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What fun!!! You are all so great! The actual count is 163, 40 yards of ribbon & 123 primas! That makes it mighty close but the winner is scrapmomof2! YAY!!! I will check your blog to see if there is an email link!

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Just to show you at least a little something, this is what my fam did this last weekend to have a little fun. (Yes, Laura I did say fam to include you, especially while Pam is gone!!!!) Everyone got into pumpkin carving. Below is our final products: a puppy, a horse & Mona Lisa! Cool eh?

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I hope everyone had a safe, fun evening!

10,000 posts Celebration!

Thanks to all of you out there in blog land, I'm approaching 10,000 hits!!!
And that means I need to celebrate and show you my appreciation!
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The best way I know to do that is to send someone a package of my favorite card making supplies! Can you tell what it is?!?!?! Ribbon, ribbon, & more ribbon! And of course I must include flowers!!!
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So, to be a little different I want to see who can guess how many yards of ribbon & how many primas I'm giving away! I've counted in full yards and will give it all to the person who is exactly right or the closest. To make sure everyone understands the same if I have 10 yards of ribbon and 20 primas my guess would be 30 total.
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Yes, this pile in the pic is exactly what I will be sending along with one more of my favorites.... a couple Thomas Kinkade cards! If the person who guesses the closest would prefer a few plain, ready to use stamped images we could make those arrangements too. You would have the choice. (I'd love to see someone who hasn't tried them yet to fall in love with them as I have!)
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I will post the winner Oct. 31st, probably late in the evening! (Remember I'm on the West Coast kind of late!)
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Happy guessing!

Paper Christmas Ornament

After much fiddling, re-doing, and cutting I finally figured out a way to have a paper ornament class!

This is one that will be included in the class and I've already thought of more embellishing that I could have done to it! :(

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Oh well! This Basic Grey new Figgy Pudding paper is so great! It was the perfect paper to make these ornaments!

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This is a quick post, but I hope you enjoy! The original inspiration is from Card Creme (thanks for permission to do this class Sherrie!)

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Happy creating!

Pocket Swap!

It's long over due but this little card is finally going to be sent on its way!!! I signed up for a swap way back, kept having computer glitches and couldn't get the recipients addresses UNTIL TODAY!!!

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I know that sounds funny but I received my cards a few weeks ago and I feel really bad I couldn't send mine out. Oh well, the joys of the computer age!

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Anyway, this pocket is just simply made by sewing up the sides. I folded down the top to give it some detail, punched the edge and used a brad to hold it down.

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The image, Thomas Kinkade Christmas Village, is stamped with SU! Classic ink on their glitter paper. I roughed up the edges using a scrapper kinda thingy, layered it on the black, tied some ribbon and voila!

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The inside uses one of the TK sentiments, McGill tab punch and misc. snowflake stamp.

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Totally out of my normal box, but it was fun to create!

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Happy stamping!

Edited to add: Blogger is so crazy!! I have no control over how the layout it sometimes! Sorry it looks so weird!

How much paper did I buy!?!?!?!?

I finally got organized to really get down to business on my huge Christmas card order!

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4 packages of white card stock (250 sheets each)

6 packages of blue 12 X 12 card stock (50 sheets each)

1800 snowflake punches

120 yards of 1/2 inch satin ribbon

ink pad & 2 refills

& 1 gorgeous stamp!

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Then I cut out the 600 pieces to stamp on.

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Then I started stamping!!! I ran out of table space and quit stamping at 126!!!

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Only 4 more table fulls and I'll be done! But truly, I get some very odd satisfaction working on a huge assembly line! I'm so glad I get to do this! I love it!!!

Christmas Sparkle

I get to do another Christmas "stack" class! This one is going to be all about the glitter! We are going to be using a couple images from Stamping Bella to make 8 cards.

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In this one I played around for a while trying to figure out how I wanted to color the ornament. The space is so fine in the swirl that I gave up with Copics, gel pens worked ok, but I finally ended up just using a glue pad and covered the whole thing with glitter!!! NICE! I love the sparkle!

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Enjoy your weekend everyone! I'm going to be getting down & serious about working on a huge order! I'll post some pics of my assembly line! It should be fun!

For the Love of Patterned Paper!!!

This last week I have had social activities almost every day!!! Yahooo!!! But then reality hit that was in desperate need of getting some cards ready for the stores I sell to.

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That is when patterned paper can save the day! I stuck with basic layouts, added an embellishment and some ribbon and get cards made quickly!!!

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Can I say enough about these little baubles?!?!? I LOVE them!

Play time!!!

I totally forgot I made this card over the weekend! I got to go out Friday night with a stamping friend, we shopped, we ate good food and we shopped some more!!!

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One of the goodies I picked up was a couple of bottles of Robin's Nest glass ball thingies. These are so great! Anyway, I needed some blank cards and wanted to use this new stamp too! I embossed the flower and layered it all up!

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Nice a easy, but something a little different for me!

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Happy stamping all!

Snow Stack Class

Unfortunatly, I've been under the weather the last couple of days, just a nasty cold, and therefore I've not been able to create anything new to share!

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So, just in case there are any Abbotsfordians who are looking for something to do Wednesday evening, I've got card class at Urban Trends.

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We will be creating these two layouts: stamping, embossing, piercing, sponging and lots of things to put them all together. And you will go home with 4 of each card!

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Hopefully, these classes will help me get more organzined for my own Christmas cards!!! One can always hope! Happy stamping all! (Even if I am stuck with a pot of tea and a box of tissue!)

I've crossed over to the Dark Side!!!

Yes, it was a day a dear friend of mine will be proud of. I dug through the closets, cupboards and everywhere I could think of until I found my good old sewing machine in the garage storage room!

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So, this is my first attempt at applying some dusty old skills to my love of paper! I'm showing you both of these as I'm not sure which one I prefer. The zig zag or the straight stitch. Either way, this took me a while but I'm pleased I finally set the beast up in my work space. Yes, I has found a home once again!

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Another thing I did was use my large oval, scallop stamp to versa mark UTEE over Father Christmas, by Crafty Secrets (WHAT AN AMAZING SET!!!). I pressed it super hard into the granuals and it kinda stuck all over the paper. I wiped some of it off but liked the way it gave a more scattered effect. Don't look too close or you might see some of the edges in a scallop!

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One of the other fun things I did was take out my grandma's old pinking shears to cut some felt. Not sure if anyone else out there has ones like this so took a pic.

Aren't they great?!?!? They work more like a pizza cutter and roll their way along your fabric, so much fun!!!

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Hope you are all having some stamping fun this Thanksgiving weekend!
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More Card Classes!!!

I gathered up some courage, packed up all my Thomas Kinkade stamps and cards samples and walked into a scrap shop, asked if I could speak with the owner and showed off my stuff!

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We chatted about this new line of stamps and talked about what a class would look like, kinds of things I would do and set a date!

I needed to re-work my samples to use the paper she carried and remove things she didn't. So, we are going to talk about basic stamping with these images, kinds of ink & paper etc, and talk about using them without feeling like we need to color like TK!

We will make one card with a cracked glass and another with a shimmer window technique and the third with just stamping. I'm looking forward to it! Wish me luck!

Tagged!

Amy G tagged me a few days ago! Sorry it took me awhile to post this!!!

FOUR JOBS I HAVE HAD IN MY LIFE

1. Mom - 2 daughters, 1 dog, 1 gecko, 1 pirahna, 1 husband

2. Travel Agent

3. Telephone solicitor (don't hate me!!!)

4. Office administration

FOUR PLACES I HAVE LIVED

1. St. Adolphe, Manitoba

2. Winnipeg, Manitoba

3. Burnaby, BC

4. Abbotsford, BC

FOUR PLACES I’VE BEEN ON VACATION

1. Caribbean cruises (Bahamas, Grand Caymen, Cozumel, Costa Maya, Belize, St. Thomas, St.Johns, St. Lucia, Antigua, Jamaica, and I know there is a few more islands...)

2. Montreal, Canada

3. New York

4. Palm Springs (should I keep listing more?!?!? I LOVE TO TRAVEL!!!)

FOUR OF MY FAVORITE FOODS

1. Home made pizza

2. Steak & prawn

3. Cottage cheese perogies

4. Chinese (again I could keep going!!!)

WHERE WOULD I RATHER BE RIGHT NOW

1. sitting in my hot tub

2. back on a cruise ship

3. out for dinner with friends

4. in my craft space

Masculin cards - eek!

It is always so difficult for me not to use flowers on a card! But sometimes I just have to!

Hopefully you will think I succeeded in de-feminizing a card! :)

The coloring is just water color pencils and a blender pen. Sentiment is pieced together using an Amuse stamp and little acrylic alpha set. Background is a retired SU! stamp as well as the bucket & apples, sorry I don't know what they are called off the top of my head! Little apple is a brad from the dollar store.

I also put a little glaze on the apples to make them shine! Hmm, hmm good! Wax on apples!!! hehehe

Fall in Violet

I had about an hour this morning to play at my card table!!! Wonders never cease! It might seem I'm down here ALL the time to my family, but I'm most often taking care of projects I NEED to make, not just playing with paper and ink.

So, I got started with a little challenge over on Splitcoast and this was the result. We had to start with a card we made in the past, keep the layout, papers & just change the stamps. In the spring I made this with flowers and a different sentiment and now I made a quick little fall/leaf version.

Unfortunatly, that is all the time I have today as I'm off to start and "card making club" at my daughter middle school. I've got 2 cards cut and planned for 25 middle school girls! Yikes!!! Should be fun!

I got it done!!!

What a fast week! My DH is out of town and I'm being a single mom for 7 nights! My hat's off to any parent out there who is raising kids on their own! It is for the birds!!!! Now, I love my kiddies dearly, but it is exhusting doing everything on my own!

Anyway, in the middle of the insanity, I had an order for Christmas cards. AND I GOT THEM DONE!!!! It truly was my therapy this week! hehehe! (2 more sleeps till DH is back and tonight is girls night! Home made pizza, chocolate, Treatsa Pizza, soda, cookies, chips, movies, daughters, sister & friends! Maybe, I'll take a pic of us all and our pizza! Yippy!)

Enjoy your weekend! And here's hoping for creative time next week!

Anniversary Love!

Next month is my 15th wedding anniversary and I'm working on a nice card for my DH. These are a couple I just did for an order and I'm thinking I might just have to create something similar for him.

These Basic Grey 6 X 6 packs are the best for cards! The patterns are sized down so even if you cut only a portion you can still get a great piece of the full page.

And who doesn't want flowers on their anniversary?!?!?

Happy carding! (not much stamping around here today!)

I've been tagged...

Crafty Laura tagged me! And I haven't got much to post this weekend, we have been painting our house again, and I've been working on some orders. So here is a tidbit about me:

1. WERE YOU NAMED AFTER ANYONE? Not as far as I know.

2. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU CRIED? Last week, had to bear a bit of my soul to a loved one.

3. DO YOU LIKE YOUR HANDWRITING? Usually, but I have to have the right pen!

4. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE LUNCH MEAT? Chicken or Turkey please.

5. DO YOU HAVE KIDS? 12 & 8 year old daughters.

6. IF YOU WERE ANOTHER PERSON, WOULD YOU BE FRIENDS WITH YOU? Heck yeah!

7. DO YOU USE SARCASM A LOT? I can if in the right mood.

8. DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR TONSILS? Yes.

9. WOULD YOU BUNGEE JUMP? It is on my to do list, but now with my injured knee I think I might have to keep dreaming!

10. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE CEREAL? I love LOTS of cereals, it is what I often grab when I want to snack on something.

11. DO YOU UNTIE YOUR SHOES WHEN YOU TAKE THEM OFF? Nope, I don't buy shoes with ties!

12. DO YOU THINK YOU ARE STRONG? Physically no, emotions I can build real big walls!

13. WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ICE CREAM? Mint choco chip and anything with pecans!

14. WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU NOTICE ABOUT PEOPLE? Attitude/cheerfulness or lack there of

15. RED OR PINK? RED RED RED, my kitchen is red

16. WHAT IS THE LEAST FAVORITE THING ABOUT YOURSELF? weight---isn't that every woman's answer...

17. WHO DO YOU MISS THE MOST? Probably girlfriends I've lost track of.

19. WHAT COLOR PANTS AND SHOES ARE YOU WEARING? Black sweats and bare feet!

20. WHAT WAS THE LAST THING YOU ATE? Chai Tea Latte

21. WHAT ARE YOU LISTENING TO RIGHT NOW? Cooking show on tv.

22. IF YOU WERE A CRAYON, WHAT COLOR WOULD YOU BE? red

23. FAVORITE SMELLS? food food food!!!!

24. WHO WAS THE LAST PERSON YOU TALKED TO ON THE PHONE? Hubby, when I was at the store buying new bedding for us today!

25. DO YOU LIKE THE PERSON WHO SENT THIS TO YOU? Yes, already like another little sis!

26. FAVORITE SPORTS TO WATCH? I don't like to watch sports.

27. HAIR COLOR? Dirty blonde.

28. EYE COLOR? Blue.

29. DO YOU WEAR CONTACTS? No way!

30. FAVORITE FOOD? Home made pizza, cottage cheese perogies, steak & prawn, cereal.... and I could go on and on and on!!!

31. SCARY MOVIES OR HAPPY ENDINGS? No scary movies for me, ( as my DH would say, I had an experience as a child, hehehe) gotta have happy endings!

32. LAST MOVIE YOU WATCHED? Premonition, the ending was just plain wrong!

33. WHAT COLOR SHIRT ARE YOU WEARING? Grey t-shirt

34. SUMMER OR WINTER? Fall all the way!

36. FAVORITE DESSERT? Cheesecake

38. WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING NOW? Saint, Ted Dekker

39. WHAT IS ON YOUR MOUSE PAD? Palm trees & caribbean ocean. ahhhh

40. WHAT DID YOU WATCH ON TV LAST NIGHT? Didn't watch anything yesterday

41. FAVORITE SOUND? ocean waves

42. ROLLING STONES OR BEATLES? neither, sorry

43. WHAT IS THE FARTHEST YOU HAVE BEEN FROM HOME? Caribbean

44. DO YOU HAVE A SPECIAL TALENT? Nope, nothing I would consider special talent but I'm good at many things I decide to try!

45.WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Winnipeg, Manitaba, Canada

Looks like Christmas on my Card Table!

I've been getting many requests for Christmas cards already! What fun cards to make! This is one of the cards I've prepared for an order.

I used some SU! design paper from last year, I still love it so I saved some. The snowman & flourish is from a new set I picked up from Micheal's. Snowflake is a Martha Stewart punch.

Sending some Christmas spirit your way!

Inspiration Needed!

Today was one of those days that I had to get many cards finished and time was not my friend! So, when in need it's great to have friends and even better to have friends who make great cards!

I casually tootled over to Sherrie's blog and went scrolling through looking for some layout ideas! The card on the left started from the second card on this post. It is a simplified version but I accomplished what I was looking for. Then I wanted to used the larger flower I had that matched and decided to do some without the sentiment.

Sherrie also tagged me yesterday:

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current car) Lizzie Honda

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fav ice cream flavor, favorite cookie) Mint Chip Oatmeal Raisin

3. YOUR “FLY Guy/Girl” NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name) T-Unr

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Red Frog

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)Joy Winnipeg

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first) Unrth

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink put “The”) The yellow chai

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers) Abe John

9. STRIPPER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne, favorite candy) Amerige sour soother

10.WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother’s & father’s middle names ) Peter (mom has no middle name :(

Hope you find a little fun in your day today too!!!

Thomas Kinkade Card Class!

Monday night, September 17th!!!! Ya! I have the pleasure of teaching another card class and to make it extra special I get to focus on the Thomas Kinkade stamps!

We will be creating 3 cards and talking about what inks work the best, and trying a couple of techniques to make the stamps easy and fun to use!

So, if you are in Abbotsford and would like to try it out give Urban Trends a phone call. I will have the entire line of stamps with me for you to take a look at!

We would love to see you there!

Fall - My Favorite Season!

Yes, I used a My Favorite Things stamp set to create a card for my favorite season! (hehehe) I'm feeling a little silly today, too many things going on means I have to keep laughing so I don't start crying!!!

I have no idea what paper this is, sorry, it's been hanging around for a LONG time. I really think it is great and finally cut it up!

I love the fall and I'm so ready for some cooler whether to enjoy my hot tub more!

The 3rd PaperTrey in my day!

As I have said before, one of my favorite ways to stamp is to sit with the same set and design different ways to use it. Whether it is colors or layout changes I love recreating the same stamps!

Now this wasn't the exact same stamp, but it was at least with the same set! :) Added some flourishes, jewels, a few layers of paper and tied on the ribbon and my order for Thank you cards is complete!

On a side note, I got to spend my day stamping at a friend's house! Does it get any better then that? Well, I won't have time to stamp any more until the weekend so I'm pacing myself to show what I made over the next few days!

I found my joy today and I trust you are finding some too!!!

I LOVE THIS SET!!!

Ok, if you have not had the chance to check out PaperTrey, today is your day! (hehehe) These sets have been ranted and raved about but I haven't been much of an on-line shopper so I just haven't bought any - UNTIL NOW!!!

This is positively the set for me to start with (I make no promises of not being forced into buying more :)

This flower is the second of 4 large flowers, with a matching fill-ins or outlines. The set has a bunch of tiny stamps for you to use your creativity to add layers of colors or depth. And with all the stamp pieces Papertrey has made it so easy to bring in a ton of color!

Beautiful Blooms, is definatly worth checking out!

PaperTrey Blooms are in da' house!!!!

This is pretty simple and basic but I am always drawn to browns and anything with some flourishes! So the flower that made me buy this set had to be the first to see ink!

I used a new Adirondak Sepia & Stazon Black, stamped, sponged and punched and within a few minutes I had my warm up card done!

Now, if only I had enough energy to create more than one card tonight! Oh, well there is always tomorrow!

Hope everyone has a chance to get stampy this weekend, enjoy!

Ranger Alcohol Inks

I got the chance, a couple of months ago, to play with some Ranger Inks for the first time. I came home with a couple backgrounds done but never finished them off!

I really wanted to focus on the background and not cover it up. I used CHF large Daisy Patch with Stazon Ink. Finished it with some corner punches and really cool ribbon and I was happy!

Hope you all enjoy your day!

I deleted the close up by accident....

This is the close-up of my "project"! See below....

My sister the hygenist!

This is a project I am thrilled to have been able to do!

My little sister has just purchased her first home and is having a party! I got to create her invitations with the bella I bought just for her!

Blue is her favorite color, I love it with brown, found some fun paper and spent a few hours coloring! I used watercolor pencils with my blender pen, glazed the little tooth and used my glitter pen on the toothbrush to look like toothpaste.

How Many Can You Make?

We are about to find out how many cards, of the same layout, I can make before I get tired of making cards!!!

My DH's, boss asked if I wanted to make the office Christmas cards this year. SURE! I'd love to!!! Then I found out we are talking about at least 600 cards!?!?!?!

And he doesn't like A2 size. He wants them bigger! So, the best and only stamps I have that will accomodate a larger card would be the amazing Thomas Kinkade stamps, from Cornish Heritage Farms. YIPPY!!! What a great reason to stamp away. But, I also have to consider how much they are willing to pay and how many supplies I need to buy and that equalled fairly simple cards BUT the images speak for themselves and don't need enhancing! PERFECT!!!

So, by next week I will know which layout they like and will be creating quite and assembly line! Anyone want to be my slave labourer? hehehe

I have soooo many favorite things....

flowers, stamps, patterned paper, stamps, ink, stamps, brads, stamps, sparkly gel pens, stamps, paper, paper and more paper!!!

This is one of the newest sets in my collection. Yes, I admit it, I am a stamp collector. They say admitting an addiction is the first step! hehehe, I think I'm gonna stay stuck here!

I just cannot sell/trade "old" stamps. I need more new ones, but I just can't let go of my old ones, I love them all too much!

Anyway, flowers truly are one of my favorite things and I love finding all kinds of flowers for my cards.

This one is actually from the $ store. A big bunch for $1!!! I pull them apart and use the individual layers. This is the largest one, a bit big for a card, but folding it over worked quite nicely!

Enjoy your day!

Supplies: Prism cardstock, pp from stash, My Favorite Things stamp set (You Take the Cake)

Work, work, work!

Today was a work day! The LSS, Urban Trends Scrapbook Co., where I sell card kits is going to need fall colored kits soon.

So, I felt like being super productive and I ended up with 18 kits! These are 4 of the 6 designs I created, each with multiple kits.

Can you tell I also was really enjoying flowers today?!?!? The year round embellisment!!!

Enjoy your day!