Mother's Day Gifts and Online Shopping Goodies

I just got back from a lovely week away :) spent time with my two Sons and their families. We had a great time out on the quads on Mother's Day--so darn much fun! We took hotdogs, drinks, snacks and drove for about an hour to get to the river spot. Some went on horseback. Wonderful day and I got some presents too :)

Gift from my Daughter. I love nail polish--two gorgeous colours and the Tims gift card--I've taken liking to the Iced Capps!

This one contains two bottles of Ke Ke--a delicious liquer that tastes like a creamsicle when you add orange pop! Plus a little Fairy post-it-note package.

This is a candy bouquet with cake pops, chocolate covered strawberries and a huge, heart shaped cookie that ways 'Mom'. I have to say that I sampled it immediately and everything was YUMMY :)

When I checked my mail, more Goodies!! These first things I ordered from Scrap Affair....I ordered the stamp set and look at the other items that came with it! Love gifties!

The next one is some gorgeous ribbon (prettier IRL), lovely buttons, a great sampler of twine--on cards with a ring to put them on...from 3 Girl Jam! Plus, my prize, a PBD stamp set :)

I feel so fortunate to have such great kids :) And....some days ya gotta love seeing that mail person :)

Hope you are all having a great weekend....Gorgeous day here, doors wide open, sun pouring in and a lovely little breeze....

Handmade Flowers on a Card

The challenge this month at Creative Accents is to use your own handmade flowers on a card. I just happen to have a few of those around because I love to make them! you can check my side bar to find more Plastic Flowers, Fabric Flowers and Paper Flowers :)
I made a fairly simple card because I wanted to showcase the lovely Faux Patina background--you can find the tutorial for this on Splitcoast Stampers--as well as my handmade dryer sheet flower. You just cut a used dryer sheet into whatever shape and add some stickles and a center, pretty easy peasy. I used all SU! cardstock, Cuttlebug folder, SU! ink and Distress Ink, ribbon and gems from my stash and my new die from Memory box.

And here are some more flowers I've recently made. I surf a lot, so I have found these on various sites.

These plastic flowers are made from the plastic containers that hold dies etc. I just cut them with a flower and leaf die or you can punch the thinner plastics. Use ventilation when you use your heat gun to melt these a little and you can carefully shape the leaves and petals while still quite warm. I used alcohol inks to colour. This flower is 2 1/2" across, it would be great on a canvas!

These ribbon flowers are made by folding a length of ribbon in half, stitch up to close, then snip the folded edge every quarter inch and then just pull your thread to gather and tie knot--wish I could remember who's blog this was on, hers looked really nice and I will add it here if I can find it again!

Thanks for stopping by today :) be sure to stop by Creative Accents to see other Flower cards!

***Just had to add a note, the dryer sheet flowers are also sprayed to add colour :)

Umbrella Man

I bought the package of three embossing folders--Gears, Old Jalopy and the Umbrella Man :) I love this guy, it could be raining, but he looks ok with whatever the weather. Could be Charlie Chaplin or Fred Astaire :)

I used the Tim Holtz/Ranger--core'dinations cardstock and sanded the images after running them through my Cuttlebug. Then inked it up a bit with Distress inks, Black Soot and Walnut Stain, I believe. The cardstock mat, printed paper, card base and hinge are SU! The chain and little key are from my stash, the metal sentiment is Tim Holtz.

This first photo is how I made the card.

Then, I decided there should be rain, so I sanded a little more....Well, I liked the idea of rain until I did it! Now I'm not so sure.

Thanks for coming to have a look, please leave a comment, I'd love to know which is your favourite :)

Buttons and Garters

I went to the thrift store the other day to see if I could find some buttons. Well, I did. They had just come in from an estate sale and there was jewelry too. I did get enough buttons to put on a sweater, gave away some of the jewelry, put a couple of necklaces in the kids' box for playing.

Quite an assortment, some wooden, few leather(I think), those three in the bottom right are actually glass. I like the ones on the bottom left.
There are a few that I would like to put in/on a little frame. We'll see what comes of them all.

Along with the buttons were some garter fasteners or whatever they might be called.

Anyone need any garter clips :)
Thanks for stopping by.

Copic Colour Book

I found this lovely site one day while surfing, Copic Munkies. Rachel, the owner of this blog graciously shared her pages for this awesome little book for keeping track of your copic colours, combinations, hair colours, etc.

I've cut and modge podged a butterfly, from a magazine, onto the front cover--nothing on the back yet...but probably will be at some point. The pages inside are all Xpress It blending paper, plus I added 3 acrylic pages that pull out to put behind the pages when adding colours. The card stock is SU! I made a little pocket on the inside cover, just to tuck any little scrap into :)

Thanks for coming by today and please stop over at the Copic Munkies blog and have a look around 

Fiesta Weekend

I went to Williams Lake this weekend for National Scrapbooking Day and we celebrated in the Mexican, Cinco de Mayo theme :) the menu, the decor, the snacks, the fun, the desserts, the scrappers!! Do you get the idea yet?
The Mexican menu (snacks, lunch, supper, dessert)brought in by a chef, no less! Plus, snacks everyone brought, virgin Margaritas (Yum!). Compliments to the Chef!
Tara and Julie put on a good time and probably after a day of rest, you can go to Creative Accents blog and see a few photos because.....did I remember to take my camera....nope!
However, I did accomplish a bit. I sorted photos and papers to use in my Scotland album, so I just have to trim and add embellishments. Hopefully I'll get to that this week. And I will post photos when it's done :)

We were given a lovely gift bag of goodies....

Of course, I had to buy a few things I thought I NEEDED....

I also picked up a challenge prize I had forgottten on a previous trip. In with that are a couple of little things that landed on the floor from the Pinata!

All-in-all, it was a great weekend, thanks again for the wonderful time everyone :) Thanks to the ladies at my table...one in particular for helping me with names of places in Scotland....Janet and Evan for their hospitality!
Thanks for stopping by my blog and reading my ramblings :) hope you all had a great weekend!

Thank You Card

Paper Crafters Library has a challenge that I kind of liked so here is my sample :) I basically followed along with Tracy's, I thought it was really pretty.

My card is 5 1/4" square. I used SU! cardstock, decorative edge punch and rub-on for the sentiment, Anna Griffin designer paper, flower and brad from my stash. The dp has a wash with white acrylic paint and that piece is raised on pop-dots to adhere to the card base.

Thanks for stopping by and please hop over to Paper Crafter's Library where you will find all kinds of good stuff :)

Faux Patina

Following a tutorial on SplitCoast Stampers, I did this Faux Patina technique. I quite like how it turned out but, I think I need more practice, so you may see another one of these soon :)

I used all SU! paper, ribbon and pearls(thanks Alison), Prima flowers and leaves, and Fiskars punch. The pearls are coloured with a Gold Krylon pen and the flowers and leaves are edged with it too. I think the card is actually prettier in real life :) not quite so dark. When I do the technique again, I would like to see more blues. An embossing folder that had more 'blank' space may be better too....

Thanks for coming to look :)

Two Pretty Cards and a Pepper

Well, there is nothing in common about these two items, but I just had to show you a pepper that I cut into :)

Isn't that amazing? There are actually two baby peppers growing inside! I have put this in water to see if they continue to grow, but I don't think they will--I cut into the biggest of the two babies when I sliced the pepper.

Anyway, on to the cards I made! All paper is SU!, flowers and flat, sticky pearls are Prima, lacy trims are from my stash--bought from Creative Accents in Williams Lake.

Very easy card to make and the scalloped edges give a really pretty effect. Great card for using up scraps!

***I made a card last Christmas with this design and got the idea from Whif of Joy.


Thanks for stopping by, come again :)

Sketch Books for Scrapbooking....Another Prize!

Another prize arrived today :)

I entered a comment on the blog hops for the Sketch Support blog last week and won these two books from Michele and they just arrived today (pretty speedy). I can hardly wait to print out my Scotland photos from my trip last fall and get busy on my album :)

This is a great site for scrappers, lots of inspiration!  Be sure to check it out  :)

As you can probably tell, I'm not a scrapper, but that is going to have to change  :)

Thanks for stopping by  :)

Prize from Alison Day's Designs :)

Just had to share my prize from Alison Day's Designs blog  :)  I entered a comment on her Iron Stampers series and won all this!   

Thanks so much Alison, my parcel made good time!  I'm going to have fun playing with all these goodies  :)

Box Bags, Two More

I've just finished two more of the box bags, as in my previous post.  These are quick, easy and fun to make!  I didn't get too carried away with embellishments, I'm thinking not everyone is going to keep these too long, although I used the first one to carry cards to and from a group night--very handy  :)

A closer picture, I coloured both the dragonfly images with Copics.  That is Creative Memories paper, Stampin Up! cardstock, Prima flowers (not the big one) and leaves, Tim Holtz metal label, forget who's brads--they don't go through the bag--just taped on with the label.
Martha Stewart punch for the lacy bottom, Sizzix Framelits, and SU! punch and rivet thingys for the ribbons.  I'm sorry I don't know who's stamps these are (from Janet maybe), but I believe the first one may be a digi image.      

If you would like to see Annettes' blog and check out her tutorial on these cute bags check it out here:  http://nettyscards.blogspot.ca/2012/04/toby-box-in-bag-tutorial.html

Thanks so much for coming to visit, please come back  :)

  



Spotty Dotty Bag and a Tip Too :)

Here's a cute little bag I made for the Spotty Dotty Challenge over at Top Tip Tuesday blog.  There's a great tutorial for it too.  I changed it slightly by creasing my corners.  Now I have two more bags cut out and I'm going to 'not' crease the corners on the next ones--because they look nice that way---be sure to pop over there and have a look  :)

I used Stampin Up! cardstock, printed paper, one of their Sizzix Framelits labels for the handle tabs and a Stampin Up! stamp for the sentiment.  The handle is some braided string.  Below is a picture of the back.      



Her's a close-up of the front using the same Framelit for the sentiment mat. Those are Prima flowers in the corner, some dangly embellies from a lady in Texas--thanks Deb--suits the western theme  :)
The fence is a stamped and cut out image from another friend--thanks Bev   :)



Below is my tip for Top Tip Tuesday.  I'm not sure how many of you have a hard time opening the little door at the top of the Martha Stewart score board, but I sure did!  Anyway, this is my tip to solve the problem:  I taped a small length of ribbon, as shown in the photo below, so now when I want my bone folder--which I almost always leave there  :)--it's so easy to pull the ribbon and pop open the lid!  

Thanks so much for stopping by.  I've switched to the new blogger thing and I do not like it one bit, so please bear with me while I get used to it and learn the ins and outs. 

I enjoy visiting other blogs, so please leave a comment so I can find your blog  :) 

 

April Tag for the Tim Holtz 12 Tags of 2012

Had a lovely time in Williams Lake today at Creative Accents.  We made the April tag from the Tim Holtz collection, 12 Tags of 2012.  So here you go this is mine  :)

The tags use a lot of fun techniques, so if you would like to give it a try go to Tims new website HERE.

Thanks for stopping by  :)

Sketch Challenge Card

Finally got my card done for Graphicat's Sketch Challenge #4.  

The cardstock and ink for sponging is Stampin Up!, dp is Creative Memories, flowers are Prima, and the string is from my kitchen---it is actually over 50 years old and still as strong as ever!

The colouring is done with Copics.  The cups and the sentiment on the outside are digis from
Carmen at Beyond The Fringe.  Check out her blog, she does awesome work.

Below is a close up of the cups which I coated with Crystal Effects from Stampin Up!

Then, a close up of the flowers.

Inside verse is a stamp from Hero Arts.

Thanks for popping by, hope you're having a great day!

Precious Friends.....are like Angels

I Love this digi image from Crafts and Me!  So I put it on my card for their Challenge--make something light, with Spring colours, something fluffy, airy  :)
 

Check out the Challenge details on their blog, check my sidebar--I can't seem to make it show up here!

I used my beloved Copics to colour the image and SU! inks--Cool Caribbean and So Saffron for sponging.  The flowers are prima, pearls and Top Note die are from SU!, the netting and lace is from my stash  :)   My Friend Bev gave me the swirls which I sponged with  SU! 'Cool Caribbean' ink as well.  I used the Grand Labels 23 from Spellbinders for the yellow and a QuicKutz die for my sentiment which I printed on the computer.  Inside says '...are like Angels, always there when you need them' 

On the close up you'll see that I painted her wings with Smooch paint after I coloured with Copics.  The cute little Lamb and the clouds have flocking on them--soft and fluffy  :)

Hope everyone is enjoying the beautiful weather like we are getting these past few days--gotta love that sunshine:)

Thanks for stopping by....

Wedding Card

This black and white wedding card turned out quite different that it started! 

How does that happen  :) 

Card stock is SU! and I 'think' the designer paper is too, or...it could be CM.  SU! ink for sponging edges and the sentiment I typed on the computer is from a list I found on SplitCoast. 

And...a glimpse of the inside

Thanks for coming to look.

Hope you are having a lovely day, it's blue skies and sunshine here   :) 

Heart Journal Page for March

I've struggled a bit with my March page for the Heart Journal....this is how it started, I loved the papers I found in magazines (mostly Oprah).

Got it to this point, still loving what I did....but....I wasn't thinking and missed the step of using water to wipe a bit of acrylic paint away and I put clear gloss on it.

Didn't like it at all any more  :(

Peeled it off and started anew!  I don't usually trash something, but I was so ticked about what I'd done.....

However, my only regret now was that I didn't copy the words to that poem! 

Below is the new page, on the right.  January (front cover) and February-in the middle. 

Close up of the March page.  I used a doily stamp in the top right, a heart stamp with cascading marks, and a word stamp with the letter L... for love  :)  They are a bit hard to see, but really pretty irl. 

I'm hoping to follow along with the journal throughout the year.  You can join in and start yours by following instructions here:    http://artjournal2012.blogspot.ca/

Hope you're having a great weekend  :)  it's quite sunny in the Cariboo this morning!