Cold Weather Crafting...

Our winter was rather warm up until a few days ago, and now we're making up for it BIG time. Tonight is going to drop down to -36 degrees Celsius with a wind chill of -51. Google tells me that's -32 / -60 Farenheit. I'm sure grateful for a warm and safe home tonight.

All the cold weather is good for my crafting Mojo, though, and I am happy to have another card to share with you. This uses a sketch I found through Google images, at a wonderful blog Ink Stains with Roni. Here is the link to the sketch - from 2009. This was a fun layout, and I was really loving these papers.

Cardstock: Bazzill, Copic Express It

PP: My Mind's Eye Fine & Dandy

Stamps: TPC Birthday Party

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Tim Holtz Vintage Photo

Copic markers

Brads: American Crafts Chestnut

Thanks for dropping by! Keep well and stay warm :)

Quick & Easy Birthday

It's a bitterly cold Monday here, and my house is so quiet with no one here but me. It's actually kind of nice ;) So while everyone else is off at work and school, I did a little creating. I made this card for my stash and it conveniently fits in with Laurie's challenge over on Hiding in my Craft Room, which is to use your scraps. I had cut out the shaped layer from the Elegant Edges cartridge a few weeks ago when I was just trying some cuts out. The background is a really old piece from my scrap box. The sentiment is a Rub-on from KaiserCraft that seemed to fit the bill. I used Harmonie glitter in the butterfly cut, and then went over it with Ranger's Glossy Accents. Some twine, button brads and a little faux stitching with my white gel pen and tada, a pretty simple card is born. I'm hoping it will kick-start me into some more projects.

Cardstock: Bazzill

PP: DCWV

RubOns: Kaiser

Cricut Cartridge: Elegant Edges (Butterfly2 & Shadow @ 3 1/4 inches)

Twine: Jillibean Soup Bean Stocks

Other: Brads (Making Memories), Glitter (Harmonie), Ranger Glossy Accents, Signo Uniball White Gel Pen

Well Hello There, 2012

My first post of the New Year... a full 9 days into it. Although I haven't posted before now, I have done a little card making, and tonight I'm off to a class at my LSS. I'll post some cards from that soon, but here's one of the ones I made previously. This was the lovely freebie image I got from Di's Digi Downloads some time ago, and I coloured it in with Copic markers. The bright and cheery paper is from DCWV The Citrus Stack.

This is a quick post, but hopefully I'll be back with another one soon.

Here's the recipe:

CS: Bazzill, Copic Xpress It

PP: DCWV The Citrus Stack

Stamp: Di's Digi Downloads

Ink: Copics

Punch: EK Success

Ribbon: Offray

Computer Font: Copperplate Gothic Light, Talking to the Moon

Other: Flowers, Button (unknown), Ranger Glossy Accents, Frosted Lace Stickles

Thanks for dropping by!

A Labour of Love

I love advent calendars of all kinds. I've seen these on blogs, and wanted to do one so much. This is KaiserCraft's 25 Drawer Treasure Chest kit. I painted it using Plaid Apple Barrel in Nutmeg Brown, then added the papers from Graphic 45's Christmas Past paper pack. I highlighted the edges with some gold paint, then used the same brown and gold paints to colour the numbers. Christmas Day has no number on it, as it would have covered up Saint Nick. Instead I used my Crop-o-dile to add a ribbon handle to that drawer.

Inside I put a variety of treats, and on certain days there are activities printed out on strips of paper. Some of them are food-related (Fondue Night, Ice Cream Sundae Bar), some are traditional events (Christmas movie night, going for a drive to look at the lights), and some are competitions with a prize for the winner (Christmas Charades, Road Hockey, Board Games). So far the kids have been pretty good sports about it, even though they're in their teens and up. They are willing to humour their poor momma for another year.

I am entering this in Docerela's Creations challenge ~ the theme is Christmas 3D item. Thanks so much to Carri for letting me know about this challenge.

Thanks for coming by my blog! I really appreciate everyone who comes to visit!

Bring On December!

It's been a while since my last post. I've been busy and stressed, and haven't been too motivated to craft or blog. The 'highlight' of my hiatus was my oldest son getting all four wisdom teeth extracted, followed immediately by him catching some sort of flu bug. He had us very worried, as we weren't sure if it was a reaction to the meds he was on for the teeth, or something else entirely. He is feeling much better now, thankfully, and I have actually been working on a project for the last few days that I will share later this week.

It's December 1st, though, and a new month deserves a new attitude. Time for a little less worrying, and a lot more baking, crafting, decorating and celebrating. This is truly my favourite time of year.

Here is the one card I did manage to make in my absence from the blog. My little niece had a birthday and this was sent out to her. The little bear image is from Di's Digi Downloads and he is layered onto a cut from the Cricut cartridge Elegant Edges. The sentiment is from My Pink Stamper, I masked off part of it. A fun, girlie card.

Cardstock: Bazzill, Unknown
PP: DCWV
Image: Di's Digi Downloads Giving Bear
Stamp: MyPinkStamper (Happy Birthday!)
Ink: VersaMark, Copics
Embossing Powder: Tsukineko White
Cricut: Elegant Edges
Other: Ribbon (offray), Flower (unknown), Brad (unknown), Frosted Lace Stickles, Glossy Accents, Signo Uniball White Gel Pen

Thanks for stopping by!

Good Things come in Pairs

I have a really LONG post today, and I'm going to share one new card and one old. These are for my little great-nephews who are turning 2 years old. They are identical twins with very different personalities. I shared the lion card I made for one of them here, and this is the other little fellow's bear card. I cut the bear from Create-a-Critter with my cricut, and used the cuttlebug to do all the embossing.

Here's the inside for the bear card, using Talking to the Moon font and Berlin Sans FB Demi:

And the inside for the lion card:

Their gifts all wrapped and ready to go; Hallmark paper and some scrapbook details:

And a close-up of the bows made using a tutorial on Splitcoast Stampers found here. I used My Mind's Eye Alphabet Soup Zoofari paper for it. I also used the die-cut animals from the collection for on the wrapping paper above:

Cardstock: PTI, Coredinations, Bazzill

PP: My Mind's Eye Alphabet Soup Zoofari

Cricut Cartridge: Create-a-Critter (bear @ 3")

(heart from snake accessory @ 1")

Gypsy Wanderings (label cut @ 4.25 x 3.34)

Cuttlebug Folders: Floral Screen

dots border

Punch: Fiskars Threading Water

Other: Ranger Glossy Accents

Computer Font: Berlin Sans FB Demi, Talking to the Moon

Thanks so much for visiting!

Falling Leaves

It's a beautiful Saturday and I'm enjoying the weekend, as I hope you are. We had a light dusting of snow overnight here and there is a chill in the air, so I am quite happy to hunker down in my craft room.

The card I made today was a little different for me, and a lot of fun to do. I heat embossed the leaf images from Tim Holtz's Falling Leaves set with Versamark and Stampendous Clear Detail embossing powder. Then I randomly sprayed the piece with Smooch Spritzes in Sunkissed, Spun Sugar and Tea Party to make the background piece. For the leaf on the top, I sprayed the same spritzes onto my craft sheet, added a little spritz of water and stamped from the craft sheet. The shape for my image layer is from Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge (love it!) and the stamp is from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments.

And here is the inside, which I stamped with the smaller leaves in the Tim Holtz set (also with the smooch spritz). The sentiment is computer generated and reads "When I count my blessings, I always start with YOU. Happy Thanksgiving!":

Cardstock: Bazzill, Staples
Stamps: Tim Holtz Falling Leaves
My Pink Stamper Happiest Moments
Ink: Versamark, Tim Holtz Vintage Photo distress ink

Cricut Cartridge: Elegant Edges - Eyelet1 in oblong cut at 4 1/2 inches

Smooch Spritz: Spun Sugar, Sunkissed, Tea Party

Other: Ribbon (unknown), Chestnut Brads (Bazzill Basics), clear detail embossing powder (Stampendous)

I am entering this in the following challenges:

The Friday Mashup! - I've been wanting to try this one for quite some time, and I hope that my card fits this week's challenge which is to make a card with heat embossing, or a Thank You (grateful) project, or mash it up with both.

Perfect Sentiments - This week's is to make a Thanksgiving card and to use brads or eyelets. This is their fifth challenge so far, and my first time trying it.

Thanks for visiting!