A little love

Hi neighbour! I'm glad to be with you :)


I was so sad to have missed last week's Freshly Made Sketch challenge. It was so fun and unique! So, I made sure this week to get on top of it right away, before time slipped out from under my feet again!

Love

This card uses an element from one of my favourite sets that is retiring on May 31st; Happiness Shared. It's a beautiful flower and a lovely sentiment. I may just have to keep this one for a little longer - not sure I can part with it yet :)

Here is the sketch I was working with today, from Rita Wright:

The Beau Chateau DSP is such a soft, subtle collection. It's wonderful for baby, romance, sympathy, male, female... just about anything! And I love the simplicity of the colours. This set is all about the designs and nostalgia. If you've overlooked it in the past, go check it out again and imagine it's versatility!

Thanks for stopping by. Off to go watch more TV intros on YouTube of my favourite childhood shows. So far, my (little) boy is not too impressed with any of them! ... With the exception of Fraggle Rock, maybe!

-Tara

xox

 

Sneaking in...

Wow, I'm sneaking in just under the wire here! My blog post of late have been quite sporadic, I know.

My husband was in a bus accident last week and although he's alright, he hurt his knee quite badly. That night, my (little) boy got really sick and we spent all night at the hospital... Then, he started to get better and my (baby) boy got really sick! It's been a mess of injuries and germs around here, and we're just starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel :)

So, all that being said - I absolutely needed (!!) to play along with the Friday Mashup this week. I love participating each week, and I've sadly missed a few lately. But challenge me they did!

Happiness Shared (yup, again! hehe)

This is the challenge I was working with:

1. Make a project using the "Spotlighting Technique".  
2. Or Make a project featuring "Penguins".  
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project featuring "Penguins using the Spotlighting Technique"

Sadly, I don't have any penguin stamps. I borrowed Punch Pals from a good friend over the holidays, but returned it and am left 100% penguinless! It's sad, I know. 

This is  my first time using the spotlighting technique, and I found it quite challenging, but also super fun! I made about 3 cards before I finally settled on this one... The just didn't feel the others were "right". The spotlighting in this card is very subtle.

Materials used in this card:

Cardstock: Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White

Stamps: Happiness Shared

Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Basic Black, Old Olive

Embellishments: Old Olive grosgrain ribbon, Rhinestones

Tools: Labels Framelits, Blender pen

For the sentiment, I used two of the larger framelit dies and and trimmed them so I was just using a section from the middle to frame my sentiment. I like the shape it gave it, and it just screamed for some jewels! After all is said and done, I wonder if maybe the pearls would have looked nicer... Thoughts?

Also, for fun, even though it's a day late, I wanted to show you the Valentine's card I made for my wicked, awesome husband. 

 

Hope all you lovelies are doing well out there in blogland!

Until next time - Happy stamping :) 

-Tara

xox

Sharing some happiness!

Well hello!

It's been quite some time since I've made a post on my blog. Things got pretty crazy around here! But, I'm back in the saddle again, and it feels good :)


Today, I'm playing along with the Colour Q challenge. The colours this week are so fresh, and I really wanted to make something vibrant and 'summery'. But, it didn't really work out that way ;) I've been dying to try out my "Happiness Shared" stamp set, which I've had for a little while now but had yet to ink up.

I love this set so much. The flower art is so gorgeous, and lets you go crazy with your creativity - you can colour it using any colours you like! For this one, I used Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, Regal Rose and Old Olive. First, I coloured using Blender pens, and then I added some highlights with markers.

Happiness Shared

(CQC123)

Materials used for this card:

Cardstock: Whisper White, Peach Parfait

Ink: Poppy Parade, Peach Parfait, Regal Rose, Old Olive, Basic Black

Stamps: Happiness Shared

Tools:  Postage Stamp punch, Blender Pens, markers

I wanted to keep this card very simple. I think the sentiment speaks for itself!

Come back tomorrow to see a fun card made using the Up, Up & Away set (one of my favs!)

Until next time - Happy stamping :)

-Tara