It’s Your Big Day!

Good morning!  I had to rearrange a few posts this week to fit this challenge in before midnight tonight!  I’m using the colour inspiration from The Play Date Cafe challenge …black, white and a splash of blue.  This lovely Ocean Princess seam binding ribbon is from Memrie Mare over at Etsy.  I love her ribbon, how she packages each bundle AND the sweet little candy or chocolate she adds to each order :)  The ribbon comes scrunched, but sometimes I like it flat.  The only problem?  Our laundry room is on the top floor of the new house (by the bedrooms) and my studio is in the basement.  AND I only need a few minutes of heat. So meet my new ribbon iron! 

I can’t remember where I saw this, may have been on Kristina Werner’s blog, but this week I looked for a mini flat iron.  Found a Conair one at the grocery store for $20.00 and grabbed it.  Plus it’s red (flashy) and comes with a little heat resistant travel bag.  It worked like a charm ironing this ribbon.  Now, I know I have to be careful so nothing burns, but all I did was slide it through very quickly.  So fun and practical :)  Hope your week is going well.  Only 3.5 more days!  EEK!

 

 

what’s in it?

stamps: pti big favourites, wms say it loud

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti white, su going grey, echo park Happy Days dp

accessories: pti edgers die, seam binding ribbon, jolee’s button, floss, stitching

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

Celebrate Mother

Good morning!  Well, I had a fun weekend making Mother’s Day cards and organizing my purged items for our community garage sale this Sunday.   I was intrigued with this week’s colour palette over on The Play Date Cafe then was a little confused with the colours…Dusk, Magenta and Seedling.  Hmm, seems like Magenta is open to interpretation.  According to the Crayola pencil crayons in my classroom, magenta is like fuchsia so I’ve interpreted that to be autumn rose.  I also took Seedling to mean a mustard yellow.  But in the end, I had fun with my card and that’s the most important part…using some more new paper, silky ribbon and another stamp from my new Birthday Tags set.

Okay, let the week begin!!  Have a wonderful day :)

what’s in it?

stamps: pti mega mixed messages, 2012 Birthday Tags

ink: pti autumn rose, versafine onyx

paper: pti rustic cream, kraft, su night of navy, more mustard, authentique freebird dp

accessories: pti banner and limitless layers dies, autumn rose satin ribbon

Thank U

Hello dear friends!  Happy Easter!  Today’s card uses the delicious colour palette over on The Play Date Cafe challenge blog.  Grey, aqua and chartreuse…how yummy is that!?  I knew the grey paper I wanted to use, then threw down the aqua ribbon on top of it…oh, yeah!  I wanted a bold sentiment for the circle shape and some kind of flower embellishment.  I have 2 prima canvas flowers underneath one double crocheted flower…how sweet!  I’m always a little nervous when using text patterned paper…I know one of these days I will have it upside down and not notice until posting it!! LOL  Wishing you all the blessings of Easter today and all year :)  Hugs!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: verve you and I, bloom and grow

ink: versafine onyx, su basic grey and kiwi kiss

paper: pti white, mme and oa papers

accessories: verve i heart u and elegant leaves dies, pti ribbon and button, circle nestabilities, prima flowers, crochetted flower, thread, stitching

Sugar and Spice

Good morning!  Today’s soft and pretty card is inspired by the colours over The Play Date Cafe this week.  These colours made me think of a baby girl card.  I’m taking my cards into work this week and I must say baby and wedding cards go the quickest!  I’m keeping it short and sweet today, eh?  LOL Thanks for stopping by and I hope your week has started off right!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: verve to the moon, small phrases, pti mat stack 2 stamps

ink: versafine onyx, su soft sky, pti tea dye duo

paper: pti cream, sweet blush, pink paiselee dp

accessories: pti mat stack 2 die, circle die, pti buttons, thread, OA button, SU tiny tag, seam binding ribbon, paper heart doily, gems, stitching

Whatever our Souls are Made Of (and Purge Hop Winner!)

Good morning everyone!  It was quite the show in the studio this weekend.  I have started the painstakingly difficult task of finding a place for everything in all the boxes we moved.  How did I get all this stuff?!  Really, I was not a happy camper yesterday after working for hours putting things away only to see more and more boxes still sitting outside the studio.  I guess I just need to be more patient with myself.  For a little fun break, I decided to play with the ladies over at The Play Date Cafe.  I’ve only played a few times and just loved the colours they have this week.  A colleague has asked for a couple of fun wedding cards next month so I started with this one.  Kind of funky and traditional at the same time. 

But you may only be here today for the announcement of my winner for the Purge Blog Hop!!  It’s Luanne from He Golfs, I Stamp!! Congratulations, Luanne!  Email me with your address and I’ll get these goodies out to you pronto!!  Thanks to everyone who left such sweet comments and loved our idea of spreading some love out in blogland :)  We were thrilled with the success!! Maybe we’ve started a new movement!  Have a wonderful day!


And the winners are… Tosh ~ TBA Andrea ~ Deb Buckminster @ DebsDesignsNDoodles Maureen ~ Luanne @ He Golfs, I Stamp Sony ~ TBA Laurie ~ TBA Julee ~ TBA Janelle ~  Kristen @  By The Book Paper Betty ~ Toni(ravengirl)  @ Sweet Peas Story   Jen ~ Heather @ Wire Wrapture Teresa ~   Sherry Gardner @  Life Is Good

Happy Birthday

Good morning!  Today’s card was me just playing around with some of my favourite stamps as well as a new to me stamp…the one on the labels 18 die :)  I don’t  think I’ve ever played with the Play Date Cafe colours, but was totally in love with them and the inspiration photos.  Today is a pretty quiet day here…just have to go and start picking out bathroom and kitchen fixtures :)  There’s too much to choose from!!  Hope your week is going well :)
p.s.  oops, I did it again…I thought that first colour was light blue…after checking out the Play Date blog and READING the requirements…I see that they are mint, light yellow and taupe…not light blue, cream and sahara sand…oh, well :)  I still love my card :)  Sorry!!

what’s in it?

stamps: verve big wish, pti dress form, gina K lovely labels 3

paper: su sahara, espresso, baja, pti cream, MME stella and rose dp

ink: su choc chip, sahara sand, versafine onyx

accessories: pti dress form, doily and banner dies, labels 18 spellbinders, gems, pti buttons, twine, seam binding ribbon, stitching, prima lace