A Cup of Thanks...

 

Happy Monday, crafty friends! I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend - we spent it working around the yard and dodging rain storms! LOL...seems like we can't get a break from them and they are not nice storms...they have been causing damage! Hopefully we get a nice, long, DRY fall and we can get our harvest season all done :) 

 Ok, onto today's business! I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers BLOG today sharing this card I made from a new stamp set from Stampin' Up! called Press On. It is from the new Holiday Mini Catty. I went onto Pinterest to see what others have done with this set and O.M.G. I found this super cute CAS card that Robyn Cardon from My Pink Stamper created and I HAD to CASE it - just the way it is! Thank you so much for the cute idea, Robyn - I will *definitely* be making more of these in various colors! Here's hers:

 

And here's mine:

   

I did exactly as Robyn, except I left my sentiment in Melon Mambo, not black and I added some glitter to my little heart on the middle cup - so sweet!!!

   

 

 Thank you so much for stopping in today to see what I have been up to ;) I cannot wait to make more cards with this set ;) Cheers!!

4 CC #315 {Birthday}

 

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday! Our challenge hostess this week is none other than Tina and she's wanting to see BIRTHDAY projects...that can be cards, 3D items, altered items, scrapbook layouts, etc. Have fun! 

All supplies for my card this week come from a Stampin' Up! card kit - gotta luv kits! I am excited to send out cards that are ready for me any time I need them :) 

Come on over to the hen house and see what the other Chicks have created for you. Link up your project for us and we'll come visit you and leave you some blog lovin' :) Happy crafting! 

4CC #191 {Embossing}

Happy 4 Crafty Chicks Thursday!!

This week is my week to play "challenge hostess" and I'm challenging all you crafty PEEPS to show us some EMBOSSING on your crafty project! Can be either dry or heat embossing - totally up to you!

I wanted my card to be pretty, CAS and have wow factor...I think I have all 3 here. I used one of my favorite SU embossing folder called Modern Mosaic to create the bottom half of the card, then stamped my sentiment (from Reverse Confetti, added some black grosgrain ribbon, some leaves and flowers - wa-laaaa! Done!

EMBOSSING is a very popular technique, and I cannot WAIT to see what all appears in our gallery over at 4 Crafty Chicks this week -come play with us!! Cheers!

Monochromatic Christmas at 4 Crafty Chicks!

Happy Thursday! I sure hope your week has been fantastic and you've had some time to sit and be crafty. This week's challenge from 4 Crafty Chicks is "Monochromatic" And is being hosted by our wonderful Leanne! I had a lot of fun creating this card using a new set from Stampin' Up! called Christmas Lodge. I hope you enjoy it too:

For my color combo, I used Whisper White, Basic Grey and Basic Black. Please be sure to check out what gorgeous creations were made by our other 3 Chicks and our wonderful Guest Designer for October - Christy Dillman! Leave them each some love and link up your Monochromatic creation so we can do the same for YOU! Happy Crafting!

Anything Goes at 4 Crafty Chicks!

Happy Thursday my crafting PEEPS! Are you ready for a fun, "do-whatever-you-want" challenge? This week is our Crazy Egg week over at 4 Crafty Chicks and the theme this week is "Anything Goes!" This is one of my favorite challenges, as it leaves so many options open! I decided to use one of my favorite color combo's: Chocolate Chip, Crumb Cake and Pink Pirouette....

Stamps: Just Believe; Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pink Pirouette, Crumb Cake; Ink: Chocolate Chip; Accessories: scalloped edge trim punch, word window punch, modern label punch, pearls, perfect dots embossing folder, ribbon, dimensionals

Please take some time to check out the rest of the Design Team's contributions HERE and then link up your creation so we can leave YOU some love on your blog! Cheers!

Happy Birthday - Halloween Style

Happy Monday everyone! How was everyone's weekend? Mine was absolutely incredible - I got to go with my gym buddy, Melissa, to Banff as she ran in the Melissa's 10K Run!!! There is just something so majestic, breath-taking  and calming about the Rocky Mountains...she ran a phenomenal race and I'm so very, very proud of her!! Someday, I'm *hoping* to run along side her!

 Alright - onto this week's business! Megan has issued a very pretty color combination for y'all this week :) When I first saw it, I was going to do a Halloween card. However, I do not "do" Halloween much around here so I decided to try and make a different kind of card....it still screams "Halloween" to me but I really like how it turned out and I'm *SURE* that there are people out there who have a birthday on Halloween, RIGHT!?!? *giggle*

Stamps: Perfectly Penned; Paper: Basic Black, Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Whisper White, Ink: Versafine Onyx Black; Accessories: flowers, black taffeta ribbon, pearls, vintage wallpaper embossing folder, paper piercer, felt pen, martha leaf punch, glue dots, brads

Be sure to check out the rest of the PPC Design Team's wonderful creations using these colors HERE and take some time to play along! Happy crafting!

Picture Perfect Creations meets Diva Coffee Break

Welcome back on this fine Monday morning! I hope your weekend was a good one - mine was! I went to see Maroon 5 and Train on Saturday night with an awesome group of ladies, and WOOOWEEEE!...what a great concert! If you ever get a chance to go and see these groups, by all means - DO SO!

OK..now onto this week's challenge at Picture Perfect Creations....as you can see above, Megan has put together a very soft, and subtle color palette for you this week. I really enjoy these colors together and I decided to use an older Diva Coffee Break Challenge sketch for my card:

I altered the bottom of the sketch a wee bit because I wanted to show off this gorgeous Wisteria ribbon! I hope you get a chance to grab a coffee, tea, hot chocolate or maybe even some apple cider and come get crafty with us this week! Please be sure to check out what the rest of the Design Team has created just for your inspiration. Their links are on my right-hand sidebar.

See you in a couple hours for another challenge from Samantha at Scrapmaster's Paradise.....

PPC #68 - Hello Friend

Happy Monday! It's that time already - yep, Megan over at Picture Perfect Creations has another "interesting" color combo for you to try your hand at! I struggled with this one a wee bit - so I added some grey in the mix. After I mucked with a few different stamp sets, I was happy with how this turned out. I used an older Clean and Simple sketch for my layout.

Stamps: Aviary, Hope Blooms (Verve); Paper: Whisper White, Basic Gray, Bashful Blue, More Mustard, Peach Parfait; Ink: Basic Gray, Peach Parfait, Bashful Blue; Accessories: tulip border embossing folder, birds and blooms embossing folder, paper piercer, dimensionals, pearls

Check out the rest of the Design Team's work HERE and we'd love if you would take some time and join us this week for our color challenge - we sure love seeing what all you come up with! Happy crafting!!

4 Crafty Chicks are Getting Colorful....

Hello, hello crafty PEEPS! Are you ready for another challenge this week? 4 Crafty Chicks is issuing a color challenge, hosted by our wonderful LEANNE...here is her gorgeous combo:
....and here is the card I made using her colors:

Stamps: Greenhouse Garden, Occasional Quotes; Paper: Whisper White, Pear Pizzazz, Calypso Coral, Poppy Parade; Ink: Calypso Coral, Poppy Parade; Accessories: embossing folders, nestabilities, dimensionals, marker, poppy ribbon, scallop edge trim punch

Please be sure to check out the rest of the CHICKS creations:

Leanne - Banking on Crafts
Melissa - My Paper Obsession
Tamie - Paper Infusions and More

Link your project using these colors at the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog HERE :) We'd love to see what you come up with - these colors are GORGEOUS together and easy to create with! Cheers!

Bold and Bright at 4 Crafty Chicks...

Happy Thursday! I hope you're ready to get inky with a scrumptious color challenge! Melissa, our Hostess-With-Da-Mostess over at 4 Crafty Chicks, is bringing you this bold and bright color combo to get your craft on with :) I wanted a bold, dramatic card and I think I accomplished that on this one. I've seen this stamp on so many cards from Lesley at Always Playing with Paper, and I've been meaning to dig it out - thanks Lesley for all the inspiration!!! :)

I also used one of Mojo Monday's sketches from a couple weeks ago as my "jumping off" point:


Stamps: All Holidays (retiring); Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Poppy Parade, Tempting Turquoise, Jillybean Soup DSP; Ink: Basic Black; Accessories: nestabilities, vintage wallpaper embossing folder, pearls, black taffeta ribbon, flowers, brads, dimensionals

Please check out the other Chicks' blogs for more gorgeous creations using Melissa's color palette:

Leanne - Banking on Crafts
Melissa - My Paper Obsession
Tamie - Paper Infusions and More

Take some time to get inky with us this week and be sure to link your creation at the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog before midnight (MST) on Tuesday, July 19th....I can't wait to see what you all create....

Sketch Challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks!

Happy Thursday! This week Leanne is our hostess-with-the-mostess over at 4 Crafty Chicks and she is giving us all an awesome SKETCH challenge! I cracked out some new goodies from the new 2011-2012 Idea Book and Catalog and got to work:


I used the new Pennant Parade stamp set, Pennant Punch and Just Add Cake DSP from the new catty and it was a fun time creating with them all! I hope you all have time to sit and use Leanne's sketch to create something wonderful this week! Be sure to check out the other Chicks' blogs - links are on the right hand side of my blog. Then, please link your card, scrapbook page or 3D item HERE.

Color Dare #107 - Happy Graduation!

Happy Wednesday!

How is everyone doing out in Blogger land today? Are you in need of a mid-week challenge? Riley over at Color Dare has this GORGEOUS color palette for you to play with - So Saffron, Marina Mist and Certainly Celery....

For my card, I didn't stamp anything except the sentiment! Something I do not do very often, but I had this "vision" in my head with the butterflies in a circle, so that's what I set out to do and I think it turned out beautifully! I cannot *wait* to see what you come up with using these colors this week. I *CHALLENGE* all you crafty peeps out there to make a project this week using Riley's colors and link them back at the Color Dare. Happy crafting!!!

PPC #63- Happy Wedding Day

Welcome back to another color challenge from Megan at Picture Perfect Creations. The palette this week is a bold, yet elegant combination for me. I thought of wedding right away so I dug out an old, old, OLD set (All Year Cheer) and got to work:

Stamps: All Year Cheer; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Grey, Poppy Parade, Poppy Parade DSP; Ink: Basic Grey; Accessories: scallop trim border trim, poppy parade ribbon, pearls, nesties, divine swirl EF, dimensionals

I hope you take some time to play along with us this week - we'd sure love to see what you create with our colors! Check out the rest of the design team's creations for more inspiration and link your card, scrapbook page, or 3D project HERE. Happy inking!

Color Dare #106 - CASE'ing Mary Brown

Good Wednesday morning everyone in Bloggerland :) Riley from the Color Dare has issued us a bright, cheery combo for our mid-week challenge: Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait and Real Red.

I was snooping around on some blogs one night and came across Mary Brown's wonderful gallery of cards and I decided to CASE this card: CLICK HERE....

Isn't it super cute and simple!?! I really love the floral fusion flowers - it was easy, peesy to make and super quick! Gotta love that sometimes when we are in a hurry! Please be sure to hop on over to the Color Dare challenge blog to see the rest of the wonderful creations the rest of the Design Team created just for you...I hope you get some time to play with these gorgeous colors this week! Take care!

PPC Specialty Challenge #7 - Inspirational Picture

Happy Monday...are you ready for an exciting Specialty Challenge from Picture Perfect Creations?! Megan has given us this wonderful tea-time inspiration photo for this weeks challenge...you can interpret this however you wish....I took the "tea" part of the photo and went in search of a 3-D project I could make for a friend. I found this wonderful tea-bag holder on Splitcoaststampers :)

Stamps: Morning Cup, Tart & Tangy; Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie, JillieBean DSP; Ink: Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight, Pumpkin Pie (background stamping), Chocolate Chip; Accessories: scor-pal, markers, nestabilities, pearls, word window punch, oval punch, modern label punch, choc taffeta ribbon, 1 1/4" circle punch, library clip, tea bags

Thank you for stopping in this morning - be sure to hop on back to the PPC Challenge Blog for more wonderful inspirational projects from the super talented Design Team. Be sure to link up your creation for all of us to show YOU some love! See you shortly for another YUMMY color combo from Scrapmaster's Paradise!

Color Dare #105 - Remember When.....

Welcome back everyone! Are you ready for another wonderful color challenge from Riley over at Color Dare? I know you will love this one...it's soft, pretty and looks fantabulous together! I put together my new stamp set called Word Play and got to work:

Stamps: Word Play; Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Sahara Sand, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Whisper White, various DSP; Ink: Elegant Eggplant; Accessories: Finial Press EF, Blushing Bride ribbon, nestabilities, top note die, birds & blooms sizzlit, little leaves sizzlit, dimensionals, pearls

Thank you so much for stopping in today :) Take some time to click on over to the Color Dare Challenge Blog and check out the rest of the Design Team's work using this color palette. I know you will love 'em all! See you in the morning with another challenge from 4 Crafty Chicks....

PPC #62 - Bright HELLO

Happy Monday! I hope you all had a fantabulous weekend and are ready for another bright, cheery and FUN color challenge from Picture Perfect Creations!! I enjoyed playing with these bright colors and I hope you will too!

Stamps: Hello Again; Paper: Whisper White, Rich Razzleberry, Garden Green DSP; Ink: Melon Mambo; Accessories: markers, razzleberry ribbon, martha border punch, pearls, dimensionals

Please be sure to click through the rest of the Design Team's blogs - links are on my right hand sidebar. They have come up with some AMAZING projects using this weeks color palette! Then, link up your project HERE so we can leave you some love! Happy stamping!

PPC - CC#61 "Hello"

Happy Monday everyone! Are you ready for another color challenge? Megan at Picture Perfect Creations has a beauty combo this week!! I hope you find some time to play along!!

Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Hello Again; Paper: Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Certainly Celery; Ink: Cajun Craze; Accessories: markers, pearls, celery ribbon, embossing folders, circle punches, scallop circle punch, dimensionals

Be sure to check out the blogs from the rest of the Design Team. Their links are on the right-hand sidebar. They have some AWESOME creations for your inspiration! I hope you get some time this week to sit, craft and join us HERE at PPC! Happy stamping!

Color Dare #103

Happy Wednesday PEEPS!! Are you ready for a mid-week challenge? Riley over at The Color Dare has outdone herself this week with this YUMMY color palette....Tempting Turquoise, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla and Pear Pizzazz.

I had so much fun cyber crafting with Leanne one night a few weeks ago and I came up with this beauty:


Stamps: Best Yet; Paper: Very Vanilla, Choc Chip, Tempting Turquoise, Pear Pizzazz DSP; Ink: Chocolate Chip: Accessories: XL Bird Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch, 5/8" chocolate ribbon, paper piercer, nestabilities, Square Lattice embossing folder, pearls, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping in today! Be sure to check out the inspiration from the rest of the Design Team and be sure to take some time to get crafty with us this week. Link your creation HERE! Happy crafting!

SPCC #102 - Butterfly Easel Card

Welcome back! Yep, it's that time again...Samantha has given us this awesome color combo to work with...I came across a very different type of "greeting card" (here's a link to the tutorial I watched - click HERE) I just altered mine how I liked it :) They are super doooper easy and so cute!

...another great way to use your Bigz Butterfly die :) The possibilities/colors/textures are ENDLESS! :)

Stamps: Ultimate Sentiments I; Paper: River Rock, Cherry Cobbler; Ink: Cherry Cobbler, River Rock; Accessories: sponge daubers, butterflies Bigz die, vintage wallpaper embossing folder, scor-pal, vanilla flower

Please be sure to check out what all the rest of the Diva's have whipped up for you today - their links are on the right-hand sidebar :) Have a super Monday and don't forget to link up your creation back at the SPCC Challenge blog...happy crafting!