All Sorts Top 6 winner

WooHoo my Christmas frame wall hanging was picked in the Top 6 by the DT this week over at All Sorts.Thanks so much .

Christmas Frame

Well it's been so long since I've posted I hardly know how to. I made this Christmas  Frame a couple of weeks ago but was waiting on the frame so I could post it. 12x12 frames are so hard to find especially this time of year. I got my inspiration from the Kaisercraft blog and a friend who had done a class recently . I didn't have all Kaisercraft papers so I used the Graphic 45 collection Christmas Past which worked well with Kaisercraft Turtle Dove collection.The Pionsettas were made using TH Pionsetta die and Pinecones & branch leaves using TH pinecone die. The tiny flowers(rosettes I made by cutting a spiral circle and then rolling . Pionsetta flowers were sponged with Festive berries DI and then sprayed with Heirloom gold perfect pearls . I added Rock Candy  Distress Stickles to the rosettes.To complete the frame I did some sewing around the edge of the outer layer.

Entering this is a couple challenges

All Sorts Challenge Blog  Week 185 Oh Christmas Tree

Simon Says Stamp and show  Inspired by Tim's 12 tags

Sugar Creek Hollow --#42  For a Gift

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Dresden Plate Layout

This weekend we had a Scrapbook Crop here my little town . What a great weekend so many laughs with friends that I haven't seen for quite some time .Tracy MacLennon  taught a couple of LO classes her work is amazing . She also sells kits that you can put together yourself . One of the kits was a Dresden Plate pattern --unfortunately they were all sold out but she was kind enough to give me the template to do my own . Here's the layout that I did .

I used K&C paper pad -- Classic K

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Scrapbooker's Playing in Paradise Challenge #91 --guest designer

Well I was pretty excited when I was asked by Pam over at Scrapbooker's in Paradise to be guest designer for challenge #91 .This is my first time being guest designer and I was a little nervous when I found out .The challenge this week is to make something for a Anniversary. I choose to make a card .
Method :
Paper : MME Garden Vinettes, Bazzill c//s, Vellum
Ink: Memento Tuxedo black,Pumice DI.
Stamp: Penny Black butterfly suite,My sentiment Exactly --sentiment.
Accessories: MS lace border punch,Spellbinders Label 8, Copic Markers,Rosette ribbon,Rock Candy Distress stickles. Glossy accents, rhinestones from my stash., Cricut Cartridge Art Philosophy.

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Scrapbooker's Playing in Paradise Challenge #91 


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SPP#89 challenge winner

Well what a nice surprise this morning to find out I won the challenge over at Scrapbookers in Paradise for last week and a chance to be guest designer for one of the weekly challenges . I'm so excited and what a great way to end the week . Thanks for choosing my card

Scrapbooker's Paradise Playing in Paradise #89

It's so cold and miserable outside today I decided to spend the afternoon again in my craft room . I've been wanting to try the week challenge that Scrapbooker's Paradise has each week but for one reason or another have never gotten around to meeting the deadlines. So today I decide to make a card for this weeks challenge .
The challenge was to use a color combo for inspiration ---sky,aqua & kraft. Here's what I did

Method :
Paper: SU kraft,Bazzill blue,K&C DP, Graphic45 DP.
Inks: Distress Inks --Pumice stone,Walnut stain,Tumbled glass
Accessories: TH dies--Baroque alteration die,Rosette die, Reindeer Flight die, Mini Snowflakes die,MS edge punch (sorry don't know name), Cottage Cutz Pine cone die.Bakers twine,Candi,WOW Glitter EP platinum,Diamond dust cut glass.

I really enjoyed making this card and hope it meets the challenge. Thanks for looking .

Scrapbooker's Paradise Playing in Paradise #89

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge#186   No Rules

Joan's Garden Challenge #38

I spent some time over the weekend playing in my craft room doing up some card kits that people have ordered and then decided to make a card for some challenges that are out there for this week . Really like doing the recipe challenges and over at Joan's Garden this week there is one that I thought I'd try.



1. Create a favorite winter pastime
2.Use black embossing
3.Use a frame
3.Create something that is dimensional.
Here's what I did for my card.
BG is embossed with Sizzix EF Starry Night .I cut my frame from a cricut cartridge Art Philisopy, stamped and embossed snowflakes around the edge. The image is a set from Inky Antics (Holiday Bazoop)which I stamp in black and colored with copic markers. I stamped a second hat and embossed with black EP added some red stickles for the bad and pop dotted it onto the image . I then added some fabric applique for fur around the lions hat and and suit . Added some glossy accents on the buttons and pipe. Snowflakes were made using TH mini snowflake die and spellbinders die .

Joan's Garden Challenge #38

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge#186


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Fall Colors

Just thought I'd shared some of our beautiful fall colors here in Nova Scotia, Canada. These pictures were taken today just down over the hill from my home ,there's a little pond there and the colors this fall are spectacular . Thanks for looking .

Christmas poinsettia

It's been a long time since I've posted here on my blog . The summer was so busy and hot that I spent more of my days outside but now that the fall has arrived it's time to get back that what I love to do the most and that is spend time in my craft room . This week I started on some Christmas cards so I thought I'd share one that I made and enter it in a few challenges that are out there.

Supplies used: Paper: Basic Grey Jovial paper pad,Bazzil c/s Stamps: Hero Arts,TH calender stamp Inks: Fired Brick DI,Peeled Paint DI Accessories:Spellbinders poinsettia die, Bella rose die,MS border punch, SU ornament punch Joan's Garden challenge #35 http://www.atjoansgardens.com/search/label/Card-Challenge Simon Says Stamp and Show --Love of sparkle http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.ca/2012/09/challenge-for-love-of-sparkle.html Simon Says --Anything goes http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.ca/2012/09/simon-says-anything-goes.html

12 tags of 2012 --May

Well I've sure been neglecting by blog recently it's been over a month since I've posted anything.It's been busy with crops and classes. I have completed my tag for April but just didn't get around to posting it and now it's May . So last evening I decided to make my tag for this month and get it posted. I applied glue and seal to the tag (since I didn't have the glue stick that Tim used) and took some tissue paper from and old pattern and scrunched it up over the tag . I stamp a flourish in the new Peacock Feathers DI on the sticky back canvas dress form ,added some lace and tag. To make my faux porcelain I used tiny fabric roses which I dipped twice in the melted UTEE.I didn't have a wooden spool so had to cut a plastic one which I covered with some measuring tape sticker to hide the rough edges . To complete the tag I added some sewing embellishments and twill measuring tape on the bottom of the tag . Thanks for looking

I'm entering this in the 12 tags of 2012 http://timholtz.com/12-tags-of-2012-may/