Colour Q and Try Stampin' On a Tuesday

Happy Tuesday everyone!  I had a great day at work!  When I got home I was checking out some of my favourite challenges and I was inspired to create!!!

I love the new challenge I found called Try Stampin' On a Tuesday. The Design Team is great and the sketches are open-ended and clean and simple!  The blog creator is a Canadian, just like me!!!  So I had to play along with them!!!  You really need to go and check them out!!!  I am using their sketch for my card, and I also used the Colour Q Colours this week, which are Pink Pirouette, Certainly Celery, Kraft and Early Espresso.  Such a pretty and light combination of colours! I love it!!!

I have been thinking about inking up the "Charming" set, I have not used it in a while and I love it! Especially the pretty floral stamp that comes with it!  I inked it up with my SU! markers and used the Crumb Cake for the words behind the floral image.  Then using my crimper once again (yep, it is my favourite tool) I crimped the Pink Pirouette Paper...to make it a little more "vintage" feeling. 

The sentiment is from "Because I Care" and I inked up the floral again and stamped it over top of the sentiment.  Thank you for stopping by!  If you have any questions, please email me...I would love to hear from you!!!

Smiles!

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All supplies are Stampin' Up:
Stamps: Charming, Because I Care
Inks: Crumb Cake, Early Espresso, Certainly Celery and Pink Pirouette
Paper: Espresso, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White and Crumb Cake
Tools: Crimper, Espresso 1/8" Ribbon, Eyelet Border Punch, Brads, Paper Piercer, Mat Pack, Oval Punches

Picture Perfect Mashup and the CPS

Just a quick post tonight as I am off to bed and tomorrow I am back to work!  I have had a terrific bit of time off and I am excited to get back to work.  Today I went and got my hair done, it is a lot shorter and I love it.  Have a good week at work. 

 

I wanted to participate in these three challenges:

CPS-Sketch-such a fun and simple sketch!

Picture Perfect Creations: Pacific Point, Real Red and Chocolate Chip (love the colours!!)

Friday Mashup: Zoo Animals-how fun is this challenge!

Have a great week! Look forward to playing some more challenges this week.  I have a big list of them to work on! Something to look forward too!!!

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Stampin' Royalty ~ Scrapbook Page "Shy"

Sandra over at Stampin' Royalty has inspired me to use My Digital Studio more!  She is truly the master of it and had created some awesome pages.  Well, wanting to try it out, I have been working on creating some pages and uses sketches from my favourite challenge blogs to do so! 

Here I am with the Stampin' Royalty Sketch...

I changed up the main image to be 3 images...it worked better on the 12 x 12 sheet.  Then I added an arrow at the bottom of the page instead of buttons.  My colours are Regal Rose, Certainly Celery and Tempting Turquoise.

When my sister-in-law sees this I hope she will laugh!  These are some of my favourite photos!  This is of the 4 of us...one summer, not long ago.  Corey and I were just heading out of town, after a wonderful summer holiday visit and these were some of the last photos we took.  I have to say, my SIL is pretty fun and we get along too well!  She is a lot like my husband, or should I say, "He is a lot like her..."

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All supplies are Stampin' Up:
My Digital Studio

Creating Digital Scrapbook Pages with My Digital Studio from Stampin' Up

I love scrapbooking...I really do but sometimes I get overwhelmed with where to start.  So last night, I was playing with "My Digital Studio" from Stampin' Up!  It is a digital scrapbooking system that is so easy to use and as I have said before, I love that there is no mess to clean up when I am done! LOL!!  So I took the Mojo Sketch (just under the wire) and the Colour Q colours and made a 12 x 12 page of some photos that have been sitting on my camera for a long time!!

Here is the page I created for the Mojo Sketch and the Colour Q:

The photos were taken in 2007...on a summer road trip.  I know my page is not very sophisticated but I am just learning the ropes here!!!  I love that I will be able to scrapbook all these wonderful trips and adventures we have been on!!! 

So now, for my goal is to complete a digital scrapbook for my mother in law.  I have some great pictures of our trip to Ontario for Christmas 2009.  I want to try to make up a book and to get it printed.  I am going to use some of these marvelous challenges to create my pages and we will see what happens!!  Can I get a whole book done?  We shall see!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Smiles,

Lesley

Paper Player Tips:

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Paper Players Challenge #40-Sketch by Nance and Blog Candy Winner

What a terrific week!  As you probably noticed, I have been playing with My Digital Studio and designed a brand new blog banner and created the new background too!  It is SO much fun!!!!  And I am very excited to post my first Card Tutorial for sale!  It has been well received!  Thank you to Cathy, Trudy, LeAnne, AM and Sandi for encouraging me to make my tutorial available to others!

This week at the Paper Players, Nance has provided us with a terrific sketch that can be dressed up or kept simple!  I decided to land somewhere in the middle of those two choices, coming up with a card that was easy to make and has some "extras" on it.

Here is the sketch!

And here is the card I created for it!  I always need more birthday cards!! Can you see that I embossed the top of the cupcake...so fun!!! And I just love the colour Melon Mambo!

Now, to announce my Blog Candy Winner!  A big thank you to everyone who shared their favourite type of challenge with me!  The randomly selected winner is...Tania!

Tania said:

I like sketches. It can be nice to have a theme, as Jan says, to help with stamp decisions, but sometimes I want the freedom to just choose a set on my own based on my personal card making needs.

Congratulations Tania!  Please send me your mailing address and I will get your candy out to you right away.  My email is located at the top of my blog. :D

Thank you for stopping by!  Be sure to visit the Paper Players Blog to see the design inspiration and to upload your own creation!

Smiles,

Lesley

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All supplies are Stampin' Up:
Stamps: Something to Celebrate
Inks: Melon Mambo
Paper: Bright Collection DSP Pack, Basic Black, Melon Mambo, Whisper White, Pink Pirouette
Tools: Big Shot, Finial Press Embossing Folder, Copcake Punch, Modern Label Punch, Word Window Punch, Scallop Trim Border Punch

Celebrating Stampin' on a Tuesday!

Just a quick post and then I am off to bed!  I wanted to play along with Try Stampin' on Tuesday and Stampin' Celebration!  I inked everything up with Crumb Cake and a sponge...oh yes, I love my crumb cake ink and a sponge!  The Stampin' Celebration has a great colour combo/inspiration...and I also took my cue from their photo to make my card a thank you card, and of course the leaves and flowers also caught my eye...

So I got out the Growing Green set...my new fav!  I inked up the flower in black onto textured crumb cake cardstock...cut it out and sponged it! The backgrounds are the En Francais and Sanded Background stamps.  I added a couple of pearls...I love pearls!

Thanks for stopping by!!

Enjoy your weekend!

Smiles,

Lesley

Nature Walk Tutorial

I am excited to announce that my "Nature Walk" Tutorial is now available for purchase.  Please visit my left sidebar to purchase the tutorial using Pay Pal.

The Nature Walk Tutorial costs $10 and:

• has a list of supplies needed for the entire project
• has photo of each card in it for easy reference
• has a MDS sketch of each card with the pieces of each card numbered for easy breakdown!
• has a measurement chart for each card
• has directions for each card

My Disclaimer/Copyright:

• Please enjoy my tutorial for your own personal use or as a demonstrator! 
• I ask that you please use your copy for yourself and direct others interested in my tutorial to my blog so they may purchase it for themselves. Thank you!!
• Please do not copy and distribute electronically to others.
• Please do not publish on your blog or other web forum.
• Please do not sell my tutorial as your own ideas/designs.
• Please do not hand out copies to others, unless it is for your own class participants, and then, please give credit to the creator.
• Please allow 24 hours for the transaction, I will email you the tutorial as soon as payment is received and accepted.
• This is just the tutorial for sale, it does not include the stamp set, the materials to make the cards or the class with me. 

MDS for the Stampin' 411 Challenge

I love working with My Digital Studio!  I purchased the Strength and Hope Digital set.  It is very pretty!  So tonight, I decided not to make a card but a scrapbook page instead!  I used the great sketch from the Stampin' 411 team and changed it up a bit.  The ribbon is replaced by a piece of designer paper and I didn't realize I had missed the 3 brads...that is what I get for going by memory!  I am still trying to figure out this program!

 

I have to say, I love that I can use this program, create a page and have no mess to clean up!! LOL!  The Strength and Hope set is to promote Breast Cancer awareness, partial proceeds go to cancer research. 

Thanks for stopping by!

All supplies are Stampin' Up:

Stamps: Strength and Hope Digital Set

Inks: Baja Breeze, Rose Red, Old Olive, Whisper White

Paper: Strength and Hope Digital Set

Tools: My Digital Studio

Nature Walk Card Tutorial for Purchase

Hi Stampers,

I am excited to announce that my "Nature Walk" Tutorial is now available for purchase. 

The Nature Walk Tutorial costs $10 and:

• has a list of supplies needed for the entire project
• has photo of each card in it for easy reference
• has a MDS sketch of each card with the pieces of each card numbered for easy breakdown!
• has a measurement chart for each card
• has directions for each card

Payment Options:

My Disclaimer/Copyright:

• Please enjoy my tutorial for your own personal use or as a demonstrator! 
• I ask that you please use your copy for yourself and direct others interested in my tutorial to my blog so they may purchase it for themselves. Thank you!!
• Please do not copy and distribute electronically to others.
• Please do not publish on your blog or other web forum.
• Please do not sell my tutorial as your own ideas/designs.
• Please do not hand out copies to others, unless it is for your own class participants, and then, please give credit to the creator.
• Please allow 24 hours for the transaction, I will email you the tutorial as soon as payment is received and accepted.
• This is just the tutorial for sale, it does not include the stamp set, the materials to make the cards or the class with me. 

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Card Club Projects and new Club starting in April

I just had my card club this week!  I meet once a month with a fabulous group of ladies...we have fun and usually make two projects that they get to keep!  This month I was showing them the "Growing Green" stamp set which I LOVE!!!

We made two simple cards, showing how easy it is to make a Clean and Simple card quickly, if you need one for a special occasion but are short on time!  Birthdays are always a popular card to have on hand!  We also did the technique of stamping colour on colour...so we used Certainly Celery Ink on Certainly Celery Paper.  I love that look!!  It is hard to see in my bright photo but we stamped the smaller flowers from ths set right over the large flower.  The colours we used were: Melon Mambo, Pretty In Pink and Certainly Celery.  We also completed the inside the same way.

For our second card, we used "Mr. Big" aka the Big Shot and embossed the whole front panel of the card front with the Finial Press Embossing Folder.  Then we stamped the main flower in Melon Mambo onto Pink Pirouette Paper! I love that look too!

Thanks ladies for another fun club!  I have a new Card Club starting in April.  We have room for 3 more ladies.  We will meet April, May and June.  Then take the summer off!  Then we will meet up again for September, October and November.  If you are interested in joining our Crafty Croghan Card Club or if you have any questions about the Club, please email me by clicking HERE and then leaving me a message. 

Thanks for stopping by!

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All supplies are Stampin' Up:
Stamps: Growing Green, On Your Birthday, Something to Celebrate
Inks: Melon Mambo, Pretty in Pink, Certainly Celery
Paper: Melon Mambo, Certainly Celery, Pink Pirouette, Whisper White
Tools: Big Shot, Finial Press Embossing Folder, Scallop Trim Border Punch

Nature Walk Card Class

I have a new Card Class coming up!  The class features the Nature Walk set from the Mini Catalogue.

Edit: The PDF Tutorial for this class will be available for purchase soon...more details to come!  The PDF Tutorial does not include the cards, enevlopes or stamp sets.

The class costs $28.28 and includes:

• the clear mount Nature Walk Stamp set (wood mount costs extra)
• the 4 cards seen in the photo and envelopes for them
• instructions emailed to you with measurements (so you can create more cards)

Class Date:

• Sunday, April 3rd from 1-3pm (RSVP by Friday March 25th)

***To join the class, please email me.  My email is located in my profile at the top of my blog...please click on View my Profile.

Thanks for stopping by! 

Please email me if you have any questions.

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Too excited not to share!

Okay...I never do this but I am too excited not to share!!! Today I had the honour of being a Runner-Up for the Picture Perfect Creations Challenge and was selected a a Top Three at Try Stampin' on a Tuesday Challenge!

Here were my two "acknowledged" creations:

Picture Perfect Creations

Stamping on a Tuesday

Thank you so much to both challenge teams!!!  If you get the chance, you should check out their fun challenges!

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Playing with Sale-A-Bration Stamp Sets

Don't forget to enter your name into my Blog Candy draw!  All info can be found by clicking HERE!

I wanted to make a couple of cards using three different Sale-A-Bration sets....I decided to ink up the "Funky Four" set, "Thank You Kindly" set and the "So Happy for You" set.  The Funky Four set has this cute little flower image in it that I inked up with my markers and I love that it fits in my scallop circle punch!

This card was a quick and fun card I created with the "So Happy for You" set! I love that little Shamrock!  I punched them out with my 3/4" circle punch!  The Designer Paper is from the "Jolly Holiday" Paper Pack again! I just love that Polka Dot Paper!  The sentiment is from the Hostess Level 2 set called "Something to Celebrate".

Thanks for stopping by today! 

I hope you enjoy your day and get the chance to get inky!!

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All supplies are Stampin' Up:

Stamps: Funky Four, So Happy for You, Something to Celebrate, Thank You Kindly

Inks: Concord Crush, Poppy Parade, Old Olive, Whisper White

Paper: Jolly Holiday DSP, Poppy Parade, Concord Crush

Tools: 3/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch. Scallop Circle Punch

Picture Perfect Creations and Hand Stamped Sentiments

This week has been fabulous for me!  On Spring Break, creating furiously, trying so hard to play with all the challenges I love to visit and sometimes just do not get the chance to play!!  I noticed as I was setting up this post, that this is post 500 for me!  WOW!  I cannot believe that in 2 years I have posted 500 times...does that seem incredible?  Maybe it is just me! :D

Tonight...or should I say- this morning, I made a card for the current colour challenge at the Picture Perfect Creations.  I suspect a goodly portion of my 500 posts have been given over to colour challenges...I do LOVE them!!

The colours for the PPC Challenge this week are:

I wanted to create something springy and was also inspired by the Handstamped Sentiments Challenge...they are all about Easter and Spring this week with their Inspiration Challenge.  My pal Anne-Marie is one of their designers, so I just had to play along!!!

Inspired by the photos on the HSS site, I created a card with a window sill and flower box...in the flower box are some spring flowers, punched out with my Itty Bitty Punch Pack...they are really blooming! LOL!  Oh, and I added some major bling to each blossom...each flower has a little gemstone in it...I used the For All You Do set for the Artichoke Stems.

I hope you enjoyed my creation and get some time to play along with both of these great challenges!  Okay...I am off to bed now!!! LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!

Sketchbook Saturday and Try Stampin' on Tuesday

I wanted to make a set of four cards for a class I am offering.  I went looking for some inspiration and found two lovely sketches.  One at the Sketchbook Saturday Challenge Site and one at Try Stamping on Tuesday.

For the Sketchbook Saturday sketch I created this card:

For the Try Stampin' on Tuesday challenge I created this card, I just switched the sketch around and went long with my card.

Both of these challenges helped me create some cards for a group of cards I was trying to make.  I tried to upload the actually sketch designs but for some reason tonight, blogger wouldn't let me!

Here is the completed set of cards!  I used the current Just Add Ink colours for all the cards too!!

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All supplies are Stampin' Up:

Stamps: Nature Walk, On Your Birthday, Celebrate Something, Thoughts and Prayers

Inks: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Crumb Cake

Paper: Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Crumb Cake

Tools: Oval Punches, Border Punches, Ribbons, Lace Ribbons, Vanilla Rosettes, Crimper