Cozy Winter Owl

This is a scrapling card turned on its side, measuring 5.5 x 3"  - these are fun to make, and its good to know you can use up that little strip when you make a 5x5 card!  The mint green paper is actually sparkly -ifyou look close!  The rest of the paper is Handsome Hunter and Glorious Green from SU.  The image is Cozy Winter Owl and I have coloured him with Copics.  The snow is Glossy white 3D paint and his hat has Glittering Crystal 3D paint


I am entering this card into the Meljen's challenge, the Corrosive Challenge blog and Challenges 4 Everybody which are Anything Goes.  Glitter & Sparkle challenge blog has a ribbon and/or lace challenge this week so I'm going to enter this over there too!  Challenge up your life has a First Snow challenge...I hope that the snow that this cute owl is sitting on counts for this one!!!!  AND I'm going to enter this into The Craft Place challenge blog, which is NO SQUARES (I used rectangles!!!)

Thanks for stopping by! Have a GREAT week!
Hugs,
Chris

Love to Create Challenge - Give thanks

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

                                          This week the LOVE TO CREATE Challenge is   

Give Thanks!

Our sponsor this week is Robyn's Fetish.  I have made a center step card (I think that is what they are called!) and used some fun springy paper from my stash.  I love how it looks like she is walking through a garden!  The butterflies are from my layering EK Success punch.  I have coloured her with Copics and added stickles to her wings.  The sentiment is from Paper Smooches.

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Lexi's Creations - thanks/thanksgiving
Lollipop Crafts - Thanks
My Craft Spot - Thanksgiving
Tammy's Scrappin Corner - Thanksgiving
The Pink Elephant - Giving Thanks

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 Designs Challenge - Hip to be SQUARE

HAPPY MONDAY!!!!!!

                           This week the Incy Wincy Design team has a GREAT challenge for you.....
                                                 HIP TO BE SQUARE

Our fabby sponsor this week is The Stamp Fairy
Wow, I love Gerda's digis! But you already know that.....they are all SOOOOO cute! 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 Mimi Winter 1

Isn't she cute? I love her little snowman, he looks sad!!!!  I have coloured her with Copics.  The DP is from my stash but I thought it went perfectly with a snowy image!!! 

 

I am entering this in Bunny Zoe's monthly challenge which is WINTER. I am also entering this in Fashionista challenge which is BLUE CHRISTMAS. The Paper Girls challenge blogs theme this week is 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!!!!!

Christmas Vintage Tags

A couple weeks ago I went to a scrapbooking retreat in the mountains.  I still wasn't feeling well, so my mojo was also MIA! My friend got me started on a tag using some of her Tim Holtz stamps (blueprints) and her Distress inks.  AND  I went CRAZY! They were so fun...messy, but FUN!!!! 

I used manila tags that I bought AGES ago thinking I could keep up with the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of Christmas, but I couldn't! Vintage is SO out of my comfort zone, it freaks me out...literally freaks me out!!!! LOL   I stamped the image on the tag, then used distress inks (2 or 3 colours) to smudge around the image.  Then I stamped on the background image (either snowflakes or leaves), distressed the edges with my TH distresser tool, and then inked them.  I coloured the images and the ribbon with my TH distress inks.  THEN I spritzed them with some pearly spray that my friend had (I told you - I used EVERYTHING of hers except the tags! LOL)  These look sooooo much nicer in person, they are shimmery!  VERY cool!!!!

I have them up for sale in my Etsy shop IF you are interested!!!! 

 Here are the tags I made: 

I am entering this into the following challenges:
 ADDICTED TO STAMPS challenge which is Tags (& you have to use a stamp, which I did!),
CRAFTY EMBELLIES which is Vintage Shabby Chic with altered art (I THINK this fits there),
 Robyn's Fetish which is Vintage,
STAMPING SENSATIONS which is Traditional Christmas,
the CRAFTY PAD which is Christmas,
CRAZY4CHALLENGES which is Tags,
Di's Digi Downloads which is Autumn colours (entering the orange and red tags here!).

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you love my tags!!!!  I know I do!!!!

My crafty notebook

 Hey everyone! I wanted to share a little notebook I made using recycled cardboard and some paper inserts that were donated to our school (shhhhhhh!)  I covered both front and back with paper, and embellished, then put the book together using ribbon.  The image is from Stamp Fairy - isn't Barry cute???  I am using this to write down instructions or things I need to do - or anything craft related!  I bought the little fabric flowers from Etsy a long time ago.

 

I am entering this notebook in the following challenges:
Fab n Funky  Which is BEARS 
Divas by Design  Which is Anything Goes
Pennys Paper Crafty Challenge Which is Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,
Chris

Love to Create challenge - Fancy Edges

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

                                          This week the LOVE TO CREATE Challenge is   

FANCY EDGES

This week we have TWO sponsors and TWO great prizes! I have made cards using images from both sponsors.  This first card is SASSY LAGER, from Sassy Studio Designs. 
I have used my Grand Nesties (Labels One) and folded it over to make a fun base for the card.  It is coloured in Copics and I added glittering crystal glue to the foam of the beer.  The crochet flower I've had for AGES - bought from Etsy, and the ribbon, bow & gold cord are all from my stash! The sentiment is from Paper Smooches. I am entering this card into the Ribbon Girls challenge, which is ribbon and sparkle.

Our second sponsor is DIGI GARDEN.  I have used SHAYLEE, isn't she cute?? I have coloured her with Copics and added stickles to her wings.  This is my first circle easel card and it was pretty easy! I think its a bit small but it works for my first one!!!  I used a purple star button from my stash to prop the card up!
I am entering this card into the Corrosive Challenge Blog which is Flutter by (things with wings)

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 Designs Challenge - Girl Power

HAPPY MONDAY!!!!!!

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

Our fabby sponsor this week is KENNY K
Wow, I love Kenny's digis! SOOOOO awesome! 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 Lil Pirate

Isn't she cute? I have coloured her with Copic.  The DP is from Kaiser. Inside (forgot to take a picture!) it says..."Arghhhh, it be yer birthday Matey!"

 

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!!!!!

Fun with feathers!

 I bought 4 bags of feathers for a project about 6 months ago, and never used them! Shocking!!!!  SO I was tidying up my craft room (Another SHOCKER!) and found them so decided to use them!  I made this card using JULES  from Saturated Canary.  I have coloured her with Copics and added some 3D Glittering crystal glue to her dress & bow!  The CS is Bashful Blue (SU) and the DP is from Bo Bunny.  Sentiment is from Paper Smooches and the ribbon is from my stash!

I am entering this card into TOTALLY PAPERCRAFTS challenge which is Cute & Girly. And A Gem of a Challenge which is ribbon & lace.

Have a GREAT Sunday!!
Hugs,
Chris

Sunday Sketch & Stamp challenge blog

Sunday Sketch and Stamp challenge blog  is being sponsored by The Digi Garden this week, and they have a really great sketch!  They asked some of the Digi Garden Divas to make some cards for this challenge, and here is mine! I am using Edward's Winter Outfit...isn't he cute??  The light blue & orange papers are from Bo Bunny and the checked blue paper is from Magnolia.  The sentiment is from Whipper Snapper designs - a sentiment set from Anna Wight that I've had FOREVER!!!!

Head on over to the challenge blog & check it out....you could win some very cute Digi Garden images!!!!
Thanks for popping by!
Hugs,
Chris

Organizing Frenzy

Ok, so I had a LOT of time on my hands while I was off work...and did some sufing (when I could - the scrolling made me nauseaus most days!)  on home organization websites, blogs, etc. THAT is where the Crap baskets came from (see my post HERE)

I was folding & putting away  laundry and was so angry at my T-shirt drawer because I couldn't fit them all in there...it was jammed and I had NO idea what was in there, and the poor shirts on the bottom NEVER got worn!  SOOOOOOOO, I looked up ways to organize T-shirts, and VOILA!  AMAZING what you can find when  you GOOGLE! LOL

Here is a before picture:

And here is the after....I DID get rid of a few that were stained and ratty, and it still looks crowded but at least its neat and tidy.  HERE is the blog that I got this from, but there are a TON of You Tube videos and blogs about them. AND this way, I can see the ones I have - the ones at the back are a bit harder to see but they are ones that don't fit right now! LOL

AFTER that, I felt soooo good, I decided to do my socks and undies drawers......... Forgot to take a BEFORE pic (but trust me, they were ATROCIOUS!) but here are the after pics: I just used some plastic bins I had kicking around  here that fit in the drawers. (bras on the left, undies in the next 2 - FOLDED (k, that's just weird for me!) and behind them are my sports bras and spanx!)

AND my socks!   Thin black socks that I wear EVERY day to work on the left, thin "coloured" socks in the middle, and white sport socks for work outs on the right. In behind them are my big thick winter wooly socks (NEED those here in Canada!!!)

There are still 2 drawers in my dresser that have to be done (Pajamas and Sweat pants/work out clothes) - but I was tired after that! LOL 

ANOTHER DAY!!!!  Lets see how long this lasts!!!!  BUT I'm on a mission to DECLUTTER my house & my life, so this is a first step!  Wish me luck!

IF you stuck around till here, thanks!  Now go organize something of yours!!!!
Hugs,
Chris