DAT'S My Style

Birthday Wishes Again

2012-02-01T08:00:00.000-05:00

Good old stand by!

With the leftover pieces of patterned paper from my card on my previous post, I was able to make one of these Birthday Wishes cards to add to my stash.

I used SEI's Corinne 6 x 6 paper pad with Bazzill Lily Pond & Sea Salt cardstock.

To embellish the card I used We R Memory Keepers Sew Ribbon Aqua - Misty Morn ribbon and brads from my stash.

The stamps are from CC Designs Great Greetings stamp set.

Have a Purr-fect Day!

2012-01-30T08:00:00.000-05:00

Here I begin my new challenge. Use one whole 6 x 6 patterned paper pack to make a variety of cards. I am almost done. So, far I have made Birthday cards, Valentine's Day cards, Anniversary cards and I have an idea for some Thinking of You cards to finish off the pack of paper. I was able to make a total of 4 of these cards for my stash.

I used SEI's Corinne 6 x 6 paper pack with Bazzill Lily Pond & Sea Salt cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used We R Memory Keepers Sew Ribbon Aqua - Misty Morn ribbon and Kaiser Craft Ice Green Pearls. I also used EK Success' Medium Corner Rounder and Labels 17 Nestability.

The cat image stamp is Mavis has a Daisy from Stamping Bella. The sentiment stamps are from CC Designs Critter Sentiments stamp set and stamped with Stampin' Up Old Olive Ink.

Copic Markers used: Cat - T2 & T0; Green Dress - YG61 & T0; Nose - T5; Teal Background - G000 & T0.

Sending you a...SMILE

2012-01-28T08:00:00.000-05:00

I made this card for my cousin's 3rd birthday.

The patterned papers are from Jillibean Soup Apple Cheddar Soup 6 x 6 paper pad and the cardstock is Bazzill Navel & Pollen.

To embellish the card, I used EK Success' flower border punch with Lemon Yellow Liquid Pearls for the middle of the flowers. The die-cuts were done with my Big Scalloped Circle Large Nestabilities.

The main image stamp is from CC Designs Say Cheese stamp set. The sentiments on the front of the card are from CC Designs Great Greetings & Fence Sentiments stamp sets and the inside sentiment is from Inkadinkado.

Copic Markers used: Hair - E27, E29 & E25; Dark Orange - YR18; Lighter Orange - Y32, Y17, YR15 & YR16; Skin - E00 & E000

Sweet as Apple Pie

2012-01-26T08:00:00.000-05:00

I am really trying to use up my 6 x 6 pads of paper. I own a scrapbooking store, so you can imagine how many I own. I am also trying to get ahead on cards so that I may actually get to a personal scrapbooking project one of these days. So, I have made up a total of 6 of these cards.

The patterned papers are from Jillibean Soup Apple Cheddar Soup & Homemade 6 Bean Soup 6 x 6 pads of paper, the cardstock is Bazzill Pollen & Intense Kiwi and Stampin' Up Riding Hood Red.

To embellish the card, I used Doodlebug brads and a KI Memories paper clip. The die-cuts were made with the Classic Ovals Small & Large Nestabilities and an EK Success Medium photo corner punch.

The image stamp is called Honey Teacher and it is from CC Designs, the sentiment on the front of the card is from Kraftin' Kimmie's Abigail Apple stamp set and the inside sentiment is from my stash and doesn't have a name on it.

Copic Markers used: Apple - R24, R46 & E08; Skin - E00 & E000; Hair & Shoes - E47, E49 & E44; Leaf - YG23, W0 & YG25; Yellow - Y35 & Y11; Orange - YR16, YR15, Y38 & W1

Birthday Wishes Masculine

2012-01-24T08:00:00.000-05:00

Look familiar?

I am telling you, I loved this design and the papers in this paper pack kept working well with the design, so I kept going with it. So, I have 6 of this one in my stash as well.

This one is more masculine to me and like most, I find masculine cards more difficult to do. Generally speaking, you are limited as to what you can place on the card without making it feminine.

The patterned papers are from Basic Grey's Little Black Dress 6 x 6 paper pad and the cardstock is Bazzill Bitter Chocolate, Tawny Medium & Sugar Cream.

The brads are from my stash and the ribbon is from Stampin' Up's old Taffeta 3/8" Ribbon line.

The stamps are from CC Designs Great Greetings stamp set and I used an EK Success border punch on the inside of the card.

Birthday Wishes Two

2012-01-22T08:00:00.000-05:00

Why re-invent the wheel?

I sometimes get hung up on having a different card for everyone and why? I designed the card, I put time & effort into making it, isn't that good enough? Well, the answer is yes.

My life is busy just like everyone else's life. It is important to me to let the ones that I know & love that I am thinking of them on their birthday or holidays. So, I don't want to give up on sending out cards, I just want to make it less stressful on me.

Making a different card for everyone that I know takes a lot of time & effort and then I don't get to work on any projects for myself. So, I have let go of personalizing every card I make and it feels good. I have 6 of this one in my stash.

This card is the same style as my previous post. I just used different papers from the same paper pad and I embellished this card a little differently.

The patterned papers are from Basic Grey's Little Black Dress 6 x 6 paper pad and the cardstock is Bazzill London Fog & Quick Sand.

I used CTMH Basic Assortment Brads and Lace Tape to embellish the card.

The stamps are from CC Designs Great Greetings stamp set and I used an EK Success border punch on the inside of the card.

Birthday Wishes

2012-01-20T08:00:00.000-05:00

This was the card that I made for my mom from her parents (my grandparents). I loved it so much that I made 6 in total.

The patterned papers are from Basic Grey's Little Black Dress 6 x 6 paper pad and the cardstock is Bazzill Bitter Chocolate, Carob & Tawny Medium.

To embellish this card I used some miscellaneous brads from my stash and Tim Holtz Idea-ology Sketchbook Tissue Tape.

The stamps used on this card are from CC Designs Great Greetings stamp set and I used one of EK Success' border punches to spruce up the inside of the card.

I really love how this card turned out. It is simple, but classy. The other great thing about this card is that I made it in less than an hour (that includes picking out the paper, stamps & embellishments). Then it only took me approximately 1.5 hours to reproduce another 5 of these cards.

My birthday card stash pile has never been this big! It helps that my husband is off on maternity leave for 9 months and he loves hanging out with his son to give me time in my scrap room.

Happy Birthday Mom!

2012-01-18T08:00:00.001-05:00

It's my mom's birthday today and this is the card I made her. She loves butterflies and the colour blue. The photo does this card no justice, but we haven't had much sun lately and this was the best shot I could get in the lighting I had.

The patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye Stella Rose Hattie 6 x 6 paper pad and Basic Grey's Marjolaine 6 x 6 paper pad and I used Bitter Chocolate Bazzill cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used We R Memory Keepers' Ribbon Tool to lace through the American Craft Ribbon. The brads are from Making Memories and I used the Standard Small Circle, Standard Large Circle & the Butterflies Circles Nestabilities for my die-cuts.

I am really loving the new We R Memory Keepers Sew Ribbon - Ribbon Tool. I also used it on my February Calendar Page and I find that this tool is fabulous for cards and layouts.

The main stamped image is Lulu Collection - Gertie from Stamping Bella. The "Happy Birthday" is from CTMH Happy Birthday stamp set and the sentiment is from Whipper Snapper.

Copic Markers used: Teal - BG72, G21 & C1; Green - YG95 & YG01; Blue - B97 & C6; Skin - R000 & R0000

We celebrated my mom's birthday at my grandparents' apartment on Sunday with a spaghetti supper and shuffle board. I stole my best-friend's (Shanna) spaghetti sauce recipe and made the sauce from scratch. Yes....ME! I prepared supper for my family on Sunday and it turned out great!

Dog-Gone Special Birthday Card

2012-01-15T09:00:00.000-05:00

I wanted to play some more with my new Kraftin' Kimmie dog stamps and I came up with this design. I loved it so much, that I made a total of eight cards to have on hand in my stash.

I used the We R Memory Keepers 6 x 6 Friends Furever paper pad with Bazzill Mocha Divine & Navel cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon & Pumpkin Pie brads from their "Brights Brad" collection. I also used brown thread with the zig zag stitch on my sewing machine and the Reverse Wonky Rectangle Nestability to frame the main dog image.

The dog image is from Kraftin' Kimmie's Canine Capers 2 stamp set, the "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from CTMH's Say It in Style stamp set and the main sentiment is from CC Designs Critter Sentiment stamp set.

Copic Markers used: Dog - E37; Nose - E29; Tongue - R29, E09, E07 & E08; Collar - BG99; Dog Tag - YR23.

Happy 37th Birthday Trevor!

2012-01-08T19:26:00.005-05:00

My husband celebrated his 37th birthday on January 2. I have been dying to play with my new Kraftin' Kimmie dog stamps and decided this was a good time to ink them up. As most of you know, we are dog lovers, so this card is very appropriate for my husband.

I used We R Memory Keepers 6 x 6 Friends Furever paper pack with Bazzill Spring Willow Medium & Mocha Divine cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used Making Memories brads, brown thread with the zig zag stitch on my sewing machine & Nestabilities Labels Fourteen to frame the main stamped image.

The dog image & the sentiments on the front of the card are from Kraftin' Kimmie's Canine Capers 1 stamp set. The "Happy Birthday" sentiment on the inside of the card is from CTMH's Happy Birthday stamp set.

Copic Markers used: Dog - E37; Nose - E29; Cat - R29, E09 & E08; Cat's Eyes - YG95, YG01 & W0; Cat's Ears - YR14 & E23; Yellow Background - YR23

Jimmy's 34th Birthday Card

2011-12-10T09:09:00.006-05:00

This was the birthday card that I made for my brother, Jimmy, back in October.

The patterned papers are from Close to My Heart and the cardstock is Bazzill.

The embroidery floss, buttons & brads are from Close to My Heart and the ribbon is from Stampin' Up. I used the Postage Stamp Nestability to cut out the die-cut.

The moose & sentiment stamp used on the front of the card are from Whipper Snapper and the "Happy Birthday" stamp used on the inside of the card is from Inkadinkado.

Happy Birthday Shanna!

2011-12-03T13:00:00.000-05:00

Last weekend was my best-friend, Shanna's, birthday and this was the card that I made for her.

I used BoBunny's Etc. 6 x 6 paper pack with Bazzill Cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used My Mind's Eye Kraft Funday - Every Day Fun Twine, Prima Marketing Say It in Pearls Brown Swirl and Antique Brass Medium Brads from my stash. The Prima Marketing Say It in Pearls Brown Swirl was one big embellishment that I cut up to suit my needs.

The three die-cuts on my page were cut out with the Postage Stamp, Floral Doily Motifs and Circle Nestabilities and all the patterned papers were distressed with CTMH's Chocolate Ink and a sponge dauber.

The stamps sets used for this card are Stampin' Up's Happiest Birthday Wishes and Perfect Words Stamp Sets. These are both Hostess Rewards stamp sets.

This was the first card that I got to sign our son's name to.

Happy Birthday!

2011-11-28T11:20:00.000-05:00

Here is a fun birthday card that I made a couple of months back.

The patterned paper is from BoBunny's 6 x 6 Garden Girl Paper Pack and the cardstock is Bazzill.

I tied the two orange water balloons with Baker's Twine from my stash and the rhinestones are from Kaiser Craft's line. The flower border was punched out with one of EK Success' large border punches.

The sentiment stamp on the front of the card is from Penny Black and the inside sentiment stamp is from Stampendous.

TJ's Nursery & Announcement

2011-11-19T14:46:00.009-05:00

Good day!

I am sorry that I haven't been posting for awhile. I was having a problem with my blog and I wasn't able to upload any of my photos. Three weeks ago today, I had finally booked an appointment with my "Nerds on Site" guy to come and fix my computer, but I went into labour that day.

So, we finally got the problem with my blog fixed today and now I am able to blog again. I am not too far behind with my posts because I wasn't able to scrapbook for most of my pregnancy due to the pain that I was in.

The above photos are of my son's nursery.

TJ (Trevor John) Digby was born on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 11:53 p.m. He weighed 8 pounds 7.5 ounces and was 21.25 inches long.

He is named after his dad, Trevor and the name John is after my dad & my grandfather's first names and my brother & my cousin's middle names. These are all the important men in my life. Also, his initials are TJD. My maiden name initials were DJT (Donna Jean Thomson).

The first photo of the nursery is of the vinyl, chocolate brown tree & quote that is on the wall above TJ's crib. The tree is from Stampin' Up and it is the largest one that you can get. For the quote, I used the font from my "Child's First Year" Cricut Cartridge, Cricut brown vinyl and my husband's laser level.

As for a photo of my son being posted on my blog, I just don't feel comfortable doing it. If you go to my store's blog, you will see our new family photo with TJ in it. When it comes to the world wide web, I limit my children's photos to the minimum. That is why my layouts are always posted with just the mats or the photos covered up.

When you come by the store, you will see him in person or you will see his photos on my layouts on display in the store once I get back into my scrapbooking.

Thank you to everyone who has sent us email best wishes or who have dropped off gifts for TJ. Your love & generousity is greatly appreciated. We are very fortunate to have so many people who care about us and we truly appreciate it.

So Many Smiles....

2011-09-24T10:00:00.000-04:00

My cousin, Emma, turned 12 last week and I made this card for her from my grandparents (her great-grandparents).

I loved this card so much, that I made 3 more.

The patterned papers are from Jillibean Soup "Dutch Mustard Soup" 6 x 6 mini pad and the cardstock is Bazzill.

I used one of EK Success' border punches and stitched with my sewing machine.

The happy face stamp & inside sentiment stamp came from an old Stampin' Up stamp set called "Smile". The sentiments on the front of the card are from Stampin' Up's "Petite Pairs" stamp set in their current catalogue and the "Happy Birthday" came from CTMH's "Say It In Style" stamp set.

I do hope that your day is the happy-face kind!

Happy 14th Birthday Darrien!

2011-09-19T14:28:00.000-04:00

I made this card for my 14 year old cousin, Darrien. She loves sock monkeys, so this was the perfect stamp set to use for her card.

I used BoBunny's Forever Fall 6 x 6 paper pack with BoBunny Double Dot Cardstock.

I used CTMH Flower Buttons, BoBunny Ribbon, KI Memories Paper Clip, embroidery floss from my stash and Tim Holtz's Paper Distressor to rough up the edges of the papers.

The "Sock Monkey" stamp set and the "Petite Pairs" stamp set are both from Stampin' Up.

I coloured the sock monkey in with Copic Markers, but forgot to write down which ones.

Happy 12th Birthday Emma!

2011-08-12T15:36:00.002-04:00

I made this card for my 12 year old cousin, Emma. She is a real outdoors person, so this image was perfect for her.

The patterned papers are from Kaiser Craft's Hey Birdie 6 x 6 paper pack and the cardstock used on this card is from Bazzill.

The oval and scalloped oval were cut out with nestabilities and the small flowers were punched out with an EK Success small flower punch.

The glitter brads are from Stampin' Up and I used Stickles (glitter glue) in the middle of the punched out flowers.

The image stamp is from CC Designs, the "Happy Birthday" stamp is from CTMH and the inside sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

Copic Markers used are: Face - E00 & E000; Brown - E23, E25 & E27; Pink - R83 & R85

Thank You.....for everything.

2011-08-08T14:34:00.006-04:00

I really love CTMH's August Stamp of the Month - Wicked Stamp Set. I had a lot of fun with this card because I got to play with some new techniques.

The two-sided patterned papers are BoBunny's Strawberry Double Dot & BoBunny Vicki B. Floweret. The cardstock is from Bazzill.

I used Making Memories brads, Stampin' Up ribbon, CTMH button, embroidery floss from my stash and Tim Holtz Hobglobin Tissue Tape stained with Stampin' Up Tango Tangerine re-inker.

I used the following CTMH stamp sets for this card: Wicked - August Stamp of the Month; Limited Edition - September Stamp of the Month; Cherish the Day - November Stamp of the Month; A Little Thanks; Card Chatter - Thank You and Grown with Love.

I used CTMH's New Cricut Cartridge - Art Philosophy to cut out the ticket & the tag die-cuts. The shaped pocket that the witch is stamped on was cut out with my Nestabilities Grand Labels Four.

You still have time to order the August Stamp of the Month - Wicked.

Shanna has an order going in this Thursday, August 11, 2011. We needed this order to get in early in August so that we can order more stuff in for our Charity Stamping Party in September.

Shanna is on holidays and I am helping her organize this order. So, if you want to order the Stamp of the Month or anything else from CTMH, please email me your order at ddigby@shaw.ca or drop by the store.

Happy 16th Birthday Andrea!

2011-08-04T19:08:00.004-04:00

It was my niece's 16th birthday this past week and this is the card that I made her.

I forgot to take my photo before signing the inside of the card. I believe that my cards look great on the inside until I sign them. Then it doesn't have the same feel to it, but the card must be signed so I try not to look at the card on the inside once they are signed.

The patterned papers are from Basic Grey's "Out of Print" 6 x 6 paper pack and I used Stampin' Up's Pool Party cardstock. You don't see too much of it, but I also used Basic Grey's "Out of Print" Paper Ribbon Doilies & Kaiser Craft Rhinestones to embellish the card.

The image stamp is Stamping Bella's "Cruise-a-bella" stamp. The sentiment stamps on the front of the card are from CTMH's "Cherish the Day" stamp set and "Fill in the Blank" stamp set. The inside sentiments came from CTMH's "Card Chatter - Birthday" stamp set.

I used my circle nestabilities for the circle die-cuts and Stampin' Up's Calypso Coral & Pool Party Ink to stamp out the sentiments on the card. The black line on the inside of the card was done with a marker and a ruler.

The Copic Markers used: Hair - E37 & E39; Skin - E00 & E000; Tires - W10; Coral - R24; Teal - C1 & BG11

Have a Wicked Halloween!

2011-07-23T11:39:00.007-04:00

The new CTMH Catalogues arrived this week. My consultant, is also my best-friend. She receives all the Stamps of the Months with her catalogue order and I was able to play last night with the August Stamp of the Month - Wicked.

I love this stamp set.

I used BoBunny's Vicki Cut-Outs two sided patterned paper with Bobunny Strawberry Double Dot and Bazill Bitter Chocolate, Classic Orange & Intense Kiwi.

The border strip was punched out with one of EK Success' Large Border Punches. I embellished the card by stitching around the card with my sewing machine and by adding Basic Grey's Bling It Square Rhinestones. I also rounded the corners of the patterned paper with EK Success' Medium Corner Rounder.

For the inside of the card, the middle sentiment was cut out with Spellbinder's Labels 14 Nestability and I used Stampin' Up's Photo Corner punch in the corners.

All the little words around the border strip are from CTMH's "Authentic" and "Fill in the Blank" stamp sets. The spiders, the witch, inside sentiments and the hat are all from CTMH's August Stamp of the Month - Wicked stamp set.

Close to My Heart's new catalogue not only has some great Stamps of the Month, but the stamp set prices have come down, the Stamp of the Month program has changed and they have partnered up with Cricut.

That's right! There is a Cricut Cartridge for sale in the CTMH catalogue that comes with chipboard die-cuts and 3 D-Size stamp sets for $109.95.

Throughout the catalogue you will see red lines around some of the stamps. That means that shape is on the Cricut Cartridge. When you purchase that stamp set, it will tell you what size to cut that shape out to fit that stamped image on the Cricut cut out. The Cartridge also has a font on it.

If you don't know how to get your hands on a Close to My Heart catalogue, I always keep extras on hand here for people to purchase for $5.00. I also have extra Stampin' Up catalogues here as well for $12.00.

Stampin' Up's new ribbon collections are gorgeous. To see one of their new ruffled ribbons on a layout, you can go to my store's blog and check out the September Calendar Page.

Have a Wicked Day!

Happy 3rd Birthday Rhys!

2011-07-11T09:00:00.000-04:00

I made this card for my girlfriend's daughter.

The patterned papers are from Kaiser Craft's Hey Birdie 6 x 6 paper pack and the cardstock is from Bazzill.

I used my nestabilities to cut out the oval and scalloped oval die-cuts and Stampin' Up's scalloped border punch on the inside of the card.

The brads are from my stash and the ribbon is from Stampin' Up.

The monkey image stamp is from CC Designs, the "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from CTMH's "Happy Birthday" stamp set and the inside sentiment is from Stampin' Up's "Bring on the Cake" stamp set.

Copic Markers used: Dark Brown - E57 & E55; Tan - E31, E33 & E50; Cherry - RV19; Cupcake Icing - RV34, RV32 & Blossom Spica

Lovely Daisy Birthday Card

2011-07-09T09:00:00.000-04:00

I had a blast making this card and I loved making it so much that I made a total of 6.

I used BoBunny's Chiffon Double Dot & Chiffon Double Dot - Journal two-sided patterned papers with Creative Imaginations Corrugated textured paper & Stampin' Up Cardstock.

The stick pin is from Maya Roads, the ribbon is from American Crafts, I did a tight brown stitch around the edge with my sewing machine and distressed the edges with brown ink.

All the stamps came from CTMH's "Lovely Daisy", "Happy Birthday" and "Card Chatter-Birthday" stamp sets except for the one sentiment on the top left inside corner came from Stampin' Up's "Bring on the Cake" stamp set.

Bus Driver Card

2011-07-07T09:00:00.000-04:00

I used My Mind's Eye Fine & Dandy True Blue 6 x 6 paper pack with Bazzill cardstock.

I used Stampin' Up's border punch and brads to embellish the card.

The school bus stamped image is from Stampin' Up's "It's Academic" stamp set and the alphabet border stamp came from CTMH's "Backgrounds & Borders" stamp set.

The rest of the sentiments were hand written.

Teacher Card

2011-07-05T09:00:00.002-04:00

For this teacher's card, I used Basic Grey's New "Out of Print" 6 x 6 paper pack with BoBunny Island Mist Double Dot & Bazzill Butter Dotted Swiss.

To embellish the card, I used a spiral clip from my stash, Basic Grey's "Out of Print" Paper Ribbon Doilies & Brads.

The owl stamp is from Whipper Snapper, the front sentiment is from Stampin' Up's Occasional Quotes stamp set, the "thank you" is from CTMH's "Thank You" stamp set and the inside sentiment is from CC Designs.

Copic Markers used: E000, E0000, E35, R02, RV42, YR02, YR20, YR 61 & YR65.

Happy Graduation Darrien!

2011-07-03T09:00:00.000-04:00

My soon to be 14 year old cousin, Darrien, graduated from Grade 8 this school year. She is very appreciative of all my homemade cards. So I thought instead of making her a card for graduation, I would make her a chipboard album to highlight her graduation.

The last day of school was not only tough for Darrien, but for me as well. My cousins used to live in my rental suite here and I was out on the front step with her when she got on the bus for her first day of JK.

After my cousins moved into their first home, their daughters still came here after school until they were finished work. This was Darrien's last time getting off the bus here after school.

Luckily, both of my cousins & my daughter are always emotional on the last day of school. As my sobbing girls got off the bus today, I met them out front with open arms and joined them in a cry. Then we went out for ice cream.

Darrien loved her album. I love her album.

The chipboard album is from an old line of BoBunny's. It actually spelled out "GRADE", I just didn't use the "E".

The patterned papers used throughout this album were all from Reminisce's Graduation Celebration two-sided patterned papers. The Black & Silver Glitter papers are from Best Creations.

I painted all the edges white. After gluing on the papers, I spent 2 hours sanding all the edges down so that none of the paper edges could get caught on anything and rip. Then I painted all the edges with white paint again.

I used the Varsity Cricut Cartridge for my lettering and the Tim Holtz Film Strip die cut with my Cuttlebug for the film strips.

All the Graduation photo mats are from a package of Me & My Big Ideas Graduation Photo Sleeves. The large white flower is from Prima Marketing and the flower in the middle of it was cut out from one of my nestabilities.

All the ribbon, rhinestones, the glitter brad & the "buds" plastic mini tag are from my stash from various companies.

The 6 black flowers in the album were white Prima Marketing flowers died with a CTMH Spray Pen & Black Re-inker and then glitzed with Tattered Angels Slate Glimmer Mist.

The grad cap die cuts were punched out with a small EK Success punch.

If you are wondering about the skull & cross bone ribbon, Darrien loves things with skulls & cross bones on it. So, I just had to incorporate it somewhere to make it more like her.

Congratulations Graduate!

2011-07-01T09:00:00.000-04:00

Here is a graduation card that I designed this year. I loved it so much that I have prepped to make a total of 8 of these cards.

In the next few years, our family has a few Grade 8 grads. Since I make a card from me and one from my grandparents, I thought this card would be a great one to have on hand to give out from my grandparents. This year we had two grad 8 grads in our family.

I used Reminisce's Graduation Celebration - Carpe Diem two-sided patterned paper and Bazzill Prismatic Black & White Cardstock.

The brads are from Scrapbook Sally, the buttons are from Fabricland, the ribbon is from Stampin' Up and the embroidery floss is from my stash.

The front sentiment is from Stampin' Up, the "Congratulations" is from CTMH and the little diploma stamp is from Stampendous. I drew the lines in with a ruler and a Zig black marker.

Amy's Party Favours

2011-06-29T09:00:00.002-04:00

At every Birthday Party of Amy's, I take a picture of her which each guest.

This year at her friend's birthday party, I decided to scrapbook a 6 x 6 page for each of her guests so they had a fun way to display this photo.

I pre-made all the pages. That way at the party, we just had to add the 3.5 x 5 photo to the page and glue the word friendship on so that each guest went home with their party favour.

Thank you Shanna for running to Black's to get the photos printed during the party and for putting them together while I ran the games.

I used various patterned papers with numbers on it to go with the "Minute to Win It" theme and I used Bazzill cardstock that matched.

The brads and ribbon were from various companies and of various colours to match the patterned papers.

The "Time to Celebrate" and "friendship" stamps are from Stampin' Up.

I used a 6 x 6 page protector as the frame. I used my sewing machine to stitch the zig zag stitch and hemp twine to hang the final product.

Amy's 13th Birthday Friend Invite

2011-06-27T09:00:00.000-04:00

For Amy's Friend Birthday Party this year, we did a Minute to Win It themed party.

Minute to Win It is a popular game show that makes challenges using normal household items to try and do in a minute or less. For instance, take a spaghetti noodle in your mouth and without using your hands, you have to slide 5 penne noodles off of a table onto your spaghetti noodle. If any of the noodles fall off or breaks, you have lost the challenge.

Amy and her friends had a fabulous time and it was a lot of fun to watch because some of the challenges were a bit silly looking.

Since Senior Kindergarten, Amy has asked her friends from school to give her money instead of gifts for her birthday. Amy then takes all that money and donates it to the charity of her choice.

This year she decided to split it amongst two charities. Half of her birthday money went to her school's breakfast club and the other half went to the Thunder Bay Therapeutic Riding Association. Amy invited 50 children to her birthday party and we had 35 in attendance. She was able to give $325.00 to each charity.

At her school assembly last week, Amy was recognized for her continuous generosity, academics and involvement at school and was given the Grade 7 Character Award. We are always very proud of her, but we were especially proud of her on that day.

For the front of the pocket card, I embossed it with Sizzix' Tim Holtz Clock Texture Plate. All the cardstock used on this invitation is from Bazzill.

The funky rectangles were cut out with my Cricut Machine. The circles and the clock hands were punched out with EK Success punches. The pull tab on the side was punched out with a Stampin' Up punch.

The "Minute" & "Win It" were stamped out with CTMH's "Atomic Caps" alphabet set. The "2" was stamped out with CTMH's "Precious" alphabet set. The "Good Luck" sentiment is from Stampin' Up's "So Happy For You" stamp set and the word "pull" is from another CTMH stamp set. I still can't remember which set it is and I still don't really feel like searching through 20 boxes of CTMH stamp sets to figure it out.

The jagged edges on the information part of the invitation was done with one of my funky blades on my Purple Cow Straight Cutter.

The the information was designed and printed off of my computer.

Amy's 13th Birthday Family Invite

2011-06-25T09:00:00.000-04:00

This is the invitation that I made for Amy's 13th Family Birthday BBQ.

For the front of the pocket card, I embossed it with Sizzix' Tim Holtz Clock Texture Plate. All the cardstock used on this invitation is from Bazzill.

The number "13" and the funky rectangles were cut out with my Cricut Machine. The circles and the clock hands were punched out with EK Success punches. The pull tab on the side was punched out with a Stampin' Up punch.

The "Time" & "Flies" were stamped out with CTMH's "Atomic Caps" alphabet set. The "Precious Moments" sentiment is from CTMH's "Unity" Stamp Set and the word "pull" is from another CTMH stamp set. I can't remember which set it is and I don't really feel like searching through 20 boxes of CTMH stamp sets to figure it out.

The jagged edges on the information part of the invitation was done with one of my funky blades on my Purple Cow Straight Cutter.

The the information was designed and printed off of my computer.

Cheerleading Thank You Card

2011-06-23T09:00:00.000-04:00

I made this card for Amy's Cheerleading Supervisors. The photos are horrible because I finished them the night before we had to give it to them and I couldn't get a better shot in my house that late at night.

If you follow my blog, you may notice that this one looks familiar. I made the same card for my grandparents for Valentine's Day. I just used different paper and different sentiments.

My daughter goes to Ecole Gron Morgan and they are the Gron Morgan Dragons. Their school colours are teal & purple.

I used the 6 x 6 Basic Grey Euphoria Paper Pack with Bazzill Cardstock.

The square rhinestones are from Basic Grey and the ribbon is from BoBunny. The straight stitch was done on my sewing machine with purple thread from my stash.

The border punch is from Stampin' Up & the pom pom punch outs are from EK Success.

The dragon stamp is from CC Designs, the "Thank You" sentiment is from CTMH and the other sentiment is from Stampin' Up (I think).

Copic Markers used: BG02 & V15

Hummingbird Card

2011-06-21T09:00:00.000-04:00

I made this card for my grandparents' to give to my grandma's sister for her birthday; who is also my Great Auntie Margaret.

I love this card so much, that I am hoping to make a few more like it.

The patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye's Stella and Rose Mabel 6 x 6 paper pack and Bazzill cardstock.

The large circle die-cuts and scalloped circle die-cut were cut out with my nestabilities. The small circle die-cuts and inside photo corner die-cuts were punched out with EK Success punches.

To do the flourishes, I used a flourish stamp from CTMH's "Flourish You & Me" stamp set and embossed it with American Crafts Pearlustre Carnelian embossing powder.

The hummingbird with flowers stamp and the inside sentiment stamp are from Whipper Snapper and the "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from CTMH's "Happy Birthday" stamp set.

Copic Markers used: Flowers - E50, E51 & YR21; Leaves - BG70, YG61 & YG63; Hummingbird - BG72 & BG70; Beak - YR21

Happy Father's Day Trevor!

2011-06-19T09:00:00.000-04:00

Happy Father's Day Trev!

I was making this card Friday night while Trevor was at the Border Cats Baseball game with his mom. When he got home, he started up a bon fire in the backyard to roast some marshmallows and enjoy the gorgeous evening.

I told him that when I was done, I would join him. When I got outside, my husband had figured out how to position the gravity lounge chair so that he could still roast marshmallows in a lounged position.

I chuckled to myself because he reminded me of the Father's Day card that I had just completed for him. Do I know my husband or what!

The patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye's Fine & Dandy True Blue 6 x 6 paper pack and I used Bazzill Kachina and Tangelo cardstock.

The brads & ribbon are from Stampin' Up and the zig zag stitch was stamped with CTMH's "Simple Stitches" stamp set and Stampin' Up Bermuda Bay ink.

The mouse image stamp is from Kraftin' Kimmie, the sentiments on the front of the card are from CTMH's "Fill in the Blank" stamp set, the marshmallow stick on the inside of the card and the "Happy's Father's Day" are from old Stampin' Up stamp sets.

Copic Markers used: Mouse - W1 & W3; Flame & Mushroom - Y26, YR12, YR14 & YR23; Marshmallow - E0000, E31 & E35; Roasting Stick - E44; Matchstick - E47; Bandana - C2 & BG45

Jim & Amanda's Anniversary Card

2011-06-17T09:00:00.000-04:00

My brother Jimmy & his wife Amanda celebrated their 12th Wedding Anniversary on May 15, 2011.

So, as you can see, I am way behind on my posts, but trying to catch up.

I used the Stella and Rose Mabel 6 x 6 paper pack for this card. The image on the front of this card was all paper pieced.

I used CTMH buttons, Stampin' Up ribbon and the spiral clip & embroidery floss are from my stash to embellish the front of the card. The photo corner die cuts on the inside of the card were done with one of EK Success' medium photo corner punches.

The frog image stamp is from Whipper Snapper, the "Happy Anniversary" sentiment stamp is from CTMH's Tag the Occasion stamp set and the inside sentiment stamp is from Stampin' Up (a Hostess Level 3 set).

Happy Anniversary Jason & Brandi!

2011-06-15T09:00:00.000-04:00

I made this card for my cousins' wedding anniversary on June 12th.

The patterned papers are from Basic Grey's Pyrus 6 x 6 paper pack and I used Bazzill cardstock.

The brads are from American Crafts and I used my sewing machine to do the zig zag stitching.

All the non-rectangle shapes were cut out with various Spellbinder nestabilities and the rectangle shapes were distressed with CTMH Garnet ink.

The bunny image stamp is from Lili of the Valley and the sentiment stamps are from Stampendous.

Copic Markers used: Bunnies - E41, E43 & YR0000; Mushroom - E09, E18, E34, YR14 & YR18; Flowers - YR24

Anniversary Card

2011-06-13T09:00:00.000-04:00

This is an Anniversary Card that I came up with to give to different couples in my family from my grandparents. I enjoyed making it so much that I made 5 of them in total.

I used BoBunny's Crush 6 x 6 paper pack with Bazzill Cardstock.

I used CTMH's "A Game" stamp set for the Tic Tac Toe image with Stampin' Up Riding Hood Red & Regal Rose Ink.

The photo corners were punched out with Stampin' Up's photo corner punch and the small hearts were punched out with Fiskars hand held heart punch.

On the inside of the card, I used Stampin' Up's "Bring on the Cake" stamp set to stamp the sentiment around the edge. I just used a black pen to draw in the dots. The "Happy Anniversary" stamp is from My Sentiments Exactly.

Card Size: 5 x 5

Happy Birthday Jason from G & G!

2011-06-11T09:00:00.000-04:00

Here is the card that I made for my cousin Jason from our grandparents.

I used patterned papers from Basic Grey's Marjolaine 6 x 6 paper pack & Bazzill cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used Scrapbook Sally brads and embroidery floss from my stash.

The oval die cuts were cut out with my nestabilities and the circle die cuts were cut out with my EK Success punches.

The image stamp is from CC Designs and the sentiment stamps are from CTMH.

Copic Markers used: Skin - E00 & E000; Green - YG95, YG97 & YG99; Blue - B91 & B99; Brown - E49

Happy 35th Birthday Jason!

2011-06-09T09:00:00.000-04:00

Here is the birthday card that I made my cousin Jason back in May.

I used My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy True Blue 6 x 6 paper pack and Bazzill Cardstock.

I embellished the card with Stamping Bella Bling, CTMH Ribbon, a spiral clip from my stash and with my zig zag stitch on my sewing machine with brown thread.

The circle was cut out with my Marvy Extra Giga Circle Punch.

The owl stamp is from Whipper Snapper, the sentiment on the front of the card is from CC Designs and the "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

Copic Markers used: Moon - Y32 & YR0000; Beak & Talons - YR14; Eyelids - Y26; Owl - E57 & E43; Branch - E59

Welcome Rhylan!

2011-06-07T10:00:00.000-04:00

Here is the two page spread (April 2011) that I contributed to Rhylan's 12 x 12 baby album that 13 of my girlfriend's and I put together for our girlfriend's new baby girl.

It's a great gift idea. One side of the layout is ready for the photos of the baby from that month and the other side is a calendar that can be easily used to record all the important information that you want to record about the baby.

Rhylan was born in April, so our album went from April 2011 - April 2012. This way Rhylan's first year is easily scrapbooked & documented without taking a lot of mom's time away from her.

For my pages, I used an old line from SEI from my personal stash. You know Jennifer is a good friend of mine, when I dip into my personal stash instead of going to my store for paper.

I cut the big heart out on my cricut machine, sewed around the edges, added some ribbon from Fabricland, threw in a journal area and some photo mats and VOILA!

This layout was a lot of fun and a bit difficult for me. I don't usually use a patterned paper with so much white on it, but I wanted to have a baby soft feel to it and I think I accomplished that.

Congratulations Pearson Family!

2011-06-05T09:00:00.000-04:00

This was the card I made for the Pearson Family when their newest addition entered their family back in April.

I used patterned papers from My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose Hazel 6 x 6 paper pack and Bazzill cardstock.

The ribbon is from American Crafts, the flowers are from Prima Marketing and the brads are from my stash.

I used Spellbinder nestabilities for the die cuts behind the teddy bear and an EK Success border punch for the side bar on the front of the card.

The teddy bear image stamp is from CC Designs, the "congratulations" stamp is from Stampin' Up's "Something to Celebrate" stamp set and the other sentiment is from CTMH's "Enjoy Every Moment" stamp set.

Happy Birthday Amy from G & G

2011-06-03T10:15:00.000-04:00

This is the birthday card that I made for my grandparents to give to Amy for her 13th birthday.

I used Basic Grey Euphoria 6 x 6 paper pack with Bazzill Cardstock.

To embellish the card, I used Stampin' Up corduroy brads, American Crafts shear ribbon, Prima Marketing flower & brads from my stash.

The number "13" was cut out with my Cricut Machine, the sentiments are from CTMH's "Card Chatter - Birthday" stamp set and the image stamp is from the Greeting Farm's "Miss Anya's Hat's Off" stamp set.

As for the Copic Markers that I used, I have misplaced the piece of paper that I had them written down on. I made this card over 2 weeks ago and I had to write the copic markers down in a different spot than usual since my daughter and I share a scrap room. Therefore, I have hidden it in such a good place that I can't recall where it is.

Happy 13th Birthday Amy!

2011-05-21T17:30:00.000-04:00

No, I can't believe that my daughter is 13, but the date doesn't lie.

For this card, I used two-sided patterned papers from My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose Gertie 6 x 6 paper pack and Bazzill cardstock.

I used CTMH Buttons, Stampin' Up Ribbon and embroidery floss from my stash.

The large photo corner punch, border punch, scalloped circle punch and circle punches are all from EK Success. The ovals were cut out with Nestabilities and the "13" was cut out with the Cricut Machine. I played around with so many different cartridges that I honestly don't remember which one I finally ended up using.

The "Happy Birthday" sentiment if from CTMH's "Happy Birthday" stamp set, the image stamp is from The Greeting Farm's "Miss Anya's Hats Off" stamp set and the inside sentiment is from Stampin' Up's "Create a Cupcake" stamp set.

Copic Markers used: Hair - E27, E29 & E25; Skin - E00 & E000; Pink Dead Space to match background paper - R21 & E42; Red - R27; Green - YG95 and Teal - BG18, BG72, C1 & C2.

Happy Mother's Day!

2011-05-08T17:00:00.000-04:00

This is the Mother's Day card that I made my mom. She loves the colour blue, she loves butterflies & dogs and this dog is called Toby and that was one of our dog's name when I was growing up.

The patterned papers are from My Mind's Eye Stella and Rose Hattie 6 x 6 paper pack and the cardstock is Bazzill & Stampin' Up.

To embellish the card, I used embroidery floss from my stash and hand stitched the line, the butterfly border punch is from Martha Stewart and I used CTMH Brads.

The image stamp is the Wild Rose Studio Toby & Butterfly and the sentiments came from CTMH Tag the Occasion & CTMH Butterfly Wings.

Copic Markers used: W2, E43, W6, E44, W0, Y26, YR24, Y23, BG18 & BG99.

I hope you all have a wonderful Mother's Day. I already am and I am very much looking forward to the rest of the day.

Happy Mother's Day!

Masculine Card Workshop

2011-03-23T14:29:00.004-04:00

Thursday, May 05, 2011
Time: 7:00 p.m. Cost: $7.00

This card can be for Father's Day or a Birthday, by just changing the inside sentiment.

We will be using BoBunny Double Dot Designs Chiffon Dot two-sided paper and Bazzill Herbal Garden Dark cardstock.

To embellish the card, we are using fabric & buttons from Fabricland, Stampin' Up ribbon, embroidery floss from my stash, Tattered Angels' chipboard frame and a CTMH Spray Pen to dye the chipboard frame.

The tools used on this card are: a Sizzix embossing template & my sewing machine to stitch the fabric to the cardstock.

The stamps sets used on this card are: CTMH Hodgepodge Alphabet, Make It Count & Card Chatter - Birthday and Stampin' Up Something to Celebrate & Bring on the Cake.

Baby Cards Workshop - Burnished Velvet Technique

2011-03-20T12:52:00.005-04:00

Thursday, April 7, 2011
Time: 7:00 p.m. Cost: $12.00

At this card workshop you will be making a baby boy card and a baby girl card while playing with the burnished velvet technique.

As you can see on the front of the cards, we will be learning how to do more than one colour in one area. While on the inside of the card, we will be doing the basic burnished velvet technique with only one colour.

So, if you missed my first burnished velvet technique workshop, there are no worries because we will be learning the basics again in this workshop.

We will be using BoBunny Double Dot Designs Two-Sided Papers: Powder Blue Dot, Powder Blue Stripe, Passion Fruit Dot and Passion Fruit Stripe. For the cardstock, we are using Bazzill: Vibrant Blue, Chablis, White Prismatic & Tapioca.

To embellish the card, we are using Stampin' Up Whisper White 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon, Kaiser Craft Rhinestones and the following Jewel Glitter Ritz Colours: Libery Blue, Rose Copper, White & Sand.

The stamps sets used on these cards are Close to My Heart's Baby Love & For Every Occasion.

The tools used for these cards are: an EK Success border punch & medium heart punch, Stampin' Up photo corner punch and the following Spellbinder Nestabilities: Classic Ovals Small, Classic Scalloped Ovals Small, Petite Ovals Small & Petite Scalloped Ovals Large.

It is an over cast day here today in Thunder Bay, so my photos didn't turn out as great as they could be.

Registration for all the April & May workshops at DAT'S Scrapbooking begin on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 12:00 p.m.

Most Memorable Moments Layout Workshop

2011-03-18T14:47:00.003-04:00

Thursday, April 28, 2011
Time: 7:00 p.m. Cost: $20.00

Here is a fun 12 x 12, Two Page Layout that I came up with to suit almost any photos you may have laying around.

The two-sided patterned papers are My Mind's Eye's Fine & Dandy True Blue: Merry, Snappy, Day Dream, Pleasant & Shining and BoBunny's Turquoise Double Dot. The brown brads used on this page are from CTMH.

The title is done with Bazzill's Suede Brown - Dark cardstock using the Don Juan Cricut Cartridge for the lettering and the George & Basic Shapes Cricut Cartridge to make the pennants.

We will be using CTMH's Tiny Typewriter Alphabet, Comments & Simple Stitches stamp sets with Stampin' Up's Soft Suede & Early Espresso Ink.

We will also be using the Grand Labels Four Nestabilities in the Spellbinder's Grand Calibur machine and the EK Success' small, yellow circle punch.

For the title on this layout, I have "Most Memorable Scrapbooking Moments - 2011". The word "Scrapbooking" in the turquoise dots can be changed to whatever you want it to be and so can the "2011" in the small pennant on the left bottom corner. These were stamped out with individual letters and numbers.

Photo Sizes: Three Vertical 1.75 x 2.625 photos, Two Vertical 1.75 x 2.75 photos, One Horizontal 1.75 x 2.75 photo, One Vertical 2.5 x 3.5, One Horizontal 2.5 x 3.5, Two Horizontal 3.25 x 4.75 photos and One Horizontal 3.75 x 5.75.

Registration begins on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 at 12:00 p.m.

April 2011 Calendar Page

2011-03-10T23:50:00.000-05:00

Friday, April 01, 2011 - FULL
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Cost: $20.00 per month

For the April Calendar page, we will using two-sided patterned papers from Basic Grey's Hopscotch line: Sidewalk Chalk, Playground, Monkey Bars, Mash Game & Kick the Can. The embellishments are also from Basic Grey's Hopscotch line and they are simple called Small Accents.

To distress the edges of the patterned papers in the background, we will be using a sponge dauber with Close to My Heart's Smoothie Ink.

Photo Sizes: Six Horizontal 2.75 x 3.75 photos & One Vertical 2 x 3 photo.

Happy Valentine's Day Amy!

2011-03-05T10:00:00.000-05:00

I just realized that I never posted my daughter's Valentine's Day Card, so here it is.

All the patterned papers are from BoBunny's Crazy Love 6x6 paper pack and the cardstock is from Bazzill.

The buttons & ribbon are from Stampin' Up, the flowers are from Prima Marketing, the pearls are from Kaiser Craft and the embroidery floss is from my stash.

I used the beaded oval nestabilities and added heart punch outs to it by using Fiskars hand held heart punch.

To speckle my paper behind my image and my inside sentiment, I used my copic markers with Stampin' Up's Spritzer Tool.

The image, inside sentiment & heart stamps are from CC Designs. The "Happy Valentine's Day" stamp is from CTMH.

Copic Markers used: Red - R37; Skin - E00 & E000; Brown - E59, E27 & E25; Cream - E31; Wings - RV10 & RV000; Light Pink - RV32 and Dark Pink - RV34.

Happy Holidays with Lili of the Valley

2011-03-03T00:00:00.000-05:00

This week's challenge on Sparkle Creation's Weekly Christmas Card Challenge is to use punches.

My girlfriends & I scrapbooked together for 12 hours this past Saturday and we challenged each other to use a Lili of the Valley stamp on a card and have it posted on our blogs within 2 weeks.

So, I still had my mojo going from Saturday and I designed this card on Sunday night. On Monday, I made a second card and prepped to make another 10 just like this it.

I challenged myself to keep the card somewhat flat, so the postage won't cost me so much when I go to mail these out come Christmas time.

I used Echo Park's "Everybody loves Christmas" two-sided patterned paper and Bazzill Classic Red, Bazzill Sour Apple & Bazzill Piglet cardstock. The brad is from CTMH and the embroidery floss is from my stash.

I used the EK Success small holly leaf punch, one of their medium photo corner punches and one of their border punches. I also used Creative Memories hexagon punches and Fiskars 1/8" circle hand held punch for the holly berries on the inside of the card.

The "Happy Holidays" sentiment stamp is from CTMH, the inside sentiment is from Stampin' Up and the image stamp is from Lili of the Valley.

The Copic Markers used: Crown - Y15 & Y18; Dog - E35 & E31; Dog Nose - W8; Holly Leaves - YG21 & C0; Present - BG72 & BG11; Ribbon & Berries - R27 and Pink Background - RV32 & R21.

March 2011 Calendar Page

2011-03-01T08:00:00.000-05:00

Friday, April 01, 2011 - FULL
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Cost: $20.00 per month

For the March Calendar page, we will be using Fancy Pants Happy Together "You & Me" & "Always" two-sided patterned papers and Spring Willow Medium Bazzill cardstock.

All the rhinestones used on this page are from Zva Creative and the 1/8" old olive taffeta ribbon is from Stampin' Up. Since I don't have my photos on my layout yet, I still have the plastic behind a lot of my rhinestones.

We will be using CTMH's Simple Stitches stamp set with Stampin' Up's old olive ink to stamp out the zig zag stitches on the background paper and one of EK Success' large photo corner punches for the corner die-cuts.

The whole page is then misted with Tattered Angels Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist.

Photo Sizes: One Vertical 5x7 photo, One Vertical 3.5x5 photo, One Horizontal 3.5x5 photo & One Horizontal 2x3 photo.

Happy Birthday Krista!

2011-02-27T12:00:00.000-05:00

On February 2nd it was my good friend, Krista's, birthday. Five of her friends, one of them being me, went out for lunch with her on her birthday at Boston Pizza. We had a great time.

This was the card a made her. She loves cupcakes, pink and Stamping Bella Lulu stamps. That is how this card came together.

The patterned papers are from The Greeting Farm and the cardstock is Bazzill. The brads are from Basic Grey and the ribbon is from an old line from All My Memories. I stitched with my sewing machine and the tape on the inside of the card is from Heidi Swapp.

The image stamp is from Stamping Bella, the sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie and the "Happy Birthday" stamp is from CC Designs.

I used the Stampin' Up Spritzer Tool and the RV34 Copic Marker to add a bit of colour to my white cardstock.

Copic Markers used: Burgundy - RV99 & R89; Pink - RV34 & Black - N8.

Happy Spring!

2011-02-25T09:00:00.000-05:00

During our store's Christmas Shutdown, Trevor's work sent him to Niagara Falls for training. Trevor & I were planning on getting away together during our Christmas Shutdown, so we decided to make Niagara Falls our get away trip. We had a fabulous time!

I knew that I would have two days to myself while he was in training. So, I designed this Easter card. I pre-cut & stamped out everything before leaving town so that I didn't have to take as many tools with us on our trip. I prepped for 50 cards and I got everything done on the trip, but colouring and cutting out the bunnies.

The patterned paper is from Provo Craft, the card base is Bazzill Kraft and the matting cardstocks are from Core'dinations.

The circle & scalloped circle were cut with my Nestabilities, the hemp twine is from Home Depot and I used two Stamping Bella bling in the top left corner. On the inside of the card, the border punch I used is from Stampin' Up.

The stamps on the front of the card are from CTMH's March's Stamp of the Month "Sensational Season" Stamp Set and the inside sentiment is from Hero Arts.

Copic Markers used: Bunnies - E43 & E42; Pink Ears - R81; Blue Jacket - B32; Pink Dress - R85; Carrots & Ribbon - YR12 and Green - YG23 & YG21.

If you want to get CTMH's March Stamp of the Month to make your own Easter cards, Shanna, my best-friend & CTMH Consultant, is putting in a Close to My Heart order on Thursday, March 3, 2011. You can contact her yourself or drop by the store and I will hook you up with an order form.

Blue & Silver Christmas Card Challenge

2011-02-21T11:57:00.004-05:00

This week's challenge on Sparkle Creations Weekly Christmas Card Challenge is to use Light Blue, Dark Blue, White & Silver.

Fabricland had a Member's Sale this past week and I made a point of getting to the sale because I noticed that I needed more variety in my thread colours. I have been doing more sewing on my cards and I realized that there were some colours that I was missing from my stash.

I got to the sale on Saturday and I picked up silver, gold & copper metallic thread amongst others because I thought that would be great to have on hand. The next morning, the challenge included the colour silver and the silver thread I bought was perfect for my project. I also bought some fabric that suited this challenge, but it didn't have the right feel for this card.

The patterned papers are from Stampin' Up and so is the Night of Navy cardstock. The white cardstock used on this card is Bazzill Smooth White and I sprayed it with Tattered Angel's Silver Glimmer Mist to tone down the brightness of the white and to add a bit of sparkle.

Besides stitching with my sewing machine, I used Heidi Swapp clear plastic snowflakes, Basic Grey rhinestones and Silver Jewel Glitter Ritz (micro fine glitter) to embellish this card.

The main image is called "Neva" from CC Design's Sweet November Stamps, the "Season's Greetings" is a Stampin' Up stamp and the inside sentiment stamp is from Inkadinkado.

The silver glitter borders on my card were done with the burnished velvet technique using the Silver Jewel Glitter Ritz and Be Creative Adhesive Tape. The silver on Neva's cuffs & waist were done the same glitter, but I used a liquid glue pen instead of the tape. The silver tips on the clear snowflakes were done with the same glitter again, but this time I used CTMH's liquid glass.

Neva was coloured with the following Copic Markers: B0000, B91, B93, B95, B97, B99 & N1. Then I outlined some of her snowflake, her hair lines and eyes with the Copic Clear Spica Pen (glitter pen) to add a bit of sparkle to the image.

The oval die-cut that Neva is adhered to was not only glimmer misted, but embossed with a Cuttlebug Snowflake Embossing Folder. I used Spellbinder's Standard Oval Small & Large nestabilities and Grand Scalloped Oval nestability to mat Neva.

All the sentiment stamps used on this card were embossed with Class Act Stamps Detail Silver embossing powder.

As you can see, I had a lot of fun playing with different techniques on this card and as always, it looks much better in person.

Moose Birthday Card

2011-02-21T10:00:00.000-05:00

This is a birthday card that I made for one of our uncle's birthdays this upcoming week.

All the patterned papers came from My Mind's Eye's Stella and Rose Mabel 6x6 paper pack and I used Brown & Tangelo Bazzill cardstock.

For embellishments, I used a KI Memories paper clip, Brown Ric Rac Ribbon from Fabricland, Stampin' Up Pumpkin Pie 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon and an EK Success medium photo corner punch.

The moose stamp is called "Al Dente" and he and the front card sentiment is from Whipper Snapper. The "Happy Birthday" sentiment is from Inkadinkado.

Copic Makers used: Brown - E27 & E15; Tan - E53; Green - YG95; Orange - YR12 and Reddish Orange - E08.

I am submitting my card to Paper Sundaes Challenge #57 - Masculine Colours. In this challenge, your creation does not need to be masculine, just predominately feature the masculine colours of navy, dark green and/or brown.

It may not look like it on my blog, but everything that looks black is a dark brown.

Wishing you Peace & Love....

2011-02-19T08:54:00.004-05:00

This week's challenge on Sparkle Creations Weekly Christmas Card Challenge is shopping.

I had pulled these papers aside last year to do this card on one of my girlfriend scrapbooking days, but I never got around to it. So, once I saw this challenge, I knew exactly what I was going to do.

The patterned papers are from Doodlebug and the cardstock is from Bazzill.

I used brads from CTMH, ribbon from Stampin' Up, Cotton Candy Stickles and a deep pink thread for the zig zag stitches that I did with my sewing machine.

The border punch and heart die-cut were both done with punches from EK Success and the oval & scalloped oval die-cuts were done with Spellbinder Nestabilities.

The image stamp is called "Miss Clause" from Sugar Nellie and the sentiment stamps came from CC Designs "Christmas Card Greetings" stamp set.

The Copic Markers I used are: Hair - E25 & E27; Skin - R00 & R000; Light Pink - RV11 & RV02; Dark Pink - RV34 & RV06; Red - R29 & R27; Green - YG25 & YG23; Teal - N1 & BG45 and Yellow - Y17.

I only had one 12x12 sheet of each of the background patterned papers and I was able to prep for 6 more cards. It should have been 7 more cards, but I messed up one of them. So I will have a total of 7 of these cards for my stash.

I have also submitted this card in the Stamping with Markers Challenge in the Moxie Fab World. I didn't use an innovative colouring technique, but every colour on the image (excluding the yellow) was made with using two colours to create my own colour to match the patterned papers better.

Happy Valentine's Day Mom & Dad!

2011-02-18T09:38:00.009-05:00

This is the Valentine's Day card that I made for my parents.

All the patterned papers are from BoBunny's 6x6 Crazy Love paper pack and the cardstock is Bazzill.

I used Bazzill flowers, CTMH brads, Clear Buttons from Stampin' Up and an EK Success heart punch.

The image stamp is from Sparkle's Creations, the sentiment stamp is from Stampin' Up and the "happy valentine's day" stamp is from katie & co.

Copic Markers used: E25, E27, R00, R000, R37, RV10 & RV34.

Sending Springtime Smiles

2011-02-16T09:29:00.009-05:00

Yeah for sick days!

My husband says that I am cruel, but I don't see it that way. I always try to make the best of things. Amy was home sick from school yesterday with a horrible headache and therefore couldn't make cheerleading last night. That means that I didn't have to taxi her and I got to stay home and play in my scrap room. I didn't wish for her to be sick. I just made the best of the situation at hand.

I got to play with some of the new things that I just received, like Stamping Bella's February Stamp Release & my Stampin' Up order.

All the patterned papers on this card are from My Mind's Eye's Fine and Dandy True Blue 6 x 6 paper pack and I used Candlelight & Tangelo Bazzill Cardstock.

For embellishments, I used the zig zag stitch on my sewing machine with some yellow thread, a paper clip from an old line from KI Memories, Stamping Bella 5mm Marble English Toffee Dots and last, but definitely not least......Stampin' Up Daffodil Delight Pompom trim.

I LOVE THIS NEW POMPOM TRIM!!!!! Right now, they are only offering it in Melon Mambo, Tangerine Tango & Daffodil Delight in their Occasions Mini Catalogue. I am hoping enough people buy this ribbon or send Stampin' Up emails to encourage them to bring in more colours. It is half the size of any other pompom trim that I have ever bought. It is fabulous stuff!

Back to the card. The "sending Springtime smiles" sentiment is from Stampin' Up's Easter Blossoms stamps set. The other sentiment & the image is from Stamping Bella's "rainOnever-stopped-me-ABELLA stamp set.

I only used E25 & E27 Copic Markers for the hair & E00 & E000 Copic Markers for her skin. The rest of this image is paper pieced.

I am having a lot of fun with the easel cards lately and I had a lot of fun playing with my new stamps, ribbon & paper. I have wanted this paper pack for awhile, but I talked myself out of it. Once I had the pompom ribbon and this stamp set in my hand, I knew I had to use this paper pack.

I don't know how much more time I will get in my room this week with the Oliver Road Community Centre's Winter Carnival this weekend and workshop preparation, but I did just get in my Whipper Snapper order yesterday. So hopefully I will be able to carve out some time on Monday.

Thank you Robin! I had no idea about this blog challenge. I have entered my card in the Paper Piecing Challenge in Moxie Fab World. Check it out! You have until March 14th to enter.

Happy Valentine's Day G & G!

2011-02-13T12:50:00.006-05:00

This is the Valentine's Day Card that I made for my grandparents (G & G) and my mother-in-law. I had a blast making this card and I love how it turned out.

All the patterned papers are from BoBunny's Crazy Love 6 x 6 paper pack and I used Bazzill cardstock.

I used one of EK Success' border punches and one of their heart punches. The safety pin was from my stash and the ribbon is from Fabricland. The stitching was done with my sewing machine.

The dragon stamp is called "Cinder" from CC Designs Sweet November Stamps. The sentiment by Cinder is from CTMH "For Every Occasion" and the "Happy Valentine's Day" stamp is from Stampin' Up.

Copic Markers used: Red - R37; Dark Pink - RV34; Light Pink - RV10; Beige - E31 and Brown - E59.

I hope you all have a wonderful Valentine's Day. Today is just another normal day for us with appointments and driving our daughter around from basketball to Karate.

So, my family and I celebrated Valentine's Day yesterday with a turkey dinner and a movie. Prior to dinner, we met up with my grandparents at the mall for coffee. All and all, it was a very nice family day and today I have leftovers for a quick dinner in between driving Amy from basketball to Karate.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day Trevor!

2011-02-13T11:03:00.004-05:00

Today is Kraftin' Kimmie's Release Day for her February stamps. I already have the new stamps here and they will be in the store when I open on Tuesday.

This is my husband's Valentine's Day Card. He loves the 57 Chevy. So when I saw the new release last week, I knew I had to make his Valentine's Day Card with some of the new stamps.

My first idea for this card didn't really work out. I was trying to have "Danny", "Judy" and the 57 Chevy all on the front of the card, but it wasn't working for me. So I did up the inside of the card a little more in depth than usual so that I could still use the "Judy" image that I had already coloured and cut out.

All the patterned papers came from My Mind's Eye's Stella and Rose Gertie 6 x 6 paper pack. I just got this paper pack in the store on Friday and I love it!

The ribbon is from Stampin' Up, the brads are from Basic Grey and I used EK Success Punches for the heart border & the heart die-cuts. The circles were cut out with a Marvy punch and a circle nestability.

The "Danny" & "Judy" images are from Kraftin' Kimmie's February Release and the 57 Chevy is from Stampin' Up. The "Danny" stamp actually has a motorcycle standing beside him. After inking my stamp, I wiped the ink away from the where the handle bar crossed over Danny's arm and after stamping the image, I drew in the missing part of his arm.

The front sentiment is from CC Designs "love-ly" sentiment stamp set. The inside sentiment is hand written except for the "happy valentine's day" is a stamp from katie & co.

Copic Markers: BG10, BG18, BG72, E00, E000, E04, E07, E15, E25, E27, E40, E59, N0, N2, R22, R32, R24, Y26, YG95, YR12, YR14, YR21 & YR24.

More Pages for Quhyn

2011-02-12T08:00:00.000-05:00

My girlfriend's and I put together an album for our friend who brought her daughter home from China in November. This album is set up so that she can log Quhyn's first year at home.

Back in December I posted the title page, last page and a December layout that I had designed for the album as my contribution to the project. Our friend, Ellena, wasn't able to complete her pages for the album, so I made these pages in her honour.

The December layout patterned paper is from Echo Park's Everybody Loves Christmas line and the cardstock is Bazzill.

I distressed the edges with my Distrezz-it-All tool and the owl was cut out from the Hoot 'n' Holler Cricut Lite Cartridge that I borrowed from my girlfriend, Lee-Ann. Thank you Snappy Scraps!

The brads are from my stash and the buttons are from Stampin' Up. The bobbles stamped by the word "December" are from Stampendous.

For the January layout, I used patterned papers from We R Memory Keepers Merry January line. I embellished with Platinum Stickles and the snowflakes stamped around the word "January" are from Doodlebug.

May Your Day Bubble Over With Fun

2011-02-10T08:00:00.000-05:00

This was the other card that I made for my 2 year old cousin, Carmyn.

I had a lot of fun with this card. I inked some stamps that have never been inked before. I coloured a fun image with bright, playful colours and I really love how the inside of the card came together. So, there is no way that I could not of had fun with this design.

The patterned papers are from Basic Grey Euphoria 6 x 6 paper pack and the cardstock is from Bazzill.

The brads are from Scrapbook Sally, the ribbon is from Stampin' Up and I used CTMH Liquid Glass to make the bubbles shiny like bubbles. I used the Lacy Squares Nestabilities to mat the image.

The dragon stamp is from High Hopes Stamps, the sentiment on the front of the card is from Stampendous, the inside sentiment is from Stampin' Up & the stitches on the inside of the card were stamped with CTMH's Simple Stitches Stamp Set.

Copic Markers Used: Dark Pink - RV19, RV17 & RV11; Light Pink - R81; Blue - B12; Green - YG00 & G40 and Purple - V15.

Joy to the World

2011-02-08T08:00:00.000-05:00

This card was for Sparkle's Weekly Christmas Card Challenge #10 posted on January 30th. The challenge was to use a transparency.

I almost had it done in time. I needed to add a sentiment to the front of the card and finish the inside, but I decided to be a good mom & wife instead and I didn't ask for 20 minutes in my scrap room on our Family Movie Night to finish it.

Instead I finished it a day late. Oh well, I still got it done and that is all that matters.

I used a 4 x 6 My Mind's Eye transparency that had the corner flourishes on it.

On the Bazzill cardstock, I embossed the stamped images with Class Act Stamps Pastel Pink Embossing Powder. On top of the transparency, I added the Kaiser Craft pearls & Stampin' Up Satin ribbon.

The image stamp on the front & inside of the card are from Inkadinkado. The front sentiment is from CTMH and the inside sentiment is from CC Designs.

The cardstock isn't as dark of a pink as my photo shows, but it wouldn't shoot any better due to the transparency.

Noel

2011-02-07T11:51:00.003-05:00

I actually got my card done for Sparkle's Weekly Christmas Card Challenge on the first day that the challenge was posted. This is a first for me.

This week's challenge is an inspiration photo of colourful, sparkly Christmas ornaments. I immediately thought of Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses 6 x 6 paper pack and matched it with Bazzill cardstock.

I used Basic Grey buttons, Stampin' Up Taffeta Ribbon and matching embroidery floss from my stash.

The nestabilities used on this card are Petite Ovals, Petite Scalloped Ovals & Labels One.

The image stamp is my new stamp that I just received in the mail last week called Holiday Emily from Sparkle Creations. I have been wanting her for a while. Shanna was putting in an order, so I added a few for myself....three to be exact.

The "Noel" stamp came from CTMH's Say it in Style stamp set and the inside sentiment came from CC Designs Holiday Greetings stamp set. These stamps were embossed with Stampendous' Pearlustre Hessonite Embossing Powder.

Copic Markes used: Skin - R00 & R000; Hair - E27, E29 & E25; Red - E07; Burgundy - RV69 and Pink - RV11.

Wishing You a Day Full of Happiness

2011-02-06T09:00:00.001-05:00

I loved this card so much that I made a bunch of them. I may actually put my extra ones on sale in the store, but I am not completely sure.

One of the reasons that I am so excited about this card is that I used up scrap papers and stamps that I have never inked before.
YEAH ME!

If my memory serves me correctly, the patterned papers are from SEI & Die Cuts with a View. Please don't hold me to that because they were from my scrap pile and the scrap pieces had no codes on them. I used Bazzill & Core'dinations cardstock.

The large circle & scalloped circle were cut out using my Spellbinder Nestabilities and the sentiment circles were punched out with EK Success punches.

I used orange Doodlebug brads & the green brads are from Die Cuts with a View. The ribbon is from Stampin' Up.

The elephant stamp is from Whimsy Stamps, the circle sentiment is from Lily of the Valley and the "Happy Birthday" stamp is from Stampendous.

Eat Dessert First!

2011-02-03T08:00:00.000-05:00

This is a birthday card that I made for my cousin, Amanda, from my grandparents.

I used a 6 x 6 paper pack from The Greeting Farm, scrap pink paper from my stash and Bazzill Crabapple Dark for the cardstock.

The ribbon is from Stampin' Up and the brads are from Die Cuts with a View.

The image stamp is from CC Designs, the front sentiment stamp is from Stampendous and the "Happy Birthday" stamp is from Inkadinkado.

Copic Markers used: Hair - YR31, Y35 & Y32; Skin - R00 & R000; Burgundy - RV99 & R89 and Pink - RV34.

February 2011 Calendar Page

2011-02-01T08:00:00.002-05:00

Friday, February 11, 2011
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Cost: $20.00

The papers for this page are Ginger, Bette & Astaire from Cosmo Cricket's Circa 1934 paper line and black mulberry paper.

We will be using Spellbinders Grand Labels One & Labels One Nestabilities for the photo mats, Spellbinders Grand Circles for embellishing the page and Spellbinders Standard Circles Small & Large Nestabilities to make the mulberry flowers in the top left corner.

We will also be using EK Success' three different sized photo corner rounders for the photo matting & CTMH Brads.

Photo Sizes are: One 6 x 6 Square Photo (trimmed a bit), One 4 x 4 Square Photo and Four 2 x 2 Square Photos (trimmed a bit).

Masculine Winter Birthday Card

2011-01-30T10:00:00.000-05:00

This was the second card that I made for my cousin, Ronny.

The patterned papers are from a Stampin' Up 6 x 6 paper pack and the cardstock is Bazzill White & Stampin' Up Night of Navy.

I used Stamping Bella 5mm Solid Cloud White Bonbons, Stampin' Up White Ribbon & a Making Memories flat clip.

I used an oval Nestability for the image and the Stampin' Up corner punch for the corner die-cuts on the inside of the card.

The "Snomobilin' Fun" image stamp is from Kraftin' Kimmie, the "Happy Birthday" is from CTMH and the inside sentiment is from CC Designs.

Copic Markers Used: B99, BV25, BV29, C5, C6, C8, T3 & T7.

May the Spirit of Christmas...

2011-01-28T08:48:00.002-05:00

This week's challenge on Sparkle Creations Weekly Christmas Challenge Blog is "No Colouring". I loved this challenge!

I bought these beautiful stamps from Inkadinkado at least 4 years ago and they have never touched an ink pad until now. This card came together in 20 minutes and I love it.

The patterned papers are from BoBunny's Midnight Frost 6 x 6 paper pack and the cardstock is Stampin' Up's Night of Navy.

The embossing was done with Stampendous' Pearlustre Alexandrite embossing powder. I embellished with Stamping Bella Dots, Stampin' Up Night of Navy ribbon, Amuse rhinestones & Waterfall Stickles.

The "Season's Greetings" stamp is from Stampin' Up's "Snow Swirled" stamp set and the rest of the stamps are from Inkadinkado.

To My Prince

2011-01-27T10:47:00.007-05:00

This is the birthday card that I made my husband this year. His birthday was January 2nd.

I have had this idea in my head ever since Kraftin' Kimmie came out with the Princess line of stamps. I was going to make a friendship card and have a deer & other woodland creatures with Snow White. Then Kraftin' Kimmie came out with this Prince stamp and this is what I created instead.

The patterned papers are from Imaginisce's 6 x 6 Apple Cider paper pack & I used various Core'dinations cardstock.

The brads are from Die Cuts with a View and the ribbon is from Fabricland.

I used the Classic Oval Small & Large and Petite Oval Small & Large Nestabilities, the Tinkerbell Cricut Cartridge for the tree and EK Success' small yellow circle punch for all the apples in the tree.

The "Happy Birthday" stamp is from CTMH's Happy Holidays Set and all the rest of the stamps are from Kraftin' Kimmie.

I have entered this card in this week's Kraftin' Kimmie's Fairytale Challenge.

Yes, Trevor loved his card and he always appreciates my effort.

Happy Birthday Ronny!

2011-01-26T09:00:00.001-05:00

Today is my cousin's birthday and this is one of the cards that I made him. He is an avid fisherman, hunter & just loves the outdoors.

I hadn't inked my new "Curtis" stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie and thought that this would be a great time to do so. The "Happy Birthday" is from CTMH & the inside sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

The patterned papers are from Reminisce's Making the Grade line and the cardstock is Bazzill's Crabapple Dark, Sawdust & Twilight Dark.

I used the Labels Small & Large Nestabilities and the googly eye & ribbon are from my stash.

Copic Markers Used: Hair, Boots & Fishing Rod - E29, E79 & E27, Skin - E00 & E000, Fish & Reel - YG95, YG93, YG 91 & YG0000, Overalls - BV29 & B99 and Shirt - R59.

Autumn's Cheer Birthday Card

2011-01-25T10:45:00.002-05:00

Here is the second card that I made for my 13 year old cousin, Autumn. She is on her school's cheerleading team and their school colours are purple, black & white.

The papers are an old Heidi Grace line & the cardstock is Bazzill. I used Scrapbook Sally & Die Cuts with a View brads, Stampin' Up Ribbon & Kaiser Craft Black Rhinestones in the middle of the pom poms.

The image stamp is from The Greeting Farm, the circle "Happy Birthday" is from Stampin' Up, the number "13" is from CTMH's Golden Years Stamp Set & the inside sentiment is from Hero Arts.

I used the Peony & Circle Nestabilities for my shaped die cuts and one of EK Success' large border punches for the inside of the card.

Copic Markers used: Black - 100; Skin - E00 & E000; Hair - Y35, YR31 & Y32 and Purple - BV02, BV31 & V01.

Happy 2nd Birthday Carmyn!

2011-01-24T09:00:00.000-05:00

Here is one of the cards that I made for my 2 year old cousin, Carmyn. I make one from Trevor, Amy, Sparkle & I and one from my grandparents.

This stamp made me think of her because she loves hugging her stuffed animals & dolls. When she gets a new huggable toy, that is the first thing she does once it is out of the wrapper....give it a big hug.

The patterned papers are from Basic Grey's Euphoria 6 x 6 paper pack & the cardstock is Bazzill Fussy.

I used Prima Marketing flowers, Scrapbook Sally brads & Embroidery Floss from my stash. I used Oval Nestabilities & a Bazzill Stitchz template to do the stitching.

The image stamp is from The Greeting Farm and the "Happy Birthday" sentiment stamp is from Stampendous and the "Be Silly and Have Fun" sentiment is from Hero Arts.

Copic Markers used: Hair - Y35, YR31 & Y32, Skin - R00 & R000, Purple - V15 & B12, Deep Pink - RV19 and Light Pink - RV11 & RV02.

I'm Nuts About You!

2011-01-21T22:05:00.005-05:00

My first Christmas Card for 2011! Thank you Sparkle!

Amy & I have made it our New Year's Resolution to do Sparkle Creations Weekly Christmas Card Challenge. Amy participated in one two weeks ago, but this is my first one. This is my interpretation of this week's challenge; which is a Sketch Challenge.

Last week the challenge was to use a snowman and the week before was to use any type of embossing. I still plan on doing those challenges, but after I get some more birthday cards & February's Calendar page done.

I used Imaginisce's Cottage Christmas 6 x 6 paper pack and Bazzill Barkley & Hillary cardstock. The brads are from Die Cuts with a View.

All of the stamps are from Kraftin' Kimmie. I used an EK Success border punch on the inside and circle Nestabilities on the front of the card.

Copic Markers Used: Brown - E74 & E79; Red - E07; Orange - YR14 and Green - G99 & YG03.

I had a fabulous evening with Amy & she now wants to make it our Friday Night thing; which is just fine with me.

Pay It Forward

2011-01-21T09:15:00.005-05:00

I promise to send something handmade to the first FIVE people who comment on this post. There is one condition - if you are one of the first five to comment, you must then post this and promise to send something homemade to FIVE other people. Just imagine all the great ideas that are going to be passed through our Snail Mail System.

To sum it up, the rules state that it must be something handmade or homemade by YOU and you must send to FIVE people within 2011. I promise I won't wait until December to send it. This time line just makes this promise more fun since the deadline isn't unrealistic for us busy crafters.

I also promise that if you do comment on this post and you are a person that I normally send birthday or holiday cards to, those cards won't count towards this "Pay It Forward Promise".

You can email me your address to ddigby@shaw.ca.

Happy Birthday Autumn!

2011-01-19T16:47:00.008-05:00

My cousin turned 13 at the beginning of this month. We haven't seen her since her birthday, but we will see her this weekend at her youngest sister's birthday party. Both of their parents' birthdays are this month as well. So, I normally take them all their cards at the same time depending on when the birthday party is.

The patterned papers are from Basic Grey's Euphoria 6 x 6 paper pack & the cardstock is Bazzill Bouquet.

I used Prima Marketing flowers, Scrapbook Sally brads & Baker's Twine. I made the small photo corners with a Fiskars Square Hand Held Punch & EK Success' 1/2 square punch. The "13" came from the Hannah Montana Cricut Cartridge & the circles behind it are EK Success punches. I also used one of EK Success' border punches for the inside of the card.

The image stamp is from The Greeting Farm and the sentiment stamp is from CC Designs.

Copic Markers used: Hair - Y35, YR31 & Y32, Skin - R00 & R000, Jacket - RV19, Pants - B12 and Everything Purples - V15.

Happy Birthday Mom!

2011-01-18T09:00:00.006-05:00

Today is my mom's birthday and the first card in this post is the card that I made for her from Trevor, Amy, Sparkle & I.

My mom's favourite colour is blue and she loves butterflies. When I went to make this card, I was looking for a different butterfly in my stash when I came across this one and the card design just came to me.

The cardstock is from Stampin' Up & Bazzill and the patterned papers are from BoBunny's Midnight Frost 6x6 paper pack.

The butterfly is a Prima Marketing Jewel Box Butterfly, the buttons are from Stampin' Up, the staples are just from my regular stapler & the embroidery floss is from my stash.

I used CTMH's Happy Birthday Stamp Set & Sans Lowercase Alphabet Stamp Set and the sentiment stamp set on the inside is from A Muse Artstamps. To stamp the sentiments, I used Stampin' Up's Rich Razzleberry & Night of Navy ink.

The tools used on this card were the Zutter Distrezz-it-All, EK Success Border Punch & I drew the stitched swirl with a pencil and then hand stitched it. I also used the Clear & Baby Blue Copic Spica Pens (Glitter Pens) to accent the snoflakes on the card & the "Happy Birthday" sentiment.

The second card in this post was made from the scraps from my mom's birthday card. I have many cards to make from my grandparents and myself this month and I am sure this card will come in handy. The ribbon used on this card is from Stampin' Up.

You're As Sweet As Apple Pie!

2011-01-16T11:28:00.005-05:00

Happy Birthday Mom!

My mom's birthday isn't until January 18th, but we are celebrating it today. By fluke, I used one of Kraftin' Kimmie's stamps from her New January Release that is today as well.

I love Kraftin' Kimmie's New Release. The new release will be available to purchase in the store when we open on Tuesday.

I made this card for my grandparents to give to my mom for her birthday. My grandfather is known for dropping off apples to mom for her to bake him a pie. So, you can see why this new image & sentiment from Kraftin' Kimmie is absolutely perfect.

I used Kraftin' Kimmie's Abigail Apple Stamp & sentiment and I used one of Inkadinkado stamps for the "Happy Birthday" on the inside of the card. To stamp the sentiments, I used Stampin' Up Cherry Cobbler Ink.

The patterned papers are from Imaginisce's Apple Cider 6x6 paper pack & KaiserCraft's Hey Birdie Collection 6x6 paper pack. I also used Bazzill & Stampin' Up cardstock.

The brads are from Scrapbook Sally and the ribbon is from Stampin' Up and I used the Lacy Squares Nestabilities to mat the image.

Copic Markers: Hair - E47, E49 & E59; Skin - E00 & E000; Red - E07, E19 & E09 and Yellow - YR24, YR21 & YR31.

DAT'S Scrapbooking's New Look

2011-01-12T12:00:00.002-05:00

I love it when an idea comes to life. Two years ago I came up with this idea for the store and to see it finally come together is just so exciting for me.

A BIG THANK YOU goes out to my husband, Trevor. Even though he does love building things for me, I am very appreciative for all the work he put into the new store island during our Christmas Shutdown. THANK YOU HONEY!!!

Regular Store Hours
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday ~ 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Thursday ~ 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Saturday ~ 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday & Monday ~ Closed

Email: ddigby@shaw.ca
Phone Number: (807) 344-7702

January 2011 Calendar Page

2011-01-06T21:01:00.003-05:00

Friday, February 11, 2011
Time: 7:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Cost: $20.00

For this Winter Page, I used We R Memory Keepers Merry January "Branch" & "Scarf" Patterned Papers and Olive Core'dinations Cardstock.

The "Winter" title is a die cut from We R Memory Keepers Merry January line and the glitter brads in the title & the snowflakes are from the same line. The chipboard snowflakes are from Maya Road and are painted with Tattered Angels Champagne Glitter Glaze.

I stitched the lines with my sewing machine to give the snowflakes a floating feel and the photo mats were distressed with my electronic distressor the Zutter Distrezz-it-All.

Photo Sizes: One Horizontal 4 x 6 photo, One Horizontal 3.5 x 5 photo, One Horizontal 2.75 x 3.75 photo and One Vertical 2.75 x 3.75 photo.

Registration for the Calendar Workshop closes on Saturday, January 15, 2011.

Welcome Home Quhyn

2010-12-30T08:37:00.003-05:00

My girlfriends and I made an 8x8 album for our friend Kelly's new daughter, Quhyn.

Kelly adopted Quyhn from China and was finally able to bring her home on November 20, 2010. We made the album so that she could record Quyhn's first year, and a bit, at home.

The album was originally going to be from November 2010 to November 2011, but Quyhn's 3rd Birthday is in December 2011. So it seemed more appropriate to have the book go until her birthday, so we added a month.

I did the title page, December 2011 & the last page of the book.

The ribbon on the December 2011 layout is actually a lot like the darker green colour in the mats, but with all the sparkle in it the ribbon it kept shooting as you see it in my post.

I had a lot of fun making these pages.

Holiday Cheer - DAT'S Boxing Day Sale!

2010-12-25T07:00:00.001-05:00

DAT'S BOXING DAY SALE!
Sunday, December 26, 2010
10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

30% Off Your Entire Order!
(Excludes better sales items, gift certificates, special orders & workshops.)

50% Off Core'dinations Cardstock

50% Off All Stickopotamus & Jolee's Stickers

This is the Christmas card that I made my daughter, Amy. She is on her school's cheerleading squad and her school colours are teal, purple & white.

I used Bazzill Dotted Swiss, BoBunny Double Dot & BoBunny 12" Winter Joy Cut Outs paper. I also used Prima Flowers, Doodlebug Snowflake brads & Basic Grey Rhinestones.

The cheerleader & the santa hat stamps came from The Greeting Farm. The sentiment stamp on the inside of the card is from CC Designs.

The Copic Markers used are: Skin - E00 & E000; Hair - E27, E29 & E25; Teal Colour - BG45 & BG01 and Purple Colour - V15.

Happy Holidays!

Season's Greetings!

2010-12-24T08:30:00.003-05:00

Season's Greetings!

This is the Christmas Card that I made my mom. I don't normally make my parents separate cards, but since I just had to make that "Let It Snow" card (previous post) for my dad...I needed to make a special card for my mom.

As you can see, I had a lot of fun putting this card together.

I used Core'dination Cardstock, Scrapbook Sally Gold Shimmer paper and the patterned papers are from Basic Grey's 6 x 6 Jovial pack of paper.

I used Tattered Angels Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist to add a bit of sparkle to the Bazzill poinsettias, Kaiser Craft Pearls, miscellaneous floss for the stitching, gold waffle paper from Stampin' Up & "JOY" was cut out on my Cricut Machine.

I used one of the Bazzill Stitchz Templates to create the stitched swirl, Labels Fourteen Nestability and one of EK Success' border punches for the inside of the card.

The image on the front of the card is from Kraftin' Kimmie's Christmas line and the sentiment on the inside of the card is one of CC Designs stamps.

I apologize, but I lost my list of Copic Markers for this card.

I wish you and your family a safe & happy holiday with many merry memorable moments to last you a lifetime. Say that five times fast!

Let it Snow....Someplace Else!

2010-12-20T14:19:00.005-05:00

This is the Christmas Card that I made for my dad this year.

As soon as I saw this new stamp from Kraftin' Kimmie's December Release, I knew I had to make this card for my dad.

My dad is retired. My mom is not retired and due to circumstances, they cannot spend their winters somewhere warm right now like they want to. My dad hates the snow and dreads every snowfall. Whenever it snows, he kind of makes a face like this mouse.

The cardstock is Bazzill & Core'dinations. The patterned papers are from Fancy Pants' Like Father Like Son line. The brads are from my miscellaneous stash.

I distressed the papers with Tim Holz's Distressing Tool. The snowflakes stamp is from Stampin' Up, the "Let it Snow" Sentiment Stamp is from CC Designs, the mouse is from Kraftin' Kimmie and the sentiment on the inside of the card was designed on my computer.

I coloured my image in with Copic Markers, but I was watching the Survivor finale while doing it and didn't keep the markers straight as to which ones were used where. So, here is the list of the markers that I used: C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C10, B45, B91, B93, B95 & BV25.

I do want more snow for Christmas.

So....Let It Snow! Just don't tell my dad I said that.

Holiday Wishes

2010-12-18T16:20:00.002-05:00

This was a card that I came up with so that I had an excuse to try out my new Spellbinders Grand Calibur Die-Cutting Machine.

I used the Grand Nestabilities Grand Labels Four die-cut for the base of my card with Core'dinations cardstock.

I used "Ornaments, Christmas Bells & Candy Cane" two-sided papers from Echo Park's "Everybody Loves Christmas" line. The ornaments on the front of the card were cut out from the "Ornaments" patterned paper.

The sentiment stamps came from CC Designs "Holiday Greetings" stamp set & I used a generic red embossing powder that has been in my stash for years.

I also got to play with my new Kenmore sewing machine to add the strings to the ornaments.

This is a very simple Christmas Card that was easy to mail because there was no bulk or weight to it. It also allowed me to play with my new die-cutting machine and my new sewing machine...what more could I ask for.

Happy Holidays!

Easter/ Thinking of You Card Workshop

2010-12-13T19:13:00.008-05:00

Thursday, March 24, 2011 - 1 Spot Available
Time: 7:00 p.m. Cost: $7.00

For this Easter/Thinking of You Card, we will be using Doodlebug's Petite Prints Double Sided Papers: Limeade Dot-Grid, Limeade Daisy-Stripe, Tangerine Daisy-Stripe, Bumblebee Daisy-Stripe & Cupcake Daisy-Stripe. For the cardstock, we are using Bazzill White & Core'dinations Tulip.

To embellish this card, we are using Bazzill 1" Primula White Flowers & Stamping Bella 5mm Solid Coral Reef Bonbons. To make the die-cuts, we are using EK Success 1 1/2" Scalloped Square Punch & 1" Square Punch.

The stamps on this card are from CTMH's "Say It in Style" and "For Every Occasion" Stamp Sets and we will be using Stampin' Up's Certainly Celery and Pumpkin Pie Ink and Pixie Pink Marker.

Birthday Boy Card Workshop

2010-12-13T13:08:00.008-05:00

Thursday, February 24, 2011 - FULL
Time: 7:00 p.m. Cost: $7.00

This Birthday Card is equipped with a unique pocket for gift cards.

We will be using the Hoopla two-sided patterned paper from Flair Design's It's Your Day line, My Mind's Eye Brilliant "All Star" Twinkle Twinkle/Orange Circular two-sided patterned paper, BoBunny Harvest Dot paper, Tangerine Orange Core'dinations cardstock and Stampin' Up 1/4" Old Olive Grosgrain Ribbon.

The stamps we are using are from CTMH's Happy Birthday Stamp Set, CC Designs Birthday Sentiments Stamp Set and CC Designs Sugarplums Balloon Trevor Stamp. We are also using Stampin' Up's Word Window Large Punch.

Copic Markers used: Hair - Y23, Y26 & Y21; Skin - E00 & E000; Shirt - YG97 & YG25; Pants - B02 and Shoes & Belt - E47.

Anniversary Card Workshop

2010-12-13T12:45:00.007-05:00

Thursday, January 27, 2011 - FULL
Time: 7:00 p.m. Cost: $7.00

For this Anniversary Card Workshop, we will be using the burnished velvet technique; as well as doing heat gun embossing.

We will be using "Juliet" & "Diana" two-sided patterned papers from Imaginisce's To Love & Cherish line, Metallic Silver paper, Bazzill Black cardstock & Core'dinations Dusk cardstock.

The embellishments we are using are Kaiser Craft Snow Pearls, Maya Road Black Pearl Trinket Pin, Heidi Swapp Large White Flower, Jewel Glitter Ritz Silver & Black Ultra Fine Glitter and 7mm Be Creative Tape.

The stamps used on this card are from Stampin' Up's Hostess Occasional Quotes Stamp Set and CTMH's Golden Years Stamp Set. We are also using Stampin' Up Going Gray Ink & American Crafts Opaque Black Embossing Powder.

Tools used for this card are a heat gun, Nestability's Petite Ovals Large, EK Success Small Folk Heart Punch and EK Success 1 1/4" Circle Punch.

Shanna's Friendship Recipe Box

2010-11-29T23:02:00.010-05:00

My best-friend, Shanna, just celebrated her birthday last Friday and of course we did it in style with an evening of scrapbooking with friends.

My cousin, Brandi, and I made this recipe box for Shanna for her birthday and of course there is a story behind it.

Brandi, Shanna and I hang out together quite a bit. Since, Shanna is like family, we not only get together as friends, but for family events as well.

Shanna likes to bake and gets excited when she finds a new recipe that works well for the family. We will be out at a function or in a restaurant and eating something that is really good and Shanna will say: "I bet I can figure out how to make this at home!" Meanwhile, I am saying: "Let's make reservations soon so that we can eat this again!"

So, Shanna had made this comment enough times in front of Brandi & I that we started saying: "Let's get this recipe so Shanna can make it for us!"

Then one day, Brandi called me up and said that we should make Shanna a recipe box for her birthday and fill it with recipes for her to make us. Also, some joke recipes because we like to tease Shanna.

Funny enough, 2 days earlier I had just received the new Kaiser Craft Recipe Box in the store that I had pre-ordered 2 months earlier.

So, we started working on it immediately. Soon after we started this project, our friend, Ellena, passed away. After her funeral, a bunch of her scrapbooking friends came back to my house for a day of scrapbooking. After everyone had left, Shanna & I were talking and one of our conversations was how nice it was that we were able to pull off our "Cards for Ellena" project.

We made sure that she received at least 2 cards a week from her friends reminding her that we were thinking of her and there for her. We talked about how nice that was. We all know that we have many friends that love us, but to have that constant reminder is even better.

That was it! The next morning, I called Brandi & told her that we had to get all our girlfriends in on the recipe cards so that every time Shanna opened her Recipe Box she would be reminded of the friends who love her.

So, we contacted our friends. I took all their head shots & on their recipe cards is their photo and their hand written recipe.

The Kaiser Craft Recipe Box is very sturdy and very easy to put together. We used one of the papers from Kaiser Crafts Christmas line to cover the box.

The longest part of the project was finding the perfect, not so common, friendship quotes to fill in the 5 windows on the recipe box. I designed them all on my computer to make them fit perfectly. We used the Labels 17 Nestability die-cut to frame out the windows on the box.

On the inside of the lid, we used one of EK Success' photo corner punches, the Labels 17 Nestability die-cut & the Lyrical Cricut Cartridge for the lettering.

For the dividers, I typed the titles out on my computer and we punched them out with Stampin' Up's Large Word Window punch.

For the front of the recipe cards, we used Stampin' Up's "From the Kitchen of" Stamp Set. For the back of the cards, the lines were designed on my computer and then we used one of CTMH's "E" Size Promotional Stamp Set that has no name on it for the swirl. For the tabs on the recipe cards, we used Stampin' Up's Extra-Large Round Tab punch.

Brandi & I had a lot of fun putting this recipe box together. I am thinking of making myself one, but since I hate cooking.....mine is going to be a photo box or an address box.

I just received 8 of these recipe boxes in the store today & 4 of them are already spoken for. I will not be able to get in any more before Christmas, so if you need to get your hands on one of these recipe boxes....you may want to get into the store sooner than later.

Bon Apetit!

Ellena - A Good Friend Forever

2010-11-20T20:36:00.010-05:00

Ellena lost her battle with cancer on Wednesday, November 3, 2010.

She was one of the strongest, creative, stubborn, caring, giving & beautiful person that I have ever had the pleasure of not only knowing, but who I had the honour of calling my friend.

The first 2 cards in this post are the cards that I made to go with the flowers that we all went in on for her funeral.

The "Owl Card" was attached to a big bouquet of Sunflowers that were placed in a two foot tall vase. Sunflowers were her favourite flower.

The "Thinking of You" Card was attached to a gorgeous wicker basket filled with an arrangement of Gerbera Daisies, Roses, Sunflowers & other various flowers all in rich Fall colours.

I received the "Thank You" Card in the mail this week from her husband & daughter.

We had so many people generously go in on the flowers for the funeral, that we had $100.00 leftover and I donated it towards our DAT'S Fall Yap 'N' Scrap 17 Hour Crop for the Northern Cancer Fund - Chemotherapy in Honour of Ellena Esteves.

With the $100.00 donation, ticket sales, t-shirt sales, pop sales & 50/50 draw at our Yap 'N' Scrap, we raised $835.00 for the Northern Cancer Fund - Chemotherapy in Honour of Ellena Esteves. Thank you to everyone who supported our event.

In honour of Ellena, we put in a Stampin' Up order the same weekend as the Yap 'N' Scrap and used all the Hostess Rewards to purchase products for our next Charity Stamping Yard Sale with a Twist. We were able to purchase $135.00 in products and we earned two Level Three Hostess Reward Sets. Again, thank you to everyone who placed an order.

When we add in our Charity Stamping Party donations, we raised $1,745.00 for the Northern Cancer Fund - Chemotherapy in Honour of Ellena Esteves and $905.00 in Hostess Rewards from Stampin' Up to purchase products for our next Charity Stamping Party.

I have one more favour to ask of all of you in helping me honour my very good friend, Ellena. With her in mind: take time for yourself & make a card, do something fun with your family, call up a friend & tell them how much they mean to you, give $5.00 to the next charity that knocks on your door and no matter how bad things get...hold your head up high...keep a smile on your face...fight like hell...and never give up hope.

Ellena: I love my birthday gift (a duplicate necklace of yours - the one I fell in love with the first time I saw it). When you gave it to me, you said it was so I could always have a piece of you with me. Honey, I didn't need it to have a piece of you with me. You will ALWAYS be a part of me. I have learned so much from you & I will always cherish our friendship. I love you.

Happy 33rd Birthday Jimmy!

2010-10-13T10:00:00.001-04:00

Today is my brother's birthday and this is the card I made him.

There is a little story behind this card. For the past year, I have stopped making cards for my family & friends. This is due to my health. I have made the odd one her and there, but for the most part I have bought my cards this year.

I have at least 2 birthdays every month and some months are as high as 9 to 12 birthdays in one month. Then you add holidays, anniversaries, graduations, weddings, babies and so forth and so forth and a lot of my time is spent making cards.

This is why I gave myself permission to take time off from making my cards this year. I am working on balancing family, friends, work, scrapbooking, photography & me time and I hope to have a rough plan in place for the New Year. I am realistic and I know my life balancing plan will take some time to work out all the kinks, but I won't stop trying to come up with the "perfect" balance.

Well, I just couldn't buy my brother a card this year. Last year I went to make him a card with this fisherman image from the Greeting Farm. I was so excited because it kind of looks like him. To my dismay, I realized that I didn't own it. This was one of those stamp sets that I had talked myself out of.

Well, I was quite disappointed. So, the next time I had put a Greeting Farm order in, I made sure that I bought this stamp set. I am so glad that I did because I love this card. Yes, I was up very late making it and of course at the very last possible moment, but the process was so therapeutic. I lost track of time in my scrap room and it felt good.

I used Basic Grey's Pyrus 6 x 6 paper pack, Core'dinations Cardstock and some miscellaneous brads from my stash. I played with one of my new Nestabilities - Wonky Square, my sewing machine and I had fun free-hand cutting up my scrap pieces of paper for my tree. As I have already mentioned, the fisherman is from The Greeting Farm and all the sentiment stamps are from CC Designs.

I used the following Copic Markers to colour in my image: Hair - E44, E47 & E25; Skin - E00 & E000; Shirt - T3 & BG72; Hat & Pants - E57; Hankerchief - W3, YG95 & BG99 and the Fish - W1, E43, E40 & E34.

Holiday Cheer - Take Two

2010-10-10T10:00:00.000-04:00

Here is my "Bulk" Christmas Card for this year again, but with different papers. I have prepped to make 40 of this colour combination. I am trying to use up old paper lines from the store.

I used Smooth Bazzill & Worldwin Cardstock. I don't remember the company that the patterned paper came from and all the pieces are glued down, so I can't even check. The patterned paper is actually a very deep chocolate brown, but it kept turning out more like black in all my photos.

For the front of the card, I used CTMH's Captured Moments stamp set and I used a sentiment stamp from the Hero Arts Holiday Sayings stamp set for the inside of the card.

I used two different EK Success' border punches for the die-cut pieces.

Happy 7th Birthday Sparkle!

2010-10-09T09:00:00.001-04:00

Happy 7th Birthday Gorgeous!

I have mentioned in past postings how I have a difficult time taking my photos because of Sparkle getting in the way. Well, Shanna told me that I should blog photos of her getting in my way. The only difficult part is that I automatically shoe her out of my way before thinking of taking a picture of her.

Well, I finally didn't this time. I shot some photos of her before shoeing her out of the way. This is what I always go through when shooting my photos in the backyard and I thought her birthday would be the perfect day to post them.

She can be any where in the house, but she is normally at my feet or at least in the same room with me at all times. One of her nicknames that I have for her is "Gorgeous", but we do refer to her a lot as "Mommy's Shadow".

I will pick up my card or calendar page and my camera and head out to the yard. Within seconds she is right beside me. I normally photograph my cards on my 8 foot long patio stairs. The first & second photo show you what she does to me. I will be lining up the card in my view finder and then all of a sudden there is a pug nose at the top of my photo.

The reason why I pointed out the size of my stairs is because she could be any where on the stairs, but she insists on being on the one step right above where I am shooting my cards.

For my calendar pages, I normally lay them out on the lawn. She thinks that means it is time to play and she always runs across my page in hopes that I will chase her.

The 3rd photo of her is when I am taking a bunch of photos. She finally gets bored waiting for me to finish and lies down right above my card or project and rests until I am done. This photo was taken when I was shooting all the pages of Stephanie's Bridal Shower Album that we made for her.

I looked up from the pages that I was shooting and there was Sparkle right in my face, she made me laugh because I had forgotten that she was even there and she looked so damn cute!

So, all in all, at times it may be annoying to have my "Shadow" by my side every minute of the day, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Holiday Cheer

2010-10-08T13:06:00.004-04:00

Here is my "Bulk" Christmas Card for this year. I have prepped to make 30 of this colour combination. I am trying to use up old paper lines from the store.

I used Core'dinations & Worldwin Cardstock. I don't remember the company that the patterned paper came from and all the pieces are glued down, so I can't even check.

For the front of the card, I used CTMH's Captured Moments stamp set and I used a sentiment stamp from the Hero Arts Holiday Sayings stamp set for the inside of the card.

I used one of EK Success' border punches and medium photo corner punches for the die-cut pieces.

CC Design Witch Card

2010-10-07T18:16:00.003-04:00

I am making four of these cards for my great aunts. I have some family photos to send them and I don't want to put it off until my Christmas cards go out. So, I thought I would send them each a Happy Halloween Card.

I used Echo Parks Happy Halloween two-sided patterned papers, Core'dinations & Worldwin Cardstock, Karen Foster Black Organza Ribbon, Doodlebug Black Brad and Spellbinders Crown Ovals Nestabilities.

The witch stamp is Halloween Birgitta from CC Designs, the pumpkin stamps are from CC Designs, the "Happy Halloween" sentiment is from Kraftin' Kimmie and the cobwebs & spider stamps are from CTMH's Creepy Cobwebs stamp set.

The Copic Markers I used are: Hair - W5, W7 & W9; Outfit & Hat - W4, V15 & RV95; Skin - E00 & E000 and Wings - W0 & V0000

You Make My Heart Smile

2010-10-06T17:04:00.004-04:00

I made this card for my friend Ellena.

The stamps used on the front of the card are from Elzybells "Stamp & Scrap" and "Stamp & Scrap Sentiments" stamp sets. The inside sentiment is from Inkadinkado.

I used BoBunny Double Dot Cardstock & papers from Basic Grey's Pyrus 6 x 6 pad. The buttons & embroidery floss are from my stash. The border punch is from EK Success and the small corner punch outs were made by using a 1/2 inch square punch & a Fiskars small square hand held punch.

The sentiment on the front of this card is so very true for Ellena & I because we met each other due to our passion for scrapbooking & card making.

She is a Stampin' Up Demonstrator and I opened the first scrapbooking store in Thunder Bay. Prior to DAT'S Scrapbooking, my store was called Sandy's Place. It was a coney dog & fry shop.

I had turned the corner store part of my store into a scrapbooking supply area and I called that part of my store, Scrapbooking with Donna. Ellena & her daughter came by to check out what I was all about and she gave me her business card. I had never heard of Stampin' Up before that day.

It came in handy because 1/2 hour later, I had a customer come into my store who had just moved to Thunder Bay looking for a Stampin' Up Demonstrator. Ellena was coming back the next day to drop off a catalogue for me, so I gave this new customer the card that Ellena had just given me.

Our friendship has been growing ever since that day.

Congratulations Mr & Mrs. Hyde!

2010-10-05T10:00:00.000-04:00

On Saturday, October 2, 2010, my friends, Stephanie & Chris were married on a beautiful Autumn Day here in Thunder Bay. It was a bit chilly, but there was no rain or snow like the weather person had forecasted.

This was the wedding card that I made them. I used Core'dination cardstock, the textured brown paper is from my stash that I have had for over 7 years and the orange speckled paper is a scrap piece of Worldwin Medium Terra Cotta cardstock misted with Tattered Angels Harvest Orange Glimmer Mist.

For the embellishments, I used a piece of fabric from my stash, Kaiser Craft pearls, satin ribbon from Fabricland and gold heart brads from Making Memories. For the pocket trim on the inside of the card, I used Gold Waffle Paper from Stampin' Up's Holiday Mini Catalogue.

The sentiments used are from Stampin' Up's Hostess Level Three "Occasional Quotes" Stamp Set. I heat embossed the sentiments using my Versamark ink pad and gold embossing powder.

The wedding ceremony was beautiful, but not as beautiful as the bride. The reception was cozy & fun with a fabulous meal. The day was filled with memories that will live on forever in my heart.

Happy 1st Birthday Kraftin' Kimmie!

2010-10-04T16:00:00.002-04:00

Kraftin' Kimmie & Me

George with his morning coffee, the Christmas Cards that I am making & the Exclusive Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp that we got in our Kraftin' Kimmie Goodie Bags.

Melanie & Me

Myself & Andrea

HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY KRAFTIN' KIMMIE!!!

As most of you know, I attended the First Annual Kraftin' Kimmie Day in London, Ontario on Saturday, September 25, 2010 with my Best Buds, Shanna & Brandi.

We had a FABULOUS weekend! Words cannot describe how much fun we had and I can't wait until our next scrapbooking day, weekend or trip together.

My Ms. September Card was a take off from my Ms. December Card. It was the perfect design for the Kraftin' Kimmie Card Challenge. If you wanted to participate in the challenge at the crop, you had to make a card using a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp and the colour purple.

I used Core'dinations Cardstock, Daisy D's Gypsy Harvest Patterned Papers, a brown safety pin from my stash and some green heart beads also from my stash. I also used Stampin' Up 1/8" Early Espresso Tafetta Ribbon and CTMH extra small white brad inked with copic markers.

I used the Billionaire & Storybook Cricut Cartridges to spell out "Ms. September", Stampin' Up's Spiral Border Punch and EK Success' Scalloped Border Punch.

For the front of the card I used Kraftin' Kimmie's Annette stamp and CTMH's Month by Month stamp set. If you look closely on the calendar on the front of the card, I stamped "kk day" on the 25th to represent Kraftin' Kimmie Day. I used the "birthday" & "pumpkin" words from CTMH's Seasonal Thoughts stamp set. I only inked the "k" in the word pumpkin and "day" on the word birthday. For the inside, I used Kraftin' Kimmie's sentiment stamp that comes with the Betty Stamp.

Copic Markers used: Skin - R000 & R0000; Eyes - E0000 & YG95; Nylons - V01 & V000; Dress - V15, V06 & RV99 and Hair - E77, E74 & E79.

I was thrilled to meet Kraftin' Kimmie for the first time face to face. She is a fabulous woman and not only is she very creative, but she has a good business sense and I can see her doing amazing things in this industry.

We participated in two make 'n' takes with Melanie and two make 'n' takes with Andrea who are both on Kraftin' Kimmie's Design Team. They are both fun, amazing women who just genuinely love what they do in this crazy crafty world of ours.

I was really hoping to meet Melanie on this trip because her copic colouring just blows my mind away. So to do two make 'n' takes with her, get a photo taken with her and to get her autograph on one of the make 'n' takes just made my day that much better.

Before I left on my trip, Trevor told me that he wanted a souvenier Kraftin' Kimmie t-shirt if they had them. When Kimmie found out that I was buying extra t-shirts for my family, she asked if I would send her a photo of us in them. Well, I mailed her a CD last Friday with all the photos that we took that day & this family photo.

She was surprised to find out that my husband would willingly wear her purple t-shirt. I think he looks good in purple.

Congratulations Kim & wishing you many more successful years to follow!

Ms. December Card

2010-10-03T10:00:00.001-04:00

The Ms. December Card was another sample card that I made up for the Charity Stamping Party that we had. Our Charity Stamping Party was on the same day as Kraftin' Kimmie's New Release Day. Betty, the stamp that I used on this card, was part of Kraftin' Kimmie's New Release on September 12th.

For the Ms. December Card, I used Cor'dinations Cardstock, Basic Grey's Jovial 6 x 6 paper pack, Stampin' Up 1/8" Olive Tafetta Ribbon, CTMH extra small white brad inked with copic markers and a paper clip from my stash.

I used the Billionaire & Storybook Cricut Cartridges to spell out "Ms. December", Stampin' Up's Spiral Border Punch and EK Success' Scalloped Border Punch.

For the front of the card I used Kraftin' Kimmie's Betty stamp and CTMH's Month by Month stamp set. For the inside, I used Sugarloaf's Whisper lip stamp, Stampendous' Merry Kissmas stamp and a sentiment stamp from Stampin' Up's Cold & Cuddly stamp set.

The Copic Markers I used are: Hair - E18, E39, E19 & E15; Skin - E00 & E000; Eyes: YG95, YG97 & E40; Lips & Red Clothing - R27 & E07; Green Clothing - YG95; Stockings - E40.

As always the card looks better in person. The colours are much richer than what they look like in these pictures.

Naughty Nite with Stephanie

2010-10-02T17:12:00.011-04:00

On, Saturday, August 21, 2010, Shanna & I attended our girlfriend's Bachelorette Party. We had a beautiful pasta dinner, shared stories, laughed until our stomach's hurt & wore matching pink & grey Cheetah print pajama bottoms.

The invitations were pink & orange Cheetah print, so when I was picking up a few things at WAL-MART one night and saw these pajama bottoms for $10.....well, I like to make any excuse to wear pajamas outside my house.

Shanna (my best-friend), Brandi (my other best-friend & cousin) and I went in on the Bachelorette gift. Brandi was out of town camping. So she missed out on putting the gift together & the party itself, but she was in on the idea.

We decided to make a pail filled with "naughty" items for the bride & groom to be. Chris is the groom to be, hence the title on the pail: "Naughty Nite with Chris". Well, he was the groom to be when we made the pail, but the wedding was Oct. 2nd, so now he is the husband.

The items inside were "tasteful" and with a purple theme because the bride's favourite colour is purple, but that is all the details that I will go into because my daughter reads my blog.

I used a white paint can from my store; which I can't honestly remember if it was from Creative Imaginations, EK Success or Provo Craft. The Cheetah print paper is from Creative Imaginations Chic Bebe Girl line & the cardstock is from Bazzill & my scrap bin.

The letters and shapes were cut out from my Cricut Machine and the mini brads for the dots above the "i" are from CTMH. The pom pom ribbon is from Bazzill.

For more information about how the card was made, please visit Shanna's blog. I made the pail & she made the card. We make a great team!

Just a Reminder

2010-09-22T00:00:00.001-04:00

This is a card that I made for my friend, Ellena.

She doesn't have breast cancer, but she does have a form of Lymphoma Cancer & she has always been a big supporter of Breast Cancer since she knows & has known people close to her with Breast Cancer.

To me, the pink ribbon represents more than Breast Cancer. It represents unity among women, it represents strength, courage, endurance & love. Ellena has all of that and more. So, I figured it was okay to send her a card of support with a pink ribbon on it.

I wrote in a personal note to her on the inside of the card. Nothing too deep because I can't get what's in my head out onto paper very well, but a note just reminding her that I am always here for her.

The stamp set is from My Favourite Things. The fabric is from Fabricland, the ribbon & paper is from my stash.

Copic Markers Used: RV00, RV02, RV04, T0 & T2

Bingo Christmas Card

2010-09-18T13:13:00.005-04:00

I made this Bingo Christmas Card just for the fun of it. Well, not completely. We made up Bingo Cards for our Charity Stamping Party with Stampin' Up's New "Bingo Card" Stamp that is in their Mini Catalogue right now. I wanted to show that this stamp could also be used to make a card because most people find the size of it intimidating for a card.

I had a lot of fun making this card. The hard part was picking the numbers to go on the card. I am very anal....I know most of you will find that to be very shocking of me, but I am. So, I couldn't just put random numbers on, no, that would be too easy. Every number on this card has some sort of meaning to me. I just can't help who I am sometimes.

I used Bazzill Brown & Kraft Cardstock and Patterned Paper from Basic Grey's Jovial 6 x 6 paper pack. The buttons are from CTMH, the poinsetta flower & leaves are from Bazzill & so is the red embroidery floss and the brown brad is from American Crafts.

I used Stampin' Chocolate Chip, Real Red & Old Olive Ink. I used CTMH Say It in Style, Card Chatter - Christmas & Small Friendship Alphabet stamp sets and EK Success' Whale of a Punch Corner Punch for the die-cuts on the inside of the card.