Two Cute Little Monsters

Happy Birthday Paper Sundaes!

2012-01-15T06:00:00.048-07:00

Once again I find myself surprised to be celebrating another birthday with Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog. The past year has flown by (partially due to my little absence the past few months, but hey, we creative types are allowed to be eccentric!) and we have gained over 400 followers and are fast approaching 1,000!
To celebrate we are having a blog hop and a special challenge with multiple prizes!! If you have arrived here from Sara's blog, then you are on the right track - and almost at the end! If not, please start at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog and hop along so that you enjoy all of the gorgeous creations from the Sundae Girls (and more chances to win some yummy candy!). Remember to collect your word and comment on all of the stops so that you are entered for our SIX amazing blog hop prizes! Your last stop will be back at the beginning where you can leave the sentence you collected along the way in the comments section for your chance to win even more!

Our challenge this week is extra special - we would like you to show us your favorite challenge from the past year! And to celebrate, we are offering the random challenge winner a $20 gift certificate to one of our sponsor's stores - their choice!

There are a few different challenges that I can use for my project:

Challenge #60 - Keep It Simple
Challenge #67 - Favorite Hair Colour Combination (Copics - E50/Y21/Y26/Y28)
Challenge #70 - Pop It Up!
Challenge #85 - Magnolia
Challenge #99 - Anything Christmas
Challenge #101 - Something Old, Something New (old - ribbon, new - stamp)

Sitting Tilda with Teddybear

I'd like to offer one lucky person Magnolia Ink Magazine issues No. 2 and No.3 2011 and the fabulous Bow-Easy. You don't have to be a follower as I prefer people to follow only if they like what I do - Simply leave me a comment on this post, telling me your favorite Paper Sundaes challenge from the past year to qualify!

And for everyone hopping along today, I have this to share with you:

My

Your next stop is the talented Shanna!

Thank you for looking! I look forward to seeing your creations!

Welcome to a New Year!

2012-01-08T21:01:00.001-07:00

Sorry I've been MIA so long. That interesting book led to a re-organization of the household, multiple counselling appointments regarding our little "angels", and a much needed focus on the children. While we are still in the process of incorporating much needed change in our home, I hope this new year brings more time for me to focus on me. Thanks to everyone for sticking around.

My colouring needs my attention as it truly appears to be a skill that gets rusty without use. I was happy to put copic to paper to colour this adorable Tilda with Snow Heart:

Tilda with Snow Heart will be entered into the following challenges:

Christmas Challenges {with sketches} - Sketch

The Pink Elephant - Anything Goes

Simon Says Challenge - New Something (stamp and papers)

Magnolia Down Under - Anything Goes

Just Magnolia - Anything Goes - optional something new

Craft Us Crazy - Anything New and/or humourous

Cute Card Thursday - What's New

Sassy Studio Designs - Use Something New

ABC Christmas Challenge - Zingy Colours

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes

Thank you for looking!

Celebrating Christmas with Ribbon Tilda

2011-10-23T06:00:00.001-06:00

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!

2011-10-16T06:00:00.044-06:00

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

2011-10-09T06:00:00.003-06:00

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

2011-09-25T06:00:00.000-06:00

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

2011-09-07T05:00:00.041-06:00

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

2011-09-06T05:00:00.025-06:00

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

2011-09-04T05:00:00.002-06:00

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

2011-08-21T06:00:00.002-06:00

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

2011-08-20T22:44:00.001-06:00

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

2011-08-18T19:56:00.000-06:00

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

2011-08-07T05:00:00.002-06:00

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

2011-07-24T06:00:00.002-06:00

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

2011-07-23T06:00:00.000-06:00

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

2011-07-19T20:00:00.001-06:00

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

2011-07-11T21:22:00.000-06:00

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

2011-07-10T18:43:00.000-06:00

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

2011-07-10T17:23:00.001-06:00

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?

2011-07-10T06:00:00.017-06:00

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

2011-07-09T13:37:00.001-06:00

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

2011-07-07T05:00:00.002-06:00

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!

Things That Count

2011-07-06T05:00:00.004-06:00

Today's card for Paper Makeup Stamps sneak peek stretched my mind and my imagination. The sentiment led to a relatively deep discussion with my seven year old son who is a fan of Albert Einstein. Discussing quality versus quantity with an almost eight year old boy is quite interesting!

The style of card which focuses on a sentiment rather than an image, was actually relaxing. I've used a variety of different textures to add interest to the card without over powering the sentiment. The frame from the new PMS 'Framed' set and the words "Be Counted" have been clear embossed and the layers are satin ribbon, velvet, and lace.

Remember to check out the other sneek peaks and to leave your comments on the Paper Makeup blog for your chance to win a $10 gift card! Join me tomorrow for the PMS blog hop and release party including release challenges!

Sentimental about Paper Makeup Stamps

2011-07-04T05:00:00.003-06:00

What a joyous Monday! Did everyone catch the wonderful announcement on the Paper Makeup Stamps blog on Friday?! I am over-the-moon excited to be part of the uber-talented, warm & inviting PMS DT! I am still in shock as I have loved their versatile stamps since, well, before I began blogging. In fact, if you check out my very first ever blog post, the dinosaur stamps used on that card where PMS! On second thought, please don't check out my blog that far back as my style has evolved greatly since!

Today I am previewing a beautiful new sentiment and I have paired it with the gorgeous fairy, Rose:

The papers used are from the 'For The Record' collection by echo park paper co. I used a smaller print of the background paper to paper piece Rose's dress. I also paper pieced the rose she is holding.

I tend to focus my posts on my cards and my creativity stamping - not so much on my family or beliefs. I will share with you that I am currently trying to slow down and find balance in my life and for me, the sentiment reminded me of nature. If we would all just slow down and take the time to "smell the roses", we would be able to find God's presence all around us - blue skies, trees, birds, and flowers. In the past year, my family and I have taken up camping - yes, shocking - the city girl does camp outside! I must admit it is with a tent trailer but hey, it is outside surrounded by the beauty of nature and most times with an outhouse!

Back on track! I toned my style (if I can even say I have one) down for this card, to focus on the sentiment and the paper pieced dress. Rose was coloured with copic markers with Stampin' Up! dazzling diamonds added to her wings and the trim on her skirt.

I have stamped Rose on the inside of the card to add some interest to the blank writing area:

Thank you for looking! Check out the rest of the Paper Makeup DT blogs for other sneak peeks and join us for the blog hop on July 7th! I will be back on Wednesday with another sneak peek!

Christmas Tickled Pink Style

2011-06-21T23:11:00.000-06:00

Happy Tuesday! I'm so happy to report that I had a fabulous time in Calgary with Sherrie Siemens in Intermediate Copic Certification! We played with reds among other things so I wanted to try a red dress on the beautiful Lil Christmas Lolita Willow:

The challenge at Tickled Pink Stamps Christmas Challenge is Something Hand Made. So, I made a snowflake. I took some old packaging from a toy my children received at Christmas and cut out a snowflake using my Big Shot. I then took adhesive spray and applied it liberally to the snowflake before applying Stampin' Up Dazzling Diamonds - and Voila! A beautiful snowflake!

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Cupcake Craft - sketch

Tickled Pink Christmas - something hand made (snowflake)

Thank you for looking!!

Tilda goes Exploring

2011-06-17T16:09:00.001-06:00

As I'm making a mad dash to get on the road for Copic Intermediate Certification in Calgary tomorrow, I wanted to share a card I made with my brand new Tilda from All That Scraps:

This gorgeous inquisitive little girl is Explore Tilda and this card has to be the cleanest Magnolia card I have ever made!

I added Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects to her magnifying glass and the insect wings. I'm entering her in the challenge at Card Positioning Systems. She is also being entered into the ATS Photo Inspiration - I'm inspired by the flowers, the brass taps, green fruit, and pink bottle.

Thank you for looking!

Happy Father's Day Pops

2011-06-16T00:00:00.000-06:00

Stuck at home with strep throat and a computer which apparently is not so happy trying connect to work, I've had a bit of time to colour a cute image from Paper Makeup Stamps, Pops and Me:

I have followed the sketch at Midnight Madness Sketch and used papers from TPC Studio 'Reel Me In'.

On the inside I created a large area for my seven year old son to write a message for his "pops":

Pops and Me will be entered into the following challenges:

Shopping Our Stash - Stripes (used Bazzill cardstock purchased over 5 years ago - Wow!)

Cupcake Crafts - Boy Oh Boy Oh Boy

Papertake Weekly - Dads and Lads

Secret Crafter SaturdayChallenge - A Male Card

Thank you for looking!

I Need Some Face Time

2011-06-12T06:00:00.001-06:00

Oh Happy Sunday! I say this with my tongue in cheek as I have a house full of kids just waking up from a sleep over! Breakfast with my two and their three cousins can be a bit stressful as they each eat a different type of cereal and two of them have celiac disease which means no gluten for them. After breakfast the fun will begin as we head out to the garden for a couple hours before walking thee cousins back home - I figure their mom and dad will enjoy sleeping in.

My card today is actally for my sister-in-law. As soon as I saw the latest release at My FavoriteThings, I knew I had to have it for my sister-in-law who is glued to her iPhone. I was lucky that Kathy at my local scrapbook store, Scrap and Bean, was just placing an MFT order and was able to add 'a la mode - I Need Some Face Time':

Isn't she gorgeous? Gloria's favourite colour is blue according to my nieces so I have paired the image with the fabulous new papers from My Mind's Eye - Lime Twist. This week's challenge at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog is 'Girly Girl' so I have added a touch of pink cardstock, pale cream and pink cherry blossoms, lace and a burgundy bow. The little green curls were actually made by taking the stems off twoof the Wild Orchid flowers and wrapping them around a thin paint brush handle before gently pulling them off. I have followed this week's sketch from the MFT blog.

I have treated the screen on the iPhone to Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects and coloured this lovely lady with copics. This time next week I will be buzzed from the Intermediate Copic Certification in Calgary with Sherrie Siemens! Woo hoo!

Thank you for looking! I look forward to seeing your 'Girly Girl' creation on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog!

Me...Hungry?

2011-06-09T00:18:00.000-06:00

My friend and I are frequent on and off again weight watchers. When she told me she's "on" again, I thought I would help lighten at least her mood with a card. I love this little monster Chomp from Paper Makeup Stamps:

This is my first attempt colouring on kraft cardstock. Thanks to Paper Sundaes Girl Lisa, I decided to brave the unknown. However, to be safe, my first attempt was done with my much ignored Lyra coloured pencils.

I followed the Midnight Madness sketch and chose somewhere inbetween their ultra clean and simple sketch and their more elaborate version.

I used the same layout on the inside of the card and added a sentiment which I typed on my computer:

Chomp will be entered into the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Cupcake Craft Challenge - Things with Tails (Monsters do have tails usually!)

Thank you for looking!

Sentimental about My Son

2011-06-05T06:00:00.002-06:00

This week on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog we would love to see you get sentimental. I have chosen to gush about my fabulous seven year old son (who insists that I own way too many girl stamps and no where near enough boy stamps!). This handsome gentleman is Oakley with Scooter from Whiff of Joy:

I have used papers from my stash from the Paper Loft. The brown cardstock layer was embossed with the Cuttlebug Stars embossing folder.

Oakley is coloured with copic markers.

Oakley will be entered into the following challenge:

Simon Says Stamp - Father's Day/For a Male

Thank you for looking! I look forward to getting sentimental about your creations!

Cards for Christine Winners!

2011-06-02T20:23:00.000-06:00

Tonight I had fun drawing the two candy winners from Cards for Christine! I used Random.org:

Congratulations Crystal and Lisa! Please contact me via email to arrange for your prize!!!

Let's Get Shabby - Tickled Pink Style!

2011-06-01T22:43:00.000-06:00

Happy Wednesday! Today I'd love to share with you my project for this week's shabby chic/vintage challenge at Paper Sundaes. Sadly, I finished this little sketch book project Saturday but just felt it was missing something so I wanted to add something. Not sure what might be missing, but from a practical standpoint, if I want my fourteen year old niece to use it, I have to make it functional - so no poofy ribbons or gems or pearls. Hopefully she'll like it!

I cropped the 12 x 12 paper so that the frame spotlighted Lil Victorian Steampunk Lolita Evie. I love this era of fashion. My family moved to Edmonton in 1984 and for over twenty years I thoroughly enjoyed dressing up in Klondike/Gold Rush day fashion for the annual Klondike Days.

I am so happy with the shading on her dress! I love all the folds. I used the words on the paper to add a message to my niece on the front and on the inside cover.

I decorated the back inside cover but kept it fairly blank so that she can write her name or whatever on the back. The sketch book is from Ecojot.

My niece's sketch book will be entered into the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew - For a Diva (what 14 year old girl isn't?)

All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes (you can buy this stamp here at ATS)

Thank you for looking! I look forward to seeing your take on our shabby chic/vintage challenge!

Happy Father's Day Pappa Bear!

2011-05-28T09:00:00.049-06:00

Today's card is a combination of many weaknesses - a fabulous new image by Melissa Jenkin's, amazing new papers by Three Bugs in a Rug, my new Pentax digital SLR camera, and my hubby! This sadly is my last post as guest designer for Meljen's Designs. I have enjoyed my time playing with her images and managed to resist acquiring any new digis by MJ until I saw Pappa Bear:

You may notice that my image looks slightly different from the linked digi. That my friends is the benefit of digital images! I wanted the second bear to be standing closer to his Pappa, so I just used my PhotoShop Elements 7 to bring him closer. I followed the more simple option of the two sketchs at Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge this week.

On the inside of the card I used another of Meljen's Designs latest release, Number One Dad Stitched:

I wanted to feature both stamps and still enable myself to use more of the gorgeous patterned paper and provide the kids with room to sign their names. On the other side I typed a sentiment on the computer - one that the kids will love! The joke in our family is how it has taken a tent trailer to get Mommy to go camping (what can I say except that I demand a dry bed and a table inside so that I can play with my copics if it rains!).

Each bear was coloured with a different shade of brown and gently dabbed with an old cloth soaked in blending solution.

Copic Details

Pappa Bear: E31/E33/E35

Bear cheeks: R21

Bear paws: E30

Standing Bear: E41/E42/E44

Climbing Bear: E53/E55/E57

Tie: BG10/BG72 YR16/YR18

Pappa Bear will be entered into the following challenges:

Midnight Madness - Sketch

Shopping Our Stash - Ribbon Rewind (that ribbon is Stampin' Up! from days gone by when I used to make SU! cards - at least two years ago now!)

Crazy 4 Challenges - Favorite Vacation Spot or Activity (camping!)

Secret Crafter Saturday - Clean and Simple (the front is a single layer with a mat and a matted image in the center - for me, that is simple!)

Craft Your Day Away - Father's Day/Special Man

Thank you for looking! I hope to see you back again tomorrow!

You Make Me Smile

2011-05-26T23:24:00.000-06:00

Oh Happy Thursday! Friday is almost here and I will be re-arranging furniture like a crazy woman all weekend - yikes! On the plus side, we are getting all new windows on our house Monday and Tuesday - and a new front and back door. So, my craft room is now a craft basement as I have stuff spread across two rooms now.

Tonight I put together a card with an image I coloured at Christine's on Monday - Eleanor from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps:

The layout is from Card Positioning Systems and I combined that challenge with the *Text* Me challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge Blog - the words 'Flip Flop Fun' can be found on the paper.

Eleanor is coloured with copic markers.

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/E000/E00

Swimming Cap: BG0000/BG10/BG15/BG18

Flowers: YR12/YR14/YR16 Y0000/Y00/Y06 Y15

Swimsuit/Leaves: YG11/YG13/YG23

The inside is made complete with a humorous sentiment from a little one:

Eleanor will be entered into the following challenges:

Card Positioning Systems - sketch

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - *Text* Me

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

Crazy 4 Challenges - Humour

Thank you for looking!

Happy Birthday Fi!

2011-05-24T23:00:00.003-06:00

Oh, I am so in love! My first ever international stamp order was with Sugar Nellie...and here I am back at it again! I love these Simply Sassy girls and seriously would love to snap up the whole collection. Well, my pocket book doesn't allow for such whims, so I'm going to try to win them! Here is my entry for the Sugar Bowl:

I didn't want to cover up Rupunzel's beautiful hair, so I moved the flowers to the opposite side of the image - sorry!

Rupunzel was coloured with copics and additional highlights added with Koh-I-Noor and Lyra coloured pencils.

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/E000/E00 (cheeks with pencils)

Hair: E50/Y21/Y26/Y28

Dress: R11/R12/R14

Bow/Leggings: R000/R01/R11

Boots: E40/E41/E42/E43/E44/E47

This card is headed overseas, for the birthday of fellow Sundae Girl and Simply Sassy-lover, Fiona! Fiona even has her own birthday candy give-away until May 31st if you want to check it out!

The inside is word art from Paper Makeup Stamps and a typed birthday sentiment.

Rupunzel will be entered into the following challenges:

Sugar Bowl - sketch

Papertake Weekly - Pale, pretty pastels

Thank you for looking!!

A Day Full of Happiness

2011-05-23T23:23:00.000-06:00

Good evening! Wow did I have an awesome day! I ran away to Christine's house and played with my copics all day. In the end I managed to colour three of my favorite lines of stamps - Pure Innocence, Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy, and Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Tonight I'd like to share with you 'You're So Tweet':

The layout is based on the MFT Wednesday Stamp Club sketch MFTWSC20. The circle sentiment is from Lili of the Valley and is part of their Dreamy Days Sentiments set. This week's challenge from Lili of the Valley is 'Here Comes Summer'.

The image was coloured with copic markers (of course!) and using some of my favorite colour combinations.

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/E000/E00

Hair: E50/Y21/Y26/Y28

Dress: BG0000/BG10/BG11/BG15/BG18

Bird: B00/B02

Shoes: E42/E43/E44/E47

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

You're So Tweet will be entered into the following challenges:

MFTWSC20 - Sketch

Lili of the Valley - Here Comes Summer (used LOTV sentiment)

Fab 'n' Funky - Make your own Blooms

Creative Card Crew - Cute & Girly

Thank you for looking!!! If you are looking for a chance to win a $20 gift certificate to an online store of your choice - check out this post.

Retail Therapy with Tilda

2011-05-22T06:00:00.020-06:00

Happy Sunday! Wow is this weekend just AMAZING! A free crop on Friday night with Christine at the local scrapbook store, Scrap & Bean - finally gave Christine her gift!

I am still hoping to find more entrants into Cards for Christine - currently there is a greater than 1 in 5 chance of winning a $20 gift certificate to a store of the winner's choice!!!

All you need to do is make a 40th birthday card for Christine and mail it in for your chance to win 1 of 2 $20 gift certificates!!! Check out this post for details!

Today I took the kids to another local scrapbook stores - talk about amazing retail therapy! Here is Tilda going Shopping - I wonder what is in her bags?!

The layout is from Just Magnolia and hÄnglar & stÄnglar. This week's challenge on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog is to 'Pop It Up!' I popped up Tilda, the oval frame behind Tilda, and the two butterflies.

I used patterned papers from Webster's Postcards from Paris collection and one sheet of Bazzill cardstock. The two butterflies are cut out from the patterned paper and the flowers are Wild Orchid - of course! The inside of the card was kept clean and simple - just waiting for the right occasion/sentiment.

Tilda was coloured in copic markers, her cheeks touched up with chalk, and her pearl necklace finished with a white gel pen.

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/E000/E00

Hair: E13/E15/E18

(new hair colour combo for me - my son wanted me to try a new red)

Top: RV91/RV93/RV95/RV99

Purse/Shoes: E42/E43/E44/E47

Large Necklace: E40/E41/E42

Pants: B91/B93/B95/B97

Shopping Bags: YG91/YG93/YG95/YG97

and RV91/RV93/RV95

Tilda Going Shopping will be entered into the following challenges:

Cupcake Craft Challenges - In the Garden

Papertake Weekly - Bloom & Grow

Just Magnolia and hÄnglar & stÄnglar - sketch

Fussy and Fancy Friday - 3 Papers, 2 Embellishments (Flowers & Butterflies), 1 Ribbon

Thank you for looking! I look forward to seeing you 'Pop It Up!' on Paper Sundaes!

Seaside Escape

2011-05-21T09:00:00.004-06:00

When Kathy at Scrap & Bean emailed that the new Beach Babe collection from Little Yellow Bicycle had arrived, I knew those papers were perfect for Brooke at the Beach:

Brooke will be entered into the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Let's get Krafty

Midnight Madness Sketch Challenge - sketch

Thanks for looking!

Spring Time Planting

2011-05-18T23:05:00.000-06:00

Good evening! Tonight I've taken a walk down memory lane with one of my favorite stamp companies - Paper Makeup Stamps. I had the pleasure of being introduced to their monsters and aliens a couple years ago when I was in desperate search for images for my then five year old son. My love of their fairies, Moody Girls, and word art shortly followed. As with many of my stamps in my vast collection, my PMS stamps have been grossly neglected for quite some time. So, with Spring finally upon us I wanted to print and colour Sprout:

The layout is my own - just the way the papers wanted to be laid out. :) Paper Makeup is currently sponsoring two challenges - Copic Creations and Through the Craftroom Door. The challenge at Copic Creations is the colour "yellow" - hence the two-toned yellow top and blonde hair!

I continued the same basic layout on the inside of the card using one of the Word Arts from PMS:

I love this sentiment! I wish I could say that I was good at following its' wisdom but that would not be the truth. Although for me, crafting helps to keep my spirits and day bright. Another big plus for me with Paper Makeup Stamps is Katie Cotton. I have placed a few orders with her and she has actually graciously sponsored Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog and from all those interactions I can tell you that she is actually a sweetheart to deal with. I have a few favorites to deal with when shopping and Katie and Lacey (from Stamp & Create) rate at the top of my list.

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/E000/E00 R30

Hair: E50/Y21/Y26/Y28

Top of Shirt: Y000/Y00/Y06

(Thanks Cheryl Valadez for that suggested combination!)

Bottom of Shirt/Shoes/Hair Tie: Y32/Y35/Y38

Shorts: YG91/YG93/YG95/YG97

Wings: BG0000/BG10

Water: BG000

Plant: YG03/YG23

Dirt: E43/E44/E47

Sprout will be entered into the following challenges:

Copic Creations - Yellow

Through the Craftroom Door - Winged Things

Cupcake Crafts - In The Garden
Papertake Weekly - Bloom and Grow
Basic Grey - Mix & Match (Marjolaine and Kioshi Papers)

Please remember that I am giving away two $20 gift certificates to winner's choice of stores to those helping celebrate Christine's 40th Birthday! Don't know Christine? Well without her there would not be Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog! Check out all the details on this post.

Thank you for looking!

Happy Birthday Christine - the Main Event!!!

2011-05-15T16:23:00.001-06:00

Happy Sundae - a second time! This time I'll be sharing with you a true labour of love - a ribbon box I've decorated full of Tildas for Christine. I don't think I have ever spent as much time on any one project as I have this one. It all started with a trip to my local scrapbook store, Scrap and Bean, where I made the mistake of asking "Do you have any ribbon storage ideas?". Kathy, the owner, kindly introduced me to Kaiser Kraft's All Purpose Box. (Warning - you might want to grab a cup of tea because this post is long!!!)

Kathy had a wonderful selection of Bo Bunny papers from the Gabrielle collection which I used to decorate the box after I painted the whole box a light ivory.

The top of the box features a butterfly which I cut out from one of the Bo Bunney papers, metal embellishments from K & Company, unknown brown lace, and two Tildas:

Lovely Tilda

Copic Details:
Dress R000/R11/R12

Tilda with Peony

Colic Details:
Dress BG0000/BG10/BG72/BG75
Lace E40/E43/E44
Shoes E71/E74/E77/E79
Flower R0000/R11/R12 Y17 YG61/YG63
Hair E50/E55/E57/E59

A close up of the right side of the box:

Sitting Angel Tilda

Wings BG000/BG10
Dress E50/E53/E55/E57
Tights E40/E41/E43 BG10/BG72/BG75
Hair Y23/YR21/YR12/YR14

The left side of the box features Stardust Tilda:

Copic Details
Hair W5/W7/W8/W9
Outfit YG91/YG93/YG97
Trim E40/E41

And the front of the box features one of my extremely few minis, Mini Tilda with Many Hearts, and a sentiment from Paper Makeup Stamps:

Copic Details
Hair E50/Y21/Y26/Y28
Hearts R000/R11/R12
Dress BG0000/BG10/BG72
Shoes E41/E43/E44

Alternate views of the box, including a peek at the inside contents - 40 different ribbons for my best friend's fortieth birthday!

To go with this box I have 40 sheets of Bazzill cardstock - each in a different colour!
This box will be entered into the following challenges:
Magnolia Down Under - Your Favorite Things (hmmm...my best friend, her birthday, making presents, Tilda, Tilda, and more Tildas!)
Just Magnolia and hAnglar & stAnglar - Make It Lacy (brown lace on the top of the box)

Thank you for looking! Check out the details of Cards for Christine for your chance to win one of two $20 gift certificate to a store of your choice!!!

Happy Birthday Christine!

2011-05-15T06:00:00.032-06:00

Happy Sunday! This week on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog we would love for you to help us to say a very special Happy Birthday to the inspiration for Paper Sundaes - Christine! Without this lovely lady putting the idea of starting our very own challenge blog in my head, I wouldn't have run with the idea and we wouldn't be here!

To celebrate her big 4-0, I wanted to make a ribbon box...and from there the idea carried into a matching set of three paper mache nesting boxes. All of these have been decorated with papers from Bo Bunny's Gabrielle collection.

The boxes were an inexpensive purchase from Michaels - the set of three nesting paper machine boxes cost me $4.99 for the set!

The paper covering the boxes actually cost more than the boxes! Each box is covered with two pieces of patterned paper - one on the lid and one on the base.

To celebrate Christine's fortieth birthday, I have tucked 40 items in each of the boxes. The smallest box contains 40 different buttons while the middle box contains 40 yards of embroidery floss - each yard is a different colour too! The contents of the bottom box are a labour of love - stamped images! I stamped two copies of 40 different images onto Christine's favorite PaperTrey Ink paper. The images include Belles 'n Whistles, CC Designs, hÄnglar & stÄnglar, Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, Magnolia, Pure Innocence, Sugar Nellie, and Whiff of Joy!

The main box for ribbons is not quite ready - later this afternoon I will post it!

For now I want to tell you about an opportunity to win one of two $20 gift certificates to some of the best online shopping stores! Each winner will be able to choose their gift certificate - Simon Says Stamp, Paper Makeup, Stamp and Create, Mo's Digital Pencil - any of Paper Sundaes' sponsors who offer gift certificates!!!

I like to consider myself Christine's best friend. However after knowing for months that her birthday was coming, it dawned on me the day AFTER her birthday! ARGH! To make it up to her I'd like to get 40 different people to make her birthday cards and mail them to Christine (entry does not qualify unless card is received). Two winners will be drawn once all the cards have been received. One random winner from all cards received and one random winner from the top five cards! If you are interested in making Christine a card for her 40th birthday, add you name to inlinkz below - but only if you are able to make and mail the card by May 21st!

Your card can be entered into challenge on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog until Saturday, May 21st for another chance to win!

These boxes will be entered into the Circles challenge on Wags 'n Whiskers challenge blog!

Thank you for looking!!

Sunny Happy Skies

2011-05-14T22:22:00.001-06:00

When I saw the name of Bella Blvd's delicious summer paper, Sunny Happy Skies, I just had to "have" it! Combine the bright paper with Meljen Design's cute Summer Time Sandals and I have a beautiful, bright summer card:

I followed this week's layout on Sketch Saturday. I fought my impulse to stitch the card and aimed for a more clean and simple look.

I kept the inside simple without a sentiment - just waiting for the right occasion! It might end up being a welcome back card for my Mom and Dad who have been off sailing the blue ocean the past three weeks.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Everybody Art Challenge - Flowers

Papertake Weekly - Fancy a Punch?

Creative Inspiration - Decorate the inside of your card

Thank you for looking! Be sure to check out my blog tomorrow for the details for your chance to win one of two $20 gift certificates!

Mother's Day Blog Candy Winners!

2011-05-09T13:40:00.000-06:00

Happy Monday! Today is an exciting day! I drew my blog candy winner using Random.org:

When I counted comments I ended up at this one:

Those of you who know me, will recognize Christine as a close friend. Given this, Christine actually suggested I re-draw the winner. Figuring this really wasn't fair to Christine, we agreed to split the prize and I drew the following comment as the second winner:

Congratulations Christine and Kelly! Christine has chosen to keep the Magnolia Ink and stamp. Kelly will receive the blossoms from Wild Orchid!

Keep your eyes open for another candy starting Sunday!

If Smiles Were Flowers

2011-05-08T18:47:00.000-06:00

Happy Mother's Day! Sorry for the lateness of this post. Last night I had a housefull with my two nieces and nephew joining us for a sleepover. Today, being Mother's Day, was our traditional Mom and Kids trip to the movies. We saw Rio which was fun for all!

This week on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog we would like to see your magical, mythical and fairytale characters. I decided to make a sweet card for a little girl using Bunny Fairy:

Once again I've followed the gorgeous layout from Sketch Saturday, however I've turned it sideways. The papers are some of my favorite from my stash - a collection of papers from Three Bugs in A Rug from over a year ago.

I love the clean and simple lines of the Pink Cat Studio images so I kept the lines of the card and embellishments simple and clean. Copic Creations challenge this week is colouring sky/clouds and actually have three different tutorials linked up. I attempted to follow the tutorial by Dana Christiansen but my result needs work.

Copic Details

Bunny fur: C00/C0/C1/C2

Flowers: RV11/RV21/RV34 and R30/R32

Wand: G40/G82 B000/RV10

Wings: B000

Sky: BG10/B000/B0000

The inside features word art from Paper Makeup Stamps:

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes with optional round

Creative Inspirations - Embossing (white background on front is embossed with dots)

Thank you for looking! I look forward to seeing your magical, mythical, and/or fairytale characters at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog for your chance to win with Pink Cat Studio!

Kimono Bear

2011-05-07T15:44:00.001-06:00

Meljen's Designs in conjunction with other artists and Whimsy Stamps, is raising funds for Japan. All proceeds from their Help for Japan digi set will be donated to American Red Cross disaster release fund. This set is currently 50% off and features this gorgeous Kimono Bear by the talented Melissa Jenkins:

Today is the last day to help raise funds for Japan!

Thank you for looking!

A Simply Sassy Mother's Day

2011-05-02T08:17:00.000-06:00

Happy Monday! This weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to play with a little sugar, some Simply Sassy sugar!

I had so much fun with the layout at Sketch Saturday, that I decided to use it again.

Thanks to colouring tips from Wendy, I've been trying a different strategy when applying colour.

I've done this card for my mother which makes two Mother's Day cards - hmmm, pretty good considering most years I forget to send them!

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Basic Grey - Be Charming (used Basic Grey bling)

Sketch Saturday - sketch

Dutch Dare - For Mom

Stamptacular Sunday - Mums the Word!

Thank you for looking!

Puppy Joy!

2011-05-01T06:00:00.007-06:00

Happy Sunday! Today on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog we would love to see your favorite hair colour combination. Whatever your preferred medium, we would like you to tell us what you used. For my card I used copic markers and began with a base of E50, which I later darkened to E53. I then layered E55, E57, and E59 to make a brunette baby boy. This week's sponsor is Karen's Doodles and I used Christmas Puppy to make a baby card for a friend's upcoming birth:

I followed this week's layout at Sketch Saturday and used paper from My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy collection.

I really like how the card came together! Hopefully my friend will too!

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/E000/E00 Cheeks: chalk

Hair: E50/E53/E55/E57/E59

Jumper: BG10/BG11/BG34

Trim on jumper: E42/E43/E44

Bottom of feet: E40/E41/E43/E44

Puppy: E50/Y21/Y26/Y28/E31/E33/E35

Bow: YR12/YR14/YR16

Thank you for looking! Please check out the details of Paper Sundaes Design Team call here! And I look forward to being inspired by your favorite hair colour combinations on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog!

Princess Petunia and May Flowers

2011-04-30T13:12:00.001-06:00

Happy Saturday! Today I'd like to share a card with one of my precious Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - Princess Petunia!

I followed the sketch at Card Positioning Systems which is currently being sponsored by Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Last week when my daughter and I went on the kindergarten tour at the neighborhood school, we met a little girl who lives right around the corner and will be in my daughter's class! Exciting times for my little princess and to celebrate, she wanted Mom to make a card to give her new little friend.

As both girls are very "girly", I chose this beautiful yellow and pink floral paper from Crate Paper. I added some Wild Orchid flowers and Stampin' Up! Dazzling Diamonds. Princess Petunia is coloured with copic markers - of course!

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/E000/E00

Dress/Hat: R81/R83/R85

Veil and dress trim: RV00/R81

Princess Petunia will be entered into the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - A right Royal knees up!

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes!

7 Kids College Fund - April Showers Bring May Flowers

Creative Inspirations - Spring Colours: Pink/Yellow/Green

Cute Card Thursday - Sketch (I used Card Positioning Systems here)

Charisma Cardz - April Showers Bring May Flowers

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - May Flowers

Thank you for looking! Check out Paper Sundaes Design Team call details here!

Happy 39 plus one!

2011-04-24T22:08:00.001-06:00

Last year I fell in love with the artistic talent of Melissa Jenkins and actually had the honour of being a member of Meljen's Designs DT. One of the first images to catch my eye was this beauty, A Girl and Her Overalls:

This layout is from Sunday Sketch and Stamp which requires stamping on your creation and while the image is a digi, the sentiment is from Stampin' Up!

Isn't this image the cutest? I paired her up with Sunny Happy Skies patterned paper collection from Bella Blvd.

The inside of the card is a quote I found on the internet that is perfect for my friend's fortieth birthday. Like most of us women, forty is not an age we appreciate.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Let's Celebrate

Stampavie and More - Birthday

Charisma Cardz - Jokes & Laughter

If you're looking for something sweet, check out my blog candy details here. Thank you for looking!

Happy Easter Glamor Girl

2011-04-24T06:00:00.002-06:00

Happy Easter to all of you who celebrate today! And Happy Sunday!

This week I thought I would check out one of the lines of stamps from Stamp and Create that I do not normally play with - Kenny K! While I was checking out Lacey's store I was amazed by the variety of stamps she carries - CC Designs, Belles n' Whistles, High Hopes, Tickled Pink and Whiff of Joy - just to name a few! I decided to create a card for my 14 year old, ipod obsessed, niece featuring Download Diva:

This week Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog has re-opened the Sundae Bar and are featuring the following four toppings: Sparkle, Pearls, Die Cuts, and the colour Yellow. I chose to use die cuts and pearls:

The layout is thanks to this week's sketch at The Sweet Stop. As I mentioned on yesterday's post, I used the same gorgeous papers from Kaiser Kraft on both creations.

My niece's room is lime green and black so I used these two colours on the inside of the card and kept the rest clean and simple.

Thank you for looking! I look forward to seeing your Sundae creation featuring two, three, or even all four of the toppings from this week's Sundae Bar!

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Everybody Art Challenge - Pearls

Craft Your Days Away - Easter

Crazy 4 Challenges - Easter

Stamptacular Sunday - Pile It On - 5 plus layers

Happy Easter Tilda

2011-04-23T19:19:00.000-06:00

Yesterday it dawned on me that I have all these gorgeous Easter stamps and papers - and I don't think I've done even one Easter card this year! Out came a brand new piece of Xpress It cardstock and I stamped various Magnolia images and I settled in to enjoy a night of colouring on the couch next to my sick daughter. Luck was not with me last night. I managed to be just adding the final touches to my image, when my brand new copic marker decided to let out a drop of ink! ARGH! So, there went Tilda and her Bunny...and I moved on to Tilda holding egg basket:

Once again during the final touches on her basket, my copic marker (this time a different colour!) let out a drop of ink. Hmmm. Is someone trying to tell me I need to clean my house and not colour? NAH! Although I am finding the switch from Paper Trey Ink cardstock to Xpress It extremely difficult - any advice is greatly appreciated!

I embossed the sentiment on the front with Stampin' Up! black embossing powder and I followed the sketch at Card Patterns for a chance to win a gift certificate to Paper Makeup Stamps.

This gorgeous paper is from Kaiser Kraft and you will see it again tomorrow for my Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog creation! I kept the inside simple although I did stitch along the edges of the patterned paper.

This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Cupcake Crafts - Lots of Layers (I have four)

Papertake Weekly - Spots N Stripes

Simon Says - Emboss It!

7 Kids College Fund - Easter & Spring

Craft Your Days Away - Easter

Crazy 4 Challenges - Easter

Thank you for looking! Remember to check out the details of my blog candy here!

Welcome New Baby!

2011-04-18T00:00:00.000-06:00

In early April my boss became a grandmother for the first time. I respect my boss and like her taste, although it is generally more sophisticated style than I employ so I really struggled with this card. I knew that she would not enjoy a "girly" card or even lots of pink and purple. When I stumbled across Prima's Madeline Collection, and in particular the paper "Beautima", I finally became inspired.

I paired up the paper with Mo's Fairy Kiki:

I printed the baby's name on vellum and quickly embossed it with clear embossing powder right out of the printer. I stitched the name on the very front of the card and kept the embellishments to a minimum - stitching and dazzling diamonds.

The image is coloured with copic markers - of course! The card is actually an easel, with a beautiful sentiment / wish for the new baby girl:

I printed/embossed the baby's birth date, weight, and length. My congratulations for the new grandma are actually on the very back of the card, out of sight when it is opened as an easel card.

Isn't that paper delicious?! I have to go back to the store for another sheet! Hard to imagine but that was just one sheet! The brown cardstock is Bazzill and the blue is Stampin' Up!

Fairy Kiki will be entered into the following challenges:

Mo's Digital Challenge - Start of Something New!

Secret Crafter - Stitching

Thank you for looking!

Don't Ever Give Up... On Spring!

2011-04-17T06:00:00.000-06:00

Or my Sunday posts! Happy Sunday! A little late but Tilda is always worth it! So is Spring. Eventually even those of us in Alberta, Canada can expect to see it. Hard to imagine as last week the grass on my lawn was visible and two days later we had a huge snowfall!

This week on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog we would like to see texture. For my card I wanted several different textures so I distressed, sewed, dry embossed, wet embossed, added flowers and floral netting, and dazzling diamonds - WOW! Tilda in Windy Weather is perfect for our mixed-up Spring:

I followed this week's layout at Sketch Saturday. For added texture I dry embossed the dark teal layer.

The sentiment is stamped and then covered with versamark ink and embossed with clear powder.

The raindrops were treated to Stampin' Up! Crystal Effects for added gloss and dimension. Tilda was coloured with copic markers and her cheeks were pinked with chalk.

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/E000/E00

Hair: E50/Y21/Y26/Y28

Hat/Shoes: E41/E42/E43/E44

Flower: Y17 G21/G24/G28 (tip to tip w/G28)

Gloves: BG0000/BG10/Blender

Dress/Hat Trim: BG0000/BG10/BG13/BG18

Umbrella: E50/E53/E55/E57

The inside of the card continues with the same sentiment set from the front of the card.

Tilda will be entered into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Truly Dimesional (Tilda is popped up with foam squares)

Creative Card Crew - Spring

7 Kids College Fund - Easter/Spring

Cute Card Thursday - Weather Inspired

Secret Crafter - Stitching

Stamptacular Sunday - Favorite Magnolia (haven't met one I don't like!)

Copic Creations - Favorite Paper (Paper Trey Ink - at the moment! Waiting for my order of X-Press It to try it out too!)

All That Scraps - Marvelously Magnolia 'May' Moments - with exams at school fast approaching, May is a month that needs encouragement for students

Thank you for looking! I look forward to seeing how you incorporate texture on your Paper Sundaes challenge entry for your chance to win a $15 gift certificate to Simon Says Stamp! Remember to check out details of my blog candy on my 'Cooking with Mom' post.

Tilda with Hawaii Flower

2011-04-10T18:45:00.001-06:00

Tilda with Hawaii Flower has to be the most beautiful stamp from Magnolia's latest collection, Butterfly Dreams. As I not so patiently awaiting for mine to arrive, a friend stamped a couple for me on cryogen copic paper.

The paper has a definately shimmer to it and I haven't quite decided if I like it or not. I have recently ordered X-Press It paper after taking a class with Sherrie Siemens at our local scrapbook store Scrap & Bean. For those of us in the Edmonton area, Kathy at Scrap & Bean is a great local source of Magnolia stamps, copic markers and a copic refill station!

I followed the layout at Just Magnolia & hÄnglar & stÄnglar. The new Little Girl collection from Echo Park are so delicious that I actually bought the complete 12x12 paper pack!

I love the colours - I can't decide if they are pretty pastels or bold brights - but they are definately Spring-y! The sentiment on the inside of the card was printed from my computer and is perfect for May 8th - Mother's Day! Remember to check out my Mother's Day Blog Candy on my Cooking with Mom post!

Tilda is coloured with copic markers and lovingly stitched with my beloved Husqvarna sewing machine. I've added some flowers from my latest Wild Orchid purchase and used my Spellbinders to cut out the ovals and the rectangles around Tilda. The butterfly is a Martha Stewart punch I finally found at Micheals - I've been looking for it for several months.

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/E000/E00

Hair: E50/Y21/Y26/Y28

Dress/Flower: BG0000/BG000/BG10/BG13

Shoes: E43/E44/E47

Grass: G40/G82/G21/G14

I tried a different colouring technique with Tilda's dress and the grass. Feel free to offer your thoughts and advise! Please remember to check out my blog candy for your chance to win a copy of Magnolia Ink, an uninked Tilda, and some cherry blossoms from Wild Orchid!

Tilda will be entered into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp - Spring Colors

7 Kids College Fund - Seeing Spots

Creative Inspirations - Punches & Dies

Dutch Dare - Spring has Sprung

All That Scraps Magnolia - Spring, Flowers, Pastels, touch of brown

Copic Creations - Favorite Technique (tip to tip)

Thank you for looking!

If you are looking for something sweet,

here is a picture of my blog candy:

Check out my 'Cooking with Mom' post for all the details!

Good Luck!

Cooking with Mom

2011-04-10T06:00:00.002-06:00

***Details of Blog Candy at bottom of this post***

Happy Sunday! This week on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog we would like to see your 'Childhood Memories'. For me, I loved to cook with my mother and my aunt (also known as mom #2). I won't go into details about the time I decided to set the oven on fire - but I have learned that thirteen is way to young to let a child bake at home without a parent!

I absolutely adore this new image from Mo's Digital Pencil, "What's Cookin'?":

I followed this week's layout on Sketch Saturday. The patterned paper and metal measuring spoons are from TPC Studio's So Delish line.

This little doll was coloured with copics. I am anxiously awaiting the Intermediate Copic Certification class which is coming to Alberta in June.

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/E000/E00/E02

Hair: E50/Y21/Y26/Y28

Shirt: B91/B93/B95

Skirt: R22/R24/R27/R29

Apron: E50/E53

Spoon: E35/E25

Pot: W0/W2/W4

Shoes: E43/E44

Socks: E50/Blender

I will be entering this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Something New (stamp)

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Tons of Texture (glossy paper, textured cardstock, metal embellishment, crinkled ribbon, embroidery thread)

Fussy and Fancy Friday - Card for a Child

Craft Your Days Away - Spots & Stripes (patterned paper)

Thank you for looking! I look forward to seeing your childhood memories on Paper Sundaes!

Blog Candy Alert!

I managed to pick up two copies of my favorite magazine - Magnolia Ink! I combined this with some sweet cherry blossoms from Wild Orchid and a Tilda, of course! I will ship around the world. So, what do you have to do to enter? Just leave me a comment on any post between now and the draw date of May 8th - Mother's Day (wouldn't that make a sweet surprise for Mother's Day?!) Each comment will qualify for one entry - maximum one entry per post. If I stick to my goal of two posts a week - there will be nine chances to enter your name. Good luck!

It's My Party

2011-04-03T06:00:00.006-06:00

Happy Sunday! Boy is it great to be back. I have been off dealing with grade two bullies and house renovations. My wonderful friend Christine has kindly kicked my backside hard enough that I brought out my copics (I even ordered some new ones!) and made a card!

This beautiful image is the essence of my four-year-old daughter - a princess with A*T*T*I*T*U*D*E! That gorgeous red hair of my daughter's is definately a warning sign. The papers are new from Echo Park and they are perfect for my rainbow-loving princess:

The image is titled "It's My Party" from this week's sponsor at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog, Lili of the Valley. I love their gorgeous images - their boys, bears and kitties are equally as cute as their girls!

Our challenge at Paper Sundaes this week is "Spring Blossoms". I dug out my new flowers from Wild Orchid to celebrate my return to crafting - and I'd like to share some of these flowers with one of my followers. Details of my blog candy will be posted later today in this same post.

I love the variety of different types and shades of flowers available at Wild Orchid, I had to add a couple to the inside.

I wanted my sentiment on white cardstock to really "pop" off the die, so I traced the center of the die and cut it out by hand. Dazzling diamonds works wonders at hiding imperfect cutting of sentiments!

Thank you for looking! Check back here later Sunday for my blog candy details. I hope to see your "Spring Blossoms" creations at Paper Sundaes!

March Showers...April Flowers?

2011-03-06T06:00:00.005-07:00

Happy Sunday! I am sitting here hoping for rain - something to end all the snow that has been dumped on us the past few months. Fast forward to this morning - opening my emails and the local scrapbook store is advertising new Three Bugs in a Rug paper - I packed up the kids and hubby (complete with credit card in his pocket) and headed off to Scrap & Bean. So, what's paper got to do with snow and rain? Everything! Check out Donna:

Donna is a digital image drawn by the talented children's illustrator Christy Croll of Tiddly Inks. Tiddly Inks is this week's sponsor at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog. The challenge is "stripes" which could be in your paper, on your image, or even created by using strips of paper or ribbon. Donna has stripes on her shirt which I have coloured similarily to the rainbow stripes on the paper.

I have followed this week's skech on Sketch Saturday and continued the basic layout on the inside of the card:

Donna is coloured with coloured pencils over copic markers - necessary after Donna's hair was just a tad too bright!

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/000/00

Hair: Y23/YR21/YR12/YR14 - with some help with Lyra colored pencils

Jacket: BV0000/00/01/02

Skirt: B000/41/34

Boots: Y000/00/11 and G40/12

Frog: G40/12/14

Stripes on shirt: R22/Y00/BV00/G12/Y11/B41/B34

Donna will be entered into the following challenges:

Everybody Art Challenge - Spring

Creative Inspirations - In the Garden

Cute Card Thursday - Signs of Spring

Charisma Cardz - Four legged friends (frog)

Thank you for looking! I hope to see your stripes at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog!

You are the Queen!

2011-03-05T16:00:00.000-07:00

I just love that sentiment from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps! The sentiment comes with the beautiful Queen Guinevere:

I intended to enter Queen Guinevere in last week's challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge Blog, however my husband had other plans last night. He arranged for the babysitter to watch our two cute little monsters for a couple extra hours so that he could take me out for supper - how could I refuse such an offer?? So, sadly with his romantic gesture I did not make the cut-off for their challenge but I did follow the current sketch at Friday Sketchers.

I followed the recipe challenge at Simon Says Stamp - 1 image, 2 patterned papers + 1 cardstock (the wine layer is not cardstock, rather the second patterned paper), and three different embellishments (lace, pearls, and flowers). The Bo Bunny papers inspired me to enter the Mardi Gras colours challenge at 7 Kids College Fund.

Queen Guinevere will also be entered into the following challenges:

Cupcake Crafts - anything but square (card is just under 5 x 6 inches)

Papertake Weekly - anything goes (optional old - older stamp and left over paper)

Copic Creations - complimentary colours (violet and gold/mustard)

Thank you for looking! I'll see you tomorrow with a new sponsor at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog!

Splash Zone

2011-02-27T06:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Sunday! Today's challenge at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog is "How Charming!" Feel free to add your favorite charm or metal embellishment to your creation. Lacey from Stamp and Create is graciously sponsoring the challenge with a $20 gift certificate to her fabulous store! My best friend's children are getting ready to head off to provincials in swimming in a few short weeks, so to celebrate I used Water Babe to create a "You Go Girl!" card for her daughter:

I have followed the sketch from Cute Card Thursday using Bo Bunny paper from their Sun Kissed collection. The origin of the fish charm is unknown as I believe I "fished" it off something that was being discarded.

The flowers are from Prima and I've used my sewing machine to add some crazy stitching around the edge of the card.

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/000/00

Hair: E50/Y21/Y26/Y28

Swim cap: R22/24/27/29

Swim goggles: YG00/23

Towel: BG000/15/18

Bathing suit: V12/04/09

Board: Y000/02/19

Water Babe will be entered into the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges - Flowers

Copic Creations - Warm Colors

Bunny Zoe - Spring...Flowers Everywhere!!!

Thank you for looking! I look forward to seeing your creation on Paper Sundaes!

A Kraftin' Kimmie sketch with Lillith

2011-02-25T16:50:00.002-07:00

Good evening! It's Friday, so I have another Kraftin' Kimmie creation for you. This week's challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge Blog is a sketch by Elaine. Today I've used one of the first KKS which caught my eye - Lillith.

The patterned papers are from Basic Grey's Marjolaine collection and the cardstock is Bazzill.

Lillith was cut out after a failed attempt at doing a dotted border around the image - yikes! She is coloured with copic markers.

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/000/00

Hair: E50/Y21/Y26/Y28

Barrettes: Y17

Dress/Tights/Shoes: BG10/BG72/BG75 G20/YG23 E40/41/43

Frog: YG11/03

Thank you for looking! See you Sunday!

Happy Birthday Son

2011-02-23T23:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Wednesday! This week on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog we would like to see your creation featuring masculine colours. I took the opportunity to colour one of my hÄnglar and stÄnglar images to celebrate my latest Ebay purchase - the new "Attitude" kit!

I followed this week's sketch at Basic Grey Challenges and used Basic Grey buttons. The papers are from Imaginisce.

I used my Spellbinders Nestabilities to cut the ovals.

The brown cardstock is Bazill. The buttons and bow are tied with Stampin' Up! linen thread and I've used green cardstock from Stampin' Up!

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/000/00

Hair: E50/Y21/Y26/Y28

Jeans: B91/93/95/97

Shoes: E41/43/44/47

Shirt: YG11/03/65

Orange stripes/hat: YR02/YR68

Skateboard: G21/G24 C3/C5/C7/C9

This birthday card for my darling son will be entered into the following challenges:

Stamptacular Sunday - "S.O.S!" SomeOne Special!

A Spoonfull of Sugar - Birthday wishes

Creative Inspirations - Stripes (shirt)

Crazy 4 Challenges - Die Cut

Sugar Creek Hollow - Buttons and Bows

Thank you for looking! I look forward to seeing your creations featuring masculine colours!

Happy Anniversary Honey

2011-02-18T21:54:00.002-07:00

This week's challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge Blog was a recipe: 3 main colours, 2 patterned papers, 1 ribbon, and 1 button. I decided it was a great opportunity to create an anniversary card for my hubby using the sexy Annette :

The patterned papers are from Webster's Pages. I cut different elements from the first paper out to create a scene. The ribbon is from Stampin' Up and the button is from Bazzill.

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/000/00

Hair: E50/41/35

Dress: B91/93/97

Stockings: E41/43/44

Lips: R35

Shoes/Belt: E43/44/47

A better angle for the Crystal Effects on her lips and shoes:

Annette will be entered into the following challenges:
Cupcake Crafts - I Heart You
Simon Says Stamp - Make Your Own Embellishment (flower, butterfly, dress form were cut out to create embellishments)
7 Kids College Fund - Calling All Squares (card is 6.5 x 6.5 inches)
All That Scraps - For the Guys (anniversary card for my hubby)
Cute Card Thursday - Shiny Happy Cards (glossy lips and shoes)

Thank you for looking!

Wee Stamps

2011-02-15T18:14:00.000-07:00

I hope that everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day yesterday! Yesterday I celebrated my thirteenth wedding anniversary curled up sick. Not exactly the romantic evening I had planned! I even found chocolate covered strawberries at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory - my favorite!

As I sat here slowly recovering I saw the cutest little card on Christine's blog here. It features the cutest little girl from the new digi shop Wee Stamps.

Check out Sylvia's other images too! Thank you for visiting!

Lil Fairy Kira

2011-02-13T06:00:00.004-07:00

Happy Sunday! This week on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog we are asking you to "Pick Your Sundae Toppings"! We'd like to see your creation with at least two of the following toppings: flowers, lace, the colour pink, or distressing. For my creation I've topped my sundae with distressing and the colour pink.

This week's sponsor is Tickled Pink Stamps from Australia. I had the pleasure of creating with one of their newest releases - Lil Fairy Kira:

These gorgeous papers are from Graphic 45. I was unable to locate my edge distresser so I resorted to using the edges of my paper scissors.

Although difficult, I did manage to avoid glitter...although I am considering adding some dazzling diamonds and taking another picture in the morning...

Copic Details

Skin: E00/E000/E0000

Hair: E50/Y21/Y26/Y28

Wings: BG72/BG10/YG11

Dress: R22/R21/R20/R000

Boots/Leaves: YG63/YG67/YG11

Flowers in Hair: R85/R83/R81

Thank you for looking! I look forward to seeing what toppings you pick on your creation!

March Calendar Page with Spring Kiki La Rue

2011-02-12T13:02:00.001-07:00

Happy Saturday! This week's challenge at Anyone for Anya and Friends is a calendar page for March. I had so much fun with February's calendar challenge that I just had to play along again! I love the new images from CC Designs including Spring Kiki La Rue:

These new papers from Echo Park are so beautiful! After months of snow outside I am ready for Spring flowers! I followed today's sketch at Sketch Saturday:

Isn't Kiki simply gorgeous?! My daughter once again insisted on the red hair since every card I make with a girl must be of her!

Copic Details

Skin: E0000/000/00/02

Hair: Y23/YR21/YR12/YR14

Dress/Headband: BG0000/BG000/BG10/BG72

Flowers: R81/R000

Shoes: E41/E43/E44

Thank you for looking!

A Kraftin' Kimmie Valentine

2011-02-11T21:53:00.006-07:00

Over a year ago I decided to try to attain a coveted design team position with a fabulous Canadian stamp company - Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Needless to say, that did not go so well. I was new to the world of blogging and new to copic colouring. A year later, I am ready to try again - and to demonstrate my improved copic colouring skills with red and black! The challenge this week at Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge Blog is "Red". And this beauty is Giselle:

The sketch is newly posted today from Friday Sketchers. The papers are from Bo Bunny and the cherry blossoms are from Wild Orchid.

Sadly, I must admit that it has been a while since I've played with my Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and that I have several who have never seen ink!

Copic Details

Skin: E00/E000/E000

Hair: E50/Y21/Y26/Y28

Hat/Apron/Bows/Shoes: R59/R46/R27/R24

Skirt: T08/T07/T06/T05/T04

Stockings/Apron trim/Gloves/Shirt: T0/T01

Tea pot: R85/R83/R81

Giselle will be entered into the following challenges:

Craft Your Day Away - Photo Inspiration (Red, White, and Ribbon)

Stamptacular Sunday - Hearts Gone Wild

Cupcake Craft - Seeing Red

Papertake Weekly - Have a Heart

7 Kids College Fund - I {Heart} You

Cute Card Thursday - Hearts and Flowers

Thank you for looking!

Shy Edwin In Love

2011-02-06T06:00:00.002-07:00

Happy Sunday! This week on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog we are asking you to use two or more images - this can be a combination of two or more main images, background images, furniture, or even accessory stamps. For my card I used four of the stamps I just received last week from Diana at Magnolia-licious - and three are from the brand new "You Are So Special" collection! Meet Shy Rose Edwin and his love, Tilda with Big Ribbon:

The background stamp is Romantic Window from the new collection and Tilda is sitting on Old Bench. The papers are from my stash and they are at least a year old - if not two! The collection is from Making Memories and not only did I buy the papers, but I also bought the matching die cuts, ribbons, notepad, and brads.

I coloured the images with a combination of copic markers, Koh-I-Noor coloured pencils, and Stampin' Up! chalks. The trim on Tilda's dress, undershorts, and socks have been treated to Stampin' Up! dazzling diamonds.

Copic Details

Skin E0000/000/00

Edwin's hair T05/06/07/08/09

Edwin's shirt R22/24/27/29/59

Jeans B91/93/95/97

Shoes T03/05/07

Tilda's hair Y23/YR21/YR12/YR14

Tilda's dress/ribbon R81/83/85/59

Tilda's socks/trim R000/01

Bench E31/33/35

Wall E40/E41

Bricks E43/E44

Windows T0/E41/E43/R01/R11/R81

Shy Edwin in Love will be entered into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes with optional flowers (image)

Simon Says Stamp - Love Is In the Air

7 Kids College Fund - I {heart} you

Just Magnolia and hAnglar & stAnglar - Anything Goes with optional ribbon

Secret Crafter Saturday - Valentine

Sugar Creek Hollow - February sketch

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Glitter

Thank you for looking! I look forward to seeing your creations!

A Little Sugar for Valentine's

2011-02-01T00:00:00.000-07:00

Over seven years ago I began making cards using stamps. My first online purchase however was just two years ago - and it was from a wonderful little stamp company from Scotland - Sugar Nellie. Over the years I have fallen in love with numerous lines - Elisabeth Bell, Gorjuss Girls, Home Grown Manga, Maggie & Hamish, Simply Sassy...and now these digital images from their Home Grown Line. This gorgeous girl is Joy and she is a joy to colour!

I have used this week's sketch from the Sugar Bowl.

Thank You for Looking!

Valentines for My Monsters

2011-01-30T06:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Sunday! I spent most of the day at a fundraising crop for the Valentine's Day Hair Massacure. In Edmonton, Alberta and surronding areas there is a lot of support for this annual event which raises money for the Stollery Children's Hospital and Make-A-Wish Foundation. My seven-year old son is just one of many kids who has dyed their hair "Kali Pink" before the shave-off February 11th. Brennan first participated when he was five years old, just in kindergarten. If you are interested in finding out more about this great event check out here. If you want to check out my son's fundraising page, check out here.

This week's theme at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog is Valentine's. While I was at the crop, I happily did up two Valentine's Day cards for my two cute little monsters. The first card is using "Blobby In Love" from Pink Cat Studios:

The layout is from Papertake Weekly and the papers are from Little Yellow Bicycle's collection last year.

I have kept the inside plain to write a special message for my boy.

Second card is for my little princess and it is featuring Lily Lovebug:

Cute Card Thursday has this adorable sketch which I've used with the same papers from Little Yellow Bicycle.

I've added four gems to the corner as my daughter loves everything four - can you guess her age?

I've added Stampin' Up! dazzling diamonds to Lily's wings and headband. The inside contains a special message for my daughter:

Thank you for looking! I look forward to seeing your Valentine's creations on Paper Sundaes for your chance to win five digital images from Pink Cat Studio!

My cards will be entered into the following challenges:

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Valentine

Stampavie and More - Love

Charisma Cardz - Valentines / Love

Craft Your Days Away - Love

De-Stressing with Paper Sundaes and Tilda

2011-01-23T06:00:00.008-07:00

Happy Sunday! This week on Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog we want you to "De-Stress" by distressing your card or paper creation. My daughter has a party to attend next weekend so I thought I'd make a special card for the four-year-old birthday girl. I used Tilda with Balloon from the new You Are So Special collection:

I've used this week's sketch from Friday Sketchers and papers from Little Yellow Bicycle's Cupcake Love collection. To cut the right size circle, I traced a bowl onto the backside of the patterned paper, luckily the distressed edges hide any imperfections in the hand cut circle.

I cut out one cupcake from the patterned paper and popped it up with foam squares to add dimension. Crystal Effects was used to ceate a glossy sheen on the balloon and on the cherry.

I used a combination of copic, colored pencils, and chalk to colour Tilda.

Copic Details

Skin E0000/000/00/02

Hair E50/Y21/Y26/Y28

Balloon BG000/02

Dress RV00/02/04

Shoes E43/44/47

I did up the inside very simply so that my daughter could write all over and embellish it. Magnolia Down Under Challenges is to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle so the patterned paper and the white cardstock on the inside are both scraps.

Thank You for looking! Remember that there are two days left to enter Paper Sundaes First Birthday Challenge for your chance to win one of FIVE fabulous prizes! Two days to enter the blog hop for your chance to win SIX additional prizes!

Tilda with Balloon will be entered into the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Bingo (Gems, Glitter (Paper), Ribbon)

All That Scraps Magnolia Challenge - Queen of Hearts (paper)

7 Kids College Fund Challenge Blog - Challenge Yourself (colored pencils over copic markers - mixed mediums)

Magnolia Down Under Challenges - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (the inside is the scrap left over from cutting out the circle for the front cover and the white cardstock on the inside is left over scrap from cutting out a sentiment last week - I don't tend to throw anything out as my kids love scraps!)

Stamp Something Challenge - Cute Somethings

Totally Papercrafts Challenge - Add a Heart (paper)

Delightful Challenge - Celebrations

Wild Orchids - Let's Get Sentimental

Fairy Fun Fridays - Happy Birthday

Do You Stack Up? - Pink

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Heart Theme

Winter with Tilda

2011-01-17T00:00:00.000-07:00

Happy Monday! What a day yesterday! Thanks to everyone who is hopping along for Paper Sundaes' First Birthday! Click here to join the hop.

Today I'm happy to share with you Tilda with Fir:

I followed the sketch at Simon Says Stamp Challenge and the colour challenge at Creative Inspirations.

I had so much fun a couple weeks ago with the calendar challenge at Anyone for Anya and Friends?, that I thought I'd give it another try with Magnolia Down Under!

I thought I'd try the technique from the Christmas Magnolia Ink magazine and I embossed the edges of the patterned paper with winter white embossing powder.

Copic Details

Skin E0000/000/00/02/R20

Hair E50/Y21/26/28

Jacket B000/91/93/95/97

Hat/Mittens R24/27/29/59

Pants YG11/03/63

Tree trunk E35/25/27

Tree G24/85/99

Boots E43/44/47/49

Tilda with Fir will be entered into the following challenges:

Just Magnolia - Favorite Things

7 Kids College - Hot or Cold

Papertake Weekly - Frosty Morning

Thank you for looking!

Happy Birthday Paper Sundaes!

2011-01-16T06:00:00.066-07:00

***Please click here for my Anyone for Anya and Friends? post***

Oh my how this past year has flown by! Hard to believe that thirteen months ago my dear friend Christine, in a desperate attempt to boost my mood, suggested we start our own challenge blog. Christine knew I'd take the idea and run - and she was right! I tackled blog layout and banner design...and eventually even appointed myself sponsor coordinator and tackled the job of finding sponsors for our young blog. Now Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog is a year old and has over 550 followers!!

To celebrate we are having a blog hop and a special challenge with multiple prizes!! If you have arrived here from Alica's blog, then you are on the right track - and almost at the end! If not, please start at Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog and hop along so that you don't miss out on any of the gorgeous creations from the Sundae Girls (and a chance to win some yummy candy!). Remember to collect your word and comment on all of the stops so that you are entered for our SIX amazing blog hop prizes! Your last stop will be back at the beginning where you can leave the sentence you collected along the way in the comments section for your chance to win even more!

Our challenge this week is extra special - we would like you to show us your favorite challenge from the past year! And to celebrate, we have five different prizes for FIVE randomly drawn winners!

I decided to challenge myself to a walk down memory lane and managed to come up with six challenges from this past year that tie into my project!

Challenge #6 - Distressing
Challenge #38 - Something from your stash (Bo Bunny papers from last year)
Challenge #40 - For Someone Little (my four year-old daughter)
Challenge #47 - Gift It (for my little princess)
Challenge #49 - Cut It Out!
Challenge #50 - Something New (digital stamps)

So, what is this grand masterpiece? A box!

Digi Valentine Cherrie Heart

Copic Details

Skin E0000/000/00/02

Hair E50/Y21/Y26/Y28

Shoes E35/25/27/29

Skirt E43/44/47/49

Shirt BG10/72

Heart R000/81/83/85

Digi Valentine Cherrie Tag

Copic Details

Skin E0000/000/00/02

Hair Y23/YR21/12/14

Bow on Tag R22/24/27/29

Tag E41/43/Blender

Shirt R000/81/83/85

Jumper E43/44/47

Hair Bow BG10/72

I'd like to offer one lucky person the chance to win two digital stamps from Tickled Pink Stamps! You don't have to be a follower as I prefer people to follow only if they like what I do - Simply leave me a comment on this post, telling me your two favorite digital stamps from Tickled Pink to qualify!

And for everyone hopping along today, I have this to share with you:

Sundae

Your next stop is the lady who started it all, the one to whom we all owe our thanks, the fabulous Christine!

Thank you for looking! I look forward to seeing your creations!

A Cheeky Valentine

2011-01-16T02:00:00.019-07:00

Happy Sunday! Today is extra special for me as I have two posts - which also explains why I've been so quiet this past week! I am honoured to have been asked to guest DT on the Anyone for Anya and Friends? challenge blog this week. Two weeks ago I entered their February calendar challenge and I actually won Tilda in the Garden from the new You Are So Special collection! AMAZING! And then to be asked to be a guest - WOW!

This week's challenge on Anyone for Anya and Friends? is "Pretty Bows". I decided to get a start on my Valentine's Day cards and made one for my husband with Cheeky Beauty:

This layout is from the sketch on Everybody Art Challenge. My friend Christine tried to help me master my Bow Easy but alas, this bow I tied by hand.

I treated the edges of the patterned paper and sentiments with Stampin' Up! dazzling diamonds and dug into my stash for these papers from Basic Grey's Bittersweet collection released last year.

Copic Details

Skin E0000/000/00/02

Crown Y17/38

Stockings R000/00/81

Dress R000/81/83/85

Hair E50/35/25/27/29

Shoes E44/47/49

The sentiments were typed in Word and printed onto white cardstock. This card will be entered into the following challenges:

Cupcake Crafts - Something New (Cheeky Beauty)

Stampavie and More - Glitter

Sundays with Crissy - Ribbon

Secret Crafter Saturday - With Love

Basic Grey - Spots and Dots

Copic Creations - What's New? (Cheeky Beauty)

Thank you for looking! Please join me later today for Paper Sundae's First Birthday Celebration blog hop!

Miss Anya Calendar Page

2011-01-08T20:35:00.000-07:00

On Monday my dear friend Christine pointed out a challenge blog with an unbelievable prize - an exclusive Tilda! The challenge blog is Anyone for Anya (and CC Designs too!) and it gave me a chance to use my Miss Anya set. The actual challenge was scary as I've never done a calendar page, but I started colouring Miss Anya and waited for inspiration to hit! Luckily inspiration did hit this morning, when I saw the sketch from Sketch Saturday:

Copic Details

Skin E0000/000/00/02

Hair E50/Y21/E31/E35

Dress T0/1/2/3/4/5 Trim T5/6/7/8/9

The papers are from the new Be Mine collection from Echo Park and the cardstock is from Gina K. Miss Anya is stamped in Memento ink on PaperTrey Ink paper and coloured with copics.

Thank you for looking!

Puddle Jumper Ella for My Daughter

2011-01-03T22:00:00.002-07:00

Happy Monday! Today I am back as promised with another card featuring my brand new Puddle Jumpers! This doll is named Ella and can be found on sale right now at Claudio & Co.:

I was hoping for a sketch challenge to inspire me today, but alas, this layout is my own. With the bold colours of this gorgeous collection from Bo Bunny, I kept the embellishments to a simple bow. I distressed the edges of the patterned paper with Creamy Caramel cats eye and chalked around the image with SU Creamy Caramel.

A huge thank you to my friend Christine for sharing her brand new copics with me so that I could try out a new-to-me colour combination for blondes: E50/Y21/Y26/Y28.

Copic Details

Dress - E00/E01/E11/E20

Belt, underskirt, and shawl - BG10/BG72/BG75

Shoes - E43/E44/E47/E49

Socks - C0/C1

Skin - E000/E00/E02 and chalk on the cheeks

I stamped off once before stamping directly onto the paper in order to achieve a lighter image on the inside of the card. The sentiment is first generation.

Thank you for looking!