Another Graduation card...

Hi there! Here is another graduation card I made with some walk in the park designer paper

a touch of pink pirouette, basic gray, going gray and whisper white. I used the Flourishes Timeless Tuesday sketch found here, the 'congratulations' stamp is from the SAB Congrats set and the Grad Cap is from Michael's clearance section.

Thanks for dropping by :)

Changito thank U...

For this week's Stamps and Smiles sketch challenge

I picked up this Stampendous stamp called Changito thank u at Mike's a few weeks ago and this is the first time I've used it.

Makes a cute 'thank u 'card I think :)

Happy stampin'

Supplies:
Stamps: Stampendous - Changito thank u
Inks & Markers: brown stazon, pumpkin pie, pretty in pink, creamy caramel, chocolate chip
Paper: chocolate chip, pretty in pink, sweet always, whisper white
Accessories: pink striped ribbon, dimensionals

Congrats...

Good morning, it is snowing here today...again!!! Definitely not very spring-like weather out there:(
I had some time this morning to make a Graduation card for my son. He graduates this coming June so I will be needing this very soon :)

I used today's SFYTT from i{heart}2stamp and this is also for IC177 on SCS. I chose the Stars Kleenex box for my inspiration today!

I used my bigshot and Stars#2 die to cut out the gold star and then matted it with the black and gray cs. I wrapped silver elastic cording around it just to give it some shine and make it more of a focal point.

I stamped the 'Congratulations' from the Congrats set on white and added some black brads.

The paper is leftover from some scrapbook pages I made.

Supplies:
Stamps: Congrats
Inks & Markers: black stazon
Paper: basic black, basic gray, whisper white
Accessories: silver elsatic cording, black brads, mat pack, bigshot and stars #2 die, dimensionals

Lovely Lighthouse...

This is for the limited supply challenge today #217 - to create a card with some of the colours from your home. I chose my stamping room, which has Labrador blue walls and touches of chocolate brown and white.The lighthouse from Light Unto my

Path was stamped in chocolate chip onto very vanilla cs.

I Love how the parisian breeze specialty paper has a weathered look to it in the bottom left corner :) The 'Thanks so much' sentiment comes from Sincere Salutations and was also stamped in chocolate chip ink.

Since this was a limited supply challenge the only embellishment was a piece of kraft taffeta ribbon!

Bye for now,

Supplies:
Stamps: Light unto my path, sincere salutations
Inks & Markers: chocolate chip
Paper: parisian breeze, kraft, very vanilla, chcoalte chip, baja breeze
Accessories: kraft taffeta ribbon, large oval punch, mat pack, dimensionals

Fabulous Friend Oval All...

Good morning! Well, we did get a bit of snow last night and it was very windy - today it is sunny and a chilly -5 C right now. I guess my yard work will have to wait a little while longer :)

I have this card to show you today which uses two sets - Great Friend and Oval All. I started with an older sketch from i{heart}2stamp's sfytt back in March. I really liked this sketch and wanted to make another card with it! I love this new scallop oval punch from SU as I do use a lot of ovals for sentiments on my cards, punches are so quick and easy to use:)

Happy Friday everyone, I hope you have a fantastic weekend!

Thanks for dropping by today :)



Supplies:
Stamps: Great Friend, Oval All
Inks & Markers: regal rose, basic gray
Paper: walk in the park dsp, regal rose, basic gray, whisper white
Accessories: ribbon, button and dmc embroidery floss, oval and scallop oval punches, dimensionals, glue dot

WT215, make a quilt!

Well, it doesn't get much simpler than this...truly this card was a snap to make and took all of 15 minutes. The time consuming part was colouring the little quilt blocks with my blender pen and all of the in colours. I made it for today's Ways to Use it Challenge #215 on SCS - to use white cardstock only! When I saw that challenge this morning I immediately knew I wanted to make a very simple card. I like how it turned out and it doesn't have any ribbon, or brads or texture or dsp or piercing or buttons or....LOL :)

Have a great evening!



Supplies:
Stamps: Quilt Quips
Inks & Markers: in colours
Paper: white cs
Accessories: stampamajig

Great Friend Tree...

I've had these rhinestone flower stickers sitting in a little basket on my desk for quite a while now - I decided it was time to get them onto a card :) I really enjoy using this tree from the Thoughts & Prayers set, I think it looks really nice with the top note die shape too :) The rhinestone flowers are a perfect colour match to rose red so I used the raspberry tart paper to coordinate with them. The sentiment is from the set Great Friend from the Spring Mini.
Apparently, it is snowing a lot south of here so I am keeping my fingers crossed we don't see any of the white stuff in our area, especially since I had my snow tires taken off my SUV today!
Cheers,



Supplies:
Stamps: great friend, thoughts and prayers
Inks & Markers: kiwi kiss, rose red
Paper: raspberry tart, rose red, kiwi kiss, whisper white
Accessories: spiral clip, rhinestone stickers, rose red ribbon, top note die and the bigshot, dimensionals

Cherish Friendship...

Hi there! Just a quick post to show you this card, I made it last night and used the butterfly stamp from the Great Friend set and a sentiment stamp that I picked up at a local store that is sadly closing it's doors. The folks who own it are retiring and looking forward to some downtime! I wish them well :)
Lots to do this afternoon, so bye for now!

Supplies:
Stamps: Butterflies are from the Great Friend set by SU, sentiment stamp is from All Night Media
Inks & Markers: rose red
Paper: raspberry tart, regal rose, rose red, kiwi kiss, whisper white
Accessories: half pearls, curly label punch to make the fancy edge

Blog Award...

Hello there! I received an award this morning from my friend Debbie over at StylishCreationsbyDebbie - thank you Debbie! Please hop over to her blog and check out all her beautiful cards, they are very inspiring!

Blogging is very fun and I enjoy sharing my creations with everyone! I have learned so much about stamping and cardmaking over this last year - it is the part of my day where I can be creative and do something I enjoy!

Tthe rules are as follows: The receipient may put the logo onto their blog. Put a link to the person who sent you the award. Nominate 10 blogs. Put links to their blogs. Leave a message for the nominees. These people have inspired me so much I had to pass it along to let them know they inspired me. I am sure they've received numerous awards already, but this one is to let them know they make me smile!!!

Here is my list of amazing blogs for you to check out and there is no order to it, just as I came to them :) they are all equally awesome!!!!

1. It's A Stamp Thing

2. Stampalicious

3. Wee Inklings

4. PaperSmiles

5. Makink Studio

6. The Queen's Scene

7. Stamping for Sanity

8. Stamping Moments

9. Christine Creations

10. Stamping with Kokirose

Thank you all for inspiring me with your wonderful creativity!!!

I'll be back later with a card post :)

Have a great day everyone!

Summer by the Sea...SFYTT

Good morning! I made this up for i{heart}2stamp's SFYTT, you can view the sketch for this week here.

I used Summer by the Sea for this card and stamped the image on watercolour paper with black stazon ink. I watercoloured the girl and background then sponged the sky with soft sky ink.
I added a few buttons in the corner of the image and that was it. I kept the background simple as I wanted the focal point to be the main image and the buttons :-)

Well, that's all for me for today I hope you have a great day and thank you for dropping by!

Supplies:
Stamps: Summer by the Sea
Inks & Markers: soft sky, certainly celery,blush blossom, creamy caramel,pretty in pink, regal rose, black stazon
Paper: certainly celery, pretty in pink, walk in the park dsp, spring fling dsp, watercolour
Accessories: oval nestabilities, buttons and embroidery floss, aqua painter, glue dots and dimensionals

For You...FS115

Hello there! It has been a beautiful day here and I enjoyed a long walk in the woods along the river today with DH and the pup! Feels good that spring has finally appeared here and dare I say, seems to be here to stay! Now that I've said that out loud it will probably snow! LOL
Today I made this card for the Featured Stamper challenge on SCS. The card I chose to case is here.
Jaymerz is today's featured stamper and her gallery is full of excellent cards if you want to have a look just click on that link above!
Enjoy your day!

Colour Throwdown...Embrace Life

I made this card for this week's Colour Throwdown seen here it's week #38 - the colours are:

baja breeze, basic gray and ruby red.

I decided to pull out my Embrace Life set for this one and used a small piece of walk in the park dsp. The flowers were stamped on watercolour paper and coloured with inks and an aqua painter brush.

I also used the sketch from today's challenge on SCS {SC224}.

Have a great evening!

Beth

Supplies:
Stamps: Embrace Life
Inks & Markers: ruby red, black stazon, basic gray
Paper: walk in the park, ruby red, whisper white, basic gray, watercolour
Accessories: oval punch, scallop oval punch, basic gray taffeta ribbon

A Kind Word...

Good morning! Well, it looks to be a sunny day here in Alberta! The snow from yesterday is all melted and it is spring once again :)
I made the card above for today's SCS sketch challenge #224. Super simple layout - I love it! It measures 4 1/4" square. I stamped one of the little girls from A Kind Word set in timber brown stazon onto watercolour paper and used my aquapainter and inks to colour her in.

While I had my inks out I made this card as well, both cards use the Bella Rose dsp!
Happy Spring !

Supplies:
Stamps: a kind word
Inks & Markers: kiwi kiss, chocolate chip, creamy caramel, riding hood red, pink pirouette, blush blossom, timber brown stazon
Paper: bella rose dsp, chocolate chip, watercolour
Accessories: kiwi kiss ribbon, spiral clip, nestabilities, dimensionals, aquapainter

CC214, Bloomin' Beautiful Again...

Hello there! This is for today's colour challenge at SCS- CC214 - bordering blue, pink pirouette, so saffron and chocolate chip. The so saffron is in the centre of the flowers but it doesn't show up very well unfortunately.
I hope you have an enjoyable evening and thanks for dropping by :)

Happy stamping!

Supplies:
Stamps: Bloomin' Beautiful, Short and Sweet
Inks & Markers: pink pirouette, so saffron, chocolate chip, bordering blue
Paper: bella birds, pink pirouette, bordering blue, watercolour
Accessories: nestabilities, MS lace edge punch, chocolate chip ribbon, mat pack, dimensionals

So Saffron Bloom...

It has been pouring rain here almost all day so instead of doing some cleaning up in the backyard I stamped...this is the third card I am posting today :) It isn't for any challenges or anything just something I felt like making. Now I feel like making another card using the other flower pot stamp in the Bloomin' Beautiful set with these colours, I really like them together! Not sure I will get to that tonight though, I think I'm finished stamping for today! Have a great evening!
Bye for now,
Beth
Supplies:
Stamps: Bloomin' Beautiful
Inks & Markers: stazon timber brown, mellow moss, so saffron, rose red, always artichoke
Paper: walk in the park dsp, so saffron, whisper white, mellow moss, always artichoke
Accessories: always artichoke brads, photo corner punch, button and embroidery thread

Friends...

...this is for the Our Creative Corner Challenge - this week it is a sketch challenge by April hostess Silke Ledlow, you can view the sketch here. I kept a simple style on this card.
Thanks for stopping by today!
Beth
Supplies:
Stamps: friendly words wheel, friends 24-7
Inks & Markers: baja breeze, chocolate chip
Paper: kraft, chocolate chip, very vanilla, baja breeze, parisian breeze dsp
Accessories: nestabilities, buttons, linen thread, photo corner punch, dimensionals, blender pen

Bella Bird...

Hello, and a Happy Easter to you! I had family staying in my home all weekend and it was great fun! It was a beautiful weekend here very sunny and warm - very enjoyable :-) Today is a little cloudy and we are suppose to get a touch of snow over night but then beautiful sunny weather again the rest of the week!
Anyways, onto the card pictured above. Today's Mojo Monday sketch #82 seen here is a nice simple sketch and makes for a quick card! I haven't used my Bella Birds dsp in a long time so I pulled that out and paired it with the Friends 24-7 bird. A little scalloped edge along the bottom and some ribbon dresses it up a bit.
Happy Stamping!
Beth
Supplies:
Stamps: Friends 24-7, sentiment is from the Great Friend set
Inks & Markers: bordering blue, so saffron
Paper: whisper white, Bella Birds, so saffron
Accessories: so saffron ribbon, scallop edge punch, so saffron brads, small oval punch

Many Thanks for Mojo Monday 81...

Good morning! This is for Mojo Monday #81 the sketch can be found here
I stuggled to get these images to fit on the card the way the sketch was but it is pretty close :-)
I used Walk in the Park dsp with So Saffron and Basic Gray Cardstock. The stamps are Merci and Lots of Thoughts . Bravo Burgundy and So Saffron are the ink colours.
Well, I know it is only Thursday but I am looking forward to a nice Easter weekend with family, how about you? I sure hope you have an enjoyable weekend!
I have something from my stash that I will post tomorrow, thanks for stopping by today!
Beth
Supplies:
Stamps: Merci, Lots of Thoughts
Inks & Markers: Bravo Burgundy, So Saffron, black stazon
Paper: Walk in the Park dsp, So Saffron, Basic Gray, Whisper White
Accessories: circle punches, bravo burgundy ribbon, brads, dimensionals, blender pen

Eastern Blooms and Ginger Blossom...

Hi there! Just a quick post today showing a Thank You card that uses the retired paper Ginger Blossom and the Eastern Blooms set. It feels good to deplete some of my stash of papers :) kind of like Spring cleaning!
Hope you have a great evening!
Bye for now,
Beth
Supplies:
Stamps: Eastern Blooms, Thank you kindly
Inks & Markers: river rock, ruby red
Paper: ginger blossom, river rock, ruby red
Accessories: river rock ribbon, ,mat pack, dimensionals

Welcome Baby...

Good morning! I don't have much call for Baby cards these days but I like to have a few on hand just in case. I don't have the Nursery Necessities set but I love the sailboat stamp in that set and wanted to recreate it using paper. I used today's colour challenge bashful blue, close to cocoa and so saffron and delicate dots dsp.
Team Alberta Update : Won both games so far :-) Go Team Alberta Go!
Thanks for stopping by, have a great day!!!
Beth
Supplies:
Stamps: short and sweet
Inks & Markers: close to cocoa,
Paper: delicate dots dsp, so saffron, bashful blue, close to cocoa, certainly celery, whisper white
Accessories: large button, so saffron ribbon, Baby embossing folder, scallop edge punch, mat pack, dimensionals, glue dots, nestabilities

Ringette Scrapbook Pages

Hi there! This post is for Leanne's benefit...she asked me about ringette. I hope this helps Leanne. It is like hockey only with a straight stick and a ring, it is a popular sport in Canada, Finland , Sweden and the Czech Republic . (I may have missed a few other countries there but you get the idea). It is a fast paced game with lots of passing, scoring and skill - I love to watch the girls play! Canada has a National Team that travels to Europe for tournaments.

I have been working on these scrapbook pages and others using pictures from last year's Canadian Ringette Championships - the ski slope and walk in the park dsp from SU made it easy to complete. Sometimes red's are hard to work with to get the right shade but I'm happy with how this turned out.

I don't have a card to share today, I'll be back tomorrow with something though. Thanks for stopping by, have a great evening!

Beth
Supplies:
Stamps: none :(
Inks & Markers: computer generated journalling
Paper: ski slope dsp, walk in the park dsp, basic black, going gray, basic gray, whisper white
Accessories: oval punches, pewter brads, dimensionals, gray taffeta ribbon, black brads

A tisket a tasket...

...a little bunny in a basket! lol Good morning! This card is for this weeks SFYTT by Jen over at the i{heart}2stamp blog found here: http://iheart2stamp.com/2009/04/04/first-saturday-of-the-month-2/ What a great sketch! Thanks Jen!

I used the little bunny in the basket from the Serene Spring set and used some more Sweet Always dsp which is new to me so I'm liking it :) I purposely left the bunny white and just added the pink nose! On the inside of the card I stamped the small sentiment "special easter wishes" from the Loads of Love set - I used the 1" and 1 1/4" circle punches for that.

I hope to be back later on with a coordinating Easter basket (you know the ones everyone has been making lately) :-)

Bye for now,

Beth
Supplies:
Stamps: Serene Spring, loads of love accessories easter sentiment
Inks & Markers: pretty in pink, regal rose, certainly celery, close to cocoa, pumpkin pie, timber brown stazon
Paper: Sweet Always, regal rose, chocolate chip, watercolour
Accessories: nestabilities, dimensionals, aqua painter, circle punches

You're a Great Friend...

This is for today's Inspiration Challenge#174 - products from French Bull were the inspiration today. I was inspired by these Pink Isis Salad Servers seen here: http://www.frenchbull.com/our_store/salad-servers/Pink-Isis-Salad-Servers
I have seen this bird nest on several cards in the SCS gallery and I wanted to try my hand at it (to give credit for the bird nest idea the 2 I've seen were made by Atomic Butterfly and It's a Stamp Thing). I used Sweet Always paper, buttons from my stash and popped up the flowers on dimensionals :)
Have a great evening!
Beth
Supplies:
Stamps: SU Season of Friendship, sentiment Hero Arts
Inks & Markers: chocolate chip, pumpkin pie, regal rose
Paper: sweet always, pretty in pink, chocolate chip, whisper white
Accessories: nestabilties, buttons and dmc embroidery floss, dimensionals

Green Tea anyone?

Hello and happy Saturday! I wasn't able to post anything yesterday as my camera went off to the National Ringette Tournament in PEI with my DH and DD and will be MIA :) My son returned from a trip skiing in the mountains last night so I was able to comandeer his camera and will not let it leave my sight until mine returns lol !!! I think I mentioned in my previous post how depleted my stash of thank you cards is and that I would be posting several new ones over the next little while...well, here are two more I made. Using up some of my retired Green Tea dsp and stamping with Eastern Blooms (love this set!) on these two cards.

Can you spot the difference on them?

I just changed the position of the flowers on the second one, the rest of the card is exactly the same. I embossed across the baja breeze cardstock with an embossing border just to add a subtle texture to the background.

Have a great evening!

Beth

I {heart} Heartfelt Thanks and Bloomin' Beautiful...

Hi there! Well, things seem to be warming up and the snow is melting outside now, the last few days have been very nice. Here's hoping the weather keeps improving and that we will all be able to get outside and enjoy some glorious spring days!!!
Today's card is another thank you, as I have depleted my stash of them drastically over the last month and I need to replenish! Nothing fancy on this one and a similar layout to yesterday, but I did create my own little embellishment - the heart! I started with a clear acrylic heart and applied anywhere glue stick to a small piece of Green Tea dsp and adhered the heart. Then I cut out around the shape and added the "Thanks" rub on! I think it's pretty cute :) lol. Instead of using the Heartfelt flower image I changed it up a bit today and stamped the Bloomin' Beautiful flower instead. I cut out a scalloped rectangle using my nestabilities and Big Shot for a frame, and then cut two scalloped edges using the same die and very vanilla to edge the dsp with the same size scallops. There is a little dazzling diamonds added to the centre of the flower and the swiss dots embossing folder creates a little background texture! On the inside of the card I added very vanilla cs and used a Stampin' Around wheel along the bottom edge.
Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you get some stamping time today :)
Beth
Supplies:
Stamps: Heartfelt Thanks, Bloomin' Beautiful
Inks & Markers: baja breeze, close to cocoa, chocolate chip
Paper: very vanilla, baja breeze, close to cocoa, dsp from Afternoon Tea (retired), small piece of Green Tea dsp
Accessories: 1/4" chocolate chip ribbon, clear acrylic heart, SU rub on (thanks), dimensionals, scallop nestabilities, watercolour joy Stampin' Around Wheel