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!

coffee, coffee, coffee!!

 

Happy Monday everyone! Today I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers BLOG sharing some "Caffeinated Creativity" with you all. 

Mother Nature decided to unleash some nasty white stuff on us yesterday morning so now our ground is covered with a couple inches of snow. It's too early yet. I do love the winter and snow, but we need to get our crops off first...THEN she can unleash all she wants LOL! We are scheduled for more snow today, but we are hoping the weather people are wrong and we start getting some decent temperatures.

Ok, onto my card. I wanted to use my new-to-me stamp set/dies from Reverse Confetti - called Drink More Coffee. I went to Pinterest for some ideas on how to use the set and I came across this GORGEOUS card from Jen del Muro and I had to CASE it...

I tweaked mine a bit - adding another layer of espresso card stock under the main panel, coloring in my hearts on the foam in the coffee cups, moved my coffee die panels over to the right of the card and added some pearls for more detail. The coffee cup designer paper is from the coffee pad at Your Next Stamp. Thank you, Jen, for such an awesome, EASY card to create with this fun set! 

Thank you so much for stopping in today! I hope you have enjoyed this installment of Caffeinated Creativity - grab yourself a warm drink and enjoy the rest of your Monday! Cheers!          

KCC #477 {Ghostly Greetings!}

Happy "Krafty Chicks" Thursday! Nance is our challenge hostess for this week and her crafty twist is for us to create "ghostly cards or projects." 

KCC #477 {Ghostly Cards/Projects}

I had ordered from Reverse Confetti a while back and was so excited that all these goodies came in time for me to use them for this challenge! Soooo fun :) 

The Criss Cross cover panel die is awesome for a background and all these super cute  ghosties, pumpkins, Frankenstein etc. in the Frightening Friends stamp set are so fun to bring to life!

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! Don't forget - you do NOT have to use the weekly twist in your project, but we would sure love it if you did! Thanks! Cheers....

4 CC #335 {Watercolor}

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday! 

I am the challenge hostess over at 4 Crafty Chicks this week and I haven't done any watercoloring in YEARS .... so that is the challenge:

4 CC #335 {WATERCOLOR}

I decided to do something very CAS this go round as I haven't mucked with my watercolor pen for years....I absolutely LOVE the projects I see that are done in watercolor and I would love to dabble more in it so I am so excited to see the gallery fill up with ideas and inspiration!

I used my watercolor paper and water pen and used some re-inkers of Eggplant and Melon Mambo. Then, once it was dry, I stamped the sentiment from Reverse Confetti and added the 3 small pearls and left it CAS. I see now that I should have maybe moved my sentiment "up" a bit so that the "wishing you well" part was more visible. Here's a close up:

I am going to make sure I do more watercoloring in the future as I do find it very relaxing and fun....

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes

Country View Challenges - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

World Wide Design Team Challenge - Anything Goes

I really hope you come play along with us Chicks! Cheers!

Digi Choosday Week #30 {Punches/Die Cuts}

Welcome back to my blog everyone! I am getting all packed up and ready to head out to Camrose, Alberta for the annual "girls getaway" with my bestie, Leanne! We go every year to The Big Valley Jamboree Country Music Festival and it's so much fun...just her and I and her Fun Finder trailer that sleeps 2! :) How does it get any better than that?! Carrie Underwood, Blake Shelton, Dierks Bentley, Sam Hunt, Jo Dee Messina, Gary Alan...and many more. Here's a link to their page if you want to check out the juicy details....click HERE

OK...back to the business at hand lol ... This week over at Digi Choosday, the challenge is "Punches/Die Cuts" - so fun!! I made my card using the Winnie Starfish & Sandcastles design sheets, embellies and papers from the complete digital downloadable collection from Polkadoodles! 

For my die cuts, I used a sun and clouds from Reverse Confetti to go with my beach scene :)

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:

Glitter and 'N' Sparkle - Summer Sunshine
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
One Stitch at a Time - Anything Goes w/ Dies
Robyn's Fettish - At The Beach
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Punches/Dies
Crafty Friends - Use your Dies

 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/

4 CC #306 {Summer}

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday! The challenge this week is "SUMMER" and miss Leanne is our challenge hostess - now that Stampede is all done and over, it's time to relax a bit and enjoy the garden, yard and wiener roasts!! It's a busy season for my hubby and I as we operate a crop-spraying business, but hopefully things are calming down a bit so he can enjoy some fire pits with friends and family too!

I would like to welcome Pat from Patacake Pages to the Hen House this month! Welcome, Pat - I am excited to get crafty with you each week xoxoxo

4 CC #306 {SUMMER}

For my card this week, I chose this super dooper adorable "One for You" pre-colored digi, sentiment, papers and embellies from the Winnie Fruit Punch Downloadable Collection from Polkadoodles ... the sun is a die cut from Reverse Confetti.

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

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes (twist of ribbon or bows)
Little Red Wagon - Summertime
Mod Squad - Lazy Days of Summer
The Paper Shelter - Sunny Days
Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Come on over to the hen house HERE and check out what the rest of the CHICKS have created just for you! Link up your SUMMER project for us and we'll be around to leave you some love also...cheers!!! 

Merry Monday #190 {Santa!}

This week's challenge at Merry Monday is being brought to you by our super talented, Debbie, and she's looking for projects with SANTA on them! Believe it or not, I don't have a lot of stamps or papers with Santa :( I need to rectify that!

I went digging through my stash and came across this cutie Santa in an older Stampin' Up! set called Sparkly and Bright....and decided to make a treat tent for holding chocolates, mints or candies :) Here is a close up:

 

 I hope you get some time to come play along with me and the rest of my super-talented teammies over at Merry Monday this week - you could be our next Guest Designer! Come on over and play! Cheers!

eat, drink & be MERRY!!

 

Happy Monday folks! This week over at Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge, miss Deanne is looking for some "HOT BEVERAGES" on your cards....

I decided to use this cutie pie image and go with a little less traditional Christmas colors...I love how it turned out :)

I believe this cutie pie is from Whimsy but I could be wrong (someone correct me if I am, please) and the sentiment is one of my fav's from Reverse Confetti!

Thanks for stopping in today and if you would like to link up with us this week, we'd love have you!! Come on over and see what the Merry Makers have created for you HERE! Cheers!

Merry Monday #180 {Use a Reindeer

 

This week over at Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge blog, miss Debbie is our wonderful hostess-with-the-mostess and she wants to see some Christmas cards with a REINDEER on them:

 

Doesn't this trio look like they are having a hoot?!?

 

I added the 'Tis The Season sentiment from Reverse Confetti for the finishing touch - LOVE this card ;) I hope you get some time to come and play along with us this week ....be sure to check out what the rest of the Merry Makers have created for you - such awesome creations this week! Cheers!!

i like you 'n sunny days....

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday everyone!

This week, I get to play hostess-with-the-mostess and I have to admit, I did a doozie theme for myself. But, that is why we call them CHALLENGES, right?!

4 CC #256 Sun, Sea and Sand

I really need to update the stamp cupboard with some beach/sea/sand stamps!! I don't have any :( I found this pre-colored digi in my stash and I created the sand and water using my copics...doesn't he look like he's totally enjoying summer?! I love it...

Please hop on over to the challenge blog HERE and see what our wonderful Guest Designers and Chicks have in store for you - please link up your sand/sea/sun creations for us to come visit you! Cheers!!

baby it's cold outside - MM #167

 

Welcome to another 2-week challenge from Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge :) Miss Bonnie would like us to use a Heart or Heart(s) on our cards this week:

This cutie is from Bugaboo and the sentiment is from Reverse Confetti:

Be sure to hop on over to the Merry Monday challenge blog HERE and see what the rest of the Merry Makers have for you...you won't be disappointed. Then link up your creation and let us come visit you and leave you some luv! Cheers!

thanks - you totally rock!

Happy Monday folks! This week at The Pink Elephant, we are CAS'ing and THANKING Sheri Gilson from Paper Crafty's Creations! Sheri has been with The Pink Elephant since it's inception in 2009 and I have been an admirer of hers for YEARS....her talent in paper coordination and super GORGEOUS cards just awes me....

Here is the card I decided to CAS - (by the way, there are sooooo many of Sheri's cards that I *could* have picked but I just loved the pink/white on this one and I decided to CAS it almost to the letter lol):

Isn't that card just so pretty??

Sheri, on a more serious note - thanks again for everything you did for us at The Pink Elephant - and all your GORGEOUS creations each week. You really do totally ROCK! Good luck in all your future DT assignments and I can't wait to keep "creepin'" ya LOL...HUGS girl!

Please take some time to hop on over to the TPE blog and check out what creations the DT has created for Sheri this week - you will not be disappointed! Then - check out Sheri's blog - pick a card (any card) and CAS it for us - we'd love to have you play along! CHEERS!

4 CC #253 {no stamping!}

Happy 4 Crafty Chicks Thursday everyone! It has been such an extremely busy week for my daughter, Kim, and I as our annual Ponoka Stampede was in town and we work the infield food booth for her competitive swim club. It's our only fundraiser for the whole year and it pays extremely well but man oh man - it's a tiring week!! LOL....now it's over and we can start our summer! Finding her a job and getting her a car - fun!

This week miss Leanne is our hostess-with-the-mostess and she's looking for projects with NO STAMPING! With all the dies that are out there right now including sentiment and word dies, this challenge is FUN! Show us what ya got!

For my card, I dug out my Reverse Confetti goodies and got to work:

My "for you" is cut out with fun foam for a bit of dimension and I added some gum drops from Your Next Stamp for some extra jazz...hope you like it!

Be sure to hop on over to the 4 CC challenge blog HERE to check out what the other chicks have for you and to welcome our newest Guest Designers to the henhouse! 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 #233 {Valentines!}

 

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday! Do you have all your Valentines made and ready to hand out on Saturday? Tina is our hostess this week and that's the challenge she has for you - VALENTINES!

4 CC #233 {Valentines!}

Come on over and make a few with us - add to the collection! :) Here's mine:

My daughter, Kim, actually colored up this Bugaboo 'Cupid brat' for me! I love the funky hair she gave him ;) Thanks, Kim!!

I used a few different dies - the Reverse Confetti Arrow and a Lil' Inker stitched heart die. The "love" sentiment is from Paper Smooches set called Simply Said.

We hope you get some time to come get crafty with us - dig out those hearts, arrows, reds/pinks etc. and come create a few Valentine's with us over at the 4 CC Blog! Cheers!

Will You Be my Valentine?

 

Welcome back to another challenge from The Pink Elephant! 

This week, Ella is issuing y'all a THEME challenge:

TPE #285 {BE MY VALENTINE!}

 

I decided to color up this super cute pair from by LORi Designs called Puddle Jumpers "Be Mine." Aren't they just so adorbs??? I added some Reverse Confetti dies and the sentiment is from the newly released "Love Struck" by Your Next Stamp....perfect for this challenge :)

 

Thanks for stopping in today - be sure to come on over and play with Ella and the girls - we are excited to see what Valentine's come our way! Cheers!

Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!

 

 As most of my friends and family know, I am a JAVA JUNKEE....I admit it! I love my coffee! And...Amy Tsuruta also knows it and she invited me to join her and many other java-luvin' PEEPS in the Coffee Lovers Blog Hop 2014! Thank you sooo much for the invite, Amy!

I ordered the "Perfect Blend" stamp set from Stampin' Up! specificially for this Blog Hop and I was sure glad it came in before the day arrived! I got it out and got inky on Monday while cyber crafting with my coffee-lovin' friend, Leanne! Watch for her installment along the hop! :)

The 2 sentiments that come with this set are everyday coffee/friends sentiments, and since this is a *holiday* coffee blog hop, I went in search of a good one to use for this card. I came across my Reverse Confetti (they are a sponsor today!) Tinsel 'n Trim set and found the PERFECT one:

We have such an amazing list of SUPER SPONSORS for this hop - check 'em out:

17Turtles	Veronica Zalis	Chris Franco
Add a Little Dazzle	Butterfly Reflections Ink	Color Cast Designs
Create a Smile	Hero Arts	Kraftin' Kimmie
Kreative Kymona	Latina Crafter	Neat & Tangled
Newton's Nook	Pickled Potpourri Designs	Poppystamps
Reverse Confetti	Stamp Academy	Stamp Simply Ribbon Store
STAMPlorations	SugarPea Designs	Sweet 'n Sassy
The Alley Way Stamps	Two Paper Divas	Verve Stamps
Whole Wild World	Your Next Stamp	Paper Smooches

17 Turtles:  $15 Store Gift Card

A Muse Studio/Chris Franco:  Cup of Good Cheer stamp set

Add a Little Dazzle:  $25 Store Gift Card

Butterfly Reflections Ink:  Prima Coffee Break

Color Cast Designs:  Coffee Lovers kit

Create a Smile:  Monster Party stamp set

Hero Arts:  A Little & Today's Special stamps/Cup 'O Joe Shadow ink

Kraftin' Kimmie:  $25 Store Gift Card

Kreative Kymona:  Fancy Mug Giveaway

Latina Crafter:  Cafe Wood Veneers + $25 Store Gift Card

Neat & Tangled:  Warm Wishes stamp set

Newton's Nook:  $15 Store Gift Card

Paper Smooches:  $25  Store Gift Card

Pickled Potpourri:  $7 Store Gift Card

Poppystamps:  Tea Cup Stack Die

Reverse Confetti:  $15 Store Gift Card

Stamp Academy:  2 classes

Stampin' Up/Veronica Zalis:  $20 Store Gift Card

STAMPlorations:  $10 Store Gift Card

Stamp Simply Ribbon Store:  Coffee Cup Prize Pack

SugarPea Designs:  $20 Store Gift Card

Sweet 'n Sassy:  Pick Me Up Clear stamp & die set

The Alley Way Stamps:  Tea Par-tea stamp set

Two Paper Divas:  Your Warm My Heart stamp set

Your Next Stamp:  $20

Verve Stamps:  $25

Whole Wild World:  Coffee before Talkee mug

●●Sponsorship prizes are eligible via random draw from linked hop participants only●●

 Love COFFEE?!? Have a wonderful holiday hot beverage you'd like to share with us?! Come on over to Amy's BLOG and link up your creation to be included! And also remember, the more you link up and comment....the more chances you have of winning an amazing prize from one of our sponsors! Happy hopping! Cheers!!