KCC #498 {Christmas}

Happy "Krafty Chicks" Thursday! Nance is our challenge hostess for this week and since it's the 2nd week of the month, our challenge is CHRISTMAS. I am very excited to see the gallery full of holiday greetings this week!   

KCC #498 {Christmas}

This card was so fun to make - I love all the heat embossing and fussy cutting. The colors are beautiful - it just pops! I will definitely make more of these for cards this year.

Be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the Chicks have in store for you! There is some awesome inspiration in the hen house this week! Cheers....

Coffee and Donuts...

Happy Monday crafty friends!! Today I am sharing a card on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog. Tax season is upon us here in Canada and along side my bookkeeping, I also do income tax preparation every year, which can be a very stressful and sometimes challenging job...but I really enjoy it. Every file is like a puzzle :) 

Coffee and donuts help with this some days, don'tchya think?! haha!! :) 
  


I used the super sweet stamp set and dies called Latte Happy Vibes from Your Next Stamp - so fun to color up!



I colored these cuties up with my Copic markers and die cut them out using the coordinating dies. The tag die is from Reverse Confetti.



I sure hope you all enjoy your Monday - thanks for stopping in. Cheers!

KCC #497 Stamp Act

Welcome to "Krafty Chicks Thursday." This is our "STAMP ACT" week, hosted by miss Leanne, so as long as you have some sort of stamping on your project (rubber or digi), you are good to go. 

KCC #497 {STAMP ACT}

My card was made with Stampin' Up! products at our ladies stamping group a while back...lots of stamping on this one with embossing on vellum and coloring! So pretty and fun to make :D 

Be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the Chicks have in store for you! There is some awesome inspiration in the hen house this week! Cheers....

KCC #496 {All Occasions}

Happy "Krafty Chicks" Thursday! It is my turn to play challenge hostess this week and since it's the 4th week of the month, our challenge is "All Occasions" so that can be Anniversary, Birthday, Halloween, Easter, whatever you'd like!   

KCC #496 {All Occasions}

For my card this week, I decided to use a glittery, fun birthday card created at one of my ladies stamping group nights...Here's a close up:

Be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the Chicks have in store for you! There is some awesome inspiration in the hen house this week! Cheers....

KCC #495 {Clean & Simple}

Happy "Krafty Chicks" Thursday! Tangii is our challenge hostess for this week and since it's the 3rd week of the month, our challenge is CLEAN & SIMPLE. I can't wait to see the gallery full of awesome ideas!  

KCC #495 {Clean & Simple}

For my card this week, I used one of my favorite color combos - yellow/black/white. I love the daisy punch and I decided to heat emboss the sentiment - super cute! Here's a close up:

Be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the Chicks have in store for you! There is some awesome inspiration in the hen house this week! Cheers....

KCC #494 {Christmas}

Happy "Krafty Chicks" Thursday! Nance is our challenge hostess for this week and since it's the 2nd week of the month, our challenge is CHRISTMAS which happen to be my favorite cards to make (along with coffee cards lol). I am very excited to see the gallery full of holiday greetings this week!   

KCC #494 {Christmas}

This card was so fun to make - I absolutely LOVE this deer die (Stampin' Up!) and this color combo:

Be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the Chicks have in store for you! There is some awesome inspiration in the hen house this week! Cheers....

KCC #493 {Stamp Act}

Welcome to "Krafty Chicks Thursday." This is our "STAMP ACT" week, hosted by miss Leanne, so as long as you have some sort of stamping on your project (rubber or digi), you are good to go. 

KCC #493 {STAMP ACT}

My card was made with Stampin' Up! products at our ladies stamping group a while back...lots of stamping on this one with the background, the daisies and the sentiment.

Be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the Chicks have in store for you! There is some awesome inspiration in the hen house this week! Cheers....

KCC #492 {Anything Goes}

Happy "Krafty Chicks" Thursday! This month there are 5 Thursdays so this week is an "ANYTHING GOES" being hosted by Leanne. The door of creativity is wide open for you with this one...I can't wait to see what all you come up with for us.

KCC #492 {Anything Goes}

For my card this week, I decided to use a very pretty card created at one of my ladies stamping group nights...I LOVE this daisy set from Stampin' Up! Here's a close up:

Be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the Chicks have in store for you! There is some awesome inspiration in the hen house this week! Cheers....

Life Begins After Coffee

Happy Monday! I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today - letting the world know that life really does begin AFTER coffee ;) 

I made the background using my Versa Mark pad, a stencil and then heat setting some Northern Lights embossing powder - so fun! The cup and sentiment are from a set by Fun Stampers Journey...

Thanks so much for stopping in today - have an enjoyable Monday - cheers!

Coffee Loving Cardmakers and Cats Pajamas Collaboration!

Happy Thursday crafty PEEPS! Today, the Design Team from Coffee Loving Cardmakers is hopping with The Cat's Pajamas as they feature a new adorable stamp set called "Make Tea." It is available today over at The Cat's Pajamas store. 

This stamp set is so stinkin' adorable! I couldn't decide which image to ink up first so I did them all at the same time and whatever I didn't use on these cards, will for sure be used SOON ;) 

For my first card, I used this sketch from Sunday Stamps and colored in this sweetie with Copic Markers and used some circle dies to cut him out and layer. Although I am 85% team coffee and 15% team tea, this sentiment is adorable and I love it :) 

Here's a close up:

Here's a close up of my 2nd card:

I started by sponging the ombre background and placed it under the die cut heart panel, then assembled the card as usual. I colored in this sweet bunny and fussy cut him out to use with the hearts...and I fully agree with this sentiment 100% - there is no life before caffeine! ha ha



Be sure to hop along with us and the Cat Pack as we share some tea-lightful projects with you. Be sure to leave comments along the way as one lucky commenter will have the opportunity to win a fab prize from TCP! Thanks for stopping in. Cheers!

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KCC #491 {All Occasions}

Happy "Krafty Chicks" Thursday! It is my turn to play challenge hostess this week and since it's the 4th week of the month, our challenge is "All Occasions" so that can be Anniversary, Birthday, Halloween, Easter, whatever you'd like!   

KCC #491 {All Occasions}

For my card this week, I decided to use a birthday card created at one of my ladies stamping group nights last year...I LOVE this set from Stampin' Up! Here's a close up:

Be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the Chicks have in store for you! There is some awesome inspiration in the hen house this week! Cheers....

Krafty Chicks Challenge #490 {Clean & Simple}

Happy "Krafty Chicks" Thursday! Tangii is our challenge hostess for this week and since it's the 3rd week of the month, our challenge is CLEAN & SIMPLE. I can't wait to see the gallery full of awesome ideas!  

KCC #490 {Clean & Simple}

For my card this week, the designer paper did all the work. All I had to do was add a stamped sentiment and it's so pretty! Here's a close up:

Be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the Chicks have in store for you! There is some awesome inspiration in the hen house this week! Cheers....

Eat, Sleep and Drink more Coffee!

Happy Monday crafty friends! I sure hope you are warm where you are because here in central Alberta, CANADA, we are in a deep-freeze, to say the least. Daytime temps are near -30C with windchills around -40C and night time low's are -40C with windchills around -50C! BRRRRR!!! I am enjoying a lot of warm bubble baths, crocheting and coffee as soon as I get home from work lol...remind me again why I live where I live?!? hahahah...ok onto my card...

I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers today with this cute card made with some of my older coffee related stampin' stash. I came across this fun set from  Reverse Confetti - Drink More Coffee. Totally perfect for our winter right now ha ha! I decided to keep it fairly simple and clean - with some beautiful plaid paper.



I also die cut 2 coffee spoons from the Confetti Cuts that match this set from Early Espresso to add to the details of the card..so fun!



Thank you so much for stopping in to see what I've been up to - be sure to grab a hot cup of your favorite beverage and stay warm! Cheers!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #489 {Christmas}

Happy "Krafty Chicks" Thursday! Nance is our challenge hostess for this week and since it's the 2nd week of the month, our challenge is CHRISTMAS (my favorite kinda cards to make) and I am so looking forward to the end of the year, having a stash of cards ready to pop in the mail ;)  

KCC #489 {Christmas}

I made a bunch of these cards using various goodies from Gina K Designs - I got my order in and couldn't WAIT to try out this stencil and different colors of Glitz Glitter Gel! I absolutely LOVE this snowflake and had so much fun making it in gold, white, red, green, black, and teal. This one is done in a pretty pink:

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

ABC Christmas Challenge - A is for Anything Goes

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Add some Sparkle

Holly & Jolly Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes Christmas

A Place to Start - Anything Goes/CAS

SSS Monday Challenge - Try Something New 

Merry Little Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Chicks Challenge blog to check out what the rest of the Chicks have in store for you! There is some awesome inspiration in the hen house this week! Cheers....

"Stamp Act" with Krafty Chicks

Happy New Year everyone! Today starts a new year of challenges for us over at Krafty Chicks and we've got a few changes to tell you about:

We are now incorporating the same challenges each week, each month - and they will be the same all year. We only will have an Anything Goes challenge when we have 5 Thursdays in the month. Here is what each month will look like:  

Week 1

Stamp Act (must have a stamped image on the card/project)

Week 2

Christmas (must have something with Christmas on the card/project)

Week 3

CAS (Clean and Simple)

Week 4

All Occasions (Easter, St. Patrick's Day, Birthday, Valentine's etc.)

Week 5

When there are five Thursday's in the month,

Anything Goes/Crazy Egg Challenge

This is our "STAMP ACT" week, so as long as you have some sort of stamping on your project, you are good to go! My card was made with Stampin' Up! products at our ladies stamping group a few month ago...lots of stamping on this one ;)

Thank you so much for stopping in today and be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Chicks blog to welcome our Guest Designer for January - Jill Duplessie! Cheers!