"ANYTHING BUT A CARD" at 4 Crafty Chicks

Good morning stampers! The weeks are just flying by and we finally have snow here - it is starting to look a little like Christmas. Can you believe that we are on Challenge #12, almost 3 months since starting our challenge blog *whoot, whoot!* You all are making this just the best experience and a fun challenge for us girls. Before I get onto the new challenge, lets talk a little bit about last week.

Last week, Melissa, gave us a tough challenge "With Sympathy!" They seem to be some of the hardest cards/scrapbook pages/crafts to make. We would like to thank everyone who entered into the challenge. All of your creations were just lovely. You made it tough to pick just three. Here they are in no particular order.

Joanne

The Crafty Den

Alicia

Congratulations ladies! Please grab the Golden Egg Badge and display it proudly on your blog and then link it back to us if you wouldn't mind! Congrats again ladies!

Hi there it is me, Tamie, and I will be your host this week with Challenge #12 It is "ANYTHING BUT A CARD." At this time of year everyone is busy making cards, getting ready for christmas and all sorts of other things in our lives. So girls this challenge is going out to all of you - let's get wild and crazy and make something other than cards!! Here is hoping you will enjoy this challenge as much as we did :)

My camera and I have a real love-hate relationship and well let's just say it wouldn't co-operate last night or this morning...it wouldn't turn on. So while I was waiting and praying for my camera to work, I made a couple of more items for you too see. It really did help me get started on my homemade Christmas gift list.

Tamie

To the left is a Christmas ornament. To the right is a small tin that actually can hold gift cards or anything little.

Here are the other amazingly talented Crafty Chicks! Lori, Leanne and Melissa out did themselves again this week with some fantabulous ideas. Take a sneak peak and then hop on over to their blogs to see how they made them. Just click on their names to get to their blogs.

Lori

Leanne

Melissa

Didn't the girls do a fabulous job? If you would like to join us for this challenge, please link directly to your post (not just to your blog), using InLinkz below. If you are uploading your project to an online gallery, please use keyword 4CCC-12 (eg. Splitcoaststampers, Paper Craft Planet, etc.) Thanks for playing with the 4 Crafty Chicks!

Please link your creations here!

"With Sympathy" at the 4 Crafty Chicks

Welcome back for our eleventh challenge at the 4 Crafty Chicks - our 11th challenge on the 11th day of the 11th month...*do you hear the Twilight Zone music? {giggle}* But before we get to the new challenge we've got some business to clear up. :)

I guess Leanne really stumped you all with her color combination - but the entries we did get were FABULOUS! Our Top Three, in alphabetical order, are:

Anne

Emily

Silke

Congratulations ladies! Please grab the Golden Egg Badge and display it with pride on your blog!

This week's challenge is a theme I always struggle with ... I don't make this type of card very often but know how necessary they are to have on hand for those unexpected moments. You all know what I'm talking about: the sympathy card. I have loved the Stampin' Up set "Thoughts and Prayers" since it came out and it has become my "go-to" set for those more difficult cards and have used it for my card this week:

Melissa

Now let's see what the rest of the 4 Crafty Chicks created:

Lori

Leanne

Tamie

Didn't the girls do a fabulous job? If you would like to join us for this challenge, please link directly to your post (not just to your blog), using InLinkz below. If you are uploading your project to an online gallery, please use keyword 4CCC-11 (eg. Splitcoaststampers, Paper Craft Planet, etc.) Thanks for playing with the 4 Crafty Chicks!

Challenge #10 - Color Combo

Hello fellow crafters. I can't believe October is over, and we here at 4 Crafty Chicks are on our 10th challenge. This has been so much fun, working together, and seeing our friends create the challenges.

But before we get to this weeks challenge we have some winners, our 3 Golden Egg Winners for last week in no particular order are:

Chris Olsen

Dee

Shirley N

Please feel free to snag the badge, display it proudly on your blog and then link it back to us if you wouldn't mind! Congrats again, ladies!

Also last week was the last Thursday of the month, and our friend Melissa offered up a wonderful prize!

Using Random.Org for the winner is:

"SHIRLEY N"

True Random Number Generator

Min:1 Max: 70

Result: 43

Powered by RANDOM.ORG

Please email Melissa with your mailing address Shirley so she can get this out to you. Again Congratulations!

Thanks again for playing, now onto this weeks Challenge.

This weeks challenge is by me (Leanne) and I chose a color combo, I hope you have fun with it.

Riding Hood Red, River Rock, Old Olive, Pink Pirouette, Neutral

Here is what we came up with using this weeks

Challenge #10 Color Combo!

Leanne

Melissa

Tamie

Lori

If you would like to join us for this challenge, please link directly to your post (not just to your blog), using InLinkz below. If you are uploading your project to an online gallery, please use keyword 4CCC-10 (eg. Splitcoaststampers, Paper Craft Planet, etc.)

Thanks for playing with the 4 Crafty Chicks!

Challenge #9 - Roll with the Punches!

Good morning to everyone out there in Blogger land...can you believe Halloween is here already this weekend? wowzas...time is flying this year. Two months until Christmas...are you ready yet?!? LOL...

OK..onto last week's winners....these 3 girls did such a fantastic job of replicating Tamie's sketch, don'tchya think? Pop on over and say a "congrats" to these 3 talented ladies!

Paula

Betty


Megan


Please feel free to snag the badge, display it proudly on your blog and then link it back to us if you wouldn't mind! Congrats again, ladies!

Now...onto this week's challenge...it's being hosted by myself, Lori, and this week I would love to see anything you can create using PUNCHES or DIES. There are so many possibilities with this challenge, I can hardly *wait* to see all the wonderful things that come out of it!

PLUS...since this is the last Thursday of the month, we are offering up a prize chosen by Random.org for one lucky participant! Our wonderful, crafty PEEP, Melissa, is offering up this delicious package:


Here is my card using the butterfly and large flower punches from Stampin' Up! I also used some nestabilities for the sentiment layer.

Lori

Here is a close-up shot of the pansies:

Now, let's check out what the rest of the CHICKS did using punches &/or dies:

Melissa

Leanne

Tamie

If you would like to join us for this challenge, please link directly to your post (not just to your blog), using InLinkz below. If you are uploading your project to an online gallery, please use keyword 4CCC-9 (eg. Splitcoaststampers, Paper Craft Planet, etc.)

Thanks for playing with the 4 Crafty Chicks!

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge #8 - Let's Get Sketchy!!!

Good morning to all the crafters out there! Yep, it is Thursday again and you know what that means......you got it - another challenge brought to you by the CHICKS. First and foremost, we would like to thank all the gals who played along with our inspiration picture last week... it sure was a tough one. Your cards, however, were marvelous and truly inspiring. So without further adieu, here are the Golden Egg Winners in no particular order.

Trish

Beth

Betty a.ka Zack's Nana

Congratulations ladies for sharing your inspiring cards with us, it means alot that you took the challenge. They are truly beautiful. Please copy the badge and if you would be so kind to link it back here.

Okay, this week our challenge is being brought to you by.....me, TAMIE!!! As you can tell from the title Challenge #8 is a SKETCH. I hope you find some inspiration with this sketch. I designed it on My Digital Studio and well there is still so much for me to learn...learning is good right? :) It is another product for me to become addicted too *wink, wink*! Thanks Leanne for your help!

Leanne, Lori and Melissa have out done themselves again this week! WOOT, WOOT! Please hop on over to their blogs and see what they used to make their cards.

TAMIE

LEANNE

LORI

MELISSA

We are just giddy this week to see what you will be inspired to make with this sketch.

If you would like to join us for this challenge, please link directly to your post (not just to your blog), using InLinkz below. If you are uploading your project to an online gallery, please use keyword 4CCC-8 (eg. Splitcoaststampers, Paper Craft Planet, etc.)


Thanks for playing with 4 Crafty Chicks!

Are You Ready to Be Inspired?

Is it really Thursday again already???   How'd that happen?  :)   We had some pretty spectacular submissions for last week's distressing challenge so, again, you made it very difficult for us to pick only three.  After much discussion we chose these three cards to win the Golden Egg:

Karla

Silke

Linda

Congratulations ladies!  Please grab the badge and display it with love on your blog.  :)

Now onto this week's challenge and it's an Inspiration Challenge.  I found this lovely photo over at the  Better Home and Gardens website and immediately knew it would be perfect for an Inspiration Challenge:

Are you inspired?  The beauty of an inspiration challenge is that everyone will take something different from the picture - whether it is the colors, the theme, the texture or the shapes.  Whatever part of the photo inspires you, run with it!  :)

Here are the Crafty Chicks' cards - please check out their blogs for their explanations about how they used this photo for inspiration:

 Leanne

Lori

Melissa

Tamie

If you would like to join us for this challenge, please link directly to your post (not just to your blog), using InLinkz below. If you are uploading your project to an online gallery, please use keyword 4CCC-7 (eg. Splitcoaststampers, Paper Craft Planet, etc.)

We can't wait to see your cards and how you all used the photo for inspiration!  Have fun!