Pretend Like You Are in Kindergarten Again...

 ... and pull out those markers for this week's challenge at the 4 Crafty Chicks!  Tamie is our hostess-with-the-mostest and she wants to see your colored images featured on your cards.  Feel free to use whatever you have on hand - Copics, watercolor pencils... whatever you use to color your images.  :)

For my card, I used last week's TCP Tuesday sketch (courtesy of Leigh) and cracked open one of my new paper pads, "Holly Jolly Christmas" by Echo Park and combined "Birthday Bunny" and one of the sentiments from a TCP Christmas set I got on sale (and can't find the name anywhere...if you know it, let me know!):

 

I hope you will play along with us this week - coloring always relaxes me so if you need some "down time", stamp an image, color it up and join us!

Good Monday Morning!!  Did you have a fabulous weekend?  We spent the entire weekend at home doing house "stuff" - I washed windows (inside AND out), unpacked a few more boxes, watched some football ('Riders...sigh...) and hockey (WTG RNH!) and even managed to fit a few loads of laundry in there too.  Ah, but all good things must come to an end, right?

This week's challenge over at There She Goes is brought to us by our Senior Trendsetters. The week before release week there will be a TSG (Again!) week where we will be featuring cards/projects/tip sheets/etc. on the TSG Blog that use our fabulous older TSG stamp sets. This week the challenge is to create a card or project that features only a "partial image" where you only use part of an image as the focal point instead of the entire image. To be eligible for the giveaway, you are to create a card using a "partial image", and then come back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (October 24th). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!

By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday. We will be on the look out to find challenge cards that stand out and show Trendsetting qualities. TSG stamps are not required to participate in the challenges but are appreciated :)

You do not need to have a blog to be able to participate in the TSG Challenges! You can simply add the URL link from your project after it has been uploaded to your online craft gallery. If you upload your card to an online craft gallery, please use the keyword TSG126 so we can check out your beautiful work!

Now, I don`t have any of the older TSG sets that the rest of the gals are spotlighting but I *did* use an older TSG set, "Flowers of Happiness" and combined the CR84FN Color Challenge with this week's Mojo Monday sketch:

Thanks for stopping by today - what have you got planned for this week?  My week's not too packed but I'm sure that will change before I know it.  :)  Enjoy your day!

Thursday Morning With the Play Date Cafe and Viva la Verve

Welcome back everyone!  Even though I *should* be cleaning house and doing some Christmas baking to throw in the freezer, I *had* to sit down and make a card this morning.  It has been a LONG time since I have had time to play along with the Play Date Cafe and this week's color combo is GORGEOUS so that gave me a good place to start:

I decided to use Cajun Craze, Island Indigo and Basic Gray for my colors and, lucky for me, I found an older Basic Grey paper pad, Pyrus, that worked PERFECTLY with these colors!  I used the Week Two Viva la Verve sketch by Teresa Kline (lovely, BTW) and, surprisingly, followed it VERY literally...nothing out-of-the-box for me this morning.  The sentiment is one that I love and constantly remind myself of... Life. Is. Good.  :)

Stamps: Hope Blooms (Verve)  Ink: Basic Gray, Cajun Craze, Island Indigo marker  Paper: Pyrus DSP (BG), Island Indigo, Basic Gray, Cajun Craze, Very Vanilla  Accessories: Sewing machine, Nesties, Tipsy Hearts die (Sizzix), Basic Gray satin ribbon, button, Divine Swirls EF, sponge dauber, twine

Thanks for taking time to stop by - the weather here is beautiful today...the quintessential fall day.  Enjoy your day wherever you are!

It's a Color Challenge at the 4 Crafty Chicks!

And can you guess who the hostess-with-the-mostest is??  It's me!!!  Are you surprised?  Not likely, if you are a regular visitor to my blog.  Color challenges are my FAVORITE kind of challenge to do and this week, I'm sharing my love with you all at the 4 Crafty Chicks!

I picked one of my newest paper pads, "Madeline" by Prima, and chose this color palette based on these papers:

I used Julee's fantastic Mojo Monday sketch from a couple of weeks ago and also tried to incorporate the TCP Tuesday #179 from a few weeks ago, "Hype the Type"... I'm not sure if it *really* qualifies but I'm going with it... ;)

Stamps: Nesting (TCP)  Ink: Early Espresso  Paper: Madeline DSP (Prima), Early Espresso, Baja Breeze, Rose Red  Accessories: Paper piercer, Rose Red seam binding, Home Tweet Home Cut-Up (TCP), twine, chipboard cloud, sponge dauber

I hope you will play along with us this week - these colors could be used for so many different kinds of cards - are you thinking about Christmas yet??  It's only a couple of months away....how did that happen?  :)  Enjoy your week everyone!

Getting Sketchy at There She Goes!

Welcome back for another There She Goes challenge!  This week our challenge is brought to us by our Trendsetter of the week, Jackie, and she has challenged us to make a card using this fun sketch:

Pretty cool, right?  I use flags A LOT on my cards and this sketch was perfect for me but once I looked at my TSG stamps, I realized that nothing was going to work for this sketch.  So.... what did I do?  I flipped the sketch around and used my "Bee Happy" set along with the Color Throwdown's combo from last week:

Stamps: Bee Happy (TSG)  Ink: Early Espresso  Paper: Pool Party, various DSP scraps, Early Espresso, Whisper White, Barely Banana, Creamy Caramel  Accessories: Seeing Spots EF, chipboard sun (Maya Road), Charming Banner die (Verve), button, twine

I hope all of my Canadian friends have been enjoying their Thanksgiving LONG weekend - we've been visiting my mom and dad in Southern Alberta since Friday and have really enjoyed ourselves.  My sister and her family came from MH and yesterday my brother's GF (who is a fabulous photographer!) took us all down to the river valley to take some family photos.  I can't wait to see how they all turned out!  OK - enough babbling from me...have a great day and we'll see you later this week!

Morning everyone!  I'm back with a quick 4 Crafty Chicks post.  This week's challenge is being hosted by our good friend, Leanne, and she is challenging you to make a monochromatic card.  Pick one color and then use different shades to make it beautiful.

For my card I chose brown and cream and used the Week Four Viva la Verve sketch from last month:

I hope you will have some time to play with us this week - we loved having over 300 of you join us last week!  If you are in Canada - ENJOY your Thanksgiving weekend and we'll see you next week!

{TSG124} Meets {Viva la Verve}!

Happy Monday everyone!!!

Are you ready for another week?  The weather here in Central Alberta has gotten downright CHILLY so we've been busy trying to get things outside organized before the (shhhhhhhh....) snow flies.  I was out with the dog this morning and could see my breath!

This week's There She Goes challenge is brought to us by our Trendsetter of the week- Debby! She has challenged us to make a card using the colors yellow & grey, plus 1 neutral color. 

To be eligible for the giveaway, you are to create a card using the inspirational colors (yellow, grey, +1 neutral) from the picture, and then go back to the TSG Blog to add your name and a link to your project in the InLinkz that is located at the bottom of this challenge post. This challenge is open until the winner has been announced on the following Monday (October 10^th). The winner will get a $5 gift certificate to use in the TSG Web store!

By participating in this challenge, you may also find yourself in the Trendsetting Spotlight that shines on the TSG Blog every Thursday. We will be on the look out to find challenge cards that stand out and show Trendsetting qualities. TSG stamps are not required to participate in the challenges but are appreciated :)

 For my card, I used the VLV October - Week One sketch... simple and beautiful:

Stamps: Flowers of Happiness (TSG)  Paper: Basic Gray, Whisper White, Daffodil Delight, Victoria Gardens DSP (Echo Park), Toy Box Collection (Crate Paper), SU! DSP  Ink: Basic Gray  Accessories: World's Best die (TSG), white satin ribbon, Basic Gray corduroy button, adhesive pearls, paper piercer, corner rounder, Scallop Edge border punch (SU!), sponge dauber

That's it for me today - have fun playing with this color palette.  If you feel adventurous, perhaps you could try a Christmas card with these colors???  Now THERE's a challenge!  LOL  Enjoy!