July Happiness Giveaway Challenge Entry

I have an extremely hard time coming up with masculine card ideas, so I'm happy to see what other ideas people come up with for the July Happiness Giveaway Challenge over at my friend's Tracy's blog. You have 'til Tuesday night to get your entry in... so hurry up if you haven't already done so. The card was to be a masculine theme using the SC99 sketch from SCS.

It took me a while to figure out the dimensions of the pieces for the card, then after I did, I had no idea what image to put in the centre... so I chose to not even use an image, to just use some text. So, I went through all my sayings, after a great deal of humming and hawing I decided on 'Thoughts of You'... that's kinda masculine, I guess. The stamp is one from my $1.50 Michaels stamp clear acrylic sets. I stamped it in Coffee Bean pigment ink as I find the pigment inks seem to give a better result than my dye inks.

The patterned papers that I used were some that I've had for a while now that I bought for masculine cards...just can't remember where they're from. Yup, I have absolutely no memory... I'm the first to admit that! lol :) For the base, I used a Royal Blue Bazzill cardstock and a Mustard Yellow Bazzill cardstock for the centre piece. For the buckles, I used my SU Word Window punch and cut it in half to make two tabs and I added an antique brass brad to each buckle. The frame is from the SU Hodge Podge Hardware set, also in antique brass.

Well, that's a lot of rambling for such a simple looking card! lol :) I'm gonna call it a day hoping that the sunshine decides to make an appearance again tomorrow!

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Finally, the sun is shining!

WooHoo! The sun is finally shining here and it's been hot and sunny for the past 5 days, I think. I've kinda lost track, but it's certainly nice not to have to look at rain and fog all the time!

Here's a pic of the girls and I on our back deck yesterday in our little pool, trying to beat the +34 C heat. Rather pathetic, I know, but it really kept us cool! :)
We had a BBQ a couple of nights ago and I got a kick out of this pic that Jim took of Alexandria and me. I think I had taken my glasses off to clean them, but I don't know what Alex was looking at...looks as though she's looking to the Heaven's to give thanks or something! Too funny!
This is my little Natalia. She's loves her kitty, Lynux. I'm always finding her sitting and petting her. I think the cat is eyeing Tallie's toast here...thinking, Humm, that looks kinda yummy for a change! lol :)
Here's a pic of Alex showing off her missing top two front teeth...not sure if they're ever gonna come back in! I still can't see any teeth breaking through and it's been over a month since she lost them? We have to make an appointment for the dentist anyway, so I guess I can check with them. I think kids look so funny with their teeth missing, I hope they come in soon! lol :)
This is a pic I took tonight of the Tiger Lillies in my back yard. I love Tiger Lillies, their orange colour is so gorgeous.

Well, that's all for today. Hopefully the sun will be shining again tomorrow. Fingers crossed! :)

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Baroque Motifs Flowers

I can't express how much I love this SU set! Oh, so pretty...I'll try not to overdo it and make too many cards with this set all at once...but I can't promise anything! lol :)

I decided to use a green tonight that I don't normally use. I started out with white cardstock, layered it with black, then a piece of pink Bazzill cardstock (a colour very close to SU Pink Passion), a layer of SU Green Galore, then another layer of white. On the top white layer, I randomly stamped the large Baroque Motifs vines using SU Green Galore ink. Then, I stamped the small flowers in SU Pink Passion ink around the vines swirls. For the 3 large flowers, I used Pink Passion and Black ink, cut them out by hand and adhered them to the card with 1/8" dimensional squares.

The 'kind' tab was done using the SU Round Tab punch. I also used the SU Horizontal Slot punch to make the slots in the sides to feed the ribbon through. I stamped the word 'kind' in Pink Passion ink and used the same colour to brush the edges with a sea sponge. The pink ribbon that I used is from Michaels. I also added a 1/8" dimensional square to the back of the tab to raise it out.

Well, that's another record...only 10:20 PM and I'm done my post...could I be getting better at this? lol :) Not being up 'til the wee hours of the morning making cards. Well, I guess I kinda cheated, cause I started this card last night, but I got into a movie and didn't finish my card. So, I finished it tonight. Still a record for me, though! I imagine the card for tomorrow night will be another one from the Baroque Motifs set...cause it's such a gorgeous set, I must play with it! lol :)

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Update on the Autism Fundraiser Project

I spoke with Kelly today and she told me that she still has about 200 cards yet to be sold but she's working on finding homes for them. I still have lots of cards on their way, so if you're out there and have cards ready for us, send them along, we'd be more than happy to find homes for them! :)

Originally, the cards were going to be used in the Fundraising Auction, but we had no idea we would get the response that we did. So, Kelly has taken it upon herself to sell them on her own and is doing an outstanding job at it! You Go Girl! :)

So far....drum roll please...she has raised over $2,100.00 from all your gorgeous cards! What a wonderful success and it's all because of the generosity of awesome stampers willing to share their artwork for such a deserving cause!

Thank you so much from the bottom of our hearts.

(((Big Hugs)))

Doodle This and Scallops

It must be a record for me...a card finished, pic taken of it, watermark added and it's only 11:10 PM! Normally, I finish well after midnight into the wee hours of the morning...that refreshing dip in the pool today must have recharged my head! lol :) It was about +34 C today, still +26 C and very humid, but at least we have a nice breeze out right now. That's the nice thing about living close to the ocean. Supposed to be hot for the next few days, lots more swimming for us, I guess...well, sitting in my little pool anyway!

I decided to play with my SU Doodle This set tonight and use some gorgeous designer paper by Basic Grey. It's from their Pashmina collection, called Urban Couture. I love the light shade of green with the delicate flowers in chocolate and white. I stamped my large Doodle This flower using SU Night of Navy ink on to the patterned paper, using two different sections of the paper with two different patterns and then cut them each out. The doodling stamp was also stamped in Night of Navy.

For cardstock, I used turquoise for the base (from Michaels), navy blue and lime green Bazzill cs for the layers and white. I distressed the lime green with my scissors.

For the scallops on the bottom, I decided to play with my Creative Memories circle punches. I used the 1" circle punch for the patterned paper and the 1 1/4" circle for the white layer. I adhered them one at a time to the back of the navy blue cardstock with double sided tape, making sure to line them up evenly and I moved across the bottom.

To finish the card off I paper pierced a single line up each side and a double row along the top. A added a Dollarama pewter brad to the center of the flowers and attached them with a 1/8" dimensional square.

WooHoo! 11:33 PM and I'm done my blog post...definitely a record for me! I may actually get to bed at a decent hour tonight! lol :)

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Who Doesn't Want Money?

Especially when someone's givin' it away for FREE!!!

Over at Ashwin’s blog, you will find one crazy blog owner!! You can win $2500!! To enter just copy this text and paste it in your blog!! But hurry, this competition will not last long! So get posting!
You only have until the 20th of August so hurry on over!

Good Luck...just think of the wicked stamp buyin' spree you could go on! :)

Delight in Life Flowers

Woo Hoo! I finally got back into my stamp room tonight for some much need stamp therapy. I wanted a card with happy colours and I'm happy with the ones I chose. :)
Tonight, I thought I'd break out my Delight in Life set that hasn't got much use yet. I stamped the flowers in Night of Navy and the 'Delight in Life' and swirls were each stamped in Tempting Turquoise. I added a silver brad to the flowers and attached them each with a 1/8" dimensional square.
For the circle cut outs, I used my Creative Memories cutting system using the medium round template with the red and green blades.
I used Bazzill cardstock for the turquoise, lime green and navy. The cs for the flowers is from Michaels.
I pierced a line at the bottom of the turquoise cs and added a strip of coordinating rick rack (spelling) ribbon over the lime green cs to finish it off.

I'm feeling back to normal now, woo hoo! Guess I got all the sodium out of my system. The girls and I enjoyed a gorgeous day here today. Got to visit a couple of friends and swim with one of them at her house. Well, the kids got to splash around while us mommies chatted and watched. It's great to finally have the sun shining and to get some nice hot weather. It got up to +32 today. :) Too bad Jim's vacation is all over and I think he might have had 3 ok days in 3 weeks! Gotta love Mother Nature. lol :)

Well, I'm off to bed, thanks for stopping by! :)