Six for Saturday

With different posts planned for the past two Fridays, I thought I'd post a "six for Saturday" post to catch up a bit....

1. First of all, I'd like you to know that there are currently two blog hop giveaways on my blog.

You can either scroll down to leave a comment to enter them or click here & here.

2. Sage decided to get a haircut this week:

Isn't it cute?

We weren't sure if it would be enough to donate for Angel Hair, but the hairdresser said she'd send it off.

Here's the photo I took of her at home.

And the best part: no more tears while trying to brush out her tangles! Yay!

3. We had Jonah's party on Wednesday. 

We had a bit of a Doctor Who theme....

He & Sage each invited two friends and we went to the pool in Winkler for the afternoon.

 

Only one of the friends was able to come back to our place for supper (Subway subs) & cake (Dalek).

4. I realized that I haven't shared my Monthly Moments Album for May or June yet.

Here's May:

I kept this spread fairly simply, using some We R Memory Keepers journaling cards.

On the second page, I also added a PTI MM:May die cut.

And here's June:

Once again, I used some We R Memory Keepers journaling cards, as well as a 4x6 journaling card from Studio Calico.

This card already had "June" printed on the large colour block, but I decided that I wanted to stick 

with using my MM PTI month dies so that the font would be the same all the way through.

So, I trimmed a piece of Berry Sorbet card stock and adhered it over the SC June block.

And here's a close-up of the second page:

5. I have a layout to share that I made using this week's 

Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Creative Borders using Non-Border dies

& photos that I took of my kids on their last day of school.

I started with some Crate Paper patterned paper as my background.

I stamped my title using PTI's Wet Paint Alphabet stamp set.

I created my border for the MIM challenge using two of my Summer Sweetness dies --

one for the top and one for the bottom. The middle one is a stand alone die cut that I added in. 

I stamped them using the coordinating stamp set in colours to match my kids' tops.

I die cut the flag using the banner from Reverse Confetti's Tag Me Confetti Cuts.

The sentiment is from Summer Sweetness.

For my journaling, I decided to make a summer bucket list using my PTI MM: June stamps. 

6. I also created a card for this week's MIM, 

using the Beautiful Brushstroke feather stamps & dies.

It's hard to tell that I used the technique because I layered a second feather die cut over top, but I did. Really.

The sentiment is stamped using Wet Paint.

For my card, I was inspired to use the latest Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Bow Tie.

I was inspired by the colours in the photo.

I hope you're having a great weekend!

Thanks for looking!

Reverse Confetti August Blog Hop

Hey there, Reverse Confetti fans! 
It’s the 8^th of the month and time for another sizzling Blog Hop
from the Confetti Crew and a few other friends. 
Summer is quickly approaching, so this is a good excuse to stay inside out of the heat
and recharge your batteries with us! 
We’ll give you a minute to grab a glass of lemonade as we hop along together
and share some crafty goodness with you!

The hop started over on the Reverse Confetti blog, 

and you should have made it here from my friend, Kathy Martin's blog. 

It would be worth your while to start at the beginning of the hop, so you don’t miss a thing. 

We have tons of inspiration for you to see using Reverse Confetti's amazing stamp sets!

For today's blog hop, we were challenged to either use Reverse Confetti Background stamps  

or to use regular Reverse Confetti stamps to stamp our background.

I decided to do the latter and create a background using one of the sentiment stamps from Let's Chill. 

I started a kraft background and stamped my Let's Chill sentiment repeatedly 

in white and once in black.

I stamped the legs of the flamingo (from Fabulous Flamingo) in black.

I die cut the Fabulous Flaming Confetti Cuts from white card stock

and stamped them with the coordinating stamps in aqua mist  -- so fun to stamp a blue flamingo!

  

I hope you’ve enjoyed hopping with us today. 

Be sure and hop with us on the 8th of every month for more Reverse Confetti inspiration! 

Now it’s time to hop on over to Amy Sheffer's blog. 

If you get lost along the way, you can find the hop order and list of all the participating designers 

over on the Reverse Confetti blog.

Would you like to win some Reverse Confetti goodies of your very own?

Leave a comment on each stop along the way for a chance
to win a $15 gift certificate to Reverse Confetti.

  Comments are open until Monday, August 11th at 5pm CST, and 

the winner will be announced on the Reverse Confetti Blog on Tuesday!

A few things before you hop along though, just to keep you “in the know”…

The August Sketch For You To Try is open for you to play along.  Click here for a chance to win.  

AND, there will be a new Colour Challenge posted on August 16^th and another way to win!

Celebrate the creative side of you!

Thanks for looking!

Pretty Pink Posh Blog Hop

Welcome to the Pretty Pink Posh Blog Hop!
Today we're showcasing the fabulous new dies that Paulina has released.

You should have arrived here from Joni Andaya's blog.
If you're just joining the hop, I have the complete list further down in this post.
Trust me, you'll want to hop along and check out all of the fabulous projects.
And you'll also want to leave a comment on each blog,
because there are two $25 Pretty Pink Posh Gift Certificates to up for grabs. 
Winners will be picked randomly along the blog hop. 
Note: Comments must be left by 11:59 PM PDT on 8/10/2014. 
Winners will be announced on the Pretty Pink Posh blog.

For my blog hop project,
I decided to use the Film Strip Stitched die
and make a shaker card with it.

I used some PTI aqua mist and stamper's select white card stock, 

as well as some Webster's Pages patterned paper.

I stamped a little bird (from PTI's Feather Finery) in each little window

and them filled them up with Pretty Pink Posh Sparkly Clear sequins.

I stamped my sentiment from PTI's Think Big Favourites #5 ("thank you") 

& Wet Paint ("for everything").

The next stop on the hop is Nichol Magouirk.

Here's the complete list:

Pretty Pink Posh blog

Kristina Werner

Joni Andaya

Leigh Penner (that's me!)

Nichol Magouirk

Maureen Merritt

Gayatri Murali

Laura Bassen

Stacey Schafer

Laura Sterckx

Suzanne Dahlberg

Amy Kolling

Lisa Elton

Debby Hughes 

I'm also linking this up to this week's Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge: Make It Sparkle.

Before you go, I'd love for you to stop by the  Chickaniddy Crafts blog today,

& check out the layout I made using their August Layout Sketch.

Here's a little peek:

Thanks for looking!

Happy Birthday to my Jonah!

Jonah turns 12 today!

He is such an awesome kid -- so sweet, funny, easy-going and fun to be with!

Last week, while Sage was at camp, he & I worked on a project together:

we made a duct tape hammock.

It was pretty frustrating at first, but then we found our groove.

Jonah asked me: "Are you having fun?" I told him that once we'd figured out how to make

it work, it was fun. I asked him if he was having fun.

"Yes! It's nice doing a project together, just you and me," he replied.

See what I mean? Super sweet!

We had a joint birthday party on Sunday (joint with his dad, whose birthday was last Wednesday).

Austin had a coupon for a DQ ice cream cake, so they went to pick one out. 

I thought they'd just pick a ready-made cake, but they got talking to one of the employees, 

who turned out to be a fellow Doctor Who fan, and they talked her into making this cake.

And for Jonah's party today (we're going swimming at the Winkler pool),

I made another Doctor Who cake (I made a Tardis cake for Austin in May),

but this time, Jonah wanted a dalek.

And lastly, before I go, I want to share the card I made for Jonah....

he's a huge fan of cars and plans on being an automotive mechanic one day, 

so I bought this discontinued set online from a fellow crafter and 

paired it with Papertrey Ink's Label Basics stamp set.

I used three different colours of inks to stamp my panel (PTI's orange zest, Heidi Swapp's Teal 

and SU! Island Indigo) -- Jonah picked the colours.

I cut my panel at an angle and adhered it with dimensional adhesive.

Thanks for looking!

Summer Album: July 2014 -- Part 3

Today, I have another page to share from my summer album.

(To see the first parts I've shared, click here.)

After diecutting my journaling card, I used my Perfectly Paisley Confetti Cuts

on a piece of plain white card stock to create a stencil, which I used to apply some aqua mist ink with a Tim Holtz blending tool.

Then, I stamped a sentiment from Let's Chill.

I love how I can use my Reverse Confetti stamps & dies for more than just cards!

Here's a close-up of my journaling card:

Thanks for looking!

In the mood for a picnic

Hi there! 

Just popping in to let you know that I have a card 

on the Chickaniddy Crafts blog today.

Here's a peek:

I would love it if you would stop by and 

check it out!

Thanks for looking!

If I die.... post this on YouTube!

I have a layout to share today for this month's Pages With Papertrey,

where the challenge is to use stamps for your title.

I decided to use my new Wet Paint Alphabet stamps to create my title:

something my son called out as he swung on the Tarzan rope at family day at our local Bible camp. 

I used Crate Paper patterned paper, wooden embellishments and slide frames (the largest and smallest ones.)

The other two slide frames I made using PTI's Slide Frame die and coasters.

I stamped the date using the Slide Frame dies.

I stamped the sentiment from Get Lost in the small Crate Paper slide frame.

If you play along with this month's challenge, please link up your layout here in the comments on my blog

or here in the Papertrey Ink forum. I'd love to see what you create!

I'm also linking this up to Taheerah's Cure for the Monday Blues Challenge #25:

Thanks for looking!

Summer Album: July 2014 -- Part 2

In addition to my Monthly Moments album that I started this year, 

I decided to create a summer pocket album, which I shared the cover (click!) and first page (click!) so far.

Well, today, I have three more pages to share from July...

Here's a close up of my journaling card. I used PTI's Simply Framed die.

I stamped the images from Monthly Moments: June and then masked it before stamping the lines with my Journaling Lines stamp.

Here's the next page: 

I used the Journaling Card 1, along with the lines from Monthly Moments: June (I masked off the boxes).

The popsicle is stamped using Summer Sweetness.

Here, I used the Simply Framed die & stamp, along with the A Few Pointers die & stamps.

And one last page for today.... 

Here, I just cut a rectangle with my trimmer for the card. I made it the same size as the 

Simply Framed diecut, since it backs that one on the previous page.

The arrows are from To You From Me & the sentiment is from Get Lost.

Thanks for looking!

Sketch for you to try #15

Today I have a card to share for Reverse Confetti's Sketch for You to Try #15: 

And here's my take on the sketch:

I started by selectively inking & stamping the diagonal stripes twice from So Stripey in harvest gold 

to make it span the width of my card. 

From this background, I die cut the rounded-edge rectangle from Class Act Confetti Cuts, so I 

could get a little bit of the stripes on it.

I die cut the scalloped frame from Love Note, stamped the sentiment from Forever Fall 

on the white diecut and layered it over the scalloped frame. 

To get the watercolour effect on my Peacock Pretties feather, 

I pressed some raspberry fizz ink onto my craft mat and spritzed it with water. 

Then, I painted the ink onto my stamp with a paint brush,

using some summer sunrise ink for the centre around the heart. 

I stamped it onto some white card stock and cut it out by hand.

A few Pretty Pink Posh sequins (6mm Pink Blush, 4mm Lemon Meringue) finish it off.

   

Be sure to head on over to the Reverse Confetti blog to see

the other designers' takes on the sketch and to play along, if you'd like.

Thanks for looking!