Happy Birthday

I wanted to use some new dies I bought from Simon Says Stamp! a few months ago and thought they would be perfect for this card! Birthday cards are my favorite cards to make! You can find the die set here. The sentiment is from Stampin' Up! - Sky is the Limit stamp set and the sequins are from MME. 

This card didn't turn out EXACTLY the way I had envisioned but needless to say, I am happy with it! I think the faux stitching around the edges really adds to it.

Thanks for the visit! Hope you come back soon!

THAT folder

Ever since I received this new folder I can't stop using it!

What appeals to me is the simplicity of it. Run it through the Cuttlebug, dress it up a bit, add and sentiment and its done! Quick and Simple!


I do find sympathy cards hard to make.  Unfortunately, we had 2 deaths in town this week. My mother-in-law requested these cards:

Stay tuned for more cards!

366 days

...366 days since I last posted.

...366 days since I've had TIME to post-but all that is about to change!! I have promised myself that I will post something crafty AT LEAST once a week!


Valentine's Day is a couple days away and I was asked by my brother-in-law to make a card. I was dying to us this folder, which has now become known as "THAT folder" across the card-making world. To my knowledge, they are only sold in the U.K. I was lucky enough to have my fiance bring me back one from a recent trip across the pond.

I have to say that I LOVE how this card turned out! It was quick and simple. Take a look for yourself:

Thanks for stopping by!

Welcome to my crafty space!

Hey there!

Before Christmas, I had been thinking about re organizing my crafty space. My fiancé had told me that he thought it would be a good idea to get a piece of pegboard for my room. Well... One 2x4 piece turned into one 4x8 piece which turned into me saying "oh goodness, I can't decide which wall to put it on", which then turned into two 4x8 pieces of cork above each of my 8" tables. Well let me tell you- I was one happy girl!


Below are a few of the [boring] 'before' pictures:

The room I use for my scrap room is in our basement. Its more of a 'den' type.  There are no windows and the lighting wasn't the best. 

Now for the AFTER photos!!

When the peg board went up!

 

I have 2 4"x8" tables for myself and 1 2"x4" table that my son uses. He is a crafty little guy, too!

I had purchased a Kallax 4x4 shelving unit/room divider from IKEA.  It fits the 12x12 albums perfectly!

 

 The picture below shows my main crafting space.  It looks quite dark and shadowy in this picture.  However, I did pick up some 4" of LED strip lighting from Home Depot and adhered it along the bottom on the pegboard and it is so perfect now!!

 

We picked up a few peg board hook kits from Home Depot and Princess Auto, as well as some plastic baskets from Dollarama that I attached to the pegboard using hooks to store my stickers that are no longer in the packages, and also my wooden stamps and inks.

I may have a Washi tape addiction-I'll let you decide ;)

Materials used were:

  2 4x8 pieces of pegboard

  2 2x8 pieces of trim for the back for spacing

  1 pack of felt furniture circles places around the backing so it doesn't scratch the walls

  1 pack of 1" screws

  1 pack of deck screws ( used to screw the pegboard into the studs)

  5 various packs of hooks
  6 packs of plastic bins
  1 4" stip of LED lighting

   

  Cost: $150 and about 1 hour to reinforce the pegboard and hang it.

Working with Vinyl

Hey there, It's been a while! Wanted to share some vinyl projects I've been working on lately.

I purchased a Silhouette Cameo starter kit from my local Michael's and got to work! The instructions were pretty straight forward, although it does take some patience! I also had a few rolls of black vinyl and transfer tape I had picked up from Homesense for an  awesome $4.99 each a few months ago!

I've seen this on Pinterest- customized nightlights! How cool is that?! I bought the nightlight at my local Dollarama for $3 and added a vinyl image.

My son chose the first image for his room.

Then I made this one and he had to have both!

I have also seen people making ring dishes so I gave it a go! I am glad I stumbled across a lady who gave a brief description of 'how' a monogram works.

The first initial of the last name is always in the middle and it is usually larger and fancier. The first initial of the first name is first, with the first initial of the middle name being last. I followed a tutorial online for how to make my font seem circular. It can be found here !

Lastly, a jewellery dish. 

Thanks for taking a look! I had a ton of fun making these!

Christmas Card Blog Hop

Hey there! This month it was decided that we wold do a Christmas card blog hop!  It is being hosted by Jodie from Prairie Paper Haven.  If you are just joining us and would like to start at the beginning, click here.  Otherwise, have a look at a few cards I've been working on!

This card makes me so happy! I used a DigiStamp from Stamp Fairy and colored it with my Prismacolor pencils.  I used paper from the 'Snow Day' 6x6 paper pad by Crate Paper and stamped the sentiment from the 'Happy Christmas' stamp set by Amy R Stamps. I used my Silhouette Cameo to cut both the white circle with the bear image and the scalloped circle. 

I also want to show you is this clean and simple card.

I cut the ornaments from Recollections cardstock and drew the black lines with my Silhouette sketch pens.  I rounded the corners and finished off with another sentiment from the 'Happy Christmas' stamp set by Amy R Stamps.

That's it for today! I hope you enjoyed your time here.  Now it's off to Amy's blog! If you would like to follow the blogs in order, it is listed below!

Jodie
Cayla
Me
Amy

Christmas is just around the corner!

Good morning!


Christmas is just around the corner and I'm feeling the pressure all around! I spent this morning re-arranging my living room so we can put our tree up this weekend.  I am half done my Christmas shopping and hope to be completely finished by December 2nd!

Today I have to share with you one of the many Christmas cards I have been working on!

This has to be one of my favorites!! I used a DigiStamp from Stamp Fairy and colored it with my Prismacolor pencils.  I then used my Silhouette Cameo to cut a scalloped circle out of shiny gold paper to place my finished image on.  I also used my Cameo to cut the 'Merry Christmas' ticket-what a wonderful, versatile machine!  I used some scrap Recollections card stock (forest green) and some more shiny gold paper as well as a sheet of 6x6 paper from the Making Merry pack by Little Yellow Bicycle for the base. I cannot recall what line the lace ribbon is from but it sure is lovely!

Now I must return to editing more photos for an upcoming Christmas blog hop! Stay tuned!