Coffee is ALWAYS a Good Idea!

Hello everyone! Welcome back to my blog - today is the last Wednesday of the month, so that means it's my turn to share on the the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog.

For my card this week, I used some fun gold foil, stamps from Simon Says Stamp and a wooden veneer from our local dollar store...so fun!!

I started my card by cutting out panels with my My Favorite Things Fishtail Flag dies and then stamping my cups and coffee beans along the bottom of my white background. I adhered my wood veneer coffee cup and wa-laa!! Done! So cute and fun to make.

Sorry for the reflections in the photos in the foil, but it's very difficult to capture the foil without any! lol

Thank you so much for stopping in today to see what I've created for you this Wednesday...have a wonderful day - CHEERS!

4 CC #365 {Washi Tape}

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday! 

Thanks for stopping in to see what I've been up to :) This week, it is my turn to play challenge hostess and I'm wanting to see some washi tape on your cards! I love washi tape, but it's something I don't grab very often and I'd love to see some more ideas on using it....

4 CC #365 {Washi Tape}

My card was made very quickly with a variety of washi tape from Micheal's - I cut out a pretty butterfly from a die cut set from My Favorite Things, added the washi in strips on a panel behind the cut out and added sequins, a HELLO die cut from Stampin' Up - then cut out the whole main panel with my Wonky Stitched Rectangle die from Craftin' Desert Divas....easy peesy and sooo pretty!

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Crafty Gals Corner - Punches &/or Dies (I used both)

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping in today - be sure to check out what the rest of the Chicks have created for you - click HERE to head over to the hen house and get all the details and join us! Happy crafting! xoxoxo

4 CC #347 {Butterflies}

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday everyone!

This week, our wonderful Tamie is our challenge hostess and she's issuing the following:

4 CC #347 {BUTTERFLIES}

For my card, I wanted to go softer and more delicate as that is usually what I relate butterflies to - being delicate and soft and beautiful :)

STAMPS: None

PAPER: Whisper White, Coastal Cabana, Crisp Cantaloup

INK: None

EXTRAS: floral embossing folder, Fancy Butterflies dies (MFT), Celebratory Greetings (MFT), sparkly gum drops (YNS), foam squares

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

Thank you so much for stopping in today! Be sure to hop on over to the hen house and check out what the other Chicks have created for you! We would love to see your "BUTTERFLY" creations in our gallery! Happy crafting....

4 CC #330 {New Year's Resolution}

This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks, it is my turn to bring you the challenge for the next week. I am wanting to see projects related to a NEW YEARS RESOLUTION you may have!

4 CC #330 {NEW YEARS RESOLUTION}

These cards were created at our group craft night using the MFT Quilt die and some scraps of pattern paper....here's a close up:

I have never quilted anything and my youngest sister dabbles in it and loves it. We were at a craft show together in September and we both bought a simple quilting kit - that she promised to help me make...as long as we did it TOGETHER! 

She doesn't get to craft as much as I do and we do not get to do a lot of crafty things together, so we are making it a promise to each other to do it! Here is the same card but with a cobbler base:

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Christmas

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Cards and More - Christmas 

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Christmas

Please be sure to hop on over to the Hen House and check out what the rest of the Chicks have created for you. We would love to see what crafty projects you come up with relating to YOUR new years resolution! Happy crafting!

4 CC #303 {Metal}

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday! Our challenge hostess this week is our wonderful miss Tamie....she's looking for some "METAL" on our projects.

4 CC #303 {METAL}

Mine is sort of hidden lol...I used metal painted brads on my flowers and mini silver brads in my mini flowers. The dies are from MFT and the sentiment die is from Paper Smooches.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

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

I hope you get some time to pop on over and see what our Guest Designer, Melanie, and the rest of the Chicks have for you and to play along with us - we'd LOVE to have you! Click HERE to be re-directed to the 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Blog and link up your project using "metal." Cheers!

4 CC #281 {Chevrons}

 

Happy Thursday everyone :) I cannot believe that the month of January is almost half over! I swear, the older I get, the faster time zips by....

This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks, miss Tina is our wonderful hostess and she's looking for some CHEVRONS on your projects:

4 CC #281 {CHEVRONS}

I used some various MFT products on my card - I absolutely love the big bold sentiments set! Be sure to come over to the challenge blog HERE to see what the rest of the Chicks have for ya - you will not be disappointed! Link up your project as well then we can stop by and leave you some love! Cheers!

4 CC #247 {Sympathy}

This week at 4 Crafty Chicks, Tamie is our challenge leader and she's calling out for sympathy cards. They are probably one of the hardest cards for me to make. I wanted mine to have a pop of color so I decided to ink up a background stamp with Calypso Coral, stamp it off once, then stamp it on my cardstock for that added pop. I don't feel that sympathy cards need to be all dark, and gloomy. A touch of color is nice sometimes!

Thanks for popping in to see what I was up to - hop on over now to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog and link up your sympathy card for us to see. We'd love to have you! Cheers!

4 CC #238 {Photo Inspiration}

 

Welcome back to another challenge from miss Tamie over at 4 Crafty Chicks. This is our jump-off inspiration picture - I think this kitty is so stinkin' cute....and well, Tamie is our cat-lover of the group so this is no surprise she gave us this awesome, adorable, colorful starting point:

I struggled which way to go with this one...do I just use the colors? Do I just use the kitty? Do I do both....so I tried real hard to incorporate both. Here's my take on it:

I wanted to keep it fairly CAS and I really, really wanted to dig out some felt and use that. I love how it cuts in the dies - like BUTTAH!!! So fun to work with. Thanks for the awesome challenge, Tamie! The kitty is from Paper Smooches, the sentiment is from Reverse Confetti, the felt is from MFT....

Come on over and share your card, scrapbook layout or 3D item with us. Click HERE. Happy crafting!

4 CC #235 {You Make Life Wonderful}

 

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday crafty PEEPS!

I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to Danielle for hanging with us in the hen house this month!  It's been such a pleasure having you and your amazing designs with us all month, Danielle! Good luck with everything and please don't be a stranger! HUGS!

It is my turn to play challenge hostess this week and I've concocted this sketch for y'all to play with:

4 CC #235 {Sketch}

You can flip it, rotate it, etc as long as we can see the general layout of the sketch above. Here's my card, sticking very true to the sketch:

Stamps: Simply Fabulous Sayings (MFT)
Ink: Momento Black
Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black, Modern Medley DSP
Accessories: double scallop border punch (Martha Stewart), foam dots, pearls

I would love it if you could come play along with my sketch! I love seeing new ideas and products with each challenge - there's so much wonderful talent out there! Click HERE to see what the rest of the CHICKS are up to and what they created for your crafty pleasure! Cheers!

Friendship Warms the Heart TPE #284

 

Thanks for stopping in again here at Inkingly Yours! The challenge over at The Pink Elephant this week is an "INSPIRATION CHALLENGE" - use the following pic as your jump off point:

 

For my card this week, I decided to go with the red/pink/white color combination and color up this cutie from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps:

 

I added some deep red chevrons behind the image panel using MFT chevron dienamics and then popped up the sentiment inked with red. So adorable she is :)

Please come on over to The Pink Elephant challenge blog and see what Ella's girls have created using this gorgeous inspirational photo as their starting point. These girls never cease to amaze me! We would sure love it if you would play along with us too - link up your creation and we'll come and visit YOU! Cheers!

All About Friends at Sweet Stampin'

 

Welcome back to my blog and happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family!

This week over at Sweet Stampin' the theme is FOR A FRIEND....

Our weekly sponsor is none other than Flat Friends and they are offering up 2 digis to the winner!

 

For my card, I went through my stash of DSP and came across this pretty floral piece and wanted to use my new-to-me chandelier die from MFT....the sentiment is from TAWS....

I added a scallop trip top, a few gems and wa-laaa! Done!

I hope you get a chance to come get inky with us over at Sweet Stampin' .... just remember - you have to have some sort of stamping on your project! Come on over and check out all the juicy details!

4 CC #211 {Fancy Folds}

Happy 4 Crafty Chicks Thursday!!

This week, it's Tina's turn to play challenge hostess and she is wanting to see FANCY FOLDS....now, I must admit, this one threw me! LOL...I went searching on Splitcoaststampers and came across this "Concertina Fold Card" tutorial...

 Here is my card laying flat - it will fit in a regular size A2 envelope (if you do not have whoop-dee-whoo's and things sticking out the top lol)

Here is a side view with all the folds extended:

Top view:

And...here it is from the front with all folds extended out:

I had a lot of fun making this card - took me a while to figure out how/what I was going to decorate with, but I decided to go Christmas and I love how it turned out! I used Festive Flurries stamp/die set from Stampin' Up!, Martha snowflake and leaf punch, Stampin' Up! snowflake punch and a couple MFT flourishes Dienamics....added gumdrops and pearls, and done!!

Be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks BLOG and see what the other girls have for you - you will not be disappointed! Happy crafting!

4 CC #207 {Lime Green, Turquoise and Pink!}

Happy 4 Crafty Chicks Thursday!

This week miss Tina is looking for certain colors on projects....check it out:

4 CC #207 {Lime Green, Turquoise and Pink}

I love this color combo!! Especially the neon's that are coming out lately....takes me right back to the 80's LOL...my image is a cutie-patootie MFT Pure Innocence and the sentiment is from MFT's set called "Friend Request." 

I hope you get a chance to get crafty this week. Summer is coming to a close already and pretty soon school will be starting - as I get older, I just don't understand where the time goes. All I do know is that it GOES way too fast! :( The hustle/bustle of gardening/canning/freezing and preparing for winter and getting school supplies/clothes/books etc. all ready is a hectic time so try to cut out a chunk of your day and come get colorful with us Chicks!

Click HERE to take you back to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog to see more "colorful" inspiration and link up your project! Cheers!

TPE #260 {I am a REAL Girl!}

Welcome back friends! This week at The Pink Elephant, Ella has a "THEME" for y'all:

TPE #260 {Summertime!}

What a super-awesome theme for us this week - here in central Alberta, we are FINALLY getting some gorgeous, sunshine-filled, HOT days of summer! My card this week showcases a fun Saturated Canary stamp called "Bikini and Burgers" and I had a TON OF FUN coloring her up - I decided to go wild and crazy with her hair ;)

I really like the quote on this image as well....

Here's the final card:

 Please take some time to hop on over to The Pink Elephant's challenge blog to check out what Ella's girls have in store for you! The "summertime" projects are out of this world! Cheers!!

STS #23 {Cheers!}

Welcome back to my blog everyone! This week is an extremely busy week for me - our annual Ponoka Stampede is in town and we run a food booth on the infield (for contestants and their families/workers) for fundraising for our daughters competitive swim club, The Ponoka Pool Sharks. I work breakfast shift every day, and usually every other evening shift as well...it's a crazy week, but I love it! The food booth is a ton of fun ....and who doesn't love to see all that cowboy "eye candy?" Added bonus, I say! LOL...

This week, our sketcher for challenge #23 at Seize the Sketch, is none other than miss Lee Ann! I really love this sketch - there are so many different things you could do with it.....thanks Lee Ann!

 

 I had a lot of fun using different dies to make my card this week:

There is Reverse Confetti, MFT, Paper Smooches and Lil' Inker Designs all on this card :D I added some bling gems and white twine to my button die and wa-laa!! Done! These colors are from the new In Colors at Stampin' Up!

Come on over and check out what the rest of the super talented Design Team has for you - and then link your card for us to come visit YOU! I'm off to sling some hash and bacon and cheer on the cowboys/cowgirls! Later, part'ner!

{Sparkle & Shine} at Sweet Stampin!"

Welcome back to my blog! This week over at Sweet Stampin' the challenge is Sparkle & Shine! Oooohhh, sparkly things.. :)

I decided to add a bunch of sparkly, clear gems to my card - I am really liking how this card turned out - I was stumped for a bit on how to arrange the flowers, but it came together awesome!

I stamped a belated birthday sentiment on the inside:

Our sponsor this week is Buttons for Brains - offering a  £10 voucher
 


Please be sure to hop on over to see what the rest of the SWEETS have created just for you!! Link up your project for us as well - we'd love to come see all these sparkly projects! Cheers!