Origami Boxes

Well yesterday didn't turn out to be very nice....the kids stayed inside again for recess because of the windchill. I swear to goodness...the weather better turn around soon or I'm going to lose it!

I have so much stuff to do around the house but with the weather so cold I would rather just craft...so that's what I did....lol

The SCS challenge was to make an Origami Box and you can find the link HERE.

This first box is smaller than the instructions as I wanted a SU! only project that could done with a club.

This is what I changed from the tutorial:

The DP is an 8 x 8 square...folded the same way.

The Riding Hood Red is an 8 x 3 1/2 piece of cardstock that is scored at 3 1/4 from both ends.

Since the box is smaller I found the cardstock to be sturdy enough...no need for chipboard ;)

Stamps: Love You Much; Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla and Candy Lane dp; Inks: Close to Cocoa, Bravo Burgundy Marker; Accessories: Scalloped edge punch, Scalloped punch, Circle punch, Heart Trio punch, Riding Hood Taffeta ribben, Dimensionals

This box was made using the directions on SCS. I've used the My Favorite Valentine set from H & M Stamps with more yummy American Crafts DP! Are you surprised? LOL!

Stamps: My Favorite Valentine; Cardstock: Real Red, White, Choc Chip and American Crafts Romance dp; Inks: Adirondack Espresso; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Oval punch, Key Tag punch, Ghost heart, Heart Trio punch, Dimensionals, May Arts choc ribbon

Thanks for stopping by today!

My love for American Crafts DP!

Good Morning!

Did you all enjoy the weekend?

Our weather was so nice on Saturday but Sunday...it was downhill...lol....lots of wind and blowing snow...YUCKY!

I stayed inside where it was warm and dry!

This was a card I made for Sunday's Featured Stamper Judy aka Jaydekay. I CASED her cards HERE.

I love this American Crafts DP and matching ribbon!! It's so bright and fun!!

Stamps: Stampendous Changito Bouquet, Best Yet; Cardstock: Old Olive, Choc chip, White and American Crafts DP; Inks: Memento Black; Accessories: American Crafts Ribbons, Copics, Rectangle nesties, Small corner rounder punch, Dimensionals

Since I had my bin of American Crafts Designer Paper I out and the weather turned quite nasty...I decided to make another All Boxed Up set using the DP. There is no stamping on this project. The cards inside the box are plain janes and can be used for anything!

I used these basic supplies:

Cardstock: Old Olive, Choc Chip, PTI white and American Crafts DP

Accessories: American Crafts Ribbon, Choc Satin Ribbon, Scalloped Edge Punch, Circle Nesties
This was a super easy project but does take some time. I can't seem to print the templates out on my cardstock so I now have a template with the scoring and cutting marked off.

You can buy this template from PTI. It's one of Lauren's Timeless Templates and is called All Boxed Up.

An open shot of the All Boxed Up set:

Here are the first and second cards:

Here are the third and fourth cards:

Thanks for stopping by today....I'll be back later this morning to post a winner of the Inkadinkado Birthday Cupcake set!

ETA: Winner of the Inkadinkado Birthday Cupcake set is....

Here are your random numbers:31
Timestamp: 2009-01-12 13:40:46 UTC

Kelly Lunceford

Congrats Kelly...I'll get in touch with you today!

Sweetness!

Good Morning!

Yesterday we enjoyed some balmy weather here in Edmonton....right around the freezing mark!

After doing a few errands yesterday I was able to start cleaning my stamp area up and organizing a bunch of things. After oh...about 20 minutes I was ready to just stamp...lol so I did!

I worked on a couple of sketch challenges. This first one uses Jen's SFYTT.

I don't often make cards without at least a small piece of designer paper but I just couldn't make it work on this card. I did get my colours from a piece of dp though. Some American Crafts... Romance Line. Isn't this Gingersnap image cute?! She's from CC Designs and the set is called Gingersnaps Hey Cupid!

Here is a card I made using Taylor's TECC50 sketch. I've stamped the Inkadinkado Birthday Cupcake images in Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with my copic markers. I used some Circle Nesties to cut them out and dimensionals to pop them up. It's hard to tell in the picture but I added some Stardust Gelly Pen to the tops of each cupcake.

I have an extra Inkadinkado Birthday Cupcakes(thanks to my wonderful husband)that I'd like to offer up as a little blog candy. In order to have a chance to win...tell me what your favourite stamping embellishment is these days. One entry per person please. Don't forget to leave your email or blog address so I can find you ;) I will do a random org draw on Monday morning when I get online.

Thanks for stopping by today!

It's all about friendship!

Good Morning!
Today I'm off to meet my friend Peggy, who owns PaperWorksCo to pick up my batch of Copic markers I ordered the other day! I'm so excited!
First I'd like to share some of my challenge cards with you....there are three so be sure to scroll all the way down ;)
This first one was for the Limited Supplies Challenge on SCS. I love to do this challenge each week but it drives me insane when people can't follow a few simple rules. I had to stop commenting yesterday on SCS because I'm not a rule breaker and rule breakers were upsetting me....lol
These were the rules:
*Stamps: Any (bonus points for using a heart image!)
*Paper: any + red...any shade of red
*if you use a punch or die it must be heart shaped
*if you use embossing folders...they must have a heart
*if you use an accessory it MUST be heart shaped or red
*if you use designer paper...yup you guessed it, red or hearts!
I can't tell you how many people I saw using embellishments that weren't red or hearts...that used nesties that weren't heart shaped....that used DP that wasn't red or had hearts....oh I could go on and on...but I'll get off my soapbox now....lol
Stamps: Love You Much; Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, Very Vanilla and Bo Bunny DP; Inks: Adirondack Black; Accessories: Copics, Heart Punch, Heart Trio Punch, Primary Dew Drops, Quickie glue pen, Bo Bunny Brad, Dimensionals
This next card is a combo of two of my Saturday challenges. First it uses Lauren's sketch and also the OCC - 2 shades of blue challenge. I went super simple with this card but I really like the look! Want to see what the Saturday Sketch Team has done:
Alicia Weimen
Kendra
Kim Gasper
Kirsten Dubosque
Kristy Vernon
MacKenzie Bruckler
Maria Levine
Tamara Harder
Stamps: A Little Somthin'; Cardstock: Bashful Blue, Not Quite Navy, WW and Washington Apple DP; Inks: Bashful Blue, NQN; Accessories: Circle Nesties, Grosgrain, Dew Drops, Paper piercer, Dimensionals, Prima, Silver Brad
This is a second card I made for today's Our Creative Corner Challenge. Stop by the blog to see what the girls have created and all the challenge details.
My OCC friends:
Amy Sheffer
Cindy Haffner
Denise Marzec
Jackie Pedro
Jennifer Meyer
Julee Tilman
Kim Teasdale
Laurie Schmidlin
Lynda Benden
Silke Ledlow
Stamps: Boatloads of Love; Cardstock: Cool Caribbean, Temp Turq, WW, WC paper and Rainbow Sherbet dp; Inks: Black Stazon, Temp Turq, Cool Caribbean, Barely Banana, Going Grey, Basic Grey; Accessories: Aqua painter, Nesties, Organza, Grosgrain, Word Window Punch, Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today and listening to my rant....lol

Challenge cards

Yesterday was a HAPPY day at our house! I've looked through the new catty and made a big list of things...now to decide WHAT to order ;) With Sale-A-Bration next month I'm tossing up the idea of ordering a few things now and then a HUGE order when Sale-A-Bration starts.
While anxiously awaiting my delivery yesterday I sat down to work on the Way To Use It Challenge on SCS. It was all about stars. My husband bought me tons of stamping goodies for Christmas and this Bo Bunny DP and brads were some of them. I've used a new set from SU! called Love You Much and coloured the letters with my Copic markers.
Stamps: Love You Much; Cardstock: Real Red, Pretty in Pink, WW and Bo Bunny DP; Inks: Adirondack Black; Accessories: Copics, Label nesties, Scalloped edge punch, Small star punch, Bo Bunny Brads, Dimensionals
Here is another card for the WT200 challenge....not too sure where I was going with this....but I used up some old scraps.

Stamps: A Little Somethin; Cardstock: Kraft, Old Olive, Choc chip, WW and American Crafts DP; Inks: Pretty in Pink, Choc chip craft ink; Accessories: Chipboards stars, Large star punch, dimensionals

This was my last card made for Verve's challenges. Now I have a complete set!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Challenge Cards

Holy freakin' dina! You know what is supposed to come today?! The new SU! catty! It says delivery TODAY! I'm sure like most of you....I'll be stalking the postal dudes...haha! ETA: Got my catties!!!
Have you all been to the Verve Forum on SCS lately? Julee has some fabulous challenges going on this week. If you play along, there is a chance you could win some of her new stamps coming out this week!!! These started on Monday so I had a little work to do to catch up. After doing the first card which was a colour challenge....Kraft, Riding Hood Red, Blush Blossom....I decided to do all the cards with the same basic supplies. I'm hoping that the 4th challenge will fit into this set but if not, oh well! I used the Verve Set called Serenity.
This is my first card:
Here is my second challenge card:

Here is the third challenge card:

This is a card I made using the Calling All Angels set from H & M Stamps. It was made using the Sketch Challenge on SCS. I can't recall the last time I used Pixie Pink....probably for a colour challenge....lol but it did go well with the Romance Line by American Crafts.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Good Wednesday Morning!

A word of advice?! BEFORE deciding to make a shaker card....be sure you have all the elements...lol
I was so excited to play with my new stamps/papers and wanted to use some cool beads and glitter that Brian gave me for Christmas....that I didn't look for acetate....ummmm you can't make a shaker without it....lol Of course I didn't realize it until I was putting it all together....so this is a nice window card instead! I *know* I have tons of acetate somewhere...maybe it's with my Flight of the Butterfly set ;o)
Stamps: Love Ya Much; Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Pink Pirouette, WW and Candy Lane DP; Inks: Black; Accessories: Label nesties, Scallop punch, 1" circle punch, Heart Punch, Riding Hood Taffeta ribbon, dimensionals
ACK! Did you see the CC for yesterday???Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie and Garden Green. I was freaking out when I saw it was Garden Green! Puke puke puke! After the inital shock, I remembered....ah-ha! I had some Jersey Shore DP in my stash! Jackpot! Ok so it's probably Wild Wasabi in the DP but shhhhhh you can't tell ;) Once I found the DP....I knew I could make it work! Yippee! I pulled out the Pun Fun set and watercoloured with my aqua painter and ink pads.

Stamps: Pun Fun; Cardstock: White, Brilliant Blue, Garden Green, WC paper and Jersey Shore DP; Inks: Black Stazon, Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Garden Green, Summer Sun; Accessories: Aqua painter, Pumpkin ribbon, Word window punch, Label nesties, Silver cord, Dimensionals

As I was completing my first card I realized I still had my Rock-On set on my table from yesterday. These colours are cool enough for another Rock-On card! Remember that H & M Stamps are having a Garage Sale and today is the last day to get stamps from $3 to $5 per SET...yes SET~

Stamps: Rock-On; Cardstock: Kraft, Garden Green, Pumpkin Pie, Brilliant Blue, WW and Jersey Shore DP; Inks: Brilliant Blue, Pumpkin Pie, Black; Accessories: 1 3/4" circle punch, Dimensionals

Some exciting news....my friend Peggy from PaperWorksCo is now carrying COPIC markers! Yeah! Another reason for me to meet her for coffee at Tim's ;) Pop on by her store to see what else she's gotten in lately! Also...notices from Canada Post are popping up with delivery of new catty's to arrive at the end of the week!!! Can't wait to peek!

Thanks for stopping by today!!

Happy Tuesday!

Good Morning!
Today I hope to play with my new SU! goodies that arrived last evening around dinner. I had no time to stamp last night because I was watching tons of hockey!
Julee has a new Mojo Monday blog that you can find HERE. I love working on her sketches each week and what's better this week? A prize of course! Now I don't normally win things but I do enjoy playing along! LOL! This is what I came up with using her sketch.
Stamps: Petals and Stems, Cute and Curly; Cardstock: PTI white, So Saffron, Riding Hood Red, WW and My Mind's Eye dp; Inks: Olive, Pumpkin, Riding Hood, Saffron; Accessories: Top Note Die, Curvy label punch, Button, Linen thread, White brads, Flower fustion, 1/4" punch, Silver brad, Dimensionals
My nephew is having a birthday this month and from what I understand they are really into one of those Rock Band games or something....lol So I thought this would be a fun card for him! Rock-On is a set from H & M Stamps who happen to be having a HUGE GARAGE SALE! I actually cased this card from a fellow H & M design team member....Neva who had actually cased JulieHHR! Do you think the scalloped edge is too girly for a boys card?

Stamps: Rock-On; Cardstock: Kraft, So Saffron, Wild Wasabi, Cosmo Cricket DP; Inks: Versafine Black; Accessories: Scalloped edge punch, Circle punch, Word window punch, Curvy label punch, Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!!

H & M Garage Sale on now!

Update on the H & M Garage Sale!

Heather opened the sale early and you need to RUN over to see the deals!

Do you like the sound of $5 stamp SETS???

Happy Monday!

Yippee! It's back to school, back to routine, back to my normal stamping pattern! The weather is warming up although we are expecting snow now.....hmmmm....not sure what I dislike more....lol

Yesterday I was super excited to see it was JulieHHR as the Featured Stamper on SCS! She is such a sweet person who is always so encouraging! She makes the best CAS(clean and simple) cards! I didn't go that route though because I found THIS card of Julie's that would work perfect with my fave bee set! Lucky for you all...my SU! order is set to arrive today so they'll be new stuff to show soon(in case you're bored of my bees)....and in a couple of weeks the new catty comes out.

This is a SU! only card.

Stamps: Just Buzzin' By, Cute and Curly; Cardstock: White, Pumpkin, Bashful Blue, Washington Apple DP; Inks: Black, Saffron, Blush; Accessories: Curly punch, scalloped edge punch, flower fusion, silver brad, blue gingham, Dimensionals, 2 way glue pen and Dazzling Diamonds

Today is the day for the newest stamps from All That Scraps that I've been previewing will be released! Below you will see a cute image that will be a Digi Download ;) This is SweetPea!

Have you heard about the BIG Garage Sale that Heather from H & M stamps is having on January 6th and 7th??? Hope you get a chance to check it out starting tomorrow!! Shop early for best selection!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Sneak Peek and Sketches

Hey Stampers!

Happy Sunday! It's supposed to start warming up over the next couple of days....good....just in time for the kids to head back to school!!!

I am so excited to share this sneak peek with you today! Isn't she just the cutest little thing??!! This is a new set by CC Designs that will be available tomorrow from All That Scraps. It's called Hey Cupid!

Stop by the ATS blog today to see some other fabulous creations and also your chance to win this set!

Stamps: Hey Cupid!; Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Bravo Burgundy, White, BG dp; Inks; Adirondack Black; Accessories: Copics, Label Nesties, Curvy Punch, Word Window Punch, Circle Punch, Pink Ribbon, White Gel Pen, Fire Red Stickles,Stardust Stickles, Dimensionals, BG Brads

Taylor had a great sketch posted on Friday but yesterday was the first chance I'd had to tackle it. I struggled with this for some reason. I should have just done squares of the designer paper but of course I didn't realize it til it was taped down...lol

Oh well....live and learn right?!

Stamps: Stampendous Birthday Cupcakes; Cardstock: Choc Chip, Cool Caribbean, White, American Crafts DP; Inks: Adirondack Black; Accessories: Copics, 1 3/4" circle punch, Scalloped circle nesties, American Crafts Ribbon, Dimensionals

There is a new challenge each week in the Verve Forum on SCS. It's called Viva La Verve and you can find the first one HERE. This week Amber has a sketch posted(my fave to do)! It's been a long time since I had used the Cupcake Affair from Verve.

Stamps: Verve Cupcake Affair; Cardstock: Cool Caribbean, Choc chip, WW and American Crafts DP; Inks: Adirondack Black; Accessories: Copics, Circle Nesties, Dimensionals, Stardust Pen

Thanks for stopping by today!

Sketches, Limited Supplies and a Preview

Good Morning!

Have you noticed my temperature on the sidebar???? That's without WINDCHILL....ugh....so...

I've been busy....want to see doing what?!

This first card is for the Our Creative Corner challenge this week. It's a fun sketch! So many possibilites for this one!

I decided to use some of my scrap paper that I have in a bin. With the new SU! catty coming out in a couple of weeks I need to start using up some old stock.

Have you met the new OCC girls yet? If not, stop by the OCC blog and welcome them!

Then stop by all my OCC friend's blogs to see their creations up close:

Amy Sheffer
Cindy Haffner
Denise Marzec
Jackie Pedro
Jennifer Meyer
Julee Tilman
Kim Teasdale
Laurie Schmidlin
Lynda Benden
Silke Ledlow

Don't forget to use the keyword OCCC if you upload to SCS.

Stamps: Upsy Daisy; Cardstock: Choc chip, Old Olive, WW, Haiku and Hawaiian Papaya dp; Inks: Old Olive; Accessories: Scalloped edge punch, sizzix corner die, primas, button, linen thread, misc ribbon, paper piercer, dimensionals

Lauren has a fun little sketch this week! I thought the three panels would be cute with the little bees in them. Stop by all the Saturday Sketch Girl's blogs to see what fabulous creations they have made:

Alicia Weimen
Kendra
Kim Gasper
Kirsten Dubosque
Kristy Vernon
MacKenzie Bruckler
Maria Levine
Tamara Harder

If you upload to SCS please use keyword mytimess18

Stamps: Just Buzzin' By, Cute and Curly; Cardstock: So Saffron, White, Black and Scenic Route dp; Inks: Adirondack black; Accessories: Copics, Curvy punch, Circle nesties, 2 way glue pen, dazzling diamonds, dimensionals

Can you figure out my new fave stamp set from SU! yet? LOL! I love this Just Buzzin' By set *almost* as much as my Boatloads of Love...haha! It's a fun set to watercolour!!! This card was made for the Limited Supplies Challenge 201 on SCS yesterday.

Stamps: Just Buzzin' By; Cardstock: Bashful blue, Pumpkin pie, So saffron, WW, WC paper and Washington Apple dp; Inks: Black Stazon, So saffron, Pumpkin pie, More mustard, Close to cocoa, Bashful blue; Accessories: Aqua painter, silver brads, label nesties, pumpkin pie striped ribbon, dimensionals
I've got the first of a few CC Designs previews for you today as well! This set is called Kisses and Hugs and will be available from All That Scraps on Jan.5th!! Hop on over to the ATS blog to see what wonderful creations the DT has made and chance to win this set!

Stamps: Kisses and Hugs; Cardstock: Close to Cocoa, Pink Pirouette, WW and MME dp; Inks: Adirondack black, Choc chip; Accessories: Copics, stickles, heart punch, 2 way glue pen, dazzling diamonds, scalloped edge punch, mat pack and paper piercer, pink pirouette ribbon, dimensionals, oval nesties
Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy Friday!

Good Morning!

Today Chloe and I are heading out with some friends to see Bedtime Stories....should be a fun day! I'm looking forward to the nachos and cheese at the theatre....lol

I've got another ATS preview for you today. This one is a new set by Diane aka Cookiestamper. It's called Snow Friends. There are a TON of images/sentiments in this set....wow! Wait til you see 'em all! I stamped some snowflakes in versamark on the riding hood paper...you can sort of see it in the photo. Stop by the ATS blog today to see all the wonderful creations from the Design Team.

Stamps: Snowman Friends; Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, White and DP; Inks: Adirondack Black, Versamark; Accessories: Copics, Photo corner punch, circle punches, ghost snowflake, mat pack and paper piercer

This card below was made for three challenges:

1. MFT sketch challenge 62

2. Holiday Extravaganza Challenge 13 - to use old stuff

3. Ways To Use It Challenge 199 - to use silver on your card

Stamps: MFT Serenity Now; Cardstock: PTI white, Taken with Teal, SEI dp; Ink: Adirondack black; Accessories: Copics, May Arts ribbon, Silver Dots, Lg Oval Punch, Curvy Punch, Dimensionals, Scalloped Edge Punch

Thanks for stopping by today!

Happy 2009!!

Happy 2009!

Hope you all had a happy and safe New Year's Eve!!

Today starts some previews from All That Scraps.

AmyR came out with two fabulous sets this month. One is called Wedding and the other is called Love Sentiments. I tried something new... for me anyway....I embossed the Label Nesties onto the PTI white cardstock. I like the look! Simple, crisp and elegant looking....don't you think?

The wedding cake was stamped in Adirondack Black and coloured with a copic marker and then I added some Opal Liquid Pearls for the icing.

Be sure to stop by the ATS blog to see all the other sneak peeks!

Stamps: AmyR's Wedding and Love Sentiments; Cardstock: PTI white and Black; Inks: Adirondack Black; Accessories: Copics, Nesties, Liquid Pearls Opal, Dimensionals, May Arts ribbon

SCS sketch card....pretty straight forward....

Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes; Cardstock: So Saffron, Bashful Blue Textured, WW and Jr. Varsity DP; Inks: Adirondack Black; Accessories: Copics, White Brads, Dimensionals, Mat pack and Paper piercer

Since it was blustery cold out there yesterday....I decided stamping was a better alternative to shovelling the snow...lol I played along with the Holiday Challenge Extravaganza #12 which was a sketch! You know I never turn down a sketch....lol

I used the super cute H & M Stamp set called My Favorite Valentine.

Oh ya...speaking of H & M....Heather will be having a HUGE Garage Sale on January 6 and 7th....prices soooooooooo low....you won't want to miss them!

Stamps: My Favorite Valentine; Cardstock: Baja Breeze, WW and Pink Paislee DP; Inks: Adirondack Black; Accessories: Copics, Primary Dew Drops, Glue Pen, Baja Ribbon, Label nesties

Thanks for stopping by today!