NEW BLOG!

Hello All,

Just wanted to let you know that I have decided to start a fresh new blog! I would love it if you could all stop by and start following along. It is going to be another great year of crafting :)

http://hayleyspapergarden.blogspot.ca/

Hope to see you in the Garden :)

Hayley 

I'll Be Back!

Hello All,

We have been away on holidays for Christmas for the past month and sadly I was not able to get my MDS loaded on my laptop so I have not been posting but we are heading back this weekend and I will be back in my Craft room on Monday morning with some fun new projects for you all!

Hope you are all having a wonderful start to your New Year :)

Hayley

Sunday Stamps Meets MDS Monday

I LOVE MDS2+!!!

I have spent the last week exploring the fun of digital card making/scrap booking and I have to say I am hooked! Now don't get me wrong I will never say goodbye to my paper crafting but during busy times (or times when I am away from my craft room on vacation) digital is the way I will go :)

When I saw Holly's colour theme for this week's challenge at Sunday Stamps (http://sundaystamps.blogspot.ca/) I just knew I had to do something with our family Christmas pictures, as it just so happened we were dressed in those very colours! And I also learned of a new blog challenge which has just started and now that I have the software I just could not help but play along at MDS Monday (http://mdsmonday.blogspot.ca/)!

Our fabulous family photos were taken by my talented sister in law Melissa Kew. If you are in the Ottawa area you should really check her out! https://www.facebook.com/MelissaKewPhotography

My Challenges:

My Project:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from The Kews :)

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Paper Piecing Paper Players! Say that 5 times fast :)

I was pretty excited to see that the theme at The Paper Players this week was Snowman! I LOVE snowman cards and when I was addressing mine last night I came across my favourite one of all and thought I would share him with you all today!

My Challenge:

My Card:

I was so happy to learn this technique a few months back, Paper Piecing - So much fun :)

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I did it! I stamped on a Tuesday :)

I did it! I stamped on a Tuesday :)

This card I made for my best friend who celebrates her birthday this month. We have a fabulous day planned tomorrow. Lunch at her favourite restaurant, one of our favourite guilty pleasures - pedicures after lunch and then finally going to see our guilty pleasure movie (again...) a certain sparkly man whom shall remain nameless hehehe... The colour theme for this card may have been inspired by the for mentioned series!

My Challenge:

My Card:

I just LOVE things that sparkle and shine so glitter paper and heat embossing are my kind of embellishment :)

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Flurry Friday Mashup

This is a project (a 3"x3" little box with 6 gift tags inside!) I made with my stampers club last week. I initially learned how to make it at a Demonstrator meeting (I LOVE going to Demonstrator meetings!). The pattern for the box was created by Cindy Lyles at Star Lit Studios. I absolutely love the Snow Flurry die and the Snowflake Soiree stamp set so this project was a good fit for me!

When I saw the Friday Mashup Inspiration photo this week I thought, how perfect!!!

My Challenge:

My Project:

Wish I would have had more time this year, but I can see myself making these as little gifts next year!

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I Tried Stampin' on a Tuesday but now it's Monday!

Just a quick post that I am squeaking in just under the deadline before I head to bed! Here is my Try Stampin' on a Tuesday card. It is the thank you card I will be sending out for all of the lovely presents we were given for Claire :)

All of the lovely photos featured on this card were taken by my lovely and talented sister in law. If you are in the Ottawa, ON area you should check out her work, as you can see she is fabulous!!! 

Melissa Kew Photography -  https://www.facebook.com/MelissaKewPhotography

My Challenge:

My Card:

Have I mentioned lately how much I LOVE MDS2+???

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Sunday Stamps ~ My MDS2+ Adventure Begins!

Hello Everyone! Hope you are all having a great start to your week :) Busy, busy bees around here getting ready for our vacation home for the holidays. We leave next week to Beautiful Nova Scotia where we will spend a month with family & friends, Claire has a lot of new people to meet!

So with getting ready for our trip and wrapping up the remaining classes and clubs I have on the go I thought I would take advantage of the sale SU! just had and purchase MDS2+ :) This way I will be able to keep up with all of my posts while we are away, because my craft room is just TOO BIG to fit in my suitcase!

Here is our challenge this week... Time to get sketchy people :)

Our Challenge:

My Card:

Imagine all the possibilities that lie ahead with MDS2+! Two more reasons I went with MDS2+ are posted below. With 2 little ones my free time will be a little less so Digital crafting will have to do from time to time :) 

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Quadruple Post!

Well this post is going to cover a lot in a short time! Card #1 is a Merry Monday Sketch with a Dynamic Duo colour Challenge and Card #2 is a Paper Players Sketch with a Friday Mashup Theme Challenge!

In the new year I am hoping I will have more time to have "meatier" posts but for now I am getting them up here :)

My Challenges:

My Cards:

I LOVE CHRISTMAS CARDS!!!

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Freshly Made ~ Just in Time!

Hope you are all having a nice Sunday evening!

I am literally just popping in to enter my card in the Freshly Made challenge this week. I thought I had a little more time but I am glad I checked before bed as I really like this sketch and am quite happy with the card I made.

For those of you attending to my Holiday Card classes next weekend... Here is card #1 :)

***NOTE: Sorry for the dark photo, I was planning to take my pictures tomorrow morning in the natural light but would have missed the deadline!***

My Challenge:

My Card:

I LOVE to heat emboss and LOVE when I can use a fabulous colour that POPS!

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Sunday Stamps ~ Colour Challenge Time!

Happy Sunday All! Hope you all had a fantastic weekend. Did anyone head out for some Black Friday Shopping? I was tempted but the crowds are not something I can handle anymore :) Today Tara is bringing us a colour Challenge over at Sunday Stamps http://sundaystamps.blogspot.ca

THIS IS THE LAST CHANCE TO ENTER our draw for 2/$25 Stampin' Up! Gift Certificates this month. Each time you enter a challenge you are entered to win!

Going to be another quick post but I am just happy to be getting them up these day! When I first saw these colours together I thought of the beach :) Sort of a nautical theme really.

Our Challenge:

My Card:

I just love the texture in the Crumb Cake paper. Totally gives that sandy feel I was going for with this card :)

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Merry Monday ~ I'm Back :)

Happy Friday All! Going to be a short post as the little lady is waking up but wanted to get this card up before the deadline.

I have not had a chance to make many posts lately but think I will be able to slowly get back in the game now that Claire is starting to settle into a routine.

Here is my Merry Monday card. I really liked this week's sketch and could not wait to put my ideas to work!

My Challenge:

My Card:

I absolutely LOVE this transparent sheet of in the Candlelight Christmas Specialty DSP pack from Stampin' UP! This is the first time I have used it but have a feeling I will be using it all up before too long :) And rosettes who doesn't love a good rosette!

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Sunday Stamps ~ I'm Your Hostess with the Mostess!

Welcome back for another fabulous challenge at Sunday Stamps! I am your host this week and we are working with a sketch, that means you all get to chose your colours and theme and run with it :)

Don't forget we are offering up 2/$25 Stampin' Up! Gift Certificates this month. Each time you enter a challenge you are entered to win!

Also over the next couple weeks I will be taking the chance to formally welcome a few new members of our design team. These ladies have been playing along with us over the past while and have been sharing some fabulous projects so we just had to have them on our "staff" :) Please take a chance to pop by each of their blogs and say hello! First up Steph over at http://hofkissed.blogspot.ca/

Our Challenge:

My Card:

I broke out some items from the retiree pile to make our daughter's Birth Announcements because I really loved the colour theme of this DSP. I did take a few liberties with some of the colours mixing and matching but as this was a personal project and not one I would be offering in my classes I let my creativity run a little wild :)

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Sunday Stamps & Try Stampin' on a Tuesday ~ Belated Happy Birthday Grammie Kew!

Here we are Sunday again :) I have to admit the days all seem to be sort of blending together for us. With my husband on parental leave as well everyday seems like the weekend!

October was a busy month for us as so it just occurred to me a few days ago that we forgot to get a Birthday Card in the mail to Mark's grandmother who turned 75 on October 22nd! I am sure she will understand but just in case we are mailing this one off with some pictures of her sweet great grandkids to smooth things over :)

For this card I used our fabulous colour combo challenge over at Sunday Stamps and paired them with a fantastic sketch over at Try Stampin' on a Tuesday! It has been such a long time since I have been able to take part in two challenges at the same time and I sure hope to get back to some regular posting as life starts to settle down a little for us.

*NOTE: Have to apologize for the low quality of the photos, was forced to take them with my phone when I could not locate my camera!

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My Card:

I find myself always concerned with colouring in the lines and keeping things nice and clean but on this card I decided to go a little wild with some "messy colouring" hope you like :)

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Sunday Stamps ~ It's a GIRL!

Hello All! Just 2 days after my last blog post our baby girl arrived :) Claire Gwenyth was born on October 16th and we have been taking some time to settle in as a family. She is an absolutely wonderful baby and her big brother Ethan is so very in love with her, he cannot give her enough hugs and kisses. We feel so very blessed to have such a sweet little boy and precious baby girl and now our family is complete!

As I have been recovering I have not been spending much time in my craft room *tear* but I am slowly getting back at it! I made a digital card for the first but next week I promise I am back to paper! Joan brought us a fabulous sketch this week and it was great to get back in the crafting state of mind :) Come check us out and play along at Sunday Stamps (http://sundaystamps.blogspot.ca/)!!!

Our Challenge:

My Card:

If you have never tried digital card making or scrapbooking before NOW is the time to give it a try! Until November 5th Stampin' UP! is offering some free downloads and 50% off many of their Digital Scrapbooking kits! Interested in learning more? Email me for details: stampinupwithhayleykew@gmail.com.

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Sunday Stamps ~ I'm Your Hostess!!!

Baby is now officially overdue... Following in his or her brother's footsteps we see. But he turned out to be a pretty awesome kid so that is okay :) Crossing our fingers any day now he or she will arrive!!!

Moving right on through October with another Sunday Stamps Challenge for you all. Today I am hosting and challenging you to create with some fantastic Stampin' UP! colours (or remember if you do not have these exact colours anything you have which closely resembles them will do!!!). I have to admit I am not a huge fan of the colour pink but I am trying to work outside my box lately and thought it would be fun to mix it up with one colour I really love - Not Quite Navy.

Please stop by and visit us at Sunday Stamps (http://sundaystamps.blogspot.ca/) and take a look at the lovely creations developed by our Design Team! Hope you will join in the fun this week and let these colours inspire you to create something beautiful to share with us :)

Our Challenge:

My Card:

It is kind of hard to tell from the picture but on the round focal point of this card I used the Dazzling Diamond Dust technique which I found over at Split Coast Stampers! http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/dazzling_diamond_dust/

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Sunday Stamps ~ Fall Sketch

Happy Thanksgiving to all my Canadian readers! Hope that you have all had a fabulous long weekend filled with family, friends, food and FUN :) Turkey today and off to pick our pumpkin tomorrow!

Just a quick post this evening as we just got back from a lovely turkey dinner and I am about ready to fall asleep! Lisa has brought us a great sketch this week and so much fun to work with. Please drop by Sunday Stamps and take part in the fun.

Our Challenge:

 

My Card:

Day of Gratitude is one of my favourite stamp sets. The medallion stamp (though I did not use it on this card) is so pretty I was really happy to see it made the catalogue this year!

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