Five for Friday

Hi there!

It's been a while since I shared a Five for Friday!
Lots has been going on...

1. First of all, Austin graduated from high school on Wednesday!
I swear it seems like yesterday that he was starting kindergarten....
these years have totally flown by, but I'm very proud of the young man he's becoming.

We took some family photos at home...

And then met up with the grads for more photos at the Research Station.

This is a group of grads who attend our church.

Then, after the grads met at the school for a photo of their graduating class,

it was time for the ceremony.

We were pleasantly surprised to see that Austin made the honour roll!

One of my best friends, Tania, is the vice-principal and she handed

Austin his diploma.

I love this photo of the two of them!

Then, Mrs. Fenn, his principal switched over his tassel.

After the ceremony, we attended the banquet.

And after that, we had safe grad, where I got to deal for poker for two hours.

A very long day -- but a great way to celebrate our graduate!

2. His plans for fall include attending Steinbach Bible College,
as he is enrolled in their worship program.
I love that he is using his musical skills and pursuing a career where he can sing!

3. I apologize if my blog hasn't been as active as it once was.
I love my new job, but working full time definitely cuts into my crafting time.
As a result, I will not be renewing my contract to design for Reverse Confetti
for the next term.
I have really enjoyed designing for RC for the past 3.5 years
and the friends that I have made on the team!

4. And speaking of work, I'm off to Crystal City and Killarney, Manitoba today
to photograph two kitchens that I designed.
The one in Crystal City is my first solo project and it turned out so cool.
And the one in Killarney is a kitchen that I designed to make it work using a display we
had in the front of our showroom.
I'm looking forward to sharing them on my Houzz page.

Here are a few photos of a kitchen that I designed as part of a fundraising project
for Children's Camp International:

Photo by Leigh Penner -- Two30Nine - Browse kitchen photos

Photo by Leigh Penner -- Two30Nine - Look for kitchen design inspiration

Photo by Leigh Penner -- Two30Nine - Discover kitchen design ideas

You can see more photos of this project here.
And click here to see photos of the front display I designed to replace the one
I sold to the couple that lives in Killarney.

 5. I have a card to share for this month's Altenew Inspiration Challenge:

One of my co-workers resigned after eighteen years yesterday.

He was my team leader and will be missed -- he had so much knowledge

and was a fabulous designer!

We took him out for lunch yesterday and I made this card for my co-workers to give him.

Ryan loves to garden, so I used my new Altenew Grow Garden set.

With a little masking, I stamped my images and heat embossed them in clear.
I coloured them in with Altenew inks pressed onto my acrylic block, mixed with water
and a paintbrush.
I used Altenew Velvet, which turned a little more red that I was expecting when I mixed
it with water, but I think the end results are fine.
For the lighter shades, I just added more water to my colour mix.
I also used Altenew Evergreen and Forest Glades.

I stamped my sentiments using Simon Says Stamp's Wishing stamp set.

Thanks for looking! 

CAS(E) This Sketch #228

Yesterday was Austin's grad.

Today, I want to share the card that I made for him, using

 CAS(E) This Sketch #228 designed by Chrissy Larson:



To make my card, I used Reverse Confetti products.

Using Take Flight, I stamped my paper airplanes in Iced Aqua Ink, 

Tangerine Ink, and RC Aqua Ink.

I stamped my sentiment which is also from Take Flight.

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, July 6th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Papertrey Ink June Blog Hop

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

(By the way, this is my 75th time playing along with the PTI Blog Hop

-- and those are consecutive, too, as I haven't missed any since I started

participating in 2011!)

 

 This month's challenge was to use this beautiful photo as inspiration:

Isn't it lovely?

I wanted to incorporate the ombre with the flowers, but was a little stumped until 

I saw this amazing card by Betsy Veldman.

Here's my card:

I started by stamping my sentiment (from PTI's Tropics) in versafine onyx black ink 

and heat embossing it in clear.

Then, I created a mask by tearing tha edges off of post it notes and made 

a frame, before stamping the Floral Bouquet outline twice in versamark ink

and heat embossing them in clear.

With my mask still in place, I coloured my flowers and background using my 

Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers and a water brush.

Thanks for looking!

Inspired By All the Little Things #62

Today, I have a card to share for 

Inspired By All the Little Things #62:

I was inspired by the colours of the umbrellas and the angle/how they were layered.

I decided to use my PTI Summer Sweetness stamp set to make my card:

I stamped my popsicles on an angle, spritzing them with water before stamping them on my watercolour paper background.

 I stamped my sentiment (from PTI' Summer Sweetness) in versamark ink

and heat embossed it in white before adhering it to my card wth dimensional adhesive.

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, June 30th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

CAS(E) This Sketch #227

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

 CAS(E) This Sketch #227 designed by N@Ali:



Here's my card, which I made using Reverse Confetti products.

I started by using the Leaf Lattice Stencil to blend Reverse Confetti inks onto my background.

I diecut one of the All Framed Up Confetti Cuts to frame my stencilling.

I diecut my butterfly using Butterfly Dreams Confetti Cuts and stamped it

with the coordinating Butterfly Dreams stamp, 

which I inked up with two colours.

A trio of enamel dots finishes it off.

 

  

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, June 29th to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge Sorbet -- Take Two & MFT Camp Create

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

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Sorbet:

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I also wanted to play along with MFT's Camp Create:

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I was inspired by the Day 1: Wonderful Watercolour Challenge:

Here's my card, using Beautiful Butterflies:

I smooshed ink mixed with water onto my watercolour panel.

I stamped the butterfly onto its coordinating diecut, spritzing the stamp

with water after I inked it, before stamping it.

I stamped the sentiment (from MFT Forest Friends) onto my background.

Remember, there's still time to play along with this

 Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge.

And, while I had my Beautiful Butterflies stamp set out,
I decided to make another card, this time for Day 2: Remarkable Resist.

Here's my card:

I started by pressing versamark ink through my MFT stencil onto my white cardstock.

Then, I heat embossed it with white embossing powder and used three different

colours of ink to create an ombre effect.

I stamped the butterfly onto its coordinating diecut and added the sentiment,

heat embossed in white on a strip of grey cardstock. 

Thanks for looking!

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Inspired By All the Little Things #61

Today, I have a card to share for 

Inspired By All the Little Things #61:

I don't often use this shade of blue on my cards, so this photo was a real challenge for me.

I decided to use my Altenew Beautiful Day stamps, which I stamped onto my

watercolour paper background, with a little masking.

I coloured them in with my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers & a water brush.

I stamped my sentiment (from PTI's KIS: Sympathy) in Altenew Jet Black ink

and added a black border along the side.

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, June 23rd to link up your card.

Thanks for looking!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge -- Sorbet & CAS(E) This Sketch #226

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

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The LEAD of the Sorbet 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.

I also used  CAS(E) This Sketch #226 designed by Donna Mikasa:

I was a little stuck on this challenge, until I spotted this card by Betsy Veldman:

so I'm also playing along with Papertrey Ink's Create Along With Us. 

I started by making a rectangle mask with post-it notes on my watercolour paper

base and then smooshing hawaiian shores ink mixed with water onto my panel.

I dried it with my heat gun and diecut it using my Mama Elephant Femme Frames die. 

I diecut the popsicles from PTI's Summer Sweetness and stamped them 

with Wplus9's Sweet Gelato ink -- so perfect for the challenge -- after spritzing my inked

stamp with water before stamping.

I stamped my sentiment from Summer Sweetness in Altenew Jet Black and 

Wplus9's Sweet Gelato ink.

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, June 22nd to link up your card.

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

Marcie Sharp (our guest designer!)

Betty Wright

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

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Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Sorbet

for the challenge details and to play along with us!

Thanks for looking!