hey...let's have coffee

Happy Tuesday everyone! Three days left of this amazing blog hop and the entries I've seen so far just blow me away...the talent in this crafting community is just phenomenal. Not to mention all the coffee/tea related stamps, dies and embellishments - I cannot WAIT to shop! :) 

Here is my 2nd card of the hop - made with the Stampin' Up! May Paper Pumpkin kit called A Kit in Color.

The "let's have coffee" sentiment is from the Gerda Steiner Designs set called Coffeesaurus and the coffee cup is from a sweet set Amy sent me called Mini Hello Autumn from Flora & Fauna stamps. So stinkin' cute and they worked perfect for this bold "hey" sentiment in the kit!

The embellishments that come in the kit are so fun - vellum, enamel star dots, twine and these awesome die cut clouds :) FUN!!!

Be sure to click HERE at the Coffee Loving Card Makers blog and link up a Spring/Summer coffee, tea, or cocoa themed project for your chance to win some amazing prizes from our incredible Super Sponsors...can't wait to see what you link up :) Cheers!

Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop!!

Hello everyone! It's that exciting time again - the Spring/Summer Coffee Lovers Blog Hop is here! Every year it's so amazing to see all the wonderful coffee/tea/cocoa inspired entries - so I can be enabled and shop ;) hahahha!! 

For my first card of the hop, I am using the May Paper Pumpkin kit from Stampin' Up! called "A Kit in Color." My good friend and demo came for a deck visit on Monday, spreading some "sunshine and happiness" handing out this kit and some other goodies...so, I figured it had perfect colors for a spring/summer themed hop ;) I just added some coffee goodies and wa-laaa!! 

The kit is chalk full of bright, cheery card bases, twine, embellishments and more so I went and dug through my other Stampin' Up! stash and found this "perk up" coffee cup from the Merry Cafe set. Perfect.

The sentiment is suiting for the start of the hop "oh, happy day!" I am excited to send out a few of these to my friends who need a little happy day note ;)

There are so many amazing Super Sponsors for our hop (THANK YOU!!!) so be sure to start HERE at the beginning and hop your way along leaving comments for chances to win ;) We would sure love it if you would join us and link a card up so we can also leave YOU some love...CHEERS!!

I Can't Thank You Enough

Happy Monday everyone! I am up on the Coffee Loving Cardmakers blog today with my installment of Caffeinated Creativity...I am sharing a bit of gratitude with this super cute, CAS card:

 
I let the designer paper do most of my work for me - SO CUTE!! I wish I could tell you where it's from but I'm sorry, I can't! It was loosely shoved in my stash so I matched it with some brown heart paper and it worked perfectly. The sentiment and die set are from new set from Stampin' Up! called the "So Sentimental Bundle" and I can see that I will be using this set A LOT! Here's a close up:

 

This stamp set has so many beautiful, versatile sentiments - friendship, healing hugs, thank you etc. One that will be used for many different occasions and cards!

 

Thank you again for stopping in today to see what I have created. It is a long weekend here in Canada, so a lot of folks went "social distance camping." I am getting my garden and flowers planted! Yay! Feels good to dig in the dirt ... have a wonderful day - CHEERS!

KCC #506 {Stamp Act}

Welcome to "Krafty Chicks Thursday." This is our "STAMP ACT" week, hosted by miss Leanne, so as long as you have some sort of stamping on your project (rubber or digi), you are good to go. 

KCC #506 {STAMP ACT}

My card was made with Stampin' Up! products at our ladies stamping group a while back...lots of stamping on this one with these beautiful tulips. The background was extremely fun to make with a stencil and paste. So pretty and fun to make :D 

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....

"Stamp Act" with Krafty Chicks

Happy New Year everyone! Today starts a new year of challenges for us over at Krafty Chicks and we've got a few changes to tell you about:

We are now incorporating the same challenges each week, each month - and they will be the same all year. We only will have an Anything Goes challenge when we have 5 Thursdays in the month. Here is what each month will look like:  

Week 1

Stamp Act (must have a stamped image on the card/project)

Week 2

Christmas (must have something with Christmas on the card/project)

Week 3

CAS (Clean and Simple)

Week 4

All Occasions (Easter, St. Patrick's Day, Birthday, Valentine's etc.)

Week 5

When there are five Thursday's in the month,

Anything Goes/Crazy Egg Challenge

This is our "STAMP ACT" week, so as long as you have some sort of stamping on your project, you are good to go! My card was made with Stampin' Up! products at our ladies stamping group a few month ago...lots of stamping on this one ;)

Thank you so much for stopping in today and be sure to hop on over to the Krafty Chicks blog to welcome our Guest Designer for January - Jill Duplessie! Cheers!

KCC #480 {Winter}

Happy Thursday! Today it is my turn to play hostess over at Krafty Chicks Challenge Blog and the twist to our Anything Goes challenge is "WINTER." You do not have to use the twist, but we sure love it when you do...

I would also like to take this time to say a huge THANK YOU to Shanna for being our Guest Chick for the month of October and to also welcome Claire Broadwater as our Guest Chick for November! We are so blessed to have such awesome guesties....

KCC #480 {WINTER}

For my card this week, I am showcasing a Christmas card I made at a Stamp-A-Stack in town a couple weeks ago...so fun! Here in central Alberta, we've had a few snowfalls already - so what better time to ask for winter projects lol...All products are Stampin' Up! 

Thank you so much for stopping in today - be sure to hop on over to the hen house HERE and play along with my WINTER challenge! Cheers...

Christmas Cheer!

 

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

Before I get to my card today, I would like to wish all of our Canadian friends a very Happy Thanksgiving. Around central Alberta, the farmers were scrambling once again this weekend to get crops off before the weather turned bad again. I am hoping a lot of them were successful in doing so. We were shut down around 6 pm Sunday evening due to rain so we are about 1/2 done our harvest. Once again, we are hoping for a nice long stretch of warm weather yet to come so we can finish! Mother Nature hasn't been very nice to us this year :( 

For those enjoying time with family and friends today...along with delicious food, Happy Thanksgiving and be sure to count all of your blessings! HUGS! 

Ok, onto my card. It was so fun to muck around again with my new set from Stampin' Up! It's called Christmas in a Cup and the die set called Christmas Cheer. I came across a card from Brian King HERE and wanted to CASE it but use these colors...

This color combo has always been a non-traditional Christmas favorite of mine. I love the simplicity of this stamp/die set - and there are SO MANY ways to use the dies! So fun...

It actually feels great to get a jump start on Christmas cards! This set will definitely help with the mass production of cards :)  I hope you have enjoyed this installment of Caffeinated Creativity - enjoy the rest of your Monday! Cheers!        

KCC #475 {Create a Scene}

The twist over at 'Krafty Chicks' this week is "Create a Scene" and it's my turn to be the challenge hostess. Sorry I am late getting this card photographed and blogged, but unfortunately, work life has taken over and I haven't had much time for much else. That is hopefully going to change soon ;) 

I would love to take this opportunity to welcome Shanna Slater from Caffeinated Craftiness to the hen house! She's our Guestie Chick for the month of October and I am super excited to have her with us...be sure to hop on over and welcome her.

KCC #475 {CREATE A SCENE}

Our challenges are always Anything Goes with the twist, so you can choose to use the twist or not - totally up to you!  

This card was made at one of my stamping club ladies nights a while back - all products Stampin' Up! (stamp set is Waterfront) and it is such an awesome set for scenery cards...

Here's a close up of my card:

Thanks for stopping in today - be sure to hop on over to the blog to see what the rest of the Chicks have created using my "create a scene" twist. Cheers!

KCC #474 {SKETCH CHALLENGE}

Happy 'Krafty Chicks' Thursday everyone! Today, it's miss Tangii's turn to play your challenge hostess and she's issuing the following "SKETCH" twist for our Anything Goes challenge this week:

KCC #474 {SKETCH}

Our challenges are always Anything Goes with the twist, so you can choose to use the twist or not - totally up to you!  

For my card this week, I decided to kinda "stretch the sketch" a bit lol...I didn't follow the circle part and flipped my sentiment to the other side...this is why it's called a challenge, right?! :)

Here's a close up of my card:

Thanks for stopping in today - be sure to hop on over to the blog to see what the rest of the Chicks have created using Tangii's "stars and stripes" twist. Cheers!

KCC #470 Just a Sentiment/Crazy Egg Challenge

Happy 'Krafty Chicks' Thursday everyone! Today, it's my turn to play your challenge hostess and I'm wanting you to keep things super simple:

KCC #470 {JUST A SENTIMENT}

Today is also our Crazy Egg Challenge as there are 5 Thursdays this month...Our challenges are always Anything Goes with the twist, so you can choose to use the twist or not - totally up to you!  

This card was made at one of my stamping club ladies nights a while back - all products Stampin' Up! and it's just some pattern paper, a few punches and some twine...

Here's a close up of my card:

Thanks for stopping in today - be sure to hop on over to the blog to see what the rest of the Chicks have created using my "Just a Sentiment" twist. Cheers!

KCC #465 Tags/Bookmarks

Happy 'Krafty Chicks' Thursday everyone! Today, it's my turn to play your challenge hostess and I'm wanting you to dig out some tags and or bookmarks and either make them on their own, or add them to your cards - your choice! Our challenges are always Anything Goes with the twist, so you can choose to use the twist or not - totally up to you!  

KCC #465 {TAGS &/OR BOOKMARKS}

This card was made at one of my stamping club ladies nights a while back - all products Stampin' Up!

Here's a close up of my card:

Thanks for stopping in today - be sure to hop on over to the blog to see what the rest of the Chicks have created using my "tags/bookmarks" twist. Cheers!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #450 {Birds/Chicks}

Happy 'Krafty Chicks' Thursday everyone! Today, it's my turn to play your challenge hostess and I'm looking for some birds/chicks on your projects! Our challenges are always Anything Goes with the twist, so you can choose to use the twist or not - totally up to you!  

KCC #450 {BIRDS/CHICKS}

This was fun - I love this set from Stampin' Up! called Hey, Chick - they make me laugh! Colored it up with my Copic Markers then popped it up on some spring plaid. Love me some plaid! 

Here's a close up of my card:

Thanks for stopping in today - be sure to hop on over to the blog to see what the rest of the Chicks have created using my Birds/Chicks twist. Cheers!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #441 {Lots of Layers}

Welcome back to another "Krafty Chicks" Thursday! This week, it is Leanne's turn to be our hostess-with-the-mostess. She is looking for us to show off some of our projects with "lots of layers:" 

KCC #441 {LOTS OF LAYERS}

I found the idea for this card on Pinterest and I have a lot of birthday cards to make for the next couple months so it was perfect and easy to duplicate! 

All supplies are Stampin' Up! except for the plaid paper and it's from Lawn Fawn. 

Please be sure to check out what my other fellow Chicks have created for you using 

Leanne's "lots of layers" twist:

Leanne

Nance

Amy

Tangii 

We would love if you come on over and play along with us this week - remember, it's an Anything Goes challenge with the optional use of the twist :) Cheers!

Krafty Chicks Challenge #437 {Beachy}

Happy "Krafty Chicks" Thursday! Nance is our challenge hostess for this week and she's wanting to see some projects using anything BEACHY! The challenge is an Anything Goes challenge with the beach twist - but it's not mandatory that you use it. We would sure love it if you did, but it's not necessary.

KCC #437 {Beachy}

I dug out my High Tide stamp set from Stampin' Up! and got busy re-creating a BEAUTIFUL card I came across from Jeanie Stark at Just Stampin. Click HERE to see Jeanie's card.

This card was so fun to create! I followed Jeanie's instructions on how she made it and changed mine a bit but the overall card is the same - isn't it pretty!?!

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....

Krafty Chicks Challenge #436 {Trees}

Happy New Year crafty PEEPS! Welcome back to my blog and some big news! 4 Crafty Chicks has had a makeover - we are now called Krafty Chicks Challenge. Be sure to look us up on Instagram and Pinterest as we start the new year with a fresh look! We are still continuing to be an Anything Goes challenge, with a weekly twist - it is not mandatory to use the twist, but we would sure love it if you did :) 

This week, it is Leanne's turn to be our hostess-with-the-mostess. She is looking for us to show off some of our projects with TREES: 

KCC #436 {TREES}

I was very lucky to have had almost 2 weeks off of work during the holiday season and although I ended up sick with a cold on Boxing Day, it was still nice to be at home. I took the opportunity to escape to my craft room and cyber craft with my best friend, Leanne, and get ahead on some DT commitments. It was a lot ton of fun to create with her even though we are miles apart :) 

My card this week features the fun set, The Sheltering Tree, from Stampin' Up! Using various elements from the set, I created this super cute scene: 

All supplies are Stampin' Up! - More Mustard, Cajun Craze, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso and Sahara Sand...a nice CAS design!  

Please be sure to check out what my other fellow Chicks have created for you using 

Leanne's "Trees" twist:

Leanne

Nance

Amy

Tangii 

We would love if you come on over and play along with us this week - remember, it's an Anything Goes challenge with the optional use of the twist :) Cheers!

4 CC #431 {Anything Goes!}

Welcome back to another "4 Crafty Chicks" challenge. This week, it is our Crazy Egg Challenge and Tangii is our hostess-with-the-mostess. As there are 5 Thursdays in November, we throw out an Anything Goes challenge and do not have a twist. It's a creative free for all! Fun! 

4 CC #431 ANYTHING GOES

I really love this Happy Birthday die from Stampin' Up! and I figured this bright and cheerful background needed a golden sentiment - so what a perfect one to use, right?! 

Please be sure to check out what my other fellow Chicks have created for you using 

Tangii's Crazy Egg/Anything Goes challenge:

Tangii (Guest Designer)

Leanne

Nance

Amy

We would love if you would come on over and play along with us this week - remember, it's an Anything Goes!