Add a little sparkle

Good morning!  Welcome back!  Today is Thursday so we have a brand new challenge over at

 4 Crafty Chicks!  This week I get to play hostess and decided on the following theme:

BLING

Pretty easy right?!?

Well, while working on my projects for the month of February I made this one first thinking it would be perfect for Leanne's challenge Love (Last week), then after it was done I thought - Now that has some BLING!  LOL

Here is the inside:

I feel like it has been FOREVER since I sat down with intentions of making cards!  I had so much fun with these!!!

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

See you soon!

Tina

Love is in the Air

Good morning!  Can you believe it is February already!!!  I don't know about where you are but we are having some beautiful weather!  Last weekend I was able to work in the yard - without a coat!!  The end of January in Illinois was one of the best I can  remember!

Well, a new month and a new challenge, and a new Guest Designer over at 4 Crafty Chicks!  

This month we have the lovely, talented Lisa from dontrunwithscissors.blogspot.com with us!  A BIG welcome to her!

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

LOVE

While on a recent trip to St. Louis I came across this adorable hedgehog stamp and immediately thought of my daughter (she really wants a live hedgehog).  I knew this was the stamp for her Valentine card!

The picture just doesn't do this one justice.  It is much prettier in real life!

Here is a shot of the inside.

So, what a great time to get started on your Valentine cards with Leanne's theme of LOVE.  So, head over to 4 Crafty Chicks, welcome our guest designer, leave some love for the Chicks and enter your LOVE card today!

See you soon,

Tina

Anything But A Card at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning!  This week at 4 Crafty Chicks we are doing something different!  Lori is our hostess and she wants to see another side to our craftiness!  

Lori chose the following theme:

ANYTHING BUT A CARD

For my project this week I had just finished this wreath for my office door:

Here is a close up of the hearts:

Now, after making the wreath I decided that I needed to take my snowman tree and turn it into a Valentine tree:

The picture isn't very good - but I fell in love with this as soon as it was finished!  I am going to try to keep this up each month and change it for the different seasons and holidays.  (We will see if I can manage that!)

So, head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and see another side of crafting!  I can't wait to see what else everyone has been up to!

See you soon!

Tina

Happy Birthday Sport!

Good morning! Today is Thursday so I have a new project for the 4 Crafty Chicks!  This week Tamie is our Hostess with the Mostest!  She has asked for us to create something using the theme SPORTS.  Now, I am not a huge sports fan, but I always need cards for little boys and what a better theme! 

 

Here is my quick and easy card using Tamie's theme:

 

 

Simple and Quick!

 

So, head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your SPORTS project today!

 

See you soon!

 

Tina

 

Chevron (and something new!)

Good morning!  Welcome back!  I feel like I have been gone forever!!!  I am happy to say that I think I am finally fully recovered from my recent surgery...It has been a long few weeks!

This week I get to play hostess over at 4 Crafty Chicks!  I have chosen the theme of CHEVRON.  Pretty easy!

Well, I received a couple of new toys for Christmas - A new sewing machine and an embroidery machine!  I am having lots of fun playing with them!  So much fun in fact that I have kind of neglected my other toys (paper crafting supplies)!

Ok, so isn't this just the coolest thing ever!?  My embroidery machine does all the hard work - I just have to input the design from a flash drive and set it up and watch it go!  It is kind of mesmerizing!  After the monogram was completed I added the bright chevron ribbon using my new sewing machine!  

Now, I promise to be back next week with some paper crafts - (I kind of have my eye on a new 3D project) but for this week I hope you enjoyed seeing something new!

Be sure to head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your CHEVRON project today!  While you are there be sure to leave a little love for the rest of the Chicks!  They are just amazing!

See you soon!

Tina

Anything Goes

Happy New Year's Eve!  I can hardly believe we are at the end of another year!  I have seen a lot of changes this past year - some good and some not so good!  I am looking forward to 2016 and all it has in store for me and my family!


This is the 5th Thursday of December so that means our challenge over at 4 Crafty Chicks is

ANYTHING GOES

Leanne is our lovely hostess this week and we are all excited to see what you create!

I made this lamp for a friend from church that collects dragon flies and decided to share it with you:

The files are from SVGcuts.com and everything was cut with my Cricut Explore.
the "stain glass" is velum that I colored with my Spectrum Noir markers.  This is an actual working lamp but I was not able to get good pictures of the light.

So head over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your project or card today!  We can't wait to see!

See you next year!

Tina

Wedding

Merry Christmas Eve!!!  Today is Thursday so we have a new challenge up at 4 Crafty Chicks!  Lori is our wonderful hostess this week and she picked the following theme:

WEDDING

I put together this pretty simple card for a friend's son that just got married.  The Mr & Mrs is actually embossed with silver but the picture does not show it very well.

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

See you soon!

Tina

Snowmen

Good morning!  Today is Thursday so that means we have a new challenge up at 4 Crafty Chicks.  Tamie is our hostess this week and she chose the following theme:

SNOWMEN

Now, with Christmas right around the corner this is an easy one, right?

I have been working on small gifts for some of my friends and family and thought that this cute little snowman box was perfect to put some hot cocoa and marshmallows in.  the jar is just a little something I put together too.

So, be sure to head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your SNOWMEN project or card today!

See you soon!

Tina

Non-Traditional Christmas Colors

Good  morning!  Welcome back!  Today I am sharing a new challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks.  This week I get to play hostess and have decided on the following theme:

NON-TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLORS

I kept my card pretty clean and simple with just a few layers and some embossing.  I know a certain little girl who will be receiving this card! Pink is her favorite color!!!

So head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your NON-TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLORS card or project today!

See you soon!

Tina

Winter @ 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning!  Today is Thursday and can you believe December is already here?  Do you have all of your Christmas Shopping finished?  Is your tree up?

We have a new challenge up at 4 Crafty Chicks.  This week Leanne is our hostess with the mostest.  She decided to start December our with the following challenge:

WINTER

I had a request for a winter wreath for the bank's Holiday Open House so this weeks challenge was perfect.

These mesh wreaths are pretty simple if you have never tried one!  

So, be sure to head on over to 4 Crafty Chicks and enter your 

WINTER

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

See you soon!

Tina