Monday, August 17, 2009

teething hiatus...

Hi all, I am really hoping to be able to post something soon, Kaleb has been in what looks like full on teething for nearly a month now. He is normally a fairly happy, easy going baby, but I am gathering he does not have a very high pain tollerance. At the moment conscious=CRANKY! And what worked with his sis is not working with him, so if you have any teething tips I'm all ears!!
Happy Stampin'!
-Nadia

Saturday, July 25, 2009

A challenge!

I have joined a group of fabulous blogging paper-crafters. Our goal is to motivate and inspire each other to keep creating and blogging! I rarely have problems with the creating side of things but I seem to struggle with some sort of pre-posting anxiety which makes posting often fall to the very bottom of my to do list, even though I really do love to share my projects. (especially when I get all of you lovely and encouraging comments!!) Hopefully my new crafty friends will encourage me to push past my posting dread and you will hear from me a little more regularly. (You can see their great blogs on my side bar under My SU! Blog List)


One thing our (soon to be named) group has started are weekly challenges. This week our challenge was to create a simple card; sticking to the basics of ink and cardstock and it had to be made in under 15 min. For me this is the very definition of challenge! I always overcomplicate my projects and they generally take me a lot longer than 15 min to make!


I have been wanting to play around with my new movers and shapers die ( the one that looks kind of weird and useless in the catalogue but is really fabulous!) So this is the card I came up with: (Sorry the first pic is over exposed, I edited it on a very dim monitor and did not realize how bright I made it)








{Recipe}


Stamps:
Circle Circus, Thoughts and Wishes (hostess level 2)

Paper:
Soft Suede, Crushed Curry, Mellon Mambo, Whisper White

Ink:
Same as paper + Dusty Durango & Old olive markers

Tools & Acc:
Movers & shapers curly lable & modern label dies, modern label punch.



I coloured the flower in with markers directly to the rubber. I started with the lightest colour (crushed curry>dusty durango>mellon mambo) then moving darker and finally just before I stamped it I sprayed my stamp with a very fine mist of water so that the inks would blend.



Oh and for an example of my posting procrastination, I made the card Monday, edited the images Wednesday and I am finally posting today literally just hours before our challenge cut off!! {sigh} I'll do better next week!



While I am posting I have one more card to share with you. This is one of the cards I created for my next techniques class. I was going to hold it in August but with so many people on holidays I think I will hold off until september. I used the ever popular water colour roses or re-inker spread technique on this card with our new in colours Mellon Mambo and Rich Razzleberry. This technique is so much fun and deceptively easy to do. If you haven't tried it out yet and are in the Edmonton area, plan to come to my class, you'll love this technique, I promiss!





{Recipe}


Stamps:
5th Avenue Floral

Paper:
Soft Suede, Rich Razzleberry, Mellon Mambo, Whisper White, Shimmery White

Ink:
Same as paper + crushed curry marker & Versamark

Tools & Acc:
Top Note die, ticket corner punch, soft sued polkadot gg ribon, white EP, aquapainter, Texturz plates.


I hope you enjoyed my creations this week, thanks for stopping by.

Happy Stampin'!



Thursday, July 16, 2009

Experiencing Technical Difficulties!

Apparently my laptop (2 yrs old) and camera (3 yrs old) and our home network (items ranging from 1-12 yrs old) are hideously out-dated and are doomed for retirement! I must be a little out of touch because, I am still under the impression that if you pay hundreds and even thousands of dollars for a piece of equipment it ought to last more than 2-3yrs!! My husband, who is very tech savvy, assures me that in the world of computers this is a very acceptable life span. On the one hand I think that this is terribly unreasonable and I don't want to put another dime towards computers etc. but, on the other hand I just don't know what I would do without internet access, a computer that I can take with me and a digital camera! Weird how you can go from not even knowing something exists to not being able to live without it in a matter of years!


Ok, enough philosophising, Let's see if I will at last succeed at posting some new creations. I hope to post as many as I can while the gettin' is good"!! Once again I won't take the time to list the recipes but, if you want to know about something from any of these projects just leave a comment and I would be happy to fill in the blanks!

This is the first card I made using my new catalogue goodies and 2009 In-colors. The stamp is
one of the level 2 hostess sets in the new catalogue (Wings of Friendship). I really love all the hostess sets this time (especially the ones coming in the Holiday Mini Catalogue this September! {sshhhhh..})


AAAck! I can't believe it, I just dropped my laptop!! It literally slid right off my lap onto the floor and I could not stop it! Thank goodness it's still sort of working...in case you haven't guessed yet I am a bit of a klutz! Do you think Fisher Price is likely to start making electronics??


Ok back to the cards! I'm using 4 of the new in-colours: Rich Razzleberry, Mellon Mambo, Bermuda Bay and Soft Suede oh, make that 5 there is a teeny tiny bit of Crushed Curry on the bird. Thanks to SU!'s offering in-colour markers this year, I was able to colour directly on the stamp to get a multicoloured image. I really did not know how to use the in-colours at first they are really rich and beautiful but, also kind of intense and intimidating. What I discovered is that the colour soft suede goes really well with any of them and sort of grounds them. I love this colour, it's a great neutral and sort of reminds me of my favorite cargo pants from high school, they went with everything!


There is a lot of distressing on this card some sponging and some direct to paper ink application. The only other particular thing on this card worth noting is the corduroy button. Nope! they did not come out with them in Bermuda Bay, I just took a Kraft one and coloured it with my marker, super easy!! You can also smoosh the buttons directly into the ink pad, this should work with any darker colours.



These Next two cards make me want to laugh...or cry! Neither of them got out to their intended recipients thanks to my 3yo DD. I actually just found them a couple days ago behind our sofa when I was tearing the house apart in search for my lost wallet. The first card is a little girl dress I created based on Lauren Meader's onesie cards. I simply cut a straight line from the under arm to the bottom of the card then lightly rounded the bottom using my circle cutter. The pinafore was made of vellum that had been embossed with our polka dot BG stamp in white. The flower on the waistband was created using the Sizzix Bigz Daisy 2 die. This card was intended for the christening of a friends daughter. I wanted something really girly but not pink!




This card also did not make it out. It is one of the cards I created for Mother's day though it is my least favourite of them. ({sigh} the pics of the other ones got lost one of the times my camera decided to have a moment). I used the Reinker Spread, or Watercolour roses technique that I believe was shown at a SU! Regional meeting then spread like wild fire across the stamping world. The end result is so stunning that you wouldn't guess how fun and easy the technique is! Take a peak at a great tutorial here on Patty Bennett'ns Blog. The reason I am not as fond of this card as the others is that I dropped an ink pad on the card while I was making it so I was forced to change my design on the fly. The other ones don't have the lily, the leaves are placed differently and I have a die cut butterfly...hmm I will have to ask my mom to bring her card so I can take a pic to share.


Speaking of my Mom it was her birthday recently so I made this next card. I really had fun making this one, my mom is a fan of anything Mary Engelbrite (sp?) so I took that as my launching point. She also loves scotties since she had one when before I came along. The pedestal that the dog is on was from the Crazy for Cupcakes set. I was inspired by another stamper (which I can't recall at the moment) who had stamped animals from the Wild About You set on the same pedestal. The paper is the now retired Rockabilly Specialty paper, boy I wish I had gotten it earlier, I LOVE it!





Here's a peak at the inside:



And this framed scrapbook page was part of her gift. It did not turn out quite as I had planned but looks much better in real life than in this pic. The page is in honour of my mom's father a Québec fiddle player, who passed away this fall in his nineties. The moment I saw this violin stamp in the catalogue I knew I had to have it, but this is the first time it has seen ink! The top picture is a collage my uncle made depicting different periods in my grandpapa's life and the bottom pic is of the time my daughter met him. She loves music too so she just sat and watched him play piano awestruck.


While we are talking birthdays, I had the pleasure of doing a couple of stamping projects with my little cousin's friends at her 15th b-day party. She wanted one project to be a box that she could put her guests favours in. I decided to do a purse theme since this cousin is a real pink loving girly-girl. And so here is the purse/box in Mellon Mambo and Bermuda Bay. I adapted a template that I found on
this blog. She has tons of fabulous paper purse designs it's definitely worth a look!




For the card I was inspired by the many punch art purse cards out there and the colours in the Sweet Always DSP (retired now). The girls enjoyed putting together the little purses and got really creative making their own designs. One girl added scraps of the Mellon Mambo paper from the big purse to accent her little purses and it looked fabulous!



One more Birthday card then have to go to bed! I was soooooo happy to see this stamp set, Lots of Bots, in the new catalogue. The men in my family tend to be more geeky-techie rather than sporty athletic so I know I will get a lot of use out of this set. (not to mention that my daughter loves robots since watching the film Wall-E). So this was the card I made for my cousin who is turning 17. It's not at all what I had planned on but, when I mounted my new Gallery set which I earned free last month (I love being a demo!) I had to play with it and this is what was born! I used a few recently retired colours and DSP to make the card but, I am totally addicted to kiwi kiss and how it looks with pacific point....I don't know how I'm going to give it up!! The little embellishment on the greeting was made with coated telephone wire that I got years ago from a great little recycling shop in town. It's fun stuff if you can get your hands on it and comes in every colour combo imaginable!




Well that was an über long post, apparently I felt babbly after my long absence! Well no technical glitches so far tonight (cross fingers, knock on wood and all that stuff!) so hopefully, that mean y'all will get to read this! Hope you enjoyed, more to come as always!!



Happy Stampin'!

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Quick bunch of cards with info to follow...

I have been really busy lately making cards and gifts but have not had a chance to post them. And it looks like my son is going to be an early teether like his sister was (first tooth at 3 mos!) he's been pretty cranky lately because he seems to be working on cutting a canine....as a nursing mommy I have to say I'm not too keen on his choice of first teeth!! Since it doesn't look like things are going to let up any time soon I figured I should at least share a little eye-candy with you and hopefully I can fill in the details later. Enjoy!

This first card was made for a little cousin's 10th b-day, I LOVE making kids cards, their so much fun!!
This is the card I made for my Aunt and Uncle's 60th b-day. They both love the sea and go there every summer so their kids threw them a beach themed party.

This is the father's day card I made for my owl-loving husband, it's actually a big card at 8.5x5.5in.
My husband really wanted his own copy of this photo for work so I thought I would scrap it up a bit for him. This card was made using some of my daughters art, of course I could not convince her to use any other color than purple so I had to get creative with the colour scheme to make it more masculine. This card I made for my Papa, I know it's an odd combitnation but, we always had daxies (wiener dogs) growing up and my dad has really gotten into wine making lately! Cards don't always have to make sense do they? I guess I was in a bit of an odd mood making this one for my father inlaw...I just had to use that adorable raccoon!! And finally...the reason I so desperately need a door on my craft room.... Apparently rolls of ribbon are far too tempting to a three year old!!! I was just glad to have recently removed my retiring ribbons from the bar!
Happy Stampin'!

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Not Your Typical Cards

I generally always make 4.25x5.5 inch cards either vertical or horizontal simply because you can get 2 out of an 8.5x11 inch piece of cardstock and of course they fit the SU! envies perfectly but, every once in a while it's fun to step out and try something different. Here are a couple of my recent experiments:

This first one is called a Tri-Shutter card and it really intrigued me when I spotted a similar one on Split Coast Stampers. I searched around until I found a tutorial for it and I was pleasantly surprised to find out just how easy it was to make! (Tutorial Here) I had to adjust the measurements a little for my card as I had already made the tree on the front panel and did not want to have to cut it down. I also chose to use our great 'To the Nines" specialty paper instead of plain cardstock so I did not have to do much additional decorating.

The front image was done by brayering yellows and oranges on glossy cardstock then stamping the tree and such in chocolate chip ink. To get the moon/sun I simply made a mask by punching a circle out of a sticky note and then brayered right over it. I also chose to add a little more depth around the edges by sponging on some chocolate chip ink.



Ha! I just noticed that my daughter plunked her water glass in the shot right before I took this pic! But,I guess if I really wanted professional looking pics I would invest in some sort of a light tent or something! Anyhow, here are the deets:

{Recipe}
Stamps:
Branch Out, Full of Life,
Paper: To the Nines Specialty DSP, chocolate chip, very vanilla, sahara sand, Glossy White
Inks:
Chocolate chip, Always Artichoke, Creamy Caramel, Barely Banana, So Saffron, Summer Sun, Pumpkin Pie, Tangerine Tango, Ruby Red
Tools & Acc.: Brayer, full heart punch, 1-1/4 circle punch, scallop edge punch, wide oval punch, ticket corner punch, chocolate chip cord buttons, linen thread, glue dots, Tombo multi, stampin sponges


This last card was loads of fun to do, I have long been an admirer of punch art but, only rarely tried it myself. Punch art is a great thing to do when you need a certain image for your card that you don't have a rubber stamp for. I needed a Bday card for my daughter's dragon loving little friend but, I didn't have an even remotely dragonish stamp. The hinged egg card was inspired by the many many hinged cards that came out on SCS around easter of this year. I created the punched dragon after looking at piles of different punched animals again on SCS. If you ever want to figure out how to make a certain object or character with punches I highly suggest doing a search of the SCS galleries for “punch art” + “animal/object desired”. There are some uber talented punch artists out there, and it's a great source for inspiration!


{Recipe}

Stamps: None!
Paper: Tempting turquoise, lovely lilac, pixie pink, gable green, green galore, wild wasabi (retired-shhh!), whisper white, basic black
Inks:
same as papers for sponging + Basic Black Marker
Tools & Acc.: Sponges, craft knife, rhinestone brad, Colluzle (also retired) Punches: literally every circle and oval SU! makes, small star, five petal flower.

Wow it took me 4 days to create this post because my little fellah is teething (already!!) and I could not get more than a couple minutes at a time to work on this. I guess in the future if you see a post that only has a pic. you'll know that I had another crazy week and I will add details as I can!!

Happy Stampin'!

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

A Couple of Forgotten Cards...

I was really worried that I might not have anything to share with you this week. I finally found my camera, which has been MIA for almost a month, but was pretty upset when I discovered that the ten or so photos of recent projects were corrupted and unusable! Unfortunately all of these projects had been given away as gifts too so tracking down new photos was not going to be an easy task!

Since I could not post what I had planned to I went pouring through my old project photos and found 2 cards that I never got around to sharing (occasionally procrastination pays off!) So here they are:


This first one was really fun to make, I actually made it for my chiropractor to thank him for being such a good sport with my daughter (she freaked out and went into total hysterics when she saw a skeleton in a corner of the room). I forgot to share this project because he never did get the
card, on the way to his office Gabby's water bottle sprung a leak and completely drenched it! Oh well...it's the thought?
I used the Just Jawing stamp set that I earned free during a promotion this fall. It's a really fun and trendy set. I just wish I had more chances to use it!...Hmmm... I have a couple of teen cousins with B-days coming up...It just might get inked again soon!
{Recipe}
Stamps:
Just Jawing, Classic stripes
Paper: Kraft, Whisper White, Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss
Inks:
Basic black, VersaMark, Encore Silver, basic grey marker
Tools & Acc.:
Top Note die, small star punch, Tombow adhesive, Chunky Essentials silver glitter. Pacific Point Striped GG ribbon.

This next card was the first one I made when I got my Beautiful Butterflies die (I love it!!). The Butterflies are the perfect size for cards or scrapbook pages, and they layer beautifully. I pulled the colour combo directly from the Urban Garden DSP (Retiring{sigh}) and the layout was based on an old sketch challenge from SCS . I hummed and hawed for a long time about what I could use for the butterflies body and in the end I settled on pleating some satin Kiwi Kiss ribbon (using sticky strip) and adding a clear rhinestone brad for the head.
{Recipe}
Stamps:

Paper: Baja Breeze, Not quite navy, Kiwi Kiss, Taste of textiles vellum & Urban Garden DSP
Inks:
Baja Breeze & Not Quite Navy
Tools & Acc.:
Beautiful Butterflies die, Cosmo fine glitter. kiwi kiss satin ribbon, clear rhinestone brad, sticky strip.

That's it for tonight. The lady in brown is supposed to be delivering my new catalogue and preview goodies tomorrow, so hopefully I will have something cool to share then. {Eeek!} I can hardly wait!!!

-Happy Stampin'!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Last Chance Stamps List









It's time to say goodbye. Stampin' Up! released the Last Chance Stamps list yesterday. On June 30th we will be saying farewell to a few old faves as well as some fairly recent releases so make sure to take a look and send me your order before the end of the month.

Stamp Sets - Alphabetical
Stamp Sets - Numerical
Décor Elements

{My Special Offer}
I will be having a draw for one of the retiring Hostess sets at the end of the month. You will receive one entry for every stamp set ordered from the Last Chance List this month!! So good luck and have fun shopping!

Last Chance Accessories List

Stampin' Up! released the Last Chance Accessories list yesterday and many items are up to 50% off! Items are only available while supplies last, so if there is something you would like order now!

I waited a couple of hours on placing my order and missed out on my one 'have to have it' item {SOBB!!} So don't do like me! If there are some items here you absolutely must have, please place an online order through my SU! website ASAP to guarantee you don't miss out.

If you're feeling lucky and would like to save on shipping you can send me your order by e-mail (nlt@shaw.ca) and I will submit orders everytime I have enough to make up the minimum shipping amount, and keep you posted!

Item # Product Description
CAN Discount Sale Price Availability
112735 RUB ONS HIDDEN GARDEN BLOSSOMS 12.95 0.5 6.48 Available
105143 DAYS TO REMEMBER 6X6 FR (calendar)
11.75 0.5 5.88 Available
113888 RUB ONS MANY OCCASIONS 12.95 0.5 6.48 Available
109044 PUNCH SNOW BLOSSOM 13.75 0.5 6.88 Available
111364 RIBBON POLY TWILL SO SAFFRON 7/8" 11.25 0.5 5.63 Available
106961 STAZON REFILL WHITE 6.25 0.5 3.13 Available
114341 COURDUROY BUTTONS PACIFIC POINT 12.75 0.5 6.38 Available
114316 RIBBON ORIGINALS PIG TAILS 18.95 0.5 9.48 Available
111414 RUB ONS HIDDEN GARDEN 12.95 0.5 6.48 Available
114351 DESIGNER HARDWARE HOORAY 6.25 0.5 3.13 Available
114338 COURDUROY BUTTONS KIWI KISS 12.75 0.5 6.38 Available
114019 ACCENTS & ELEMENTS FLEURETTES 13.95 0.5 6.98 Available
114317 RIBBON ORIGINALS DRESS UP 17.5 0.5 8.75 Available
102875 HEMP TWINE RED 3.95 0.5 1.98 Available
101259 HEMP TWINE BLACK 3.95 0.5 1.98 Available
113979 ACCENTS & ELEMENTS CANVAS CUTS 11.25 0.5 5.63 Available
114350 DESIGNER HARDWARE SOHO 6.25 0.5 3.13 Available
111363 RIBBON GROSGRAIN PINK PIROUETTE 1 1/4" 9.95 0.25 7.46 Available
111365 RIBBON TAFFETA RIDING HOOD RED 8.95 0.25 6.71 Available
111847 RIBBON DOUBLE STITICHED BAJA BREEZE 1" 11.25 0.25 8.44 Available
111371 RIBBON GROSGRAIN STRIPED TANGERINE TANGO 5/8" 12.25 0.25 9.19 Available
111373 RIBBON GROSGRAIN STRIPED PINK PIROUETTE 5/8" 12.25 0.25 9.19 Available
111372 RIBBON GROSGRIAN STRIPED KIWI KISS 5/8" 12.25 0.25 9.19 Available
113884 RUB ONS FASHION DISTRICT 12.95 0.25 9.71 Available
114318 RIBBON ORIGINALS VALET 17.5 0.25 13.13 Available
111374 RIBBON GROSGRAIN STRIPED RIDING HOOD RED 5/8" 12.25 0.25 9.18 Available
111370 RIBBON GROSGRAIN STRIPED PACIFIC POINT 5/8" 12.25 0.25 9.18 Available
111415 RUB ONS GREATEST MOMENTS 12.95 0.25 9.71 Available
113887 RUB ONS BRIGHT DELIGHTS 13.95 0.25 10.46 Available
111416 RUB ONS CHATEAU BELLA 12.95 0.25 9.71 Available
111338 NOTES TEXTURED LOVE ASSORTMENT II 15.5 0.25 11.63 Available
111879 RIBBON SATIN KIWI KISS VERY VANILLA 9.95 0.25 7.46 Available
111277 RUB ONS A PERFECT DAY 12.95 0.25 9.71 Available
110730 DIE CUTS POCKETS & PIECES 10.75 0.25 8.06 Available
107272 PUNCH KEY TAG 19.95 0.25 14.96 Available
113980 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER CANDY LANE 11.75 0.25 8.81 Available
111375 RIBBON GROSGRAIN STRIPED BAJA BREEZE 5/8" 12.25 0.25 9.19 Available
112010 DIE CUTS BLOOMS AGAIN 10.75 0.25 8.06 Available
113991 TASTE OF TEXTILES 11.75 0.25 8.81 Available
101399 STIPPLE BRUSHES 8.25 0.25 6.19 Available
112092 BUTTON BOUQUET 9.5 0.25 7.13 Out of stock
112139 NOTES CAROUSEL II 13.95 0.25 10.46 Available
111336 NOTES SCALLOP II 13.95 0.25 10.46 Available
111840 CLASSIC STAMPIN INK REFILL PACIFIC POINT 3.5 Available
111841 CLASSIC STAMPIN INK REFILL TANGEIRNE TANGO 3.5 Available
111843 CLASSIC STAMPIN INK REFILL PINK PIROUETTE 3.5 Available
111839 CLASSIC STAMPIN INK REFILL RIDING HOOD RED 3.5 Available
111842 CLASSIC STAMPIN INK REFILL KIWI KISS 3.5 Available
112161 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER PATTERNS KIWI KISS 11.75 Available
112042 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER URBAN GARDEN 11.75 Available
112156 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER PATTERNS PINK PIROUETTE 11.75 Available
112150 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER PATTERNS PACIFIC POINT 11.75 Available
112153 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER PATTERNS TANGERINE TANGO 11.75 Available
111844 CLASSIC STAMPIN INK REFILL BAJA BREEZE 3.5 Available
111836 CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD RIDINGHOOD RED 6.95 Available
111838 CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD PINK PIROUETTE 6.95 Available
113966 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE 11.75 Available
109123 STAMPIN WRITE JOURNALER BASIC BROWN 3.95 Available
113981 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER BELLA BIRDS 11.75 Available
112157 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER PATTERNS BAJA BREEZE 11.75 Out of stock
113975 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER RASPBERRY TART 11.75 Available
114037 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER SPECIALTY SWEET SLUMBER 13.95 Available
113978 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER URBAN OASIS 11.75 Available
112041 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER BELLA ROSE 11.75 Available
112468 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER SWEET ALWAYS 11.75 Available
111834 CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD TANGERINE TANGO 6.95 Available
114039 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER SPECIALTY ROCKABILLY 13.95 Available
108590 CARD STOCK NATURALS ASST 12X12 10.75 Available
111337 NOTES GIFT ASSORTMENT II 11.75 Available
112471 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER RAINBOW SHERBET 11.75 Out of stock
112464 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER MANCHESTER 11.75 Available
112006 ACCENTS & ELEMENTS FLOWER FUSION II 17.95 Available
111837 CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD PACIFIC POINT 6.95 Available
112461 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER WASHINGTON APPLE 11.75 Out of stock
113993 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER SPECIALTY PARISIAN BREEZE 13.95 Available
112155 DESIGNER SERIES PAPER PATTERNS RIDING HOOD RED 11.75 Available
111353 CARD STOCK KIWI KISS 8-1/2 X 11 6.5 Available
111348 CARD STOCK RIDING HOOD RED 8-1/2 X 11 6.5 Available
112172 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN ROCK A BYE BOY 23.95 Out of stock
100900 GIFT SACKS WHITE 3.5 Available
114605 SIMPLY SENT CARD KIT MORE THOUGHTS 50.95 Out of stock
102264 COLUZZLE STARTER KIT 23.95 Available
111346 CARD STOCK IN COLOR 12 X 12 10.75 Available
111835 CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD KIWI KISS 6.95 Available
111350 CARD STOCK PACIFIC POINT 8-1/2 X 11 6.5 Available
105668 TATTOO KIT I 16.5 Out of stock
111349 CARD STOCK TANGERINE TANGO 8-1/2 X 11 6.5 Available
109231 SIMPLY SENT CARD KIT SENDING HAPPY THOUGHTS 64.95 Available
111351 CARD STOCK PINK PIROUETTE 8-1/2 X 11 6.5 Available
112165 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN ROCK A BYE GIRL 23.95 Out of stock
113950 DIE CUTS BUILD-A-FAIRYTALE 10.75 Available
111345 CARD STOCK TEXTURED IN COLOR 12 X 12 13.95 Available
105669 TATTOO KIT II 16.5 Out of stock
111833 CLASSIC STAMPIN PAD BAJA BREEZE 6.95 Available
113936 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN HOPPY MEMORIES 23.95 Out of stock
111347 CARD STOCK IN COLOR 8-1/2 X 11 9.5 Available
107288 ENVELOPE WHISPER WHITE EXTRA LARGE 6.5 Available
104310 CRAFTERS TOOL KIT 49.95 Available
111352 CARD STOCK BAJA BREEZE 8-12 X 11 6.5 Available
113943 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN 2 SWEET 23.95 Available
113925 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN SWEET NOTHINGS 23.95 Available
112179 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN LOVE STORIES 23.95 Available
113911 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN SUNSHINE GARDEN 23.95 Out of stock
112054 SIMPLY SCRAPPIN BEST EVER 23.95 Out of stock
111253 Blooms & Bulbs 7.75 Available
109684 Doodle 9.95 Available
111257 Happy, Happy Birthday 9.95 Available
109692 Love 7.75 Available
109568 My ABCs 7.75 Available
109682 Perfectly Pretty 7.75 Available
109687 See You Around 9.95 Available
109683 So Swirly 9.95 Available
111260 Something Fishy 9.95 Available
111262 Stems & Silhouettes 9.95 Available
105516 Watercolor Joy 7.75 Available
114528 Embosslit Flower 13.95 Available
116209 Note of Thanks 11.95 Available
116210 Birthdays Counts 11.95 Available

Thursday, May 14, 2009

And now for something completely different...

Well in style anyways, it is another baby project though! This is a little gift set I made for a friend who prefers earthy colours and more contemporary stylings.It was the first time I made a series of coordinating items to give as a gift. I really enjoyed coming up with different ways to use the same colours & style across the 3 projects, I'm sure there will be more of this in my stampin' future! The onesie card is of course based on the template created by Lauren Meader over at My Time...Creations, I find myself using this one a lot for baby cards.

This set is heavy on the 2008 in colours, it's funny when I first saw them, I was not impressed. I could not think of how I was going to get through a year with these colours. Now with only one month left for this collection I am almost panicking, what will I do without Kiwi kiss, Tangerine Tango, Pacific point or Pink Pirouette?? I'm sure I will survive, after all last year I was aghast that I would have to give up my Wild Wasabi, but I'm still alive and stampin! The up side is that I get to see the new in colours for 2009 on Monday! EEk!! I do love being a SU! demo!! Lets hope they are as fabulous as usual! Though regardless of my first impression, I am sure to fall in love with them once I see what other talented stampin' bloggers have done with them, it happens every time!

Ok back to these projects. I have a confession to make....the onesies stamp on the thank you cards is retired. Sorry! It's from the occasions mini catalogue set By Ones and By Twos. This set is definitely a keeper, you can totally make it boy or girl and there are actually greetings for multiples and adoptions! You don't see that very often. On to the recipes:


{Recipe}

Stamps: Nursery Necessities
Papers: Kiwi kiss, Tangerine Tango, Pacific Point, Baja Breeze
Inks: same as paper + chocolate chip
Tools & Acc.: Tangerine Tango striped GG ribbon, Punches: star, scallop edge, 1-1/4 &1-3/8 circles.


{Recipe}
Stamps: Nursery Necessities, Cute & Curly
Papers: Kiwi kiss, Tangerine Tango, Pacific Point, Close to Cocoa, whisper white
Inks: same as paper
Tools & Acc.: Tangerine Tango striped GG ribbon, Punches: Curly label, eyelet edge, 1in circles, serif sizzix alphabet die.{Recipe}
Stamps: By Ones & by Twos, Wow Flowers
Papers: Kiwi kiss, Tangerine Tango, Pacific Point, Baja Breeze, Close to Cocoa, whisper white
Inks: same as paper
Tools & Acc.: Tangerine Tango, kiwi kiss & pacific point striped GG ribbon, circle scissors plus, paper piercer, staple, Punches: 1/8in, 1-1/4in & 1-3/8in circles.

Thanks for looking!

Monday, May 11, 2009

Somethin' Girly!

Yay another few minutes to myself, lets see how fast I can type this up now! Sometimes I feel like I am playing that game where you have to put all the little plastic shapes in place before the timer goes off and launches the pieces everywhere. (Concentration?) I never know how much time I have until the baby (or his big sister) needs me.

Alright now onto a project.
I do have some pics of the cards and projects I made for this Mother's Day but, they'll have to wait until I can upload them. In the mean time here is yet another baby project!

The first photo is of one of the thank you cards I made for a friend. Of all the babies born lately she had the only girl so I just had to take the opportunity to pull out the pirouette pink! I made about ten of these cards, and I hope to also get a little box done up for them soon. After I took this photo I added little white buttons to the wheels on the carriage it really finishes off the card.




{Card Recipe}


Stamps: Fun Fast Notes, Wow Flowers, All Holidays
Paper: Pirouette Pink, Close to Cocoa & Whisper white
Ink: Pink Pirouette, Stazon jet black
Tools & Acc.: White signo gel pen, 5/8 in striped pink pir. gg ribbon, dimensionals, glue dots, white buttons, Punches:Ticket corner, Eyelet, Small & lrg oval.


This second picture is of the actual card I made to welcome the new baby girl. The over the top girlyness of this one is a little out of my creative comfort zone, but a heck of a lot of fun to make! I created this card from scratch. Bassically I cut out a circle shaped card, snipped out a quarter section (making a sort of Pack-man shape) and then decorated it. The only really important detail to remember is that if you want it to stand up you need to attach wheels to the back of the card too.




Woo Hoo! This is awesome, I am still uninterrupted, let's see if I can quickly get my recipe posted before the critter stirs!


{Card Recipe}

Stamps:
Polkadot punches
Paper:
Pink Pir. Basic Grey, Whisper white
Ink:
Pink Pir.
Tools & Acc.:
Circle scissors plus, circle fire rhinestone brads, Pink Pir striped gg ribon, stampin' sponges, punches: Eyelet, scallop circle, 1-1/4 in circle, ¾ in circle, trio flowers, wide oval

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

May DSP Samplers!

Can't decide which packs of Designer Series Paper or Textured Cardstock you would like to order for the May DSP Promotion? Would you rather get a little taste of everything? This month's special makes it the perfect time to do a paper share, or two, or three!

What's Involved? You sign up for one of the groups bellow (I need 8 per group) and make the required payment then, once a group is full, I will order all of the packs of paper, cut them into 6x6 in squares and redistribute them so that everyone gets at least one sheet of every paper available. (See each group bellow for details)

On top of getting a 6x6in piece of each design for a fraction of the cost it would cost to purchase all the packs of paper yourself, because of this months special you will save at least an additional 25% off the regular price of the paper samplers.

Group 1:
Designer Series Paper Sampler


In this sampler you will receive a 6x6in piece of each of the available Designer Series Papers, including those in the 4 different Specialty Paper collections and the new Walk in the Park DSP found in the current Occasions Mini Catalogue.

This comes to 126 6x6in sheets of high quality 2 sided paper for only $27.67 including shipping and tax. (Regularly: $36.90) Included designs can be seen on Pages 158-162 of the SS2009 Ideabook & Catalogue or online here.
  1. Nadia
  2. Trina S.
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Group 2:
Patterns Designer Series Paper Sampler

This sampler includes 6x6in sheets of all the papers from the Patterns DSP collection (Pg 159 in caty.)

This comes to 84 6x6in pieces of high quality 2 sided paper for only $17.81 including shipping and tax. (Regularly: $23.75)
  1. Nadia
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Group 3:
Textured Cardstock Sampler

This sampler includes 2-6x6in sheets of textured cardstock in each colour from the Earth Elements, Bold Brights, Soft Subtles and Rich Regals as well as 4-6x6 sheets of each colour from the Neutrals and In-colours famillies.

This comes to a total of 144 6x6in sheets of textured cardstock in 60 different colours for only $18.13 including shipping and tax! (Regular $24.17)
  1. Nadia
  2. Ryan
  3. Trina S.
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To take part in any or all of these paper shares please contact me by e-mail (nlt@shaw.ca) or phone (780-988-0647).

If you live outside of the Edmonton area your sampler can be mailed to you for a small additional cost.


Orders will be placed as soon as each group fills up, feel free to sign up for multiple spots in a group if you would like more paper!

Happy Stampin'!