Purple / White Wedding card

I had a request to make a purple and white wedding card. I had seen this card on Pinterest and wanted to give it a try and thought it would make a great wedding card:
http://pinterest.com/pin/85779567872601981/

Here's what I came up with:

SU cardstock - whisper white, wisteria wonder, concord crush
SU punches - bird, word window, modern label, small heart
SU ink - concord crush
Fancy swirls cuttlebug folder

Thanks for lookin!!

Drunken Stampers #94 - Happy National Hamburger Day!!!

Did you know that July 28 is National Hamburger Day????
Neither did I!!! It's also National Milk Chocolate Day!

This week's Drunken Stampers Challenge is to make a card to celebrate either National Hamburger Day or National Milk Chocolate Day.

Here's a link to the Drunken Stampers blog so you can play along with us: http://drunkenstampers.wordpress.com
Be sure to check out the cards from the rest of the design team while you are there!!!

I chose to go with National Hamburger Day....and mine is veggie :)
I topped my hamburger with tomato, cheese, lettuce and onion....and of course a hamburger feels lonely without some fries, so I made some of those too.

To make the hamburger I used the some of my SU punches
- extra large oval punch for the burger patty & buns
- scallop punch for the lettuce
- 1 3/8 circle punch for the tomato
- 1 3/8 square punch for the cheese
- 1 3/8 & 1 1/4 circle punch for the onions

To make the french fries, I cut strips of 1/2 cardstock and ran it through the paper crimper

The tablecloth is a patterned paper napkin - it was a bit tricky to cut with the paper trimmer as the paper is so thin

Thanks for lookin!!

This week's challenge marks the last for this term of the Drunken Stampers Challenges. There is a Design Team call for the next round of challenges. Apply by July 31 if you are interested, it's a fun team to participate on!! Here's the link:
http://drunkenstampers.wordpress.com/2012/07/08/looking-for-fun-creative-designers-for-the-drunken-stampers-fall-term/

I'd also like to send out a loud THANK YOU to Spike & Peg for giving me the chance to participate on the design team in this round. And to the other Drunken Stampers - Chaitali, Elizabeth, Natalie, Stephanie & Suzanne, it's been great working with you in this round!

Wild Card Wednesday - July 18, 2012

Time for another Wild Card Wednesday challenge over at Scraptures. This month I am working with the July card kit, which features Amy Tangerine `Sketchbook`design papers.

I used a piece of scrap black cardstock for the card base, the chevron looking DP is Amy Tangerine "Sketchbook" design paper, this one is Padma's Pattern
I cut the four cameras from the reverse side of the DP
I also used Charcoal twine from The Twinery between the two Bead Landing Bamboo Tiles
(and added a piece of the DP to each tile)
The letters are Thickers letters, I used half a U to make the smile of the smiley face

My challenge for you this week is to use something on a card that you cut by hand- like I did with the cameras

Thanks for lookin!!!

Owl wedding shower...

Here's a cute card I made today for my cousin's wedding shower next weekend using the SU owl punch...for someone who is not keen on birds (ME) I sure use this punch quite a bit.
Used the same papers we used for Alley's wedding invitations (gable green, black and whisper white).
Used a little bling to make the tiara across the top of her veil and on his bow tie.

Thanks for lookin!!

Bat ATCs

If you know me, you will know that I

LOVE LOVE LOVE

anything to do with Halloween...witches...bats...skulls...
So when I saw this ATC swap on Swap-Bot, I knew I had to join :)
I used a page from DH's theaurus (I am getting good crafty use from that book!!) and some SU Halloween themed DP that I have had for a while.
Added the moon, heat embossed the "spooky" and added the bat punch outs and voila....bat themed ATC ready for trading.

Thanks for lookin!!!

Less than a month to go...

The countdown is ON!!! Less than a month to go until Alley & Mike get hitched! My cousin Danielle and I are hosting a shower for Alley next weekend, then the following weekend is the weekend long bachelorette party (YIKES!!!) at my cousin Michelle's cottage in Paudash.
Katie asked me to make some tags for the martini glasses for the bachelorette...here's what I came up with...

Thanks for lookin!!

Baby V

Towards the end of the summer Team JHS will be welcoming a new member!!
On of our Youth Workers is expecting her first baby towards the end of August.
We're having a baby shower for her at work this week and I was asked to make a card.
We don't know if Baby V is going to be a boy or a girl yet....so I wanted to stick with gender neutral colours, but added the pink and blue buttons just for fun.

Most of the supplies for this card came from the May 2012 Scraptures card kit including:

American Crafts Blue Skies design paper
Bazzill Basics cardstock (orange and light blue)
American Crafts cardstock (green)
American Crafts Blue Skies Ribbon
Green Glitter Thickers
Favourite Findings Mini Shaped Buttons
Versa Magic Multi Surface Dew Drop Chalk Inkpad - Pink Grapefruit
and
Technique Tuesday "The Weather Report" stamp set

The only item that wasn't from the card kit - SU Whisper White cardstock for the sentiment

Thanks for lookin!!

Drunken Stampers #93 - Christmas in July

This week's challenge on Drunken Stampers is "Christmas in July"
Here's a link to the blog for all the challenge details:
http://drunkenstampers.wordpress.com
Be sure to check out the cards from the rest of the design team while you are there!!

For my card for this challenge I wanted to make a snowman on the beach enjoying a fruity drink (we are after all the DRUNKEN Stampers). Isn't that where snowmen go in the summer?? To the beach??? I guess they just have to drink fast so their ice cubes don't melt (hee hee).

I love using punches to make shapes or objects that were not necessarily for what the punch was intended.
The snowman's hands are two pieces of the SU snowflake punch
For the sun, I used the SU 1 3/4" scallop punch, offset the scallop and punched it twice to get the pointy edges.
The snowman was made from SU circle punches (2 1/2", 1 3/4" and 1 1/4")
I tore and inked three pieces of kraft paper to make the beach and used scalloped scissors on three pieces of inked marina mist CS for the waves and inked the sky with marina mist ink.
The fruity drink is from the SU retired set "Cheers to You"

Thanks for lookin!!

Drunken Stampers Design Team Call

Calling all creative people!

Do you have a blog?
Do you love a challenge?
Do you love to create?
Do you need an excuse to create?
Can you meet a deadline?
Do you like hanging out with like minded crafters?

If you answered yes to the any of the above then you should apply for the Drunken Stampers Design Team!!
We’re looking for 7-10 designers to join us.

What do you need to do?

1. Tell us your name, a little bit about yourself and how you would describe your style.

2. Send us 3 pictures of what you think are your best cards/projects.

3. Let us know if you are on any other teams? (past or present)

4. Have a blog that you keep current, please send us a link so we can check it out! We love to see what everyone is up to!

What do you get????

FUN!! Occasionally we have sponsors who provide us with stamps to use, but that is not what we are about! We are here to have fun and inspire each other on our creative journey.

Your term will start in September and be 4 months long, possibly longer You would need to create 2-3 cards a month (as there are 3 challenge Saturdays in Sept).

So are you up for the challenge? We can’t wait to see who will be joining us! Email your applications to drunkenstampers@gmail.com You have until midnight pacific time zone, July 31st, 2012.

Good luck!

Love,

Wild Card Wednesday - KISS - July 11, 2012

Wow - can you believe it's almost the middle of the month already?? Time for another Wild Card Wednesday challenge using the July card kit from Scraptures.

I think I tend to go a bit overboard sometimes in making cards, too many layers, too many embellishments...so...my challenge to you this week is to Keep It Simple Sister!! Make a card with no stamps or ink...

Here's what I came up with using the July card kit, everything you see here came with the kit other than the white twine:

Card stock - Bazzill Basics card stock - kraft & teal
Design paper - Amy Tangerine "Sketchbook" - Charlotte's Shade
Sentiment and paper dolls - Amy Tangerine "Daybook" die cuts
Pink and teal bling
Paper piercer and mat
White bakers twine - Stampin' Up!

Thanks for lookin!!

ATC swaps

Worked on a few ATCs for swap-bot swaps today.

This first one is a Steampunk ATC, its off to Marie S in Texas.
All of the embellishments on the ATC (except the buttons) are from Scraptures kits including the Tim Holtz - Ideology Mini Gears which were in the June 2012 card kit and The Girls Paperie On Holiday die cuts which were in the September 2012 scrapbook kit.

The second one is for a Christmas in July ATC swap, partners for that one haven't been assigned yet, so I have no idea where in the world it will end up :)
I hope the tree won't get too squashed in the mail!!

Thanks for lookin!!

Wild Card Wednesday - A Day in Paradise - July 4, 2012

I was super excited when Christa asked me to be Scraptures "Guest of the Month" for this month's card making kit. This month's card kit includes all kinds of fun goodies. Visit the Scraptures store to see everything you get in the kit, here's the link:
http://www.scraptures.ca/store

Here's the first card I made using this month's kit. I used the 'rock n roll' technique for the yellow / orange in the stamped flowers. My challenge for you this week is to use different colours on an inked image, whether you 'rock n roll' it, colour with markers or use another technique.

Card base - Bazzill Basics Lemon Bliss cardstock
Design paper - Amy Tangerine "Sketchbook" - Harper's Hue
Stamp set - A Day in Paradise - Technique Tuesday
Ribbon - Tangerine Tango pom pom - Stampin' Up!
Inks - Tangerine Tango & Daffodil Delight - Stampin' Up!
Whisper White cardstock - Stampin' Up!
Decorative label punch - Stampin' Up!

Thanks for lookin!!!

Card Making CANADIANS Blog Hop

Happy Canada Day!!!!

Welcome to the last stop on the 2012 Card Making CANADIANS Blog Hop!!!!
Who are these Card Making CANADIANS you might ask??
We are a small group of Card Making Canadians from all over Canada that wanted to have a fun blog hop to Celebrate Canada Day! Today we're sharing with you cards that have been created with either Canadian products, a Canadian theme or Canada's colours! We hope they inspire you!
My blog is the last stop on the Canada Day blog hop, so if you want to start at the beginning, please start here at Tara's blog: http://creativeaccents.blogspot.com

Here are all the blogs in order for the blog hop:

1. Tara http://creativeaccents.blogspot.com
2. Tracy http://tracystreasures-tracy.blogspot.ca/
3. Barb http://barbscreativecorner.blogspot.ca/
4. Sarah http://scrapsbysarah.blogspot.ca
5. Roxy http://roxyrolla.blogspot.ca
6. Luce http://myvintagecat.blogspot.com
7. Chelle http://maybecreative.blogspot.com
8. Alison http://adaydesigns.blogspot.ca/
9. Janet http://hilltopcreations.blogspot.ca/
10. Donna http://yellowdoggreetings.blogspot.ca

Don't forget to comment on the blogs as you hop!! Tara will be selecting one random comment from one random blog to win a $20 gift certificate for her online store http://creativeaccentsonline.ca so don't forget to comment :)

And without further ado, here is my card for the Canada Day blog hop...

Thanks for lookin!!