Ian & Lea's Wedding

I'm finally posting some pictures from my 

son's wedding that took place in Vancouver on the 

Canadian Thanksgiving week-end (October 2015). 

I made a variety of projects - 

both paper crafts and fabric crafts that 

I'll be sharing over the next few posts.

 Lea and Ian

The colour scheme was royal blue, with touches of fall colours.

Floral Arrangements

 I made a banner with white and blue card stock,

cutting letters and a heart using my Cricut machine.

The banner was positioned across the head table.

I made a wedding card that my other son and his girlfriend 

gave to the bride and groom.

 I used Papertrey Ink's Heart-2-Heart #9  

stamps and dies to make a clean and simple design.

I used Enchanted Evening ink and card stock 

along with Smokey Shadow ink for the sentiments.

It's hard to believe that they will be celebrating their 

first anniversary in just 6 weeks!!

Thanks for visiting today,
Karen C.

More Bowl Cozies

I showed some bowl cozies and placemats

that I made for my sister-in-law, in this post.

 

 Here is another set 

I made for my son's girlfriend.

I used a black and white leaf print for the inside 

and a black and white polka dot for the outside.

Thanks for visiting today.
Karen C.

Butterfly Wishes

Today I have a card and sewing project 

I made for my sister-in-law's birthday.

Bowl Cozy and Mini Placemat 

I used printed fabrics to make a 2 sets of bowl cozies

and mini place mats. I found a this tutorial for these on 

Pinterest and have made several sets for family members. 

They are a great solution for cooking your morning 

oatmeal in the microwave. No more problems when 

removing a hot steaming bowl from the microwave!!

I had extra material, so I used it to make 

two small place mats, 

just the right size for the bowl cozy.

I used the colour scheme from the bowl 

cozy fabric to create a birthday card.

The front panel was stamped with a 

variety of blue and green inks 

(Limeade Ice; Stampin' Up:Tempting Turquoise; 

Close To My Heart: Crystal Blue, Moonstruck Blue)

using Irresistibly Ikat.

Circle Scribbles die was cut from Limeade Ice,

then a butterfly (Butterfly Wishes) was die cut, stamped, 

coloured  and layered over the circle.

The sentiment (Wonderful Words: Birthday)  

was stamped onto a Double-ended Banner die 

and adhered to the card front.

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps -Irresistibly Ikat, Butterfly Dreams; Wonderful Words:Birthday, 
Stylish Sentiments: Birthday

Inks - Limeade Ice; Stampin' Up:Tempting Turquoise; Versamark;
Close To My Heart:Crystal Blue, Moonstruck Blue

Paper - Stamper's Select White, Limeade Ice

Dies - Circle Scribbles, Double Ended Banner die

Other - Copic markers; Clear Embossing powder; Embroidery floss; foam adhesive sheet

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Doodlie Do Birthday

My son asked me to make a card for his girlfriend's mother.  

Doodlie-Do and Polka Dot Basics made this 

a fast and simple card to create.

Fine Linen ink was used to stamp the polka dots 

onto a white card front and then attached to a 

Fine Linen card base. 

Various flowers and leaves were die cut and stamped, 

coloured with copics (reds, burgundy, yellow and greens)

 and then arranged onto the card front.

Red Adhesive pearls (in a variety of sizes) were added.

The sentiment (Happy Hexagons) was stamped 

with Vineyard (Close To My Heart).

Inside

A white panel insert was stamped with polka dots, 

sentiment (Flower Fusion #1) and 

a Doodlie-Do flower. 

The edge was sponged with Fine Linen ink.

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps - Doodlie-Do, Polka Dot Basic, Happy Hexagons, Flower Fusion #1

Inks - Fine LinenHarvest Gold, Pure Poppy; Memento:Tuxedo Black; Close To My Heart:Vineyard

Paper - Stamper's Select White, Fine Linen

Dies - Doodlie-Do

Other - Copic markers; red adhesive pearls

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Stinkin' Cute Birthday for Emily

I used this Lawn Fawn Stinkin' Cute stamp and die 

for this birthday card earlier this year. Its such a 

cute image when paired with flowers. 

I decided to try a rainbow effect for the background 

on this card for my grand niece who turns 4 this month.

I used the Hexagon Cover Plate to impress the 

outline design onto the front of a Soft Stone card base. 

After cutting and stamping various hexagons from 

white card stock I was able to position them onto the 

front of the card base using the raised areas as a guide.

Rainbow Colours from bottom to top:

New Leaf, Limeade Ice, 

Bright Buttercup, Summer Sunrise, 

Lovely Lady, Sweet Blush, 

Aqua Mist.

Hibiscus Burst was used for happy and number 4.

A strip of vellum with a notched bottom was stamped 

with BIRTHDAY (Happy Hexagons), then heat embossed 

with Stampin' Up Melon Mumbo Embossing Powder. 

The top of the vellum tag was die cut with 

Stitching Lines dies, then aqua embroidery floss 

was threaded through the holes and finished with a bow. 

This allowed me to place a strip of Scor-Tape below 

the threaded area and attach it to the card front.

Polka Dot Alphabet stamps and dies were used to 

make the word happy. Several layers were 

die cut a stacked to create added dimension.

The main circular panel was created by 

stamping flowers and grass (Garden Variety) 

onto a circle of white card stock, then added to a 

Bright Buttercup circle cut with Inverted Scallops die. 

The skunk was die cut, stamped and coloured with 

copic markers before adding it to the front circle. 

The number 4 was die cut and stamped with 

Polka Dot Numbers using Hibiscus Burst ink.

Inside

The inside was finished with a flowers, grass 

and a sentiment from Garden Variety.

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps - Garden Variety, Polka Dot Alphabet, 
Happy Hexagons; Lawn Fawn:Stinkin' Cute

Inks - New Leaf, Limeade Ice, 
Bright Buttercup, Summer Sunrise, 
Lovely Lady, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist, Hibiscus Burst;  
Memento:Tuxedo Black; Versamark

Paper - Soft Stone, Stamper's Select White, Vellum

Dies - Hexagon Cover Plate, Stitching Lines, 
Polka Dot Alphabet & Numbers, Tag Sale #5; 
Lawn Fawn:Stinkin' Cute; Nestabilities: Inverted Scallops

Other - Copic markers; Foam tape; embroidery floss; 
Stampin' Up Melon Mumbo Embossing Powder

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Happy Camper Anniversary

My niece and her family love to camp. 

They spend several weeks each summer in their trailer 

at provincial parks - swimming, campfires and s'mores are 

their favourites. I used Petite Places: Happy Camper 

to make an anniversary card for them, 

knowing that it is very close to their hearts!!

I love using a variety of stamps and dies to embellish 

each of the little boxes from the Comic Strip Cover Plate. 

This time, I cut one piece of card stock from Kraft 

to make the outline frame and a second piece 

in order to get the variety of panels.

On the top box, I cut away one of the 

vertical frame lines so that I could have a full width 

for the sentiment (Close To My Heart: Good Times).  

This was stamped with Dark Chocolate ink 

directly onto the Aqua Mist panel. 

I stamped it a second time onto white card stock with 

Pure Poppy ink, and trimmed the small Good Times panel. 

I then glued that onto top of the original stamped line. 

A yellow copic marker was used to fill in the stars.

The central panel was created using:

* a roadway - narrow grey cardstock with white dash lines;
* two die cut trees from Scene It: Mountain View; 
* stamped birds from Ahoy! 
* Fresh Snow ink sponged along the top to make clouds
* Sun - die cut from Harvest Gold card stock with a 
    medallion die (Ad Sense) and stamped with a small sunburst 
    from Monthly Moments: June.  A yellow adhesive dot was 
    added to the center before popping it up with foam dots.
* Trailer, banner and car - Happy Camper stamps and dies.

The bottom right panel uses stamps and dies from 
Petitie Places: Happy Camper and Scene It: Mountain  View.
 

The bottom left panel uses a Heart-2-Heart #3 die cut, 
sponged with Pure Poppy ink and stamped with a 
sentiment from Clip Tips using Versamark and 
white detail embossing powder.

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps - Petite Places: Happy Camper, Clip Tips, Monthly Moments: June,
Ahoy; Close To My Heart: Good Times

Inks - Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold,
Fresh Snow, CTMH: Grey Wool; Versamark

Paper - Aqua Mist, Kraft, Stampers Select White, New Leaf, Harvest Gold; 
CTMH: Grey Wool

Dies - Petite Places: Happy Camper, Scene It: Mountain View, 
Ad Sense, Heart-2-Heart #3, Comic Strip Cover Plate

Other - Cuttlebug Swiss Dots Embossing Folde; copic markers; foam dots

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

SuperGirl Birthday

Comic Strip Cover Plate is one of my favourite Papertrey Ink dies. 

I've used it for baby cards, and birthday cards for all ages. 

This Supergirl birthday card (for my grandniece who turned 7), 

uses stamps and dies from Superhero and Zappy Birthday.   

I started by cutting the cover plate from 

Stamper's Select White card stock and 

then took the rectangular and square boxes 

and tried another water colour technique with 

Blueberry Sky and Spring Rain re-inkers.

 I was attempting to get a splattered look!! 

I used all of the panels for the card, except the top left side.

The picture does not clearly show the outline of the card - 

next time I need to make sure to use a contrasting background 

when photographing a white card!! Hope you can visualize

 that the white frame of the cover plate forms the card front!!  

Details

The top left box was stamped with the dotted image 

from Superhero, before adding the stamped die cut 

and sentiment. (Close To My Heart: Outdoor Denim, Orange inks)

The right box was created by layering several stamped and 

punched circles and then adding a green die cut star. 

I think the favourite part of this card is the mask ...

I used several layers of card stock to make the mask 

very thick and then added a bright green layer 

to give the illusion of cat eyes! 

The mask and Supergirl image were stamped with 

Outdoor Denim Ink; 

the Supergirl sentiment was stamped with Orange ink.

The bottom left box uses only die cuts - 

orange stars from Square Shaker Confetti die 

and Boy Basics: Out of this World. 

The building silhouette was die cut from 

Zappy Birthday Die Collection.

The final box uses the stamps and dies 

(Zappy Birthday) create the raised sentiment panel.

The edges of each box were sponged with Spring Rain ink.

Inside

To finish the inside of the card I die cut 

Monthly Moments: Slide Frame and then 

stamped it with polka dots (Building Blocks) 

using New Leaf ink. 

The sentiments (Zappy Birthday) and two scrolled 

lines (To You From Me) complete this panel.

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps -Zappy Birthday, Superhero, To You From Me, Building Blocks

Inks - New Leaf, Blueberry Sky, Spring Rain; Stampin' Up:Bashful Blue;
Close To My Heart:Orange, Outdoor Denim

Paper - Stamper's Select White; CTMH:Outdoor Denim

Dies - Comic Strip Cover Plate, Zappy Birthday, Superhero; Monthly Moments: Slide Frame
Star Dies from: Square Shaker Confetti Die, Boy Basics: Out of this World 

Other - 7/8" circle punch

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.

Sarai: Huggabugg Birthday

Here's a sweet yellow and pink card I made for 

my grand niece who recently turned 1. I used 

Stamping Bella's "cuppycake with a Huggabugg on top!"

I've been experimenting with various water colour techniques. 

(with limited success, LOL!!) I started with water coloured paper 

and used Hibiscus Burst and Harvest Gold inks to create a 'smooshed' background panel. 

I cut an oval from the center of the card front to use 

for the main focal panel. The remainder of the front was 

stamped with Birthday Style confetti using Hibiscus Burst 

and Harvest Gold over the smooshed background.

The oval piece was mounted onto a double mat of 

Harvest Gold and Hibicus Burst. 

Huggabug and cupcake images were stamped, 

coloured with copics and fussy cut so it could be 

attached to the main focal panel.  

The base of the cupcake was paper pierced using 

a striped paper from my scrap bin.

The sentiment (Stylish Sentiments: Birthday)  

was stamped with black ink.

Inside

Confetti and Swags:

Birthday Style

Sentiments

Big Birthday Wishes & Polka Dot Alphabet

Supplies (Papertrey Ink, unless noted)
Stamps - Stamping Bella's "cuppycake with a Huggabugg on top!"
Stylish Sentiments: Birthday,  
Birthday Style, Big Birthday Wishes, Polka Dot Alphabet
Inks - Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold, Spring Rain; Memento Tuxedo Black 
Papers - Stamper's Select White, Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold,
Watercolour paper; striped patterned paper
Dies - Nestabilities:Classic Ovals
Other - S
Thanks for visiting today.
Karen C.

Birthday Celebration for Polly

I'm still loving Scene It: Celebration stamp and die set, 

so decided to use it again for my grandniece's 5th birthday.

Using bright, cheery colours are perfect for a little girl's birthday:

Balloons:

Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, Vintage Jadeite inks;

balloon strings are stamped with Kraft ink

Background: 

Harvest Gold cardstock for Stars;

Blueberry Sky caardstock sponged with Fresh Snow ink;

Hibiscus Burst cardstock for scalloped panel. 

Stars:

Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, Vintage Jadeite inks; 

Card Front:

Stitching Impression Plate provides texture 

 

 Inside:

Balloons: Scene It: Birthday

Confetti: Birthday Style

Sentiment: Delightful Dahlias Addition

Supplies (PTI unless noted)

Stamps -Scene It Celebration

Inks - Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise,  
Kraft, Vintage Jadeite, Blueberry Sky, Fresh Snow

Paper - Stamper's Select White, Hibiscus Burst,Harvest Gold, Blueberry Sky

Dies - Tinsel & Tags Scallop Backer die, Scene It: Celebration

Other - Stitching Impression Plate

Thanks for visiting today.

Karen C.