November Guest Design Spot at Paper Sweeties!

Hello everyone! 

This month, I have the wonderful honor of being Guest Designer over at Paper Sweeties - Debbie and the girls have issued the following gorgeous color palette for us all to work with:

For my card, I decided to use a Halloween theme and colored up miss Abigail and used the clothes/broom/sentiment from the cute Best Witches stamp set....

She was so fun to bring to life - I used my Copic Markers then fussy cut her, the clothes and broom out and used foam dots to pop her up. Here's a bit of a close up:

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

One Crazy Stamper - Fall/Winter Fun
Make My Monday - Halloween

The Paper Girls - Halloween

Glitter 'n Sparkle - Halloween

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Looking for more inspiration?  Then you won't want to miss any of the fabulous creations the rest of the Design Team has to share with you:

 Beth Luetschwager  

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties

Jeri Thomas 
Jill Norwood 

Julie Tucker-Wolek

Kathy Schweinfurth

Larissa Heskett
Lilian Forsyth  
Lisa Bzibziak

Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michele Henderson
Michelle Bala

Nancy Salkeld
November Guest Designer:  Lori Turner (you are HERE)

I would like to deeply thank Debbie and the girls over at Paper Sweeties for having me as their Guest Designer again for November! If you don't have any PS stamps, you NEED to head on over to the store and grab some - they are SOOOOO fun to create with! Be sure to link up your card/project on their challenge blog for YOUR chance to be Guest Designer! Cheers!

Merry Monday #220 {Door Decorations}

This week over at Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge, miss Bonnie is looking for ways that you would decorate your door for the holidays - check it out:

I love a wreath hanging on the door and this new-to-me die from Memory Box called Chatfords Wreath was perfect for the challenge. I added some red and white pearls and stamped the sentiment from Papertrey Ink and it was done. Easy, yet beautiful!

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

Christmas Card Challenges - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Christmas
Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Goes
Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes w/dies
Simply Create Too - Christmas Colors
Merry Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Be sure to come on over and see what the Merry Makers did to decorate their doors! We'd love to have you play along....cheers!

4 CC #322 {Coloring on Kraft}

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday everybody! It is my turn to play challenge hostess over at the hen house and I am issuing the following:

4 CC #322 {COLORING ON KRAFT}

This was my first time ever doing this technique and I can honestly say I will DEFINITELY be doing it a lot more! I really, really enjoy this....

I used my Rose Wonder stamp set and colored it in with Copics...added the birthday sentiment and a few sequins and wa-laaa! Done. Easy peesy.....

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Crafty Gals Corner - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Sunny Day Crafting - Anything Goes

Now that I've created one on kraft, I would love to see the gallery full of ideas for me to make more! Come on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog and enter your card - thanks!

Digi Choosday Week #43 {Kraft}

Hello, everyone - welcome back to my blog!

It's time for Digi Choosday at Polkadoodles

Every Tuesday is Digi Choosday and this means you can visit the blog to get a special discount code that is only available for 24 hours. Each week, it is an ANYTHING GOES challenge with an optional "twist" and this week, it is "Kraft." 

For my card this week, I chose to print off some adorable, whimsical, images from the brand new download collection called Winnie Winterland. I fussy cut them out and layered them onto some Kraft cardstock. Some were popped up with foam tape. I then added some glitter to the trees, snowman and snow....

Added just this month, this collection is jam-packed with adorable images for you to print off and get crafty! It's always so fun to create with these products!! Here's a close up of the glitter I added to the trees, snowman's hat and snow drifts :) 

The Polkadoodles downloads are easy, fun and extremely versatile! You literally get hundreds of images, embellies, papers, sentiments etc that you can make OODLES of projects with! Come check them out and play along with us this week! There are many collections to choose from and just for you today you can grab the discount code here.

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


Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Love to Scrap - Anything Goes
Christmas Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Allsorts - Sparkle and Shine

 I hope you will come play along with us at Digi Choosday Challenge Blog. 

Don't forget to check out what my super-talented teammies have created just for you with their amazing DT projects....

Why not join our Polkadoodles groups on Facebook to keep up with all the news and releases?

PolkaDoodle Crafting - https://www.facebook.com/groups/polkadoodles/

Digi Chooseday Crafting -https://www.facebook.com/groups/DigiChoosday/

The Inky Pinky Colouring Group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/430491603793806/

Merry Monday #219 {Birds}

This week at Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge, miss Sue is looking for some projects with a bird(s) on them:

This cutie pie and his birdie friends are from Wee Stamps - they are so stinkin' cute! 

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

Christmas Card Challenges - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes
Jingle Bells - Animals/Birds
Jo's Scrap Shack - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping in today - be sure to come on over to the Merry Monday challenge blog and see the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Merry Makers! Happy crafting!

Trick or Treat!! AYLI #91

Welcome back to my blog everyone! 

The girls over at As You Like It would like to know what your favorite is - NEW STASH or OLD STASH??! Here's the details on the challenge and our sponsor: 

The sponsor of this challenge is

Prize - £10.00 Voucher

Click HERE for their website

I had the honor of being able to use this cutie patootie image, Halloween Merlin, for my card this week - thanks, DigiStamp Boutique!!

The papers and sentiment are from a Halloween 6 x 6 paper pad from Recollections and I just cut out the sentiment from one of the paper pieces and popped it up with foam squares for added dimension :) 

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

Digi Stamp Boutique - Customer Competition

Cute Card Thursday - Halloween

Crafting by Designs - Halloween 
Crafty Gals Corner - Fab-BOO-lous
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes
The House that Stamps Built - Halloween
Cardz 4 Guys - Halloween
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything Goes
Sunny Days - Anything Goes

Thank you very much for stopping in again today - be sure to hop on over to the As You Like It Challenge Blog HERE and link up a project! We'd love to have you! xoxoxo

4 CC #321 {Strength Within}

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday!! This week, our hostess extraordinaire is Tamie and she's looking for projects with the following theme:

4 CC #321 {STRENGTH WITHIN}

I bought this beautiful rose die from Stampin' Up! this past summer and decided to use it on this card - I love the possibilities you have with this die! The leaves were colored with my copics and the purple card stock petals were paper pieced in....

I printed a quote using my computer the inside of the card:

"Strength doesn't come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you coudn't" - Rikki Rogers

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Come on over to the hen house to see what the rest of the Chicks have for you! Link up your project so we can come and leave you some love as well xoxoxo Happy crafting!

Digi Choosday Week #42 {Winter Wishes}

Hello, everyone - welcome back to my blog!

It's time for Digi Choosday at Polkadoodles

Every Tuesday is Digi Choosday and this means you can visit the blog to get a special discount code that is only available for 24 hours. Each week, it is an ANYTHING GOES challenge with an optional "twist" and this week, it is "Winter Wishes." 

 For my card this week, I chose to go with one of the beautiful images from the Festive Christmas Download Collection. This scene screams warm winter wishes to me - it's so inviting and cozy! I decided to leave it very CAS as it has enough beauty to it all on it's own. I cut it out with my stitched rectangle die and added some pearls to each corner and then I added some glitter to the Christmas tree and ornaments...here is a close up:

and here is the beautiful sentiment I printed off for the inside:

The Polkadoodles downloads are easy, fun and extremely versatile! You literally get hundreds of images, embellies, papers, sentiments etc that you can make OODLES of projects with! Come check them out and play along with us this week! There are many collections to choose from and just for you today you can grab the discount code here.

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


Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

 I hope you will come play along with us at Digi Choosday Challenge Blog. 

Don't forget to check out what my super-talented teammies have created just for you with their amazing DT projects....

Why not join our Polkadoodles groups on Facebook to keep up with all the news and releases?

PolkaDoodle Crafting - https://www.facebook.com/groups/polkadoodles/

Digi Chooseday Crafting -https://www.facebook.com/groups/DigiChoosday/

The Inky Pinky Colouring Group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/430491603793806/

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 #320 {Orange and Black}

Hello everyone! Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday! This week, miss Tina is our challenge hostess and she's looking for some colors on our projects:

4 CC #320 {ORANGE & BLACK}

This cute note card is part of a Stampin' Up! card kit I bought back in the beginning of summer and I just love the font in these sentiments and the funky papers! FUN!

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

Crafting by Designs - Add a Sentiment
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Be sure to pop on over to the hen house to see what the rest of the Chicks and our fabulous Guest Designer has in store for you - you will NOT be disappointed! Cheers!

Fall/Winter/Sketch Challenge at One Crazy Stamper

Happy Wednesday! For the month of October, Lora and the gang over at One Crazy Stamper are having a Fall/Winter challenge with an optional SKETCH to help us out...

Here is my card combing the Winter and sketch part of the challenge: 

Stamps used were from the set "O Holy Night Nativity" from Kraftin Kimmie Stamps. I stamped him with Momento Black and colored with Copic Markers (I love those sheep! lol) 

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

Crafting by Designs - Add a Sentiment

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Sunny Day Crafting - Anything Goes

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping in today to see what I've been up to! Be sure to stop in again tomorrow for a new challenge project for 4 Crafty Chicks! Ciao!

Behind the Scenes with my "other" Addiction....Crochet!

Welcome back to my blog!! I have been a busy girl in my spare time (which isn't much these days - with my bookkeeping course, clients, yard, cards, our business, life lol!....winter is coming though LOL) doing my other addiction - crocheting! I started the awesome yarn hobby back when I was pregnant with my son, Calvin, in 1996 - my Aunty Sharon taught me how to make a granny square and that was it, I was addicted! 

I always made afghans for family members and very close friends, dishcloths when needed, and the odd baby blanket here and there. I never really thought about doing enough of it to sell until I started getting custom orders for dishcloths, coffee cozies, and infinity scarves last November! 

I signed up to be in a craft show with my sister, Jackie, this November 4 and 5 and so I have been busy stocking up on dishcloths and other items since last Christmas: 

...and infinity scarves:

this one is the one on my hook right now:

I recently got a custom order to do some beanie hats for a cute little toddler (2 years old): 

And I also want to get a bunch more of these coffee cozies done up as well - they make AWESOME Christmas gifts and stocking stuffers!!

This is my recent purchase for my business advertising - fancy hey?! I got it from a neighbor's Thirty-One Gifts online party she had. I LOVE IT!!! I take the project I am working on with me wherever I go and people know it's my business name :) 

 Thanks for stopping in today - I just wanted to pop in a few pics of some recent projects I have been working on - I have a lot more that is already stashed away, ready for the sale so thought I'd just give you an idea! I will also be selling my cards in the sale also - hoping to get rid of a good chunk of those! Ciao for now - I'm off to grab some tea, my hookin' and watch my recorded episode of Jimmy Fallon (starring Blake Shelton) - always belly laughing material when those 2 get together! Cheers!

Digi Choosday - Halloween or Dark Colors

Hello, everyone - welcome back to my blog!

It's time for Digi Choosday at Polkadoodles

Every Tuesday is Digi Choosday and this means you can visit the blog to get a special discount code that is only available for 24 hours. Each week, it is an ANYTHING GOES challenge with an optional "twist" and this week, it is "Halloween or Dark Colors." 

For my make this week, I decided to go with the dark colors and used the gorgeous papers, ornaments and sentiment from Octavia Frosted Winter collection! Soooo pretty :) I finished the card off with some gold twine and black pearls for the finishing touches.

The Polkadoodles downloads are easy, fun and extremely versatile! You literally get hundreds of images, embellies, papers, sentiments etc that you can make OODLES of projects with! Come check them out and play along with us this week! There are many collections to choose from and just for you today you can grab the discount code here.

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

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Ornaments Artistic Inspirations - Anything Goes
Crafting From the Heart - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes
Crafting When we Can - Christmas Comes Early
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

 I hope you will come play along with us at Digi Choosday Challenge Blog. 

Don't forget to check out what my super-talented teammies have created just for you with their amazing DT projects....

Why not join our Polkadoodles groups on Facebook to keep up with all the news and releases?

PolkaDoodle Crafting - https://www.facebook.com/groups/polkadoodles/

Digi Chooseday Crafting -https://www.facebook.com/groups/DigiChoosday/

The Inky Pinky Colouring Group -https://www.facebook.com/groups/430491603793806/

Merry Monday #217 {Vintage/Retro}

Welcome back to another challenge from the Merry Makers over at Merry Monday Christmas Challenge. It is my turn to play challenge hostess and the theme I have chosen this week is:

MM #217 Vintage/Retro

I came across this amazing digi from The Paper Shelter and I knew immediately this was the image I wanted to use for this challenge. Her clothes, her hair, the vintage looking ornaments hanging in the background - PERFECT!

Thank you so much for stopping in today - I hope you get a chance to come and play along with us! Come on over and check it all out HERE.

4 CC #319 {Die Cuts} and AYLI #90

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday and I am combining challenges with As You Like It #90 this week too. Over at 4 Crafty Chicks, miss Leanne is looking for some DIE CUTS on our projects and over at As You Like It, the challenge is to show us your favorite between die cut flowers or bought flowers...

4 CC #319 {DIE CUTS}

AYLI #90 {DIE CUT or BOUGHT FLOWERS}

The sponsor of the challenge over at As You Like It is

All Dressed Up.

2 digital images of winners choice

from Wendy’s Etsy shop

All Dressed Up Challenge Blog.

I used die cut flowers on my card this week. This card is from the Paper Sweeties summer kit and it's OH SO CUTE!!! I do like bought flowers too, but I tend to use die cut flowers wayyy more....I guess to me, they are easier to use and quick - cut and glue. 

Be sure to come on over to both challenge blogs - 4 Crafty Chicks (where we are welcome our October Guest Designer, Karen) and AYLI to enter your projects and see what the amazing design teams have created for you! Happy crafting!