Tissue Flowers & Kitchen Karaoke

A bit of an odd title - but it fits both creations for today.

The sketch for today's card comes from Freshly Made Sketches - easy peasy - can go in soooo many directions with so many options for the shape.  I decided to finally use some of the White Creped Filter Paper to create a flower using the Blossom punch.  I punched out 8 blossoms, 3 of the 1 1/4" scallop circles and 3 of the 7/8" scallop circles.  I spritzed them all with reinker and alcohol using the Stampin' Spritzer, attached them together with an Antique Brad and then scrunched all the layers together.  

Easy Peasy!

See that little group of hanging utensils?  I created that in December for another page I made - I LOVE how you can save  creations with MDS so that you don't have to re-create the wheel each time.  Not that I expect to create a lot of kitchen pages - but that little group is available whenever I need it.  For this spread I added the little clips to hang them from the line.

Hope you are having a wonderful day!  Thanks for taking time to visit.

Joan

Snow Boarding Birthday

Woo Hoo - I've done another challenge; and one I've missed for quite a while so it feels good to be playing along again with......Friday Mashup

1. Make a project using "Snowflakes".
2. Or Make a project with the colors "Whisper White, Pool Party, Midnight Muse, and Basic Black".
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a "Snowflake Project with the colors Whisper White, Pool Party, Midnight Muse, and Basic Black".

I've also included the card in the SUO Challenges this week for their "True Blue" challenge.

Since I pulled out the retired Extreme Snowboarder, I decided to use the retired snowflake embossing folder too. Fun, fun, fun.

Off to create some more.....thanks for visiting today - Wishing you a FANTASTIC 2013!!!!

Joan

Patio Lanterns

Today is a sketch day at Sunday Stamps... and what a fun one it is.  You MUST check out the Sunday Stamps Challenge blog to see all the different ways that this sketch has been interpreted.  I'm so excited to be working with such a group of creative ladies!

I've chosen to use Patio Party DSP and pop out the patio lanterns.  I punched out 6 circles, folded them in half and then attached them to each other.  The large scallop edgelit was used to cut the edge of the Delicate Designs Folder.

Today I will be home from my first holiday of the year....We've been in the Maritimes since July 2 and had a wonderful time!

Next stop - Salt Lake City for the Stampin'Up! Convention.  I have one day to do laundry and repack.

Hope you have plans that keep you busy and having a great time.

Thanks for stopping by....once I'm back from Salt Lake I'll be very excited to be back in my craft room on a regular basis!

Joan

Double Stamped Watercolour

I stumbled on something new today - well, new for me.  I was working on two challenges - Freshly Made Sketches and colours from Stampin' Royalty....Pool Party, Island Indigo, Old Olive and More Mustard.

I selected an image from Serene Silhouettes and pulled out some watercolour paper.  I coloured the stamp using Markers and then wet the watercolour paper before I stamped the image.  I spritzed the paper with water, but I also rubbed it around with my fingers (which miraculously didn't have any ink on them!).  I didn't want water to be pooling on the paper.  I stamped the image and, of course, the colours ran - as they should with watercolour paper.  I decided to ink up the image again, use the Stamp-a-ma-jig, and re-stamp overtop of the blurry image.  

I'm sure this is nothing new - but it allowed the image to look sharper.

It's a beautiful Wednesday evening.  Hope you're enjoying the flora and fauna in your little neck of the woods.  Thanks for visiting mine.

Joan

Mixed Butterflies

Good Monday Morning - I decided to play with some new paper today while doing the sketch challenge from Just Add Ink.  The Designer Series Paper is Patio Party - available staring Friday.  I love the little butterflies on the one sheet - they go well with the Embosslit butterflies.

I'm off to school now - I like these particular afternoons because I'm teaching grades 3-6 - I like working with the older ones at this time of year.....well, except for the fact that some of them are just DONE with school.    It's all good!

Thanks for visiting - hope you had a great start to your week.

Joan

In-Colour Floral Thanks

I finally got back into my stamping room after being hit with some sort of bug for two days - it hit hard, fast and left...thank goodness!

So - I decided to play with a few of the new In-Colours.  Gumball Green is Great!  Midnight Muse is bordering on Not Quite Navy - but nice and bright.  And Summer Starfruit - well, I'm just going to have to see how that one goes - it's a funny colour on it's own!

The sketch is from this weeks' Freshly Made Sketches challenge.

I also created some bookmarks which I'm going to include with the New Catalogue at my Open House - among other goodies - on June 2.  I was inspired by a set that Brenda Quintana had posted on Stampin'Connection.

Hope you're geared up for a fun weekend.  Thanks for stopping by for a visit.

Joan

Gumballs and Blossoms

Happy Friday - WooHoo it's the long weekend.

I'm travelling to Calgary today, so got up in enough time to get the Friday Mashup! completed and posted.  However, in my haste, I only did one part of the challenge this week....duh!?

1. Make a project " with a Decorative Edge! "
2. Or Make a project with " Ribbon and or a Bow. "
3. Or "Mash it Up" and create a project " with a Decorative Edge & Ribbon ". 

I guess I was so excited about using the new Gumball Green Satin Stitched Ribbon, that I neglected to put on a decorative edge.  Guess I'll have to create another card later!

The bird and branch are from Betsy's Blossoms and the co-ordinating wheel was used with Rich Razzleberry at the bottom.  There is a wee bit of the Floral District DSP peaking from behind the centre piece.

I've used a recent sketch from Stamping 411 that I hadn't gotten around to using.

Well, I'd better get packed and ready to head on the road.  It's the Annual Representatives Assembly for the Alberta Teacher's Association this weekend.  My husband attends all the meetings and I just tag along for a mini holiday....walking, shopping, etc.

I can hear a robin singing outside my window....it's going to be a great day!

Have a great day yourself - thanks for the visit.

Joan

Ballooning Thanks

When I lived in Edmonton, during the summer, you'd see the hot air balloons rising from the river valley.  I don't know if I'd ever have the guts to ride in one - but there is something so peaceful about them floating through the air.

This isn't one of the new sets I got yesterday, but it is new to me and it worked best with the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches today.  I did use one of the "Itty Bitty Banners" with its matching Framelit.

I took the colours from the inspiration photo at Stampin' Royalty.  The photo was of  bright beautiful flowers, which I've transferred to the balloons.  I've used a piece of upcoming DSP called "Comfort Cafe" and the Daffodil Delight Stitched Grosgrain ribbon is new too.

I do like when I have my morning off from school - I can get the challenge of the day done, and putter around a bit with Stampin' stuff.  When I get home this afternoon I'm going to have to start getting to work on some masks for my concert.  Busy, busy, busy.

Hope you have a marvellous day - thanks for visiting.

Joan