You Warm My Heart - CCMC335

I used some more new goodies for today's card for the sketch challenge at Create with Connie and Mary. I thought the sentiment from the soon to be available set Sheltering Tree worked well with the rest of this card to make a Valentines / Love / Friendship card.

 

 

Recipe (all Stampin' Up!)

Stamps: Sheltering Tree*

Ink: Real Red

 

Paper: Crisp Cantaloupe, Whisper White card stock; Red Glimmer paper; Stacked With Live DSP stack*

 

Misc: Sponge dauber, dimensionals, Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder, Sweetheart punch

* 2015 Occasions catalog

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Lotus Blossom - PPA223

This 3-step Lotus Blossom stamp set in the upcoming Sale-a-bration catalog is one of my favorite new stamps. It went on my first pre-order right away so I could get a chance to play with it. I thought it would somewhat match the sketch for Pals Paper Arts, which I turned 90 degrees to match my sketch. There's a lot of white space in this card, so I added a tiny bit of bling to fill it in.

 

Recipe (all Stampin' Up!)

Stamps: Lotus Blossom (SAB)

Ink: Blackberry Bliss, Perfect Plum, Wild Wasabi

 

Paper: Wild Wasabi, Perfect Plum, Whisper White card stock

 

Misc: Rhinestones, Dimensionals, Painted Blooms Cotton Twine in Wild Wasabi*

* Occasions 2015 Catalog

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For The New Two - NAC121

Well, the holidays are over and hopefully I'll have some more time to get crafty again. I received some of my pre-order items from the 2015 Stampin' Up! Occasions catalog, and have barely had any time to play with them. Today's card uses new DSP, a new stamp set, and a new embellishment. I've loosely based this card on the current sketch challenge from Nacho Average Challenges, but in the end decided not to cut the banner end on the middle DSP strip.

 

My blog is also celebrating it's 1 year anniversary! I can't believe how many projects I've shared and how many visitors I've had. Thank you for being part of that!

 

Recipe (all Stampin' Up!)

Stamps: For the New Two*

Ink: Sahara Sand, Blushing Bride Stampin' Write Marker

 

Paper: Blushing Bride, Whisper White card stock; Something Borrowed DSP*

 

Misc: Something Borrowed Embellishments*, Glue Dots, Dimensionals

* 2015 Occasions Catalog

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Occasions Sneak Peak Card - NAC119

I made a card! My crafty time has been seriously limited lately with all the craft shows and holiday events, but I got my pre-order yesterday of items from the upcoming Occasions and Sale-a-bration catalogs, and I love it. This DSP is beautiful! And the butterfly thinlits are awesome!

 

I love all these spring colors and images, especially since we've been getting a ton of snow dumped on us in Quebec the past few days. Spring is still a long time away, but it felt a bit less wintery making this card :)

 

I used the sketch from this week's challenge at Nacho Average Challenge for my cards.

 

How many new items can you spot?

Recipe (all Stampin' Up!)

Stamps: Painted Petals (new)

Ink: Pacific Point, Daffodil Delight, Soft Sky

 

Paper: Silver Foil Paper; Whisper White & Wild Wasabi card stock; Painted Blooms DSP (new); Irresistibly Yours DSP (SAB)

 

Misc: Brayer, Brights Candy Dots, Butterfly Thinlits (new), Decorative Label Punch, Painted Blooms Cotton Twine (new), Sponge Dauber, Dimensionals

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For all you southerners, here's a peek of what our winter wonderland looks like this morning:

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Clearance Rack Updated!!

Lots and lots of new items have been added to the Stampin' Up! clearance rack!!! Contact me to place your order before what you want sells out!!  Great for Christmas gifts for a friend or yourself!! ;)

Just a quick note...

Still super busy chez moi! Last night I got to watch the online streaming launch for the upcoming Spring Occasions catalog and the Sale-a-bration flyer. Trust me, there are many many many pretty things coming soon!!!! I can't wait to preorder tomorrow so I can start creating with these amazing new sets and paper!!! I'm super duper excited!! :D

Have a great day!

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Bad Blogger!

Don't worry, I'm still alive! The busy holiday season is here and the past few days have been super busy which hasn't given me any time in my craft room :(

I did a very successful craft show both days this past weekend with my mom.

Here's my table:

And here's my mom's (she's a painter)

Red Sparkly Stars - MM136 & NAC117

This is a combined color challenge from Merry Monday and sketch challenge from Nacho Average Challenges. Lots of sparkle and glitter here (I can handle glitter on Glimmer Paper, lol). There's a bit of snow falling here in Montreal, so hopefully that puts people in the Christmas mood for my craft show this weekend!

 

Recipe (all Stampin' Up!)

Stamps: Good Greetings

Ink: Cherry Cobbler

 

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White card stock; Trim the Tree DSP; Red Glimmer Paper

 

Misc: Star Framelits, Itty Bitty Punch Pack (star punch), Bitty Banners Framelits, Rhinestones, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Cherry Cobbler Blendabilities, Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder

 

 

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Santa Ornament

A few weeks ago I shared some porcelain ornaments I had made. I've been having fun making these ornaments, and wanted to share another one today. This one is made with the *vintage* Stampin' Up! set Santa's List.

 

Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers!

 

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Friend to Friend - CCMC330

Tangelo Twist is possibly one of my least used colors. I'm not an orange person in general, so I always end up choosing other colours. Even in this color challenge from Create with Connie and Mary, I added some touches of it as more of an afterthought to give it some extra punch. I pulled out my Vivid Vases set that I haven't used in awhile and colored it with the challenge colors. The background stripes are mimicked on the center vase.

 

Recipe (all Stampin' Up!)

Stamps: Vivid Vases, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Stazon Black; Blackberry Bliss

 

Paper: Blackberry Bliss, Hello Honey, Tangelo Twist, Whisper White card stock 

 

Misc: Oval Framelits, Word Window Punch, Modern Label Punch, Banner Punch, Stylish Stripes Embossing Folder, Stampin' Write Markers, Dimensionals, Rhinestones

 

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Thank You Dahlia - PPA228

My card today is based on the sketch challenge from Pals Paper Arts. I decided to pull out a stamp set I haven't used in awhile and make it my focal point for this card. I love purple, pink and black together, so that's what I went with for my card.

 

Recipe (all Stampin' Up!)

Stamps: Regarding Dahlias, Gorgeous Grunge

Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Memento Tuxedo Black

 

Paper: Basic Black, Whisper White card stock; 2013-2015 In Color DSP (Strawberry Slush)

 

Misc: Dimensionals, Rhinestones

 

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Butterfly Birthday - AW29

My card today is for the color challenge at Around the World Stampin' Up! Challenges. We're still a month away from Christmas, and I'm tired of holiday cards, so I decided to pull out some old favorites and make this card.

 

Recipe (all Stampin' Up!)

Stamps: Papillon Potpourri, Gorgeous Grunge, Wetlands

Ink: Crumb Cake, Hello Honey, Real Red

 

Paper: Crumb Cake, Real Red, Whisper White

 

Misc: Elegant Butterfly Punch, Bitty Butterfly Punch, Glue Dots, Pearls

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Busy with Craft Shows!

Yesterday I did a craft show in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu to sell my cards, ornaments, post-it's, etc.

Here's how my table looked:

I had so many cards they didn't all fit on the table!

Next weekend I'll be in Hemmingford to sell my stuff there, and the following Sunday at Centennial in Greenfield Park.

And just cuz it's cute, here's a pic of my kitty Ben guarding all my stuff before I packed up the car :)

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Pine Branch - FMS163

My card today is for the current sketch at Freshly Made Sketches. I used the Ornamental Pine set, and then "spruced" it up (haha, get it?) with some Dazzling Details glitter. This is the only format of glitter I can really handle, since it's already gluey. I used some snow sequins to embellish the ribbon on the front.

 

Recipe (all Stampin' Up!)

Stamps: Ornamental Pine

Ink: Garden Green, Early Espresso

 

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White card stock; Trim the Tree DSP

 

Misc: Cherry Cobbler Sheer 1" Linen Ribbon, Whisper White 5/8" Satin Ribbon, Cherry Cobbler Baker's Twine, Frosted Sequins, Rhinestones, Glue Dots, Dazzling Details Glitter

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Perfect Peacock Notebook

I've been busy preparing for 3 upcoming holiday craft shows for the next 3 weekends. I'll be selling cards (of course), post it notes, bookmarks, ornaments, and covered hard cover journals like this one.

I colored the Perfect Peacock image with my Blandabilities and covered the front and back of the journal with 2013-2015 In Color DSP.

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Endless Wishes - NAC116

Well, these are definitely not your normal snowflakes, but I wanted to do something different for the color challenge at Nacho Average Challenge, and this is what I ended up with. I love how rich these colors are, and this fabulous ribbon is an awesome touch to this card, to make the red pop.

 

Recipe (all Stampin' Up!)

Stamps: Endless Wishes

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, Garden Green

 

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White card stock

 

Misc: Cherry Cobbler 1" Sheer Linen Ribbon, Rhinestones

 

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Grateful for You - FabFri54

Even though Thanksgiving is past here in Canada, I figured I'd use the colors for the challenge at Fab Friday this week for one last fall/thanks style card. My gold sequins were still sitting on my desk, so they ended up in today's card as well. They give a nice sparkle to the card without having to resort to the dreaded glitter :P

 

Recipe (all Stampin' Up!)

Stamps: Merry Everything

Ink: Cajun Craze

 

Paper: Cajun Craze, Crushed Curry, Whisper White card stock; Moonlight DSP stack

 

Misc: Gold Sequin Trim, Tag Topper Scalloped Punch, Note Tag Punch, Dimensionals, Woodgrain Embossing Folder

 

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Bright Smiley Flower - CCMC329

This week's sketch at Create with Connie & Mary was kinda odd looking to me :P I really didn't know what to do with it, but I knew that I did not want to make another Christmas card. Since it's been kinda gray and snowy here in Montreal, I decided to make something bright and cheerful with the Sweet Stuff stamp set. I figured a bunch of gold sequins would work well with this card, and this is what I ended up with. Not sure if I like it, but I give up trying to change it :)

 

 

Recipe (all Stampin' Up!)

Stamps: Sweet Stuff

Ink: Tempting Turquoise; Memento Tuxedo Black

 

Paper: Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, Whisper White card stock; Sweet Taffy DSP 

 

Misc: Gold Sequins, 1" Circle Punch, 2" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Scallop Circle Punch, Circle Framelits, Dimensionals, Pearls, Melon Mambo Blendabilities, Daffodil Delight Blendabilities

 

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Wetlands CAS - PP222

Clean and simple thank you card... That's the theme for this week's challenge at the paper players. I already had the Wetlands stamp sitting on my desk from another card I made earlier in the week, so I figured I might as well use that. I tried to keep the colors neutral and natural. It's definitely a simple card...

 

Recipe (all Stampin' Up!)

 

Stamps: Wetlands

 

Ink: Early Espresso, Old Olive

 

Paper: Early Espresso, Old Olive, Sahara Sand card stock

 

Misc: Linen Thread, Pearls, Dimensionals

 

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Blue & Silver Christmas Bauble - MM134 & TSSC340

All week I wasn't sure what to use for the Merry Monday challenge, since I didn't think I had any current Christmas ornament stamps, then I realized that of course I have Christmas Bauble. I figured that it'd work well with the Techno Stamper sketch challenge for the week as well. After a mishap with glitter (note to self, you still hate glitter), I ended up with this glitter-less card. :)

 

Recipe (all Stampin' Up!)

Stamps: Christmas Bauble

Ink: Versamark

 

Paper: Lost Lagoon, Whisper White, Smoky Slate card stock; All is Calm DSP

 

Misc: Silver 1/8" Ribbon, Pearls, Dimensionals, Soft Sky and Lost Lagoon Stampin' Write Markers, Silver Stampin' Dazzle Marker

 

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