Keep Calm & Snark On : February 2012

Welcome Carson!

My BFF had a baby yesterday!!!
I made her this card to celebrate the safe arrival of the newest member of their family. Thanks for lookin!

I just had to share with you this card I got for my birthday
Adrian (17 months old) made this card for me...he coloured it and added all the stickers
I think we have a new card maker in our midst :D

Here's the outside of the card:

And here's the inside:

How CUTE is this????

And before you ask, noooooo I didn't make it!!

I couldn't resist oridering this sock monkey cup cozy from Pink n Yellow Butterfly. How cute is that???

Here's a link if you'd like to see all the cute crocheted things that Carey makes:

http://www.facebook.com/PinknYellowButterfly

Valentine Layout

I am having so much fun as Scraptures Guest of the Month for February
For this week's project I made a Valentine layout using the card kit
You get so much great stuff in these kits (stamps, inks, card stock, design paper, embellishments).
Here's a link to the Scraptures blog if you'd like to see my layout (there are also pictures of the monthly scrapbook and card kits there too so you can see all the cool stuff you get)

http://scrapturesblog.blogspot.com/2012/02/tuesdays-temptations_21.html

Thanks for lookin!!

More ATC love :)

Today is Family Day in Southern Ontario...I spent most of the morning this morning working on some cupcake ATCs for the Stampin Scrappin Roadtrippers group on Facebook. Wendy is kind enough to host a monthly ATC swap and this month 13 people are participating. The cupcake theme was my bright idea (cough cough) so it serves me right that these took so long to assemble, each little cirle and piece of the cupcake was punched separately.

Here's what I came up with, close up of one ATC:

And here's the group of 14 (yes I know it was supposed to be 13, apparently I can't count...or got carried away):

Thanks for lookin!!

Love Beyond Measure

Here is a layout I did this morning for a challenge on Scraptures.

The picture of my Dad and Nan was taken at my Nan's 90th birthday party in Scotland a few weeks ago.

Thanks for lookin!

Happy Heart Day!!!

Happy Heart Day!
How cool are these?? I ordered some Valentine cake pops from T n Z Tasty Zensations for my staff. I managed to get a few pictures before they got devoured! Check them out on Facebook!

Centre Step Card

Happy Valentines Day!! My second Guest Of The Month project for Scraptures is a centre step card. I took this card to Scotland to give to my Nan for her 90th birthday.

Here's a link to the tutorial on SCS if you'd like to give it a go:

http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials/centerstepcard

Stuff I used from this month's card kit included:

Black Bazzill Basic Card Stock

Scenic Route Loveland Design Paper

Scenic Route Loveland Valentine Chipboard

Other stuff I used:

Pink & red card stock

Buttons & Pearls

Thanks for looking!!

Shamrock ATC

I joined another ATC swap on Swap-Bot...this one is a Shamrock swap.

As soon as I joined I knew what I wanted to make...I have a bunch of Shamrock shaped confetti, and green and silver glitter.

Here's my Shamrock shaker ATC, thanks for lookin'

Fingerprint Hearts Take 2

Here's the second fingerprint heart card...I like this one better...closer to the original

Thanks for lookin'

Non book eating bookmark

Here's another "Finally Friday" challenge from Scraptures.
My mum was complaining on our trip that the bookmark she was using was tearing the edges of her book (its made from wood so I am kinda not surprised!!).

Being super frugal with paper, I didn't follow the original instructions, instead I started with a 5 x 2.5" piece of cardstock, scored in 1/2. Cut half off one of the ends, sealed it shut, added the DP (which was a 2.25" piece cut in 1/2) then added the circles and the "MUM" punched with my new Martha Stewart alphabet punch.

Christa had also made some cute ones that look like monsters with teeth...think I will try those next.

Thanks for lookin'

Fingerprint hearts

Christa on Scraptures posted a cool card that another forum member had shown them...using your fingerprints to make hearts.

Granted the process took a bit of trial and error and was a bit messy, but how cool to give someone you love such a personal card?

Here's my take on the card, I stitched the bakers twine around the edges, the original card had it wrapped around which I like better...so I will probably make another one later closer to the original.

Thanks for looking!

Scraptures Guest of the Month

I am the Scraptures Guest of the Month for February. I get to design a project a week using the amazing papers, stamps, ink and embellishments in the February card kit. I was amazed at how much cool stuff is in the kits!! Here's a link to the website so you can check out the info and kits for yourself...there are kits for scrapbookers and card makers! http://www.scraptures.ca/

My first project using the card kit was a joy fold card. Items I used from the kit included:

Pink & Green Bazzill basic card stockS

Scenic Route DP - Loveland, Chickadee Street

Scenic Route Loveland Valentine Chipboard

Tsukineko Rocket Red Pigment Ink

Technique Tuesday stamp set - Fabulous by Ali Edwards

Here's the front of the card:

And here's what it looks like open: