Heaven Sent

I'm sneaking in a few minutes on the computer this morning. The end of summer is such a busy time. We've been trying to enjoy the last few days of freedom and trying to get the back to school shopping done all of which don't leave much time for creating or blogging.I did recently have a bit of time to play with my embossing folders. Love using them, they're so easy to use and I just love the texture they add to the card. Here's a baby card that came together really fast. Hope you enjoy the last weekend of the summer.Card stock: The Paper Company
Patterned paper: Basic Grey
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug
Scalloped Square Punch: Marvy Uchida
Ribbon: May Arts
Rub on and eyelet: Making Memories
Stamp: Stampabilities
Ink: VersaFine

Puppy Treat Bag

I am amazing myself...blog posts 2 days in a row!!
Hope you're having a great weekend. The weather yesterday was perfect and we had a wonderful day out on the boat. Very relaxing. So today we're doing some yard work to try and catch up with all the chores around here.
Here's a puppy treat bag that I made from this wonderful Top Dog collection from Stemma.

Patterned Paper, ribbon and brad: Stemma,
Cardstock: Prism
Die Cuts: Scallop Tag by Sizzix, Gift Bag by AccuCut
Stamps: October Afternoon
Inks: ColorBox
Rub Ons: American Crafts (faux stitching)

Happy Saturday

Hope you're enjoying a nice relaxing weekend. The sun is finally out and hopefully here to stay today. We've had so much rain and so many storms that I think we're overdue for a nice weekend.
Just a quick little card that I have to share today. This is one that I made for my SIL.

Patterned paper is from Bo-Bunny, flower, brad and heart are from Making Memories and the sentiment stamp is from Print Works.

Have a wonderful Saturday!

Hi There!

So...it's been a while, hasn't it?! How is the summer going for you so far? Ours has been crazy/busy but also a lot of fun. And I can't believe how fast it's going.
My girls spent a couple of weeks getting spoiled rotten by their grandma and all of our family in Edmonton. They had an amazing time and we are very lucky to have a very wonderful extended family that the girls just love! While they were gone out West, Steve and I went on a boating trip down the Trent-Seven Waterway here in Ontario. We had crappy weather, but loved the relaxing days on the boat and some nice 'together' time.
After that, I joined the girls in Edmonton for a week. I am so grateful to be able to go home again. My mom still lives in the same home where I grew up and having her bang pots around in the kitchen brings back so many wonderful memories.
One of the radio stations had a retro weekend while I was there. That was such a blast from the past! Hearing the same songs now that I used to listen to back then, in the house where I grew up...well it made me stop and relive the past. It almost made me feel like you can go back again, if even for the length of a song!
So my retro weekend inspired me and when I came home, I dug out my We Are Memories paper and made this card, reminding me of the 'good old days'!

Paper and chipboard are from We Are Memory Keepers, Paper Frills are from Doodlbug Design, colored with chalk ink, flower is from Prima, rhinestone is from Kaisercraft, sentiment is from JoAnne's

Retirement Card

It's not Monday anymore, but it's still a card using up some supplies, so I'll tag it Oldie Moldie Monday, I hope that's ok. This is for a lady who's retiring and taking some time off to learn how to sail. She'll be missed, she's so amazing at her job, but I know she'll thoroughly enjoy her retirement.
Patterned Paper: October Afternoon, Cardstock: Prism
Ink: Memories, Background stamp: Stampin UP, Sticker: PSX
Ribbon: Martha Stewart Crafts by EK Success, Sentiment: Computer Generated

Hope you're having a great day!

A Friend is Someone...

Well, the weekend is almost over. Hope it was a good one for you. I think the only problem with weekends is that they fly by way too fast!
We attended our DD's last music recital this afternoon and we're into the last week of school. High school exams are done and things are really winding down. I love this time of year.

Here's my card to share today. I love these bright pink blossoms... seems like summer is finally here! It's another one for the Caardvarks Pink Challenege.
Cardstock: Prism, Patterned Paper: Bo-Bunny Press, Blossom: Heidi Swapp, Rick-Rack: Doodlebug Design, Button: Heidi Grace
Ink: ColorBox by Clearsnap, Rub On Sentiment: Melissa Frances

Make a Wish

TGIF!!! I love Friday's. The work week is over and the weekend is just around the corner. And there's only one week of school left! Yay! I'm so looking forward to summer. To lazy days and going back home to visit family.

Today though, I have laundry and cleaning and errands. I guess there has to be some work before the fun, right??

Here's my card for today. The patterned paper is from Scenic Route, rhinestones are from Prima, flowers are from Sandylion and the sentiment is from Studio G.

Another one for the Caardvarks Pink Challenge.

Hope you're having a Fabulous Friday!

Happy Birthday

Last January, at my fist ever CHA with Simply Sentiments magazine, I was thrilled to meet a ton of wonderful people. It was just amazing to actually meet the people who were behind creating and bringing all the fabulous products to market. One of the nicest bunch of ladies we met were from Webster's Pages. They couldn't have been nicer to us. I've been a fan of Webster's Pages ever since, their paper is just beautiful! So I was happy to find out that the Webster's Pages crew have started a community where we can get all kinds of inspiration using their products, chat and have a chance to win some prizes. The site is called inspireME.
Take a peek when you get a chance. There are some amazing ideas on there and some very creative ladies.

So here's my Monday card using Webster's Pages paper and Audrey Pettit's June sketch on inspireMe. This Card also fits in with Caardvarks Pink Challenge

Patterned paper: Webster's Pages; Heart:Imagination Project; Paper Frills: Doodlebug Design; Flower: Prima; Metal flower: Creative Imaginations; Rhinestones: $ store; sentiment: computer generated.

Hope you have a wonderful week!

Father's Day

I'm surprised they haven't kicked me out of 'blogdom' it's been so long since I've posted!! This time of year is always crazy around here. The end of the school year is always busy as are all the activities that are winding down and the new ones just starting. Our last dance recital is tomorrow, the last music concert is next Sunday. High school exams are starting and end of the year parties abound. Where do I fit in to all of this hubbub??? I'm the designated taxi driver...my time is not my own anymore! I wouldn't have it any other way, but I am really looking forward to summer vacation and the relaxed schedule that it brings.

In honor of Father's Day tomorrow, I thought I'd share some cards I've made.

Cardstock: Prism, Patterned Paper: (Blue and note paper) Sandylion Sticker Design, Cork Sheet: Karen Foster Designs, Rub Ons: One Heart…One Mind, 3 D Embellishment: (Father) Me and My Big Ideas, Metal Corner: One Heart…One Mind, Brads: (Arrow) Hot Off the Press, (Silver) Imaginisce, Clock face: 7 gypsies, Foam Letters and bracket: American Crafts, Stamp: Studio G, Ink: Stampin’ UP!, Tape Measure: Bobbin Ribbon, Ribbon: Offray, Twine: Darice, Staple: Making Memories

Sticker and patterned paper are from Bo-Bunny, ribbon is from Offray, key charm is from 7 gypsies.

Chipboard letters are from Me and My Big Ideas, photo turns are from Stampin' UP, Stamp is from Anna Griffin.

Have a wonderful weekend...I'll try not to be such a stranger around here.

Thinking of You

Time seems to fly doesn't it?! I have no idea where the last 2 weeks have gone. There is just not enough time in a day to do all I'd like to do. Do you find that too?

This is a card I made for a coworker whose husband passed away suddenly. He called her at works saying that he wasn't feeling well. She raced home, but by the time she got there, he was gone. It hit all of us at work really hard.

As for the card-the patterned paper is from Making Memories. I ran it through my Sizzix machine with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The sticker is from PSX, I stamped the background with the Stampin' Up French script rubber stamp. The flowers and rhinestones are from Prima and the sentiment stamp is from Studio G.

That's all for me today. Give all of your loved ones an extra hug today.

Oldie Moldie Monday!

This week I dug out my Crate Paper. I've had this for a couple of years, loved it but never really created with it. Don't know why.

I think it worked well for these 2 sympathy cards that I needed to make. It's never easy to make a sympathy card, but I do like how these turned out. The rubber stamp is from Rubberstamp Ave, sentiment is computer generated, hardware is from Stampin' Up! And the ribbon is from Offray.

It's a long weekend Monday for us, but the weather is cold and miserable. Nice day to be inside creating! Hope you're having a wonderful day.

Happy Birthday Barb!

My wonderful friend and tour guide from Wisconsin Barb, is having a birthday! Hope you have a day as wonderful as you are Barb! This card is on its' way to you.
The patterned paper is from My Minds Eye and the stamps are from Gina K, all bought on my trip to Wisconsin a few weeks ago. I colored the image in with Twinkling H2O's and addedd Stickles to the flowers.
Happy Birthday Barb!

Middle of the week card

So I missed doing an oldie moldie card on Monday, don't know where the time goes. Anyway, here is my middle of the week card. Actually this one is on it's way to my cousin for her birthday.

Patterned paper is from My Mind's Eye. The flourish is a Sizzix die cut and I must have really wanted this die because I bought it twice. Yup, I did. Before I went to visit my friend Barb in Wisconsin a few weeks ago, I shopped on line at Joanne's and the Sizzix site and had the things shipped to Barb to save on shipping things to Canada. I think the 2 orders were a few weeks apart. When I opened my boxes in Wisconsin, there was this flourish die in the order from Joanne's and the same die in the Sizzix box. I must have really liked it!! Luckily Annie was nice enough to buy it from me so that I wasn't stuck with 2 of them.

I really do like creating with the flourish, so I guess it was meant to be. The large flower is from Bazzill, the smaller one is from MM, rhinestone is from Kaiser Scrapbooking.

Happy Wednesday!

Can't help but create!!

I am loving all the new things I brought back with me from my trip to Wisconsin. I felt the need to create, even though time was short today.

The polka dot paper is My Mind's Eye and the floral is Basic Grey. Ribbon is from Making Memories. I fell in love with it the minute I saw it. The flower is the same as yesterday, really liked that too.

Thanks for popping in.

Oldie Moldie Monday

I've been away and have come home a new woman! Well not exactly. But I have come home with tons of new supplies though.
I was in Wisconsin over the weekend. My friend Barb lives near Madison and another friend Annie, from Minnesota, drove down to visit with us. It was a whirlwind weekend and a whole lot of fun. Boy does Barb have some great places to shop. Wonderful scrap booking stores, a Joanne's, a Hobby Lobby, a Target and even Gina K has a store near her. We were in shopping heaven. Needless to say, I came home with some new things to play with and will probably need to mix some new in with the oldies, just so I can start using my new fun things.
We even got to an outlet mall to do some clothes shopping. We found a great sale at Bass and came out with some great deals. It was a wonderful weekend spent with great friends.

So here's my card with a mix of old and new. The patterned paper is from Anna Griffin and the script is from 7 gypsies. I've had both for many years. They were my favorite for a long time and I used to hoard them. The flowers are mainly new, the outer purple is from The Paper Studio, the beige one is from Kaiser Scrapbooking, and the small purple one is from Prima. The brad is from Imaginisce and I got to use my new Sizzix flourish die cut. The sentiment is a rub on from Deja Views.
Happy Monday!

Oldie Moldie Monday

This week, I dug into my Basic Grey stash and dug up some old papers I'd been hoarding. These papers are perfect for masculine cards but I had the hardest time coming up with a design. It just wasn't coming. I did end up making 2 cards, basic in design, but they do the job.


The letters are from American Crafts. They're self adhesive foam and fun to work with. Ribbon from my stash.

Sentiment stamp here is from Printworks. The embossed paper is an old piece of cardstock that I've had from Lasting Impressions. Feels good to use it up.

Happy Monday everyone!

April Image Swap Card

This was an image sent to a bunch of us from Cococat's Cardmaking site. I thought it was such a lovely image and just so pretty and girly, so that's the direction I took with the card. It's so amazing to see all the different ideas everyone comes up with using the same image. Check out the gallery over there if you haven't visited recently. There is a ton of inspiration there. And the MB is friendly and fun so pop in there too and say hello.
The patterned paper was still left from the March card kit that I used last week. It really was a wonderful kit Lisa on PCA sent out. I colored the image with Twinkling H2O's, and punched it out with the Marvy scallop punch. I added Tulip Fashion Bead Paint to the scallops. I cut a larger oval with the CM oval cutting system and I added Stikcles to the flower centers on the patterned paper. The flowers are from 7 gypsies. I touched them up with Twinkling H2O's to make a more matching color.

Use it up Monday Challenge

Well here it is Monday again. I can't believe how fast the weeks go. I haven't really had much time to create lately, so it's a darned good thing that I make myself get some cards made for my Monday challenge. For this week, I decided to catch up on a card kit challenge that was sent out by Lisa on Paper Crafters Anonymous in March. I just haven't had time to get it done till this weekend. So I hope you don't mind if I play catch up on this challenge instead of digging into my stash today.
All the gorgeous papers I used were sent to me in the card kit as were some of the stickers. I added the flowers and the ribbon. Once I got started I couldn't seem to stop, I just loved these papers and the gorgeous colors that were in them.

Ribbon is from Martha Stewart. It's in her Halloween pack of ribbon, but it worked perfectly for this card. The large flower is from Imaginisce and the 3 D sticker flower is from Sandylion.

The stamps are from Hero Arts, key charm is from 7 gypsies, and same ribbon from Martha again. I just love this sticker that came in the kit, it's so colorful and cheery, such a cute little house.

Here the purple flower is from Prima and the 3D sticker one is from Sandylion again. I really love those flowers form Sandylion. They're colorful, so easy to use and provide just the right finishing touch. And the company is Canadian!! Sentiment stamp is from Anna Griffin and I used Paper Frills from Doodlebug for the scalloped border.

Large flower is from Imaginisce, small is from Sandylion, ribbon is from Strano. It was in a sample pack that I got form a trade show and it fit perfectly across the front of the card.

And the last one for now (I have at least 2 more that I'm working on from this kit). The brads are from Making Memories and the sentiment stamp is from 7 gypsies.

Hope you're all having a good Monday so far. It was nice and sunny here today and the rest of the week is supposed to be even nicer. It's so wonderful to see the spring bulbs coming up.

Oldie-Moldie Monday

Well, I've spent the better part of the last few days de-cluttering my scrap space and am happy to report that I have 2 good sized boxes to offer up for the LSS garage sale coming up next month. This is one of my favorite events of the year. I get to get rid of old supplies that I'll probably never use and in return I get a store credit to buy new supplies! Can't beat that!

Not to worry though, I didn't get rid of everything old. I kept some of my favorites that I know I'd be able to make use of. For today's challenge, I dug deep into my paper pile and came up with this pretty K&Co. paper from a few years ago. It seemed perfect for this sympathy card I needed for my husband's cousin who recently lost her father. The blossom is from Bazzill, flower sticker is from Sandylion and the sentiment is from Deja Views.

'Use It Up' Monday-part 2

I found this sticker that I've had from Violette Stickers and realized it would fit perfectly with Caardvarks Homegrown challenge as well as my 'use it up Monday' challenge. All the things I used in this card have been with me for over a year! Definitely time to use it up!

The patterned paper is from Bo Bunny, the paper frills are from Doodlebug, Buttons are from making memories, brad and photo turn are from Stemma and the rub on sentiment is from Basic Grey.
Happy April Fools Day tomorrow! Are planning any pranks???