Missing in Action

Well.... bottom line is I have not been crafting at all. I had a friend send me home using her airmiles so I was back in BC for three weeks in May (Thanks Auntie Sandra). Had a ton of family events in June (two 50th wedding anniversaries, my own anniversary, a wedding, and a camping trip for Sparks ... all but one event on the same week-end) WOW!!! So as I look here I am so shocked at how long it has been since I posted anything.


Here's a picture of the trip..... I had a blast going out on Sandra and Mike's boat for the day. I sure miss the BC ocean and of course all my wonderful family and friends :o)

I started the blog to keep busy since our big move across Canada and let people see how my cardmaking had grown-but now I seem to busy to keep up (lol) I promise I will get back to it.... I have also started my own business (I am now a Mary Kay Independent Beauty Consultant) and I LOVE it !!!! I have also started to cut hair again (a little bit for the neighbors) I have missed it!!

So see you soon everyone :o)

Penny Black Challenge ...Recipe 3,2,1

When I first saw this weeks challenge for Penny Black I thought ... this is an easy one ...lol... boy for some reason I really struggled with it. I just couldn't get what was in my head out on paper. Anyways here's the "second" attempt and my entry.

The Pink Elephant Challenge #4

I'm on a roll ... two challenges in one day (LOL).

The challenge today over at The Pink Elephant is the elements"ribbon and diecuts". I love diecuts and have a ton of them so I thought this would be alot of fun!!!

I stamped my "Penny Black" image on watercolor paper and colored with my tombows and blender pen (look Victoria ...I'm using all my toys). I then matted my image using my rectangle nestibilities then matted again on a scrap piece of coordinations cardstock, then placed on my main card. I attached my ribbon along the bottom and added Kaiser rhinestones. My diecut is a sizzix "paper piecing" dragonfly, I added diamond stickles to the second layer of the wing and attached with a pop dot (love those).

Hope you enjoy my latest creation !!!

Mojo Monday Challenge-Sketch #76

I've been terrible at posting lately .... I've had a very sick hubby and a Freezing Rain Storm that had us without power for 21 hrs. In order to get the creativity flowing again I decided I would try a challenge ....

Over at Mojo Monday Challenge they have this awesome sketch this week, I just had to try .... I had alot of fun playing with this sketch, and I even used all scraps to complete my card.

I first stamped my image on water color paper, colored with my tombows. I used my rectangle nestibilities, then matted on patterned cardstock. My main card and co-ordinating brown cardstock has been run thru my "bigshot" using swiss dots cuttlebug folder. I then added grass using my sizzix die. A bow didn't look right so I finished with Prima flowers and and a kaiser pearl for my center

I won Blog Candy ! Yippee!!

Just wanted to say "Thank-you" to Carol over at Carol's Paperplayce. Make sure you go check out some of her artwork. (Beautiful)

I started my blog On Feb 6, 2009 with the encouragement from my friend Victoria @Crafty Capers and have been having a blast ever since. It's kinda addictive ! So I've been searching around for inspiration, and checking out some other blogs ... then I discovered "Blog Candy" and oh if you can imagine my surprise when I saw my name on Carol's web page. YIPPEE !!!

So thanks again to Carol ... I cant wait to create with these yummy goodies

"My Friend"

I purchased this stamp from Crafty Capers before I left BC (PB Water Lily Skiing) .... I just couldn't resist this cute little guy !!!

My image is stamped on white card stock, then colored with tombows. I added glossy accents to the lily pad and butterfly. I cut out just around the lily pad and mounted on card stock ( I used my divine swirls embossing folder for dimension)My circles were cut using my nestabilities, then I embellished with Prima Flower and Dew Drops.

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

Here it is, my very first challenge card. I choose to participate in the Penny Black Saturday Challenge simply because Penny Black is my absolute favorite company (every image is just so darn cute !!). This weeks challenge was #36 - a Sketch by Nat and what fun it was!!

Hope you enjoy my card.

Another Birthday

I made this one for my mother-in-laws birthday (it's not until March, but I like to be prepared)

I used my cupcake set by Inkadinkado Clear Rubber Stamps. I love this set, its just so cute. I stamped my image on white cardstock but decided not to color the cupcake, rather I used stickles to outline. I stamped the cherry seperate, colored then attached with a pop dot.

I matted my image then attached to my main card, added some ribbon I had and then embellished with prima flowers (the centers are stickles).

Laughter

Just a simple card .... I wanted to try something to use my new kaiser craft flowers.

Thinking of You

I went searching yesterday to find an image to make this card for a friend back in British Columbia .I was looking for something that was not Penny Black ...lol... it seems I lean heavy to Penny Black and have very little otherwise. Anyways I think this turned out pretty good!

I'm absolutely loving my core'dinations cardstock (thanks Vic!!) It's so nice to work with. I stamped my three images on white cardstock, colored using my tombows, then added glossy accents to the flowers and butterflies. I used my birds and swirls cuttlebug folder for my co-ordinating cardstock, cut out my three images and used pop dots to attach. I then embellished with ribbon, prima flowers and dew drops.

I hope you enjoy!!!

Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday Honey!!

Ok I'm getting a little ahead of myself since Steve's Birthday isn't until March but this was one of the cards I did during my "stress time", while Papa was sick.

Penny Black (Behave) may very well be a little "cutsie" for a man but I just couldn't resist this guy (and besides with 3 puppies we call our kids, its perfect!)

I loved coloring him -used my tombows, matted my image on a piece of scrap cardstock (yippee for scraps!) then to the main card, added a border using glitter glitz (from Crafty Capers) and voila ....

Nap Time

Another image from one of my favorite companies .... Penny Black (Nap Time).

I stamped my main image on white cardstock and colored my hedgie using twinkling H2O's and my tombows then highlighted the daisies with stickles. I mounted this image on a scrap piece of card stock and used my Swiss Dots cuttlebug folder. I then added ribbon and again mounted on a coordinating piece of cardstock, then to the main card

Death leaves a Heartache

Ok here it goes .... my first post.

On February 2nd 2009 my Papa Jack passed away so I found that sympathy set I bought shoved in the back of the storage drawer. It's the type of card you never want to make but I needed it to be very special. I wanted something simple but yet elegant... I think I achieved that. I'm very pleased with how this card turned out.

I used direct to rubber for my image, then used my nestibilities to enhance the main image, embellished with some Prima flowers and finished with my new kaiser pearls (copper).