One for the road .....

We are leaving to Saskatchewan at noon to go camping with my Mom and Step-dad for the weekend. So I thought I'd post one for the road. I hope everyone has a safe and fun Canada Day long weekend or a great July 4th if you are one of my American readers.



I am in love with the Barquoe sets in the new SU! catalogue. I never thought I'd like them as they aren't my cutesy type style but as soon as I started using them I knew I had to have everything in the 'Tapestry' category!

Supplies (all SU unless indicated)
Stamps: Barquoe Motifs
Paper: certainly celery, purely pomegranate
Ink: purely pomegranate, rose red, Encore champagne, certainly celery
Accessories: spiral from hodgepodge hardware, certainly celery grograin, distressing tool, rose red brads

New Card Post!

This card started out with me wanting to do a tent topper card using this week's SCS color challenge 120 which used cool caribbean, morning marigold and pretty in pink however, I had this patterned paper on my desk so it ended up being morning marigold, DP from the Paisleys paper, regal rose, always artichoke and taken with teal.

Supplies (all Stampin' Up unless indicated)
Stamps: Big Blooms, 'Bloom' by Impression Obession
Paper: morning marigold, DP from the Paisleys paper, always artichoke,taken with teal
Ink: Versafine black onyx, regal rose
Accessories: pink polka dot ribbon - Dots and Dashes from Michael's, Marvy giga scalloped circle and mega circle, paper piercer, Pink rhinestones (though they look purple in the picture) bought at Office Depot



This was the second card I made and this time I was able to stick to CC120 using morning marigold, pretty in pink and cool caribbean.

Supplies (all Stampin' Up unless indicated)
Stamps: Polka Dots and Paisleys
Paper: morning marigold, pretty in pink and DP from Paisley pack
Ink: cool caribbean, versafine black onyx
Accessories: pink flower brad - unknown source just in my stash, blue polka dot ribbon - Michael's Dots and Dashes, Marvy giga scalloped circle and mega circle, paper piercer

My 80's guy

Your 80s Hunk Is

Jason Bateman

Who's Your 80s Hunk?

Two of my Favorite Little People

I've been a bad blogger - I have new projects I just haven't managed to get a picture of them when the light has been good. Maybe on Thursday as I do laundry before we take off for the long weekend. I thought I'd share two photos with you.


These are my brother's kids, Katelynn and Cooper. Katelynn is 21 months and Cooper is almost 10 months. Yes, my brother and sister-in-law have their hands full. Katie will be my flower girl at the wedding and Cooper is going to be one of the 'best boys' along with my other nephew who is almost 1 and my ring bear is his older brother who is 3 1/2 years old. Should be a good kid show that day. Of course, I will post pictures once we are back from our honeymoon. Wedding day is 3 months away - September 29, 2007!

This last picture is a picture a friend of ours took in Vegas of Ian and I at the end of April. Her husband was seriously hurt in a boating accident in May so I just got it from her. The good news is her husband will be fine - just a long, slow, painful physical therapy recovery.

Muddy Boot

This is the last of a 5 card series that I did using a similiar colour scheme and the PaperTrey stamp sets. These 5 cards will be sent to Julie as she is collecting cards for a friend of hers to auction for the Austism Society in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Supplies (all supplies SU unless indicated)
Stamps: Green Thumb - PaperTrey
Paper: Whisper White, Summer Sun, Really Rust, Garden Green
Ink: Summer Sun, Chocolate Chip, Really Rust, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Ribbon - Dots and Dashes from Michaels, Cuttlebug - Blossoms embossing folder

Flower Butterfly

This is the 4th of a 5 card series that I did using a similiar colour scheme and the PaperTrey stamp sets. These 5 cards will be sent to Julie as she is collecting cards for a friend of hers to auction for the Austism Society in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Supplies (all supplies SU unless indicated)
Stamps: Butteryfly Kisses - PaperTrey, Sentiment 'Butterfly Kisses' - Serendipity
Paper: Whisper White, More Mustard, So Saffron Designer Paper from Pallete of Prints (available in 12x12 in new catty)
Ink: More Mustard, So Saffron, Black Onyx Versafine
Accessories: Ribbon - Costco 30 roll package from Dec'06

Lady in the Garden

This is the 3rd of a 5 card series that I did using a similiar colour scheme and the PaperTrey stamp sets. These 5 cards will be sent to Julie as she is collecting cards for a friend of hers to auction for the Austism Society in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Supplies (all supplies SU unless indicated)
Stamps: Green Thumb and Little Lady - PaperTrey
Paper: Whisper White, More Mustard, Really Rust
Ink: More Mustard, Really Rust, Summer Sun, Garden Green, Black Onyx Versafine
Accessories: 'In the Garden' ribbon from Michaels $1.50 bin, yellow brads on the ribbon

New SU set

I'll give you a break from my series of PaperTrey cards for today.

I finally had a chance to play with my new stamps this weekend. This is my first card using the new Stampin' Up set called 'Pick a Petal'. This set will be in the new catalogue and available on July 1. I love being a demo as I got to purchase this set early. This is my first attempt using this set and I can see I will need to play with a bit before I find that I love the cards I make with it. I distressed the edges of all the cardstock edges using my distressing tool. They eyelet is there as I was going to use one of the new rhinestone circle brads but it didn't look right so then I had a hole in my card so an eyelet was born.

Supplies (all Stampin' Up unless indicated)
Stamps: Pick a Petal, Warm Words
Cardstock: whisper white, purely pomegranate (new 2008 in color), so saffron, rose red designer paper from May promo (will be in new catty as 12x12 pack)
Ink: purely pomegranate, so saffron, Versafine black onyx
Accessories: rose red eyelet

Flower Trio

This is the 2nd of a 5 card series that I did using a similiar colour scheme and the PaperTrey stamp sets. These 5 cards will be sent to Julie as she is collecting cards for a friend of hers to auction for the Austism Society in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Supplies (all supplies SU unless indicated)
Stamps: Green Thumb - PaperTrey
Paper: Whisper White, More Mustard, Really Rust, Garden Green
Ink: More Mustard, Really Rust, Summer Sun, Garden Green, Black Onyx Versafine
Accessories: 'In the Garden' ribbon from Michaels $1.50 bin, yellow eyelets on the ribbon

Paisley Flutter

This is the 1st of a 5 card series that I did using a similiar colour scheme and the PaperTrey stamp sets. These 5 cards (shown over the next 5 days plus 5 xmas cards and 5 cards using Dainty Bella) will be sent to Julie as she is collecting cards for a friend of hers to auction for the Austism Society in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I had the honour of meeting Julie when Ian and I were back in Dartmouth (aka Halifax area) at the end of May. Julie and I stamped one night. I basically colored Bella images and Julie finished off a House Mouse swap. Check out Julie's blog as she has brought in a pile of cards. Julie - These cards will be in the mail to you on Monday!

Supplies (all supplies SU unless indicated)
Stamps: Butterfly Kisses - PaperTrey
Paper: Natural Ivory,More Mustard, So Saffron, So Saffron Paisley DP
Ink: So Saffron, More Mustard, Black Onyx Versafine
Accessories: Cuttlebug Mesh embossing folder, Moss grosgrain ribbon

Disney Alter Ego

I got this from Tracey's blog.

You scored as Peter Pan, Your alter ego is Peter Pan. You are a child at heart. Anything you believe is possible, and you never want to grow up. Peter Pan 88% Ariel 75% Cinderella 69% The Beast 69% Sleeping Beauty 63% Pinocchio 56% Donald Duck 56% Goofy 56% Cruella De Ville 50% Snow White 25% Which Disney Character is your Alter Ego? created with QuizFarm.com

Cats like to Stamp Too

I just put away my pre-order from Stampin' Up - my new stamps on my desk and my paper cutter all ready to finish the inserts on the wedding invites so they can be mailed out later this week.

Apparently, Missie thought she should help too.

Once the wedding invites are out this week - I can play with my new toys. I've gotten Barquoe Motifs and Pick a Petal plus 3 of the new in color inks and a multi pack of the in colors.

Also, on another note, I had an interview at Husky this morning. If things work out I could be back in the engineering work force very soon. I guess 2 months off is enough - but its been fun.

I have 4 new cards using Paper Trey sets - I need a 5th one before I post as I am created a set for Julie at Mutch to Stamp. She is collecting cards for a friend of her, who needs this for an auction for autism. Julie if your reading this - I'll be sending you a xmas set, a bella set and the paper trey set. I'll post them all soon.

Sex in the City

Thanks to Allison for this hot little quiz. Before I did the quiz - this is who I thought I would get.

Which Sex and the City character are you?
You are Miranda! You are laid back & totally still hot. You are relaxed, but when you want to get out, you g e t out. You are fun and in your group of friends you are the anchor, you hold everything together and people look to you for advice.
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Little Ladies

I love Paper Trey and their clear acrylic stamps. This is the newest release called Little Lady. When I saw this release I knew I had to have it so I ordered it with the sentiment set Paper Tray.



Supplies:
Stamps: Little Lady - Paper Trey
Paper: Basic Black, Real Red
Ink: CTHM Black, Real Red, whisper white
Accessories: Marvy giga scalloped circle and mega plain circle, ribbon from Michaels



Supplies:
Stamps: Little Lady and Paper Tray - Paper Trey
Paper: Basic Grey Stella Ruby 6x6, cranberry crisp, old olive, whisper white
Ink: CTHM Black, Cranberry Crisp
Accessories: SU! celery grosgrain

Beate's Sketch

I finally had a chance to do one of Beate's weekend sketch challenges. I actually did this on Sunday night even though I'm uploading it on Monday night. Beate extended this weekends to Tuesday am.

My card is a standard 4 1/4 by 5 1/2 card. I think most people did a square card for this one but I stuck to the standard. The fairy stamps are from Close to My Heart and I'm not even sure if they are current or not anymore. I really like how this one turned out. The inspirations started with using the 6x6 Stella Ruby paper and then I though of fairies and flowers and sure enough I have a flower fairy set. I didn't photograph these until tonight so I had to use my ott lite rather than natural light so the watercoloring on the fairy didn't come out that well.



Supplies
Stamps: Fairy - Flower Fairies (CTMH), Sentiment - Fairy Dust (CTMH), Floral background (SU)
Paper: Barquoe Burgandy (SU - retired color - IMO, a nicer burgandy than bravo), So saffron, 6x6 Basic Grey Stella Ruby, Very Vanilla
Ink: waterproof black, Markers for watercoloring (barquoe burgandy, so saffron, certainly celery, blush blossom, cameo coral)
Accessories: Marvy giga scalloped circle and mega circle, pink eyelets set with cropdile, yellow stickles in the center of pink eyelets

Google Reader

I was using Technorati to view all the blogs I subscribe to but I was finding it doesn't ping out properly or update all the different kind of blogs.

This week Nancy posted that Google Reader allows a next reader and that she can keep hitting next until it takes her to the end of the blogs she reads. I checked it out and tried it with the Canadian blogs I read for the week. I would have done it for everything but I have 95 blogs favorited and Technorati doesn't allow an export of your favorited links just an import. So, I had to copy and paste the url in. Well after a few days of use I could see it was better so tonight I added all the addresses in and I am 100% caught up in my blurfing (great word courtesy of Allison) done. This next button actually makes it easier for me to leave comments to as I just hit next when I am done I don't have to hit the back button to take me to the home page.

I would highly recommend using Google Reader if you aren't already.

May Paper Pretties Box

I know its June 1st and I'm just now posting two May Paper Pretties creations. I received my box the day before we left to Halifax so I haven't had a chance until Tuesday night to play with the paper and stamps. This first card was the card design that came in the May box from Christie. The base is black bazzill and the patterned papers are both Basic Grey one from the Scarlett Letter line and the other from the Stella Ruby line. The red brads are Northern Element over a piece of vellum. The image of course is Diplomabella from Stamping Bella. All elements on this card were in the May box. I colored the image with a blender pen and a black ink pad (didn't come up very black in the picture) and then used real red, old olive, chocolate chip and blush blossom markers and a blender pen for the remainder of the image.



The second image is a similar layout to the first but I put my own spin of it by adding a red ribbon, some prima flowers and distressing the image with a brown antiquing tool. I colored the robe this time with an old olive marker and a blender pen. Everything was again from the card box except for the piece of old olive I used to layer the image, the brown brad on the flower and the Stampendous congratulations stamped on the bottom.

If you haven't signed up yet - these boxes are great. Christie has arranged for shipping with Fedex now so we will get our boxes even faster. If you decide to sign up make sure to tell Christie that Shannon from Calgary sent you. Won't be long now and my June box will ship with Cruisebella in it!