No mojo...

Sorry crafting peeps/followers... I've had no mojo the last little while... it's 100% explainable... my brain is fried and in need of quality sleep. Even as I type this I can hear my little guy (10wks old today) rousing from his sleep... So I'll make this quick!!!

I made a card a few weeks back that I CASED from Laurie?.. I tweaked it a little bit so it was more "me".. plus I didn't have the smaller scallop die for the Big Shot so I just 'winged it!' This card was made for my sister in law for her birthday on Sept 6th (labour day weekend here in Canada).


Enjoy! Oh! BTW...I should hopefully post again this week seems my hubby is outta town so the nights are little lonely and I can multi-task between the MAC and the my craft desk and the TV/PVR ;} without complaints that I'm hogging all the 'toys'.

Besides... how could I resist this little guy...


Cheers


PS: Classes coming soon... I have been working on some cards for Christmas... I can't wait to share the sneak peaks!!!!

Sassy Card for someone special..

I made this card in early June after a co-worker of mine lost her teen sister.... it was so sad...and quite sudden. I don't deal with death very well seems I'm quite an emotional gal...but I have had a few people close to me pass away and the one thing I've learnt is that know matter what the age or how they passed away... you should always celebrate their life. When I first moved to Canada 14yrs ago I had to fly back to Ireland to my grandad's funeral/wake... it was a sad day...but after the burial we all went to the pub and cracked jokes & told stories. Afterwards I thought this was a wonderful way to help with the healing process.....definitely the way I want people to remember me. Hopefully my scrapbooks are also a few ways to remember me ;} I've done a few ;P

OK... back to the card. This is my favourite pink - Melon Mambo

All of the products are SU! except for the zebra paper which I picked up at the big box store.

Can you see I 'rock & rolled' the ink on the flower to get the edgy look...cool huh!

Ok... off to place my SU! Christmas mini order... I've spent the last few days umm-ing & ahhh-ing and not hitting the submit button. Tonight is the night!!!

Cheers

Something new....

Sorry I've been missing in action for a while.... but with the tail end of the pregnancy near and a week in the hospital I can officially say i'm back ;} and I have a new addition to my world. Another guy who makes my heart melt....


This is my little guy Owen... only 6 days old in this photo... chilling beside the pool at his nanny's house while celebrating my 35th birthday. I don't think he will remember it... but I know I will. All I wanted for my birthday was my family around me... my wish came true!!! Big sister Eryn is loving her new brother...she's proud as punch in this photo.


So... I've been busy with my little munchkins these last 2 weeks... but hoping I can start crafting again soon especially since my carpel tunnel has now gone :)

Oh! but I do have a card I created a while back for a friend to post so I'll post that by the weekend. Anyway... gotta run and try and put in my pre-SU! Christmas order in so I have something to play with next week ;} it's going to be hard sticking to a budget.

Cheers

Here's one I did earlier...

So... the countdown is on... I have 2wks left before my little guy arrives!!!! I went to see the High Risk Dr again the other day and he said he won't let me go past 38wks... I'm now 36wks 5days... Whooo!!! Did I tell you i'm not that patient? I'm not... :( I can't wait to meet this little guy... In the meantime... I should probably finish off my house cleaning/carpets & purging I've managed to do over the last few months! Not long now...

OK...Seems today is Canada Day I figured I would post a Thanks! card I made for my aunt/friend Julie in Northern Ireland. You see...since my daughter was born 3yrs ago, my aunt Julie has been sending me her lovely hand-me-downs from her 2 girls K-J & Emma... and unlike 'some' people I know ;) I'm not a snob!! I love hand-me-downs :P So as a token of my appreciation I made Julie a card and then when my mum was visiting the UK the other week i got her to pick me up a Gift Card from NEXT ( her fav shop) to say "Thanks"!!!!

Check out the card.... I 'kinda' CASED it from Kim Werner's blog ages ago! with a slight twist....

Early Expresso & Melon Mambo!!

Don't you just love those liquid pearls!!!

The stamp, cardstock, ribbon and inks are all SU! supplies... contact me if you want to place an order in the new catty that went live today!!

Cheers

As promised...

As promised... here's a photo of the card I made for my mum's birthday last week. Infact it was a good thing I took a photo seems for some crazy reason my mum no longer has the card. It all started out badly...my mum decided to wear slippy sandals on her birthday... partly because it's sooo hot here in Ottawa right now... and partly seems we were meeting up after lunch for a quick afternoon spa/pedicure treatment. Anyway.... before the appt my mum managed to fall out of her Jeep straight to the floor and whacked her tailbone/hand and bit her tongue :( When I met my mum at the appt I couldn't believe she'd injured herself sooo badly on her Birthday. Anyway... to cut a long story short she read my card... and then put it on the spa chair. We managed to leave the spa..an hour later... by then my mum realised she'd left the card on the chair... we went back within 2hrs and the card and a pair of earrings inside were gone :( I'm really disappointed that no one was honest enough to hand in the card.... I'm more disappointed my mum didn't get to enjoy the card. Here's the card....



Check back within the week to see 2 other cards I created last night....I'm on a roll!!!! ;)
Cheers

Last Chance lists are here...

June 1st is when SU! post their future retired items from the 2010-11 catty..... see below for the lists... contact me if want to order anything ASAP! while supplies last...






What's been going on with me? Well... I'm in the last few weeks of my pregnancy... hoping the little guy will be showing up within the next 3-4weeks... even though I technically have 7wks left (40 weeks). The countdown begins...

Being creative? Last night was the first time I've sat at my craft table in a while... I decided to make my mum's birthday card. I'm sure she'll like it... :) I like it. I just hope I remember to take a photo of it so I can post it here in the next little while.
Hmm... Lately all I can manage to do is go to work & sleep... I'm surprised I'm up this late blogging :) I totally promise that by end of July/ August i'll get back to my usual blogging/crafting. It's so hard working full-time and trying to craft at the same time. I thankfully finish work at the end of June...if I last that long ;). I'm already swollen all over and not getting more than 2hrs of sleep at a time. Talking of sleep... I think it's time for me to go to bed...

BTW... here's a picture of something I did at my Spring fling class.... simple, fresh & really easy!!! I did an array of colours/animals.... great cards for kiddies birthdays!


Cheers

Spring Fling! Card Classes Coming Soon!!!

Just a quick note to say I've been working on some cards that will I will be doing classes on in a few weeks. I wanted to do a 6 card class (1 Mothers Day, 1 Fathers Day, 3 Birthday's and 1 Breast Cancer Card). Seems Mothers day in Canada is on May 8th... I will be sneaking in the classes before then ;) If you want to do 2 Mothers day cards instead of the BC card... not a problem.

Anyway... the dates to look forward to are the following...

Friday 29th April or Friday May 6th - after 6pm
Location: My house in Kanata
BYO: Adhesive
Cost $20

Here's a sneak peak into the cards we'll be making...




More to come.... currently working on them seems I have a fair at work this week :) I'll be promoting my classes seems I'm off work in approx 10-13wks once Baby #2 arrives!!! ek!!!!

Oh! and I have to show you my scrapbook pages... I was away at a SU! Creative Retreat last week and I managed to churn out 13 pages in total! I'm so excited to show you....

Email or FB me if your interested!
Cheers

Something scrappy!

So I've quickly taken a few photos of some of the scrapbook pages I've done recently. So far I've managed to churn out around 10 in the last 3 weeks. It helps that a friend of mine has now booked a community centre for us to use all day 1 weekend a month. I'm not sure I can post all my pages seems I've not used solely SU! stuff...

Below is 2 pages I created using the Simply Scrappin Kit from 2009. I've been meaning to try and use them... but I'm sometimes a little silly... I want to 'save' my favourite stuff ;} You know how it is right? I have alot of pretty papers and stickers that my husband teases me he's going to use when I'm not looking. I'm very protective of my scrapping stuff.

Anyway... without long adue! and because Jo asked ;} Here is my photos of my 2 page album. I will take more... and I might even re-take these ones seems the photos don't do the pages any justice. The problem is I take the photos at the end of the night...so I need to take them in daylight to get a better picture.



If you live locally... contact me and I tell you more about the local hall set-up. The more ladies the merrier... we're trying to start a movement ;} plus commit to scrapping once a month. I know it gets my mojo going..saying that I've not done a thing for 5 days... I've been struggling with constant hunger/sickness!!! Tonight I think I'm going to surf the web looking for ideas & inspiration...

BTW... check out my friend Jenny from Chelsea's new blog...Yum!Yum!

Bye for now..
Cheers

Ok... so maybe I wasn't back..

So... as usual life took over at the end of last year... I was working on "me"... I know this may seem weird to some people but I have trouble in putting myself first. After some good therapy! ;} I finally starting asking myself why I do the things I do.. I've been a people pleaser since I can remember. So... with my changes with me... I managed to upset/disappoint a few people in my life. I suppose gaining a backbone means I have to test it right? October, November and December was pretty tough for me...plus a little liberating for not being such a walk over. Thankfully I have a great hubby who supports me in finding the real me. Don't get me wrong...I wavered..but in the end I know I need to start putting myself first.

Anyway... enough about that mushy stuff ;} What else have I been upto? Well...after my Christmas card making classes in December I packed up all my stamps so I can spend a little time on my #1 passion - scrapbooking! So far I've managed to whip together 3-4pages :) I'm extremely happy. I might post 1or2 on this blog sometime this week. I design my pages around the photos so I don't always use all SU! stuff. Before I started SU! I had a extensive collection of stickers/papers so I'm slowly using some of that on my daughters album. Can't wait to post some more photos of the cards I made for my classes... Below is the most popular one that I CASED and changed a little from someone else's blog (don't remember her name no watermark on photo).



Oh! yes... and one last update.....I'm pregnant with baby#2 - just 3mths ;) I can't wait..... Eryn will be a big sister soon!!! I know she'll do a wonderful job!

Take care and I promise to get back to blogging!!
Hmmm....I only posted 42 times in 2010 and 60 in 2009 I have to beat that! hehehe..

Cheers

I'm back!!!!

I know, I know...I've been off the blog 'grid' for a while now... I've been busy hosting classes at work and home.... prepping for a Christmas Craft sale at work early December, while also managing life's up's & down's. I have sooo much to share with you I may have to do it over a few posts.

Firstly... I thought I'd 'pimp' my last Holiday Hoopla class I'm hosting on Friday December 3rd (see below)

When? Friday December 3rd
Where? My house in Kanata - email me for details
What time? Anytime after 6pm
What to bring? Adhesive of your choice
What I will provide? a night of stamping fun, great draw prizes, christmas music, a treat for everyone and lots of Christmas snacks

**Reserve your seats now - only 4 left**

Secondly... I've successfully put up my main tree in my house. I know, I know it's early but I had a friend come over with her sister and take some family holiday photos. How did it go? Well... have you tried to get a 2yr old to sit still for photos... hehehe....it was ok...but I also had low expectations.... I'm happy with the outcome. Next year will be better right? 3yrs olds are easier?? Check out the SU! Holiday Advent Calendar - cool little take-out boxes :) full of goodies. Can't wait till Dec 1st...


Ok.. back to some card-making. I was going posts some photos of my creations the other night but my new camera battery decided to die on me after 2 photos. I think I'm going to have to make myself a light box seems I'm not liking the orange tinge to my photos...





Cheers

Simple but Chic!

So I was out last night meeting with other SU! demos doing a shoebox swap. The aim of the night is to make 10 demo cards so you can use them in your card-making classes. In return you have to create a demo card that can be put together within 5mins or less - duplicate 10 times and bring to the event for 10 demos to create your card. Anyway... this is my simple but chic card I made.

I love, love, love how simple it is to create this bunched ribbon look.... it's sooo easy... and you don't even need to use a needle & thread. Did I tell you I was terrible in home ec when I was at school. I barely sew a button on a shirt... I'd rather throw away the shirt and buy a new one ;P

This is another card I made the other night.... again.. simple...good for a beginner papercrafter.



Anyway...I've gotta hit the craft table... I finally published my lunch-time classes at work...so now I have to create more samples for my classes.

Cheers

More cards I've been working on...

As promised... here is some more cards I've made over the last few weekends... These 2 are similar to ones I've done on my blog..just slightly 'tweaked'. I decided on the weekend that some of my favourite creations I've always managed to give them away as b-day cards to friends & family. So my samples in the last 6mths have not changed. So.. I CASED my own cards and improved them slightly ;} Whatta think?

On this card I added the new texture plate on the main cardstock (Marina mist) plus I used my new spritzer tool ...I love it!!!!

This one is similar to the card I gave my mum back in June... slightly different..

Do you like my new punch? It's not really a new one...just one that's been 'edited' I like how it works/mattes with the slot punch..


Gotta go now... I'm still tired from last nights late night... ciao!

Cheers

Slight change in my blog...

If your reading this from google reader you won't see the change... but if your checking out my blog...don't worry... I'm playing with templates/backgrounds. I went on my blog a few times tonight and noticed the background was all weird... anyway.. seems I couldn't sleep tonight I decided to check out why my blog was all messy-looking. Anyway... it turns out my 'free' blog template provider Leelou has moved all of her designs to another location. So....I decided to snoop around and try and find a better blog template....I really want a template with my fav colour red! ;) For now this one will do... I wish I could design my own template... I wish I could play all day in adobe ;) I really need to take a course or something. Maybe I'll look that up for the fall classes.... I may also need to do a course in using my new camera. My hubby may suggest I RTFM :) in other words....read the pdf/manual on how to operate it... nah!!! ppfttt!!!

Anyway... I made some more progress this weekend on some more cards... I still have to take good photos of them before I can post... I managed to churn out another 3 on Saturday night... I was very impressed with myself. I've been finding lately that I'm getting a little overwhelmed with all the products and styles of card-making out there in the blog world that I forget to use my taste/design. So.. on Saturday I managed to leave my ITouch (I use my IT to download my fav cards that I might CASE) upstairs and create 3 cards all on my own...my way/style. I'm so excited to show you. I haven't quite decided which one is going to be used at the upcoming Shoebox swap on Wednesday this week. I'd better make up my mind quick..seems I've got to crop for 10 people.Ekkkk!!

Urgh!! I suppose I'd better hit the hay...seems it's work tomorrow.

Sorry there's no photo :( I'm too tired to even try and find one to post ;}

Cheers

Some sparkle...

Here's one of those crazy cards I was up late creating on Friday night... I was so happy with this card I made another one but changed it slightly with an embossing plate...I'll show you that in the next day or so.. Anyway.. I originally created this card for my sister-in-laws birthday which was on Monday. I didn't have Marina Mist in an ink...so I used the marker and versamark and clear embossing powder..plus a little bit of Tempting Turquoise ink.. I love how it turned out ;) don't you!!


This card will be in my Sept class.....check out the dates below.

See the sparkle...


Gotta go... and place my SU! order..

Cheers

Happy Birthday Thatcher!

So I've been busy this past weekend making & creating......in total I made 6 cards.. I was on a crafty roll ;}

Firstly I made this card for my daughters little buddy Thatcher who was turning 3!... After I made it... I wondered whether I had already done the exact card for him the year before...did I Shan? I don't have many little boy stamps...so I kept it simple & bright. PLus... it's so nice to go back to the basics and just doodle/colour with my Stampin Up Markers!!


I still have spots open on my classes... contact me if you want some fun!

Cheers

Sneak Peak! of my crazy class creations

I just wanted to do a quick post...seems I've been creating tonight ;} I worked on 2 cards that we will be making in my card classes. Not alot of stamping... I wanted to go pretty ;}


The photos aren't the best.. I didn't have time to set-up the lighting.


Let me know what you think...

I still have spots available...so contact me if you want to get together and create & craft ;}

Summer Catty Cards - Come create 4 cards (2 Birthday, 1 Friend & 1 Christmas Card) - Cost $15
Friday Sept 24th (6-9pm)
Sunday Sept 26th (4-7pm)

Holiday Hoopla - Come create 5 sparkly cards for the holiday season - $20
Friday Oct 22nd (6-9pm)
Sunday Oct 24th (4-7pm)

Open Night - Come use my stamps & ink and create your own cards/designs - $10 (please bring your own tape)
Friday Oct 29th (6-9pm)