Festive Friday... Tremendous Treats

Hey guys! It's Friday, so I have some fun Christmas things to share with you today! Today, I am sharing some tags I made using Papertrey's Tremendous Treats set, plus, I owe you the holiday card I made using this week's One Set Wednesday set - Tag Its 1! Tons of pictures today, so let's get to it.

First, I'll show you the card I made for Wednesday's post... I couldn't get a decent photo of this one for that post, and I had troubles for today's post too - it just didn't want to work with me!

So again, it's not a great photo, but at least today you get to see the card I made!

Onto today's project. So Shirley and I have decided to do a craft show for Christmas this year. This means we will be working on some projects all year with the purpose of selling them in November. One of the things we plan to sell are a variety of gift tags, so I got started on those for today's post!

This isn't all of the ones I made, just a sampling. I took each image from the Tremendous Treats set onto a die (I used the 2.25" Limitless Layers dies for these), coloured them, and added the To: and From: onto them, before matting them. I just punched holes and threaded baker's twine through.

Here are some shots of each of these tags.

These were *so* easy... since I like colouring when I can't really find my groove with any specific project, I just worked on the images in between things, then put them together. Our goal with this show is to work throughout the year at a relaxed pace to get our goods ready. We've determined our list of items to sell, so we just have to execute!

So over the course of the year you'll see the projects as we get them ready - likely I'll hijack a few more Festive Fridays to share!

One Set Wednesday - Tag Its #1

***This is my second post for today... please scroll down for my PTI Blog Hop post!***

Hey guys! Welcome to another One Set Wednesday... Today I am featuring a little $5 set from Papertrey Ink called Tag Its #1. I *love* this series... I have most of them, and use them often. I was happy to work with it for today's post!

For the first card, I used the frame included in the set, along with the flower image to create my own background pattern.

It's simple, but I chose a bold colour scheme to set that off. I have used these sets in this fashion quite a few times, so you can tell it's an effect I like!

Here is a close up of the sentiment tag:

Next, I have a card that I made using the frame to stamp a border... I was hoping it would look a bit like lace, but I don't think this is the right frame for that effect.

Still, I like the cool tones and colour scheme of this card.

Next up is a card that was inspired by a card in this post (scroll down) created by Betsy Veldman.

I also did make a Christmas card with this set, but the photos did not turn out, and I didn't realize it until now. I will post it on Friday with my Festive Friday post!

Thanks so much for visiting, and remember... if you take on this challenge for yourself, I would LOVE to see! Make sure you leave me a comment so I can come visit you!

Spring Flowers...

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Hey guys!! It's the 25th, which means today is the Papertrey Ink Blog Hop!!

I loved the theme for this month's Hop: Pick a favourite project that you created in 2011 and share it. As a challenge, create a new project based on your favourite. The hard part was picking a favourite project!

So here's how I went about it. Instead of creating a card that was a re-make of something I'd already created, I chose a card I created using a photo that Melissa Phillips posted for inspiration. She recently posted a couple of new photos that I knew I wanted to use. So I guess I followed the process more than the card itself. I created a card using one of the latest photos, incorporating some of the colours from my original project.

Are you still with me?

So first, here is the card I created last year:

For this card, I used Waltzingmouse Stamps, so that was another reason I chose it - because I could do something using completely different stamps!

Here is the photo that Melissa recently posted, from here.

I could make about 15 cards based on this photo, but I did manage to stop at one! I chose to draw my inspiration from the beautiful vintage hankie on the hanger.

I stamped a pattern reminiscent of the embroidery using images from Botanical Silhouettes and Beautiful Blooms II. You can see the red, white and turquoise from the original card. Here's a close up of the pattern:

Clear as mud?

I'll let you be on your way since I know you'll have a lot of stops on your Hop today. Thanks for visiting me!

Thanks a Bunch...

Hey guys! I am just under the wire for this week's Timeless Tuesday challenge over at Flourishes. If you haven't noticed, this is one of my favourite challenges, and I try really hard to play every week... but I missed last week! Bummer... so I wanted to be sure to play along this week!

This week, Heather challenged us to create anything but a card. I love creating anything I can out of paper, and I haven't done anything other than cards and layouts in forever, so I was excited to get started!

I created a little gift bag (find the tutorial here) that would be perfect to give a sweet little thank you gift to someone...

I used one of the stamps from the Zinnias set to create my own patterned paper for the base of my bag, which (as you probably know) is one of my favourite things to do!

And then I also included a coloured image to dress up my sentiment label:

So that's my take on the challenge... I had a lot of fun making this little bag - it was quick and easy. I can definitely see myself making more!

Thanks for coming by! I hope you have a great start to your week!

Scrapbook Sunday - Her New Love... (and a WINNER!)

Hey guys!! It's Sunday, which means it's time for me to share a new layout with you. I have been showing you so many layouts using photos of my youngest daughter, I thought I would switch things up a bit this week.

So I did one with an older photo of my oldest daughter! *wink*

Okay, I had 2 other ideas that I wanted to scrap for this week, but for one of them I couldn't find the right photo, and for the second one... well, the mojo just wasn't working for me with that one!

This week, I joined in the monthly challenge at My Mind's Eye, which was to use this sketch:

And scrap using the theme "New".

That's where I was drawn to use the photo I went with...

My brother (he's a *great* photographer) took this photo when he visited Canada from Scotland just after Emma's first birthday. This was the first time they met each other, and they were quite smitten from the start.

Hence the title:

I mixed papers from the Stella & Rose: Gertie collection, and added a die cut I had from the So Sofie collection.

I added in a little pocket to hide my tag which is where the journalling is:

I did this one in a 8.5 x 11 size, which was a change for me, but I really liked it! I think I am going to gift this to my brother when he comes to visit this spring... we'll see!

And now the reason you're really here... it's time to pick a winner for my Card Kit Giveaway!!

Using the Random Number Generator, I picked a winner from the comments left on my Giveaway post. The random winner is...

#1 - CHRIS!!

Congratulations Chris!! You've won the Card Kit that I featured in my Giveaway post! Please send me an email with your mailing address and I'll get the kit in the mail to you!

Thanks again to all of you for following my blog, and leaving me your sweet comments. You really do make my day every day, and I just love sharing with you all!

How Beautiful a Day Can Be...

Hi Guys!

Today my hubby is going with his brother to a Canucks game, which means the kids and I are on our own... it's supposed to be incredibly wet here, so I think whatever we do, it will be inside!

I am here to share a card I made using my newest set from Flourishes, using the latest Sketch For You To Try. I put some Crate Paper lovelies to work, broke out the Copics and went to town.

I loved the quote... in fact, a lot of the Flourishes sets include some really great sentiments and quotes when I want something just a little different.

Now, will we go get soaked trying to go out somewhere, or stay in our cozy clothes inside where it's warm and dry?

Have a great weekend and don't forget that you only have until 5pm this afternoon (Pacific) to enter my Giveaway! I'll be announcing the winner in tomorrow's Scrapbook Sunday post, so make sure you come back and see if it's you!

My Friend...

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Hey guys! I am here to share a couple of cards that I made for this week's technique challenge for Papertrey Ink's Make it Monday.

This week the technique was shared by Betsy Veldman, who is a huge inspiration for me... she can do pure magic with stamps and ink, I tell you!! This is called "Ghost Masking" and it is really cool! If you want to see for yourself, click here for the video!

First, I created a card for our friends who just welcomed their twins. You might remember I shared the cards that I made for the babies here.

This is pretty low profile for me, but I kept the recipients in mind - they are more clean and simple.

Next, I created a card for a friend of mine who made a pretty big move recently, both physically, but also personally. I've been thinking lots about her, and wanted her to know she's on my mind.

This time, I switched things up a bit, and took a dimensional approach with the frame and die cut. Here is a close up of the label:

I had so much fun with this one... you might see it again from me!

Have I mentioned yet that I have a Giveaway for you to enter? *wink*