Christmas in July

Thanks to Godelieve and Heather for their kind commments on my previous card! I've been thinking about using the same sketch and similar colours but with a winter theme. So, this is what I came up with. It looks better in real life. Difficult to capture glitter on a photo. I also changed the ribbon to Bashful Blue instead of Old Olive. I think it looks better with this image.

Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe: Stamps by SU! Lovely as a Tree and Heard from the Heart

Papers: Basic Gray, Not Quite Navy textured, Whisper White.

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: Dazzling Diamonds, White Embossing Powder, Bashful Blue Grosgrain Ribbon.

I like the colour combo but...

I am not sure that flowers are the best image here. These colours are more wintry than they are summery. I may try this again with snow flakes instead.... Any thoughts?

Recipe:

Stamps by SU! Upsy Daisy and Heard from the Heart

Papers: Basic Gray, Not Quite Navy (textured) and Whisper White.

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: White Embossing Powder, Old Olive Ribbon.

FTL 51

Here is my card for the FTL 51 challenge

This is my first time using the Big Shot Top Note and I just love it!!

Recipe: Stamps by SU! Simply Said (115066)

Papers: Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Certainly Celery and Delicate Dots Designer Series (from SAB)

Ink: Basic Gray.

Accessories: Top Note BIg Shot (113463) , Big Shot Die Cut Machine (113439), Large Oval Punch (107305), Scallop Oval (114889), Signo White Gel Pen (105021), Pop Dots, Butterfly Punch by Martha Stewart, Prima Flower and Pearls by Paper Studio.

Thanks for stopping by!

Weekend Sketch Challenge # 89

This is so not what I usually make!!! I don't like bright neon colours like hot pink and lime green but I took my Mia (my youngest) to Hobby Lobby to see if we could find something fun to make a card for her older brother who has moved out to college. He left early hoping he could find a job more easily now than wait until August. Well, she misses him terribly ( we all do dude!) and she was pretty happy to find these stickers from K&Company . I wasn't sure I could find the right bright pink to match and I was thrilled to see that Melon Mambo was a great match! I looked into my box of paper scraps and found some lime green in there! Woohoo! The ribbon was also something I bought at Target, in their dollar spots, quite some time ago. She is very excited with the card. I think this is way too loud and bright but she loves it so it's good! :)

I used the Weekend Sketch Challenge # 89. Great sketch! Made it easy for me to put this together!

Recipe: Stamp set by SU! Teeny Tiny Wishes

Ink: Black

Papers: Paper Studio, Melon Mambo and Lime Green (unknown origin)

Accessories: Oval Colluzle, Pop Dots, K&Company Rock Star Stickers, Lime Green Ribbon Target.

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy day tomorrow!

Spotlighting Tessa again!

Because I am not a creative person, I rely on others for inspiration. It's one of those left brain, right brain kinda thing. I always did better in science than art. So, here I am again, copying someone else's wonderful card. This is Tessa's card. I just love how clean and simple it is!! I changed the colours because I wanted to use the new In Colours from SU!

Thought I'd share a funny thought... when my youngest was 5, she asked me one day "When was I born? Like what date?" I told her "May 22nd" With big eyes, she then replied: "you mean I was born on my birthday !!!!!!!" She was so surprised and thrilled that I didn't dare burst her bubble :) I said: "yep, you were born on your birthday, pretty special huh!" I still chuckle every time I think about it. I love kids :) And to quote Dr Laura, I am glad to be my kids' mom.

Recipe: Stamps by SU! Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370) and The More the Merrier (Hostess set Level 3)

Ink: Melon Mambo

Papers: Melon Mambo, Crushed Curry, Soft Suede, Bermuda Bay and Dusty Durango.

Accessories: Melon Mambo Ribbon ( 115611), White Gel Pen (105021), Pop Dots, Piercing Tool (116631) and Template (105826), 1 1/4 inch Square Punch ( 104400), Versamark (102283) and White Embossing Powder (109132).

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy day tomorrow!

Spotlight on Sarah-Jane Kale'

I just love how clean and simple Sarah's card is! So, I made a similar one but used the new in colours from SU!

Recipe:

Stamps by SU! Cheep Talk (113204) and Teeny Tiny Wishes (115370).

Papers: Bermuda Bay, Dusty Durango and Whisper White.

Ink: Dusty Durango and Old Olive.

Accessories: Versamark, White Embossing Powder, 1 1/4 inch Square Punch (104400), Scallop Square Punch (112081), Button from my stash :) and Pop Dots.

Thanks for looking!

Deal of the week

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I Used It Sister!

This is such a cute set from the new catalog! I used a sketch from last Sunday from an awesome site called 365 cards. I get so excited when I find a new blog (well, new to me!) This site is loaded with wonderful ideas! Go check it out!

Kristina Werner also had a challenge on her blog this week encouraging us to use an item we had bought a while ago but hadn't used. These little flowers have been sitting on a shelf in my craftroom, gathering serious dust. I bought them over a year ago at JoAnn's. They are the perfect size for this super cute kangooroo!

I also used one of the new colours from SU! Soft Suede! Love it!!

Recipe: Stamp set Build-a Roo (115948)

Papers: Soft Suede, Bashful Blue, Water Paper and Pattern Paper by Paper Studio.

Ink: Soft Suede, Cameo Coral and Brown Stazon.

Accessories: Small Flowers by JoAnn's, Signo White Gel Pen, Blender Pens.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week!!

Lots of Bots

SU!'s new catalog has so many fun new stamps. This one is called Lots of Bots and I just love it!! I combined 2 challenges for this card. The colour challenge 225 for SCS and the sketch is from Mojo Monday 93 .

Recipe: SU! Lots of Bots (115293)

Papers: Kraft, Night of Navy, So Saffron and Whisper White.

Ink: Night of Navy.

Accessories: SU! Silver cord (retired), Small Oval Punch (107304), Large Oval Punch (107305), brads by Paper Studio and pop Dots.

Have you seen the special Stampin' Up! is running this week? July 1st through the 5th, the scallop edge punch is 30% off. That is $10.99. Stampin' Up! will be running weekly specials through the end of July. So check back next Tuesday for the 2nd Deal of the Week. Contact me via email at rdh.curtis@gmail.com if you'd like to place an order.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful 4th of July!!

Happy Canada Day!!

Wish I was home today to celebrate Canada Day. Instead... I get to encourage my patients to floss daily :/

Oh well! Here is the card I made using Amy Rysavy's sketch.

I usually don't use a lot of layers so this took me out of my box a bit but it was fun.

Recipe:
Stamp set by SU! Nursery Necessities (113506).
Papers: SU!'s Groovy Guva, So Saffron, Whisper White and DCWV Nana's Nursery Baby Girl Pack
Ink: Groovy Guava.
Accessories: Brads by Paper Studio, Ribbon by Bazzill, Nestabilities and Pop Dots.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Canada Day!!

Spotlight on Angela Helynck

I am sorry I am not posting regularly. We've been gone for half of the month of June and catching up with yard work and other stuff the days that we were here. So, hopefully, I can post more often during July.

As we are enjoying the longest days on the year; I thought it would be fun to do something with a sunset theme. I found this card on SCS and just loved it so much, I thought I'd give it a try. Angela has many beautiful cards in her gallery and you can see them here.

Recipe: Stamp set by SU! Inspired by Nature
Ink: Riding Hood red, Pumpkin Pie , Barely Banana and Basic Black.
Papers: So Saffron, Riding Hood Red and Shimmery White.
Accessories: 1 1/4 Circle Punch, Post It Note.

Here is the other card we will make also inspired by Angela. You can see hers here.

Recipe: Stamp set by SU! Scene in a Garden (mini catalogue)

Ink: Chocolate Chip, Close to Cocoa, Baja Breeze, Kiwi Kiss and Not Quie Navy.

Papers: Not Quite Navy, Close to Cocoa, Whisper White and Parisian Breeze Specialty Designer Series paper.

Accessories: Close to Cocoa 1/4 " grosgrain ribbon, Blender Pens.

I am having an Open House tonight and these will be the cards we'll make. Thanks for the inspiration Angela!

Thanks for stopping by everyone and have a happy day!

Quick Birthday Card!

If I can make a card in less than 5 minutes, I'm happy!

Stamp Set by SU! Darling Dots (Hostess set, level 1), Sentiment by Big Bold Birthday (111257)

Ink: Kiwi Kiss, Bashful Blue

Papers: Whisper White and Kiwi Kiss.

Accessories: Bashful Blue ribbon, Dazzling Diamonds, 2 Way Glue.

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy day!

Another Clean and Simple Card

I really like the card I used for my inspiration yesterday so here's another one. This was so quick and simple.

Recipe: Stamp set for Sentiment Trendy Trees by SU!

Ink: White Craft

Papers: Whisper White and Certainly Celery.

Accessories: Flowers by Prima, Brad by Paper Studio.

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy day!

Father's Day Card

Super quick post today. Always very litle time to do everything !!!

This card is inspired by this one from Clean and Simple blog

Recipe: Stamp Set by SU! Trendy trees (113258)

Ink: Old Olive, Chocolate Chip.

Papers: Kraft, Old Olive, Bashful Blue and Night of Navy.

Accessories: Circle Punches, sentiment was computer generated, Pop Dots.

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy day!

Spotlight on Amy Rohl

I have "known" Amy for about 4 years now. I've been a big fan of her work first on SCS and now I enjoy her blog as well. She is so talented and I just love her style! You'll find a link to her blog on my list (on the right).

This card inspired me! I love how quickly this came together!

Supplies: Stamp by Studio G

Papers: Pattern paper by Momenta (make a wish) ,SU! Real Red, Certainly Celery and Baja Breeze.

Accessories: Button by Autumn Leaves, White Ribbon 1/8", Scallop Border Punch, Glue Dot and corner punch.

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Memorial Day weekend!

Thanks to all the service men & women and their families for their sacrifice!

Close to my Heart

Have you seen their new summer catalogue? It is awesome!!! I have't had a chance to stamp much lately because May has been so busy with end the school year stuff and my oldest is graduating on Tuesday so I feel bad I haven't posted anything in so long. So, I am sharing a few cards that a friend of mine made with CTMH products. She has a fun style and I love everything she does!

You can contact any CTMH demo for a catalogue but if you don't know anyone, here is a link to Teri's CTMH website

I also wanted to share a scrapbook page I made back in 2002 (photo was taken in 1995) using a similar sentiment. This cutie patootie is graduating in just a couple of days! Time goes by way too fast if you ask me :)Thanks for stopping by and have a happy day tomorrow!

Spotlight on Nichole Heady

Spotlighting Nichole Heady is like spotlighting Elvis!! Well, it's a bit different , OK, but not that much. Nichole has an amazing blog and is part of Papertrey stamp company. Her blog is one of the top 10 in the industry. I totally love her stuff and I have bought a few things from Papertrey but have yet to ink them up. I will soon. Anyway, I saw this card and wanted to use the sketch for my mother in law's card for Mother's day card.I embossed the butterfly to give it more texture. Since my sewing machine was out, I thought I'd use it! I need to make a few skirts and bonnets since my dear husband & I will be a Ma & Pa on a Pioneer trek in Wyoming in about a month. It is weird sewing on paper but it turned out fun.
Thanks for stopping by and have a happy day!

Recipe: Stamps by SU! God's Beauty (Hostess set, level 1) , Stampendous.
Papers: Parisian Breeze (113993) , Candy Lane ( 113980) , Kraft, Sage Shadow.
Ink: Sage Shadow, Basic Gray.
Accessories: Versamark, Black Embossing Powder, Heating Tool, Pop Dots, 1" Double Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon Chocolate Chip, Sewing Machine (old Singer but still works great)

Colour Throwdown # 40

Colour Throwdown is an awesome blog that features several ladies who are very talented and host colour challenges on a weekly basis. This is the card I made using the colours for this week.

I put some bleach on a paper towel and placed the stamp on the paper towel. I then stamped the image directly on the Sage Shadow cardstock. I waited for the bleach to dry. I then coloured the image with a cotton swab and pastels. It is a very fun and easy technique. My greeting is in French as my mother only speaks French :)

Recipe: Stamp by SU! Upsy Daisy (111710) , Fetes Diverses

Papers: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip and Sage Shadow.

Ink: Chocolate Chip.

Accessories: Bleach, Pop Dots, 1/4 " grosgrain ribbon Sage Shadow (111369), Scallop Edge Punch (112091), Stampin' Pastels (105542).

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy day!

Spotlight on Karen Giron

Karen has an amazing blog and posts weekly sketch challenges. This is my entry for sketch # 15

I love how easy and simple this sketch is. This came together very quickly.

I ran my Happy Happy Birthday wheel on Kraft cardstock. Cut 1 1/4 inch strips and space them apart just a bit. Stamped the truck with brown Stazon on watercolour paper. Coloured with ink and watercolour brush. Waited for the ink to dry and cut around the image. Cut out an oval shape with my old Coluzzle, adhered the truck with Pop Dots and voila!! For fun, I decided to decorate the inside of my card. Great way to use scraps of paper.

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy day!

Recipe: Stamps by SU! Loads of Love (115022), Loads of Love Accessories (115024), Happy Happy Birthday Jumbo Wheel (111257)

Papers: Not Quite Navy, Kraft, Certainly Celery and Watercolour paper.

Ink: Brown Stazon, Certainly Celery, Not Quite Navy, Basic Gray, Real Red.

Accessories: 5/8" Grosgrain Ribbon (109052), Pop Dots, Coluzzle (102264), Aqua Painter (103954).

WSC77

Found this sketch on Lori's blog and thought I'd give it a try.

Added some Fun Flock to the rabbit to give it more texture. I also ran my Chocolate Chip marker along the edges of the ribbon for a little extra detail.

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy day!!

Recipe:

Stamps by SU! Birthday Banter (retired), and Pure & Simple Alphabet (retired)

Papers: Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, Bashful Blue and Whisper White.

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Scallop Circle Punch (109043), 1 1/4 circle punch ( 104403), Ribbon from Michael's, Pop Dots, Fun Flock, 2 Way Glue Pen (100425)

Technique: Masking

And the Lemonade Award goes to...

ME!!!

Lisa gave me this award!! She is so kind and I really appreciate it.

The Lemonade Stand Award is for being a blogger who shows great attitude and gratitude. I have to say that this describes Lisa perfectly!

To pick up the Lemonade Stand Award:

- Comment on this blog.

- Cut and paste the award logo and use it in your own blog.

- Nominate 5 to 10 blogs you feel show great attitude and gratitude.

- Link to your nominees within your blog post.

- Comment on their blogs to let them know they've received the award.

- Link back to the person who gave you the award to show your appreciation.

And I would like to nominate the following awesome bloggers for this award:

- Genevieve from My Creative Spaces

- Lizz from Letter Writting

- Heather from Witty Title Here

- Heather from Heather Sitarzewski

- Tracy from Durcan designs

All of these gals are so creative and I love that they share what they do. They are such an inspiration to me!

And now, here is a card I made for a wedding. Again, using a sketch I have been using quite a bit lately but it works so well!!

Recipe: Stamps by Stampendous and Stampabilities.

Papers: Basic Black, Whisper White, Certainly Celery.

Ink: Black, Certainly Celery, pretty in Pink.

Accessories: SU!'s Organdy Black Ribbon (retired).

How do you like my new header? I asked my Mia to make me one and she was so happy I would put her art work on the World Wide Web!!!

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy day!

Embossed Button

After seeing Kristina's tutorial on embossing on a button; I thought I'd give it a try. Such an easy technique and a fun way to add details on a button. I am having an Open House tonight and this will be one of the cards that we will make.

Have a happy day!

Recipe:

Stamps SU!'s Cheep talk ( # 113204), Trendy Trees ( # 113258 )

Papers: Baja Breeze, Old Olive and Whisper White.

Ink: Regal Rose, Old Olive, Baja Breeze and Chocolate Chip.

Accessories: Versamark, White Embossing Powder, Heating Tool, Button by Autumn Leaves.

Anniversary Card

I love how the Cuttlbug folders make it so easy to make a quick card when I need one.

Recipe:Stamps by PSX

Papers: Basic Black and Whisper White.

Ink: Versamark

Accessories: Silver Embossing Powder, Silver Organdy Ribbon, Cuttlebug Congratulations Folder, Circle Punch and Scallop Punch, Pop Dots.

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy day!

SS Colour Challenge # 213

My first card using this set and I just love it!! Today's colourschallenge at SCS are Bashful Blue, Close to Cocoa and So Saffron. You can see other entries here. The top of the muffin is coloured with So Saffron. I inked the cardstock for the shirt and cut it up. Adhered it to the original stamped image and voila! She has a cute print shirt!

Recipe: SU! Set Golden Oldies.

Papers: Whisper White, Close to Cocoa, SAB Designer Series Papers.

Ink: Close to Cocoa, Going Grey, Blush Blossom, Bashful Blue and So Saffron.

Accessories: Bashful Blue 1/2 " Striped Grosgrain Ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by and have a happy Tuesday!

100 Posts!! Woohoo!!

It is hard to believe that I am there already, considering I don't post very often. Between work and the kids, life gets busy. So, for my 100th post, I made this super quick card featuring the colour challenge #48 by Kristina Werner. Love those colours!!

Recipe: Stamps by Studio G (Michael's)

Papers: Chocolate Chip, Whisper White, Kiwi Kiss.

Ink: Baja Breeze and Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Ribbon Baja Breeze.

This card is going to my new nephew Finn. Along with some baby goodies :)

Thanks for stopping by and have a great weekend!!