Design a life you love

Just wanted to share a canvas I did for my sister's Birthday recently . I used the Kaisercraft DP from the After Five Collection. Love these papers so I stocked up on them from FargoCat Shops. The flower was made from brown paper bag and misted with my own recipe of Glimmer mist (bronze perfect pearls,vintage photo DI reinker and water).I used one of the Cheery Lynn doily dies for the doily.
TH's dies for the bird cage and flourish as well as the flower. Lace ,buttons,pearls,and metal embellies were all from my stash.

Entering this is a couple of challenges
Cropstop--Anything goes
Fashionable Stamping --Ribbon or Lace
Simon Says Satmp and Show BlogHop--Anything goes

Cropstop
http://cropstop.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-34-anything-goes.html

Fashionable Stamping http://fashionablestampingchallenges.cottagecrafts.ie/?p=381

SSSand Show BlogHop http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/2011/08/simon-says-stamp-tember-blog-hop_31.html

Joan's Garden Challenge

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Well it's been so long since I've made anything and posted here on my blog I thought today would be a good day to start after visiting Joan's Garden blog and seeing all the beautiful cards . She has a special guest this week and the challenge is to follow the techniques she used on her card . So here's what I came up with using the tech. of stamping on pattern paper adding some glitter and distress inks as well as making a flower .I used the 6x6 pad of Prima Fairy Flora to stamp my image on and added the glitter to the flowers with a 2way glue pen.The pearls are made with the viva decor pen. Also entering this card in ahttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenge--Ribbon or Lace and Cropstop Challenge #34 Anything Goes.

Joans Garden Challenge http://www.atjoansgardens.com/2011/08/heidi-blankenship-guest-designer.html

Fashionable Stamping Challenge #3 http://fashionablestampingchallenges.cottagecrafts.ie/?p=381

Cropstop Challenge #34 Anything Goes http://cropstop.blogspot.com/2011/08/challenge-34-anything-goes.html


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Welcome little one

What a miserable rainy day here in Cape Breton today. Since I can't do much outside thought I'd spend some time in my craft room . Just wanted to share a card I made for to welcome my new grand daughter. I'm going to visit this week and spend some time with her.

Stamp:SU welcome little one (love this set)
Paper: Pinkpaislee Butterfly Garden Collection, C/S SU
Accessories:Spellbinders label4,spellbinders fancy tags, seam binding bow,Marvy flower punch pearls made with viva decor pen, May arts crochet lace, EK success edge punch, CB Swiss dots folder button from my stash.

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SSS&S a flourish

Sorry I haven't been a very good blogger lately just have been busy with other thing now that summer has finely arrived. So much to do and of course never enough time to get it all done. Today it's raining so I thought I'd share a card I did recently and enter it in a few challenges. I purchased some of the crinoline from Linda Coughlin over at The Funkie Junkie's Etsy shop so I had to make a flower for my card.The doily is one of the CheeryLynn dies Italian lace . Deborah over at Fargotcat Shops has them in her store ,they are just beautiful.I used the Spellbinders die Foliage to make the leaves also purchased at Fargocat Shop.Other supplies used MS butterfly punch,EK success edge punch,TH flouish die,CB folders,swiss dots and a new one which came with my new CB machine (sorry there wasn't a name on it )but it's so pretty for BGs. I used the new Viva Decor to make my pearls --Fargocat shops also carries these in several colors.
For my flower I followed the tutorial by Linda over at The Funkie Junkie mine isn't quite as pretty as Linda's but I loved playing with the crinoline.

Entering this in the following challenges:

SSS and Show your flourish

Charisma Cardz Challenge#27

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PB All Sorts June challenge,

I've been haven't post for a week now so I thought I'd share with you a card that I'm going to enter in the Penny Black all Sorts challenge for June "Your my favorite " and this one of my favorite stamps to date. I just love the PB stamps . http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
I stamped the PB butterfly suite stamp with versafine black onyx embossed with clear EP and colored with copic markers. The tiny butterflies were stamped again and cut out and then popped up. I then ran it thought a CB embossing folder scroll works. Stickles were added for sparkle.


Penny Black all Sorts June challenge "your my favorite"



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Mojo Monday#193--round or square

Well it seems like forever since I posted anything. I wahttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifs http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifaway for the 1st two weeks of May and when I arrived home I came down with a bad chest infection so have done little stamping. My HFC Cardinal collection arrived while I was away so I thought I should start playing with them. So here's a card I made which I'm enetering in a few challenges this week.
Supplies used :
Paper: Basic Grey (Marrakech calming moon) Bazzill C/Shttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
Stamps: HFC 3383 Cardinal Posy Branch, SU sentiment.
Inks: Versafine Black Onyx embossed with clear EP
Accessories: MS trellis border punch,CB folder leafy branch,ladel cut with cricut cart.Lacy ladels using DS.
Image was colored with copic markers .
I'm entering this is the following challenges

Mojo Monday #193

Basic Grey Challenge#45

Simon says stamp and show your favorite stamp


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GM #4 Textured Fades and Distress

Well another week has almost gone by and we are in week 4 of the Grungy Monday challenges over at StudioL3. This week Linda has challenged us to use Tim's Textured fades and distressing. Here's a tag I did . I inked the tag first with various colors of DI then embossed it with the Textured Fade Cracked, then sponged over the raised areas with DI . The Umbella man was stamped and cut out (since I don't have the new die yet) and then poped up for a #D effect. The flower was made with Tim's tattered floral die and misted with homemade glimmer mist (peeled paint,shabby shutters,forever green perfect pearls and water). I love how it turned out.

I'm also entering this in SSS and Show some Tim's Techniques

GM#4 http://studiol3.blogspot.com/2011/04/grungy-monday-04-texture-fades-and.html


SSS and Show http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/2011/04/simon-says-stamp-and-show-lord-tim-of.html

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WooHoo winner winner

I can't believe I won another blog hop . This week there was a great blog pop over at electric Paperie . All you had to do was leave a comment on each DT blog. I was lucky enough to be the winner on Starla Nelson's blog . The prize is a set of Honey Pop stamps and co-ordinations Honeycomb paper from Inky Antics. Will have to get that lotto ticket for sure tomorrow .

Winner,Winner

WooHoo I just found out I won the complete Springtime Cardinal Collection on Heartfelt Creations blog hop that they had recently . I'm so excited ,love ,love those stamps and I already have a few of them but not the cardinals. Thanks for picking my name .

Grungy Monday #3 color wash, SSSand Show Distressing

Another week has gone by and I'm rushing to get my tag done for the Grungy Monday challenge over at StudioL3. This week Linda wants us to use the new Adirondack Color Wash another fabulous product by the master himself Tim Holtz here's the link to his blog http://timholtz.typepad.com. I sponged various colors of DI's all over the tag ,spritzed with water ,dried with heat tool and then stamped my image which a new Penny Black slapstick stamp that I purchased recently . The flower I made with a daisy punch and misted with homemade glimmer mist (vintage photo,heirloom gold and water).I colored the little flowers on the image with DI Victorian Velvet ,added some liquid pearls to the center and around the circle.I used Stream color wash to dye the gathered ribbon--well it's not actually ribbon it's some ribbon gauze that I found in my stash . It took the color wash perfectly.I also sprayed the butterfly with the color wash and then patted it with paper towel to give it a softer color. I think I'm going to like working with this product LOL. I distressed the edges with paper distresser and inked with walnut stain DI.
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http://studiol3.blogspot.com/2011/04/grungy-monday-03-exploring-tim-holtz.html

http://simonsaysstampandshow.blogspot.com/2011/04/simon-says-stamp-and-show-some.html

http://joanscreations.blogspot.com/2011/04/tag-challenge.html