KAREN'S KREATIONS

Congrats Riley On Your Blackbelt!

2011-02-08T20:50:00.004-03:30

My Dad asked me to make a card to congratulate my cousins daughter on obtaining her blackbelt. This is truly a wonderful accomplishment and I really wanted to make it speacial for her. My Dad thinks an aweful lot of this girl and he had never asked me to make him a card before so this card had to be special.

I have to say that I am really pleased at how it turned out. There wasn't much stamping on this card only to make the background paper with the words Karate and Blackbelt. I never had any paper that I thought was appropriate so I remember seeing a background like this on someone's blog a while ago. I am sorry that I can't remember to give her credit.

I really hope my Dad and Riley like this card. I think they will though.

Valentine's Book & Pen

2011-01-31T20:35:00.003-03:30

I spent the afternoon with my friend Kelly yesterday and this is one of the projects that we made. I had a great afternoon and it gave us a chance to catch up and spend time together doing what we both love so much. Tks Kelly for a great afternoon.

I always find it hard getting back to making cards after Christmas as I always find that I need a bit of time off. For me I make so many cards and Christmas things that I actually turn myself off for a bit. It feel good to be back at it though.

Should be back again tomorrow night with the other project that we made.

Hope you all are enjoying your evening.

I Am A Seamstress!

2011-01-26T20:42:00.007-03:30

Isn't that a joke. Me an seamstress. I think not! For anyone who knows me they know this could not be further from the truth. This is the first card that I have even sewn on. What do you think? For the first time I don't think it is too bad. I have had this particular sewing machine for almost three years now and to tell you the truth I never ever put thread into it until this week. Shame on me. Since it was such a long time since I used one I guess I was a bit intimidated. Not good I know. Well it is conquered now. I think I need better thread though. This stuff keeps cracking.

How are you all doing? Been awhile since I was on here. I thought it was high time that I got back at creating again. I want to make a bunch of cards to have on hand for occasions that come up.

The cat on this card is from on old SU set that I ordered on SCS a few years back called Cattitude. This cat just cracks me up. He reminds me of a ginger cat that we used to have named Misty. He always seemed to looks all pissed off too.

The paper is from a pack I bought a few years back at Walmart called Cats and Dogs.
There are alot of cute papers in there and over the next while you might get to see more of it as I build my card collection.

Hope you all are enjoying your week.

Be back probably on the weekend with another card.

Take care

Merry Christmas!

2010-12-25T10:59:00.002-03:30

I wanted to take this time to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. I hope you all are enjoying some time today with your family and friends.

Be back soon with some new creations.

Long Time Friend Retirement!

2010-12-22T14:08:00.004-03:30

I made this card for my dh to give to a friend at his work that recently retired. He has always wanted more time to do some gardening so I thought this stamp set would be appropriate. My DH was pleased with how it turned out.

This is just a short post today as I am heading out to get some more Christmas stuff done.

Hope you making out well with your holiday plans.

Take care

Be back soon.

Another Digital Image!

2010-12-21T17:20:00.003-03:30

I just love this sweet image. It was one of my favorites that I saw on the Whimsy Website. They have such wonderful images over there. Listen to me I sound like an advertisement. lol

I had a bit of trouble sizing this image as I wanted to use it with some of my new nestabilities that I got. This one is labels 15 I think.

How are you getting along with all your Christmas plans. Mine are almost finished. Did a bit more shopping today. Don't have much more to get. Just a few little things. I am hoping to have it all done tomorrow.

This image is from Whimsy Stamps and it is called "Warm Winter Wishes"

Enjoy your evening.

Be back tomorrow with a card that is not for Christmas for a change. It is a retirement card that I made for my dh to give to a friend.

1st Time Using Digital Stamps

2010-12-19T14:37:00.003-03:30

Hello Everyone

Hope you all are doing well with your Christmas preparations. Mine are a bit behind but then they are every year. Why should I think this year will be any different. lol

I made this card recently using my first digital stamp purchase at Whimsy Stamps. It is an image called Trimming The Tree. I have to say that after using these digital stamps I will definately be buying more. They don't take up much room compared to the others. Whimsy stamps has a great collection of images that are so fun to color. They remind me of the Whipper Snapper images. I love to color both of these type of images.

I will be back tomorrow with another Digital Image to show you.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and don't worry about the preparations. If you don't get it all done then there is always next year.

2010-11-30T18:47:00.003-03:30

I have to appologize for not getting back on here to show you any new projects.

I have been too busy lately and ended up hurting my neck again.

I will hopefully be back again tomorrow evening.

Take care

Penguins in Echo Park

2010-11-28T21:23:00.004-03:30

I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I spent alot of time this weekend making cards so that hopefully I could sell some. Always nice to make a bit of extra money so that you can buy more new craft items.

This paper me and my friend Kelly bought from the US and it is from Echo Park. This is the first card that I made using the paper. The ribbon I did a bit of a different way and I like the way that it turned out. Nice change. Not sure if I did it right or not but it is different.

How are you all doing with your Christmas preparations? This year for the first time in years I am a bit ahead. Nice cause then the closer it gets to Christmas the more time I will have to relax. I always have so much last minute things to get done. Hopefully I won't get behind on all the rest of the things that I need to do.

Spend the afternoon at my friend Kelly's and met a new stamping friend called Melanie. It was a nice afternoon and hopefully we can get together again real soon.
Tks once again Kelly.

Tonight I am just sitting back and relaxing for a change. My poor neck needs the rest. Back to work again tomorrow. The weekends go by so fast.

I will be back tomorrow with some tags that I made today at Kelly's.

Ornaments

2010-11-25T21:27:00.003-03:30

How are you all doing with your Christmas preparations? Can't believe only one month away it Christmas Day. Seems like only last week it was Christmas. Guess that is a true sign that I am definately getting older.

Anyway .. back to the card.

I made this card the other night and I can't quite say that I am completely pleased with it. For me it lacks something. My daughter tells me I am just too picky.

I have had this set of stamps for a couple of years now and never seemed to get around to inking it up for a card. Had a few things done with it that I never liked and threw out. Maybe I am too picky.

I will be back on the weekend with some new cards to show you.

Enjoy the rest of your evening !

Cardinal Christmas!

2010-11-23T21:21:00.003-03:30

I bought this paper last year marked down after Christmas. It is Martha Stewart. I had a few different cardinal stamps and thought that the paper would be fun to use.
I am pleased with how this card turned out. It is the first one that I colored for awhile. I colored it with my copics. So nice to use them again. They are definately my favorite coloring medium.

I have been busy trying to get a number of cards made to sell. I am hoping to start to sell them this weekend. I need to get a few more done yet though so you will have more to come back and look at real soon.

I still have a couple of cards from the Basic Grey kit to show you. Come back tomorrow for a peak.

Enjoy your evening!

Cricut Snowmen!

2010-11-22T22:34:00.003-03:30

Good evening all. I hope where you are to is warm. It sure is chilly here in Newfoundland tonight. I think with the wind chill it is about -12 degrees C. Colder than it has been here in a long time.

This chilly weather is fitting for the snowmen that I wanted to show you. I was over to my friend Kelly's and she cut these snowmen and tags out with her Cricut. Aren't they the cutest thing. I really like them and hope to get over to here place again soon and make more.

Come back again tomorrow as I have another new card that I have made to show you.

Enjoy your evening

Hope You Enjoyed Your Weekend!

2010-11-21T22:09:00.005-03:30

I hope you all enjoyed your weekend. I sure did. For the first time in months me and my dh actually went out and spent an evening with another couple. We had a great time. A nice change indeed. One that I hope we can do again real soon.

I have to say a big thank you to Sheila at Scrappin Great Deals for cancelling my order and allowing me to pay for it again so that I could get it more quickly. I had a little trouble with my palpal account (completely my fault) and when I went to pay for my order it came up that I was paying with echeck and I don't know if you have ever had to do that but it seems to take forever to get your order. I am looking forward to getting the order as I ordered some new Nestabilities that I hope to show you something with as soon as I get them.

The card above was made with the Jovial card kit. I am almost finished showing you them. I have something a little different for you tomorrow night. I have some tags to show you that me and my friend Kelly made using her Cricut. They are so cute and easy to make.

Enjoy what is left of your evening.

Continuining On With Jovial Card Kit

2010-11-19T21:22:00.004-03:30

Sorry I missed last night but I have had a couple of difficult days at work for my neck. Had to relax a bit more.

I really like the look of this card. I can't wait till I get my Jovial paper that I ordered with my freind Kelly. I am hoping to be inspired by the paper.

I still have more cards to show you in this kit. Come back tomorrow for another card in the Jovial Card Kit.

Enjoy your evening!

Moving On With the Jovial Kit

2010-11-17T19:44:00.004-03:30

This is the fourth card from the Jovial kit. I can't say that these cards have been hard to make at all. I don't really enjoy doing them as much as I would if I stamped and colored them. I guess it is good to try new things.

Hopefully this week I will get more cards stamped and I may even get some of them colored.

I find since I have had this pinched nerve that coloring is hard for me and it is the one thing that I really loved to do more than anything. Hopefully soon I will be able to get back at it.

Well today is hump day.

Enjoy your evening.

I have another card to show you tomorrow.

Still Working on the Jovial Card Kit

2010-11-16T16:14:00.004-03:30

Here is another card made with the Basic Grey Jovial card kit. I have to say that so far I like this one the least. It just doesn't do it for me for some reason. I think it is a bit too plain for me.

I still have a few more cards to show you from this kit. There are a few really nice ones coming in the near future as well.

Be back tomorrow with another one to show you.

Enjoy your day :-)

Another Card From The Jovial Kit!

2010-11-15T18:10:00.005-03:30

This is antoher card from the Jovial Card Kit. I like the ease of these cards and I really like the colors in this one. I guess for some it will be too dark but I think it is a nice addition to my Christmas Cards. I really like the long cards and for some reason I haven't done any of these in a long time.

Will be back tomorrow with another card from the kit to show you.

Hope you are enjoying your week so far.

First Card from the Jovial Card Kit!

2010-11-14T18:25:00.005-03:30

This card was made with the Basic Grey Kit called Jovial. It is the fist time that I
ever bought a card kit and it was fun to do but I have to say that I do prefer to stamp my cards and put them together my way. I do like the color of the papers and everything but it will probably be the first and last time that I buy one.

This is the first card that I made from this kit. It was also the first time that I used rub ons and I think they take a bit of practice. I managed to ruin a couple of them but I did get the hang of it after a bit.

I have more of these cards to show you over the next few days.

Scenic Season

2010-11-13T14:49:00.004-03:30

I made this card using a Su set called Scenic Season that I bought last year. We made a card pretty similiar to this last year at our card class but I changed it a bit. I used the moon mask and changed the color from Night of Navy to Pacific Point. I had some of the paper because it was in in color before. I am so glad that they brought it back again. I also used photo paper instead of whisper white.

I hope the weather is as nice where you are as it is here today. I just love the sunshine. These days are a real bonus this time of year.

Gotta go and enjoy some more of your day

Come back tomorrow and I have some cards from a basic grey card kit to shart showing you.

Enjoy your day!

Delightful Decoration

2010-11-12T14:22:00.005-03:30

This is another one of the cards that I have made to sell. I am not quite sure if I really like it or not but I think that it will do. This set is just so versatile and you will probably see more creations that I make with it.

Hope you are enjoying your day where ever you are from. Today is just a georgeous day here in Newfoundland so I am off to take my dog for a walk to enjoy a bit more of the day.

I will be back tomorrow with another of my Christmas Creations. I hope you won't get too sick of looking at Christmas cards because I do plan on making alot more of them yet.

Next week I will have my new Su papers and I have some ideas for that paper going around in my head already.

Stay tuned soon

Take care

Starting On Christmas

2010-11-09T20:27:00.005-03:30

You will have to excuse the picture quality. I think there is something wrong with my camera and it is not that old. Then again maybe it is the user. I better check the manual. The picture is a bit yellow I think.

It has been so nice to get back to making cards again. I decided it was time to get a start on my Christmas Cards. I would really like to sell alot of them this year. I was too late last year and sold none.

Christmas cards are my favorite to make. I just wish that I could spend more time coloring but for now I am trying to make my cards with little to no coloring.

This card is make using some DP from SU from last year. I just love the colors. I think they really look good together.

This year I found it hard to get some Christmas Paper that I was happy with so me and my friend Kelly had to order most of our paper online. I find the paper selection this year at Michael's wasn't that much and the patterns are just too large. I find most of the patterned papear the images area too big and I don't do scrapbooking so there is alot of wastage. I did get some awesome paper today thanks to Kelly. I am hoping to get to use it really soon.

I have a number of cards to show you over the next few days.

Must get back at making more before it gets too late.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.

Back In the Saddle Again and Copic Certification

2010-11-08T20:39:00.004-03:30

Well I am finally getting back to making some cards again. Am doing much better and I am back to work part time right now. I have made a few cards that I am hoping to show you over the next few days. Hope you come back and take a look.

Copic Certification

I have been emailing a representative from Copic asking that we have a Copic Certification Class in St. John's, Newfoundland and I was advised that if I can get 25 people interested then they would consider coming here and doing a class.

So if you are from Newfoundland and intested in becoming Copic Certified then please contact me by leaving a message or by email.

So far the copic people are going as far as Halifax for classes. We are really hoping to get them to come a little further so that we can learn more about those awesome markers. If you have used them then you know how awesome they are.

Enjoy the rest of your evening

Still Around!

2010-09-23T12:33:00.003-02:30

Hello everyone. I hope you all had a wonderful summer.

I wanted to let you know that I am still off work and still unable to do much of anything. I saw the doctor today and he is going to keep me off work for another month so I will be off work till at least the end of October. I am really hoping to be better by then.

Thanks for checking in!

Take care

Karen

Personal Note!

2010-07-15T18:13:00.004-02:30

I have to appologize for not posting lately. I have been dealing with a pinched nerve in my neck and it is causing me alot of pain down my arm and a couple of my fingers are going numb.

I am presently going to Physio and hope that it will help and I will be back at making cards really soon. I have to say that I really do miss making cards.

Enjoy your summer. It doesn't last long enough.

Hoping to be back real soon.

Take care

Karen

With Loads of Love!

2010-06-24T21:40:00.004-02:30

With Loads of Love

I made this card for my DH for Father's Day with one of the first sets of stamps that I ever bought from SU. Over the past few years I have used it often. I bought two others sets to go with this one and used the Loads of Fun with this for the trailer. I had so much fun making this. The coloring made me feel like a little kid again. I think that is one of the reasons I love making cards. I get to color.

The paper is from basic grey. I got to use my favorite tools of all time the Cuttlebug and nestabilities. I don't make too many cards since I bought the nestabilities that I don't use them on. I really like the look of it.

Well tomorrow is Friday again. I must say that I found this week went by pretty quickly. I hope it slows down for the weekend.

Enjoy your weekend!

What An Old "Kroner"

2010-06-23T21:34:00.003-02:30

I bought this stamp a little while ago when me and my friend Kelly placed an order with Whipper Snapper. God love Kelly as she always asks me if I would like to place and order with her so we can save on the shipping. Works out well for both of us. We both love their stamps. This stamp is from their new spring collection and it is called “Kroner”. I needed some more masculine stamps and this one fit the bill perfectly. I do have others but I have not put them to the ink yet. I am hoping to really soon.

I made this card for my Dad for Fathers Day. It worked out so well. I got to use my favorite SU template the “Top” Note” it if one of my favorites. It is just so versatile.

The paper is from basic grey and it is colored with Copic markers. They definitely are my favorite coloring medium for awhile now. Before I got these I used to love my watercolored crayons but I have to say that the copics are just so nice and bright.

Just a short note tonight as I haven't even had supper yet and it is almost 10:00. DH is in the kitchen as we speak making us supper. God love him.

Will be back tomorrow night with another Father's Day card to show you. One that I made for my DH using one of my favorite and first SU sets Loads of Love.

Hope you all are enjoying your evening.

Take care

2010-06-22T10:49:00.000-02:30

I am sorry that I haven't been back in awhile but I have been dealing with some things. I have been having alot of problem with numbness in my left arm. I find the more I use it the worse it gets. I had this before and it went away. I am really hoping that this time it will just go away also.

I hope you all are enjoying your summer. For us her in Newfoundland we really thought that the weather was improving Easter time as the temperatures were way above normal but it seems lately the only thing you can say about the weather is that it just sucks. We all long for such a nice summer when we can get together with friends and have bbq's etc and maybe even go for a nice walk. Hopefully before the summer is over we will get some weather that we can enjoy. I just hate being stuck inside. We do enough of that in the winter. Anyway, enough about the crappy weather. .

I bought this set at Saleabration time. This is the first time that I got to use it. I really like how the paper matches the stamp set. So nice when you can get things for free. I just love that. I made this card as a thank you card to give to my Dad for doing something really special for us . He really like it and I got a chance to do a bit more stamping as well. I actually got up on Father's Day at 7:20 in the morning and never came out of my stamproom until 11:30. I made three cards. Amazing how quickly time goes when you are working on cards. This is also the first time that I used the in color paper from SU. I really like them. I will be back again tomorrow with the first of two Father's Day cards that I made for my Dad and DH.

Enjoy your day !

Giant Bird Punch!

2010-05-27T20:20:00.003-02:30

Back again. Wow! This is the third night in a row now. Feels good to be back at it again. Been way too long.

Guess we have all been through those times when you just can't seem to get back at it for one reason or another. Life just seems to get in the way. In my family May is pretty busy with birthdays. I even had one on the 15th.

I bought this punch a little while ago now and have wanted to use it every since. This design kept going around in my head and I am so glad to finally have it out. For two nights it was all I thought about going to sleep and even had trouble getting to sleep. Silly I know but so true.

I have to say that I really like these two colors together. They really go together I think. They are Rose Red and Certainly Celery. The new scallop punch but SU is so cute too. I found it so hard to resist buying it. I have the corner one too but haven't figured out how to use the two of them together yet.

I probably won't be back until Saturday so enjoy your weekend and I look forward to showing you something new then.

Take care

Cheers!

Staci's 17th Birthday!

2010-05-26T21:42:00.004-02:30

I made this card for my daughter birthday yesterday. She just loves to go shopping so I thought this would be appropriate for sure. Not being a shopper myself this drives me nuts. She always wants to go looking around.

I have had this dp for awhile now and thought that it was quite fitting for this card. The bottom of the card is using one of the new SU plates. I found them hard to use in my cuttlebug. The sandwich is hard to figure. If anyone knows it would they please drop me a line. They are nice though.

Believe it or not my friends I actually have another card to show you tomorrow using the new Giant Bird Punch.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.

Cheers!

Dad's 75th Birthday!

2010-05-25T21:57:00.004-02:30

I know that it has been a long time since I was here last. Hopefully I am back on a roll again and will keep at it. I have missed making cards and not making one for awhile too longer than before. I don't know how many pieces of paper that I ruined I got it right. Out of practic I guess. After you read this you must be thinking to yourself that she must be out of practice for taking pictures too. Yes I am. I am not at all pleased with how this picture turned out. It is a bit blurry. Don't you just hate that.

I was having trouble with the layout for this card so my dh helped me out with this one. He even helped me pick out the colors. Thanks Ev. Love you. I must have colored this card at least four times before I was happy with it. This card just had to be special. I made it for my Dad's 75th birthday. I was pleased with how it turned out and my Dad really liked it too. So the work was well worth it.

Hope you all enjoyed your long weekend if you were in Canada and this coming weekend for you all in the States. Enjoy.

I am back to work tomorrow. You know can't wait. Would rather have a tooth pulled. Oh well, like the old saying "I owe, I owe so off to work I go".

I will be back tomorrow night with another card that I made for my daughters birthday today.

Enjoy the rest of your evening.

Cheers

Whipper Snappers Hello Neighbor!

2010-03-04T21:23:00.004-03:30

I bought this stamps set by Anna Wright from Whipper Snapper awhile ago now. I have used it before. It is called "Hello Neighbor". I bought it with the intention of making Thank You cards for my husbands business. He does house plans for people.
He likes to send thank you cards to I told him that I would use this set in some of his thank you cards. So far it has worked out well for me.

This card took me a long time to color as I was so picky that I kept doing it again and again. I think in all it took me two hours to get to this finished product. Way too long but it was a fun time. I have to admit. Coloring is just so realxing. I watercolored it with SU markers. I just love the colors. I actually was inspired to make this card from some examples that we received from Whipper Snapper when we placed our order. This card is alot like the sample but I added my own twist and used the cuttlebug for the background instead of dp. I have to say that I am pleased with how it turned out but I wish that I would have used my nesties on this one. I think they would have set it off wonderfully. Oh well maybe next time. I am sure that I will have more opportunities to use this set again.

I hope to get at some more cards the weekend.

Enjoy your weekend and take care

Graduation Time Again!

2010-03-01T19:51:00.004-03:30

I made this card to give a friend of my dh as she got her degree at Memorial University doing night courses. It must be really hard working full time and getting a degree in the nights. Roma good for you girl!

This is another Whipper Snapper stamp that I bought awhile ago and never had a reason to use it until now. These stamps are just so fun to color. They are quickly becoming my favorite I think.

My dh told me that he thought it would be better not to use too many emblishments on this card as Roma is not a frilly person so this is what I came up with. For me I think a card is not complete unless I have some sort of emblishment. I love these fake dew drops that I bought in the candle section at Michael's. They add that extra little something that you need sometimes.

I am going up in my stamproom now to start something new so hopefully I will be back real soon to show you.

Take care

Yippee It's Friday!

2010-02-26T20:37:00.004-03:30

I just love this cute image. It was so fun to color. I just have so much coloring with my copics. I think coloring is one of the reasons why I took up making cards. I have always missed coloring. When my daughter Staci was younger we spend many hours together coloring. She is grown up now so there is not much coloring anymore so cards are a great way of having fun coloring.

My favorite medium to color with is copics. I still am not completely thrilled with my coloring. Shading is just not my thing. I am working on it more and have found some wonderful videos on utube on the subject.

This is another Whipper Snapper stamp. I bought it months ago when my friend Kelly and I placed an order together. The shipping is so expensive that you really need to split the cost. Worked out great for both of us. Soon time to place another order I hope.

Hope you are enjoying the beginning of your weekend. I know for me I found this week so long that I am so glad that the work week is over. I really had a really bad week. Oh well, get over it and move on I guess.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Will be back soon with something new to show you.

I need to get back at the Card Sketches from Splitcoast.

Till later ...

Cheers

Whipper Snapper Birthday!

2010-02-25T18:34:00.004-03:30

I bought this stamp awhile ago from Whipper Snapper. I really love the ease of coloring these stamps. They are such a pleasure to work with.

I like to keep some cards to have on hand so this is just one for my card drawer.

I bought this designer paper before Christmas for one of these fund raisers for school. It was a nice different variety of paper.

Sorry I wasn't here before now but I have had a number of things going on lately that kept me from the computer. Life just seems to get in the way of stamping way too much lately.

Will be back soon with another card to show you.

Enjoy your evening.

Cheers

Stampscapes Thank You Card!

2010-02-21T19:47:00.003-03:30

I made this card for my dh. I always have so much fun using these stampscapes stamps. I wish that I had more of them to create some of the awesome images that people create on their website. I just can't believe the georgeous art work that people make from these stamps. Hopefully one day soon I will be able to show some of mine to you.

How was your weekend? For me I am finally on the mend a bit as I have had a bad neck and shoulder now for over a week. It has been a long week. Anyone who has had a pulled muscle knows how much pain you can be in. I hurt my heck and shoulders last weekend shovelling. Hopefully it will only be good days from here as I have to go back to work and am sure that I have alot to catch up on. Oh well! Such is life.

Hope you all have enjoyed your weekend.

Be back again tomorrow night with another card to show you.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Hello Again!

2010-02-16T13:12:00.003-03:30

I made this card for my dh to send to a friend for the loss of her husband. I always find Sympathy cards such a challenge but I really think that I should try and do up some to have on hand. It seems that we seem to need so many of these.

I am finally getting back into doing some stamping again after taking a break after Christmas. I always find that I make so much for Christmas that I need a break but this year I just took too much of a break. It is hard to get back at it but hopefully in time I will get my mojo back.

I do have more cards done to show you in the coming days.

I hope you all are enjoying your day!

See you again soon!

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-02-14T12:27:00.003-03:30

Happy Valentine's Day everyone. I hope you all are having a nice romantic day with the one that you love. This weekend both me and my dh have been under the weather. I hurt my back shovelling on Friday and dh just feels lousy so we have spend lots of time just watching TV together.

I managed to finish this card for my dh. He was pleased with how it turned out.

Later we are hoping to go out to dinner. We will see how we both feel.

I had this image colored about a week ago but just couldn't figure out what paper to use. When I found this paper in my stash then came what do I do with it. Then the tent card idea came to me last night when I was just lying there. I am pleased with how it turned out.

Today is also the anniversay of my Mom's passing. My Mom passed away 7 years ago today. Can't believe it has been that long. So for me Valentine's Day is hard but I have to push through it and that is what she would have preferred. She was also the type of person filled with such love of life even when she was sick. I think that is why she died on a day filled with so much love. Mom I miss you so much.
Thinking of you always.

Enjoy the rest of your Valentine's Day. Remember to tell the ones that you love how you feel about them.

Check Out This Blog Candy!

2010-01-15T18:15:00.016-03:30

Check out Winnie's Blog for the best blog candy that I have ever seen! Wow what a prize. Be sure to check it out. I know I sure would love to win this prize. It sure would improve my pictures for sure. I have always wanted one of these. Click on the "Check Out this blog candy link".

"As promised, I'm offering blog candy! It is a light box with lights and a small tripod. All you have to add is the camera! It is amazing the difference a light box makes in your photos! It comes with 4 different colored interchangable backgrounds. Here's the rules: Good Luck to everyone who plays along:
1. Become a follower of my blog
2. Leave me a message
3. Announce my blog candy on your blog
4. I will be drawing a name on Monday, 18 January at 6pm EST.
5. Every day that I post a card and you leave a message, you will get your name entered in again for the drawing. (ie if I post 5 times over the next week and you leave a message all 5 days AND you're a follower of my blog, you will get your name in the drawing 5 times"

Good luck to you.

Mouse Cat Toy!

2010-01-15T17:56:00.003-03:30

Hope you all had a great week. I am so glad that it is Friday once again. This week seemed like two in one for some reason. I think it was because I just wasn't that busy at work. I would rather be busy than bored any day. Anyway ...

Before Christmas I was going all over town trying to get some play toys for my cats Oliver and Smokey and when I finally found them they were over a dollar each and my dog Lilly liked them a bit too much. She was eating them. We soon discovered that the centre of these toys looked like cement and I really didn't want Lilly eating them so I decided to do something about it.

I can't really take full credit for the design of these mice as we already had one of them here from our other cat Alex who passed away in August.

The pattern really is quite simple actually. It is only plain knitting. I started off with making them with 15 stitches and ended up only using 8 stiches. I found that my cats liked them better when they were smaller. I must have made about 15 of these so anyone I knew who had a cat I gave some to for Christmas. They are stuffed with catnip which makes the cats like them all the more.

They were a real hit anyway.

What do you think of them?

Hope you enjoy your weekend!

Last Christmas Card !

2010-01-06T18:07:00.003-03:30

I made this card for my dh for Christmas. I knew as soon as I saw this image that I had to give it to him. I think I told you before how much I love snowmen.

I had so much fun coloring this image. Whipper Snapper Stamps are tops with me. They definately are my favorite. The paper is SU Blitzen I think it is called. I really liked it and of course that means put it away and don't use it. I thought it was time to dust if off and use it. I bought this last paper last year.

Will be back soon with something a little different. Mice that I made for my cat with a story of why I made them.

Enjoy your evening!

More Christmas Cards!

2010-01-04T20:20:00.003-03:30

I made this card for my friend Kelly for Christmas. The image is from an order that we went in on the shipping to from Whipper Snapper. I just love their designs. They are so whimiscal and so fun to color. Snowmen are just my favorite thing for Christmas so when I saw this image I just had to buy it.

I got to use some more of my SU dp from last year. If I remember correct the name of it is Blitzen. I really like how it is traditional read and green colors. I am more of a traditional personson myself when it somes to Christmas.

I also used this design to make a card for my dh Ev. I will be back tomorrow night with that one to show you.

I guess by now everyone is back to work after a bit of a Christmas holiday. I for one wish that I could have taken more time Christmas. I always find that I am so busy doing things for Christmas that I just don't have time to enjoy the season like I would like to do.

Enjoy the rest of your evening!

Teacher Gifts!

2010-01-03T21:40:00.007-03:30

I made four of each of these for Teacher Gifts for my daughters teachers and also used some for gifts. I really liked how they turned out. My friend Kelly came up with the idea and we did them together. I really enjoyed making these.

I will definately be making more of these next year. I really liked how they turned out and the people I gave them to really liked them as well.

I hope you all enjoyed your holiday season. I certainly did. I just love this time of year. The lights and the get togethers with family and friends is also so enjoyable.

After making these I found that I really liked altering things so I definately think that I will be spinning off to other altered projects this year.

I have a couple of more Christmas things to show you before I move on to other projects.

Happy Holidays

2010-01-01T11:34:00.002-03:30

I hope you all are enjoying the holiday season. I had a wonderful Christmas with family and friends and have enjoyed taking the time to spend with them.

I will be back real soon to catch up

Happy New Year

Happy 40th Birthday Tanya!

2009-12-06T20:03:00.004-03:30

Today is my sister Tanya's 40th Birthday. I thought of her when I bought this stamp a while ago now so I just coulnd't wait to give it to her. Today we had our first snow storm and I just had to make it to Tanya's before the storm got really bad. Outside right now is really bad for sure. I woulnd' t want to have to go out now in this. Of course my daughter Staci is hoping that it will continue tomorrow and she will have no school. Who knows. We will have to wait and see. Right now I am so glad that all my family is home and safe. Tanya really liked this card so I was so glad. I felt good about this card.

Recipe:

Stamps Whipper Snapper "Squeaky Baker"
Paper: Whisper White, Basic Grey's Two Scoops, Su Kiwi Kiss
Accessories: SU Topnote, Cuttlebug, Copics

I have some of my teacher gift sets to show you tomorrow.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Last card from the CTMH workshop!

2009-11-29T13:06:00.006-03:30

This is such a versatile set. I think I will definately be using it alot to make my Christmas cards. It is a new set from CTMH this year called Holiday Trinkets. This is a set of 14 and in case you never noticed I used this card on my other card which had the trees on it. Very versatile set indeed.

The new paper is called Jingle and I think it is just so cute.

Listen to me I sound like an avertisement for CTMH. Well when you find something that you like you should tell others about it I think. I really like the CTMH sets. I prefer the acrylic sets over the rubber ones. They are just so easy to use and and you can see where you want to place them on the paper before yous stamp.

I hope you all are getting ahead of your Christmas crafts. So much work and so little time to do them.

Will be back soon with some teacher sets to show you.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

2009-11-24T19:52:00.003-03:30

Third Card From CTMH Christmas Workshop!

I made this card at a workshop a couple of weeks ago. I have to appologize that I haven't posted it earlier but I have just been really busy catching up on some Christmas projects. I hope to show them all to you soon.

How are you all doing with your Christmas preparations? For years I have been behind and rush to catch up and it seems that this year is going to be the same. I had really hoped that this wouldn't be the case but ...

Recipe:

Stamps - Neighborhood (CTMH)
Paper - white and DP Jingle by CTMH (great paper)
Accessories - liquid applique, punch

Be back soon with the last one to show you.

Keep Smiling

2009-11-18T18:05:00.003-03:30

Second CTMH Workshop Card!

This is the second card that I made at the CTMH workshop last weekend. I prefer this layout to the others. I prefer the curve at the bottom than the side.

This card I used the new set called Holiday Trinkets. It is a pretty versatile set I think and I have another card that I made using this set as well to show you soon.

Hope you all are getting lots of work started on your Christmas cards and of course shopping. I haven't started my shopping yet but I will real soon.

I will be back soon with another card to show you from the workshop.

Enjoy your evening.

2009-11-15T16:21:00.003-03:30

Been Awhile!

Last weekend I was at a CTMH workshop where we made 24 cards. I decided to make 6 of four different designs. I never wanted to make 24 of the same design.

It was alot of fun but it is always so nice to get out with stamping friends and be productive.

This is the first of four that I will be showing you.

I have been busy lately making cards and projects with friends. I have lots to show over the next little while.

This set is called Ms. Holiday Cheer. It is so fun. I think my daughters friends will like this one for sure.

Recipe:

Stamps: Ms. Holiday Cheer
Paper: Jingle, White
Ink: Tulip
Accessories: punch and liquid applique

See you again tomorrow with a different card

2009-10-31T19:36:00.003-02:30

Well Hello Doggie!

I made this birthday card for my daughter to give to her friend for her birthday. S he was pleased with how it turned out.

I bought this image from Whipper Snapper a little while ago. I think it is just so cute. One can never have enough dog stamps when you are an animal lover.

Hope you all are enjoying your Halloween night. We haven't had many trick or treaters tonight at all. I guess it has something to do with the H1N1. Can't blame people on keeping their kids home.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I will be back soon with another card to show you.

Cheers!

2009-10-30T20:50:00.003-02:30

Pointsettia!

Hello again. I hope you all are feeling well and not getting that aweful virus H1N1.
So far me and my family haven't been sick with it. We are lucky so far. Hopefully it will stay that way.

I bought this stamp at a lss here in St. John's last year but never got around to using it. I think you may just see a few more cards using this stamp. I embossed this image first and then I watercolored it with reinkers. I enjoy coloring and this is the newest one for me to try and master. Master is the right word but you know what I mean if you have tried many different mediums to color with. Anyway ..

I will be back tomorrow with another card that I made using A Whipper Snapper Dog stamp that I have used before but think he is just so cute. I made this for my daughter to give to her friend Gabby for her birthday. She really liked it.

Stay warm, enjoy the weekend!

2009-10-17T15:44:00.004-02:30

Ev's 54th Birthday!

I made this card for my husband for his birthday yesterday. It reminded me so much of him and our dog Lilly. They are real buddies. He had a nice birthday. We are having birthday dinner and cake tonight.

I just love these purrs and pants stamps. Not very many companies have stamps that are so much like our dog Lilly. I was so happy to find them.

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend. The weather here is all rainy and windy but at least it isn't snowing. That will come soon enough I am sure.

Recipe:
Stamps: Purrs and Pants, Happy Birthday unknown
Paper: So Safton, Watercolor and sage shadow
Ink: Black Stazon
Accessories: Various punches, nesties, cuttlebug, su markers and aquapainter

Will be back real soon with another Christmas card to show you.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

Cheers

2009-10-14T18:00:00.001-02:30

Final Card from the Workshop!

This is my last card to show you from the workshop and I have to say that I think it is my favorite along with the ornament card. This card was so easy to do and I really liked the effect. I liked it so much in fact I had to buy this set. I think it will come in handy quite well for Christmas.

I actually have another card to show you tomorrow. It is a card that I made for my husband for his birthday on Friday. I think he will like it.

Hope you are all having a good day. The weather here today is aweful. We are having a storm here right now. Rain and snow. Yuck. It is too early for snow.
Suggle up.

Recipe:

Stamp: Scenic Season Stamp Set
Ink: Night of Navy
Paper: Night of Navy, Whisper White
Accessories: Glue pen, dazzling diamonds, white gel pel

2009-10-12T16:30:00.003-02:30

4th Crazy For Christmas Card!

How was your Thanksgiving? I had a great Family Supper for 14 with my family. My and my husband prepared another wonderful meal had by all. The turkey was so delicious and of course we are having the left overs tonight. A great night had by all. Glad that it all turned out so well.

This is the fourth card that I made at the workshop the other day. I thought that it was nice but really I also think that it needs something else. Some type of emblishment. If I make it again I will definately be adding something to it.

What do you think?

Recipe
Stamps: Dasher
Inks: versamark
Cardstock: elegant eggplant, very vanilla, brushed gold
Accessories: embossing powder, embossing buddy, dazzling glitter, 2 way glue

See you again tomorrow with the last of the five card that I made.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone!

2009-10-10T21:56:00.003-02:30

Crazy For Christmas Card Workshop card # 3

Here is the third card from the workshop. For me this card was a bit of a challenge because it had been awhile since I had to use two stamps together like the ones in this ornament. It was a nice challenge. I love the new color. It is so nice and rich.

Hope all you Canadians are enjoying your Thanksgiving weekend. Tomorrow I am having my family over for our annual Thanksgiving Supper. I enjoy it so much. Can't wait to eat that turkey.

Happy Thanksgiving to all you Canadians.

Recipe
Stamps: Tree Trimmings, Christmas Greetings
Paper: Very Vanilla, rich razzleberry
Ink: rich razzlebberry
Accessories: Ribbon, texturz plates (perfect details), big shot, dazzling diamonds, 2 way glue

See you again soon

2009-10-09T18:53:00.003-02:30

Crazy For Christmas Card Workshop # 2

Here is another card that we made at the "Crazy For Christmas" card workshop the other night. I had a really good time and will get back at my cardmaking again now. I think. I have missed it so and have to justify that room that I have myself upstairs in my house. Just gotta get back at it.

Tell me what you think about this cared. I really like the card combination.
The new textured Petals A Plenty folder will definately be added to my collection. I really lilked it and think that it is quite versatile.

Recipe
Stamps:Berry Christmas, Four the Holidays
Paper: Old Olive, Real red, very vanilla
Ink: Old olive, real red, very vanilla
Accessories: Top Note, Petals A Plenty, Double rectangle punch, ribbon

Will be back tomorrow with another card.

Enjoy your weekend

2009-10-08T07:36:00.004-02:30

Finally Starting On Christmas Cards!

I was at a "Crazy For Christmas" card class the other night and had a great time. I went with my sister Tanya and her friend Edna. We made five cards using the new sets and paper and I think the turned out beautiful.

This one I really like as it was so easy to make. Was nice getting to use the new sets and punch.

I will be back later with another one to show you.

Hope you are all doing well trying to get a start on your Christmas card.

Me and my friend Kelly have ordered some new Whipper Snapper stamps again so hopefully when they arrive I will have more creations to show you as well.

Recipe:

Stamps: Delightful Decorations, Many Merry Messages
Paper: Soft suede, bermuda bay, whisper white
Accessories: ornament punch, stamping sponges, ribbon

Have a great day

See you soon

2009-09-15T22:02:00.003-02:30

Wow! Can't Believe How Long It Has Been!

This is the first card that I have made in a long time. It feels so good to be back at stamping again. I have really missed it.

I made this Thank You for my husband to give to someone he did house plans for. He was pleased with how it turned out. I really should have gotten this done for him a couple of months ago and god love him he never kept nagging for me to get it done he would just give me a small hint from time to time. Thank you Ev for that.

I bought this stamp set months ago from Whipper Snapper. My friend Kelly and I placed our order together so we could save on the shipping. It is expensive for us to order from there. That way we both win. I really liked this set from the first time I saw it on their site.

Sorry this is short and sweet but I have had a very long day and am ready for some shut eye.

Will be back real soon with another card to share with you.

Cheers

2009-07-05T08:17:00.003-02:30

Finally Got Some Stamping Done!

I bought this image awhile back and just haven't had time to stamp lately so this was a real treat getting to do this.

I just love this image. He is so cute.

I thought that he would go nicely with the SU paper that I have had awhile now.

I know that I haven't been here for awhile but it seems that life has just gotten so busy since I have been trying to lose weight. It is well worth it as I feel so much better but I do miss making some cards as well.

I am really hoping ot be back real soon.

Tks so much for visiting.

Take care. Enjoy your summer.

2009-06-13T09:03:00.003-02:30

Hello Again!

Nice to be back here once again. Sometimes life just gets right in the way of cardmaking. I know, I know it has been way too long since I have posted anything.

Hopefully things will stay as they are and I can get back to doing what I love. Making cards. I have been trying to get together with my friend Kelly for a few weeks now and haven't been able for one reason or another. When we do get together we always have such fun and have such great chats. I miss that too. Soon I hope.

Me and Kelly ordered some Whipper Snapper Stamps together so we could save on the shipping. Works for both of us.

For anyone who knows me that know that I am a big cat lover. When I saw this image I just had to add it to my collection. I think it is so cute.

Recipe:

Stamps: Whipper Snapper Hearts Kitty, Magnetic stamps
Ink: Momento black
Paper: animal paper from Michael's, In color, very vanilla
Accessories: Ribbon, cuttlebug, nesties, hardware, crystal effects, copics, su punches

I had alot of fun making this one. Hope to be back again real soon.

Until then

Take care and keep on stamping!

2009-05-08T18:08:00.003-02:30

Happy Birthday Month!

This month is the one of the year that there are so many birthdays. Mine is one of them next week. Can't believe that I will soon be 47. Where did that time go. Seems like only yesterday that I was only 20 something. I have to say that I don't feel 47 though. Which is a good thing. My daugher and step daughter also have birthdays this month. Actually today is my step daughter Nikita's birthday. She is 22 today.

I am not sure who I will be giving this card to yet but I just loved this image when I saw it.

A short time ago me and my friend Kelly placed an order with Whipper Snapper together as their shipping is way too expensive. Works for me. I am so glad to have some new image to color. In case you never knew, I just love to color. Stamping just gives me the excuse to keep doing it.

Hope to see you again real soon.

Take care and enjoy the weekend.

Happy Mother's Day to all you Mother's out there.

Enjoy your day!

2009-05-07T22:08:00.003-02:30

Anita's New House!

Been awhile since I have been on here. I kinda lost my mojo as I have been so busy trying to lose weight that I guess it has consumed me. It sure is alot of work but well worth it I think. To date I have lost 21.6 lbs. I am very pleased with my results. I joined Weight Watchers. It worked for me before so there is absolutely no reason why it won't now. I will let you know more of my progress as I go on.

I made this card for my friend Anita who recently purchased a new home. Anita and her family have been a part of my life now for over a year. I met Anita through an email. She sent me an email to tell me that my online friend of many years Dave Knuth had passed away. Ever since that I have been chatting back and forth on emails. I just wanted to show her how happy I am for her finally being able to get a bigger home that she had wanted for such a long time. Anita has become a wonderful friend. My only regret is that I never knew her when her brother Dave was alive. He would have loved for us to be friends. Strange how things work out sometimes.

I had this wheeel for a long time now and this is the first time that I made anything with it. I really like it.

I hope Anita likes her card.

I will be back tomorrow night with another card that I finished this evening.

Enjoy the sun!

2009-03-23T18:29:00.003-02:30

Reveal Card for My Little Sis!

I made this card for my little sis for the SCS DSS. I saw this stamp at Michael's and thought that it was so cute. I don't have many Easter cards so this was a nice addition to my collection.

I haven't been posting lately because I lost my Mojo once again,. Everything I started I threw out in the garbage. This was the first one that I have been pleased with for awhile.

I finally got to use up some of the SU DP that I have had for awhile. I love this color combination together. It is Rose Red and So Saffron. I think the compliment each other nicely.

Hope to be back soon with something new.

2009-03-03T20:26:00.003-03:30

Staci's Exercise Journal!

On Sunday I was over at my friend Kelly's for a few hours. We had decided that we would make exercise journals. She had this sweet image and paper that I just had to borrow. I knew that Staci would love the paper as it looks like something a teenage would like.

This is the first time that I got to try some Whipper Snapper Stamps and I have to say that I just love them. They are so fun to color and are so whimsical. Great images.

I got to try out my new Cuttlebug alphabet that I got at a great bargain at our local hardware store. They are nomally $99 and I got them for $25. A great find indeed. I have always wanted a set but would never pay the money. This set is sweet, don't you think?

I have alot of fun making this and most of all Staci loved it so that made it for me. Hopefully she will use it though.

Today was a beautiful day here. Can't believe it was actually 11 degrees in March. A great break indeed. Maybe, just maybe we might get a Spring for a change. Living in Newfoundland we don't normally get a spring. Winter just goes right on through till May at least. A nice break today for sure. We can even see grass.

Hope you all are enjoying your week.

Will be back soon with another project.
Until then take care and enjoy yourself.

2009-02-21T22:03:00.003-03:30

Spring Is Coming!

Or should I say that I hope it is. I have had enough of winter now and can't wait for Spring. The only problem here living in Newfoundland is that we don't have much of a spring at all. So I decided to bring some beautiful colors together and think of the possibilities.

I am just so happy today. Last week me and my daughter Staci joined Weight Watchers together and today was our first weight in and I am so glad to say that I lost five pounds. I was just so happy that I could have screamed when I saw my weight on the scale. It wasn't that bad and I made it through week one. Hurray for me. Never hurts to boost one's ego sometimes. We all need that. Anyway that is enough about me.

I bought some watercolor paper last week from Michael's and this was my first time using it. I must say that I am so pleased with it. It is cold pressed and the whole pad only cost me $7.99 at Michael's without a coupon. Not bad I don't think.

I used my reinders and stamping write markers for this along with my Aquapainter and I am pleased with my coloring but there is still more practice needed. I am having fun though. That is the main thing and I get to color. Gee who would have thought that you could say that when you are an adult and get away with it. I always loved to color. Now I have such a good reason for it.

This is a new stamp that I bought from Michael's. It is part of the Easter collection of 1.50 stamps. By the time that I got there most of them were gone though but I thougt this one was cute.

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend. Enjoy what is left of it and I will be back again soon.

Take care

Cheers

2009-02-13T18:36:00.003-03:30

An oldie But A Goodie!

When I was browsing Splitcoast Stampers today there was a thread asking people to post one of their favorite cards that they made. I took some time and went through my gallery and realized that this was one of my favorites and it wasn't posted on my blog so I thought that I would share it with you.

It took a long time to make but it was well worth the effort. The flowers were made with paint color cards that I had picked up from some of our local hardware places. It was the first time th at I ever tried this technique called "Faux Cloisonne". In the example that I saw they used magazine pages but I thought these would be easier and of course less work. No looking through all kinds of magazines to get the colors that you like. The stamp sets are In Full Bloom and one of the older SAB sets called Noteworthy.

Well, tomorrow is Valentine's Day and I hope you all have a wonderful evening with the one you love.

Will be back soon.

2009-02-12T22:12:00.003-03:30

Happy Heart Day!

I made this card for my daughter Staci for Valentine's Day. I know black is not a traditional color to put on a Valentine's card but when I saw this paper in my stash I just had to try it out. Staci just loves black so I thought it was quite appropriate then. For anyone who knows me they know that I am not always one for traditional colors and ideas.

The layout for this card is this week's card sketch over at Splitcoast Stampers. I promised myself that I was going to try and do more of these this year to improve my cards so I am trying to keep that promise. I had a card almost put together last night using another stamp and paper and I never liked it after I put all the work into it so they went in the garbage. If I am not pleased with it then I don't expect anyone else to like it. I just wouldn't feel right giving someone a card that I never really liked.

Enjoy the rest of your week!

See you again real soon.

Take care

2009-02-11T07:11:00.003-03:30

You Float My Boat!

I made this card for my DH for Valentine's Day. The funny thing was that I went up in my stamp room to color some flowers and the idea for this just popped into my head so I just had to make it.
Funny how this happens somehow.

I bought this stamp set last year and this was the first time that I inked it up. I know, I know that is terrible but I am trying to remedy that. This year I am not going to buy things and have them sitting on a shelf for over a year before I use them. That sure is a waste and besides this card was so fun to make. I hope to use this stamp set real soon.

Hope you all are making plans with your sweethearts for Valentine's Day. Enjoy the day!

Recipe:

Stamps: Boatloads of Love
Paper: Whisper White, Summer Picnic
Ink: Momento Black, Classic Black
Accessories: Copics, punch, scissors

2009-02-03T23:38:00.003-03:30

More Watercoloring!

I hope you are are doing well. I have been having a problem with my mojo lately so I decided that I would try and do some of the sketches on SCS. I have been busy practicing my watercoloring and I must say that it is much harder than it looks. So hard to control the water. I can't even remember how many of these that I jsut threw out because I wasn't happy with it. I am still not really happy with this one but it is much better than the others.

I wanted to do a bit of a cheery card so that I could send it to a friend who is going through a hard time right now. She is having Chemo treatments. I just wanted to cheer her up a bit. Hopefully this card will help.

What do you think?

Enjoy your day!

Cheers

2009-01-29T19:01:00.003-03:30

CTMH Open House!

A short while ago I went to Open House that my CTMH demo Deanne had. I made this card while we sat back and looked at all the nice new products they have in the new catalogue. I have to say that I think the paper in this catalogue are so much nicer than any others that I have seen.

Some of the stamps are so cute also. They have some new stamps that are like Bellas... They are sweet.

I am sorry I can't tell you the name of the stamp set or the name of the colors.

How are you all doing today? Here we had a snowstorm and then when that ended it started to rain. I was really hoping for a snow day so I could just sit back and make some cards but I wasn't that lucky. Oh well, better luck next time.

Hope to be back real soon with another new card.

2009-01-25T09:50:00.003-03:30

Another Card From Watercoloring Class!

I made this card last week at a Watercoloring Class that I attended. We watercolored with re-inkers and aquapainter. It took a nice bit of work but I think that it was well worth it.

This set is so cute. I especially like the little birds.

Recipe:

Stamps: Love You Much
Paper: SU DP, Whisper White, Real Red
Accessories: Big Shot, Top Note Die, Punches, Aquapainter
Ink: Versamark, various reinkers

Hope you all are enjoying your weekend. They certainly do slip by so quickly.

Enjoy what is left of it.

2009-01-22T20:55:00.003-03:30

Happy Birthday Dave!

I made this card for my bil Dave for his birthday today. I bought these stamps a while ago from Purrs and Pants and thought that this card would be perfect for Dave. My niece has a black lab and Dave seems to have a new best buddy. They do alot together.

I found this card a challenge as I knew that I wanted to use this designer paper but where it is so busy I wasn't sure what else I was going to do with it. My dh helped me out and told me to use some black around the image. It seemed to work out well. The pattern was just so busy that it threw me off. I have to say thought that I am pleased with how it turned out. I first had the image all done on white paper and then didn't like it and thought that it would look better done on vanilla and I was glad that I did.

I will be back again tomorrow night with another card from my watercoloring class.

Recipe:

Stamps: Purrs and Pants
Ink: Momento Black
Paper: Pacific Point, Black, Very Vanilla, Pets DP from DCWV
Accessories: cuttlebug, nesties, ribbon, copics, bone punch

Enjoy the rest of your evening.

2009-01-21T19:58:00.003-03:30

Watercoloring Class!

On Monday night I attended a watercoloring class hosted by Suzy Haghighi. You can visit Suzy's blog at http://blog.papermonkey.org I visit Suzy's blog often and when my SU demo Kay Smith sent out an email about the watercoloring class I just couldn't belive my luck. I was finally going to meet Suzy. I had been a fan of her work for a long while and never even knew that she lived in Newfoundland too. I thought she lived in California. Great luck. I learned alot at the class and was so glad that I went. I was so pleased with how this card turned out. I also really like the way the colors blend together. I never would have put tangerind with kiwi kiss. Now I learned that also.

We used reinkers with an aquapainter. Suzy taught me well I think. I was so pleased with this card. I hope to get to try out this technique again real soon so keep your eye out and don't forget to give me your opinions on the new cards if you could.

Recipe:

Stamps: Eastern Elegance
Paper: SU watercoloring paper, tangerine, kiwi kiss, dp su
Ink: Various reinkers, versamark
Accessories: Aquapainter, big shot, top note die

Thank you so much Suzy for the wonderful class.

Cheers

2009-01-15T21:39:00.003-03:30

SC211 and Janet's Birthday Card!

I made this card for this weeks card sketch over at SCS. I thought that it was time that I got back into trying to do them as often as I could and seeing that my sisters birthday was today I thought that I would use the sketch.

I just love this MFT set and think that it is so sweet. I haven't used it much but do intend to try and use it more. I have so many sets that I don't use that much and it is something else that I thought that I would do this year for myself. If you are like me then you collect and collect paper stamps etc and spend more time buying the using them. For me I think this needs to change.

My sister was very pleased with how this card turned out which of course made me so glad. I just love making cards for people who really appreciate them. It gives me so much pleasure.

I am hoping to build my card stash this year also to have some ready for when occasions come up. Instead of the last minute ones like I so often do.

I guess we will juse have to see if I stick to those promises to myself.

Recipe:

Stamps: Time for Bubble
Ink: Momento Black
Accessories: Cuttlebug, embossing folders, copics, su markers, taltine, primsacolor pencils, watercolor brush, tin foil, punch, jewels
Paper: Whisper White, Rose Red, Gable Green

Hope to be back real soon with another card

Happy Stamping!

2008-12-28T13:27:00.004-03:30

Staci's Christmas Card!

I made this card for my daughter Staci. It is a little out of the box for me as it is so busy but I knew that she would like it. She was quite pleased with it. For me it is just too busy and not really my style but it is nice to do things that are different sometimes.

Snoopy is just so sweet. Everyone loves Snoopy and when I saw this card at Michaeal's a while ago I thought about Staci right away.

Well tomorrow is the dreaded day for me. Back to work. YUCK. I really don't want to go back yet. I would love to have a few more days but then after that I probably would like a few more. Oh well only working three days then off for four. That will keep me going this week.

I guess many of you are going back to work also. At least it will be a short week so we have that to look forward to.

Enjoy your day.

2008-12-27T20:11:00.005-03:30

Ev's Christmas Card!

I made this card for my dh for Christmas. I bought these stamps a little while ago with the intentions of using it for him. It reminds me so much of our dog Lilly who is a Golden Labrador and our cat Alex. The only difference is that Alex has a bob-tail. I should have only stamped half the tail. Oh well, better luck next time. Ev was happy with how it turned out and so was I.

Have you done all your Christmas visiting yet? I have done all that I want to do and now I am just going to sit home and relax and take it easy.

I have more cards to show you so I will be back tomorrow with another one.

Enjoy your evening.

2008-12-26T21:50:00.004-03:30

Merry Christmas To All!

Good evening

I hope you all had a wonderful and blessed Christmas. I know I did. I had a wonderful time spending time with my family and friends the past couple of days. It just seems so much nicer and happier this time of year. Not that I don't get to see my family and friends throughout the year but somehow at Christmas it is just more special.

I had a wonderful Christmas dinner at my sisters last night and it was just delicious. Awesome dinner Janet. Christmas Eve we had brunch at my sister Tanya's and that evening me, my dh and dd went over to my friend Debby's for our annual Christmas visit. Debby's family has always had a tradition of reciting The Night Before Christmas and as she does we all put ornaments on the tree from the story. We have done this for years with her and it is so nice that we get to help carry on her tradition as both her parents have passed on so it is nice that she carries it on through us and her son. We had a great evening.

I wanted to show you this card that my sister Tanya gave my daughter for Christmas. I thought it was beautiful. Staci did also.

I hope to be back again tomorrow to show you some other pictures from my Christmas card collection so to speak.

Have a great evening

Happy Boxing Day!

2008-12-19T17:54:00.005-03:30

Great Day For A Snowman!

Strange weather here in Newfoundland today. One minute it looks like we are going to have a big snowstorm and the next the sun and shining and the snow has stopped. Strange indeed. It is pretty cold here today too. Would be a day to make a snowman like the one in this card. I made this card at my demo Deanne's CTMH card making night. We made a Halloween card and two Christmas cards. This is one of the cards that we made using the new CTMH set of the month of November. It is just so cute. You can change all the elements on the snowman that you want too. The possibilities are endless. I had a great time that night and met some new stamping friends. Always nice to meet new friends.

How are your Chistmas plans coming along? All your shoppping done? For me the answer is no I don't have everything done and I still have shopping to do but I am so glad to say that today I start my holidays and I am off work till the 29th of December. Yahoo... I really need a break from that place. Another story and not for now.

Enjoy your winter weather and happy stamping!

2008-12-14T12:49:00.003-03:30

To You & Yours!

This image just reminds me of years gone by. Now look at me my age is showing. I remember using a sleigh like this one and how much fun it was. I bet there are lots of others who feel the same way.

I wasn't sure which color I would do this card in so I decided to try it in both. I think I prefer the red background better though.

I used my hand dandy cuttlebug to made the background for the card and used up some ribbon that I had bought years ago at the dollar store. I am trying to use up my scraps and my pile is getting quite large. I find I am buying too much and not using enough of the older stuff so I figured that it was due time to get to it.

How are you all doing with your holiday shopping? I was one fo the early bird shoppers yesterday morning at Sears so I got some great bargains and that make the trip so worth while.

Enjoy the season!

Until later

2008-12-10T21:14:00.004-03:30

Christmas Eve Night!

When I first saw this stamp I automatically thought of Christmas Eve for some reason. It just made me feel at home in a cabin and that it what I would love to have.

I got to try out that new Dp from SU called Blitzen. Great colors and paper. I just love two sided paper.

I used some photo paper to stamp the image on so I could make the image stand out better and allow me to sponge on the paper with such ease.

Sorry to cut this short but I am off to make more cards. A woman's work is never done as they say. I was out shopping earlier with my daughter and that wasn't very productive so I need to be productive at something tonight. I definately can be at card making and lately I am on a roll so I have to stick with it.

Hope you are getting a jump start on your Christmas shopping. I bet some of you are better organized than I am and even have all the presents bought and wrapped. One day, one day I hope to be like that but I just find that there is just too much to do and not enough time to do it. I am looking forward to a bit of time off so I can just sit back and enjoy.

I am hoping to be back soon with some more creations, until then
Happy Stamping

2008-12-09T18:47:00.003-03:30

Happy Birthday Tanya!

I made this card for my sister Tanya for her birthday last Saturday. She was 39. We have always been such cat lovers and when I saw this stamp at Michael's awhile ago I knew that I just had to add it to my collection. I think these Fluffles stamps are just so cute. I have a few in my stamp collection now.

Never got to see much of Tanya for her birthday as I was so busy on Saturday but I just had to take time and drop off this card for her. Tanya makes cards as well and I knew that she would enjoy Fluffles.

Sorry for having to cut this so short but I am off to making more cards. Work, work, work... Enjoy, enjoy, enjoy.

Hope to be back soon with more Christmas cards.

Happy Stamping!

2008-12-08T18:09:00.004-03:30

Paper Trees!

Hello everyone. Hope you are all getting your Christmas shopping and backing done. I have started by still have a long way to go. For some reason I just can't get into shopping this year. Now if it was shopping for stamping stuff I bet that I would be able. Strange isn't it. lol

I saw this design on SCS as well and knew that I would have to give it a try. It really wasn't that difficult. I just make my own template with a bit of cardboard and the rest was a snap.
I really like the way that it turned out. Not much stamping at all but still nice none the less I think.

What do you think?

Hope to see you again soon.

2008-12-07T10:09:00.004-03:30

Another Merry Little Elf!

I saw this card on Splitcoast and thought that it was just so cute I knew that I just had to try it. I thought that it would be a good seller.

I can't seem to get enough of these little elves. It seems that every once in a while there is a set that you just can't seem to put down and this Christmas it has to be this set. I think they are just such sweet happy little elves and they make me smile.

What do you think?

Recipe:

Stamps: Merry Pursuite CTMH, To You & Yours (SU)
Ink: Momento Black, Real Red
Paper: Real red, whisper white, dp
Accessories: punches, ribbon, copics

Enjoy your day

Happy Stamping!

2008-12-07T09:28:00.004-03:30

Embossed Christmas!

Hello everyone:

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend. It is beginning to snow here this morning. Yuck. I am not a winter person.

This is another card that I made to try and sell. I can't take full credit for the idea as I copied it from someone at Splitcoast(girl3boys). When I first saw it I knew that I just had to try one and I have to say that I am quite pleased with how it turned out.

I have been really busy lately making cards so I have many examples to show you over the next little while.

I hope to be back real soon with more to show you.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

2008-11-30T08:38:00.006-03:30

Christmas Cards Here I Come!

Hello everyone hope you are all are enjoying your weekend. They seem to go by so quickly. Today is the Santa Claus Parade in St. John's. Looking forward to going as usual. My daughter is always in the parade with her Air Cadet Squadron. Of course it would be colder today then it has been lately.

On to the card.

I made this card with one of my favorite Christmas sets from Su called Holiday Tag Team. This little snowman is so cute. I have used him so often since I got the set four years ago.

I used Night of Navy and whisper white card stock and of course my handy dandy cuttlebug. Don't know what I ever did before I purchased it. Also gotta love those nesties. They add such a beautiful look to my cards I think.

Would be initerested in hearing what you have to say.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

2008-11-27T12:39:00.006-03:30

More On Christmas

These are a couple of cards that I made with my friend Kelly (Kellybee). We had alot of fun together but never got all the cards done so I did the rest when I went home. I think these are cute.

I have more to show you either tonight or tomorrow. I have been really busy lately making cards to try and sell.

Let me know what you think.

Enjoy your day

2008-11-11T11:09:00.004-03:30

Another Cute Little Elf!

Hello again, how are you all doing. I have been busy creating some new Christmas cards. Some I don't even have pictures taken of yet but I remember that I never posted this one yet so I thought that I would share it with you.

I just can't seem to get enough of these little fellows. They are just so cute. They are fun to work with. Listen to me I sound like a advertisement for CTMH.. Deanne would be glad to hear that.

Hope to be again later with some new pictures of more Christmas cards that I have done. Been a busy girl for sure.

Recipe:

Stamps: Merry Pursuits CTMH, happy holiday is unknown
Paper: Real red, slab from Michael's for the dp
Accessories: Cuttlebug, embossing foler, nesties, ribbon, glitter pen, stickles, copics, brads

Enjoy your day

Today remember those who died so that we can live with the freedom that we all do today. God Bless them all.

2008-11-02T08:17:00.004-03:30

Elves Elves Everywhere!

Here is another Christmas card that I made recently. I just can't seem to get enough of this little fellow. He is just so cute.

Thi is my favorite time of year for making cards. I just love Christmas cards. They are so bright and colorful.

Been pretty busy lately trying to get the 20 cards that me and Kelly cut out make. This is just another one and there are still lots more to come.

Stay tuned and let me know what you think. All comments are welcome.

Recipe:

Stamps: Merry Pursuits
Paper: Real Red, Slab from Michael's, Green unknown
Accessories; Crop-a-dial, eyelets, ribbon, nestabilities, cuttlebug, copics, glitter pen

Come back soon for another new creation.

Enjoy your weekend

2008-10-28T18:40:00.005-02:30

Anyone Need A Christmas Card!

I went over to my friend Kelly's (Kellybee) on Sunday and the idea was that we were going to get together and make 20 cards. In preparation for tht day both me and Kelly cut out some shapes with our cuttlebug and good old nesties. We both cut out 20 and then we also had our cardstock ready to go. We had both really hoped that we would get a good start on our Christmas Cards but when me and Kelly get together we tend to chat too much and not do as much work as we want to and as usual this was the case. I also had to make a mess all over myself with flue and Kelly beautiful covered chairs. I was trying to use my new bottle of Martha Stewert glue and when it wouldn't run like I just squeezed the side of the glue and of course you know what happened next. The glue went up in the air, all over my hair, shirt and pants and then dripped over Kelly chair. I felt so bad. We managed to put my clothes in the washer and Kelly was kind enough to lend me some clothes to wear. Thank goodness Kelly saved the day by getting the glue out of my clothes and her covered chair. That set us back for a bit so we only managed to get 4 cards done.

This is the first two. We each got to play with the others new Christmas stamps.

I had a great afternoon Kelly. Thanks so much.

We will have to try it again.

I will definately get the 20 done. You will see.

See you soon

2008-10-24T06:49:00.003-02:30

Merry Little Elves!

Hello again. Nice to be back. This is the first of my Christmas cards. When I firt saw this set in the CTMH catalogue I thought that it was so cute and would make so sweet cards and ornaments but I never knew that it would be so much fun using them.

I had this paper for awhile now and as soon as I saw those cute little elves I thought of it. Somehow stripes just go with Elves.
The only thing that I am sorry for now is that I never turned the stripes around the other way. Oh well, maybe next time.

I don't know what the weather is like where you are from but it is starting to close in quickly where I live. We had a few flurries yesterday so I figured that it was time to go and get those winter tires on my car once again. Boy do I hate winter and our summers just seem so short. Oh well, such is life I guess.

Recipe:

Stamps: CTMH Merry Pursuits, Michael's 1.50 stamps
Paper: Whisper White and other unknown
Ink: Pallett Noir and handsome hunter
Accessories: Cuttlebug, nesties, glitter pen, dimensionals

Hopefully I will be back this weekend with more

Enjoy your weekend!

2008-10-17T07:55:00.003-02:30

Still Around!

I know, I know it has been way too long since I have posted anything and I have to appologize but sometimes life just seems to get in the way of what we want to do. Now the summer is over and I have lots of time to get back to making cards again. In fact it is soon time to start on those Christmas cards again. Where does time go.

I made this card for my dh Ev for his 53th birthday yesterday. When I firt saw this image on SCS I fell in love with it because it reminded me so much of Ev and our dog Lilly. I just had to order it and use it for an occasion.

Ev really like this because it was of him and his buddy.

Recipe:

Stamps: Purrs and Pants, Snap Stamps
Ink: Pallet Noir and More Mustard
Paper: Whisper White and dp from a cats and dog pack from Walmart and ruby red
Accessories: Punches, chalks, cording and pencils and stumps and taltine

Hope you all enjoy your weekend and I hope to be back again on the weekend with some new creations

2008-08-05T07:45:00.003-02:30

Thanks and Birthday Wishes!

I made the owl card for my niece Valerie for her birthday. I really like that Gina K set called Owl always love you. Valerie really liked it. She said that I always make the best cards. Great compliment I think. I had alot of fun coloring this card also. I just love those copics I have to say. They are the best color medium that I am yet to use and believe me I have tried a great many. Coloring is my favorite part of stamping. It brings me back to my childhood I guess. When my daughter Staci was young we used to sit and color for hours. I used to find it so relaxing.

The other card I gave to my older sister Janet and her husband for a wonderful thing that they did for me and my family. I will never forget it. Tks so much.

This week me and my family are going away for a short vacation. It has been a couple of years since we were able to get time off together. We are all looking forward to it. Hopefully I will have some pictures to share with you when we get back.

Happy Stamping

Enjoy your summer

2008-07-31T22:49:00.003-02:30

I'm Still Around!

Been too long since I have posted and it feels good to get a bit of time to finally get to spend some time in my stamp room. This summer has been so busy and beautiful that I just don't have much time to stamp and when I do the weather has been too good to spend indoors. I find that I almost feel guilty for being indoors stamping when the weather outside is sunny and hot but today it was raining so I decided it was time to post something new. I hope you like it!

Recipe:

Stamps: Hanna Cafe
Ink: Pallett Noir
Paper: Whisper White and Basic Grey and cool caribean
Accessories: Cuttlebug, nestabilities, copics, dew drops, ric rac ribbon, primas and brad

Hope to be back again real soon with something new!

Enjoy your summer!

Hugs

2008-07-04T22:17:00.004-02:30

My Hope For Guest Designer!

I made this card with MFT set call Time for the Bubbly hoping to be picked for Guest Designer on SCS Website under the MFT Forums. It has been a dream for me for awhile now to be a designer on a design team. I have applied for a design team a few times and never heard anything back. I was disappointed but I got over it.

Anyway this is a set that I have wanted for awhile now and just got around to getting it awhile ago. When I saw this designer paper I knew that I just had to use it for this set. I thought it made cute wallpaper for the background.

I am pleased with how it turned out anyway no matter if I get picked or not. That to me is the main thing.

Recipe:

Stamps: MFT Time For the Bubbly
Ink: Jet Black Stazon
Paper: Watercolor, dp from Rob & Bob Studio, and SU Gable Green
Accessories: Primsacolor pencils, taltine and stumps, punches, ribbon, dimensionals.

Hope you all enjoy your weekend.

Take care

2008-06-26T18:08:00.003-02:30

Teacher Cards!

I used the Gina K set called Owl Always Love You for teacher cards that I made for my daugthter Staci. The round card was for her female teachers and the rectangle one is for her male teachers. I am quite pleased with how it turned out. I just love these little owls. I think they are so cute. Staci was pleased with them and apparently she got big hugs from all her teachers for them. That made me happy.

Where did this school year go. I can't beleive that it is over today. Next year Staci goes to High School. It seems like only yesterday that she was born and so small and innocent. Wow! Time sure does fly. Listen to me my age is starting to show. lol

Now Staci has a wonderful summer ahead of her and hopefully the weather will be good. This week here has been wonderful. The temperatures are in the 20s and for us that is a goodie indeed.

Enjoy your summer Staci! Hope it doesn't go by too fast for you.

Recipe:

Stamps: Gina K Owl Always Love you and SU Riveting
Ink: Pallett Noir
Accessories: Copics, Nestabilites, Cuttlebug, punches
Paper: Whisper White, Creamy Caramel and DP from Michael's

Have a wonderful day.

See you again soon

2008-06-15T00:10:00.003-02:30

Happy Father's Day!

Today here in St. John's the weather is drizzle and rain and it really wasn't the kind of weekend that I wanted but it did allow me to get some things done on the inside for a change.

As soon as I saw this set when it was released last month I knew that I would have to buy it and use it for a card for my Dad as he truly is "King of the Grill" for sure. Everything he cooks on it is exceptional. Tks Dad for all the great meals.

I saw a card made on SCS using red and white paper but Mothermark used paperweaving and I decided that I would see if I could get some paper like this but checked everywhere and then me and my daughter were at McDonalds having an ice cream and then in with the muffins I saw this paper and I asked the girl if I could have a piece of it and she gladly gave me some. It sure made my evening for sure. I came home and right away stated in making this card. I am really pleased with how it turned out. What do you think?

For all you Father's out there. Happy Father's Day and I hope that your wives and children are good to you. My dh is working again tomorrow night so my daughter is getting up early to give him the card that I posted earlier the week and a Terry Goodkind Book that he has been wanted for awhile now. We are also going to cook him his favorite meal tomorrow which is bbq pork chops.

Recipe:

Stamps: Gina K King of The Grill
Ink: Pallett Noir, Close to Cocoa, checkered paper from McDonalds
Accessories: Cuttlebug and embossing folder, crop-a-dial, brads

Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Cheers

2008-06-09T22:24:00.004-02:30

Father's Day

Haven't been around lately much as we have been busy preparing our community garden and this year we decided to also try out some container gardening outside our deck.
If all works out well, I will post pictures of our crop.

I made this card for my DH for Father's Day. It is supposed to represent our dog Lilly but the color is all wrong. I tried copics and pencils and just couldn't come up with the right color. Knowing me I will end up taking this apart before Father's Day to change it. I also had this card completed and then decided that I prefer it 5 x 5 so I changed the card front. I love this card sketch. It is last weeks challenge. I am a bit behind but better late than never. I immediately pictured using this set for this challenge when I saw it posted last week. I am pleased with how it turned out except the color of the dog.

I will be back later this week to post a card that I am making for my Dad for Father's Day using the new Gina K set called "King of the Grill" As soon as I saw that I just had to have it for my Dad.

Recipe:

Stamps: For Father by SU
Paper: Whispering White, Close to Cocoa and More Mustard SU, DP called Cats and Dog
Accessories: Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Primsacolor pencils, taltine and stump and bone charm.

Hope you all have a great week.

2008-05-25T22:01:00.003-02:30

Staci's 15th Birthday

I made it back to show you the card that I made for my daughter Staci's 15th Birthday today. I got to use this set by Inkadinkado that I have had for awhile now. It was alot of fun to make. When I made the card for my Dad's birthday the other day Staci told me that she really liked my layout. I thought I would try and use it again for one for her. I am quite pleased with how it turned out. I just love getting to use my cuttlebug embossing folders. I find they just add so much to a card.

I can't believe that Staci turned 15 today. Seemed like only yesterday that she was born and now she is in her middle teen years. She is a good kid and I am so proud of her. She and I are great friends. I truly am blessed. Hope you had a wonderful birthday today Staci.

I have been trying hard lately to use ribbon my most of my cards. I find that I happier with them when I do. I am just find that I am never sure if I like what I did but this one will pass for sure. Staci really liked the card so that afterall is all that counts, right?

Recipe:

Stamps: Inkadinkado set I think it is called Cupcakes
Ink: Pallett Noir
Accessories: Copic Markers, Cuttlebug, embossing folders, adhesive and regular ribbon
eyelets, and my cropadial.

Hope you all are enjoying the end of your weekend. Have a great evening.

Cheers!

2008-05-24T18:58:00.003-02:30

Dad's 73 Birthday!

I made this card for my Dad's 73rd Birthday on the 22nd. I always find men's cards so hard to make but this one just popped into my head after looking through the gallery at SCS and it came together rather quickly. I must say that I am quite pleased with how it turned out. My dad really liked it to.

Recipe:

Stamps: Birthday Whimsy
Ink: Taken With Teal, So Saffron
Accessories: Cuttlebug, embossing folders, nestabilities, glitter pen, adjesive ribbon

Tomorrow is my daughter's 15th birthday so I will have to be back and show the one that I made for her.

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend! I certainly am.

Take care

2008-05-04T16:45:00.002-02:30

Riley's Garden!

This is my contribution to this week's challenge SC174 over at SCS. I had alot of fun making it but it was a bit of a challenge to fill out such a big card. The measurements for this card are 8 x 9 1/4". It is quite a challenge have enough on the card front. I am pleased with how this turned out but did wish that I had the oval nestabilities. I would have preferred to have a scalloped edge. I used my coluzzle instead. I just love this little guy Riley. I think he is so cute.

I used my copics again to color the image. I think I am getting a bit more used to these but am not there yet for sure. They are different than other coloring mediums to use. Practice makes perfect my Mom used to say. I also used the copic to color the M's dew drops with. Words perfect.

I am still having trouble taking pictures of my cards. There just doesn't seem to be enough light in my stamp room or something. I have tried numerous things and still can't get the kind of picture that I am used to taking. I have to take at least 6 or 7 before I can pick one that is half decent and they often look good on the camera and no on the computer. Need to practice that more too I think.

Recipe:

Stamps: Riley in the garden, M's 1.50 stamps
Paper: Groovy Guava, Whisper White, Dp from SU called Ginger Blossom
Ink: Pallett Noir, SU Classic Black
Accessories: Copics, Coluzzle, punch, M's dew drops, ric rac ribbon

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

See you soon

2008-04-29T22:47:00.002-02:30

What A Hoot!

I bought this set awhile ago and am just getting around to using it. You know how that is. I have to say that I thought when I ordered it that I would be able to color the owl but it is not meant for that. I think he is so cute. This is from a set called Flock Of Birds from Inkadinkado. It was alot of fun to make.

I got to use my nestabilities and have to say that I just don't get sick of them at all. I was concerned when I bought then that they would be one of the things that I just bought and never used that much but I don't think that anymore. I just love using them and the effect is awesome.

Recipe:

Stamps: Flock of Birds from Inkadinkado.
Paper: Whisper white, Close to Cocoa, DP from Basic Grey called Lily Kate and the very vanilla
Ink: Close to Cocoa
Accessories: nestabilities, cuttlebug, su marker, M's dewdrops, punch

Sleep tight.. hope to see you again real soon.