12 Tags of 2014 January

Good evening,
I am finally able to post my January tag!

I love how this turned out!
So glad I have the pocket watch die!I had used a stencil to create the background.  I used the gears embossing folder to create the inside of the pocket watch. A lot of sanding ink and paint was used.
So much fun!

The Stamps of Life crazy4daisies

crazy4daises is another cute little stamp from the stamps of life I am not sure if I had mentioned this, but Stephanie now has matching dies. So of course I now belong to "the die hard" club which means I get a stamp and matching dies set sent to me each month :)

I wanted to make a simple card and I think I achieved it. I love how this card turned out.

 I hope you can see the embossing around the petals of the flower. I achieved this by using the die!
 The ink I used on the flower and the "hello" was the archival Chrome Yellow I then used the distress inks and markers on the stem and leaves peeled paint and forest moss. For the center I used the new distress glitter. I love this new glitter!

That is it for now
Take care
Donna

12 tags of 2014 March

I know I wasn't faithful last year in keeping up with the 12 tags of 2013, but this year I am hoping to regulate my time better and join in on the fun !
Here is my first tag of the year and I am currently working on the Jan and Feb tags of 2014 so watch for those post.

The technique for this month was "smudge stamping" there are actually two ways of doing this.  You can check it out here

and my results

I used the Tim Holtz stamp set called Spring Sprung.
This stamp set seems to be one of my favorites :)
I used the new Tim Holtz stencil called "Bubble" along with my marker spritzer which I had picked up from Stampin' Up online clearance sale :)  The distress inks that I used were dusty concord, peeled paint, rusty hinge, frayed burlap, pumice stone, and walnut stain.
I had some natural heavy jute that I stained using the Lindys stamp gang " mango mania".  Seam binding trim was tied at the top which I had stained  one with peeled paint distress stain and the other was stained with dusty concord distress stain.

I am not sure if I like the results, I need to play with this technique more before deciding if I will use it in a project.
I am always a willing student who wants to learn new things  :)

The Stamps of LIfe spinner2stamp

What a cute little stamp set from The {Stamps} of life

This card was fun to make.
I used Stampin' up paper, Kiwi lane templates and some of Tim Holtz distress glitter!

Stampin' Up February 2014 club cards

I have a bunch of cards to post so this will be short and sweet :)
 Our first card idea comes from StampingT!
Scalloped Tag Topper Punch Card Base

we used the word window punch to create the closure.


Our second card was CASE'd from Kate Benade
Banner Blast and Banner Punch Card

and our third and last card is inspired by Gina K
You're Lovely Panel Card

There you go. Our three beautiful cards that Charlene guided us through in making. Thanks Charlene!

Stampin' up February 2014

Tonight is our club night and once again we have our sketch challenge. The sketch challenge for this month is from Freshly Made Sketches

I LOVE how this card turned out. I was trying to go for a  bit of a shabby look.

I started off using my favorite colour cardstock from Stampin' Up Coastal Cabana! the next layer I used white cardstock and embossed using the alphabet press folder. I then stamped using the colours apricot appeal and cameo coral along with the stamp set called Tape It. The happy birthday stamp came from the happiest birthday wishes stamp set. I used the deco labels thinlit dies to cut the frames out. I then did some stitching and tucked in some tulle.

Now I am off to go learn some tips and tricks !

I'll be back
If you live in Saskatchewan, have a great long weekend! It's family day on Monday :)
and to all my other readers have a great weekend !
Donna

Stampin Up Jan 2014

Hard to believe,  February club night is coming up! I only now realized that I didn't post January club cards so here it goes.

This first card is the one I made for the card sketch challenge. The sketch came from
Try Stampin on Tuesday

and here are the cards that we made in our January club

This first card is pretty cool a twist on the square thinlit and then we did some colouring.
This idea came from Dreaming about rubberstamps

Second card
Brayered Vellum Flowers Card
This technique was new to me :) the flowers were made from white vellum cardstock. The vellum was preinked in yellow, blue, and red ink. We stamped, punched, and used a stylist to make our petals stand out. This was a great card to make.
The idea comes from Stamp Paper Scissors (Jan Tink)

Now for out last item we made a card that becomes a bag topper. What a great idea, love it!!

Tag Topper Punch Bag Hanger was case'd from Wee Inklings

I just happened to have a white bag and I attached it. The card is removeable. It just slides into the slot. 

What a great lookin' gift bag!

Now I am off to go make my card for this February sketch challenge

Take care
Donna

Stampin up Dec 2013 cards

Hi everyone,
I just have to say that December was once again BUSY! as usual :)

I am finally able to post the cards that we made in our December  Stampin Up  club.
I really don't know how Charlene does it but here we go with three gorgeous cards!

Our first one called "starburst technique"  love how this turned out!

There are many variations of this technique

Card was CASE'd from Kay Kalthoff Stamping to Share  and she shows you how in this video :)


Suspended snowflake was our second card.   WOW! loved how it turned out.

 CASE'd from Lyssa Zwolanek Song of My Heart Stampers


And our last card, which I was not able to make at the club. I had to leave early to pick up my hubby from his staff party.  Charlene wanted me to be able to make this last card so she had precut and packed it into a baggie for me to take home, how sweet !

Love it!
this card was CASE'd from  Susan Itell  Simple Stampin 


Until next time whishing you all the best !!
Donna

family Christmas gift tags

I was a VERY busy gal in December. I was on a mission to make a tag, giftcard or card for each gift this year.

We were blessed this year to have more family join us to make a total of 23 beautiful family members to share this special time together.

It was late in the evening when we decided to start putting tags on the gifts when I remembered that I hadn't taken a photo. I quickly grabbed my camera and took them. Only now I am able to look at them. Due to bad lighting the colour is off . My apologies.

This first photo shows the tags and giftcards made for family members.

some closeups :)

In this photo are hat pins that I had made. They are teeny hats glued onto large bobby pins ! The girls were able to take them off the tags, and quickly put them in their hair ! yes they did love them :)

As some of you know I run a childcare home. The following photo shows some of the cards that I had made for the children and their parents gifts

WHEW!!

I need to go take more photos of the cards that we made in stamp club this month. Hopefully they will be posted in the very near future!

Wishing you all the best in the New Year !!

Stampin' Up November club cards

The long awaited card, ornament, and card holder that we made at club night!


Loved how this card turned out

this card was cased from Stamp4fun with Selene Kempton



Here is a beautiful creation called the flip fold card/ornament that we had made using one of my favorite new dies

the project idea came from  Lyssa Zwolanek  Mini photo tutorial flip flop card

and our last one for the evening was this great envelope punch board card box

Love how this turned out
here is a link to show you how it is done CRAFTDOC

We had a very busy night but I will tell you it was a TON of fun!!

THANKS Charlene!