A New Ink on Life

We're Having a Block Party!-Happy Reveal Day

Oh my goodness I am sooooo excited that today is finally here and this month's amazing kits from Studio Calico have been revealed:)

 

I of course am on the Card Kit Creative Team and let me tell you what these ladies created with the above fabulous kit is mind blowing! Be sure to check out the Block Party Card Gallery and you can also view amazing samples using this month's Scrapbook Main Kit and the new Project Life Kit. I am on inspiration overload:)

I ended up creating 6 cards for reveal but trust me I have lots more projects coming using this awesome kit.  

This card only uses the the Block Party Card Kit. So much goodness packed into one little kit. I love using different colours of ink when using a sentiment instead of an image as the main focus on a card.

This card was created using the card kit and the Wildberry Court add on. Those gorgeous Artisan Chipboard Hearts from Pink Paislee are to die for! They come white with the black script but also have a chevron design on them that resist the ink when you sponge them!

And this card was made using the card kit and some elements from the Woodbrooke Road Add on. Absolutely no stamping on this one-can you believe it?! Who knew stickers could be so much fun! Oh and check out that amazing Red Woodgrain Washi Tape-LOVE:)

This uses the Card Kit and the the Wildberry Add on. And can I just say the Studio Calico Mr. Huey's Mists are my new best friend. Seriously I am sooooo in love!

This one uses the Card Kit again and the cute little "hi" geotag is from one of this month's digital printables.

I made this one again using the Card Kit but also used one of the stamps and the file tab from the Woodbrooke Add on.  

Hope you get the chance to pop over to Studio Calico for some brilliant paper crafting inspiration and they have a fantastic community forum there too!

Have a great day!

Just Be Happy

Hi everyone hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. I still am on a high from all of the sweets I have consumed over the past few days:) And I will admit I may have consumed a little ummm okay, a lot of chocolate while creating this week's card for Stampin' Royalty:)

This week we have a sketch for you

and here's my take on it:

I really do love this saying from SU!'s Pursuit of Happiness stamp set. If there has been one thing that I have learned over the past little while is that I really need to embrace what I have and make the best of it:)

I started with a Natural Ivory card base then stamped the Hello Doily BG stamp and spritzed the card stock with the Colour Spritzer Tool and an Island Indigo Marker. For the main panel I stamped images from Lacy and Lovely (one of my all time favourite sets) using More Mustard and Riding Hood Red Inks.

Have a great day and hope you can join us this week!

Merry Christmas

Just wanted to pop in here quickly to wish you and yours a very Merry Christmas.

January Sneak Peeks for Studio Calico

First off I want to say THANK YOU so much for all of the wonderful comments and emails I have received regarding my new creative endevour:) It really warms my heart to know I have so many of you supporting me.

I have been wanting so badly to get inky and create some new fabulous projects that I can share here, but my youngest has come down with the stomache bug (unfortunately at her school there have been several kids and teachers that have come down with it). I have spent the last 2 days cleaning up after her and spraying enough disinfectant to hopefully kill all of those yucky germs so they won't spread to the rest of us - the norovirus is definitely not on my Christmas wishlist!

But I do have some Sneek Peeks of Studio Calico's January Card Kit that I can share with all of you! The big reveal for next month's kits will be on December 27th. You can also view more sneak's HERE.

This card uses the main Block Party Card Kit and the #2 add-on Wildberry Court.

Here is a little peek at the card kit again but this time with some goodies from the Woodbrooke Road add-on #4

And last but not least this little peek is again using the main card kit and the Wildberry Court add-on.

It has been so fun working with totally new to me products and I will admit that my brain is on creative overload-now to only find enough time to create all of the projects I want too!

Have a wonderful day!

Today's the Day!

 

I am so honoured and excited to announce that I am part of the Studio Calico Creative Team! You can see the official announcement on the Studio Calico Blog HERE and read a little about some of the new team members and see some sneak peeks from the amazing upcoming kits.

Looking at my name on that list today seriously gave me a pinch me moment!  And here is a little sneak peek that I made using January's card kit.

Have a fabulous day!

 

Change....

..... it is a part of life, yet I know for the most part I like to avoid it:) I am not going to lie, I like being comfortable in my daily life, sticking to a routine planning things out. I like to know where I am heading and I am not a very spontaneous person for the most part. That doesn't mean I don't like to have fun, I just don't like to fail-ever, which is hard because by trying new things and taking a leap of faith you learn, you grow and you suceed even if the out come is not exactly what you planned.

So what does all of this rambling about change mean for me right now, and why am I discussing it here? Well as I am sure those you that follow my blog on a regular basis know that I have been a Stampin' Up! demonstrator for the last 5+ years and have loved every minute of it. I had never paper crafted before going to a SU! workshop and immediately fell in love with what I could make. I discovered a whole new world not only full of amazing products but people too. I found a hobby/craft that made me feel like me again, like I had something I was good at (well not initially, you should see the first card I ever made!) and could share with people. The SU! Conventions I attended are some of my best memories and the friendships I have made are life long. 

I have grown in so many ways since first picking up that first stamp and am so grateful for all of the opportunities and doors that have opened up for me because of that workshop my friend was having and I just went to be polite-never knowing it would turn in to a creative passion.

So as with all things come change, and I am at the point in my little crafty career where a huge opportunity presented itself. That I, in my wildest dreams never though was imaginable. But it does mean I am taking a leap of faith and trying something new and it does mean that I must say good bye to being a demonstrator. What it doesn't mean is that I am saying good bye to my SU! friends/family. I still love SU! product and I still will be using and posting projects using all of the amazing SU! goodies that I have here in my craft room. It just means that I will be doing so as a SU! customer.

I am really excited to be making an announce on my my blog tomorrow and to fill you in on what my new creative endeavour entales.

And with that I would like to leave you all with something I created in MDS2 using a quote that I found on the internet. I plan on printing it out and framing it to display in my craft area. Just to remind myself the only person that can stop me...is me.

Inspire, Dare To Dream and Imagine......

It's that time again-you know time to get sketchy with Try Stampin' on Tuesday! I know most of you are still probably busy creating for Christmas but I really felt inspired to create this card using the Afternoon Daydream Simply Scrappin' kit. I just love all of the papers and elements in this kit.

I especially love the colour combination in this kit-Basic Gray, Primrose Petals, More Mustard and Pool Party. For the Basic Gray card stock panel I stamped the Distressed Dots background stamp tone on tone and also created a little banner from the same card stock. The large label is a die cut sticker from the kit and I stamped two butterflies from the Papillion Potpourri on it and also words from the Loving Thoughts stamp set, I want to have it popped up a bit so I first took the skickiness off the back using the Embossing Buddy then added several Dimensionals.

What maybe hard to see in the photo is that I used some homemade "shimmer mist" all over the card. To make this I used a Stampin' Spritzer and added 4 drops of Champange Mist Shimmer Paint then fill the rest with 70% rubbing alcohol. It creates such a beautiful shimmer. The little medallion and butterfly are also from the Afternoon Daydream Simply Scrappin' Kit. Lastly I used a Basic Gray Marker and the Colour Spritzer Tool to spritz some added colour to the card front.

Have a great day!

Thank You

I think Lacy and Lovely has to be one of my all time favourite stamp sets. I just love all of the images and the font for the sentiment is just so pretty!This card has everything I love on it -pretty seam binding, gorgeous DSP, embossing and spritzing:) I started with a Crumb Cake base then layered on a piece of DSP from the Fan Fair Collection that had been stamped on, spritzed and embossed using the Big Shot and  one of the Delicate Designs Folders.

From Island Indigo card stock I die cut a doilie from the Delicate Doilies Sizzlet, then layered on the sentiment that had been stamped and punched out with a Circle Punch. Next I added a strip of Naturals Ivory Card stock that had been die cut with the Finishing Touch Edgelit, a strip of destressed DSP and tied it all together with some yummy Pool Party Seam Binding. Of course to finish it off it definately needed a little safety pin from the Vintage Trinkets.

Have a great day!

Christmas Lodge Inspiration

Wow, I am back with another card! This time it is for Stampin' Royalty's inspiration challenge. I had taken a little break from my DT duties there these past few weeks and am so glad to be back stamping with the lovely ladies over there. We really would love to have you join us this week!

                  

My brain seem to "work" in pictures so inspiration photo challenges are always a favourite of mine. I was inspired by the colour scheme and those fabulous trees on the mantle. This card has a very sipmle layout but I added some of my favourite elements and techniques to "jazz" it up a bit! I used Crumb Cake for the base of the card then took a separate piece of Crumb Cake to use as a large layer. I first stamped it using the Musical Notes Standard Wheel and Crumb Cake Ink, then added the Tree from Christmas Lodge in Gumball Green Ink. The edges of this piece were inked with Whisper White Craft Ink to create a nice contrast. To give some glitter to the card I used a piece of Champagne Glimmer Paper that was punched with the Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch.

Next I really wanted to create some added texture and depth and to do that I spritzed the heck out of it, lol! I used the Colour Spritzer Tool (of course), a Soft Suede Marker and the Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz to add some shimmer and shine-love that stuff! The sentiment is from Greeting of the Seasons and I added a Designer Ribbon Slide that with a knotted piece of Crumb Cake Taffeta Ribbon.

Have a great day!

One in a Million

Well not sure if my stamping slump is over (hope so:) but I do have a card to share with you today for this week's sketch over at Try Stampin' on Tuesday. We hope you can join us this week and we have some fabulous new design team members so be sure to check them out!

So leave it to me to not totally follow my own sketch,lol. The sentiment panel should extend all of the way across the card but I some how forgot that part when making it:) However sketches are starting points, right? I so love the sentment stamp set One in a Million and I particularly love this pair of sentiments. I have some very wonderful and supportive friends that really deserve to receive some mail from me. The base of this card is River Rock and then I added two strip of DSP from the Fan Fair pack. Of course then it need some spritzing with the Colour Spritzer Tool and a Basic Grey Marker.

The main image panel is Whisper White and I stamped 3 images from the Lacy and Lovely set several times not reinking in between. I used Pretty in Pink, Riding Hood Red and Island Indigo Classic Inks. For the main sentiment strip I also added one of the gorgeous Vintage Designer Faceted Buttons and some Linen Thread. Of course I just couldn't complete the card with out adding some Pearl Jewels, more spritzing and a little punched flower.

Have a great day!