4CC - Swirly Pearls

Good morning!  

Today, I write this with tears in my eyes as it will be my last post for 4 Crafty Chicks.  I am very sad to leave, but life is just too busy for me to continue.  I have had such a wonderful time with Leanne, Lori and Tamie.  I value the wonderful friendships that we have made and I will miss them terribly! 

Leanne, Lori, and Tamie - know that I love you all dearly and think of you as my Canadian Sisters!  I will miss our wonderful conversations and all the fun that we have had over the last few years! 

So, with that being said - here is my final project for 4 Crafty Chicks:

Leanne is our wonderful hostess and she gave us the following challenge:

SWIRLY PEARLS

As you can see, I didn't follow directions very well as I used gems instead of pearls!  But I did this cigar box for a dear friend (my second daughter) for her birthday to hold some of her college memories in.

So, one final time - head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and play along with Leanne's challenge.  While you are there, be sure to leave lots of love to the wonderful ladies - they are so very talented and really just a great group of ladies.  

Again, I love you all and will miss you greatly - but - I will not be gone forever!

See you soon!

Happy Birthday!

Good Morning!  Welcome back once again!  

Today is Thursday so of course we have a brand new challenge up at 4 Crafty Chicks!

Lori is our hostess this week and she gave us the following challenge:

COLORING ON KRAFT

So, I broke out the colored pencils and got to work.  It just happens to be my Grandmother's 93rd Birthday so I thought this would be perfect!

Coloring on Kraft paper is not something I do very often, but I love the end result!  

So, head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and give it a try!  The Chicks have out done themselves this week with the wonderful inspiration so be sure to leave them some love!

See you soon!

Tina

Strength Within

Good morning!  Welcome back again this week. 

 Today, Tamie is our hostess over at 4 Crafty Chicks and she gave us the following challenge:

STRENGTH WITHIN

A couple of weeks ago while working on quilting a new table runner I decided to multi task and make this card at the same time:

So, head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter you project for 

STRENGTH WITH

today.

See you soon!

Tina

Orange and Black

Good morning!  

Today I get to play hostess over at 4 Crafty Chicks!

I decided on the following theme:

ORANGE AND BLACK

When I set this theme I was thinking about Fall and Halloween - however,  I needed a thinking of you card for my husbands Uncle as he recovers from open heart surgery and decided on a quick and simple card:

Not very exciting - but the embossed layer does add a little something I guess.  (I really need to step up my game!!)

Anyway, head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and check out the wonderful creations the other chicks have!  While you are at it be sure to play along!

See you soon!

Tina

Die Cuts

Good morning!  Welcome back!  OK, so this week I was a little more on top of things!  

We have a new challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks this week - along with a New Guest Designer for the month!

Please welcome Karen from http://karen-mycuprunnethover.blogspot.ca/.  

So, this week Leanne is hostess and she asked us to create a card using

DIE CUTS.

So this is pretty CAS for me as I didn't add anything to it!  I needed a quick sympathy card for a friend that lost his mom - noting too frilly but not to drab either.  I think I put this together in under 5 minutes.  Sympathy cards are just so hard for me!  

So, head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your card today using die cuts.

See you soon!

Tina

Anything Goes at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning!  Boy am I off this week!  I completely forgot about my post (and project)!

Today is Thursday  so we have a new challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks. 

Tamie is our hostess - and since it is the 5th Thursday of the month the theme is 

ANYTHING GOES

Well, like I said, I completely forgot this week!  (Not sure where my brain went!)  So, with that being said, I am going to show you a project that one of my best friends made for me

(sorry for the poor quality photo)

She made these slippers using a pair of flip flops as the base then crocheted the slipper onto them!  They are so comfy!  

So, head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your ANYTHING GOES project today!

See you soon!

Tina

In Everything Give Thanks

Good morning!  We are getting into that time of year when the leaves start to turn, the air gets cooler and the fall decorations emerge!  This is my favorite time of year!

Lori is our hostess over at 4 Crafty Chicks this week and she gave us the following challenge:

Colors of Autumn

Like I said, this is my favorite time of year!  So, I have began trying a new craft - Quilting- I have always admired the beautiful designs of quilts but didn't think I could do it myself.  So, I decided to start small - with a place mat!

I made this place mat and then embroidered on it with my embroidery machine then quilted it on the sewing machine.  I made a matching towel using my embroidery machine as well.  It really wasn't a hard project but I think I need to practice cutting our my material before I tackle the baby quilt I want to make for my soon to be here grand baby!

So, head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your Colors of Autumn project today!

We can't wait to see what you create!

See yo soon!

Tina

Butterfly Birthday

Good morning!  Welcome back!  Today is Thursday so that means a new challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks.  Tamie is our lovely and talented hostess this week and she wanted to see us use 

TWINE

on our cards. Well, this isn't something I pull our often so I had a lot of fun with this challenge!  

I actually CASED this card from https://www.pinterest.com/source/lysaq.blogspot.com  on Pinterest.  I'm not sure but she may have CASED is from somewhere else too.  I love the simplicity of this design.  I colored my butterfly with watercolor markers and then added some glitter.  Cut it out and glued it to the front of my card. A white gel pen was used for the "stitching"   The inside has another butterfly and a small quote "And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count, It's the Life in your years.  - Abraham Lincoln"

So head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your card today using TWINE.  

We can't wait to see what you create!  

While you are there be sure to leave some love for the rest of the Chicks!  They are just awesome!

See you soon,

Tina

Birthday

Good morning!  Today is Thursday so that means a new challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks!

This week I get to be hostess and decided that we would work on Birthday Cards.  So this weeks challenge is:

BIRTHDAY

I made this card pretty quick!  Some scrap paper and a Happy Birthday stamp from an old Stampin' Up set and I was done!

So, head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your birthday card today.

See you soon,

Tina

Fussy Cutting

Good morning!  August was a very busy month with my daughter getting married and my son going back to school - but I'M BACK!!!

The wedding was simply beautiful - the weather ended up perfect and everything went as planned. (does that ever happen?)

Here is a picture of my beautiful daughter and her handsome new husband:

The week after the wedding my son went back to school for his senior year of college, but isn't he a handsome guy:

OK, on to some crafting!

This week at 4 Crafty Chicks Leanne is our hostess and she gave us the challenge of 

FUSSY CUTTING

A few months ago I went to a Scrapbook Convention in St. Louis with some friends - I found the neatest stamps from Art Impressions.  They are called Fronts and Backs.  The only thing I didn't like about them was the fussy cutting!  (LOL)

Aren't they just adorable!  I colored them with my Spectrum Noirs and cut them out and put them together.  I stamped the fence twice (one on front and one on back) then cut the card down to match. I embossed the back with a cloud embossing die and ink. 

We are also having a Guest Design call - so be sure to enter GDT after your name if you would like to play with us in the Hen House!

OK, so head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your FUSSY CUTTING project today!  I can't wait to see what you come up with!

See you soon!