Here is my card laying flat, ready for giving.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Sparkle & Shine On a Sketch
Here is my card laying flat, ready for giving.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
Popping, Inking & a New Challenge Blog
If you are familiar with this stamp "Lynette" by Sarah Kay, you may notice that the garden part of the stamp is not on here. Because I only wanted the figure of Lynette, I only partially inked the stamp and then cut the image out after colouring it with some Copics. I used B06, B12, E000, E23, E29, G28, RV25 & RV34. The coloured ink, ribbons, brad and papers are all CTMH ( except the copic paper). The sentiment is from the CTMH "Say it in Style" stamp set. To make the lace edge I used the Doily Lace Trim punch from Martha Stuart and inked the edges of the trim before attaching it to my card. After I stamped my sentiment, I punched it out with a Scallop Oval punch from Stampin' Up. I decided to edge this oval with some copper shimmer from Making Memories to give my card some sparkle. The flowers, leaf and chipboard butterfly are from my stash. I used a dauber to apply Sorbet ink to the butterfly so it coordinated better with my cardstock.
Thank you for stopping by to visit. I hope you have enjoyed my card.
Hugs xo
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Spring Flowers
Bunny Love
can choose to make a Pop Up card or cut something out on your card and raise it
up wit Pop Dots, Foam Tape etc for more dimension and to give it some "POP!"

Sunday, April 8, 2012
Happy Easter
I want to wish all of you a very Happy Easter. I will be back later to share a couple of cards with you.Friday, January 13, 2012
Family Christmas Layout
Recipe: cardstock - Creative Memories; inks - CTMH; flowers & leaves - Prima; stamped title - CTMH; red tinsel cord on tag - my stash; all other supplies - "Lost & Found Christmas" from My Mind's Eye.Sunday, January 1, 2012
A New Year
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Yes, It is Another Christmas Card
On to the card. 365 Cards - Day 300 was Super Sketchy Sunday and Pam had another wonderful sketch for us to work with. The very talented Design Team had some awesome creations from this sketch for us to look at, so be sure you pop over there and check them all out. The Simon Says Stamp Challenge going on right now is "Anything Goes" so this card will also be entered in that challenge. They too have a very talented Design Team and you really need to visit them to see all of their creations as well.
Here is Pam's sketch for this week:

When making my card, I decided to rotate the sketch and turn it on its side. Instead of buttons I used the faux stamps. Here is what I came up with:
I had a lot of fun with this sketch and will probably use it again.Recipe: paper, cardstock & "stamps" - Hot Off the Press; ribbon for bow - Sheer Creations; satin ribbon - my stash; poinsettia - Prima; rhinestones - Studio 18; sentiment tag - Michaels
Thanks for stopping by my blog.
Hugs
Best Wishes Card
Here is my card:
Recipe: papers, tags, cardstock & sentiment - Hot Off the Press; fibers - EK SuccessHugs
Stamped Background
Here is my card:
Recipe: paper & tags - Hot Off the Press; ink - CTMH; stamped sentiments - CTMH "Say it in Style" stamp set; rhinestones - from my stash.Thanks so much for stopping by today.
Hugs
Friday, December 30, 2011
Happy 28th Birthday Son
Here is Lucy's sketch:
Here is the card I made:
Baby's 1st Christmas
Recipe: cardstock and papers - HOTP; image - CTMH "Snow Friends" stamp set; sentiment - CTMH "Say It In Style" stamp set; ink and watercolour pencils - CTMH; bling and glitter - from my stash.Thanks for stopping by today.
Hugs,
Monday, December 26, 2011
"Ms Holiday Cheer"
Here is the sketch Pam gave us to go with this challenge:
Here is the Bingo Card we had to pick a row from that Simon Says Stamp gave us to work with: the challenge was to pick a row on the bingo card and use those elements on your creation. The row can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal.
The row I chose is: Ribbon/Twine, Gems and Sparkle/Glitter. For full details on this challenge, go to Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Lets Play Bingo.
At first, I wasn't too sure how this would turn out but when I was done, I totally loved my card. Here is what I came up with:
Recipe: cardstock - Recollections; stamps - "Ms Holiday Cheer" stamp set from CTMH; ink and water colour pencils - CTMH; pink stickles - Ranger; pink ribbon and gems - from my stash.
I hope you have enjoyed my card & thanks for stopping by.
Saturday, December 24, 2011
Embossed Christmas Card

I enjoyed making this card so much, I made 2 of them. I just love blue and silver together at Christmas!
Recipe: blue cardstock - Paperabilities; silver cardstock - Creative Memories; patterned paper - DCWV; image - Stampin' Up "Snow Swirled" stamp set; silver embossing powder - CTMH; ribbon - Offray; letter & number stickers - Stickopotamus by EK Success.
Thanks for stopping by my blog. Be sure to check out all of the talented card makers at 365 Cards. See you later ;)
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Simon Says "A Sketch"

Here is my attempt at this sketch:

Recipe: paper & tags - Hot Off The Press; ink - CTMH; flowers - Prima; ribbon - unknown; card base - from my stashl
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Easter Layout

This picture shows the butterfly is swivelled to reveal the journalling. The layout is from the "Magic" book sold by Close To My Heart. I love using the "Magic" book for layouts because this book is filled with dozens of ideas for interactive scrapbook pages.

Saturday, December 17, 2011
A Blossom With Bling
365 Cards Day 289 - Pretty Petals challenged us to create a large flower on a card using petals we created ourselves. At Cupcake Craft, Cupcake 172.....Don't Look at the Light was a challenge to use anything that sparkles, shines, glimmers, gleams, glitters, etc on our card.
Here is my take on these 2 challenges:

Recipe: cardstock - Recollections, patterned paper - Hot Off the Press, ink - CTMH, sentiment - My Stamp Box "Everyday Lines", corner punch - Paper Shapers, burnished velvet technique - Be Creative Tape Sheet & Glitter Ritz in Lilac Pink, Extra Lg Blossom Punch - Stampin' Up, rhinestones - Imaginisce.
I attempted to give the flower some dimension by curling each petal before attaching it to the card front. I really enjoyed making the flower and this card.
Thanks for stopping by for a visit.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
365 Cards Day 279 - Super Sketchy Sunday
Recipe:Ink and watercolour pencils - Close To My Heart
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Two's Company from Cupcake Craft Challenge
Recipe: Cardstock & papers - Hot Off The PressTuesday, March 16, 2010
Remaining 2009 Calendar Pages
While I was browsing through my blog, I realized I had never finished posting my calendar pages from the calendar I had made for my husband and I last year. I have posted them here however I can't remember all the products I used. I am very sorry that I can't include the recipes with these. I hope you enjoy looking at them.
July Page:
For this page, I used pictures of my children when they were very young.
This page features pictures of my fur-baby's first Halloween in 2006. The 'princess' is Angel and the 'fireman' is Zeus.Saturday, March 6, 2010
2S4Y, Cupcake Craft Challenge & MSW
Kazan's Sketch 47:

Cupcake Craft Challenge 80 - Round & Round. "We want to see lots of circles..."
MSW - Alecia's Recipe Card Challenge:
Make a card using the following items - atleast 1 hole cut out, atleast 2 patterned papers, ribbon and atleast 1 button.
Here is my efforts on Kazan's sketch 47, Cupcake Craft's Challenge 80 - Round & Round and Alecia's Recipe Card Challenge:

Thursday, March 4, 2010
2010 Scrap-A-Thon
Lucy's Sketch:

I totally enjoyed making this card! The garden hose and water are heat embossed and the plant was stamped with a glue pad then glittered up. I paper-pieced all the clothes, even her Crocs and the scarf on her hat.Recipe:
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Back Into The Swing Of Things
I know I have been away for a very long time but I am hoping things have settled down enough that I can get back into the 'groove' of things. Between my son, daughter, grand-daughter, husband and myself, our whole family has had such a long stretch of colds and illnesses that I was beginning to wonder if we would ever break out of it...lol. I also took some time to concentrate a bit on my CTMH business and finally have my first Stamper 6 Group up and running which I am very excited about. I am working with such a super group of women and look forward to each of our get-togethers with gusto.
Anyway, on to today's cards............
My good friend Darcy Magbanua asked me if I would be interested in hosting a workshop at this year's annual Scrap For Heart. This is a huge event each year with all the proceeds going to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. I said "sure" and began my search for what I would do for this. Naturally I began checking my fave blogs and it turns out this was perfect timing! This month My Sketch World is hosting their 2010 Sketch-a-thon. From February 1 - 20, Lucy will post a different sketch each day, rotating between card sketches and layout sketches. You have until March 3 to upload your creations to have your name entered into the drawing for a chance at some super prizes. So, I used a couple of Lucy's sketches to make my workshop samples AND I am able to enter them into the Sketch-a-thon contest. I love it when I can combine 'challenges'. Well, you only have 45 minutes for your workshop at Scrap For Heart and that has to include set-up and clean-up time. This only leaves you with 25-30 minutes TOPS for the actual creating....YIKES!! Because of this time frame and the fact that I have never put on one of these before, I have kept the card the participants will make very simple; I just hope it isn't too simple. The first card in this post is the one the participants will actually make. The second card is another sample to show the participants a variation on how it can be done.
CARD SKETCH: FEB. 16th by LUCY CHESNA of MY SKETCH WORLD

Monday, September 7, 2009
August Sketch Challenge Voting
So Sketchy has posted the page with all of the August creations on it as well as the rules for casting your vote for the best creation in August. Just click on the link It's Voting Time and you will be taken to the post where you can cast your vote. The voting will remain open until Thursday, September 10 at 10:00pm MST. Stop by there and check it out.
Hugs, xoxo
Saturday, September 5, 2009
So Sketchy August Sketch Contest

This was my calendar page for August.
This is September's calendar page.Thanks so much for stopping by to have a look at some of my creations. I hope to see you again soon. Hugs xoxo



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