{One of a Kind} RS64 & DD53

Hey everyone!! How was your LONG weekend? Mine was fabulous...my mom and dad came up for a quick visit and my aunt who is visiting from Nova Scotia also popped by for lunch on Sunday.  It was a lovely weekend with beautiful weather and I finished it off with a couple hours in my craft room playing with some new goodies.

Today's quick card uses three TAWS sets - one of the birds from Bird Brain, a sentiment from Deep in the Woods and the arrow from KA-POW!  The sketch is from RetroSketches and the color combo is this week's Dynamic Duos:

That's it for me - see you on Thursday for a fun 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge!

 

4CCC-142 & RS63 & CQC189

Is it Thursday already???? WOW. Did that week zip by or what?  Before we know it, it will be the end of June and school will be done... but first we have this LONG WEEKEND to get through!  Anyone have any big plans?  My parents are coming up for a quick visit and I will probably be spending some time out in the yard/on the deck... let's hope the weather cooperates!

This week's challenge at the 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge is being hosted by Miss Tamie and she wants to see some birthday cards!!!  Well, you could make anything relating to a birthday theme so have fun with it.

I *did* make a card and used the image from one of the new TAWS sets, Bird Brain, along with this month's freebie sentiment on my card.  The color combo from Colour Q and sketch from RetroSketches worked perfectly together:

Isn't it cute, cute, cute???  I hope you will come play along with this week's BIRTHDAY-themed challenge - we always love to see what you create.

Enjoy your LONG weekend, wherever you are - family, friends and food...the trifecta of fun!

 

SSSC184 & Fusion #6

Happy Mother's Day to all you amazing moms out there!!!  I hope each and every one of you are being treated like queens today - not that you shouldn't be treated like that EVERY day, but today is especially important.  :)  I'm not sure what my family has planned for the day - I would love to just sit in the sun and read all day so we'll see if that happens.

Today we've got a brand new Sweet Sunday Sketch for you and I really love this one (I know.  I say that EVERY week....)  Karen has created a fun CAS sketch but you could certainly make it *floofy* if you wanted to:

I got back to my old tricks with this one - the image I wanted to use wasn't really big enough to fill the circular panel in the center so I switched it up a bit... made a square card and used the sketch as the panel on it.  Take a peek:

The color combo is from a fabulous new challenge I found, Fusion Card Challenge.  Each week they give you a sketch and an inspiration photo and you decide if you are going to use the sketch, the inspiration photo or BOTH together when you make your card.  Totally fun, right?  Here's this week's challenge graphic:

As you can tell, I decided to go with the inspiration photo for my card - especially since I already had an amazing sketch to work with. ;)

Okie dokie, need some more inspiration?  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 

... and this week's amazingly funny, talented, crazy, super-awesome guest Sweet Stamper, Jenny Peterson.  I have the pleasure of living only 25 minutes from Jenny and she is just as sweet in person as she is on her blog.  Wild and a bit crazy...OK, a lot crazy... but one of the nicest people you'll ever meet. 

OK - enjoy your day and I hope the week ahead is a great one for you.  LONG weekend coming up - can't wait! 

 

BE Inspired #28 & The Deconstructed Sketch #100

Happy Friday, y'all!  Who's ready for the weekend & Mother's Day???  I know I sure am.  The weather has been delightful here and I am looking forward to it continuing. :)  Today I've got a quick card for the brand new BE Inspired challenge over at The Alley Way Stamps...we're up to 28 already!   This go-round, Alison has given us a lovely, soft photo for inspiration:

Isn't it pretty?  As usual, I went with the colors for my card and combined them with an AMAZING sketch from The Deconstructed Sketch - they're celebrating 100 sketches and would love to have you play along!  I love all the banner flags in this sketch:

I used a sentiment from the TAWS set Words to Live By - one of my recommended must-haves. :) 

Thanks for stopping by - have a super-fabulous weekend!

 

4CCC-141 {Color} & RS62

 

 Hello all!!! How's everything going in your neck of the woods?  Thanks for stopping in to see a brand new 4 Crafty Chicks' Challenge.  I'm the hostess-with-the-mostest this week and I've got a FABULOUS COLOR combo for you all to play with, inspired by MME's "Saffron" paper pad:

I threw my card together pretty quickly - I used one of The Alley Way Stamps new release sets, Deep in the Woods for the sentiment and bigfoot prints:

The sketch is from RetroSketches:

Okie dokie - I'm outta here!  Thanks for stopping by and I'll be back tomorrow with a card for the brand new BE Inspired challenge over at TAWS!  See you then!

4CCC -140 {Stars} & DD#50 & Mojo291

Welcome back for another 4 Crafty Chicks' Challenge! This week is being hosted by Leanne and, in addition to our regularly scheduled challenge, we are also on the lookout for a few talented crafters to join our DT as a Guest Designer for a month in either June, July or August.  For all the details, please check out the 4CCC blog.

I kind of let this challenge go until the last second - I was frantically trying to get my card done yesterday after school and was thrilled when the stars aligned (stars..get it???) and my card fell into place fairly quickly.  I must have been a little bit frazzled though because before I remembered my card needed a STAR on it, I had a bow there instead.  Yep, can we say...DUH?  ;)

I am so excited for my fellow Chick, Lori, as she has just been chosen to join the DT over at Dynamic Duos!!!  To be honest, I had never heard of them before but will be playing along as often as I can because their challenge is a COLOR CHALLENGE!!!  My favorite kind!  Here's the combo I got to play with this week:

The sketch is from this week's "Round or Square" Mojo Monday:

I used a sentiment from the new TAWS release, Delicate Doilies and made this little thank you card:

Thanks for stopping in today - have a fabulous day and I hope you will play along with us at the 4CCC and try out for our Guest Designer positions!  Have a great week!

Blog Hopping with The Alley Way Stamps!

Hello Happy Hoppers and welcome to the *almost* end of your blog hopping. If you came here from Kim's blog, you're on the right track.  If you didn't, check out the order at the bottom of this post and start back at the beginning - you'll be happy you did.  Because...

One person will win ALL 3 NEW SETS!! 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 April 30th at 9:00PM TAWS time to leave them.. 

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

Our amazing DT Lead Arielle really wanted a piggy bank and some coins, I am so glad she did.. it inspired this cutie..

What do you think?

Here is your hop order.. if you get lost come back to the blog to get on your way again :) 

 

 
 

For my card, I decided to use the new set, Bird Brain, along with the new Colour Q and this week's RetroSketches.  I found a fun, new way to do mirror-image stamping - with tissue paper! You can find the tutorial here if you want to check it out...

OK - that's it for me - off you go to Stacey's blog!  Good luck - someone is going to be VERY lucky to win all three of these awesome sets!