Cute & Clever Club Card

My SU club was this week and this was the notecard we made... Thanks Nicole for such a cute & clever idea!!

Colour Inspiration #39

Here's my card for this week's colour inspiration from Kristina...

The colours were very vivid this week, but I think the black and white really grounded things:)


















Recipe:
- SU basic black and whiper white cardstock
- SU real red, green galore & so saffron designer series paper
- SU Like it a Latte stamp set
- SU basic black and real red ink
- Celebrate It ribbon

Tagged by Tanya...

Tanya tagged me this week to share...five things I'm addicted to and five things I "really, really do not like"...

So, Five things I am addicted to (hope I won't need a support group, but here goes...)

1. My husband - much like Tanya, I really do *need* to be with him:)

2. My sweet daughter! My whole life I wanted to be a mom - and though it appears that I can't conceive one the traditional way, God enabled me to give birth to my dolly a little over 6 years ago - and trust me, it isn't easy to give birth to a 7 year old (she was 7 at the time), but it was and is totally worth it!

3. Starbucks - ok, ok - I'll admit it, it's an addiction;) Going to Starbucks is like a mini-vacation for me from the bustle of life! ...my favourite drink - a grande caramel machiato with no fat and sugar free vanilla:)

4. Paper crafting - I love having a creative outlet. I wish I had more time to create somedays, but overall I'm so grateful to have found some time for me in this way:)

5. Music...there's always a song going through my head...and there's almost always some sort of music in my home from my hubby playing guitar, to me cranking up the tunes while I'm cooking... I love to sing:)

And five things I really really do not like (well, here goes, I'll just get it all of my chest!)...

1. I totally agree with the first one on Tanya's list - I do not like stress....

2. The second one I'll say is much like the first...pressure - I do not like to be under pressure...

3. I don't like it when someone throws guilt or a guilt trip on you. It's manipulative - plain and simple. Recently a pastor told me that 'guilt is not from God - because He can't give you what He doesn't have - and God doesn't have guilt.' - I'm still pondering that one:)

4. Judgment - I try to not pass judgment on others, but I'm sure I fail at this one all too often myself. Recently, I really felt judged by some people in my personal life - and the fact is that they didn't have all the facts and so what they were judging me for wasn't even true. It hurt me a lot.

5. Turnips - (this one's a little lighter), but I still don't like turnips, brussel sprouts or liver - I didn't like them when I was a child and I still don't today! Oh - and you can add parsnips to that list - yuck!

Cinema Saturday - Casablanca

Ok, so it's Thursday! I started this project last Sunday and I've afraid it's still not completely finished, but the deadline is today, so here it is...my valentine's box inspired by the movie Casablanca and the Cinema Saturday movie & colour challenge. This week in addition to taking inspiration from the movie, we were to stay within a black, white and grey colour pallete and add only one additional colour of our choice. Since Casablanca is in black & white and has this sort of vintage feel to me, I chose to add brown as my choice.

For instructions for the box, see here. I intend to embellish the inside some more yet and a couple more personal touches to the front. I'm going to use this box to deliver my valentines treats to my hubby this year when it's done:)

Marie Antoinette Award

A new stamping friend, Rachael, nominated me for the Marie Antoinette Award! Thanks for thinking of me, Rach!! Rachael has a relatively new blog called Knight Stamper. We 'met' through Kristina's Colour Inspirations:)

In turn, I would like to also nominate these blogs for this award as well!

1. Paper Smiles - I love the wedding scrapbook page she has posted right now, and I loved her calendar tutorial!!

2. The Stamping Cafe - The scallop 'you make my heart happy' card she has posted right now is too pretty! I'm always inspired when I visit this blog!

3. Tanya's Stamps n' Things - She uses some of the pretties images I've seen, and she's been such an encouragement to me!!

4. Sharing My Obsession - Deb posts so many ideas (of her own and of those that send her RAKs - she is clearly a very loved blogger!!)

Playing with my curvy label punch

I was playing with my curvy label punch and made this quick and simple bday card out of scraps from yesterday's card.

Kristina's Two Pea's Class...

I used one of Kristina's sketches from her card class on Two Peas as the inspiration for this card. I couldn't show the sketch here because it's a pdf and I don't know how to link it properly, but if you go to the Two Peas link above you'll see her class. Kristina's card was totally a valentine, so this card has a completely different feel.

Colour Inspiration #38

I had a hard time with Kristina's colour inspiration this week - I'm just not much of an pumpkin and ruby person and so my supply stash showed it, so I'm not all that happy with my card, but I did have fun playing along and pulled out my 'love matters' stampset which is one of my favourites but hasn't been used in a long time!

Colour Inspiration #37

It's been a long while since I've been able to participate in Kristina's Colour Inspiration, so I just had to take a few minutes after supper tonight to 'play' along:) I was also feeling particularly inspired today by this card on the Stamping Cafe blog - so I took inspiration from Kristina's colours and Kiara's design and this is what I came up with...

Once again I took the pictures by artificial light because it was after-dark here, but this time I used some of Kristina's tips from her Q&A, so you'll have to let me know if you think it improved the quality. I'm still not as happy as when I take pictures in daylight, but I do think the colours are truer than the last time I tried with artificial light, so THANKS for the tips Kristina!!

Recipe:
Old Olive Cardstock SU
Baha Breeze DSP SU
Twill Background Stamp SU
Felt ribbon & Linen thread SU
Prima flowers
Big shot top note SU
Cute & Curly stamp set and label punch SU
Miscellaneous brads

Desk Calendar

I've wanted to make a desk calendar like this since I saw the idea on Paper Smiles in November and only now got a chance to try.... It all fits on a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 piece of cardstock and the ribbon tie keeps it secure. Thanks Nancy for a GREAT idea!!

Cinema Saturday #13 - Mama Mia!

First of all, happy new year all! I haven't had much time to 'play' lately, so tonight I took the few minutes I had and made these little notepads for this week's Cinema Saturday. The theme this week was the movie Mama Mia! - which was so much fun:) These notepads (link to tutorial is here...) are for two of my girl-friends who loved the movie too... I thought they could use something fun on their desks as they head back to work after the holiday break - and on the inside cover I've transcribed words to one of the songs to make them smile:) Pictures were taken inside and after dark so the colours don't pop the way they should, but you get the idea;)

Merry Christmas, Dahling!

Merry Christmas everyone!

This is my card this year for my hunny:)

Neighbour card

This is a card I made for one of our neighbours. After work tonight I delivered treats to the neighbours - that always makes it feel more like Christmas to me:)

Patchwork Merry Christmas

Patchwork Peace&Joy&Love

I just love patchwork quilts, don't you - so that was the theme for this gift I made today...

Some of my very favourite paper

These nugget boxes were made with some of my very favourite paper. I'm very judicious with my favourite papers and ribbons and have to remind myself to use it... I've only made 3 things with this paper so far this year, now that's not good...

Baja Nuggets

I've been loving the way the striped in colour ribbon feels and what pretty bows you can tie with it! Three of us got together and shared so we each have several meters of each colour, but some for some colours I think I'm going to need more:) (OK, I know, I've got a thing for ribbon;)

More Snowflakes...

I'm loving this felt snowflakes from SU... I only bought one pack and I can't believe how many of them there were - I still have tonnes!! AND that brown ribbon with the coloured snowflakes is from American crafts:)

'Merry Christmas'

Here I was getting to the end of my Christmas cards for this year and it occured to me that I hadn't used my 'Merry Christmas' ribbon - you can't have Christmas without 'Merry Christmas' ribbon?!! So cards and nugget boxes now abound with this most festive of ribbons:)

Striped Nuggets even!

I told you I made all kinds of nugget boxes on the weekend:) Here's a link to Splitcoast's tutorial if anyone's feeling inspired to make a few of their own:)

...the tutorial is for a 3 nugget box and I've been making 5 nugget boxes with Nicole's instructions. The base for the box measures 7 x 3.5 and the wrap for the box measures 5 x 5 and the wraps for the nuggets measure 3 x 1.

If you do make some, let me know so I can some and see:)

Nordic MERRY Christmas...

...almost done...I think I only need another 4 or so cards...

...all the ones for the mail went out on Friday, so it's friends and relatives that we'll see over the next few weeks that I'm working on and it's coming:)

Merry little snowmen:)

...still making Christmas cards... :)

Nugget Boxes

So today I made 14 (I think it's 14, could be more...) nugget boxes... A few of them are for some friends at work. They're all different, and I'll post some more of them another day, but I thought I'd post these today since they use the same paper as today's card did:)

More vintage Christmas card feel...

Here are a couple more of the cards I've been making for friends this weekend:)

Tea and Joy at Christmas!

Here are a few more Christmas cards! I love this DP K&Co with the vintage ornaments (some even shaped like teapots - I *love* teapots!)

Skaters

..yet another late Christmas card...I think I'm done the ones that have to go in the mail now:)

JOY

...I'm trying to get all my Christmas cards in the mail and made a few more today:)