Incy Wincy Challenge - Mistletoe and/or Holly

HAPPY MONDAY!!!!!!

                           This week the Incy Wincy Design team has a GREAT challenge for you.....
                                        

Mistletoe and/or Holly

Our fabby sponsor this week is  
BUGABOO

SUCH amazing digis..... some of my faves......so please be sure to check them out!!! 
And then, head on over to the CHALLENGE blog and see what the rest of my teamies have done!!!!

Here is my card for this week:

I have used JJ -Christmas Cheers and have coloured her with Copics and added Crystal lacquer to the glass she is sitting in.  I love the effect it gives!!!  The CS is Hunter green and Riding Hood Red (SU) and the embossing folder is holly leaves - I believe it is from Tim Holtz (I borrowed it from a friend at our crafty weekend!!!) 


Have fun and good luck!!! I hope you'll join us this week! If you do, you could win a GREAT prize this week!!! WOOO HOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Vintage? Shabby Chic? Grunge??

Not sure what to call these....but I made them in "Tim Holtz" style.......I hope you like them! They were really fun and MESSY!!! I used all of my friends things (except the manila tag & the ribbon/lace!) - the stamps and die cuts are all TH, I coloured the ribbon and lace with my TH Distress markers and inked and inked and layered and inked some more! LOL   When I was done, I spritzed them with this pearly stuff she had too! 

I am entering these into Brown Sugar Challenge Blog (Red, Green, Cream), Crafty Mess (Vintage Christmas), Delicious Doodles (Anything but a card), Fussy and Fancy (tags & borders), Jellypark Challenges (Tag it), and lastly,  Jingle Belles (Anything Goes).

Have a GREAT day!!!
Hugs,
Chris

Love to Create Challenge - Anything Goes

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Good morning everyone!!! Happy Monday!!!!!

                                          This week the LOVE TO CREATE Challenge is   

ANYTHING GOES! 

This week we have TWO sponsors - Sassy Studio Designs and Beccy's Place.  I have used Chrismas Pig from Beccy's Place - I made this card for my niece as she is CRAZY about pigs!!! LOL

The CS is Green Galore and Pretty in pink (SU).   I have coloured him with Copics and added some stickles to the wreath for berries.  The sentiment is from an old  set, and the ribbon (SU) and rhinestones are from my stash (but are Hero Arts).  The border punch at the top is from Martha Stewart - got it for Christmas last year - thought it matched the blanket on the pig very well!!!!  

Thanks for stopping by!!!
Head on over to the challenge blog to check it out!!! HOPE to see you joining us!!!!!

Hugs,

Chris



Incy Wincy Challenge - Christmas & Snowflakes

HAPPY MONDAY!!!!!!

                           This week the Incy Wincy Design team has a GREAT challenge for you.....
                                        

CHRISTMAS AND SNOWFLAKES 

- so it must be a Christmas card with snowflakes on it!!!!

Our fabby sponsor this week is  
Digital Delights

SUCH cute digis..... so please be sure to check them out!!! 
And then, head on over to the CHALLENGE blog and see what the rest of my teamies have done!!!!

Here is my card for this week:

I have used Christmas Bongo - isn't he cute? I have coloured him with Copics and added white 3D paint to his hat.  The CS is Real Red (SU) and the DP is from my stash.  I used the Martha Stewart snowflake punch, a snowflake charm and some ribbon and  rhinestones from my stash.  The sentiment is from a really old SU set!
Have fun and good luck!!! I hope you'll join us this week! If you do, you could win a GREAT prize this week!!! WOOO HOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Love to Create Challenge - Holiday Cheer

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Good morning everyone!!! Happy Monday!!!!!

                                          This week the LOVE TO CREATE Challenge is   

HOLIDAY CHEER

Our sponsor this week is BUGABOO - another of my top faves!!!!  I chose Blitzen for this challenge because, well, he truly is embodying "Christmas Cheer" - LOL  

The CS is Ruby Red (SU) and the DP is from a cheapy pack from Michaels I bought last Christmas!   I have coloured him with Copics and added a bit of crystal lacquer to his glass and some glitter to the bow & heart.  The sentiment is from an old CC Designs reindeer set, the holly are some die cuts I bought from Etsy last year and the ribbon is from my stash! I am going to give this one to my nephew who just turned 18 (drinking age in Alberta is 18!!)

I am entering this into the following challenges:  

Natalie & Amy's challenge - Christmas or Winter

Sparkles Monthly Challenge - Christmas is coming

Cupcake Craftroom - Anything Christmas

Thanks for stopping by!!!
Head on over to the challenge blog to check it out!!! HOPE to see you joining us!!!!!

Hugs,

Chris



Incy Wincy Challenge - Non Traditional Christmas colours

HAPPY MONDAY!!!!!!

                           This week the Incy Wincy Design team has a GREAT challenge for you.....
                                        

NON TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLOURS

Our fabby sponsor this week is  
Saturated Canary
Absolutely some of my favourite digis...Krista is so talented, so please be sure to check them out!!! 
And then, head on over to the CHALLENGE blog and see what the rest of my teamies have done!!!!

Here is my card for this week:

I have used Mousey Mo and have coloured her with Copics.  I used a teal & yellow, although for some reason the colours look washed out! Weird! Must be the crappy weather!  The sentiment is from my good pal NETTY - thanks Annette!!! She makes amazing sentiments & they are all FREE!! Go check it out!!!

I ran the yellow through my snowflake cuttlebug folder, added some teal bakers twine that I have had FOREVER!!  .  I like these 2 colours together, will have to try this combo again! 

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Cards Galore - Christmas
ABC Challenge - C for Clear it out
Digi Galore - Anything Goes
Ladybug Crafts - Christmas or Winter



Have fun and good luck!!! I hope you'll join us this week! If you do, you could win a GREAT prize this week!!! WOOO HOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

Blogaversary winners.....

Drum roll please..........................

I put the top 10 commenters into a cup and drew one name.....that person is the winner of the GRAND PRIZE ............. REGENA!!!

Then I put you all into Random.org and drew 5 winners!!! These ladies will get a prize as well:

Vicki 
Sandra H
Margreet 
Cat Spicer
Catherine

Congratulations to you all!!! PLEASE email me (email link in sidebar ---> ) as soon as you can so I can get your goodies in the mail before the Christmas rush!!!!!

THANKS to all who played along - I hope you will continue to follow my blog!!!!
Hugs,
Chris

Three trees

Good morning! What a cold, snowy, foggy day it is here! YUCK!!!!! AND I had good intentions to get lots of things done today - guess I will have to tackle my "inside job list" instead!!!! 

Here are 2 cards I made using the Unity stamp set called Christmas Eve Chowder.  I bought this set last Christmas & totally forgot I had it until I saw someone's card using the adorable penguins! You know you have too much stuff when..... LOL!!!!!! 

I wanted to create clean & simple cards that would be easy to replicate.  Needless to say, cutting the trees six times was not so easy! Well...just time consuming!  The trees are stamped onto designer paper TWICE, then cut out & popped up.  I used some pink bakers twine for the top one and some gold cord that was from an old jewelery pouch I found in my drawer when I was decluttering!  The sentiment is from the Unity stamp set too.  I added a little drop of stickles to the star and that's it! Clean & Simple!!!

I am entering these cards into the following challenges:

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards Challenge - Clean & Simple
Clearly i Stamp - Clean & Simple
Crafty Catz - Recycle or Upcycle (gold cord)
Fussy & Fancy - I love Christmas
Jingle Belles - Anything Goes
Pause, Dream, Enjoy - Forgotten stash (stamp set)

Thanks for popping by! I hope you are staying warm wherever you are (or cool if you are on the other side of the globe!!!)
Hugs,
Chris

WHOA!!!!! Where did the time go???

I was scrolling down to the bottom of my blog yesterday and saw THIS:

 Ok, so big deal right???  I have had Blogoversary candy contests in the past, but get a few new followers just for the candy....but they never stick around!  It is sad, but it excites me to see the HUGE numbers of visitors for those few days! AND it excites me to give away some goodies!! I'm feeling generous again, so will think of a contest for you all!

 I thought about it for a second, and thought, "hmm, this must be year 3"......until I looked at my very first post.....2007!!!!!!!!! WHAT??????????????    FIVE YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Holy snappin'!!!! Honestly, where did the time go????? Five years I've been blogging?? That is CRAZY!!!!I'm still shaking my head!! WOW!

So, here's what I'm going to do:  IF you are a loyal follower of my blog already, leave your name in INLINKZ below.  If you are not a follower of my blog - please become a follower.

(here's a badge for your blog if you want it!! THANKS to NIKKI for making it for me - and my blog header!!! You're the BEST!!!!)

 I am going to be looking over the next 33 days to who comments the most.  I will then take the Top 10 commenters and put their names in a draw.  That person will get a GRAND PRIZE!!!!  THEN, I will take EVERYONE who put their name into Inlinkz and draw FIVE names to win more prizes!!!!!

So, I will be giving away SIX prizes - WOW!!!! Not sure the prizes yet but I guarantee they will be AWESOME!!!!!   IF I get a chance to collect goodies and take pics I will post them here!!!  This will be on top until the end of my Blogoversary so PLEASE scroll down to see my recent posts!!!  Thanks!

Hugs,
Chris

Love to Create challenge - Non Traditional Holiday colours

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Good morning everyone!!! Happy Monday!!!!!

                                          This week the LOVE TO CREATE Challenge is   

NON TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS COLOURS!!!
(so NO red, green, silver, gold!!)

Our sponsor this week is MELJEN'S DESIGNS.....gosh I love her images! They make me smile every time I colour them up!!!!  This is YETI COCOA....so cute!!! 

The CS is Tangerine Tango and Brilliant Blue (SU) and the DP is also from SU - a winter package if I remember correctly!!!  I have coloured him with Copics and added some shiny snowflake confetti (not sure it's really confetti because it's big, but not sure what else to call it! LOL)  The sentiment is from a set I've had forever!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!
Head on over to the challenge blog to check it out!!! HOPE to see you joining us!!!!!

Hugs,

Chris