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!


 

BE Inspired #43 - {Chill Out}

Thanks for stopping back this morning - I've got a BE Inspired Challenge to share with you all. Considering Christmas isn't too far away, it seems only fitting that Alison would pick a wintery-themed photo:

In a HUGE departure from the norm, I decided NOT to go with the colors in the photo, but with the snowflake inspiration instead.  I KNOW...am I sick??? LOL  I promise you, I am totally fine.  But, truth be told, I wanted to play along with the color combo over at the CAS- Colors and Sketches blog and this is what they gave us:

Pretty nice Christmas-y colors, don't you think?  So I grabbed the snowflakes from Chill Out and used this week's sketch from CAS(E) This Sketch to create this fast and fun card:

I hope you are all staying warm wherever you are - it's still awfully chilly here...makes me wish I was retired and could go south for the winter!!  If you are stuck inside, you should go into your craft area and play along with us - we love to see what you create. 

See you on Sunday - brand new Sweet Sunday Sketch!!!  Until then... :)


 

BE Inspired #42 & CTS55

Happy Friday, everyone!  Thanks for stopping by today - I've got a brand new BE Inspired Challenge to share with you.  As most of you know, it is Thanksgiving in the U.S. next week and Alison has chosen an amazing photo to inspire your creations for the next two weeks:

For my card, I went with the obvious Thanksgiving theme as well as the colors in the photo.  The sketch is from CAS(E) This Sketch:

The stamps used are from The Alley Way Stamps' sets Calypso and Give Thanks:

I will be back on Sunday for a new Sweet Sunday Sketch so I hope you will stop in again!  Have a great weekend!

 

TAWS Blog Hop!

It's a TAWS Blog Hop!!!  Are you ready for your chance to win ALL 3 NEW SETS?!?  One lucky commenter will win this month's new releases 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

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(leave a separate comment on the TAWS BLOG for each that you do)

You have until tonight at 9:00PM TAWS time to leave them.. 

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

For my card I used one of the sentiments from Breakfast Club (who doesn't love that movie???) and paired it with some fun papers - I know they are tea cups and normally we don't "perk" tea, but there might be some people out there who drink their coffee from a tea cup...right?  ;)

The sketch is this week's CAS(E) this Sketch:

Remember, if you want to win all of the November new releases, keep on hopping - you're almost done!!!  And don't forget to leave your comments on the TAWS blog - good luck!







 

Colour Q #212 ~ and CTS #50...Sort Of

Hi all! Thanks for stopping by today - It's Tuesday and that means it's time for a brand new Colour Q Color Challenge.  With Halloween quickly approaching, we're seeing Halloween colors and inspiration all over the web and this week's photo is a fun take on a decorating idea:

I decided NOT to go with the Halloween theme and, instead, went with one of the new images from The Alley Way Stamps' set Bacon Bits and part of a sentiment from Words to Live By...and a bit of my own chicken scratch:

I started out using this week's sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch but had to modify it because the sentiment would have covered up most of the fan if I had put it where I was supposed to:

Thank you stopping to say hi today - I'll be back on Thursday so I hope to see you then! 

Let's Chill {CTS48 & DD73}

Hello everyone! I've had a very busy week - heck, this fall has been one crazy ride after another!  I haven't been able to spend a whole lot of time in my craft room so when I see CAS sketches, I jump on 'em and go with it.  Today 's card uses a sketch from CAS(E) this Sketch and color combo from Dynamic Duos and, seriously, it took me less than 10 minutes start to finish:

The snowflakes are from the TAWS set Holiday Sparkles and the sentiment is from Chill Out.  Okie dokie - I'll be back tomorrow with a brand new BE Inspired card so I'll see you then!