Some more creating!

Since I have been trying to sort and organize my scrap goodies, I haven't been scrapping layouts much lately. I am working hard on getting all of my stuff put away (purging will wait now until Spring).

I have made a goal for myself to get some sort of creating in at least once a week. I am finding that by the end of the week I am very tired from either doing my class projects, teaching, or all of the organizing of my goodies!

Lately, I have been playing with scraps and trying to use up some of those and in the midst, I have created some cards. It just really feels good to be creating something! I finally decided to try my hand at a tri-shutter card and this is my end result! I definitely need to be making some more of these! I just love this style!!!


Thanks for looking!

Finally...as promised!

Well, I finally have had some chance to be on the computer today to get my newest creations uploaded and shared! I had a lot of fun playing and creating these fun Halloween cards. I used my Studio G stamps, flock, mini buttons, ribbon and well it was just a lot of fun to create these adorable cards for my nieces and nephews!

The above card was a lot of fun to create! I love google eyes and just couldn't resist adding so many to this 'spooky' card. I flocked the ghosts as well! This card is definitely too cute to spook!


Dracula is so much fun and the addition of the google eyes really bring him to life!


Frankie holds a special place in my heart! He is just too cute and I couldn't resist giving him the full flocked look and the different size google eyes really give him such great character! I think he may be my favourite!




Mr. Bones has been flocked white! He is pretty cute and I can't wait to give him to my nephew!

I really had a lot of fun with these, and although the designs are very simple and basic, they turned out pretty good (I think!)

Hope this inspires you to play and have fun with some cards!

Weekend card creations

During the crop at Scraptures, I was able to actually get a couple of the other team members challenges done as well! I love a good challenge and this past weekend was very inspirational and the challenges really motivated me to get some cards made.

Here are my latest creations:

Mini album purse

This past week I have been busy with some new projects and I am happy to say that I accomplished quite a bit. May has been the first month for my participation as part of the team at Scraptures and I really have enjoyed creating with their kit this month. After getting my required layouts done in time for the reveal, I had some left overs that I just decided I needed to use.



I created this fun and quick card with tidbits from the kit, along with the Tim Holtz paint dauber.




The papers in the kit were double sided and I really liked both sides, but picked the one side for my layouts that worked best. With the left overs, I chose to use the other side for this project. I created this little purse album with very little materials. I had fun with this project and am really pleased with the way it turned out. Hope you will draw some inspiration from this and see what you, too, can create with left overs from a layout project.

Scraptures May Kit REVEAL

Well, I have to tell you that I am so very excited to now be a part of the team, as a guest, at Scraptures. May is the beginning of my term, and I got the opportunity to play with my first kit. It is absolutely beautiful, and I found it so inspiring. The product is just marvelous and the ideas just kept flooding my head.
For the month of May, the kit included the most gorgeous papers and products from Pink Paislee! I just LOVE this product. The BayberryCottage collection has the most beautiful papers with a unique colour combination that is stunning. I am not a green girl, but I honestly love the way that this all works so well together. The patterns are stunning and I got great inspiration from everything.



The Kit: to purchase, be sure to check out Scraptures kits, there is even a card kit there to check out!

All of these layouts and this cute purse card project is what I came up with using the kit. I hope that you will be able to get some inspiration from this. Have fun with the kit and just let your imagination flow! I do have an extra couple of projects to share as well, but stay tuned for those!


Also, don't forget to check out the rest of the reveal here: Gallery All of the gals did an amazing job and I am so glad to be able to say I am apart of this team! There is always such great inspiration being shared, and it really is contagious.

Latest creations.

Last weekend was National Scrapbook Day (on Saturday), and I had a very busy day. I was fortunate enough to have the day to create and have fun and participate in some great challenges!
I got to hang out at Scraptures, with the fun gals there, and there was lots of creating and chatter going on for the day! I even managed to get some things accomplished!

One of the challenges was to take a sketch and make 4 cards from it, simply by turning the sketch.The other specification was that each card had to be for a different occasion. For these cards I was able to use up different scraps from Bo Bunny, 3Bugsinarug and even some really old Basic Grey. I love that I can get things accomplished from my scrap bucket, as I don't throw anything away! It is all just so pretty, and I know that there is always something that can be done with it down the road.
Here are my cards:
Another challenge was to use a photo that was shared for inspiration. The photo was of a multi-coloured sock. I loved the colours, and this is what I came up with: For this project I used toilet paper rolls and created this fun little Valentine type booklet. I used the Bo Bunny Love Bandit papers for this project, which were just perfect! On one of the sheets of paper, there are actually Valentines. They were the perfect size to fit inside each of the toilet paper rolls. I added ribbon to each one to make it easier to pull it out! I love the finished result here! Too cute!

Then there was a layout sketch challenge and I turned the layout so that it would work with my photos. For this layout I was able to pull out some really old Basic Grey papers that have been sitting around for quite some time. It is a pretty simplistic layout, but I am happy with this one, as well.
As usual, I didn't get as much done as I would have liked, but that is nothing new. There is never enough time in my days to get all of the projects and ideas done that are always swimming around in my head.

Since the new month has begun, I have been swamped with creating and not finding a whole lot of time for posting here on my blog, but hopefully that will all settle down very soon. Lots of life things happening, scrappy things happening, and well, I just have to find the balance!

Enjoy!

Things are looking up

Well today is going to be a good day, and all I can say, is it is about time! The sun is shining, and the air is crisp, but it is a NO headache day, for me!

I have already had a productive day, so far. I have been busy cleaning through the house, getting some laundry done and soon will be off to the dentist for a cleaning. (to me, this is a good thing)
Then it will be off to Michael's and perhaps the LSS, as well. I am hoping to get a revolving organizer for my scrap room from Michael's, but we shall see if they have any in stock!

Then it will be home, do the dinner thing and with some luck it will be time to hit the scrap room for some creating. I have a layout on the go there, that I started last night and I just can't wait to see it finished. It is so out of my league different, but so far it has been fun doing it. I will share the final result with you, once it is done!

I did do a card yesterday, which I am quite pleased with. I used more of my scraps and Denise's Finally Friday challenge to help me get this one done.



I used Creative Imaginations Gin-X papers, Sakura white souffle pen, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Colorbok black cat's eye ink to create this card.

I always loved this collection of papers, and I am so glad that I was able to use up some scraps.

Keep watching for my newest layout to be shared later today!

Birthday Cards

Well, as always there are some great challenges happening over at Scraptures, and I am definitely falling behind with them, but I did manage to get a couple of cards made.

One of the challenges was to make a masculine birthday card. Ellen posted her card with the inspiration of using buttons and ribbon for her card. The idea was to get us all thinking of doing cards without too much bling for the men in our lives. So many of use struggle with the masculine side of things, as in most cases, there is more for feminine projects, than for men.


For my card I used up some very old Basic Grey and Flair paper and some chipboard stars by Little Davis Designs. This is just a very simple, but effective card.


This second card was done to meet one of Wendy's challenges this month. Her challenge was to get a card done that we HAD to get done. For this challenge, I decided to create an easel card, for my Mother-in-law's birthday. I used old Sassafrass lass papers, Martha Stewart border punch. EK Success scalloped circle punches, EK Success leaf punch, Chatterbox ribbon, Stickles (waterfall) and a button that I had in my stash.

Thanks to both Ellen and Wendy for these fabulous challenges and getting me more active in card making!!! It is such a great way to use up scraps, and anyone that knows me, knows I have tons of them to use!!!

Colouring

It seems that there is a really big trend in colouring these days, and Copic Markers are the item of choice to use. Since I don't own any of the Copics, and am not in any way, what I would call a stamper, I have not taken the plunge in investing in these markers. I have seen them being used, and they are very tempting, but getting into those, would mean another major expense of supplies, that I just can't justify at this point and time.
I do like to dabble in colouring from time to time though, and I usually use versamark and chalks, or my chalk pencils, which I really like! Since chalks is one of the first colouring agents that I purchased for my scrapping hobby, I am quite familiar with them and use them quite a bit for different things. They are very versatile and last a really long time.

Over at Scraptures, Ellen posted a challenge about colouring. She wanted everyone to get out their colouring medium of choice (she suggested inks and blender pens), and colour. I wanted to meet this challenge, but without these items on hand, I went to the next best thing, MY CHALKS!
Here is the card that I made for her challenge:


I really love this little hedgehog stamp and simply can't wait to colour more of these and make some more cards. He is just so adorable and could be used on any kind of card, whether it be a Birthday greeting, a Thank you card, or just simply a Hello card.
Well the sun is shining, and it feels like a creating day, so off I go to see what inspires! Hope everyone is having a GREAT Saturday!

Another week, another project

Well another week is gone, some creating has gotten done, yard work has now been started, class creations are plentiful and today the sun is shining. It is a welcome sight, as it has been a very long and exhausting week, and I am just hopeful that next week will fair better than this one.

I have been having some computer issues, and am now in the process of trying to retrieve/recover my files from that computer. I am holding out some hope that this will be possible, as I have photos that I was in the process of backing up on there, along with all of my scans of layouts/class projects that I have done over time.

I had plans to give myself this week to do some much needed/wanted scrapping for me, but since I don't have complete access to my photos/files at the moment, I had decided that my creative time should not be wasted.

I still have so many scraps of both card stock and pattern papers that I need to use in my stash, so I decided it was time to make some more cards. This card holder and card set is a perfect project for using up all kinds of left overs in your stash. This one is done using a Christmas theme, which I have done in the past, but could easily be done for note cards, thank you cards, birthday cards, or all occasion cards.

The possibilities are endless for this project by just changing the colours, the patterns, and the theme. This would make a great end of year gift for a teacher with all occasion cards in it, wonderful gift for a bridal shower with thank you cards in it, or even just to have at home for yourself as a means to keep all of your cards organized and easy to find.

More cards

I used rub-ons, flowers, brads and glossy accents




Used left over die cuts




Added Stickles to the original pattern paper to help make them pop!