Christmas In July!

Good morning!  I am just running so late this month!  Today is Friday which means I am a day late for the new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks!  And I am hostess!!!  

This weeks theme is Christmas In July!

I decided on a 3-D project for this week.  An Ice Skate!  Now, this didn't get embellished as well as I would have liked (again that being behind thing!) but I love how this turned out!

This is an SVG file from SVGcuts.com.  Mary has some pretty amazing stuff!  I used my Cricut Explore to cut this all out and then added some ribbon and gems to embellish.  Now, had I been more on top of things I would have added some Christmas Greenery in the top instead of that terrible tissue paper, or at least something pretty.  

So, head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and see all the beautiful inspiration the girls have made this week.  We have 2 wonderful Guest Designers - Cathy & Kerri - and they have brought some beautiful talent to share with you all this month too!

See you soon!

Tina

No Stamping at 4CC

Good morning and welcome back once again! 

Today over at 4 Crafty Chicks Leanne is our hostess and she says NO STAMPING!.  I made a quick Thank You card using the Cricut Explore - I don't think the machine writing would qualify as stamping would it?  I love how this machine will write for me!!!  Sure beats my messy handwriting!

So head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your NO STAMPING card today!

Challenges entered:

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Happy 4th of July America!

Good morning!  I know it's not the 4th just yet but this week over at 4 Crafty Chicks Lori is our hostess and she chose the theme PATRIOTIC!  With the 4th just around the corner it was a great choice!  

I decided on this adorable little girl from Tiddly Inks and colored her with my Spectrum Noir markers.  I added some glitter and gems some ribbon and thought this one turned out pretty cute!

Here is a close up:

You can tell my coloring is a bit out of practice!  

So why not head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your PATRIOTIC card today?!?  While you are there be sure to leave a little bit of love for our lovely design team!

Also, a huge thank you to Margo and Amy for being our Guest Designers this month!  We had so much fun playing and creating with you both!

Challenges entered:

http://craftycreationschallenges.blogspot.com/

http://scrap-creations1.blogspot.com/

See you soon!

Fathers Day

Good afternoon!  Sorry for the late post!  I really thought this was ready to hit the press so to speak!

Today is Thursday so that means another great challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks!  Tamie is our hostess and she chose Father's Day as our theme this week.

I kept my card kind of simple with just some squares and letters, a little bit of twine and a button.  

Be sure to head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your Fathers Day project!

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

See you soon!

Tina

4 Crafty Chicks #250 - Polka Dots

Good morning Friends and welcome back!  It is Thursday so that means a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks!  This week I get to be hostess and chose the theme  POLKA DOTS.  That's a pretty easy one!

Here is my card:

The lovely image is from Tiddly Inks and colored with Spectrum Noir markers.  I cut her out using my Cricut Explore.  The Get Well message is from Digital Delights and I hand cut it and added some pop dots to give it dimension.

Here is a close up of this darling girl!

So why not head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter our challenge today!  

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

Challenges entered:

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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