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Welcome to the FIRST Sweet Sunday Sketch of 2013!  Can you believe another year has come and gone? The older I get, the faster time seems to zip by... I can't be the only one???

Karen has created another awesome sketch for us all over the next two weeks - in its original positioning, it kind of reminds me of one last month, so I decided to *really* change it up.  In fact, I might even get banned from the Sweet Sunday team altogether... not only did I rotate the sketch 90*, I mirror-imaged it!  I couldn't figure out how to change the sketch image for you, so you just have to trust me..:)  I used a fabulous Verve sentiment that I think is perfect for this time of year - whether or not you make New Year's Resolutions, goals and dreams are an important part of life:

I also used last week's 4 Crafty Chicks' color combo since I already had the papers sitting out on my desk - it really is a lovely combination.

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 talented Guest Sweet Stamper, Shannon White!

Happy New YEAR everyone!  Hope to see the crafting mojo out in full force for this sketch!

 

TAWS {Be Inspired #19}

Hello again everyone!!  This week's Be Inspired Challenge photo over at The Alley Way Stamps blog is a blast from the past...for me, anyways.  I can totally remember these little penguin books from when I was growing up...please tell me I'm not the only one?

 I used the colors and distressing as the inspiration for my card that uses images from the new TAWS set, "Sittin' Pretty."  Isn't that kitty the cutest?  And the fishbone?  Genius!

I flipped a Mojo Monday sketch from a few weeks ago for this card:

Thanks for popping by today - don't forget to pop by the TAWS blog to see how the rest of the girls used this photo as inspiration!

4CCC-123 & TAWS {Lighter Than Air}

Welcome back for another 4 Crafty Chicks' Challenge...and more!  We are so excited to be having another Blog Hop and search for our Guest Designers for February, March and April.  Leanne is your hostess extraordinaire and she's got a quick and simple one for you all to play with... Ribbon & Bows! 



For my card, I used one of the new stamp sets from The Alley Way Stamps called "Lighter Than Air."  It's got some great sentiments and the images are super-cute...a robot, a balloon, some birdies and these great light bulbs:

Here’s the low-down on the Blog Hop:

• Each Chick has graciously donated a prize to be given to one lucky Blog Hopper who leaves a comment on the Chick’s blog.

• The winners will be chosen by each Chick using Random.org.

• To be eligible to win Blog Hop prizes, participants must: (a) become a follower of the 4 Crafty Chicks blog; (b) leave a comment on each of the Chicks’ blogs; AND (c) leave a comment on the 4CC blog.

Would you like to join the 4 Crafty Chicks as a Guest Designer?

If you participate in this week’s challenge and would like to be considered for either February, March, or April Guest Designer positions, please put (GDT) after your name when submitting to inlinkz – please remember that you will be committing to a month of challenges (which you will receive immediately after being chosen as Guest Designer.)

Don't forget to leave your comments because each Chick has their own blog hop prize to give away!

Leanne

Melissa

Tamie

Lori

4 Crafty Chicks' Blog

I hope you will all take a few minutes to play along with us this week – we can’t wait to choose our next Guest Designers! Have fun, everyone - now off you go to Tamie's blog!!!

TAWS January Release Blog Hop

How are you enjoying the Alley Way Stamps Blog Hop so far?  Aren't these girls super-amazingly talented?  These stamps are so much fun to work with and couldn't be any more adorable!  For this quick card I used the new set, "Sittin' Pretty" and a RetroSketches sketch from a couple weeks ago:

One person will win ALL 3 NEW SETS!! YEP!! So if you want that person to be you.. 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 seperate comment for each that you do)

 You have until tonight, December 31st by 10:30 PM TAWS time to leave comments.

Here are the DT Blogs to visit

4CCC-122 {Color Challenge}

Welcome back for our FINAL 4 Crafty Chicks' Challenge of 2012! Can you believe we're through
another year?  This week, Lori is our hostess-with-the-mostest and she's created this lovely, soft color combo for you all to play with:

I found a fantastic, CAS sketch challenge, CAS(E) This Sketch, and LOVE their sketches - this is based on their very first one from a few months ago:

 

I hope you enjoyed your Christmas with family and friends - now to prepare for 2013!  Please take some time to play along with us this week and don't forget to visit the other Chicks if you need a bit more inspiration!

TAWS Day One Sneak Peek {The Gang}

Happy Boxing Day!!!  Did you all have a super-duper Christmas?  I have had a house full of family since the weekend and have enjoyed every single minute of it... We are heading out skiing with the DH's family tomorrow so there is not going to be any time to rest and relax the rest of this year! :)

I've got some exciting news to share with all of my crafty friends - I've been asked to join the amazing design team over at The Alley Way Stamps!  Ali has got some of the CUTEST stamps around and the sentiment fonts are awesome - and the girls on the design team are amazingly talented.  I can't wait for you all to see what we've got coming for you over the next few months.

Today I've got a sneak peek of the first of three new sets being released this month, "The Gang."  Actually, my card also has an element on it from one of the other new sets but I kind of got them mixed up when I was making my card...oops!  Too lazy to go back and change it so it stayed right where it was!

Here ya go:

Please stop by TAWS Blog to see who else has some sneak peeks for this set - you're going to love it!  Thanks for stopping by - see you in a couple days!

4CCC-121 {Make Your Own Patterned Paper} & December SFYTT & CQC165

 Hello everyone!  It's a quick post from me today - there is WAYYYY too much stuff to do around here.  My family arrives this weekend and I am NOT ready!

This week's challenge over at the 4 Crafty Chicks' is being hosted by Tamie and she wants you to make your OWN patterned paper.  You all know how much I love my 6X6 paper pads so this was REALLY a challenge for me.

I pulled out one of my new SU! two-step stamping sets, Reason to Smile, and got to work combining the final SFYTT sketch for this year with a Colour Q combo from a few weeks ago:

Here are links to all of my SFYTT cards for this year - glad I got to play along:


Thanks for stopping by today - ENJOY the next few days!  If you happen to have some down-time, we'd love to have you join us at the 4CCC!