Well the batteries in my camera are dead, so I will post some photos of the projects I made this week-end once they are charged up.
Spent Friday working on the reception invitations for my sister. They are not done yet so we are going to try and get them finished up tomorrow evening.
Spent Friday evening stamping up with friends and getting creative. These ladies can be so creative and gave me some fantastic ideas.
Hope everyone has been outside enjoying the lovely weather, it looks like it is only going to get better from here. I can’t complain, I love the warmth and seeing the sun.
Tomorrow I have been asked to speak to one of the local Guide units about my career, so will have fun doing that and hopefully the girls will enjoy!
Add a touch of elegance and class to your Mother’s Day gift this year with this gorgeous Fifth Avenue Floral card set! The card set includes four trendy card designs packaged in a unique window box.
Date: Saturday May 2, 2009 Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Cost: $23.50 (includes all supplies) Location: My place
Make sure to reserve your spot by Thursday April 23, 2009 for this fun event!
So I must start off by apologizing for not posting in quite some time. Lots has been happening and yes I have allowed some time to be creative.
Hope you all had a wonderful Easter and the Easter Bunny found you all in good health and spirits! We went up to Ottawa to spend the week-end with my sister-in-law and her family as well my in-laws flew in from Nova Scotia. So it was nice to have part of the family together and the snuggle time with my niece was nice too!
The exciting news is that I now have a craft room. Dave got tired of me working on our kitchen table or in the living room so w converted part of the laundry room into my craft room. It is great to finally have this space, since first off I can actually see what I have now and I don’t have to clean everything up at the end of the day if I am still working on a project.
Now for the creative stuff. I made a crib size quilt using the big shot for embellishments. I got the idea at the Regionals in London and just had to try it out. Unfortunately after I got 3 butterflies on, my sewing machine decided to bite the dust. So I guess I will have to sew the rest on. I have a feeling that could wait for a bit. I was at the Welcome Wagon Baby Shower in Richmond Hill last night and met lots of mom’s to be. While preparing for the event I made some thank you card bundles. I also put together some fun make and takes, which the kids all seemed to enjoy! I have also posted the information for my upcoming class on Saturday May 2, 2009 to my Stampin’ Up! website and will post a photo and the details above.
Above are some of the sample cards and projects at regionals. Thought I would share with you so you can all see why I felt so motivated after. I actually spent the week-end working on a quilt after seeing the beautiful quilt that Linda Hanson had made using the Big Shot.
Below is one of the cute, and simple projects we made at regionals. These are so quick to whip up and are great for when you are in a hurry and then realize you need a card!
The Stampin’ Up! Regionals in London were a blast! I had so much fun, am feeling very motivated and creative and met some great ladies.
I travelled down Friday afternoon with 2 other members of Caroline’s team and we arrived in time for the fun stamping evening put on by Heather Summers at Kings College. We had a lasagna dinner and then got to make some beautiful cards and a box using the 5th Avenue Florals set. Here is one of the cards we made, isn’t it nice!
Saturday saw us heading over the London Convention Centre for a day of stamping and ideas! I did not manage to get all of my make and takes made (so will have to work on those later this week) since I was too busy meeting people, swapping and checking out the WOW! Projects at the rear of the room. The presentations were so inspirational and left us all feeling creative! This is a picture of my swap I made.
Recipe: Stamps: Crazy for Cupcakes Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Regal Rose, Chocolate Chip, Very Vanilla Accessories: Scallop Die, Clear Circle Die, crimper, key tag punch, stampin’ dimensionals This was the result of frustrations at the end of a long day. I was having trouble getting my card to look the way I wanted to, so I let Dave play around with my pieces I had put together and we ended up coming up with this together. I hand cut all of the cupcakes out and crimped the cup part.
I will post some of the cards we made and Ideas I picked up throughout this week.
Sunday had us leaving Toronto early to head down to Kincardine for a brunch at my parents to celebrate my sisters marriage. We celebrated with my grandparents, parents, aunt and her partner, my brother and his girlfriend. It was the first time we had all been together since Thanksgiving so was definitely overdue.
After eating we sat down all of us ladies and planned out my sisters reception invitations so we could get the materials ordered to get on with making them. We chose to go with turqoise and chocolate brown with a beach theme. I can’t wait to see what they will look like once they are made up. Don’t worry, I will post a picture once we get them done.
Once I get caught up on finishing my make and takes and getting the reception invitations made I will then have to really focus on the scrapbook I told my sister I would make for her for her wedding gift. They keep bumping the date of the reception closer and I want to have it done for this so I will have to get my butt in gear. Any ideas or layouts people have would definitely be appreciated so that not all of my pages end up looking very similar. I am all about variety and with this having been a spontaneous wedding on the beach in Cuba, anything goes!
My big shot arrived yesterday evening and I had to open it up and try all of my new dies right away. It is so much fun and I can already picture all of the fun things I can make and how this will make my scrapbooking more interesting. The exciting thing is that many of the dies can be used on other things besides paper, such as fabric, wood, etc, how fun is that?
So the rest of this week I will be preparing my swaps for regionals this week-end in London. Once I get them made up I will post a picture.
Very Happy News in our family this week-end. My sister just returned from Cuba and while they were there she got engaged (to a long term boyfriend) and married all within the week. We found out today when they got home and she called us to let us know.
So in celebration of this exciting news I am extending the free cardstock package (colour of your choice) until Thursday March 12 at midnight.
Don’t forget that in addition to the free cardstock you would also qualify for a free sale-a-bration set!
Hope you all had a wonderful week-end and that the rain didn’t keep you all inside!
So I participated in my first challenge tonight on SUDSOL and how it works is they give you a template and then you try and get a card made within the hour. This is the card I put together using Carzy For Cupcakes set.
Easter just wouldn’t be the same without treats. In this month’s class you’ll learn how to make these two cards and three adorable treat boxes, two of which can be used either as card boxes OR as treat boxes!
Date: March 21, 2009 Time: 1:00 pm – 5:00pm Cost: $25 or $15 with the purchase of a Good Egg stamp set. Location: My place
RSVP now to save your spot! You must RSVP by Friday March 13 if attending the class.
