 

Accessories: Stampin' Up! layering dies, SU ribbon, button, Nestabilties, scallop edge punch, sponge dauber, pearls, twine

Please be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Blog and link up your creation with us! We cannot wait to see what you come up with! Happy crafting!!!

Monday, October 1, 2012

Anything Goes @ Totally Stampalicious!


 
Happy Totally Stampalicious Monday! What a GLORIOUS Autumn we have been having here in central Alberta! I spent the weekend getting all my potatoes, carrots and onions put in the root cellar and all the gardening tools/decorations put away for the winter. Now it can snow! HA HA! Well...actually, it *could* wait for a while yet...I *do* like the winter months though - that is no secret! 

This week's challenge over at Totally Stampalicious is an easy-peesy one! ANYTHING GOES!  

I made this card for my cutie-patootie niece, Reagan...her 3rd birthday party was yesterday and we had so much fun celebrating with her!


I stamped Desiree Lollipop and colored her with Copic Markers. The paper line is from Echo Park called "So Happy Together."

Don't forget about our on-going contest:



We figured it was time to rev things up a little with a new contest!! We are offering up FREE STAMPS for an ENTIRE YEAR!!!! We're talking ALL NEW RELEASES for 2013!!! (approx 40+ stamp sets) And it's soooooooooo easy to win!! Your name will automatically be entered once for EVERY SINGLE stamp set that you buy!! So if you order 5 sets, your name is in 5 times (plus you would get a free set of your choice from the Dessert promo!)

Contest runs until Dec. 28th and the winner will be announced Dec 31! (what a great way to bring in the New Year!!) Click here for the complete contest rules....

Thanks for stopping in today and be sure to hop on over to see what other yummy, delish creations the rest of the DT has for you! Happy crafting!