Thursday, December 27, 2012

4 CCC#122 {Color Challenge}

Good  morning crafty PEEPS! I sure hope you had an enjoyable, relaxing Christmas with family and friends - filled up with scrumptious food, goodies and drink and now are gearing up for a wonderful New Year's celebration. I would love to say the same about our house, but unfortunately, we have been in renovation/repair mode since my DH got home last Friday. We had a shower leaking, a sewer gas leak in the basement bathroom, my kitchen sink blew a pipe last night, and a bunch of other things that are taking our holiday time away from us LOL...OY!

It will all get done, I'm sure, and we can relax soon! Would you like to see the last challenge of 2012 - for your crafting pleasure? It's a color challenge, brought to you by ME! Hope you enjoy it!


CHALLENGE #122
 

This is my card using the color combo and some of my favorite MFT products:
 
 
It's also prize week and miss Tamie has offered up the following package of crafty awesomeness for one lucky participant:
 

 
Thank you to each and every player, guest designer, visitor and commenter who have helped make 2012 an amazing year for all us CHICKS! Can't wait to see what 2013 brings us! CHEERS!!!

Thursday, December 20, 2012

4 CCC#121 - Patterned Paper

Happy Thursday folks! Welcome to another challenge from 4 Crafty Chicks! I am fighting that gawd-awful flu/cold sickness that is going around, so I apologize for my post not being live before now. I was in bed at 8:30 last night and went right back to bed after getting my kids off to school :( I am hoping this bug is short-lived and quick to vacate our home before Christmas!!

For the challenge this week, we wanna see your own creations of handmade patterned paper....that can be stamped, embossed, inked, smeared etc. - so many different techniques to use out there - let's see 'em! For my card, I stamped the background white panel with funky snowflakes...
 
 
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and all the best to you and your families in 2013! Please enjoy this season holding your loved ones close and spending time with friends and family. See you next week :) 

Thursday, December 13, 2012

4 CCC# 120 - You're Invited!


Welcome back to another 4 Crafty Chicks challenge! I am SO SORRY that this post didn't go live Thursday morning, but Leanne just mentioned it to me that my blog didn't post. I came and checkedi t out and Blogger had it set as a draft, and I had scheduled all  my posts before the move so that I wouldn't have to worry about this sort of trouble! ARG!!!!

This week challenged me somewhat when I sat down and tried to come up with an "invitation." I don't own any stamps that are an actual invite so this was the next-best-thing! I inked up my new A-La-Modes from MFT and had a lot of fun:

 
It's a CAS card for this week - we are now moved into our new-to-us home and while there are still boxes and containers to unpack, and organize - Christmas preparations have been started and the tree is up and snowmen have been placed throughout the house! I will be back in full-force come the New Year and once my craft room is all set up and functionable! :)
 
Take care and I hope you are able to take a bit of a break from the hustle-bustle of the holiday preparations and join us for a wee bit of crafting! Grab a cider, shortbread cookie and come craft with us....can't wait to see your invitation!

Thursday, December 6, 2012

4 CCC #119 - "Snowmen"


This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks, it's our wonderful Leanne's turn to bring you this week's challenge. I hope everyone is surviving all the holiday preparations and parties! Not long now until the "Big Guy in Red" comes!! :) Can't you tell it's my favorite holiday!? AND...this week's challenge is one of my favorite things - EVAH! You ready?!?

4 CCC #119 - "SNOWMEN!"

I had a brand new paper pack from Echo Park (not even opened - for shame!!) that I wanted to use for this card, and I stuck with a very CAS sketch :) The sentiment is from Verve....


Stamps: Snow Wonderful - Verve 
Paper: Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler, Winter Park DSP (EP) 
Ink: Momento Black
Accessories: Nestabilities, SU! pleated ribbon, pearls, dimensionals, paper piercer


Please be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog and load up your creation for us! I'd love to see what you make using Leanne's challenge this week :) Happy crafting!!

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!! Totally Stampalicious Challenge and DT Call!


For our challenge at Totally Stampalicious this week, the girls are issuing the following challenge (my apologies for not blogging this on Monday!):

"LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW!!! Use whatever you can to incorporate some sort of snow on your project, card or scrapbook pages :) 


For my card this week, I used snowflake paper and punched out another couple blue and cherry cobbler snowflakes to layer ;) I used the sentiment from Deacon and Ava HOHO set. This card is very clean and simple and took me a total of about 10 minutes to make! Gotta like those kinda cards sometimes - especially now - our family is moving houses (after being in the same house for 17 years) next week so I might be off the radar for a few weeks - but promise to be back with a vengeance from my new crafty space!!! :)

Please be sure to hop on over to the TS Blog and see what the rest of the DT has come up with and to find out all the YUMMY information on our latest DT CALL!!! :) Happy crafting!

4 CCC #118 - {Ornaments} & Crazy Egg!


This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks, it's our wonderful Tamie's turn to bring you this week's challenge. I am in the middle of packing up my house of 17 years and getting ready to move to our new place next week! Yep, I am so thankful I had all my cards done a few weeks ago! :) By this time next week, we should be starting to move boxes and smaller items over ;)

Are you ready for Tamie's challenge? Here it is:

4 CCC #118 - "ORNAMENTS!"


This card took me "maybe" 15 mins to create - it was *that* simple! I embossed a piece of pool party cardstock with the finial press folder, punched out 2 ornaments with my SU! Ornament Punch, popped them up, added some twine an bling, stamped a sentiment - DONE! Easy peesy!!! Love, love, love this color combo :)

Please be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog and load up your creation for us! This week is CRAZY EGG WEEK, so that means there is a prize up for grabs - be sure sure to check it out! Ciao!!

Thursday, November 22, 2012

Turnin' Up the HEAT at 4 Crafty Chicks!

Happy Thursday! It's my turn to be hostess over at 4 Crafty Chicks this week and I don't know about you, but I'm already "wussin' out" with this snow and the colder temperatures so I decided we needed some heat, sun, shades and sunscreen ;) The challenge this week is TROPICAL DESTINATION!!!

My card came together quite easily as I had 6 x 6 paper that was already printed with tropical scenes - yep, I cheated LOL...My sentiment is from MFT along with the die cut that it's stamped on....added some yummy twine and wa-laaa! DONE!

 
Please come on over and join us at the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog HERE! We'd love to have you play along!!! CHEERS!


Monday, November 19, 2012

Non-Traditional Christmas with Deacon Elf....


 Happy Totally Stampalicious Monday! The challenge this week is a fun one...the girls want to see you create a card, scrapbook layout or 3D project using NON-TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLORS! Ohhhhh...can't WAIT to see all the different combos that come of this challenge!!! :)

For my card, I went with another CAS layout and stamped Deacon Elf, and his sentiment right on the main white cardstock panel. I then added the bright,colorful strip of designer paper from the 6 x 6 EP Holly Jolly Christmas pad.   

Don't forget about our on-going contest:



We figured it was time to rev things up a little with a new contest!! We are offering up FREE STAMPS for an ENTIRE YEAR!!!! We're talking ALL NEW RELEASES for 2013!!! (approx 40+ stamp sets) And it's soooooooooo easy to win!! Your name will automatically be entered once for EVERY SINGLE stamp set that you buy!! So if you order 5 sets, your name is in 5 times (plus you would get a free set of your choice from the Dessert promo!)

Contest runs until Dec. 28th and the winner will be announced Dec 31! (what a great way to bring in the New Year!!) Click here for the complete contest rules....

Thanks for stopping in today and be sure to hop on over to see what other yummy, delish creations the rest of the DT has for you! Happy crafting!

Thursday, November 15, 2012

Winter Wishes from 4 Crafty Chicks!


This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks, it's our wonderful Tamie's turn to bring you this week's challenge. I hope everyone is enjoying their winter so far...I know I am! Yes, I will probably get a lot of snowballs thrown my direction, but winter is my down-time season....the time I get to chill....crochet, hunker down at home with candles lit, drink scrumptious coffee and CRAFT without feeling guilty for not being outside! LOL...

4 CCC #116 - "WINTER!"

I dug out an "oldie-but-goodie" from Stampin' Up! to make this beauty. Lovely as a Tree is still one of my ultimate fave's from SU. The sentiment is from Verve.


Stamps: Lovely as a Tree (SU!), sentiment from Verve 
Paper: Whisper White, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze, Snowfall Collection (Bo Bunny) DSP
Ink: Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Nestabilities, SU! pleated ribbon, pearls, dimensionals, sponge dauber

Please be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog and load up your creation for us! I'd love to see what you make using Tamie's challenge this week :) Happy crafting!!

Monday, November 12, 2012

{Bling It On!} and DT Call @ Totally Stampalicious....


Happy Totally Stampalicious Monday! Today is the beginning of Fall Break for our kids and it sure was heavenly to sleep in this morning, let me tell ya!! :) I know the kids are looking forward to it as am I because we are moving in a few weeks and I could sure use them here to help pack up their stuff and get things ready to go to the new place....

For our challenge at Totally Stampalicious this week, the girls are issuing the following challenge:

"BLING IT ON!" Use bling, pearls, glitter on your card/project!


For my card this week, I used a card I already had assembled from a Christmas Stamp-A-Stack put on my my friend, Diane and used the sentiment from Deacon Elf! It is the PERFECT sentiment for this card and I added some sparkly silver cord to the ribbon and then some shiny gems to the snowflakes on the embossed portion of the card!

Please be sure to hop on over to the TS Blog and see what the rest of the DT has come up with and to find out all the YUMMY information on our latest DT CALL!!! :) Happy crafting!

Thursday, November 8, 2012

4 CCC#115 - Melissa's Sketch!


Happy Thursday! This week the challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks is being brought to you than none other than our wonderful, miss Melissa! She has come up with this awesome sketch for you to work with:

I decided to make my card a regular size, not a square card, and I used a ribbon instead of a sentiment ;)


I am in love with this "new-to-me" color combo of Pool Party, Soft Suede and White!! Awesome Christmas colors for me :)


Thanks for stopping in today and be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog to play along with us ;) Cheers!

Monday, November 5, 2012

CAS Trio at Totally Stampalicious!


 Happy Totally Stampalicious Monday! The challenge this week is a fun one...the girls want to see you create a set of 3 Clean-and-Simple cards using the same stamp set. You can make each card the same or you can make them each a bit different! I had a lot of fun with this one :)


For my card set, I went with an extremely CAS layout! White with one layer of color - each different on the the cards. I then stamped my Crabby Cathy with Momento Black ink and colored just the coffee cup, spots on her PJ's and her slippers with each co-ordinating color :) I then added matching pearls/bling to the top left corner of each card:

 



  ...and this sassy sentiment finishes off the inside of the cards:



Don't forget about our on-going contest:



We figured it was time to rev things up a little with a new contest!! We are offering up FREE STAMPS for an ENTIRE YEAR!!!! We're talking ALL NEW RELEASES for 2013!!! (approx 40+ stamp sets) And it's soooooooooo easy to win!! Your name will automatically be entered once for EVERY SINGLE stamp set that you buy!! So if you order 5 sets, your name is in 5 times (plus you would get a free set of your choice from the Dessert promo!)

Contest runs until Dec. 28th and the winner will be announced Dec 31! (what a great way to bring in the New Year!!) Click here for the complete contest rules....

Thanks for stopping in today and be sure to hop on over to see what other yummy, delish creations the rest of the DT has for you! Happy crafting!

Thursday, November 1, 2012

4 CCC #114 - "A Day to Remember"


This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks, it's our wonderful Leanne's turn to bring you this week's challenge. I hope everyone survived all the shinannigans of last night and all the kids are enjoying all their candy!!

4 CCC #114 - "A DAY TO REMEMBER!"

I wanted to use up some of my wonderful bling and some bright colors so I went scrounging into my paper stacks and came across this yummy one from MME and used an Anniversary stamp from one of my other fav's - VERVE. What did we ever do before 6 x 6 paper packs?!? lol


Stamps: Wonderful Wishes Remixed - Verve 
Paper: Crumb Cake, Basic Black, Tangerine Tango, Indie Chick "Ginger" MME DSP
Ink: Momento Black
Accessories: Oval punches, bling, black satin ribbon, pearls, scallop edge punch, dimensionals

Please be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog and load up your creation for us! I'd love to see what you make using Leanne's challenge this week :) Happy crafting!!

Thursday, October 25, 2012

Happy Halloween at 4 Crafty Chicks!!!


This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks, it's is my turn to bring you this week's challenge. Seeing as how it's the last week of October, I figured that this would be the perfect challenge:

4 CCC #113 - "HALLOWEEN!!"

I went and dug through my stamp cupboard and dug out this oldie but goodie from Stampin' Up! and went in search of a sketch to use...now you will also see on Leanne's blog that her card and my card look A LOT alike! No, we did not stamp together and no, I didn't see her card first before making mine hahahha...funny coincidence is all that is!

I saw on Splitcoaststampers that people were adding Stickles or glitter to the raised embossing area when using the spider web folder. I thought I would give it a whirl and I think it turned out really good! The glitter is a bit thick in spots, but I really like it - it sure shines in real life!! :)


Stamps: Batty for You - SU! 
Paper: Concord Crush, Basic Black, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White
Ink: Momento Black
Accessories: Perfect Dots and Spider Web embossing folders, circle punches, dimensionals, glue, glitter, pearls

Please be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog and load up your creation for us! I'd love to see what you make using our HALLOWEEN challenge this week :) Happy crafting!!

Monday, October 22, 2012

Colorful Week at Totally Stampalicious!


 Happy Totally Stampalicious Monday! The challenge this week is a color combo:

PURPLE, GREEN with WHITE &/or BLACK! 


For my card, I decided to ink up this recently released cutie, Balloon Kidz Girl since she hasn't seen my stamp pad yet! ACK! I know - how could I NOT have inked her up yet?! Well, life has been extremely hectic for our family these past few weeks...so, hopefully things will start to calm down a bit over the next month or so and life will resume back to what I call "normal" LOL....


I stamped the image and colored her with Copic Markers and paper-pieced the balloon...then cut out the whole image and popper her up on top of all the yummy layers! :)


Don't forget about our on-going contest:



We figured it was time to rev things up a little with a new contest!! We are offering up FREE STAMPS for an ENTIRE YEAR!!!! We're talking ALL NEW RELEASES for 2013!!! (approx 40+ stamp sets) And it's soooooooooo easy to win!! Your name will automatically be entered once for EVERY SINGLE stamp set that you buy!! So if you order 5 sets, your name is in 5 times (plus you would get a free set of your choice from the Dessert promo!)

Contest runs until Dec. 28th and the winner will be announced Dec 31! (what a great way to bring in the New Year!!) Click here for the complete contest rules....

Thanks for stopping in today and be sure to hop on over to see what other yummy, delish creations the rest of the DT has for you! Happy crafting!

Thursday, October 18, 2012

4 CCC #112 - Dry Embossing!


This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks, it's is Tamie's turn to bring you this week's challenge. This has to be one of her favorite things to do on a card .... can you guess?!? :)

4 CCC #112 - "DRY EMBOSSING!!"

Yep, you got it! Tamie {hearts} to use embossing folders, that is no secret - and ... so do I! I used some patterned paper and a new Spellbinders embossing folder for this challenge. My apologies on the coloring of my poor Riley (or the photo)...she is a bit dark but doesn't look that dark in person...:(


Stamps: Riley Moose
Paper: Whisper White, Regal Rose, So Happy Together (EP) DSP
Ink: Momento Black
Accessories: White satin ribbon, gems, Spellbinders EF, Copic Markers, dimensionals

Please be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog and load up your creation for us! I'd love to see what you make using Melissa's "Tag, You're It!" challenge this week :) Happy crafting!!

Thursday, October 11, 2012

4 CCC #111 - Tag, You're It!!


 This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks, it is Melissa's turn to bring you this week's challenge. Are you ready to have some fun?

4 CCC #111 - "TAG, YOU'RE IT!!"

Let's see whatchya got folks! This challenge is open to any interpretation you want as far as TAGS go...you can make a tag, use tags, tag punches etc. A couple months ago, I came across these uber cool fabric tags that I wanted to use for a project - and lo and behold - a tag challenge has come up :) Yay me!! I stamped the "boy" with Staz-On ink.



Here is one more shot of my card:

 
Stamps: Baby Prints - SU!
Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Bashful DSP
Ink: Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Black Staz On
Accessories: Navy ribbon, dimensionals, fabric tag, twine, pearls 

Please be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog and load up your creation for us! I'd love to see what you make using Melissa's "Tag, You're It!" challenge this week :) Happy crafting!!

Monday, October 8, 2012

Happy Thanksgiving from Totally Stampalicious!


 
Happy Totally Stampalicious Monday! The girls decided that our challenge this week will be in conjunction with our Canadian Thanksgiving and would like to see some THANK YOU CARDS!

For my card, I left it as a Happy Thanksgiving card to give to some great friends who had us over for turkey dinner and pumpkin pie over the weekend :) Trust me, I was VERY thankful for that! lol



I stamped Dottie Desserts and colored her with Copic Markers. The paper line is from my older stash of Stampin' Up! DSP :) I added some delicious chocolate stitched grosgrain ribbon and chocolate pearls for the finishing touches ....

Don't forget about our on-going contest:



We figured it was time to rev things up a little with a new contest!! We are offering up FREE STAMPS for an ENTIRE YEAR!!!! We're talking ALL NEW RELEASES for 2013!!! (approx 40+ stamp sets) And it's soooooooooo easy to win!! Your name will automatically be entered once for EVERY SINGLE stamp set that you buy!! So if you order 5 sets, your name is in 5 times (plus you would get a free set of your choice from the Dessert promo!)

Contest runs until Dec. 28th and the winner will be announced Dec 31! (what a great way to bring in the New Year!!) Click here for the complete contest rules....

Thanks for stopping in today and be sure to hop on over to see what other yummy, delish creations the rest of the DT has for you! Happy crafting!

Thursday, October 4, 2012

4 CCC#110 - Thanksgiving

 
Happy Thursday! It is Leanne's turn to be hostess-with-the-mostess over at 4 Crafty Chicks this week! She is issuing the following challenge for all of us this week: 

4 CCC #110 - "THANKSGIVING"

I was going to create your typical Thanksgiving card with pumpkins, or turkeys or leaves...but I decided to create a card focusing on the meaning behind the holiday - to give thanks. I got some new dies from Stampin' Up! so I wanted to give them a try - I really like the design of them :) And, of course, the sentiment is from none other than, Verve.....



Stamps: 1st Chronicles 16:34 - Verve
Paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Autumn Splendor (Memory Keepers)
Ink: Chocolate Chip 

Accessories: Stampin' Up! layering dies, SU ribbon, button, Nestabilties, scallop edge punch, sponge dauber, pearls, twine

Please be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge Blog and link up your creation with us! We cannot wait to see what you come up with! Happy crafting!!!

Monday, October 1, 2012

Anything Goes @ Totally Stampalicious!


 
Happy Totally Stampalicious Monday! What a GLORIOUS Autumn we have been having here in central Alberta! I spent the weekend getting all my potatoes, carrots and onions put in the root cellar and all the gardening tools/decorations put away for the winter. Now it can snow! HA HA! Well...actually, it *could* wait for a while yet...I *do* like the winter months though - that is no secret! 

This week's challenge over at Totally Stampalicious is an easy-peesy one! ANYTHING GOES!  

I made this card for my cutie-patootie niece, Reagan...her 3rd birthday party was yesterday and we had so much fun celebrating with her!


I stamped Desiree Lollipop and colored her with Copic Markers. The paper line is from Echo Park called "So Happy Together."

Don't forget about our on-going contest:



We figured it was time to rev things up a little with a new contest!! We are offering up FREE STAMPS for an ENTIRE YEAR!!!! We're talking ALL NEW RELEASES for 2013!!! (approx 40+ stamp sets) And it's soooooooooo easy to win!! Your name will automatically be entered once for EVERY SINGLE stamp set that you buy!! So if you order 5 sets, your name is in 5 times (plus you would get a free set of your choice from the Dessert promo!)

Contest runs until Dec. 28th and the winner will be announced Dec 31! (what a great way to bring in the New Year!!) Click here for the complete contest rules....

Thanks for stopping in today and be sure to hop on over to see what other yummy, delish creations the rest of the DT has for you! Happy crafting!