"When you are in love you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams"...

Dreary day here in Ottawa so I decided to make something Pretty to brighten up my day J Now that my Holiday Card Club is winding down I have started to think about the New Year and all the exciting things moving forward. I have started to plan my Valentine’s Day Card Class and thought I would give you all a sneak peek of one of the 3 card designs we will be using!

This week Pals Paper Challenge was to use pearls as the embellishment to add a little sparkle to our project. I thought that would tie in quite nicely with the card I had designed.

“When you are in love you can’t fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams”.  ~ Dr. Seuss

My Challenge:

My Card:

Tiny Tips:

I love to use my Stamping’ Around Wheels but I am not always the most accurate in my placement. Sometimes that is okay if you are going for a more abstract look but on this card I wanted to have a nice clean line and so I decided to break out my Stamping’ Around Wheel Guide. It is the perfect tool to provide you with perfect placement of your stamped image.

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Thank You!

As most of you know Ottawa is not our home. We are originally from Nova Scotia and moving to Ontario was a HUGE change for us. We have such wonderful family and friends back home that were very hard to leave but job opportunities brought us here and here we have been for over 4 ½ years now! Making friends is not easy to do when you are in a new city but I am happy to say that I have been fortunate to make some of the best friends a girl could ask for. We have been going through some rough times these past few months and I wanted my friends to know just how much we appreciate them now and always...

So for this week’s Friday Mashup I chose to make a thank you card because I am so very thankful to have each of these people in my life and cannot imagine how I would have gotten through the past few months without them!!! Usually I mash it up and rock out both parts of the Challenge but I wanted to make this card rather than a Christmas Card this week so here you go... J

My Challenge:

1. Make a project featuring "A Christmas Theme".
2. Or Make a project using the colors "Aqua, Chocolate and White".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Christmas themed project using the colors Aqua, Chocolate and White".

My Card:

Tiny Tips:

Criss Cross Card

·   Two 4 1/4" x 11" pieces of cardstock for your card base (used tempting turquoise)

·   One 4" x 5" piece of patterned paper (used Berry Blossom DSP)

·   One 3 3/4" x 5 1/4" piece of cardstock for insert (used Chocolate Chip)

·   One 3 1/2" x 4 3/4" piece of neutral cardstock for insert (used Whisper White)

·   One 1 1/2" x 12" piece of cardstock for card band (used Whisper White)

Step One: Score both 4 1/4" x 11" pieces of cardstock at 5 1/2".

Step Two: Take one scored piece and cut it diagonally from center top to the bottom left.

Step Three: Take the other piece of scored cardstock and cut it diagonally from the center top to the bottom right.

Step Four: Add adhesive to the rectangle back of one of the cardstock pieces.

Step Five: Tape both pieces together. Make sure both long edges of the diagonal sections are on the bottom.

Step Six: Cut the patterned paper in half diagonally.

Step Seven: Adhere it to your card front.

Step Eight: Add Sticky Strip on the bottom of the middle panel, as well as on the bottom of the triangle flap that will be on top of the card. Tape the card base together and set aside. (I chose to skip this step and just adhered the insert into the actual card rather than have it slide in and out, so when you take the band off the card flaps open up on either side!)

Step Nine: Take both pieces of cardstock for the insert and use the corner rounder on the top corners.

Step Ten: Tape together.

Step Eleven: Stamp and add tab and other embellishments as needed.

Step Twelve: Take the 1 1/2" x 12" piece of cardstock and score at 5 5/8" and 11 1/4".

Step Thirteen: Add Sticky Strip™ to the end of the strip with the small 3/4" scored section. Tape the band together.

Step Fourteen: Decorate the card band.

Step Fifteen: Slide your band over your card. Your card is finished!

For an excellent tutorial with pictures step by step head over to http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/criss_cross_card/.

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Fresh & Clean Christmas!

This evening is my monthly stampers club and we will be making two fun Christmas cards and I thought I would share one with you. I decided to use the sketch provided by Freshly Made Sketches and will be entering this card in their weekly challenge.

I have been very into making rosettes lately, I LOVE my score tool and any chance I can use it I do! There are so many fun looks you can go with. This week I decided to keep with a basic design to keep the card simple and clean. I went with the colour theme from Stampin' UP!'s Holly Berry Bouquet DSP. Love the colour embossing powder and Wild Wasabi fit this card perfectly. 

My Challenge:

 My Card:

 Tiny Tips:

Over the past few weeks I have been struggling with the best choice of adhesive when making my rosettes and today I came to the conclusion that a hot glue gun works the best. It dries almost instantly and provides an excellent firm base for the centre of your rosette. You can be certain it will not come apart when assembling your card.  

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Glamette Once More :)

The ladies over at Friday Mashup loved my "Breaking Dawn" inspired card!!!

And for the record totally team Edward {heart}

"Do I Dazzle You"?

Half way through the week!!! Looking forward to this weekend we will be putting up our outdoor Christmas lights and helping our in laws decorate their house as well J Just love this time of year.

For this week’s Friday Mashup I took a break from Christmas cards as I was very inspired to create a unique card after seeing a movie that I have been waiting a LONG time to see... Can you guess which FABULOUS movie I am talking about?

My Challenge:

1. Make a project using "Paper Rosettes".
2. Or Make a project using "the Sketch Above".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Project with the Sketch using Rosettes".

 My Card:

Tiny Tips:

When you adhere the two ends of your rosette together make sure to put the adhesive on the right said of the DSP in order to give yourself a finished edge. I made the mistake of not doing that and then had to hide my oooppppssss with a different element which after I had done so was very happy about because I feel it gave this card a fantastic finished look!  

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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

My Challenge:

My Card:

Tiny Tips:

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

My Challenge:

My Card:

Tiny Tips:

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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