Here We Go and Only Time Will Tell!

Well, I'm going for most posts in a morning award here! LOL! I have some other exciting news to share. A friend of mine recently bought a local magazine and she was offering 2 mth's of advertising for half price!! So, I decided to put my business card in for my Creations By KW handmade cards as well as my Regal ad as well. Apparently 5000 copies go out in print, so, wish me luck!! I'll let you know how it goes! It went out yesterday!

Regal

As some of you know, I've recently became a Regal Representative. I have an online store to shop 24/7, but I've also just set up a blog as well. If you're interested in keeping up to date on all the specials and what's going on, have a look and become a follower so you don't miss a thing!! Thanks so much!

My Photo Made The Local Paper!

Last week we had a quick but heavy rainfall come through and when it was done, there was this beautiful rainbow, so of course, I had to get my camera. This is one of the shots I took and I sent it to the local paper and it was in there on Sunday! It was so neat to see my work in print! I've had ppl coming up to me asking if it was me, kinda neat! I think this is one of the brightest rainbows I have ever seen. Here's a couple more that I took...the one above is the one that went in the paper.

FBW #86 - "Kelli" and ALOT of FBW News!

Good morning friends!! We have lots going on at Flutter By Wednesday today!!! First off, we have a guest designer Mercy, co make sure to stop by her blog and see her creations...she's FULL of wonderful talent and inspiration! Also, pls welcome Kimberly to our design team!! Welcome Kimberly, we're happy to have you!! We'll be saying goodbye to Taylor for a little while, but look forward to her return. We'll miss you Taylor and wish you all the best!

Here's some BIG news!! Danni has decided to take the Flutter By Team to a whole new level! We're getting our very own Flutter By Wednesday blog! Set to 'flutter by' in January 2010!! Be sure to hop over and become a follower so you don't miss a thing!! Thanks so much for all your hard work and dedication Danni!!

Now on to this week's challenge! This week, the challenge at Danni's Flutter By Wednesday is open, but you have to have a butterfly, fairy or an angel on your card. I decided to use a fun card I made my friend Kelli at our retreat. The stamp is from The Angel Company and I added a little butterfly on top! This was a little (well, about 5 x 8..lol) name card I made for Kelli! We had a buy/trade table at our retreat and she had these stamps on there, which I grabbed as I thought they were adorable! I asked her why she was getting rid of them and she said frog's aren't cute when they have warts...Well!! I had to prove her wrong and I did!! I think he's quite cute, warts and all! We had a lot of laughs over this one and she admitted he is cute, but too late!

Be sure to visit Danni's blog and link your own creation in Mister Linky and don't forget to visit the rest of the DT for TONS of inspiration!!!!!!!

Project Tuesday - Easel Card!

Hello friends!! This week over at Project Tuesday, we're asking you to make an easel card! I've seen these all over blogland, but this is my very first one!! You can find instructions here. I used one of the images from Stamps and Smiles, this is one of my favourites and so fun/easy to color. I also added some Martha Stewart fun flock for the icing. Make sure you visit Project Tuesday to see what the rest of the DT came up with and then we hope you'll try your own! Make sure to link it to Mister Linky so we can all come visit you!

Happy crafting!

Card's and Projects By SU! Consultant, Catherine Black

Catherine came and did a card class with us and introduced us to Shimmer paint. I used the card we made in last week's Play Along Monday challenge (Thanks Nancy..lol!). Here's her display table from the retreat of some of her creations. So much talent and inspiration here!! Thanks again for joining us, Catherine!

Some Photo's Of Our First Retreat!

Hello! As promised, here are some photo's from our retreat! We're missing about 5 girl's in our photo as they had already gone. We'll have to get them in there next time! We had a fantastic turnout for our first retreat and we've already started booking for June! We're already almost full, which is so exciting!

We Have A Winner!

The winner of last week's Play Along Monday challenge is Nancy! Congrats on your win, Nancy! I hope you enjoy your new stamp set!

"Play Along Monday's" Challenge #19 - Circle Scallop Santa Face (with instructions)

Good morning!!! Well, we had a busy wknd and I have yet to get started on my Christmas cards, so I went back in my blog for idea's and I found the santa claus face tags that I made last year! You can find the instructions here, (Thank you Tanya!) but I've also did my own little tutorial below. These are so cute when they're finished. So, for this week's challenge, I'd like to see you do your own! Can't wait to see how you incorporate your Santa tags!

Materials Needed:

• circle scallop punch
• standard hole punch
• red, white and blush colored paper
• adhesive
• trimmer or scissors

Instructions:

• using your circle scallop punch, punch out 1 blush, 2 red and 2 white
• using your standard hole punch, punch out 2 white and 1 red, this will be your eyes and nose

• leave your blush scallop circle whole, trim 3 scallops off 1 white and trim 5 scallops off both the other white and red

• attach white 5 scallop pc to the top of your blush circle and red 5 scallop piece to the bottom of the blush circle

• attach the white 9 scallop piece to the back of your santa, on the bottom, this becomes part of his beard

• now take your 9 scallop piece of red and tuck it under the back of your red piece on the top. this becomes santa's hat. i tucked it under and matched the first scallop on the 9 pc to the second one that's already attached (i hope this makes sense..lol..you can always click on the above link for more instructions if needed)

• now add your eyes and nose and using a black marker, add your little eyeballs and you're done!

Underwater Fun!

Another layout from the retreat, I was quite busy and productive! Again, this one is from the condo pool as well. We bought an underwater camera and had some fun with it. The kid's loved it! Again, this is the paper/sticker kit I bought from a CM consultant.

REMINDER!!

Hi everyone! Hope all my US friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and enjoyed the Black Friday sales!! I just wanted to send out a quick reminder to everyone that you only have a couple days to play along in this week's challenge for a chance to win a CTMH stamp set! Click the "Play Along Monday" photo in my sidebar for full details!!

Pool Time!

This is another layout from the retreat. We stayed at my in-law's condo and here's some photo's of the kid's enjoying some pool time and R&R. The paper and stickers are from a CM kit I bought from a consultant who joined us!

Dreams Come True....

Here's another Disney layout I put together at the retreat. I really love how the titles all turned out! Making these pages over the wknd really made me want to go back there. We plan on returning and doing Epcott and Animal Kingdom. Kim, another lady at the retreat was working on a Disney album as well, of those 2 places and I can't wait to visit them!!

Materials:

• "Dreams Come True" crictu cartridge
• CTMH "Daydream" paper pack
• CTMH "Cherish" for the layout design