Thursday, February 28, 2013

4 CCC#131 {Stitching}


Happy 4 Crafty Chicks Thursday to everyone out there in blogland....

This week, it is my turn to play "hostess-with-the-mostess" and I'm issuing the following challenge:

4 CCC#131 {Stitching}
  
For my card, I decided to use the FAUX STITCHING technique and give my cutie girl a frame: 


Stamps: MFT Pure Innocence
Paper: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White and Pretty in Pink
Ink: Momento Black
Accessories: Copic Markers, heart punch, gems,

I hope you take some time to hop on over to the 4 CCC blog and leave the other CHICKS some love and get inky with us! ;) Have a fantastic day!!

Friday, February 22, 2013

VLV Sketch/CAS-ual Fridays meet!


Happy Friday, PEEPS!! YIPEE! The weekend is here, the weekend is here! Tomorrow, my kids' Grandma and Aunty are taking them skiing so I will have the whole day to myself - WHATEVER SHALL I DO?!? Craft, you say?! I am thinking so!!! And...a nice long walk....and a nice long bath....and read a good book....lol...the list is endless! BLISS!

Alright, enough about tomorrow's plans...let's get down to bizness about what I did TODAY :) I needed a sketch to start my card so I ventured over to the Verve Splitcoaststampers Forum HERE and low and behold, they are having a sketch challenge this week for the final challenge of February! Hop on over and take a look-see....lots of prizes up for grabs for entering the month-long challenges!

Here's their CAS sketch:



Seeing as how it's Friday, I knew that CAS-ual Fridays new challenge was issued so I scurried over to see what the girls want from us - "Add SILVER to your project." Alrighty then...that I did - I added a super cute double-heart charm to my twine bow!

And...here is my card:


Super cute huh?! I love it! I used my new MFT Stars Die-namics and cut some stars out of the white, then added bits of cardstock behind them, and stamped my Verve sentiment before layering down. I also used my new MFT Fish Tail STAX Die-namics to make the flags. Added the bordered center piece with twine wrapped around it then tied on my silver charm with another bow...voila!! Super easy peesy!

I hope you liked today's card - it was sure fun to make...take care and pop back in tomorrow to see what shenanigans I end up getting myself into ;) Ciao!

Thursday, February 21, 2013

cQc #177 - Happy Mother's Day


Wow...three posts in one day! Woot! Woot! It's been nice to spend some time in my craft room today - cyber crafting with my PEEP, Leanne! Thanks for the fun, girl! 

I found this wonderful color challenge over at Colour Q:



...and used some of my new My Favorite Things Die-Namics to make this pretty Mother's Day card - time to get stocking up for the store! The sentiment is from Verve....


Stamps: Verve
Ink: Momento Black
Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, Pool Party, Always Artichoke, Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: MFT Die-Namics, Spellbinders, brad, dimensionals, embossing folders

I am also entering my card into the following challenges:

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday - Simplify (CAS)

Thanks, once again, for poppin' in to see what I've been up to today :) I hope you find some time to relax with a bevvie and get crafty!! Ciao!

MFTWSC112 ... and a few others


Today I decided to dig out all my new goodies from My Favorite Things that arrived in the mail yesterday :) OH-MY-GOODNESS, did I have FUN making this card! My bestie, Leanne, and I hooked up our iPhones and we used FaceTime to cyber craft together...even when miles separate us, we can STILL find ways to spend time crafting with one another! Thanks, friend! ♥

I used this week's sketch challenge from MFT:


I took the liberty of "rotating" the sketch and then inked up my new A 'la Mode Cowboy At Heart onto some X-Press It! cardstock (love it!!) and colored him with Copics. I used the newly released Die-namic, Barbed Wire Fence, and then rolled up a bit of twine to make a rope and hung it on the fence in place of the element on the sketch :) I used dimensionals to pop up the fence posts and boy - oh - boy...do I ever love it!


I am also entering my card into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - For the Men

Thanks for stopping in today - be sure to take some time and get crafty - it does the soul good!! ;)


4 CCC#130 - {Twine}


Welcome back to another crafty challenge from 4 Crafty Chicks! Miss Tamie is our wonderful "hostess-with-da-mostess" this week and she's really, really wanting to see you all tied up in knots....with......

4 CCC#130 - TWINE!

Well, ... maybe not "knots," but we'd love to see some twine on your cards, scrapbook layouts, or 3-D altered items. There are so many colors (like a rainbow!) out there, so it's easily incorporated into projects....so, let's see 'em!!

Here's my card that I made for my niece, Bailey's, 8th birthday last month - she loved all the "string" and the stars :)


Thanks for stopping in and be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks blog for more wonderful inspiration from our CHICKS and our wonderful Guest Designer, Valou!! Ciao!

Thursday, February 14, 2013

4 CCC# 129 - SKETCH TIME!


Happy Valentine's Day!! Welcome to another 4 Crafty Chicks challenge - this week, miss Melissa is our hostess and she's issuing a sketch challenge. You can make it CAS or fussy it up as much as you like - as long as we can see the main sketch in your project :)


Here is my card that I made using Melissa's sketch - I kept it fairly CAS this time around and again, with the Valentine's Day theme:


Please hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog and link up your project using Melissa's sketch - I can't wait to see what you come up with! Happy crafting!

Thursday, February 7, 2013

4 CCC#128 - {Pink & Red}

Happy 4 Crafty Chicks Thursday!! Are you up for a new challenge this week? I am not sure about you, but I am seriously looking forward to spring - our temps this week are really nice and I'm getting that "itch" to be outside in the yard and OUT training for my runs instead of inside on the treadmills :) Valentine's Day is coming soon, and that means one more step closer to spring, right??!

Miss Leanne is our hostess this week and since Valentine's Day is approaching, she is seeking some cards/scrapbook layouts/3D altered items in PINK & RED!! We are also introducing our newest Guest Designer, Valou!! Please stop by and check her out!

Here is my card:


Stamps: MFT
Paper: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Pretty in Pink
Ink: Tuxedo Black - Momento
Accessories: heart EF, scallop border punch, dimensionals, twine, pearls

Thank you so much for stopping in today - I hope you get some time to grab a hot bevvie, sit and get inky and crafty with us Chicks! We'd love to see what you create :) Happy crafting!

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

CAS-Fridays meets The Pink Elephant (and a few others...)


Happy Tuesday!! I came across a new-to-me challenge site last week and I've been itchin' to get a card in to their challenge this week! CAS-Fridays are wanting to see us "use letters creatively in our CAS project this week"....so that could be die cuts, stickers, alpha stamps - etc. I chose to use my GoGo Boots dies from Sizzix for my "LOVE" lettering as that is what popped out at me in the inspiration photo from The Pink Elephant - TPE185:


...and here is my card using these two challenges:


My card is pretty straight forward this week with an embossed layer of hearts (Cherry Cobbler), some Crumb Cake seam binding, button and of course a popped-up heart to fill in the LOVE :)

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

My Time to Craft - Love is In The Air
One Crazy Stamper - February LOVE Challenge
Simply Create Too - Valentine's Day or Hearts
Party Time Tuesdays - LOVE and ROMANCE

Thank you very much for stopping in this afternoon - I hope you are enjoying your day, full of blessings and LOVE (and maybe some ink, stamps, and paper???!??  :)