Lady-bug shaped card

I used my cricut ‘walk my garden’ cartridge to create this adorable card in the shape of a lady-bug. Ribbon and pearl stickers are the perfect addition.


Challenges
1. Fantabulous Cricut's: Challenge 49 Shape Card
2. Cupcake Craft Challenges: 131... anything but square
3. The Shabby Tea room: Week 51 - Classic Elegance (black, red, white)

Card Details:
Cricut Walk my Garden cartridge
dimensional stickers, pearl stickers, ribbon
Cardstock: black, white, red

You can buy this card and more in my ETSY shop

Kitty Get Well Card

Don't you just love a little bling?  I just made this Kitty Get Well Card. I added bling (glitter and jewels) to the collar of the kitty.  I layered the sentiment on dimensional stickers to add a 3-D look to this card.  This card was designed for the DPDC#8 - Doodle Pantry Digital Challenge

Card Details:
Card Stock: pink & white Digital Stamp (image & sentiment) by Doodle Pantry - Kitty Bouquet

Misc: bling, glitter, dimensional stickers

You can buy this card and more in my ETSY shop

To see more Get Well Cards please click here

Wine Birthday Card

I made this card based on this weeks Mojo Monday’s sketch; Using my cricut, I cut this elegant swirl and dressed it up with pearl stickers.

I am submitting this card for the following challenges:
1. Mojo Monday Challenge 179
2. Cooking with Cricut - C-18 Swirls & Twirls Challenge

Card Details:
Rubber stamp “wine” & “happy birthday”
Card Stock: purple, black, green, white
Cricut Wedding Cartridge “florish 1”
Misc: pearl stickers

You can buy this card and more in my ETSY shop

To see more Birthday Cards please click here

Thank-you Card

Inspired by the Card Positioning Systems sketch #207 from this week; for this week when I made this cute Thank-you Card; I used my lace punch and ribbon to finish the card off.

I am submitting this card for the following challenges:
1. CPS sketch #207
2. Baby Buds Designs Challenge – Ribbons and Bows
3. Digital Tuesdays Challenge #99 - Punches
4. Do you Stack up - DYSU #8 anything goes
5. The Shabby Tea Room Week #50 Buttons and Bows

Card Details:
Digital Stamp by Baby Bud Designs "Lil Bud"
Card Stock: green, pink, white
Misc: cling stamp, ribbon, lace punch

You can buy this card and more in my ETSY shop

Stampin' Up! Season of Friendship

Good Sunday Afternoon!

The sun WAS shining brightly here but it's becoming overcast and snow is expected again :(

I'm so ready for SPRING!!

Karen had a wonderful Sweet Sunday Sketch #106 posted on her blog today and I thought it was time for a Stampin' Up! only card.

Ok so I used the circle nesties ;)

Stamps: Season of Friendship, Branch Out; Cardstock: White, Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Maine Blueberry DSP; Inks: Choc Chip, Old Olive, Bashful Blue; Accessories: Circle Nesties, Button, Thread, Silver Brads, Dimensionals

I'm off to watch the NASCAR race soon!

Go Gordon Go!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Sympathy Card

I just made this elegant Sympathy Card using scrap paper I had left over from previous projects. I was inspired by the sketch and a coffee and cream colour pallet. A lace punch was used to add character to the border. The sentiment ‘With Deepest Sympathy’ was heat embossed with gold power. The paper flowers also match the colour scheme.

This card was submitted for the following challenges
1. Lisa Sommerville’s Sketch Challenge
2. Simon Says Stamp Challenge Coffee and Cream
3. Delightful Sketches – use your scraps
4. Stamp Challenges - Something with Flowers

Card Details:
Cricut George and basic shapes
Lace punch
Heat embossing tool & gold embossing power
Card Stock: cream, light brown, black
Misc: paper flowers, brads, stamp

You can buy this card and more in my ETSY shop

Friendship Viva La Verve

Hello :)

It was a LONG week with no stamping but it was nice to come home Friday night and relax with the family.

Today I spent a little bit of time stamping and this is one of the cards I created.

This uses the Viva La Verve March Sketch #1.

I just adore this Text Objects from Verve!!! It's so cute!

Stamps: Text Objects; Cardstocks: White, Aqua Mist, MME True Blue DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: Copics, Mat pack and Paper piercer, Star punches, Ribbon, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!

Enjoy your weekend!

Rock Star

I just made Rock Star Birthday Card with matching gift box. The box was made using my Cricut tags, bags, boxes and more cartridge. I cut the Match 2 (Box) at 5 ½”~ perfect size to hold a gift card.

Challenges:
1.   FIF #13 - TAGS, BAGS, BOXES & MORE Challenge
2.  One Crazy Stamper's February Pink Challenge.

Card Details:
Digital Image Little Susie by Becky’s Place
Cricut Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cartridge “Match 2”
Card Stock: black, pink, purple & white
Misc: ribbon, clear stamp

To see more Birthday Cards please click here

Sending Butterfly Kisses

Happy Weekend!

Today the Sweet Stop girls have cooked up some fantastic cards for this week's Sweet Stop Sketch #97.

I decided to use one of my new PI girls that had not seen any ink yet.

This is Butterfly Kisses. Again as I type this up (before leaving for Toronto) this was out of stock.

Stop by the Sweet Stop Blog to link up your creation using this fantabulous sketch!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Card Challenges - CupCake

I just made this sweet cupcake card; I am submitting this card for the following challenges:

1. February Papertrey Blog Hop Challenge: scallops

2. Cup Cake Craft Challenge #130 Cake ‘n’ Ice cream

Card Details:
Lace Punch
Cricut Wild Card Cartridge “dollie” & “cupcake”
Card Stock: black, pink, blue, glitter pink
Misc: ribbon, jewel stickers

Caught a Bug Challenge

This cute Get Well Card was designed using a primary colour theme. I am submitting this card for Catch the Bug's Caught a Bug Challenge.  The challenge was to make a get well card using a Bugaboo Digital Stamp;

Card Details:
Bugaboo digital stamp 'itchy'
Get Well Soon Stamp by See D's say it again set
Card Stock: white, red, blue, yellow
Versa Fine Ink Black

You can buy this card and more in my ETSY shop

To see more Get Well Cards please click here

Boys!

I have so few little boy pictures to scrap, but I enjoy doing my DH's baby and childhood pictures when I can. Here he is at maybe 6 months old. Whatever happened... LOL!









Supplies:
Paper: Gartner "Cruise Voyage paper pad"
White and blue cardstock
Ink pads
Spellbinders: long scalloped rectangle
Rhinestones
blue Dewdrops

Wii are Family

This layout has been sitting on my desk half completed for over a month. I started out making a layout for a picture of my daughter playing her favorite Wii game called Wii Party.



I used my Gypsy to copy the logo on the box the best I could. (I have heard that there is a SVG file of the actual font out there)



One day this month, I was leafing through a scrap magazine at a stand and I saw a layout where the mom scrapped pictures of her family's mes (game personas). She came up with the title "Wii are Family". I loved that idea so this layout has evolved a bit. Now I need to set up a four player game with my family and take a picture of our four characters.

The paper for this layout is from the DCWV Generation Tech stack. I think I will use every scrap of paper from this stack!

I am entering this layout for a challenge at Paper Playtime. This week their challenge is to make a paper project featuring any type of technology.

Just Because Mojo Sketch

Happy Thursday!

On Monday I was able to create this card for the Mojo Sketch that was posted. I've been saving it to show you today while I'm in Toronto.

These are some of the new papers that I picked up at a LSS last week. They are the new My Mind's Eye Stella & Rose - Mabel Collection.

I stamped the flower from Great Friend onto the pattern paper and cut out. All layers are popped up with dimensionals. I added some tiny rhinestones to the flower center and around the scallops. The orange pearls were white until I coloured them with a copic ;)

I've got many more Verve cards coming your way soon!

Stamps: Great Friend; Cardstock: Kraft, Pumpkin Pie, MME dp; Inks: Pumpkin Pie, Distress ink Antique Linen; Accessories: Nesties, Lace, Rhinestones, Copic, Martha Border Punch, Pearls, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!

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With sympathy card

I am trying to catch up on some cards I need to make and maybe do a few challenges at the same time. This is a sympathy card for a friend in my bookclub. (My "With Sympathy" sentiment stamp wasn't cooperating though so I just had to write it in the inside.)



I love the look of buttons representing leaves or buds on a tree for a sympathy card and have seen it before on other blogs. *scraplift*

The tree is cut from the Wall Decor cartridge. The buttons are from my 5lbs. bag of buttons from the sewing department. I embossed the blue with the Moroccan Screen Cuttlebug folder. The green printed paper is from the Mi Casa stack by DCWV.

I am entering this card at Fantabulous Cricut and Linda's Creativity. Both of these blogs have embossing challenges this week. Yay!

First Etsy Sale!

I am so excited – yesterday I got my first sale at my Etsy shop. I would like to thank Claire at Crafty Mosaics, a fellow T.E.S.T. (Toronto Etsy Street Team) member; I was so excited that last night I crafted it all up and put it in the mail today. Check out the great stuff I made for Claire – Two custom greeting gards and one of my new friendship seeds - Please help me pay it forward and check out all the great stuff Claire makes.

To see more Birthday Cards please click here

A lucky card...

Happy Wednesday everyone! It is challenge day over at Cricut Cardz Challenge. Todays challenge was to make a St Patrick's Day card using any cartridge or colors, but no shamrocks.

I got Simply Charmed for Christmas, which I was so excited about! I LOVE how cute this cartridge is! As soon as I saw the cute St Patrick's things, this card lept into my mind. Here it is:












Isn't it cute? The sentiment inside is from Create a Critter, all other cuts are from Simply Charmed. I used one of my cute Peachy Keen stamps for his face, and then decorated him with a little bit of chalk and my white gel pen. I love how cute he is :) The only thing that I might have changed is the size of the pot of gold - I kind of wish I had made it bigger... but I wanted to make sure it fit in an A2 card.

I hope you all come over to Cricut Cardz Challenge and see what DT # 2 came up with, and play along with us. Have a great day!

Some challenges:

My Time to Craft - hats
One Stitch at a Time - anything but a square
Paper Sundaes - masculine colors
Corrosive Challenege - magical creatures
Terifically Thrilling Thursday - anything goes
Crafty Purple Card - something magical
Pixie Dust Studios - shape card

A la prochaine...

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Children

Well I'm off to Toronto until Friday night but wanted to share my card for the MFT Wednesday Sketch Challenge first.

Here's a look at the sketch...another great one for a sentiment!

My last MFT order was HUGE and I think I ordered myself 12 new sets. Fun stuff eh?

One of the sets was this Clearly Sentimental about Parenting. It was the Triple Scoop last month but you'll be able to order this one March 1st!

I hope you'll play along with us! If you do and upload to SCS gallery please use keyword MFTWSC8 so we can find you!

Thanks for stopping by!

I'll catch up with everyone on the weekend!

Tile Art

Well, its been over a year since I last posted about my tile art, so I thought I would repost to refresh your memory.

My tile art is hand crafted on a 6" x 6" ceremic tile using a “mod podge” and digital scrapbooking technique. Each tile is sprayed to create a smooth finish. There are over 40 different phrases/photos available in my Tile Art Gallery.

Only $10 Each (stand included); Tile Art FAQ.

Order Forms Now available: Tile Art - Order Form

For more Tile Art please click here

"Arizona" thank yous

I must confess I bought the Old West Cricut cartridge because it was on sale without any projects in mind. Two days later I got an invitation to visit Phoenix, Arizona!



I am now thrilled to have this cartridge in my library to scrap my pictures and of course make thank you cards to my friend who hosted me and my MIL who took over while I was away.

All cuts are from this cartridge. The word "you" is welded with my Gypsy. Everything is inked. I used a wax pencil to try and make the little purple cactus look like the ones I saw. I used my white Signo pen for the pricks. (I loved the cactuses/cacti and palm trees!)

I am entering this card at Frosted Designs. Their Fabulous Friday challenge this week is to create a project without patterned paper.

So Much To Do...

Ugh....this was me yesterday....

Trying to do a million things before heading to Toronto.

Cleaning, laundry, ironing, packing plus working from home yesterday. My phone and emails didn't stop all day....lol

I decided to create a card for my mood...

Stamp sets are from MFT and are Twisted Foursome and Making a List.

I love the look of copics on kraft, how about you?

Gotta keep this short...still trying to get my "chores" done ;)

Have a great day!

Liebster Blog Award

Thank you so much, Kathy at http://kathysaddiction.blogspot.com/ for honoring me as a recipient of the Liebster Blog Award! Please visit her blog and check out her talent.

The Liebster Blog award is given to bring new blogs to light. It's a great way to share blogs that might not otherwise be seen or ones you want to share with others. As a recipient you must share the love and pay it forward by:

1. Creating a post where you blog about the Liebster award & reveal your 3 - 5 blog picks.
2. Let them know you chose them
3. Copy & Paste the blog award on your blog
4. Have faith that your followers will rally & show their crafty love back out to those you awarded
5. Have fun !

I am pleased to honor 4 others to bring awareness to these great blogs!
Please check these sites out and give them some love.

1. Kimberly at http://canadiancraftcorner.blogspot.com/
2. Amy at http://amystampery.blogspot.com/
3. Anne at http://annescardchallenges.blogspot.com/
4. Kimberly at http://hellocutiecrafts.blogspot.com/

Their blogs are full of creativity and talent. Thank you all for sharing this talent and giving me inspiration.

Sweet Girl

Happy Monday!

Did you watch the Nascar race yesterday?! Oh my gosh....so exciting! Jeff didn't win :(

BUT I was excited to see that young kid, Trevor, win!!

Today is a holiday here in Alberta...Family Day....so I'm home! Love it!

I'm sharing a card that I created on Saturday using a new PI girl from the Out on a Limb set.

The designer papers are some of the new My Mind's Eye Stella & Rose. I picked up all four new paper packs on Friday! So pretty!

Thanks for stopping by today!

I hope to do a little stamping today before I take off for Toronto this week.

Enjoy your day!

Techno Day...

It is challenge day over at Paper Playtime. This weeks challenge is to use a Technology image: a computer, and mp3 player, a cell phone etc. I decided to make an iPod image - we own a number of iPod products, my kids have Shuffles, my husband has a Nano, I have a Classic and an iPhone. They all come with wires to connect them to the computer, and those wires seem to live in a tangled mess on our computer desk. I decided that I needed a place to put them. Here is what I came up with:



This image is from Smiley Cards, I cut it at 3.6 inches on my Gypsy girl. The "iPod" is cut from Robotz - my go to chunky font.



I bought this little box at my LSS for $1.50, cover it with some paper I had sitting in my stash boxes and voila!!



The perfect box for all those annoying wires :) I am going to have to pick up a few more of these boxes and decorate them to hold other things that are laying around. How perfect would they be for buttons, or bling in my craft room?

Head on over to Paper Playtime, see what the rest fo the design team came up with and play along with us :)

A la prochaine...

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All for Aiden

My new friend Tanya at Scrappin KY Momma posted a heartfelt story about Aidan, a sweet lil 2 year old who was recently diagnosed with T Cell Leukemia.

She needs our help - please get your crafting supplies out and send this lil guy some LOVE!!! I made this card and will be sending it for Aiden.

Click here to read the full story on Tanya's Blog ~ Thanks for sharing Tanya.

Owl "Hoo's having a Birthday" Card

I made this fun Owl "Hoo's having a Birthday" Card for Getting Cricky's Challenge using the Card Positioning Systems sketch #206 from this week;

Card Details:
Card Stock: black, brown, lime, pink, purple
Cricut hoot ‘n’ holler cartridge
Cricut George Basic Shapes cartridge

You can buy this card and more in my ETSY shop

To see more Birthday Cards please click here

Thank-you Kathy

WOW - I am so excited, can't believe I won something... Look at all the great goodies - can't wait to craft with them.  Thank-you so much to Kathy for hosting her follower's giveaway ... sending many many thank-you's your way. Please join me in thanks by checking out her blog

Let's Sail into the Sunset

Today is going to be a GREAT day!

DAYTONA 500!!!!

Go Gordon Go!

I'm not sure where I was going with this card but I was so excited to use the new MFT Die-namics called Catch a Wave along with the new Smooth Sailing Flopsey. I also used the fun MFT Die-namics Sunshine.

I need to keep this short and sweet as I have a few posts to get ready for the week. I'll be in Toronto on business and away from the computer :(

Thanks for stopping by today!

Card Challenges - Lady Bug Card

Its a craft weekend.  The embellishment on this ‘lady bug’ birthday card was done using my cricut ‘walk my garden’ cartridge and dimension stickers.  The embossing was done using a cuttlebug embossing folder. 
I am submitting this card for the following challenges:
1. Lisa Sommerville’s Bloggers Challenge - Embossing
2. Simon Says Stamp Challenge Make Your Own Embellishments
3. Fantabulous Cricut Challenge #48 Emboss It

Card Details:
Cricut ‘walk my garden’
Cuttlebug bird embossing folder
Card Stock: white, red, black
Misc: pearls, stamp, ink

You can buy this card and more in my ETSY shop

To see more Birthday Cards please click here

CPS Sketch 205

I made this card using the Card Positioning Systems sketch #205 from this week. I choose spring colours to make this cute ‘thank-you card’

Card Details:
Card Stock: white, pattern, pink
Stamps: 'thank-you' by See D's 'say it again
Ink: Pink by Studio G, Onyx Black by Versa fine
Misc: Scallop Punch, Circle Punch, Ribbon