Are You Ready For 4 Crafty Chicks?

I'm SOOOOOOOO excited this morning!  Do you know why???  'Cause it's time for the very, very FIRST 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge!!!  My "peeps" and I have been thinking about starting our own challenge blog for awhile and we finally decided to just DO IT!  Leanne, Lori, Tamie and I are four friends who all enjoy all things papercrafty and LOVE challenges so it was a perfect fit for us to share that love with all of you.

Our challenges will be posted every Thursday morning with submissions due the following Tuesday at midnight MST. To be eligible, your card, scrapbook page, or 3D altered project must be linked directly back to your post, not just to your blog.  Don't have a blog but still want to participate?  No worries!  You are more than welcome to upload your card to an online gallery (ex. www.splitcoaststampers.com), and then use the url for your photo in your gallery as the link that you post in your comment.  If you upload to online galleries, please use keyword/tag 4CCC-1.

For our inaugural challenge, Leanne has created a FABULOUS sketch:

I found this lovely, FALL color combo from the Little Paper Shop Challenge and knew I could use an adorable Verve image that hasn't seen nearly enough ink.

Recipe - Stamp: Hello Pumpkin (Verve)  Ink: Onyx Black Versafine  Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Whisper White, Old Olive, Kraft, SU! DSP  Accessories: Martha Stewart Optic Dot border punch, paper piercer, clear embossing powder, hemp twine, buttons, Kraft taffeta ribbon, brad, tag die-cut, Victoria embossing folder

We'd love to have you join us for our very first challenge - each week's winner will win the much-coveted "Golden Egg" and will receive a badge to display proudly on their blog.  If you play along, make sure you link your creation back at the 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge.   We cannot WAIT to see what you all create for us - the more the merrier so make sure to spread the word!