Caption Contest for Snapshot Saturday

This picture popped up on my screen saver and made me giggle, This picture was taken at Fisherman’s Wharf during my trip to San Francisco in 2007.  The seals have been quite the attraction in the harbour and they are noisy! but so funny to watch and listen to. I thought it’d be interesting to see what you would come up with as a caption for this picture. Leave a comment below and let’s see what we can come up with! Happy Saturday! Ciao for now, Technorati Tags: caption contest,Seals,San Fransisco,Fisherman's Wharf,Snapshot Saturday,A Paper Buffet...

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The Character Cafe Feature Friday: Fairy Belle

Welcome to the first Feature Friday of the summer!  Today each of the design team members will be showcasing one of the June releases on their blog.  Last weekend’s blog hop was a success! so thanks to all who hopped along and congrats to the winners of the draw. This week, I picked Fairy Belle to play with, and I was inspired by this week’s theme at ThursdaySweetTreats “Whimsy of Colour in Mid-Flight”.  I haven’t played along with TST for so long, so it was nice to be part of it again. I wanted Fairy Belle to illuminate the night sky, so here she is! I masked an oval on a piece of white card stock and sponged with all...

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Wedding Menu card Update

She picked….. The white one!   I had a gut feeling…since we’ve known each other since we were 4, I thought she would go with this one.   I’m very excited about this project and getting to be a part of the wedding in this aspect. I’ll be sure to provide updates, I have visions of all the cards laid out on my dining room table already! Make sure to come back tomorrow for the first Character Cafe Feature Friday, where each member of the design team will be showcasing a project from the June release.  I can tell you that the June images are so cute, 3 of us picked the same one!! Also, be sure to check out The Character Cafe...

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Custom Wedding Order- Menu cards

**If you’re looking for The Character Cafe Blog Hop, please scroll down to Friday’s post**   Happy Monday! Hope everyone had a great weekend; I saw the Sound of Music on Saturday in Toronto and it was fantastic! I highly recommend it! Some of you have been following me for a while and so you know my friend L has asked me to do her menu cards.  I got stuck on a few designs, but I’ve narrowed it down and she loved it! Now we’re in the last stage, I’ve sent her two samples in two combinations and she’ll be deciding shortly. The stamp set is SU Fifth Ave Floral, (my fave) and is stamped in white and silver metallic ink on black...

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Snapshot Saturday: The Sound Of Music

**If you’re looking for The Character Cafe Blog hop, please scroll down to the next post** For the summer my “Foto Friday” feature will move to Snapshot Saturday (or maybe the occasional Snapshot Sunday) as Fridays will now be Feature Fridays for The Character Cafe where all members of the Design Team will be sharing a new project each week using the awesome Character Cafe images. As you read this, I will be traveling on a train to Toronto to meet my sister, cousin and mom to see The Sound Of Music at The Princess of Wales Theatre.  I thought in honour of this trip, I will share some pictures of Austria from our European family trip last...

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The Character Cafe Blog Hop and June Release!

Hi Everyone! Welcome to A Paper Buffet! I’m so happy to be on The Character Cafe Design Team and be a part of their first blog hop! You should have arrived at my blog from Sara’s Blog.  If you haven’t, please go back to The Character Cafe Design Team Page to start at the beginning of the hop.  This is the last stop on the hop to collect your special discount code, which must be collected in the proper order to receive a whopping 50% off coupon for The Character Cafe! (valid until Tuesday, June 23rd)  You should also have a freebie by now, and have commented on all the blogs along the way to qualify for a prize at the end of...

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In Concert: No Doubt with Paramore

A little break from cards… Last night I saw No Doubt with Paramore in Toronto, and I must say…it’s the concert to beat for 2009.  It was INCREDIBLE! Paramore opened and they were good.  Although I must admit, they were a bit loud…it seemed like the vocals were a few settings lower than the guitars and drums and made it hard to hear the lyrics. The bass player did this insane and jaw dropping, leap/summersault/back-flip while STILL playing guitar! It happened so fast, there was no way to capture it on film, but it was incredible!     And then came No Doubt. No Doubt had soo much energy, and the 20 000 people in the...

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I made The Character Cafe Design team!

I found out on the weekend I’ve been accepted to The Character Cafe’s first Design Team! I’m very excited to be on this team, it’s my first design team, and we’ll be using Digi stamps…which I just started working with! Our debut blog hop and new release will be this Thursday! In the meantime…go have a look at The Character Cafe store, pick out some goodies, and come back on Thursday for the blog hop! The announcement hasn’t gone up on The Character Cafe blog yet because we’re still working out the details and working on our first projects, but eventually all our links, and info will be there. I’ll be updating my blog with all the DT member’s...

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Stampendous Changito in a TTIC double challenge; and my first digi stamp card

I have quite a few birthday cards to make for June, so I decided to use the June TTIC sketch layout for one of them.  I did have to alter it slightly, but since this card is for a boy, I couldn’t add any flowers to it! lol I haven’t inked up my Changito stamp in far too long and thought he would be perfect for this birthday card for my friend Chris (my Godson Ethan’s dad).   This is also a double TTIC entry because I combined the June sketch with this past Tuesday’s challenge-  Summer!  Summer is my favourite season, my birthday happens in the summer, we go to the cabin, bonfires and days at the beach. Ahhhhh. ...

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Foto Friday #18; On the vine; Valdagno, Italy

  My great aunt’s house in Valdagno, Italy.   Happy Friday! Ciao for now, Technorati Tags: Italy,Valdagno,grapes,pomegranate,A Paper Buffet...

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Yay for ScrappinGreatDeals Garage sale!

If you’ve been blog hopping to any London-area blogs, you may have heard about the ScrappinGreatDeals garage sale.  It was the first of it’s kind and I’ve heard it was a total success!  Everyone who wanted to participate purchased a box, priced their scrappy stuff how they wanted and the wonderful ladies at SGDs sold it for us! It was a chance to clean out what I don’t use and offer it up to a better home.  I stayed far away because I knew that there was a possibility that I would accumulate as much stuff as I was trying to get rid of! Whatever you sold was transferred into a SGD gift certificate; what’s left over, or wasn’t...

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Tutorial- Envelopes for oversize cards

After I posted my progress on my custom order yesterday (see previous post), Tonya asked how I was going to make the envelopes, so I thought I’d share. I made these ones differently than my 3x3 envies, but you could use that method and just increase the size. The cards when finished were 8”x8”;  I used MS paper which is 18”x18”.  Because I can’t cut a straight line to save my life, and my paper cutter can only accommodate up to 14” paper, I folded the 18”x18” paper in half and then cut my 8”x8” card.  Which means I had a 9”x9” piece left, for each card.  Capish? Forgive me with the pictures,  I started snapping pics...

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Custom Order progress- 2 Bridal Shower cards

I mentioned yesterday I had an order from a wonderful customer in Phoenix, AZ.  Natalie of TerraSense asked for two cards for a double bridal shower.  She asked that they be larger than normal cards since there would be many people who would be signing them. I decided on an 8”X8” size so that there would be lots of room to write, and picked up some MS paper that was 18”X18”, so I could fold the paper to the correct size. Natalie told me a little about each bride.  Bride #1 is getting married in wine country, Sonoma, California and her wedding colour is Burgundy.  I found this awesome paper that reminded me of a sunset and...

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A Birthday card inspired by…towels?

One of my best friends celebrated a significant birthday this weekend, and we’re celebrating by going to a concert on Tuesday night.  We’ll be seeing Dave Matthews and his band play at the Molson Amphitheatre; right now there’s a 70% of rain, but only 1mm, so fingers crossed we don’t get drenched! She also just bought her first condo, so as part of her birthday/housewarming gift I bought her some towels in her favourite colours and used that as my base for her card. I followed the pattern on the paper and pierced it according to the design.  This is the first time I’ve done that and I’m happy with the way it turned out. ...

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I’M GOING TO THE OLYMPICS!

This weekend was supposed to be to catch up on making cards, but I can’t sit still because I just got tickets to the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics!!!! My friend Hillary and I have been talking about this since it was announced Vancouver will be hosting the Winter Olympics.  We missed the first round of ticket purchases in November, it was just after my surgery and we both forgot.  They announced they would have another round in early 2009…which turned into today, June 6th, 2009. I thought it was a long shot, but I opened 3 browsers and was in the Virtual Waiting rooms for about 30 minutes when all of a sudden it brought me to a...

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