Gerda Steiner Designs - Impossible Penguin Card!

Howdy friends! Wow, where is December going?!! I'm having so much fun doing Christmas things, but really, there is just never enough time... Oh well, I guess I'll just enjoy as much as I can 😉 Today, I'm over on the Gerda Steiner Designs blog with a sweet little Christmas card using the super cute Decorating Penguin digi stamp and an Impossible Card fold. If you haven't tried this fold, you are going to want to check it out - so easy, but it looks so complicated.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Gerda Steiner Designs blog to see closeups and details, and have a very Merry Christmas!

Canvas Corp Brands November Yarn Challenge!

Hello friends! I don't know about you, but here in Alberta Canada the weather is getting chilly and I'm bundling up when I take the kids to school! Looking at our hats and scarves has got my ideas flowing and this month's Yarn Challenge over on the Canvas Corp Brands Blog is great timing 😉 There are so many fun ways to use yarn, and I'm sharing how to use it in your cardmaking to create a set of fall cards. You can check out the full tutorial over on the Canvas Corp Blog HERE and see closeups and details.

 

I'd love to see what you come up with for this challenge! Check out the details on how to enter for a fabulous prize as well as see what our other Design Team Members have come up with HERE.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Don't forget to check out the tutorial for these cards and a supply list on the Canvas Corp Blog HERE. Have an awesome week friends, and stay cozy!

Canvas Corp Brands - Lost In Translation Twist & Pop Card!

Hi friends! I hope you've had a wonderful week - I can't believe how fast it's flown by! Today I'm sharing a twist & pop card created for the Canvas Corp Brands Crew Challenge - Lost In Translation. Every month we have a challenge open to the Design Team and as soon as I saw the theme of this one I had an idea of what I wanted to create. Our challenge was to use a word that was not from our native language, so I chose Arigato, and the Japanese symbols that mean the same thing, which translate into Thank You in English.

I layered 7gypsies papers, the Tattered Angels mushroom painted with glimmer mists and preprinted flowers fussy cut from Canvas Corp's Compose Your Life paper on my card base and then heat embossed the sentiment from Pretty Cute Stamps Sushi Sentiments stamp set on a kraft Canvas Corp tag sprayed with Glimmer Mist.

Inside, I followed the directions from a previous Twist & Pop Card video HERE and added more fun crafty goodies from the Canvas Corp Brands shop. I always love the magic that happens when I open up these cards! 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to head over to the Creative Studio Blog to see what other crafty Crew Members came up with and get a list of all the supplies I used. Wishing you a very happy crafty week ahead friends!

Emerald Creek Craft Supplies - Hit The Beach Layout!

Hi there! I am so super happy it is summer - and feeling like summer!! I'm posting over on the Emerald Creek Craft Supplies blog today with a beachy layout for our theme this month - Beach! Think sea shells, water, sand.... These photos are from a camping trip where we spent some time at the beach and it was fun to reminisce while I created! I always try to get a Selfie in while Mike and I have a minute to ourselves. Of course, there are always lots of kiddo pics, but I think it's important to get those shots of us too!

Here's a look at the process video where you can see all the gorgeous powders I used to create this fun layout!

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Tattered Angels Mixed Media Mini Origins Nautical Art Collection 

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Thanks so much for stopping by today! Be sure to check out my post on the Emerald Creek Craft Supplies Blog for closeups and details and information on how to enter your own beach project for a chance to win! Have an awesome week friends!

Linked to:

Lasting Memories Scrapbook Challenge - Love Your Selfie!

Bimini Moose - July Scrapbook Challenge

SCT Magazine - July Sketch Challenge

Canvas Corp Brands - Diecut Cards with Canvas Corp Papers and Cricut!

Hello peeps! Hope all is well with you and your weekend is starting off awesome. I wanted to pop in today to share a video I have on the Canvas Corp Brands YouTube Channel - 6 Cute Card Ideas Using Cricut & Canvas Corp Papers.  Canvas Corp has tons of amazing papers, but for this project I used two paper packs - Canvas Corp Solid Printed Cardstock Rainbow Paper Collection and Canvas Corp Lots of Color Paper Collection to create 6 quick, easy and fun cards with my Cricut that I gave to my daughter's teacher as an end of the year gift. Now she'll have some handmade cards she can give out to her friends!

Here's a look at the video where you can see how I created these cute and fun cards!

I had a lot of fun creating these bright cards and I hope they'll make someone else's day special!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a very happy and very crafty day!

Timepiece Father's Day Card!

Hello! I'm back today to share a Father's Day card using Pinterest as inspiration. A friend came over last week and we chose a card we liked the style of and spent the morning doing a little crafting. I layered some Canvas Corp Ivory Cardstock and some black cardstock over a kraft cardbase cut to a 5 1/2" square. Then I used a black and white print from the Canvas Corp Black and Ivory 5x7 paper pad (there are so many options with the B&W prints) and added some SpiegelMom Scraps Natural Burlap String, a button, and some leafy diecuts from the newest Tim Holtz Funky Floral Set 3.

I found an older CTMH stamp set that included the sentiment and timepiece stamp so I used Distress Oxide Ink and spritzed it lightly with water before stamping the watch to create a slightly watercoloured look. I also splattered some ink with a paintbrush onto the background and then stamped the sentiment with Archival Black Ink. I used a bit of Ivory paint to coat the grooves of the metal embellishment before adding it on top of the card.

Inside I stamped a simple Father's Day sentiment.

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you have a fantastic week and get a little crafty time to play this week!

Linked to:

SSS Wednesday Challenge - For The Boys

FCCB #325 - Mother’s Day!

Happy Monday and welcome to another FCCB Monday challenge! Well, better late than never 😳... 

Challenge #325-Mother's Day
Make a project about Mother's Day.

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Create a project inspired by Mother's Day

To qualify for the prize, be sure to use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used. If you use a Cricut Explore machine, at least one cut must be from the Cricut catalog of images. If it isn't a card, you will get two entries into the drawing!

For this week's challenge I've created a pretty Mother's Day card using the Kim Byers Mother's Day Cricut cartridge in Design Space for the gem diecut and the inside sentiment, free this week 😉and a free card cutfile from SVGcuts - Mia's Card. There are so many amazing freebies to check out from our awesome sponsor!! I first used Canvas Corp Ivory cardstock to cut all my diecut pieces, and then used Distress Inks to create an ombre effect for the background. I sprayed  Tattered Angels Mists and added Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam for lots of pretty shine to the top cut of the card base. If you chose to heat the Glimmer Glam it bubbles, and I love that effect!

I cut the back of the gem from a blue foil paper and then added Emerald Creek Hammered Metal Embossing Powder to the top cut for a lovely metallic effect. I sprinkled SpiegelMom Scraps sequins around for the finishing touch.

Inside, I used a Pretty Cute Stamps Mother's Day sentiment along with the You're A Gem diecut from the Kim Byers cartridge. I cut it out of the vanilla cardstock, sprayed it with Tattered Angels Mists and then gave it a top coat with Emerald Creek Fractured Ice embossing powder. And, in case you're wondering - the background papers I used in my photos are from the 7gypsies Architexures paper line. I love the vintage look they give!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fantastic week ahead!! Be sure to stop over at the Fantabulous Cricut blog to see what the other Design Team members have come up with for this challenge, and enter your own Mother's Day project with at least 1 Cricut cut for a chance to win a fab prize from SVGcuts!

 

Kitty Bee Designs #114 - Baby!

Hi Friends! I hope you've been having a lovely week so far! I've had lots of fun creating projects lately and here's one more for you!  It's time for the midweek inspiration for Challenge #114 over at the Kitty Bee Designs Challenge Blog - Aloha Friday!

Challenge #114 - Baby!

Super big thanks to our sponsor for this challenge

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and

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Today, I'm using an adorable digi image from the Kitty Bee Designs shop - Gello Giraffe Toy as a focal image for this sweet baby card! 

I printed this cute giraffe out onto kraft cardstock and then cut him out with a stitched circle die. I picked up some Gamsol a while ago and wanted to try it out with my Jane Davenport Magic Wand coloured pencils, and I'm excited about how it turned out! I used some paper stumps from Michaels to apply the Gamsol and blend the coloured pencils. There are lots of tutorials on YouTube, and it's a fun way to change up some of your colouring techniques.

Inside I added a sentiment from Your Next Stamp, stamped with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink for the Congratulations and Black Archival ink for the rest of the sentiment.

I layered on some Canvas Corp papers and added some floss, a flower and a button along with a few sequins and some bling to finish it of.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to check out the Kitty Bee Designs Aloha Friday Challenge to see all the inspiration from the other awesome Design Team members - and enter your own project HERE for a chance to win!! Have a wonderful weekend!

Linked to:

Word Art Wednesday - AG

D.L. Art - March Thankful Thursday AG

Canvas Corp Brands - Coffee Challenge & Tattered Angels Video!

Hello! I hope you've all had a fantastic week! I'm sharing a couple recent projects I've created for Canvas Corp Brands, which includes 7gypsies, Tattered Angels and Canvas Corp. There are so many fantastic goodies these companies have - it's certainly not hard to create beautiful things with such a great selection!

First up is a Crew Challenge we had over at the Creative Studio blog - Tea & Coffee, and our challenge was to use real tea or coffee in our project! I love both tea and coffee, but if I had to choose then coffee would win 😉 so I created a gift set for my husband's birthday that used Canvas Corp Brand papers and canvas fabric along with Tattered Angels mists and real coffee grounds and beans.

I used the pretty TA Glimmer Mists to make a watercolour background and layered on some CC Coffee Papers before mixing coffee ground with UTEE to create a custom embossing powder to use on a CTMH coffee ring stamp. I used a PPPR coffee cup cutfile and the cool TA corrugated mistable paper to create this neat layered cup. A few pretty SpiegelMom Scraps sequins add a bit of finishing bling along with some real coffee beans.

Inside, I used the coffee ring stamp along with a Pretty Pink Posh sentiment and the Java Great Day by Pretty Cute Stamps.

My hubby has a couple stainless steel coffee mugs he uses to drink his coffee and tea and his hands always get cold so I wanted to make him a custom Coffee Sleeve that he could adjust to fit both mugs. I used the printed Canvas Corp 12x12 Beans & Bags Canvas Sheet and a Pinterest Pattern HERE to stitch this up for him. (Just as an FYI I would make the pattern a bit longer if I was to make it again.) He loved his card & gift when he opened them for his birthday!

The second project I'm sharing is 'How To Make 15 Backgrounds With Tattered Angels' over on the Tattered Angels YouTube channel. This was a fun project to make using Tattered Angels Mists and Paints. There are literally so many possibilities! Just think about how many projects you could whip up once you had a bunch of backgrounds completed. 

Here's a look at the video where I take you through all the steps to create each background:

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fantastic weekend!!

Linked to:

SSS Wednesday Challenge - AG

Canvas Corp Video - Holiday Baking Mix and Match Pad!

Hi! I'm back today to share a video I have up on the Canvas Corp Brands YouTube channel - Holiday Baking Mix and Match Pad Review!

I know you'll love seeing exactly what is in this beautiful Holiday Baking Mix & Match pad - and I hope I've given you some ideas on some fun Christmas ideas that you can use it for!

Canvas Corp Brands - Cozy Moments November Challenge!

Hi friends! If you haven't checked out the monthly challenge on the Canvas Corp Brands Creative Studio Blog, you are are going to be so excited! There is a wonderful mood board and a challenge open all month long for you to link up anything you are inspired by the theme to create. This month the challenge is Cozy Moments, and here in Calgary, Alberta it has been really chilly - so definitely a challenge I have lots of ideas for ;) For this challenge I'm sharing a gift set I've created using Canvas Corp canvas coasters and papers, 7gypsies Architextures and Tattered Angels mists. You can head over to the Creative Studio Blog to see closeups and step by step details on how I created this set - perfect for gift giving or just keeping cozy!

Here's a look at the gorgeous inspirational mood board - we'd love to see what you come up with for this challenge. There is a wonderful prize pack to be won, no specific requirements other than following the theme, and the challenge is open until December 5th.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you're keeping cozy!!

Sweet Tooth Mouse Card & Inspiration Saturday!

Hi! I thought I'd share a cute card using the September Challenge image from Gerda Steiner Designs - Sweet Tooth Mouse and then give you some crafty weekend inspiration to check out! I really meant to play along with the September challenge earlier this month.... where did September go?!! The cool thing about these challenges are that if you play along and link up you'll get the next month's digi image free! I printed off this adorable little mouse and coloured her up with Prismacolor and Hobby Colour Markers (alcohol based) and then used a Kaisercraft Stitched circle die to cut out the image.

I used the Holiday Baking Mix & Match pad from Canvas Corp Brands to layer papers and corrugated cardboard on my card. I felt like this little mouse would be perfect as a Christmas mouse ready to give away some handmade goodies at the holidays!  This Mix & Match pad is gorgeous and includes papers, recipe cards, burlap, corrugated cardboard and a printed canvas panel - and it's on sale! 😉

I added some glittery Stickles to the batter and spoon and added some fun and sparkly SpiegelMom Scraps sequins!

Now for a bit of inspiration....

1) Gerda Steiner Designs also has a huge collection of digital and clear stamps! You can look through their digi stamps here, with FREEBIE downloads!

2) Lyriclover810 on YouTube has fantastic ideas for creating goodies for craft fairs - perfect for stocking stuffers too! In this video she shows a quick way to use your 6x6 paper pads to create the cutest tea bag holders. 

3) Creative Scrapbooker Magazine has a fabulous Photo Prompt a Day list for October! These would be so fun to share for the month!

4) If you're looking for a free alternative to PicMonkey, the iPhone app Over is fabulous for anyone who wants to do some photo editing or needs something to add watermarks to their projects or photos!

5) If you love home decorating, lifestyle and DIY blogs, you will love Apartment Therapy Main! There are so many awesome home tours and fun posts full of lots of inspiration!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fantastic weekend and take a little time for yourself.