Birthday Card Club

This month I started a birthday card club. It will run for 3 months and each month we will make 12 cards, 3 each of 4 designs. I wanted to make sure we had something for everyone so one card will be suited towards women, one towards men, one towards a little girl and one towards a little boy J

There are two classes per month being offered and we had our first session this past weekend. Here is a sneak peak of the cards we made! Can hardly wait to share next month’s designs!!!

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I dig you... So you’re invited!

Our son will be turning 3 next month - HOLY MOLY where has the time gone? He has been very into dinosaurs for the past year so we thought it would be fitting to have a dinosaur theme birthday party for him. Those of you who know me know how much I love to throw a party and sometimes may (perhaps) go a little over board with the decorations. I think I may have set a bar a little high with Ethan’s 1^st under water theme birthday party and last year’s 2^nd train theme birthday party so this year I decided to give myself (and all of the wonderful family and friends who have helped out in the past) a break and have his party at an indoor play place for kids! We selected the dinosaur theme party so this year both my husband and I will be able to kick back and enjoy, rather than being up until 1am the night before finishing the decorations J

I did however want to make his invitations!!! I loved the sketch for this week’s Freshly Made Challenge so I decided to go ahead and use it as the template for Ethan’s invitations.

My Challenge:

My Card:

Tiny Tips:

It is possible to make a simple card still receive that WOW from its recipients! One of my tricks for doing so is adding lots of layers and textured papers. On this card I used two different embossing folders, my crimper as well as sponging to add another element of texture.

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Glamette Kew

Thrilled to have been chosen this week as a Friday Mashup Glamette! I have had a very busy week of card prep for my upcoming classes this weekend but cannot wait to get started on this week’s challenge a little thank you/dsp action coming your way later this week J



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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