TCC Feature Friday- Pumpkin Petra

It’s Friday, it’s Friday!! and I’m going on vacation Whohoo!! Sorry, I was doing a little happy dance there…I’m leaving for Los Angeles tomorrow and will be back next Friday.  I still have a million things to do before I leave, why does prepping for vacation seem stressful? Here is my project for The Character Cafe Store feature Friday, using one of the new fab August releases. I used the Taylor’d Expressions layout from last week for this, and I have to say…this card wasn’t supposed to turn out the way it did! lol I used the great Halloween Bo-Bunny paper again, and really wanted the purple paper to be the focus, but I think it...

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Locks of Love haircut donation day!

Rewind approximately 3 years ago.  *ring* goes the phone at 7am on a Saturday morning…my first thought is, “who the hell…”; then “Oh no! what’s wrong??”.  Nothing was wrong; one of my best friends Alison was calling to tell me her long-time boyfriend FINALLY proposed and they were officially engaged! Fast-forward a few weeks when Alison called again to ask me to be a bridesmaid.  Not long after that I decided I would leave my hair long so as to have multiple options for the wedding.  It wasn’t long after that I decided that I would cut it after the wedding and donate my hair to Locks of Love; an organization that takes human...

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Boo Witchy Mini Pizza Box

*if you’re looking for The Character Cafe Blog Hop, please scroll down to the next post…but you can look at this one too, it’s an additional project :)* I mentioned in my post yesterday I didn’t have a chance to finish another Boo Witchy project in time for the hop, but it’s now done and ready to share :) I found this mini-pizza box tutorial on SCS which is very easy and really fun to make.  I thought it would be perfect for some Halloween Treat boxes with Boo Witchy. I used the same Bo Bunny Halloween paper, and made my own little tags for the sentiment.  I just cut the edges off the rectangle, and then distressed with black...

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TCC August Release Blog hop!!

TGIF TGIF TGIF TGIF did I mention I’m Thanking Goodness it’s Friday? What a week! But it’s the 3rd Friday of the month and it’s time for another round of new and fantastic images from The Character Cafe Store and boy are you going to love them! This hop is bitter sweet, it’s our last round on our current DT term, but I’m very happy to pass the torch, err, I mean ink {?} to some other deserving stampers. This is the first DT stop on our hop, so hopefully you came from The Character Cafe design team page. But if not, you can still start here…I’ll post the blog hop list at the bottom for your reference. I was so excited to get my image for...

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I love orange!

and grey, and ribbon, and when you put them together, you get… I used the Fall-to-Layout 43 for this one, from the Clean and Simple Stamping blog. It was modified a bit, but that’s what sketches are for, right? I stamped my favourite GinaK designs Retro Boutique and then paper pieced the dress with my other new obsession, Basic Grey paper.  I tied some orange ribbon on the dress, and added a little bling with a stick-on rhinestone.           A simple Happy Birthday sentiment from the same set is on the inside, and a matching strip of BG paper.   I have used this stamp set over and over and each...

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I Love sketches!

And I just love the Fall-to-Layouts on the Clean and Simple Stamping Blog.  How did I not find these earlier?? I came across a card at my fellow  TCC DT Colleen’s blog the other day where she mentioned the CAS blog and it was just the right amount of inspiration for the birthday cards I needed to make to drop off at the hair salon. I made 3 cards, but will share them with you one at a time…only because I don’t know how much stamping/blog time I’ll have this week.  My best customer  Mom called telling me that a very good friend of our family is turning 80 this year and there’s a surprise birthday party for him.  Unfortunately...

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TCC Feature Friday- Bertie and Friend

TGIF! The first week back from vacation is always a hard one and my work load was really heavy.  I’m happy it’s Friday and I can take a little break because next week will be very busy as well. Here’s my TCC card for this week; I picked the Bertie and Friend image.  I have wanted to work with this one for a while and thought it was perfect for the highlighting technique.  The technique is very easy to do and gives some eye popping results.  I used black cardstock and a silver metallic paper with black accents so the colours would really pop. I printed out the image twice (love those digi stamps!) and used my nesties...

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A TTIC Wednesday Challenge- Anything but a card

*blink* *rub eyes*. Yes, your eyes are not fooling you. This is for a TTIC challenge. It has been soooooooo long since I have been able play, and this is even more unusual because it’s my 2nd post for today. BUT, I saw this challenge and had to play and had to post because {I’m hoping} you will enjoy it. A special Wednesday challenge was issued by the ladies at TwilightTuesday.com and sponsored by Club Scrap. The challenge was to create ‘anything but a card’ using the Men and Women of Twilight theme. You can read more HERE. I had this wonky idea just come to me and just remember, it said “anything but a card”. I have great confidence...

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Unpacked and back to the stamping table!

I have finally unpacked from the cottage and have gotten myself organized enough to get back to stamping. While I work on some new projects and tutorials I thought I would share some cards that I didn’t get to post while I was away. A few weeks ago my good friend D had her last day at work and wanted to have some mini-thank you cards for her team to show her appreciation to them. D has decided to focus on her swimming full-time in preparation for the Commonwealth games next year. D needed 9 cards, but I could only fit 8 in my photo box :) The two blue ones are for the guys on her team. D picked a few different sentiments “to wonderful...

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Back Home and some exciting news!

OK, so I know it's somewhat late for a post, but I'm literally waiting for my toothbrush to charge so I can brush my teeth and go to bed! lolI'm back home in London, ON after a week up north at the cabin my family rents every year.This was our 10th year up there and we book at the same time as the people we met the first year; we've become quite the little family!The weather could've been better, but my dad the techno-wizard brought an external hard drive hooked up to some media player, a bunch of cords and an adapter and voila! DVD quality movies played without a DVD player on a TV that is 20 yrs old! Gotta love technology! We did have a few storms and were rained in our first full day there, but after that, the rain was limited to overnight or during the dinner hour...I have a picture of...

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TCC Feature Friday- Keep Out!

Another Friday, another feature for the July releases of The Character Cafe images. This project was hard for me to keep simple…I sometimes struggle with masculine cards or projects, I find them hard to embellish. I created a doorknob hanger and sign for a boys’ room. I used SU Chocolate chip for the base, and Ballet Blue (I think, lol) for the next layer with some blue, green and brown polka dotted paper from my stash.  The great thing about digi stamps is the ability to resize, and it’s so easy! I created the sign in the size I needed, adhered it to some thin cardboard for stability and coloured with my watercolour pencil crayons....

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TTC Work it Wednesday

Another Wednesday, another tutorial and another challenge over at The Character Cafe Blog.  This week’s host is the always awesome Shelley who will be working with ribbon. I’m enjoying a beverage on the beach right now (hopefully) up at the cottage, but go over and make something so I can see it when I get back!  You’ll be entered to win some amazing prizes! Happy Wednesday! Technorati Tags: The Character Cafe,digital stamps,Challenge,Work it Wednesday,A Paper Buffet...

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Age is only a number…

Are you missing me while I’m away? lol. Here’s another card so you don’t forget me all together. I received a stamp set from Inkadinkado for my birthday, from my fellow stampin’ and all around good friend Jen. All the stamps are birthday themed and are a bit non-traditional, and I love every one of them! This has to be my favourite image and sentiment and as I was looking for some paper, this one jumped out at me.   Isn’t it perfect?!!!! (not sure why it’s so crooked…maybe I had a few martini’s during this photo shoot ;) The image doesn’t have a martini glass, but when I saw the hand on the hip, I just knew the other hand had to have...

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A fish in the making?

By now I am up at the cottage, and hopefully enjoying the beach.  This summer hasn’t been the best for sunshine and hot weather, so I could also be sitting inside reading or watching movies.  But I can deal with that :) I thought I would share some pictures of my God son Ethan and taking him swimming for the first time in my pool.  Ethan loves the bathtub and loves splashing…but he didn’t seem to know what to do with ALL that water. Here he’s looking at his dad who decided the water was too cold to go in, and sat on the side of the pool. Ethan is the master of serious looks :)         He’s...

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KABOOM! the Big and Loud reveal!

Finally I can share this project with you…it’s been a tough week to keep this under wraps.  But the recipient should have this project by now, so lets recap Peak #1                 #2               #3 So, did you guess it was for a Bride? for her shower? I had a gift card as a gift from her registry, and initially made a gift card holder for it.  But I thought it was boring.  So I looked around for some ideas and found a tutorial by the lovely and uber talented Patti.  I traveled up to Michaels and bought the Basic Grey Ambrosia...

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