Season of Love & Peace

Good morning!! This week is going to be another busy one...staff meeting today, Remembrance Day assembly on Wednesday and of course, report card writing in between all the daily activities :)  The big push will be next weekend, but I like to get everything in order before then.  Today's card uses Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch this week.  I knew I wanted to use white and aqua and this fabulous sparkly star, but the rest of the card came together by playing around with different elements. The star is from MemrieMare on Etsy, where I get most of my seam binding ribbon, but really, you could make them yourselves.  They are die cut from cereal boxes (love that she reuses things!) and just covered with glitter (I'm guessing something like Martha Stewart glitter).  But when I saw them all glittery and sparkly, I had to have some :)  The white used on the card is shimmer white from Papertrey :) Hope you have a lovely day :)

what's in it?
stamps: pti 2010 Holiday tags; hero arts christmas script
ink: stazon black, versamark
paper: pti shimmer white, spring moss, kraft, pretty pastel dp, silver paper (craft supply), su soft sky
accessories: stitching, gemstones, square nestabilities, seam binding ribbon(this good day on Etsy), sparkle star (memriemare on Etsy), pti tag and layer dies, circle punch, PTI silver sheer metallic ribbon, cuttlebug ef

Who You Really Are

 Well, it's a sunny day here, not a good day at all for starting report card comments!! LOL  I've made a to do list today and finishing this card for Stacey's Curtain Call Colour Challenge was on it :)  I had started making a different card last night, but it just didn't finish the way I wanted it to.  I had paper all over the place mixing and matching and going crazy...lol.  Then I saw my Wild Card card from last week and loved the layout so much that I decided that was a good place to restart.  Hmm, black and brown on a card can be tricky...here's what I did...brown stitching, brown embossed circle on doily and brown button; black polka dotted paper, black ink on sentiment, black and white bakers twine in the button.  Definitely a bold card, not for the faint of heart!! LOL  Okay, I'm off to start those report comments :)  I'm also in charge of staff meeting treats for tomorrow...hehe...homemade ginger sparkle cookies and Costco trail mix :D  YUM!!  Thanks so much for visiting....smiles!!

what's in it?
stamps: ippity (unity) where you belong
ink: versafine onyx
paper: pti white, black and white dp; su choc chip, peach parfait, cosmo cricket dp
accessories: stitching, pti border and blossom dies; ms doily, pti button, Michaels ribbon, bakers twine, gemstones, corner chomper, cuttlebug ef

Thanks a Latte

Good morning dear friends!!  Today's card uses this week's Mojo Monday sketch.  It's the first Monday sketch of the month, so Julee has some Verve stamps up for grabs.  Julee happens to be the inspiration for this card today.  She recently acquired a fancy, super deluxe espresso machine and is now in coffee heaven :)  I immediately thought of this takeout coffee cup I picked up in Bellevue this summer.  It reminded me of the Starbucks cups (and for those of you who don't know me, I met my husband there 5 years ago!!).  I also used some beautiful script patterned paper that reminds me of the tissue paper Starbucks uses to pack their mugs when you buy them :)  The kraft panel behind the cup is crimped like the cup sleeves, but hard to see in the picture.  A little twine, twill, bling and coffee bean button and this sweet card is making me need a coffee!!  Hope you have a lovely day.  I'm slowly starting report cards this weekend, but the big push will be next weekend.  Thanks so much for visiting :)

what's in it?
stamps: verve delightful and delicious; hero arts cup of coffee
ink: su choc chip
paper: pti white, kraft, su cajun, dcwv dp, script dp (craft supply)

accessories: May Arts twill ribbon, corner chomper, long rectangle nestabilities, crimper, pti matte 4 die, twine, button

All My Blessings

Thursday greeting, friends :)  Today's card uses some more of my new goodies...first, some more of my new Verve stamps from the Autumn release, the new nesties labels 14 AND the new Basicgrey Pyrus paper :)  I just love all the Autumn colours on this one and how that beautiful sentiment looks on that new nestie shape :)  This card uses Mercy's Tuesday Sketch and also helps her celebrate Verve Day Thursday...lol...her weekly homage to Verve stamps :)  Here's celebrating with you, Mercy!!  My first session of Parent/Teacher interviews went really well and I'm expecting the same for tonight :)  Have a wonderful day!! 

what's in it?
stamps: verve autumn splendor; bountiful harvest
ink: su choc chip, sahara sand, more mustard, really rust; versafine sepia
paper: pti kraft, ocean tide, cream, su mustard, cajun; basicgrey pyrus dp, pti distressed dots dp
accessories: nestabilities labels 14, stitching, gemstones, pti button and ribbon, su linen thread

To Hold Friends and Family Near

Hello!!! Today's Wild Card Colour Challenge #15 card was lots of fun to make :)  I got to use my new PTI Big and Bold Holiday Wishes and some sparkly snowflakes :)  The colours were pretty sweet this week so I was glad to have a dark colour to ground those sugary hues :)  LOL I will remember to label Smokey Shadow in white next time...it shows up better if the picture is bigger.  The week is flying by as I predicted.  We have parent/teacher inteviews today and tomorrow starting in the afternoons, so the next 3 days will fly by as well.  Thanks for visiting and hey, try out these colours or try pulling your own...it's so (scary, er...) fun!! LOL

what's in it?
stamps: pti big and bold holiday wishes
ink: versafine onyx, su rose romance
paper: pti hibiscus burst, white, plum pudding, su basic grey, cosmo cricket dp; su dp
accessories: pti dies; gemstones, stitching, pti button and ribbon, thread, heidi swapp ghost snowflake, su felt flurries, glitter snowflake, corner chomper, ms doily

Bravo, Jackie!!

Good morning!!! Well, I'm happy to report that my little munchkins were calm and peaceful yesterday :)  It really was a lovely Monday...and you know I rarely say that!! LOL  Today's card was made a few weeks ago for an October Viva La Verve challenge, but I didn't post the card here...so now I am :)  It was a fun challenge that week.  In honour of Verve Diva Jackie Pedro becoming the newest Dirty Dozen member on Splitcoast, Amber challenged us to pick a card from Jackie's gallery and CASE her :)  I kind of knew which card I wanted to use...Jackie made this fabulous card last winter.  I was taken by her mix of patterned paper and how she made the rolling hills with some of my favourite paper from last year :)  I opted for an end of summer/beginning of fall card, mixing some fun SU paper from last year.  This was so much fun...Jackie is the royal Queen of mixing patterned paper!!!  Hope you have a great Tuesday...thanks for stopping by :)



what's in it?
stamps: verve up,up and away, waltzing mouse fancy phrases
ink: su choc chip, close to cocoa
paper: pti white, kraft, su sage shadow and dp, dcwv dp
accessories: stitching, tag die, su ribbon, gemstones, pti buttons, linen thread, cuttlebug ef

Happy Harvest

I was so determined to use this fabulous pumpkin stamp from Verve's latest Fall Release...but as I started paper piecing it, I got WAAAAYY over my head!! LOL  So I decided to watercolour it :)  I stamped the image onto watercolour paper with Versafine Onyx (my goto black ink), then applied the ink with my aquapen. Notice too that I took my purple and black ink pads and sponged a bit on to add a worn look to the panel.  I also wanted so much to use some of this gorgeous Halloween ribbon that I first saw on Ann's blog before jumping into the car and heading to Michaels to buy my own :)  So who do you send a "Happy Harvest" card to?  Well, I have the perfect people for this card...the lovely couple who owns the farm and pumpking patch where I took my class last week.  They are the sweetest :)  I always have the kids write a little thankyou note so I thought this could be my note to them :)  They definitely have a harvest!! LOL  I'm using Karen's Sweet Sunday Sketch as the big oval was perfect for the pumpkin stamp.  The only tricky thing was the layering of the background papers...I had all my orange, green and purple paper out and it was driving me crazy!! LOL  I had to make sure the paper didn't upstage that ribbon!!! Hola!!! LOVE IT!!  Before I go, I wanted to share a picture of our pumpkin last night.  It's the pumpkin I got at the farm last week.  Tony carved it Saturday night ready for Sunday :)  And because we were going to make our little pumpkin sick (too much candy!), Tony added some sad eyes to him....isn't it sweet?  LOL  Have a great day...I'm off to see if my class is super tired or super hyper!! LOL

what's in it?
stamps: verve bountiful harvest
ink: versafine onyx, su pumpkin, mustard, kiwi, plum
paper: pti black, plum,kraft, su kiwi, watercolour paper, basicgrey, dcwv, pti dps
accessories: oval nestablities, pti button, twine, gemstones, Michaels ribbon