Workshop Pages

Well I finally added some pictures to the pages I made at the workshop. Now remember, I love making cards, and rarely scrapbook as I don't have many pictures or reasons to take pictures. So I looked through what I did have and came up with the following.


Paper Bag Princess- This page was really girly to me, and I wasn't really sure how I could use the page. I don't have any children, wont any time soon, and wasn't sure just how to use it. But as I was looking though my pictures I came upon my cat. We treat her like our child, and she is quite spoiled. She gets whatever she wants and all the attention she wants. She is quite the little Diva...aka Princess. Now she loves bags of any kind. She especially loves the new 'green' shopping bags. She was always getting into them when we would come home from shopping that we ended up giving her one to use as a toy. She loves it. Anyways, if she happens to discover a new bag she always investigates, charges at it and dives right in. Except this day she didn't realize the bag was quite so small. I was busy putting together a game for school and she decided to dive into a small lunch paper bag, except she ended up getting her head stuck. Even though she gets into mischief she is still our little princess...so hence the paper bag princess. (As for ingredients...all were provided minus the chipboard, so I am unaware of product names)

Picnic: This page isn't quite finished. It is supposed to have stitching around the edges but I never got a chance to do it. (As for ingredients...all were provided minus the chipboard, so I am unaware of product names)

Find your Passion: Since I don't have many pictures I asked a friend to take of picture of me actually doing this page. The quote is very fitting. I was never very creative as a child, nor involved in a hobby. I was always busy with sports, but never felt passion towards anything. Now, after finding scrapin', I am in absolute love. I enjoy what I do, never feel obligated to work on it, and it helps me relax. (As for ingredients...all were provided, so I am unaware of product names)

Today was a colleagues birthday at work and I passed around this card for everyone to sign. The sentiment inside read "You can have your cake and eat it too" which was printed on vellum, mounted on hot pink paper, and two opposite corners had paper flowers with rhinestones in the center for some added bling. Even thought it doesn't look like it the paper lining for the cupcake is paper pierced using the same paper as the background.

Ingredients:

Stamps: Birthday Stamp (Wallmart)

Ink: SU Pretty in Pink; SU Bashful Blue; SU Summer Sun; black

Paper: All scraps

Accessories: Vellum sentiment; pop dots; paper flowers; rhinestones

Mother' Day Weekend Workshop!

Well I have just gotten back from my Mother's Day Weekend Workshop and boy it was worth lugging all my things out there in my car. We all had a blast. You defiantly cannot say we were roughing it. We stayed out at this awesome house out on the lake, and a few of us ladies crashed in a very posh motor home. The food constantly flowed, it was never ending....so much for losing any weight. Every time I turned around there was something new to snack on. Also, on the Saturday everyone was in their PJ's all day scrapping. Hair not done, no makeup and simply loving it. The workshops were wonderful, and we even pulled in two new comers. All they could talk about was what supplies they planned on buying. So all in all it was successful. So thank you to Jodi for arranging everything...to Lynda for letting us use her home...to Susan, Terri, and Mylene for all the snacks...thanks for the wonderful meals, and excellent workshops. It was a nice relaxing weekend. And especially thanks to Lynda for the cute gift she gave to everyone. Now I am not a mother, but she gave everyone these windmill flowers for your garden with a quote reminding mothers and women to never change who they are. Very cute...mine matches my scrapbooking room (purple).

I thought I would share a few pictures of our weekend. Here is a very from the loft looking down into the open concept main floor. We arranged tables all along the windows looking out to the lake.
The small table was the punch table. Everyone just through their punches down on the table to be shared. The table on the right and all the supplies were mine. And behind the couch we used the high table for the Cuttlebug station. The new comers worked at the kitchen table.

Here are a few pictures of people working on my Bug Shaker card. It was definatley challenging, but the ladies loved it.

The final cards....

The ladies loved the pond life stamp set by PTI and created their own pond scene for their Gel Card.

And since it is Mother's Day I can finally post my mother's card. She reads this blog so didn't want to post it before she received it in the mail.....(I do hope she did receive it in the mail; If not...Happy Mother's Day Mom!!!!)

This card uses My Favourite Things Can Ya Dig It? stamp set. The dress, hat, and watering can are paper pierced using scraps. The flowers are coloured in using Stampin' Up Write Markers, and I played around with the colours trying to add shading for dimension. The sentiment comes from this stamp set as well. The hearts are the only thing not from the stamp set, but I thought it fit the sentiment.

Mother's Day Ingredients:

Stamps: My Favourite Things- Can Ya Dig It?; Heart stamp

Paper: SU Wild Wasabi; SU Whisper White; SU DP (hotess package), scraps

Ink: SU Write Markers (Not Quite Navy, Real Rust, Rose Red, Real Red, Pretty In Pink, Creamy Caramel, Garden Green)

Accessories: Pop Dots

So to all the mothers out there Happy Mother's Day. Never forget that it is your love that helps your child grow and become the person they are today; and will be in the future. So no matter what the trials and tribulations are always stand by your child and support them. They may not appreciate everything you do for them now, but they will.

Sympathy

I haven't needed to use a sympathy card....touch wood, but decided I should have a few on hand just in case. I wanted something simple and generic, but definitely showed comfort. The heart bouquet that I used as a background stamp was purchased at Walmart. It was in a package with a sentiment stamp "Merci" for only 99cents Canadian. Now who could go wrong with that...especially since I am working at a French Immersion school right now. 99cents for two stamps....rock on. Wish I could find other great deals like that. Anyhow, this card also uses SU French Script background stamp that I used as a panel on the right side of the card. I simply torn the edges to give the weathered/used effect. (Not sure the actual term or technique for this). The sentiment was stamped onto a panel which was wrapped with hemp and tied through a button. I thought that the card was missing something, so I decided to stamp the heart bouquet again and use it as part of the main image. The colours used were SU Blue Bayou and SU Wild Wasabi. Thanks for looking!!
Heart Bouquet Sympathy Ingredients:

Stamps: Sentiment-Inkadinkado

Paper: SU Wild Wasabi; SU Blue Bayou

Ink: SU Wild Wasabi; SU Blue Bayou

Accessories: Hemp; Button; SU Square punch

Pick A Petal Variations

Isn't it wonderful to have stamp sets that are just so versatile???? The next couple of cards are using Stampin Up's Pick a Petal stamp set various ways, not just the typical flower.



I searched through Splitcoaststampers gallery and found many uses. So thank you to all those who inspired me. Yesterday you saw a Birthday Card that used a petal as a flame for candles. Today I have cards using it as wings for lady bugs, dragonflies, butterflies, and of course flowers. These were just quick cards I threw together trying new uses with the stamp set.



Dragonfly Ingredients:

Stamps: SU Pick a Petal

Paper: SU Perfect Plum; SU Regal Rose; SU DP

Ink: SU Perfect Plum

Accessories: CuttleBug Swirls Embossing Folder; SU 1/2" circle punch; black marker


Spring Bug Collection Ingredients:

Stamps: SU Pick a Petal; SU Simple Shapes; Sentiments- Thinking of You by EK Success

Paper: SU Whisper White; SU Real Red; SU Tempting Turquoises; SU Certainly Celery; SU Yo-Yo Yellow

Ink: SU Real Red; SU Basic Black; SU Mellow Moss; SU Yo-Yo Yellow

Accessories: Black marker; brad; SU 1/2" circle punch; hole punch; clear stickles

Happy Birthday

Birthdays are the most common reason to send cards. Well, except for Christmas. I don't have that big of a family so I design cards for all of them. Heaven forbid I miss a birthday so I have their birthdays listed on the kitchen calendar and my day planner. Then in my studio I have business cards printed off which each person's birthday listed on them. These cards are sitting on a plastic business card holder. This reminds me of whose card I have to make. Once I am finished and the card has been mailed I then move the card to the back so I can see who's birthday is next. I also already have the address labels printed off, they are in a book, organized by month, and I have a huge roll of stamps. That way I am prepared and in case I am running short on time don't have to worry about an extra trip to the post office to pick up more stamps.

So currently I make cards for my parents, a brother (sister-inlaw), 2 aunts, 1 uncle (and his wife), grandparents, a cousin, and my "in-laws", along with a handful of Friends. Most of the birthday are spread out which gives me enough time to make and send cards each month. However, I still tend to make a handful of Birthday cards each year to have on hand, just in case. Here is a selection of Birthday cards I've recently made.

Celebrate in Pink Ingredients:
Stamps: Sentiment (portion of Time to Celebrate by Delta)
Paper: SU Pink Passion, DP
Ink: Basic Black
Accessories: Coloured star brads; hole punch

Time to Celebrate Ingredients:
Stamp: Time to Celebrate by Delta
Paper: SU Tempting Turquoise; unknown pale pink; DP Blush
Ink: Basic Black;
Accessories: Ribbon, scissors, corner rounder punch; pop dots
Tag Birthday Ingredients:
Stamps: Happy Birthday Sentiment by StampCraft
Paper: DP Unknown
Ink:Basic Black
Accessories: Marvy Tag Punch; SU Square punch; Pink Swiss Dot Ribbon; Pink Button; Flower; black marker
Candle Birthday Ingredients:
Stamps: SU Pick A Petal; Happy Birthday Sentiment by StampCraft
Paper: SU Elegant Eggplant; SU Always Artichoke; SU Whisper White; DP scraps
Ink: Su Barley Banana; SU Elegant Eggplant
Accessories: SU Mellow Moss Ribbon; hemp;

Embossed Happy Birthday Ingredients:

Stamps: None

Paper: SU Blue Bayou; SU Close to Cocoa

Ink: None

Accessories: Cuttle Bug Happy Birthday Embossing Folder; Chocolate Chip ribbon