ladybugs2love

I love this stamps set!

I received this stamp set last month and am finally able to use it! The stamp set came from the stamps of life

I was also able to use my new embossing folder along with a spellbinders die if I remember correctly it is called tulips.

I used stampin up chalks to colour the leaves green and the single flower pink. I also used pink chalk along the edges of the white circle as well as the white oval.

That is all for now
Have a great week!

Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2013 April

I was finally able to finish my Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2013 April tag before the end of the month. On this tag Tim was demonstrating the "look of patina" on a variety of surfaces using the distress paints.

Here is my version of the tag
Once again I did not have all the items that he used so I improvised and used what I had on hand :)

Sharing in your sorrow

I was sad when I heard the news. No it was not someone close to me but close to someone that I know. I am giving this card to a male person so I did not want it all "pretty"

If you look close you can see that I  had embossed a square in the center. I then centered the popped  stamped image inside the embossed square. Finishing it off with a spray of shimmer mist over the entire card.

Simple

Take care everyone
Have a safe weekend!
Donna
ps I noticed the corners were not sticking down well. They are now fixed :)

Stampin Up Club for the month of April

WOW!!
look at these cards that we were showed how to make at our stampin up club this past Friday night.  I love them!

card #1
We did a double emboss on this card. I will definitely be using this technique again. I really love the look of it.

card #2
We heat embossed on the flowers, coloured them using an ink pad and a waterbrush! and then we used the matching dies to cut them out. Love how it turned out!

card #3 the last one

Charlene was clever to use the ovals that we cut from card #2 as a base for our focal point. The flowers were coloured using stampin ups colour markers. Very easy to use and again turned out great!

Thanks again Charlene!

PS      I won the card challenge this month :)

Stampin Up club April

Stampin Up club night will be here soon and as usual we have a card challenge. Here is the link for this months challenge Freshly Made Sketches 
and here is my result

the papers, ink, ribbon and stamp are all Stampin Up products. I had recently purchased the bird cage picture frame and thought I would put  it to use :)

Have a great week everyone!

Happy 80th Birthday Mom!

It was my mothers 80th birthday on March 29th

Here is the card and envelope that I had made for her. I will be giving it to her when we all get together this Saturday to celebrate her birthday.

One of the things that had been planned was for my mother to receive 80 birthday greetings. She actually received more than the 80 cards through mail or hand delivered. She was very thrilled to be receiving these cards over a 2 week period. She has no idea that there is a celebration coming up.

The plan is to display all the cards at the celebration. I am looking forward to see all those cards at one time!

Have a great week
Donna

Stampin Up club March

Here we are at the end of March and I am just getting my post up.

Once again Charlene had us make 3 awesome cards!
here is the link to Patty's stamping spot   the sponging delicate lace tutorial. This technique was used on the first card.

Flowerbug's Inkspot is where the bunnycard was cased from

 the inside of the bunny card

 

the last card here is the link to Tamara's Paper Trail where you can learn how to flatten the soda pop tops

The links have finally been added! hope you are able to give them a try.


Here is the card that I had made for our monthly challenge.
CCMC241 - Sketch Challenge

boots4rain

Another stamp of the month from The {Stamps} of life

I am impressed that I am not at the deadline this time! the deadline is at midnight on the 15th of each month.

This stamp set was fun to play with. I took many photos trying to capture the wet look on the boots. I accomplished my task. I used a spray called goosebumps, love that stuff.

I am thinking that I will have to make a matching game for the children to play with. I am sure they will love it!

Tim Holtz 12 tags of 2013 February

Hello to all my followers !
I finally found the time to sneak my tag in while it is still February!

The idea was to make a Valentines day tag but valentines day has come and gone, so I made mine for a male  birthday card.

I really enjoyed colouring with the distress markers and then using a waterbrush. I am thinking that I will be doing this a little more often :)

 and here is the link to Tim Holtz February tutorial

pinwheels2stamp

This is the stamp of the month from  The {Stamps} of life

I have always loved pinwheels and when Stephanie came out with this stamp set I was so EXCITED!!
Here is my card that I created using this stamp set.

I also used a couple of templates from Kiwi Lane Designs
This was the first time I have used them and they were fun to play with. I am sure that I will be ordering more in the future.

Monday is a holiday here in Saskatchewan. Wishing everyone a safe and fun weekend!
Donna