Thursday, December 31, 2015

Anything Goes at 4 CC and AYLI

 

Happy New Year's Eve everyone!! I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas week with family and friends ... are you stuffed and sweetened up?!? It's not quite over yet - need to ring in the new year! Be safe and have a fun night! I would like to take this moment to thank Tina for being our amazing Guest Designer for the month of December - you rocked our challenges, girl - THANK YOU!!

I would also like to take this time to thank my amazing teammies - Leanne, Tina and Tamie - for another smooth, phenomenal, FUN year of crafting and running a challenge blog behind us! We are a tight-knit group of four ladies who get along amazingly well and look out for each other when times are low and we are in need of each others help. I am very honored to be a part of this wonderful group of ladies and I thank each and every one of you for all you've done for me the past year - through hard times and good times. Love ya my friends! xoxoxo Here's to 2016!!

This week, I am combining my card into 2 different design team challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks #279 ANYTHING GOES
As You Like It #70 ANYTHING GOES

I accidentally came across these absolutely STINKIN' CUTE birds on someone's blog and I fell in love with them immediately!! You can find them all at Stromstad Scrapbooking! This one was made into a baby card.


Please hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks blog HERE and the As You Like It blog HERE and link up your creations for our Anything Goes challenges - Happy New Year everyone!!

Thursday, December 24, 2015

4 CC #278 {Wedding}


Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday AND Christmas Eve!! :)

It is my turn to play hostess-with-the-mostess and I want to see cards or projects with a "wedding" theme:

4 CC #278 Wedding



This is another pre-colored image that I bought at my local scrapbook store a year or so ago....they are adorable, aren't they?! :)

Not sure if you will get a chance to come play with us throughout the next week with all the festivities going on and family and friends visiting etc, but if you do, hop on over to the challenge blog HERE and link up your card! Merry Christmas and happy crafting! Cheers!

Monday, December 21, 2015

Merry Monday #185 {These boots were made for walkin....}


This week is our last challenge of 2015 over at Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge...it's been such an amazing year filled with phenomenal creativity and fun with my fellow Merry Makers! We will return again January 4th, 2016 with a brand new year - so excited!!

This week, miss Nina is our challenge hostess and she's wanting to see Christmas cards with "BOOTS" on them - check it out:
  




I colored up this winter cutie from by Lori Designs and layered her on my new to me Stampin' Up! Winter Wonderland specialty paper and added some wooden elements - also from SU! Super dooper cute :)

Come on over to the Merry Monday challenge blog and link up your "boots" card for us to leave you some love - you could be our next Guest Designer for January! Cheers! 
 

Thursday, December 17, 2015

As You Like It #69


Welcome back to my blog :) For the next 2 weeks over at As You Like It, the challenge is Non-Traditional or Traditional Christmas Colors and here is a bit from our sponsor:



The sponsor of this challenge is

Crafty Ribbons


This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favourite Traditional or non traditional colours for Christmas (& why).
 
You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.


I love all the bright, cheery, "funky" non-traditional colors that are out there for Christmas, but my heart is always drawn to the greens, reds, golds and silvers of a traditional Christmas - to me, they are the "original" colors! This Saturated Canary image was so fun to color up (love her sweater LOL)

Come on over to the As You Like It Challenge Blog and see what my super talented team mates have created just for you! You will be blown away! We would love it if you would play along with us too and come link up your card - happy crafting and Merry Christmas to each of you! We will see you with another challenge from AYLI on December 31st!

4 CC #277 {Snowmen}


"Frosty the Snowman...was a jolly, happy soul...."

Welcome to another challenge from 4 Crafty Chicks! Miss Tamie is our hostess this week and she's looking to see some SNOWMEN this week!!

4 CC #277 {Snowman}

As most of my friends and family know, snowmen are my MOST favorite thing about winter! I absolutely love them and my house shows it! xoxoxox


This cutie patootie snowman is from Sassy Cheryl's collection - don'tchya just love his shoes?!? :)

Please swing on by the 4 CC challenge blog HERE to see what our wonderful Guest Designer, Tina, and the rest of our Chicks have created - I am in love with all their creations...you will be too! Cheers!

Monday, December 14, 2015

Merry Monday #184 {Baking}


Welcome back to another week over at Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge :) This week, our hostess is ME! and I am wanting to see BAKING themed cards this week.

As I was growing up, Christmas was always a HUGE baking extravaganza! My Mom would have a big list of goodies to bake and I usually helped her and I've inherited that from her and my love of baking still is with me....and Christmas time is no exception. I have had to tame it down somewhat as the kids' tastes and dislikes have changed over the years but I still make butter tarts, whipped shortbread, gingersnaps, and jam thumbprints over the holidays! Butter tarts are done - so now onto the next on the list :)

 


I sure hope you can join us over at Merry Monday this week - I am excited to see all the different baking themed cards!! Happy baking and crafting!! Cheers!

Thursday, December 10, 2015

4 CC #276 {Non-Traditional Christmas Colors}


Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday! This week, Tina is wanting to see "non-traditional" Christmas colors on our projects. This card was so fun to make at my friend, Diane's, Christmas Stamp-A-Stack in October and PERFECT for this challenge!

4 CC #276 {Non-Traditional Christmas Colors}


Be sure to hop on over to the hen house HERE and see what the other Chicks have created for you as well as our Guest Designer, Tina! Cheers!

Thursday, December 3, 2015

As You Like It #68 {Male or Female Favorites}

 

Welcome back to my blog :) The challenge for the next 2 weeks over at As You Like It is as follows:
 
This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favourite for Male or Female (& why).
You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.
 


The sponsor of this challenge is


Crafty Sentiment Designs

Crafty Sentiments Designs is an online based family company owned and run by Suzette.  The images are cute, fun and make any cards and projects look amazing. Suzette and Justyna are the main artists.  All images are exclusive to Crafty Sentiments Designs and there are lots of digital stamps available, sentiments, rubber stamps, crafting CDs, exclusive Crafty Sentiments Designs dies and much more at www.craftysentimentsdesigns.co.uk. You can also find us on Facebook, Pinterest and Twitter.



I enjoy making "girlie" cards more so than I do masculine cards. Only because the girl cards are usually with pretty colors and bling, gems and embellishments etc. I do love the regal colors for male cards, but I find them more difficult....


The rest of my incredibly talented teamies have created some AMAZING cards for you to check out - click HERE to go to the As You Like It challenge blog and enter your male/female favorite! Cheers!

4 CC #275 {Winter}


Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday!

We are starting a new month and that means miss Leanne is our hostess this week and we have a brand new Guest Designer joining us in the hen house :) Welcome, Tina!!

Leanne's challenge this week is WINTER and I just knew right away that this pair were the perfect image to showcase! They are having so much fun....lol


The image is a pre-colored digi from Mo Manning, and the sentiment is from CAS-ual Fridays set called Snowy Sayings. I remember going out with my Dad and my sisters on our cross-country ski's all over our farm - it was so much fun. This card brings back some great winter memories for me!

Be sure to hop on over to the hen house and see what the rest of the Chicks (and Tina, our Guest Designer) have created just for you. Then, link up your WINTER creation for us to come visit you! Happy crafting!

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

MM #182 {You Make my Heart Melt}


Welcome back to my blog - so sorry for such a late Merry Monday post! Miss Kathy is our hostess this week and she's looking to see a BIRD on our Christmas cards!

 
 I had this duo colored up a LONG time ago, but just didn't get enough time in the craft cave to get it whipped into a card. I love my Paper Smooches images and sentiments - they are so whimsical and FUN!
 

Please, if you haven't already done so, hop on over to the Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge blog HERE and see what the rest of the Merry Makers have created with Kathy's challenge :) Cheers!

Thursday, November 26, 2015

4 CC #274 You are the Coolest....


Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday everyone! It looks as if winter has finally arrived here in central Alberta - and it's settled right in. We just had a 2-day storm and it delivered us almost a foot of snow - some places got a bit less, some got more. I had the snow blower out all afternoon yesterday and for now, the yard is clear ;) Truth be told, I would actually be happy with this amount for the rest of the season lol....more time for me to stay indoors and drink coffee, make cards and crochet! LOL....

It is my turn to be the challenge hostess this week and I am looking for some of those cards that I never seem to have enough of on hand....

4 CC #274 MASCULINE CARDS


This "cool dude" is from Kenny K and he is a pre-colored digi that I bought from my LSS in Rimbey a year or so ago....what a great find!!

I hope you have some time to come and get crafty with us Chicks - pop on over to the hen house HERE and link up your card for us to come visit you! Cheers!

Monday, November 23, 2015

Merry Monday #181 {Christmas Blessings}


Welcome! This week over at Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge, miss Lesley is hosting the challenge. She wants us to use blue, white and some texture.....


This is another card I made at my friend, Diane's, Christmas Stamp-a-Stack about a month ago. A nice, CAS design with lots of punch :) I loved making these - and so pretty! Thanks again, Diane!


Come on over to see what the rest of the Merry Makers have created for you and link up your Christmas card so we can leave you some love :) You have a chance to be our next Guest Designer! Happy crafting!

Thursday, November 19, 2015

As You Like It #67 {Favorite Season}

 

Welcome back to my blog :) If you are looking for my 4 Crafty Chicks post, please scroll down....

For the next 2 weeks, the challenge over at As You Like It is "YOUR FAVORITE SEASON."


The sponsor of this challenge is

Sweet and Sassy Stamps

Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps

This fortnight's challenge theme is to showcase a project using 
your Favorite Season (& why).
You MUST explain WHY it is your favourite.
 
My favorite season used to be Spring but for the past 10 or so years, I am loving my winter months. I love the slow-down and get the time to hunker down in my house with the candles lit, coffee on and diggin' out all my crocheting and stamping supplies! 
 

This card was another I made at Diane's Christmas Stamp-A-Stack a few weeks back. Totally am in love with this window die and winter scene - both from Stampin' Up! Be sure to come on over to the As You Like It Challenge blog and see what the rest of my incredibly talented team mates have created just for you! Link up your project too - we'd love to have you!! Tell us what your favorite season is ;) Cheers!

4 CC #273 {Inspired by a Christmas Song}



Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday! We finally got some white stuff that stuck to the ground last night and made the roads a bit slick and icy but it's starting to look more and more like November ;) I wouldn't mind if we didn't get much more of it. Don't get me wrong, normally, I do love the snow and the winter time, but this is my daughter's first year of winter driving and it worries me - A LOT! So, I'd be happy with just the cooler temps and light snow LOL...

This week, over at 4 Crafty Chicks, miss Tamie is our hostess and for this weeks challenge, she's looking for cards that are inspired by Christmas tunes.....check it out:

4 CC #273 {Inspired by a Christmas Song}

My card was made at my good friend, Diane's, Christmas Stamp-A-Stack a few weeks back. I don't get to attend those very often, so I was ecstatic when I found out I could go! As I was making this card, I found myself singing the tune - "Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas....it's the best time of the year"


I had such a great time hanging out with Diane's stamping group, making cards - be sure to keep an eye out - I will be showcasing more of them in the weeks ahead :) Be sure to hop on over to the challenge blog and check out what's shakin' in the henhouse this week - you will NOT be disappointed and, it will trigger your Christmas carols memory!! Cheers!

Monday, November 16, 2015

Merry Monday #180 {Use a Reindeer

 

This week over at Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge blog, miss Debbie is our wonderful hostess-with-the-mostess and she wants to see some Christmas cards with a REINDEER on them:


 

Doesn't this trio look like they are having a hoot?!?
 

I added the 'Tis The Season sentiment from Reverse Confetti for the finishing touch - LOVE this card ;) I hope you get some time to come and play along with us this week ....be sure to check out what the rest of the Merry Makers have created for you - such awesome creations this week! Cheers!!

Saturday, November 14, 2015

4 CC #272 {Ribbon}

 

This is a very late post for my 4 Crafty Chicks challenge this past week. My little sister, Jackie, and the 3 kiddos came for a visit on Wednesday and the house was busy, busy, busy until Friday afternoon. We all had a chance to get inky and crafty while they were here, even Cooper, he made a couple cards too! We cleared off the kitchen table, added a table for the kids to sit at and got to work! ;)

Miss Tina is our hostess this week and she's looking for RIBBON on our projects - my card has a few ribbon(s) on it - on the pressies and I added real red satin ribbon as well:


I hope you can find a bit of time this weekend to get crafty with us Chicks! Come on over to the blog and see what the henhouse walls are filled with - CRAFTY GOODNESS! Happy crafting!

Monday, November 9, 2015

Merry Monday #179 {Pink, Green and White!}


Happy Monday! Yes, I know .... usually Mondays are not too terribly exciting as it's the start of a new work week, everyone is draggin' their feet, tired and in much need of coffee IV's lol....

But...there IS one exciting thing about Mondays - MERRY MONDAY CHRISTMAS CARD CHALLENGE! Whoop! Whoop! We help you with inspiration each week all year so that you can have some Christmas cards all ready for the holidays - it's never too late to join in.

This week, miss Deanne is looking for cards made with pink, white and green!

For my card, I got out some silver embossing powder and got to work with this beautiful stamp set from Stampin' Up! My white panel behind the poinsettia has been embossed then a few black pearls added for some extra POP:


Come on over to the challenge blog HERE and see what the rest of the Merry Makers have created this week for ya - you will NOT be disappointed! Such talented ladies I get the pleasure of working with each week! Cheers!

Thursday, November 5, 2015

4 CC #271 {2-step stamping}

Good afternoon everyone! So sorry that my 4 Crafty Chicks post is late - I had every intention of having a card done "early" but life things have been getting in the way....

Leanne is challenging us to do some 2-step stamping and I bought a Misti especially for this type of challenge...do you think I have any stamps for 2-step stamping?!? ACK!!! I had scoured my cupboards over and over for a set to try out the technique and came across an oldie from Stampin' Up! called Field Flowers. I tried that set 3 different times and it looked AWFUL! lol...so I remembered that I just received my Stamp of Approval bundle from Catherine Pooler in the mail a week or so ago and came across a wonderful set from "the ton" Couture Clear Stamps called Holiday Flourishes....


There are a lot of flourishes and pretty whoop-de-whoo's in this set PLUS this adorable holly collection - with outline stamps etc - perfect for 2-step stamping:


For the leaves, I used Wild Wasabi and then stamped over them with Garden Green and for the berries, I used Cherry Cobbler and stamped the outline in black....

Be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks blog and see what the rest of our Chicks have for you - be sure to also welcome our new Guest Designer! Cheers!