I came, I saw, I scrapped

2010-10-03T20:57:00.001-04:00

Please see me over here.

Simply scrappin'

2009-02-01T23:00:00.000-05:00

I'm attracted to the simplest of designs lately, the pictures, the story and just a bit of paper.

Stash building

2009-01-31T22:49:00.000-05:00

Fabric is just as much fun to buy and hoard as scrapbooking paper :)

mini cards

2009-01-22T22:44:00.000-05:00

Sometimes you want not a big card but a tiny thing for tucking into a gift bag, especially for kid birthday parties. I threw together a few of these little 3x3 cards just to keep on hand...

Scratch one off the bucket list

2008-12-23T22:49:00.000-05:00

Making a quilt has been on my 'list of things to do before I die' for years, to the bemusement of some of my friends. Finally (and largely because of some fabulous frog fabric) I decided to bite the bullet and try making one. I've been reading this blog for a couple of months, and darnit she made it seem doable. So... I sketched out a rough pattern, basically a bunch of 'nine patches' alternating with solid blocks, and sewed it up. I can't sew straight to save my life, and surely it'd be easier to sew a 1/4 inch seam allowance if I knew what a quarter inch looked like (you people can't just call it a 5mm allowance???) but the end result, while far, far, far from technically perfect, is pretty darned cool! I quilted it by stitching the ditch of the big seams, then diagonally along the big blocks and coloured little blocks. I even bound it, though the binding really sucks. In all I am fabulously pleased with myself. It's a lap quilt size more or less, measuring about 48 x 60, and features tons of different frog fabrics, perfect (hopefully) for my frog-loving father in law to use as his naptime blankie :)

Crafty!

2008-11-23T22:50:00.000-05:00

Kitties needed a cat bed (because our floors are cold and our furniture is getting mighty furry), so I made one :) It's BIG, big enough for two anyway, and probably a little over-stuffed. They seem to like it anyway :)

Getting set up

2008-08-17T21:51:00.000-04:00

Slowly getting my office/scraproom set up, finding places for all of my crap, figuring what's going to work for me...

I made it!

2008-06-04T21:53:00.000-04:00

I used a template from Jessica Sprague, filled it with my own pictures and text, uploaded it to Snapfish et voila - I'm published (heh, well not really, but I'm going to say that anyway ;) ). Super pleased with it - there are a few issues I'll tweak before I do another, but the print quality is excellent, the hard cover is beautiful and it really looks professional.

Babies in the closet

2008-05-10T23:54:00.000-04:00

The drawer that my beloved SU stamps normally occupy needed to be cleared, so my babies have been temporarily relocated to a pair of boxes in my closet. Fear not babies, I'll rescue you soon and we'll have many more fun times with ink and cardstock. ;)

(C saw me packing these up and said something that rhymes with 'goalie fit'. I have lots of stamps :) )

Happiness

2008-04-23T15:55:00.000-04:00

My first artsy love has always been photography, I've owned a camera since I was 4. Mostly though I've displayed my photos only in albums and scrapbooks, but today I assembled this Ikea frame and filled it with 3 5x7 prints of pictures I've taken that make me happy (L-R the cottage, Dow's Lake and Hog's Back). I really need to put up more of my pictures, they make me happy.

Simple

2008-04-12T20:30:00.000-04:00

Also done at the crop

Croppin'

2008-04-12T20:19:00.000-04:00

A WONDERFUL extra-long weekend crop with 3 of my bestest galpals. I didn't get a whole lot done, but the welcome goodie bag had a bunch of Storytellers kits, and I love 'easy', so I tried it out (plus you got an entry into a draw for using the kit, and I'm a sucker for prizes :) )

Easter card

2008-03-05T20:55:00.000-05:00

I just love bunnies. I think I'll send this one to my parents.

More layouts

2008-02-16T08:03:00.000-05:00

All of my scrapbooking has been super simple lately, almost nothing for embellishments, just patterned paper, cardstock and pictures, but I'm enjoying the clean, spare look. For now. I may well be back into lumpy by next week.

Crop

2008-01-27T21:27:00.001-05:00

I went to a 12 hour crop yesterday, lots of fun! Didn't get a huge amount done, but did finish a couple of layouts...

Bling frame

2008-01-25T22:12:00.000-05:00

A Michaels cheapy wood frame, painted with copper craft paint and 'blinged' with adhesive gemstones (Heidi Swapp and dollar bin)

New paper

2008-01-21T22:19:00.000-05:00

I admit it, I have a soft spot for scrapbooking paper... to the point where it's unlikely I'll ever be able to use everything I have. Unfortunately that doesn't stop me from buying more...

Many stamps were harmed...

2008-01-13T08:18:00.000-05:00

Many stamps (ok, just 3) were harmed in the production of this photo :) Sharp Kai scissors and a sheet of EZ mount turned a set of three sort of useless SU stamps into 34 very useful message stamps for card making :)

Just a layout

2008-01-12T22:31:00.000-05:00

I haven't posted in forever, life getting the better of me :( Here's a layout I did of the three kids tobogganing. Bazzill CS and Bo Bunny papers.

Christmas cards

2007-12-04T21:54:00.000-05:00

4 cards I threw together for a challenge (I sent out digi-hybrid cards this year but it's always nice to have a few regular cards on hand).

Stamps are Cornish Heritage Farms, Hero Arts, Michaels Dollar bin and I forget the ornament stamp, Santa image from the internet, Bazzill CS, and assorted bits of paper and ribbon that were lying on my desk.

Another Bella card

2007-11-04T23:43:00.000-05:00

I love these little Bellas.

MIL cards

2007-10-29T21:45:00.000-04:00

I'm making some cards for my MIL for Christmas, and they have to be fairly flat (no lumps, not much layering). Here are a few of the first.

Hanna Stamps

2007-10-28T21:43:00.000-04:00

Finally got a chance to play with Hanna on this very simple card.

Christmas Joy folds

2007-10-24T21:02:00.000-04:00

Started a couple of Christmas cards, still having too much numbness in my hands to really do a lot but I did have fun with these. They're joy fold cards, one horizontal, one vertical. Papers are bazzill and DCWV Christmas glitter stack, stamps are SU and - I forget the other.

Scrappin'

2007-10-17T14:06:00.000-04:00

A couple of pages, very simple, it's all I can really manage right now.

Glitter

2007-10-01T19:09:00.000-04:00

My entry for a glitter challenge on ACP.

Score!

2007-09-03T22:13:00.000-04:00

Check out my major score at the local Dollarama... sets of 5 coordinated spools of ribbon, nearly the same as American Crafts ribbons (1 meter of each pattern) for $1, packets of 36 bling brads, exactly like MM (in 6 different colours) for $1. My Dollarama rocks! It's hit and miss, but when they've just had a fresh shipment you can find some wicked little scrappin' treasures!

Another challenge

2007-08-31T21:18:00.000-04:00

This time a painted background challenge, the background here is painted with twinkling H2Os, very shimmery IRL.

Doodly-doo

2007-08-23T23:21:00.000-04:00

A doodle challenge at ACP. I suck at doodling (and apparently at keeping my stamping straight too)

Belly Bella

2007-07-14T17:40:00.000-04:00

Just a quickie card featuring preggabella, a Michael's dollar bin stamp and dollar store patterned paper.

Quickie

2007-07-06T21:44:00.000-04:00

A quick card I threw together for a challenge at ACP.

Bazzill, MM paper, SU stamps, ribbon and charms.

Beantown album

2007-06-30T22:48:00.000-04:00

I finally finished the album of my Boston scrapping weekend (October 2006, eesh, better late than never). Here is the first page, which is just Bazzill, dollar store PP and word art by moi. Forgive the glare, I didn't take it out of the page protector.

PS - this is 8x8 and the album is an SEI preservation album (and the metal clasps are rusting despite never having been out of the bag before now, disappointing to be sure).

Teacher appreciation cards

2007-06-14T19:55:00.000-04:00

Here are the first four cards I've made for my kindergartener's teacher, as a thank you for all she's done (she really was a wonderful teacher). They're based on Valerie Stangle's sketch (simple but elegant and amazing). I moved the sentiment down to the bottom though, and darnit I neeeeeed more French sentiments!

All of the stamps are SU (Send a Celebration and Mon Nounours Préféré), coloured with twinkling H2Os, patterned paper is from Michaels (My mind's eye?) and is glittered, cardstock is bazzill, ribbon is from my stash.

Beate's Sketch challenge #3

2007-05-25T22:23:00.000-04:00

I've never made a square card before so Beate's card sketch challenge was just the motivation to push me out of my little box (or perhaps into it?). I flipped sides for the large and small panels (the embossed words looked better that way). My focal image is a bit too small and it needs some brads or bling or something to fancy it up, but I think it's cute anyway.

Pink CS and card base by bazzill, yellow CS unknown and embossed in the cuttlebug, Provocraft PP, stamps by studio g and SU, staz-on ink and twinkling H2Os to colour the image.

A quick birthday card

2007-05-24T19:51:00.000-04:00

I threw this together for a friend who has a birthday Saturday, it's just papers from a slab and studio g clear dollar stamps on watercolour paper, coloured in with twinkling H2Os.

Joy fold gift card holder

2007-05-13T22:51:00.000-04:00

I adapted the joy fold card (shown on Beate John's blog to be a gift card holder (with the help of my handy-dandy notcher). This card is made with bazzill cardstock, Die Cuts with a View patterned papers, bella stamp in staz-on on watercolour paper, and Michael's dollar bin clear stamp sentiment (love those things). Then I made 6 more of them for a swap :) (1 is missing from the picture). I love paper piecing with these Bella stamps!

New rubbah!

2007-05-09T14:15:00.000-04:00

My eagerly anticipated Bellas finally came today, so I wasted no time in breaking them in! Here's a little card I threw together for a friend who needs some cheering up :)

Made with bazzill cardstock, SU patterned paper and scalloped sticker, Bella stamp for the main image and dollar-bin clear stamp from Michael's for the sentiment. The Bellas are stamped in staz-on on watercolour paper, and watercoloured with SU inks (and one has a paper pieced dress)

Stipple challenge

2007-05-05T23:36:00.000-04:00

One of the challenges on A Charming Place this month is stippling. I've had stippling brushes forevah, but have seldom used them for anything other than pearl-ex. I'm still not a huge fan of stippling, but I do like the softness it gives this background.

The card base is bazzill, the back panel is watercolour paper stippled with Cool Carribean, Ballet Blue and Passion Pink ink and run through the cuttlebug, Happy Harmony stamp set and a brass butterfly charm from A Charming Place.

Cool Cat card

2007-05-04T18:27:00.000-04:00

I'm a little surprised this set is being retired, it's really quite versatile. I haven't used it a whole lot myself lately in all honesty, but I love the hip retro feel.

This card is a mish-mash of bits I had lying on my messy desk - a twinkling H2O coloured flower from SU's 'Delight in Life' SAB set, patterned papers from a Provocraft slab, cheap Michael's green cardstock for the base, and run through the cuttlebug for part of the background, purple bazzill, black checkered Offray ribbon and cool cat himself stamped in purple versacolour ink, outlined in black pen, with glitter added to his eyes and collar, and doodles around him. He's off in the mail to a purple-loving friend.

My place

2007-04-16T19:23:00.000-04:00

My blog for posting my card and scrap creations