A New Ink on Life

Googlie Ghouls Gum

I have a quick post for today as I am running short on time (what else is new:). But I decide to revisit making the cute little gum holders that I have made in the past. You can see the basic tutorial HERE and a Christmas Santa version HERE. I love how quick and easy they are to make but I think they make a really sweet little treat idea.

Dynamic Duos also has the perfect colour combo this week for these little goodies:

 

These make such fun little crafts to do with kids as they are so easy to put together. And don't you just love the cute little mummy from Googlie Ghouls? Love that SU! also carries the self stick googlies eyes too!

I also used two strips of Designer Series Paper from the Summer Smooches pack. Unfortunately I didn't have any Tangerine Tango card stock so I substituted Pumpkin Pie instead but the word "boooo" was stamped using Tangerine Tango Ink and the DSP also has Tangerine Tango in it.

Have a great day!

Let's Celebrate with Storytime Friends

It's time again for a super fun sketch at Try Stampin' on Tuesday! I am sure you will agree that this sketch is full of possibilities, now make sure you check out all of the DT samples and we would love to have you play along!

I am in need of kids birthday cards for some up coming parties that my youngest daughter will be attending and I am absolutely in love with this year's  selection of Simply Scrappin' Kits. They are perfect for scrapping but are also awesome for creating quick cards!

When you are creating a card for a 5 year old let's be honest, they are not going to know if it took you 2 minutes or two hours to make it so I usually try to keep things simple:) The super bright and happy colour combo in the Bandstand Simply Scrappin' Kit just makes me smile. The paper patterns are fun and the cute little die cut stickers and border strips made it really easy to quickly put this card together.

The main image is from Storybook Friends and I just stamped it on Whisper White using Jet Black StazOn Ink. Rather then colouring it in I decided to just stamp the flag on on of the border strips and cut it out to give a pop of colour. The little label is a die cut sticker and I just added a stamped sentiment that was punched out with the Small Oval Punch and popped up on a Dimensional.

Supplies used:

Stamps: Storybook Friends, On Your Birthday (retired)

Paper: Bandstand Simply Scrappin' Kit, Whisper White

Ink: StazOn Jet Black, Wild Wasabi

Accessories: Rhinestone Jewels, Small Oval Punch

Have a great day!

Thanks is for Giving

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving! It has been a busy week around here and unfortunately I got hit with a nasty cold but I do have so much to be thankful for:) My wonderful husband let me spend most of the day resting trying to get better and even cooked a full turkey dinner! I also was fortunate enough to attend a Stampin' Up! Regional Event last weekend and had a wonderful road trip with some fantastic friends and fellow demos (I promise I will have more to say about it but our antics will definately need a post of their own!)

Unfortunately I was unable to get a Design Team sample done for this week's Try Stampin' on Tuesday but I really liked the sketch so I got a small window to stamp the other day and came up with a card that I thought would be perfect to share today:) Be sure to check out the Design Team's amazing samples!

My super talented cyber friend Mindy posted a really cute christmas card for the challenge and I loved the crumb cake on cumb cake panel that she did so I CASE'd the idea. I used a sentiment from the Seasonal Sayings stamp set and the yummy Orchard Harvest Designer Series Paper and of course my trusty Colour Spritzer with an Island Indigo Marker.

I destressed the strips of DSP a little and added a scrap of Victorian Crochet Trim that I tied some Linen Thread around and attached a Designer Faceted Button.

Have a wonderful day!

Picture Perfect with My Digital Studio2

It's Wednesday and this week at Stampin' Royalty we have a colour challenge!Now I will admit that coming up with a project that uses only two colours and Whisper White was certainly a challenge but to complicate things I decided I wanted to create a scrapbook page!

One of the best features about MDS2 is the option to recolour embellishments-being able to use that feature made my project a whole lot easier to create!

Stampin' Up! has a fabulous resource called MyDigitalStudio.net where there is a wealth of information on how to use this amazing progrom, there are videos, updates, contests and even a forum where you can ask questions. This week their challenge is to use one of the new downloads from September. As soon as I saw the gorgeous Fancy Frames I knew that I had to buy them. I love how these colours just pop of the white background.

Click to view the full supply list Download Picture Perfect Life Supplies used

Now be sure to check out what the other Stampin' Royalty Godesses came up with these colours!