Three Blooms

This was one of the cards that I made for my Stamp Club at the beginning of May. I taught the gals how to color on to the stamps with SU! markers.

Supplies (all supplies are Stampin' Up)
Stamps: Sincere Saluations, Big Blooms
Ink: Certainly Celery, Markers: Certainly Celery, Regal Rose, Ballet Blue
Paper: Certainly Celery, Whisper White, Regal Rose
Accessories: Celery grosgrain ribbon

Blog Candy coming ...

I've hit 1500 views this weekend - so watch for some blog candy to be posted tomorrow morning for all the people that read my blog.

Thanks.

Another 2 from the April Paper Pretties box

These are the last two cards that I made from the April Paper Pretties box. I think I have at least another 4 cards that I could make out of the supplies in the box.




All paper and stamp supplies from April Paper Pretties box unless indicated.
Patterned Paper: Paper Salon
Paper: SU! Cool Caribbean, White ultrasmooth
Stamp: Jammybella by Stamping Bella, other stamps not included in box - 'Life is a pajama party' by Hampton, 'Party Girl' by Michaels $1.50 clear stamps
Ink: black stazon, watercolored with reinkers - SU! Close to Cocoa, Cool Caribbean, Chestnut Roan by Chalk ink (not included in box)
Accessories: American Crafts Elements brads included in box, Primas, turquoise grosgrain ribbon, brown grosgrain by Stampin' Up, brown brads (April suggested add on)
Note: no Stampin' Up products were included in box

My May PP box should be arriving soon - this one features Diplomabella from Stamping Bella.

Happy Mother's Day!

I know that a Mother's Day wish is a few days early but, my Mom flies in tonight so I won't be online much between now and Sunday evening.

We are going dress shopping for my Mom's 'Mother of the Bride' dress. This is also the first Mother's Day weekend we have spent together since I finished university. It will be a great weekend as a weekend with my Mom always is. Ian is heading north to Edmonton after work on Friday - I guess there is a little too much woman in this house for him this weekend plus he gets his new wheels on his Mini tomorrow and I think he wants to hang with his best friend, Chris as Chris will have a better appreciation for his new 'rubber' - little does he know - I appreciate new rubber just not the kind that goes on a car!

This first picture is my Mother's gift to my Mom. The tin has a set of all 8 Michael's second set of clear stamps and the block that goes with them. I happened to stumble into Michael's at the right time. I also got a set for myself but I only have 7 of them missing the 'girl' one. The baggie contains a whole lot of Bath and Body Works products that I got for my Mom while we were in Vegas. The 'r' is for Rita.



This second picture is Ian's Mom's gift. I am sure she has never got anything like this from Ian before. Here tin contains some loose English breakfast tea, the individual spoon container for the tea and a lotion from Bath and Body Works. I haven't sent this to her as we are going to Halifax on the red eye next Thursday night so on Friday morning (the 18th) we will be able to give her this gift. The 'd' is for Denise!


Supplies:
Stamps: Wild Rose stamp set by Stampin' Up, Home is by PSX
Cardstock: Mellow Moss, Cranberry Crisp, Recollections - all by Stampin' Up
Ink: Cranberry Crisp, Mellow Moss - all by Stampin' Up, Black Versafine
Accessories: More Mustard chalk for rose centers by Stampin' Up, Mellow Moss and Ivory grosgrain, Cranberry Crisp stitched grosgrain all by Stampin' Up, Monograms 'r' and 'd' are undressed Monograms by Basic Grey, Mega scalloped circle by Marvy

Do I have a life?

I saw this over at Nancy's Blog..

It’s been said that if you’ve seen over 85 movies you have no life. Mark the ones you’ve seen. There are 239 films on this list. Copy this list, go to your own blog, paste it in and put x’s by the ones that you have seen. Add them up...

( ) Rocky Horror Picture Show
( ) Grease
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean
(x) Pirates of the Caribbean 2: Dead Man’s Chest
( ) Boondock Saints
( ) Fight Club
(x) Starsky and Hutch
(x) Neverending Story
( ) Blazing Saddles
( ) Airplane
( ) The Princess Bride
(x) AnchorMan
( ) Napoleon Dynamite
( ) Labyrinth
( ) Saw
( ) Saw II
( ) White Noise
(x) White Oleander
(x) Anger Management
(x) 50 First Dates
( ) The Princess Diaries
( ) The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement
Total so far: 8 out of 22

() Scream
() Scream 2
() Scream 3
(x) Scary Movie
( ) Scary Movie 2
( ) Scary Movie 3
( ) Scary Movie 4
(x) American Pie
(x) American Pie 2
(x) American Wedding
( ) American Pie Band Camp
(x) Harry Potter 1
(x) Harry Potter 2
(x) Harry Potter 3
(x) Harry Potter 4
( ) Resident Evil 1
( ) Resident Evil 2
(x) The Wedding Singer
(x) Little Black Book
( ) The Village
( ) Lilo & Stitch
Total so far: 18 out of 43

(x) Finding Nemo
( ) Finding Neverland
( ) Signs
(x) The Grinch
(x) Texas Chainsaw Massacre
( ) Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
( ) White Chicks
(x) Butterfly Effect
(x) 13 Going on 30
( ) I, Robot
( ) Robots
( ) Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
( ) Universal Soldier
( ) Lemony Snicket: A Series Of Unfortunate Events
(x) Along Came Polly
( ) Deep Impact
( ) KingPin
(x) Never Been Kissed
(x) Meet The Parents
(x) Meet the Fockers
( ) Eight Crazy Nights
() Joe Dirt
( ) King Kong
Total so far: 27 out of 66

(x) A Cinderella Story
(x) The Terminal
( ) The Lizzie McGuire Movie
( ) Passport to Paris
(x) Dumb & Dumber
( ) Dumber & Dumberer
() Final Destination
( ) Final Destination 2
( ) Final Destination 3
( ) Halloween
( ) The Ring
( ) The Ring 2
( ) Surviving Christmas
( ) Flubber
( ) Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle
(x) Practical Magic
( ) Chicago
( ) Ghost Ship
( ) From Hell
( ) Hellboy
( ) Secret Window
(x) I Am Sam
() The Whole Nine Yards
() The Whole Ten Yards
Total so far: 32 out of 90

( ) The Day After Tomorrow
() Child’s Play
( ) Seed of Chucky
( ) Bride of Chucky
( ) Ten Things I Hate About You
(x) Just Married
( ) Gothika
( ) Nightmare on Elm Street
(x) Sixteen Candles
(x) Remember the Titans
(x) Coach Carter
( ) The Grudge
( ) The Grudge 2
(X) The Mask
( ) Son Of The Mask
() Bad Boys
( ) Bad Boys 2
() Joy Ride
() Lucky Number Sleven
(X) Ocean’s Eleven
() Ocean’s Twelve
(x) Bourne Identity
( ) Bourne Supremecy
( ) Lone Star
( ) Bedazzled
( ) Predator I
( ) Predator II
( ) The Fog
( x) Ice Age
( ) Ice Age 2: The Meltdown
( ) Curious George
Total so far: 40 out of 121.

(x) Independence Day
(x) Cujo
() A Bronx Tale
( ) Darkness Falls
( ) Christine
(X) E.T.
(x) Children of the Corn
(x) My Bosses Daughter
(x) Maid in Manhattan
(x) War of the Worlds
( ) Rush Hour
() Rush Hour 2
( ) Best Bet
(X) How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
( x) She’s All That
( x) Calendar Girls
( x) Sideways
( ) Mars Attacks
( ) Event Horizon
(x) Ever After
(X) Wizard of Oz
(x) Forrest Gump
( ) Big Trouble in Little China
( x) The Terminator
( x) The Terminator 2
( x) The Terminator 3
Total so far: 57 out of 147.

(x) X-Men
( ) X-2
( ) X3
( x) Spider-Man
(x) Spider-Man 2
( x) Sky High
( ) Jeepers Creepers
( ) Jeepers Creepers 2
(x) Catch Me If You Can
(X) The Little Mermaid
(x) Freaky Friday
( ) Reign of Fire
( ) The Skulls
(x) Cruel Intentions
( ) Cruel Intentions 2
( ) The Hot Chick
(X) Shrek
(X) Shrek 2
Total so far: 67 out of 165

() Swimfan
(x) Miracle on 34th street*
() Old School
(x) The Notebook
( ) K-Pax
( ) Krippendorf’s Tribe
(x) A Walk to Remember
() Ice Castles
( ) Boogeyman
(x) The 40-year-old Virgin
(x) Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
(x) Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
( ) Lord of the Rings: Return Of the King
() Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
() Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
(x) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Total so far: 74 out of 181

( ) Base-ketball
( ) Hostel
( ) Waiting for Guffman
( ) House of 1000 Corpses
( ) Devils Rejects
( ) Elf
( ) Highlander
( ) Mothman Prophecies
( ) American History X
( ) Three
( ) The Jacket
( ) Kung Fu Hustle
( ) Shaolin Soccer
( ) Night Watch
(x) Monsters Inc
(X) Titanic
( ) Monty Python and the Holy Grail
( ) Shaun Of the Dead
( ) Willard
Total so far: 76 out of 200.

( ) High Tension
( ) Club Dread
( ) Hulk
() Dawn Of the Dead
(x) Hook
( ) Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
( ) 28 days later
( ) Orgazmo
( ) Phantasm
( ) Waterworld
( ) Kill Bill Vol. 1
( ) Kill Bill Vol. 2
() Mortal Kombat
( ) Wolf Creek
( ) Kingdom of Heaven
( ) The Hills Have Eyes
( ) I Spit on Your Grave
( ) The Last House on the Left
( ) Re-Animator
() Army of Darkness
Total so far: 77 out of 220

(x) Star Wars Ep. I The Phantom Menace
( ) Star Wars Ep. II Attack of the Clones
( ) Star Wars Ep. III Revenge of the Sith
( ) Star Wars Ep. IV A New Hope
( ) Star Wars Ep. V The Empire Strikes Back
( ) Star Wars Ep. VI Return of the Jedi
( ) Ewoks: Caravan Of Courage
( ) Ewoks: The Battle For Endor
(x) The Matrix
( ) The Matrix: Reloaded
( ) The Matrix: Revolutions
() Animatrix
() Evil Dead
() Evil Dead 2
( ) Team America: World Police
( ) Red Dragon
(x) Silence of the Lambs
(x) Hannibal
Total: 81 out of 239

Just under the wire - apparently I have a life! Good thing I haven't see all the Star Wars movies just the first one - which is that #1? I'm not even sure.

I belong in .....

You Belong in 1954

You're fun loving, romantic, and more than a little innocent. See you at the drive in!

What Year Do You Belong In?

Back from Las Vegas!

I've been MIA since last Wednesday as we left to Vegas and just got back at 2 am last night. It was a great trip with some friends but happy to back in my own bed. Hopefully my feet will be rested in a couple of days.

I have a busy week ahead but hope to have a few new things up in the next couple of days.

Thanks for everyone who has been checking in as I am at 1200 hits - at 1500 there will be blog candy!

Tagged!

I was tagged by Nancy on Sunday. This tag is a bit different I am to list 7 things about myself and then tag 7 other people to do the same.

1. I'm an engineer and I'm marrying an engineer! How absolutely boring of us! Most people that know I stamp find it hard to believe I'm an engineer.

2. My future husband was born in 1980 - seems like a baby. At least I was born in 1976. Ian is also a leap year baby so he is officially 6 3/4 he will have his 7th birthday on Feb 29, 2008.

3. I've had the same cat since July 1993. Missie is now almost 14 years old and the most precious thing.





























4. I leave to Vegas in 20 hours! I can hardly wait.

5. I'm currently not working - call it between jobs - but I'm loving it.

6. Other than Ian, my Mom is truely my best friend.

7. I'm walking in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer for the first time in July. My Mom is also doing it with me here in Calgary. I've raised $3,680 towards my walk!

I tag the following bloggers
Amy R
Christie O
Julie M
Cindy K
Kelly
Kimmie
Natasha

Another Wedding Invite.....

However, this one is for a wedding invite swap that I am in on the Canadian yahoo group for SU! demos. They have to be postal by today so I thought I would show them.

Color scheme is similiar to my own wedding invites but I had to use all SU! supplies. This card is 6x6 in size and used the rock and roll techinque on the Roses in Winter set with So Saffron and Bravo Burgandy.


Supplies: (all supplies Stampin' Up!)
Stamps: Roses in Winter, Wonderful Words
Cardstock: Bravo Burgandy, So Saffron, Always Artichoke, Very Vanilla
Ink: Bravo Burgandy, So Saffron, Always Artichoke
Accessories: So Saffron brads, Ivory organdy ribbon
Technique: rock and roll

Wedding Invite Weekend!

I am getting married on September 29, 2007. My fiance, Ian (thats us on the side bar) proposed to me in Puerto Vallarta on my 30th birthday in November. As a stamper, I knew I would make my wedding invites and everything related to the wedding that I could. I am having a blast doing it!

Ian is off playing hockey in Edmonton at a company hockey tournament. I decide that this would be wedding invite weekend. (though I am taking a break to go to Scrapbookers Paradise members appreciation night tonight at 7pm)

There are the invites that I have been playing with over the last couple months. My color is Claret, SU! doesn't have a color that matches that red as it is more of a garnet color. Bravo Burgandy is too brown, Real Red is too cherry red so I decided that Cranberry Crisp was the closet and I really do love this color. I've added in So Saffron as an accent color. I've learned one thing - to design by envelope size as I'm not making a 100 envelopes as well! Our wedding theme is red roses and we are going for a very simple elegant look. I did CASE the roses with the cranberry and saffron from Emily at Stamping Stuff. She does amazing things with the Roses in Winter stamp set! She had used this color combo in a colour challenge at Splitcoaststampers which she titled Saffron Roses. It was CC104!


This pocket card is about 4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in size. I really like the pocket but Ian wasn't that crazy about it. I knew that it would be a bit time consuming to do 100 of theses as the layers are 1/16" layers and I would want to use my Perfect Layers tool to get them just right. Plus waste paper is an issue as it is such an irregular size and Cranberry Crisp only comes in 8 1/2 x 11.








I returned to a standard A2 card size. I used the Floral stamp on the background and the ticket corner punch on the stamped image. I liked the look and ease of this card but thought I should try my cuttlebug on the background.









Remember when the southwest corner punch was all the rage! Well it definitely doesn't go with the Divine Swirls Cuttlebug background. I wanted to try this corner so that I could see how it looked and I could pick what I like from the three A2 cards. I do like the bug embossed background so I thought I'd try the script background to tie into the word stamp.







This is it! Once I put the script background together with this stamped image. I knew this was the look I was after for my invites. I decided as much as I like the corner ticket punch from above with the brads I preferred the clean lines look with the standard brads in the corner.

Supplies:
Stamps: Roses in Winter set by Stampin' Up, Red Rose by Penny Black
Cardstock: All by Stampin' Up, Cranberry Crisp, So Saffron, Naturals Ivory
Ink: All by Stampin' Up, Cranberry Crisp, So Saffron, Mellow Moss
Accessories: silver brads, Stampin' Up Ivory Organdy ribbon

Go Flames Go!

These are a few pictures from the Flames game (Game 3, Round 1) in Calgary on Tuesday night against the Red Wings. I won the opportunity to buy tickets in the SportChek zone in the Flames lottery. I usually really hate being up in Level 3 but for a playoff game I can make an exception. I have been spoiled with working in the oil and gas industry in Calgary as an engineer, I tend to get free tickets from my vendors which are always in Level 1 so I've come to expect it. Of course, Ian came
with me - and if it weren't for him we would have no pictures as I hate lugging the camera around.


Before the game, at the official 'Tailgate Party in front of the Saddledome'.









The Pre-Game show before the National Athems.











The 'C' of Red in the Saddledome. Dress code for a Flames game is RED - preferable a hockey jersey.























A picture of Ian in his helmet from the HeraldHockeyHeads, he insisted of having a twizler in his mouth for the picture.

Right now, the Flames are down 4-0 in Game 5 in Detroit. Series is tied 2-2 - not looking like a win today, the Flames really do need to win a game on the road which is a weakness of theirs. They had the worst road record in the NHL this year.

I do love hockey and would hate to see it all over in Round 1!

ETA: The final score is 5-1 for Red Wings. Back to Calgary tomorrow night for Game 6! The must win on the road for Game 7 to keep this going.

Tagged ...... My turn!

I was blogger tagged by Tracy .

So now I have the hard job of coming up with 5 of my favorite sites. It is near impossible to list any sites that haven't been already tagged. So, I am just going to list 5 sites that are must stops for me daily. (in no particular order)

Emily at Stamping Stuff
Amy at Prairie Paper and Ink
Christie at Little Pink Flowers and Paper Pretties
Emily at StampingBella
Nancy at Nancy's Creative Mess

I could easily list another 10 that I stop by on a daily basis.

April Paper Pretties Cards

This first card was the card class example that came in the box that was designed by Christie at Paper Pretties, her own blog is Little Pink Flowers.

All paper and stamp supplies from April Paper Pretties box.
Patterned Paper: Paper Salon
Paper: Brown Bazzill
Stamp: Jammiebella by Stamping Bella
Ink: black stazon, watercolored with reinkers - SU! Close to Cocoa, Cool Caribbean
Accessories: American Crafts Elements brads included in box

This second card is a slight variation of Christie's design however I used the white grosgrain in the box and my giga scalloped square punch.

Supplies as above with the addition of white grosgrain from the Paper Pretties box.

This third card changed with the addition of Stampin' Up brown grosgrain ribbon and the addition of a brown prima that was included in the box.

And last but not least for today -
This fourth card is my favorite design today. I used the Cool Caribbean long notes from the Spring Mini. I have added the 'Life is a Pajama Party' stamp from Hampton Art Stamps. There were a few primas in the box however, I did purchase a couple of the suggested add-ons from Paper Pretties which included some other brads and some Daisies by Prima.

All paper and stamp supplies from April Paper Pretties box unless indicated.
Patterned Paper: Paper Salon
Paper: SU! Cool Caribbean, Brown Bazzill
Stamp: Jammiebella by Stamping Bella, 'Life is a pajama party' by Hampton
Ink: black stazon, watercolored with reinkers - SU! Close to Cocoa, Cool Caribbean
Accessories: American Crafts Elements brads included in box, Primas, turquoise and white grosgrain ribbon

Paper Pretties is in the house!

My April box arrived. I am so excited to get started. I'd take a picture of the contents plus my add-ons but the camera is in the bedroom and Ian is sleeping.

Tomorrow night I break in to the box to play with jammiebella. I also got some paper packs from Crate Papers that are gorgeous and dying to be used.

Stay tuned for more bellas.

Calgary Blog Candy winner

I had '3' comments from Calgarians. I had hoped for more responses here and on CST so although I have all positive responses - I am a little leary of planning this event and not having the attendance. I'll have to think on this a bit more!

Anyhow on to the blog candy winner, I used a random number picker on the internet that I googled. It picked #3 which means the winner is Nancy!

Nancy - I'll bring your blog candy by when I stop for my coaster order.

Thanks everyone for the responses.

Off to do some errands today. Sure wish it wasn't snowing.

Stamp and Scrap Night in Calgary? with Blog Candy

HELP FROM CALGARIANS IS NEEDED - ANSWER MY POLL WHICH GETS YOU IN FOR A CALGARY ONLY BLOG CANDY!

ETA: Post is set for April 10 to keep it at the top of my new blog. For new posts, please scroll down. Blog Candy picture added!

I am walking in the Weekend to End Breast Cancer at the end of July and my team and I have come up with a fundraiser in which the proceeds from the event would go to our team for the Walk - "Getting Juggie with it". (Please visit my participation page to learn more about the event)

We would like to host a Stamp and Scrap Event on a Saturday night in June from 4pm-midnight. Dinner would be included in the cost. We are looking a local community centre in Calgary to rent and would be approaching local vendors for donations so that we could do a raffle as well.

We are proposing that the event would cost $40 for the evening, includes 8 hours of stamp/scrap time, door prizes and dinner for the night. The raffle would be in addition fundraiser.

So, if you are from Calgary and area - please answer my poll by leaving me a comment.

o Sign me up, price is more than reasonable
o Sign me up, can we do this every month?
o I might be interested
o $40 is too rich for me
o I wouldn't be interested in such an event

I will draw from the comments left by all for a little blog candy thank you for your help. Blog candy will be drawn for on Tuesday, April 10 at 9 am MST.

Up for grabs is everything seen in the picture. My au chocolate thanks card. Bling flowers and bling circles, metal photo corners, green and purple fibres, and metal tags.

Embossing Resist with Paisleys

This card used embossing resist with the Polka Dots and Paisley set from Stampin' Up. I made this card for my first stamp club back in March.

The paisleys were embossed in white then I sponged regal rose on to the cardstock. The flower was stamped on after.

Supplies (all Stampin' Up)
Stamp set: Taggers' Dozen, Polka Dots and Paisley
Ink: Regal Rose, versamark
Paper: Regal Rose, Real Red
Accessories: tag punch, small tag punch, red grosgrain ribbon

Happy Easter!

Ian and I are off to Saskatchewan to visit my family for the weekend at about 4 pm today. We will be back on Sunday afternoon.

I made this Happy Easter card from a TAC set (The Angel Company is not available in Canada but I bought through a US source) The design in from the scraps I had from my Paper Pretties march box.

Supplies:
Stamp set: TAC
Ink: versafine, colored with prismacolors and OMS
Paper: yellow bazzill, parakeet bazzill, crate designer paper, pretty in pink, whisper white
Accessories: bazzill brads, coral ribbon



I made these pails for my nephews in Saskatchewan for Easter. Denton is 3 1/2 years old and very big into spiderman, his brother, Hunter is 9 months old so his isn't as exciting as all the spiderman grub.

Paisley Flower

This is my pink paisley pinwheel flower which was one of the cards we made at March's stamp club. I used versmamark resist on the glossy panel and then sponged on the regal rose. Rose red paisleys were stamped on to regal rose cardstock and then cut out. Paisleys were paper pierced and fastened with a brad then I fanned out the paisleys to create the flower.

Supplies (all supplies are Stampin' Up)
Stamp set: Polka Dots and Paisley
Ink: red rose, regal rose, versamark
Paper: regal rose, pretty in pink
Accessories: white grosgrain, hand punch, silver brad

My Name!

What Shannon Means

S is for Snarky H is for Hip A is for Amorous N is for Nice N is for Natural O is for Openhearted N is for Naive

What Does Your Name Mean?

Last Two DaintyBellas

These are the last two bellas that I made with the March box. I am so glad that it is April 1 and that the new bella box with jammiebella will be shipped so that I can play with these again. All supplies other than the yellow stickles, stamp from Serendipity Stamps and primas were from the March box at Paper Pretties.

More DaintyBellas

Finally some computer time at home when I can post some more pictures. Work during the day and doing my taxes at night (actually I did Ian's tonight) really cramps my style.

Anyhow, here are 2 more of the bellas that I made with the March Paper Pretties Box.
All supplies from the first DaintyBella from Stamping Bella was watercoloured with markers. All supplies were from the March Box except the pink prima and the brad in the prima flower is from the dollar store.



The second DaintyBella was coloured with yellow stickles. The stamp is from Serendipity stamps and all other supplies are from the March Box.







The third DaintyBella skirt was cased from Christie at Paper Pretties, this card was in the members only gallery so I won't post a link of here card as you won't be able to see it. I changed it up but putting patterned paper which is from Crate Papers on the skirt and then using seafoam organdy ribbon from CTMH for the skirt. I used frosted lace stickles on the top of the dress. The brads are from the dollar store. Other than the organdy ribbon and the brads all other supplies were from the March PP box.


This last DaintyBella was a slight variation of the others. Here dress is done in the frosted lace stickles and the primas were added. Again, all other supplies were from the March box.

I have 2 other DaintyBellas left to post from my bella marathon with the March Box. I am emailing them to my work so that I can post them for you tomorrow.

So have you signed up to get your own Paper Pretties box. If you do - make sure to say that 'Shannon Grant' referred you. I get a copy things for this and I think Christie waves your membership fee.

Watermark Designs

Did you ever notice the great watermark that I use on my cards?

Well you can get your own. Cindy Kerry will make you your very own. Visit her at her new blogspot Watermark Designs. To celebrate here new site and business she is giving away blog candy as well.

Cdn Ribbon Share

Janet at Seasoned Stamper is doing a polka-dot ribbon share.

I'm doing option #1 - more ribbon for me!

Clapton was fablous!

Eric Clapton was great last night. He started off a bit slow with a lot of instrumental music but he got me in the middle when he sat down and did a acoustic session than he ended the concert with a bang doing all the very popular Clapton songs.

More DaintyBellas when I get home from work - which is after I do spin class at the gym with the fiance and perhaps get some groceries then make dinner etc etc .....

Eric Clapton

Tonight is the Eric Clapton concert in Calgary. My fiance is a huge HUGE music buff actually I should say he is a huge guitar guy - the person doesn't even need to sing to make him happy, the instrumentals are his favs. Since, I've been dating Ian, I have gone to so many concerts.

So far this year we have seen:
Colin James and his Little Big Band (@ Jub, Feb 23)
Van Morrison (@ Saddledome, Feb 27) This was Ian's xmas present.

Eric Clapton is tonight.

The we have tickets to Jesse Cooke on May and Keith Urban in Sept (ok this one was more my doing than Ian!). We are heading to Vegas at the end of April and plan to go to the Blue Man Group and see Cirque de Soleil show Love, which is a tribute to the Beatles.

We would be at a concert or pub with live music every night if Ian had his way but well we do have to work sometime plus if we did that when would he play his guitar which leaves me in peace to stamp?

Who have you seen lately?

Dainty Bella

This first bella card (from StampingBella) is the example that Christie sent in the Paper Pretties card box. I had to make one of the original idea of Christie's then I have now made 7 others with basically all the supplies that were in the card box. I think I could get 2 more as I have a piece of yellow bazzill that hasn't been cut into and some more Crate paper and ribbon left. Plus I have some parakeet bazzill in my own personal stash that was in the box as well. I tried to create all my cards with just the supplies in the box but there were some embellishments that made their way on to the cards.



Once I saw the card of the week at Paper Pretties - I knew I had to use stickles on these gals. Christie sent along some Frosted Lace stickles. By using that my Dainty Bella has now become a bride. Everything on this card was in the card box. However, I realize that from the picture you can't see the stickles so your going to have to take my word for it that the dress is covered in stickles and is very sparkly.

If you want to know how to get a card class in a box. Check out Paper Pretties. One box has Bellas and the new box that Christie introduced has stamps from My Favorite Things.

Paper Pretties and Distressed Recollections

I am happy to report that I was able to get going on my card class box from Paper Pretties. The cards are so fun to make. I will be uploading the card class that Christie based the card on later today. (I have to do my taxes first but before the taxes I need to clean the computer desk so that I have some space to the taxes.) I then have at least 5 more cards to upload through this week that I made with the supplies in the box. I tried to use just the box supplies but some primas popped onto a few cards. If you want to get in on the card class in a box, today is the final day to order your subscription for the April box. Christie has 2 options now, the bella box which is featuring jammiebella for April and diplomabella for May - the other box is using a stamp set from My Favorite Things. Members get lots of extras such as a rak list, a members only gallery, plus discounts in the members store. I've also got some adds on purchased for my April box. Make sure to visit http://www.paperpretties.net to get in on yours.

Now on to today's card.


This was another of the card that we made at Stamp Club on Thursday. We used a sanding block to distress the patterned paper from Stampin' Up. I crumpled the Recollections Designer Series paper and then used the sanding block to sand the ridges. The rest of the card is pretty self-explanatory.

Supplies (all supplies are Stampin' Up)
Stamp set: Lexicon of Love
Ink: cranberry crisp
Paper: recollections designer series, very vanilla, mellow moss, cranberry crisp
Accessories: cranberry stitched ribbon, sanding block

Gift Card Holder

When I first saw a gift card holder, I thought to myself and here I thought I putting them in the card was enough - now I can have a matching card and gift card holder. This is our 'other' type project tonight for stamp club. Finished size is 3 1/2 x 4 - I used a sheet of 3 1/2 x 8 1/2 and scored at 3 and 7, folded, taped the sides and decorated.

Supplies (all Supplies Stampin Up)
Stamp set: Tagger's Dozen from Winter Mini
Paper: Au chocolat designer papers from Spring Mini, very vanilla, pretty in pink
Ink: chocolate chip
Acessories: small tag punch, tag punch, light pink grosgrain ribbon

Stamp Time Somewhere

Jeanna is giving away blog candy at her blog - Stamp Time Somewhere. There is an awesome selection there to win. Be sure to stop by and don't forget to tell her I sent you!

Cracked Harmony

I made this card back in February for my first Stamp Club. It used the Happy Harmony stamp set from Sell-a-bration (SAB) and the cracked glass technique. If you don't know this technique - Beate's instruction on Splitcoaststampers (SCS) for Cracked Glass are really easy to follow. However, she said to leave it in the freezer for 1 minute - I think this was a typo as it really should be 10 minutes then you take it out and crack it. I used clear embossing powder in several layers (I think 5) and had to re-freeze it a couple of times to get the cracks I wanted. Then I sponged perfect plum ink into the cracks so they were more apparent. I think I need to get myself some ultra thick embossing powder before I do this again as I think it would crack a bit better and you won't have so many layers. Regardless, the gals at my club thought it was a really cool technique.

Supplies (all supplies Stampin' Up)
Stamp set: SU Happy Harmony
Ink: perfect plum, elegant eggplant
Paper: perfect plum, pale plum, naturals ivory
Accessories: clear embossing powder, embossing buddy, eggplant grosgrain ribbon

Measure of Life

This is 1 of the 3 cards for my stamp club on Thursday night. I couldn't resist doing another taken with teal card. The teal with the black is so vibrant. I used the wax paper resist technique for the background.

Supplies (all supplies by Stmpin' Up)
Stamp set: Measure of Life stamp set by Stampin' Up, Level 2 hostess
Ink and Paper: basic black ink and paper, taken with teal ink
Accessories: black grosgrain ribbon and taken with teal and tempting turquoise chalk

I am very excited for my girls to make these 3 cards plus I have a gift card holder to do. This will be our second meeting. I am converting some die hard scrapbookers to stampers. Its going to be fun.

Laughing CosmoBella

The bellas from Stamping Bella are so much fun to create with. I can't wait for my box from Paper Pretties to arrive this week. If you don't know about Paper Pretties and Stamping Bella, they are both a must to check out.

Stamps: Cosmobella and martini glass by Stamping Bella, Laugh by TAC
Paper: apricot appeal, rose red, cool caribbean
Ink: basic black
Technique: watercolored with reinkers
Accessories: paper piecer, perfect layers tool, dimensional magic on glass in bella's hand

Pink Paisley

I stamped this card about a month ago but then abandoned it as it needed something. Tonight in the wee hours of the morning, I have managed to salvage the card. The color combo of tempting turquoise, apricot appeal and pink passion came from the February demo challenge. The layout was also from there however I added an addition pink passion layer under the image to tie in the stamped area to the background. The stamp set is Polka Dot & Paisley from the Spring Mini.

It isn't a color combo I would ever pick. I had never used a sheet of pink passion or tempting turquoise. I can say that I would used some TT again especially now that I have a new found liking for Taken with Teal.

Stephaine's Bling Candy

Stephaine has some bling candy on her blog, Creative Expressions.

Stop by and enter - and make sure you tell her I sent you.

Teal Harmony

This isn't the best picture - I was in a hurry to take on my way to work the one day so that I could mail the cards out on Monday. I'm always in a hurry in the morning as I dislike mornings especially Mondays. I had to get the card into the mail to my Mom. I figured she need a little pick me up and what better than a homemade card by your daughter in the mail.

My color combo is the same as the card before taken with teal, cool caribbean and regal rose. I used the buckle for the hodgepodge hardware. The stamp set is Happy Harmony which was a SU! SAB set. The background was run through my cuttlebug using the script embossing folder. Rose ribbon and primas embellish the card.

More cards tomorrow. I have 4 cards from my stamp club that was at the end of February. Our theme for that club was heat embossing including embossing resist. My next stamp club is on March 22. I am going to do backgrounds with them this time.

Flowahbella

This was my first stamped card with a 'bella' from StampingBella. Emily has some amazing creations over at her website and her blog is a riot to read everyday.

I did this swap for CST (Canadian Stamp Talk) which is a yahoo group for Canadian stampers. The List Mom is Nancy, who also lives in Calgary like me. Actually, she doesn't live far from our new house in Kincora. Her blog always has some great cards on it.

The color combo is Cool Caribbean(cc), taken with teal (twt) and regal rose (rr). I took a piece of natural ivory and ran through my cuttlebug and the stylized flowers embossing folder. I then sponged twt ink on the embossed part. I mounted that on to rr and the cc base. I stamped the bella with black staz on onto natural ivory again and cut that out with my Creative Memories oval cutter. I coloured the image with prisma pencil crayons and then used OSM and stumps to blend the colours. I then mounted the oval on another oval with twt. I finished it off with three different shades of pink primas.

Finally my first pictures to post

Finally, I have the computer working perfectly. I can download my camera and get my creations up on my blog.

First, these are the doorhangers and cards I made for my niece and 3 nephews for Valentine's day.

Notice my gorgeous watermark that Cindy Kerry made me. You can go to her blogspot and get her to make you one as well as she now has a custom watermark business. I don't have any software for png files but there is freeware called Gimp that is easy to use that I figured out to get my watermark over my jpg.

Stamping away

I have been stamping a lot lately. I have gotten the prototype of my wedding invites finalized. I did my first stamp club class on Feb 24th and I stamped this weekend as well. However, I am still having problems with my computer and haven't found the drivers for my camera so I can't post any pictures. My mission this week is to get my camera downloaded!

What kind of jeans are you?

You Are Boot Cut Jeans

You're fashionable and sexy - in an understated way. You're more about looking good than following the latest look of the week.

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Stamping

So I did stamp alot this weekend. I made 5 foamy doorhanger and 5 - small valentine's day cards for my niece, 3 nephews and my girlfriend's little guy. I'd love to put a picture up for you but ..... my camera drivers aren't loaded on the computer since we did the windows restore after getting a worm and I can't find the disk for the drivers as they are in some unpacked box somewhere and I can't find the proper driver online so right now I can't post.

On Saturday night - I stayed up to about 3 am creating wedding invitation prototypes - it was a good start but nothing looks quite how I'd like. I have some supplies in a SU order that should arrive tomorrow or Wednesday that should help me out.

On Sunday night - I made two cards from the Feb Demo Planner - SCS has a challenge on the demo side for this. I hope I can get the drivers going by Feb 15 so that I can load the pictures to the SCS website.

So when I get it going I will have lots of pictures to post of my crafts!

Today, I've had the flu - I woke up at about 2 am and didn't feel right. The bug had me most of the day. I am feeling much better now even thinking about some dinner. I have to clean up a bit tonight and do some laundry as I have some gals over tomorrow night for an Epicure Selections tasting party. This will be the first time a lot of them see my kitchen!

Until later, happy crafting.

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Lazy weekend

Ian is away working for the next couple of weeks in Fort MacMurray. My intention was to stamp tonight but after I had a massage this afternoon my back and head were so sore that I've been lying around. Hopefully, after I have this sandwich I will feel more spunky.

Check out Craft Critique - new site that is going to be reviewing products for us crafters to check out. Looks interesting. I am going to go do some reading on paper trimmers. I need a new one. I was thinking of getting the Fiskars rotary - its at Costco for $40 but is there something better? Let me know what you are using.

Sesame Street Personality

You Are Cookie Monster

Misunderstood as a primal monster, you're a true hedonist with a huge sweet tooth. You are usually feeling: Hungry. Cookies are preferred, but you'll eat anything if cookies aren't around. You are famous for: Your slightly crazy eyes and usual way of speaking How you life your life: In the moment. "Me want COOKIE!"

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My mini kit is here

My mini kit arrived on Friday at my doorstep. This is the first chance I have had to post that it is here. I have both my sets cut out and ready to stamp - now if I only stop procrastinating and finished unpacking my stamp room - dang I hate moving but I really do love my new house.