A Merry Little Christmas

Good morning! Are you still thrown with my Christmas cards?  I sure am and I even know when they’re coming! LOL  I’m playing with the fine ladies over at Festive Friday again.  This time it’s a colour challenge…very traditional Christmas colours.  So out came my October Afternoon Make it Merry paper and some gold vellum for the ornament.  After die cutting the vellum, I adhered it to some gold cardstock and then embossed it.  I love the pretty texture :) 

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a fabulous Sunday :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: pti christmas poinsettia

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti rustic cream, su ruby red, gold vellum, OA Make it Merry

accessories: pti ornament, eyelet, scalloped border, edger dies, bakers twine, SU embossing folder

Because It’s Your Birthday (and Friday!)

Happy Friday everyone!  I’m looking forward to our first weekend home in a few weeks.  I’ve missed playing with my paper and stamps and just hanging out.  PLUS reports start soon so I think this weekend will be low key :)  There’s a new month of Viva La Verve sketches starting today over on the Viva La Verve Forum.  Play all month with each weekly sketch and YOU could win $100 in Verve GCs!  What an awesome prize!  See all the deets over on the Viva La Verve Forum :)  Have a great start to your weekend :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Take Note (Verve)

paper: rustic cream (PTI), Memories (Teresa Collins)

ink: onyx (Versafine),

accessories: Signature Ribbon Collection (Verve), button, spiral notebook page die (PTI), bakers twine, gems, stitched banner die (My Favourite Things), doily (Wilton)

Boise or Bust Blog Candy Winner!

Hey peeps!  Just popping in again with the winner of my Boise or Bust Blog Candy winner.  I had so much fun reading who YOU would like to meet or have met!  Some of you even said yours truly…aw, you sure know how to make a girl blush :)  Without further ado, the winner is

Meghan said...

I love Teacher's Count stamp set and dies! It looks you had such a great time in Boise! I think it would be fun to meet Kristina Werner one day.

May 22, 2013 at 8:42 AM

I totally think it would be cool to meet Kristina!  You never know!  Meghan, please email me (moeplut@shaw.ca) with your snail mail address and I’ll get your candy out to you ASAP!  Thanks to everyone who joined in the fun!  Come back tomorrow for a new Viva La Verve sketch :)  Group hug!

Wowzers! And some Grad Pics!

 Click here to see my CASE Study #143 card

Good morning!  Popping in with a fun card  I made as the May Guest Designer for i {heart} papers.  I was determined to make a fun background with the Avery Elle All Squared Up set.  I love those hexagons!  The set comes with a few individual hexagons so you can custom colour your grid!  Cool!  The bold sentiment is from CAS-ual  Fridays Exclamations.  No wondering what the sender is feeling on this card!  LOL  I want to thank the wonderful team over at i {heart} papers for letting me hang out and play with so many of their goodies this month.  It’s been an honour and a thrill :)  Head over to their blog AND then the store to see all their great products!
Now, as promised, here are some pictures from my son’s graduation Tuesday…it was a proud moment and got me all teary eyed :)  Here we are at dinner the night before.

Announcing Jake’s name before he crosses the stage :)

Me and Jake after the ceremony.

Me, Jake and Tony :)


Thanks for sharing in my celebration.  Hmm, all this graduation stuff has me thinking of doing my Masters.  EEK!  Maybe!

what’s in it?

stamps: cas-ual fridays exclamations, avery elle all squared up

ink: versafine onyx, su pumpkin pie, bermuda bay, pti raspberry fizz

accessories: mme enamel dots, gems

Happy Birthday ~ CASE Study #143

Hey there, friends!  The new challenge over on the CASE Study blog is up and we are sadly saying goodbye to the talented Maile Belles.  We are so excited SO many of you have wanted to play with Maile and us this month.  It’s been one wild ride!  Without further ado…let’s see the last {sniff} inspiration…

I was drawn to the warm colours, the wood elements and the focal point at the bottom of the card.  I knew my new Clearly Besotted Honeycomb dies would be perfect to create a graphic line to ground the sentiment.  Before I cut the hexagons, I adhered small pieces of the patterned paper to some heavier cardstock so the shapes would be nice and strong once I popped them up with foam adhesive.  The sentiment is from the newly released Honeycomb set…don’t you just love that font?  I played around with some different wood hearts before picking this one and then moved it around onto all the different hexagons before deciding on the far right one…it looked best to me :)

Aw, it’s hard to say goodbye to Maile, but she’s on my Blogger List so she’s never far away :)  Make sure you come and play this week!   Head over to the CASE Study blog or visit each of the Design Team Members directly on their blogs below and then join in the fun!  Thanks for visiting!

Erin Schulte  (Guest Designer)

Amy Wanford

Andrea Ewen

Clare Buswell

Debby Hughes

Iwona Palamountain (Chupa)

Jean Martin

Jeanne Jachna

Maureen Plut (you’re here!)

Teneale Williams

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Clearly Besotted Honeycomb

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti white, studio calico snippets, doodlebug designs take note

accessories: Clearly Besotted Honeycomb dies, studio calico wood heart

The Best is Yet to Come

 

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Good morning!  Today’s card is the one my sister, Cathy, asked me to make for Dayle’s (my future niece in law) bridal shower.  If you saw yesterday’s post, you’ll have seen the one I made to give to her :)  The new Verve Let It Be set is so versatile, full of sentiments that can be used for so many different occasions :)  I picked this one as it reminded me of the Robert Browning poem that starts out…Grow old along with me!  The best is yet to be.  What a wonderful way to live your life, knowing and believing that better things are to come :)

Well, better things have come today…it’s Jake’s graduation day!  Woohoo!  We’ll be traveling back this afternoon after the ceremony.  I’ll be sure to take lots of photos :)  Have a great day!

 

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Let It Be, Small Celebrations (Verve)

paper: rustic cream (PTI), Isabella (BoBunny)

ink: onyx (Versafine)

accessories: Banner Bundle, Jotted Heart dies (A Cut Above by Verve), paper doily (Etsy shop), lace trim, silver cording (SU), scalloped border die, tiny tag die (PTI), gems (Kaisercraft), embossing folder (Cuttlebug)

Amour

 

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Hi! Just popping in to share the card I made for my future niece in law.  She had her shower on Saturday :)  Remember this post?  The card my nephew, Jack, made was for Dayle and Kurt.    The shower theme was Paris! That was all I needed to hear before grabbing my Hero Arts Eiffel Tower background stamp AND this French sentiment from Waltzingmouse :)   The string of hearts are cut from some shimmer white cardstock and to add the last bit of sparkle, I added some sequins :)  Can’t wait for the October wedding!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: waltzingmouse stamps paris nouveau, hero arts Eiffel tower

ink: versafine onyx, versamark

paper: pti rustic cream, soft stone, shimmer white

accessories: white embossing powder, seam binding ribbon, zva crystal, twine, silver heart charm, su embossing folder, sequins, stitching