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Welcome Baby

2012-01-18T09:30:00.001-05:00

Hi there - I was able to whip this card up quick, it is for my friend and hairdresser who had a baby just before Christmas and I'll be seing her soon. I used a Puddle Jumpers digi image from By Lori Designs called Baby Clairabeth. She was coloured with copics and I finally used my Pearlized Top Coat Smooch (on the diaper) and the rattle is covered with Glossy Accents. I'm entering this in her challenge BLD22 which is a colour challenge:

Stamps: digi Puddle Jumper Baby Clairabeath

Papers: Stampin Up Pretty in Pink
Ink: copics
Accessories: Nestabilities Square, Glossy Accents Pearlized Top Coat Smooch, Basic Grey and CTMH buttons, CTMH embroidery floss, ribbon from stash

Hi!

2012-01-15T19:30:00.001-05:00

Hello there!! Happy New Year! I finally got around to making a card this year and it is for a friend's birthday this week. I've had this Lantern Rin image from Sparkle Creations since January last year I think and I've never had a chance to ink her up so here she is finally. I decided to paper piece her dress with this pretty paper since I thought it seemed a bit oriental. It's the first time I've used my C copic colours for hair and I'm quite happy with how it turned out.

I used the Sweet Sunday Sketch #149.

I am entering this in the SCRS Challenge #70 - Something New.

Stamps: Sparkle Creations Lantern Rin, CTMH's For Every Occassion and Birthday Card Chatter
Paper: My Minds Eye Stella and Rose Hattie dp, Kraft cs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, StazOn Jet Black, copics
Accessories: Nestabilities, CTMH Pleated Juniper Ribbon, CTMH Opaques and Sparkles

Hello There

2012-01-11T21:00:00.000-05:00

Hello there!! Here is a baby card I made for my local scrapbook shop owners. They have recently welcomed a baby boy and I wanted to make a little card for them since they provide me with so much inspiration.

I had been waiting for this stamp set and paper pack from CTMH to make this card the stamp set is Zoology and the paper pack is Elemental. I enjoyed playing with them, but those little tiny numbers!! Wow, those took some patience :)

Paper: CTMH Desert Sand, Sorbet, Colonial White, Elemental dp
Stamps: CTMH Zoology
Ink: CTMH Desert Sand, Stampin UP Not Quite Navy, More Mustard, Old Olive, Ruby Red
Accessories: Nestabilities Labels 1, Cream Poly-Twill

Merry & Bright

2011-12-14T20:30:00.004-05:00

Another Christmas card to share. This one had mailing in mind so I kept it pretty flat. Just a few layers :) I used this week's Sweet Stop Sketch #138. I'm also entering this in Paper Sundaes Challenge #99 - Anything Christmas and Paper Variety's Challenge - Anything Goes.

Stamps: Stampin Up Merry & Type
Paper: Stampin Up Merry Moments dp, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla cs
Ink: Stampin Up Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Stamping Up Dazzling Diamonds, Label Punch

'Tis the Season to Sparkle

2011-12-09T23:19:00.007-05:00

Hi there - Christmas is fast approaching and I am now doubling up on my cards. This was a card I really had fun with. I finally got myself some Stampin Up's Iridescent Ice and wanted to heat emboss it with this Christmas tree stamp from CTMH's Holiday Wishes stamp set. I was feeling inspired by the song 'Oh Christmas Tree' and I am entering it in The Paper Variety's FALALALALA Challenge this week. I am also entering this in Sparkle Creations Christmas Cards Challenge - One Layer.

Something new I tried this time was spritzing the seam binding ribbon with water and crunching it up in a ball and letting it dry. Love how that turned out.

Stamps: CTMH Holiday Wishes
Ink: Stampin Up Night of Navy
Paper: Stampin Up Night of Navy cs
Accessories: Stampin Up Iridescent Ice, Baja Breeze Seam Binding Ribbon, Eyelet Border punch

For A 'Friend' ......

2011-12-06T22:04:00.010-05:00

Hi - quick post of card my daughter asked me to make for 'a friend' at school. I tried to keep it non frilly as the 'friend' is a boy she has gone to school with for a few years.

I used this weeks Deconstructed Sketch No. 29.

The deer is a digital image from the Hero Arts Children's Christmas set. I thought he was soooo cute. The paper is Echo Park's Wintertime and those adorable little gems are Red Swirl Skittles from Your Next Stamp.

Ink: Ranger Distress Ink Vintage Photo, Fired Brick
accessories: Glossy Accents, Sakura Black Gloss pen, YNS Red Swirl Skittles, Inksentials Enamel Accents White and Black, MS punch, ribbon from stash

Love......Forever & Always

2011-11-28T21:51:00.009-05:00

My hubby asked me to make a wedding card for one of his employees who is leaving this week to get married in Punta Cana. They are a young couple so the one image I do have was very appropriate for them I thought. I used a digital image from The Greeting Farm called Kissy Kissy and I decided to play along with TGF's Farm Fresh Friday's Friday Spy Day - Tag Your It Challenge.

I saw a few cards done this way - using the image in plain black and white with no colouring and wanted to try it. I couldn't use no colour at all though, so I used a couple copics - R21 for the cheeks, R000 for the flowers in her hair, and BG0000 for the ribbon on her dress. I then added some Star Dust Stickles to them and to the lace trim at the bottom of her dress. Just before adding the Stickles I spritzed the image with some Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz. I hope they like it :)

Paper: Basic Grey Hello Luscious dp
Stamp: The Greeting Farm digi Kissy Kissy, Amy R's Big Words and Handy Additions
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up Rose Red
Accessories: Basic Grey Hello Luscious Ribbon Doilies, rhinestones from stash, Prima flowers, Stampin Up Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz, Star Dust Stickles, Stampin Up Jumbo Eyelets, CTMH Juniper Waxy Flax

Holiday Greetings

2011-11-24T20:20:00.006-05:00

Just wanted to share a holiday card and treat holder I made at my last Stampin Up gathering. You can find the original card here on the Happy Yappy Scrapper's blog :)

Season's Greetings

2011-11-19T15:08:00.012-05:00

Hi again - another Christmas card for the stash!! I love this little polar bear guy (which I won from Paper Sundae's Birthday Celebrations) and I coloured him to match this Fancy Pants Tradition paper and I used my new Taylored Expressions Large Scallop Border Die. Love these dies, might have to get some more :) This card came together real quick!! I followed this week's Sweet Stop Sketch #135

and I'm also entering it in Paper Sundae's Challenge #95 - Digital Images .

Paper: Fancy Pants Tradition dp, Coredinations Raspberry and Harborside textured cs
Stamps: Pink Cat Studio's Polar Bear On Ice Skates (digi), Amy R's Winter Sentiments
Ink: Stampin Up's Close to Cocoa and Creamy Caramel, copics
Accessories: Taylored Expressions Large Scallop Border Die, Bella Dots, Star Dust Stickles

Merry & Bright

2011-11-14T21:31:00.005-05:00

Just wanted to share another one of Andrea Walford's Christmas cards I made from last year's 12 Weeks of Christmas projects. The dp is Stampin Up's Deck the Halls and the stamp is from the Bright Christmas stamp set. I used Log Cabin smooch spritz over the sentiment. I think my favourite part of this card is the cherry cobler button. I love how glossy it is!! I'm hoping to change it up a bit and make a few more of these as a set.

I Will Always Believe

2011-11-12T00:20:00.013-05:00

Hi there - I have a Christmas card to share - another for the stash - it's getting close and I'm starting to feel the rush!! I used Sparkle Creations Christmas Card Challenge #49 which is this sketch:

I was able to play with my new CTMH stamp set called 'I Believe' and the CTMH paperpack is from last season called Mistletoe along with the poinsettia accessory.

Santa and the other images were stamped with Brilliance Archival Graphite black ink - I like using this ink for solid stamps. I hope you can tell from the pictures - I ran my clear Spica Pen along the edges of the kraft cardstock and on all the snowflakes just to add a slight hint of magic :) I'm super happy with how this card turned out!!

I'm also entering this in Paper Sundae's Challenge #94 - Rectangle and Ribbon Carousel's Challenge #28 - Pillow Talk.

Stamps: CTMH I Believe
Paper: CTMH Mistletoe dp and Cranberry cs, kraft cs
Ink: Brilliance Archival Ink Graphite Black, Vintage Photo Distress Ink
Accessories: CTMH Mistletoe Accents, clear Atyou Spica pen, Stampin Up 5/8" Victoria Crochet trim

Thanks {so much}

2011-11-05T20:21:00.004-04:00

Hello - just a quick post - I wanted to share a card I made at my last Stampin Up gathering. We made several projects but I wanted to share this one now, before the snow. This card came in handy as a thank you card recently. My daughter participated in a Haunted Cornfield in October which provided her with the volunteer hours she requires for high school, so she gave this card to the owner of the farm.

We used Stampin Up's Spice Cake dp, Pool Party cs and the Gently Falling stamp set. The ribbon is Crumb Cake Seam Binding ribbon. You can find the original here. I love the texture of this card which was created with the Square Lattice embossing folder.

Wish

2011-11-02T21:26:00.010-04:00

Hello there! My niece turned 13 today and I whipped up this card for her. I've been wanting to use The Greeting Farm's Abbey ever since I got her and I think this was the perfect time! I used The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh Friday Spy Day #4 Challenge for my card. I'm also entering this card in All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes, Ribbon Carousel's Anything Goes Challenge and The Spotted Chic's That's Krafty Thursday #55.

I was a bit worried about colouring Abbey since I hadn't used my copics in a while but I'm quite happy with how she turned out. I used a bit of gold Perfect Pearls mixed with some water to spray on the little Tim Holtz Wish ticket for a bit of shimmer and some Crystal stickles on her eyes (to match my niece's sparkly eyes). I also used some Glossy Accents on the bow and the belt buckle.

Stamps: The Greeting Farm's Abbey and Splotchy background, Stampin Up Whimsical Words
Paper: Cosmo Cricket's Pixie Liscious, kraft cs
Ink: Brilliance Archival Ink Graphite Black
Copics: hair - E30, 31, 34, 35, 37; shirt, shoes and bow - R22, 24; Pants - C3, 5, 7; skin - E50, 21, R20
Accessores: Tim Holtz Ideaology Adage Tickets, Twinery Twine, Crystal Stickles, Perfect Pearls, Glossy Accents, brads from stash

A Cute Christmas - Tags

2011-10-27T20:11:00.006-04:00

I just wanted to share a tag project with you. These were designed by Andrea Walford for her 12 Weeks of Christmas last year. They are what convinced me to get the Candy Cane cs and A Cute Christmas stamp set from Stampin Up. I made two sets of the tags, they were so much fun and gave me so many ideas. I loved using the Dazzling Diamonds and Craft Whisper White ink. The snowman and candy canes were coloured using the craft ink and a q-tip.

A Cute Christmas

2011-10-26T22:00:00.002-04:00

Hi - I've been wanting to use this Candy Cane paper from Stampin Up since last Christmas and I finally got around to making a quick card. I recently picked up these rub-ons from the same line and decided to use them instead of stamping. The challenge over at Sparkle Creations Christmas Card Challenge was a recipe: 2 designer papers, ribbon and a bird. Now you see why I used the rub-on!! I also used this week's Sweet Stop Sketch #131. And because this month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we were asked to use PINK as well.

Paper: Stampin Up Real Red and Pretty in Pink cs, Stampin Up Candy Cane dp
Stamp: Stampin Up A Cute Christmas
Ink: Stampin Up Real Red
Accessories: Stampin Up Candy Cane rub-ons, Candy Cane Big Designer Buttons, Clear Trim Tinsel, Dazzling Diamonds, Real Red marker, ribbon from stash, circle and scallop circle nestabilities

Let it Snow Let it Snow Let it Snow

2011-10-23T22:08:00.008-04:00

Hi there - I guess it wasn't enough to make 4 projects at my Stampin Up class today, I had to come home and make another!! I have wanted to use Stamping Bella's Glideabella since last winter and I always imagined it on a card for my daughter's friend who takes figure skating lessons. So here it is. I used this week's Freshly Made Sketch #7.

I'm also entering this at Stamping Bella's Bellarific Friday which is to use stripes this week.

I used Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses and coloured with copic markers to match the dp. These snowflakes matched so well, they are Stampin Up's Little Felt Flurries. I added a touch of sparkle with Chrystal Stickles and some shimmer to her hat with some White Opal Liquid Pearls.

Stamps: Stamping Bella's Glideabella, Amy R's Winter Sentiments
Paper: Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses, kraft cs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Jet Black Stazon, Stampin Up Ruby Red (edging on inside white cs), copics
Accessories: Stampin Up Little Felt Flurries, Stampin Up scallop border punch, Basic Grey brads, Chrystal Stickles, White Opal Liquid Pearls

Happy Birthday Pops

2011-10-23T19:50:00.002-04:00

I made this card for my Dad for his birthday this month. I decided to try and use all Stampin Up products. I liked this because it seemed to come together a bit quicker for me as there was no paper to choose or colouring which meant a nice quick card. I just matched some cardstock and ink and voila!!

All products Stampin Up :) (except for inside sentiment)

Stamps: Lovely As A Tree, Teeny Tiny Wishes, Sanded (background stamp), Amy R's Birthday Sentiments
Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard
Ink: Crumb Cake, Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Log Cabin Smooch Spritz, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Scallop Edge Border punch

Eerie Trick or Treat Bella

2011-10-15T21:07:00.010-04:00

Hello!! Finally back with something new, some halloween cards!! I had so much fun with these, I had to make two. I have this habit of stamping and colouring my images in rough first so I can try out colours and I use plain old white cardstock and then when I'm happy I stamp on Bella's Best paper and colour with the copics. Well, this time, I like the rough copy just as much so I used her too and doubled up on the cards!! Can you tell which one was the rough and which one was the good copy?

I used Basic Grey's Eerie paper and skull brads and I used a Cuttlebug embossing folder called Skeleton Scroll and brushed on some black ink on the orange card stock and some whisper white ink on the black cardstock to highlight the embossing. Bella has some Paprika Stickles on her costume and I used a glittery bat and web for a little more embellishment. The Thriller stamp set from CTMH ties in nicely with the Eerie paper too I though so I used the skull image and one of the sentiments on the insides. Quite happy with how they turned out!!

I used this week's sketch from Stamping Bella's Bellerific Fridays

and I'm also entering this in the Crafty Calendar Challenge which is 'Spooky' this month.

Stamps: Stamping Bella's Trickortreatabella, CTMH Thriller
Paper: Basic Grey Eerie, Stampin Up Pumpkin Pie
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up Whisper White, copics
Accessories: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder Skeleton Scroll, Basic Grey Eerie brads, Paprika Stickles, bat and web from stash

Thank You

2011-10-14T20:00:00.001-04:00

Today I wanted to try something different. We like to do preserves in the fall and usually do dill pickles, but this year we got together with another couple and made salsa and bread and butter pickles....mmmmmm!! They turned out so good!! So part of our thank you to them will be a nice bottle of wine and here is the tag that will go on it.

I used some Crumb Cake cs and Sweet Pea dp from Stampin Up. I inked the edges of all the papers with Creamy Caramel. The stamp set is Hero Arts What's Cooking. I also used my new eyelet border punch from Stampin Up.

Paper: Stampin UP Sweet Pea dp and Crumb Cake cs
stamps: Hero Arts What's Cooking, Bo Bunny Merry Christmas
Ink: Brilliance Coffee Bean, Stampin Up Creamy Caramel
Accessories: ribbon from stash, Stampin UP Jumbo Eyelet, twine, Stampin UP Eyelet Border Punch, Bazzilbasics Rubon (sentiment)

World Card Making Day

2011-10-03T21:25:00.007-04:00

I want to share some cards I made on World Card Making Day. I spent the day at Dat's for a christmas card workshop which highlighted Kraftin Kimmie's Stocking Miles and Hero Arts Holiday Sayings stamps. I enjoyed it so much. I now have six cards to add to my stash since we had supplies to make two of each card. I loved that we used the same stamp and made very different cards with different textures of cardstock and several techniques including embossing, colouring with copics and creating unique shades of colours and different styles of cards. A couple of the cards also used some design elements from the new CTMH Cricut cartridge, which I can't wait to get my hands on! Now if only I had a Cricut!! But, Christmas is coming.........Now to decide who gets which card..........

You Are Truly Amazing

2011-10-01T00:02:00.000-04:00

I needed another card for a friend and co-worker who's husband has just been diagnosed with a form of brain cancer called glioblastoma. They are a young family, with two daughters, one born just a few months ago and I want her to know I'm thinking of her and I'm so amazed by her strength and positive outlook! And I am sending her all my positive thoughts as well!!

I've had this one sheet of paper from October Afternoon's Modern Homemaker line for quite some time and it just fitted perfectly with the cheeriness of this card. It made my colouring the image pretty easy too as I just stuck with the same colours. I used Stamping Bella's Little Peep's Heart and coloured her with copics and paper peiced the heart with the backside of the background paper on the card. I added a tiny CTMH Sparkle to her hair and Diamond Stickles to the ruffles on the heart which were coloured with copics.

Paper: October Afternoon Modern Homemaker dp, Stampin Up Very Vanilla cs
Stamps: Stamping Bella Little Peep's Heart, Hero Arts Thinking of You
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, copics
Accessories: Stampin Up So Saffron ribbon, CTMH Sparkles, Diamond Stickles

I'm entering this in Stamping Bella's Bellarific Friday's Fall Colour Challenge and Paper Sundae's Challenge #88 Anything Goes.

Love Yourself First...

2011-09-27T23:00:00.000-04:00

Hello - I wanted to share a card I made for a friend. She hasn't been feeling well lately and I just wanted to give her some well wishes. Remember a while back, I said my new favourite card was a card I made at a stamp class at Dat's with Stamping Banana (that card went to another friend who is recently seperated from her husband). Well, I decided to follow the same paper/colour scheme and make one along the same lines. I really didn't want to do any colouring today, I just wanted to stamp and I just wanted to make a card so here is what came about :)

First I stamped Brigette on kraft cs with Jet Black Stazon and then inked the edges with some Distress Ink in Pumice Stone and then distressed the edges. I then stamped the sentiments on some white cs with Stampin Up Sage Shadow and matted them with black cs. (This sentiment has been perfect for these cards and the reasons they were given!) I decided I was going to paper piece the towels for a splash of colour on the image since I wasn't going to colour her and then I used a white gel pen and some Glamour Dust for the bubbles. We used glamour dust on the first card as well. Love how that turned out!! Actually I love the whole card and I can see myself doing more like this.

I will probably continue with this paper/colour scheme when I need another pick-me-up card with Brigette, and I will definately stamp an image and leave it uncoloured again, or I might try a bit of colouring with pencils or light copic colours.

Off to bed now, can feel my eyelids starting to droop..........

Paper: Echo Park For the Record dp, Coordinations Valentine cs, black cs
Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie Brigette, Kimmie's Krafty Quotes #1
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin UP Sage Shadow
Accessories: CTMH Pearl Opaques, Black ribbon, distresser tool, Inksentials White gel pen, DecoArt Glamour Dust

Happy Halloween

2011-09-09T21:33:00.013-04:00

I never ever thought I'd do a Halloween card, but yes, I got caught up in the idea and now I love it!! I picked up a couple new Halloween stamps the other day from Dat's, like this little Kraftin Kimmie Pumpkin Miles stamp and couldn't wait to ink him up!! I love the Stickles on his hat and the charcoal coloured twine :) - actually I love the whole card!!

I used this week's Sweet Stop Sketch #124.

I also entered this week's Catch the Bug Challenge - September Anything Goes.

Paper: Cosmo Cricket Matilda dp
Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie Pumpkin Miles, Stampin Up Teeny Tiny Wishes
Ink: Memento Tuxedo black, Stazon Jet Black, Wild Honey Distress Ink, copics
Accessories: Basic Grey brads, The Twinery charcoal twine, nestabilities, Diamond Stickles, Bo Bunny Rub-Ons

Garden Visitor

2011-08-30T22:09:00.004-04:00

Just a quick pic of a tiny visitor to my garden. Much smaller than the young bear who passed through the yard this evening!! Of course I was too intrigued and busy watching to get my camera!!

Happy Birthday

2011-08-24T19:42:00.018-04:00

Another birthday card for August!! This one is for my father-in-law. He is an avid outdoors man and hunter and beleive it - this is the closest thing to outdoors I had in my stash of stamps. Will have to fix that!!

Anyway, I used an owl from The Greeting Farm's Hoo Loves You set, some Stampin Up dp and some CTMH buttons. That's about it, other than a little sparkle from my Clear Spica Glitter Pen and some Glossy Accents on the little guys beak

By the way, I coloured the owl using Stampin Up inks and a blender pen.

Stamps: The Greeting Farm Hoo Loves You, Amy R's Birthday Sentiments
Paper: Stampin Up Le Jardin cs, Always Artichoke
Ink: StazOn Timber Brown, Stampin Up Always Artichoke, So Saffron, Bashful Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Creamy Caramel and Close to Cocoa
Accessories: Corner rounder punch, CTMH paper piercer, embroidery thread and buttons, Spica Clear Glitter Pen, Glossy Accents, Stampin Up blender pen

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes Challenge #83 - Sundae Bar (Green, Buttons, Banners, Twine)

The Greeting Farm's Which One Wednesday - Boy Colours

All That Scraps - Earth Tones

Anyone For Anya - Vintage Vibe

Catch the Bug Challenge - Summer is for the Birds and the Bees

A Thousand Sheets of Paper - Literally!!

2011-08-21T22:35:00.004-04:00

Hey everybody - wanna see what a thousand sheets of paper looks like? You have to check out this blog-a-versary giveaway over at A Thousand Sheets of Paper!! Amy is giving away a thousand sheets of paper - literally, and so much more!! Head over and check out the details!!

Happy Belated Birthday

2011-08-16T21:48:00.012-04:00

Here is the third card of four birthday cards I need this month. Actually the birthday was in July but luckily we haven't got together yet so I'm good!!

I continued with the Bo Bunny Barefoot and Bliss paper pack. This time I used Kraftin' Kimmie's Eleanor. She was fun to colour. I used a bit of some homemade glitter spritz on the flowers and some Hero Arts gems for the center. And for a bit more bling, I added some Diamond Stickles to the flowers on Eleanor's hat. The sentiment was popped up using some mini pop dots.

I finally made my own cloud background with some sponge and Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. I simply cut out a piece of cardstock in the shape of a cloud and sponged around it all over the white background of the stamped image. I'm very happy with how it turned out and it's actually not so intimidating like I thought :-)

I used I Love 2 Stamp's August Sketch for You to Try.

I'm also entering this in the Crafty Calendar's August Challenge - Hot Colours and The Crafty Pad's Challenge #134 - Cute n' Girly and of course I also entered The Spotted Chick's That's Krafty Thursday #53.

Paper: Bo Bunny Barefoot and Bliss, Stampin Up Night of Navy cs, kraft cs
Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie Eleanor, Amy R's Birthday Sentiments
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, Copics
Accessories: glitter mist (flowers), Diamond Stickles, Hero Arts gems, flowers from stash, Mini Pop Dots

{Make A Wish}

2011-08-12T01:19:00.015-04:00

Okay - here we go! This is the third birthday card for this month, which I forgot about, so I still have two more to do

This is for a friend's little boy who is turning two. I'm so glad to finally use this stamp. I used it once at a card class and had to have it!! I'm loving these bright colours and cordoroy brads!

I used this weeks Sweet Stop Sketch #120. I'm also entering this card in Crafty Calendar's August Challenge - Hot Colours and Catch the Bug's August Anything Goes Challenge.

Paper: Bo Bunny A Gift of Love dp, Stampin Up Pumpkin Pie cs
Stamp: Stamping Bella Turtle Tots Birthday, Amy R's Birthday Sentiments, Inkadinkado Kids Quotes You Make Me Smile
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up Perfect Plum, copics
Accessories: Nestabilites petite circles, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Stampin Up Summer Sun Cordoroy brads, Spica Clear Glitter pen, ribbon from stash

Hey Girly......

2011-08-03T23:31:00.011-04:00

This is a birthday card I had to do for another friend this month - I think I have 4 to do, so two down, two more to go!! I wanted to use the Bo Bunny Barefood and Bliss paper again, I love how the paper is perfect for backgrounds - it makes my life simple. And I must say, it was much easier cutting out this stamped image than the last!!

I used CC Designs Bikini Honey for the first time. I'm really loving these beachy, summery themed cards. I also used three of Amy R's sentiment stamps so I'm entering this card into this weeks ATS Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes and Anyone for Anya Challenge - Summer.

Stamps: CC Designs Bikini Honey, Amy R's Summer Sentiments, Amy R's Birthday Sentiments, Amy R's Sassy Sentiments
Paper: Bo Bunny Barefoot and Bliss dp, Stampin Up Night of Navy cs and Crumb Cake
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamagic Ink, Copics
Accessories: Bo Bunny Coordinating Buttons, nestabilities, Inksentials White Gel Pen, Sakura Black Glossy Pen, White embossing powder , CTMH Juniper Waxy Flax

You're Fin-Tabulous!

2011-07-30T08:23:00.017-04:00

Hello - well before I'm off to enjoy this beautiful long weekend I wanted to share a birthday card I made for a friend last night. I used last week's Sweet Stop Sketch but unfortunately I was too late to enter :(

No worries though, it was the perfect sketch for this card. I am entering this into Paper Sundaes Challenge #79 - Beachy or Summer and the Crafty Calendar Challenge for July - Under the Sea or Water.

This is my first time inking up Arianna from Kraftin Kimmie and using Amy R's Summer Sentiments. I used my new paper pack from Bo Bunny - Barefoot and Bliss. The sparkly starfish is from their matching button collection as well.

Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie Arianna, Amy R's Summer Sentiments
Paper: Bo Bunny Barefoot and Bliss, Stampin Up Night of Navy and Marina Mist cs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, StazOn Jet Black, Copics
Accessories: Crystal Stickles, Prima Crystals. twine from stash

Best Wishes

2011-07-24T19:25:00.008-04:00

Hello - Geesh, time is just flying by. Would you believe I had this card in my mind for so long and of course, the night before the wedding, whipped it off under pressure!! And it came together so easily - no layouts or challenges - just an idea in my head for a change, LOL!! I have been meaning to do this card for so long, but have this printer that uses like 5 or 6 cartridges and when one runs out, you can't use it GRRRR! Even if you just want to print black - it just won't do it till you replace whatever empty cartridge regardless. So I had got this digi image from The Greeting Farm and finally got to my hubby's shop and printed it there last week and then Thursday evening began the card for the wedding the next evening :-)

This was for my hubby's half sister who now lives in New Zealand, but she came home for her wedding. She went to teach in Auckland and met a wonderful guy and has made Aukland her home. I knew the colours of the wedding involved yellow and pewter and it turned out that her wedding dress was a very very pale shade of yellow and the bridesmaid dresses were pewter so I was so happy that I chose to make the colours the way I did for the card.

I used The Greeting Farm's digital image called 'Kissy Kissy' and the dp is Basic Grey's Origins. The grooms shoes were shined up with a Sakura clear glaze pen and the bride's flowers and ribbon on her dress got a little bit of sparkle from a clear Spica glitter pen.

The dress and flowers were coloured with a Y11 copic and the blender pen.

Stamps: The Greeting Farm digi Kissy Kissy, Amy R Stamps Spring Sentiments
Paper: Basic Grey Origins dp, Stampin Up Very Vanilla cs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, copics
Accessories: Pewter Liquid Pearls, Stampin Up Pear Pizzaz Seam Binding Ribbon, Nestabilities, Atyou Clear Glitter pen, Sakura Clear Glaze pen, Ranger Vintage Photo Distess Ink, Prima flowers

Thanks

2011-07-07T19:40:00.014-04:00

Hi there - just wanted to share a card I made for my neighbour. She asked if she could use some of our rhubarb and I obliged since I never get around to using it in time and we have a huge spread of it. She brought us a rhubarb pie and it was sooooo delicious!!

I've been really pressed for crafting time these days, so when I came across Mojo Monday's sketch #197 I couldn't resist since it was posted as a 'simple' sketch - I like simple these days!!

I decided to paper piece the apron, the pockets and the oven mit and ended up using pop dots to raise the image and raise the pockets for some added dimension. The twine is something new I recently picked up from Etsy along with a couple other goodies. I just had to add the pie image inside :)

Stamps: Hero Arts What's Cooking, CTMH For Every Occassion
Paper: Cosmo Cricket Togetherness dp
Ink: Tsukineko Brilliance in Coffee Bean, copics (spatula)
Accessories: Stampin Up Corduroy Button Summer Sun, The Twinery twine Peapod Green, corner rounder punch, white heart shaped brads from stash

Thanks for Everything

2011-06-21T23:04:00.011-04:00

YAYYYYY!!!!! I finally got my butt into my still disheaveled scrap room and managed to get this Thank You card made for my daughter's teacher. She is leaving the school this year after graduating from eighth grade. Her teacher has been her teacher for two years in a row and he's been such an inspiration to her. She asked me to make him a card and she's written him a lovely letter to put inside as well :)

Since my scrap room is still home to living room and kitchen belongings I tried to keep this card simple as I have three more cards to do by Monday - Yikes!! It might end up being two!! I used Basic Grey's Oliver dp and Stampin Up's Ivory and Coredinations Nostalgia cs. The stamp is CTMH's A Litte Everything and the button is also from CTMH. For the Thanks image I used Ranger Distress Ink in Peeled Paint and Broken China. The front image was distressed and then I added Pumice Stone Distress Ink to the edges. On the inside I used Stampin Up's Old Olive ink and marker. I also finally got to use the piercing tool from CTMH and Mat Pack from Stampin Up on the front image.

I must say it sure felt good to be creating again!!

I'm entering this card in Catch the Bug's Challenge "It's A Man's World" (anything manly)

Cool New Copic Container!!

2011-06-03T21:13:00.005-04:00

WOW!! I can't believe that all of May went by and not even a card to post! I have not been able to get into my scrap/spare room for that long! Renos began in the kitchen and snowballed into dining room and living room and entrance!!!!! Isn't that how it goes though. But I am not complaining - as you will soon see - it has turned out even better than I imagined it would! I've never had a dishwasher before, so loving that, cupbourds that paint is not chipping off of inside and out!! And the over the stove microwave - loving that as well!! Still no access to scraproom though as living room and entrance are still in the works and now that it's camping and gardening season, I don't see it happening too quickly!! I sure do miss creating!! I've picked up some great stuff though - some sweet Greeting Farm Stamps that I can't wait to use. And today I was in Canadian Tire and guess what I found! It's my new copic marker container and I love it! I've seen some similar on other blogs, but mine came with a bottle opener!! Pretty sure it wasn't meant for markers, but that's okay, the opener can go to camp!!

P.S. - that's my new countertop {squealing with delight} :)

The Crafty Pad Challenge #118 - Circles

2011-04-24T13:00:00.004-04:00

Hello and Happy Easter!!! This is my last week as guest designer over at The Crafty Pad. Here is another Easter card, this time for The Crafty Pad's Challenge #118 - Circles - I used the Bunny digi image again. This week's challenge is sponsored by Letraset and The Crafty Pad.

I decided to use some more Basic Grey Olivia paper since I loved the cute little animals in the background and thought it seemed appropriate for the season. The tiny brads are from the same Basic Grey collection. You probably saw this sketch before, I used The Sweet Stop's Sketch #103. I also used my new Stampin Up cs and ink Baja Breeze - I inked up the edges of the kraft cs with the Baja Breeze Ink.

I entered this in The Spotted Chick's That's Krafty Thursday #50.

Paper: Basic Grey Olivia dp, Stampin Up Baja Breeze cs
Stamps: The Crafty Pad's Digi Image Bunny, Amy R's Spring Sentiments
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Stampin Up Baja Breeze
Accessories: Copics, nestabilities, Spica Clear Glitter pen, Basic Grey Olivia brads,

Happy Easter Bobbers!

2011-04-23T22:15:00.006-04:00

I found this adorable digi Easter Anya for free over on The Greeting Farm's Blog and I couldn't resist! It was perfect for my daughter's Easter card. I used one of the previous sketches as well from TGF's Farm Fresh Challenge. I originally only coloured this image as a test for colours but it turned out so well that I ended up cutting her out and eventually it turned into this! I used Basic Grey's Olivia dp and finally got to use some of the ribbon doilies that match. I popped her up with some pop dots over the oval background which I coloured using a sponge applicator and Ranger's Distress Ink in Tumbled Glass. Some rhinestones from my dollar store stash finished everything off. The sentiment on the inside is a freebie digi as well from Pink Cat Studio.

I entered this card in The Greeting Farm's Farm Fresh Friday Challenge - Digital Get Down and The Spotted Chick's That's Krafty Thursday #50.

Paper: Stampin Up Crumb Cake, Basic Grey Olivia
Stamps: TGF did Easter Anya, PCS digi sentiment
Ink: Ranger Distress Ink Tumbled Glass
Accessories: Copics, nestabilities, rhinestones from stash, Basic Grey Olivia ribbon doilies, Crystal Stickles

My New Favourite Card!!

2011-04-18T07:00:00.002-04:00

I wanted to share with you my new fav card!! I attended Shanna's card class at Dat's last weekend and made this awesome card!! I don't know what it is, the paper, the image, the layout, the colours, maybe all of it together? I just love it! And I plan to make a few of these, I can think of a few women who could use this little pick me up :-) We used Kraftin' Kimmie's Krafty Quotes #1 and of course Brigitte enjoying a bubbly bath! The dp is awesome, had to get me some. It's from Echo Park's For the Record line.

The Crafty Pad Challenge #117 - Happy Easter

2011-04-17T06:35:00.010-04:00

Good Morning!! Here comes Peter Cottontail......Easter is coming, yes it is!! This week's Challenge at The Crafty Pad is Easter and these adorable little bunny's were perfect for my 3 x 3 cards I wanted to make. I have some little friends who will adore these I'm sure!! These digi's are available now at The Craft Pad Designs. The sponsor this week is Joanna Sheen.

I used some more of my Stampin Up's Petals and Paisley dp along with various Stampin Up cardstock from the pastels line. The images were coloured with copics and I added diamond stickles to the bows for some bling and they were all popped up on the card! I haven't used much bling lately - will have to change that!!

Paper: Stampin Up cs Certainly Celery, Barely Banana, Pretty in Pink; Stampin Up Petals and Paisly dp Stamps: The Crafty Pad's Bunnys (digis), Amy R's Spring Sentiments Ink: Staz On Jet Black, Copics Accessories: Stampin Up Scallop Border Punch, Diamond Stickles, Pop Dots

The Crafty Pad's Challenge #116 - Spring is in the Air

2011-04-10T11:00:00.003-04:00

Hi again! Here is my card for my second week as Guest Designer over at The Crafty Pad's Challenge Blog. This week the theme is 'Spring is in the Air' and I've used this adorable image called 'Girl at Wishing Well' available at The Crafty Pad. Hope you can join in! This week's challenge is being sponsored by Digital Craft Downloads.

I've been wanting to use this paper again, Basic Grey Lemonade, and I thought it would be perfect for a spring card! I used Martha Steward punches for the butterflies and the ribbon is Stampin Up's Seem Binding Ribbon in Baja Breeze.

Paper: Basic Grey Lemonade
Stamps: The Crafty Pad's Girl at Wishing Well (digi), Amy R's Spring Sentiments
Ink: Copics, Ranger Distress Ink Wild Honet
Accessories: Nestabilities, Martha Steward Butterfly punches, Stampin Up Baja Breeze Seem Binding Ribbon, Distress Stickles Spun Sugar

The Crafty Pad Challenge #115 - Flowers

2011-04-03T09:25:00.003-04:00

Hello!! Guess What??!! I have been asked to be a guest designer this month over at The Crafty Pad's Challenge Blog, and I couldn’t be more flattered! This is my first gig!!

The Challenge this week is 'flowers' and I used this adorable image called ‘Cat in Window’ from The Crafty Pad, which you can find here. The sponser this week is Crafty Emma's Store. Hope you can join in!

For my card I wanted to use this pretty paper - Mabel by My Mind's Eye Stella Rose Collection and I used The Sweet Stop's Sketch 98. I thought the sentiment from CTMH's Sensational Season was perfect. Did you notice I paper peiced the curtains? I thought it provided so much more interest than just colouring them. Not sure if you can tell by the photo, but I used a bit of my Spica Clear Glitter pen on the flowers and the heart on the kitty's chest.

Paper: My Mind's Eye Mabel, Stampin Up Crumb Cake and Not Quite Navy

Stamp: My Crafty Pad's Cat in Window (Digital), CTMH Sensational Season

Ink: Copics, Wild Honey and Vintage Photo DistDistress Ink, SU Not Quite Navy

Accessories: Stampin Up Scallop Punch, CTMH Pearl Opaques, Prisma flowers , Spica Clear Glitter Pen

This card is dedicated to Su Ling and Mingo (my two Siamese Cats who are no longer with me).

I'm entering this card in Paper Sundaes Challenge #63 Spring Blossoms and Catch the Bug's Anything Goes as well.

Happy Easter!

2011-03-27T21:40:00.002-04:00

Hello!! I've been busy with a new project which you will see soon enough!! But in the meantime, I have this sweet card to share. This is a digi image called 'Bunny Holding Egg' from Pink Cat Studio which is one of 5 that I won from a contest at Paper Sundaes back when they had their Birthday Celebration. The papers are Kaisercraft's Lilac Avenue Collection, left over from a Scrapbook page I made last year at Dat's (which I still need to finish off with a picture). I used Friday Sketchers #147.

I heat embossed the little eggs on the inside of the card, and I'm not sure if you can tell but the brads inside the flowers are soft and fuzzy!

Paper: Kaisercraft Lilac Avenue Colloction, SU Perfect Plum and Certainly Celery

Stamps: Bunny Holding Egg and sentiment - Pink Cat Studio (digi), CTMH Sensational Season (eggs inside) Ink: Copics, SU Perfect Plum Accessories: Prima flowers, brads from stash, Nestabilities

Small Wonder

2011-03-17T21:25:00.003-04:00

Hello! This is Stamping Bella's Babycarriageabella! I love this image and couldn't wait to make this card! I've been meaning to make a card for my friend at work who is expecting. She's due next month already and as soon as I saw the sketch at Bellerific Fridays, I knew it would be for this card.

I used Cosmo Cricket's Togetherness dp, love the colours on these papers!! The tiny buttons are from CTMH and the image was coloured with copics.

I'm also entering this in The Crafty Pad's Challenge #112 - Buttons and Paper Sundaes Challenge #60 - Keep It Simple.

Paper: Cosmo Cricket Togetherness, Kraft cs
Stamps: Stamping Bella's Babycarriageabella, Stampin Up Whimsical Words
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black
Copics: Dress, Carriage & Presents - BG72, 75, R22, 24, Presents - Y21, YR23, Skin - E50, 21, R21, r20, Hair - E31, 34, Shadows - R000, W00, 2, 3
Accessories: CTMH Buttons, Nestabilites

Arigato

2011-03-12T14:11:00.010-05:00

Hi - it's been a long time!! Well here are two cards I've been working on. They're for my two friends at work (I'll call my Sushi Buddies). Every payday we try to go for lunch and sushi is always top on the list for all three of us!! This image was perfect - her name is Wasabi Ketto from Stamping Bella. The dp is from KaiserKraft's Peachy Keen Collection. I used copics to colour her. A little bit of Diamond Stickles and some CTMH Opaques on one and some rhinestones on the other. Since I used a bit of ribbon, this will qualify for Crafty Pad's Challenge #111 - Use Ribbon. The sentiment inside is computer generated. I'm also entering this in Catch the Bug's Challenge - Scallops.

Paper: Kraft cs, KaiserKraft Peachy Keen
Stamps: Stamping Bella's Wasabi Ketto
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Ink Vintage Photo, Copics
Accessories: Nestabilities, Diamond Stickles, CTMH Opaques, rhinestones from stash, Sakura Clear and Black Glaze pens

Hey Cupcake!

2011-02-28T23:00:00.002-05:00

The challenge at All That Scraps this week is a sketch.

This is my favourite kind of challenge. I'm also entering this in The Crafty Pad's Challenge #110 Something Yummy For Your Tummy, how perfect is that? I decided to use a stamp I hadn't inked up yet and out came Cupcake Kiki from C.C. Designs. She is actually one of the first stamps I bought! I love the bright colours of this paper, KI Memories Sweet Life. I wasn't going to put a sentiment on the front, but after this picture was taken I added 'Hey Cupcake' from Amy R's Birthday Sentiments, I couldn't resist!! It's a busy card for me, but I like it and I think it's a great card for young girl. I actually have a card for my stash - and it's not much of a stash either!!

After colouring her with my copics I added Rock Candy Distress Stickles to the cupcake, some glassy accents to the baubles in her hair and a little rhinestone to the flower in her hair. And to top it all off, I added the Bella Donuts to the corners! The scallops on the dp were made with the EK Success Corner Rounder Punch, you just have to take off the paper guide and punch across the paper :-)

Inside was finished off with some more dp and the cupcakes and sentiment is from Amy R's Birthday Sentiments.

Paper: KI Memories Sweet Life, Kraft cs
Stamp: CC Designs Cupcake Kiki
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up Pink Passion
Copics: Hair - YR23, Y21, Y26; Skin - E50, E21, R20; Dress - R81, RV34, RV17; Cupcake and Shoes - BG01, BG05, BG07, E31, E33; Shadows - W2, W00, BG000
Accessories: Bella Donuts, Glossy Accents, Rock Candy Distress Stickles, CTMH Sparkles, Nestabilities Oval, EK Success Corner Rounder

Make A Wish

2011-02-26T22:25:00.002-05:00

So finally after a family get away to Minneapolis for a shopping (I mean hockey) tournament I was able to sit down and get to making a card. I've been having withdrawals!!

I have admired this card from Lucy Abram for a long time and I decided it was time to case it! I used some Stampin Up dp along with various Basic Grey buttons. The candles were coloured using a blender pen and ink. And guess where I found that ribbon?? On one of my purchases, the ribbon was the handle of the bag - so, I decided to use it - it was the perfect colour for what I wanted! My daughter requested that this card (for a friend of hers) was to be simple and not too girly. I think it fits.

Paper: Stampin Up dp
Stamps: Hero Arts Cellebrate All Day, CTMH True Friends
Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up Ruby Red, Tempting Turquoise, Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, More Mustard, Yoyo Yellow, Pink Passion and Lovely Lilac
Accessories: Champagne Stickles, Nestablities Label 1, Stampin Up Blender Pen, Basic Grey buttons

One More Valentine.......

2011-02-14T21:28:00.006-05:00

I have one more Valentine to share - this was for our friend's daughter. I decided to try a shaped card and since the image was already on the scalloped background I made a scalloped card! She really loved it! I used Cupid Emily again from Sparkle Creations. Told you, I couldn't get enough of this image!! Enjoy!

I'm entering this card in The Crafty Pad's Challenge #108 - Hearts.

Valentine Goodies

2011-02-13T17:05:00.005-05:00

I made a couple goodie bags for me nieces today. Just a couple brown paper bags spruced up to be all girly and valentiny! I used a Martha Stewart punch for the top and some Pretty in Pink Taffeta Stampin Up ribbon on one and some glittery red ribbon on the other. The image is Sparkle Creations Cupid Emily which I won a while back and I've used her more than any stamp I own I think!! She is so much fun to colour and so versatile. The dp is Bo Bunny Crazy Love. I added a Prima flower to each with a tiny heart brad and of course some Crystal Stickles and rhinestones for bling. I'm not sure if you can tell but I used some Stampin Up Pretty in Pink ink around the images after cutting and embossing the nestabilites.

I'm entering these in The Crafty Pads Challenge #108 - Hearts and Paper Sundaes Challenge #56 - Pick Your Toppings. I picked Pink and Flowers.

Best Wishes - Last of Three

2011-02-08T21:45:00.001-05:00

Alright - mojo stuck with me and I got the third card of the trio finished! I'm so happy with all three and I look forward to trying this set again with some fresher colours! So this time I used Elegant Egglplant ink on the flowers with the Blending Pen again. And then I added a little bit of Dazzling Diamonds.

Paper: Stampin Up Vanilla and Crumb Cake cs, Brocade Background dp
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Stampin Up Elegant Eggplant and Crumb Cake
Stamps: Stampin Up Oh So Lovely and Vintage Labels
Accessories: Stampin Up Modern Label Punch, Dazzling Diamonds, tiny brads from stash

Happy Birthday - Second of Three

2011-02-07T20:37:00.002-05:00

So my mojo stuck with me last night and I was able to create another card which is part of a set of 3 cards I'm making. I'm not sure if I'll use them myself or give them as a gift. We'll see. So I continued with the same stamp set from Stampin Up called Oh So Lovely. I stuck with the same vanilla and crumb cake cardstock and the Brocade Background dp. This time though I used chocolate chip ink for the berries and shined them up with some Glossy Accents. The ribbon is from Close To My Heart and the eyelets from the Jumbo eyelets from Stampin Up. One more to go :-)

Paper: Stampin Up Crumb Cake and Vanilla cs, Brocade Background cs
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Stampin Up Crumb Cake and Chocolate Chip
Stamps: Stampin Up Oh So Lovely and Vintage Labels, Amy R's Birthday Sentiments
Accessories: Stampin Up Jumbo Eyelets, CTMH ribbon, Glossy Accents,

For You, First of Three

2011-02-06T15:06:00.012-05:00

I went to my first Stampin Up Group class yesterday and now I'm really in the mood to do some Stampin Up stuff. I've been fighting with an idea for a card using a Greeting Farm Anya image - thought I would do a sketch last weekend which turned into maybe I'll do the sketch this weekend - which turned into, I just wanna do some Stampin Up Stuff, lolol, no colouring, no copics, no challenges, just some stamping and a card for no reason (for my stash)!

I guess I can't really say no colouring - I did try out my new Blending Pen which is tricky and will take some practice. A couple times I just wanted to go grab my water colour brush, but I perservered and I actually like how it turned out. I can tell the pen is good for small images. I wouldn't want to attempt a big image that's for sure! If anyone has any tips, feel free to leave them here for me :-)

I'm really loving the Crumb Cake paper and ink, which is new for me. I distressed the edges of the paper with Crumb Cake Ink and also used it for the flower stems. The flowers are Old Olive with a touch of Crumb Cake in the centre. I really like this Oh So Lovely set and I'm going to try some more cards with the other stamps and perhpad use some sparkle and Glossy Accents on the flowers. Maybe I'll make a set of them.....hmmmm....maybe.

The sentiment is from Vintage Labels, I was going to use one of the other images from the set but I didn't want to take away from the flower so I kept it small and used the Word Window Punch and just made it a little smaller to fit the saying. I feel good now! I guess I just had to change focus.

Paper: Stampin Up Crumb Cake and Vanilla cs, Brocade Backgound dp
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Stampin Up Crumb Cake and Old Olive
Stamps: Stampin Up Oh So Lovely and Vintage Labels
Accessories: Stampin Up Word Window punch and Blending Pen, ribbon and eyelet from stash

Thanks

2011-01-30T14:30:00.007-05:00

I decided I had to use this stamp from Stamping Bella called Woofin' It Up finally and I had the perfect idea for it. This card is for Bosley's groomers who do such a lovely job with him. He always looks so great and I really have to give them credit sometimes, I don't brush him nearly like I should, and they always manage to keep him looking so handsome!

Truth be told, I once forgot to pick him up after work from the groomers and went home and he wasn't there and then I realized where he was but they were closed!!!! Luckily they called me at home and said they had him with them and brought him out to me :-(. I was so upset that I could forget about him, bad mommy!!! ssshhhhh

I used Friday's Sketchers #139. For my card I flipped the sketch sideways.

I used Basic Grey Max And Whiskers again (I just love the colours) and distressed the edges of the paper for a not so clean look. Check out their noses!! They're coloured with a Sakura Black Glaze Pen to make them appear all shiny - big, black, wet dog noses!! One of my favourite things!! The 'thanks' on the inside is from Hero Arts Trees, Birds & Messages stamp set.

Stamps: Stamping Bella Woofin' It Up, Hero Arts Trees, Birds & Messages
Paper: Basic Grey Max and Whiskers, Stampin Up Chocolate Chip
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Ink Antique Linen, Stazon Jet Black, Copics
Accessories: Nestabilites Large Labels, Basic Grey Button, Sakura Black Glaze pen, ribbon from stash

And here is my wet nose Bosley!!

Love You

2011-01-26T22:30:00.002-05:00

I wanted to share this card with everyone! It is a card I made at my last card class with Jen. We used Stampin Up's Valentine Defined stamp set. It is so sweet, I absolutely love those heart reeds or whatever you want to call them. They are the reason I will probably buy this set, lol!!

I have never brayered before and this was so cool! I loved it!! We used Regal Rose, Melon Mambo and Real Red to achieve the different levels of colour. I think my favourite thing about this card is that we used old olive and black ink for the heart reeds and the taller ones actually look like they are further away in the sunset.

We did some masking and sponging to create the sun and the glittery paper is Stampin Up as well.

Happy Birthday

2011-01-24T21:21:00.000-05:00

"It's busy", he says. That's what my hubby said when I asked him how he liked my new card, lol. But that's okay - I was trying to challenge myself to use more papers and more patterns and I'm thrilled with how it turned out. I usually only end up with two patterned papers, another fear I have (the first fear is embellishments, the second is using several patterned papers). I used Cosmo Cricket's Pixie-Liscious patterned paper and a new stamp (for me) from Claudia and Company called Birthday Emily. I found this sketch at Friday Sketchers and followed it closely to help me along with my challenge. I didn't fit in the circle layer, that probably would have put me over the top, LOL!! I'm entering this card in Crafty Pad's Challenge #105 - Something Girly.

Paper: Cosmo Cricket Pixie-Liscious, Stampin Up Crumb Cake, Bella cs

Stamp: Claudio and Company Birthday Emily

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, copics

Accessories: Glossy Accents, Stampin Up Scallop Border Punch, Stampin Up Decorative Label Punch, Rhinestones from stash, Spica Atyou Clear glitter pen

p.s. I really {heart} this stamp and can't wait to use her some more!! This card is for my daughter's friend.

Lots & Lots of Love

2011-01-20T21:20:00.017-05:00

My daughter had surgery yesterday, in her mouth - one tooth pulled and another uncovered from under her palet (behind her top front teeth) and a brace attached. This will be connected to her braces, lots of stitches. She was so brave and she's doing well. She'll be back to herself in no time. I made this sweet card to cheer her up today. She saw me colouring little Lucy this week and loved the colours so I decided to make the card for her. I used Basic Grey's Max and Whiskers paper and my new copic markers that match perfectly I think. After I coloured her, I decided to use W3 on her outfit after colouring it to dull the colour a bit. I love how she turned out. I went over her hair with a Sakura black glaze pen and the edge of her dress as well, and I used the Sakura clear glaze pen on her shoes. And - for a little more bling, Rock Candy Stickles on her wings :-)

I'm entering this card in Stamping Bella's Bellerific Fridays and Paper Sundaes Birthday Celebration Challenge. I used one of the recent challenges, #51 Circles.

Paper: Basic Grey Max and Whiskers, Stampin Up Really Rust, Bella white cs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Ink Wild Honey, Stampin Up Really Rust, Copics
Stamp: Stamping Bella Lucy Ketto, Hero Arts Valentine Sayings
Accessories: Nestabilieties Circle and Blossom, Basic Grey brads, rhinestone sticker from stash, Rock Candy Stickles, Sakura Black Glaze and Clear Glaze Pens

Bee Yourself........Bee Mine!

2011-01-19T19:31:00.007-05:00

Way, way back in the warm sunny days of summer (seems so long ago) I made two of these cards after being inspired by Kristina Werner and one of her Finally Friday cards. Sorry about the dark photos, the one card I photographed outside in the summer, the other inside tonight, boy can you tell the difference (and that's after editing!!). I used CTMH's Bee Mine mini set, My Mind's Eye Home dp and Stampin Up Vanilla cs. I wanted to use paper that wasn't traditional valentine colours and I really liked the patterns on these papers as well. The two cards are identical except for the bees which I used the Spica Clear Glitter pen on one, and champaign Stickles on the other. I had a lot of fun making these cards and I like the message. My daughter is going to give them to a couple of her friends.

Happy Valentine's Day

2011-01-13T21:14:00.008-05:00

Hi! Hopefully my daughter doesn't see this because this is for her!! This is Cupid Emily - I won her from Sparkle Creations a little while ago and was sooo looking forward to making a card with her. I used this week's Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamp Challenge Sketch #25 for the card.

I used Bo Bunny's Crazy Love dp again on kraft cs that was embossed with a cuttlebug embossing folder. And guess what! I probably haven't mentioned it, but my hubby got me a sewing machine for Christmas (Yahhhhh!!!!) so this is the first card I tried on my own. I've sewn on a couple cards at my card classes and was soooo nervous both times, I haven't used a sewing machine since high school, lol!!

I also used some little red Bella bling and some Diamond Stickles on her wings. This was a really simple card to put together but I love the simplicity of it. I think the kraft cards are my favourite right now!! The sentiment is from Hero Arts Valentines Sayings.

I'm also going to enter this in Paper Sundaes Challenge #51 - Circles.

Paper: Bo Bunny Crazy Love, Stampin Up Real Red cs, kraft cs

Stamps: Sparkle Creations Cupid Emily, Hero Arts Valentines Sayings

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Ink Vintage Photo, Copics

Accessories: Nestabilities, Diamond Stickles, Bella Dots

You Know You Love Me

2011-01-12T18:15:00.000-05:00

This is my first Valentine card for this year. I had my hubby in mind when making it :-).

So this is Betty! I love this paper pad, Bo Bunny Crazy Love and I always knew I'd use Kraftin Kimmie's Betty with it. The little pearls are mocha coloured Opaques from CTMH and that adorable brad is from the coordinating set of brads from Bo Bunny's Crazy Love line. The Hugs and Kisses image is from the Hero Arts Valentine Sayings set. I used some Ranger Distress Ink to distress the sentiment and the background to Betty. Betty was cut out and adhered to the background and then I used some pop-up dots to adhere the image to the card. I also used some really cool adhesive called Kool Tak Micro. It is adhesive dotted sheets which were recommended to me at one of my card classes at Dat's. I used it to adhere the two ribbons and the bottom half of the image. The cotton lace ribbon is from one of the local dollar stores. Can't beat that!! I used some Crystal Stickles on Betty's eyelids and the flower on her sleeve and then my clear Glitter Spica Atyou Pen on her stockings. She's pretty hot I think!!

I used this weeks Sketch #136 from Friday's Sketchers.

I'm also entering this card for Paper Sundaes Challenge #51 - Circles. If you look closely you'll see the background dp is full of all kinds of little circles.

Paper: Bo Bunny's Crazy Love dp, Stampin Up Close to Cocoa and Pretty in Pink cs
Stamps: Kraftin Kimmie's Betty, Hero Arts Valentine Sayings
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Vintage Phota and Antique Linen Ranger Distress Ink VintCopics
Accessories: Bo Bunny brad, CTMH Mocha Opaques, ribbon from stash, Crystal Stickles, Clear Atyou Spica glitter pen

Get Well

2011-01-09T21:57:00.006-05:00

Hello there! Just a quick post tonight - I had to whip this card off Friday after work real quick before going up to the hospital. My 12 year old niece had an unscheduled surgery on her hip (growth plate) and there was only a days notice. I had this little guy (CC Designs Flower Power)lying around already coloured so it was perfect for this card!! I used Stampin Up's Perfect Plum cs and Razzleberry Lemonade dp from Stampin Up as well. There is some gold distress stickles on the flower and the image was coloured with copics.

Happy Birthday - Cosmobella Style

2011-01-08T13:20:00.001-05:00

Another birthday card here!! This time for my girlfriend. I've had Cosmobella for a while and have been anxious to use her. I knew I wanted to use this paper called Girls Night Out from We R Memory Keepers for her as well and this card was the perfect reason. This card idea has been floating around in my mind for a while, lol. I also knew I'd somehow incorporate the black glitter cs. I decided to try paper piecing her outfit since I wanted to match her outfit to the dp, I added a bit of Tiara Stickles to her belt and flip flops and then added some Glossy Accents to her cosmo. I'm going to enter this card in Paper Sundae's Challenge #50 - Something New.

Paper: Black cs, We R Memory Keepers Girls Night Out cs, glitter cs
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Black Stazon, Stampin Up Rose Red, copics
Stamps: Stamping Bella Cosmobella, AmyR Big Words and Handy Additions
Accessories: Nestabilites, Prima flowers, Tiara Stickles, Glossy Accents, corner rounder punch,

Blog Award!!

2011-01-06T21:27:00.009-05:00

Hello!!! Today I received my very first blog award!! I am so touched and thank you very much {hugs} Wendy!!

I'm required to list 8 things about myself - Pass it on to 8 bloggers and let them know.

8 things about me

1. I love all animals and believe there is a place and reason for them all (even the wriggly ones).
2. I am so grateful for my 2 best friends since our school days and wish we could spend more time together (they both live in other cities).
3. My favourite place to be in the summer is in my flower gardens or at my camp.
4. I adore terriers and have an 8 year old mini schnauzer named Bosley. I would love to have an Airedale too some day !
5. I can't believe it took me this long to find out how much I love scrapping and card making!
6. I love yoga.
7. I love quading with my hubby.
8. I love taking walks/hikes especially in newly discovered places.

Now I have to forward this on to 8 fellow bloggers that I think are fantastic:

1. Donna - Dat's My Style
2. Jennifer - The Happy Yappy Scrapper
3. Shanna - The Banana Stamper
4. Amy - Dat's Amy's Style
5. Monique - For the Love of Paper
6. Sparkle - Sparkle Creations
7. Maggie - Stamps in Hallways
8. Alica - Alica's

The award is to say Thank You for sharing your creations and making my blog hopping so much fun!! :-))))

Happy Birthday again!!

2011-01-03T07:30:00.003-05:00

Another birthday card, this time for my daughter's friend. I enjoyed making this card so much. The stamp is from the CTMH set called Happy Forever. I love this little guy and there's four cute images of him in the set. I got the tips for colouring him with the copics from this tutorial by Suzy Haghighi at Papermonkey. She's colouring a mouse but the idea still worked on this little hedgehog. The background was stamped with the Friend Definintion stamp from Hero Arts. Glossy Accents was added to the balloons for a little shine. I'm entering this card in Paper Sundaes Challenge #50 - Something New since this is the first time inking up both the Friend Definition stamp the the CTMH set.

Paper: Stampin Up Tempting Turquoise and Pink Passion Textured cs, My Mind's Eye Love Me Do dp
Stamps: Hero Arts Friend Definition, CTMH Happy Forever and Piece of Cake
Copics: hedgehog E31, 33, 25; balloons V15, 17, G05, 07, RV17, 34
Accessories: Nestabilites Large Labels, ribbon from stash

Happy Birthday

2011-01-01T12:00:00.000-05:00

New Year's Eve is my step-son's birthday and he just turned 14!! Yikes!! Here is the birthday card I made for him. I used papers from the My Mind's Eye Home pack and the cardstock is Coredinations Nostalgia. The stamps are from the Close To My Heart set called A Little Everything. It was stamped with Versamark and embossed with black embossing powder. A little twine and some tiny brads from my stash finished it off.

Happy New Year 2011!

2010-12-27T14:49:00.022-05:00

Soooo, I said in my last post that I found this adorable Happy New Year Anya image over at Splendid Stamping With the Greeting Farm and I couldn't help but make a card with her. Funny though, I don't give out New Year's cards so she might just be a keeper. I gave myself an extra push today and forced myself to use more embellishments than normal. They intimidate me I guess - I tend to keep things minimal, partly because I like the minimal look, but also out of a fear of messing it up! That being said, I'm glad I went with it because I love how this turned out!! I used Basic Grey Olivia paper and distressed EVERYTHING just slightly with some Antique Linen Distress Ink and an edge distresser on the dp. I even used the distess ink on the ribbon and the flowers! And then came the bling!! I used a clear Atyou Spica pen on the Happy New Year and the 2011 on her sash; Diamond Stickles on her earings, shoes and under her dress; and the rhinestone flourish (which by the way was courtesy of Monique's blog candy I won a while back). Believe it or not, the ribbon was from a pair of pj's that I got as a gift. They were wrapped in a bundle with the ribbon, and of course I kept it!! Something else I tried new today was Anya's hair. I used a different technique and I'm thrilled with how that turned out too!!

I used Sketch #134 over at Friday's Sketchers and I'm also entering this for The Crafty Pad's Challenge #102 Anything Goes.

Paper: Basic Grey Olivia dp, Stampin Up Pretty in Pink cs, kraft cs
Stamp: The Greeting Farm (digi New Year Anya)
Ink: Tim Holtz Distess Ink Antique Linen
Copics: skin E50, E21, R20; hair E25, 33, 31; hat and sash R20 RV34; dress, shoes and earings BG000, 01, 45
Accessories: Nestablilites Large Circle and Blossom, Diamond Stickles, Atyou Spica Pen, Prima flowers, BG brads, ribbon and rhinestone flourish from stash

Winter Wonderland

2010-12-26T12:00:00.008-05:00

My last Christmas card of the year was another Andrea Walford card. This was part of her 12 Weeks of Christmas Newsletter. All products are Stampin Up except for the shimmer spray which I made using Perfect Pearls and a water mister which was sprayed on the cs behind the snowflakes and the snowflake dp. I love how this card turned out, even though it gave me quite a bit of trouble!! The instructions were to use Stampin Up's Sticky Pages for the snowflakes. I had a lot of trouble with them and my cuttlebug just wouldn't cut through it, no matter how I changed the stack or what paper I used. I wasn't too impressed but I eventually decided to just use a two way glue pen and adhere the dazzling diamonds to the snowflakes that way! I loved making the dp too by sponging the Tempting Turquoise and Certainly Celery inks onto the paper. It was toned down by sponging some Creamy Caramel to the edges. The snowflakes are from the Serene Snowflakes set and I can already tell will be used alot for holiday cards!!! Well I guess it's time to switch gears, which I'm looking forward to! I've got 10 days off during the Holidays and I plan on playing!! I might try a New Year's card since I found an adorable free image from The Greeting Farm, and I also have some birthday cards to start.

Paper: Stampin Up Ruby Red cs, white cs

Ink: Stampin Up Temping Turquoise, Certainly Celery, Creamy Caramel

Stamps: Stampin Up Serene Snowflakes, Bright Christmas

Accessories: Stampin Up Snowflake Sizzix Sizzlits, Tim Holtz Edge Distresser, Dazzling Diamonds, Ranger Perfect Pearls Heirloom Gold, Water Mister

Merry Christmas to all!!

2010-12-24T16:30:00.003-05:00

Just a couple pictures from my tree :-) Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas!!

Snow Days

2010-12-22T17:30:00.001-05:00

Love this card and I could make many more!! I used the Snow Days CTMH set which is so pretty. This layout was inspired by this card at Stamping with a Java Junkie. I fell in love with the card. I coloured with copics and made some snow with Liquid Applique. And of course I had to add some sparkle with some Dazzling Diamonds. Hope you like it as much as I do!!

Father Christmas

2010-12-21T22:21:00.010-05:00

Wow - time is flying by!! Just wanted to share a card I made a while back, actually it was at the Charity Stamping Event in August. This was a card by Shanna, The Stamping Banana. We used CTMH's Father Christmas and Vintage Christmas. Can you see the sparkle on the image? That was a little glimmermist. It's such a pretty card and it found it's new home this week. I'd like to make a couple more of these actually since I have both sets. I should make 1 more card at least! Hmmmm.........

Notice there's no snow it the picture? Is it ever strange to see that, since we have a Winter Wonderland right now!!

Sparkle Creations Cupid Emily - I Won!!

2010-12-11T23:14:00.006-05:00

Well, how cool is this!! I just won this sweet stamp from Sparkle Creations Rubber Stamps!! I can't wait to see her. Thank you Sparkle!! You can see her here all inked up on Sparkle's blog. It's going to seem so strange when I've finished all my Christmas cards to make perhaps a Valentine's card or maybe a birthday card, lol.

Warmest Wishes

2010-12-06T17:57:00.008-05:00

I just wanted to share another Christmas card I made at a card Class at Dat's Scrapbooking with Donna using Stamping Bella's Polar Bear Circle and Long and Lean Presents stamps. This is a shaker card which was something new and fun to try and I love, love, love how it turned out. Aren't those tiny beads gorgeous?

Yippeee - I think I only have 3 or 4 more cards to go!! Maybe 5!! I wonder what it will be like to make non-Christmas related cards?? I'm kinda looking forward to it!! But I have enjoyed every single card I've made for the holiday season though!!

Celebrate the Season

2010-12-05T16:41:00.003-05:00

Hi there - today I decided to do a couple cards, one I've always wanted to try by Andrea Wolford who's blog I check out all the time for cool Stampin Up ideas. I also subscribe to her 12 Weeks of Christmas Newsletter and plan to try some of her cards and tag ideas as well. First off is my take on the card - I used Night of Navy cs from Stampin Up and Wintertime Flurry dp by Echo Park. I used the stamp set from Stampin Up as well called Patterned Pines. the image is embossed with white ep on Night of Navy cs and then cut them out. I placed a small piece of the same cs behind the trees and brushed some white ink along the edges. I then stamped out the sentiment from Stampin Up's So Many Scallops set on white card stock and the dp. I punched out the dp and then made two more layers of the white cs and popped them up and finished it with some Stickles. I ran a piece of White Tinsel Trim from Stampin Up along the card under the trees and then popped up the trees as well. I just know I'm going to love that Tinsel Trim. I'm entering this card in Sparkle Creations Christmas Card Challenge #1, Monochromatic.

For the original card I used the Patterned Pines Stamp set, old olive re-inker and pewter shimmer paint. I didn't have white so I substituted with the pewter. You just mix a drop of the shimmer paint with a couple drops of the re-inker and sponge that onto the stamp. It is a nice shimmery image. I also made my own dp using the snowflake from the same stamp set with various inks on a paper from the CTMH Mistletoe dp. I love how these turned out!

Warm Winter Wishes

2010-12-01T20:46:00.011-05:00

Here is my newest Christmas card! I used Stampin Up Deck The Halls dp and Stamping Bella's Minty Coffee stamp. I decided to try something new for me on this card and I blended Pumice Stone Destress Ink for the background. I'm very pleased how this turned out. It's a great colour. I coloured the image with copics and added some champaigne stickles to the berries and leaves and around the steam swirls. The candy cane is glossed up with Glossy Accents. I also added some Liquid Applique under the mug for a snowy effect and added some more champaigne stickles to the snow And keeping with the snowy look I added a couple white snowflake brads. I like it - I like the colours and the overall feel of the card.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Bellerific Fridays - Snow Theme
The Crafty Pad Challenge #99 - Snowflakes
Paper Sundaes Challenge #46- Adorn Those Corners
Friday Sketchers - Sketch #130

Paper: Stampin Up Deck the Halls dp, Coordinations Poinsetta cs

Stamps: Stamping Bella Minty Coffee, Amy R Winter Sentiments

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, copics, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pumice Stone

Accessories: MS Punch, Prima Poinsetta, snowlake brads from stash, Liquid Applique, Glossy Accents; Champaigne Stickles, Nestabilites Labels Three

Bosley & Milo

2010-11-27T20:00:00.004-05:00

I had to share these pictures of my Bosley (the schnauzer) and Milo (the boxer), my sister n' law's new puppy. I'm sitting him this weekend, what a little sweety!! Just like being a new mom again, getting up through the night, letting him out, listening to him whimper ..........

Merry Christmas Dear Friend

2010-11-25T20:28:00.011-05:00

Okay......... I'm just firing them off here! I believe this is number 15 of the 20 (which is now 22, I forgot two more I need). I decided to enter another card in The Crafty Pad's Challenge #98 Green and Red and I also used the layout from Paper Sundaes Challenge #45 - A Sketch again. In case I haven't shown you the sketch yet, here it is.This time I decided to use this SEI dsp. I'd been wanting to try it and this seemed like the perfect time. Again, I cut out the tree and used Nestabilites Labels Four to cut her out. I also embossed the larger size to frame her in red. I used Liquid Applique again on the trim of her outfit and this time threw on a little Stampin Up Dazzling Diamonds. She's so much fun to colour!

Paper: SEI Kris Kringle dsp, Stampin Up Ruby Red and Garden Green cs

Stamps: Stamping Bella Jinglebella, Stampin Up Cute & Curly, Amy R's Christmas Card Greetings

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up Ruby Red

Accessories: Stampin Up Dazzling Diamonds, Marvy Liquid Applique, Nestablities Labels Four, Red Glitter

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow

2010-11-23T22:17:00.011-05:00

This week's Bellarific Friday Challenge was to make an all white card. Only the image could be coloured. This definately required some thought, but the snowflake cuttlebug embossing folder seemed to pull everything together since I didn't have any white dp! The image was coloured with copics and then layered over Leaf coloured glitter cs and then another layer of white. The CTMH Twinkle brads matched perfectly and of course I had to add some glitter to the outside of the embossed cs! And for the final touch I added some Glossy Accents to the buttons. I have to start using that more often. I could actually make a few of these, since I didn't have to fool around with coordinating dp's and colours and designs.........Yes, I think I might do a couple of them. Maybe with the Polar Bear Circle??!!

Paper: White cs, AC Leaf Glitter cs

Stamps: Stamping Bella Snowman Circle, Amy R Stamps Winter Sentiments

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, copics

Accessories: CTMH Twinkle brads, Stampin Up Dazzling Diamonds, Glossy Accents, ribbon from stash, nestabilites large circle, large scalloped circle, petite ovals and scalloped petite ovals

A Vintage Merry Christmas

2010-11-22T20:30:00.011-05:00

Just a quick post today - I'm happy I was finally able to use this Vintage Christmas set from CTMH. I embossed the image with Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder in Aged Mahogany - too bad you can't feel it! It's a very gritty rough texture, like sand paper. I also used Vintage Photo Distress Ink on the edges of the image and the CTMH Mistletoe dp. The brads and the poinsetta are also from the CTMH Mistletoe set. I am entering this card in the Paper Sundaes Challenge #45 - A Sketch and The Crafty Pad's Challenge 98 - RED and GREEN.

Paper: CTMH New England Ivy, Cranberry and Colonial White cs, CTMH Mistletoe dp
Ink: Versamark, Tim Holtz Vintage Photo Distress Ink, Stampin Up Always Artichoke
Stamps: CTMH Vintage Christmas
Accessories: Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powder Aged Mahogany, CTMH Mistletoe Assortment

Snow Friends

2010-11-18T20:32:00.004-05:00

Here's a cute little card I made last night. I picked up the Fancy Pants dp one day because I just loved it and put it aside. Then one day I started playing with my Stampin Up Water Color Crayons and an aqua painter and the Snow Friends stamp set from CTMH, and after mixing a couple colours came up with this really cool reddish/burgundyish colour. I was only playing around and I didn't even use water colour paper as it was just supposed to be a rough go but I ended up loving it so much that I kept it the way it was and eventually realized it went great with this dp. When I began to put it together I chose the blue snowflakes in the dp to coordinate with a cardstock and came up with the Brocade Blue from the Stampin Up Rich Regals paper collection. I then did some faux stitching around the dp with the white gel pen and tied that into the scalloped square. Of course I had to add something sparkly so I pulled out the Diamond Stickles and outlined the square. I popped up the stamped image with some dimmensional stickers and once I got to the sentiment inside, I decided to try a very subtle pop and used some Glue Dots glue lines on the white paper to give it a very slight lift from the blue cs. I have to admit I wasn't sure at first about the blue cs but it all seemed to come together and I kept it fairly simple (partially because I didn't have any ribbon to match, lol). I like it!! I'm going to enter this in The Crafty Pad's Challenge #97 Christmas Sparkle as well.

Paper: Fancy Pants Holiday Sentiments dp, Stampin Up Brocade Blue cs

Stamps: CTMH Snow Friends

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up Water Color Crayons

Accessories: Diamond Stickles, Liquid Applique, Large Square and Large Scalloped Square Nestabilities, Labels Four Nestabilities, Inksentials White Gel Pen, clear Bella Bling dots

Sleigh Bells Ring

2010-11-16T21:16:00.004-05:00

Hi there - how come everytime I make a card it becomes my new favourite?? This one is soooo sparkly and blingy!! I used Waterfall Stickles, Stampin Up Dazzling Diamonds and a little bit of Heirloom gold Perfect Pearls mixed with water in a spritzer. I chose this dp because it's blue and I love the snowy squalls and I wanted to enter it over at Paper Sundaes for Challenge #44, Pick Your Sundae Toppings (Punches, Embossing, Ribbon and the colour Blue). I used three of the four! I'm also entering this in The Crafty Pad's Challenge #97 Christmas Sparkle. The CTMH stamp set came with the blog candy I won from Monique over at For the Love of Paper. I believe this is card number 11 of the 20 I need for Christmas. Getting there.......

Paper: Fancy Pants Tradition Strips dp, kraft cs
Stamps: CTMH Magical Season
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, copics
Accessories: MS Snowflake punch, Marvy Snowflake punch, Stampin Up Dazzling Diamonds, Ranger Perfect Pearls heirloom gold, Basic Grey brads, Waterfall Stickles, ribbon from stash

Christmas Countdown - 3 special cards

2010-11-14T18:17:00.004-05:00

The countdown is on now for me to finish my Christmas cards. According to my count, I need 20 cards - I have 10 so far - better get my butt in gear. Today I wanted to share three special cards. These cards were made at some classes I've attended recently at Dat's Scrapbooking and were designed by Ellena using Stampin Up products. They are special because sadly she is not with us anymore. I only met her once, at the Charity Pajama Stamping Party. She was not well enough to teach the classes but her friends stepped in and we were able to make the cards anyway. I think it will be hard to let these go.

Ho Ho Ho

2010-11-11T22:41:00.014-05:00

Presesenting Jinglebellabella!! This was sooo much fun!! I'm entering this card for Bellarific Friday over at Stamping Bella's Bloggabella and also over at Paper Sundaes Challenge #43 Let It Snow. I finally got to use some of these great sparkly buttons I picked up - can't remember what brand they are though. And this is the first time I've inked up a Bella Stamp I beleive! Of course I had to add some glitter to the tree. I also used a technique I learned from Amy Rysavy by cutting out the tip of the tree before using the nestabilities to cut out the image! That is something I'll probably use a lot. Did you notice the glossy stipes in the dp and the snowy accents on her outfit??

Paper: Imaginisce Cottage Christmas Peppermint Stick dp, Stampin Up Real Red cs

Stamps: Stamping Bella's Jinglebellabella, Amy R's Winter Sentiments

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up Real Red, copics

Accessories: red glitter, buttons from stash, red emboidery floss, Liquid Applique, Petite Oval and Petite Scallop Oval nestabilities

Deck the Halls

2010-11-08T19:07:00.004-05:00

I finally finished the third and final christmas card using the Bo-Bunny Winter Joy dp. This one was a little tougher for me to finish. I had such a hard time figuring out what to do for the sentiment - nothing looked right, it was always too big and I have this issue with not wanting to cover up too much of the dp so I opted for stamping directly on the dp instead. I couldn't find a sentiment any bigger that wasn't too big for the space so I settled for the 'deck the halls' stamp from Amy R's Winter Sentiments set (I love this stamp set by the way and the 'settling' had nothing to do with the set, lol). I can't say I'm too impressed, I like the overall layout and the embellishments but I wish I could have come up with something better for the sentiment. Oh well, more challenge for next time.

I am impressed though with the copic colouring. I tried something new this time. Usually I colour with the lightest colour first, make my shadows with the darker colour then go over the entire area with the lighter colour. Since the purples I have are little deeper than I wanted, I put down the shadows first with the darker colour and then blended the edges with the lighter colour and then went over the whole thing with the lighter colour. So even though I only have the two colours V15 and V17, this technique made it seem like I was using a mid colour as well. And to finish it off I used the clear Spica pen for Birgitta's wings and some Frosted Lace Stickles on the fur around her hat.

Oh yes, something else I tried new this time was to outline Santa Birgitta with the BG000 copic. I liked how that that turned out too. I think it gives her a sweet little glow. I'm entering this card in the All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge - Double Challenge Week.

Paper: Bo-Bunny Winter Joy dp, mauve cs, white Bella cs

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up Chocolate Chip, copics

Accessories: Bella Dots, ribbon from stash, Frosted Lace Stickles, Clear Spica pen

Sugar Pea Designs Blog Candy!!

2010-11-06T17:29:00.003-04:00

Check out the blog candy available over at Sugar Pea Designs until December 4th, 2010 in celebration of Wendy's 100+ followers, her birthday AND anniversary!! She does some really lovely work and is one of my inspirations!

Season's Greetings

2010-10-28T19:57:00.013-04:00

I got my prize this week from Monique and so I decided to check out Waltzing Mouse Stamps since this was one of the prizes. I love the stamps and to have them match the nestabilities, that is so cool! I will be getting my hands on some of those! This is a card I made for Challenge #20 at Waltzing Mouse Sketch Challenge using this sketch.

I used Fancy Pants Falling Snow dp and the Very Vintage Christmas Stamp set which is by the way, nestie friendly, and some Bella Bling. I've been wanting to use them so badly and I finally had the perfect card. I was going for a vintage feel so I used some Tim Holtz distress ink in Antique Linen. It matched the dp perfectly. The snowflake brad was white so I coloured with a copic marker and then added some Champaigne Stickles for some more bling. Hope you like it ~

Paper: Fancy Pants Falling Snow dp, brown and white cardstock

Stamps: Waltzing Mouse Very Vintage Christmas Set

Ink: Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo and Antique Linen, Stampin Up Taken With Teal

Accessories: Bella Bling, snowflake brad and brown ribbon from stash, twine

Happy Holidays

2010-10-26T22:37:00.008-04:00

Here is the second of three cards I'm making using the Bo Bunny Winter Joy dp. I used Santa Birgitta again this time with the Liquid Applique on her hat and dress and Spica Glitter Pen on her wings. This layout was found on Maria Bell's Stampin Inspriations Blog. I love the little circles she used on the bottom of the card and the way the embossed paper looked like snow. I used Stampin Up's Platinum Shimmer paint for the sentiment. I have 5 Christmas cards made so far including the 3 I've made at my classes......I better get busy!!

Stamps: CC Designs Santa Birgitta, Amy R's Winter Sentiments

Paper: Bo Bunny Winter Joy dp, Stampin Up Old Olive, lavender and white cs

Ink: Memento Black Ink, Stampin Up Platinum Shimmer Paint, Copics

Accessories: silver cord, cuttlebug embossing folder, EK Success 1" circle punch, Marvy snowflake punch

For the Happy Couple

2010-10-25T19:47:00.006-04:00

I made this card for my very good friend Paula's wedding day. I stamped the hearts with versamark and embossed with white ep, cut them out and popped them with some 3D dots. I used a crop-a-dile to punch the holes for the eyelets and hung them from some string which was tied to the ribbon. I also used some jewelled brads to adhere the sentiment. I'm entering this in Amy Rysavy's ATG Contest Giveaway over at Prairie Paper and Ink.

Paper: Stampin Up Vanilla cs and dp (can't remember the name of the papers)

Stamps: Amy R's Spring Sentiments, Inkadinkado Hearts

Ink: Stampin Up Brocade Blue, versamark

Accessories: clear ep, (string, ribbon and brads from stash), Nestabilities Petite Ovals and Petite Scalloped Ovals dies

For the Love of Paper - Blog Candy - I won!!

2010-10-18T18:07:00.005-04:00

Wow, I won! How cool is that! A big THANK YOU to Monique for her generosity! Check out her blog For the Love of Paper. Here is what I won!!
Thank you!!

Happy Birthday

2010-10-15T20:03:00.009-04:00

Fall is definately becoming my second favourite season!! I've got such great pictures this year, and we've been so lucky to have had such a long summer, and mild fall I couldn't resist making this card! I've been following Jennifer McGuire's Holiday Thinking Inking over at Two Peas and this card was made with Tim Holtz Distress Inks. I didn't stray too far from her card as I loved how the leaves turned out and really wanted to use this stamp set. The idea was to use watercolour paper, (I used regular paper) stamp your image with the distress ink and then spray with a mist of water to make the ink bleed. That's what I did here. I used the oak leaf from the Lovely As A Tree Stampin Up set and I was very happy with how they turned out. I inked the edges of them and the cardstock with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and also used Antique Linen so they weren't too bright. I used some Stampin Up Welcome Neighbour dp as well. I'm going to give this to my Pops who will be 88 this month!

This is one of my favourite photos this year from some trails near my home and why I wanted to do this card.

Wishing you.....

2010-10-11T08:59:00.004-04:00

I've officially begun the Christmas Cards I have planned. I got a good start to them through the Charity Stamping Event here and a card class I attended. I'll post those later!! They're so cute!! Now I just have to figure out who's going to get what! There's so many ideas I want to try!! This is my first card using Santa Birgitta from CC Designs. As you can see I loved using the Dazzling Diamonds from Stampin Up. I'm working on two more cards with this same dp. I love that this paper is non-traditional colours too! Like the little charm?? I found this layout on a Christmas card by The Spotted Chick.

I'm entering this card over at Prairie Paper & Ink for Amy's ATG Contest Giveaway. She is giving away a Scotch ATG set.

Paper: Stampin Up Old Olive cardstock, B0-Bunny's Winter Joy DP

Stamps: CC Designs Santa Birgitta, AmyR Stamps Christmas Card Greetings, Stampin Up Merry & Bright (snowflake)

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versamark and white embossing powder, Stampin UP Craft White Ink, copics

Accessories: Charm from Dat's Scrapbooking, Stampin Up Scallop Trim Border Punch, ribbon from stash, Stampin UP Dazzling Diamonds

Happy Birthday Ghoulfriend

2010-10-05T23:03:00.006-04:00

So now that it is officially October, I can post a great card I made at my latest card class with Donna! How cute is this?? My daughter is going to use it for her friends birthday this month. Second time with the sewing machine and I don't think I did too bad. I loved how we curled the flowers to give some dimmension. It was really neat how Donna matched the copics we used to the papers.

All Dogs Go To Heaven

2010-09-23T22:31:00.010-04:00

This is a card I made this evening for my neices whose puppy passed away this week after contracting a fatal virus. Unfortunately he wasn't finished his vaccinations when he was exposed to the virus. I know they are going to miss him so much. Dudley was his name and he was just a darling, much to the chigrin of my 8 year old schnauzer Bosley who has always had me all to himself! We had Dudley over visit and a sleepover and although Dudley was just as big, if not bigger then Bosley, he was only 4 months old and Bosley let it be known who was boss at our house! I will miss this little guy and I'm sorry I didn't get to see him grow up.

Paper: Stampin Up Cardstock Not Quite Navy, Basic Grey Max & Whiskers, Kraft Cardstock

Accessories: Stampin Up Cordoroy Buttons in Chocolate Chip, Stampin Up Scallop Border Punch, Stampin Up Curly Label Punch, EK Success Corner Punch

All About Me

2010-09-20T20:49:00.004-04:00

Here is the second two-page layout I made, this one with my CTMH stamping group. That's Bosley in the pictures.

Love Always.....

2010-09-11T18:56:00.007-04:00

I have to share my all time favourite card I've ever made!! (not that I've made a lot but anyway)..........This was done at a card class with Donna at Dat's Scrapbooking in the spring. I can't pick just one reason why I love it so much, maybe the colours, the textures, the distressing, the tiny clear buttons, the material or everything together. I was so proud of this card, I don't think I'll ever give it away :-)

I Miss You

2010-08-24T23:05:00.010-04:00

Here we go! My first challenge submission! I've been looking and looking and finally this week I decided to take the plunge with Paper Sundaes challenge #32 using this sketch. I hope you like it!

Paper - Coredinations Textured CS Valentine, Stampin Up So Saffron CS, Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety Strawberry Fields DSP

Stamps - CC Designs Itzie Inkies Flower Power and Amy R Stamps Spring Sentiments, CTMH For Every Occassion,

Accessories - CTMH Craft buttons, Tiara Stickles, Copics, embroidery floss, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo

Here Comes the Bride

2010-08-18T19:07:00.011-04:00

I'm really excited about this card which I just finished this week. This is one of my 'Wow, I did it' moments. This card is for my other sister in law who is getting married on Sept. 4, 2010 - in Vegas!! And yes I'm going!! Anyway - I'm so happy with how it turned out! She is not wearing white, her dress is blue so I wanted to give Emma's dress a blue tinge. The Diamond Stickles really seemed to pick up on the blue as well. I got the coloring idea from Amy Rysavy at Prairie, Paper and Ink. I love her layouts and her copic tips really help me too. Paper: Stampin Up Petals and Paisley DSP, Taken with Teal and Pretty in Pink cardstock
Stamps: CC Designs Bride Emma and Amy R Spring Sentiments
Accessories: Petite Oval Nestabilities, Prima flowers, Basic Grey brads, copics, Stampin Up Scalloped Edge Punch, Diamond Stickles

Make A Wish

2010-08-17T23:12:00.011-04:00

Here is a card I made for my daughter's birthday. It was not the card I had in mind but it still worked and I really liked how it turned out. I'm still working on the original idea and I hope to get it done soon. I used some of the same paper line for this card as I had purchased for the original card idea. I coloured the image with Stampin Up Watercolor Crayons and an Aqua Painter.

Paper: KI Memories Sweet Life, Coredinations Textured Cardstock in Aruba and Kraft Cardstock
Stamps: CTMH Piece of Cake
Accessories: Nestabilities Petite Oval and Scalloped Oval, ribbon is from CTMH

Inspiration for this card came from Cathrine StClair.

Happy Mother's Day

2010-08-12T23:33:00.008-04:00

This was a card I made for my Mother in law. I loved it so much when I saw it, I didn't want to change anything! I found it over on Two Peas In a Bucket by beckyjune. I used Basic Grey's Lemonade paper and brads. Stamps are CTMH's A Little Everything and For Every Occassion. I also used the Scallop Trim Border punch from Stampin Up. All the edges were distressed with Tim Holtz's Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I used Crackle Accents on the flowers to give them a distressed look and to make them pop a little more.

Winter Wonderland

2010-08-10T23:02:00.005-04:00

This is my first two-page layout which I did at a class at my local scrapbook store Dat's Scrapbooking. I used pictures that I and my girlfriend took over the years on my property. These pictures don't do it justice, it is so pretty irl!

Blooming With Happiness

2010-08-10T22:04:00.014-04:00

This is a card I made for my sister in law's wedding shower. The dress was water-colored with an Auqu Painter and classic ink stamp pads. All items are Stampin Up except for the accessories.

Paper: Elegant Eggplant, Rose Red, So Saffron, SU Watercolor Paper
Ink: Elegant Eggplant, So Saffron, Rose Red
Stamps: Blooming With Happiness, Eastern Blooms
Accessories: brads, Prima flowers
LO Inspired by: akbride

Peek A Boo

2007-04-28T11:21:00.000-04:00

This little guy was peeking in on me through
my patio doors last year!

Inner Peace

2007-04-27T10:57:00.001-04:00

Inner Peace, originally uploaded by *GaryP*.

Absolutely Beautiful! I want to take pictures like this!

2007-02-28T23:43:00.000-05:00

This is after - we tore out the wall between the kitchen and dining room and built an island, new light fixtures, new floor....

This is a before picture of the kitchen