A few more journals....

These journals sell like HOT CAKES at my craft fairs, so I had to stock up again before my last one, which was last weekend!!!! Here are 5 of the ones I made:

Angel's Landing Digital image

Magnolia image

Shy Bears - available at Squigglefly

Anya image

Victoria Case image

Thanks for stopping by!!!

Chris

Fabulous Friday Freebie #18

Hey everyone! I hope you had a GREAT week!!! TGIF!!!!! LOTS of entries this week, HOW AWESOME!!!! If you could, pass on the word!! I don't know ANYONE who doesn't like FREE STUFF!!!!!!

The winner of the Brilliance ink pads is........ CATHY!!!!!!

Congratulations Cathy!! Please email me your mailing address & we will get those out to you right away!!!!!

This week, one lucky winner will win BUSTER the dog, by Art Gone Wild. I don't own this stamp but he is on my WISH LIST!!!!!

I chose this stamp, even without a sample for you to celebrate us getting a new dog tomorrow!!!! OMG, I think we are CRAZY!!!! My friend has a dog very similar to Brick, and the 2 boys got along GREAT in the summer! Very same personalities....not sure I want TWO of Brick, but hey, we are helping them out & we have been talking about getting another dog for a couple years now. My friend is pregnant & knows she can't care for Bobby like he needs so they are giving him to us. Bobby will be joining our family tomorrow!!!! I will post some pics as soon as we have some!! Wish me luck!!! LOL

Remember, you only need to enter the Simon Says Challenge this week (which is Winter Love) and leave me a comment with your link to your card, in order to win!!! You CAN get a second entry for having my blinkie in your sidebar, and a THIRD entry for telling people about my blog candy in a blog post! PLEASE leave me a comment with a link directly to it, so I can find it!!!! THAT IS IT!!!!!

Can't wait to see what you all come up with for this weeks challenge! Good luck & have fun!!!!
Chris

My first Tri-Fold Card

I made my first Tri-Fold card at my retreat at the beginning of November, and it was surprisingly easy!!! It is a bit tricky getting stamps & embellishments for all the little boxes, so I let the Designer paper do a lot of the work for me!!!!





Thanks for stopping by!!!! Have a great week!!

Don't forget to join us in our SIMON SAYS STAMP challenge this week (Winter love) , our INCY WINCY DESIGNS challenge (Anything goes) and our CORROSIVE CHALLENGE this week (Let's go to the movies!)

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends!!! Enjoy the turkey, family & friends today!!!!! Gobble Gobble!!!!
Chris

Simon Says.....Winter Wedding/Love

This weeks challenge at Simon Says Stamp, is Winter Wedding or Winter love....I panicked when I realized I had NO wedding stamps that YOU could purchase at Simon Says Stamp, then I went through ALL of my stamps (that took about 4 hours) until I found the PERFECT stamp. This is Rambling Ted & Rambling Rose "LOVIN' HUGS" from Penny Black. AND Simon has them in stock!!!! It originally had them standing on grass, which I covered with Polar White Flower Soft, and had butterflies all around them, which I covered up with snowflake buttons that I had - they worked PERFECTLY!!!

Remember, you can win a $25 shopping spree at Simon Says Stamp just by entering! So head to the blog to see what the rest of the Design Team has made for your viewing pleasure!! AND, if you enter this week over there, come back on Friday & enter MY Friday Freebie contest!!!!! AND stay tuned for some GREAT GIVE AWAYS in December!!!!!
Have a great week!!!

Inchie cards

I made a couple of INCHIE cards - they are a great way to use those smaller Christmas stamps that sometimes get lost on a larger card. This first one uses images from Hero Arts (snowman, cat, owl), SU Inks & More (reindeer) and Stampin Up (sentiment). This card is 4x4.






This card uses Holiday Birds from Hero Arts & is 5x5

Thanks for looking today & leaving me comments!! I totally appreciate them more than you will ever know!!!!! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!!
Chris

Incy Wincy Designs - Challenge #19 - Sketch & Anything Goes!!!

This weeks challenge at Incy Wincy Designs is an ANYTHING GOES challenge, but we've provided you with a sketch to use if you need some guidance! I ALWAYS like using a sketch....otherwise it ends up looking terrible!!! So, here is the sketch that Liz chose for you to use this week!

And here is my card using this sketch AND a gorgeous digital image GRACIOUSLY donated by Mo at Mo's Digital Pencil!!! Thank you Mo, I had SO much fun colouring Siku & Shiya!!!! LOVE this image!!!!

Head on over to the Incy Wincy Designs Challenge blog to see what the rest of the Design Team have made with their images from Mo. AND, Mo has also donated one of her images to one lucky winner!!!!

You get to choose the image yourself.......so, get going!!! HEAD on over there NOW!!!!!! Can't wait to see all your creations!!!!
Chris

Corrosive Challenge..... Let's go to the movies!!!

This weeks challenge at the Corrosive Challenge Blog is LET'S GO TO THE MOVIES! So, you have to base your card or project on a movie theme! This one was easy & hard at the same time!!! I have so many movies that I like, but it was hard to pick just ONE!! LOL
I love this image from Whiff of Joy and when I coloured her, it reminded me of the beautiful red dresses & capes the ladies wore in "White Christmas". Since Christmas is coming up, I decided to base my card on that movie, which is one of my Mom's favourite movies! We used to sit & watch it EVERY year!!!!!

Head on over to the blog to check out the other Design Team members movie inspirations!!! Don't forget, there are prizes to be won each week!!!!

Chris

Message Boards

I made these message boards to sell at the craft fairs this year & they sold pretty well! So easy & functional!!! They are frameless picture frames (the ones with the little silver clips), a dry erase marker and an eraser. The decorated paper is all under the glass, so when people write on the board, it won't ruin the paper! It is there each time they write & erase!! Clever eh?? The dry erase markers were bought at the Dollar Store, 3 for $1. The clips, ribbons & flowers were all supplies I had here! I just found paper to match the coloured clips!!


I attached the dry erase marker to the ribbon so it doesn't disappear, and if you flip the clips up, the marker sits perfectly in that when it is on the wall!!! These first 2 are just message boards, made with an 8x10 frame from the Dollar Store.






These bigger ones are an 11x17 frame, and have a message board and a To Do list. I also added a little calendar on the bottom left corner, attached with a clip so they have a calendar handy, and it is easily removable!


This one is black & white - but was SO hard to photograph because the paper was shimmery & the glass was reflecting the lamp! GRRRR!! But it is one of my favourites & the first one to sell!!!

Here are a few others I made. I didn't take photos of them all, ran out of time!!!

Thanks for stopping by!!!! These make great gifts, so if you make some, I'd love to see them!!!! Have a great week!!!

Fabulous Friday Freebie #17

The winner of the Hero Arts Clear stamp set is .......... Gini

Congratulations Gini!! Please email me your address so we can get that stamp set out to you!

This week, you can win a set of 4 Briliance Dew Drop ink pads - the colours as shown called Treehouse!

In order to be entered to win this set of ink pads, please join the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog - the challenge this week is ANIMALS. Please leave me a comment here with a link to your card so I can easily check it out! You will also get a second entry if you have my blinkie in your sidebar. AND this week, you will get a THIRD entry if you put a little blurb in a blog post about my candy (please leave me the link so I can find it easy!!!)

Can't wait to see your creations!!!! Have a great weekend!!! Thanks for stopping by!!!!

Chris

Let it SNOW!!!

NOT a BIG fan of snow & ice - especially icy roads & cold bitter winter winds, but this little guy looks ready to go for winter with his cute little hat!!!! The image is from Angel's Landing - they are digital images and OH SO CUTE!!!!!! The cardstock is Real Red (SU), the DP is from My Mind's Eye. I cut out the window with my Nestabilities and used Glittering Crystal 3D paint on the snow above the words. The little snowflakes are little buttons I've had FOREVER!!!!

Here is the outside of the card:



And the inside!



Here are a few more cards using some of the other cute penguins from Angel's Landing:

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you are having a GREAT week!!!!
Chris