The LP June alternate kit was a mixture of Cosmo Cricket and My Mind’s Eye. What a fun kit to work with, especially making the little mini album I’m about to show you.
I made this using old CD’s and my circle punch. For this album, I used 8 CD’s – that’s 8 less CD’s going in the landfill – yay Eco ME!! :) These are photos my Kayla , when she was little. Gosh, I’m so in love with this album.
I also made a couple of layouts and cards.
Tonight was my monthly Stampin’ Up class. We made three gorgeous cards – with the most amazing stamps. Check out these babies!
They hatched – they finally hatched!! The little wee baby sparrows are alive and well. Here they are, waiting for mama to bring them their dinner.
Isn’t that precious?? They grow so fast. I’ll bet by the time I go back next weekend, they will have flown the nest. The robins that were in the back yard, have already flown away and started a new life of their own. :( Imagine if our kids grew up that fast ?? ha!
Thought I'd also share these pics of the mini roses I planted in my garden this weekend.
I’m really happy with how well it’s all growing so far. Every seed has taken and the colours have remained vibrant. It’s probably because the last four weeks, I think we’ve only had 3 sunny days…lots of rain!!
The cottage that we had a deposit on (the one in Carleton Place)…well … the lady called me on Friday and it’s a no go! :( I was so bummed. The sale of the cottage fell through and they won’t be honouring the bookings. So…D, booked the same one we had last year. We’ll be vacationing in Eganville again. BUT that’s okay because we had a lot of fun there!!
There’s a contest going on over at LP – and this week’s challenge (Heat 2, stage 2), was to build a layout based on an advertisement.
It’s pretty amazing how the smallest things can be so inspiring.
Lots of things going on here…the painting, punching out part of the cardstock with my scalloped punch, altering foam alphas with paint, and soft colours. I love this photo that my son took of one of my favourite flowers – the Black Eyed Susan!
This layout of course, inspired me to take these photos from my back yard. Aren’t these huge ferns so lush and gorgeous?? I have always loved ferns!
And this purple Iris. Just gorgeous.
I feel a purple and green layout coming early next week. ;)
I was really inspired this morning when I read the Paper Crafts Magazine Blog. Wendy Johnson published a really adorable Floral Friendship card. I couldn’t wait to get home so I could make my own ‘flower’.
To make these cards I punched 9 circles with my Stampin’ Up circle punch, and using the roll of ribbon, I traced the large circle and cut it out. I inked the edges of the smaller circles with my pink ink pad. I adhered the circles all around the circle (on the back), and then mounted the entire flower on a piece of cardstock. **my favourite is the one mounted on the creamy coloured cardstock! I also used my thin Black Sharpie to draw faux stitching and outlining.
The Stamp is from Imaginisce and came in our Life Preserver’s February kit last year! **Can’t believe I hadn’t even opened it! (shame on me!) I used a black pencil crayon to colour in the stamp.
Adhere a little ribbon and add some raffia. Voila!! C’est tout finit! ;) Have fun trying yours!!
I love this cute little stamp!! I know…i should have made something different and fresh to show you, but I had to make these for my Stampin’ Up Card Swap next week. I made 6 of them in about one hour. I used one sheet of Piggy Tales Patterned Paper, three pieces of 8 x 11 cardstock, one sheet of creamy coloured cardstock, one stamp, beautiful ribbon from Michael’s and two little paper flowers with a little gem on them, which I got from the Dollarama. I machine stitched around the patterned paper just to make sure that ribbon didn’t fall off!
You can’t tell by the photo but the Sentiment is actually embossed as well.
I think they are super cute, don’t you?? MUST get more stamps….and chalk….and ink…and embossing powder, and an embossing powder buddy and and and…..
You can blame my new card/stamping fixation on my friend Sarah. She’s the one who got me hooked on Scrapbooking several years ago…she dragged me out to this SU club – and I did it for her….but now I think I’m more excited than she is. LOL!
