Craft Fair #2 and a Christmas Card

After MIA for a little over a week, I'm back with a new post!
It was a busy week of evenings filled with preparing for the D.P. Todd Craft Fair, but it was well worth it! The weekend was a great success! This was my first year doing this particular craft fair and I really enjoyed it. There was a great selection of vendors, from woodworking to baby bibs to delicious baked goods! There was a cupcake vendor on one side of my booth and jams and jellies on the other -- sitting next to the cupcakes was especially dangerous! My most favourite was the Salted Mocha Caramel cupcake - yum!

Here's a picture of my booth, much the same set up as the last craft fair:

This week will be another busy one as I keep on crafting for Thursday night's fair: "Ultimate Shopping Experience & Pampering Night". This will be a bit of a different atmosphere than most craft fairs. It's a ladies night, with a more interactive shopping experience - looking forward to it!

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I thought I would start sharing some Christmas cards I've been working on lately, since Christmas will be here before we know it!

Here is my latest and one of my favourites:

 

I used Early Espresso Co'ordinations cardstock for the card front. I love the distressed look it gives when it is embossed. The stamped image is from "Welcome Christmas", a retired stamp set that I snagged when it was on clearance (bonus!). I love this stamp set. The images are so adorable! My favourite part of this card is the Cherry Cobbler striped ribbon with the jingle bells and tags tied to it. The jingle bells add the perfect touch!

 

 

Thanks for looking! Hope this inspires you to get an early start on your Christmas cards! :)

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Welcome Christmas (ret.); Tiny Tags

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Very Vanilla, Early Espresso co'ordinations

Ink: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler

Tools: Jewelry Tag punch, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler striped grosgrain ribbon (ret.), linen thread, jingle bells (Michael's)

 

 

New KCRR Challenge #22

After a nice long break, we are back with a new KCRR challenge!

We have randomly chosen three items for today's challenge:

Jewelry Tag Punch
Fun-Folded Card

Pretty in Pink

 

This definitely got my creative juices flowing! I wanted to try a new card fold, so after some pinterest browsing, I came across a fun one -- the Double Pocket card. Click here for simple instructions by Patty Bennett. The nice thing about this card fold is that it's a great way to use up designer paper (you can use cardstock for the base as well).

I looked through my stock of DSP for Pretty in Pink and chose a piece from one of my favourite DSP collections - Tea for Two. I then chose the coordinating stamp set - Tea Shoppe and the card came together so nicely!
 

 

As you can see there are two pockets on the front of the card. These can be used to slide tags or gift cards into. In my case I chose one pocket for a tag and slid a tea bag into the other to go with the theme of the card.
 



 

Here you can see the tag. I simply stamped the tea cups in different coloured ink, fussy cut them and stacked them on top of each other. The edges of the tag are sponged with Soft Suede ink.

The large tea cup on the front of the card is stamped in Island Indigo. I have popped up the flowers to give the card some dimension. A tiny tag hangs from the handle of the teacup. Crochet ribbon and pearls embellish the card. 

 



The inside of the card is lined with Pretty in Pink cardstock and I also added a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock cut into a large framelit shape for a space to write a personal message.
 

 

I absolutely love this card fold! It's so easy to make and has a great result! The pockets are so fun! I can't wait to make more of these!

 

Thanks for stopping by! Make sure to hop on over to Karly's Creations to see her take on this challenge.

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Tea Shoppe, Tiny Tags

Paper: Tea for Two, Lucky Limeade, Pretty in Pink, Very Vanilla

Ink: Island Indigo, Soft Suede, Old Olive, Calypso Coral

Tools: Framelits Labels Collection, Scallop Tag Die, Jewelry Tag Punch

Accessories: Island Indigo bakers twine, Victoria Crochet ribbon, Island Indigo satin ribbon, Pearls (Michael's), Tea Bag (Tim Hortons) 



KCRR #14 {A Bridal Shower Card}

Yesterday was a somewhat eventful day in Prince George. A bomb threat was called in downtown, businesses were evacuated and most of the street was blocked off for the morning. They had dogs sniff the area, but nothing was found. Kind of scary! I had to drop off my hubby at the surgery centre downtown. The building happened to be right next to the area that was blocked off. Luckily they had not been evacuated and he was still able to have his surgery (Kevin injured his knee a couple years ago and had to have a minor surgery to remove the cartilage). I'll be giving him lots of TLC the next couple weeks! Here's hoping its a speedy recovery!

Well it's Friday (finally!), which means it's time for a new KCRR challenge!

This week we randomly chose the following two elements, which happened to both be stamp sets:

Rain or Shine

Tiny Tags

It took me a while to figure out what I was going to do with these two elements. I thought 'bridal shower' would be a good theme. I was inspired by Friday Mashup's sketch challenge this past week and decided to use part of it. I struggled a bit with a colour combo (I changed my mind on thecolour of the base of the card 3 times!), but after choosing More Amore designer paper, I worked around it. In the end I love how it turned out!

 



I love the colour combo of Basic Gray and Pool Party together. I stamped 'raining' small hearts around the umbrella for the bridal 'shower' theme - fun, right? I used the tiny tag sentiment 'love' and stamped it in Real Red to make it stand out a bit. Pool Party striped bakers twine is a nice added embellishment to this card.

 

 

 

Thanks for looking! Make sure to hop on over to Karly's Creations to see how she used these two elements in her card (I've already seen it and it's a fun and colourful card!)

 

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Rain or Shine, Tiny Tags

Paper: Basic Gray, Pool Party, Very Vanilla, More Amore DSP

Ink: Real Red, Pool Party, Basic Gray

Tools: Tiny Tag punch, Scallop Border punch

Accessories: Pool Party bakers twine

Paper Craft Crew #30 {Open Sea}

Wednesday began with a lack of motivation - not a good sign for the beginning of the work day! However, as the day went on I started tackling the piles of paperwork on my desk and gained some motivation. Kind of backwards! Generally, I lose motivation as the day goes on. I got quite a bit accomplished in the afternoon!

One of the first things my husband and I do when we come home from work is check our phone for messages. Well, there was an exciting message yesterday from Kevin's sister and brother-in-law -- we have a new neice! Her name is Nadine. This will be their 4th girl :) Wish we could be there to meet her!

Today's card is inspired by the sketch challenge at Paper Craft Crew. I loved this sketch as soon as I saw it. It has lots of layers - my kind of sketch!

My original intention for this card was to use the Spice Cake designer paper from Stampin Up. However, as I was designing the card, I couldn't quite piece it together using that designer paper. I had a second look through my stacks of paper and came across the Nautical Expedition collection. I paired it with the Open Sea stamp set and this is how it came about:

 

I decided to change it up a bit and make a more masculine card, since my cards lately have included flowers, butterflies, pastel colours, etc. I stamped the ship and the anchor and cut them out. The strip of Night of Navy cardstock is embossed with lines. Bakers twine is wrapped around it and a mini tag sentiment "4 You" is tied to it with the anchor. I added three rhinestones to embellish the card.

 

Thanks for visiting! Make sure to stop by tomorrow for a new KCRR challenge!

 

Card Ingredients:

 

Stamps: Open Sea, Tiny Tags

Paper: Basic Gray, Night of Navy, Whisper White, Nautical Expedition DSP (ret.)

Ink: Basic Gray

Tools: Circles nestabilities, Tiny Tag punch

Accessories: Rhinestones, White Bakers Twine