Mother's Day Tea Party

I'm a little late in posting this Mother's Day card, but I haven't been able to get together with my Mum yet as my Dad has been ill with The Shingles and unfortunately not really up for company. So, I'm going to post this card anyway, hoping that she doesn't see it until I get it to her in the near future.

I used the Paris stamp sheet by The Stampsmith.  I love this set and thought this image of the tea party would be fitting since I remember having tea parties quite often with my Mum when I was a young girl.  :)

This is a bit of an angle view to show you the glitter detail a bit more clearly in the patterned paper.

 

I found these gorgeous satin flowers at Wal-Mart the other day.  They come in a pack of six by K&Company...I must buy more of them!   The lace is from Fabricville.   It's a long piece that I just kept tucking in around the back to form a circle or doily shape.

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The Many Faces of Babies Board Book

I have a fun project...but a long post...to share with you tonight. I made this little board book for one of my colleagues, she's a sweetheart and is expecting her first baby. I'm so happy for her and I thought I'd make this funny little book to showcase some of the funny faces babies make. :)

As you can see from all the pictures below, I used the entire Ooh Baby Stamp Sheet by The Stampsmith to create this cute little book.  I don't think I've ever created anything using every stamp in set, but this was a super fun project to make.  I used cereal boxes for the pages and die cut pattered paper to cover the cereal box board.   I adhered the patterned paper with a glue stick and distressed the page edges, the photostamp images and the sentiments using tea dye ink. I looked at all the images and came up with the sentiments myself.  The sentiments I chose are my interpretations of the baby expression alongside.  To finish it off, I went for a visit to my friend, Janice's and she graciously let me borrow her Bind-it-all.   Ya gotta love that little machine!  Thanks, so much, Janice!

Ooh Baby Stamp Sheet

8.5" x 11" page of sentiments to print off (.pdf format)

Holy cow that was a long post!   Lots of images to upload!  I hope you enjoyed the many faces of babies...after all laughter is the best medicine!

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Paris Flair

I have a little Paris Flair to share with you tonight. This card was inspired by little girls' new Paris themed bedroom. She's my little 7 year old Diva and loves all things Paris, but especially the Eiffel Tower. She been sick with the stomach flu the past few days and she actually asks me to make her get well cards, so this one is for her. This project measures 5" x 7" and it's my plan to get a nice frame for it and add it as a decoration in her newly decorated room as it uses all the same colours as her room.

I used the Eiffel Tower photostamp and the word, 'Paris' both from the Paris plate by The Stampsmith. I love this plate, as I'm sure you can tell as I use it quite a bit. It's no wonder my daughter likes the theme, too! lol

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TSC14: Starring Role

I'm back...sorry for being a little MIA lately. Sometimes life just gets in the way of the fun things we'd rather be doing.

I have a Marilyn card to share with you tonight. I love this image and decided to use it for the current challenge over at The Stampsmith Challenge blog. I'm rather late with my design team submission, but I figured better late than never! :)

Our challenge this time around is Starring Role - The Stampsmith is known for it's images of actresses and famous films. We want to see your Starring Role Artwork. I hope you decide to play along in the fun. I look forward to seeing all your creations!

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Here's to you, friend!

I saw the photo album below recently and I knew I had to buy it for my friend, Kim. She loves purple and since she's moving away, I thought she might like to fill it with photos from her time living here. I'm sure gonna miss her! The caption inside the card reads, "Here's to you, friend!" The vintage image I used is a photostamp by The Stampsmith, called Coffee Gal.

As you can see, my card above was inspired by this photo album to give to her as a set. It's hard to tell in the photo, but the album is covered in a beautiful silk material with silver, velvet flowers over it. This is also a two album set. The second album is entirely silver silk...hence the ribbon holding the two of them together.
Here's a close up of the handmade flower, made by moi, and it gives you a better look at the silver embossed flowers that I stamped on the corners of the patterned paper.
I kinda laughed when I was about to make this card, since I was trying to think of a stamp that I might have that would look similar to the flowers on the album. I decided to put away some crafty goodies first that I bought the weekend before and when I was, I came across this single stamp that I purchased and forgot all about. I couldn't believe it, it was nearly an exact match! It must have been destiny for me to buy it! lol :)

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A Lady of Class

I have a Tiffany inspired card to share with you tonight. I love aqua and white together and thought I'd pair it with this fabulous photostamp of the beautiful, Audrey. Adorned in lots of bling, she's definitely ready for the show! :)

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Supplies:
Stamps: Breakfast at Tiffany's - Audrey Hepburn Themed Stamp Sheet (The Stampsmith) Cardstock: Aqua Glossy & Aqua Flat (Dollarama), Flat White (Staples)
Ink: Ancient Page - Coal Black (Clearsnap)
Tools: Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots Embossing Folder (ProvoCraft), Quilling Tweezers
Embellishments: White Satin Ribbon (Michaels), Clear Bling (Dollarama)

Welcome, Baby Hunter!

A new little bundle of joy came into the world yesterday, a sweet baby boy, born to friends of ours who are going to make wonderful parents. This is the card that I made for them. I'll get it to them soon, we all just need to get rid of our coughs first! I hate having to wait to get to hold a sweet little newborn! :(

I used a darling photostamp from the Darling Boys plate by The Stampsmith. This is such a sweet plate, and it comes with some cute little sayings, as well. The sentiment I used is also from this plate. In case you can't read it very well on the card, it reads,

What are little boys, made of?
Frogs and snails and puppy dog tails,
That's what little boys, are made of!

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Supplies:
Stamps: Darling Boys plate (The Stampsmith)
Cardstock: Flat White, Baby Blue, White Copic
Ink: Ancient Page - Coal Black (Tsukineko)
Tools: Cuttlebug, Just my Type - Buttons Embossing Folder (Provocraft)
Embellishments: Baby Blue Button Brads

With Sympathy

Sadly, I had to make a sympathy card tonight for a friend who just lost his Dad to a battle with cancer. Sympathy cards aren't my favourite type of card to make for obvious reasons, but it's my hope that the recipient will know that I put my heart into making it and that my thoughts are with them during this difficult time.


Supplies:
Stamps: Natural Beauty (SU), Sympathy Sentiments (Impression Obsession)
Cardstock: Flat Black (CRS), Goldenrod Linen (CRS)
Patterned Paper: Beau Jardin Harvest (Bo Bunny)
Ink: Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko), Marigold Morning (SU)
Tools: Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug, Sponge (SU), Scissors
Embellishments: Marigold Brads (EK Success)

Happy Sweet 16th, Alysha!

I wanted to make a fun birthday card for my niece who's having her sweet 16th birthday this week and I saw this card by Mary Fish and I knew I wanted to use the same idea. I love the bright colours and the fun style and I hope Alysha will, too.

I can't believe she's 16 already...it only seems like yesterday that she was a little baby, where does the time go? She's now grown up to be a beautiful young woman. She makes me so proud. She's so smart and carries herself so well. I know she's going to go on to do wonderful things!

I'll be back soon with another project to show you, so stay tuned...

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Supplies:
Stamps: Happy Birthday - Well Scripted (SU)
Cardstock: Hot Pink (Bazzill), Navy Blue (CRS), Flat White (Staples)
Ink: VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Tools: Cuttlebug, Labels 4 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Embossing Buddy, Embossing Tray, PEARLustre Sapphire Opaque Embossing Powder (Stampendous), Heat Tool
Embellishments: Pink 3D Flowers and Butterfly (Dollarama)

TSC#7: Royalty

The current challenge that we have over at The Stampsmith Challenge is 'Royalty: This could be rock ‘n’ roll royalty, movie star royalty, or images of women who have an air of aloofness.' As you can see, I chose to do movie star royalty, using the Queen of Glamour, Lady Audrey! :) I went with a walling hanging for my project, consisting of three 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" pictures held together with a long piece of black satin ribbon which I glued in behind the black bases to create the hanger.

I used two photostamps of Audrey. The one on the top panel is one is from the Audrey Hepburn-Themed Stamp Sheet and the saying, 'A Lady of Quality' can be found in the Say it with Flair plate by The Stampsmith.
This is the middle panel using a fun theatre font and spotlight on the dp.
The photostamp of Audrey on the bottom panel is from the Fame #1 Stamp Sheet and the signature below the bling'd image is also from the Audrey Hepburn-Themed Stamp Sheet. If you look close or click on the image, you can see the bling better. I actually used black and clear bling all the way around the matted image. Audrey is all lit up! :)
I hope you decide to come join in on the fun for a chance to win some goodies from Estelle at The Stampsmith! We love seeing all your takes on the challenge, so 'get stampin' and then show us your project over on The Stampsmith Challenge blog! :)

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Audrey, Audrey signature & A Lady of Quality (The Stampsmith)
Cardstock: Flat Black (Recollections), Ivory (Staples), Wild Wasabi (SU)
Patterned Paper: Hollywood Vogue & Wonderfall (Webster's Pages)
Ink: Ancient Page - Coal Black (Clearsnap)
Tools: Cuttlebug, Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
Embellishments: Black & Clear Bling (Dollarama), Black Satin Ribbon (Michaels)

Sisterly Friendship

I'd like to share a card with you tonight that I made for one of my daughters for Valentine's Day. My thought was that it was to portray her and her sister and the friendship and memories they share. I cropped an adorable image from the Thank Heaven for Little Girls plate by The Stampsmith. I feel bad for cropping one of the sweet little girls out of the picture, but it wouldn't have made sense for the card if there was three girls in it. lol :) The sentiments, "Friendship, Happiness, Memories & Love are all from the Say it With Flair plate by The Stampsmith, as well.

I used the current MojoMonday sketch for my creation, highlighting the curve with a bit of flourished bling.

Check back tomorrow for the theme of our next challenge over at The Stampsmith Challenge!

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TSC6: Love

I'm sharing a Valentine's Card tonight in keeping with our newest challenge over at The Stampsmith Challenge blog. I used a sweet photostamp from the Darling Boys plate by The Stampsmith. I'm calling this one 'Young Love.' Is this little couple adorable, or what?! :)

Our current challenge is Love (Marriage, Valentine, love for a pet, love for a child.) For this challenge, we do ask that you use at least one stamp from The Stampsmith for your creation. I hope you decide to come join us! Until then, please pop on over to see the creations from the rest of the Design Team.

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TSC3 - Using Ovals - Audrey Treasure Box

Our challenge over at The Stampsmith Challenge blog this time around is "Using Ovals." I made another Audrey Treasure Box, nearly identical to the one I made a month ago, but with a couple slight differences. I've been busy lately with work and life in general, so I'm cheating and using this as my Design Team project. :)

Here's a close up the beautiful, Audrey.

A different angle of the altered paper maché box.
I hope you decide to join us over at The Stampsmith Challenge! With every entry, you have a chance at winning some new rubber from The Stampsmith! So, what are you waiting for? Come on over and join in on the fun! :)

Thanks for stoppin' by! :)

Supplies:
Stamps: Audrey (The Stampsmith)
Cardstock: Chocolate Brown (CRS), White Glossy Cardstock (CRS)
Patterned Paper: Lost & Found - Portobello Road "Family" Brocade Paper by Jen Allyson (My Minds Eye)
Ink: Ancient Page - Chocolate (Clearsnap), Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Tea Dye (Ranger)
Tools: Oval and Scalloped Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Cuttlebug, Sponge (SU), Edge Distressor (CTMH), Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz
Embellishments: Pewter Antique-Look Hardware (Tim Holtz), Handmade Paper Flower, Grungeboard Flourish (Tim Holtz), Lace Doily (Dollarama)