Congratulations Graduate!

Good morning!  Can you believe it is Graduation Time already?!?  I know several young adults that are either graduation High School or College this year! (I must be getting old!)

This week over at 4 Crafty Chicks our hostess with the mostess is the lovely Leanne!  She chose the theme GRADUATION.  I could have shared several cards for this one!  Instead I chose to use this super quick and easy card I made using the Cricut Explore!  It did everything except glue it together for me!  I did add a few star gems to give it a little pop!

So head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your GRADUATION card today!

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Challenges entered:

http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/

http://www.onesweetchallenge.blogspot.com/

http://thecraftingcafe.blogspot.co.uk/

See you soon!

It's Summertime!

Good morning! Thursday already?  Wow!

We have a new challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks today! Lori is our hostess and she chose the theme SUMMER.

Now, I have so many really nice "summer" stamps, but then I thought  it was time to mix it up a bit and do something different!

For some reason these flowers just called to me!  I cut them out from my Cricut Explore.  The bright colors just make me think of hot summer days!  The wave of black made me think of water (I know I can be a little strange!)

The entire card is made from scraps from my stash and the candy dots are homemade from pony beads.  The sentiment is an old Stampin' Up stamp embossed with black embossing powder.  This is the first long card I have made in years!  I just may have to make a few more like this!

So head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and join us for our SUMMER challenge!

Challenges entered:

http://www.wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/

http://www.addictedtostamps-challenge.blogspot.com.au/

http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.com/

See you soon!

With Sympathy

Good morning!  It's Thursday again so be sure to hop over to 4 Crafty Chicks for another great challenge!

Tamie is our hostess over there this week and she chose Sympathy as our theme.  These are probably the hardest cards for me to make.  I usually buy them because I can never seem to figure out what to do.  But, after looking around Pinterest I came across some great inspiration and decided on this one:

  The stamps are old Stampin' Up  sets.  I stamped with black ink and then added touches of white gel pin to the flowers.  The ribbon is from Close To My Heart.

So, head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your Sympathy card today.  This challenge may just help us all add to our stash for those hard to make cards.

Challenges entered:

http://stampotiquedesignerschallenge.blogspot.com/

http://fattastictuesday.blogspot.com/

http://www.ttcrd.blogspot.com/

See you soon!

Chevrons at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning!  Today is Thursday so that means another great challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks!  This week I get to be hostess!  I decided on the theme CHEVRONS.  I love all the crafty things with the chevron pattern I see!  Papers, Embossing Folders, Ribbon! I love it all!!

So, here is my project for the challenge :

I found this great paper at the CKC Convention in April.  I wish I had bought more!  The candy dots are from Michael's and the ribbon is from my stash.  The image is from Cheryl Lynn Designs.

So what are you waiting for?  Head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your project today!  We can't wait to see what you create!

Challenges entered:

http://craftingwithanattitude.blogspot.co.uk/

http://www.palspaperarts.com/

See you soon!

Happy Mother's Day

Good morning!  Wow! Can you believe it is May already!?  I just don't know where the time goes anymore!  Today my son will be home from college for the summer and my quiet clean house will be no more - but I wouldn't trade it for anything!  I love having him home because I know it will be over long before I am ready to send him back!

Today is Thursday so we have a new challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks.  Leanne is our hostess and she definitely had a challenge for us this week!  Her challenge was to make a Mothers Day Card using the following recipe:  3 layers, 2 images and 1 color!  So, after thinking about it for a bit here is what I came up with:

It had been quite a while since I sat down to color so I am a little out of practice!  Going to have to have a coloring day soon!

My take on the recipe:  3 layers - (I have my base card stock, 2 pattern papers and then my images on top); 2 images -( well I guess you can see them!) and 1 color (I didn't intentionally pick orange but after I colored my images that just seemed to be the logical choice!)

So, head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your Mothers Day Recipe card today!

See you soon!

Tina

Anything Goes at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning friends!  I hope you are all having a wonderful Spring!  I have spent the last couple of weeks working in the yard and getting the flower beds ready for color!  Most of my perennials are coming up and soon will be in full bloom!

Today is Thursday so that means a brand new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks!  This is our 5th Thursday this month so the theme is ANYTHING GOES!  I get to be hostess this week too!

Since I am in spring and flower mode I decided to share something a little different.  I made this topiary completely out of paper and am just in love with these things!  Everything was cut on the Cricut and the files came from SVGcuts.com.  I have 40 large and 48 small flowers on here!  the stem is a dowel rod covered with floral tape and on the inside of the base I added some glass rocks to hide the florist foam.

(for some reason it looks like it is leaning a little bit?)

So, with such an easy theme why not head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your ANYTHING GOES  project today!

See you soon!

Tina

Inspired by a Book at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning!  

Today is Thursday so that means a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks.  

This weeks theme is INSPIRED BY A BOOK.  

Anyone what knows me knows I have ready this book series several times!  I just fell in love with the characters and can't seem to put them down any time I start reading one!

I don't think I need to tell you what book this is from, do I?  

So, what is your favorite book?  Why not make a card or project and hop on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and share it with us today!

See you soon!

Tina

New Challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning! I am so glad you stopped by today!  

Tomorrow my daughter will graduate from the Police Academy!  I can hardly believe how fast the time has gone!  

Today is Thursday so that means a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks!  This week Tamie is our lovely hostess and she picked the theme FAIRY. 

Now, remember we are still in the process of building my dream craft room so my supplies are spread everywhere right now!  I had to dig through several boxes in order to find a Fairy!  This little one reminded me of Tinkerbell.  I thought instead of a card I would do a quick tag.

I cut the tag with my Cricut and colored and fussy cut the fairy out.  I added some flowers and ribbon and a quick sentiment and there you go!

So head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your FAIRY card today!  I can't wait to see what you create!

See you soon!

Tina

Die Cuts at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning!  Today is Thursday so that means a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks! I am hostess today and have decided to use the theme "DIE CUTS".  I actually picked this theme quite a while ago but it is really perfect for my project this week!

As you know, we are in the process of remodeling my daughters old room and turning it into my very own craft room!  I promise to have photos very soon!

Anyway, on to today's project!  I really wanted to do something different with the closet doors in the craft room so here is what I came up with:

(sorry for the terrible quality photo!)  I made this using my Cricut Explore and Vinyl.  I absolutely LOVE the way it turned out!  Now I know this is not a traditional die cut but I did use a die cutting machine to create this so, use your imagination and show us what you can create using die cuts too!  Head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your project today!

See you soon!

Tina

Easter at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning!  Can you believe it is Easter week already?  

Life has been so busy around here getting my new craft room built!  I am so excited to show you when it is finished!  

Today is Thursday so that means a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks.  Leanne is our hostess this week and she is using the theme Easter.

For my card I pulled one from last year to share.  This adorable little bunny is from The Paper Shelter.  I colored him with colored pencils and cut him out with a Spellbinder die.

So, head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your Easter card today!

See you soon!

Tina