Inspired By All The Little Things #54

Today, I have a card to share for 

Inspired By All the Little Things #54:

I've been taking over for posting for Lesley who just had her baby

-- so excited for her!

I fell in love with this cool shelf when I spotted it on Pinterest and thought 

it would make a very fun inspiration photo for

Inspired By All the Little Things this week.

Here's my card:

I started with some stamper's select white and aqua mist cardstock.

I diecut my rectangular stitched die (from PTI's Shakers & Sprinkles kit) from white cardstock

twice, as well as the PTI Fancy Foliage dies.

On the inner rectangle that got diecut when I diecut the frame,

 I blended Altenew Mango Smoothie ink. 

I stamped the waterman from Papertrey Ink's Inspired: Hope. 

Visit Inspired By All the Little Things to see the rest of the DT's takes 

on the inspiration photo and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Friday, May 5th to link up your card.

You can also see who I chose to be featured on the blog this week!

Thanks for looking!

Five for Friday

I realize it's been quite a while since I posted a Five for Friday

on my blog..... 

Life has been busy, especially with working full time, as you might have noticed

by the fact that I'm no longer blogging every day (it actually made me quite sad when I realized that I wasn't going to be able to keep up with posting daily!)

So, I thought I'd catch you up with what's going on in my life lately...

1. My job is awesome!

I'm loving designing kitchens/living spaces for Two30Nine.

I have had four kitchens installed that I have designed.

I'm looking forward to photographing them once they are all complete and 

sharing them with you.

For now, here's a glimpse...

This is part of a new kitchen that I designed in our showroom.

Isn't it lovely?

2. Last weekend, Jonah & Austin went to Calgary with their school choir 

and Jonah's band.

My friend, Tania (the boys' vice-principal) went along, too.

They had a very good time!

Sage and I had to go to Winnipeg to apply for a passport for her,

so we stayed the night at my mom's and had a bit of a girls' weekend:

we met my mom for supper and went to see Going In Style together at the theatre

(very good movie!) and then did some shopping on Saturday.

We went for lunch at Saucers on Academy Road.

3. I've been enjoying watching the kids perform...

Sage and Jonah both played piano pieces in the Morden Festival of the Arts

and Sage performed three poems.

And then, on Tuesday evening, she sang two songs for the Vocal session.

She was asked to perform at the Festival Highlights concert again this year --

she will be singing Be Thou My Vision on Sunday afternoon.

And, this past Wednesday, she performed at her piano recital

and we played a duet together.

4. This week, Austin and Jonah have been performing in their school play:

The Great All American Musical Disaster.

Austin played Bronco Winnie and Jonah played Bob Everlove.

They both did an amazing job!

So fun that they got to do this together! 

5. It's Administrative Assistant Week and my co-workers asked me to make

a card for our admin assistant, Lisa.

Since Lisa is also a photographer, I decided to use my Altenew stamp set

and this month's Altenew Inspiration Challenge to make my card:

Here's my card:

I stamped the camera in Altenew Sapphire ink and versamark and then heat

embossed it in clear.

Then I stamped the sentiment (using my Mama Elephant alphabet stamps)

and the same inks/technique.

I used my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and a water brush 

to colour them in and matted everything on a piece of RC Aqua Cardstock.

Have a great weekend!

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #219

Today, I have a card to share that I made for

 CAS(E) This Sketch #219 designed by Jen Mitchell:

Here's my card, using some of my favourite Reverse Confetti products:

I started by stamping dotted lines onto my Cloud White Cardstock using 

my Elemental Stripes stamp set and Lime Green Ink, Iced Aqua Ink & RC Aqua Ink.

I diecut the Pop Up Circle Confetti Cuts circle from Lime Green Cardstock and 

one of the Tall Tag Trio Confetti Cuts tags from Iced Aqua Cardstock.

I stamped the sentiment (from Circle Wishes) onto a Circle Wishes Confetti Cuts 

in RC Aqua Ink and matted my card on RC Aqua Cardstock.

 

 

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see the rest of the DT's takes on the sketch 

and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, May 4th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Ink April Blog Hop

I have a card to share for today's Papertrey Ink Blog Hop.

Our challenge was to use this beautiful photo as inspiration:

Isn't it pretty?

I was inspired by the colours and chose to use my new Floral Bouquet stamp set.

Here's my card:

I diecut my Floral Bouquet twice and stamped it using Altenew Evening Grey,

Morning Frost, Blush, Frosted Pink, Buttercream and Orange Cream.

I adhered them to my card using dimensional adhesive and then trimmed off

the pieces that were hanging over the edge of the card.  

I adhered some of these pieces back onto my card.

I stamped my sentiment using Inspired: Hope.

Thanks for looking!

Make It Monday #281

Happy Monday!

So, I got to spend some time in my craft area yesterday afternoon & made some cards.

One of them was for this week's 

Make It Monday at Papertrey Ink: Patterns Behind Diecut Windows.

And while I photographed it yesterday, I forgot to post it on my blog

until this morning -- and the collection had closed. :(

But I'm sharing it anyway...

I diecut my window using my Keep It Simple scalloped die, which I used the frame

but diecutting it a second time from a coaster and inking it with Altenew Caribbean Blue ink

and layering them together.

I created my pattern using my Woodblocks stencil and the same shade of ink.

I stamped the sentiment from my Right At Home stamp set.

I stamped the PTI Spring Berries in Altenew inks

and adhered them to my card using dimensional adhesive.

Thanks for looking!

Inspired By All the Little Things #53

Today, I have a card to share for 

Inspired By All the Little Things #53:

I looked at this pretty image and saw butterflies!

I decided to use my PTI Butterfly Cover Panel to make my card:

After diecutting my panel from Stamper's Select White cardstock,

I blended there different shades on Altenew ink onto it:

Morning Frost, Peach Perfect and Cotton Candy.

 I stamped my sentiment (from PTI Choose Joy) in Altenew Evening Grey ink.

Some Pretty Pink Posh sequins finish it off.

Visit Inspired By All the Little Things to see the rest of the DT's takes 

on the inspiration photo and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Friday, April 28th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Curtain Call Inspirational Challenge -- Tulip -- Take Two

I have another card to share that I made using the current

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Tulip:

everydayhomeblog.com

I decided to use my new PTI Fresh Bouquet stamp set to make my card.

I started by inking my background using Altenew Mountain Mist and Volcano Lake inks.

I stamped the Fresh Bouquet stamps onto their coordinating diecut

using Altenew inks, inspired by the colours in the photo.

I stamped the sentiment using my new Right At Home stamp set.

Remember, there's still time to play along with this
 Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #218

Today, I have a card to share that I made for

 CAS(E) This Sketch #218 designed by N@ Ali:

It's parent-teacher conferences at the high school tonight.

Austin & Jonah left on a bus for their choir trip this morning to Calgary,

so I will be attending the conferences on my own this evening -- a first for me!

I still wanted to bring along some treats for the teachers,  

so I made some butter crunch and some tags to go with them.

Here's my tag, using the sketch:

I started by diecutting my tag from Cloud White Cardstock using the 

largest tag from Tag Me Confetti Cuts.

I stamped the lines using Lime Green Ink, Iced Aqua Ink & RC Aqua Ink.

I diecut the banner using Bitty Banners Confetti Cuts and stamped

it with the "thanks" stamp from Bitty Banners.

  

 

Visit CAS(E) this Sketch to see the rest of the DT's takes on the sketch 

and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Thursday, April 27th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Inspired By All The Little Things #52

*Note: this is my third post for today.
Please scroll down to see my other posts
and some exciting news!

Today, I have a card to share for 

Inspired By All the Little Things #52:

When I saw this image, I knew immediately that I would 

use my MFT stamp set to create my card:

I started by stamping the girl from my MFT set onto my watercolour

paper background and heat embossing it in clear.

Then, I did some masking and stamped the buildings from PTI's City Scene

stamp set, in Altenew Evening Grey and Morning Frost.

However, I forgot to put my mask back after it got stuck to my stamp,

using my MISTI and accidentally stamped the building onto my girl's face.

(Please, someone tell me that I'm not the only one to mess up masking like that!)

Not wanting to start over, I decided to restamp the girl and diecut her out.

I coloured her in with my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush markers and a water brush.

I adhered her to my card using dimensional adhesive.

I stamped my sentiment using my new stamp set from Right At Home --

I just love this sentiment and thought it suited this confident girl perfectly!

Visit Inspired By All the Little Things to see the rest of the DT's takes 

on the inspiration photo and to play along, if you'd like.

You have until Friday, April 21st to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Tulip

*Note: this is my second post for today.
Please scroll down to see my other post, which contains some exciting news!

It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!

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The LEAD of the Tulip Challenge will be invited as a 

Guest Designer in a future challenge!
Please visit the Curtain Call Challenge Blog for all the challenge info and deadline.

Here's my card:

I started with a piece of patterned paper from my stash for my background.

I diecut one of my Neat & Tangled Scalloped frames and on it, stamped

my sentiment from PTI's Tropics in Altenew Jet Black.

I stamped my watering can (from PTI's Garden Variety) in Altenew Mountain Mist

and "filled" it with Wplus9 Fresh Cut Florals stamped diecuts.

Make sure you visit each of the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge
 designers' blogs for more inspiration!

Amy Kolling

Betty Wright

Kim Singdahlsen
Laurie Willison
Leigh Penner
Lisa Henke
Lori Tecler
Lynn Mangan
Marisa Ritzen
Maureen Plut
Melody Rupple
Monika Davis
Sheri Gilson
Silke Ledlow
Stacey Schafer
Tammy Hershberger
Tara Godfrey

Follow us!
Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge Facebook Page
Curtain Call Pinterest Boards

Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Tulip

for the challenge details and to play along with us!

Thanks for looking!

Guest designing for The Classroom & Ellen Hutson

Hi there!

This is my first of three posts today here on my blog....

I am thrilled to say that I am guest designing today at The Classroom, 

representing two of my favourite companies: Reverse Confetti and Essentials by Ellen!

Here's a sneak peek of my card:

So, please hop on over to The Classroom and check out my whole card, 

which has a super fun feature, combining both brands!

Ellen Hutson will provide a $50 store credit to one lucky person 

who leaves a comment on my post there.

Thanks for looking!

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