Happy New Year

Almost every blog I follow is doing a recap of their favorite posts, projects or events of 2011. I am not going to do that as I am just too lazy, turning 40 this year has just drained me. LOL

Whole lot of cards being made

I have been crafty busy lately, which is a good thing. I made a bunch of cards and here is what I got done. 

I used the Scraptures December card kit to make this card. The sketch is from Card Patterns and is turned on it's side. I also used rock candy distress paint on the 25 and added stickles to the tree.

This next one is also using the card kit and the sketch is from cardabilites. 

Here are a couple of gift card holders I made.

Inside

Outside

 This image is from Simply Betty and I coloured here with copics. This gift card holder is for a co-workers niece.

This one is a ticket holder for the same co-worker. The image is from KennyK designs (I cheated and bought the precoloured image). The sayings is from Graphicat (my fave store as she is Canadian..bonus!)

I am still feeling pretty crafty so may be doing some more cards. I just did two clipboards .. one for the principal and one for the vice at Dakota's school.

Hula hoops

This is my 2nd post of the day (wow didn't think that would happen).  I was able to do another card tonight (I will be doing 2 more). I had fun with this one. I love the sketches over at Deconstructing Jen and have been meaning to ink up this stamp for a while now. She is from Tickled Pink Stamps & I bought her from Graphicat Stamps (love her), the sentiment & skull are also from the Graphicat store.

I am entering this card in the deconstructing jen #30 sketch and Do You Stack Up challenge...something old. I figured she is from the '60's so qualifies. :) 

CPS sketch

Quickly did this card at work yesterday morning. Not sure I am completely happy with it. I like the sketch but wasn't feeling it. LOL I used the December card kit from Scraptures. 

The sketch is from CPS ... check it out. 

Our Tree

I don't like decorating the tree, I have been like this since I was about 14 years old, drove my mother and then my husband nuts. Our tree is 20 years old, still in pretty good shape but way too big for our living room. I have wanted a white tree for awhile now and I lucked out with this one (last one in store and not getting anymore). Now it was a pain, we had to change 320 multi coloured lights to white (kept 80 purple) and the replacement bulbs didn't fit so we had to take apart each light and put them into the ones that came with the tree and then put onto the wire. I decided to go with a bow on top. I was going to hang the ribbon down in swirls but for now it is wrapped around the tree. I didn't put all of our old ornaments on but a lot of them.  The tree skirt is that white "snow" blanket you can buy with a clearance purple curtain/sheer.

Mickey and Pluto

Mickey and Minnie from Liz Hway in '93 I believe.

Last ornament my mom gave me...shopping elf.

Purchased in Disney '04

2010?

Disney '04

Dakota snuck this bell on the tree (rec'd when my poppy passed away) but I didn't mind.

Purchased in Disney '10

Chip..I think '94

Deck the Halls

I am actually making the time to create (and feeling creative) lately. Since Dakota is home sick with me I thought I would work on another card with this months Scraptures Card Kit. I am enjoying the Teresa Collins Christmas home line and I am not a fan of Christmas paper. The brads are from the T.C. World Traveler line, ribbon unknown, I used Tattered Angels slate spray on the white background so it wouldn't be so harsh. I used foam squares on the saying to lift it off the ribbon. The sketch is from Deconstructed Jen.

I am entering this in the DYSU Challenge ~ Ribbon.

Graphicat December Challenge

Made another card the other day. This one is for a co-worker. I purchased this great Kenny K designs stamp from Graphicat Stamps. The paper is Bo Bunny and the sentiment is from C & C Designs which I purchased from One Crazy Stamper. I used homemade bakers twine and some iRock gems. The sketch is from Graphicat Sketches. 

Here are the copic colours I used for the girl and some of the bags.

Thanks for looking.

Deconstructed & Graphicat

I am the card designer for Scraptures kit club for December. As I am not shy about saying, I do NOT enjoy making Christmas cards..just not my thing. I saw this line, which is Teresa Collins, and thought "I can work with that." I am happy with the way both of these cards turned out. 

This first one I used the sketch from Deconstructing Jen. I do like her sketches. The paper is the Welcome Home collection..Notes. The stamp is Inkadinkadoo Paper cut. The white lace ribbon no clue where it is from (probably a past Scraptures kit) and a bit of Prima taupe lace ribbon.  I am also entering this card in the DYSU challenge.

For this card I used the sketch from Graphicat (another Canadian company I love for stamps and awesome sentiments). The paper here is the same as above but I also cut out a piece from Ads. The stamp is embossed with Zing glitter embossing powder..I found it a little difficult to tell when it was done "embossing". The black is like an old shoelace or something or a string from a hoodie..something like that. The bling is Queen and Co.. I added some scrap vellum embossed with TH snowflakes embossing folder. I didn't want to cover up the words on the background paper and that is why I went with the vellum.

Thanks for looking once again. If you are interested in getting some of our great card kits just let Christa know over at Scraptures. Great service and great kits. 

I have been creative the past couple of days.  This card was a copy of one I found on pinterest from splitcoaststampers. The second is using stickers and my CTMH word stamp.

I used a Phineas and Ferb colouring page for this one and coloured it using my copics. I do have the colour swatch somewhere but didn`t take a photo. 

 

Angry Birds book marks. Again images from the internet and coloured with copics. I then covered with glossy accents and let dry. Hot glued to large paperclips. When I made my second set I used my NEW Imaginsce I-Bond.!! 

Here is a layout I did using a layout from Becky Higgins book. I used Bo Bunny paper and unknown letter stickers and butterflies.

Thanks for looking. This weekend I have one more craft show to be in, so if you are in the Niagara Region of Ontario send me a message and I will let you know where it is. 

Sporty layouts of 09

I finished some more layouts. This first one I started a while ago and stopped. It isn't really finished..I am waiting for some 4x6 page protectors so I can add more photos to the layout when it is in the page protectors. I am pretty sure I started out with a sketch from Layout Blueprints and then drew it out on scrap paper to change it slightly to make it my own (something I rarely do). I cut the title, bowling balls & 5 pin set out with my silhouette. The large one I cut out by hand as his birthday invite. The title colour I used (for the first time) distress stain in Vintage photo. LOVE IT! Want more colours. LOL

This layout is a sketch from Pagemaps 2 (so happy I finally got my book with a gift certificate).

This one I basically just went with the printed paper. It had a large space for a photo, I fussy cut a bit of the design to go over the photo. Then took 3 photos, cut them small and placed them around the page. The soccer cut out (and baseball from above) are from Mosaic Moments.

Thanks for looking again. It actually feels good to be doing some layouts instead of cards. I have some more that I have been working on, mostly ones that I had started and never completed. I have one I tried to work on the other day and it still is giving me troubles. I doubt I will ever like it. LOL

Thank you cards

I was asked by a co-worker to make 2 thank you cards for the guys at the dealership where she bought her new car. I made 2 different ones using sketches. 

This one I looked up images of cars for colouring and found this one. It was from a free kids colouring pages site but I knew that the girl was a Kenny K image so I looked and sure enough it is Miss Thang. It wasn't credited but I thought I would since I love the Kenny K images.  The sketch is Card Patterns. The green paper is Bo Bunny from a previous card kit from Scraptures.

Copics used to colour image.

This card was a more simple one, the sketch is from Card Positioning Systems (CPS).  The paper is really old, don't know who it is by, just grabbed it out of my scraps bag. The circle background and the sentiment are Stampin' Up stamps.  

Thanks for looking, I hope you like them (as I hope my co-worder does as well). :) 

Christmas 09

I did another layout and ones that I always struggle with..Christmas. The sketch is from Sketch Blueprints book. The paper is Basic Grey Wassill, some of the embellishments are LYB and I can't remember who the title/stocking are from. 

Thanks for looking, now it's time for Criminal Minds.

I did it! I actually scrapbooked! I did a layout instead of a card! 

This one I did using some Basic Grey paper, chipboard, old butterflies and a black copic marker. The sketch was one on the Canadian Scrapbooker blog in September. I still need a title. I want a short one word one to go on the bottom left of the patterned paper ending at the photos. Dakota was just killing time at one of Riley's soccer games. Any suggestions would be great.

This layout is done using Helen Croft's layouts at Sketch a Little. The boys got to hold a olympic torch at the salon where my friend works. I used Bo Bunny paper and my sew easy tool for the stitching.

Deconstructed Sketch 26

I just wanted to share a card I did the other day using the deconstructed sketch.  I used my copics to colour the Hello Kitty image. The charm I have no clue, just something I bought on clearance somewhere. I used my new favorite border punch by MS (thanks Nicole). 

 My plans this evening are to actually scrapbook and not make cards. I am really far behind. Usually I am only a year behind, this time I am still finishing up 2009, I should be at least half way done 2010 right now. 

Made by Hand show

Just wanted to share some photos from the Made by Hand Show in Toronto today.

I am exhausted and spent most of the day with a headache but still it was a good experience. Thank you Jacqueline.

It took us 2 hours to set up and less than half an hour to tear down. These are us setting up.

 We asked the vendor beside us to take our photos. This is the first time wearing our 3 Scrappy friends shirts that my good friend Don did for us. 

 Here we are with Jackie Ludlage from Canadian Scrapbooker magazine.

We have 2 more shows this month. The 19th and 26th, both at area schools for their fall fundraisers. 

Looking forward to them. Now to make more cards and other great teacher gift ideas.

Graphicat sketch

I had forgotten to take photos of some of the other cards that I had complete. Here are two more, the 2nd one I added a glitter ribbon slide..looks great. 

Here is my take on the Graphicat sketch. I thought the sentiment was from Graphicat as well but I can't find it on the store. Cheri has another great sentiment that would fit this card, just need to purchase it.  I used rock candy distress on the wings and copic markers to colour in Tinkerbell. Just had some fun with it. Thought I could give it to a friend that loves Tinkerbell when her birthday comes around. The Tinkerbell image came from a free colouring page site.