Merry Monday #110 {Christmas Food}

Happy "Merry Monday!" 

Happy Memorial Day to all my US friends! I hope you have a wonderful day....the weekend was a nice one for me - I had a bit of down-time and SLEPT! Yep, all the crazy days have been catching up to me and on Saturday I laid down in the afternoon and slept for 4 HOURS! YIKES! That is so not like me lol...but, obviously needed and I finally got into my craft room :) *insert happy dance here!*

The challenge over at Merry Monday is being brought to you by our wonderful, Debbie....here's what she's looking for:

Now, I guess "technically" I didn't follow the challenge - I used a drink instead of food .... but I'm thinking she won't mind lol...

I followed this week's sketch from Sketch Saturday:

I have had this cute digi set from Doodle Pantry for a while now - and I thought it was the perfect time to use them:

The sentiment is from the Christmas Sampler set from Paper Smooches :)

Please take some time to hop on over to to the Merry Monday challenge blog and see what the rest of the Merry Makers have created for you - such scrumptious projects!!! ;) Happy crafting! xoxoxo

4 CC #178 {Bling!}

Happy 4 Crafty Chicks Thursday!

First of all, I'd like to say a huge WELCOME to Tina Henderson, from Tina's Creative Place....she is our newest and 4th Chick to complete the HenHouse! Thanks for everything so far, Tina! I'm looking forward to working along side you!

This week, the challenge is set out by ME...and I'm wanting to see BLING! You got it ... shiny stuff!!!

4 CC #178 {BLING!}

This week, I am using this awesome CAS sketch from Sketch Saturday:

Thank you so much for stopping in today - please be sure to hop on over to the 4 CC Challenge Blog HERE to see what the other Chicks have made for you - there are so many shiny things!!! *wink* Have a super day and I hope you find some time to get crafty with us! Cheers!

4 CC#176 {Bows}

Happy 4 Crafty Chicks Thursday!

The kids are back in school, hubby is gone back to work and I am back into my routines as well. My running has started again (and boy, can I feel the 2 month hiatus! OY!) and my healthy eating has been re-started - enough sweets and mashed potatoes/gravy and dressing! ;)

4 CCC #176 {Bows}

For my card this week, I used last week's layout from Sketch Saturday...it fit my image perfectly.

"Birthday Lulu" is the name of this cutie-patootie from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! For the "bows" part of our challenge this week, I am showing off her cute hair bow and the wrapping bow on the gift. I stamped her in Momento Tuxedo Black and colored it with Copic Markers. Then she was cut out with my 'Lil Inkers perforated rectangular dies....love those!! I added a couple stars from Pretty Pink Posh, stamped my sentiment and wa-laaa! Done!

I am entering this card into this week's Wonderful Wednesday Challenge over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps...plus...I am gonna toss my name into the hat to be a Guest Krafty Girl....fun!! :D

Please do not forget about our DT Call we have going on until January 16th! You could be hangin' and creatin' with us 3 Chicks! Have a super dooper week :D

Sketch Saturday #248 and Dutch Dare CC#206

So glad you stopped back in to see what Leanne and I are up to ;) I don't make enough male-themed cards, so when I came across the challenge at Dutch Dare Card Challenges - One for the Boys - I went in search of a sketch to whip one up :) I found this CAS sketch from Sketch Saturday - PERFECT for what I had in mind as the main image panel....

 ...and here is my card using the Die-namics Masculine Graphic Tee & Stamp Set and wonderful male-themed papers from EP called Times & Seasons:

Wow!! Can you believe it?! Two "for-fun" cards in one day! Whoop! Whoop!

Please be sure to stop on over at Leanne's blog HERE to check out what crafty goodness she has cooked up for you today :) So thankful she was able to come visit this weekend and spend some time in my crafty area...thanks, friend! ♥

Saturday 3-in-1

Happy Mother's Day! I hope you all got spoiled and pampered today :) My family worked along with our 4H group to prepare and serve brunch for the members of our community - the kids did a super job and everyone said the meal was fantastic! :)

Yesterday I sat in my craft room and got inky with some new products that came in my mailbox last week :) I got some new Verve-a-liciousness and Stampin' Up! goodies :) YIPEEE!!! Here's my 3-in-1 combo....

Color Combo from Stampin' Royalty:

Sketch challenge from Sketch Saturday:

...and Crazy 4 Challenges is issuing a "flower" challenge...so it qualifies there too....enjoy!

Stamps: Verve; Paper: Pacific Point, Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Wild Wasabi, Real Red, Wild Wasabi and Rich Razzleberry DSP; Ink: Pacific Point, Real Red, Wild Wasabi; Accessories: Verve dies, library clips, nestabilities, pearl, real red ribbon, dimensionals, marker, white pen,

I hope you all have had an enjoyable Sunday....see you shortly for another exciting challenge from Totally Stampalicious!!

Kenny K meets Sketch Saturday

HELLO PEEPS! I have been home from surgery since Wednesday afternoon and finally found enough MOJO to make a card tonight with Leanne :) I kept trying to complete one but got so I couldn't stay focused and I get tired very easily. I wanted to make a card "just cuz" today and so I set out looking for a sketch and an image to use. I came across Sketch Saturday's new challenge today and decided I would ink up a new Kenny K girl that Leanne brought me! Here ya go:

Stamps: Kenny K, SP & Co; Paper: Whisper White, Not Quite Navy, Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery DP; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Not Quite Navy; Accessories: nestabilities, embossing folders, buttons, bakers twine, scallop oval punch, oval punches, blushing bride ribbon, dimensionals

Thanks for popping in tonight - stay tuned for another awesome Totally Stampalicious challenge! Have a great night :)

Totally Stampalicious February New Release and Blog Hop!

WELCOME TO THE 2nd STOP OF THE
FEBRUARY NEW RELEASE AND BLOG HOP!

All FOUR of the New Releases from our Bugaboo Line by artist Jodie Mackerell are available RIGHT NOW at the Totally Stampalicious Store!

And as always we have some very COOL PRIZES to give away to a few randomly selected Hoppers so be sure to leave comments on everybody's blog for your chance to win:

1st PRIZE - All FOUR NEW Stamp Sets
2nd PRIZE - $15 Gift Certificate
3rd PRIZE - $10 Gift Certificate

Don't forget the gals over at Totally Stampalicious are still offering the Stampalicious Scarlette Promotion! Spend $50 and get her for FREE!!

I made 3 cards for this Blog Hop and I can't tell you enough how much FUN I had creating them! These images and sentiments make me chuckle as they come to life on my paper :) My husband loves to see them too when I'm done - and he also gets a good laugh!

The first card is made using Exercise Stella :) I got my wonderful sketch from Peggy and the clan over at Paper Works Co. blog...

The next card I used Beer Drinkin' Gus....and this one really made me laugh! The sentiments with this set are perfect for any guy you know who loves BEER :) ha ha...I got my sketch from Inspirational Card Sketches and I turned it on it's side:

...and thirdly....this one is goin' to my wonderful lovin' man on his 40th birthday (he turns 40 while we're at DisneyWorld in a couple weeks!) Dottie Cake Surprise is perfect for a surprise birthday card! With the sketch from Sketch Saturday, I was able to use my new "pom-pom" ribbon from the new Occasions Mini from Stampin' Up!

Now it's time to hop on over to our super dooper talented lady, Cindy Haffner, to see the amazing goodies she has in store for us tonight!!

And here is the entire line-up just in case you get lost along the way:

Totally Stampalicious
Lori
Cindy
Monique
Laurie
Becky
Joycelyn
Joanne
Stacy
Vicki

Thanks for Hopping along to celebrate our latest collection of stamps!!!

SPCC #84 - Love You Muchly

*** If you are here looking for the Picture Perfect Creations color challenge for this week, please scroll down ***

Hello again :) I've been on a Valentine's Day kick lately with all my cards and I must say, it's been a lot of fun creating them! I don't normally make a lot of them, but the store has been selling them and the owner keeps requesting more so that is a good thing =)

Samantha from Scrapmaster's Paradise gave us a bright, cheery color palette this week and I knew *exactly* which image I was going to put color to...then I had to go in search of a sketch and I always scope out my favorite Saturday blog - Sketch Saturday and lo and behold - the sketch was perfect!!! Ya gotta luv it when it all falls together so nicely.... I am also entering this card in the following challenges:

Pile It On! - Love is in the Air
Fresh Brewed - Spread some Love
Aud Sentiments - LOVE theme

Stamps: MFT, Paper: Whisper White, Rose Red, Wild Wasabi, Perfect Plum DP; Ink: Perfect Plum, Versafine Onyx Black; Accessories: markers, nesties, pearls, eyelet border punch, dimensionals, pearls, sponge, embossing folder

Isn't she just the CUTEST? I thought so....be sure to check out the rest of the SPCC Diva's creations (links on the right) and leave 'em some love :) Thanks for stopping in - I'm off to work my 2nd shift of a casino - TTFN!!

SPCC #83 - I Love You

Welcome back! Can you *seriously* believe that Scrapmaster's Paradise is on their 83rd color challenge?! Woweeee! I am so honored to be a part of Samantha's Color Divas :) She has given us a very pretty palette this week and it was screamin' L-O-V-E to me! Here's what I came up with:

...my sketch came from the wonderful Sketch Saturday challenge blog:

Stamps: Flourishee, Ultimate Sentiments; Paper: Pretty in Pink, Crumb Cake, Regal Rose, Whisper White; Ink: Regal Rose; Accessories: embossing folders, pearls, regal ribbon, heart trio punch, dimensionals

Be sure to check out all the rest of the SPCC Divas blogs (links on my right-hand sidebar) for more delicious inspiration using this color combo! I can't wait to see what YOU come up with! Happy stamping!

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #20

Welcome to another installment of 4 Crafty Chicks weekly challenges...this week, our hostess is none other than Melissa :) She is issuing a "METAL" challenge for all of you this week! That could be a brad, charm, eyelet, paper clip, staple, silver/gold embossing, etc, etc., etc! The possibilities are endless....

For my card this week, I used Crazy 4 Challenges color theme and a wonderful sketch from Sketch Saturday.

Stamps: Totally Stampalicious; Paper: Whisper White, Rose Red, Pretty in Pink, Pretty in Pink DP; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Accessories: clear embossing powder, heat gun, markers, paper piercer, circle punch, Designer label punch, pearls, dimensionals, circle brads, embossing folder, photo corner punch

I know the other 3 Chicks have some outrageously gorgeous creations to show you, so hop on over to their blogs and leave them each some love :) Their links are on my right-hand sidebar...
We are sure excited to see what you come up with this week so dig out your metal detectors and find us some METAL! Ciao!

SPCC #73 - Warm Winter Wishes

Happy Monday everyone!

How was your weekend? Mine was very relaxing, yet productive at the same time. Is that *really* possible?! Yep, it is. My DD had a swim meet in Edmonton and my DS had 4-H so each one went different directions. After I got DS dropped off, I had the whole house ALL TO MYSELF for 5 whole hours! ACK! Can you believe that! So, I got busy and got inky...REAL inky! I got all my DT work done for the upcoming week, I got my 3rd Stamp-A-Stack finalized and almost done preparing for, I finished up some stamping packages that 2 ladies wanted to buy from me from previous Stamp-A-Stacks, AND...I even got to make a card for fun :) It was a real good weekend for me!

Now, onto today's color combo from Scrapmaster's Paradise! No matter how ya look at this one, it's screamin' *CHRISTMAS* all over it! So...that's what I set out to do...I inked up a cute new snowman set that I got at our LSS a while back. Hope you enjoy him as much as I did creating it!

I got the wonderful sketch from Sketch Saturday:

Stamps: Stampendous; Paper: Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Real Red, Real Red DP; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Accessories: Certainly Celery,Real Red, Basic Black, Peach Parfait markers, glue pen, dazzling diamond glitter, dimensionals, snowflake punch, snowflake embossing folder, pearls

My card also qualifies in the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges - "make a square card"
Paper Players - "snowmen"

I cannot *wait* to see what cool projects come out of this cool color combo! Be sure to link your creation to the SPCC website and please go check out all the other SP Color Diva's projects - their links are on my righthand sidebar. See you soon!

Scrapmaster's Paradise Color Challenge #71

Happy Monday! Samantha from Scrapmaster's Paradise handed over such a rich, warm color palette this week - don'tchya just love it!?!

I was in need of a sketch for my "funny" image this week, so I did a bit of blog hopping and found this beauty over at Sketch Saturday:

and here's my card using a set I got as a gift from the girls over at Totally Stampalicious...thanks "girlies" - she's PRICELESS!

Stamps: Totally Stampalicious; Paper: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Pumpkin Pie and Crumb Cake DP; Ink: Versafine Black, Momento Black; Accessories: finial press embossing folder, clear embossing powder, heat gun, markers, boho blossoms punch, trio flower punch, brads, dimensionals, scallop trim punch, pearls

Be sure to check out all the rest of the SPCC Color Diva's blogs on the right-hand side column for more yummalicious inspiration :)

Thanks for stopping in and stay tuned for the PPC Color Challenge! See you shortly!

PPC - CC#34 and Sketch Saturday

Welcome back! This is my 2nd post for today - so be sure to scroll down for the SPCC Color Combo post :)


I hope all my Canadian friends are enjoying their Thanksgiving weekend - I have enjoyed mine with my family, great food and gratitude for the people I have in my life. My DH has been home since Friday and he's been harvesting with his Uncle Jim - we are VERY thankful for that!


Megan has given us yet another smashing color combo this week for Picture Perfect Creations' 34th challenge - can you believe that?! Where does the time go? I opened my box of Stampin' Up! goodies on Saturday, and lo and behold, my new Two-Step Owl Punch was the first thing I saw and I just "knew" I had to play and make a card with it! I went looking for a sketch and the one this week at Sketch Saturday was PERFECTO :)

Stamps: Full of Life; Paper: Certainly Celery, Rich Razzleberry, Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery DP, Rich Razzleberry DP, Whisper White; Ink: Basic Black; Accessories: two-step owl punch, mini circle punches, vintage wallpaper embossing folder, 2 step-bird punch, brads, dimensionals

I had a lot of fun using this owl punch - I think I will get *a lot* of use out of it :) Be sure to check out the rest of the PPC DT's blogs for more gorgeous inspiration!

Enjoy the rest of your holiday Monday!

Late Night 3-in-1

Well, I said I'd be back and here I am! *wink* I have a confession to make....when I hopped on over to The Play Date Cafe and saw the color challenge for this week, I wrinkled up my nose and went to click to another challenge site! But...but....I *did* catch myself and said "self....you really should TRY this challenge as that is why these wonderful PEEPS make these for us - to CHALLENGE us" RIGHT???? ACK! This one was a challenge - took me a L-O-N-G time to come up with an image that I wanted to use....I {think} I did ok :)


I combined this *interesting* color combo with a sketch from Sketch Saturday since the main focal point was the same shape as my image (well...ok, ALMOST) lol.....


My card also qualifies for the following challenge:

Papertake Weekly Challenge: 3-2-1 challenge (I used 3 flowers, 2 DP papers and 1 ribbon)

here is my 5.25" x 5.25" card using all 3 challenges:

Stamps: Whos' That E-Girl (MFT); Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, More Mustard, Melon Mambo, Regals DP, Brights DP; Ink: Basic Black, Versafine Black; Accessories: Martha border punch, markers, white ribbon, crochet flowers, brads, pop up glue dots

Thanks for stopping in tonight - don't forget to play along with the Picture Perfect Creations and Scrapmaster's Color Challenges before tomorrow night! Take care and happy stamping!!

DCBD and Sketch Saturday

Welcome back! I said I'd try to be back tonight with one more installment, and here I am :) I haven't done the Diva Coffee Break Designs challenges in a long time, and when I popped on over to their blog, I knew I *had* to create using these colors:
I clicked on over to Sketch Saturday and found this interesting sketch and decided it would work like magic for my stamp set:

...here is my 5.25" x 5.25" card:

Stamps: Season of Friendship, Teeny Tiny Messages; Paper: Naturals White, Early Espresso, Daffodil Delight, Marina Mist and Cherry Cobbler; Ink: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, Marina Mist and Daffodil Delight; Accessories: Early Espresso ribbon, word window punch, modern label punch, circle cutter, dimensionals

That's it for me for today - thanks again for poppin' in - it means a lot to me to have such great followers! Be sure to check back tomorrow morning for the PPC-CC#25 and SPCC #59 :)

Happy Stamping!!

PPC - CC#24 Thank You Daisies

Happy Monday everyone! Can you believe we are on color challenge #24 already at Picture Perfect Creations?!?! Where does the time go? Megan came up with a very summery combo this time around and I loved creating with it! I love challenges to help me step out of my box and make things that I would *never* dream of putting together - thanks to all you creative PEEPS who come up with these wonderful challenges for us!


I hopped on over to Sketch Saturday to check out what they had on the go and it was a perfect layout for the stamp set I wanted to use:


....and here is my 5.25 x 5.25 card:

Stamps: Upsy Daisy; Ink: Pacific Point; Paper: Pacific Point, Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery DP, Old Olive, Whisper White, Melon Mambo DP; Accessories: markers, pearls, butterfly punch, oval punch, scallop oval punch, paper piercer, scallop edge punch, dimensionals

Please be sure to click on the other PPC Creators links on my right-hand sidebar for more colorful inspiration! Make yourself a card, scrapbook page or 3D item and link it over at PPC - CC Challenge Blog for a chance to win this week's prize! Good luck and happy stampin!