Life Can Be Tough......

Hello - I've been busy making cards believe it or not and working in my pocket album.  This card came together only after playing with my distress inks and the smooshing technique.  Love how the ink colours look together.  After I made the background I put it aside until I decided what I was going to do with it.  I finally decided on this - a friend gifted me this Simon Says Stamp set called Hand Lettered Encouragement and I thought the lettering would stand out perfectly on this background.  I added a bit of tissue tape and some gold Heidi Swapp Color Shine spray to finish it off.

I decided to make a little envelope as well using the same tissue tape and gold Color Shine.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

Addicted To Stamps and More Challenge #146 - Anything Goes

Simon Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash #203 - Play Misty For Me

Stamps:  Simon Says Stamp Hand Lettered Encouragement

Paper:  Ranger Watercolor Paper, Stampin Up Very Vanilla and Rose Red cs, Stampin Up First Edition dsp (envelope)

Ink:  Distress Inks, StazOn Jet Black Ink

Accessories:  Tim Holtz Tissue Tape, Heidi Swapp Gold Color Shine

So Happy Here

Hello!!  In between chillin' in the sun on my deck today and doing some laundry I finally managed to print the pictures I wanted to use to complete this layout.  This was a free make n' take layout offered by Donna at the Autism Crop I attended in April.  I love how perfectly these pictures of my daughter went with the CTMH paper pack Jackson and it's an awesome layout!!

So glad we finally had some nice weather to enjoy this weekend :)

Grand Marais, MN and Trollbreads

No crafty photos today, but I am sharing a few photos of the weekend.  I've just joined up for a monthly Project Life kit from Studio Calico and so I'm trying to make sure I get enough photos for each month.  I already do this pocket page style scrapbooking, but it's not in any particular order and I'm perfectly fine with using past photos.  But for these kits I plan to use photos that are current.

We made a quick trip to one of my favourite places across the border this Victoria Day Weekend - Grand Marais, MN.  The drive along the North Shore is so beautiful and picturesque.  We were picking up a travel trailer - it was a foggy ride but really gorgeous on the lake.  You can barely see the water in the background behind us.

Of course I had to stop at my favourite art gallery Sivertson's as they sell my beloved Trollbeads!!!!  These are my newest additions to my small but growing collection!!  I should share the others some some day.  I've only made two other purchases of these Trollbeads, but there's so many more on my list :)  These beads are GORGEOUS!!

Once home we cleaned and packed the trailer and were off to Northern Lights Resort to park for the summer.  I have a feeling we're really going to enjoy it there :)

Have A Lovely Day

Hi there - popping in to share the card I made for my MIL for Mother's Day.  I first made a watercolour wash with distress inks and then stamped the image with Versamark Ink and embossed with white embossing powder.  The sentiment was also stamped with Versamark on vellum and embossed with gold embossing powder.

I am sharing this over at Unity's Friends With Flair.

Supplies
Stamps:  Unity KOM January 2015 Magic of Beginnings, Have Lovely Day
Paper:  Basic Grey Hello Luscious, SU Vellum, PTI Choice White cs
Ink:  Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry and Wild Honey Distress Inks; Versamark Ink
Accessories:  Hero Arts White Embossing Powder, Stampin Up Gold Embossing Powder

Come Along For the Journey - Tim's Tags May 2015

Hi :)  I was finally able to play along with Tim's 2015 Tags again - this is May's tag.  I got to play with some of my favourite items again - embossing paste and rub-ons!!

I was in Duluth last weekend and found the Hobby Lobby store.  Why have I not been to this store before???  I will share some of my goodies in another post!  Anyway, coincidentally one of the items I picked up was a 4.5 x 6.5 inch burlap lined paper pad.  How cool is that?  It was perfect for this project - I just traced a manilla tag on the back, cut it out and punched a hole at the top.  LOVED adding the embossing paste and rub-ons to the burlap :)  Those tiny buttons were a fun addition to the ribbon - I never use buttons anymore.

This is Tim's May 2015 Tag