Challenge #3 at the 4 Crafty Chicks!

Hello everyone!  What a week I've had so far - my supposedly indestructible Mac cratered on Sunday morning - it would turn on but refused to boot past the lovely Apple/spinning gear screen.  *sigh*  It's scary to realize how much info is on there that I depend on for day to day stuff - not to mention the iTunes library my son is worried about!  And now I'm having trouble with the photo-editing software I have to make-do with so if my pictures look wonky, I apologize.  :)  LOL

But enough moaning and groaning....  We've got another fun and fabulous 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge - this week's hostess with the mostess is Tamie and she is challenging us to use embossing on our projects.  You all know how much I {love} embossing so this was an easy challenge for me.

I totally love that I get to play with Stacey's Curtain Call Color Challenge for FUN now - not that it wasn't fun before but, well, you know what I mean!  The colors she picked this week are rather subdued compared to some of the recent combos, but I think they're fabulous:

I combined it with this week's Mojo Monday sketch created by the super-awesome Teresa Kline:

And here ya go:

Recipe - Paper: Whisper White, Early Espresso, Kraft, To the Nines DSP (SU!)  Ink: Early Espresso, Sahara Sand, Always Artichoke  Accessories: Paper piercer, MS Optic Dot border punch, adhesive pearls, SU stencil, sponge daubers, Kraft taffeta ribbon, button, hemp twine, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Paisley embossing folder, sentiment rub-on

I hope you will join us at the 4 Crafty Chicks for our embossing challenge - we will award three "Golden Egg" awards for our top three picks.  You have until Tuesday, September 21 at 11:59 MST to submit your project - have fun with embossing

Color Dare #76 and a Sweet Sunday Sketch

Welcome, welcome, welcome!  I'm so thrilled to be a part of Riley's new design team over at the Color Dare and this week she's given us a combination that {I} found a bit challenging:

Old Olive

Elegant Eggplant

Rose Red

Not Quite Navy

I love all of these colors but with most of them being rather, shall we say, dark, I found it difficult to come up with a card that convinced me that it was {the one}.  I finally decided that the one I created with Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch would be it (but I'm still not totally pleased...)

Recipe - Stamps: Vintage Labels (SU!)  Paper: Whisper White, Elegant Eggplant, Not Quite Navy, Rose Red, SU! DSP, Old Olive  Ink: Not Quite Navy  Accessories: Elegant Lines embossing folder, Purely Pomegranate satin ribbon, square punch, small oval punch, crocheted flower, buttons, hemp twine, felt leaves, adhesive pearls, scallop edge border punch

Please take a minute to stop in and see what the rest of the Color Dare design team came up with - their links are to the left in my sidebar.  I can`t wait to see what you create using this interesting color combination! 

A Fond Farewell...

Hello everyone! This week in The Shabby Tea Room marks the end of my six-month term as a Shabby Girl...*sniff*  I have had so much fun creating alongside these wonderful, creative ladies.  Debbie has been so incredibly gracious and supportive during the past six months and for that I want to say a heartfelt "Thank you."  I still feel very honored that she chose me to be part of her "baby"...

With all that out of the way, let's get to this week's Shabby Tea Room challenge - Audrey has given us this lovely photo as an inspiration to create a project featuring nature and/or the color green:

This week's sponsor in the Tea Room is Tiffany Doodles - they have a fabulous selection of digital images and this week's winner will receive six images, four images will go to the 2nd runner up and the 3rd runner up will get to choose 2 images!  How generous is that?

This week's colors over at the Picture Perfect Creations Color Challenge work perfectly together with TSTR challenge:

I used Taylor's newest sketch:

Recipe: Stamps - Poppy With Oval (Tiffany Doodles Digi), From The Garden (Flourishes)  Ink: Early Espresso Paper: Early Espresso, Bashful Blue, SU! DSP, Whisper White  Accessories: Elegant Lines embossing folder, Nestabilities, Copics, oval punch, Bashful Blue satin ribbon, hemp twine, sponge dauber  

Thanks for stopping by - make sure you stop by and check out the rest of the PPC Creators and the Shabby Girls' creations - their links are to the left. 

Enjoy your Monday - come back soon!

It's Time For a Totally Stampalicious New Release Blog Hop!

Welcome, welcome, welcome!  If you landed here via Lynnor's blog, then you're on the right track.  If you didn't, I'd STRONGLY suggest that you start back at the Totally Stampalicious blog in order to experience everything in it's most awesomeness,  :)  In case you get lost along the way, here's the Blog Hop list for you:

Totally Stampalicious

Cindy Haffner's Corner

Monique - For The Love of Paper

Lynnor - Just Add Glitter

Melissa - My Paper Obsession  <<<<---- You are here.

Laurie - On the Bright Side

Becky - Stampin' For Fun

Patricia - Stamping With Kokirose

Joycelyn - Stamps 'n' Coffee

Vicki - Summerthyme Studio

Stacy - Twinshappy

Sue - Coffeestamper (SCS Gallery)

So, let's get down to business - - - Oh MY!  I am SOOOO excited about this month's new releases!  They are ALL so cute!  Let me tell you, Jodie does a FABULOUS job designing these images - I want them ALL!  I decided to use one of the images from the "Angel Bears" set and the sketch from the Diva Coffee Break Designs challenge:

Recipe - Stamp: Angel Bears (Totally Stampalicious)  Ink: Versafine Onyx Black  Paper: Coredinations textured CS, Whisper White, Sahara Sand, Basic Grey "Oliver" DSP  Accessories: Hemp twine, paper piercer, Nestabilities, oval punches, Copics, star eyelet, Spica glitter pens

Isn't he adorable???  I had so much fun coloring this little guy - his wings and halo are colored with my Copic Spica atyou Glitter pens.

Prizes will be selected randomly from 3 different DT Blogs (also randomly
selected) so be sure to stop in and comment on all of them!  Wanna know what we're givin' away?

3rd Prize - $10 Gift Certificate
2nd Prize - $15 Gift Certificate
1st Prize - ALL FOUR New Release Stamp Sets!!

All of the New Releases are AVAILABLE NOW at the Totally Stampalicious Store!  If you are interested in the Digi Files of these stamps, head on over to Bugaboo Digi Stamps to find these and many, many more fun images by the fabulous artist, Jodie Mackrell!

Okie dokie - thanks for stopping by - off you go to Laurie's blog!  Enjoy!

A Color Challenge at the 4 Crafty Chicks!

Welcome back everyone!

First of all I want to thank everyone who helped to make the 4 Crafty Chicks' first challenge such a success!  We weren't sure what to expect or how many participants we might have but we sure appreciate each one of you that took the time to stop by and check us out.

I am the hostess this week and I have thrown out a color challenge (you all know how much I LOVE  a good color challenge...:)

I combined it with Annabelle's Bling Sketch Challenge...

... and came up with this cutie-patootie card:

Recipe - Stamps: Honey-Summer (C.C. Designs), sentiment from Pure Innocence "Beach Bum" set  Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Memento Tuxedo Black  Paper: Melon Mambo, Whisper White, SU! DSP  Accessories: Paper piercer, Nestabilities, adhesive pearls, Copics, paper flowers, rhinestone brad, Old Olive striped ribbon

Thanks for stopping by - I hope you will join us for this week's challenge ~ you could be the lucky winner of the Golden Egg badge to display proudly on your blog. 

See you soon!

I've Got Some Fabulous News...

... and now I can share it with you all!  I have the honor and privilege of joining Riley's wonderful design team over at The Color Dare for the next six months!!   I am so excited to be involved in another color challenge because, I must admit, they are my favorite kind of challenges.  :)

The first amazing color combo is one I really {heart}: Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Pretty in Pink and Garden Green.  My first instinct was to make a springy-floral card but as I peeked through my papers and stamps, it evolved in to a... WINTER card!  ACK!  Are you ready for it yet?  Here in Alberta, the mornings start out VERY chilly - almost scarf and touque time.  :)

I thought I could use Julee's magnificent (as usual) Mojo Monday sketch:

And voila!

Recipe - Stamps: Snow Wonderful (Verve)  Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, Garden Green, Cherry Cobbler  Paper: Garden Green, Very Vanilla, Cherry Cobbler, Pretty in Pink, SU! DSP  Accessories: Paper piercer, Nestabilities, Pretty in Pink satin ribbon, Copic Spica glitter pen (clear), button, hemp twine, small and large tag punch, Snowflakes embossing folder, Candy Cane Stripe embossing folder

I hope you will join us for this week's Color Dare - and then stop and see what the rest of the brand new design team created with these colors.  :)

See you tomorrow for another 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge!

Bugaboo Stamps in The Shabby Tea Room!

Welcome back everyone!

I'm so excited this week because Bugaboo Stamps is our sponsor in The Shabby Tea Room!  I LOVE the images Jodi has designed - they are ALL super-cute and appeal to a wide range of stampers and this week's winner will receive seven digi images of their choice!  How exciting is that?

This week's theme in the Tea Room is, "Tag! You're It!" - create a card or project with a tag.  Easy peasy, right?  :)  When I picked my image from Bugaboo I had this week's Picture Perfect Creations Color Challenge in mind:

Don't you just love the new Stampin' Up colors?  These ones are so fun and summery.  I'm trying to hold onto the summer as long as I can - the air is starting to feel awfully "crisp" in the morning.  Mercy's Tuesday Sketch was the perfect inspiration for this week's card - I made a few minor alterations....

Recipe - Stamp: Flower Bear ~Sunflower (Bugaboo digi images), Tiny Tags (SU!)  Ink: Onyx Black Versafine, Marina Mist, Peach Parfait  Paper: Peach Parfait, Marina Mist, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, SU! DSP  Accessories: Paper piercer, Copics, jewelry tag punch, brad, MS Optic Dot border punch, Argyle embossing folder, Seeing Spots embossing folder

Make sure you stop by and see what the rest of the Shabby Girls created for this week's challenge...

Debbie Marcinkiewicz - {TSTR Creator} - Simple Treasures

Audrey Pettit - Audrey Pettit's Weblog

Cathy Clark - Papier Girl

Lisa Golzbein - Oh So Cute By Lisa

Nicole Segnere - My Craft Room Creations

And then check out the rest of the PPC Creators to see how they used these awesome colors:

Lori Turner

Nicole Anderson

Sandy Tran

Trish Radacs

Jackie Weeks

Tamie Camp

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Paula McClane

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to get your project done for the inaugural 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge - the deadline is tomorrow night at midnight MST!