Blog Hoppin' With The Alley Way Stamps!

WOOHOO!!! It's a BLOG HOP!!! And YOU could win all three new TAWS sets - so exciting!

YEP!! So if you want to be that person.. all you have to do is comment on the hop! Here are ways you can win - you can pick and choose which ones you want to do, but the more you comment, the more chances you have to win:

1-Comment on The Alley Way Stamps Blog 
2-Comment on the DT girls blogs (below)
3-Post about it on Facebook or your blog
4-Like us on Facebook (leave a separate comment for each that you do)

You have until tonight at 9:00p.m. TAWS time to leave your comments. This month we are doing something fun - Trendy Twine has given us some twine to play with so be on the look-out for some creations using the twine in a fun and different way.

This fun mini set, Iconic, is FREE when you spend $40.00 or more during the month of July!! Nothing to do but shop & this little guy will be added to your package:

For my card I used one of the robots from last month's release, Bot Time, and combined it with a couple of the images from Iconic, this month's set that can be your for FREE when you spend $40 or more (before shipping) in the TAWS store!!!

Fun, right???  There are some other awesome images in this freebie set - you're gonna WANT it... ;)

Off you go to the last stop in the hop - Miss Stacey's blog!   If you just *happened* upon my blog, please go back to the beginning as see what the rest of the team created  - you won't be sorry you did.  :)  Happy Canada Day tomorrow to all my Canuckian friends!

4CCC-148 {Cupcakes} & TAWS Day Two Sneak Peek & RS69

Here we are again - another Thursday and that means a brand-new 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge!  This week, Lori is our hostess-with-the-mostest and she must be in a celebratory mood because the theme this week is "Cupcakes."  Who doesn't love a yummy cupcake?

But do you know what else today is???  It's Day TWO of The Alley Way Stamps new release sneak peeks!!!  Do you know what *that* means?  You could WIN today's set just by commenting at the TAWS blog so don't forget to pop over and see what the other girls created using this school-inspired set.

For my card, I decided to go in a different direction.  I love one of the sentiments that comes with this set and it is PERFECT for all those super-awesome people in your life.  I made this card for one of the ladies that works with my son, J., at school.  Many of you know he has autism and the gals that work with him on a daily basis really are "out of this world." 

 The sketch is based on this week's RetroSketches...very "loosely" based:

Thanks for stopping in - I hope you will play with our cupcakes challenge at the 4CCC.  Don't forget about the TAWS blog hop on Sunday where you could win all THREE new sets!  See you then!

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Welcome back! Thank you so much for stopping by today!  I know this is a crazy-busy time of the year for those of us with kids still in school and I know how precious time is.  This past week has been a devastating-weather week for those in Southern Alberta - major flooding and all that goes along with it - and my prayers go out to all those affected.

I know you are here to see this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch and this one has a LOT of layers...probably the most layered card I have made in a LONG time.  It was actually kind of fun and I got to use some new Stampin' Up! goodies to try out the chalkboard technique:

All of the fabulous Sweet Sunday Stampers have inspiration for you, so please stop by and say hello to:

Dana White 

Dawn Easton 

Jackie Pedro 

Karen Giron 

Karen Motz 

Lori Tecler 

Lynn Put 

Sarah-Jane Kalé 

Tracy Clemente 

Vicki Burdick *sitting this week out but stop and say hi anyway!*

I hope you will play along with us!  Thanks for stopping in - enjoy the last full week of June!!!

BE Inspired #31 at The Alley Way Stamps

Are you ready to BE Inspired?   Over at The Alley Way Stamps, every two weeks, Alison gives us a photo to inspire our creations and this go 'round is a fun, bright picture that is sure to inspire many different interpretations:

As usual - since color challenges are my FAVORITE, I chose to go with the red and aqua colors from the cookies as my inspiration.  I think my aqua is a little more green than the color of the cookies is, but if you're OK with it, so am I.  ;)

The images are from Bot Time and the sentiment is a mash-up of words from Bot Time and KA-POW!  The sketch is from CAS(E) this Sketch:

Don't forget that Alison has freebies for you to use, just in case you don't have any TAWS yet.  Or better yet, just go and order some awesomeness...you will be glad you did. :) 

See you on Sunday for a brand new Sweet Sunday Sketch!

4CCC-147 {Sentiment Only} & DD57 & FTL245

It's Thursday again and you all know what that means - a brand new 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge!  This week's challenge is being hosted by Tamie and she wants you to use ONLY a SENTIMENT on your card...nothing else.  Really make the sentiment the focus...I always love how these cards look.

For my card, I wanted to have a bit of fun with one of my Alley Way Stamps sets, Good Point.  All of the directional words are so cool and when you put them together, they are even better!  I combined the colors from Dynamic Duos and the sketch from Clean & Simple Stamping to make my card:

Isn't the arrow fun?  Normally, I make this kind of card open at the bottom but changed it up to make the sentiment work.  :)

I hope you will join us for this one - have fun!  If you need more inspiration, don't forget to stop in and see what the other Chicks created.  See you tomorrow!

Aloha! {CQC194 & RS68}

Hi everyone! Did you have an amazing weekend?  The weather here was kind of grey and gloomy but we made the best of it.  :)

I've got a quick card for you all today using one of the new Alley Way Stamps sets, Tropical Hideaway.  It's got some fun images and this surfboard is just one of them.  I combined today's new Colour Q combo with the Retrosketches sketch... a match made in heaven, I tell ya:

I thought the cork was a PERFECT addition to make it look like sand - whaddaya think?  I sure had fun making this one.  :)

Have a fabulous day and I'll catch you on Thursday with a new 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge!  Later, peeps!

 

4CCC-146 {Paper Pleating} & Merry Monday #66 & CQC193

Welcome back! It's been a crazy week around here and until school's over, it's only going to get crazier. Thankfully, I have a fabulous craft room I can retreat to when it's time for some "me" time. :)

This week, your hostess-extraordinaire over at the 4 Crafty Chicks' Challenge is none other than yours truly and I've thrown out a technique challenge - Paper Pleating.  It's not something I use very often on my cards but I sure love how it looks on a card.

I know what you're all going to say when you see my card...and I get it, really...I do.  But just think, if we all made just ONE Christmas card a week, we'd have 52 ready to go for the next year without the crazy "Oh-my-gosh-how-am-I-going-to-get-all-my-cards-done" mad scramble on November 1st...right?  You're welcome. :)

For my card, I used a lovely TAWS mini set, Holiday Sparkles, for the sentiment and combined this week's Merry Monday sketch with the Colour Q combo.  I know the CQ combo looks very tropical but try and tell me it doesn't work for a Christmas card too:

So there you have it - another Thursday, another 4CCC to play along with.  Are you going to join us?  I hope you will.  That's it for me - enjoy your Father's Day weekend!  

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Hello again! It's time for a brand new Sweet Sunday Sketch and this week Karen's come up with a stunner - totally lovin' on the fishtail banner down the side:

It has been a LONG time since I've stamped with anything but my TAWS stamps so I thought I'd show some love to my Verve this morning.  I always seem to go back to this set, Words Of Wisdom, because the fonts are soooooo amazing and the sentiments fit whatever mood I'm in.  When I was stamping this one, I just felt one sentiment screaming out to me - so I used it:

I chose this one because it kind of fits where I'm at in my life right now.  I've got lots of dreams and goals but if I don't actually "LIVE" them, I'm not going to go anywhere - that's why I decided to emphasize the "live" part of the sentiment.  People - you've gotta LIVE your life, not just exist in it.  YOU can make your life whatever you dream it to be but if you're not LIVING it, you're not going to get very far.  It's taken me a long time to get to the place where I am an active participant in my life and accept that, gosh-darn-it, I AM worth it... and you are too!!!!  So get out there and start LIVING the life you've imagined - I promise it will be worth it.  :)

*stepping off my soapbox*

Alrighty then...the color combo is from the amazing challenge, Dynamic Duos:

And all of the fabulous Sweet Sunday Stampers have inspiration for you, so please stop by and say hello to:

Dawn Easton 

 Karen Giron 

Karen Motz 

Lori Tecler 

Sarah-Jane Kalé 

Tracy Clemente 

Vicki Burdick 

Dana, Jackie and Lynn are all tied up this week but I know they'd love it if you stopped by to say hello!  That's it for me this morning - enjoy your day!  Get out there and LIVE your life!!!  :)

 

BE Inspired #30 at The Alley Way Stamps

Hey all!  I hope you've had a fabulous week and are as ready as I am for the weekend.  I don't think we've got much planned - maybe some of the never-ending yard work but I hope the sun cooperates and I can spend some time relaxing on the deck instead.  Who *really* wants to do yard work anyways?

It's that time again - time for a brand new BE Inspired Challenge over at The Alley Way Stamps.  This week's photo is VERY vintage-inspired...

Don't you love it??  That ice cream looks soooooooo yummy!  And who doesn't love a little glass bottle of Dr. Pepper?  I decided to go with the colors and some zig-zags...

The arrow stamp is from Good Point and the sentiment from Tag-alongs.  I hope you'll play along with us - if you don't have any TAWS stamps yet (and, really, what are you waiting for?), Alison has some awesome freebies over at the TAWS blog so you have no excuses! 

See you on Sunday for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch!