Alive and well

Hello there!

I am alive and well, and I hope each of you are as well.  I have been wrapped up in my invitation project and I do apologize for the lack of posts.  I will just post quickly here to show you an invitation I did recently for a surprise party that my sister threw for my Mom!  She was very surprised to say the least!!!

As you can see, I used the Patio Party suite (DSP and stamp set) for these invitations.  The other version of it uses the cupcake paper!!  I also used the current in colours for my card stock.  How did I make the 3 layer cake you ask?  I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig which has become a bit of a must for me lately!  It is so good and it helps you ensure that your stamped image is exactly where you want it.  No more guess work!  If you look closely at the pictures, you will see that I used the small white brad to help keep the front closed!

I hope you are all keeping well.  I will be working on the invites for about another 10 days, but after that I promise to get back into a good blogging routine!

Take care,
K8

Birthday card

Hi All,

So September is an incredibly busy birthday month for me!  I have my dad, Mom, cousin, uncle, a good friend's twins, and about 4 other friends.  Luckily for me, they don't all expect cards or I don't know how I'd fit in my day job!!  The card below is one I made for my Mom.  There is a story that goes with that, but that will have to wait for another day.  I believe this type of card is called a gate fold card.  I use it at birthdays, especially when I want to put a type written message on the inside.  This time I just hand wrote on the inside.

*Primrose petals card stock (126841)
*Patio party DSP (126916)
*Summer starfruit card stock (126839)
*Whisper white card stock (100730)
*Make a cake stamp set (W126740 / C126742)
*1/8" mini brad in silver (122941) - this is what is holding it closed!
*Stamp a ma jig (101049) - how have I lived without this for so long???

I hope you are all enjoying this short week.  For those who had to go back to work/school this week, hopefully it is all going well!  The first week back is always the hardest!

K8

Mojo Monday Challenge 257

Well I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend!  It normally feels like the end of summer after Labour Day, but with the heat we've had, I'm sure it must still be summer!!!  Anything to delay the snow!

I followed along with the Mojo Monday challenge this week.  Holy moly there was a lot to this card.  Can you spot all of the layers?  It's not as clean as I normally like it, but I did try to stay true to my style with it!  I love the use of the mittens instead of an embellishment!

*Whisper white card stock (100730)
*Snow Festival DSP (126908)
*Gumball green card stock (126840)
*Raspberry ripple card stock (126842)
*Penant parade stamp set (W122740 / C122742)
*1 3/4" scallop circle punch (119854)
*1 3/8" punch (119860)
*1/8" mini brad in silver (122941)
*Word window punch (119857) 
*Make a mitten stamp set (W127940 / C127943)
*Mitten builder punch (127824) I used my paper snips to cut out the right hand side mitten (this must have been developed by a leftie ;) !)

Have a great week everyone!

k8

Mojo Monday Challenge 256

Hey there!

I followed along with the Mojo Monday challenge this week...kind of.  See, I wasn't in front of a computer when I created this card, so I decided to work from memory.  I almost got all the elements right!!!

Now I think I need to share what I think is a funny story (my warped sense of humour may be off putting...).  I went shopping last week with some friends.  As we sat down for lunch, my one friend asked me to lean over. She wiped at my face and told me I had crafters herpes as I was covered in glitter.  This isn't an expression I had heard before but boy did I laugh!!!!  Lucky the glitter (and crafter's herpes!) seems to finally have washed off!!!!  Thank goodness for good friends is all I can say!  What must people have thoughts ;p

The products used for this card are as follows:

*Very vanilla card stock (101650)
*Raspberry ripple card stock (126842)
*Gumball green card stock (126840)
*Be of good cheer DSP (126896)
*3/16" neutrals brads (I pulled out the ver vanilla but these come in a multi pack) (119736)
*retired stamp set for the ornament
*fancy fan embossing folder (127751)
*Merry Christmas greeting is from Delightful decorations (W116517 / C127787)

Have a great long weekend for everyone who is off on Monday!

K8

Sunday Stamps Challenge 12

Hello!

I want to apologize for the lack of posts by the end of last week.  I got quite busy, and then sick, and then busy again.  No excuse.  But unfortunately, this is also how I am introducing another difficult topic.  Until the end of September, I am going to reduce the amount of posts I make each week.  I am going to be concentrating on making wedding invitations and will be working to a tight deadline.  So between that, my full time day job, and life in general, I knew something had to be cut back.  What I am hoping though, is that I will be able to post on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  So please bear with me and keep checking back!  I will also post pictures of the invitations as well as different project that I recently had to work on at the last minute.

Today's card was inspired by the sketch challenge at Sunday Stamps.  As I put the final pieces together I came to the conclusion that I should have opted for silver glimmer paper instead of champagne.  But alas, I was in a champagne type of mood!  If I make more of these cards, I will opt for the silver!

The products used in this card are as follows:

*Very vanilla card stock (101650)
*Midnight muse card stock (126843)
*Snow festival DSP (126908)
*Discontinued ribbon in baja breeze
*Midnight muse 3/8" stitched ribbon (126847)
*1 1/4" scallop circle punch (127811)
*Champagne glimmer paper (127885)
*Scallop edge border punch (119882)
*Merry minis stamp set (W127916 / C127919)
*Merry minis punch pack (126882)
*Illuminate glimmer watermark Stampin' pad (126857) - I know it's hard to tell, but I stamped over each of the merry mini images with this to give a bit more depth

Have a great week!

K8

Mojo Monday Challenge 255

Hey there!

I decided to follow along with the Mojo Monday challenge this week.  Although my mind is very much still on Christmas, I've also had to think about thank you cards lately as I need to make some for a very special friend (details later!).  I don't think I'll use the one below as it doesn't reflect my friend's style or colours, but it was outside the box for me and I used the colours mainly to try and use up some retired DSP that I love but can't use in my classes.

The products used are as follows:

*Whisper white card stock (100730)

*So saffron card stock (105118)

*Perfect plum card stock (101889)

*Wild wasabi card stock (108641)

*Retired DSP

*Retired so saffron ribbon

*Pearl basic jewels (119247)

*Decorative label punch (120907)

*Dotted scallop ribbon border (119275)
*Modern label punch (119849)

*Curly cute stampe set (W117014 / C120510)

Get out there and stamp!

Mojo Monday Challenge 253

Hello there!

So I've returned from holiday now, albeit a bit jet lagged!  I hope you have had a chance to craft over the past couple of weeks!

I was excited to get back to the Stampin' dungeon though!

My parents celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary last week.  Unbelievable!!  I made them the card below using one of my favourite suits from the new catalogue (recipe below).

Products used for this card were:

*whisper white card stock (100730)

*primrose petals card stock (126841)

*island indigo card stock (122923)

*birds of a feather DSP (126899)

*Flock together stamp set (W126730 / C126732)

*Basic rhinestone jewels (199246)

*island indigo 3/8" ruffled ribbon (122974)

*teeny tiny wishes (W115370 /C127802)

Have a great week and as ever, if you have any questions about this card or any others, or if you'd like to order products through me, please feel free to drop me an email.

Happy stampin'!

K8