Amy's Party Favours

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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!

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

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!

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!

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!

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!

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

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.