CTMH Seaside paper - going soon...

This past weekend I met up with some local CTMH demo's to have a sneak peak of the new catty's coming out shortly.  One of the local ladies from Toronto had attended convention in Anaheim last week so she was going to be in town attending Bluesfest to see Keith Urban and wanted to share her knowledge and show us the goodies she received.   She's the lady in the glasses photobombing our CTMH family photo!!!  Crazy girls!

 Julie (Grandma), Diana (sister), Me (sister) & Dominique (Mum - Upline) 

I must say... this is the best part of being on a CTMH team... is thefriends you meet.... this weekend was no different.. I finally met people I had known from our Facebook groups...but never met in person..... what a cool bunch of gals!!!

We had around 15 ladies show up during the day at our hosts Wendy's 'beach house'.....Wendy's house was amazing and tranquil....

Infact....it inspired me to use the WOTG Seaside paper pack that I recently ordered before it's gone.  So...I challenged myself to think outside my usual box of scrapping and create a simple card.

Gold embossing!!!!!!!! you have to see it... subtle but sleek!!!

Next I'll work on a scrapbook page.... in my element  :)

Supplies used are all CTMH:
Paper:  Seaside WOTG G1089 (Glacier, Colonial White)
Stamps: Happy Everything D1653, Doodled Designs A1170
Embellishment:  Flaxen thick twine, Aqua Dots Z1853, Gold Embossing Powder Z2066, Versamark Ink Z891, Heat gun Z555, Glacier Ink Z2641
Other:  3D foam tape


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Scrapbooking Fun, Birthday Fun

I had a busy weekend this weekend.. I attended the annual Breast Cancer All Day Scrapbook event on Saturday. I prepped weeks in advance to make sure I could finish pages (mapped my pages, ordered prints). You see...It seems every-time I attend these all day events I get distracted looking at other peoples pages, shopping and I never manage to get any pages done :{ this time was different. I managed to get 6 pages completed... and 2 pages created... I just need to add the photos. I'll take photos shortly to let you see the finished look. The only downside is not everything I used is SU! seems I had brought all the scrapbook stuff before I became a demo. Anyway... I'll post them soon... hopefully in better light.

On Sunday I spent the day out in the countryside of Constance Bay attending a 2yr old's birthday party. Here's the card I made for little Samuel ;} Cute huh! I CASED this from a demo... she had used pastels... I went for the bright bold colours...


Did you see the spots on the present is a little raised... I did that using Stampin Up! Crystal Effects.

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Love what you do...

Just a quick post to say "Love what you do" ;} I know I do. Last week was crazy hectic in prep for my 2 full stamp n stack classes. I created a ton of cards... the idea is supposed to be simple. Create 4 designs and duplicate 3 times... everyone takes home 12 cards. Well... you know me. I can't do simple...plus I tend to change it up a little so people don't get bored with the same colours etc. Anyway... long story short... alot of cropping, prepping & designing went on last week. I even ran out of square envelopes. The good news was it was a huge success... I'll post some of the photos in the next week or so... I just wanted you know I'm still here stamping...or in my case this weekend scrapbooking ;}

For now.. I'll show you the card I made for a close friends 40th birthday I attended last weekend... yes! I stamped 2 days.. and scrapbooked a whole day Saturday. What a great idea!!! I finally got organised to scrapbook my daughters album. For now.. here's the card I made for my friend Cindy....using I Heart Hearts clear stamp set!! I love it already!!!! Once you go clear you never go back ;)




BTW.. the colours are chocolate chip, tempting turquoise & melon mambo... the camera can be deceiving

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Turning 1!

Happy 1 Year!!! I'm guessing my blog has been around for a year now seems I signed up to Stampin Up! just over a year ago. So I figured the title was appropriate for 2 reasons. One for blog anniversary and secondly because my little girl Eryn was invited to her playdate buddy's 1 year old party this past weekend. I was excited to go.... I even made the b-day card in advance... but sadly on the morning of the party I had to sit in a Doctors office :{ The upside was seeing my hubby take his little gal in her party dress to the party... How cute is that?

Isn't she cute!! I couldn't get her to sit still for a good photo ;} ahwell... such is life with kids & animals eh?



Here's the card I made for the 1 year old party! so girlie eh? brown & pink!!!!


Can you see the sparkly glitter...and the Stampin Dimensionals I used for the mane! ;P


Don't forget to decorate the inside of the card... I also did the envelope but forgot to take a photo of it..


That's all now..
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Here's something I did earlier...

Sorry I've been a little out of the blogging for a while... I've been trying to create more than publish... it is very easy to get so lost in the blogging world. Infact I have signed up to some of my fav blogs and so far I'm over 1000 to read...ek!

What have I been doing? Well...last week I attended my uplines Shoebox Swap.. plus a participated in a local Christmas Mini Swap. I've taken some photos and I will post some of my favourites. In the meantime... here's one I did earlier :)

I used the Petal Pizzazz set...Can you see i even prettied up the envelope :} I used the baby wipe technique...it's a pretty cool technique and one I use often. It blends all the colours together on one stamp...this means it'll never be the same. The DSPaper is from an old pack I was given as a reward at a Su evening.... I couldn't resist it seems I like anything with polka dots ;}



Check back tomorrow for my new card-making classes for Oct & Nov & plus I figured I would give you a sneak peak on a baby shower card I made last night.
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Time flys when your having fun!

So last week I mentioned on FB & on my blog that I had my 1st Stampin Up! Open House on last Thursday... I was very nervous to host one seems I'm terrible/awkward with the sales part. Plus I always seem to question whether my friends would like my cards I was going to get them to make, seems everyone has there own personal style....even with card-making.
I like simple & sparkly....but some people like loads of layers or lots of different patterns... it is truly a personal thing. Anyway... I've been busy the last few weeks 'cramming', to get as many cards done as possible. Finally the day came & went..so fast! I was feeling excitement & a little nervous all at the same time. I wasn't as organised as I normally am... my little gal has been having some teething problems lately so the days that I would normally prepped.. I couldn't :{. Aww!! Thankfully I had my crafty friend Melissa G offer her services... which came in very handy on the night. She helped with the prep & even helped people with any questions!! What a gal! Thanks Melissa!!! I think the evening was a success... everyone made & took home 4 cards (2 birthday & 2 christmas)... And from the sounds of it.. everyone had a good time. If your worried about being pressured into the sales side of things... don't! I have friends who can testify that is soooo not me. I truly took this up seems I needed an outlet & reason to get my friends to craft with me. This is sooo it! I'm hoping to get small groups of friends together to craft once a month... just to get out of the house. So.. if you want to craft... contact me & we'll arrange something. Even if it's just you & me...perfect!!!

Below is some of the samples that I had posted around the house...

Cute butterfly box - made using the Big Shot!


Season of Joy Christmas Card with lots of sparkles..



Tri-Fold Card - very simple to make



Cupcake Card - with pretty pink sparkly icing


These were only a few I made last week....I promise more to come. I've just gotta space things out seems I have to work on a shoebox swap for next week plus a Christmas Swap. So I'll be busy churning them out to post anything new...

If your interested in booking a little SU! card making party let me know... it's always a fun night in with friends.
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A Guest Blogger!

I've got so many things to post this week, I've been busy the last few days getting creative for my Open House next week. I'm a little nervous seems I've never done a Open House before infact I haven't done anything to promote SU! stuff since I signed up in Feb09. Hmm...I suppose you could call my blog an active sales forum... but I just set it up so I could spam my friends across the globe my crafty creations :). The only sales I've made are from 3 people who love the product just as much as I do :)

So.. this leads me onto my guest blogger.... My friend Jen & I got together last week & decided to make a few cards in prep for my open house... Jen just sent me this photos of her finished product. It's cool to see how she finished them...seems mine has a 'tad' more glitter applied ;} Jen's all about the paper & the pretty... whereas' I need glitter, jewels & ribbons :} to make it pretty ;}

Check them out..!!



Thanks Jen!! See you next week ;]

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Quick Post... seems it's late here...& I was late!

So... as promised I decided to challenge myself weekly using the Pretty Pals Blog. This weeks challenge was to use three SU! colours... Melon Mambo, Bermuda Bay & Chocolate Chip. This was going to be easy seems I already had the cardstock on my craft table... :)Ok...so I decided to use a well earned hostess stamp... and seems my birthday stash has run very low I decided to replenish... I'm really happy with this design seems I used the Stampa-Ma-Jig tool... to line up the cupcakes... then I used the 'new' In Colours markers to stamp on the cupcake... plus I used the HodgePodge Hardware I just recently purchased...seems I like 'bling'. Anyway... I can offically go to bed now seems I'm chuffed I met my SU! goal for the week. I even decided to decorate inside the card.. it gives it a real nice finish.
**NEWSFLASH**
DOH!!! Can you believe it... because of the Canadian Civic Holiday I was all messed up... the submission was noon today - Tuesday! Ha! I thought today was Monday seems the hubby was at work... Doh! maybe next time...




BTW... I'm really impressed that I'm getting regular blog traffic... it's nice to see ;} Hopefully this will keep my spirits up this week... and you'll see more from me in the next few days.

Hmm.. I think I need to work on a Wedding Shower card now seems I'm going to a 'do' on Saturday.....

Cheers for now..

Just something cute...

Just a quick post... to show you a cute/unique card made by my hubby a few weeks back. He made it the night before my birthday (July 23rd)... I was very surprised at his card making skills... he thinks I should take some tips from him now!!?!?hehehehe. I was quite impressed with this card seems my hubby made the card 3D... you can't really see it from the photo.

Over the last few years he's enjoyed making me cards. Firstly cause I know it's because he's cheap & hates paying the Hallmark prices :).... then secondly because he knows I love getting them... I think it has more thought & effort involved..so means alot to me.


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Cupcakes...

Just a quick post...So I made this birthday card a few weeks back on the fly!!!.... I think it turned out ok. I love the colours...Aqua & Real Red. It took me a few trys to make the cute bow..but I finally got it right. Not sure if you can see it...but each cherry has a glazed 3D look too it... I used the Stampin Up's Crystal Effects product....let it dry and boom....done!. If you want to learn how to make cards like this..contact me ;}



told you it was quick.... I need to rest my head/neck ;]
Stamping Uni tomorrow.....rough life!

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