A New Ink on Life

I {Heart} Sweet Treats

     

 
This is one of the cute treat we made at Stamp Club this month. The ladies know no matter what time of year it is they can always count on at least one project that incorporates chocolate or candy, LOL! We made these cute mini cards using the new Sweet Heart Treat Cups and matching Sweetheart Stamp Set for the mage outlining the heart cup. This set and cute heart shaped cups can be viewed HERE and are a limited time offer. Aren't they so cute?! The finished card size measures  2 3/4 x 3 and are the perfect treat to give to a friend or classmate. My oldest daughter is 10 and will be making these for her "girl" friends but of course we had to come up with something different for the boys!

The colours used are Regal Rose and Rose Red , such a pretty combination. Gotta love the pink M&M's to match. The decorative edge is created using the Scallop Trim Border Punch and the "Sweet Treat" and "Happy Valentine's Day" are from the very useful Teeny Tiny Wishes. Oh and the cute Polka Dot heart is from the I {Heart} Hearts Stamp Set. I will try and get a tutorial posted later this week on how I made the siding tab for the treats to come out and all the exact measurements on how to recreate the card.

Hope everyone had a fun and restful weekend or at least fun lol!

 

YES, I Am Challenged- By Many Things!

I admit, I really love participating in a lot of the stamping challenges out there in Blogland, but am always short on time when it comes to my personal creating. So today I thought I would create a project that fit in with four; yes FOUR current challenges! One of my favourite go to challenges is on the PPA blog and this week they have an Anything But a Card challenge. The second challenge comes from the amazingly talented Makeesha Byl and she has a Colour Challenge going on. The third is for the Late Night Stampers Yahoo Group that I am a part of (this is a great group of stampers that share their ideas and love of stamping with eachother) and their challenge this week was anything with a Vintage Theme. And last but certainly NOT LEAST is a Valentine/Love Themed Challenge On Shelli Gardner's Blog who is the Cofounder and CEO of Stampin' Up! but also an amazingly generous and creative lady.

 

So as you can see by the picture the colours I had to use were Cameo Coral, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla. I actually LOVE this colour combination and had made a cuteTop Note Purse last year with this exact colour combo and it was also the combination that I suggested to Michelle Laycock when she was designing my blog-now does this combo look familar?! I know a lot of people are kind of iffy on Cameo Coral (right Kirsty?) but I love it especially with this combination.

So on with the details! There is LOTS of cutting out on this page but it was relatively painless with my trusty Paper Snips as they are the perfect tool for cutting out fine details. The main stamp set used was Vintage Vogue and this was another must have for me when I first saw the Occasions Mini Catalogue. I did lots of sponging and distressing on this page to give it a real Vintage feel. I also crumpled up some of the So Saffron paper to give it a more worn apperance. In my book the Cutter Kit and Sponges are definate must have items when creating a Vintage look. The heart image is from   I Heart Hearts and the "I" and "U" are from the Janes Type Alphabet.

I did the Rock and Roll Technique on some of the flowers using So Saffron and Cameo Coral Inks. The pretty Vanilla Pearls are from the Pretties Kit  and I just couldn't resist also using a Chocolate Chip Corduroy Brad. The decorative edge was created using the New Scallop Trim Border Punch which you can get for FREE during Sale a bration with a $65 order-Love It! And ribbon is Very Vanilla 5/8 Grograin.

Oh yeah and the little munchkin' in the picture is my devious 2 1/2 year old who by the way got into lipgloss today so she could be "so pretty"-unbeliable! And so it begins, lol!

Happy Stampin'
 

Faux Watercolouring

  

I have been crazy busy as usual and really wanted to sit down and stamp something, so while doing my frequent blog surfing I came across a really great sketch on Stamping 411 and then took it a step further by using their current colour challenge as my main source of colour for the card. I was also playing around with a few ideas for a card swap that I have joined and had the Inspired By Nature Stamp Set still out on my desk. I just love the images in this set as they are so soft and pretty.

I have been playing around with creating a watercolouring "look" without really having to watercolour. Everyone that knows me knows I love watercoloured images and my favourite technique by far when watercolouring is using my Stampin' Up Markers and Aqua Painter, but with that I have to use a line art image, Stazon and have a little more time on my hands. (Which is how I coloured my images Here and Here)  

So I really wanted a watercolour look for this card and ended up using my Markers and Blender Pen. Now I could also achieve a similar look by using  a "Direct to Stamp Technique" with Watercolour Crayons and then misting the stamp with water. This makes the images very soft and you would need to use Watercolour Paper, again a very pretty result but not quite what I was looking for. Plus I wanted something relatively quick and easy and with out having to use water.

After stamping my grass image with Old Olive several times (I did not reink in between), I coloured my flower image with Old Olive, Pretty in Pink, Melon Mambo and Chocolate Chip markers and stamped it on Confetti White Cardstock. This cardstock is a little thicker than Whiper White and can handle the moisture of a Blender Pen.  Using my blender Pen I softened the edges of the image and blended them inward. I really like the effect that it created and think this is a great way to "cheat" at  watercolouring when you are in a hurry (or have to do a lot of it for a swap lol!)

The background Designer Series Paper is Old Olive and I used the Cutter Kit to destress the edges then sponged with Chocolate Chip Ink. The main image was also destressed and then  "spritzed" using the Colour Spritzer Tool and a Chocolate Chip Marker (this tool creates little speckles and splatters of colour using the Stampin' Markers.) Oh and of course I had to use Taffeta Ribbon (I heart this stuff) in Pretty In Pink. And how could I almost forget the cute little tiny Butterfly? It is from the really cool new Sizzix Embosslit (cuts and embosses!)  for the Big Shot and has several different Butterlies in different sizes and shapes.

Hope you have a great day and happy Stampin'

UStamp Give Away and More New Products!

Well it is only 3 MORE SLEEPS until UStamp starts!!!!!! Are you excited? I am sure am and I am even more excited to offer you once again a chance to win a FREE PASS! All you have to do is answer a question and leave your answer in the comments section of this post and I promise this time the question is REALLY EASY,LOL!

Do you scrapbook and if so do you prefer to do Traditional or Digital pages? 

Please remember to answer by 5pm Pacific time on Thursday and I will randomly draw the winner for the FREE PASS and they will recieve their invite for Friday Jan.15th!

I really enjoy scrapbooking and usually do traditional pages-I LOVE all of SU! papers, embelishments and the feel of the ribbons, buttons and chipboard. Although I am quickly becoming a huge fan of My Digital Studio!

Now on to some new projects using the gorgeous NEW products from the Occasions Mini Catalogue-LOVE IT!

 



Okay like I said earlier I am in love with all the new products in this Catalogue! For this 6x6 Scrapbook page I used the Designer Series Paper Stack Sweet Pea; you get 48 sheets of double sided paper in 24 different designs and of course I LOVE every single one of them! I also used the super cute Monkey from Fox and Friends, this set is full of cute critters and is a must have for everyone. For the top portion of the title I combined the Jumble Alphabet Set with the word "little" from the Enjoy Every Moment Stamp Set (another one of my all time favourites). And can I say more about the Clear Mount Stamps?! Stampin' Up! has really out done themselves by keeping the same high quality rubber and images but now offering the "Clear Mount" option- takes up less space so more room for more stamps right?!

 

 

 For this card I again used one of the patterns from the same Sweet Pea Paper Stack just this pattern has more blues and has a little more of a masculine feel to it. The Owl is from the Fox and Friends- see I told you this set is super cute! The colours used are So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie, Chocolate Chip and Taken with Teal. I know this card has ribbon on it but I think it could still pass as a more "manly" card-right?! Brads are masculine aren't they? Hehe! The Sentiment is also from a new set in the Occasions Mini called Well Scripted, another great multipurpose set .

Well that's it for today but be sure to leave your comment so you can enter to win the UStamp PASS!

See you soon and happy Stampin'

 

And the Winner is........

So I guess I was being a little tricky with my question from this post. It was so fun reading everyone's answers and in the end there were 4 people who answered it right!

So bet you are wondering what the new items are, right?

1. Scallop trim corner punch
2. Chocolate Chip epoxy brads
3. Sending Love Specialty DSP
4. I {Heart} Hearts stamp set
5. SU Scalloped Heart of Hearts Embosslits Die
6. Real Red Epoxy Brads
7. Real Red Satin Ribbon
8. Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon
9. Clear-Mount Blocks

I know, I know, how were you suppose to know about the Clear Blocks?! Well if you had read my post closely you would have read about how I was so excited about using them! And as most of you figured out the Scallop Trim Punch is from the SAB Catalogue and I had mentioned that I was looking for the new items from the Occassions Mini. For the most part everyone was really close and I randomly picked a winner from the correct answers. Thank you again for everyone that played along and I hope you had fun trying to guess!

The winner is:

 Heather Arsenault! Heather please email me with your information ( email address and location)

So are you ready to see another project I have been working on?

This is my 2 1/2 year old at the middle of December when we got our first real snowfall of the year. It only lasted a few days, but boy did the kids have fun playing in it! You can click on the image to view it larger and see the journaling if you like. I must say that I am loving SU! My Digital Studio! This program is so easy to use that I even can do it lol! (those that know me well know I am NOT very computer savvy!) I just love that with this program you have acess to so many "stamps", "papers" and "embelishments" that the style of  pages you can create are endless. Did you know that you can also make Calanders, Hard Cover Books and Cards? Now how great is that?!

Well I must go but hope to be back soon with some more traditional Scrapbook pages soon!

 

New Year, New Products and a New Challenge!

So in case you haven't noticed my posting has been a little none extistant lately and with out rambling on like I usually do let's just say that the month of December was a write off! I think the cold and flu bugs must of liked it at our warm and cozy house because they didn't want to leave! Thankfully now we all seem to be doing fine and I am so excited that I got to play with some new goodies from the up and coming Occasions Mini Catalogue! Drum roll please.......

TADA!

    
 

 I thought I would play along with PPA's challenge for this week, which was anything but a card. And let me tell you I was so excited to be inking up my new CLEAR MOUNT STAMPS from Stampin' Up! that the squeals from my craft room I'm sure were heard down the street! I created a little bag that is the perfect size for all sorts of goodies and can also fit atleast 8 love notes and evevelopes. 

So can you tell I tried to jam as many new items on to this project as possible LOL?! 9 to be exact-but the challenge is "CAN YOU NAME THEM ALL?" There is a awesome prize!

 
 
Yes, that's right I am the Dream Team Member once again representing Canada and have a FREE PASS to the next round of UStamp with Dawn and Friends and I would love to give it to you! All you have to do is answer the question by naming the 9 new items I used and leaving your answer in the comments section of this post. Good Luck and I will even help you out by providing this link to the New Occasions Mini Catalogue that will be available to order from starting January 5th! (Occasions Mini Catalogue) I will randomly draw a winner from the correct answer on January 5th.

Happy Stampin'