New Line in My Etsy Shop

These are some new items that I have been working on for my Etsy shop. As you can see from the previous items I am right into kraft paper right now. Well actually I've been into it for quite a while, but going crazy with it now! I love working with it because every colour goes well with kraft, and I like the idea of the recycling the paper.

Anywhooooo, I've designed some co-ordinating invitations, thank you tags, and even a card for babies. Using my cricut to cut out the onesie (at any size I like!! Love my cricut!) I've pop dotted them for added depth and texture. The pictures really don't do it justice but hey, I'm not a photographer I'm a paper crafter ;)

I'm also working on some party invitations for kids too, with a cupcake theme. I'll post them later, once I actually have them finished!

Take care,

and don't forget SALEABRATION is still going on over at my Stampin Up! website. Pop on over and take a peek, once the sale is over you won't see it again till next year!!

I Love You Card, by my 8 Year Old!

So my daughter sees me crafting and cardmaking all the time, and so she decided to get in on the action too! She designed her own card, stamped it, cut out all the pieces and then went and took photos of it, like she sees me do. She worked so hard on it and I was so impressed I decided to list her card in my Etsy shop! She's thrilled!! Now I can only hope someone buys it, she would be over the moon! Cross your fingers for her!! I'll keep you posted on how it goes!

Take care,

Hoot Hoot, My Little Owls

Hi everyone, for those living in Ontario, hope you enjoyed your Family day yesterday! So nice to have a day off in February!

Today I'm just sharing some quick little mini Thank you cards that I made with the cute little owl stamp from the Stampin Up! set PUNCH BUNCH I got Free with my purchase during SALEABRATION.

Thanks for popping by, hope you enjoy my little owls! Aren't they just the cutest thing!

Take care,

The Sizzix Big Shot for Stampin' Up!

I talk about the BIG SHOT all the time, now you can see it in use! This is a great video from Stampin Up! showing you some of the capabilities of the Big Shot.

And don't forget now, during SALEABRATION, if you order the Big Shot, you get to choose TWO FREE items from the SALEABRATION catalog!!! How cool is that!

Take care,

Question For You......What do You do with Your Scraps?

Good morning all,

I've been thinking about this for the past few days, and wanted to ask, what does everyone do with their scraps/leftover papers from other projects?

I have 2 small drawers FULL of scrap paper and right beside my paper cutter is a whole stack of leftovers and scraps. I keep everything because I think I'm wasting money/paper if I just throw it out, but I think it's actually been distracting me lately. I try and use the same colours as the scraps, then don't have enough paper for the project I want to do, then can't seem to change colour schemes because I can't think beyond what's on the scrap table!

I do sometimes gather my scraps and give them to my daughter to use, but then I'll see her doing something with a paper I like and think, what is she doing with that! LOL!

So I'm wondering, what do you guys do with your scraps??

I'm looking forward to your responses!

Take care,

New in My Etsy Shop

Hello everyone, if you live in Toronto, I hope you are enjoying the wonderful weather we are having today! Awesome plus 10 here!!

Just popping in quickly to share a new card with you that I added to my Etsy shop yesterday. I kind of love the shabby chic type of look, but I'm not very good at it, so I sort of add elements of it to some of my cards. For this card, I took the scalloped squares and scrunched them all up then unfolded them and glued to the card. It's hard to tell in the picture, but it gives it sort of a warn kind of look that I really love. So there you go, another quick tip, if you want to make something look worn or rustic, just scrunch it up! Great stress reliever too! The sentiment is one of the SALEBRATION items I recieved FREE with a $60 order!! How fab is that!

Click on the link at the top right of my blog to take you to my Stampin Up! website, hit the Promotions button and find out all about SALEABRATION going on now. It's Stampin Up! biggest promotion of the year!

Hope you like the card!

Take care,

Explore Your Creativity with Stampin' Up!

Shelli just inspires me all the time, so I hope she inspires you too!!!

There's Something Fabulous About You!

Good morning!!

So I saw another fabulous sketch over at Cardabilities, and decided to play along again this week! So much fun! If I was more tech knowledgable I would be able to provide you with a link to their blog, but I'm not so I'll just type it in here and you can paste to your browser!

Here's my card for this week, it's going to be a birthday card for my SIL!! Hey I'm actually early with a card this month! Yeah me!!




Used the Top Note die cut from Stampin Up! and the new cupcake punch, so fun and stinking cute!! I'm also thrilled because I learned a new technique this week! See the gathered ribbon across the bottom? I finally learned how to do it! Not too bad for a first attempt. I've seen this technique on hundrends of cards and was always so jealous! I thought there was sewing or something like involved, turns out all you have to do is apply a strip of sticky tack, or whatever you use, and stick, gather and twist the ribbon where you want it, SO EASY! You'll be seeing more of this now that I learned how easy that was!! Thanks again Becky Roberts for sharing your tips with us!!

Please feel free to leave any comments or questions!!!

Also, coming soon - a new class I'm going to be holding shortly! If you love rubber stamping and paper crafting, come join me in a fun and easy new class! Details and photos to be added shortly!

Take care,