4 Crafty Chicks #435 - Sparkle & Shine

Happy Thursday!

It's time for a ncw challenge at

4 Crafty Chicks.

Lori is our hostess this week!

4 Crafty Chicks # 435 Sparkle & Shine

Well, Christmas has come and gone once again.

However, I still have cards to share (as well as some to still finish).  

I tried my hand at foiling with Deco Foil and a laminator this season.  I thought one was perfect for this challenge as I foiled the background and it's super sparkly!  I stamped the sentiment in Versamark and embossed with silver emboss powder for even more shine.  It is hard to photograph, however, to show all the glitz and shine.

Now stop by the Hen House and check out all my fellow Chicks' sparkly projects!  Then link up your own sparkly or shiny project and play along with us! 

Crafty Chick Blessings! 

4 Crafty Chicks #434 Bear Twist

Hello Thursday!

4 Crafty Chicks has a new challenge starting today.

Amy is our hostess with the mostest too!  

She is looking for Bears as the Twist.

4 CC #434 Bears

It's less than a week until Christmas, can you believe it? I'm almost ready.  I'm still whipping up some cards as my Christmas stash pretty much got sold to my hubby's colleagues.  It was good to have some extra cash, but then, it left my own personal Christmas card stash in a slight deficit.  I'm also doing some New Year's cards to make up for the lateness of Christmas cards.  However, FYI, technically, Christmas lasts through January 6th, Epiphany, so I still have time. <wink wink> Hahaha 

So I created a New Years card with my bear...

Be sure and stop by the Hen House and check out the rest of the Chicks' projects.  They are un"bearably" cute! Then come play along with us with our Bear twist or even in our always Anything Goes challenge.  

Card Supplies

Stamps: Bear-Party Pandas (Stampin'Up); Numbers - Milestone Birthday Numbers (Catherine Pooler Designs); Banner-Birthday Icons (Catherine Pooler Designs).

Paper: White cardbase- Solar White (Neenah); Silver metallic cardstock (Bazzill); Patterned paper-Snowy Day (Catherine Pooler Designs).

Ink: Versamark; Zig Real Brush Water Pens; Midnight (Catherine Pooler Ink).

Extras: Tag Die -Good Stuff (Catherine Pooler Designs); Number dies - coordinate with number stamps (Catherine Pooler Designs); Banner coordinating die (Catherine Pooler Designs).

Crafty Chick Blessings!

Paper Sweeties 25 Days of Christmas 2018

Happy Tuesday!

Well there's nothing like being all ready and then discovering you didn't hit the "publish" button! :/

So I'm a little late posting my second day.

Today is my 2nd day to share a project for Paper Sweeties 25 Days of Christmas!

This month the Paper Sweeties Design Team and Special Guests are sharing holiday inspirational projects every day through Christmas Day.  Each day features a different designer or guest.  So be sure and go to the Paper Sweeties Blog each day to check out the newest projects from another designer.  

There is also a new stamp/die set this month that we are featuring as well ---- 

Merry Christmas Y'all

Merry Christmas Y'all Sweet Cuts

This time I went a little more elegant, creating a silver and gold card using that cute little tree from this month's new set (above).

    Here is the daily list in case you have missed seeing some other designers from the first ten days. 

December 1st - Planner Team Posts

December 2nd - Debbie

December 3rd - Lilian

December 4th - Amy Tsuruta

December 5th -Lisa Bzibziak

December 6th - Michelle Bala

December 7th -Mackie

December 8th - Karen

December 9th -Maria

December 10th - Lisa G.

December 11th - Nancy (You are HERE!)

December 12th -Mackie

December 13th - Jinny

December 14th -Larissa

December 15th - Kathy Schweinfurth

December 16th - Taylor

December 17th -Maria

December 18th -Nancy (Me Again!)

December 19th - Jinny

December 20th - Lisa G.

December 21st -Larissa

December 22nd - Debbie

December 23rd - Karen

December 24th -Lisa Bzibziak

December 25th - Debbie

Be sure and stop by the Paper Sweeties Blog all this week and through Christmas Day to see more projects by the Team and Guests!

I also have a bit of sad news for my post.  This is my last post as a designer for Paper Sweeties.  At the end of December I will be stepping down from the team.  It was a hard decision to make, but I felt like it was time for me to go. I have loved being a part of Debbie's team and am so grateful to her for giving me the opportunity over the past four years.  I will miss everyone on the team but I will be around and plan to visit! 

Paper Sweeties Blessings!

4 Crafty Chicks #433 - Masculine Greetings

Good Morning Thursday!

Ok, it's just 12 days until Christmas!

Who is tired of Christmas cards?  LOL

4 Crafty Chicks #433 Masculine Greetings!

I'm the hostess this week at 4 Crafty Chicks 

and

I want to see some manly projects as the twist.

If you're like me, you don't make nearly enough masculine cards to have for all the men in your life.  And, coming from a home full of testosterone, I could surely have more in my stash!

I actually made a birthday card for my older brother and am three weeks ahead of his birthday for once! His birthday is Jan. 5th and growing up he sometimes felt like it was a Christmas leftover, particularly if it snowed and hindered a party.  One year that happened and I think he all he got were drumsticks and a cake. Bummer.  So I try to get his gift in the mail before New Year's.

This card actually took a different direction from my original plans, which was to include plaid with the coke bottle.  Then, I spied this panel of grunge stamped background and coupled with the coke bottle I ditched the plaid.  I really love how it turned out!  

Don't forget to stop by the Hen House and see the rest of the Chicks' projects.  Lots of great inspiration and festive cards! Then come play along with us and give the masculine twist a try.  The challenge is open until Wednesday, December 19th at Noon Mountain Time.

Card Supplies:
Stamps: Grunge background (Catherine Pooler Designs); Sentiment - Fill In The Blanks (Catherine Pooler Designs); Bottle top sentiment (Inkadinkadoo); Coke bottle sentiment (My Favorite Things).
Paper: White cardstock (Neenah Solar White 110lb); Chocolate (Catherine Pooler Designs); Samba inked white cardstock.
Ink: Versamark; Icing On The Cake, Over Coffee, Samba (Catherine Pooler Inks).
Extras: WOW White Emboss powder; Silver Emboss Powder (Stampin' Up); Coke Bottle Die-Soda Pop (My Favorite Things); Postage Stamp Die (Catherine Pooler SOA); Stitched Rectangle die (Lil' Inker Designs); Label die - Good Stuff Inside (Catherine Pooler); small circle die (Catherine Pooler).

For Following Challenges:

Crafty Chick Blessings!

Paper Sweeties 25 Days of Christmas 2018

Happy Tuesday!

This month the Paper Sweeties Design Team and Special Guests are sharing holiday inspirational projects every day through Christmas Day.  Each day features a different designer or guest.  So be sure and go to the Paper Sweeties Blog each day to check out the newest projects from another designer.  

There is also a new stamp/die set this month that we are featuring as well ---- 

Merry Christmas Y'all

Merry Christmas Y'all Sweet Cuts

Today is one of my two days I will be sharing projects using the new stamp/die set as well as some of the other Paper Sweeties holiday stamps/dies.

For my project today I used the new stamp/die set. That truck is just the cutest and of course I had to make mine Carolina Blue!  I also used the gifts from Merry Little Christmas and the heart from Sugar and Spice.

Here is the daily list in case you have missed seeing some other designers from the first ten days. 

December 1st - Planner Team Posts

December 2nd - Debbie

December 3rd - Lilian

December 4th - Amy Tsuruta

December 5th -Lisa Bzibziak

December 6th - Michelle Bala

December 7th -Mackie

December 8th - Karen

December 9th -Maria

December 10th - Lisa G.

December 11th - Nancy (You are HERE!)

December 12th -Mackie

December 13th - Jinny

December 14th -Larissa

December 15th - Kathy Schweinfurth

December 16th - Taylor

December 17th -Maria

December 18th -Nancy (Me Again!)

December 19th - Jinny

December 20th - Lisa G.

December 21st -Larissa

December 22nd - Debbie

December 23rd - Karen

December 24th -Lisa Bzibziak

December 25th - Debbie

Paper Sweeties Blessings!

4 Crafty Chicks #432 - Ribbons/Bows Twist

Happy Thursday!

Wow, it's Thursday again already!

It's time for another challenge 

at

4 Crafty Chicks!

Leanne is our hostess

and 

she wants Ribbons and/or Bows!

4 Crafty Chicks #432 Ribbons/Bows Twist

It's been hectic this week, in the Salkeld house. Not much holiday stuff yet.  I still have my fall decor up. We've just had lots of regular stuff ---appointments, leaf blowing (3rd round and can't see the driveway or yard again). It could be worse, could be snow, (maybe this weekend).  I do have most of my shopping done at least.

I am also trying to get my Christmas cards finished and in the mail, along with several birthday cards.  In doing so, I found a small box of Christmas die cuts, much to my surprise and so I took the time to sort them to save me time later.  I could probably knock out about 50 cards very easily just with all those dies.  LOL

I did use some of them for this card ---

The oval panel is a scrap left over from die cutting an oval for another project.  The teal background is alcohol ink on photo paper I had in my background paper stash.  I love red and tea together so I paired it with a shimmery stitched bow.

Stop over at the Hen House and check out the rest of the Chicks' projects.  Then come join us and play along with our Ribbons/Bows twist or in our always "anything goes".

Crafty Chick Blessings!

Star @Jesus - CAS Christmas

Happy Monday!

It's time for a new challenge at CAS Christmas!

It's also now just 22 Days until Christmas!  Can you believe it?  

Trina is our hostess this month

and

her theme is

Stars.

I've been playing around with foiling lately and was trying to use up some foil scraps and thought this challenge would fit well by using a star die and inlay the foil.  I wound up making two cards.

I've had the @Jesus die for a while and it hasn't seen a lot of love and of course Christmas is the perfect time to use it.  

I used a star die from Stampin' Up Star of Light set.  I cut a smaller panel of cardstock and adhered the foil to it and glued it to the back of the front panel.  The top card has blue foil and the bottom one I used the negative with a design from another project where I embossed a background and then foiled it.  I thought the negative gave an interesting effect for the star.

For each card, I cut a the @Jesus die from silver foil cardstock once and three times from white cardstock and glued them all together so it would stand out more against the star.

The card base has a slash stitched rectangle die by Gina Marie Designs. For finishing touches I added some blue sequin stars to the blue card and silver dimensional stars to the purple one.

Please stop by the CAS Christmas Blog and check out the rest of the team's projects, including our Guest Designer, Cindy!  If you don't have your Christmas cards done, why not play along with us for the next two weeks and knock out some Clean and Simple cards to send!  The challenge will end on December 15th this month so the team can enjoy the Christmas season.  

CAS Christmas Blessings!