CQC#222 & CTS#58

Hello everyone!!! Thanks for stopping in today - it's New Year's Eve.  :)  Does anyone have big plans to go out and party it up?  I will admit, I am not really into big shin-digs so our evening will be quietly spent at home - perhaps with a new DVD or watching all the PVR'd Breaking Bad I recorded over the last few days...we'll see. 

Or maybe I will spend it crafting...if that sounds like fun to you, today's new Colour Q might give you some more inspiration to create something amazing:

No one likes to have to make a sympathy card but a very dear friend of mine lost her mother last week and I didn't have one in my stash.  Luckily, I thought these colors would work nicely for a sympathy card and dug out an old Stampin' Up! set for the little flower branch and the sentiment is from my favorite Verve sympathy set, Forever in Our Hearts:

The sketch is from CAS(E) this Sketch:

 I didn't take a photo of the inside but used another one of the phrases from this awesome set:

I hope you will play along with us this week - see you in 2014!!!

Boxing Day Craftiness!

Hey everyone! I hope you all enjoyed an amazing day yesterday with family and friends and lots of food!! Isn't that what Christmas is all about???  We had a fabulous Christmas Eve and Christmas Day and now I'm looking forward to a few days of doing NOTHING!  That's right...NOTHING.  Well, maybe some crafting or quilting but NO WORK! :)

Today I've got my very last card as a member of the TAWS DT...*sniff sniff*  I sure will miss these awesome ladies and the creativity they have.  I love and appreciate everything Alison does for all of us and am so sad to be leaving but sometimes life has to take a priority over crafting. (*I know...you're asking yourself what I could be possibly thinking???? ;)*)

I didn't have time to get my card done for Tuesday's Colour Q so decided to use it for this card and the sketch is last week's CAS(E) this Sketch:

The little dudes are from this month's free-with-$40-purchase set, Meltdown, over at TAWS - aren't they cute?  The sentiment from Learning Curve works perfectly with them!

Thanks for stopping by - see you next week!  Enjoy your holidays!


 

SSSC #200 and a Fond Farewell...

Welcome back everyone!! I hope you are all pretty close to being ready for the big day - only 3 more sleeps!  I think I am pretty close to being ready - we will be celebrating with my husband's family on Tuesday and then enjoying Christmas Day at home.  I still haven't decided if we will head down to visit my parents between Christmas and New Year's - we'll see...

Today I've got some good news and sad news - let's start with the good news!!  It is time for the 200th Sweet Sunday Sketch!!!  Can you believe we're up to 200 already?  I feel so thankful and blessed to be part of such an awesome design team - Karen and the girls are one-in-a-million.  :)  To celebrate this amazing milestone, Karen will be offering up a gift certificate to the My Favorite Things store to one lucky participant so please try and play along with us!  Here's the final sketch of 2013:

And now for the sad news... this will my final sketch as part of the SSSC Design Team.  I have had a lot of *life stuff* going on the past few months and just feel like it is time to let some responsibilities go to free up some time to focus on my family and friends.  This was a VERY difficult decision for me to make and I took a LONG time deciding what to do.  I will miss everyone but will still try and play along when time allows!  

For my card, I used this week's color combo from the Just Us Girls Challenge - love the reds and browns together:

Need to see more?  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
Jodi Collins 

Karen Giron
  Karen Motz 

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler 

Lynn Put 

Sarah-Jane Kalé 

Tracy Clemente 

Vicki Burdick 

...and don't forget about the MFT gift certificate up for grabs!!!  You've got two weeks to play along so when you have a few minutes after the hustle and bustle dies down, I hope you will join us!

See you on Tuesday for a new Colour Q!

BE Inspired #44 & DS131

EEK!!!!! I am so far behind I think I might be ahead???  This week has been so freakin' crazy - I can't wait until Christmas is over.  I've got the final BE Inspired Challenge of 2013 to share with you today...take a peek:

Pretty appropriate for this time of year, wouldn't you say?  :)  SO, I went with the Christmas theme and the colors and tree ornaments and made this fun card using the Deconstructed Sketch and a sentiment from Jolly Holiday:

I know how busy everyone is this time of the year but remember that this challenge runs for two weeks so when you are suffering from Christmas Hangover and need some down-time, join us for this challenge!  See you on Sunday for the final Sweet Sunday Sketch of 2013!

 

Believe... {FMS117}

Hey all!!! Six more sleeps until the big day - are you ready?  Admittedly, I am NOT ready yet but I will be by December 24...PROMISE!  :)  So today I've got a card to share with you that took me 10 minutes - TOPS.  Some scraps of Christmas paper, an embossing folder, some twine and a button and DONE.  The sketch is from Freshly Made Sketches:

 The sentiment is from the TAWS set Chill Out. 

Thanks again for stopping by today and I'll be back tomorrow with the final BE Inspired Challenge of 2013.  See you then!

 

Colour Q #220 & Retrosketches #94

I'm so glad you stopped by to visit today! It's Tuesday and you all know what that means - time for a brand new Colour Q combination.  The inspiration photo is an awfully cool belt - you can find it here.  Take a peek:

I used this week's Retrosketches sketch and went VERY literally this time...right down to the butterfly:

The sentiment is from a set from The Alley Way Stamps, All About You.  I love this set of sentiments...so versatile and appropriate for many kinds of cards.

Thanks for stopping by - I'll be back on Thursday so see you then!

 

Wise Men... {CTD272} & {DS130}

Welcome back!  I hope the weather where you are is MUCH better than what we're experiencing here - snow, snow and more SNOW!  Mother Nature must really have her knickers in a knot.  But fear not ... this all means I must stay inside and cozy up in my craft room, right? 

I have a quick card to share with you today that combines this week's Color Throwdown combo with The Deconstructed Sketch - the result is a soft, subtle Christmas card that uses the TAWS set, Seek Him:

I am hoping to get all of my Christmas shopping done this weekend and help the kids finish theirs.  Have a great day everyone - only 11 more sleeps!  So excited!

 

Ho...Ho...Ho... {CQC219} & {STS10}

It's another chilly day in central Alberta - can you believe in a meager two weeks Christmas will be OVER? OY!  I bet most of you are all done your shopping...I would guess I am about half done.  Hopefully I can get the rest done this weekend.

I've got a quick little card to share with you this morning - since I still had the Colour Q papers sitting out on my desk, I used the scraps to make a card using the TAWS set, Tag-Alongs and the new sketch from Seize the Sketch:

Have a terrific Thursday - I'll be back on Saturday so I'll see you then!

Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas {CQC219} & {RS93}

Welcome back, everyone! It's time for a brand new Colour Q combination and this one is absolutely perfect for all those Christmas cards I'm sure you are making...take a peek:

I paired these awesome colors with this week's Retrosketches for a quick, kinda CAS card:

Sorry for the crappy photo - I keep forgetting how early it gets dark...no more last minute cards for me!  I hope you will play along with us at the Colour Q - if you need to see more inspiration, pop over to the blog and see what the other girls created!

See you on Thursday!

SSSC199 & Curtain Call {Christmas Countdown}

OH. MY. LORD!!!! First off I just want to say how incredibly thankful I am that I have a warm home to lay my head - it is FREAKIN' COLD here.  Like, not just *chilly* but freeze-your-arse-off-in-less-than-a-minute cold. Yesterday when I woke up, it was -37C but with the wind, it felt like -49C! I'll convert that for all you Farenheit-ers...-34.6F or -56.2F with the wind chill - a perfect excuse to stay inside and craft, wouldn't you say?  :)

It's time for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch  - #199.  Can you believe it?  I bet Karen's got something fun up her sleeve for #200...we'll have to wait and see!  For now, here's the sketch for the next two weeks:

I used the current Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge for my card...it's all about Christmas this time of year:

I dug out an old There She Goes set, Holly Jolly for this one - LOVE the jingle bell accents, don't you?

Need to see more?  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
Jodi Collins 

Karen Giron
  Karen Motz 

Lisa Henke

Lori Tecler 

Lynn Put 

Sarah-Jane Kalé 

Tracy Clemente 

Vicki Burdick 

Thanks for stopping in - stay warm!  See you on Tuesday for a new Colour Q!