My Fav Swap card from this weekend!

So.. as mentioned in my other post I attended a SU! event last weekend...and I managed to partipate in 2 swaps... The first one was a card swap and the other a 12x12 scrapbook page swap. Below is my Fav Card swap of the day!! Made by my close friend/sister Jo-Ann... isn't it wonderful... she's such a gem!


Isn't it cute!!!! now I want this stamp set... dammit!!!


Here's a silly photo of Jo-Ann, Lisa & myself on the way home...slurping back on a nice big ice cream!!! Yummy!! I can honestly say the company was the best, we giggled alot!! and I think we will be 'roadtrip mates' for a longtime to come. When's the next trip?

Anyway.. gotta go... very tired... this single parent thing for the week whilst working fulltime is hard!!!! My hat off to you lovely ladies in the world who do this fulltime.

Cheers

I wish, I wish...

I wish.. I wish I had more time to craft these days.... I went back to work fulltime over 2 weeks ago (since my last post) and I have been sooo exhausted after work seems I'm trying to get myself, hubby & little Eryn off to daycare in the mornings..work, work...then pick up everyone... home for dinner.. babe goes to bed.. then phew! Tired!!! Plus last week I was prepping to attend a stamping retreat over at Kim's house. Wow!oh! Wow! I had a blast at the all day event....learning 24 new techniques.. maybe I'll try a few out with you. I decided to enter for 2 swaps.... a 12x12 page swap and a card swap. My 12x12 page was easy seems I made the 'Summer fun' page below.... everyone seemed really happy to receive it. I then joined a card swap...but silly me left the design and making till the last night....and guess what happened?? My heat emboss gun died on me :{ half way thru my cards... this was BAD!!! seems my entire card was mainly embossing. Argghhh!!! anyway... I'm a trooper.. I managed to prep everything...and during my lunch break I decided to borrow a gun and finish them off. Thankfully I had a little bunch of elves at the end helping me (Thanks Jo-Ann, Cate & Lisa)...Phew! again... done... and again... everyone seem to ohhh! over my design.. yeah!!!

I suppose this could be a wedding invite eh? very swish!!



Anyway.. just thought I'd show you some photos over the next day or so of the swaps and ideas I picked up at the event.

Hope all is well with you!!!



PS: The new SU! catty goes LIVE on Canada Day - July 1st... contact me if you want a catty. I will be hosting a card party in September.. so watch this space!

The Power of pretty paper....

I had a friend who attended my scrapbook event yesterday afternoon that couldn't really see herself using the tropical party papers and flowers. So... I told her to attend anyway and I would switch out the paper to something else. Well...after some digging thru my retired paper stock on the weekend i found one of my favourite paper packs...Parisan Breeze. Check out what we did below...it was the same sketch/page map...just different papers. WOW!! Love it..!!... that's what i call the power of pretty paper!!




Some people are paper addicts... I love paper... but my biggest weakness is stickers ;} I'll have to take a photo of my bulging Crop In Style Binders full!!!! You'll laugh... it's a sad, sad addiction... is there any other sticker addicts out there reading my blog! LMK!..I'd like to know I'm not alone.

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Last Chance...Tropical Party Scrapbook Pages!

So.. seems my scrapbooking party is this weekend... I figured I would give you full access to my Tropical Party pages we'll be doing. I was hoping on a full house but I've had a few last minute cancellations :{... so... if your interested...and need some time to yourself... email me and I can sign you up pronto! All you need to bring is some adhesive...and I'll help you with the rest.

Here's what you'll be creating... You'll get to use the fabulous Big Shot! You'll stamp and add a little bling to your pages.

oh! I just love this colour combo at the moment... plus...seems it's summer I can add more glitter ;}


So... what have I been doing this last week or two... I've been getting myself ready to join the big wide world of working again. Since having my little gal I've been off work... with a 1yr maternity leave..then I got laid off when I returned which was perfect at the time. Then... recently I've been looking for work again seems I think I need the daily adult/social interaction.... lucky for me my old company needed someone to replace for a year maternity...and I was the best option ;} It works out for me seems I get to see if I really did miss work... or just thought the grass was always greener. Anyway... my erratic blogging may get worst before it gets better...seems I start next week. Wish me luck!!

Oh! and BTW... my lovely hubby fixed my camera ;{ doh! so I'm not sure I'm upgrading yet. We'll see....
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Pretty in Pink!!

I spent most of last night creating my mum's birthday card for today. I'm really happy with the end result.... sadly I couldn't come up with my own creation seems I think I either have allergies or a cold coming on :{ I think it's a cold... but with the Canadian weather and our blow-air heating/cooling system I may have developed allergies. I miss having a radiators in the room. That's the only downside to living in Canada... forced air ..... I find everyone I know has allergies now... it's got to be all this air being re-circulated (kinda like a plane environment).

Anyway... back to my card...I CASED it from my favourite SU! Online lady Mary Fish... I did change it a little with adding a little bling instead of a corduroy button. What do you think? Pretty eh?

My mum called me a cheeky bugger for putting her age on the card...I thought it was very sleek! and sparkly! Plus I think she should be proud of her age seems she has 2 children in their 30's...plus 3 Grandkids..not bad for a 55 year young mum eh? I love having a young mum ;}


Anyhow... hopefully I'll show off my scrapbook pages soon... seems I've done alot. Oh! BTW... Did I tell you I don't have a proper camera at the moment.... :{ my Sony Cybershot officially died last week while I was attending a baby shower :{ RIP Sony!...

Hehehe...Now I get to cruise the web for my next toy!!!! Any recommendations??? watch this space!!!!!!
Cheers

Something sweet for someone sweet!

I have a thing lately.... it's a colour fascination thingy... I love mixing pinks with browns with aqua blues... I'm not sure why... but I can't stop the colour combo. HELP!! Here's another birthday card I made a month or so ago for a close brit friend... Jules ;} I dabbed on a little shimmer paint to add some bling... you know me.. I tried to hold off on the glitter....but if you look closely you'll notice I sprinkled a little dazzling diamonds on the mini butterfly!

Enjoy your day!

Sneak Peak! Tropical Party Scrapbooking Class!! Sign up now!!

SIGN UP NOW!!!
Here's a sneak peak of the scrapbooking pages I've put together for the end of the months class. Sign up now!

Class: Tropical Party Scrapbooking Pages - Come make four 12x12 pages
Date: Thursday May 27th or Friday May 28th or Sunday June 13th
Time: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Cost: $15 for the class or $25 and take home the rest of the paper pack or class fee free with a min $35 order.
(Limited spots available - Please pre-book in advance the class you'd prefer so I can prep and order in the supplies.)




These are the Stampin Up! stamps & paper pack you will be using to create these gorgeous summer pages!!!



Book now!
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Happy Mothers Day!!

Since moving to Canada in 1997 I celebrate Mothers Day on a different day now. I think in the UK they celebrate it in March... and in Canada/North America we celebrated it today in May. As usual I was tasked to make 2 Mothers Day cards... Here's one of them... the other is similar just different ribbon. I hope both the mums like them... it took a few hours to create seems I was 'playing' with the colours and the new Big Shot die from Stampin Up! Tropical Party. Don't you just loooove the colours.... it's crazy to believe but today it started to snow again :{ Hopefully the card will make you feel warmer ;}

Do you see the glitter?


I also used the new stamp set Tropical Party - contact me if you would like to purchase it. It's quite a versatile stamp set seems it can be used for summer parties, vacations and even Mothers Day cards.


SU! Stamp Set: Tropical Party
SU! Colours CS: Tempting Turquoise, Rose Red & Whisper White
SU! Colours Ink : Tempting Turquoise, Pumpkin Pie, Rose Red, Versamark and Old Olive
Other SU! Items: Polka Dot Embossing folder, Tropical Party BS Die, Melon Mambo Polka Dot Ribbon, Oval punch, Oval scalloped Punch, Filgree Brad and Dazzling Diamonds Glitter.

Oh! and there is more to come... I have a birthday card to post, a wedding card that's nearly done... and all of my scrapbook pages I've created - ten!!. Some are going to used for my scrapbook class at the end of the month. Sign up now!!! You'll love it!!!! I do ;}

Cheers

PS: I've got to get a better photo set-up... the light is killing the colours!!!

SU! Summer Mini Video

Enjoy this mini promo of what's in the new summer mini....contact me if you would like to receive a catty or place an order.

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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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I Heart You - Part 2

This is another one of my double 12x12 pages, plus a single page I did with the Love Sparkles Kit. Normally when I create scrapbook pages I work from the photo out to the design. This time... as you can see... I designed first... then added some photos... then added a few final pretties!!! What do you think?

BTW...Don't you just love how the colours match with what my little one is wearing... thankfully I had a ton of photos to pick from ;}
BEFORE


AFTER

Page 3...slightly different


SU Supplies: Love Sparkles Simply Scrapping Kit, I {Heart} Hearts stamp set, Versamark, Big Shot with Polka Dot Embossing Folder
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I Heart You!

So I've been working on a few scrapbook pages over the last few weeks. I've been finding it a little hard to limit myself to only SU! supplies. The only reason for this is because I have been an avid scrapbooker for many years... and that means I have tons and I mean tons of stickers, punches or stamp sets to help complete my pages. Anyway... I managed to complete a few... here's a few I whipped up this week! Just in time for National Scrapbooking Month!

This time I decided to use the Simply Scrapping kit 'Love Sparkles' for a few cute pages ;}

Did you notice I used the Big Shot to cut out the letters/title and then I ran the letters through the Big Shot again with the polka dot embossing folder.

SU! Supplies: Love Sparkles Simply Scrapping Kit, Big Shot Simple Letters Alphabet, Polka Dot embossing folder, Chocolate Chip Writer
SU! Colours: So Saffron, Pretty in Pink & Chocolate Chip

Cheers

Class Coming Soon... Tropical Party with me!

So last week was busy.. I was preparing for a kids consignment sale so I was up to my eye balls in baby clothes/items. What! I hear your say... no more cuties like Eryn ;} No, No...We haven't decided on stopping on 1...but we're in limbo at the moment... and seems I have loads of generous friends & family I had way too much stuff. I know what people mean when they say babies can take over the house... and seems I'm a little OCD in regards to keeping the house clutter free I finally decided to sell some stuff that I wasn't so keen on. Anyway... the long & the short of it... I didn't craft much last week. I did order tons of photos over the weekend..seems I have a scrapbook fundraiser to attend this weekend (as mentioned in the blog below). I've done a few pages...and I'm hoping to finish 'tweaking' them tonight... and hopefully I can post the photos within the next few days :} so watch this space.

Talking of scrapbooking fun!.... May is National Scrapbooking Month. Personally I think this is another Hallmark Holiday but I'm not complaining... any excuse to scrapbook is ok with me ;} I'm planning on doing 4 pages for an upcoming class that I'm planning on hosting at the end of May.

Class: Tropical Party Scrapbooking Pages - Come make four 12x12 pages
Date: Thursday May 27th or Friday May 28th
Time: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Cost: $15
or class fee free with a min $35 order.

Here's a sneak peak of the new pretty papers that we will be using...



Email me now and book your spot... only 5 spots available per night!!!! more sneak peaks coming soon.

Cheers

Breast Cancer Fundraiser Scrapbook Page...

Last summer I volunteered to help out a fellow SU! demo lady Tash for a Breast Cancer fundraiser. I had only been a demo for 4 months and was super keen to meet other demos and pretty much 'play' with all of the pretty stuff SU ! has to offer. As most of you know scrapbooking & photography is my #1 passion.. So.. I eagerly signed myself up to do a mini class for anyone interested in doing a scrapbook page or two. Well... the thing I didn't realise is that I'm a great scrapbooker at heart... but I don't think with my head ;} I was reminded of this after my first class at this local fundraiser by a lovely demo called Linda. Ah Linda!!... if you could meet her you would fall in love with her straight away. I remember meeting her for the first time at this event... only because she stumbled in late (just like me) to the event, laughing and chatting away with her friend Cynthia. Anyway..long story short she ended up sitting at my table and we chatted and giggled about how much cr*p you can bring to a scrapbook event, how small the table spaces were, etc, etc. Once we were all unpacked we posted our projects on a board for people to sign up to attend your class. My class was pretty popular... I had 6 people attend which was fabulous! But I was extremely nervous seems it was my first class.... but the lovely Linda put me at ease and kept praising my work and she couldn't believe I had managed to do all the cropping/work under budget. Budget? what budget I ask? At this point Linda asked if I had ordered all the supplies from the bulk list..otherwise I would of had to purchase a few of the scrapbooking kits to create these wonderful pages! Hmm.. at that point I just whistled and murmured something under my breath...about making it look "pretty". 'Oh! Sue' said Linda... were going to have to teach you some tricks of the trade my girl. That my folks... was my first lesson. Always try and use the bulk list items.. it saves on budget everytime. I say that now because I have lots of leftovers from the scrapbooking kits I used to make the pages and I didn't make any money from the class :{. Ahwell!! you learn something new everyday eh? Besides..the best thing that came from that event was meeting Linda...she will forever be my SU! Mum... she has such a lovely spirit.... all mumsy & warm. Thanks Linda... I bet you didn't realise what an impact you had on little ole me eh?

So.. here's a photo of my final page made using the Simply Scrapping Kit 'Best Ever'... it's now retired but I figured it was worth a post. Plus alot of the colours used on the page will be coming back in July (Baja Breeze, Riding Hood Red) Yeah!!!. The photos I used was from Eryn's 1st birthday party... wow! so much had changed in the past year.


Oh! and this is a photo Linda took of Cynthia & I while standing on a chair looking down at us so we wouldn't have double chins ;} how thoughtful. Bless her!

This scrapbook page was a great surprise.. I attended a class held by another demo and I created this beautiful page... and I was very lucky to have a photo that suited the theme & colours. Seems I'm all about matching photos with colours/themes/papers.

Oh! and just incase your interested.. Tash is doing the 60km walk again this year along with my friend Miranda. Once again Tash is doing the all day scrapbook event on May 1st... and I will going along. Infact I'm prepping for it now...if your interested on going contact me or Tash for a space/details. It's all for a good cause. Saving our TaTa's.

Cheers

Organised Photo Art...with a sprinkle of Decor Elements

I just thought I would share this with you...
Recently a new customer of mine Julie attended a class, she has already decided she wanted to organise her family photos and finish it with a lovely Decor Element saying. The question was do I put it on the wall or the photo-matting? Julie ended up putting it on the wall..Isn't it lovely?

Wow! don't you just love it.... such a simple idea... Why don't you do this with your precious photos!! it can be family, vacations, passions...even obscure photos you've taken over the years. I just love how using your own photos can create beautiful wall art... and to finish it off... a little Decor Element saying. Hmm.. now I need to do something like this..


Cheers

PS: Julie gave permission for me to post these photos on my blog.

Where have I been....?

I haven't gone on vacation or died... but I've been pretty rough this last week. I caught some tummy bug and I've spent the last week in bed or feeling sorry for myself ;} I'm still weak... seems anything I eat or drink doesn't stay in me long enough ;{ Hopefully I'll get my crafting mojo back next week.

For now... here's a few piccie's of my little one on a Easter Egg Hunt....different days at different Nanny & Nana's houses. I think they enjoy it more than we do ;} Nah! we all relive our childhood....right?