KCRR37 & MOJO334

Lately I've been feeling the winter blues... we are having another cold snap here in Prince George, which is making me think Spring is a long ways away yet! Cold weather usually means lots of indoor activities... and that is when I resort to papercrafting! It's gotta be my favourite winter-time hobby. One of the things I decided to pick up on again is scrapbooking! I've been talking about it for a while and finally decided now is the time to sort through pictures, memorabilia, and souvenirs and put together scrapbook pages! I've been working on a career album for my husband, putting together pictures of hands-on learning activities in college, graduation ceremonies and multiple training courses. This past weekend I designed 8 pages! Here's a snapshot:

It's actually quite challenging, scrapbooking masculine pages. I tend to use the same colours (blues, browns, greens). But I tried to keep it interesting by finding scrapbook layout sketches on Pinterest and using those as a guideline, making each page unique. I hope to complete more this coming weekend! 

Moving on to our new KCRR challenge!

Paper Piercing

Love & Sympathy Stamp Set

Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder

I combined this challenge with the Mojo Monday sketch this week:

I decided to make a card with no sentiment and used pastel colours - Calypso Coral, Pistachio Pudding and Crisp Cantaloupe. 

I love how the vintage wallpaper embossing folder adds so much detail to the card! The bottom half is layered with strips of designer paper and the Pistachio Pudding piece of cardstock is paper pierced along the edges. Rhinestones embellish the card. 

I made a matching envelope using the new envelope punch board from Stampin Up. This punch board makes it SO easy! They have the exact measurements on the punch board itself for any size card you can think of! It also has a corner rounder punch - brilliant! 

Thanks for stopping by! Join us tomorrow for a new inspirational photo challenge!

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: Love & Sympathy

Paper: Calypso Coral, Crisp Cantaloupe, Pistachio Pudding, Whisper White 2013-2015 In-Colour DSP, 2012-2014 In-Colour DSP

Ink: Calypso Coral marker, Old Olive marker

Tools: Circles nestabilities, Scallop Circles nestabilities, Paper Piercing tool, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder

Accessories: Rhinestones (Michael's)

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)

 

 

From my heart to yours.

It's Monday morning and it feels like the weekend just flew by! I'm so not ready to go back to work this morning! I'm lacking motivation.. I think it's the winter blues...

I combined another two challenges for my card today -- a card sketch from Pal's Paper Arts and a colour challenge from Dynamic Duos.

I love this card sketch and was so excited to create a card with it! The dessert option for Dynamic Duos is a Valentine Theme. Perfect! I love making Valentine cards :) At first I wasn't sure about using black in my card. When I think of Valentine's, I think of red, pink, white... not black. So, I made the black a very subtle colour in my card... this is how it turned out:



For the background, I used the transparent designer paper from the Candlelight Specialty DSP. It has a felt embossed design on it and I think it's simply elegant! I embossed the Whisper White cardstock with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder and it seems to match perfectly! I then wrapped Real Red grosgrain ribbon around the card front. The delicate doilies add to the elegance of this card. I added hearts in white and red.  Small rhinestones embellish the card. The sentiment is stamped in Basic Black and I sponged the edges of the white hearts and doily with Basic Black ink.

 



What do you think of using black as a valentine colour?

Card Ingredients:

Stamps: P.S. I Love You (ret.)

Paper: Real Red, Basic Black, Whisper White, Candlelight Specialty DSP (Holiday Mini 2012)

Ink: Basic Black

Tools: Delicate Doilies Sizzlits Die, Heart to Heart punch

Accessories: Rhinestones

Thanks for stopping by! Enjoy your Monday!



Introducing "Inspired By..." Challenge

Good morning!
Hope you are having a great weekend so far. Last night was date night with my hubby :) We went to go see the movie "Silver Linings Playbook". I enjoyed it! Of course, it's your typical chick flick, but I found it quirky, funny, and entertaining. I recommend it if you haven't seen it already!

Today I introduce a second challenge that Karly and I put together. We call it:

 

Each week we choose a photo for inspiration. It can be anything from a delicious dessert to a fun, colourful article of clothing to something seen in nature. We use this photo as inspiration when creating a card/project. This week was Karly's pick:

 



IB #1

 

This is a photo of what's called the "Golden Dragon Roll". It's one of Karly's favourite sushi dishes. I have yet to try sushi. I've heard it's delicious! While seafood has not always been my favourite type of food, it's starting to grow on me! Especially since I've moved out west, crab has become one of my favourite seafood dishes! Sushi is next on the list of foods to try :)

 

At first glance, the colours really stand out in this photo. I decided to create my card using the Stampin Up colours Certainly Celery and Pumpkin Pie. Here is my take on the challenge:

 

 

Doesn't this card remind you of spring? We have been having spring-like temperatures here in Prince George lately, so I thought this card was quite fitting. I just love the pop of orange against the light pastel green! I used tiny tags again - I thought it was the best way to add a sentiment to this layout and they tie perfectly around the striped grosgrain ribbon.

 

 

Take a look at Karly's Creations to see her card based on this photo inspiration! 

 

 

Card Ingredients:

 

Stamps: Just Believe, Tiny Tags

Paper: Early Espresso, Certainly Celery, Whisper White

Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Early Espresso, Old Olive marker

Tools: Ovals Nestabilities, Beautiful Wings embosslit

Accessories: Striped Grosgrain Ribbon (ret.), Early Espresso bakers twine, pearls

 

Thanks for looking!