Hot Water!

Happy Wednesday/Hump day to you friends! I had a chance to play along with this week's Mojo Monday sketch and this card was the result.

I've had this Lockhart tea bag stamp for a while but only used it a couple of times, so I decided to put it to use again with this new quote from a Stampin' Up set (from the Summer Mini). I paired the image with some October Afternoon Thrift Shop paper (actually I think there's also some Fly a Kite in there as well) and some yummy crochet ribbon from MFT. Loving this stuff - as you'll see in upcoming cards!

I did some stitching and added some brads and prima roses and called it quits. Looking at the card now, I could have scaled down the panels slightly as there's a lot of space around the images, but oh well!

I'm keeping this short as it's late and I have to take my son to get some teeth pulled tomorrow. Wish us luck!

Rolled Flowers Card & Cake

Happy Monday friends! I have my son home from school today as he's ill so this will be short and sweet.

Today I have the last of my Stampin' Up samples to show you that I created for my Wow technique demonstration. My last flower embellishment was the rolled paper flower. Right around the same time that I did my demo, Joanne B. did an awesome video tutorial for Splitcoast Stampers. It can be found here. The main differences between hers and mine are that I used cardstock for mine and I used a pair of tweezers to roll my paper. This gave them a nice tight coil and has a different look than hers. I also skipped the pushing/distressing as I was going for a cleaner look.

The flower with petals was created by starting with a scalloped circle and then winding from the inside, instead of the outside. That way the petals end up on the last coil, instead of the first.

I also made a tealight candle and plopped some flowers on top. Again, since I made my samples, a tutorial was created for Splitcoast and can be found here.
Hope you have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!

More Twisted!

Here's another sample card I made to demo how to make flower embellishments. This time I used 5/8" grosgrain ribbon for the flower and added a decorative brad in the middle. Originally the flower was not supposed to be placed so high on the card, but after I got an ink smear on the panel, I placed it there to cover the mark. Not ideal, but still works!

I'm making this one short and sweet as I'm on preschool duty this morning. It's also supposed to be a scorcher here today - 31 degrees Celsius - woo hoo! Have a great day friends!

Twisted Medallion

Are you sick of seeing my Stampin Up cards yet? I'll have some more variety for you soon, but I wanted to show you all my samples before posting the instructions. This one is called a twisted ribbon flower and I've used it as the middle of this Medallion background stamp.

Again, a super simple card. The fun thing about this twisted flower is you can use any kind of material instead of ribbon for a totally different look.

Hope you have a wonderful weekend. It's our long weekend here in Canada and I'm busy re-organizing my stamp area as well as stamping. I'm still looking for poppyscraps to contact me. If I don't hear from her, I'll re-draw for my blog candy package tomorrow morning. Have a good one!

Supplies:

Stamps: SU Medallion, Upsy Daisy (sentiment)

Ink: Melon Mambo, Black

Paper: Whisper white, black, melon mambo

Accessories: Ribbon, circle punch, sticky sheet

Ribbon Rose Trio

Here's another one of the samples I made for my flower embellishments technique demo last weekend. I used three different types of ribbon to show the differences they give you in the end product. Again, a simple card because I really wanted to keep the emphasis on the flowers themselves. I'll post the instructions for these sometime next week.

I'm still looking for poppyscraps to contact me as she was the winner of my blog candy draw and I have no way of getting hold of her. If she isn't in touch with me then I will re-draw on Sunday morning!

Have a great Thursday friends!

Supplies:

Stamps: SU Watercolor Trio

Ink: Soft Suede

Paper: Pretty in Pink, white, Thoroughly Modern dsp

Accessories: Ribbon, scallop edge punch, Little Leaves Sizzlit, glue dots

Birthday Roses

On Saturday I had the privilege of being a technique demonstrator at a stamping even run by some of my favorite Stampin' Up demonstrators. I demo'd three different flower embellishments, with this ribbon rose being one of them. This is one of the sample cards I made to display on my table. I kept the card pretty simple since I really wanted the flower to be the centre of attention. I wrote up some directions on these techniques and after I share all three with you, I'll post my written directions for anyone who might be interested!

Have a great Monday! Check back tomorrow for my Taylored Expressions Blast from the Past blog hop post!

Supplies:

Stamps: SU Watercolor Trio

Ink: Purely Pomegranate

Paper: Kraft, Old Olive, Very Vanilla, Thoroughly Modern dsp

Accessories: Satin ribbon, Corner rounder, Little Leaves sizzlet

Can you Handle Another?

Another baby card that is. This is a stamp from an older, retired set called Big on Spring. I just love the little onesie. The paper is from the DCWV Nana's Nursery Boy stack and is paired with certainly celery and cool caribbean. The onesie and heart are paper pieced and everything is stitched.
Happy Friday to you! My kids are on March break next week but we have no big plans. Have a great weekend friends!

Quickie Valentine Card!

Happy Monday friends!! We had a super busy weekend and I didn't manage to sneak in any stamping time at all!! But it's all good! I did create this card last week - and I do believe that it's entirely Stampin' Up. Even if it is all mostly retired stuff! I stamped the Woodgrain background on Pirouette Pink in Riding Hood Red ink. The heart in the sentiment is stamped on riding hood red cardstock, cut out, and then stamped with the woodgrain in white craft ink. Super quick - but I love the look!
Hope you had a great weekend and are staying warm - it's awfully cold here! Brrrr! Later taters!

Dazzling Medallion!

I created a couple of cards the other day that were Stampin Up only for my demo's blog. I hadn't really had a chance to play with this medallion stamp that I fell in love with. I grabbed a colour combo off of Splitcoast and the rest was super quick.

I used craft white ink and then embossed with heat and stick powder and added dazzling diamonds. The sparkle doesn't show as well in the picture - in real life it's so shimmery and pretty! The sentiment is from the level 2 hostess set Asian Artistry. The melon mambo panel is mounted on black and Kraft.

Well friends - hope you're having a great weekend! We're off to Church and then I'm spending some quality time with my favorite girlfriends and going to a toy warehouse to tackle some Christmas shopping! Later taters!

Winner, winner chicken dinner!!!

The winner of the 4 stamp sets plus some extra goodies that I will throw in is:

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: 13
Result: 11

Congrats StampinCathy!! I'll be emailing you for your mailing info!!

I have a quick project to share with you. I made this for my son's new grade 2 teacher. He took it in the first day of school. Pretty simple, just a box made from a template I got from Splitcoast. I stamped it with the Neighborhood wheel and coloured parts of it with an old olive marker and a white signo gel pen.

I covered some York peppermint patties with some scallop circles and stamped images from Tart & Tangy and All in the Family on them.


I was able to fit a dozen patties in the box.

Hope you're having a great weekend! Later taters!!

Brayered Roses

I'm still without a camera, but found a pic of something I hadn't shared here. I have had the honor of being a guest stamper over on my Stampin Up demo Jenn's blog for the last couple months. This is one of the projects I created for her.
I used a technique that I found on Patty Bennett's blog for Brayered Roses. Basically you use the Manhattan Flower embossing folder and flip it to the reverse side. Then you brayer a couple of different colours lightly (I think I used Pretty in Pink and Rose Red). The debossed areas stay white - which is so pretty in real life. I also used shimmery white cardstock so it's got a soft sparkle. I cut out the flowers and adhered them to another piece of shimmery white.
Hope you're having a great weekend! I'm trying to meet a tight work deadline and have been putting in some mega hours which leaves no time for stamping.
Can I share something else? For the past couple years I've used the website www.organizedchristmas.com to get ready for the holidays. I know it seems really early to think about it - but the complete plans actually begin today! (this year I'm using the Houseworks Holiday Plan, last year I used the Holiday Grand Plan) The plans are 18 weeks and are designed to get your house decluttered, organized, and deep cleaned in time for Christmas. They also address all the Christmas tasks as well. It's well worth a look and I know a lot of people are trying to watch what they spend - starting now is a great way to do that!
Later taters!

Stitched Clean and Simple

Hey y'all!! We're on vacation in Georgia so the greeting seemed appropriate! Man it's hot down here! We're having an especially damp, cold summer so it seems especially warm here!

I made this card last week for both the colour challenge and clean and simple challenge over at Splitcoast. The colours were blush blossom, coral, celery, chocolate chip and white. The clean and simple challenge was to use stitching. I pulled out some Doodlebug rubon stitches that I've been hoarding and they worked beautifully - time to use up the rest of the packs!

The woodgrain stamp is from Hero Arts and the flowers are from Papertrey. This is different for me - but I'm pleased with it. I am really wanting the new woodgrain bg stamp from Stampin' Up, but not sure if I can justify it, seeing as I already have a stamp (albeit much smaller).

I'm off to Archivers today (so excited!) so I'm going to vamoose! Hope you're having a great week!

Top Note Rag Quilt

Here's another Stampin Up only card I made last week. I've been seeing all these incredible quilt cards and wanted to try my hand. Not sure if you remember this card - where I made a rag quilt for my card - so I decided to try it again for this technique. I used a square punch to make my squares and then used the distressing tool to rough up all 4 edges. I then adhered them to another piece of cardstock butting them up so they were touching. I then ran my completed piece through my Cuttlebug with the top note die and distressed around the edges of the shape as well. The cardstock doesn't distress nearly as well as the designer series paper, but I didn't have any current paper to use. It still looks good though - although most of the texture is lost in the picture.

Well we had a busy weekend - hubby and I were away in Portland, OR while my mother in law stayed with our kids. It was packed full of great times though. Hope you're having a great week! Later taters!

5th Avenue Flower Pot

I've been wanting to make one of these flower pot cards for a while now - ever since they started popping up on blogs about a month ago. I finally had a chance to sit down and make one. I used Close to Cocoa cardstock and stamped it with the Sanded background in Chocolate chip ink.

I stamped the flowers from 5th Avenue Floral in black craft ink and used clear embossing powder. I watercoloured them using my ink pads - regal rose/rose red, so saffron, baja blue. I cut each one out and added some leaves cut using the little leaves sizzlet.

I love that this card is a little different, yet still fits in a standard envelope. Thanks for stopping by - I appreciate each and every one of you! Later taters!

Teacher Gifts

I apologize that this post is a little picture heavy but I wanted to show you what I made for my son`s teachers this year.

This is the card I made (gasp - I made the same one for each teacher!) using MFT`s new Teacher Label set. I paired it with some old patterned paper scraps (Basic Grey and Karen Foster) and some old ribbon (soft sky) and a button. I think they turned out super cute!


I ordered the Take Along Tote template from Papertrey Ink and decided to stuff it with movie snacks and a movie theatre gift certificate. So the outer pockets each have a bag of microwave popcorn, and the inner pocket has movie candy. I also created a card pocket for the card itself which also contained the gift card.

I made the first set using that same Basic Grey paper and the MFT Teacher Label set.

I decided to mix it up a bit for the second (and also because I needed to create something that was Stampin`Up only - lol!). I paired images from the And Many Mower set with So Saffron, Regal Rose and Parisian Breeze paper.






So there you have it! Hope they like them!

Hey guess what....there`s a Bella Blog hop on Thursday and I`m participating! Can`t wait to show you my Stamping Bella project in honour Em`s birthday (THE Stamping Bella!). See you then!

Classmate goodies!

I whipped these up the other day for my son's classmates. Up here we're still in school - last day is on Thursday the 25th. Nothing says summer to me like Kool Aid does! I made these pockets by cutting cardstock to 4.25" x 8". Then I scored the long side at 2.5" and folded the cardstock. I laid the cardstock on the Top Note Die, with the fold not quite touching the bottom of the die and ran it through. I punched the folded edge with the scallop edge punch and adhered the two sides together. The fruit stamps are from the Tart and Tangy set and the sentiment is from And Many Mower. I coloured the inside of the Relax with my white gel pen. I think these turned out totally cute!
Hope you have a great weekend and have a wonderful time celebrating Father's Day! On Sunday I'll show you my Father's Day card! Later taters!!

Baja in my Pocket!

This was one of the cards I made for VSN a couple of weeks ago over at Splitcoast Stampers. We were given a sketch (which I promptly flipped) and 45 mins. to create a card. I stamped the images from Pocket Silhouettes directly onto the Parisian Breeze designer paper for some added interest. I used the Polka Dot background stamp in Baja Breeze on the Kraft cardstock, and I selectively inked the sentiment so that I could fit it onto my panel. Pretty simple - it needed to be for under 45 mins.
Hope you had a wonderful weekend! We're super busy here - lots of school stuff going on before we wrap up at the end of June, and lots of summer planning! Later taters!

Cased Cards!

I've been feeling less than creative these days but needed a couple of cards. So I resorted to shamelessly caseing some very talented stampers. I'm hoping it will jump start something!

This first card is based on this one by Kristina Werner. I happened to have the same stamp so it appealed to me. I know - who am I kidding? I only changed the color scheme and the sentiment - I used my quickutz alphabet for it.


This second one was based on this card by Mercy Kerin. Again, pretty much the same card except for the colour scheme and sentiment. Oh and I left the knot off the ribbon!


Anyway, I hate to case so literally but both cards were awesome and I needed a boost. I have managed to do a couple of sketch cards since these, so maybe it worked! Thanks to Kristina and Mercy for their amazing designs!

Top 9 and Sympathy Card

First off I wanted to let you know that I survived the voting and am continuing on to compete next week in the MFT Idol competition! Thank you for your kind comments, your support and also for your vote!!!

Unfortunately, I have need for a sympathy card. My husband`s aunt lost her father and I didn`t have anything ready. I used Stampin Up`s Fifth Avenue Floral on a top note die cut and added a sentiment from Papertrey`s Out on a Limb. Pretty simple but I need to pop it in the mail tout de suite (french for right away!).
Thanks again friends and I`ll be back soon. I`m off to think on my project for next week!

CPS 104 and Papertrey!

When I saw that Papertrey was the sponsor for this week's CPS sketch, I decided to play along. I was inspired by this card by Alli Miles but didn't want to completely case it so I changed it up a little.

With the sketch, the branch worked better as a branch than a tree, and I used the thicker branch from Take a Bough. The paper is from Papertrey as well but the sentiment is from Stampin Up. Because the card had so much going on in the upper panel, I decided to forgo the bottom panel and just sanded the patterned paper so the sentiment would stand out more.

I got to use up some primas and buttons that have been in my stash for a while - so it's all good!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!