Tuesday, December 30, 2008
SC208 (Or a few minutes to myself)
With all of the hectic Christmas time festivities, good eats, presents - who has time to stamp? Finally took some time yesterday to get those creative juices flowing again and came up with this card for SC208.
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Christmas Fresh Cuts
Sunday, December 14, 2008
A Girl Can't Make Up Her Mind!
Friday, December 12, 2008
SC206
Thursday, December 11, 2008
What is old is new again
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Ah to be 10 again...
Christmas Fun
Saturday, December 6, 2008
BONNE FETE MAI-KIM (10 ANS!!!)
This is a card Jade and I made for her BFF Mai-Kim's 10th Birthday. Purple is one of Mai-Kim's favorite colors as it is for most 10 yr olds. I used the Upsy Daisy SS with Craft White ink, the Cuttlebug which Mai-Kim's Mom is hoping to get for Christmas and the Frames with Flourish SS.
Voici une simple carte que Jade et moi ont fabriquee pour la fete d'une amie tres chere, celle de Mai-Kim. Mauve est une des couleurs favorites de Mai-Kim et nous avons utilises les estampes 'Upsdy Daisy' et le fameux Cuttlebug dont la mere de Mai-Kim espere recevoir pour Noel. J'espere moi aussi - elle le merite bien.
Thursday, December 4, 2008
SC205 & CC195
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Little Jars from Ikea
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Snowflake Spot
This is not a very good shot at this card (much better looking in person), I guess due to the pastel colors and clear embossing.
But I did use a fun technique, that double masking which is really fun. I saw that on Dawn's Stamping Thoughts blog. Check her out,
she is so talented and makes everything look so easy. That's how I like it, quick and easy...
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Mellow Christmas
Gift card holder
Monday, November 17, 2008
SCS202
Sunday, November 16, 2008
My student's cards/Les cartes de mes eleves
These are two cards that were fabricated by my two shining students who always give their 110% efforts at my mother/daughter stamp club.
The 'Wanted' card was done by Shauna's Mom, Donna - and I think it is spectacular - it really got a 'wow' reaction from everyone when she showed this card to us. I just love how she draped that rope around and the colors are so soft and pretty. I grade this one
at 100%! Great job Donna!
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The 'Fete' card was fabricated by Mai-Kim's Mom, Carole and she really outdid herself on this one. It was for Alys-Ann's 13th birthday and I just love the use of the flowers and the use of colors and the 3-d effects. I give this card an A+!
La carte intitule 'Fete' a ete fabriquee par Carole, la maman de Mai-Kim pour les 13 ans d'Alys-Ann, la grande soeur de Mai-Kim. Elle a fait une carte spectaculaire surtout avec le choix de couleurs et les effets 3-d. J'adore aussi les fleurs fusion.
50/50 Carole!
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
SCS201
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Beate's Weekend Sketch
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Jade's Room
When Jade was approaching the big TEN, we decided to re-do her room to have a more grown up look - gone were the princess colors, dollhouse and dolls to be replaced by I-Pods and docking stations, bulletin boards, queen size bed, etc. For her wall over her bed, she chose something from Stampin' Up's Decor elements with that beautiful bird. The frames I made for her to accentuate the red, black and white theme also with Stampin' Up! materials. I think she is pretty happy with the results.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Mojo Monday #59 & KWerner #28 or Yes We Can Card
Monday, November 3, 2008
SC200 & CC190 AND Jade's Birthday Card!
Sunday, November 2, 2008
How to spend $150 in 30 minutes
Jade will be 10 this coming Wednesday and one of the things she really wanted to do is 'Build a Bear'. This is a super cute concept with picking and choosing your own little stuffed teddy and the most fun I think is picking out some of the cute little outfits for them with the accessories. So Jade and her best friend Mai-Kim chose the Zebras with funky little outfits. For the shoes, Jade picked out Skechers which actually light up when you tap them!
It was so much fun just watching them picking out all their stuff.
Jade called her Zebra Mimi and Mai-Kim called her Zigzag - how cute is that! Oooooh to be 10 again!!!
Devil in a red dress
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Halloween Duo
A friend of mine has a sister who's birthday falls on Halloween
and asked me to make her a card. For the shutters, I used
SU's Window Dressing with Versamark and clear embossing powder
with a little ribbon for the window curtains. The black cats are from Dollarama. The template for the little box comes from
Stampin' Up's Website (fry box).
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Christmas Notes in a Nifty Little Box
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Splitcoast Challenges for Pink Week
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Mojo Monday #57 or Oxymoron Card
Here is a card I made for Mojo Monday's challenge using Basic Grey, Basic Black and that lovely new Urban Garden DP. For the center flower, I cut out the flower from the paper a couple of times to give it a 3-D effect.
I call this my oxymoron card as it is floral yet masculine.
Kind of a jumbo shrimp.
Thanks for looking!
Monday, October 20, 2008
Donna's Card for her DH
This is a card that my friend Donna (who also happens to be one of my loyal members of my stampers Mother/Daughter Club) made this beautiful card for her DH who turned the big 5 0 a couple of weeks ago. Donna is an extremely talented cardmaker and I always love to see her creations. She always adds her own personal feminine touch which always turns out awesome.
There was another equally beautiful card for her daughter's Shauna's 10th birthday but unfortunately the pic did not turn out for that one.
Great job Donna and Happy Belated Birthday to both Simon and Shauna.
Friday, October 17, 2008
KWerner Color Inspiration #25
Monday, October 13, 2008
Glittery Barocque Pumpkins
My beautiful daughter...
Thursday, October 9, 2008
CPS #85
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
11 Years!
Friday, October 3, 2008
January Skies (in October)
I submitted this card to SU's monthly contest for November. The selected card by SU will be shown in January's Stampin' Success issue with the theme being Fun with flurries. I did a very similar card a little while back but angled it a little differently. I mailed it off yesterday and keeping my fingers crossed.
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
SC196
100 Workouts at Curves
Yesterday was my 100th workout and you guessed it, I got this
wonderful T-shirt to commemorate this great milestone.
Pictured with me is Karen, the most fun and cheerful trainer there is. The first time I met Karen, she was wearing a 'GRUMPY'
sweatshirt which I thought was pretty funny because she is anything but grumpy. By the way, this song is for you Karen.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Mojo Monday #55
Sunday, September 28, 2008
A Flower for all Seasons Gift Set
Well, it was raining here on Saturday afternoon, or I think it was so off to my workshop I went. I just got this cute little stamp set and wanted to put it to good use right away. It's nothing fancy, just a fun little whimscal set that can go a long way.
I made this little set and will draw it at my next Mother/Daughter get together.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Mojo Monday #54
Well as you can probably tell, I am not a great photographer.
As vain as this will sound, this card is much prettier in 'person'.
I kid you not, I must take at least 7 shots of one card to get one acceptable one to post. So hopefully you all can still tell that I used the Bali Breeze paper with those fun build a brads which I am hoarding. And one of my favorite stamp sets is Happy Harmony which I used SU markers in a light green for the flower and darker green for the stem. If anyone out there has a good tip for picture taking, this may be a good time to leave me a comment.
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Two, two challenges in one
This card consists of two challenges - one for a new color challenge blog I discovered that is super fun and lots of talented ladies participate which you can find here: http://colorthrowdown.blogspot.com/
The cards are unbelievable.
The other is a sketch challenge for the Card Positioning System #83 http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/
Monday, September 22, 2008
Our House is a very very very fine house
Sweet Smells of Fall!
What is it with this time of year to want to get back in the kitchen and cook something tasty and wholesome. I spent part of the morning yesterday making a batch of savoury spaghetti sauce (which I discovered doing in the Crock Pot makes it that much better). And with a basket full of ripe peaches on the counter, yes, you guessed it: Peach Crumb Pie. Oh yum! And the odors from my kitchen: PRICELESS!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Bonne Fete Maman
Hier c'etait l'anniversaire de ma mere Aurore. Elle aurait eu 86 ans! J'ai fabrique cette carte avec sa couleur favorite, le mauve. L'oiseau perche sur une branche, toute fragile, me fait penser a elle. Je t'aime Maman... je m'ennui beacoup.
Yesterday was my Mother Aurora's birthday. She would have been 86 years old. I tried to use one of her favorite colors, purple.
The bird perched on the branch, so fragile, makes me think of her.
I love and miss you very much, Maman.