Bright & Breezy Card

Supplies:

Card base - Half sheet 110 lb white card stock

Ink Pad - Close to my Heart dye pad - Glacier

Stamps - Assorted splatter stamps

Patterned card stock - Anthology Bright & Breezy

Sentiment - Anthology Bright & Breezy

Adhesive - Scraperfect's Best Glue Ever

The hexagons were left over from a scrapbook page that I am working on for my granddaughter, so I decided to turn the into a quickie card.  

Bokeh Card

This is my version of a Bokeh style card.

Materials:
Cold pressed watercolour paper
Tim Holtz Distressed Ink Pads
- Peeled Paint
- Evergreen
- Brushed Corduroy
- Broken China
Water spritzer
White pigment pad
Make-up sponge
Circle stencils in assorted sizes
Rubber stamp
Stayzon ink pad



The background was done with Distress Ink Pads pressed on a  teflon mat and spritzed with water.

I tried using a white pigment pad for the circles but my pad was too dry so I substituted gesso and a stencil brush to get my Bokeh effect.

Happy Spring

For the first time that I can ever remember, March has come in like a lion and it has gone out like a lion.  Spring is here and I'm looking forward to warmer weather, hopefully it is coming soon.  I made this little card to hopefully speed up the spring process.

Patterned card stocks and bakers twine and sentiment are from Anthology by Lisa Bearnson.  The black eyes are actually Pearler Beads that I melt in the oven to create my own enamel dots.  I like to attach them with Scraperfect's Best Glue Ever.

Happy 3.14 Day

Thank you cards

I recently lost a son, so many people have just been so wonderful and we are very grateful for all of your support.  These are the thank you cards that I made to send out, very appreciative of the outpouring of love that we have felt.

Purple paper - Recollections open stock

Sentiment is print and cut on a Silhouette Cameo

Paper Flower - Recollections

Bee - Jolees stickers

Glue for embellishments - Scraperfect's Best Glue Ever

Family Reunion Chalkboard Paper Banner

Cameo is the greatest tool in cutting out shapes for banners.   I just cut them out then used a Marvy Bistro Chalkboard Marker to do the lettering and added a bit of twine.  My lettering isn't the greatest but this made for a pretty instant banner for our reunion in Lehi, Utah.

Baby Shower

I recently helped a friend work on a few things for a baby shower.  The sex of the baby is unknown so the colour scheme is yellow and mint.  We decided to use a onesie for the banner.  Quite happy with how it turned out.

I also made headers for macaroons in yellow and mint.

August 1, 2015

Happy Birthday to my wonderful husband.  I am so blessed to have him in my life, we just have the "most muchester" fun together.  I am always shocked at how fast the birthdays seem to roll around.  We need to find more opportunities to stop and enjoy life - to let it slow down for just a few minutes.

This is his card and he hasn't seen it yet, very excited to give it to him.  He is my own private pop star and I wanted to make him a card that would reflect his love for music playing the guitar.

I couldn't find a Gibson font anywhere so I traced lettering to create one, I have used it for both print and cut and for cutting vinyl.

I used silver metallic vinyl for the lettering and numbers.  The Happy Birthday, also in a Gibson font is printed on the base of the card.  I used my Silhouette Cameo to make sure everything was lined up and the Happy Birthday would show through in the right spot.  The lettering on the pic is also in silver vinyl.  The silver metallic threads are held into place with Scraperfect's Best Glue Ever.

Happy Canada Day

Happy Canada Day

Today I am posting a recipe for Rice Krispie treats that I made for a Canada Day Celebration.  If you are ever going to eat Rice Krispie Squares - this is the time to do it. 

Rice Krispie ~ Caramel Topping

1/2 c margarine  375 gram bag of mini marshmallows 9 c Rice Krispies (you can do this in the microwave, I prefer stovetop) This is for a 9 x 13 pan ~ I found this was too deep. I use a jellyroll pan or large cookie sheets. Toffee 1 C margarine or butter 1 c brown sugar 4 Tbsp white corn syrup 1 can eagle brand milk Melt stirring constantly  boil for 10 minutes let cool for 10 minutes then pour over cooled Rice Krispie squares

Happy Canada Day

Copic Marker Storage and Organization

It has been a while since I have posted how I organize my marker collection.

My Copic collection started several years ago with 5 Ciao markers from Curry's because that was all I could find in Toronto, my Ciao collection grew to 18.  Once Michaels started to carry Copic Sketch Markers, my collection started to grow rapidly and I was no longer interested in Ciao markers (link at the bottom of the page for Sketch vs Ciao.)  In Canada the price per marker is 7.99  -- the handy Michaels coupons of either 40 or 50% off fed my addiction and on trips to the US or at scrapping events, I would grab colours that Michaels didn't carry.

In the beginning, I tracked colours in a small notebook and then purchased a colour chart book from Curry's - I needed something to keep in m purse that would remind me which colours I had.

Sketch & Ciao Markers

72 Slot Wallets
Colour Charts

Raskog Cart

Master Colour Charts
The Copic site has the best hand colour chart you can find it by clicking on this link:  358 Hand Colour Chart


Original Markers
I have decided to store my Original Copic Markers in a 36 Slot Copic Wallet.  I can't see myself collecting more than this for the Original Copic Markers.

36 Slot Copic Wallet

Wide Markers
For now because I only have 8 Wide Markers, I am going to just store them in a Blue Que Pencil Case that I purchased from Curry's.

Various Ink Refills
I have yet to find a good storage solution for my Various Ink Refills.  I have them stored in aBlue Que Pencil Case that I purchased from Curry's.



Previous Copic Posts

Labeling Copic Markers

Copic Watercolour

Sketch vs. Caio