Shamrock blessings

Hello and happy Saturday.  I worked some overtime this morning, always nice when you can do it from home. We had another winter storm late yesterday and throughout the night, rain, freezing rain and snow.  The good side of this is that we did not get the accumulation of snow as they expected, only ended up with a couple of inches, and today the sun is out and pretty much everything has melted. 

Today, I have another St. Partick day card.  I made a couple of these for my friend. Just love when you can mass produce!

I used products from various companies -Sentiment - Verve, Gold leaves - die from  PFS, Shamrock - die from Gina K, background - Bold borders Prism Die -  Papertrey Ink.

After the Prism die was cut out, I sponged some SSS  Positively Field green ink on the corners.  For the shamrocks, I sponged the green ink onto some 110 lb white cardstock, then splattered with gold and white ink, once dry I die cut the shamrocks.  The leafy branch was die cut from shiny gold c/s.

I stamped the sentiment inside the frame opening in the center using black versafine.  I then arranged the shamrocks and leafy sprigs on the opposite corners from where I sponged the green ink 

To finish off I added some gold pearls to the centers of the shamrocks.

Okay, I think I am going to work on some Easter cards - I need 8 for a f riend!

Thank you for stopping by today, have a wonderful day!

Pauline

Easter Wishes

 Hello, and happy Monday to all! This is the last day of my week long vacation.  Bill and I did some birding, but it seems we missed most of the migration as most of it came through the week of May 5.  It was kind of disappointing to say the least.  But..... it was a great just being off of work, taking some 'me' time. I did a lot of reading, finished watching the Downton Abbey series, and Season 1,2,3 of New Amsterdam, just starting to watch season 4.  I also found some time in the craft room :), along with some gardening.

Today's card that I am sharing is one I did for Easter.  I completely forgot to post this.

Products used are:  Penny Black - Tulip Treasure, Penny Black Cross Stitch Borders, and sentiment is from a very old Verse set.

Using Canson 140lb watercolour paper, tombow markers and my Misti.  I continued to add ink to the image, spritz and stamp until I was happy with the image.  I then placed the cross stitch die along the right side and die cut it - love how it only cuts the slits in each triangle.  I stamped the sentiment in black versafine.

To finish off I added some tiny pearls, and sponged antique linen along  the edges.

As always, I appreciate you stopping by.  See you again real soon.  Have a wonderful day, whatever you are up to!

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

Brief is love but....

Well good morning everyone!  I'm sorry I haven't posted all week.  I think my mojo left me again.  As much as I wanted to stamp & colour I just  couldn't find it in me to do it.  So this morning I was up bright and early 6:20, grabbed a coffee and decided I was going to make a card before heading off to church.

I wanted to make a Valentine card for my son Mark and fiancee Anna.  I pulled out some Verve stamps and dies and went to town.  I found a sketch layout to use and this is what I came up with. 
I had this done in 20 min!

Sentiment is from Verve - stronger love which was stamped in black versafine ink.  I used the rounded scallop frame from Verve, cut it out twice, once using dp, and once on cream c/s.   I replaced the center part of the dp and put in the cream and stamped my sentiment on that.

Flag stax is a MFT die, and the scallop border on top is a spellbinder die.

To finish this off I used my wink of stella pen to go around the edges of the cream sentiment where it inlays to the scallop border, cut some leaves from vellum, a couple of hearts, then added some sequins, a glittery enamel dot then tied some seam binding ribbon around the top to pull this all together.

There you have it 20 min from start to finish! Inside the card I stamped Happy Valentines Day!

supplies:
stamps - Verve - stronger love
ink - black versafine
paper - crate - fourteen, cream, scraps of red and dark pink, PTI vellum
dies - Verve - rounded scallop frame, from the heart (for the small hearts), sprightly springs (vellum leaves), spellbinder A2 bracket borders one, MFT flag stax dies
misc - wink of stella clear pen, sequins, enamel dot, seam binding ribbon


Thanks for your visit today.  I'm hoping this quick card got my 'mojo' going again. Have a wonderful day!

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

I lift up my eyes ....

Goodmorning, how is the weather in your neck of the woods?  We have very high winds here started late last night, it felt like the roof was coming off the house, with all the creaking sounds, so needless to say didn't get much sleep, ended up going down and sleeping on the sofa.  Gusts up to 90/km, but they are suppose to die down sometime today to around 35 km.

As I'm drinking my coffee in my cozy little stamp room, I thought I would post a card that I made last week for my sale basket out in Dresden.  My ladies out there love 'inspirational' cards. This is what I came up with.

The sentiment is from Verve - Plain Jane stamp called
Psalm 121:1-2. The die used is from Flourishes.
This one is called Perfectly pierced classic hourglass. 
I love how you get a 2 in one - cutting and piercing all in one, and these dies cut like butter, so crisp and smooth edges.
Paper is from an older K & Co pack - Madeline - I've been hoarding this pack, all the papers are so pretty I just hate to use them - yes I have a sickness for sure - LOL.
Used a spellbinder edge die for the green on the bottom and for the green scroll along the upper left side, that is a new die from Spellbinders called  Shapeabilities dies D-Lites - Garden Weave, that I bought at Paper Pickle.  For all you local folks, Kim can order almost any of the dies/stamps from an assortment of different companies, so if you don't see it in her store she will be glad to order it in for you.
Finished it off with some lace, silk ribbon and lots of pearls.

Well there you have it, best get ready for Church.  I'll see you back here real soon as long as I don't get blown away!

Enjoy the rest of your day! 

 

Serenity

Just thought I would pop in with a quick post with  a card I did for a friend a couple of weeks ago. Then sentiment is from the Verve set called Serenity. If you have never used Verve stamps, you must give them a try.  The are clear stamps, and stamp wonderfully, nice and crisp.
So here is my card it did,

Paper is from K & Co.  The flourish is a die from Cherry Lynn Designs.
I bought this one along with a couple more from Stamp Art in London ON. Nancy carries a wide variety of everything from papers, die, punches, and tons of stamps from numerous stamp companies.  I will warn you, you will need a couple of hours to go through her store.  If you do make it there, just mention my name!
I also used MS butterfly punch, cream satin ribbon, lace, pearls and a rolled flower.

Well that's it for today, thanks for stopping by.  Back tomorrow with a stamping bella card.

Pauline

Hub's birthday card

Hi Everyone.  Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.  Yesterday we went off to London to  celebrate Father's Day, my Hubby's, brother's, brother-in-law's and Dad's birthday.  Yes, June is a very busy month for our family.  I tell you I don't think I need to eat for the rest of the week.  So much delicious food.  I got on the scale this morning, and it is not a good thing! I guess I'm back to the daily walking routine and lots of water.

Today's card is one I made for my Hub's. 

I used my 'new' Grand Calibur and labels #4.  I love that S/binders came out with a larger die cutting machine - it takes card making to a whole new level.  Now I must say I this card on Amy Sheffer's blog, and fell in love with the card base. then again I fall in love with everything she does.  She is amazing!
So I just went from there.  My hub's is a bird lover/watcher/photograher (in his spare time) so I wanted to incorporate a bird on the card.  I have this paper from K & Co called Celeste by Brenda Walton.  I've had this paper pack for a while, so many pretty papers, but finally caved into cutting a piece!

Sentiment - stamped in Always Artichoke  is from Verve and I also used a leaf die from Sizzix.  Dusted all edges using antique linen then went over that with a bit of frayed burlap.
Finished off with some beige seam binding.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.  Back tomorrow with a Mo image.

till then,
Pauline

Sugar and spice...

and everything nice! That's what this adorable card is.  I just love the colours.

Did this card up a couple of weeks ago for a friend for a baby shower (girl), and just remembered I took a picture, so thought I would share it with you. Since I can't find my mojo, I decided to write up a post.

The sentiment I used is from a Verve set called To the Moon.  This was a fairly quick card, used lots of different spellbinder dies. The background paper is some that I have been hoarding from Paper Salon.  I just love the colours in it, so soft and pretty.  Finished it off with some white satin ribbon (from Fabricland- they have some of the prettiest colours and comes in a variety of widths - you buy it by the spool- and great prices), prima rose, used a MS leaf punch and and MS butterfly punch, and some pearls.

I think I take another stab at being creative.  So far this week, nothing! Just can't seem to get in the groove of it.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Pauline

Where there is Love..

there is Life! What a fabulous saying - it's from Verve!

I needed a couple of Valentine cards to take with me on Monday for my sale basket in Dresden,  so I pulled out Text Objects.

I started by cutting and embossing the heart on cream cardstock using  Spellbinders Nested Hearts. Leaving the die on I sponged some antique linen distress ink.  Next I stamped the verse. The DP paper I used for this card is from Cosmo Cricket called Circa 1934. This is such yummy paper! So for the layer behind the heart, I stamped repeatedly one of the verses from the same set. Used my Tim Holtz die to cut the layer under the red ric rac, then I ran the yellow paper through the cuttlebug using the heart embossing folder to give it a little texture. 
Finished up by adding some black rhinestones. Card measures 5 1/2 x 5 1/2.

Thanks for stopping by.