SYCN #3 - Anything Goes!

Hello!!! It is time for a new challenge at Spark Your Creativity Now! It's "Anything Goes" again this month and you have to check out what the DT created! A whole lot of talent there! 

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And here's my creation for this months challenge! I created a card using this adorable image from High Hopes Stamps! The paper is discontinued at CTMH, but I absolutely love it. The design is something that just came to me and I'm really happy with how this all came together!

So come on over and show off your creativity at Spark Your Creativity Now! Can't wait to see what you create! You have the entire month to join us!!

Just Because

Here's a card I put together the other night and then finished it up this morning so I can enter it over at FBW, which is an OPEN challenge this week as long as you have a butterfly or fairy on your creation. This little cutie is from High Hopes stamps. I coloured her up with my prisma's and added some glaze and gems to finish it up. 

You can find this in my Etsy shop!

Challenges Entered

FBW (linked within my post)

Addicted to Stamps and More - Theme - Spring

Crafting For All Seasons #36 - Things With Wings

For Fun Challenges - Use a Rubber Stamp

Paper Shelter #83 - Anything Goes

Father's Day Card

Good morning!! Oh the weather is certainly turning here, finally! The day's are gorgeous and night's are great for sleeping. Hope all the daddy's out there had a great day yesterday!! The kid's and I had fun spoiling Keith this wknd. For once I was able to do something really nice for him (financially) and we took him and had him pick out a new leather (bike) jacket for his cruiser. He was in shock I think!! He kept looking at me and I could tell he was really excited and happy. He's always doing for us and never himself and this is something he needs and has wanted to get, so this was perfect opportunity! Then yesterday we had a nice day and the kid's and I BBQ'd and made him sit and relax and then had yummy dessert. All in all, was an awesome wknd!!

This is a card I made for my father in law. He just had his tractor rebuilt and painted orange, so I was able to match it all up! Isn't this stamp super cute? It's from High Hopes!

Have a great day!

Birthday Invitations for Ashleigh

Good morning!! While we were away, Ashleigh had her 10th birthday. Here we go in the double digits!! We spent the day at Gator Land and then took her shopping and went home for cake, which she helped choose..lol! So, when we got home, she informed me that she wanted to have a b-day party. So here's what I came up with for her invitations. Just something simple, sweet and fun. The image is from High Hopes and I used my CB "Happy Birthday" embossing folder. We're going to a place in town and all the girls will get to choose a ceramic piece and paint it! Ashleigh went to one there and loved it. Should be fun and this way, our house stays standing lol!

Don't forget to check out my layout for this week's Lasting Memories challenge! Come on out and play along, you have till Sat the 13th at 9pm EST! It's all about punches this week!!

A Little Alien Fun!!

Hello!! Well, seems as if another heatwave is hitting us here in Ontario!! Pretty hot out there, which means, time to be in the craft room!! It's naptime here, so I had a chance to finish this little guy up. The images are by Dustin Pike who's designing for High Hopes. The background is a separate image and I popped the little alien up with pop dots. Added a little liquid glass and colored the planets with lyra's and then the background itself with chalks. The paper is from CTMH! Click HERE if you'd like to purchase this card!

Feeling Under The Weather?

Hi all! I have had a busy day and didn't get a chance to post this. We had some crazy news last night. On Monday, Andrew's best friend Thomas was here and spent the night. Thomas is like another son here...he's treated like our own kid's. He was up sick all night, but didn't tell anyone till Tuesday morning. He was still sick Tuesday and complained that his stomach was sore. We all thought it was the stomach flu as his family had been sick as well. Well, last night I get a call from his mom and he's on his way into surgery...turns out he had appendicitus! Once they got in there, they saw it had burst and they figure it had burst on Tuesday. He was in surgery for 2 hours and has 4 new holes in his 'rock hard' (Thomas's words..lol) stomach. Andrew and I went to see him tonight and he looks good and I tell ya, it's good to see him. He called me this morning to let me know how everything went and sounded awesome. Turns out it wasn't so good once the anesthetic wore off and he had a rough day.

GET WELL SOON, THOMAS! HERE'S TO A SPEEDY RECOVERY!

So, I decided to make this card for him and used a High Hopes image from my friend Monica (Thanks Monica!) Isn't he cute? I thought it was perfect! The paper is CTMH "Caboodle" and I added some prisma glitter as well. I'm not sure if he really saw it as he's on some pretty heavy morphine for the pain. Carrie thought it was cute though!

Challenges Entered:

• High Hopes # 67 - Flutterby's

"Friendship" Allsorts Challenge Week # 37

My creative juices must be kicking in again! This is my second post for today and I already have my FBW ready for tmw! This is my entry for Allsorts Challenge Blog Week # 37, Sketch and a DT Call. A couple weeks ago, our scrapbook group got together and instead of doing a project, we decided to have a "Stamp Swap" night and man, did we stamp!! We all brought our stamps, layed them on a table and everyone borrowed everyone's stamps. This is from Monica or Tanya. They had theirs all together and I was floored at the amt they had! LOL! You go girls! Thanks for letting me borrow your stamps. I know this little gal is from High Hopes, but I'm not sure of her name, I just thought she was really cute!! I added a little liquid glass on her jar to make it stand out more. The little fireflies are done in sparkly gel pens and I colored up my image with lyra's and OMS. I added a little shimmer paint here and there as well. Enjoy!

"You're One In A Melon!" High Hopes Challenge #50 - All About Kids!

This week's challenge at High Hopes is "All About Kids!" I finally had a chance to get out my new (untouched) stamps from High Hopes and play!! They're all so cute, I had a hard time choosing which one to use. This one is called "Summer's Sweetness". I got the pattern idea from my CTMH "Wishes" Card book, a must have for all you card makers out there!! The paper is from 2 different CTMH paper packs...

• Paper Garden
• Bella

And the embellishments are all CTMH as well!

Happy World Card Making Day, and a card for Paige

Happy World Card Making Day my friends! I hope everyone has had a productive day. I did, managed to get our pool closed (so sad), leaves and lawn done and now it's time for me to get creative. I went to check out one of my MANY favourite challenge blogs, Simon Says Stamp, and they are having a 24 hour challenge today, which you can find here. Here is a little piece from today's entry "We are dedicating this challenge to Paige a 13 year old girl who was badly injured in an accident recently. We are asking you to make GIRLY CARD and send it to Paige."

Please pop on over there to read Paige's story. She's one couragious 13 yr old girl and very inspiring, I thought the sentiment was perfect. So, I made this card for Paige and I'll be putting it in the mail on Monday.

STAMP: High Hopes (Thank you, Tanya!) and the sentiment is from CTMH "Aspiration"

PAPER: CTMH "Daydream"

EMBELLISHMENTS: "Swiss Dots" and "Paisley" embossing folders, CTMH pin, ribbon, photo hangers and fun flock