Waiting

Good morning!  I think Spring may actually be poking through now.  It has been the longest winter ever!

With Mother’s Day fast approaching here in North America, our theme Flowers for Mom is what’s up this week at Use it Tuesday.  A time to celebrate those women in our lives who were the big influence.   Maybe it wasn’t your mom, but your grandma, or perhaps an aunt or any other female who was like a Mother to you.

I have a layout for you today that highlights my pregnancy with Riley and how crazy I was waiting for him to come out.  In case you didn’t know he was 41+4 when I finally went into labour.  I felt like I was pregnant forever!!!

 

 

That’s my belly a couple weeks or so before he was born and then a pic of him a couple of days old!  All the product is from my stash, so I’m not entirely sure I know where they came from.  I hope that you enjoy the layout and please stop by the blog to see the other gorgeous projects the DT created this week.

A Sticky Challenge

Happy Tuesday everyone!  It has been a long week in my house as my son has been sick again.  He just got over his ear infection and then he got hand/foot/mouth disease.  He’s been cooped up inside for awhile now and he’s going stir crazy and so is his mama!

We have a great new challenge for you at Use It Tuesday this week.  It’s a Sticky situation when we want you to use the sticky parts of your stash…those rub-ons (oh do I have a lot of those), embossing powders and stickers (everyone has some in their stash, I know it!)..or anything else that sticks….

I created this card using some Glubbers…I bought them 2 years ago when they first came out and never once used them!  I also used a couple of different rub ons for this card in the sentiment and the little stitches.  I also broke out my glue gun and used it to adhere the bling to the flower! I’m now using my glue gun for EVERYTHING! LOL

The DP is the last of my MME All Spice 6×6 pack.  Another one bites the dust…I am so happy I am finally using them up!   The ribbon and the bling flower are from my stash as well.  I got the sketch for this card from Andrea Walford’s blog .  Every week she comes out with a great sketch that is easy to do and has step by step instruction.  Love them!  Thanks Andrea!

Make sure you stop by the UIT blog to see the wicked inspiration we have for you this week.  There are some great sticky bits in our stashes this week.

Entered into these challenges:

Card Mania Challenge: Punches and/or die cuts

Crafty Catz: anything goes (and a GDT call)

Clear it out:  spring & flowers (must use stash items)

Papertake Weekly: anything goes (bonus use kraft)

A bright sunshiny day

That unfortunately does not seem to be something that we are going to have here in Calgary today.  It’s still a bit cloudy and cool today.  The last vestiges of winter are still lingering around.  I wish they would just go already.

Today’s challenge at Use it Tuesday is All About Spring.  It’s time to break out the flowers, the bright colors, the sunshine, all the good stuff.  As always you need to use up some of your stash so make sure you let us know in your post what you used.

I finally have used up all of the Lil Sprout collection by Crate Paper so here is my final project.  The stamp set is one from my stash that I don’t use enough by My Favorite Things.  It comes with its own sentiment as well.  I just used my spellbinders and inked it up with some Tim Holtz ink.  The bling is from my stash as well. I hope you like it.

 

Please stop by the blog to enter this week’s challenge and to see all the rest of the great DT projects we have for you this week.

entered into these challenges:

365 Cards: Time’s up…create a card in 20 mins.  Mine took 13.

Oozak: anything goes with spring

3 scrappy gals: spring

One stop craft: recipie 1 image, 2 embellishments (pearls and paper piercing) and 3 pcs of designer paper

2 sisters challenges: spring/easter

Fussy and Fancy: spring days

 

 

Banner Birthday

My second week sponsoring the Creative Corner Challenge this week.  Our challenge is to use fasteners…buttons, eyelets, brads etc.

Lately I have been trying to use up my Little Sprout kit that I bought way back in 2009.  So expect to see a bunch of cards/layouts in the coming weeks using it up.  I finally got through it all. :0  This card is actually using scraps of scraps..right down to the very end.

I used a sketch from a sketch challenge at CanadianScrapSwap Chat this week.  Lots of fun banners and flags.

I used everything from my stash this week.  Buttons, bling, ribbon and paper

Make sure you stop by the blog this week to enter the challenge for a chance to win the prize I have up for grabs today.

Entered into these challenges:

cute card thursday: anything goes

whimsey stamps: stitch it

paper playtime: anything goes

drunken stampers: 16 candles/birthday

fun with shapes and more: birthday in the spring

hiding in my scrap room: create something from your scraps

come and get it challenges: use a recycled element (the small yellow button is from an old shirt…I never throw out anything with buttons still on them..LOL, the striped ribbon is recycled from another card that I had made and ended up not liking after all)

delightful challenges: for the boys…i hope this is masculine enough

one crazy stamper: anything goes

nana vic: anything goes

Wonder

Have I mentioned how much I hate doing income tax???Argh! It’s driving me crazy.

Anyway, Red Carpet Studios has a new challenge on their blog that I have been meaning to get to and so here’s a layout I created. The challenge is based on the movie The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and so the challenge is to use one or more buttons on your project.  Surprisingly, I have not seen this movie yet…should probably check it out on Netflix.

Here is a layout using my favorite subject of course.  Taken a year or so ago, just playing in the backyard, looking at everything, ever inquisitive.

I hope you like it.  Everything is from my stash.  I cannot remember the name of the DP set I used for this one.  I just remember it had the name garden in the title.  That’s how long it has been in my stash. LOL

Entered into these challenges as well

Shopping our Stash: border punches

Pause Dream Enjoy Challenges: for the boys

Crafting When we Can: Earth, Air, Fire Water (must have something to do with at least one of the elements)

Dream Valley challenges: Ribbon and bling (must have both..the red an white striped border is a ribbon)

Love Birds

Inspired by a post I saw on a blog today (I’ll try and find the post for you later because it was a great idea for cards), I created this card for the challenge at Red Carpet Studios this week.

Inspired by The Wedding Singer (A movie I myself have not yet seen, hard to believe I know, considering how much of a movie whore I am, but I am not a fan of Adam Sandler), the challenge is to create a wedding or anniversary card.

Here’s mine…

I went for non-traditional colors on this one and I think it could really be used for either wedding or anniversary which is always great.

 

Everything on this card is from my stash.  The cardstock is Co-ordinations.  I used my Leafy Branch embossing folder and then I did some distressing.  The felt birds are from Maya Road and I have had them for ever.  I printed the sentiment on my computer and cut it out.  The tag and bling heart are from my stash as well.  I hope you like it.

Also entered into these challenges:

City Crafter Challenge: Wings of an Angel (must have soemthing with wings)

The Ribbon Carousel: Love is in the Air (must have a spooled item on project)

Creative Creations: Inspired by a Song (When a Man Loves a Woman by Percy Sledge)

 

 

 

 

Birthday Blast!

Hey everyone! I am back from our annual trip to Cuba properly tanned and hating the snowy, cold Calgary weather.  It was a great trip where I even had the chance to try some new foods in the forms of turtle and water buffalo.  Both were outstanding!

It’s Thursday today so we have a new batch of inspiration for you at Digital Delights this week.  My image for you today is Birthday Pippin  paired with the Birthday Sentiments set.  I just think he is so cute!  I am using the precolored image but he is available uncolored as well.

Here’s my card today

 

I used my Hot off the Press 8×8 Birthday set that I have had for several years and paired it with some bling in my stash and cut out a flourish from a sizzix die.  A simple card but I think it is just adorable.

I hope you stop by the blog and check out the amazing projects the DT has for you today!

 

Snowbuddy

It’s Thursday! One day closer to the weekend and one day closer to Christmas!

We have a new bunch of inspiration projects for you today on the Digital Delights blog.  The DT really did a great job this week….like they do every week.

Today I am highlighting Snow buddy which is a really cute image.  I am using the colored image for today’s card and pairing it with the A Touch of Christmas Sentiments.  I hope you like it.

 

Just a simple layered card today.  The DP is from The Christmas Stack by DCWV.  the white snowflakes were given to me in a Christmas swap as well as the white leaf.  The red showflake was cut using a sizzix die and the bling is from my stash.  I hope you enjoy this and don’t forget to stop by the blog to see what the rest of the DT has created for you.

entered into these challenges:

Stampin Royalty: Christmas/Winter

The perfect Sentiment: Anything Goes with Christmas (they also have a DT call on)

Can You Dig It: Baby it’s Cold Outside

Celebrate the Occasion: Christmas ..must use a punch(also having a DT call)

Crafty Sentiments: Snowflakes

 

 

Winter Fun

I have a cute card for you this week for the Penny’s PaperCrafty challenge.  It is an Anything Goes challenge this time around and we have lots of great prizes.  Make sure you stop by the blog to link up and check out the fabulous DT inspiration this week.

This week I am highlight a fabulous colored image from the Paper Shelter.  I just think he is so cute and I love that he his precolored.  I just used some DCWV Christmas paper that I had.  I added the sentiment from Hero Arts.  The bling, and ribbon are from my stash and add just a pop of color.  I’m loving the pink and teal together.

 

I really like the spellbinder that cut this one out.   Enjoy!

entered into these challenges:

Craft Room Challenges: Punches or Die Cuts

Crafty Sentiments: Christmas

Elke Caart een Feestje (Every card is a party): winter wonderland

Bunny Zoe’s Crafts: Winter

Crafty Bloggers Network: Anything Goes Christmas

Crafty Cardmakers: 2 punches or diecuts

 

 

 

 

 

Merry Christmas

Hello All!  Back to the creative grind again after a successful weekend at the Great Canadian Scrapbook Carnival.  I got a lot accomplished in terms of new Christmas Cards for my upcoming craft fairs, had a lot of fun with my friends Kathy & Lisa and the swag bag was amazing.  I will post that a bit later.

It’s a new challenge at Use it Tuesday this week. Our theme is all about Orange…we would like you to create a project using orange in it.  It could be halloween, thanksgiving, or anything else.  In my case, it is Christmas!

I challenged myself to make a Christmas card with the unconventional color of Orange ..so here we go.  All the DP is from my stash.  I am thinking I have some BG Jovial in there from a couple of years ago.That tells you how long I hold onto all my paper…LOL  The image is from my image bucket and is Stampin up.  The snowflakes were originally plain chipboard and then I covered them with glitter and added bling.  The lacy ribbon and twine are from my stash as well.  I hope you enjoy it and I hope you will stop by the blog and check out all the really great projects we have for you this week.  Don’t forget to enter the challenge and be sure to let us know which stashy or hoarded items you used for your project!

Entered into these challenges:

Fashionista Challenge: anything goes

Christmas Cards All Year Round: non traditional colors

Allsorts: Autumn Colors

One Stop Craft: anything goes

Lady Anne’s Challenges: anything goes

Paper Pretties: fall inspiration (I used fall colors for a Christmas card)

Songbird Challenge blog: build me up buttercup (need to have yellow as a main color)

Pile it On: Holidays

Amusing Challenges: fall colors

Simply Create: anything goes

Everybody Art challenges: glimmer/bling

Just Keep On Creating: Christmas

Cards Galore: anything goes

Totally Papercrafts: Christmas

Poodles Parlour: anything goes

Cute Card Thursday: Got Glitter

Inspire me Friday: anything goes

Basic Grey Challenges: Sparkle