Sunday, October 28, 2007

swirls opener

Woke up dreaming about a card again. Whoo hoo. Yep from the Kraft colored cardstock to the distressing ink to the squared pieces to the buckles. So here it is. It is beautiful. :0)



















Supplies:
cardstock from my stash- kraft, lime.
Patterned Paper- Bo Bunny Shabby Princess.
SU- round tab punch, small oval punch.
Other- Corner rounder
Stamps- swirls Autumn Leaves, wish big- SU.
Ink- Van Dyke Brown.
other- copper cord- SU, Brads- unknown.

Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Go Rockies!!

The world series starts tonight with my hometown team the Colorado Rockies vs that team from Boston (boo-hiss).

In honour of the Rockies, here's the card I sent my dad.
Go Rockies, keep up the winning streak!!!


Supplies:
SU cardstock
SU Ink
word baseball and bat Stamps by Make an Impression, the Jersey is by Ann-ticipations, the stripe background stamp is by Printworks.
brads, quikkutz font, su dimensionals

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Spoiled Rotten


My sister sent me this gorgeous Heidi Grace chipboard and flowers last month. I got her hooked too!! Tee-hee.



Then my friend bought me these new Heidi Grace stamps the other night!! I am spoiled rotten!!



Puppies!!


The dog upstairs had 4 puppies, 2 girls, 2 boys. They are gorgeous. This is them last weekend, and this weekend they were bigger and all over the place. I am in love!!!












Friday, October 19, 2007

Too cute!!

These are on the new must have list!! http://elzybellsna.typepad.com/my_weblog/
Seriously the cutest stamps out there, well for now. I really need a bigger stamp budget. Oh that's right stamping is my budget!!

Monday, October 15, 2007

Christmas card contest entries

Sarah my SU demo who is uber-talented had a card contest and she just posted the winner. The winning card is stunning.

These were my entries into her contest. I made them with my friend Cindy a few weeks ago in the midst of my car breaking down crisis. At least we were able to get some cards made in the middle of my car being in the repair shop. I used her SU Baroque Motifs stamp set. It actually is such a nice and versatile set. I mean hello- Christmas cards too!! Hmm, maybe I do need it before the new catalog comes out in January to tempt me.

Supplies- SU cardstock- Real Red, Handsome Hunter, Very Vanilla
SU- Ink- Handsome Hunter, Very vanilla- which I then embossed in gold as it didn't stand out as much as I had hoped it would.
Other- SU Brads
Stamps- SU- Baroque Motifs and All Year Cheer I (retired)



My 2nd entry. During the making of my first card I decided that the flowers definitely look like snowflakes as well, and so this card just totally came together.

Supplies:
SU- Ink and Cardstock- Bashful Blue and Very Vanilla
SU- Stamps- Baroque Motifs, Warm Words
Other- Ribbon- SU retired. Brads- SU, glitter- stickles, Paper piercer, Circle punch 1 1/4,

Snowflakes cut out by my dear friend Cindy who doesn't have scissor dyslexia :)

HG Happiness

Can't help posting this one. Had a good weekend. Even included a blind date in my activities. It was good. Made this card a while ago. It was one of those things that just had to be done. I love the Heidi Grace products. I even got to meet her once at a CK event in Washington. She's a really nice lady with a super great family.
Supplies:
SU- Pretty in Pink Cardstock and Ink.
Whisper White cardstock.
Bazzill- scalloped 6x12 cardstock. (Seriously love this stuff, wish it came in more colors!!)
Marvy punch- scalloped oval.
Flowers by Prima
Jeweled brad by SEI
Monogram letter- Heidi Grace- Garden.
SU Stamps- warm words.

Friday, October 12, 2007

Happy Fall with a Mellow mood.

Pumpkin Pie, Old olive, Chocolate Chip = Yummy!! Add in some new Basic Grey Mellow and it = Delicious!!

SU- Cardstock and slit punch
Tree Stamp by Rubber Soul, word stamps- Stampendous.
Ribbon- swirled and delightful from my local scrapbook store.



Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Java, Java, Java

Using what was on my table last week, and this is what was created. The coffee cup sticker is from EK Success, which I found at Walmart as a set for a $1.49. Whoo hoo. I love my Java! At work right now my screen saver is coffee cups and then the power saver screen says Java, Java, Java.

Supplies:
Bazzil Cardstock, SU Sahara Sand cardstock.
SU- Warm words set- happiness and cherish ( I masked the cher and h to get the "is")
Patterned paper- wild asparagus.
punch- large corner- it is the tip part of the arrow.
For 2007, my beverage of choice when going out for coffee is the Grande Sugar free Vanilla Non fat Caramel Macchiatto. Soon though my all time favourite drink will be available. The Egg Nog Latte!! It is my absolute favourite ever. I make sure to drink as many as possible in time that it is available. Starts November 1st. Look for it at your local coffee shop, if not ask for it. You usually start seeing them November 1.

Monday, October 08, 2007

Happy belated World Card making day.



This is all the stuff I had to take with me in my car to my friend's house in order to make that set of cards. he he! Gotta love the home front scrappin' and card makin' space. It requires so much less effort. At the end of the 2 day event- cuz I spent the night and we made cards the next day. My friend said- "you really need a tote on wheels!" Umm. I am not sure that it would help that much. But thanks for the advice, I will keep it under advisement. :) Hope that your Canadian Thanksgiving weekend was spectacular, and I hope that your world card making day was a success



This is the card I made for World card making day at my friend's house. It was a great day!!



This is from day 2 of our adventures!


Sunday, October 07, 2007

dreaming about cards again

Seriously love that I dreamed about stamps and stamping again!! ( see below post from Oct. 1) This stamp has been in my possession for years!! And it is a square flower in four sizes, you know the cube type of stamp. I dreamed that I used it and then punched it with my circle punch, and so that is what I did!

Supplies:
Cardstock- whisper white, Cool Caribbean- SU.
Stamps- flower- Deborah Farber designs, word stamp Short and Sweet-SU.
Ink- Versamark, basic black-SU
Metal flower-Making Memories.
Punch- Punch Bunch
Patterned Paper- DCWV



I also dreamed up another project too, but I have to find a few more parts, before I can put it together. Let me just say I love these sort of dreams. They are so much better than running around like a crazed nurse dreams!!

Wednesday, October 03, 2007

Criss-cross cards make me jump, jump for joy.


My version of the Criss-cross cards that have been so popular on Splitcoast.

Supplies:
Cardstock- SU pumpkin pie, always artichoke. White cardstock is other from my stash.
Ink- SU Pumpkin Pie
Patterned paper- from my local scrapbook store on sale and doesn't have the company listed- ahh!!
Punch- SU.
Stamp- swirl Autumn Leaves.
Square jeweled brad- Making Memories








Cardstock- SU- Chocolate Chip, Whisper White. Light blue from my stash.
Cuttlebug embossing template- borrowed from my friend.
Punch- SU
Ribbon- gorgeous brown with swirls from my lss. SU- chocolate grosgrain ribbon, retired.
Stamp- swirl Autumn Leaves.
Square jeweled brad- Making Memories.

The directions for this upright Criss-cross card are from this blog here.

The only down side to these cards is the amount of cardstock and time for all the folds. Don't think that I could make 50 of these for Christmas. But you never know....

Monday, October 01, 2007

Not a winner, but I love it anyway!


Dreamed up this card the other afternoon, literally during my before night shift nap. It was different colors, but the strips, ribbon, corners rounded on one side, and the layers were all there. I went straight to working on it for Cindy's card contest, which unfortunately I didn't win. However I still love this card- Ink, cardstock, ribbon- so simple and so exciting in the end. Love it!!

Supplies:
Cardstock- Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Ruby Red- SU.
Ink- Versamark, Chocolate Chip- SU.
Stamps- Words- Serendipity Stamps, Flourish- Impress.
Ribbon- grosgain- retired- SU.
Other- Corner rounder