Merry Christmas

Hello.

Time is sure flying by, isn't it?

Here's another Christmas Card...I love it when the patterned paper is so beautiful that not much else is needed on the card.

The paper is Father Christmas from BoBunny, Poinsettia is from K& Co., stamp is from Stampin' UP!

Thanks.
Ivanka

Cute as a Button

Hello,

Last week I made some baby girl cards so I thought I'd make some baby boy cards to balance things out.

Today's card is based on this card that I made a while ago,  it has become one of my most repinned cards on Pinterest. 

So I thought I'd recreate it. 

The embossing folder is from Cuttlebug, The stickers are from SRM,  scallop punch and ribbon are from Stampin' UP! and the charm is from Michaels.

Thanks for dropping by,
Ivanka

Baby Girl Card

Hi there.

Here's today's card...love this beautiful antique baby buggy stamp from Anna Griffin...

The sentiment stamp is from Stampabilities, paper is from Basic Gray and Stampin' Up!  The darling little charm is from Michaels.

Thanks for stopping by,
Ivanka

Oh, Come Let Us Adore Him...

Hello...I'm fully into to Christmas cardmaking spirit.  I bought my Poinsettias and a Frasier Fir scented candle.  41 days till Christmas....

So I thought I'd share one of my cards so far.

Image and sentiment stamp are Heaven's Rejoice from Hero Arts.  Love this set.  I have other religious sets, but this one is my favorite.  Background stamp is World Map from PTI.  Ribbon is retired from Stampin' UP!  One of my favorite ribbons of all time.

Thanks for stopping by today.
Ivanka

Moxie Fab Thanks! Blog Hop

Good Morning and welcome to the most fabulous blog hop in history!  It is fabulous only because this blog hop is in honor of Cath Edvalston who has inspired the crafting community with her Moxie Fabness and her genuine caring for all she comes in contact with.

The power of being a Moxie Fab Winner is such that I still have my 2 wins on my blog side bar.  It was beyond fabulous to be picked by Cath to be Moxie Fab!  

Here are my two wins;  Gray is the New Black  and  Tuesday Trigger Winner!  Those are still two of my favorite cards and I still remember the excitement of seeing my card/name on reveal day!

But as I've learned so well lately...change is inevitable and Cath is leaving Moxie Fab World...

Not before we have a proper send off for her in the only way we know how.....

This whole wonderful adventure starts at Moxie Fab World and following the links you should have arrived here from Laura Pryor's Blog.

Here is my card for Cath.  It was inspired by my Tuesday Trigger win card...still one of my favorite cards!

What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven't happened yet.

Anonymous

Thank you so much Cath, for being our navigational compass for all things Moxie Fab.  We'll miss you.  Also big thanks to the ladies who started, organized the blog hop and kept us all informed!

Your next stop on the hop is Ashlee Townsend's Blog.

Thanks for dropping by today,

Ivanka

'Tis the Season

...here's the first Christmas card of the season.

All products are from my stash, not sure of manufacturers.  It was a lot of fun digging through the Christmas things this week.

I'm entering this in the Merry Monday Challenge to use Santa on your project.

Thanks for stopping by.
Ivanka

Happy Birthday Card

Hello.

This may be one of the last few birthday cards for a while.  Christmas cards are next.  Its so much fun to pull out all the Christmas stamps, paper and ribbon.  There are things that I've forgotten about.

For today's card, the paper is from Teresa Collins, 3D flower sticker is from K & Co., sentiment stamp is from PTI.

Happy Wednesday.
Ivanka

Happy Birthday Card

Hello,

It's a rainy Saturday today.  Perfect for staying in...the plan for today...making cookies and cards.

Today's card is for the sketch 85 challenge at Cardabilities.  Great sketch, so fun to create with.

I'm still digging through my stash and using things as I find them.  The fabric flower is from The Paper Studio, tag is from K & Co., die cut leaves are from Stampin' UP!, sentiment stamp is from PTI.  The only new thing is the paper which is 'Yours Truly' from Glitz.

Thanks so much for dropping by,
Ivanka

Happy Birthday Card

Good Morning.

So, I don't know if you do this, but I tend to 'hoard' things that I really like.  I finally realized that I have no idea what I'm saving these things for.  It has been a very freeing experience to finally use things up.

The light house sticker is one of those things.  It's from PSX and I've got 2 sheets left.  I'm finally using them up.  You'll see a few more cards from me with different light house images.  

The faux wax seal from Sonnets is another one of my hoarded items.  The original package of 4 had been in my stash for probably 10 years.  

Not any longer.  They are all used up.  

Feels good.

Happy Saturday.
Thanks for dropping by,
Ivanka

Trick or Treat Card

Hi again.

Yesterday, I posted this card and project which were published in the Fall issue of Paper Creations magazine.  I liked the Halloween tube, but didn't really have a need for it once it came back from the magazine.  So I took it apart and used the tag to make a card instead.

The paper is from Authentique, Enchanted.  Gems are from the $ store.
I quite like this as a Halloween card.

Thanks for dropping by,
Ivanka

Happy Thanksgiving!

We're having beautiful weather today, nice to have a 3 day weekend.  Canadian Thanksgiving seems to come so early, I'm probably more ready for it in November...but the fabulous meal and the great family memories are welcome any time of the year.

I didn't make any Thanksgiving cards this year, so here are a couple of Halloween projects.

Both of these are published in the current issue of Paper Creations Magazine, page 72-73.  :)

Enjoy the rest of your day.

Ivanka

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday...and it's a 3 day Thanksgiving weekend!  The weather should be nice and I'm hoping to get out and enjoy a whole bunch of fall colour!

Here's today's card...

More stuff from my stash.  Sentiment stamp is from PTI.

Happy Thanksgiving!
(in Canada anyway)

Ivanka

Happy WCMD!

Happy World Cardmaking Day!  I hope you get a chance to do something crafty today or that you get to enjoy the creativity and inspiration of so many blog hops happening today.

I am still playing with supplies on hand, digging in and finding forgotten goodies hiding in my stash and using paper that I've long forgotten about.  I'm having a ball!!  So many beautiful things that I'm happy I found again.  And finally got to use.

On my card today, the dress stamp in from Impression Obsession, sentiment stamp is from PTI.

Thanks for stopping in today.

Thank You.

I fell in love with the 75 Cents line from Kaisercraft.  Its elegance and gorgeous colors are just perfection.

Paired with a fancy sticker sentiment from SRM Stickers, and not much else is needed.

Happy Wednesday!
Ivanka

Hello, hello, hello...

I love small cardmaking forums where you can get to know each other, chat, challenge and swap if you'd like to.  There was a wonderful group over at the CardMaker magazine site but that closed down last year.  That didn't stop the wonderful group over there.  They started a new group called ScrapZee.   

Last year they started a Birthday club where everyone sends a card on your birthday.  The most wonderful thing is getting a mailbox full of beautiful cards when it's your birthday.  During the summer, I fell off the list for a while and I've felt bad about it ever since.  So I made a bunch of 'Hello' cards to send out to the members whose birthday I missed.

 

Here are a few of them.  The Hello is from Hampton Art Stamps.

Happy Sunday.
Ivanka

Two Quick Cards...

Hello,

I'm still digging through my scraps and long forgotten supplies.  Both the sticker in the first card and the image in the second have been in my scrap pile for years.  Probably longer than 5 years.

Nice to finally use them.  And how cute is that dog bone button?!  I wish I knew who made it.  I would love to have more.

Thanks for dropping by.  Wishing you a happy Monday tomorrow.  :)
Ivanka

The Rose









Hello...

I found a new (to me) challenge site.  Fusion Card Challenge.  So fun to see new ways to challenge ourselves.  Here is this week's challenge. 

 

 



 

 Here's my card using the photo as inspiration.

 

 

 

Sadly, this is one of the few PSX rose stickers I have left.  I had been hoarding these for years, they are so gorgeous.  The typed paper is from Stampin' UP!, the embossing folder is Acanthus from Anna Griffin, ribbon is from Offray, sentiment stamp and heart die are from PTI and the sentiment tag is a punch from EK Success.

 

This reminds me of...The Rose.  Yes, I'm that old!! :)

 

Thanks for dropping by.

Ivanka

 



Hello...





So...it's been a while.

I used to wonder what happened when my favorite bloggers stopped blogging. 

Now I know. 

Life. 

Life happens. 

A new job, busy schedules, vacations, different priorities...life.

 

So, I've been trying to ease back into cardmakeing, but it's been a little tough.  It just doesn't flow as well as when you are not in the 'thick of it'.

 

So today, I dumped out my scraps and leftovers container.  And here is the result. 

All cards were made from scraps and leftovers from other projects.  



 

 

 

These cards will not win blog challenges, or world cardmaking day contests...but it feels pretty good to be back!

 

Hope to see you soon,

Ivanka

Crate Paper & CardMaker Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to another fun blog hop.  We at the CardMaker  blog team are so excited to join in the fun with the amazing artists from the Crate Paper Design Team.  Today we are featuring Crate Paper's gorgeous Maggie Holmes line!  What a fabulous line, so much fun to create with.

For my project today, I started with some white acrylic paint from DecoArt and I dry brushed the Emily Jane paper to distress.  I then used the ephimera die cut cardstock, tags and butterfly.

For the coordinating gift box, I added some distressed cardstock to the top of the box, then die cut a label from the same paper, added some ribbon, twine and a die cut bow from the Ephimera die cut line.

I am in love with this line and can't wait to hop along and see all the beautiful projects created for the hop today.

Your next stop on the hop is:

Janna Werner

And don't forget to stop by the Crate Paper Blog where they are hosting a $40 prize pack giveaway of Maggie Holmes items.

Hope you enjoy the blog hop.
Ivanka

CardMaker Technique





Hello, it's my turn to share a technique over on the CardMaker blog today. 

 



 

See you there.
Ivanka