Hey Chick...and MFT Birthday Wishes!!

I have two cards to share with you today! I made these samples for the water colouring with Distress Inks demo that I did at the Scrapbook Academy last weekend. I think they are both very cute and was very happy with how they turned out. Both cards are very simple in terms of the layout but I think that is what makes them so pretty!

For this card I made a 6X6 base from some light purple Bazzill Basics cardstock and used my DCWV Nana's Nursery Boy pp pad. I stamped Farmer Tilda on water colour paper with Black Staz-On ink and coloured her in with my Distress Inks. I also, stamped the Magnolia birdies and coloured them in too. The layout of the card is very simple but I really like it and I like all the open space. I stamped the MFT sentiment on a tag cut with 2X2 QK die I also cut the photo corners with my QK Squeeze. I added lots of Stickles and Sakura stardust pen for some sparkle and some ribbon!

The inside sentiment is printed on the computer using my favourite font Wendy Medium. I changed the colour so that when I printed it, it would match the purple ink I used for the sentiment on the front of the card. I then traced over it with my Sakura stardust pen.

The design for this card is also very simple but I think it is still very pretty! I didn't think I would like the MFT stamps coloured in with the Distress inks but, surprisingly enough, I really like how this image turned out. I used by BG 6X6 pad Euphoria pp on this card. I just wish I didn't colour the icing orange...wasn't paying attention there...duh!

Well, thanks for stopping by and having a wee look! Hope you have a great day!!

Edwin with Broom sends Autumn Wishes....Kimmie and Tara's Monthly Challenge # 2!!!!

Well, yesterday was an absolutely beautiful day her in Ontario. It was like 23-25 degrees all day. It was so warm I wore my carpis and Viking sandals (love them...so comfy). It was a little odd though, wearing my summer clothes and seeing everyone out and about in shorts and t-shirts, juxtaposed against the beautiful fall colours. Well, I think that will be the last day we have like that as fall is definitely upon us.

We had a yummy Thanksgiving dinner at my parents yesterday and poor Chris worked hard all day on the interlocking but we can see the finish line nearing. It will look so beautiful when it is all done, that is for sure! We brought Chris back a doggie bag, so he got some turkey too...don't worry, I'm not that mean,lol!

Well, I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving weekend with friends and family, enjoyed the beautiful weather and feasted on lots of turkey and pumpkin pie...YUM-O!!!
Now lets talk cards....Kim and I have another friendly challenge to share with you today! This month we agreed to use a boy stamp and I suggested Edwin with Broom by Magnolia. He is my favourite Edwin stamp....just love is puffy vest...isn't he so cute?! I can't wait to pop on over to Kim's' blog and see what she has created with him...I just know I will love it!!! Her cards are always soooooo fabulous!!!!
Well, I have a confession to make, I was more than a little anxious about this month's challenge. First, I was worried with all the landscaping work that is going on around here and Thanksgiving, that I wouldn't find the time to make the card...eeekk! I thought I was going to have to pull an all-nighter, lol! Then of course there is the whole thing about having a monthly challenge with Kraftin' Kimmie, OMG!!! That is just a titch nerve racking, don't ya think?!!! She is like a stampin' superstar!!! Then, I thought my craftin' mojo had all but dried up. But its all good...all good I tell ya!!! I think I pulled it off, phew!!!! Actually, I am quite happy with how this card turned out! Whata ya think?!

I have been doing a lot of water colouring with Distress Inks this past week and really enjoyed it! So, I thought I would colour Edwin with distress inks while I had them out on my worktable. I stamped him on water colour paper but this time I used my Timber Brown Staz-On ink. I really like how it turned out and will have to do it again. I thought I would grudge up Edwin and make him look like he got a little dirty working out in the yard. Then, I used my Tim Holtz ink applicator tool and sponged around the edges with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink and stamped the zig zag stitch all around the edges with my Kelly Panacci acrylic stamps and the Brushed Corduroy ink. I also added a little sparkle with a Sakura stardust pen to Edwin's wings.

I made the card base 6X6 from a sheet of Kraft cardstock and used BG 6X6 pad called Mellow...I just picked it up at Micheals the other day...love it!!! I decided to do a colour-blocking layout and sponged and stamped the stitching on the different panels. For embellishments I used some die cuts....what else, smile! So, I downloaded the new acorn Digital Design from the QK Silhouette website and cut two acorns and the tag out on my Silhouette. I then cut several leaves with a 2X2 QK die and inked all the edges. I made a little cluster of leaves and the acorns in the top left corner and stamped the Magnolia sentiment on the tag and added a brad from the dollar store.

Then I was feeling like it needed a little something else. I now know, that this is not a good feeling to get, smile! It never fails, when I get this feeling and go ahead and add that missing "something" I either end up messing it up or I don't like what I did. Well, I stamped an Autumn Leaves border stamp that I got at Wal-Mart on the top panel....not sure I like it and it is a bit crooked too...RATS!! See it never fails, lol!

Well, after all that fretting about this month's K&T challenge, I think every thing went pretty smoothly and really, I had a ton of fun making this card, smile!!! Thanks, Kim, for playing along with me again!!! Are you up for challenge #3?!

Thanks for stopping by and having a wee look-see!!!

Oh Fudge....Berry Happy Belated B-Day!!!

Last week I was doing a lot of water colouring to prep for a demo that I did on Saturday at the Scrapbook Academy! I also, made a belated B-day card for one of my bestest friends, Dana. Ok, how embarrassing is that...I missed her B-day and here I am making all theses cards and I didn't make a card for her....shame! So, I coloured in cross-stitched Tilda for Dana with my Distress inks and made her this belated B-day card.

Dana is a cross-stitcher, scrapbooker, and card maker/stamper...ok let's just say she is one crafty girl, smile! She is also a fabulous Mary Kay consultant too, wink!!!! I visited her Saturday night for tea and hand delivered my late card with birthday wishes. We visited and I know she really loved the card and said she appreciates all the little details that I put into it for her! Ahhh, what a sweetie and I even ended up leaving her house with gifts!!! She RAKed me with three fabulous Heidi Swapp word stamps (Memoreis, love and cherish) and some metal CD tins that I wanted to store my Nesties in ....thanks, Dana...you Rock!!!
I made the card base 6X6 out of some dark chocolaty Bazzill Bling cardstock and used my new 6x6 pad of The Glitter Sweet Stack by DCWV. I used a MFT sentiment and stamped it on a tag I cut with QK 2X2 die. Then I added a few prima flowers here and there, attached them with MM brads and added some Stickles and Sakura stardust pen to add some sparkle...it looks much more shimmery IRL!
I printed my inside sentiment on the computer using my favourite font, Wendy Medium, to match the MFT sentiment on the front of the card!

Thanks for stopping by and having a wee look and make sure you drop by tomorrow to see what Kimmie and I have created for this month's "Kim and Tara challenge"!!!

WOJ Challenge # 3 and CCT Challenge # 31...Charlotte & Buttons!!!

Well, last week I had such high hopes to do several cards for the various challenges that I love to participate in but things didn't turn out how I had hoped. I had such a busy week at work and we are under construction here at my house! Hubby has been interlocking our driveway, the walkway to the front of the house and around to the backyard and the patio. It is a huge job and we have kinda bitten of more that we can chew with this DIY job.
He is doing such a fabulous job though and it is such backbreaking work...poor guy! He is so exhausted but he is almost done and he should be very proud of his work. It looks beautiful!!!

Well, I think I might have better luck this weekend partaking in the various challenges. This weekend is the Thanksgiving long weekend here in Canada. So, I will have some extra time for stamping fun in between helping hubby with the interlocking and eating turkey, smile!!!

For this card I combined two challenges in one. It is such a great way to try to participate in all the fabulous challenges out there in the blogosphere. I just loved the sketch for this week's WOJ Challenge and I decided to combine it with this week's challenge at, Cute Card Thursday Challenge, to use Buttons & Bows!

My friend, Kimmie, at Kraftin' Kimmie's Korner, once blogged about how she loves to give her stampin' characters names and she christened Charlie's dog, Chester, very fitting I thought. Well, When I was making this cards I started calling Charlotte's kitty friend Buttons...cute huh?!

So, I stamped Winter Charlotte on Georgia Pacific paper with my new Memento Tuxedo Black ink pad and coloured her and Buttons,smile in with my Copic markers. I added some crystal Stickle to her muff, furry boots and the pom-pom on her tuque. (Wondering what a tuque is, well that is Canadian speak for a knitted winter hat usually with a pom-pom on it! smile)

For this card I made the base 6X6 out of some reddish/hot pink (not sure what the colour is really) Bazzill Bling cardstock. I went through my stash and found this old American Craft paper. I love AC paper and I have horded a ton if it over the years so this put a very small dent in my stash. I combined it with some new Christmas/winter AC ribbon that I got at Michaels. I kinda deviated a bit from the sketch and moved the flowers to the upper right corner (I hope that is ok) but it worked out better that way for me, smile. I added a a few smaller Prima flowers and put some buttons here and there. I must say my bow looks rather pathetic...I am so bad a tying bows...uuuggh...all thumbs I tell ya! Buttons has a much cuter bow tied around her neck so maybe that will count towards the challenge, smile. The sentiment is a Studio G stamp that I picked up at Michaels and I traced over it with my Sakura Startdust pen to add just a little more sparkle!

Well, there you have it!!! Now I have to get back to my scrapbooking/stamping room and make a few more cards.

Be sure to come back on Tuesday, as, Kimmie and I will be posting this months challenge and I have a few other cards to share too. I made them for a demo that I did yesterday at the Scrapbook Academy on colouring with Distress inks. It was great fun and I met several lovely and talented ladies...*hands waving*!!! I think I have got some more ladies hooked on stamping and colouring in their stamps with distress inks, smile!!!

Thanks for stopping by and having a wee look-see...Oh and Happy Turkey day to all my fellow craftin' Canucks!!!

Our little Snow Angel....scrapbooking layout for Scrapbook Academy DT!

I thought I would change things up a bit and share some scrapbooking pages with you! This two page spread is something I worked on last week for the Scrapbook Academy DT. I was so happy when my very good friend Julie agreed to send some pics of her adorable daughter, Olivia, playing in the snow. They were perfect for this project! I had them printed in black and white. I also had 2x3 prints made as I love using pics in different sizes on my pages.

I used new Harmonie patterned paper and embellishments. This is a new Canadian scrapbooking company based in Quebec. Their paper, coordinating ribbon, Peel Off stickers and embellishments are so gorgeous. I really enjoyed working with this line and the pages came together so easily because all the of the elements coordinated so nicely. I used the Boule de Neige collection and Core'dinations Cardstock. The colours in these patterned paper are so beautiful...I just love the winter fresh colours.

I cut the title and flourishes on my Quickutz Silhouette and the scallop border is a QK 4X4 border die. The scalloped border was a nice "home" for me to add some journaling with Mellisa Frances rub-ons. One of the great features of the Core'dinations cardstock is that you can sand it, tear it or distress it and a coordinating colour shows through. I sanded the scalloped border strips before I applied the rub-ons.

I traced over the title and flourishes with my Sakura stardust pen to add some extra sparkle and it looks really cool when the light catches it. I also, added the silver Peel-Off stickers here and there and used the coordinating buttons and acrylic snowflakes as accents.

I wanted to add some journaling. So, I asked Julie to tell me about the story behind the photos. I firmly believe that scrapbooking is about telling stories. I printed the journaling and cut it into strips and placed it on the photos.

So, there you have it!!! I hope you enjoyed looking at these scrapbooking pages and I hope to take pics of some of the other pages I have completed and share them with you too!

Thanks for stopping by!

WOJ Challenge # 2....Believe!!!

Well, my house is clean and I got all my errands done yesterday. So, I finally settled in to do some stamping and play along with my favourite stamping challenges. The WOJ challenge was top on my "to do" list and I was super psyched to ink up my new WOJ rubber that I ordered from ATS. I had a good idea of what I wanted to do for this card but I need to check out the deets for this weeks challenge first. Well, when I saw that it was "stitching" I was more than a little befuddled,lol!! Ya see, me and my sewing machine aren't on speaking terms, lol!!! I so don't sew...my hubby does, though! He even made our kitchen balloon valences, pretty good ,eh?! But he has gone to his hockey pool for the day...so what is a girl to do!?
Well, I thought I would have to go the faux route and pulled out some DCWV rub-on stitches that I had in my stash.

I am not sure that I really like how the card turned out. I think the black stitching is too dark but I was afraid that the white wouldn't show up very well.

The card base is a 6X6 piece of black Core'dinations cardstock (love Core'dinations cardstock even if I don't sand it, tear it or distress it...it is still fabulous). I used some new patterned paper, Boule de Neige Collection, from Harmonie and matted it on some green Core'dinations cardstock and applied the stitching rub-ons around the edges.

I stamped Willow with Lantern on Georgia Pacific paper with my Memento Tuxedo Black ink and coloured her in with my Copics markers. Then I added a few highlights with some white acrylic paint and added some sparkle with my Sakura stardust pen. Then I cut around the image leaving a small border. I also, stamped Winter Night from Rosewood stamps on Georgia Pacific paper with Archival Brilliance Black Graphite ink and added some Crystal Stickles. I matted the Winter Night image with some salmon pink Core'dinations cardstock and tied some coordinating Harmonie Ribbon around it.

I used my new Imaginisce "Snag'em" stamp set called "Believe". I stamped the sentiment "Believe" on a scrap of Georgia Pacific paper with black Staz-on ink. Gotta love these cute stamps I have picked up a few of the different Christmas/Winter sets and for $1.50, ya just can't go wrong! Then, I added a little more Crystal Stickles here and there and decided to put a few of my new small pink BellaBaubles in the centre of the snowflakes on the pp.

This card is starting to grow on me but I"m still not too keen on the faux stitching. Thinkin' I need to get hubby to show me how to work the sewing machine, smile!!!

Thanks for stopping by and havin' a wee look-see!!!

And the winner is.....My Favourite Things Blog Candy!!!

I don't have a card to show you this morning. I've had a crazy week so no time for stamping and card making and I have a ton of things to do today and stamping and card making isn't one of them, unfortunately. I hope to get some time tonight and tomorrow to play along with my favourite challenge blogs!

I just wanted to quickly post the winner of the My Favourite Things Blog Candy and say a big THANK YOU to all who played along!!! It was lots of fun reading all your favourite things to use or do when you are crafting and I really appreciate all the kind and congratulatory comments on reaching 5, 000 hits!!! I hope many of you who visited for the first time to enter the blog candy will come back and visit again!!! So......the random winner is......

Charith said...

Congrats on your 5,000 hits Tara! I've linked your blog from mine and hope my blogging friends will visit you!http://charith-adayinthelife.blogspot.com/2008/10/check-these-out-for-blog-candy.html5

my favorite things are:Changito stamps from Stampendous,Copic markers,Prima flowers,all my Cricut cartridges,and Nestibilities Oval scallops! I'd love to add a permenent link to your blog from mine.

October 3, 2008 8:32 AM

Congrats Charith!!! Please e-mail me with your address and I will put your candy in the post!!!

And I received this very sweet award from Marcea who is one very talented lady with a very sweet blog of her own and she was so kind to pass it on to me!!! Thanks so much Marcea!!!

So, I would like to pass this One Sweet blog Award on to....

Kim

Sharon

Kelly

Le Coin De 100drine

Charith

Thanks for stopping by and Happy World Card Making day!!!