Berry Bees Birthday

Good Morning Blogland!
It has been way too long since I have posted on my blog and I do apologize for that. It has however been a busy and sometimes exciting, sometimes nerve-racking time lately. My grand-daughter had some minor surgery last week so I was staying with my daughter to help her through all of that. Between Kasey's 2 pre-operation check-ups/appointments, we did manage to take Kasey and Jace to the Canadian Lakehead Exhibition. It started the evening of Wednesday Aug. 8th and was over Sunday Aug. 12th which meant our trip there had to happen before Kasey's surgery. Kasey came through her surgery exceptionally well and is doing great. Mom and Gammy (thats me) survived it too.  Plus we had family arrive from Alberta and the Red Rock Folk Festival was on. My hubby was born and raised in Red Rock and that was our home town until 6 years ago. The Festival was the perfect time to go "home" for a couple of days and re-connect with many of our friends and family.

Now, on to the subject of this post, lol. A while back, I applied to the Design Team call over at One Stitch At A Time and guess what; I was PICKED.....Whoot Whoot!!! I heard from Choccy the same weekend I got an email from Mynnette Kitchen so I was walking on cloud 9 for days. I was so EXCITED and it has been very hard to keep all of this a secret. I didn't think I could do it but, I managed to pull it off......barely!
For the challenges at One Stitch At A Time, all of us on the DT use images each week from a variety of artists BUT you can find and buy those images all at the same store; Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps. I have a link to this fabulous digi stamp store on my sidebar PLUS Stitchy is offerring an awesome Collab right now and its FREE with any $7.00 purchase on the Store site. You better hurry though because this deal expires August 19th.
Today, I am posting my very first Design Team card for the One Stitch At A Time blog. I should have had this post set up to go live this past Sunday morning and I thought I had done that. Imagine my horror at finding out I didn't have it done! I want to apologize to Choccy and all of my fellow teamies at OSAAT for not getting this done properly. I am so sorry girls :( :(
The challenge this week at OSAAT blog is Challenge #126 Anything Goes, easy peasy :) The link disappears August 18 so be sure you link up your cards soon. This week's challenge is being sponsored by

With 3 x Promarkers

To win this you must use a SBDS (Stitchy store)product

and for those that enter with none SBDS creations

With a $3 coupon to spend in store

Here is the card I made for my first challenge as a DT member:

Front view

Close-up of rhinestones in flowers

Close-up of glitter on wings

Inside of card

Another view of front

Card Recipe:

Image - Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps "Baby Bees" by Priyanka
Cardstock - Bo Bunny Double Dot 'Kiwi Vintage'
Patterned Paper - My Mind's Eye 'Magnolia'
Flowers - Prima
Ribbon - Offray
Rhinestones - Dollarama
Sentiments - CTMH 'Say It In Style' & 'Special Friendship' stamp sets
Ink - CTMH 'Garden Green'
Glitter - DecoArt Glamour Dust
Image coloured with - Copics

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Spots & Stripes
The Crafty Pad - Summer Vacation
The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - # 13 Add some Bling or Sparkle
One Stop Craft Challenge - #195 Summer Holiday (summer is when the strawberries are ready)
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - Go Floral
Simon Says Stamp - Bingo (Ribbon, Free, Blooms)
Ribbon Carousel Challenge - RCC66 Celebrating Summer
Crafting Life's Pieces Challenge - CLP #50 (I turned the sketch upside down)

Thanks so much for popping by to visit today. I hope you have enjoyed your stay.
Hugs xo

I'm Late, I'm Late For a Very Important Date!!!

Oh my gosh......I am so LATE with this post, YIKES!!!
I have a very special announcement to share with all of you. I am on a DESIGN TEAM...Whoot Whoot!!!! I was so excited when I received an email from Mynnette Kitchen, owner of Technique Tuesday, 52 Christmas Card Throwdown and On a Stampage blogs, asking me to join her Technique Tuesday Crew! This month I made my very first DT card; it is so exciting, lol. The challenge this month at Technique Tuesday is Baby Wipe Re-inker cards and you have totally got to try this technique. It is fabulous and super easy to do.....honest :). Mynnette has a fabulous tutorial on her blog with easy to follow instructions and pictures showing each step. Just click on the Technique Tuesday Crew icon in my sidebar and that will take you right to Mynnette's tutorial.
Here is my card for this fabulous technique:

Front View

Side View

 (to show a bit of dimension)

Close-up of main flower and butterfly

Inside of card

Card Recipe:

Rhinestones - Dollarama

Pearl Halves - 4 Ever in Time

Ribbon - Offray

Embossing Folder - Cuttlebug 'Leafy Branch'

Card Base - Recollections

Inks - CTMH 'Grey Wool' & 'Black'

Re-inkers - CTMH 'Juniper', 'Cotton Candy' & 'Gypsy'

Cardstock - CTMH 'Sweet Leaf' & 'Grey Wool'

Patterned Paper - CTMH 'Lucy'

Stamps - CTMH 'Say It In Style', 'Lucy Workshops on the Go Exclusive Stamps',  'Special Friendship'  & 'Princess Wings'  stamp sets

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Bingo (Ribbon, Free, Blooms diagonal line)

Pile It On - #33 Bingo (Emboss, Image, Pearls middle row down)

ATC's & Cards With Attitude - #20 Lace/Anything Goes

Fat Pages With Attitude - #20 Add Some Texture/Anything Goes

Paper Pretties Monday Challenge - #52 Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - #19 Anything Goes

Thank you for popping by today. I am working on post #2 for today right now so stay tuned for another card I am sharing today ;)

Hugs xo

Christmas Window

Hello, yet again this week!!
I bet you are getting tired of seeing Christmas cards when it is 90 F outside and the humidity is at 99.9% these days. Well, I hate to say it but, I have one more Christmas card to share with you before this week is over. I will try to give you a bit of a break after this one.....maybe, lol. This card turned out very well, in my opinion. I was inspired by a photo that I saw today and I even managed to use some stash I have had for a while but had never opened or inked.
Here is tonight's card:

Full front view

Close-up of flowers & holly

Do you see the glitter?

Inside right

Inside left

View of both sides together

Close-up of embossed tree with rhinestones & brad

Products I used:

Cardstock - Recollections

Patterned Paper - HOTP

Ink - CTMH 'Olive', 'Holiday Red' & Versamark ink pad

Embossing Powder - CTMH 'Topiary"

Rhinestones - Dollarama

Brads - stash

Large Rose - Dollarama

Poinsettias & Holly Leaves - Prima

Ribbon - Offray

Lace - Gaiety

Stamps - CTMH 'Holiday Warmth'

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

365 Cards - Day 147 The Odds Have It (1 image, 3 different papers, 3 brads, 7 flowers, 13 rhinestones, 5 punched ovals and 3 spool trims) 

Rudolph Day/Stamping For Pleasure - make a festive card

Addicted To Stamps - #35 Christmas in July

ABC Challenge - T for Two (2 pieces of lace)

Shopping Our Stash - #61 Use Something New (my new item is the lace on my card)

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Christmas Flowers/Holly -Include Holly or Poinsettias somewhere on your card. This could be in the image, on the paper or embellishment etc.

52 Christmas Card Throwdown - July Embellishment - Brads (use at least 3)

Christmas Card Challenges - Week #34 'Window Cards'

Card Makin' Mamas - Challenge #50 - 1, 2, 3: 1 image, 2 designer papers, 3 embellishments.

Pink By Design/Ink it Pink Challenge -  Merry Christmas … In July!! Ink it Pink PbD08

Christmas Stampin' All Year Long - #21 Inspirational Photo This photo inspired me in many ways. First, I saw the tree. Then, I noticed the colours in the picture; various shades of green, followed by yellow & white. I know there isn't any red in the pic but I thought my card needed it to make the poinsettias work.

Always Playing With Paper/Merry Monday - Merry Monday Sketch With a Twist

Thanks so much for checking out ANOTHER Christmas card this week. I hope you all are having a great weekend. See you again soon. Goodnight all.
Hugs xo

Analogous Holiday

Hi again! I am back with yet another Christmas card; I am having a lot of fun with all of the Christmas challenges this month. Did my title stump you? When I first saw the word 'Analogous' it sure stumped me! According to my friend Mynnette, "Analogous colors are colors that sit in a group of three right next to each other on the color wheel. We usually use these combinations when doing monochromatic artwork." Mynnette challenged us to do just that, in blues, for this week's Make My Monday challenge. I was able to do that and combine a few more challenges besides for today's card.

Here is my newest card:

Front View

Close up of Glamour Dust on wings & around ovals

Close up of tag with sentiment

Inside of card

 Challenges I am entering with this card:
Pile It On - #30 Tag, You're It
365 Cards - Day 146 Geometry (I used a square, oval & rectangle)
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Use Non-traditional Colours
Lollipop Crafts - #84 Christmas in July
The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - #12 Tags
Addicted to Stamps - #35 Christmas in July
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Card Makin' Mamas - #50 1, 2, 3 Recipe (1 - image, 2 - designer papers, 3 - embellishments)
Stamping For Pleasure - Rudolph Day - Make a festive card
Cardz TV - Challenge #12 Anything Goes
Always Playing With Paper/Merry Monday - Merry Monday Sketch With a Twist

 Make My Monday - Analogous Colours in Blues

Thanks so much for stopping by again today.

Hugs xo

Noel Wreath

Good Evening:
I am back to share another card with you and yes, it is another Christmas card, lol. Almost everyone is doing Christmas in July so it has been an awesome month for getting a head start on my cards :) I even used 2 Cricut cartridges to make this one card.....amazing for me. The colours are unorthodox as far as Christmas cards go but I think I like it anyway. This card is pretty Clean and Simple, I think anyway.
Here is my card:

Front View

Close up of irridescent poinsettia & pink pearl

Close up of wreath

Inside of card

Supplies I used:
Card base and solid cardstock - Recollections
Patterned Paper - DCWV
Wreath - I made the wreath using "Joys of the Season" and "Tis the Season" Cricut cartridges
Tag - made with "Joys of the Season" Cricut Cartridge
Ink - CTMH "Ponderosa Pine"
Gold Cord - Elastic Christmas cord from my stash
Poinsettia Bloom - my stash
Pearl - my stash

I am entering my card into the following challenges:
The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop - #12 Tags
Stamping For Pleasure - Rudolph Day Challenge - Make a festive card
Cardz TV - Christmas in July challenge
Addicted To Stamps - # 35 Christmas in July
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Winter Wonderland - Pink, Purple, Aqua, Green
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - Christmas Wreaths
Pile It On - #30 Tag, You're It
Paper Pretties Monday Challenge - PPMC #49 CAS
365 Cards - Day #145 Overlapped
Lollipop Crafts -  #84 Christmas in July
Cardz TV - Cricut Cardz Challenge #112 Tag, You're It
Christmas Stamping All Year Long - Challenge #20 "Sketch"
make a holiday project using sketch that you like or from one of the sketch web sites. I chose a sketch from Merry Monday at Always Playing With Paper.

Always Playing With Paper - Merry Monday Sketch With a Twist (I used sketch #24 pictured above)

The Shabby Tea Room - Week #124 'Oh So Pretty in Pink'  create a card or project inspired by the colours in the photo and include a flower.  

Don't you just love it when a bunch of challenges come together to make one card? I know I do. Thanks so much for stopping by to visit. Please come back again soon.

Hugs xo

Cascading Flowers Card

Hello!
I have another new card to share with you again today. Photographing this card was difficult because it kept turning out too bright. All the yellow I guess :( Playing with the brightness setting did not help at all so I finally gave up.
When choosing the colours for this card, I used the Colour Wheel Challenge over at Make My Monday. This week, the colours are yellow, purple and white or cream. I went with a bit of white. The style of this card is "Cascading" and you can find Mynnette's awesome tutorial at Technique Tuesday.
Well folks, grab your sunglasses because here come the VERY bright pics of my card:

Full Front View

Close up of skeleton leaf at top of card

Close up of 2 butterflies and some bling

Close up of handmade tag and more bling

Well, now that I have blinded you all, here is the list of challenges I am entering my card into:

Addicted To Stamps - Challenge #34 Card For Someone Special

Technique Tuesday - Cascading Flowers Card

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge - PWC #215 Bling It On

Paper Shelter - #73 Anything Goes

Pile It On - #30 Tag You're It

The ABC Challenge - T for Two (I used 2 butterflies)

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop Blog - #12 Tags

Make My Monday - Colour Wheel Challenge Complimentary Colours Purple & Yellow

I have to dash off for now but I will be back later with the list of supplies I used. Thanks for stopping by again today.
Hugs xo

Embossed Christmas

Good Afternoon!
Where is the time going?? This summer is just breezing by with one day blurring into the next. I thought summer was suppose to be relaxing.....apparently not. Hubby and I were away with our daughter and grand-children for a family reunion and I just can't seem to catch up again. We all had an awesome time, seeing family we haven't seen in quite awhile. Our son had to work, :( He wasn't able to get the time off as he used it all up when he got married last month in Michigan, U.S.A. A lot of my dear hubby's family hadn't seen our grand-children and Kasey totally loved meeting all of her cousins and having so many new children to play with. The final day of the Dampier Reunion was spent at the Waterfront and "Dampier's Landing" in Nipigon, Ontario. We had a gorgeous day for it and the kids really tired themselves out being in the fresh air and sunshine all day.
Tuesday was TOPS so that day was totally gone. Our veggie garden took off while we weren't looking, or rather the weeds did. I spent 2 hours in there on Wednesday and you wouldn't even know it. I have neglected the poor area so badly and I don't know if I will get ahead of the weeds again this summer. YIKES!!
Yesterday I had to watch my grand-daughter and grand-son while their mom worked, did her driving road test and got groceries. Today, I finally got to make a card and get back on my blog.

I have a new Christmas card to share with you today. It has a few different techniques on it this time and combines several challenges. There are actually 3 types of embossing on my card (hence the title, lol). Can you figure them out? I have also used ink to distress the edges, added ribbon and glittery scrolls at the bottom. I must admit, when I first saw the colour challenge for this week at 52 CCT, I was very skeptical. I had NO idea how I was going to pull this challenge off, but I think it turned out pretty decent.
Here is my card:

Front of card

Close up of Emboss Resist Technique

Close up of Glittered Scrolls

Front View Again

To make my card, I used the following supplies:
Card base & white cardstock - My Stash
Black cardstock -
Ribbon - Dollarama
Ink - Versa Mark and CTMH "Black", "Sky" & "Moonstruck"
Embossing Powder - CTMH "Clear Detail"
Stamp - Stampin' Up
Embossing Folder - Stampin' Up "Petals A Plenty"
Have you figured out the 3 embossing techniques yet? The white cardstock is dry embossed with an embossing folder, the sentiment is heat embossed onto white cardstock using clear embossing powder. The reason you can see the sentiment is because of the 3rd technique; emboss resist. To do this, you heat emboss your image/stamp with clear embossing powder, then sponge darker colours onto the paper and your image. You wipe the ink off the embossed image to make it show up. The clear embossing powder resists the ink colours. You can find a tutorial on how to do this HERE on the Split Coast Stampers blog.
 I am entering my card into the following challenges:
Addicted To Stamps - #34 Card For Someone Special
Robyn's Fetish/IDIC - Christmas in July
Christmas Card Challenge - Week #33 Emboss Resist
Paper Pretties Monday Challenge - PPMC #48 Embossing
Simon Says Stamp & Show - No Rules
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge - Heat Embossing
Lollipop Crafts - Challenge #84 Christmas in July
Christmas Cards All Year Round - Christmas Flowers/Holly
52 Christmas Card Throwdown - July Colour Challenge

Always Playing With Paper / Merry Monday - Sketch With a Twist. This means you are free to make cards using any of their past sketches. Here is the sketch I chose for this card:

Well friends, I am off to try and get another card done today. Take care and thanks so much for stopping by.

Hugs xo

Butterflies & Teacups

Good Afternoon! I hope you all have been enjoying the weekend. I have had a lot of fun this weekend with my Grand-daughter who was super happy to hear that her Gammy has recovered enough from her neck surgery to have sleep-overs again.....finally (as Kasey said, lol). She has really missed our slumber parties since my surgery in February. We have had a busy time these past 2 days, especially since she is only 4; and what 4 year old ISN'T busy??
Anyway, on to today's card :) This card is my first attempt at a gate-fold card. Its just your standard gate-fold but I have found another style I will enjoy making again and again. I got the inspiration for the layout from a sketch I found on The Crazy Challenge. With having Kasey here yesterday and today, I didn't get the pictures uploaded in time to enter it in their challenge but, if you want to see the sketch, I have linked it with their name. It really was an awesome sketch, and I'm sure I will use it again.

Here is the card I made to share with you today:

Front View

Front Right Side Panel

Inside Left Panel

Inside Center Panel

Inside Right Panel

Close Up of Detail on Front Left Side Panel

Recipe:

Patterned Paper - Bo Bunny "Ambrosia"

Teacups - Bo Bunny "Little Miss" cut outs

White Cardstock - Copic

Coloured Cardstock - Bo Bunny Double Dot

Doilies - Wilton

Glimmer Mist - Tattered Angels "Turquoise Blue"

Ribbon - Offray

Punches - Martha Stewart PATP "Deco Fan" and CTMH 2" Scallop Circle

Flowers - Lg White is from my stash and all the rest are Prima

Pearls - Forever In Time

Stamps:  Butterfly - Bo Bunny "Ambrosia"

               Outside Sentiment - CTMH "Say It In Style"

               Inside Sentiment - CTMH "Curly Sentiments"

Inks:  Black - Momento

          Cotton Candy - CTMH

          Juniper - CTMH

Copics - B00, B02, B05

Leaves - CTMH cardstock cut with Cricut (I forget which cartridge right now)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Addicted To Stamps - #34 Card For Someone Special

Fashionista - Challenge #4 - Winged Things

The Paper Shelter - Challenge #71 - Flower Power

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Spritz, Spray or Stencil

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge - PWC #213 - Celebrate Any Occasion Card

The Ribbon Reel - Challenge #31 - Lets Have Tea Photo Inspiration

Create a card / project using the COLOURS in the photo USING a 'TEA ELEMENT', FLOWERS plus LACE or RIBBON!

I think there are a couple more challenges that I want to enter my card into but I can't remember what they are right now, lol.

I am going to log off for now BUT keep an eye on my blog; I have some very exciting news to share AND I may be having my first every Blog Candy to celebrate something special very soon.

Thanks for popping in to visit, see you again soon.

Hugs xo

Penguin Christmas Card

Wow, I can't believe I just completed another Christmas card for a few challenges. It is so hot and humid here these days that working on a Christmas card almost seems wrong. For this card, I have used one of my favourite Christmas colours, blue. I do own 1 or 2 penguin stamps but decided to use this digi so I could enter my card into a digi challenge. As I don't own any digis ........... yet, I had to search the internet first.
Here is my card:

Card Front

 

Just about everything on here that could be distressed with ink, has been. I even distressed the edges of my paper roses before rolling them up. Talk about a very inky mess!

Yup, the inside of my card is distressed too!

 Recipe:

Patterned Paper - DCWV

Cardstock - Recollections and Copic

Image - "Yikes" digi from Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps

Sentiment - My Stamp Box

Ink - "Moonstruck" from CTMH

Ribbon - Stash

Flowers - Handmade by me using matching patterned paper, ink and "Foliage" punches from Paper Shapers for the flat flowers. The roses were made by cutting circles from my paper which I then cut in a spiral pattern using "Cloud" scissors from Fiskar. The paper 'spring' was then distressed with ink and rolled by me. The paper roll was attached to a with CTMH Liquid Glass.

Leaves - "Snowflake" punch from Paper Shapers that I then cut into pieces

Glitter around outside of image - DecoArt Glamour Dust

Copics - B00, B24, C1, C3, C5, C7, R01, R29, YR00 and 0 Colourless Blender

The edge of my card was scalloped with the Large Scallop Edgelets from Stampin' Up and my Cuttlebug

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

 52 Christmas Card Throwdown today - Anything Goes

One Stitch at a Time - challenge #120 - Use a Digi

Christmas Card Challenges - #31 Monochromatic

IDIC/Robyn's Fetish - #114 Distressing

Crafty Cardmakers - #71 Create Your Own Flowers

Dream Valley - #35 Things With Wings

Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge - PWC 213 Celebrate Any Occasion Card

The Squirrel and The Fox - #21 Christmas in July

The Poodles Parlour - Cute and/or Cuddly

Fashionista Challenge - #4 Winged Things

Lollipop Crafts - #84 Christmas in July

Cardz Tv - Christmas in July Challenge #1

Addicted to Stamps - challenge #33 - Follow the Sketch

Well folks, I think thats it for me today. I hope all of you have a great weekend and stay safe. I really enjoyed our visit today. Come back soon.

Hugs xo