Willow & Paisley

Embellish - Birthdays

Yay, yay, yay~~~time for another Embellish Magazine colour challenge and just look at that amazing image above.  LOVE IT!  How can you not be inspired by it?

We are SO excited to introduce you to our sponsor this week.

I admit that The Stamps of Life is a new company to me but am I ever happy to have been introduced to them also.   I really love their stamps and you must check out owner, Stephanie Barnard's blog.  She has really fun videos introducing you to her new releases each month.

You can purchase their images in the form of clear stamps or digital stamps AND they have a Stamp of the Month Club for a very reasonable price so you automatically receive the stamps each month.  I am also floored that they mail stamps to Canada for $1.50 per set (to a max of 4 sets per order).  That is INCREDIBLE and if you are from Canada like me you know just how great that is!!

My card uses one of the most awesome cupcake stamp sets I have ever seen.  It is called HappyBday2You.  How much do you love that big yummy cupcake?!!  It's a winner for sure.

I stamped the "icing" onto embossed cardstock and trimmed it out.  I stamped it again on white cardstock and layered them so it looks like a bit of the "cake" is showing.  Anyone else hungry?  lol.

The inside of my card is finished off to complete the Happy Birthday sentiment.

{{{for anyone who ever wonders if I sew right through my the front of my card you can see that the answer is ...yep, I sure do!!  It is a handmade card afterall.}}}

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you are truly inspired to make a Birthday themed card using the fabulous colours of the week.  You will find more comprehensive details at this link at Embellish Magazine as well as the link to add your card entry.  A winner will be chosen to receive their very own HappyBday2You stamp set.  Enjoy!

 
 
 

Happy Birthday Shelby~~&~~Loonie Stampers #70

Hey Everyone.  Hope you are having a great week.

I want to send out a great big HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my amazing niece Shelby.  She is 12 today!  I cannot believe it~~~12 yrs old already.  I keep telling her to stop growing up so fast.  Not that I am worried it makes me older too....he he...no not that.  Have a wonderful day Shelby.....I wish I was there to give you a big birthday hug!  But I can't wait to see you at Christmas time!

In honour of Shelby's day I made a birthday card as my Loonie Stampers card.  Regan chose these HOT colours and can I tell you.......I love them!  LUV!!!

Can you believe that ALL of the patterned paper on this card is from my scrap folder????  Oh yeah.  Same with the brown strip and kraft piece with the sentiment on it - straight out of my little paper garbage can!  I was inspired by Jessica Witty's scrap card and knew I wanted to take on her 10-Minute-Scrap-Pile-Challenge.  I didn't time myself to see how long it did take to make but WOW do I ever love that I actually used old product and it worked!  Thanks so much for the inspiration Jessica....I hope you are going to continue with the challenges??  See my fingers crossed?

Now before you go and get a start on enjoying your weekend please check out the Loonies!

Dee    Jewels    Regan    Maria    Wendy

 
  
  

Embellish w/ Leaves Acorns and Pinecones

I had SO much fun with this challenge.  Of course I had to borrow stamp sets from my wonderful, generous, amazing friends~~~ Wendy and Rho ~~~ because I had exactly ZIP NADA NOTHING for stamps that included pine-cones and acorns.  Thanks girls for lending me the stamps.  I *might* return them.  I will think about it.  

Here's my 2 cards that I created to share with you.  ~~~Never mind that my stamped sentiment is crooked.~~~  And it was even a clear stamp!!!  Look away people.  ;)

For this one below I was totally in love with with greenery and pine-cones in Ashley's colour map and loved that I could (sort of) recreate it.  Ashley makes THE BEST colour maps out there.  Don't you agree?  You are going to love the next challenge too.  Stay tuned.

Oh....I remembered that I had bought these chipboard-y Martha Stewart acorns last year on clearance and wanted to finally do something with them.  This challenge was the perfect opportunity.  They open up and you can put schtuff in them.  Here's the before. 

Here's the after!  Love it.  It's glitterfied!  In fact EVERYTHING in my craft room appears to be glitterfied at the moment.  Hehee.  Thanks for visiting today everyone.   See you tomorrow with my Loonie Stampers challenge card.  It's a good one!

 
  

Hello

Hi Everyone....I hope you had a great weekend.  I am thrilled to say I have most of my Christmas shopping done!  Yay!  How about your Christmas tree?  Did you get it set up?  I wasn't going to put a tree up but we ended up setting up just the top 2 pieces of the 3 piece seven foot tree. That means we have a cute little 5' tree.  Not that it's decorated or anything but it makes me feel like I did something....haha.   Adding lights and decorating will have to wait until Thursday.  It's my short week.  Another....Yay!

Sorry I don't have much to share with you.  I have been creating a few things for some pub calls but I can't share until they are rejects....which is likely too so maybe one day.  In the meantime I do have a couple cards I can share.

This first one is a precious girlie CASE of my baby boy card.  Cuteness.

This next one is a close up of a card I showed briefly the other day.  I love the layout and seem to keep creating this style.  Of course the card can be made with any sentiment you wish.  The flowers are heat embossed and some of the black powder stayed where it shouldn't have....but I like it anyway.  It's rustic.  Sure....lets go with that...rustic.  haha.

  ETA:  Please watch for this card in an upcoming Paper Creations issue.

 
 

Loonie Stampers Challenge 69

Who says you can't use black on a Christmas card?  Sure these colors are pretty bold but I think they look great together.  Of course I used a lot of my FAV neutral....PTI Vintage Cream so the black and red really aren't too overpowering.

I picked up a new Cricut cartridge the other day (Joy of Christmas I think it's called???) which this ornament "frame" is from.  Did you get that it was a Christmas ornament?  I wasn't sure if the black polka dot dp worked or not.  Or does it look like one of those round bombs waiting to be lit?  lol.

Ok...now let's go check out the other girls creations! 

Dee    Jewels    Regan    Maria    Wendy

That amazing ribbon is from Perfectly Pretty which you can find right here.  It also comes in a really great brown and ivory checked pattern.  
  
  

Elzybells Challenge Time

Hey Everyone.....time for a little Elzybells Challenge!  This week we would love for you to play along by creating a Christmas gift or Christmas wrap.  I am sure you are all knee high in Christmas projects already and we'd love to see your twist on it using your Elzybells stamps.  Be sure to add your link on Elizabeth's blog for a chance to win!

The stamps I used on my little gift bag are the Set of 4 robins.  I think they are the cutest birds in the entire world of stamps!  The sentiment can be found here.  How "tweet" is that?  Heehee.

Did you notice the gorgeous ribbon?  It's Perfectly Pretty of course and you find it here in Carly's beautiful Etsy store.  It's so soft and it ties like a dream. 

Please check out the other DT creations.  We can't wait to see yours!

Elizabeth    Francis   Jeanne    Michelle    Stephanie
 

 
  
   
  
  

Something Fun to Share

 

My very good friend Carly has opened up the most darling Etsy store and I am so proud that she asked me to be on her Design Team.  I am also super excited that Sarah Martina will be part of this team with me.  Sarah is also such a good friend to me and I am happy that we can share another adventure together.  How fun is that?!!

Carly's Etsy store will focus on gorgeous ribbon and embellishments but you will also find unique vintage-y treasures and most recently some vintage style stamps.  Once you visit her Etsy store you will see that all the items are very special.....just like Carly herself!  Watch for the store to grow and become your one stop shop for all things "pretty".

I am sure you know Carly well and have visited her blog (so you know just how talented this girl is!) but just in case I wanted list where you can find her.

Perfectly Pretty Etsy

Carly's Blog

It's going to be so much fun to share these wonderful ribbons and embellishments with you as I use them on my creations.  Today I will start with a card I made using the most gorgeous Orange Grosgrain Striped 1.5" ribbon.  ~~~It also comes in pink~~~  LOVE it!

Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me share the news.  Please visit Carly's blog to leave a little love and congratulate her on what I just know is going to be a wonderful success. Have a Perfectly Pretty day everyone!!

 

 P.S.....you may recall this card...I know a bunch of you LOVED the ribbon.  It's also from Carly's Etsy store.  Just thought I'd let ya know. 
 
 

Dee Wannabee

 

Dee is the Queen of "white space".  I LOVED LOVED LOVED this card she made and this is my attempt at her style.  Never mind that my lines are bad and my tree is crooked.....go look at Dee's card and forget about mine.  

Yep I am a Dee Wannabee!

 

Loonie Stampers Challenge #68

Yay, it's Friday!  I don't live in the US but I wish I was there doing some shopping.  I would LOVE to hear about some of the deals you got today.  Go on...make me jealous.

There's not been alot going on around here but we are considering renovating our kitchen and Mike and I went to our first cabinet manufacturer today to start a quote process.  I am super excited!  If we do renovate I am thinking about showing the progress on my blog.  Mind you we did our basement ~~~my craft room~~ last year and I still haven't shared those pics with you yet have I?

Have a GREAT weekend everyone.  I best be getting motivated to do some Christmas preparation.  My cards are pretty much prepped and I just have to put them together and get them signed and mailed.   Then there's the tree.  I haven't put up a tree probably in the last 2 or 3 years.  Does anyone else despise putting the lights on?  It's such a lot of work. 

Jewels picked out colours for today.  They are pretty great don't ya think?  I went with a Christmas theme.  I think it works.  Be sure to check out the Loonies and see what they made.

Dee    Jewels    Regan    Maria    Wendy

 

  
 

Embellish w/ Brads

How much did you love this colour challenge?  Once I got out the embossing powder in these amazing colours I was thrilled these colours!  I also knew I would be in love with Papertrey's Giga Guidelines stamp set.  Yep, I was right. 

This next card is one I wasn't quite sure I would share because the felt tree looked soooo much better in my head than it turned out in real life.  However, the card still has something that makes me happy so I figured share I will!   I used 21 brads on it including those alphas...but who's counting?!  haha.  Well that's it, that's all.  Have an amazing day everyone.  Thanks for Embellishing with us!

p.s...Thanks Kim, for the gorgeous red felt trim!  Love it.