Willow & Paisley

Loonie Stampers - Stars

 

 

 

Dee chose STARS for us to use on our cards this go around.  My embossing folder does have some stars on it but they didn't show up very well so I added stars over top of them.  It's a super simple card that uses a past sketch from a magazine not long ago.

 

 

 

 

 

Did everyone get Christmas cards mailed out?  I've sent a few but certainly not the usual amount.  I am terrible at sending cards throughout the year so I always like to try to get them out at Christmas time.  There's always next year, right?  

 

 

 

 

 That's it for today.  If I have my way my Christmas shopping will be done today.  Not that I have alot to buy for but I'm going to get out early to avoid some crowds if at all possible.  Oh and I may have to hit a thrift store or 2.  What? It's what I do!!  ha. 

 

Merry Christmas Friends!

Dee   Regan   Wendy   Maria   Rhonda

 

 

 

 

Loonie Stampers Challenge - Kraft on Kraft plus 1 Colour

 

 

 

Hey Everyone.  Today Regan challenged us to layer Kraft on Kraft and add only one other colour.  I knew I had these Maya Road journal tags somewhere and once I found them the card came together quite fast. 

 

 

 

 

The stamps I used are from the Thanks for Everything set by Technique Tuesday.  I stamped the flower 3 times randomly onto the card base.  The black flower was heat embossed with a light tan embossing powder and then paper pieced.  Once it was in place I added the journal to the card and then I heat embossed the sentiment.  The top flower was also heat embossed in black and attached with a dimensional foam square.  The button and twine topped it off.  That's it, that's all. 

 

 

 

 

Be sure to check out my girls to see what they came up with.  Have a great day everyone. 

 Dee   Regan   Wendy   Maria   Rhonda

 

 

 

 p.s....I finally got a picture up showing the full Pointsettia card on last fridays post .  Still don't love the photo but I love the card. 

 

 

 

Loonie Stampers Challenge - Pointsettias

 

 

 

Happy Friday everyone!   This week is my pick and I went with Poinsettias.  My card is actually a reject from a Paper Crafts magazine call based on a sketch that I made in May.  I'm ok with that since I get to share it today!

 

 

 

 

 

I made these little poinsettias by cutting tons of tiny little petals from red and green felt and then held them together with a few stitches thru the centre of each.  They were very easy to make and so sweet.  Although, I'd still love to get my hands on a great die for a poinsettia but need to find one I like.  

 

Let's go see if the girls got into the Christmas spirit....

 Dee   Regan   Wendy   Maria   Rhonda 

 

 

 

 

Loonie Stampers - Buttons

 

 

 

OK so you know how I made this button card a few weeks ago and declared it was button day for the Loonie Stampers choice?  Yeah....no.  That day was supposed to be butterflies and TODAY is buttons.  I was right tempted to make a butterfly card today just to really mess with the girls.  But my good friend Gabi has been using her Button Boutique stamp set like crazy these days and I was inspired to get mine out. 

 

 

 

 

I don't know that I necessarily love this card.  What does wood grain have to do with buttons, you ask?  Nothing...except that the woodgrain heat embossed card base was sitting within arms reach.  I kinda thru this one together and I'm afraid you can tell. 

 

 

 

 

 Thanks for stopping in for a peek.  Have a great November chilly Friday!

 Dee   Regan   Wendy   Maria   Rhonda

 

 

 

 

 

Loonie Stampers - Green and Red

 

 

 

I'm sure you all are used to seeing orange and black these days but today I got to pick our Loonie challenge and I chose Green and Red.  I told you I'd be making Christmas cards and I'm happy to say I have a few done!  I also went through my boxes and boxes of cards and pulled out all the old cards from last year and those will also be used and mailed out this year.  I'm actually doing my best to clean and purge my craft room.  It's slow going but I'm plugging away at it.  Some neighbors kids are going to be very happy little girls when they see what's coming their way!  Maybe I should save it and give it to them for Christmas.  heehee. 

 

 

 

 

When I was sorting items to be purged I came across a package of dollar store pom poms (hoarder) so I sat down to make my card using them.  I threaded my twine with a needle and strung the pom poms on.

 

The Technique Tuesday stamps that I used are Harlequin Harmony which was heat embossed with clear on the white.  In real life it looks much better than my lack of photography skills could show.  The sentiment is Good Cheer by Ali Edwards.  Also heat embossed. 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting.  Have yourself a merry little day! 

 

Dee   Regan   Wendy   Maria   Rhonda

 

 

 

 

 

Loonie Stampers - Love You

 

 

 

Hi Everyone....how are you all doing?  I'm doing great.  I'm out at the in-laws farm this week and enjoying the cool Fall weather.  It's heaven out here really.  I've been looking through all the old barns for treasures and found an old chicken cage that I think we are going to be bringing home to turn into a coffee table.  We will clean it up, stain it and add some castor wheels.  I think it will look great and be a fun feature for Mike's TV room.

 

I'm sitting in the library in the little town of Virden, Manitoba typing this.  There is no internet on the farm and although I have 3G on my iPad it only has the HTML option when I go onto Typepad.  And you guessed it.....I don't even know what HTML is.  But it's all good.  This is the cutest little library I've ever been in.

 

 

 

 

Anywho.....I'm here to share my challenge card for this week.  Wendy chose our colours of Pink, Yellow, Craft and Cream.  They are so pretty together don't you think?  {{Try not to notice the green on the patterned paper}}.  I literally grabbed the papers off the huge piles of stuff (that causes me stress) on my craft table and put this together.  But I love how it turned out. 

 

I also love this stamp set......Love Always Wins by Ali Edwards.

 

 

 

 

 So there you have it.  Now let's go see what some of my favorite people came up with!

Dee   Regan   Wendy   Maria   Rhonda 

 

 

 

 

Loonie Stampers - A Recipe

 

 

 

Hey Everyone.......Happy Friday to you!  It's an awesome Friday in my world because I am now on 2 weeks vacation!!  Woohoo.  OK, so I may not be going to some tropical island or getting on a plane to go anywhere but we are going to my mom and dad's and you cannot get more relaxing than that.  We will spend Thanksgiving with them and my brother and his family.  I can't wait to see my amazing niece and nephew.  They are such cool kids.  {{Oh and let's not forget the best thrift store ever in a nearby town}}.  After that we will head off to Mike's mom's farm for another relaxing visit.  I love Fall vacations and I love nothing more than spending it enjoying small town living.

 

 

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I told you I'd be making Christmas cards!  Well this one isn't going to be very easy to put in the mail with those jingle bells is it?  Rhonda set our challenge for us today and it's a "RECIPE".  She asked us to make a card using 3 Patterned Papers, 2 Embellishments and 1 image.  How fun is that?  

 

Two of my patterned papers are obvious and the 3rd one is the glittery gold paper that the star is made from.  I might have ended up using 3 Embellishments if you consider the bells, twine AND the lace to all be embellies.  If you've visited my blog for any length of time you know that I don't really do "images" but I do have an insane love for Ali Edwards sentiments.  That is what I consider to be my "image".  This particular sentiment is from Good Cheer by Ali Edwards.  Seriously....I cannot stop using that stamp set!

 

 

 

 

Thanks for visiting.  

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving my friends!

Dee   Regan   Wendy   Maria   Rhonda 

 

 

 

 

 

Loonie Stampers - Get Flakey

 

 

 

We're getting FLAKEY!  Maria challenged us to use snow flakes in any way we wished.  This is great for me because it means I already have one Christmas card made!!  Hey.....it's a start.  In fact, I think I will try to work on doing at least one Christmas card a week from now till mid December.  I might just help me take the pressure off when the time comes to get them in the mail. 

 

 

 

 

This one is even ideal for mailing as those buttons are small and there's no bulky bow.  The stamp is Good Cheer by Ali Edwards {{Technique Tuesday}}.  It's one of my all time favorite stamp sets!

 

 

 

 

Speaking of flakes....lets go see what the girls have made!

 

Dee   Regan   Wendy   Maria   Rhonda

 

 

 

 

 

Loonie Stampers - Buttons

 

 

Hey all.  Today we're creating with BUTTONS....... Dee's choice for our challenge this week.  A couple of weeks ago I had seen this adorable framed pumpkin and I wanted to create my own button pumpkin when I sat down to make my card.  Check out her little ghost too.  Ahh..dorable. 

 

I'm pretty sure I can't draw a pumpkin very well.  When I asked Mike what it looked like when I had the buttons all adhered to the orange patterned paper he said a "bean"?  I thought he was joking since it was obviously a pumpkin (to me) but he wasn't.  Sure that was before I added the green stem or the sentiment but now it just looks odd to me.  I think he might have said something about a round heart too?  Thanks for that Mike!!!  Ha. 

 

 

 

 

Oh do you like my cute little ceramic pumpkin in the background?  Steph found those for $2 each at Superstore so of course I had to run out and buy some too!  {{Copycat}}.

 

 

 

I'm going to check out what the girls came up with now....... 

 Dee   Regan   Wendy   Maria   Rhonda

 

 

 My sentiment is from Technique Tuesdays Monster Mash stamp set.  It's too cute I tell ya!  

 

 

 

 

 

Embellish Color Trends Challenge - Paint or Mist

 

 

 

Heellllooooo! 

 

Our newest Embellish Color Trends challenge is here.  I swear I did not notice until right this minute that my "turquoise" is soooo wrong for this challenge.  I truly just had turquoise in my head but I should have checked the inspiration photo one more time before actually making my card.  Whoops. 

 

 

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The "trend" that you need to incorporate when you tackle this color challenge is to add PAINT to your creation.  You can paint the edges of your card, paint embellishments, stamp with paint or use a spray mist.  Anything goes.  I painted the chipboard cage a light grey and then distressed it with cream paint over top.  I just used acrylic paints from Michaels. 

 

 

 

 

So besides my color being {alot} off I was happy with final result and especially happy that I finally got around to using the bird and cage die.  They are awesome dies don'tcha think? 

 

I stamped the musical notes from Glee (Technique Tuesday stamps) using acrylic paint as well and it gives it a vintage-y look and a great texture. 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a GREAT weekend everyone.