4 CC #334 {Coffee}

Hello there! Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday to you all!

I am so excited for this challenge - it's one of my all-time favorite things....and miss Tamie is our challenge hostess...she picked a good one...

4 CC #334 {COFFEE}

I won a couple challenges a while back and Bugaboo Stamps images were my prize - well...this beauty was in my cart in a matter of seconds LOL....LOVE it! Here's a close up:

Paper: Whisper White, Xpress It Copic Paper, Bermuda Bay and Perfectly Plaid (Lawn Fawn)

Stamps: Bugaboo Stamps 

Ink: Versafine Black Onyx (sentiment)

Extras: Copic Markers, Stitched dies all from Craftin Desert Divas, foam squares and color dots

Hop on over to the 4 CC blog and link up your coffee-themed project...we'd love to have you! Be sure to check out what my amazingly talented Chick-friends have made for you as well....happy crafting! Cheers!

4 CC #332 {Using up the Scraps!} and Guest DT Call!

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday!

As we start our new year at 4 Crafty Chicks, we are looking for 3 Guest Designers (one each for February, March and April) to come and join us in the hen house! Wanna come play with us? Be sure to add GDT behind your name when you link up your project over at the challenge blog. 

Now, onto Leanne's challenge this week....

4 CC #332 {Using up the Scraps}

For my card, I found all of my papers in my scrap bin....I kept it very clean and simple as I made my cute image from Bugaboo Stamps a bit larger than I normally do....

STAMPS: Kidz Reindeer by Bugaboo Stamps and Holly Jolly Sentiments by CC Designs

INK: Versafine Black Onyx 

PAPER: Crumb Cake, Real Red and Xpress It! Copic Paper

OTHER: Copic Markers, wooden snowflake, gems, Fancy Frame dies from Craftin' Desert Divas, glossy accents (added to the light bulbs)

Thanks again for stopping in - be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge BLOG and link up your project for us - and don't forget, if you'd like to come hang out with us in the hen house for either February, March or April - add GDT behind your name when you link up! CHEERS!

Stella Says Sketch Challenge

Welcome back to my blog everyone! Miss Stella has a great sketch for us this week over at the Catch the Bug Challenge blog:

 Jodie just celebrated a birthday not too long ago and she was feeling so generous this past Tuesday and gave us this cutie pie to use (thanks, Jodie! xoxoxo):

Stamps: Snowman Winter - Bugaboo Digi Stamps

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, EP Designer Paper

Ink: Tuxedo Black, Momento

Accessories: Copic Markers, Misti, enamel dots (YNS), stitched rectangle die (Lil Inkers), foam tape 

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

Cardz 4 Galz - Show a Snowman

Craft Rocket Challenges - Wintertime

Creative Knockouts - Winter Wonderland

Moving Along with the Times - Christmas

Perfectly Created Chaos - Christmas

TIME OUT Challenges - Christmas w/shimmer

Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Anything Goes

Thank you so much for popping in today - I am off to get some more Christmas projects done! Cheers! 

Merry Monday #218 {Plaid}

This week at Merry Monday Christmas Challenge, miss Nina is our challenge hostess and she would like to see some "very trendy" PLAID on your projects! 

I colored up this adorable puppy from Bugaboo Stamps with Copic Markers and found the perfect plaid to go with his collar of bells and the Kraft! 

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

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Christmas Critters

Crazyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Cute Christmas

Let's Color Linky Party - Anything Goes (colored)

Winter Wonderland - Kraft &/or Plaid (I used both!) 

Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes

Come on over to the Merry Monday Challenge blog to see what the rest of the Merry Makers have in store for you - the plaid this year is CRAZY TRENDY and you will love what they have created for you! Cheers!

4 CC #305 {Anything Goes/Crazy Egg!}

Happy 4 Crafty Chicks Thursday everyone :) Welcome back to my blog....

This week, miss Tina is our hostess and since June has 5 Thursdays, we always have a "CRAZY EGG" challenge which is a free-for-all! Yep, ANYTHING GOES is the theme this week!

 I decided to color up this cutie from Bugaboo Stamps:

Thanks so much for stopping in today - be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have created for this week's challenge - click HERE to head over to the challenge blog! Happy crafting!!

4 CC #302 {Gus is Mantastic!}

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday everyone! The temp's have cooled down a wee bit here in central Alberta, which, I am grateful - we've had heat advisories with 30C+ temps for the past 4 days and I was ready for a cool-down ;)

This week, miss Tina is our challenge hostess and she's looking for cards related to a vacation...I knew immediately that Mr. Gus from Bugaboo Stamps had to get some color ;) 

4 CC #302 {VACATION}

Our Guest Designer, Melanie, and the rest of the Chicks have created some amazing Vacation projects for you to admire - hop on over to the 4 CC Challenge Blog and check 'em out then get crafty with us and show us YOUR creation...we'd love to have ya! Cheers!

Merry Monday #206 {Nativity}

 

Happy "Merry Monday" and Happy Victoria Day to all my Canadian peeps! This week's challenge over at the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge is being brought to you by ME...(yes, sorry I am late getting my card in - I thought I had it all done but alas, it was not) and I would love to see some Christmas cards with a Nativity Scene on them.

I used the cute image from Bugaboo Stamps for my card:

Be sure to hop on over to the Merry Monday blog HERE and link up your Nativity creation for us - we'd love to have you!! Cheers!

4 CC #299 {Favorite Era}

 

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday everyone! Tamie is our hostess this week and she's looking for YOUR FAVORITE ERA....I don't think it's too hard to figure out which era I chose...lol

I totally love this hippie girl from an old stash of Bugaboo Stamps made for Totally Stampalicious a few years back....LOVE HER! I love the 70's - their bright colors, flower power, make love not war and PEACE MAN! I also was born in 1970 lol...

Thanks for stopping in today - I sure hope you come on over to the hen house HERE and come play with us! Happy crafting!

4 CC #297 {It's all about the sass!}

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday! Well....first off - I gotta say .....

 

Ha! Ha! My 2 months as a tax preparer have come to an end and I am back to semi-normal life at home! I will still be extremely busy with our custom spraying business, farming and I am taking some courses via correspondence - so life will still be a bit crazy! But, I am hoping to be back in my craft room a bit more ;)

This week, we are having a Guest Designer Call - this will be for the months of June, July and August. If you are wanting to come and hang out in the hen house with us Chicks for a month, put GDT at the end of your name in your linkie when you put your card in for our challenge! We'd love to have you!

This week's challenge is brought to you by our wonderful LEANNE and she's wanting y'all to pull out that SASS and make a card:

4 CC #297 {Sassy Woman!}

When I hear "sassy woman," the first person who pops in my head is STELLA from Bugaboo Stamps! lol Now this girl knows how to sass.....

I just love her - she's got a comeback for EVERYTHING lol....We'd love to see some sassy women cards created by YOU. Come join us HERE and link up your creation for us. Remember, if you'd like to be a guest designer for a month (June, July or August) come let us know! Happy crafting!

4 CC #288 {Easter}

 

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday everyone....this week, our wonderful Leanne is in charge of issuing the challenge to everyone and she's getting geared up for the Easter Bunny to come visit - check it out:

4 CC #288 {EASTER}

This cutie pie is another fun image from Bugaboo Stamps :) I have so much fun bringing these little tykes to life via my Copics...

Come on over to the hen house and check out what the rest of the Chicks have created just for you - then link up your Easter project (can be a card, 3D item, scrapbook layout, etc) I would like to welcome Nance to the hen house as our Guest Designer for the month of March!! Welcome, girl - great to be crafting with ya again...I've missed you and you're incredibly awesome creations :)

Happy crafting!

Tropical Christmas at Merry Monday

Happy Merry Monday! This week, it is my turn to bring the challenge to you all and I thought I'd dream of a warm Christmas for a week LOL....

MM #194 {TROPICAL CHRISTMAS}

I have a few of these funny "tropical Santa" digis from Bugaboo Stamps and I was so excited to bring this tanning guy to life:

I hope you can find a bit of time to sit and get crafty with us this week - you could be our next Guest Designer! Come on over to the challenge blog HERE and check out all the details....happy crafting!

4 CC #287 {Given Enough Coffee....}

This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks, it is my turn to play challenge hostess. I am a country girl at heart and I love to decorate with a rustic/country decor. GINGHAM is a fabric that totally reminds me of country and that's what I'd like to see on your projects this week....so that can be fabric, ribbon, paper etc.

4 CC #287 {GINGHAM}

Coffee, gingham and Stella (Bugaboo Stamps)....what else could make up the perfect card?!? :)

Come on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks hen house and play along with us this week, I'd love to see what you come up with! Happy crafting!

4 cc #257 anything goes

 

As you are reading this, I am with my bestie, Leanne, for our annual "girls trip" to Big Valley Jamboree - enjoying some major headliners such as Brad Paisley, Reba, Lady Antebellum and much more!!! I will check in with some pics next week after the long weekend.....

At 4 Crafty Chicks, when there are 5 Thursdays in a month, we celebrate the last one with an ANYTHING GOES challenge and offer up our Crazy Egg badge to one lucky participant :) They are a lot of fun as we can unleash our inner creative monster and just create whatever we want without a theme or outline....

4 CC #257 ANYTHING GOES

I have been wanting to use this hilarious stamp from Bugaboo Stamps for quite some time and decided a while ago to color her up :) Sometimes that is EXACTLY how I feel lol....

I hope you get some time to come play along with us at 4 Crafty Chicks this week and have some fun with Anything Goes. Happy crafting!

baby it's cold outside - MM #167

 

Welcome to another 2-week challenge from Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge :) Miss Bonnie would like us to use a Heart or Heart(s) on our cards this week:

This cutie is from Bugaboo and the sentiment is from Reverse Confetti:

Be sure to hop on over to the Merry Monday challenge blog HERE and see what the rest of the Merry Makers have for you...you won't be disappointed. Then link up your creation and let us come visit you and leave you some luv! Cheers!

Anything Goes at The Pink Elephant!

Happy Monday!! We've got a heat wave happening here in central Alberta, CANADA for the past week or so with temps in the 30C+ range so I've been spending a lot of time in my cool basement crocheting and napping. The competitive swim club our daughter belongs to runs a food booth at our local Ponoka Stampede and it's a week long rodeo (we are on Day 5). We manage the only food booth on the infield (the rest are out on the midway) and it's been a very hot, busy week!! So...the basement is my haven at the moment LOL...

This week over at The Pink Elephant, it's the last Monday of the month so that means Anything Goes! YIPEEE!! We all love those ones - we can be free with whatever we want to make! Whoop! Whoop! I decided to dig out my brand new Your Next Stamp "coffee" die from their latest release and a Bugaboo image and got to work :)

I hope you get some time to sit in a nice cool craft room with your favorite bevvie and come play along with us - anything goes is a great challenge - easy peesy!! Show us what ya got! Cheers!

4 CC #251 {Happy Father's Day}

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday everyone!!

This week, our wonderful Tamie is our challenge hostess and she would like to see some creations celebrating that special person in your life...DAD....

4 CC #251 - HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

This card is for my Dad who loves to fish and boat....Gus from Bugaboo fits the bill perfectly ;)

Be sure to hop on over to the 4 CC challenge blog HERE and link up your creation for FATHER'S DAY! Happy crafting!

Celebrating DAD at The Pink Elephant!

Welcome back...if you are looking for my Merry Monday post, please scroll down ;)

This week, we are celebrating DAD over at The Pink Elephant. The challenge this week is Father's Day....a couple weekends ago, I kidnapped my wonderful friend Tamie and we went up to spend some time with our other wonderful friend, Leanne. We had a coloring frenzy and I got so many images colored up and ready for cards...it was awesome! This one of Gus from Bugaboo was one of those images:

I thought this would make a great Father's Day card for those who like to sit, relax, drink their tea/coffee in the morning and read their newspaper - ahhhh! Sounds like an awesome start to a Father's Day to me...

Come on over to the challenge blog HERE and see what the rest of Ella's girls have for you to see...you will not be disappointed and I really hope you get a chance to play with us - we'd love to have you! Happy inking!

4 CC #250 {Polka Dots}

 

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday everyone! Are you looking for a fun, easy challenge this week? Tina is our challenge hostess and she picked a fun one....

4 CC #250 {Polka Dots}

Who doesn't LOVE polka dots?? Stella does ;) These 2 crack me up - love the images from Bugaboo....

The inside of the card reads: "Then again, so does insanity!" tee hee...might have to give this one to my hubby for our anniversary (which happens to be TODAY! LOL) .... wink, wink!

Be sure to come on over to the challenge blog and play along with us - we'd love to have you!! Cheers!

summer coffee-lovers blog hop is here!

 Welcome to the Summer Coffee-Lovers Blog Hop!

For any of us who are *addicted* to coffee, tea or hot chocolate, this hop is for us!! Check out the AMAZING lineup of sponsors this go-round!

 

My card was made for a teacher friend of mine who is nearing the end of the school year and SUMMER HOLIDAYS are starting! Yipeeee! My first born (Calvin) is graduating from high school today and tomorrow as well - another great summer celebration!

This is Scarlette from Bugaboo Stamps and it totally reminds me of her.....lol

This sentiment is so very true .... 

You can join in on the fun as well. The hop will run through Friday, June 12th @ 11:59 p.m. PST. All the information can be found here Coffee Lovers blog. Happy sippin' and hoppin' :) Cheers!