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Hello again, everyone! It's been a crazy week - the boys were on Fall Break and so the DH and I decided to leave them with my mom and dad and we took off to Vegas for 4 days.  It's been a long time since we have taken a vacation without the kids so we really made the most of it.  :)

But never fear!!!  Even a Vegas Vacation can't stop me from getting a card done for the newest Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge.  I'm not sure how Karen does it week after week coming up with these amazing sketches but I have a feeling this one will be in my go-to file:

 

 

Due to some time restraints, I decided to go VERY CAS... some buttons and stitching are about the only embellishing on this card:

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 (she's taking a break this week but I know she'd love for you to stop by)

Karen Giron 

Karen Motz 

Lori Tecler 

Lynn Put 

Sarah-Jane Kalé 

Tracy Clemente 

Vicki Burdick 

... and don't forget our Guest Sweet Sunday Stamper, Carole Burrage!!

Thanks for stopping in today - enjoy your week and I hope you will play along with us at the SSSC!

4CCC-116 {Winter}

"It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..."  Hello everyone!  Does this accurately describe where you live?  It sure does apply to the weather here in Central Alberta...over the last week or so we've received an awful lot of the white stuff.  Before we know it, it will be December and Christmas will be well upon us... *sigh*

This week over at the 4 Crafty Chicks' Challenge, Tamie is our hostess-extraordinaire and she would like to see your winter-inspired creations. Have fun with the possibilities of scrapbook layouts, 3D projects, altered art...

For my card, I used last week's sketch from RetroSketches and some paper from BasicGrey's "Nordic Holiday" collection:

If you want more inspiration, make sure to stop by and visit the rest of the Chicks' blogs - their links are in the sidebar.  Enjoy the rest of your week!

4CCC-115 {Sketch} & PDCC156

Hello Crafty Peeps!  It's a cold, wintry day here in Central Alberta - the perfect kind of day to stay inside and craft!  Luckily for you, I have a fabulous sketch for you all to play with over at the 4 Crafty Chicks Challenge...

As always, don't feel limited to use the shapes and elements in *exactly* the way they are on the sketch - be creative and step outside the box.

For my card, I made a masculine birthday card using last week's color combo from the Play Date Cafe:

Thanks for stopping by - stay warm today wherever you are!

 

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Welcome back!  How does life seem to get so crazy-hectic this time of year?  It seems like I *just* feel like I've gotten my ducks in a row and I turn around and they've scattered again!  I'll tell you what, though, I am sure looking forward to a quick trip away with my husband - Vegas, here we come!  We're only going to be there for four days but they are much needed days away...thanks mom and dad for keeping the boys!

So, it's time for another stunning Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge from Karen and she's come up with another beauty...easy to go CAS or layers upon layers - you decide:

I used the Colour Q combo to make a CAS birthday card - I {heart} a combo that includes black:

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 our amazing Guest Sweet Stamper, Pam Sparks!  Thanks for joining us, Pam!

Enjoy your week! 

4CCC-114 {A Day To Remember} & RS35 & PDCC155

Happy First Day of November!!!  Can you believe there are only two months left in 2012 before we start writing 2013 on our cheques?  That is, unless the Mayans are right... ;)

So, this first day of November also brings us a brand new 4 Crafty Chicks' Challenge and this week Leanne is our hostess extraordinaire.  She has given us a theme of "A Day to Remember."  I think this theme is pretty wide open for interpretation so have fun and be creative.

For my card, I wanted to make a card that could be used for a variety of different occasions so decided to pull out the old Stampin' Up! standby, "Lovely as a Tree," and combine The Play Date Cafe's combo from last week with the RetroSketches sketch:

Thanks for stopping by - enjoy your weekend and don't forget about a brand new Sweet Sunday Sketch on Sunday!  See you then!

4CCC-113 {Halloween}

Happy Halloween!  I know it's not *quite* Halloween but this week at the 4 Crafty Chicks' Challenge, it's what we want to see from you all!  Lori is our hostess-with-the-mostest and she wants to see all the spooky ghoulishness you can throw our way.

For my card, I decided to go CAS again and found a great sketch over at RetroSketches and a fun color combo from Arielle and the girls over at Colour Q:

I used my wonderful Spider Web border die from There She Goes - you'd think it wouldn't be that difficult to cut it out and glitter it up but HOLA!  What a process that was!  I started out by putting some 2" Sookwang tape on Tangerine Tango cardstock and then trying to cut through it but it wouldn't go through the whole way. So, I thought I'd put the glitter on first and then cut through it.  That wasn't much easier but it did work...here's a close-up of the web and skull:

I hope you will play along with us over at the 4 Crafty Chicks.  Have fun and, remember, the scarier the better! 

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Happy Sunday everyone!  I hope you are all enjoying this wonderful fall weather - this is my absolute favorite time of the year...nothing better than the crunchy leaves underfoot and the chill in the morning air.  Our forecast for this week even has the possibility of some of the white stuff!  Not sure I'm ready for *that* but it will sure make things pretty.

It's time for another Sweet Sunday Sketch and Karen's got a fun one for you this week:

As you can see, I rotated it, made the circle a star, the banners became jingle bells and the big square isn't so big.  So, the same, but different.  ;)  Some blue and silver glitter adorn the star (with some Crystal Effects to keep the glitter from disappearing) and the jingle bells hang from some silver cord:

The color combo is from the Play Date Cafe's 3rd Anniversary celebration - flame, grape and mulberry.  My red is a bit more subdued than *flame*, and the grape isn't really *grape-y* and the mulberry is a bit more *indigo* but...:)

All of the fabulous Sweet Sunday Stampers have inspiration for you, so please stop by and say hello to:

Dana White (she's taking a break this week but I know she'd love to have you stop by!)

Dawn Easton 

Jackie Pedro 

Karen Giron 

Karen Motz 

Lori Tecler 

Lynn Put 

Sarah-Jane Kalé 

Tracy Clemente 

Vicki Burdick 

... and our amazing Guest Sweet Stamper, Mindy Backes!

Thanks for stopping by today - enjoy your week and I hope you will play along with this versatile sketch. :)