Colour Q #115

I just have to open by saying that I absolutely LOVE this week's colour combo!!

I know I say that a lot (Arielle picks such great combos!) but they are seriously yummy this week.

See what I mean?

Right? :)

So bright and fabulous. They kinda remind me of that cool ribbon candy that comes out at Christmas.

I was inspired by both the ribbon and the colours this week.

You must head over to the ColourQ blog because the design team has totally outdone itself with samples for this week. Seriously amazing!!

I can't wait to see what you guys come up with using this super fun colour scheme. Have a fabulous week! Only 12 days til the big day!! WooHoo!!

Playing in Paradise #45 - all about trees

Happy Friday everyone!

I hope that you are enjoying the festive holiday season so far!

I have been such a procrastinator this year,

I still have tons of shopping to do. Yikes!

I have a fun and appropriate challenge to share with you today, courtesy of Scrapbooker's Paradise!

Now of course it doesn't need to be an evergreen or Christmas tree! Let your imagination run wild. :)

I went with the obvious of course, mostly because I still have a few Christmas cards left to make.

You have until Thursday Dec 15th at noon to play along. Just remember there is a fun prize pack of goodies for the selected winner from Scrapbooker's Paradise up for grabs!!

Stop by the Scrapbooker's blog to check out all of the fun Design Team inspiration.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a fabulous weekend.



ColourQ #114 with a twist!!

Good Morning!

First of all, I just have to say thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who is still following my blog. I really appreciate it, and all of your wonderful comments. :)

I hope I can soon have some free time to come back and enjoy all the fabulousness that is awaiting me on your blogs.

Ok, back to business!!

I have a seriously awesome colour combo to share with you today, but Arielle has also added a little twist, make anything BUT a card. Well how fun is that?

Isn't this combo scrumptious! It's so bright and happy. Plus I think that little snowman makes me happy too! :)

I decided to make a sort of gift wrap. I vaguely remembered seeing somewhere that someone had put a cookie inside a CD sleeve and thought, what a great idea.

Super, super simple but so much fun to make.

Although if I was making quite a few, I may get sick of the die cut word!!

I cut the merry out of felt then cut it out of cardstock to back the felt & make it a little bit more firm.

The snowflake is a Cuttlebug die I have had FOREVER. I just love the shape of it.

There you have it, a fun little twist on the weekly ColourQ challenge. I do hope you will play along with us, we love to see what you all create.

Head on over to the ColourQ blog to see all of the wonderful inspiration there is to be had by Arielle and the Royal Court. Then link up your superb creation!!

Have a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping by. :)



Playing in Paradise #44 - Monochromatic

Happy Friday!!

It's time for another Playing in Paradise challenge, and this week it's all about colour, well monochromatic colour!!

I found this super fun technique on Kristina Werner's blog using Distress inks and water colour paper. I used it to create the yellow panel on my card.

After making this card, I realized maybe I should have used a more Chrostmasy colour scheme, but oh well!! There it is. :)

Head on over to the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog to check out all of the fabulous inspiration the design team has to share, then ink up those stamps and play along.

You have until noon on Dec 7th to play, you could win a wonderful proze courtesy of Scrapbooker's Paradise.

Thanks for stopping by!

ColourQ #113

It's time for another ColourQ Tuesday!

We are getting out of the Fall-ish colours and into the fabulous Winter & Christmas colours. Fun times!!

I love this monochromatic blue colour combo.

So pretty and wintery, there are so many ways to go with this.

I love the look of these snowflakes, they are from a Close To My Heart set. I found some blue seam binding and an opportunity to FINALLY use my PTI little tags set of stamps and dies. The card still seemed a bit empty to me so I added some rhinestones to get a little shine.

The design team has some amazing stuff to share with you so please head on over to the ColourQ blog to check it out.

Come have some fun with this beautiful colour scheme and play aong with us. I can't wait to see what you all come up with.

Thanks so much for stopping by!





Bows & Berries Blog Hop

Happy Monday!!

Today is not only a Bows & Berries challenge day, but we have a super fun blog hop planned for you.

And not only a super fun blog hop, but there are deals and prizes available too.

You should be arriving to my blog from the fabulous Jocelyn's. If not please head to the Bows & Berries blog, to start the hop.

The challenge this week is to use the adorable November freebie that Robin put out, toasty gingerbread man.

I adjusted the size, printed him out, and coloured him in with my Copics. Super cute right?

Robin puts out a free digi every month, and has put out the December one a little early so you can play along with it as well.

We would love for you to play along, and join us for the blog hop.

Not only are there prizes for the challenge winners, but for commenting on each of the blogs along the hop as well. Robin will be giving out free digis, with the grand prize being a whopping 10 free digis! WOW!!

So here's how it is done......

As always you have 2 weeks to play along and/or complete the blog hop.

To be eligible for the hop prizes, simply leave a comment on each blog as you hop along. Robin will choose not only a winner from each blog, to win 2 free digis, but a random winner from all blogs to win the grand Prize of 10 FREE DIGIS!! What a great early Christmas gift huh?

The other way to win is to grab a digi, either the November or December freebie, whip up a creation to link up and share.

Also as a bonus little thank you for her followers, Robin is offering up a great deal of 50% off at her store, Bows & Berries Digi Shop. Just type in GIFT50 upon checkout to receive the 50% off.

This is our last challenge of the year, so we hope to see you playing along.

Good Luck!!

The next stop on the Blog Hop is Robin, the artist herself!!

playing in paradise #43 duct tape what??

I am super excited because this is my first time ever hosting a challenge and I wanted to make sure it was a good one!

My challenge to you is to find stuff around your home to use.

Anything from tin foil, to paperclips, to tissue paper, to duct tape. Anything you can find (maybe not already in your craft space!!) to somehow incorporate into your card.

Like always, you are playing along to win a fabulous prize courtesy of Scrapbooker's Paradise.

Here's my sample using some fancy duct tape I found at Michael's. LOVE it!!

I thought it would make a perfect mug. I mean who wouldn't love a zebra print coffee mug! :)

Hop on over to the Scrapbooker's Paradise blog to check out all the deets, and also to the rest of the design team to give them a little love.

Allison

Angie

Merlie

Nancy

Tracy

You have until noon on December 1st to play along. We would love it if you did!

Also please give a warm welcome to our newest design team member, the fabulous Laurel Seabrook.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope everyone had a great week. And a most Happy (belated!) Thanksgiving to my fabulous American friends!!

 

ColourQ #112

Yippee! It's ColourQ Tuesday!

This week's colours are so rich and fall-like. It makes me yearn for Fall again!!

We just finished up a couple of days of -20 degrees here in Calgary. Although not officially winter, I think we can say it's here. :)

I wanted to have a little bit of fun with my seeing stars PTI die set, and so this card was born. The brown "ribbon" is actually a handle from a reusable bag I got that's bottom fell out. I couldn't just let that fabulous handle go to waste, now could I!!

The COlourQ DT has som fabulous samples for you to drool over this week (as usual!) so head on over to the ColourQ blog to check them out. Then get your craft on and join us.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a great Tuesday. :)

Playing in Paradise #42

Yay! It's Friday!

I have a super fun challenge to share with you today. It's Nancy's turn to host the challenge and she decided on a round card.

I love a good challenge, and a round card, for me, is a great one!! I find the shape hard to work with.

If any part of this looks familiar that's because for another card I recently made, I couldn't decide between these two frames. This one was the leftover, and inspired me to make this card. Actually all of the pieces are leftovers!

Head on over to the Scrapbookers Paradise blog to check out the rest of the design team's inspiration. Be sure to also check out their blogs too!

Allison

Angie

Merlie

Nancy

Tracy

You have until noon on November 24th to join in the fun. You could win a fabulous prize courtesy of Scrapbookers Paradise and the chance to be a guest designer!

Thanks so much for stopping by. I hope you all have a fabulous weekend!!



ColourQ #111

It's ColourQ Tuesday!!

I have a very autumnal colour combo to share with you today, and since we got a pretty nice snowfall today I wasn't feeling overly like fall when i got home to create this week's card!

Such a pretty colour combo though huh? And that wreath is so fun, I love the dried fruit!!

I chose to try and conjure up a little bit of my inner Maile Belles. She always makes the most amazing cards and uses her PTI dies to make frames, so that's what I did.

I had some yummy seam binding I have wanted to try and use, in what I think is pretty close to Rich Razzleberry. (a very difficult colour to find & match for me!) I also used my PTI sets, Background Basics: dots, With Sympathy (butterfly), and Peaceful Gardens (grass & sentiment).

I hope that you will find a little bit of time to check out what Arielle and the rest of the ColourQ Royal Court have created for you to feast your eyes upon this week. And that you will be inspired to play along, and link up your creation on the ColourQ blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a fabulous Tuesday. :)