Best Wishes

 Hello! I hope everyone is keeping well.  This past weekend we had such gorgeous summer like weather with temperatures up in the mid 70's and mid 80's,then today it was 34 but felt like 23F.Looks like the rest of the week into next week is only going to be in the 50's.

Spring bird migration is starting, we have seen a few come through out backyard. Hopefully we will see more this weekend, when we venture out to our favourite birding spots.

For my card today, I'm sharing an Anniversary card I made for my Sister. I'm using Pinkfresh Studio Sunflower Washi tape, PFS oval die,  gold foiling sentiments & dies from Spellbinders, and background die plate from Papertrey Ink.

On the background plate I sponged some light blue ink so it would give it some colour. After die cutting the washi tape I used a few pieces to create my design on and around the oval die cut. Hot glimmer foiled the sentiment. I cut the sentiment out a few times with just white cardstock, then glued together for dimension.

To finish I added some gold pearls in various sizes.

Thank you for stopping by today, I always appreciate when you do!  Have a wonderful day.

Pauline

Happy Anniversary

I still have more Christmas cards to share, but thought I would break it up with a showing of an Anniversary card I made for my last order.

This was a very simple card, I should of made a few while I was at it, but as I was trying to get the order done, I just did one.

I started with a piece of peach pearlized metallic paper, I think it is made by Star Dream, I've had this and many other colours for years.

I stamped the floral design from Simon Says Stamps - Beautiful Flowers in versamark then embossed it in gold.

For the Happy Anniversary sentiment I used my Glimmer Hot Foil machine, the hot foiling dies from Spellbinders - set is called Elegant Occasion Sentiments, and gold foiled it onto some cream cardstock.  Once foiled, I used the matching die to cut it out.

I layered the image piece onto some cream cardstock, popped up the sentiment and added some gold and cream pearls. Card measures 6.25 x 4.5.

I was very pleased on how this turned out.

As always, I appreciate you stopping by.  Hope all is well with you.  Take care,

Pauline

50th Wedding Anniversary

Hello! Just popping in for a really quick post today.  I was asked by a friend to make a 50th Wedding Anniversary card.  Of course I jumped at the chance, as I love making these types of cards.

There isn't a lot of explaining on this, so I'll just leave you with the details below of what I used.

Paper - Basic Grey, Penny Black, cougar white
Dies - Sue Wilson Creative Expressions - Scandinavian Collection - Stockholm, Quick Kutz for the '50'
Misc - lots of flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, bling, pearls, Nuvo shimmer pen

I'm glad you stopped by today, have a happy day!

Pauline

Anniversary wishes

I hope everyone  is doing well.  It's been a week or more since I last posted.  Work has been extremely busy working from home, lots of overtime, which leaves no time for crafting.  And even if there were time, I can honestly say I've lost my mojo. 

Lucky for me I made this card back in the middle of March for my sister's anniversary.  I  didn't want to post it until she has received it, and she has.

All the flowers are stamps and dies from The Greetery.  Sentiment is from Verve.

All the flowers were stamped using Distress Oxide inks, as well as the sponged background.
I used MFT scallop rectangle, then I used SSS A2 thin frames to cut out the center.  Love this die as it has a very thin border that cuts, so I cut this again from gold mirri paper, and then placed it all back together.

Once the flowers were where I wanted them I lift them off using Press N Seal to hold it all together, then placed my card front in my Misti and stamped the sentiment using black versafine.

To finish off I added some pearls and rhinestones from Little Things from  Lucy's cards. I just love how this turned out.  I also made the exact same card for a friend instead using Happy Mothers Day for the sentiment.

Keep well everyone, wishing you a wonderful day!

Pauline

Full of Glee

Isn't it always a 'feel good' moment when you need a card to send and you actually have one to do so?
My sister's anniversary is early next week, so needed to get a card in the mail to her today.

Image is from Penny Black - full of glee.

I started by embossing the image onto some Strathmore Mixed Medium 140lb watercolour paper with white embossing powder.  I pulled out my Zig Clean  markers to colour. Rather than add the ink directly to the paper and watercolour, I added the marker to an acrylic block and picked up the colour with a wet paint brush.  Since these markers are very vibrant in colours it was easier to get a transition from light to dark areas by doing it this way.  Once the flowers were dry I went around them with a couple shades of grey.

I used PTI - Leaf and sprig die for the grey border.

Finished off with some sequins and a bow.

Have a wonderful day!
Pauline

50th Wedding Anniversary

Just in for a quick post tonight.  I had a request for a 50th Wedding anniversary card.  Well you know me with these types of cards, love to use flowers, pearls etc, so this is what I came up with.

Martha Stewart border punch used for the eyelet edges.  Spellbinder die for ovals - elegant ovals. Memory box - dainty leaf die. I used an old Quik kutz number die set for the '50'.  I cut 3 layers - 2 from white card stock and one from mirri gold paper. 

Designer paper is some scraps from by scrap bin.  And then we have flowers, most of them are from Wild orchid crafts in the UK. 

Added some wink of stella clear pen all over the flowers for that bit of sparkle, pearls, gold beads and I also added some white dots using Nuvo white crystal drops.

And there you have it! It is so pretty in real.

Hope your having a good week, thanks for visiting.

Pauline

First wedding anniversary

This past Sunday - Sept 24, was my son Mark & his wife Anna's first wedding anniversary. I can't believe it's been a year already.  I still remember the day so vividly like it was yesterday - boy how time does fly.

Well you know me, I stressed over what kind of card to make for them.  I wanted something special, I stewed over this for a week, finally one day last week when I was off, I just pulled some dies, papers and flowers and went to town!

Here is what I came up with:

Not much explaining on this one, although, if you notice the leaf texture on the background paper - well I did that with a stencil and paste.  I didn't want it to be white paste, so I took my distress oxide picked raspberry ink and added a bit of ink to my Teflon mat, then mixed in some dream weavers pearlescent paste. I didn't use the whole stencil, just bits a pieces of it as I saw fit.  Love the outcome!
Paper is from Kaisercraft - P.S. I love you.

I used a Cherry Lynn doily die cut from white card stock and cut it in half.  I also used Penny Black - love is growing die - which is the grey vines with hearts.  I used a corner rounder for the other 2 layers, then added flowers, leaves, ribbon and some little shimmer dots (from the dollar store - love these, they come in a variety of colour in 2 sizes).  I added some glitter with my wink of stella clear pen to the flowers.

I found some crystal stick pens at our local store, so grabbed a couple of those last week as well, cut off the pen part and then glued the crystal heart to the bottom right corner.

So there you have it!

I'm sharing a couple of my favourite pictures of that wonderful day!

Thanks for stopping by.  Enjoy your week!

Pauline

Lifetime of love

Happy Friday and another 3 day weekend for Canadians. It's the Civic Holiday here  on Monday.  No plans for me, just love hanging around the house and outdoors.  Maybe I'll make a few cards, all depends on the weather.

I was asked a couple of weeks ago by my friend at work to make a 60th anniversary card for her In-laws, and this is what I came up with.

Not much explaining on this one, just a lot of die cutting.  The rolled flower is made with a MFT die, glittered the edges after it was made, added some glitter and then popped a pearl in the middle.

For the '60' I cut the numbers 3 x's.  2 out of card stock and the top layer from gold glitter paper, then glued all 3 together to give it some dimension.

supplies:
Stamp - Justrite - ever after antique labels one
paper -  cream linen, Graphic 45 - baby & bride collection
dies - spellbinders - A2 filigree delight, MFT - rolled flower die, Quickutz - Jacqueline alphabet set
misc - silk ribbon, leaves from Wild Rose, pearls.

Thanks for your visit today, have a wonderful day!

Pauline

Celebrate your day

Happy Monday everyone!  Today's card is one that I made for my friend and co-worker. She celebrated her 25th work anniversary last month.  I made this card for our dept to sign.

Not much in the line of stamping for this one, so I'll just go ahead a list the supplies below.

supplies:
stamp - Verve (sentiment)
ink- versamagic, gold embossing powder
dies - Spellbinders A2 scallop border, spellbinders circle & circle delight
paper - Carta Bella, white
misc - silk ribbon, flowers & pearls

Sorry for the short post, but I'm in the middle of working on a 29 card order for a Director at work.
Back again real soon,

Thanks for your visit today,
Pauline

Where there is love....

Happy Monday everyone.  Well this is a happy monday for me, because I have the day off.  No plans, other than hopefully work on some more cards.

Yesterday afternoon I pulled out me new Verve set - More than love.  I love the sentiments that come with this set.  After looking through some of my 6x6 paper pads I decided to go the the Prima - Tea thyme.  So with lots of die cutting, this is what I came up with.

I began by cutting out a tag shape by using a Verve die.  I placed the die on the paper to incorporate some of the flowers on one side.  I then stamped the sentiment using black versafine.  After playing around with several dies and about an hour of time I finally made a decision on how to finish this.

I cut a piece of vellum using Marvelous Squares.  I adhered this to the middle of my base designer paper.  Next I used a die from Anna Griffin, then used labels #6 for the green layer, then sponged the edges with gathered twigs.

The Eiffel Tower was cut from a piece of brownish/grey c/s.  I wanted something a little more sturdy, so I cut it again using some chip board.  I coloured the chipboard by sponging some distress gathered twigs.  I then glued the c/s to the chipboard, then sponged some gathered twigs around the edges.

To finish off I added a piece of tattered pearl lace along the top. Added some silk ribbon to the tag along with a little bow made with my bow maker, then added dimensionals to the back of the tag to give it some height off of the card. I cut one of the flourishes from - SB corners and accents and adhered that to the right side of the green layer. I then cut the flourish again from some bazzill quartz c/s and then just cut the flourish part off and adhered the heart flower part over the green flourish then added a pearls.

Supplies:
Stamps - Verve - More than love
Dies - MFT - Eiffel tower, Spellbinders - labels 6, corners and accents, marvelous squares, Anna Griffin - Flourish Medallion
Paper - Prima - Tea Thyme, bazzill quartz, chipboard, vellum, brown/grey c/s
Ink - black versafine, distress ink - gathered twigs
Misc - silk ribbon, pearls, tattered lace w/pearls, bow maker, SU dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by.  Take care and have a  good week.

Pauline

40th Wedding Anniversary

It's been a rough week last week, one of my back molars was giving me grief.  Lots of pain, I ended up having a root canal done yesterday.  So much better today, no more pain although my jaw is a bit stiff this morning because of the 5 needles I was given, and for keeping my mouth open for an hour, but as the day went on it was feeling better.

I was going to share my 3rd Fathers Day card I made, but thought I would change it up, you're probably board looking at 'guy' cards, I'm sure something pretty and feminine would be more pleasing to the eye.  I had a request from a friend at work for a 40th anniversary card for another co-worker.  Here is the end result:

I wanted to put their name on the front somehow, so I computer generated the sentiment then cut it out using a MFT flagstax die, then sponged the edges using Adirondak Lights - Willow.  I wanted a soft muted background so it wouldn't take away form the flowers so found these papers from Kaisercraft - On This Day.

For the leaves I used my new Memory Box die - Massa Leaf frame - cut from a piece of scrap from Basic Grey - perhaps. I love the variation of the colour of the leaves.  I then cut a circle from the bottom piece of dp - since I was layering other papers on top no one would see the circle cut out and I didn't want to cut into another piece - (I tell you I am a paper hoarder!) Adhered this over the leaves, I then used one of the punch out circles from back of the paper pack on top of the circle then layered it with a Memory Box - Chochitlan wreath.

I popped the sentiment up using pop up foam squares by Scotch (love these, they squish down, so when mailing it makes it much easier).  I then proceeded by adding an assortment of flowers - most were purchased from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Finished off with a little wooded heart from Studio Calico, glitter on the flowers and pearls.  Do you think I put too many pearls on the card?

Hope you enjoyed my creation today.  Thanks for stopping in. Have a wonderful day.

I will share my 3rd fathers day card next - image from Art Impressions.

Pauline

A Grateful Heart

Hi Everyone.  Hope you had a wonderful long Labour Day weekend.  It's hard to imagine that the summer months have come and gone and now we are into September.  Kidlets off to school, although I don't have any school age children although my daughter is going back to College in a couple of weeks.

Bill and I headed up to Algonquin Park this past weekend - what a beautiful place to visit.  Lots of trails to hike, so many lakes, waterfalls, rapids, and just plain beauty.  It's like being in a different world when you are up there, away from the hustle and bustle of city and small town life.

We saw lots of birds - starting to head south for migration - although some are residence of the park all year around.  I had a Gray Jay land on my hand to eat peanuts, actually there were 4 of them, just swooning in to my hand, grab some peanuts and off they go and then next would come in.  They basically sat in the pine tree beside me and just waited their turn.  So cool! Early morning along the lakes you could hear the Loon's calling off in the distance. Saw some deer as well as a black bear crossing the highway as we were leaving the park yesterday!

I'm off today,  lots of things on my agenda like buying a new washing machine!! I have a front load washer and drying and the 'spider' mount in the back of the washer has broke and when the machine spins it makes a huge banging sound because nothing to hold the drum in place.  The cost is about $300 for parts + labour, and I don't think it's worth getting it fixed for that kind of money, considering the machine is around 8 yrs old, so going to see what I can find.

I do have a card to share with you today.  I had made this a few weeks back.  I have so many stamps that have been un-inked, I thought it was best to start using what I have rather than buy new.  The stamp I'm using today is from Justrite called Grateful Heart.

Image was stamped on 110lb white cardstock using black memento ink and then coloured using copics.

Used the coordinating Justrite die to cut it out -  Vintage Labels Two. Other dies used are Spellbinders - labels Twenty-eight, and Ornate Squares.  The c/s that I used for the Ornate square is Soft Suede (SU).

To give the card a vintage feel, I sponged some antique linen around the edges of the cream labels twenty eight as well as the image.

Finished off with some cream lace, watermelon seam binding ribbon (I bought mine from Flourishes), and some amber rhinestones. I also added some glitter to the flowers, using a quickie glue pen and some Hero Arts prisma glitter.

Well, that's about it for me today, need to get my day going. Have a wonderful day, and thanks for stopping in.

Pauline

Happy anniversary...

Hi everyone!  I just thought I would do a quick post to share a card I did a couple of weeks ago.
I had a request for some Anniversary cards.  Not sure what I really wanted to do for the cards, I searched out Pinterest - WOW you can find anything on there.  I must say I spend many hours looking through all the card galleries.  Lots and lots of talent there for sure.

I came away with quite a few ideas.  This is one that I did.  I should of booked marked the person so i could of given her credit.  Will remember that for next time.

So this is what I came up with,

It was a rather quick card to put together.  Card measures
 5 x 5.  DP is from Kaisercraft - Devonshire Collection. Sentiment is from Verve - Small Phrases.
Dies used are Spellbinders - Floral ovals, and oval, MFT - Fishtale Flag stax, Memory Box - tender leaves, Marianne designs - for the leaves at the top and bottom - sorry no name on the package. Martha Stewart border punch. Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts in the UK.

Finished off with some pearls, and I used some glossy accents on the leaves to resemble water droplets.

Thanks for stopping by, see you again real soon.

Pauline

Buttons & bows

Hi All!  Thanks for stopping by today - today is bellariffic friday and our challenge this week was to use buttons or bows(ribbon) on your card.  Well that is never a challenge for me, because I would say 95% of the time I do use ribbon on my card..

Actually the card that I am show casing today, was going to be for another post next week, and then I realized I had a bow on it, so thought what the heck, it will work for this weeks challenge.

I'm a flower/nature lover, so I pulled out a never before used stamp called Em's Lantern Flowers designed by our very own Emily!

I started by embossing the flowers on a piece of cream cardstock, then embossed it with vanilla embossing powder (yes, vanilla, and it even smells like vanilla).  After I cut it out using a spellbinder oval, I left the die in place and sponged some Adirondak Lake Mist all over, a little heavier on the flower area.  I then layered it onto a piece of SU soft suede (love this colour) which was cut out with the spellbinder Floral  Ovals.

The background is a piece  of cardstock.  Isn't it  gorgeous? it has creams and tans, and comes in an assortment of different colours.
I just love the look of it and think it matches perfectly with my image.  Instead of buttons I used pearls (hope that is okay?!) and then I used a piece of taupe chiffon ribbon.

It was a pretty easy card - you could mass produce these and use them for many occasions.

Want more inspiration? then be sure to hop over to bloggabella and see all the other entries for this week.  Leave a comment for a chance to win $10 in bella bucks.

Next week our challenge is - sketch # 19! Love this sketch. If you get a chance to play along just be sure to email Emily your card by thursday evening to be showcased on bloggabella on the friday.

Thanks for coming by today, have a wonderful weekend!

Vintage Anniversary

For today's card I thought I revert back to the good ole stamping days. You know a bit of embossing, distressing, resisting and even using some vintage lace with pearls.

I have to tell you  I am CASING a card! OMG you say! Yes I saw this card on Hero Arts blog, and fell in love with it. The rules to CASE a card is you must change 3 things.  So I have changed the stamps, DP paper and embellishments!




The stamps I'm using today are all from Stamping Bella.  I started out stamping I 'AM" Script in versamark on cream c/s and embossing it with white e/p. Applied a light layer of versamagic sea breeze over the embossed script. Sponged antique linen and then tea dye distress inks around edges. Then stamped Solid Funky Grass over script using Memento bamboo leaves. Next layer was torn then sponged with tea dye.  The sentiment was stamped using versafine Sepia. 

I made a rosette using the same dp paper which is from Bo Bunny, punched a couple of leaves using Martha Stewart leave punch.  Added some glitter and a tiny pearl to the rosette. I was going to use a piece of chiffon ribbon to tie around the bottom of the card but decided on this pretty lace intertwined with pearls.  I really like how this turned out.  How about you?

Till next time..... Pauline