Gadget Girls Spring 2015 Crop Creations

Good Afternoon, my crafty little friends!

Last weekend I attended the Gadget Girls Spring Mega Crop in Truro, NS.  As always it was a fabulous time, and for once, I was actually productive!  Scary, I know!  I met a bunch of new people this weekend, all absolutely lovely, and SO creative!

I finished my 3rd Foto Folio (Yes, those fabulous ones of Paper Phenomenon fame!), and actually made some cards!  I've decided to do separate blog posts for each of my Folios, because I don't think I've actually shown any of them off, and they are way to cute to just exist on my shelf lol

First up:  SOY HAPPY FOR YOU

This card was done with Lawn Fawn's 'Let's Roll' stamp and die set.  I am OBSESSED with this set!  I say a LOT more sushi themed cards in my future!  The images were colored in with my copics, the embossing folder was borrowed from my darling Mel, and the paper is from a paper pad from Michael's (Blue Lotus?  I'll have to look up the name to be sure), the edges were inked with Pearlescent Chocolate Ink, the inside stitched rectangle die is from Simon Says Stamp.  I have 2 of this card currently available in my Etsy Shop.


Next:  CAT and DOG SELFIES!!!

These were fiddly and took a long time to make, which is surprising because they look so clean and simple!  For each card (I did 2 of each, so 4 total) I stamped the images, colored them, die cut tiny Polaroids, glued the Polaroids on the the images, cut them down, and then all the twine, clothespins, pop dots, etc, etc lol

The stamps are a stamp and die set from Avery Elle, I can't recall who makes the Polaroid die, but I know I got it at Michael's.  As always, the images were colored in with my copics, the 'Smile' is a cutting file I made for my Cameo, and which may become available for purchase if I can figure out how to make that happen, I used ultra fine glitter paper from Michael's for the Smile, and black for the offset.  The stitched square die is from Simon Says Stamp.

My Etsy shop has 2 of each card available right now:  Cat and Dog 

And:  STAR CARD

 

This was a nice and easy card to make.  I just used my Spellbinders star dies, sentiment stamps and patterned paper. The small star and card edge are bordered with Stickles.  These cards will be available for sale in my box at The Cutting Garden :)


As I said before, I will make a full blog post for each of my Folios, but I wanted to show you the one I finished this weekend.  It's style 3:

I absolutely ADORE this paper line!  Unfortunately it was never available at the Michael's in Canada.  I bought this from Mel, and she got it in Maine.  You'd think something THIS nautical would be pushed for the Maritimes for sure lol

Anyway, that's about it for now.  I am heading over to The Cutting Garden on Saturday evening to try my hand at Pocket Letters with some of my crafty girls.  I'm looking forward to it, and will make a post early next week :)

Hope you are enjoying the SUN out there today!

Tiddly Inks Design Team Entry!

Happy Sunday my lovelies!

I know it's been a bit since I posted, but hey, it's summer and I've been out with the pup, soaking up this amazing sunshine! 

The other day I was doing my morning check of Facebook and noticed that one of my favourite stamp companies, Tiddly Inks, was having a design team call, and I decided to give it a shot.  I've never applied to one of these, but I've always admired the beautiful projects that people come up with, and I'd love to be part of something like that.  So without further ado, here's my entry!

I chose Mystria as my image.  She's a digi, that was printed on (surprisingly) Michael's cardstock with my laser printer and coloured in with my precious Copics.

Mystria is a great buy because not only do you get her, you also get the awesomely swirly tree, and digital papers too (see the inside of the drawer).

I chose to do my card with a twist - it also doubles as a gift box!  The small handle is from FabScraps, and as I said above, the paper lining the drawer is a digital paper that comes with your Mystria purchase!

I had a great time making this, and I hope you all enjoy it!  I'd love to hear what you think of it, so let your voice be heard in the comments section.  Feel free to give me a follow if you like what you see!

Storm Day Creation

Today tropical storm Arthur passed through The Maritimes, so we were pretty much housebound.  I did get some cleaning done, but I also created!

Here's a card I did (while having a Beverly Hills 90210 marathon on Netflix... MmmDylan...)

Image is a digi (TheEastWind), colored with Copics and embellished with Stickles, Glossy Accents, and Distress Ink.

Let me know what you think!

Kenny K Krafty Krew Challenge - Femme Fatale!

Seriously.  How can I NOT enter something with a challenge name that's the same as a Britney Spears album?!  It was MEANT TO BE lol

Challenge Link:  CLICK ME!

And my entry:

I made a  Birthday/Anniversary Reminder calendar for my desk for this challenge.  It is free standing, and each month has its own page.

I used Kenny K's Capt. Locke, the rubber stamp version, purchased from Whimsy Stamps.  She was stamped and embossed and then colored in with Copics.

I hope you like her!  I had a great time making this project :)

Happy Mother's Day!

Let me start off by wishing all the Mommas and Furbaby Mommas a very HAPPY Mother's Day!

I had a great day with the fam.  We went over to my sister's and had a Mother's Day brunch for her and my Mommy.  I made Mom's famous Wife Saver breakfast casserole, and it was DELICIOUS!  My sister surprised me with a Furbaby Mother's Day gift, which was SO sweet and completely unexpected!  She got me a super cute mug for my tea with apples on it, and some melt-in-your-mouth AMAZINGLY YUMMY fudge from a lady at one of the craft fairs she was at.  Oh, and she totes had it all in a Backstreet Boys (Millennium-era) Gift Bag!  Sweet!

As you know 2 of my favourite people, Lindsey & Glenda (whom I lovingly refer to as my Baby Mommas), were celebrating their very FIRST Mother's Day, so I wanted to make them a card to commemorate the day:

The image is from Saturated Canary, though I believe it's retired now, so I don't think you can buy it anymore.  They were colored with Copics, the patterned paper from Pink Paislee, and the cardstock is from American Crafts. I've been told I should make more of these, so I probably will.  Keep checking out my ArtFire Studio and Etsy Shop!

This is the card I made for my Mommy.  In the drawer I had her gift which was a Kameleon Jewelpop :)

This card was made using Graphic 45's Botanical Tea Collection. The cardstock is from American Crafts, the "Where there is tea, there is love" stamp is from the Botanical Tea Collection, and so nicely lent to me by my darling Mel.  The adorable little handle on this drawer was purchased from Kim at The Cutting Garden in Halifax, and I believe it is made by FabScraps.

The Baby Mommas ordered card for the ladies in their lives, and these are what I made for them.  For Lindsey I tried the Pop Up Box Cards I've been seeing all over Pinterest.  They were SO fun to make!  I have lots of ideas for these in the future!

I used a paper pad from DCWV for the patterened bits and the flowers, the cardstock is Recollections and the little fence was cut out with my Cameo.  The lettering was done with Photoshop and then printed out with my laser printer.

And for Glenda, she liked what I made my Mom, so she ordered 4!  I unfortunately didn't have any more of the Botanical Tea to spare, but I did have some other Graphic 45 papers that I used :)

The Peach and Mint one was made using patterned paper from Graphic 45, Sweet Sentiments Collection, and Recollections Cardstock.  The stamps, again, were from the Botanical Tea Collection.

The Cream and Purple one was also made with Graphic 45, but this time I used Secret Garden Collection paper, and the cardstock was Recollections.

I should mention here that my goal for May is to 'create within my stash'.  Meaning I'm ONLY using products that I have here in my craft room.  It's shocking how much stuff I have in here that I forgot I even bought lol

Again, all of these will also be popping up in my ArtFire and Etsy shops, so stay tuned!

Paper Bag Mini Album!

It's finally finished you guys!  I know I took my sweet time getting this done, but here it is, and even better than pictures I MADE A VIDEO!  Now make sure you go to YouTube and Subscribe to my channel so I know you love me.  And if you found your way here from YouTube:  Welcome!  (And make sure to follow my blog!)


This album is available for purchase in my Etsy shop  :)

Here is the info on the products I used:

Inks/Markers/Misc

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Vintage Photo

Time Holtz Distress Markers in Spun Sugar, Peeled Paint, Mustard Seed, Antique Linen

VersaFine Ink in Onyx Black

Stampendous Embossing Powder in Detail Clear and Detail Gold

Sakura Glaze Pen in Clear

Copic Markers E37 Sepia & 0 Colourless Blender

Plaid Royal Coat Decoupage Finish 1401 Clear

Stamps

InkadinkaClings - Butterflies
Studio G Cherish - Cameo, Chandelier, Keys
Hot Off the Press Inc - Peacock Feather
Penny Black - Wall Paper Print

Papers
TPC Studio- Wedding Silhouettes
Bazzill Basics - Floral Collage/Paper Straws
Bazzill Basics - Gallery/Home Spun Chevron
Documented - Simple Stories - Doilies/Ledger
Recollections - Gold Damask
Recollections - Black Cardstock Pack
My Mind's Eye - Lost & Found Christmas
Glitz Design - French Kiss Hats
Basic Grey Curio Paper Pad

Other
Martha Stewart Punches
Cricut Sophisticated
Elizabeth Craft Peel Offs
Stickles
Embossing Folders
Viva Decor


I'd love to know what you think! Questions and comments are always welcomed :)

Scrapbooking Cafe Online September/Fall Challenge

This is my first ever challenge entry for a contest like this!  Over at Scrapbooking Cafe Online Blog, they are having a challenge to "create any paper item with a fall feel to it".  Well you all know how much I LOVE Halloween, so here's what I came up with:

The image is an Outlines stamp, coloured in with Copics, Viva Decor & ribbon Accents.  Background paper is from Michael's.  I'm pumped with how this turned out, and I'm in the process of making a bunch more to give to my peeps for Halloween :)







I think I have the challenge bug now!  Can't wait to try some more!  If you know of any other blogs that offer challenges, please let me know so I can check them out ^.^

Whimsy Stamps - Sealed With a Kiss

Happy Monday everyone!

Yesterday I went to a charity event at Carousel Rubber Stamps, where a bunch of crafty ladies got together to make cards and then donate whatever we made to Hope for Wildlife so that they, in turn, could sell them to raise money for the rescue.

I didn't know how productive I'd be since I'm so easily distracted by fabulous conversation, so I brought a bunch of my inventory to donate, just in case.  I did get 1 original card made, and I put together 3 more cards that were left over from a class that was held at the store.

Here's the original:

 

I used the Whimsy Stamp "Sealed With a Kiss", coloured it in with Copics, and used Smooch Spritz with an image mask to create the shimmer behind the seals.  The border was part of an Outline stamp (I believe, I can get all the info for you if you are interested, just comment or message me on Twitter.  I don't have the stamp, but they have it at the store), it was coloured in with Copics and a Spica, and then popped. 

A great time was had by all and HFW ended up with lots of cards! 

Carousel Horse Card

 Just wanted to show off the card I made with one of the awesome new Whimsy Stamps I showed you in this post.

Colored in with Copics, accented with Stickles & Viva Decor :)

Whimsy - Miss Fortune!

Hey everyone!  I know I've been slow to make blog posts lately, but the puppy has truly been keeping me insanely busy! 

Saturday night I got a little break and went to Girl's Night for some crafting fun! We went to Pilot's for supper and then went back to get our crafting on.  This time we were joined by the lovely DC & BD!  Hopefully they will be permanent fixtures in our club ;)  I didn't get anything finished, but I did start with the coloring of this card and had a fabulous time with the ladies!

While J was home on the weekend I was able to get this one finished up, plus my Mom's birthday card (which I will schedule to publish tomorrow, so she can't sneak a peak at it before tonight lol).

Introducing Miss Fortune! 

She is now available for purchase in my Artfire Studio!

She is a Whimsy Stamp from the Kenny K Collection.  I colored her in with Copics, and accents were done with Stickles, Viva Decor, Smooch, and Spica.  The "Make a Wish" stamp & ribbon were purchased at Carousel Rubber Stamps, and the "Happy Birthday" was a freebie stamp that came with one of those fab British mags.  I used Spellbinders dies to cut the ovals.

Let me know what you think!

Seahorse ATC

This is a pre-scheduled post because I wasn't sure what shape I'd be in after the Canada Day weekend, and I wanted to make sure I got something up to entertain you guys while I recover :)

Last month our Artist Trading Card (ATC) group's theme was 'Glitter'.  Guess who chose that?  THIS GIRL!!  Thank goodness there are other glitter fans in our group (I'm looking at you, McD sisters!).

I found this AMAZING glitter sheet at Michael's in the loose paper section.  Usually I won't spend money on these fancy sheets because they charge $4 PER SHEET!  Now don't get me wrong, I love me some Michael's, but $4 for a sheet of paper is INSANE.  No matter how beautiful/sparkly/pink/swirly/InsertOtherPaperWeaknessHere it is.  This particular day they had a "Buy 1 get the second for 1 cent" deal on.  That's pretty much $2/sheet, so sure, I splurged.  AND GOT THE TWO MOST SPARKLY PIECES OF CARDSTOCK OF ALL TIME!

Unfortunately I didn't get a pic of the full sheet of the pink zebra print... it occupied a space on my desk for all of 10 minutes before I made that cellphone cover tutorial lol  The other sheet reminded me of the ocean, so I decided on a seahorse stamp that I got as a freebie with one of those fabulous UK card magazines.

Next I used my Spellbinders to cut them out in an oval shape.

It took some precision to get them cut out as they were pretty much EXACTLY the height of the die.  Some of them tails and fins got nipped lol

Next I colored in with my Copics.  As you can see, the one to the far left was my 'messed up card', so I always keep those ones for myself.  That's why most of the seahorses are blue, and my final pic down there is almost teal lol

And then assembled!  I used Viva Decor around the edge of the circle, for the air bubbles, and for the dots along the top and bottom.

I'm still waiting on a few ATCs from both May & June.  As soon as I get them I'll post them too. 

Thanks for checking out my creation for June's ATC :)