PPC #44 Meets Sweet Sunday!

Happy New Year, everyone!  Can you believe it is 2011 already?  It seems like just yesterday when all we heard about was "Y2K"... *sigh*  I must be getting old...  :)

This week's combo from Megan over at Picture Perfect Creations is a fun one that screamed BOY to me:

I used Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch as well as the Crafty Hos' Challenge to make a baby card and voila:

Stamps: Nursery Necessities (SU!)  Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Tangerine Tango, VersaMark  Paper: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Tangerine Tango, Tempting Turquoise, SU! DSP  Accessories: Clear embossing powder, heat gun, Waves die (TCP), Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, MS border punch, Turquoise grosgrain ribbon, Nestabilities (Large Circles and Scallop Circles)

Thanks for stopping by today - I hope you all have a great first week of 2011!  If you have time, stop by the rest of the PPC Creators and see what they created.  See y'all on Wednesday!

Crazy Egg Challenge at the 4 Crafty Chicks!

Welcome, everyone!  We've got a Crazy Egg Challenge for you this week at the 4 Crafty Chicks since it is the fifth Thursday of the month and our very own Lori is offering up a prize package for this week's winner - how fun!  So, this week's challenge is a theme: "A New Year" ...whatever this means to you.

I didn't have much time to put this card together so I had to have something that was quick and simple.  Arielle's colourQ this week was perfectly elegant for a New Year's card:

I popped over to Mojo Monday and discovered that it was "Round or Square?" week:

A few layers later and voila!


Stamps: Along the Same Lines, Teeny Tiny Wishes (SU!)  Paper: Very Vanilla, Whisper White, Old Olive, Basic Grey, Basic Black  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  Accessories: Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Seeing Spots embossing folder, Very Vanilla satin ribbon, oval punches, scalloped oval punch, circle punch, twine

Thanks for stopping by today - I know that many of you are busy spending time with family this week but if you have a few minutes to play along with us, we'd love to have you and make sure to check out the 4 Crafty Chicks blog to see the fantastic prize package up for grabs!  Enjoy your day!

A Color Dare...Repeat?

Hi everyone!  We've been busy settling back into a *routine* after the craziness of Christmas...so much to do!  Thankfully, we've got a little bit of a change for this week's Color Dare.  A couple of weeks ago, Riley gave us Pink Pirouette, Baja Breeze,Very Vanilla, and Rich Razzleberry to work with, but due to some pre-Christmas craziness in *her* life, she never got around to posting the DT cards or the inLinkz.  SO...we get to do it again!  If you need some inspiration, here's my card.  Have fun!  We'll be back with a new combination next week.  :)

Spread Your Wings and Fly ...

Hi everyone!  Here we are 2 days post-Christmas... have you all recovered?  I hope you all ate too much and laughed until your stomach hurt - that's the best part of Christmas.  :)

Megan has given us a great combo for this week's Picture Perfect Creations Color Challenge - I hope you will be able to play with us:

I made this card last week in my crafting frenzy and needed a CAS layout (something I'm enjoying more and more...) so I popped over to clean&simple stamping to see what they had for us and found:

Stamps: Beautiful Kindness (Verve)  Paper: Whisper White, Night of Navy, Rose Red, Greenhouse Gala DSP  Ink: Night of Navy  Accessories: Paper piercer, Scallop Edge border punch, Beautiful Wings embosslit, adhesive pearls

I hope you will take a few minutes to play along with us this week - don't forget to check out the rest of the PPC Creators' blogs to see their amazing cards.  See you back here on Wednesday for a brand new Color Dare!

Oh Baby!

Merry Christmas everyone!  I trust that you all spent a lovely day with family and friends yesterday and that Santa did a fabulous job with his gift deliveries.  My family and I have been spending the last few days at my sister's home with her and her family  - and our parents - and our brother and his girlfriend - AND four dogs!  We've eaten too much and laughed even more and have enjoyed every minute.  If you are reading this on Sunday morning, I am probably out with my mom and sister doing our traditional Boxing Day shopping...some may think we are crazy but we have so much fun! 

So, you must be here for a challenge, right?  This week's theme at Sentimental Sundays is "Baby"... you could make so many fun projects for this theme but don't forget your sentiment!  I decided to make a card with another simple sketch and found this amazing one over at The Cat's Pajamas:

Stamps: Nursery Necessities (SU!)  Paper: Basic Grey Olivia DSP, Whisper White, Cameo Coral, Pink Pirouette, Old Olive  Ink: Cameo Coral, Old Olive  Accessories: Nestabilities, Pink Pirouette wide grosgrain ribbon, oval punch, scallop oval punch, twine, eyelet, Cropodile, dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today - enjoy the rest of your weekend!

A Sketch Challenge at the 4 Crafty Chicks!

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..."  Are you humming along with me?  I am so ready for Christmas to get here but mostly I'm looking forward to going Boxing Day shopping with my mom and sister.  It has been a tradition with me and my mom for the past four or five years to brave the crazies and see what goodies we can find...but we don't take it too seriously.  We CERTAINLY are NOT the ones sleeping outside of the store overnight just to get that great deal on the big-screen TV... :)  Now, maybe if it was a Grand Calibur I'd rethink that statement...

Anyhoo...you're here for a challenge, right?  Well, you've come to the right place.  This week's challenge at the 4 Crafty Chicks is from Lori, our hostess with the mostest, and she has created this FABULOUS sketch for you all to play with:

I didn't have a color challenge to work with for this card so I went to my Basic Grey paper stash and found a pad of Pyrus paper I hadn't cracked open yet so I thought I'd remedy THAT little faux pas:

Stamps: Small Script (SU!)  Paper: Blue Bayou, Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla, Pyrus DSP  Ink: Cajun Craze  Accessories: Scallop edge border punch, adhesive pearls, Very Vanilla seam binding, button, chipboard stars, adhesive sheets, craft knife, glitter, dimensionals, paper piercer

I hope you will take a few minutes to play along with us this week - I know we are all going to be a {bit busy} but if you need a little break, we'd love to see what you create.  :)

This will be my last post before Christmas so I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you ALL for your love and support over the past year ~ I have had so much fun sharing my love of paper with each and every one of you.  I hope that you will all enjoy the time spent with family and friends over the next few days - relax and take pleasure in the quiet times.  Merry Christmas, everyone!

Color Dare #90

Three more sleeps... ;)  Today's the last day of school for the boys and then they're off until just after the new year.  I'm looking forward to spending some time with them - not much longer and they're not going to *want* to hang out with mom.  *sniff* 

This week's Color Dare combination is a PERFECT one to use if you have a couple of last-minute cards left to do: Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive and Soft Suede...yummy.

I used the Unscripted Sketches sketch from last week, rotated it ninety degrees and voila:

Stamps: Doves and Holly (Flourishes)  Ink: Soft Suede, Old Olive  Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, SU! DSP, Old Olive  Accessories: Paper piercer, Cherry Cobbler seam binding, adhesive pearls, Petals-a-Plenty embossing folder

I love how this card turned out - I wasn't sure about the combination at first but once I got them all together, I was a believer.  :)  You know we love it when you play along with us...we get such great ideas from you guys.  Enjoy the next few days before Christmas and I'll see you tomorrow for a new 4 Crafty Chicks challenge - see you then!