Frame

I'm sorry I haven't been posting much lately...work has been busy...home has been busy... so a little less time for creating (and it doesn't help when I give away projects before photographing them;) Anyway, this is what I made this weekend. I was missing a dear friend who lives far away and so I made this frame and played with a coloring technique on their family picture:)

I used the same frame as I did in this project, and I used dsp from my Old World Stack (which I actually didn't get at the lss...I found it at an incredible price at Winners! It pays to dig through the bottom shelf!) Some of the flowers are primas and some I made using a distress technique and a scallop punch.

A little thank you...

Just a tiny thank you note I made using my friend's sip by sip stamp set that I borrowed. I haven't had much time to craft lately and the biggest thing I made this week I gave away without photographing, but I did make nugget boxes for my favourite Starbucks Barristas since it was 'partner appreciation week':)

Repurposed Bag

This was just a brown flat bag that I got some 12 x 12 in that I repurposed using the same concept as a bagalope (scores on 3 sides were at 2).

I really like repurposing thing:)

Thanks a latte...

This is my latest installment in the category of 'gratitude journal'. My current journal is almost full, so it was almost time for a new one, and this morning I had a couple of friends from club over to share images. I thought I would prepare a little make and take for us to do for fun and this was the product:)

I borrowed a friend's 'sip by sip' set to embellish mine:) You can see my previous gratitude journals here and here...

The idea of keeping a gratitude journal is simple, each day you commit to write down at least five things you are grateful for before your head hits the pillow each night. I've found it to be a life changing habit:)

Best Wishes

I used Dawn's instructions on creating a faux linen look on this card along with the parisien breeze dsp from Stampin' Up.

Father Owl

This was the father's day card I had made for my father-in-law this year. I thought the owl was appropriate as he knows somethin' about everything;)

My Journal

For my birthday I made myself a new journal. I used my favourite paper that I've been hoarding from Webster's Pages:)

Matching Note Holder

Just a little gift I made that went along with yesterday's card. I made one of these a couple of week's ago using Angie's directions, you can find the link here.

Friend's Birthday

A birthday card for a friend I met for lunch this week:)
The dsp was from JSI, but I'm not sure if it was Cosmo Cricket or not. All other paper is SU; the ribbon is dots & dashes from Michael's and the flower is from a gauze grab bag I got at Prairie Chicks.

Graduation Day

Today is my darling daughter's grade 8 grad! This is one of the gifts I made for her, a dream journal...again, with the penny lane paper:) You might have guessed, the frame last week was also another part of her gift (the saying in it is her favourite quote:) We have a larger purchased gift as well, but when your mom is a papercrafter, you're going to get handmade gifts for every occasion, right?!! :)

We're very proud of our girl, she has worked hard and achieved much - and shone her light all the while!!
As an added honour, Amanda is also her class' valedictorian today - she's quite a girl, isn't she?!



P.S. ...before I get another message that tells me I'm too 'young' to have an 8th grader, I'll just say that I gave birth to her by love when she was 7:) ...so I totally am old enough;)

Card from the Cat

Yes, the cat did make 'daddy' a Father's Day card too! This one was inspired by one of Kristina's MACM's:)

A Family Portrait

Happy Father's Day to my 'long-legged guitar pickin' man'! My husband is a true gift from God. God has taught me so much about His love through him and has fulfilled my biggest dreams through him! He is a great father and husband in all ways!!

Mini Album Make n' Take

Happy 10th Anniversary to Just Scrap It! JSI has been celebrating their anniversary all week with special make n' takes at the Art Bar! Here is the one we made yesterday by recycling some packaging material. I finished it off this morning with some pictures, rubons and punches:) I've only included a couple of the inner pages due to the posting size limits of blogger...

Post It Note Organizer

I'm still loving Penny Lane paper:) I made this organizer using Angie's instructions. I have it on my desk at work:)

A sweet thank you

Just a sweet treat I made for the most helpful person at work these days:)

Love

Just a little gift card I made the other day... I borrowed an eyelet punch from a friend and have been using it on EVERYTHING lately! I think it's time to return it and order my own:)

All things grow with love

I'm still luvin' that Penny Lane paper. And I LOVE how it works with baja breeze cardstock:) I wish I really could grow some hearts in my flower garden...too cute!

Frame

I found this wooden frame at Michael's for $1.50...and as soon as I saw it I had a project in mind...

Sense of Time

I love this paper from Penny Lane. Last Saturday, my hubby decided we needed a road trip, so we drove to a nearby lake... On the way he stopped in this small town (Hague) that has a darling quilting & scrapbooking shop (Prairie Chicks) and this was one of the papers I bought:) Isn't he a keeper?!!

Agent 99

I made these post-it pads for one of my teams at work - we're involved in a competition and we've chosen to make it fun and taken on the team name 'Agent 99' (as in 'Get Smart' ...think Control vs. Chaos;)

Purse Box

The set of cards I've been posting this week are meant to fill this purse box. I got the inspiration from Papercrafts this month and I also saw a similar box on Angie's site...

...another one in the set...

Another sentiment that I don't own, but I didn't buy the stampset because I didn't think I would use it more than a couple of times. Also, I've borrowed that eyelet edge punch I've used here...not sure whether I should buy it or not...thankfully a friend is letting me play with hers while I make up my mind:)

Enjoy

I don't actually have an 'enjoy' stamp - just printed out the sentiment...

One of a kind...

...also partially inspired by Papercrafts this month...

To know life...

...got some inspiration from Papercrafts on this one...

I'm definitely going to order some more of the Bella Rose paper this month (especially with the SU dsp sale this month:)

Love the sentiment...

...not so sure about the card... These are words that really strike a cord with me professionally right now...

Quick Birthday Card

Just a quick birthday card today for a sweet friend of my daughter's!

Note that the tag and the letter 'b' were cutout with the big shot and the tag was embossed with a texture plate, but I learned a new trick... you spray it with alcohol before you run it through for a deeper impression (thanks Caren for sharing the rubbing alcohol with me and for loaning me your punch!)

We've had beautiful weather this weekend, so not much time for crafting so far...I've been out riding my bike and getting the yard ready:)

For a 'fabulous friend'

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I get to have girl-time with my fabulous friend Caroline tonight... That deserves a treat, don't you think?!

I just received my SU order from last month's club, and, as you can see, I ordered the matchbox die for my Big Shot... but I did not order the extended pads...and as you can see it works just fine. I thought this would be worth trying because I doubt I would ever cut all parts from the same sheet of paper:)

Stationary Set - Happy Mother's Day!

There are gifts and then there are gifts... One of my gifts this mother's day was a couple of mornings to craft (both Saturday and Sunday from 8 - 10 am:)...I even got an extra hour in after supper on Saturday while my husband and daughter cleaned up:)

This is the project I finished mother's day morning. Becky has some wonderful directions on her website! Thanks Becky for the inspiration!

Mini Book

This mini book is ala Jenn's tutorial (in word and in video). I did change up two things... the instructions say there are 5 pages in the book, but I found that the spine only accommodated 4 with one attached on the back, so I tried making my spine an inch wider (one extra accordion fold) which worked great for fitting in five pages, but not so great for punching with the crop-a-dile, so I would recommend that you just do 4 pages and follow Jenn's original dimensions. The other thing I changed was to add a smidge to the dimensions of the post-it-note pocket as a pad of post-its did not fit in my first pocket. I made mine using a piece of 5 1/4 x 4 1/4 but if I had it to do a third time I'd use 5 1/8 x 4 1/8. Thanks Jenn for such an adorable idea!! I think I'm going to use this as one of the teacher gifts this year:)




Recipe:
Cardstock - riding hood red, old olive, whisper white
DSP - bella rose
Stamps - SU One of a Kind
Accessories - hodgepodge, RR striped ribbon

Happy Mother's Day Bouquet Card

This is my mother's mother's day card...it's ok, I can post it here, she's never online. I've been inspired by several flower cards over the last month or so... like Jenn's, Dawn's and Stephanie's.

Pillow Box - Treats

I made this little pillow box filled with chocolate treats for my daughter this morning...she had made the most darling little note for me and left it by me teapot:)

Mother's Day Mini Album

Sorry I haven't been posting many projects lately. Any free crafting time has pretty much been spent getting ready for yesterday... Yesterday I did a mother's day project with my daughter's class. I tried to keep the project fairly basic, but also make it something the kids could make their own... and I was blown away of their creativity! Here's the basic idea for the project (of course, the kids filled theirs up with pictures and poems and notes to mom:). The project is basically a mini album made using 2 4x4 coasters for the front and the back with an accordian fold inside. Here's a link to instructions for a similar album (just different dimensions...thanks Angie!)