First Post as DT for Cards Galore

Good Morning everyone and Happy New Years! May this year find you in good health with laughter, peace, love, joy and hopefully some good old crafting time thrown in. 

I am super excited that today is my first post for Cards Galore as a DT member.  Cards Galore challenges last a full month so lots of time to get crafty and play. The challenge blog is under new management from Denyse and Isobel, they have taken over the reins of our Challenge Blog and I am excited and look forward to working with them; as well as the new Design Team.

JANUARY CHALLENGE - ANYTHING GOES





Scribble & Scrap Shop are our sponsor this month and they are offering up a  £15 voucher to spend at their store.

 

Here is my creation with this lovely image Vintage Beauty 1.  It is the first time I have ever worked with a vintage style image and boy I had a tons of fun coloring her. 









Recipe:

Stamp: Vintage Beauty 1 Digi by Scribble & Scrap Shop

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White, Pacific Point (Stampin Up)

Ink: memento tuxedo black.

Accessories : Tim Holtz Distressing tool, dimensional, black pearls, embossing folder (cuttlebug)

Copics:

Hair:  E08,  E35, R59

Flowers: V04, V06, V15, RV 91, RV93, Y21

Leaves: YG 95, YG97

Dress:  B12,B 4, B16

Mirror: C00

Skin Color:  E000, E01

 

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

Scribbles & Scrap Blog and Challenge - Challenge #8 - Always Anything Goes

Make It Monday - Challenge #172 -  Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew - Challenge #52 - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenges 2  -  Challenge #26 - Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

613 Avenue Create - Challenge #52 - Anything Goes (option: black with one other color)

The Pink Elephant - Challenge #231 - Anything Goes

 

Come on over to Cards Galore and show us your creations this month! We would love to come and visit your blogs.

 

Thanks for stopping by and sharing my exciting news and card with me!









Believe!

Hello and welcome to my first post for Creative Knockouts in 2 months.  On October 22 my youngest two kids and I were in a very serious vehicle accident. I would like to say thank you so much to Kelly for giving me time to heal and you have been just amazing. Thank you to all of the DT's for the wonderful Get Well cards they cheered me up and were amazing creations. Looking at them has helped me each day.  Merry belated Christmas everyone and Happy Boxing Day!

Challenge # 17 is Anything Goes! Since I am just starting back at card making with help from my family and friends, my cards are pretty simple in design.  My image for this card is by Bugaboo and is called Scene It Angels Believe, they are also our wonderful sponsors this week..  The image is just adorable.

I chose to use just yellow and white.  On the image all of the stars are colored yellow as well as their elastic bands and clothes.  Everything else is black and white.  I used two embossing folders and some dazzling diamonds on their wings to give a little more pop. It was fun to use my distressing tool although I totally broke out in a sweet doing it...LOL. 

 

I would like to enter my card into Make It Monday #171- Anything Goes.

 

 

We would love to see you come and play at Creative Knockouts!

Have a great Day!  Thank you for popping over for a look!

Stella....Needs Another Drink!

Merry Christmas and Happy Boxing Day!! I do hope that this holiday season is allowing you time to spend with family, that your hearts are filled with love, joy, lot's of laughter and most of all some much needed down time.  We are very blessed this year with wonderful family and friends! Thank you for being in our lives.

There is a new Challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks and our hostess this week is our one and only Lori.  For Challenge #174 she is going Tropical.  I think with the amount of snow we have that oh boy would it be fun for a tropical vacation!

So for my card below I used Stella and it is from Totally Stampalicous.  I used Basic Black, Real Red and Whisper White paper.  I know it isn't the bubbly bright colors of my fellow DT's but here is the reason I chose these colors.  We went to Mexico 5 just about 6 years ago.  My skin at one point was real red, my cloths were either black or white, with a little bit of red. So that is why I chose these colors.  We were at an all inclusive and it was to say, "I do believe I would like another drink"....LOL.  Especially the Strawberry daiquiris.  Hence why Stella and the drink came to mind...hee hee.

I would like to enter my card into Make It Monday #171- Anything Goes,

We would love it if you had some time to join us this week.  I am looking forward to seeing all of your creations each week.  To see more inspiration from the Chicks please hop on over to 4 Crafty Chicks.

Thank you for stopping by.

Distressing and Happy Birthday!

Good Morning! I can hardly believe that we are less than a week a way from Christmas.  How the heck did that happen?  Wasn't it just September or something?  For the first time ever we are not done our Christmas shopping, well to tell you the truth we haven't even started yet....LOL. The plus side is my wonderful family put the tree up on Sunday! It is starting to feel a lot like Christmas.  It seems weird that last night I went to my very final elementary Christmas concert, it is a bitter sweet one.  It means my daughter is growing up but oh how sweet it is to see her so confident up on stage.

Our Chick Leanne is celebrating her birthday on Saturday, so I just want to throw out a huge HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our very talented friend.  On to our new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks which I am very happy to be hosting.  With so much stress around this time of year I thought it would be fun to make Challenge #173 to do with DISTRESSING.

I am proud to say the card below is my first card I have made in almost 2 months(because of our accident).  It took me all day to make but the cool part is I got ink on my fingers and actually put an idea together.  I sure have missed being crafty. My mom came over to help me and was able to give me the things I couldn't reach in my craft room. Without her help there wouldn't have been a finished card.  This is the first time my mom and I have sort of crafted together in my new craft room. Thanks mom.

 Recipe:
Stamps: Happy Harmony, Warmest Regards (Stampin Up)
Paper: Crumb Cake, Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Whisper White and Season of Style Designer Series.
Ink: Early Espresso, and Cherry Cobbler
Accessories: Pearls, Twine, cherry cobbler button, scallop punch, Deco Label Framelits, glue dots, daubers, glue pen and dazzling diamonds.

I would like to enter my card into Seize The Birthday - Anything Goes

We hope that during this busy time you will be able to find a little crafty time and join us at 4 Crafty Chicks.  What does Distressing inspire in you? Looking for inspiration from Bonnie, Leanne, Lori and our GDT (Tammy)...hop on over to 4 Crafty Chicks.

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas! May it be one that provides you with tons of love, laughter, joy, peace and relaxation.

Thank you so much for popping in!

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #172



Good morning! We have full blown winter here but it isn't even officially winter yet! We are expecting even more snow today and -28 temperatures. Today is my second time at physio.  Sore, tired muscles, and a tired brain I will have this morning. This morning I am off to Physiotherapy for the second time, so a nap will be in order when I get home.

Over at 4 Crafty Chicks we are on challenge #172 and she is asking us to do something with Food and/or Drink or both.  It can be anything in your stash just as long as we can see it.  I think this is a fantastic challenge!

My card this week is made by Lori.  When she was visiting me yesterday she let me pick this cute image out of her new There She Goes Stamps.  With this image we were lucky enough to have both Food & Drink. Isn't she just cute!  Lori made me this card so I would have a creation for you this week.  Thank you mom, Leanne and Lori for helping me out so much with my blog.

I would love to see your creations this week.  It is always fun come to visit your blogs!  Looking for more fabulous inspirations then hope on over to 4 Crafty Chicks.  You won't be disappointed.

 

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have an amazing day!





Yummy Color Combo at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good Morning! We sure did have a blustery weekend and start to the week with snow and wind.  On the plus side it was awesome that my sister and her son came home for a short visit.  The best part is the day they were supposed to leave her flight was cancelled due to weather.  So for the first time in many, many years we got to spend part of her birthday with her.  I kept telling her Welcome back to Alberta, but when she did get home it was actually snowing in Victoria...LOL. Guess we shared the love....LOL. Enough of my babbling.

Thank you to everyone who played last week all of the creations were just phenomenal. Our wonderful Challenge hostess this week is none other than our Leanne from Banking on Crafts.  Leanne is challenging us to use this color combo. If you don't have the exact papers listed then please try to get as close to the colors as you can. 

We welcome our new Guest Designer Tammy from Creatively Me.Tammy is with us for the month of December.

My card today is made by Leanne with my ideas. A very long distance collaboration of sorts....LOL.  Thank you Leanne for helping me out so I could have a card on here for our challenge. I am very grateful. It is a very clean and simple card, only two layers, with some texture, ribbon, bling and stamped snowflakes.

We would love to see you at  4 Crafty Chicks, and I would love to come to visit you.

Thank you for stopping by. Have an amazing week!



Tic-TacToe at Creative Knockouts!

(If you are looking for my 4 Crafty Chicks post please scroll down)

Hi everyone!  Even though I am not able to craft right now, I thought occurred to me, that I could still promote the new challenge over at Creative Knockouts.  I miss crafting with them but hope to be back at it really soon and sharing some fun with you.

Our sponsor this week is:

3 digis for one lucky player :)

 
Our CHALLENGE #13 Tic-Tac-Toe be sure to check them out and play!

Down, across, diagional...etc just use one row.

EMBOSSING	DISTRESSING	SHAPED CARD
STAMPS	SENTIMENT	DIES
FLOWERS	PEARLS/BLING	RIBBON/TWINE

Warm Winter Wishes!

Good Morning! Happy Thanksgiving to my family and friends in the United States. Yesterday, my husband picked up our mail  and in it was my goodie package from Kraftin Kimmies! It was nice to oogle at after a long day of doctors appointments.  I did a little happy dance :)

It is Thursday and we have another challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks.  Our wonderful hostess this week is Miss Lori.   She has an excellent challenge for us.  For Challenge #170 we would like to see some Christmas creations! O la, la the amazing creations and numbers we had last week were rockin...thanks for making my job so hard :)

My creation this week is made by my mom Bonnie! She is an extremely crafty gal.  I am still unable to craft and had 5 cards left to make for my husbands work.  My mom surprised me by helping me out! She made me 5 individual cards just like I do.  Today, I am sharing one of her creations since I have not been able to make any cards yet.  Thank you mom for your wonderful work....you really do need your own blog.  I believe she said that she found the idea for this creation from someone named Dee, although she has changed things up to make it her own.  Thanks Dee for inspiring my mom. Thank you mom for helping me and inspiring me always :)

 

 

Please share some Love with my mom as she made an awesome Christmas card.  I hope to be back crafting really soon.

 

I would like to enter her card into Make It Monday - #168 -Anything Goes

 

We would love to see you at 4 Crafty Chicks this week.  It is a blast to see what you make and share some love.  The amazing creations always have me drooling.

 

Thank you for stopping in and a smile is coming your way!



A Cute Snowman Couple

Good Morning! It has been just a tad cold here in central Alberta.  It already looks a lot like a winter wonderland with all the snow we have gotten. It is hard to believe that on Friday it has been 1 month since our accident.  Where is the month of November going?

This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks our challenge is provided by me. For challenge #169 - it is Anything Goes!

My card was made with a Stamp I won from one Crazy Stamper.  I will find exactly what I used on my card but it is up in the craftroom that I haven't been in for a month, please bare with me. I will post it in here when my family finds where I put it...LOL. I do know I used Dazzling diamonds for sure. One more Christmas card for my husbands work.

I would like to enter into this into One crazy Stamper 

Please come on over and share your amazing work with us at 4 Crafty Chicks. I would love to come and visit your blog. 

Have an amazing day and enjoy some crafting for me, can't wait to be back at it!



Snowflakes

Good Morning! Welcome back to another 4 Crafty Chicks challenge!  Our hostess with the mostess this week is our wonderfully talented Lori!

Lori is challenging us to Snowflakes! So for Challenge #168 show us what snowflakes inspire in you. Are you ready for some more inspiration please hop on over to our challenge blog, you will see our GDT  "Caroline" from carolineshideout. inspiration as well as Lori, Leanne and Bonnie.

I love this Stampin Up snowflake folder.  I think it is very elegant and works awesome for clean and simple cards like this.  The sketch is an old one from Seize The Sketch.  I made this card for one of my husbands board members.

I would love to enter my card into Love to Scrap Challenge #17 - Anything Goes and Make It Monday Challenge #166 - Anything Goes and One Crazy Stamper Challenge Blog - November Christmas Challenge.

Please join us over at 4 Crafty Chicks we would love to see what Snowflakes inspire in you.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

A smile is being sent your way!

Anything But A Card!

Good Morning! Before I get to the challenge this week at 4 Crafty Chicks, I must thank my very wonderful friends and fellow DT's for their love and support the last few weeks.  I really appreciate all of the hard work they are doing for me in front of the scenes and behind the scenes.  It humbles me and thank you! Love ya :)

To my followers and fellow DT's.  I have not been on my blog lately because on October 22, two of my children and I were in a horrific vehicle accident.  One car crossed the center line hit another one and then me at highway speeds.  My son Robin saved his sister and my life.  Our van was on fire and I was stuck and our daughter was hurt and couldn't get out. He got me out and got me to the highway and also helped his sister.  People gave him cell phones so he was looking after us, talking to police, fire fighters and EMT's as well as strangers coming onto the scene.  He is our hero. Five people survived and one passed away.  I have tons of healing to do and right now I am not able to craft but am working hard to get back to a normal life and crafting with my friends.  We are grateful to be here as this could have been catastrophic.  Our family, friends, two communities and strangers that have supported us has been over whelming but is so appreciated beyond words. We are truly grateful and will pay it forward.

Onto our 4 Crafty Chicks challenge! our very crafty hostess is Leanne and does she have a challenge for us.  We are on Challenge #167 and Leanne wants us to create ANYTHING BUT A CARD!

I would like to enter my creations into Make It Monday - Anything Goes

 

We would love to see what you create so come on over to 4 Crafty Chicks.  Have an amazing day and thank you for stopping by.

 

P.S.  I am grateful for you all.



4 CCC #166 {Halloween}

Welcome back to Tamie's blog - this is actually her PEEP, Lori, posting on her behalf....

Tamie is unable to get online at the moment, so she asked if I could post for her - as she has a super cute card to show you for our challenge this week over at 4 Crafty Chicks:

4 CCC #166 - {Halloween!}

It is the 5th Thursday of the month and that means Crazy Egg time - AND...just so happens to be Halloween!!

I know as soon as she's able to get online again, she will love to see what you create with our challenge this week  - so be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog and link up your creation!!

4 CCC #165 {Girls Night Out!}

Welcome back to Tamie's blog - this is actually her PEEP, Lori, posting on her behalf....

Tamie is unable to get online at the moment, so she asked if I could post for her - as she has a super cute card to show you for our challenge this week:

4 CCC #165 - {Girls Night Out!}

I know as soon as she's able to get online again, she will love to see what you create with our challenge this week  - so be sure to hop on over to the 4 Crafty Chicks challenge blog and link up your creation!!

Creative Knockouts and a DT Announcement!

Good Morning! I am doing a huge happy dance this morning! It is so exciting to be able to share that I am now part of the Creative Knockouts Design Team.  I feel very blessed to be working with such talented ladies and with the wonderful sponsors. thank you very much!

We are on Challenge #7 over at Creative Knockouts and we are asking you to Paper Piecing an image.  Easy, Peasy right!

Our wonderful sponsor allowed us to work with some of their fantastic images and our sponsor for this challenge is Crafty Sentiments. Be sure to check them out!!

My card is below and it is my third time working with a Digi :) Hope you like the results :)

Harriet- Lady Bird & Butterfly

  

Recipe:

Stamp: Digi from Crafty Sentiments

Ink: early espresso, Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper: Doodlebug Design Inc - Flower box, Chocolate Chip, Crafters Companion White Card Stock

Accessories:

Markers: copic - R29, Y21, B14, E50, E51, E53, E35, E08, R59

Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery, Daffodil Delight, always Artichocke

Large and Small Scalloped Circles (Spellbinders), Dazzling diamonds, pearls, dimensionals

I would love to enter this card into Make It Monday - Challenge #162 - Anything Goes;

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes #108 and Scrapbook Stamp Society Challenge #23 Anything Goes option Lots of Layers

Please come on over to Creative Knockouts, we would love to see what our challenge inspires in you! 

Thank you for stopping by and sharing my card with me! Have an amazing day and don't forget to smile!

Multiple Layers at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good Morning! I am super excited that today is my favorite day of the week.  My kids have had a short week at school and it is just about time for the weekend, that will include a date with the girlfriends and a Pumpkin Ball with my favorite two young ladies and my hubby.

This week it is my turn to set the challenge for you over at 4 Crafty Chicks! I am excited because this one has me stepping out of the box and it does give me challenges at times.  Well, you can guess what it is by my title, we are on Challenge #164 and I am asking you to do multiple layers.

Here is my creation, filled with tons of pattern papers and layers. This card was made for Tristan's volleyball team to take to one of the boys grandma's who welcomed the whole team into her house for a volleyball tournament. Nothing fancy just bold and bright :)

Recipe:
Stamp: Verve
Paper: Early Espresso, Whisper White, and Pattern Paper (Echo Park)
Ink: Early Espresso
Accessories: Buttons (SU) and flower punch (SU), dimensional, paper piercing tool and twine.

I would love to enter my card into Make It Monday - #162 - Anything goes and Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - #149 Anything Goes

We would love to see what this layers challenge inspires in you and I would love to come and comment on your creation.  So hop on over to 4 Crafty Chicks to get inspired by the chicks and to join in.

Thank you so much for stopping by.

Wheels at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good Morning!Welcome to Thursday which is really my favorite day of the week.  Why because we have a new challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks, Friday is next to it which means the weekend is near and tonight my husband is coming home.  Thursday is a great day!

What an amazing turnout we had over at 4 Crafty Chicks this past week for our Fall/Autumn challenge.  Each item made was unique and very inspirational. Thank you so much for giving me so much to look at. Yahooo!

Our hostess with the mostess this week is non other than our fabulous Bonnie from The Lucky Clucker. We are on Challenge #163 over at 4 Crafty Chicks.  Bonnie is challenging us to use wheels on our creations.  Can't wait to see what this inspires in you.  Our Guest Designers have some awesome inspiration for you and the rest of the chicks are ready to give you more inspiration.  Each creation is different and unique adding wonderful flavor to our challenge :)

Challenge #163 - WHEELS

My card below was made for our cousins birthday.  This summer his parents bought him and his siblings quads.  This stamp hasn't been used in way to long but was perfect for a boy card.

 

Recipe:

Stamps: Little Paper Shop (Quad)

Paper: Whisper White, Basic Grey, Tangerine Tango, Cajun Craze, Vintage-T (We R Memory Keepers).

Ink: Tangerine Tango, Basic Grey, Going Grey, Tuxedo Black Memento

Accessories: Markers - C3 Copic, Cajun Craze, Tangerine Tango, daubers, dimensional, Labels Eighteen nestabilities, Large and Small ovals nestabilities, Embossing folder stampin up

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

Make it Monday - #161 - Anything Goes

Penny Papers-Crafty Challenge Blog - #148 - Anything but square

I would love to see what you create so please hop on over to 4 Crafty Chicks for some inspiration and to show us what this challenge inspires in you.

Thank you for stopping by and seeing my creation.  A smile is coming your way!

P.S. I have some wonderful news to share with you next week...stay tuned!

Dynmaic Duos meets Seize the Sketch

Happy Sunday!  I am shocking myself by actually sitting down and playing a couple of challenges since I missed World Card Making Day.  Today, my daughter and I crafted, unfortunately, I waited so long before getting down to crafting business that she didn't make a full, card.  Kaitlyn did however color a few images that are awesome. Thanks for crafting with me.

So today, as I went searching for some challenges for us to do, stopped by Dynamic Duos to see what their color combo was for this week.  It is a very lovely combination and really not one I would have put together before.  After finding the color, I saw that Seize the Sketch has a new sketch (saw this by checking our my friend Lori's blog) and thought it I could do that.

This is what these two challenges inspired in me.  It started with going out of the box and doing a Christmas card with these colors and well who doesn't love a little bit of bling and texture.

Recipe:
Stamps: Delightful Decorations and Four The Holidays....Stampin Up
Paper: Cajun Craze, Island Indigo and Whisper White
Ink: Island Indigo
Accessories: Dimensionals, embossing folder, paper piercer, pearls, Martha Stewart punch and ornament punch (Stampin Up).

Be sure to hop on over and check out these challenges.  The DT's have some fabby inspiratio for you.

Thanks for stoppin by and sharing my fun card with me :)

A Fall Thank You

Good Morning! We had snow yesterday morning...yeeek! I had to look twice when I saw the white stuff falling from the sky and then still sitting on my BBQ.  On a sports note my daughter had her first 9 volleyball games, our middle son had a blast at Tae-Kwon-Do, our oldest son Volleyball team won their second gold in tournament play.  We have all been getting over this nasty cold/allergies too.  So two of my kids have already missed some school :(  On a crafty note I got to craft with my daughter this weekend and cross stitch with a friend.  So all in all not a bad week.

Over at 4 Crafty Chicks we had an outstanding turnout last week for our bingo challenge and the creations were simply stunning.  I truly was in awe of each creation.  This week we are welcoming two Guest Designers for the Month of October Divya and Bettina.  Please give them a warm welcome! I know we are excited to be working with them this month.

Our talented hostess with the mostess this week is Leanne from Banking on Crafts.  Her Challenge for us is to use Fall.

Challenge #162 - Fall

When I think of Fall I think of a nice cup of Hot Chocolate and sometimes even some Baileys added to it, sitting under a blanket with a good book. Even better than that is being with friends, laughing and crafting :)

.

Recipe:

Stamps - Verve and Whiff of Joy Willow & Oakley Collection

Ink: memento Tuxedo Black, Early Esspresso

Paper: Acorn Hollow (Little Yellow Bicycle), Chocolate Chip, Tangerine Tango?

Accessories: Pop Ups, pearls, siccsors, copics and stampin up markers, stampin up punch.  

I would like to enter my card into Make It Monday - #160 - Anything Goes and Papertake Weekly Challenge- anything goes, One Crazy Stamper - October Thankful/Autumn Challenge

If you like Fall too and would love to show us what it inspires in you then please hop on over to 4 Crafty Chicks.  I look forward to being able to hop on over to your blog and share some love.  Look for more inspiration from Bonnie, Leanne and Lori...you won't be disappointed.

Thank you so much for popping in.

My first Bingo Challenge!

Happy Thursday all! I am excited to be sharing another 4 Crafty Chicks challenge with you.  We are on challenge #161 and our beautiful hostess is none other than Lori.  The Challenge she is offering up for us to do is a first at 4 Crafty Chicks.  It is a fantabulous challenge.

Challenge #161 - Bingo

You can go vertical, diagional and across! Whatever grouping inspires you but please let us know what row you decided to use for the Bingo :)

I chose to use the middle row for my bingo, ribbon, sentiment and brads.  I am currently working on Christmas cards for my husbands board members.  Each board member receives a different card.  So this is my second Christmas card of the season.  The paper is perfect plum, whisper white and sky (??); ink is perfect plum, whisper white ribbon, martha stewart snowflake punch, stampin up word window punch and label punch (??), the embossing folders are also from stampin up.

The paper is not my usual Christmas paper so I truly stepped out of my box on this one...hee hee.

Being as One Crazy Stampers Challenge Blog this month is Christmas, I would like to enter my card into their challenge.  This card will also be entered into Anything Goes over at Make It Monday.

If you are ready to see some more inspiration then please hop on over to 4 Crafty Chicks to see what Bonnie, Leanne and Lori have created.  We would love to see what this bingo has inspired in you.  Can't wait to visit your blog.

Thank for stopping by and sharing my card with me.  Here is a smile coming your way.

New Challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks and an Announcement!

Good Morning! We have had another busy week! We had some family excitement, our oldest sons volleyball team won gold at a tournament, my daughter made the junior volleyball team (she is in grade 6), our middle son is learning to do all of these different types of push ups.  He is trying to do at least 300 a day...can you say *OY*.  We are so proud of them all. The weather has been just amazing but then it dropped yesterday by about 10-14 degrees (brrrr). My mom has been sick and we are hoping she continues to feel better.  Enough of my blabbing and onto the real important stuff.

Onto 4 Crafty Chicks news we are so excited to announce that we have a brand new Chick! She has stunning creations, a wonderful sense of humor and one fabulous blog.  We are so excited to have her with us! Her name is Bonnie Sharp and her blog is are your ready?  It is called The Lucky Clucker.....it sure fits right in with our hen house! We would love it if you would give her a big welcome.  We are super stoked about working with her.

I am the hostess this week over at 4 Crafty Chicks.  In a blink of an eye we are on Challenge #160, please use a balloon or multiple balloons on your creations.

My card below was for my brother-in-laws 40th birthday! My husband picked out the stamp and asked me to make it for him.  I colored it with copics, used two embossing folders, paper (cherry cobbler, whisper white and blue), cherry cobbler twine and 3 punches (two tags and a scallop punch) from stampin up, and the stamp is from totally stampalicious (love these stamps).

What do balloons inspire in you? We would have to see your creation and if you want to see some awesome cards done by Bonnie, Leanne and Lori then please hop on over to 4 Crafty Chicks!

Until next time, please have an amazing day and thanks for stopping in!

4 Crafty Chicks meets One Crazy Stamper

Hello! We are having a heat wave here today and can you believe we are on the 12th day of September and it is like summer! Bring it on baby :) I will enjoy any amount of sun I can get :)

It is time for another challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks! Our hostess this week is Melissa and she would like us to be creative with the sketch she has made for us.  Melissa has decided to pursue some other endeavors both creatively and personally, so this is her last challenge with us. Good luck!

CHALLENGE #158 - Sketch

 

When I saw this sketch...the first idea that came to mind was to do a Christmas card! It is a clean and simple sketch but you could dress it up or dress it down, what ever you would like to do. Great sketch Melissa.  My stamp set is Warmest Regards and Contempo Christmas from Stampin Up, the punch, paper embossing folder and dimensional are also from Stampin Up.  The pattern paper and green paper is from Holley Jolly Christmas Echo Park. Super excited to have my very first Christmas card done :)

This week I did a real fun blog hop over at One Crazy Stampers Challenge Blog and was excited to see their Challenge for the month of September is Christmas....well wouldn't you know my card is a Christmas one. 

 

We would love it if you would hop on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and join us for our fun sketch challenge.  The girls have some rockin inspiration for you.  I love coming to see your work and getting to know you! Can't wait to see what this inspires in you.

 

 

Have an amazing day and don't forget to share a smile! Thanks for stopping by.

Lace and 4 Crafty Chicks Looking for Guest Designers!

Good Morning! The first week of school has been a busy but fun one.  Tristan our oldest made the senior boys high school volleyball team and they are having their first tournament this weekend.  Robin and Kaitlyn both start gymnastics and Ta-Kwon-Do next week.  We are all trying to adjust to having a routine again.  How has your first week back at school been? Did you do any registrations to sign your kids up for an activity or yourself even?

We are are looking for Guest Designers for the months of October, November and December over at 4 Crafty Chicks.  If you would like to be one please play along with our challenge and put GDT behind your name.  Our lovely hostess is Leanne and well I love the challenge she has for us this week.  We are on Challenge #158 and she would love to see some Lace on your creations.

When blog hopping, I have seen so many people do all white cards! How do they do it....I struggled for hours to make my cousins wedding card. Granted I had spellbinders that wouldn't cut through the paper, so I had to keep changing the design.  So many crafter's make their cards look just stunning.  Texture was added by using 3 embossing folders.  The butterfly was hand made by my friends Aunt Sharon (isn't it stunning?).  The LACE is called Lace Doily Ribbon by Paper Studio (I got it in 3 other colors). Of course the pearls to add a little touch of what I think is some elegance.

 I would love to enter my creation over at Make It Monday - #156 - Anything Goes!

We would love it if you would come on out and join us at 4 Crafty Chicks.  Don't forget about our Guest Designer positions.  Leanne, Lori and Melissa have more inspiration waiting for you over at 4 Crafty Chicks!

Thanks for sharing my card with me! Have a great week and take a little bit of time to enjoy the journey! Hugs

Tamie

Squares Anyone!

Good Morning! Exciting news for this week, well my family has a new kitten...named Tigger! I guess the old saying is NEVER say NEVER...guess I did that once to often....LOL.  She is very cute and has captured everyone's hearts.  She reminded us of one of my husbands kittens he had growing up.  We are now in for an adventure :)

We are on the last Thursday of August and at 4 Crafty Chicks our fabulous Lori is our Hostess.  Lori has asked us to use SQUARES for Challenge #157what a fantastic challenge. So many ways to be inspired by this challenge.

To make my squares below, I used two of my Stampin Up punches.  I thought it would be fun to make a baby card with these fabulous pattern papers. A clean and simple layout that really could be used with any kind of sentiment.

We hope that you will join us at 4 Crafty Chicks this week as we do love to see what idea's our challenges inspire in you.  I look forward to hopping on over to see what you have created.  My fellow DT's have awesome inspiration for you.

Thank you for stopping by and taking the time to comment. They are appreciated.

Enjoy the journey of your day!

Have a Magical Day!

Good morning! Today, is back to school shopping for my kids and I.  It is going to be a fun day and hopefully the weather is nice.  Just a tad of exciting news to share with you.  My new craft room is completed and stuff is moved in, not completely organized as I am missing some much needed shelves and drawers (not sure where stuff is... :) but it is mine all the same, no sharing anymore.  When I get it fixed up pictures will follow :) My first creation was made yesterday in it and you get to see it today! Enough of that and onto our new Challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks!

Lori is our Hostess with the Mostess this week.  She is giving us a challenge that we haven't done in a while....Do you want to know what it is?  Well for Challenge # 156 - It is an Inspiration Photo that is down below.  It is full of vibrant colors, ripples and really this should get some creative juices flowing.  I know it did for me.

My card is below.  In order to incorporate the ripples I used my Cheveron embossing folder from Stampin Up.  The colors are the black, grey, white, blue, light purples, pink and a touch of green. It was fun to add the ribbon and the brad too :)

I would like to enter my card into Make it Monday -#`54- Anything Goes

My fellow chicks have some awesome inspiration for you over at 4 Crafty Chicks.  Hop on over to see them and then come and join us for our challenge.  We would love to see what you create from this picture!

Have a magical day and thank you so much for stopping by.

With Sympathy

Good morning! Well this week has been a wee bit exciting, basketball/volleyball camp, back to school shopping (feel like I am swearing when I say that *wink*), we celebrated a 40th birthday, babysitting a 7 year old and a 14 month old all week, I finished painting my new craft room (but just have to wait until it all dries before I can move my stuff in (and pretend to organize it better...LOL).  Here is hoping for this weekend). Today, I am going on a girls day with my fabulous friend Lori!  Enough about my week and onto our new challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks.

We are on Challenge #155 and it is my turn to give it to you.  My challenge to everyone is to create a sympathy card. Unfortunately we have needed way to many of these lately.

My card below uses Martha Stewart butterfly punches and the stamps are from Verve.  The paper is basic black, whisper white and Basic Grey.  It is a pretty clean and simple card but I tried to add some pop with the folding of the top two layers.  Hope it worked.

Please hop on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and show us what this challenge inspires in you.  I would love to come on over and see you wonderful creations.  My fellow chicks have made amazing creations for you to see.  

Thank you so much for sharing my creation with me.

Here is a smile coming your way!!

A Little Black and White!

Good Morning! As I look out the window it is misty or foggy morning outside. Really not sure what kind of weather we are going to have today! The birds however are singing. We are on the last 5 days of my husbands holidays and I just can't believe how fast time has flown.  Yesterday consisted of going back to school shopping with our daughter who was in her glory! We also got a chance to watch our oldest play at his volleyball/basketball camp.  Another busy day in the neighborhood!

At 4 Crafty Chicks Melissa is our hostess with the mostess! Her challenge for us is to use Black and White - Challenge #154.  Scrapbooking, cards, 3D, knitting...what ever this challenge inspires in you!

The flower below was made out of one of Lori's die cuts and stampin Up's little flower punch.  Clean and Simple.  The scallop edging is also one of her dies.  Thanks for crafting with me.  It was a fun day!

I would love to enter my card into Make It Mondays - Anything Goes

We would love to see your creations over at 4 Crafty Chicks and I would love to come one over and comment! For more inspiration please hop on over, my fellow DT's have some amazing pieces of art.

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by.

4 Crafty Chicks - Bling

Hello and welcome to the first Thursday of August! Someone must have been playing a magic trick because July just went poof :)  I am enjoying time with my family.  My husband is on holidays now, so let the fun begin!!

We are on Challenge #153 over at 4 Crafty Chicks and our hostess with the mostess this week is none other than our one and only Leanne.  She is challenging us to use Bling!  I love bling but went for a more subtle version.  As I look at my card I should have put one more gem on it.  My card again is clean and simple.  This is another card that was made while crafting with Lori and these are more of her cutie patootie stamps.  She also gave me this cute little wooden tag to use. Thanks girlie for sharing your wonderful amazing stash with me!!

We would love to see your creations over at 4 Crafty Chicks.  Who doesn't love to use a little bit or a lot of bling. I can't wait to see what you share with us. If you want more inspiration please hop on over to see what Leanne, Lori and Melissa have created.

Thank you for stopping by.  Have an amazing week and don't forget to smile.



 

Pennants

Good Morning! Last week I had an amazing week in Ottawa and Quebec! The temperatures were +43-+45 every day.  It was a smoking hot and very humid week. My husband and I met so many wonderful people from all over the world (Bahamas, Trinidad, Russia, Australia, Jamaica, Africa, Colorado, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Texas, Montana, New York, BC, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Foundland...many, many more).  They were fabulous and I am so grateful that my husbands work gave us the opportunity to enjoy the World Conference of Credit Unions. The places I got to see were amazing and so much history. Towards the end of our trip meeting one of my Boot Camp buddies was simply amazing!  It truly was a great treat and blessing! Enough about me...lets get down to business.

Onto our 4 Crafty Chicks challenge this week.  Our beautiful hostess with the mostess is Lori and she has challenged us to use Pennants for Challenge #152.

My card below was a combined effort.  My daughter Kaitlyn wanted me to use these colors and the image...which surprisingly enough was the same colors for our cousins sons birthday party, which neither of us knew.  My mom lent me her pennant punch (thanks mom for letting me show case your punch).  I tried to fit three pennants on but my image was just to large.

 

We would love it if you would come on out and join us at 4 Crafty Chicks.  Each week we are blown away at the fabulous talent we have play with us.  It is one of the great things about being a DT is being able to see all of the wonderful works of art.  Be sure to hop on over and see the creations of the Leanne, Lori and Melissa creations they are FABULOUS!!

 

Thank you  so much for stopping by and for your comments each and every one is truly appreciated.  Have an amazing week.  A smile is being sent your way!

Let's Here It For The Boys!

Good Morning! I hope your week has been going well!  Over at 4 Crafty Chicks it is my turn to be the hostess!  Many times, I am short on these types of cards.  At times I find them really hard to make.  We are on Challenge # 151 - Let's Here It For The Boys!

Last Thursday I was lucky enough to have an amazing fun filled day crafting with my good friend Lori! It was a chance to get ahead on some of our DT commitments for the summer and have a blast doing it.  Thanks girlie it was a wonderful treat and thanks for sharing your goodies with me.  While there she let me dig into some of her stamps and have an absolute ball.  Both my boys love to box so when I saw this set of her Alley Way stamps, I knew that these stamps were calling out for a masculine card.  Both of my boys just love to do some boxing moves and have been asking for years for a bag and gloves.  At school they are able to workout with them which has saved me a little moola... :).  Products used are Stampin Up paper & embossing folder, Alley Way stamps, copics, and Martha Stewart punch.

Here is my creation and it will be entered into Make It Mondays:

We would love it if you came on out and shared your inspiration with us at 4 Crafty Chicks. I just love being inspired by your work.



 

Thank you so much for sharing inn this card! Have an amazing week and remember what ever you do don't forget to smile!!

Wine Improves with Age

Hello, how have you been? I have been working hard and hoping in the next month in a half to paint and move my craft room upstairs to my daughters old room.  Then I have to move our son Robin to my old craft/storage room area in the basement and my daughter to her brothers room all of which needs to be painted.  The nice part is that as I go a major gutting out is going on.  It just all takes time.

This week, over at 4 Crafty Chicks our hostess is Melissa.  For Challenge #150 she is challenging us to make a 3D project...no cards...so I went looking and found this cute box over at Dawns Stampin Thoughts.  A super quick and cute idea that you can do so much with.  My box below is made with Rich Razzleberry paper and whisper white. The stamp is from my Totally Stampalicous stash.

 My husbands Rotary club put on a fundraiser and it was a wine tasting.  This stamp reminded me of that....there was so much laughter and great tasting wine.

I put a fat free treat in the box....a stamp pad *giggle*.  You could put chocolates in there, pearls, buttons, really anything and you could dress up the outside anyway you like.  I will be making this little box again, next time doing something up and down.

Quick and easy...hope you like it.

I would love to enter this into Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Please come on out and join us at 4 Crafty Chicks this week, we would love to see what you 3D project comes to mind for you.  My fellow DT's have awesome creations to share with you too.

Wishing you joy in your journey this week and what ever you do remember to smile! Thanks for sharing my creation with me.

You Are Pretty Amazing!

Good Morning to my fellow crafter's! It is the first week of holidays and it has been a blast! The weather started off rainy but man oh man when the heat came out.....it was a sudden heat wave.  On Tuesday we hit a balmy 34 degrees Celsius with our humidity at 44.  We are not used to so much humidity...oh my hair was completely crazy!  My kids were laughing and my dad actually said...didn't you have time to brush your hair....LOL.  I actually had 3 times before he saw it....hee hee.  I was lucky to have had my nephew for 5 days, craft with a friend, see my aunt from High River, my brother, nephew and his girlfriend surprised us it was fast but an awesome visit, and so much more excitement in our household! I do believe it is going to be one busy summer bring it on baby :)

Over at 4 Crafty Chicks we have a brand new challenge and Leanne is throwing the challenge out to everyone! When Leanne gave us the challenge it made me super giddy. Well I must say that this is one of my favorite techniques, (really LOVE, LOVE, LOVE IT).  I kind of use it a lot *wink*! 

CHALLENGE #149 - DRY EMBOSSING!!

Well I got to break out my new embossing folder from Stampin Up and the second embossing folder is from Cuttlebug. My paper is also from Stampin Up, the new in colors :)  Love them. It was a great day as I got to craft with Lori and have a good old visit and some much needed craft time to get me ahead and preview what I should get crafty with next.  The stamp on this card is one from Lori's stash, it was a perfect touch to this card thanks girlie!

My creation will be enter into Make it Monday - #147 -Anything Goes

Here is to some more sun and enjoying the journey of our summer together with family and friends! On Canada Day we were so lucky to enjoy the fireworks and I must say our little town out did themselves.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY to all of our family and friends in the USA!! We hope you all have an amazing day!

Come on out and join us for our new challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks.  It would be great to see what our dry embossing challenge inspires in you! 

Have an amazing week and don't forget to smile!!

Thank you for stopping by!