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 :)

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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.