Celebrating Christmas with Ribbon Tilda

Good Morning and Happy Sunday!  Today is just a little brighter in my world thanks to the book "The Explosive Child".  Why?  For those of you out there who share my frustration with having "challenging" little darlings, you can imagine how wonderful it feels to read a book which seems to understand the volatility around our home.  It is nice to hear a view point which suggests my five and eight year olds need to learn skills to control their emotional outbursts - and for once I feel hopeful that I can help my strong willed children can embrace peace.  My angels are a far cry from this serene and angelic Ribbon Tilda:

This week on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog we have opened up the Sundae Bar with four new toppings: Black, Distressing, Flowers and Sparkle.  You only need to select two to play along!  I've chosen flowers and sparkles for my toppings. 

The layout is from Sketch Saturday and I've added extra sparkle with Stampin' Up! Dazzling Diamonds on Tilda's trim and around the image.

Thank you for looking!  I look forward to seeing which toppings you choose from the Sundae Bar at Paper Sundaes!

Witching You a Happy Halloween!

Happy Sunday!  Is anyone out there as excited as I am?  Halloween is almost here!  To celebrate, this week's challenge at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog is 'Halloween or Fall'.  I've coloured up this adorable Witchy Wendy from Paper Makeup Stamps:

These fabulous papers are from the Mischievous collection by My Mind's Eye and the layout is from Sketch Saturday.

Wendy will be entered into the following challenges:
Through The Classroom Door - Happy Halloween with the colour orange
Sketch Saturday - layout
Everybody Art Challenge - Halloween
Craft Your Days Away - Halloween Colours
Cupcake Craft - Halloween
The Pink Elephant - Photo Inspiration
Thank you for looking!  I look forward to seeing your 'Halloween or Fall' creations on Paper Sundaes!

Tilda in Green

Happy Sunday!  Today's challenge on Paper Sundaes is your favorite colour combination.  For Christmas, I'm more of a traditional girl, favoring the red/green/cream combo - and lots of sparkle!

Tilda is coloured in one of my favorite yellow-green combinations:

Isn't she gorgeous?  Thank you for looking!  I look forward to seeing your favorite colour combination at Paper Sundaes!

Consumed

Happy Sunday!  It's been a while since I've participated in a challenge with Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog.  For those of you curious, I think I'll share a bit.  For those of you who prefer the usual lack of personal details in my post, feel free to skip this part. 

In the past year and a half that I've been roaming blogland, I've come to realize that most of us have our trials and some of us like to know that we're not alone as we experience them.  Since May 2010 I've come to discover that I have a hereditary illness that most won't speak of, my five year old daughter has celiac disease, and my son, well, the amount of free community support we receive is indicative of something as of yet unnamed.  For the past three months our household focus has been my son as we continue to struggle to get structure, routine, and organization into a typically chaotic existence.  If you've seen HGTV's new show 'Consumed', then you can safely picture what fourteen years of living in one house with two individuals who prefer to repurpose something rather than toss it has done to my home.  It is actually quite funny as I'm learning to let go and donate items and my hubby is saying "but, but...we could...".  Cardmaking has been extremely therapeutic - although my craftroom could use de-cluttering and totally stresses me out as I purge the rest of the house!

This week's challenge at Paper Sundaes is a favorite one - 'Anything Goes'!  So I've decided to use my copic markers and try to colour on kraft cardstock.

I wanted to focus attention on the stitching so the rest of the card simply lacks embellishment.  I continued the stitching on the inside of the card.

Thank you for looking and all your support!  I look forward to seeing your 'Anything Goes' creation!  

September Release Blog Hop

Happy Wednesday!  Today is the September Release Blog Hop for Paper Makeup Stamps!  If you have arrived here from the Paper Makeup Stamps' blog then you are on the right track!  Otherwise, hop back to the PMS blog so that you can enjoy all the gorgeous creations that the PMS DT has cooked up for you! 

I was inspired by the Color It Autumn set to create an 8 x 8 calendar page:

Copic Details

Pumpkins YR12/14/18  E70/71/74

Acorn E41/42/43/44  E70/71/74/77

Squash BG70/72/75

The autumn shapes are fabulous for scrapbook layouts and cards - coloured or simply as sketches!

My letter to share with you is U and your next stop is the talented and delightful Dawn!  Thank you for visiting!

You Color My World

Today I have the pleasure of sharing with you one of the new Paper Makeup Stamps' word art. I love this sentiment as it compliments my copic obsessive personality perfectly!

I have paired the sentiment with the bright and colorful new papers, Happy Days, by Echo Park. The layout is following the Sweet Sketch Wednesday Challenge.

Thank you for looking!  Join us tomorrow for the September Release Blog Hop starting at the PMS Blog! 

Jamie Silhouette

Happy Sunday!  Today I have the pleasure of sharing a sneak peek of one of Paper Makeup Stamps new images, Jamie Silhouette.

Silhouettes are wonderful for making cards and scrapbook pages, especially when you want an image but don't necessarily have the time or desire to colour an image.  I have paired Jamie with Graphic 45's new collection, ABC Primer.

Thank you for looking!  Check out the PMS Blog for more Baby sneak peeks.  Yesterday's sneaks included a new line of stamps, The Color Kids by Diem Pascarella, which are absolutely adorable.  Sneak peeks will continue every day until the September release blog hop on September 7th.  Join us Wednesday night on the PMS forum for the release party!

Jamie Silhouette will be entered into the sketch challenge at Mojo Monday.

You Are My World

Happy Sunday!  Today I am super excited to share my card with you!  As a paper hoarder I love the loads of paper that arrive at scrapbook stores after CHA.  Friday I managed to pick up one of the new Six by Six (Vanity Fair) by My Mind's Eye and actually put it to use immediately for today's card.

Isn't that paper gorgeous?!  And of course that little gem of a girl, Being Cute Is What I Do:

 
This week's challenge at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog is our amazing Sundae Bar where you get to pick your favorite toppings!  You just need to use at least two of: green, buttons, banners, and/or twine.  I've used buttons and twine on my card.  The layout is this week's sketch for My Favorite Things and the card is for my darling husband who tolerates all my crafting as best as can be expected!

Thank you for looking!  I look forward to seeing your favorite toppings from our Sundae Bar on Paper Sundaes!

Lea and Lucy

After spending Friday evening playing with Christine, I have two cards to share.  Both cards are featuring one of my favorite stamp companies, Paper Makeup Stamps!  Not only is Katie always so cheerful to deal with when placing orders, but the red rubber always stamps so beautifully - even without mounting!  (I know - shocking!)  Of course if you prefer, Katie offers an amazing selection of digi images which 'stamp' perfectly every time!

Right now Paper Makeup Stamps is looking for design team members for their new digi challenge blog starting up in September!  Read all about the DT call here!

My first card is following the layout at Cupcake Craft Challenge using Lea:

With the bright colours and the crazy stitching, I decided to skip any embellishments:

I followed the same layout on the inside of the card:

My second card features the adorable Lucy Mouse:

For this card I've followed the layout at Sketch and Stash.  The beautiful bow was created with my new Bow Easy from Stamp and Create.

Thank you for looking!  Join me tomorrow for Paper Sundaes' Challenge!

Simply Bronto

Happy Thursday!  I'm joining in on the fun at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog late this week.  Darling hubby and I took the two little monsters camping up by Lac La Biche, Alberta.  Wow is the campground amazing!  I managed to colour this gorgeous little dinosaur, Bronto, from Paper Makeup Stamps:

The challenge this week at Paper Sundaes is "Just saying hi".  Keeping it simple, I used chipboard letters for my sentiment and popped them up with foam squares I cut smaller to fit more discretely behind the letters.

The papers are from my stash - a fantastic line from Little Yellow Bicycle for the boys in your life, Generation Z.

Thank you for looking!

 

Ally Welcomes a New Baby Girl

Welcome to my little stop on the Paper Makeup Stamps Blog Hop!  If you have arrived here from Randee's blog, then you are on the right track, otherwise hop on over to Paper Makeup Stamps Blog for all the details of today's blog hop.

Thursday was a day of special blessing as a friend with two sons, welcomed a beautiful baby girl!  To celebrate, I wanted to create a special card - feminine with lace and flowers.  As this month's hop is all about the older PMS releases, I decided to use Ally:

I have paired up Ally with the sentiment a dream is a wish your heart makes as I know my friend was hoping for a little girl to balance out all the boys in the house.  The layout is from The Sweet Stop.

I simplified the basic layout for the inside of the card and typed a congratulations message on the computer.

Your next stop on the blog hop is Stephanie.  Thank you for looking!

Dreaming of Summer Days

Some of us in St. Albert are wondering whether our summer has officially come and gone in the blink of the eye.  This year we've had two extremes for summer - mosquitos and monsoon!  When picking this challenge, Christine and I imagined that we'd be enjoying hot summer days - not simply dreaming of a typical dry Alberta summer.  I have paired up this adorable cutie from CC Designs with an extremely appropriate sentiment from Lili of the Valley:

The sketch is from a new sketch challenge blog, Pink {Ink} Sketch.  The inside is fairly simple, using different strips of paper from these gorgeous Echo Park papers:

Dreaming of Summer Days will be entered into the following challenges:
Charisma Cardz - Sunshine Colors
Dutch Dare - Color Combo
Fussy and Fancy - Summer
Craft Your Days Away - Summertime

Thank you for looking!  I look forward to seeing your "Just Beachy / Summertime" creations on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog!

Feeling a bit Moody

The past few days have been extremely wet. I don't remember a day like Friday where it rained without stopping all day. It put me in such a funk that I was happy Christine had invited me over after work. This is the first of the five cards I worked on, Moody for Coffee:

I followed the sketch at Inspirational Card Sketches and added some lace across the bottom:

The inside of card follows the same layout:

Thank you for looking!

Cool Edwin Christmas Tag

Happy Tuesday!  This week on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog we want to see your Christmas creations!  I finally took some time to ink up and colour my new, and perhaps one of my favorite Edwins, Cool Edwin:

Since the Intermediate Copic Class in Calgary, I've been playing with my skin colours.  I'm partial to E000/E00/E11 but I'm inspired by my friend Christine so I've actually been adding E21 to that combination.

Zoe  from Make It Colourful has an amazing video on pleats which I watched prior to attempting the folds on Edwin's pants.  I need more practice, but at least they are not as flat as I normally colour pants.  The edges of the front and the back of the tag were inked with VersaInk and embossed with Stampin' Up! Winter White powder.  On the back of the tag I have left plenty of room to write a special message to my son:

This Christmas tag will be entered into the following challenges:
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Create A Tag
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations - Christmas in July

Thank you for looking!  And I look forward to seeing your Christmas creations on Paper Sundaes!

Let's Eat Cake with Lili of the Valley

Another post?  Wow!  Hard to imagine I could get so much colouring done avoiding the great outdoors while camping!  The mosquitos have me completely on the run and the rain is helping to ease the pain by forcing me inside to finish the coloured images and turn them into cards.  Today I have the gorgeous 'Rosie with Cake':

I have followed the sketch by Donalda at Lili of the Valley's Thursday Challenge blog.

Rosie is coloured with copic markers: E000/00/11, E50/Y21/Y26/Y28, B00/12/14, E74/77/79, C00/01/03, N00/01/02, RV02/63/66.

Stampin' Up Dazzling Diamonds and Two Way Glue was used to add sparkle to her tutu and shoes.  I even took the time to finish the inside of the card although with less layers than the front:

I will enter Rosie into the following challenges:

LOTV Thursday Challenge - Sketch

Simon Says Stamp - A Stitch in Time

Thank you for looking!

Fussy and Fancy with Caliope

Third time today - I think that's a new record!  I loved the Fussy and Fancy sketch so much I just had to colour up Caliope with a flower!

I'm being paged for supper so I'll be back in a bit with more details!  Thanks for looking!

Dreck gets Fussy and Fancy

The sketch at Fussy and Fancy has me so inspired that I had to create not one, but TWO, monster cards!  The first card is for my son and is featuring the adorable Paper Makeup Stamps monster, Dreck:

I followed this week's sketch at Fussy and Fancy but left off the bow and small corner embellishments as that would be too "fussy" for a seven year old boy.  These bright and creepy papers from the Monster Stew collection by jillibean Soup are perfect for a monster card.

The sentiments on the front and the inside are from the monster sentiment set from Paper Makeup Stamps:

Thank you for looking!

   

Wanna Cupcake?

Happy Sunday!  This week's challenge on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog is one of my favorites - paper piecing!  The clean and simple lines of the Pure Innocence girls by Heather Ellis are perfect for this technique.  I have chosen to use her little girl with a cupcake (Pure Innocence 030):

I have followed this week's card layout on The Pixie Cottage and I have paper pieced her dress and the cupcake wrapper.

This card is actually for my Auntie who always loved to tell me that I could not have my cake and eat it too (my Mom and Aunt both love proverbs and sayings so I grew up hearing quite a few of them which were passed down from my Grandma Laura).  So the sentiment on the inside of the card is actually a cheeky private joke for my Aunt:

A close up on the copic colouring and paper piecing:

Entered into the following challenges:

Wags 'n Whiskers - Birthday

Stampalot Challenge - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Penny's Challenges #57 - Birthday

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Thank you for looking!  I look forward to seeing your paper pieced creations on Paper Sundaes!

Simply in the Wind

Happy Saturday!  What a week!  Three cards for Paper Makeup Stamps and now I'm back with another fairy - this time Emerald Faeries 'Isla':

I have followed the sketch at Card Positioning Systems and will be entering Isla into the 'Anything Goes' challenge at All That Scraps.

Isla will be entered into the Emerald Faerie Garden Challenges - Sugar & Spice - All Things Girl (my daughter would say the colours of the rainbow, stitching, and faeries - of course!).

Thank you for looking!

Birthday Fishes and a PMS Blog Hop

Good morning and welcome to your next stop on the Paper Makeup Stamps July Release Blog Hop!

If you have arrived here from Dawn's blog, then you are on the right track!  If not, please start at Paper Makeup Stamps Blog and hop along so that you don't miss out on any of the gorgeous creations from the Makeup Artists. Remember to collect your letters for the discount code for 15% off the entire release.

Today I have the chance to share with you one of the new Beautiful Day Fairies by Diem Pascarella - Jill:

The papers are from the 'Like Father, Like Son' collection by Fancy Pants and the water has been treated with Crystal Effects.  The layout is my own.

On the inside I've used the PMS sentiment "Any man can be a father" and added my own "Happy Birthday Dad!":

For those of you hopping along and collecting letters, my letter is:

Your next stop is the ultra talented Katie.  Remember to join us tonight at 9:00pm EST for the PMS Release Party and challenges!

Thank you for looking!