Snow Much Fun!

Hope you have all had a great start to your week. As always I have been busy stamping away and this is what I came up with for the Pals Paper Arts Challenge this week! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow... I am saying that now but I might be singing a different tune after a month of actual snow J

Once again I went with the colour theme from Stampin’ UP!’s Letters to Santa DSP. I have fallen in love with Riding Hood Red, also when a saw Snow Much Fun I just HAD to have it. My son loves snowman and after he saw this card he carried it around the rest of the day J

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Want to make your image “POP”? Rather than just using your Basic Black ink pad go the extra step and fire up your heat tool with your black embossing powder! Small tip I will give you is to then watch when you are colouring with your stampin’ mark markers as when the ink gets on the glazed embossing powder it will rub off onto your paper if you are not careful J   

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Time to Decorate!!!

Season’s Greeting, Peace on Earth, Merry Christmas! Okay not quite yet but Holiday Card prep is in full swing and I am excited to share with you my submission for this week’s Freshly Made Challenge.

For the challenges this week I have stuck with the colour theme from Stampin’ UP!’s Letters from Santa DSP. I was really not sure how pink would fit into the equation but it works very well on this ornament sheet and so I decided to go with it!

Hope this card gets you thinking about putting up your Christmas decorations! We are planning to get started this coming weekend J

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I find bows to be a little difficult to make with a stiffer ribbon but still wanted to add a piece to this card and so I went with a “cheater bow”. So now how do you make sure you have the side of the ribbon showing that you want? After making your loop make sure you have the correct side of the ribbon on either side facing forward before you tighten your knot!

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First Snow of the Season!

WOW! Did not intend to take that long of a break from blogging but time got away with me and here we are November 20^th!!! I will be getting this post in just under the wire but here we go J

For this week’s Mojo Challenge I decided to go with the colour theme from Stampin’ UP!’s DSP Letters to Santa. We had our first little snow flurry this weekend so I was inspired and wanted this card to have LOTS of snowflakes on it.

December is the last month for my Holiday Card Club and I have been toying with new ideas for my cards as the designs I have previously come up with were just not doing it for me anymore J What do you think? Is this a keeper?

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Texture can add dimension to the simplest card. You can achieve this look by doing a number of things. On this card I chose to go with layering of paper types as well as embossing with my big shot.

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I'll Be Back!

Hello Readers J

To say this has been a busy month for me would be an understatement! I will be back blogging this week for sure. Hope you are all well and getting excited about the upcoming Holiday Season!!!

Chocolate Elegance

Happy Thursday readers! The weekend is almost here and we are going to have 3 full days of sun (according to the weather station) so let’s hope it happens because I have loads of laundry to do J Also this weekend I have been invited to run a workshop hosted by my lovely sister in law. The timing could not be better Stampin’ UP! just announced their newest promotion, hostesses can earn an extra $45 in additional Stampin' Up! products when they host a $450 workshop (along with the $70 awarded at that level this means $115 in FREE PRODUCT!!!) between November 1^st and December 15^th. If you would like to host a workshop and take advantage of this offer please feel free to contact me as I do have spots remaining for this time frame!

This week’s Pals Paper Arts Challenge is a colour challenge. We were asked to use Early Espresso, Soft Suede and River Rock. Hmmmm is anyone else thinking chocolate J I had thought about using “Eat Chocolate” but I try as much as I can to stay with current product and so I chose to go with the more vintage look of “Established Elegance” which I just received last week. I also decided to try out a new technique the “Brick Wall” with the collage that I stamped. Hope you like what I have come up with!

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For the “Brick Wall” technique I followed along with the tutorial given by Birgit Edblom at Split Coast Stampers. I did however add my own little touch! After I had each brick piece cut out I sponged each edge with Soft Suede to give more defined edges before placing it on my card stock to mount.

(http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/brickwall/)

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Cracked Glass Birthday!

Can you believe November is already here! Time is flying by and we are charging ahead to 2012. It was a bit of a dull day here in Ottawa so I decided that for this week’s Freshly Made Challenge I would go with bright colours J

I realized today that not only do I have one fabulous stamping friend having a birthday this month I have THREE!!! So that means birthday cards are in my crafting future. This one will be making its way to a very special gal on the East Coast.

I am always looking to try new techniques (split coast stampers have fabulous tutorials on their website) and so I decided to give the “cracked glass” effect a shot this afternoon. I was very happy with the results and hope you all enjoy it too.

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Cracked Glass Technique...

·        Stamp image

·        Rub versa mark ink pad over the entire image to be embossed

·        Apply first layer of clear embossing powder

·        Heat with heat tool

·        Apply at least 2-3 more layers of clear embossing powder (to add your subsequent layers you may apply powder when project is still heated or wait for it to dry and then apply another layer of versa mark ink)

·        After all layers have been completed put project in freezer for a few moments to ensure it is cooled

·        Bend paper until it forms cracks in many different spots

·        Use a sponge and dark ink colour and rub over entire embossed surface to accentuate the cracks

·        Use a tissue to rub off access ink from embossed surface.

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Mojo Welcome

Candy anyone? How about a little eye candy J Here is my Mojo Monday card. This is the third and final “welcome” card to be given to my last new recruit!

As I mentioned I wanted to their cards to be personal to them and it just so happens that this special women is expecting her 2^nd child this spring a new niece or nephew for me!!! It felt fitting to use the colour theme from Stampin’ UP!’s Nursery Suite dsp and since we are not sure if there is a little princess or pirate in there I decided to keep it neutral!

As you can see my big shot played a huge role in this week’s card. I used many different elements to make this card pop. Stampin’ UP! has decided to extend their current promotion until November 11^th. If you are interested in getting a FREE BIG SHOT (or $125.00 in merchandise of your choosing) for only the cost of a starter kit $215.00, please feel free to contact me and join my team today! This is a $560.00 value for $215.00 (tax and shipping INCLUDED!).

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Though I bought it months ago today was the first time I used my Blossom Bouquet Triple Layer Punch. I absolutely love it but have a little tip to help you get the best results possible when using this punch. You will want to make sure that you are standing and pressing down evenly on a very sturdy table.

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