Turlte & Co. - Birthday!

Happy Monday!

I thought I had missed my chance to post for Freshly Made’s Challenge but I am getting this one in just under the wire!

I am in a birthday card mood lately. I am starting a monthly birthday card club this month and cannot wait to get started. We are going to be making 4 card designs per night – little boy, little girl, feminine and masculine card per night something there for everyone!

My Challenge:

My Card:

Tiny Tips:

I was in love with this little stamp set from the moment I saw it and the fact that Stampin’ UP! makes a donation to Ronald Macdonald House Charities with each purchase of this set makes it all that more appealing. Our family was impacted by the wonderful work of RM House, they help so many wonderful families going through very tough times so go ahead and purchase Turtle & Co. and help support RM House and the good work they do!

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Nautical Birthday Card for my Sweet Sailor

What a beautiful weekend we are having here in Ottawa J Hope you are all out enjoying the sunshine and snow!!! We took our son sledding for the first time this year and he LOVED it. We did try one trip down a small hill last year but he was NOT impressed!

My challenge this week from Friday Mashup was to create a birthday card. This happened to be the perfect challenge for this week because Thursday just happens to be my husband’s birthday J The birthday card was one part of the challenge the second being the use of chalks or pastels. That is not something that I have added to my collection yet so was not able to partake in that aspect of the challenge but did manage to rock out a pretty sweet birthday card (IMO) of course!

My Challenge:

 My Card:

Tiny Tips:

Waterfall Card Tutorial @ Split Coast Stampers http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/waterfall_card

1.    Cut your Neutral Cardstock in the following measurements: 5¼" x 8" (1), 1 5/8" x 1 5/8" (4). Cut your Colored Cardstock in the following measurements: 2" x 2" (4), 5½" x 4¼" (1), 9" x 2" (1), ¾" x 4" (1).

2.    Fold the largest piece of neutral colored cardstock in half, and then stamp it as desired. Also stamp the four neutral-colored squares.

3.    Attach your stamped squares to the slightly larger colored cardstock squares with your adhesive.

4.    Next you will need to score your 9 x 2 strip of colored cardstock. Starting at end of strip, score 2", 2¾", 3 ½", and 4 ¼" from the end.

5.    You can then fold along the scored lines and you should have a strip which looks something like the following picture (let's call this Piece A).

6.    Attach the horizontal strip (the one which measures ¾" x 4") to front of card with eyelets or brads.
Note: it is very important that you do not use any adhesive in the middle of this piece!

7.    Next, attach piece A to the horizontal strip you just attached to the card front. To do this, slide the longest section of piece A between the horizontal strip and the card, making sure to center it in the middle of your card. Line up the very edge of the scored end of piece A with bottom of the horizontal strip and attach with adhesive.
Note: the adhesive placement is very important you do not want to attach the scored side and the longest section of piece A together!

8.    Attach your first stamped image to the bottom 2" x 2" space at the scored end of piece A.

9.    Apply adhesive to the scored sections of piece A only, and attach remaining stamped pieces.

10. Once you've attached these pieces, you should be able to gently pull the bottom of the longest section of piece A directly down and watch the stamped images flip one at a time and then slide behind piece A.

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Butterfly, BLUE, Thank YOU!

I survived my husband’s first day back to work after our Christmas holiday together. My son and I spent most of our day in the kitchen cooking and baking things to freeze for the winter because WINTER has come to Ottawa brrrrrrr!

I did manage to squeeze in a little crafting as well while my son took his nap. This week’s Pals Paper Arts Challenge was a colour challenge. We were asked to design a project using Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy & Very Vanilla. I have to say I do like this colour combo and know a very special great grandmother of mine who will love this card!

I was in the mood to try a new technique and I came upon Reverse Spotlighting and thought I would give it a try. Never a dull moment when you have so many fabulous tutorials to inspire creativity at Split Coast Stampers J

My Challenge:

My Card:

Tiny Tips:

Reverse Spotlighting...

1. Stamp images in desired ink.

2. Punch random holes in stamped images (1-3/8" circle punch used in example).

3. Stamp and cut out the same image on pieces of coloured card stock.

4. Line up and mount images behind punched holes.

5. Trim overlaying images with scissors or paper cutter.

6. Mount images into place for completed project.

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Are you Twitterpated? I sure AM!!!

Moving right along this week with my Mojo Monday post!

As I mentioned in a previous post I have had the pleasure of using some of the new products being released this month from Stampin’ UP! I chose to keep exploring these fabulous items and for my Mojo Monday Challenge I decided to go with the Twitterpated colour theme and gorgeous designer paper.

I could not stop there I also used the twitterpated designer buttons, P.S. I Love You stamp set, Hearts Collection Framelite Dies and Fashionable Hearts Embosslits Die. All of these products and more I just CANNOT WAIT to share with all of you in my upcoming classes and clubs!!!

My Challenge:

My Card:

Tiny Tips:

Being the lucky demonstrator that I am, I have a fabulously talented Stampin’ UP! mentor (Monica Hornof check her out at http://stampsnjewels.blogspot.com/). She is always passing on loads of helpful hints to us so we may in turn pass them along to you. Here is a must know about the proper use of the NEW framelites!

1. Cut out your larger shape with the larger framelit.

2. Only THEN place your smaller frame where you want it on the shape and cut out the frame.

*** DO NOT put the two frames on at the same time. The larger one will likely shift over top of the smaller one, which will warp the die and even possibly cut into it***

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2012 Sparkle and Shine

I was quite excited to see that this week’s Friday Mashup Challenge was a New Year inspired card with lots of “sparkle”! We had a very low key New Year and did not actually stay up late enough to ring in the New Year so it was great to be able to express the glitz and glamour of New Year’s Eve with this week’s project.

With January in full swing at Stampin’ UP! we are retiring the Holiday Mini catalogue and launching the NEW Occasions Mini catalogue AND starting a little later this month Sale a Bration. Being a Stampin’ UP! demonstrator has countless benefits one of which is being able to preorder NEW items before they are available to the general public. I could not wait to take them for a test drive and used two such new products on this card (Cherry Cobbler Dazzling Details from the Occasions Mini and Sprinkled Expressions Stamp Set from the Sale a Bration catalogue).

My Challenge:

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

1. Make a project that "Sparkles".
2. Or Make a project "Celebrating the New Year".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project "Celebrating the New Year that Sparkles".

My Card:

Tiny Tips:

Dazzling Details glitter glue is a beautiful addition to the Stampin’ UP! arsenal. The only thing to remember when using this fabu product is that it does take a little extra time to try. You want to make sure you give yourself plenty of time to let your card dry before sending it off. I also find it is best to fully assemble your card and then add your glimmer look as a final touch.



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Christmas THANK YOU!

We landed in Ottawa early yesterday morning and I could not wait to get back down to my craft room. We had an absolutely wonderful Christmas and New Year with our families but 3 weeks away from my crafting was a bit tough J If only there was some way to take it with me...

While I was away I was unable to take part in the weekly challenges so I was thrilled to see that the end date had been extended for the last 3 Friday Mashups, next up a lovely sketch and watercolour challenge. I will be the first to admit that I am not the best when it comes to water colouring but I am putting in the time and practise makes perfect (someday lol).

Our son was one lucky boy and was spoiled rotten for Christmas. Call me old fashioned but I sure love to send out handmade thank you cards to all of those wonderful people who take the time to share a Christmas present with my family and here is one I will be mailing out shortly!

My Challenge:

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

1. Make a project using the "Sketch".
2. Or Make a project using "Watercoloring".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project using the "Sketch & Watercoloring".

My Card:

Tiny Tips:

There are a few different ways to watercolour an image. I chose to go with the ink and aqua writer technique. I simply press my ink pad cover into the actual ink pad while still closed to transfer a small amount of ink to the cover, open the ink pad, pick up a small amount of ink with my aqua writer and off I go!

 

 

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Welcome 2012!!!

Hope that each and every one of you out there had as wonderful a Holiday Season as we did!!! Wishing you all a New Year full of peace, health and love J

One of Ethan's favourite presents this year, his very own bucket full of dinosaurs!!!

I meant to make this post before I left for the holiday but there was too much to do before we left for Nova Scotia so I was thrilled when I got back and found out not only did I still have the chance to post this week’s challenge but the TWO before that as well!!!

I have been working on a wedding gift for a lovely couple who were married last summer and it just so happens I have used one aspect of the Friday Mashup Challenge on their project – chipboard. Usually I love to mashup both parts of the challenge but for this project I was going with a clean look rather than distressed.

My Challenge:

So here is the "Mashup" Challenge:

1. Make a project featuring "Chipboard (Precut or Diecut )".
2. Or Make a project with "Distressing ( ink, scissors or the Cutter Tool Kit)".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Distressed Project featuring Chipboard"

My Project:

Tiny Tips:

When dying chipboard pieces you will want to make sure you have an ink refill of the colour you will be using as it sure takes a load of ink to get the colour you want. They are quite porous and suck up the ink like a sponge J



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