KCC #528 {CHRISTMAS}

Happy "Krafty Chicks" Thursday! Nance is our hostess this week and since it's the 2nd week of the month, our challenge is "CHRISTMAS." As most of my crafty friends know, this is my favorite card to make...I am very excited to see the gallery full of holiday greetings this week!   

KCC #528 {Christmas}

This card was so easy to make! The designer paper did all the work and the die cuts and little bit of sparkle are the perfect touch! I also did a set in green...Here's a close up:

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! Cheers....

4 CC #229 {Flowers}

 

Happy "4 Crafty Chicks" Thursday everyone!!

This week our challenge hostess is miss Tamie and she has a very popular theme for us to use this week:

4 CC #229 {Flowers}

Isn't this card the most gorgeous thing you've evah seen?!? I really wish I could take credit for this beauty, but, however, I cannot. My wonderful crafting friend and running buddy, Diane, made this card and gave it to me to showcase on our FLOWERS challenge this week! She stamped on vellum and colored the flower petals and leaves then cut them out, popped them up and BAM!! When I saw this card, I just couldn't find the muscles in my jaw to LIFT the bottom part back up - it was hitting the floor! So, so, so pretty, Diane!! Thanks for letting me show it off! xoxoxo

It was made with the stamp set called Joyful Christmas from Stampin' Up! and since I fell in love so much with this card, guess what Diane gave me for Christmas?!? Yep, this set! I was squealing with excitement - now I can make my OWN gorgeous creations with it! Again, thanks, Diane!! xoxoxo

Hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog and see what the other Chicks have in store for ya....every one of us LOVES flowers (some more than others *wink*) so you can be guaranteed some knockout creations! Cheers!

Dynamic Duos #57 {Sharing in Your Sorrow}

Happy Saturday crafty PEEPS! Welcome back to my blog and another challenge over at Dynamic Duos! This week we have a gorgeous combination of Pear Pizzazz and Basic Black and you can add a neutral of your choice. There is also a dessert option this week: plant theme....

I really enjoyed making this card as I was cyber crafting with my bestie, Leanne a few weeks ago, and it always is more fun when you can hook up online and giggle while getting inky! ;)

I wanted to make a sympathy card for a lady I know in our neighborhood. Her Mom passed away a couple weeks ago from cancer and she was with her, by her side, every single day throughout her battle and made her transition to heaven such a smooth, happy one. ♥♥

I used a couple older SU! sets that haven't seen the light of day for quite some time! Upsy Daisy and Thoughts & Prayers ... then made some flowers with MFT Dienamics for the embellishment.

I hope you take some time to come and sit and play with us girls this week - I cannot wait to see all the creations made with this combination.....link up your cards, 3D projects or scrapbook layouts HERE!

PPC meets Little Book of Sketches....

Good Monday morning! Wow, can you believe we are into September already? My girl started school last Thursday and my son starts tomorrow....crazy! Our summer just flew by....*sniff!* I am sure hoping we get a nice, LONG, warm fall! :)

Are you ready for another color challenge from Picture Perfect Creations? This one had me stumped for a wee bit....the rose red threw me off a bit. I was leaning towards BOY but didn't know how to incorporate that color in....I used this wonderful sketch from Little Book of Sketches - and this is what I came up with:

I love this new embossing folder from Stampin' Up! I decided to go clean and simple with his card - hope you like it!

Please take some time and get crafty with us! For more wonderful DT inspiration, click HERE.

Stay tuned for another awesome color combo from SPCC....

4 Crafty Chicks are CELEBRATING!!!

Welcome to the 4th stop of 4 Crafty Chicks "1st Anniversary" Blog Hop! If you arrived here from Tamie's BLOG, then you are on the right track! If you just happened to pop in, please hop on back to the 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Blog and start at the beginning for your chance at some wonderful prizes!

What are we celebrating, you ask?? Well, the 4 Crafty Chicks are celebrating our FIRST Anniversary this week and we are so excited to have shared one year of fabulous challenges with you all. We certainly couldn’t have made it through the year without the support of all of our participants. The Design Team would like to thank everyone who has enthusiastically participated in our challenges over the last year – especially when they were *really* challenging challenges! We all have so much fun visiting your blogs to see what you have created week after week and hope to have another fun-filled year of crafty goodness... with a few surprises thrown in!!

This week’s challenge theme is “Celebrate” and the Chicks have made some pretty awesome cards – remember... the theme can be interpreted many different ways so please have fun with it!

As another way to celebrate and say THANK YOU to everyone, we have put together a Blog Hop for you this week and here’s the low-down:

• Each Chick has graciously donated a prize to be given to one lucky Blog Hopper who leaves a comment on the Chick’s blog. The winners will be chosen by each Chick using Random.org.

• To be eligible to win Blog Hop prizes, participants must: (a) become a follower of the 4 Crafty Chicks blog; (b) leave a comment on each of the Chicks’ blogs; AND (c) leave a comment on the 4CC blog.

For my card this week, I decided to use an older Mojo Monday sketch and keep it fairly simple but I really love this color combination!

Stamps: Word Play; Paper: Whisper White, Calypso Coral, Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Baja Breeze DSP; Ink: none; Accessories: markers, star punches, brad, pearls, embossing folder, crumb cake ribbon, dimensionals

Here is my prize for the hop today:

The 4 Crafty Chicks have also decided that NOW is the time to start having a monthly Guest Designer! We are so excited to be giving everyone the opportunity to join us for a month of fun challenges. This month, and during the first challenge of the month in January and May, we will be on the lookout for Guest Designers for the next three months. If you participate in this week’s “Celebrate!” challenge and would like to be considered for October, November or December’s Guest Designer positions, please put (GDT) after your name when submitting to inlinkz – please remember that you will be committing to a month of challenges (which you will receive immediately after being chosen as Guest Designer.)

Whew! That was a LOT of information, wasn’t it? I suppose you ALL want to get busy hopping, right? Well, what are we waiting for? Off you go!!

Leanne

Melissa

Tamie

Lori

4 Crafty Chicks' Blog

I hope you will all take a few minutes to play along with us this week – we can’t wait to choose our first Guest Designer! Have fun, everyone!

PPC-CC #69

Happy Monday! Can you believe that it's the 15th of August already?!? Where in the world did our summer go? A couple weeks left, and kids go back to school. WOW! My 2 kiddos are at their last bible camp of the summer and I am enjoying a bit of "Lori" time :)

This week over at Picture Perfect Creations, Megan has issued us such a gorgeous color palette that I really cannot WAIT to see what all you come up with! I first thought "flowers" when I saw this combo, so that is what I did:


Stamps: Flower Fest, Whimsical Words; Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Blushing Bride DP,Whisper White; Ink: Bravo Burgundy; Accessories: pearls, dimensionals, scissors, dots EF

Be sure to hop on over and check out the rest of the gorgeous creations made by our design team and then sit and get inky with us and leave us a direct link to your scrapbook page, card or 3D item :) Happy crafting!

Gettin' My Bling On With 4 Crafty Chicks!

Happy Thursday everyone! I sure hope you are having a great week so far! The challenge this week at 4 Crafty Chicks has been issued by yours truly, and I am wanting you to "Get Your Bling On!" Yep, show us the bling!

I was scopin' out Splitcoaststampers one afternoon and I came across THIS card...I found it very striking and I wanted to CASE it using my new BLING from Spellbinders!!! I hope you like it :)

Stamps: Aviary, Swirls & Curls Verses; Paper: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Baja Breeze, Cherry Cobbler, Baja Breeze DSP; Ink: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler; Accessories: embossing folder, nestabilities, spellbinders bling, espresso ribbon, dimensionals, pearls

Check out what the other girls made for this "sparkly" challenge:
Leanne - Banking on Crafts
Melissa - My Paper Obsession
Tamie - Paper Infusions and More

Please join us this week for this exciting challenge. Link your card HERE! Thanks and happy creating! :)

Picture Perfect Creations Challenge #66

Good Monday morning to all of you out there in crafty blogland :) I hope you had a restful, relaxing weekend and are ready to come craft with PPC this week...Megan's color palette this week is a gorgeous one - just my opinion! I am definitely going to use this color combo more often as there are so many possibilities you could use it for. Men cards, flower cards, nature cards, you name it! Here's what I did:

I decided to ink up the butterfly from the new-to-me set called Strength and Hope. I used dimensionals to "pop" the butterfly up. The navy background was embossed with my perfect dots embossing folder. The border punch is a Martha Stewart and the final touch was the ribbon and button :)

Please take some time this week to create something using these wonderful colors. For more gorgeous inspiration from PPC's Design Team, click HERE. Happy crafting!

Happy Anniversary at 4 Crafty Chicks!

Are you ready for another challenge from 4 Crafty Chicks? This week, our hostess-with-the-mostess is none other than our wonderful LEANNE! She has given us an Anniversary challenge this week... that means you can make a scrapbook layout, card, 3D project, whatever your heart desires! For my card this week, I decided to go to the "old favorite colors" of Black, Cobbler and Vanilla...they look SO rich together...hope you like it :) Leanne and I both were married to our wonderful husbands in the month of June, so it's a fitting challenge! My DH, Quintin, and I are celebrating our 17th :) Have fun!

Stamps: Punch Potpourri, Something to Celebrate; Paper: Basic Black, Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Newsprint DSP; Ink: Basic Black; Accessories: scallop trim border punch, heart punch, heart embosslit, dimensionals, black ribbon, vanilla ribbon, hemp twine, swirls embossing folder

The other Chicks sure made some incredible Anniversary creations for your crafting inspiration this week:

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

Thanks for stopping in today! I hope you get some time to sit and get crafty with us Chicks...happy stamping!

Color Dare #102 - Congratulations!

Happy HUMP Day PEEPS! Welcome back to another challenge at The Color Dare! This week's colors are bright, cheery and go so very well together! Riley has issued this challenge: Concord Crush, So Saffron, and a neutral of your choice (I chose Whisper White).

I am trying REALLLL hard to dig into all my "older" SU sets and get them inky again...they are feeling so neglected! LOL...Eastern Blooms has been one of my fav's for a long time so I thought I'd bring it back out into the crafting spotlight.....


Stamps: Well Scripted, Eastern Blooms; Paper: So Saffron, Concord Crush, Whisper White; Ink: Concord Crush; Accessories: Top Note die, concord ribbon, marker, pearls, perfect dots embossing folder

Please hop on over to my right-hand sidebar and check out the rest of the Design Team's blogs for more wonderful inspiration using this week's colors. Be sure to link up your creation back at the Color Dare challenge blog for us to leave you some luvin' :) Happy stamping!

SPCC #101 - Happy Father's Day!

Welcome back! Isn't this color combo that Samantha has given us AWESOME?! It was screamin' MALE to me so I figured I would get some Father's Day cards done....hope you enjoy it!

Stamps: Motorcycle, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper: Early Espresso, Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, Naturals White; Ink: Momento Black, Early Espresso; Accessories: star punches, brad, embossing folders, bashful marker, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping in this morning and be sure to check out the rest of the Diva's blogs for more yummy, delicious inspiration and then go and link up your creation at the SPCC Challenge blog so we can offer you some love! Happy stamping!

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #38 - BRADS

Welcome back to another challenge from 4 Crafty Chicks! This week Tamie is our hostess and she is challenging you to use your BRADS on your projects this week. I decided to go through my Sizzlits and came across the Floral Fusion one. They help make a quick, easy card.

Stamps: Full of Life; Paper: Night of Navy, Whisper White, Rose Red, Night of Navy DSP; Ink: Night of Navy; Accessories: Floral Fusion Sizzlit, XL Bird Punch (stem), scallop edge punch, white brads, pear pizzazz ribbon, dimensionals

Please be sure to check out the creations that the other Chicks made for your inspirational pleasure:

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

Link your creation using BRADS back at the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog before Tuesday, May 24th. Happy crafting!

Gettin' Sketchy at PPC!

Good Monday morning! :) This week at Picture Perfect Creations, we are offering up a SKETCH challenge. Megan created this beautiful CAS sketch for us and I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

Stamps: Artistic Etchings; Paper: Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Newsprint DSP; Ink: Basic Black; Accessories: scallop circle punch, sponge dauber, black ribbon, 3-flower punch, silver brad, vintage wallpaper EF, pearls

Check out the rest of the Design Team and their wonderful creations using this week's sketch. The links to their blogs are on the right-hand side of my blog :) Link up your project back at the PPC Challenge blog so we can leave you some love. Stay tuned for another installment from SPCC.

A Couple Christmas Cards...

I thought I would show you a couple more I made today with my new set, Come to Bethlehem, from the new Idea Book & Catty...and some super fine glitter and sugar beads (2nd card)...

I started by stamping the image on Whisper White cardstock with Versafine Vintage Sepia....Then I cut out a piece of Sookwang adhesive sheet that was a bit larger than my stamped image. I peeled one side of the adhesive off and placed the image face down onto the sticky side. Using a craft knife, I carefully trimmed around the image and then peeled off the other protective paper, revealing the other sticky side. I placed it face down in a tray of Sugar Beads (the first card was done using transparent glitter) and moved it around to ensure that the image was fully covered. I matted the image on some Chocolate Chip cardstock and adhered it to my card base... and WALAAA! Instant beautiful!!!

Now, just so that all you SU Demo's know...I *did* try to use our adhesive sheets that are being sold in the Mini, and it {does} work, but the beads/glitter will rub off :( The Sookwang sticky paper is ULTRA STICKY so it does work better...

Thanks for stoppin' in tonight - be sure to hop on back in the morning - I have a secret I will share!!!! :)

Stacey's Curtain Call Act#47 - Male Birthday

Good morning!

I thought I would get a quick card made this morning before I get the kids up for school....I hopped on over to Stacey's Curtain Call and saw an awesome "man" challenge :) Love those colors, Stacey! I might even try to make another one tonight!

Stamps: Lovely As a Tree, Well Scripted; Paper: Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso and Whisper White; Ink: Crumb Cake, Always Artichoke and Early Espresso; Accessories: Early Espresso ribbon, pearls

Thanks for poppin' in this morning! Don't forget about the challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks! You have until midnight tonight (MST) to get 'er done! Ciao!

PPC-CC #9 - Matter of Moments

Happy Monday morning! Can you believe it's been a week already since we've played over at Picture Perfect Creations? Wow, time is sure flyin' by....Megan has another wonderful color combo for us all this week so be sure to come and play with us! I am using another stamp set from the new Summer Mini coming out May 1st....it's called Elements of Style and it will be one that I will use A LOT, I can just tell....

Stamps: Elements of Style; Paper: Whisper White, Brilliant Blue, Garden Green, Bashful Blue; Ink: Brilliant Blue; Accessories: markers (Bashful Blue, Brilliant Blue, and Garden Green), paper piercer, bashful blue satin ribbon, white grosgrain ribbon

Be sure to check out all the other DT's blogs for more inspiration:

Allison Barroll
Nicole Anderson

Sandy Tran
Melissa Hubert
Trish Radacs

Jackie Weeks
Tamie Camp
Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Paula McClane

Megan Sajkowicz

Well I am off to get the kids started on their schooling and fill up my coffee mug! Have a super day!!

Diva Coffee Break Challenge #172 and a Flutterby Challenge with Another Sneak Peek!!

I got my Stamp Camp class all prepared and ready to go! Yipeeee! I'm so excited that I'm getting things organized and ready - I got a phone call today and a lady would like to have a workshop on April 27 or 28, so now I have MORE prep to do :) But...at least I have my other 3 classes almost all done! Yay! So....Kim and I decided to make cards together tonight - and take a break from cutting cardstock for classes...fun! She wanted to make Tamie's daughter, Kaitlyn, a birthday card and I wanted to get the Diva Coffee Challenge done and out of my mind. I have had this image stamped and colored ALL DAY and I kept looking at her and wanting to make a card, but NO..work first! HEE HEE...My card also qualifies for the new challenge over at Flutterby Wednesdays. It's an "OPEN" challenge so it's whatever goes....

It's another sneak peek from the new Summer Mini starting May 1st...be sure to get your hands on a copy - there are A LOT of goodies in there that I *know* you will want (NEED) to have! ha ha...the embossing folder is a new one too....

Stamps: A Little Bit of Magic (new Summer Mini); Paper: Choc Chip, Cameo Coral, So Saffron, Whisper White, Flamingo DSP; Ink: Versafine Black, Choc Chip (sponging); Accessories: Nestabilities, So Saffron ribbon, brown ribbon, scallop trim border punch, sponge dauber, markers, dimensionals, Square Lattice embossing folder (new Summer Mini), pearls, linen thread

Isn't she just ADORABLE? For all you fairy-addicted stampers out there - Stampin' Up! has a great set for ya! Watch for it!!!

Kim's card was made using one of my Bella's.....

Didn't she do an INCREDIBLE job?! I had a lot of fun stamping with my girl tonight...now I'm about ready for bed...tomorrow is a big day again! I have some more challenges to get done and we have to go and help a very special girl celebrate her 8th birthday! See you in the morning! Happy creating!

Sneak Peek and Play Date Cafe Challenge #25....

I'm back with another challenge and a sneak peek from the new Summer Mini catty! I decided to do the Play Date Cafe color challenge of white/black/orange and I knew *exactly* which stamp I wanted to show you....it's a new one from the back of the Summer Mini catty that starts May 1st. I scoped around the challenge blogs looking for just the right sketch for my featured stamp...and I came back to the Mojo Monday sketch from this past Monday....hope you like it!

I totally LOVE the Night and Day DSP that was in the Holiday Mini...I sure hope they bring it into the main catalog in July! My DH helped me color the motorbike ... see, he's useful sometimes LOL...hahahaha! Just teasin...he's always helping me with my cards and he has to "inspect" every one I complete.

Stamps: Motorcycle (Summer Mini), It's Your Birthday; Paper: Whisper White, Basic Black, Pumpkin Pie, Night and Day DSP; Ink: Versafine Black, Basic Black; Accessories: clear embossing powder, markers (pumpkin pie, gray), paper piercer, dimensionals, adhesive pearls

Alright...I'm outta here to start cutting paper for another upcoming class - a Stamp Camp, being held at my house on April 29th...and it's FULL! Yay! Gotta love when the classes fill up! I'll probably be back a bit later on tonight with another installment! I'm hoping to work on the Diva Coffee Break color challenge of Chocolate Chip, Cameo Coral and So Saffron (with another sneak peek from the new Summer Mini!) Ciao!

Birthday Stamp-A-Stack Card #3

Happy Saturday! It's another bright, sunshiney day here in central Alberta...temps are supposed to reach 20C again today - time to dig out some shorts and flip flops. Yay! I just wish I felt 100% better and could enjoy the heat, but with a head cold, it's not really a lot of fun.

DH is going into town after a bit to do some errands, go to the chiro, etc., so I am going to get busy and get a few challenges done here in my craft room and I only have one more project to prepare for my monthy club get-together happening next Sunday! Yay me!! I am normally scrambling like crazy to get ready and I've gotten 3 classes ready to go all by myself! Love it!

OK..enough ramblin....here is the 3rd card we will be creating at this month's Stamp-A-Stack. It can be used for a Male, or Teen birthday and you could use it for ANY color combo:

Stamps: Vintage Labels (SAB); Paper: Soft Suede, Whisper White; Ink: Dusty Durango, Soft Suede; Accessories: large circle punch, scallop circle punch, soft suede ribbon, silver brads, embossing folder, dimensionals, clear blocks

This is a nice, clean, simple card that won't take the girls very long to pump out. I like the simplicity of cards like this - that still make a nice, bold statement!

I hope you have a chance to enjoy the wonderful sunshine today, wherever you are. Thanks for poppin' in to enjoy your morning coffee with me - I'll be back in a while! Bye!

Mini Milk Carton(s) and Holder

I have been wanting to learn how to make these adorable carriers for the mini milk cartons for quite some time. I purchased the tutorial from Becky Roberts from Inking Idaho. If you get a chance, please hop on over to her blog and take a peek at the many kits you can buy! Thanks Becky for all the hard work you do to make things like this easier for us!

Isn't it just DARLING!?! I love 'em and will definitely be making more (especially at Christmas time!!!) for gifts and classes in the months to come....

Stamps: Trendy Trees, Good Neighbors; Paper: Taken with Teal, Chocolate Chip, So Saffron, Sweet Pea DSP; Ink: Taken with Teal; Accessories: markers (choc chip, so saffron, taken with teal), Itty Bitty Shapes Punch (new Summer Mini), circle punches, dimensionals, library clips, striped chocolate ribbon, small oval punch, sticky tape, milk carton Bigz Die, Scor-Pal

I am not sure if I will be back with another installment yet tonight or not..DH is home, so I am gonna go sit and spend some time with him and see what's new in his world! :) If I do get back tonight - it will be a bonus!! Happy creating.....