Willow & Paisley

Wow~~~September Already

                  

Can you believe it?  We actually had to turn our furnace on yesterday as it was SO cold.  It even snowed in a town about 1 hour west of us yesterday.  Sure it's close to the mountains but it was August and that's just not right!! 

Here's just a quick card using a couple papers from K & Company.  The top scallop was done with a Martha Stewart punch, the ribbon is from a dollar store in Saskatchewan if you can believe it~~~love it!  And I Love my hydrangea flowers and bling!  I am finding I need more sentiment options (rub ons, chipboard).  Sure I can use stamps but I am liking the scrappy look too and a girl can always use more, right??

I received my Elzybells!!!  So excited!!  My first DT card will be posted on Thursday, Sept 4.  Please be sure to visit then and check out Elizabeth's blog that day too!  Have a good day!

You and Me ~~~Sketch Challenge Card

                   

Happy Sunday!  I hope you are all enjoying your day.  It's rainy and cold here and that is fine by me as I could stay home and play in my craft room.  My good friend Steph is here hanging out with me.  Hi Steph!!  I haven't done many challenges but this card is one that I did for Lil' Scrappers sketch challenge which is posted by Carlaon the 25th of each month.  There are a few girls on the forum who do challenges throughout the month and I would like to do more of them.   All of the materials on this card are from a kit I ordered from Lil' Scrappers except for the alphabet stamps.  OH, and how do you like the photo??  I just got my light kit that I ordered from eBay and this is the first card I photographed.  I think the lights may not be as bright as I would have liked so I will try adding my OTT light to brighten up the photos next time.  But overall~~~I likey!  OK, enjoy your long weekend.  Go Create!!

I am a Demi Diva!!

                                                                       

Isn't this the cutest?!!  Becky made them for Kim, Lynn and I.  We have been having a great time using the papers that Becky has been creating - called Demi Design~~~and you can download them for FREE!  Seriously, how amazing is that?  They are all so beautiful.  She has some new ones called Singlets and I am in awe.  Check out her blog and see all the great designs she has come up with.  This new release is called Bats in the Belfry ----that's right---- Halloween!!  I don't think I made any halloween cards last year as I had not even been stamping for a year at that time and I really did not have any Halloween schtuff.  So needless to say I had much fun with this paper!!!  Be sure to check out Kim and Lynn's blogs to see what amazing creations they came up with too.  And of course, Hurry over to Becky's blog to print some out for yourself and play along.  Have a great weekend!  Go create!

                     

                       

It's Monday

                      

Just a quick card to share with you today.  It's made from a Scrap Kit that I bought from Lil' Scrappers.  I love every single piece of paper in this kit!!!  I will be sure create more with it soon.  Have a good day everyone!  p.s....I'm still enjoying sewing on my cards.  I even managed to go around the curved corners pretty good. 

Hello!

                     

Hey Everyone....I am back from vacation.  It's good to be home but jumping back into making cards was not so easy after 2 weeks.   I made a few cards Friday and was definitely worried as they bordered on ugly.  LOL.  But here is a card I made last night that I am happy to share.  It's based on a sketch over at Lil' Scrappers.  I just found this on-line store and forum and I love it!!! Very fun!  Have a great day.

Unity Imagine Create Become

                        

Maybe the title should have been Button Overkill.....LOL.  My mom recently bought me 8 quart size jars of buttons from her local thrift store.  I am so in love with those jars of buttons!!  The stamps are from my Unity Kit of The Month.  I combined 2 stamps here and stamped on some new dp.  My beloved Papertrey Vintage Cream cardstock is the base and the ribbon is from Michaels.  I will be home later this week.  I hope to spend the weekend stamping.  I will have been missing my cards but I did take my Copics and a bunch of images to practice my coloring.  Have a great week everyone and we will see you soon.

Gorgeous Glitter Bird!

                        

Did you all know that Martha Stewarts craft line is now being carried at WalMart?  I went, I saw, I bought.....this adorable sticker glitter bird set.  This could be my most favorite card I have made yet.  My card overall was inspired by a new blog I found.   http://moralia.wordpress.com/    Check it out.  Her name is Carla, she is Canadian too and I am in awe.  OK....so my card looks nothing like hers but I had her "scrappy" style in mind when I creating.  Even the twine/button idea was from her. 

My DH asked who I was giving this card to.  Um....me!  I am a card maker not a card giver!!!  LOL.

I am still out of town.  My next card scheduled is for Friday August 8.  It will be my Loonie Stampers Challenge card.  See you then.  Have a great week everyone.

Unity Butterfly

                       

Hey Everyone!  Hope you had a great weekend.  Mine was very low key.  I love having those weekends.  Here's a card I made the other night.  This uses the sentiment Becoming Butterfly  from Unity Stamps.  They have alot of singles and they are SO nice!  This paper is a new pack I purchased on the weekend.  I also bought a couple new Martha Stewart punches.  This butterfly and a bird.  And you can see that I have totally copied my good friend Jewels by adding some scraps to the inside of the card.  I love that!!  Thanks for the great idea Jewels!!  That's it for now.  Have a great day!!                            

Demi Designs ---- Love 'em.

So you all know my BFL Becky, right??  She is such a wonderful and supportive friend to me.  AND she is so talented.  This girl is creating her own designer paper!!  I got a sneak peek and was able to print her newest designs.  Here's a few cards I made which I hope showcase her dp.  This is 3 of the 5 new patterns called London.  It's fun and it's free.  Check her blog out to print and play.  Enjoy!

   She calls this dp Big Ben.  It is my FAVORITE!  I love everything about it.  The card base is my beloved Papertrey Vintage Cream and the middle layer is SU's retired True Thyme (also to go down as one of my favorite colors ever)which was a perfect match!  The pink ribbon and the rub on was a subtle touch.   I wish my photo did justice to show how lovely this really is but I couldn't get the lighting right.

 

 

 

This one is called Buckingham Palace.  I was able to print it in this small size and also a bit larger.  I love it.  Such a happy print!  Oh and those stamps.....my new Unity Stamps arrived.  Loving them so much.  My coloring leaves a bit to be desired however.  Leave it to me to get the Copics to run when coloring a tiny cherry.  LOL!  

 

 

 

And last but not least......Covent Garden.  So cute, So pretty!!    I like everything about this card except for that sentiment.  What was I thinking putting that there?  I tried to get it off but anyone who used Mono Multi knows that was not happening. 

And you see that gorgeous crocheted flower?  Yep, my great great great friend Jewels made that....with her own 2 hands.  Talent!!  She sent me a pile of 'em. Thanks Jewels....they are wonderful!  Can I have some in Chocolate??? LOL.

So there you go.  How cool are those papers?  I hope you have as much fun as I did using them.  Thanks BECKY!!  Can't wait to see what else you design!  And Thank you to everyone for all your support and kind comments regarding the Elzybell DT.  One of these days I hope to calm down from the excitement and get some sleep.  LOL.  Have the greatest day ever!

Unity For You

                        

Now I know how people feel when they say their posts just disappear.  I had this one ready to be published this morning at 6am and when I checked....poof it was gone.  I really think it has to do with my spell check.  I have always had a glitch with it and avoid it but last night I tried again, thought it was ok....obviously I was wrong.

Anywho....I recently bought Giggle Grove Unity stamp set from a local store. This is a card I made using one of the images. The ribbon and button treatment are cased from Nichole.  The rub on is SU and the dp is Basic Grey.  If you have not yet checked out Unity Stamps you must do so. They have $5.00 flat shipping to Canada - no minimums required-which is simply unheard of!!  It makes me want to order twice a month...LOL!  Which I did if you count the Kit of The Month club that I joined.

Hope you are having a good day.  I likely won't be able to post for a few days.  Family is still here and I have gotten in any stamp time yet.  Later!