Craft room

Hi everyone,

I'm still recuperating from my back injury and haven't created much lately but have spent some time redesigning my craft space on paper. Hubby and I made a trip to Ikea and purchased 2 - 9 drawer Alex cabinets, a Roskog cart, some Bygel hanging pots and a few Skurar holders. I really thought my husband was going to hurt his back just getting the cabinets into the house. I was actually planning to move my craft space to another part of the house so had my hubby set them up there and it didn't quite work out the way I planned it so I just decided to purge some stuff from my present space and make it more work friendly (I think I have way too much stuff 😄I have a bunch of white plastic drawer cabinets on wheels which I will replace with the Ikea cabinets that look much cleaner and nicer.
I can't really bend down so everything is a bit of an effort. I went through some of the drawers and shelves and weeded through what I wanted to keep or not.

I have another 10 days in my brace and then I can start to get back to normal activity. You have no idea how much stuff you drop during a day and don't even think twice about picking it up. I do😬😬Hubby has been a real sport about that!

Anyways thanks for listening and hope to be back really soon.

Happy crafting!

Fall birthday colours

Hi everyone,

Well it's been a few weeks since I last posted but a lot has happened. A couple of weeks ago I had a terrible fall in which I actually ended up with a compression fracture of my L1 vertabrae - which essentially means that I have broken my back. I have to wear a back brace for another month and then I can slowly ease back into exercising. I can tell you I have spent a lot of time just resting because that's the best medicine for me right now. Oh how I miss creating in my craft room and my exercising. The simplest of tasks have been a  little awkward with the brace but I've been doing ok with it. Everyday gets better.
I am finally feeling good enough to create so I have a card to share for the current SSS flickrchallenge #54 where the theme is 'Capture the colors of Fall'.

Here's my card:

I used Distress inks to blend on the diecut and for the background to the shaker. I also die cut the Birthday die again from some patterned paper and cut out only the words Birthday Wishtes and adhered that over the original die cut with some Tombow mono glue. I then stamped and die cut a leaf from Altenew and added that and some gold glitter tape for some accent. Used a stitched rectangle die to emboss the card base and that's my card.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

SSS Birthday Wishes Frame die
SSS Stitched Rectangle die set
Altenew Peony Bouquet stamp set
Distress inks - Gathered Twigs, Carved Pumpkin, Candied Apple, Fossilized Amber, Squezzed Lemonade.
Doodlebug patterned paper

My Iceland vacation,

Hi everyone,

I have been on vacation in Iceland the past 2 weeks and thought I would share some of my photos. I was absolutely in awe of its' beauty and ruggedness. An amazing country with beautiful people. The scenery went from flat, to hilly, snow capped mountains, glaciers, fjords, waterfalls, icebergs, geysers, craters, volcanos, hot springs, moss covered fields, black sand beaches, tons of sheep and beautiful Icelandic horses (more like ponies) everywhere. It is paradise for hikers, backpackers, bikers and photographers. Beauty abounds! I just can't say enough about this beautiful scenic country.

I'll be back to posting some cards very soon but for now I hope you enjoy my photos. I actually took close to 500 photos by these are just a few.

Thanks for stopping by,

My Iceland vacation,

Hi everyone,

I have been on vacation in Iceland the past 2 weeks and thought I would share some of my photos. I was absolutely in awe of its' beauty and ruggedness. An amazing country with beautiful people. The scenery went from flat, to hilly, snow capped mountains, glaciers, fjords, waterfalls, icebergs, geysers, craters, volcanos, hot springs, moss covered fields, black sand beaches, tons of sheep and beautiful Icelandic horses (more like ponies) everywhere. It is paradise for hikers, backpackers, bikers and photographers. Beauty abounds! I just can't say enough about this beautiful scenic country.

I'll be back to posting some cards very soon but for now I hope you enjoy my photos. I actually took close to 500 photos by these are just a few.

Thanks for stopping by,

get well

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all enjoying a beautiful summer so far. I love it!!!
Today's card is for the current SSS Flickr challenge to "Emboss it".

Here's my card:

I started by creating a stencil with some heavy white cardstock using the leaves die. I took a piece of white cardstock and cut that out using a scalloped frame die. I applied the grit paste over the stencil and when dry I added my colours to the leaves. I just love the texture of this paste.

Stamped the sentiment and added some tiny black dots with enamel accents. 

I covered the card base with a piece of patterned paper and then popped up the entire panel with some foam tape. And that's my card for today.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

SSS Clustered Leaves die

MFT Stitched rectangle scalloped frame

Paper Smooches sentiment - Sentiment Sampler stamp set 

Tim Holtz Distress Grit paste

SSS inks - High Dive and Jelly Bean

Distress ink - Cracked Pistachio

Lawn Fawn Beachside Pint-sized patterns 6x6 pack 

Ranger black enamel accents

let's party!

Hi everyone,

Hope you are enjoying your weekend. Today's card is for the current Rainbow Challenge on the Lawnscaping blog found here.

Here's my card:

I started by stamping the bear once and making a mask. I then stamped the first bear, masked him off and proceeded to stamp the others, masking and colouring each one as I went along. I then stamped 5

balloons die cut each one and coloured them in red, orange, yellow, green and blue. Once coloured I 

used a die to cut a little smiley face in each balloon. I then worked on creating the background with some ink blending, cut around the bears to make a panel and adhered that to the background. Added some grassy accent to the front and a little strip of gold glitter tape. Stamped my sentiment and added glossy accents to each of the balloons.

Well that's my card and thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

Lawn Fawn Party Animal stamp and die set

Lawn Fawn Grassy Border die

Lawn Fawn Stitched Borders die

Distress Inks

Copics

Glossy Accents

When all else fails, smile

Hi everyone,

I recently purchased the Altenew Halftone Smile stamp set that I am using on my card.

My local stamp store didn't have the corresponding die and I didn't really want to fussy cut it out so I decided to stamp it on some watercolour cardstock and heat emboss it using white embossing powder. 

I added some watercolours using my Zig colours. Once I had that complete I went around the word and added a little light blue Copic colour to for a little shading.

I die cut the watercoloured panel using a square stitched die. I dry embossed the whole front of the card and added some splatters of black paint, laid down a square panel with some Doodlebug pattered paper to the back of my square panel and off-centered the front panel with some foam tape. Stamped the sentiment in Versamark ink and heat embossed in white.

Added some small black decorative stars and that's it for this card.

Thanks for stopping,

Supplies:

Altenew Halftone Smile stamp set

SSS Stitched Rectangle die

SSS Stitched Square die

Tim Holtz watercolour cardstock

Doodlebug patterned paper - Kraft in color-color

Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens

Copics

Koi Water Colors

Die cut Happy

Hi everyone,

Today I have a card that I created using some Altenew products.

I started by stamping the flower with Versamark ink and embossing with white embossing powder. I then masked off the first flower and proceeded to do the same for the second and third flower. I then coloured each flower differently using my Copics. I placed the die over the centre of the flowers and diecut through the panel. I used a stitched die to cut out the entire panel.

Once I was finished mounting the panel to the card base I die cut the happy twice more with heavy white cardstock and adhered the three pieces together with some spray adhesive. So that the die cut sentiment wouldn't look lost against the flower background I ran a black Tombow marker around the outside of the letters. Used my Misti to stamp the sentiment where I wanted it and then adhered the die sentiment in place and added a few sequins to the panel.

And that's it for this card.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

Altenew Beautiful Day stamp set

Altenew Happy die

MFT Dienamics Wonky Stitched Rectangles

Copics

Sequins

Welcome little one

Hi everyone,

Another gorgeous day here and nice and hot!

Today I have a card that I created for the current 'Stencil It' challenge on the SSS Flickr challenge #48 here.

I used a stencil called Mini Circle Explosion to create the background with a pink ink. I started with a heavier pressure at the top left of my card and then eased off a bit to create a lighter effect at the bottom.

Stamped all the little pieces to go on the front of the card and coloured them using Copics. Added the sentiments and some glossy accents to the balloon. Finished the whole card off with some washi tape and silver hearts.

Thanks for stopping by,

SSS Cuddly Critters stamps and dies
The Crafter's Workshop stencil
Color Box Pink pigment ink
Washi tape
PPP metallic hearts

Hello hello hello little one

Hi everyone,

Hope you are all enjoying your summer so far. It's been nice and hot here! I've been enjoying some time off work with a little side trip to NH and it's been quite nice. Looking sooooo forward to my retirement very soon!!!

Today's card that I am sharing  is for the current Wednesday challenge of Anything Goes at  Simon Says Stamp found here.

I am using my recently purchased Cuddly Critters stamp set and the accessory stamps and dies that go along with this set.

I started by creating my background first by blending 3 different ink colours. Once I had the right look I die cut the panel using a new die from MFT, then I added some water splatters.

Then I went on to creating my card by stamping all the elements needed and colouring them with Copics.
I positioned them on my card, adhered them down with foam tape and added some SSS sequins for the finishing touch.

Thanks for stopping by,

Supplies:

SSS Cuddly Critters & Cuddly Critters Accessories
MFT Dienamics Wonky Stitched Rectangles dies
SSS & Distress inks
Copics
Clear Wink of Stella