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!!

SPCC #126 - Winter Wishes!

Good morning crafty PEEPS! After a lovely week off of school, the kids are back at school today and I'm glad to be back into my routine...although, it was really, really nice to sleep in and not worry about lunches etc. Approximately one month to go, and then we're on Christmas break! :)

This week, Samantha has given us this wonderful, Christmas-y color combo for us to work with (at least, that is what *I* saw - Christmas) LOL! I am so happy to be making Christmas cards - a challenge to myself is to use all color combos in the next little while as Christmas cards - maybe I can get a great jump start on them :) Pretty soon, the big day will be here and we will wonder where the time went....

For my card, I decided to stamp and paper piece one of my Pure Innocence winter cuties and cut her out with circle nesties, layered on scalloped circle...I added some texture with a snowflake Cuttlebug folder and then some wonderful bling and dazzling diamonds! This combo is such a pretty Christmas palette - can't wait to see what you all come up with - Christmas or not! Be sure to link up your creation HERE! Happy crafting!

SPCC #105 - Make Mine a Double!

Hello PEEPS! Can you believe that Scrapmaster's Paradise is on its 105th color challenge?!? Where does the time go? I still remember when Samantha accepted me onto her Design Team...it was such an exciting day for me - and it STILL is so exciting at 105 challenges, to create a new project with her color combos each week! Thanks for playing along with us!

OK...onto the details of my card :) I decided to ink up one of my many Pure Innocence girls and colored her with these colors. My card was easily put together after that. I used an old sketch that Melissa Hubert used on one of her cards way back in the spring of 2010 :) Thanks for the inspiration, Melissa!

Stamps: Pure Innocence; Paper: Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Certainly Celery, JillieBean Soup DSP; Ink: Versafine Black Onyx; Accessories: markers, nestabilities, dimensionals, perfect dots EF, pumpkin ribbon, scallop oval punch, oval punch

Thank you so much for stopping in today. Be sure to stop on over at the SPCC blog and see what other glorious projects the DT has created for your inspiration. Happy inking!

Wednesday Happiness

Happy HUMP Day everyone :) The weekend is almost here...hang in there! An extra long one too - Easter is fast approaching. My good friend, Tamie, is here today and we are gettin' our craft on in my crafty space :) I decided to do a card "for fun" since all my DT obligations are done for the next month or so. I went in search of a few challenges and since it's Wednesday, I wanted to check out the MFT Sketch for this week....LOVE IT!
...so then I was in search of a color combo. I headed on over to Color Throwdown and found this wonderful "spring" mixture..Navy, White and any other color. Since I have a paper pack that is navy, white and yellow...I decided to go with YELLOW as my 3rd color....

...and here is my card using both challenges:

Stamps: Pure Innocence; Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, MME - Hattie DSP; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Night of Navy; Accessories: markers, nestablities, gems, night of navy ribbon, button, hemp thread, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping in today! It is a gorgeous, sunny day here in central Alberta. I think Tamie and I might head out for a quick walk and then get right back at the crafting. I hope you are enjoying your Wednesday.

See you tomorrow for another challenge from 4 Crafty Chicks :)

Saturday Night Cyber Craftin' with Leanne!

Happy Saturday PEEPS! My good friend, Leanne, and I are cyber crafting tonight (she's at her house and I'm at mine - 3.5 hours apart) and we're having a good night. Tunes are cranked, candles are lit and the crafty mojo is a flowin'....I decided to give the Sweet Sketch Wednesday challenge a go tonight - I had a lot of fun making this card :) Hope you enjoy it....

Stamps: Verve, MFT; Paper: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, MME Gertie; Ink: Early Espresso; Accessories: markers, scissors, paper flower, crochet flower, brad, perfect dots EF, bakers twine, dimensionals, glue dots

What are YOU up to tonight? I hope you are finding some time to sit and get your MOJO on. Check out Leanne's BLOG for more crafty goodness :) Ciao!

SPCC #77 and Mercy's Tuesday Sketch

Welcome back!! This week's color combo from Samantha at Scrapmaster's was a fun one! I knew right away what image I wanted to ink up for this one....it is a new set I got from our LSS....the sketch I found from Lord Have Mercy! and it was a perfect one to go along with this little precious cutie!



...and here is my 5.25" x 5.25" card using both challenges:

Stamps: Pure Innocence (MFT); Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Paper: Rose Red, Whisper White, Wild Wasabi, Garden Green DP, Rose Red DP; Accessories: nestabilities, markers, embossing folders, pearls, dimensionals, glue pen, glitter, acrylic blocks

Isn't she just the cutest? :) She makes me smile...I sure hope that during these busy days ahead, you get time to sit and craft with us using our colors from SPCC....be sure to check out the other Color Divas (links on right-hand sidebar) for more wonderful inspiration! Happy crafting!

SPCC #65 meets Tuesday Morning Sketches

Hey everyone!

Thanks for stoppin' in this afternoon for another super-dooper color challenge from Samantha at Scrapmaster's Paradise! I had a ton of fun coloring my image for this challenge and you'll see why in a minute....I came across a new-to-me challenge blog called Tuesday Morning Sketches and they had a fabulous sketch from last week, that I used with my cute image (I missed their deadline by one day BOO!)....here are all the juicy details:

my card using both challenges...isn't she just the CUTEST?!?

And she's having soooo much fun :) I love it!

Stamps: Pure Innocence; Paper: Night of Navy, Perfect Plum, Pear Pizazz, Whisper White; Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Accessories: Elegant Lines embossing folder, markers, white organza ribbon, trio flower punch, pearls, dimensionals


Would you like to see more wonderful creations using these delicious colors? Be sure to click on the SPCC Color Diva's links on my right-hand sidebar! Thanks for stopping in today and I cannot *wait* to see what you come up this week for our challenge over at SPCC! "Wheeee!"

Love You Muchly

Happy Friday! I went to visit my crafting PEEP, Tamie, for a couple days and we stamped up a storm together! We are on the same DT so we got a few weeks worth of projects done and so now we are ahead of the game! Thanks again, Tamie, for the awesome fun xoxoxo....

We *did* have some fun in there too, not just work, and I did this card for 2 great challenges this week. The sketch is from Card Patterns and the color combo is from Stampin' Royalty. The colors are so bright and fun...be sure to play along this week!

My card also qualifies for the following challenge: Creative Card Crew - "let's get girly"

Stamps: Pure Innocence; Paper: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive, Not Quite Navy, Greenhouse Gala DP; Ink: Versafine black, Basic Black; Accessories: markers, clear embossing powder, paper piercer, nestabilities, old olive grosgrain ribbon, dimensionals, pearls, martha stewart border punch

My longest and dearest friend, Leanne, is here visiting for the weekend, and so I will be doing some more "for fun" projects while she is here....stay tuned! Thanks for poppin' in!!!

Flutter by Wednesday and MFT....

Good morning! Yep, it's morning...1:20 a.m. to be exact and Leanne and I are still crafting :o) DH is out with the buds tonight, kids are both having sleepovers at friends houses and we are ALONE...crafting....in my craft room! Yayyyyyy!!

We decided to go through my stamp stash and find ones that we can color. So, I knew right away what I wanted to color...one of my My Favorite Things Pure Innocence stamps. I picked Blooming Good Day and I used the Flutter by Wednesday sketch from Mercy Kerin:

Stamps: Blooming Good Day (MFT); Ink: Basic Black, Versafine Black; Paper: Riding Hood Red, Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, My Mind's Eye; Accessories: markers, butterfly punch, pearls, dimensionals, clear embossing powder

Thanks for stopping in - tomorrow is our stamp club so I might be back tomorrow evening, we'll see. Take care and happy inking!!!

SPCC# 43 and a Mercy Sketch - Feel Better Soon

My daughter, Kim, and I worked on this card together this afternoon. I was having some difficulty with the colors and she put in some advice here and there and we came up with a real CUTIE PATOOTIE card together :) Thanks, girlie!! xoxoxoxo

We used the color combo from Scrapmaster's Paradise - and I must say, it was definitely a CHALLENGE! I was thinking there was no way I'd be able to pull those colors off, but Kim and I did ok. We also used Mercy's sketch from Lord Have Mercy! challenge blog. The sketch was perfect for me to ink up one of my new sets from My Favorite Things....a cutie patootie from the new Pure Innocence line:

.........and VOILA!! Here is our collective creation:

Stamps: My Umbrella - MFT; Paper: Brocade Blue, Glorious Green, Yo-Yo Yellow, Whisper White; Ink: Basic Black, Versafine Black; Accessories: cuttlebug embossing folder, sizzix embossing folder, nestabilities, pearls, markers (Brocade Blue, Yo-Yo Yellow, Glorious Green, Basic Black), dimensionals, Martha Stewart border punch, oval punch, scallop oval punch, paper piercer

I really love this new line - they are sooooo adorable! I just took some more Benylin and will go make a bowl of soup for supper and *maybe* I'll be back with another installment tonight! I will see how I'm feeling - today has been a pretty rough day with this nasty head cold. I hope you all have had a chance to craft and it's brought a smile to your face! Ciao!