Heartfelt Thanks from Canada

Good morning!  Just popping in today with a special card I made last week for my nephew this past summer.  The lucky duck got to go to Ireland with friends!  My sister, his mom, asked if I would make a nice thank you card for him to send to the family who hosted his stay.  At first I was going to make a green Irish kind of card, but then I rethought that and got onto a Canadian theme.  I am using many Waltzingmouse stamps (from Ireland) so I thought that was more than appropriate, although only to me!  LOL  I based this sketch on one I had done a few months ago as I wanted a few sentiments on banners.  I love the maple leaf one!  Here’s the sentiment inside…I did go for an Irish sentiment that I thought was cool…

I hope your week is going well!  Hugs!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: su glorious and free, wms Irish Blessings, Frame It, Fancy Phrases

ink: versafine onyx, su ruby red

paper: pti rustic cream, su ruby red, studio calico snippets

accessories: pti tag die, spellbinders maple leaf die, mft fishtail banners, seam binding ribbon, lace trim, pti button/twine, stitching, sequins

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

Sending Oodles of Love ~ Waltzingmouse Blog Party

Good morning!  It’s the 17th of the month which means there’s a party going on over at the Waltzingmouse Blog! 

This month’s theme is Spring Flowers.  Though I have MANY Waltzingmouse Stamp sets, I have very few floral sets!  I really had to dig to find these sweet little French Country flowers in the French Country Set.  I had envisioned making a flower out of the petal image, but it looked better in my head than on cardstock…lol.  So then I decided to make a pretty background with the other little floral images in the set.  I LOVE IT!  To add to the “flower” theme, I pulled out 1 of the 3 burlap flowers I have (yes, I’m hoarding!) and liked the contrast it gave against those sweet pink and tangerine blooms.  Thanks for visiting!  I can’t wait to see what everyone makes today :)

 

what’s in it?

stamps: wms compact sentiments, french country

ink: su rose romance, tangerine, versafine onyx

paper: pti soft stone, rustic cream

accessories: spellbinders labels 25 die, maya road burlap flower, amy tangerine leaves

An Irish Blessing on St. Patrick’s Day

Top o’ the mornin’ to you and a thousand welcomes! Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  We are whooping it up here on the blog with a couple of special treats :)  First up is my card for the Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Hop.  It’s on the 17th of every month which eventually leads us to March 17th and St. Patty’s Day!  No complaint here!  It seems appropriate that and Irish company take centre stage for my birthday celebration :)  The challenge this month is to show some “Luck.”  Easy to do with the Irish Blessings set.  So that’s where I started.  Then I thought it would be fun to add a little rainbow to one of the shamrock’s leaves.

If you’ve been here before on St. Patrick’s Day, you know that I love to offer up some Birthday Blog Candy.  It’s not a party without  presents, right?  So here’s what’s up for this year… a collection of some of my favourite stamps, dies and embellishments.

1. Stronger Love stamp set by Verve Stamps
2. Lucky You stamp set by Verve Stamps
3.  Shamrock Die set by Verve Stamps (coordinates with the Lucky You set)
4.Thanks a Bunch stamp set by Clearly Besotted Stamps
5. Bakers Twine pack from We R Memory Keepers
6. Gemstones Ritz Collection in green
7. 1 meter of green organza mini roses trim by Maya Road

And it’s easy to enter!  Just leave me a comment on today’s post with your favourite type of cake! YUM! My mom always made me a cake with green icing :) 
I’ll pick a winner next Sunday at noon (March 24th).  Please make sure you leave an email in your comment if your name is not linked to an email address through Blogger.  The winner will have 3 days to contact me, otherwise I’ll randomly pick a new winner.

Thanks so much for visiting and have a glorious GREEN DAY!

what’s in it?

stamps: wms irish blessings

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti soft stone, white, su kiwi kiss, crate paper on trend

accessories: ek success heart punch, cuttlebug and stampin up embossing folders, pti button, bakers twine, organza ribbon, mft fishtail banner die, su tag edge and ribbon punches, corner rounder, paper doily

Always and Forever ~ WMS Blog Hop

Good morning!  I’m happy to say that I had enough time this week to play along with the Waltzingmouse Blog Hop!  Since they retired their Sketch Challenge, I’ve gone through a little WMS withdrawal so it was fun to crack open some of my favourite sets and get inky!  The challenge this month is doilies!  Woohoo!  Enter my new to me pack of vintage doilies I picked up at a second hand store a few weeks ago.  I folded it in half making a taco sandwich with some beautiful pink floral paper then stitched around the patterned paper.  I also added a sweet little crocheted flower that reminds me of a wee little doily :)  AND my card is sitting on a doily!  LOL  Thanks for stopping by!  Can’t wait to see all the gorgeous doily projects!  The next WMS hop will be on my Birthday!  Woohoo!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: wms say it loud, frame it, french country

ink: su basic grey, going grey, pti autumn rose

paper: pti rustic cream, pink paislee secret crush

accessories: labels 25 nestabiliities, seam binding ribbon, crocheted flower, button, rustic twine, vintage doily, pearls, stitching

Sweet Birthday Wishes

Good morning!  When I saw Claire’s challenge over on the Waltzingmouse Makes Blog, I had to join in.  Not only was I itching to play with my Waltzingmouse stamps but I was also wanting to make another chalkboard card!  WMS are perfect for these kinds of cards with all the flourishes and bold sentiments in so many of their sets.  So I opened my binder and box of stamps and started picking out some flourishes I thought kind of looked like a chalk line.  I loved the colouring with a white pencil crayon and smudging white ink at the end! So fun!  Must be the teacher in me loving the chalkboard!  LOL  Have a great day! 

 

what’s in it?

stamps: waltzingmouse stamps compact sentiments, french country, vintage labels 1,dainty doilies 2, seasons of love tags

ink: su craft white

paper: pti white, black, su plum, wisteria

accessories: pti buttons, twine, recollections washi tape, white pencil crayon

A Merry Christmas to You

Greetings friends!  In between baking and a bit of home decorating this weekend, I played with this week’s Waltzingmouse Sketch.  I love giving the Vintage Ornaments stamps lots of love at Christmas as they will soon be put away for another year.  I took another cue from Echo Park’s beautiful Winter Wishes paper for the colour combo.  White seam binding, jingle bells and bakers twine…no surprise there!  I will confess that I shake my bell cards to hear them jingle!  Such a joyful sound!  We’ve got Christmas Concerts and gingerbread houses on the go this week :)  It’s gonna be FUN! Thanks for stopping by and have a merry day!

 

 

what’s in it?

stamps: wms compliments of the season, vintage ornaments

ink: versafine onyx, su bordering blue, perfect plum

paper: pti white, echo park winter wishes

accessories: spellbinders heirloom ornament dies, bakers twine, jingle bells, seam binding ribbon, pti scallop border die, stitching, gems

Howdy Christmas!

Good morning, friends!  I’m starting to think about my own Christmas cards now and decided that this week’s Waltzingmouse Sketch was the perfect inspiration for Dad’s Christmas card.  I don’t have the latest Yonder Star set so I paired Back in the Saddle with Compliments of the Season to create a Western themed Christmas card.  I think Dad will get a kick out of it ;)  So no “bells” and whistles on this one.  Dad’s a pretty Plain Joe kind of guy so I kept things low key (minus the sweet twine bow and stitching! HA!).  Thanks fer stoppin’ in!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: wms back in the saddle, compliments of the season

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti rustic white, su ruby red, basicgrey aspen frost, authentique lively, corrugated cardboard

accessories: pti tag die, spellbinders oval dies, pti twine and button, ek success star punch, stitching

Season’s Greetings

Good morning!  It’s full on Christmas Season in the Studio and I’ve been having great fun getting reacquainted with my old Christmas sets as well as some new ones :)  Today’s card uses this week’s Waltzingmouse Stamps Sketch with a non traditional colour palette and few little surprises! LOL  Notice those poinsettia leaves?  Adding green ones wouldn’t work with my colours and kraft didn’t make that big of a contrast.  Now you know my little trick of using a Starbuck’s sleeve for tiny corrugated shapes…but how about the reverse side with the printed text! HA!  I flipped the leaves over after the corrugated side looked to plain and was very happy with  the text…especially the one on the top right “Very Hot!”  EEK! How fun is that?  Are YOU making Christmas cards right now?  I’m not one for starting the season this early, but cards are another matter if I want them delivered on time :)  I’m usually a season at a time girl and right now it’s still FALL y’all! Thanks for stopping by! Have a great day.

 

what’s in it?

stamps: wms vintage labels 18, compliments of the season

ink: versafine onyx, pti autumn rose

paper: pti rustic white, sweet blush, echo park holly jolly Christmas

accessories: pti poinsettia dies, spellbinders label 18 die, pti felt, button, ribbon, rustic twine, bakers twine, Michaels jingle bells, SB sleeve, fiskars border punch

Bonne Fete

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Good morning!  I needed to make a card for my sister whose birthday is on October 30th.  Since it’s so close to Halloween, I thought she’d like the black and purple colour combo.  She loves Paris so I thought she’d appreciate the blinged out Eiffel Tower.  I’ve use this week’s Waltzingmouse sketch AND am entering this in the CAS-ual Friday Kraft On challenge (although this is not that CAS! lol).  I found this super fun sheer ribbon at Michaels yesterday and just had to find a card for it!  Have a lovely Sunday and thanks for visiting :)

p.s. I forgot to tell you all that I’m the guest sketch designer over on I Spy Sketches this week!  Check it out!  Thanks!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: wms french country

ink: versafine onyx

paper: pti white, echo park dp, recollections glitter cardstock, corrugated cardboard

accessories: mft eiffel tower die, pti edgers #5 die, michaels sheer ribbon, jolene’s silver button, silver cording,

Hold Christmas in Your Heart

Hold on to your jingle bells!  It’s Monday AND my first official Christmas card of the year!!  We had our first snowfalls this weekend during the nights so it didn’t feel that weird to break out the ornament stamps, dies and my beloved little jingle bells :)  Seriously, if I could get away with using those all year long, I would! HA!  I had time to play with this week’s Waltzingmouse Stamps Sketch and it made me think of the gorgeous Vintage Ornaments stamp set.  So then I hauled out my Christmas paper and started playing with a non traditional colour scheme.  I’m definitely a non traditional girl when it comes to Christmas colours so the pink, aqua and red from this Crate Paper pad made me a bit giddy :)

Hey, just to let you all know…I’m getting pretty close to 400 followers!  I know not everyone signs up to be a follower and just follows via bookmarks or google reader, but I thought it would be fun to have a little “400” blog candy when it occurs…so stay tuned!

Have a lovely Monday!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: waltzingmouse vintage ornaments, compact sentiments

ink: versafine onyx, pti aquamist

paper: pti rustic cream, rustic white, echo park dp, crate paper dp

accessories: spellbinders vintage ornaments, oval dies, pti buttons, thread, Michaels jingle bells, silver cording, paper doily, Funkie Junkie lace trim

Ooh-La-La

Good morning!  It’s our holiday Monday here in Canada so I am enjoying a nice, lazy morning at home with my local t.v. news and a pot of coffee!  I wasn’t joking when I told you I had some fun inky time in the studio this weekend.  I was so happy to have some time to play with this week’s Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge!  I dug out my fav chicken wire stamp and made sure it showed up somewhere on the card! LOL  Once I was done, I realized I had inadvertently used the colours from this week’s ColourQ challenge!  Bonus!  I don’t usually match a sketch challenge with a colour challenge, but since it happened by accident, I’m running with it!  Thanks for stopping by and have a fantastic Monday!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: wms compact sentiments, chicken wire, french country

ink: versafine onyx, pti autumn rose, su basic gray

paper: pti rustic white, soft stone, su basic gray, authentique lively

accessories: paper doily, spellbinders label 25 die, seam binding ribbon, bakers twine, pti buttons, gems, stitching

Feel Better Soon

Good morning!  We got back early from the wedding yesterday so after unpacking, food shopping and laundry, I headed down to the studio to have some fun with this week’s Waltzingmouse Sketch challenge.  When I saw that little tab off the center panel I just HAD to play!  Those little tabs are my go to moves these days :)  I flipped through my WMS binder and picked out a stamp that yearned for some ink :)  Then I picked some more gorgeous Authentique paper to go with my Studio Calico Hey Day paper :)  LOVE how they look together.  And if a big beautiful white satin bow can’t make one feel better, nothing will! LOL

Have a fabulous day!  We are having a Professional Day so I’m looking forward to meeting up with my teacher friends!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: waltzingmouse frame it, rescue remedies

ink: su choc chip, pti autumn rose

paper: pti rustic white, studio calico, authentique

accessories: mft notepaper die, pti file folder die, buttons, thread, Michaels ribbon, stitching

Now Join Hands…

Good morning!  We are up and at it early today as we travel to our friends’, Darren and Rhonda’s, wedding in a nearby town.  They are actually getting married at the same hotel where we got engaged 6 years ago so there will be many good memories as we make new ones at their wedding!  When I was at Rhonda’s shower last month, I asked her mom what the wedding colours were so I could use them on the wedding card.  They are cranberry red and cream and I added a bit of soft pink as well.  As they are special friends, I added two little silver heart charms to the ribbon treatment.

I’ve always loved this sentiment for wedding cards…just not your typical “Best Wishes on Your Wedding.”  AND, because I love it so much…here’s a rerun of the shower card I made for them.  It’s still one of my favs :)

Have a lovely weekend!  I know we will!  Hugs and love to everyone!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: Fiskars Just Married, WMS labels 14

ink: versafine onyx, pti autumn rose

paper: pti cream, basicgrey kissing booth

accessories: labels 14 die, gems, seam binding ribbon, button, silver heart charms, embossing folder, paper doily, stitching, Prima lace trim

Just for You! A Giveaway!

Good morning!  It’s Monday and to help make it a little more fun, let’s have a card and a giveaway!  The sweet people over at Bazzill Basics Paper sent me some more yummy paper to play with! This time they gave me their Beach House 6 x 6 paper pad.

It’s chock full of vintage inspired beach papers.  Here I’ve used three different sheets on my card using the Waltzingmouse Stamps sketch this week!  I finally had time to play along again :)  I’ve used some Bazzill Basics Card Shoppe card stock in Sour Lemon as my card base.  LOVE the thickness of their cardstock at a perfect 100 lb weight.  And guess what?  They also sent me a  Beach House pack to give away!! 

All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and I’ll pick a winner next Sunday at 12:00 noon, PST.  Now come back tomorrow for a couple more cards with this delightful paper :)  Thanks for stopping by!

 

what’s in it?

stamps: waltzingmouse compact sentiments, frame it

ink: versafine onyx

paper: bazzill basics card shoppe, beach house patterned paper

accessories: pti buttons, twine, stitching, spellbinders square and scalloped square dies

Make a Wish ~ CASE Study #106

Good evening!  It’s the last week of the month long CASE Study Anniversary Celebration.  This week we are asked to CASE ourselves!  I’m always a little leery of this as I rarely like my CASE of my own cards.  So this time, I tried to pretend I was just playing along with CASE Study and the it didn’t seem so terrible!  LOL  I’ve been collecting my favourite cards each month into my “Year in Review” file.  You know in December how people post their favourite cards from the past year?  I tried to do that last December, but there were just too many cards to go through!  So I started a file that I’ve been adding to each month so that I can do this in December, no problem!  This card is the one I chose to CASE…it’s from May 31st.

The chicken wire, the dress form, the ribbon, the colours…I love it all.  I kept the same sketch and many of the same elements, but just changed up the colours and sentiment and a few of the embellishments :)  So what do you think?  Which of YOUR cards will you CASE?  I can just imagine how amazing the Gallery will be this week!  But first, head over to the CASE Study blog to see how the DT’s CASED themselves :)  Hope your week is going well,

 

what’s in it?

stamps: doodled occasions (Verve), chicken wire (Waltzingmouse), Dress Form (PTI)

ink: versafine onyx, su rust, razzleberry)

paper: pti white, studio calico memoir

accessories: pti dies, button, twine, prima resin flower, lace trim, ek success border punch