Good morning! It’s hump day and we are on the downhill slide into a relaxing weekend (until I meet my trainer on Saturday for a new weight workout! Ouch!). Today’s card is for this week’s Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge. This week they are asking us to use “fly” as inspiration. I love die cutting out of balsa wood and so had to include a sweet wood butterfly on this card. Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a fabulous day :)
Good morning! I was playing in the studio yesterday while watching the Canadian Men’s Curling Team advance to the Gold Medal match later today (fingers crossed!). A friend is going through the process of figuring out some health issues and I wanted to send her a little love and inspiration :) I chose some vintage papers I know she will love along with this beautiful sentiment from Verve’s Jeremiah 29:11. I’m also entering it into the Simon Says Stamp and Show Anything Goes challenge! Can’t get easier than that! I also used my playtime to use Laurie’s Card Hanger die that arrived last week. I bought a pack of bags at Michaels and put the card on each one of them to see which colour would look best with it.
Blue was the winner this time. I had a piece of the blue gingham dp left over from the card so I used it to make the decorative slot.
These dies are selling like hotcakes over on Laurie’s blog. You can check them out HERE along with a great video on how they work :) Have a great Sunday!
Good morning! Today’s card is for the Simon Says Stamp and Show this week. The challenge is to use a favourite quote. Hmm, that is an impossible task as I’m a words gal. So I picked a card I made recently with this beautiful and inspiring quote. To me this talks about perseverance. Perseverance is a virtue that is so underrated in our “get it now, instant gratification, disposable, text me now” world. I love watching my little students persevere and try harder each day. How inspiring to me! Have a lovely day! Be Courageous!
Good morning! Well, with report cards wrapped up this week, I had a lovely few hours of playtime in the studio yesterday :) Perfect timing as I got some VERY happy mail this week from Stephanie, owner and illustrator, of Clearly Besotted Stamps. There are some brand new stamps and dies in the Clearly Besotted store right now and lucky me gets all of them right away to play with. Kind of a great gig, eh? I went a little crazy using 4 stamp sets AND 2 different die sets. Can you blame me? I wanted to make a card for the Simon Stays Stamp and Show Challenge: By the Number. I flipped through all my patterned paper and came to this fun stamp sheet, a perfect fun, but neutral background full of sweet little numbers. How’s your Sunday going? It’s the last day of the Canadian Men’s Curling Championship so you know where I’ll be… {wink, wink!}. Thanks for stopping by!
Good morning! I’ve long been a fan (and customer!) of Simon Says Stamp ever since finding them on EBay years ago. I bought many Spellbinders dies from them at great prices PLUS shipping. They were much cheaper than buying them here in Canada (without shipping!). So I was thrilled to see them expand their online store and am happy to say I buy most of my paper and embellishments from them now thanks to their great customer service AND shipping costs to Canada :) I’ve now discovered challenges and awesome prizes of a $50 gift certificate to their store. This challenge on the Simon Says Stamp and Share blog asks us to make something we are known for. Well, I couldn’t put all THAT onto one card, so I thought I’d share this card I made for my sister, the Quilter/Nurse. She made the dh and I a lovely quilted runner for Christmas and I wanted to make her a card with some quilting elements. I love to add stitching, buttons and bling to my cards and if wood can be worked in there too, I’m a happy girl :) WOOD IS GOOD! I’m even going to turn this card into a gift by writing on a separate piece of paper inside and attach it with some removable adhesive so she can keep it or give it away to a card-worthy friend :) Thanks for visiting! What do YOU love to add to cards?
