Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas!  I hope you and yours have a wonderful Holiday!

Today begins a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks and this week we have a sketch for you to try out!  

Since it is Christmas I am sharing with you one final Christmas card.

I inked and embossed my image with white embossing powder then cut him out using a Spellbinders die.  The rest was just following the sketch:

And here is the sketch for you to play along!

So after all the presents are open, dinner is done and the family is relaxing, why not play along!  Head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your project today!

Merry Christmas!

Tina

Charmed

Good morning!  It's Thursday so that means another new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks!  Tamie is the hostess this week and she is wanting us to use charms on our projects.

I  have finally finished all of my Christmas Cards and this is one of the many I did for some of my "primitive" female friends.  I embossed the tree with white powder on kraft card then added a bow with a little diamond "charm" they can remove and add to a necklace or bracelet.  Pretty simple but I really love this one!

So be sure to head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your "Charmed" project today!

See you soon!

Tina

One layer cards at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning friends!  Can you believe it is the middle of December already?!?  Where did this year go? Have you finished all of your Christmas shopping?

Today at 4 Crafty Chicks I get to be hostess and I have decided since I am working on Christmas Cards to have a one layer challenge!

For my card I used these adorable snowmen.  I can't remember where I got them or what the name is but I just love this stamp!

I colored them with watercolor pencils and added some white lace Stickles for the snow effect.  It was a pretty quick and simple card but will be perfect for mailing!

So what are you waiting for?  Head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your one layer card today!

See you soon!

Tina

Happy Feet!

Good morning!  Happy Birthday to my baby brother!!!  Well, I guess at 39 he is not really a baby anymore!  

Today Leanne is our hostess over at 4 Crafty  Chicks and she wants to see some Animals!  This one was a little hard for me as I don't do many cards with animals, but during that shopping trip a few weeks ago I came across this adorable little penguin stamp and I just could not resist him!

I stamped him twice.  The first one I cut out using a Spellbinders die and the second I used the matching die cut.  I colored both images and then popped the die cut image up with pop dots. I embossed the blue layer with my snowflake embossing folder and added some ribbon.  Another quick, simple Christmas card done!

So my "first" animal card is complete!  I have a feeling this little guy will be in the mail box soon to someone very special!

So head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and show us your Animal card today!

See you soon!

Tina

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow!

Good morning friends!  Happy Thanksgiving!  Today we will be heading to my husbands family for a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner.  Bring on the Pumpkin Pie!

Today at 4 Crafty Chicks Lori is our hostess and she is wanting us to use die cuts.  For my card I really kept it simple.  Remember my shopping trip a couple of weeks ago?  Well, I picked up this adorable Snow Man set at my Close To My Heart uplines booth.  It is called Christmas Post.  This is just one of the beautiful images from this set!  I simply stamped the image with Black Momento ink and cut it out using a Spellbinders die.  I embossed the black layer with a new embossing folder and love how it came out with the white! (sometimes accidents are good things!)  A little bit of ribbon and this Christmas card is ready to mail!

Not really a traditional Christmas card but I love the black and white!  

So, be sure to head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and show us your project using Die Cuts today!

See you soon!

Tina

Give Thanks

Good morning friends!  I hope you are all enjoying the Fall weather!  It has been very cold here!

Today at 4 Crafty Chicks we are wanting you to Make It Sparkle!  Last weekend a friend and I went to St. Louis to a Scrapbook show and did some shopping.  I bought so many new stamps I can't wait to show them all to you!  I thought this one was perfect for Thanksgiving!  I colored it with my Spectrum Noir pens and added lots and lots of glitter.  Some gold sequins and a bow and it was done!  Quick, simple and easy!

Here is a close up of this beautiful stamp:

So, what are you still doing here? LOL - head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your "Make It Sparkle" project today! And, while you are there, be sure to leave some love for the rest of the extremely talented design team!

I am entering into the following challenges:

http://cuttinandstampinchallenges.blogspot.com/

http://sweetstampsblog.blogspot.com/

http://pinspirationalchallenges.blogspot.ca/

See you soon!

Tina

Fairies at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning!  We have had our first little bit of snow flurries already! I am sure not ready for that!

Anyway, today begins a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks!  This week I am hostess and have decided I want to see some Fairies!!

I created this card using the  adorable Love You Slow Much digital image from Wee Stamps.  I just this that little snails face is just adorable!  Some paterend paper, ribbon and flowers and she is complete!

So, be sure to hop over the 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your Fairy card today!!!

See you soon!

Tina

BINGO!

Good morning friends!  I hope you are all doing well this beautiful Fall day!  Today is Thursday so you know what that means!  It is time for another wonderful challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks!

This week the lovely and talented Leanne is our Hostess with the Mostest and she wants to play BINGO!  Choose any column and play along!

I chose to use column "I" for mine.  I decided to create a simple quick gift tag.  The column asks for Pattern paper (across the bottom of the tag), Lace, Sewing (On the to and from tag), flowers and a free space (I chose the die cut)

Doesn't this look like fun?!?  So, head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and play along with us!  While you are there be sure to leave some love for the other very talented design team members too!

Thanks for stopping by!  See you soon!

Tina

Anything Goes at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning Friends!  I sure am running late this week!  First, I made a beautiful card for the challenge - then I put it somewhere and can't find it!  Then I made this beautiful wreath, took my photos - and my computer died!  OK, so what did this tell me??  I have got to get in gear and quit waiting until the last minute to come up with a fantastic project to share with you all!!

This is our 5th Thursday of October so that means the challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks is ANYTHING GOES!!

After stressing for hours over the lost card I decided to put together this wreath from the Close To My Heart Annual Idea Book.  I am just totally in love with this paper pack (Snowhaven) and love all things Christmas so this was really a pretty quick and easy project!  The Close To My Heart Artiste Cricut cartridge did all of the work for me! (Well, all but folding and gluing everything together)

And here is the finished product - hanging on my living room wall!

So, be sure to head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks -  I am sure you have the prefect card or project to share with us this week!

Also, a big thank you to Tiena for joining us as a guest designer this month! We enjoyed working and playing with you!

If you are interested in any of the products I used to make this wreath please visit my website: tinahenderson.ctmh.com

Thanks for stopping by!  See you soon!

Tina

Color Combo at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning friends!  I hope you are enjoying the wonderful Fall weather as much as I am.  Last weekend I took a trip to Galena, IL - the fall colors were just beautiful!  I really enjoyed all the shopping and fun we had but my favorite part of the trip was all the beautiful landscape I got to see...

Today is Thursday, so it is time once again for a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks.  This week Lori is our hostess and she is giving us a color combo challenge:  CORAL, BLACK and WHITE.

For my card, I kept it pretty simple.  I used A Budding Friendship stamp set from Close To My Heart and cut out the flower.  I added it to a piece of black card stock and then embossed my sentiment in white.

Quick and simple!

So, head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your project today!  We can't wait to see what you come up with!

Thanks for stopping by! See you soon!

Tina