Moxie Fab Thanks! Blog Hop

Greetings and welcome to my Moxie Fab Thanks blog hop post!  If you’ve just arrived from Shelly’s blog, you are right on track!  Today we are celebrating the amazingly fabulous Cath Edvalson.  This week, Cath let us know that she will be leaving the Moxie Fab World.  ARG!  It’s the end of an era for sure.  Cath has charmed our lives with her kindness, wit and her moxie sense of style!  Her inspiration has been endless.  We have gathered today to honour her.  So Cath, from the bottom of my Canadian heart, I want to send you big hug and my most heartfelt wishes as you start new adventures.  Keep us posted!
I wanted to make a card with a beautiful sentiment.  I couldn’t narrow it to just one, so I added the second inside.

Thanks for stopping by…now head over to Bree’s blog to continue the celebration of Cath!  If you want to start from the beginning, head over to the Moxie Fab World blog.

Every Leaf Speaks Bliss to Me

Good (Monday) morning everyone!  Hmm, can we really put “good” and “Monday” together?  LOL  If there is no staff meeting today then we can!  Woohoo!  I have been dying to use my new PTI Mighty Oak stamps and die since they arrived a week ago.  I love all the verses in this set :)  My inspiration comes from the current Tuesday Trigger over on the Moxie Fab World blog…

I’ve used a bronze metallic paper for the leaves to mimic the ones in the photo AND pulled out some resin flowers as well!  All on a cream background, YUM :)  I hope your Fall has been lovely so far…thanks for visiting!

stamps and dies: Mighty Oak (PTI)

Celebrating Your Birthday!

Good morning!  Well, I’m happy to report that I have my fingers back!  Yes, I got the gel nails taken off yesterday and I’ve doubled my efficiency around the house  :)  If you’re just tuning in, I had gel nails put on 2 1/2 weeks ago for my bonus son’s wedding.  However, life with nails (when you’re not used to them) is not that easy…picking things up off the floor (like adhesive backs, dies, paper), tying ribbon, scratching an itch and even typing!  I miss how beautifully perfect they looked, but I’m sure glad to have them off :)  To celebrate, I thought I’d play along with this week’s Moxie Fab World’s Tuesday Trigger: I’m Craving Navy.

With all those fabulous navy stripes, you’d thinking I’d have more navy and stripes on my card!  LOL  Nope, I zoomed in on the carpet.  I’m interpreting its pattern as houndstooth :)  Clean and simple, just like the photo with colour in the bottom left corner and more white in the upper half of the layout.  A bit of bling with sequins and a gem makes it festive (IMHO).  Thanks for stopping by!  Are YOU celebrating anything today?  I’d love to hear about it!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: verve strong anchor, pti movers and shakers sentiments

ink: versafine onyx, su night of navy

paper: pti white, su sahara sand, teresa collins Memories

accessories: verve nautical die set, sequins, gem

Mom

Good morning friends!  When I saw this week’s Tuesday Trigger photo over on the Moxie Fab World blog, this sweet little Instagram photo from Michelle’s store came to mind right away. 

These are too pretty to eat! ACK!  I made sure to include some of that wonderful embossed woodgrain on my card too.  Thanks for stopping by :)  Have a lovely Sunday!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Love Deepens (Verve)

paper: rustic white (PTI)

ink: onyx (Versafine)

accessories: woodgrain embossing folder (Craft Concepts), tag, paper doily, instagram photo (Michelle Wooderson’s store), Signature ribbon collection (Verve), button and tiny tag die (PTI), bakers twine (Twinery)

Life is Sweet

Greetings everyone!  I’m thoroughly enjoying my extra long weekend with sunshine, shopping, stamping, reading and watching movies.  Seeing as it is Easter weekend, I thought I should make something Easter-ish as I don’t send out Easter cards.  I took some inspiration from the current Moxie Fab World’s Tuesday Trigger …

I threw some pastel coloured cardstock onto my desk and then made a flower out of circles.  I flipped through some stamp sets I hadn’t used for awhile and came to this sentiment.  “Life is Sweet” perfectly reflects how I feel on a sunny day off :)  Thanks so much for stopping by.  What’s making your life sweet today?

 

what’s in it?

stamps: pti the sweet life

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti white, spring moss, aquamist, bazzill yellow, crate paper on trend

accessories: cream burlap, spellbinders circle dies, pti leaf print dies, pti button, twinery bakers twine

Enjoy

 

Click here to enter my Birthday Blog Candy!

Good morning!  I’ve been having a lovely Spring Break so far, doing all the wonderful things during the week that I can never do until summer…breakfast downtown, watching curling, drinking coffee in my jammies.  I’m also stamping in daylight! Oh, I love that!  I thought I should play along with the latest Tuesday Trigger over on Moxie Fab World as it’s Elegant Emerald in honour of St. Patty’s Day and the Pantone colour of the year :)  I have a full roll of this Maya Road emerald rose trim so I have to start using it!  I don’t know what was happening with this card…there seems to be a lot of different styles on it…but I just went with the flow…zen card making if you will :)  LOL Thanks for stopping by!  Happy Hump Day!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: surely goodness (Verve)

paper: rustic white (PTI), soho garden (American Crafts)

ink: onyx (Versafine)

accessories: butterfly dies (My Favourite Things), doily, tiny tag dies (PTI), rose trim (Maya Road), rustic twine, buttons (PTI), coffee sleeve

I’m Moxie Fab!

Good morning friends!  If you visited yesterday, I hinted at a fun announcement here on the blog today.  Cath from Moxie Fab World contacted me last month and asked if I’d like to be a Moxie Fabber of the Week.  It’s one of those questions you say YES to right away…like, “Would you like to leave early from work today?” “Can I top up your coffee?” “Wanna go to Stamp-a-faire and stay with me?” {wink, wink, Lynn!}.  So if you head over to the Moxie Fab World, you’ll see little ol’ me and my thoughts on this hobby I have a great passion for (not to mention some name dropping! ACK!).  Today’s card was me wanting to have something to share along with this announcement.  I’ve been looking for a true non traditional Valentine colour palette (not just adding light blue to pink and red) and I think I found it thanks to Bo Bunny’s Love Letter paper! I’m using 2 of the brand new stamp sets from Clearly Besotted Stamps, Post It: Love designed by my dear Duchess (Aimes Wanford) and Paired Up.

I created a little banner of the sweet postmarks and used a couple of staples to fasten the sentiment tab to the card (that’s for you, Duchess!).  Thanks for visiting!  Have a great start to your week!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: clearly besotted stamps paired up, post it: love

ink: versafine onyx,

paper: pti rustic white, rustic cream, su taken with teal, bo bunny Love Letters

accessories: su 1 1/4 circle punch, pti button and journal tab die, twinery cantaloupe bakers twine, cream twine, staples

A Christmas Thank You

Good morning!  It’s Saturday morning and I’m up early to grab a coffee and head out before the crowds!  I’m sure I’ve told you more than once about how lovely my students’ parents are.  I have lucked out again with such thoughtful and helpful moms and dads.  Last week and this week, I’ve had a mom come in to help with our clay project.  She is so sweet and gentle with the kids and her help was so appreciated by me :)  I thought a special Christmas thank you card was in order :)  I took great inspiration from this week’s Trigger Tuesday over on the Moxie Fab World blog.  Feast your eyes on this delicious picture!

Gold and silver and white, oh YES!  I’ve used gold embossing on the frame stamp on top of a silver doily to add some shimmer and shine.  And to pour it on more, some gold bells tied with silver cording.  Have a fantabulous day!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: pti signature christmas, fillable frames

ink: versamark, versafine onyx

paper: pti white, echo park winter wishes

accessories: pti fillable frame die, silver doily, seam binding ribbon, Michaels gold jingle bells, silver cording, snowflake embossing folder, stitching

‘Tis the Season

Good morning!  I had to have another go at the Tuesday Trigger challenge over on the Moxie Fab World blog this week.  I liked my first card, but it wasn’t really what was in my head.  I really wanted to make a Christmas card with the colours AND use my new Bells and Boughs set that has seen a lot of inky love this week :)  I’ve used the colours and a bit of felt.  I had to use this particular sentiment as the patterned paper has the words to Deck the Halls on it! 

 

A non traditional colour scheme for Christmas, but I love it!  Have a great day :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: pti bells and boughs

ink: versafine onyx, su sahara sand, more mustard, pti autumn rose

paper: su sahara sand, pti rustic cream, Jillibean Soup Christmas Eve Chowder

accessories: pti mat stack, fillable frames, bells and boughs dies, felt, woodgrain embossing folder, gems

Wonderful

Good morning!  I had a lovely day yesterday contributing to our local economy, cleaning the studio for a guest today, and making a few cards :)  I was really taken with the Tuesday Trigger over on the Moxie Fab World blog this week.  I love the colours, felt and rustic wood which were all involved in my inspiration.

Yes, you heard right!  I’ve got a dear friend coming over today for lattes and maybe a bit of inking and die cutting!  Hope you have something fun planned too :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: pti modern woodgrain

ink: su tangerine tango

paper: studio calico Abroad

accessories: pti felt, button, harvest berry and mat stack dies, bakers twine, mme funday wood banner

400 Followers Blog Giveaway ~ Thanks Ever So Much

Good morning!  Two things to share with you today.  First up is the card that I submitted to the PaperCrafts World Card Making Day challenge over on the Moxie Fab World Blog a few weeks ago during all the WCMD events.  It was a random draw and I won 5 of the Papercrafts Special Issues! Score!  Now the second exciting thing…

Okay!  Little old “Buttons & Bling” has 400 official followers!  So for fun, let’s have a “400 and Fabulous” Blog Candy giveaway!  I’ve collected 400 of my favourite items around the studio!  The lucky winner (open to anyone worldwide)will receive:

100 hot pink gems

100 turquoise gems

50 light purple pearls

30 Studio Calico wood veneer tiny stars

10 Studio Calico wood veneer birds

2 Studio Calico wood frames

3 Jenni Bowlin corrugated shapes

5 journal tags

3 seed packet die cuts

50 Papertrey Ink buttons (5 each of 10 colours)

1 set of Technique Tuesday stamps (rulers)

5 pieces of divine Papertrey Ink felt (cuts like but-tah!)

1 set of label stickers from Mish Mash’s (Michelle Wooderson) online store

4 images of a vintage typewriter from Mish Mash’s online store

2 library cards

2 mini wood clothes pins

8 resin flowers

24 Lil’Inkers die cuts (stitched mats, sunshine, and banner label)

TOTAL = 400!!

All you have to do is leave a comment letting me know your favourite embellishment or your favourite trend at the moment.  The Giveaway will end in one week, at 2:25 pm on October 31st (that’s when I let my students out of class on Halloween!).  At that time I’ll use the Random Number Generator to pick a winner, who will have 3 days to contact me at moeplut@shaw.ca.  After that, if I have not been contacted, I’ll draw another name.  How does that sound?  Good luck!!

what’s in it?

stamps:Treasured Words (Verve)

paper: rustic white, autumn rose, soft stone, sweet blush (Papertrey Ink), basic grey (Stampin’ Up), Honey (My Mind’s Eye)

ink: onyx (Versafine)

accessories: Loopy Blooms and Dreamy Leaves dies (A Cut Above by Verve), felt, buttons (PTI), ribbon (Michaels), thread, mat stack 4 and fillable frame dies (PTI), wood grain embossing folder (Craft Concepts), pinking scissors (Fiskars)

My Home is Wherever You Are

Good morning!  I’ve got a fun and sweet card to share today based on the Moxie Fab World’s Tuesday Trigger this week :)  I was drawn to the houses, colours and diagonal line :)  It made me think of the Memory Box Country Landscape die I picked up last winter but hadn’t used yet.  My diagonal triangles were created with my new PTI bead die.  I don’t think I’ll ever make beads with it, but I sure will use it for a cool graphic effect! 

The weather is changing this weekend and so it looks like I’ll get some more inky time after running the regular Saturday errands.  Have a lovely weekend and thanks for visiting!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: PTI love lives here

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti white, lavender moon, MME dps

accessories: memory box die, pti ribbon, bead die

Ooh-la-la!

Good morning!  Today’s card is due today over on the Moxie Fab World Blog.  They have been having several fun challenges over there this month in celebration of their Card Creations publication (which, by the way, displays my dear friend, Lynn’s card, Carpe Diem).  I finally remembered to make a card for the Doilies and Lace Challenge and not a moment too late…entries are due tonight at midnight.  I knew I wanted to use some white lace as a border, but kept changing my mind over the patterned paper.  I inked up one of my new Waltzingmouse sentiments and added a few more resin flowers.  Thanks for stopping by!  I’m out at jury selection this morning!  ACK!  It’s been about 15 years since my last time and I was picked…hopefully they’ll think I look unsympathetic this time and let me go :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: waltzingmouse stamps compact sentiments

paper; pti white, soft stone, bo bunny gabriella

ink: versafine onyx

accessories: lace (fabric store), resin flower, bakers twine, pti banner die

Husband and Wife

Good morning!  Today’s card is very appropriate for my weekend.  See, this husband and wife are on a little mini vacation enjoying some shopping, sunshine and most importantly, each other :)  I had some play time in the studio before we left and the new Play Date colour challenge AND the Moxie Fab World Damask and Brocade challenge were calling to me.  You have to be careful with black and yellow…it can look bumblebee-ish which is fine if you want that look…but I wanted it to look elegant (damask) and funky (polka dots).  Hope that’s how it came out.  Thanks for visiting and I hope you are enjoying some sunshine where you are…if not with the weather, then in your heart :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: pti fillable frame, fiskars just married quote

ink: versafine onyx, su going gray

paper: pti white, soft stone, lemon tart, lilybee design victoria park, echo park victorian garden

accessories: pti fillable frame,button, thread, fiskars apron punch, seam binding ribbon, stitching

Congrats a la Moe-net!

Good morning!  Well, if Blogger is still having posting problems, this post will go live when I get up!!  LOL  And as you may know, Saturday is my lazy morning day…sleep until 7:00, coffee, blurfing, breakfast, coffee and then my workout :)  I happened to see this week’s Moxie Fab World’s Tuesday Trigger photo while on another blog and couldn’t believe I missed it!!  How fabulous is this dress?

It’s a work of art!! I was inspired by everything!! LOL  I dug out my old SU water colour crayons and did the wet spray technique…mist your stamp, colour haphazardly over the stamp with water colour crayons and then mist again before stamping on water colour paper.  Voila, butterflies a la Moe and Monet :)  I added some embossing on the raised white panel for a little more texture as well as some shimmery buttons and threaded bows.  Have a lovely Saturday…thanks for visiting :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: pti beautiful butterflies, congrats all ways

ink: versafine onyx,

paper: pti white, Michaels water colour paper

accessories: pti butterfly dies, cuttlebug embossing folder, pti buttons, thread, su water colour crayons, water mister

Friend(s)

Good morning!  Well, I’ve survived another birthday!!  The day after is always a little sad when my sidebar “Countdown to St. Patrick’s Day” resets itself to 365.  But I’ve got more surprises coming in the mail and am off this week so the celebrating will continue!  Today’s card is inspired by this week’s Moxie Fab World’s Tuesday Trigger photo…

How delicious is this room?  I was inspired by the colours and pattern and the medallion/doily shape over the fireplace.  Hope your weekend is going well and there are not too many green beer hangovers!! ACK!  If you haven’t seen my Blog Candy post, click HERE to enter!!  Thanks for all the birthday wishes yesterday!!  You are all too sweet :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: verve text objects, pti harvest berries

ink: versafine onyx, su wasabi

paper: pti rustic cream, crate paper dp

accessories: paper doily, pti ribbon, button, tag and harvest berry dies, thread, stitching

You’re the Coolest Chick I Know

Good evening!  Still don’t have my normal posting schedule back but I’m not going to fight it, I’m just going to go with the creative flow!  Tonight’s card is inspired by this week’s Moxie Fab World’s Tuesday Trigger photo.  It’s been on the back of my mind all week and I finally couldn’t resist all the colours and patterns!

It’s modern and traditional and I love it!  The headboard reminded me of a fancy frame so I used my new My Favorite Things cameo frame to spotlight my Verve Chick’s Rule sentiment (on sale this month HERE!).  There’s one more day for this week’s trigger…are you playing along?  I got a lot more organized in the studio today while watching Whitney Houston’s funeral.  I thought it was beautiful and loved the music and heartfelt stories.  She was deeply loved and isn’t that what it’s all about?  Sweet dreams,

 

what’s in it?

stamps: verve chick’s rule

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti white, hibiscus burst, michaels, lilybee designs and crate paper dps

accessories: mft die, pti ribbon, buttons, thread, stitching, su scalloped border punch