Showing posts with label colourQ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label colourQ. Show all posts

Friday, September 30, 2016

Five For Friday

1. Sage and I had a great time at the Mother/Daughter Retreat last weekend!
As we were running out the door to get there, I suggested that we open
our acceptance email to double check that we had everything that we needed...
Well, there at the bottom of the list of things to bring: eighties-style clothing.
Oops!
Believe it or not, we had nothing that would fit that description in our wardrobes. ;)
We had a great time nonetheless.
It was just so fun hanging out with my best girl...


She got to go horseback riding four times, which she loved!


And, in the spirit of the eighties, we made friendship pins...


...and slap bracelets. :)


Sage asked: "They had slap bracelets in the 80s?!"
Actually she had lots of comments to make about the 80s styles. ;)


2. On Sunday, we decided to go out for supper to A&W (one of our favourites!)
and then to the movie theatre to see The Magnificent Seven. 


As you can probably tell from Jonah's expression, it was excellent!
Chris Pratt and Ethan Hawke -- swoon!


3. So, my new job as Design Consultant at Two30Nine by Decor is going really well.
 This week, I got to go along on a measurement and then I got to design several versions of a basement bar for the clients.
It's really fun!
And I met with some other clients and the designer who's training me --
Sharon, who is awesome -- to discuss a renovation and Sharon had me draw
up the revisions.
I'm seriously loving it!


4.  We're having Sage's birthday party tomorrow.
Our theme is "Paris."
We worked on decorations earlier this week, 
picked up macaroons from the farmer's market last night and 
I'm making cupcakes tonight while Sage goes to a friend's birthday party.
I'll also need to prep the craft.
It should be fun!


5. I have a card to share for this week's ColourQ Challenge #361:


Here's my card:


I stamped my wreath from PTI's Twig Wreath in classic kraft.
I diecut the fox and leaves from Stylized Autumn and stamped them in 
PTI's Terracotta Tile and Altenew's Ocean Waves.


I stamped the sentiments from Colour Pop: Autumn in Altenew Dark Chocolate
(stamped twice with my MISTI) and tied on a Dark Chocolate button with classic kraft twine.

Thanks for looking!
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Friday, September 16, 2016

Five for Friday

1. I asked the kids if they could pose for a photo for me
to put on my desk at my new workplace.
We went into the backyard and the first few I took, 
their faces looked a little forced.
So I said: "This is going up at my work. 
I don't want people seeing it and wondering if there's something wrong with my kids!"
This made them laugh and I got this gem:


And then when they settled, I got this one: 


I'm pretty happy with it!


2. Last weekend, Sage and I were busy in the kitchen...
We made a bunch of casseroles, lasagnas and meatballs to put in the freezer.
Each of my kids has chosen a day of the week to be responsible to make supper for the family.
On Tuesday, Sage put one of the lasagnas we made in the oven for me,
so we could eat shortly after I got home.
Last night, when I got home, Austin had barbecued a hamburger for me
and it was waiting for me to eat when I came though the door -- this was fabulous!
They've pitched in and made my transition to full time a lot easier!


3. I started my job on Monday at TWO30NINE by Decor.
where I am a Design Consultant.
I feel like I've won the lottery -- I just love it!
My coworkers are super friendly, helpful and encouraging.
I took a few photos to share...


This is the showroom upon entering the front doors.
Isn't it gorgeous?
The first time I walked through, I felt like I heard the angels singing: "Ahhh!"


This is the kitchen upstairs where I make my lunch and I 
eat it in this lovely lunch area, which doubles as a training room.



And here is my workspace, which is in an office with four other designers.


There is a lot to learn, but I'm totally loving it!
It just feels like such a perfect fit for me and my new coworkers & boss 
have made me feel right at home.
So much so that...


4. I made some butter crunch last night to take to them today,
along with a card, that I created for this month's Create Along With Us
with Papertrey Ink.
I was inspired by this card by Kay:


Isn't it pretty?

I also used this week's ColourQ #359:


Here's my card...


I started by blending aqua mist ink onto the top of a piece of white cardstock.
I stamped the outline images from Floral Sketches over top.
I diecut the panel using my Mama Elephant Femme Frames die
and adhered it to my background using dimensional adhesive.



I stamped the flowers (from Floral Sketches) onto their coordinating diecuts
and stamped the sentiment (from SSS Big Scripty Sentiments) in versafine onyx black.


5. This weekend, Austin is at his first Central Manitoba Youth Choir camp.
They have two full weekends where they rehearse and then they tour for a third weekend.
He got a ride up with some other choir members last night 
and I will drive up tonight after supper to chaperone for the weekend.
I'm going to bring my Zig Markers, a water brush and my watercolour colouring book
that the kids gave me for my birthday and see if I can get something done.

Have a great weekend!
Thanks for looking!
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Sunday, September 04, 2016

MFT Wednesday Sketch 296 & ColourQ 357

Sometimes, I will decide that I want to make a card and go down to my craft area.
And sometimes, I will remember that there are a few challenges with which I 
wanted to play along, but I will have forgotten to:
1. print out the challenges
2. bring down my phone with me.

So, sometimes, I'll be too lazy to go back upstairs and confirm what the challenges were.
So, sometimes, I go from memory.
And I'll be very proud of myself and make my card,
but then realize when I come to write my blog post 
that I didn't quite remember the challenges exactly as they were. 

This is one of those times. ;) 

I wanted to play along with this week's MFT Wednesday Sketch:


And decided that I wanted to use my MFT Flashy Florals stamp set
and needed to choose which colours I wanted.
I remembered that ColourQ had a a fun colour combo this week...


I also decided that I wanted to use my new Concord & 9th Barnwood Background stamp,
so I started off by stamping it in Altenew Evening Grey on some PTI Soft Stone cardstock.

Not sure where I got grey from the challenge,
but here's my card:


I stamped the smaller flower centre first onto the diecut in PTI Orange Zest
and stamped again in versamark and heat embossed in clear.
Then, I stamped my bloom in Raspberry Fizz.
I stamped the leaves in Altenew Morning Frost and Evening Grey.


I stamped the "happy" sentiment (from MFT Hand-Lettered Holiday)
directly onto my background and heat embossed the "birthday" (from MFT Soda Pop)
in white on a strip of black cardstock.

Thanks for looking!

Friday, August 26, 2016

Five for Friday

1. Okay, I always know we are approaching the end of summer
when it's time for our town's annual Corn & Apple Festival


Sage and I took Lucy for a walk yesterday afternoon and watched
as Stephen Street was being set up for the fun and exciting weekend.
We'll be enjoying the rides, food, parade and running into friends all weekend long!


2. So, my week started off with this fabulous news on Monday:


I was the grand prize winner of the third session of Camp Create at MFT stamps!
I still can't believe it!
Since Sage participated along with me, she gets to pick out a set of stamps
(& then maybe she won't grumble so much about my collection -- LOL!)


3. I got my haircut on Wednesday:


She cut off quite a bit and I'm loving it!
A nice, fresh cut for fall.

Sage took this photo of me and I returned the favour:


Isn't she lovely?
And look at that tan -- she spent a lot of the summer in the sun!


4. I mentioned earlier this summer that I was playing slo-pitch
(& then keeping score when I sprained my wrist).
Well, for the past two Wednesdays, I also got to do some umping.


That's me in the white hoodie.
Sage took the photo -- she sat in the stands reading her book while I umped.


And she got this action shot of me displaying my catlike reflexes as
  I got out of the way of the runner. ;)

In other sporting news.... I was asked by my instructor
last night at taekwondo to become Assistant Instructor for our club!


5. And lastly, because I love sharing my cards on my blog...
A friend recently requested some thank you cards and 
said she loved feathers, so I made her four of these cards, 
using my MISTI and the ColourQ Challenge #356:


Here's my card:


I stamped the feathers from PTI's Feather Finery using Altenew Coral Berry,
MFT Plum, PTI Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Simply Chartreuse & Ripe Avocado.
I stamped the sentiment using a Simon Says Stamp stamp set.

Have a great weekend!

Thanks for looking!
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Sunday, August 14, 2016

Camp Create -- Session 3

I was thrilled to see that MFT was offering a third session of Camp Create 
earlier this week and even more excited when Sage said she's play along with me!

So, today, I'm sharing the cards that we made for the week of camp.
Day 1's challenge was Monochromatic Magic.
I wanted to make a card to thank Denise, our slo-pitch
team's organizer and coach.
Since her favourite colour is pink, I knew this would be the 
perfect challenge to make her a card.

I decided to use the stamps and dies from my Flashy Florals kit.


I started by partially stamping my background using the 
MFT Scattered Surface Background stamp.
I stamped the flowers on their coordinating diecuts
and had fun stamping my leaves in pink, too!


I diecut the "thanks" die from white cardstock and blended ink
onto the bottom half of it before adhering it to my card with dimensional adhesive.

Sage used the same background stamp to make her card.


She blended ink onto white cardstock and diecut it
with the Soda Pop bottle dies.
She added the details to the bottles and stamped the sentiment 
(also from Soda Pop) onto it.

We both earned this badge:

Day 2's challenge was Awesome Ombre.
We were both inspired by Laurie's fabulous card to use
the same Geometric Grid stencil that she used.

We also both decided to use this challenge to create birthday cards
 for my twin brother -- whose birthday is today!
Happy Birthday, Chris!

Sage created her card first.


You may know that Sage is new to ink blending -- not that 
you can tell from the results on her cards!
But this was the first time that she blended ink using a stencil -- and she loved it!
She used four shades of ink to create her ombre effect.
She stamped the sentiment (from Soda Pop) and added some enamel dots.

For my card, I used the ColourQ Challenge #354:


Here's my card:


I used my new Clarity Stencil Brushes to apply Hawaiian Shores ink 
to my white cardstock panel.
I, too, used the Soda Pop sentiment, stamping it onto strips of black cardstock
and heat embossing it in white.


I stamped the "Chris" using Hand Lettered Holiday (I selectively
inked the "Christmas" stamp) and added a trio of enamel dots to finish it off.

For this challenge, we earned this badge:

Day 3's Challenge was Remarkable Resist.

For my card, I used the Color Throwdown #405:




I used emboss resist three different times on my card.


I started by stamping the lines from the leaves onto a piece of 
white cardstock in Altenew Forrest Glades. 
Then, I stamped over top in versamark using the solid leaf image, 
which I heat embossed in clear.
I blended Altenew's Frayed Leaf ink over top with my blending tool.
For my background, I heat embossed the Scattered Surface Background stamp
in white and blended Altenew Ocean Waves over top.
I diecut my Flashy Florals blooms and stamped them with Ocean Waves 
in the centre and then a second time in versamark (using my MISTI).
I heat embossed these in clear and then stamped the blooms in yellow
over top, so the centres resisted the ink.


I added a Reverse Confetti All Framed Out diecut to frame my sentiment
(stamped in Forrest Glades using PTI's Phrases and Praises stamp set.)

Sage decided to use the Soda Pop set again to make her card:


She stamped the sentiments onto her card base and heat embossed them 
in white before blending ink over top and spritzing it with water.
She blended ink onto white cardstock and diecut her bottles from it.
It's so bright and cheerful -- I love how it turned out!

Here's the badge we earned:

Day 4's Challenge was Divine Dry Embossing.

For my card, I used my Soda Pop stamp set and dies,


Here's my card:


I started by embossing a MFT Circle onto my background and trimming 
a strip off of the side (I was planning on using something else for my border --
like a dark cardstock, impressed cardstock or patterned paper -- but in the end,
I just replaced the strip, with a bit of dimension for the card front.)
I blended ink onto my circle and adhered my pop bottles over top.


I stamped the sentiments (from Soda Pop) onto black cardstock,
heat embossed them in white and cut them into strips, which I adhered
with dimensional adhesive.
A few wooden stars finish it off.

Sage used the thanks die from the Flashy Florals kit to make her card.


She impressed the die and then diecut it from a post-it note,
which we used to create a mask (I helped her with this, since it was new to her.)
She used my Clarity Stencil brush to brush Hawaiian Shores ink 
over the bottom half of the word.
She stamped the leaf from Modern Blooms in three shades of green to make a wreath.

We both earned this badge:

Next up was a bonus challenge on Thursday evening:

Sage was getting a little tire of making cards, so she decided to
make her previous "thanks" card for both the Dry-embossing Challenge
and for the Bonfire Craft Challenge, since it's a one layer card
 -- we hope that's okay!

And here's my card:


I started by stamping my sentiment (from PTI's Phrases and Praises)
in versafine onyx black ink and heat embossing it in clear onto a piece of watercolour paper.
Then, I stamped the leaves from Flashy Florals in five different shades of ink.


I took a paintbrush dipped in water and "coloured" over my stamped leaves
to create a watercolour effect on my card.

Here's the badge we earned:

And lastly, Day 5's Challenge was Stunning Shadow Stamping .

The store where I sell my cards wanted some anniversary cards,
so I decided, since I was using my MISTI to create my card for this challenge,
to make five cards in five different colours, using Modern Blooms.


I  started by stamped in the flowers and leaves in Wplus9 white
and then moving my panel over slightly and down to stamp the colour.


I diecut the "happy" from PTI's Colour Pop Butterflies kit and trimmed off
the "so" that was attached by hand.
I stamped "anniversary" on a strip of smokey shadow cardstock 
and heat embossed it in white (using PTI's Wet Paint stamp set.)


I adhered the strip using dimensional adhesive.

And here's Sage's card, using stamps from Flashy Florals.


Isn't it pretty?
I think she was getting a little tired of making cards, but decided
to persevere to earn all five badges.
When she was done with this card, however, she was saying
how much she enjoyed this technique. :)

It's always fun stamping with my best girl!

And here's the final badge we earned:

Okay, well, I know that was a lot of cards for one post
but I hope you'll indulge me -- it is my birthday after all! ;)

Thanks for looking!